Name: Second Workshop on Neutrinoless double beta decay search in Xe - next-generation experiment
Start: 2026-09-14T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-09-18T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Old Trafford

Second Workshop on Neutrinoless double beta decay search in Xe - next-generation experiment

from Monday, 14 September 2026 (08:00) to Friday, 18 September 2026 (20:00)

Monday, 14 September 2026

08:00 Non-Workshop day: Visit to Boulby: Organized visit to Boulder from Manchester
Organized visit to Boulder from Manchester
08:00 - 20:00
Room: Salford Grill
Tuesday, 15 September 2026

09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:30
Room: Salford Grill
09:30 Welcome & CloseOut: Welcome and Introduction
Welcome and Introduction
09:30 - 10:15
Room: Salford Grill
Contributions

09:30 Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop - Ben Jones Roxanne Guenette (The University of Manchester (GB))

09:45 Goals of the Workshop - Thomas Brunner
10:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 - 10:45
Room: Salford Grill
10:45 Contributions: Status of current experiments
Status of current experiments
10:45 - 12:30
Room: Salford Grill
Contributions

10:45 Comparison of xenon detectors with LEGEND - Brian Lenardo (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

11:00 The Legacy of nEXO - Andrea Pocar (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

11:30 Status of the NEXT experiment - Pau Novella Garijo (IFIC, CSIC-UV)

12:00 Status of PandaX and Chinese science landscape - Jianglai Liu
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:45
Room: Salford Grill
13:45 Contributions: Status of current experiments
Status of current experiments
13:45 - 15:15
Room: Salford Grill
Contributions

13:45 Status of XLZD - Henrique Araujo

14:15 Status of R2D2 - Anselmo Meregaglia (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

14:45 Status of Darkside and prospects of 0nbb in large underground argon TPCs - Paolo Agnes (GSSI)
15:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Salford Grill
15:45 Contributions: Reports from Underground Labs
Reports from Underground Labs
15:45 - 17:00
Room: Salford Grill
Contributions

15:45 Report from Boulby - Sean Paling

16:05 Report from Canfranc - Carlos Peña Garay (Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc)

16:25 Reports from the 0nbb Joint Oversight Committee and TRIUMF - Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)

16:45 Overview and information for the next day
17:00 Reception
Reception
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Salford Grill
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
09:00 Contributions: 3
3
09:00 - 10:00
Contributions

09:00 Report from the US Roadmap - Krishna Kumar (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

09:30 Report from the APPEC roadmap - Carlos Peña Garay (Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30

10:30 Training on productive and constructive discussion from Sarah Rozenthuler (chartered psychologist and dialogue consultant): Training and activities
Training and activities
10:30 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:45
13:45 Contributions: Reports from countries roadmaps
Reports from countries roadmaps
13:45 - 15:05
Contributions

13:45 Report from SNOLAB - Jodi Cooley (SNOLAB)

14:05 Report from the Canadian Roadmap - Carsten Krauss (University of Alberta)

14:35 Report from the UK roadmap - Ruben Saakyan
15:05 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:05 - 15:35

15:35 Pathfinder discussions and activities

15:35 - 17:00

19:00 Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Salford Grill
Thursday, 17 September 2026
09:00 Contributions: Results from 0nbb searches and new ideas
Results from 0nbb searches and new ideas
09:00 - 10:10
Room: Salford Grill
Contributions

09:00 Working in Multidisciplinary teams: From particle physics to oncology - Fernando P. Cossío Mora (The University of the Basque Country)

09:30 Results from LZ on 0nbb searches - Aiham Al Musalhi (UCL)

09:50 Results from PandaX on 0nbb searches - Tao Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
10:10 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 - 10:40
Room: Salford Grill
10:40 Contributions: New ideas
New ideas
10:40 - 12:30
Room: Salford Grill
Contributions

10:40 New Physics with 0nbb - Frank Deppisch

11:10 New avenues for gaseous TPCs - Benjamin Monreal

11:40 Ba tagging - Enakshi Dey

12:10 Prospects of atmospheric pressure TPCs - Krishan Mistry (University of Texas at Arlington)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Salford Grill
13:30 Contributions: New ideas
New ideas
13:30 - 14:50
Room: Salford Grill
Contributions

13:30 HERETIX - Lutz Althüser (University of Münster)

14:00 ITACA: TPC and Ion tagging - Stefano Roberto Soleti (Donostia International Physics Center)

14:20 Status and plans of KamLandZen - M. Patrick Decowski (Nikhef / University of Amsterdam)
14:50 Close Out
14:50 - 15:20
Room: Salford Grill
Contributions

14:50 Return on the Pathfinder discussions
15:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:20 - 16:00
Room: Salford Grill

15:30 Optional visit of Old Trafford (cost to participant: 25£)

15:30 - 17:00
Room: Salford Grill
Friday, 18 September 2026

08:00 Non-Workshop day: Visit to Boulby: Second option for visit to Boulby from Manchester
Second option for visit to Boulby from Manchester
08:00 - 20:00
Room: Salford Grill