Low Radioactivity Techniques 2019
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Sunday 19 May 2019 (17:00)
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Thursday 23 May 2019 (20:30)
Monday 13 May 2019
Tuesday 14 May 2019
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Thursday 16 May 2019
Friday 17 May 2019
Saturday 18 May 2019
Sunday 19 May 2019
18:30
18:30 - 20:00
Monday 20 May 2019
08:30
08:30 - 08:50
08:50
08:50 - 09:00
09:00
Review on DULs - Carlos Peña-Garay - LSC, Spain
Review on DULs - Carlos Peña-Garay - LSC, Spain
09:00 - 09:25
09:25
The Sanford Underground Research Facility - Jaret Heise - SURF, USA
The Sanford Underground Research Facility - Jaret Heise - SURF, USA
09:25 - 09:45
09:45
A New Low-Background Facility in China Jinping Underground Lab - Zhi Zeng - Tsinghua University, China
A New Low-Background Facility in China Jinping Underground Lab - Zhi Zeng - Tsinghua University, China
09:45 - 10:05
10:05
The ANDES Deep Underground Laboratory project - Pia Loaiza - IN2P3, France
The ANDES Deep Underground Laboratory project - Pia Loaiza - IN2P3, France
10:05 - 10:25
10:25
Deep Science at Boulby Underground Laboratory: Subterranean studies at the UK’s deep underground science facility - Emma Meehan - Boulby, UK
Deep Science at Boulby Underground Laboratory: Subterranean studies at the UK’s deep underground science facility - Emma Meehan - Boulby, UK
10:25 - 10:45
10:45
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
Review of Gamma-ray spectrometry for Material Radioassay in Current and Future Generation Rare Event Search Experiments - Paul Scovell - Boulby, STFC, UK
Review of Gamma-ray spectrometry for Material Radioassay in Current and Future Generation Rare Event Search Experiments - Paul Scovell - Boulby, STFC, UK
11:05 - 11:30
11:30
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: An Ultrasensitive Tool for Ultralow Background Physics - Isaac Arnquist - PNNL, USA
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: An Ultrasensitive Tool for Ultralow Background Physics - Isaac Arnquist - PNNL, USA
11:30 - 11:55
11:55
The GeMSE Low-Background Facility for Meteorite and Material Screening - Diego Ramirez Garcia - Freiburg University, Germany
The GeMSE Low-Background Facility for Meteorite and Material Screening - Diego Ramirez Garcia - Freiburg University, Germany
11:55 - 12:15
12:15
Overview of HPGe measurements in LPSC-Modane - Guillaume Warot - CNRS, France
Overview of HPGe measurements in LPSC-Modane - Guillaume Warot - CNRS, France
12:15 - 12:35
12:35
Sensitivity and advantages of laser Ablation ICPMS and comparison with other technics on several materials - Frédéric Perrot - University of Bordeaux / CENBG / IN2P3, France
Sensitivity and advantages of laser Ablation ICPMS and comparison with other technics on several materials - Frédéric Perrot - University of Bordeaux / CENBG / IN2P3, France
12:35 - 12:55
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
Organic liquid scintillator purification - Richard Ford - SNOLab, Canada
Organic liquid scintillator purification - Richard Ford - SNOLab, Canada
14:30 - 14:55
14:55
LiquidO project - Mark Chen - Queens University, Canada
LiquidO project - Mark Chen - Queens University, Canada
14:55 - 15:15
15:15
Radiopurity program for SuperK-Gd - Motoyasu Ikeda - University of Tokyo, Japan
Radiopurity program for SuperK-Gd - Motoyasu Ikeda - University of Tokyo, Japan
15:15 - 15:40
15:40
SNO+ water purification and radium and radon assay techniques - Nasim Fatemighomi - SNOLab, Canada
SNO+ water purification and radium and radon assay techniques - Nasim Fatemighomi - SNOLab, Canada
15:40 - 16:00
16:00
Tellurium Purification and Deployment in SNO+ - Szymon Manecki - SNOLab, Canada
Tellurium Purification and Deployment in SNO+ - Szymon Manecki - SNOLab, Canada
16:00 - 16:20
16:20
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:20 - 16:40
16:40
Noble gas purification for LZ and other liquid noble dark matter searches - Eric Miller - SLAC, USA
Noble gas purification for LZ and other liquid noble dark matter searches - Eric Miller - SLAC, USA
16:40 - 17:05
17:05
Low-radioactivity argon for low-level radiation detectors: a global overview - Henning Back - PNNL, USA
Low-radioactivity argon for low-level radiation detectors: a global overview - Henning Back - PNNL, USA
17:05 - 17:30
17:30
Low-radioactivity argon for DarkSide 20k - Luciano Romero - CIEMAT, Madrid
Low-radioactivity argon for DarkSide 20k - Luciano Romero - CIEMAT, Madrid
17:30 - 17:50
17:50
Understanding and suppressing radioactive noble gas background in liquid xenon detectors - Hardy Simgen - MPI, Heidelberg, Germany
Understanding and suppressing radioactive noble gas background in liquid xenon detectors - Hardy Simgen - MPI, Heidelberg, Germany
17:50 - 18:10
18:10
18:10 - 19:10
Tuesday 21 May 2019
09:00
Production of low background scintillating crystals for underground experiments in Korea - Moo Hyun Lee - IBS, Korea
Production of low background scintillating crystals for underground experiments in Korea - Moo Hyun Lee - IBS, Korea
09:00 - 09:25
09:25
Status of the SABRE NaI (Tl) dark matter experiment - Suerfu Burkhant - Princeton University, USA
Status of the SABRE NaI (Tl) dark matter experiment - Suerfu Burkhant - Princeton University, USA
09:25 - 09:50
09:50
Purification of crystals for AMORE and COSINE - Olga Gileva - IBS, Korea
Purification of crystals for AMORE and COSINE - Olga Gileva - IBS, Korea
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
Status of direct Dark Matter search experiment at KamLAND - Alexandre Kozlov - University of Tokyo, Japan
Status of direct Dark Matter search experiment at KamLAND - Alexandre Kozlov - University of Tokyo, Japan
10:10 - 10:30
10:30
Analysis of backgrounds for the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment - Susana Cebrián - University Zaragoza, Spain
Analysis of backgrounds for the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment - Susana Cebrián - University Zaragoza, Spain
10:30 - 10:50
10:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:10
11:10
Surface Alpha Counting with XIA - Xin Ran Liu - University of Edinburgh, UK
Surface Alpha Counting with XIA - Xin Ran Liu - University of Edinburgh, UK
11:10 - 11:35
11:35
Review on Neutron Activation Analysis - Monica Sisti - University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Review on Neutron Activation Analysis - Monica Sisti - University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
11:35 - 12:00
12:00
Paleo-detectors: Searching for Dark Matter with Ancient Minerals - Patrick Stengel - Stockholm University, Sweden
Paleo-detectors: Searching for Dark Matter with Ancient Minerals - Patrick Stengel - Stockholm University, Sweden
12:00 - 12:20
12:20
A new neutrinoless double beta decay experiment: R2D2 - Anselmo Meregaglia - CENBG / CNRS, France
A new neutrinoless double beta decay experiment: R2D2 - Anselmo Meregaglia - CENBG / CNRS, France
12:20 - 12:40
12:40
Developing measurements on activated samples in order to achieve sensitivity below ppt level - Massimiliano Nastasi - INFN / Milano Bicocca, Italy
Developing measurements on activated samples in order to achieve sensitivity below ppt level - Massimiliano Nastasi - INFN / Milano Bicocca, Italy
12:40 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
GEANT4 progress - Emilio Mendoza - CIEMAT, Madrid
GEANT4 progress - Emilio Mendoza - CIEMAT, Madrid
14:30 - 14:55
14:55
Conceptual design of the COSINUS experiment using cryogenic NaI detectors for direct dark matter search - Alexander Fuss - Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Conceptual design of the COSINUS experiment using cryogenic NaI detectors for direct dark matter search - Alexander Fuss - Vienna University of Technology, Austria
14:55 - 15:15
15:15
Neutron production in (alpha,n) reactions: where we were and where we are now - Vitaly Kudryavtsev - University of Sheffield, UK
Neutron production in (alpha,n) reactions: where we were and where we are now - Vitaly Kudryavtsev - University of Sheffield, UK
15:15 - 15:35
15:35
Background characterization of the SABRE experiment - Giulia d’Imperio - INFN / Roma 1, Italy
Background characterization of the SABRE experiment - Giulia d’Imperio - INFN / Roma 1, Italy
15:35 - 15:55
15:55
Background models in the low energy region: TREX-DM and IAXO-D0 setups - Gloria Luzón - University Zaragoza, Spain
Background models in the low energy region: TREX-DM and IAXO-D0 setups - Gloria Luzón - University Zaragoza, Spain
15:55 - 16:15
16:15
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:35
16:35
Reduction of Cosmogenic Radioactivity in Low Background Detectors - Frank Avignone - University of South Carolina, USA
Reduction of Cosmogenic Radioactivity in Low Background Detectors - Frank Avignone - University of South Carolina, USA
16:35 - 16:55
16:55
Measuring cosmogenic activation rates in active detector material - Ariel Matalon - Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, USA
Measuring cosmogenic activation rates in active detector material - Ariel Matalon - Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, USA
16:55 - 17:15
17:15
Muon and neutron background measurements in the shallow-underground laboratory Felsenkeller Felix Ludwig - Helmholtz-Zentrum - Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany
Muon and neutron background measurements in the shallow-underground laboratory Felsenkeller Felix Ludwig - Helmholtz-Zentrum - Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany
17:15 - 17:35
17:35
17:35 - 18:35
20:30
Gala Dinner - Restaurant "Las tres ranas" - JACA
Gala Dinner - Restaurant "Las tres ranas" - JACA
20:30 - 22:30
Wednesday 22 May 2019
09:00
Radiopurity of surfaces - Grzegorz Zuzel - Jagiellonian University, Poland
Radiopurity of surfaces - Grzegorz Zuzel - Jagiellonian University, Poland
09:00 - 09:25
09:25
Surface and bulk Pb210/Po210 contamination study on copper and PTFE using low background alpha counter - Kazuyoshi Kobayashi - ICRR Tokyo, Japan
Surface and bulk Pb210/Po210 contamination study on copper and PTFE using low background alpha counter - Kazuyoshi Kobayashi - ICRR Tokyo, Japan
09:25 - 09:45
09:45
Developments in surface background removal for the DARWIN liquid xenon detector - Guillaume Eurin - MPI Heidelberg, Germany
Developments in surface background removal for the DARWIN liquid xenon detector - Guillaume Eurin - MPI Heidelberg, Germany
09:45 - 10:05
10:05
Application of surface coatings for radon emanation mitigation - Florian Jörg - Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Germany
Application of surface coatings for radon emanation mitigation - Florian Jörg - Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Germany
10:05 - 10:25
10:25
Study of surface contamination in ultralow background (ULB) materials - Maria Laura Di Vacri - PNNL, USA
Study of surface contamination in ultralow background (ULB) materials - Maria Laura Di Vacri - PNNL, USA
10:25 - 10:45
10:45
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
Exploration of the challenges with radon-generated Po-210 surface contamination - Cabot-Ann Christofferson - SDSMT, USA
Exploration of the challenges with radon-generated Po-210 surface contamination - Cabot-Ann Christofferson - SDSMT, USA
11:05 - 11:25
11:25
Determination of 210Po in metals and electronic components down to 0.5 mBq/kg - Thomas Mróz - Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Determination of 210Po in metals and electronic components down to 0.5 mBq/kg - Thomas Mróz - Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
11:25 - 11:45
11:45
Ultra-pure Copper Electroplating and Electroforming for Rare Event Detection Experiments - Patrick Nights - University of Birmingham, UK
Ultra-pure Copper Electroplating and Electroforming for Rare Event Detection Experiments - Patrick Nights - University of Birmingham, UK
11:45 - 12:10
12:10
DarkSide 20-k Material Assay Campaign - Grzegorz Zuzel - Jagiellonian University, Poland
DarkSide 20-k Material Assay Campaign - Grzegorz Zuzel - Jagiellonian University, Poland
12:10 - 12:30
12:30
A study on high energy gamma intensities from the 208Tl decay with a ThO2 powder - Gowoon Kim - IBS, Korea
A study on high energy gamma intensities from the 208Tl decay with a ThO2 powder - Gowoon Kim - IBS, Korea
12:30 - 12:50
12:50
The most modern mechanical technologies and cutting edge radio-analytical techniques merged for extremely low background achievement - Stefano Nisi - LNGS, INFN , Italy
The most modern mechanical technologies and cutting edge radio-analytical techniques merged for extremely low background achievement - Stefano Nisi - LNGS, INFN , Italy
12:50 - 13:10
13:10
A Convenient Approach to Sub-10-12g/g Level Measuring of U and Th in Acrylic - Chuanya Cao - Institute of High Energy Physics, China
A Convenient Approach to Sub-10-12g/g Level Measuring of U and Th in Acrylic - Chuanya Cao - Institute of High Energy Physics, China
13:10 - 13:30
13:30
Radiopurity of Atmospheric Argon - Bjöern Lehnert - Berkeley Lab, USA
Radiopurity of Atmospheric Argon - Bjöern Lehnert - Berkeley Lab, USA
13:30 - 13:50
13:50
Lunch
Lunch
13:50 - 15:20
15:45
15:45 - 19:45
Thursday 23 May 2019
09:00
Results and the Background Model from DEAP-3600 - Chris Jillings - SNOlab, Canada
Results and the Background Model from DEAP-3600 - Chris Jillings - SNOlab, Canada
09:00 - 09:20
09:20
XENON1T background modeling and statistical techniques for low background experiments - Alessandro Manfredini - University of Zurich, Switzerland
XENON1T background modeling and statistical techniques for low background experiments - Alessandro Manfredini - University of Zurich, Switzerland
09:20 - 09:40
09:40
Final results of the CUPID-0 Phase I experiment - Mattia Beretta, INFN and University of Milano - Bicocca
Final results of the CUPID-0 Phase I experiment - Mattia Beretta, INFN and University of Milano - Bicocca
09:40 - 10:00
10:00
Background mitigation techniques for the CUORE experiment - Sachinthya Wagaarachchi - University of California, USA
Background mitigation techniques for the CUORE experiment - Sachinthya Wagaarachchi - University of California, USA
10:00 - 10:20
10:20
DEMETRA: Mitigation of the Radioactivity Effects in Quantum-Bits - Laura Cardani - INFN, Italy
DEMETRA: Mitigation of the Radioactivity Effects in Quantum-Bits - Laura Cardani - INFN, Italy
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:00
11:00
Low background stainless steel for PandaX-4T dark matter experiment - Tao Zhang - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Low background stainless steel for PandaX-4T dark matter experiment - Tao Zhang - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
11:00 - 11:20
11:20
The background control for the PandaX-4T experiment - Yue Meng - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
The background control for the PandaX-4T experiment - Yue Meng - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
11:20 - 11:40
11:40
Studies of poly(ethylene naphthalate) for use as a structural scintillator in low background experiments - Connor Hayward - Max Planck Institute for Physics, Germany
Studies of poly(ethylene naphthalate) for use as a structural scintillator in low background experiments - Connor Hayward - Max Planck Institute for Physics, Germany
11:40 - 12:00
12:00
The nEXO Background Control Program - Andreas Piepke - University of Alabama, USA
The nEXO Background Control Program - Andreas Piepke - University of Alabama, USA
12:00 - 12:20
12:20
In-situ characterization of background sources in the NEXT experiment - Ander Simon - University Ben-Gurion of the Negev, Israel
In-situ characterization of background sources in the NEXT experiment - Ander Simon - University Ben-Gurion of the Negev, Israel
12:20 - 12:40
12:40
Low-Background Techniques Applied within the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Experiment - Vincente Giuseppe - USC, USA
Low-Background Techniques Applied within the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Experiment - Vincente Giuseppe - USC, USA
12:40 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
Direct measurement of 13C(a,n)16O reaction towards in the s process Gamow peak - Laszlo Csedreki - LNGS, Italy
Direct measurement of 13C(a,n)16O reaction towards in the s process Gamow peak - Laszlo Csedreki - LNGS, Italy
14:30 - 14:50
14:50
Coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering with the CONUS experiment - Janina Hakenmüller - Max Planck Institute for Physics, Germany
Coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering with the CONUS experiment - Janina Hakenmüller - Max Planck Institute for Physics, Germany
14:50 - 15:10
15:10
Results of the background-free search for neutrinoless double beta decay with GERDA &challenges of the LEGEND experiment - Mario Schwarz - TU Munich, Germany
Results of the background-free search for neutrinoless double beta decay with GERDA &challenges of the LEGEND experiment - Mario Schwarz - TU Munich, Germany
15:10 - 15:30
15:30
LEGEND: Next-Generation Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Search in Germanium-76 - Matthew Green - Oak Ridge, USA
LEGEND: Next-Generation Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Search in Germanium-76 - Matthew Green - Oak Ridge, USA
15:30 - 15:50
15:50
Measurements of radioactive backgrounds in high-resistivity silicon CCDs of the DAMIC-100 experiment - Ariel Matalon - Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, USA
Measurements of radioactive backgrounds in high-resistivity silicon CCDs of the DAMIC-100 experiment - Ariel Matalon - Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, USA
15:50 - 16:10
16:10
Cryogenic Detectors with Superconducting Thermometers for Light Dark Matter Direct Search - Valentyna Mokina - HEPHY, Austria
Cryogenic Detectors with Superconducting Thermometers for Light Dark Matter Direct Search - Valentyna Mokina - HEPHY, Austria
16:10 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 16:45
17:00
17:00 - 19:00