Name: LIDINE2013: LIght Detection In Noble Elements
Start: 2013-05-29T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2013-05-31T13:00:00-05:00
Location: No location set

LIDINE2013: LIght Detection In Noble Elements

from Wednesday, 29 May 2013 (08:00) to Friday, 31 May 2013 (13:00)

Monday, 27 May 2013
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Wednesday, 29 May 2013

08:00

08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Introduction - Flavio Cavanna (Yale U.)
Introduction
- Flavio Cavanna (Yale U.)
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 Light Emission, Propagation, Collection: Simulations and Analytical Parameterizations
Light Emission, Propagation, Collection: Simulations and Analytical Parameterizations
09:10 - 10:25
Contributions

09:10 NEST: The Noble Element Simulation Technique - Matthew Szydagis (UC Davis)

09:35 AN ANALYTIC TECHNIQUE FOR THE ESTIMATION OF THE LIGHT YIELD OF A SCINTILLATION DETECTOR - Ettore Segreto (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)

10:00 Optical Simulations of Wavelength Shifting Fibers - Benton Pahlka (Fermilab)
10:25 Light Emission, Propagation, Collection: Discussion
Light Emission, Propagation, Collection: Discussion
10:25 - 10:40

10:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 - 10:55
10:55 Light Detection (photo-sensors): PMTs
Light Detection (photo-sensors): PMTs
10:55 - 11:45
Contributions

10:55 Characterization of the R5912-02 MOD Photomultiplier Tube at Cryogenic Temperatures - Thomas Caldwell (University of Pennsylvania)

11:20 R11410-21 3-Inch Photomultiplier Tube for XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment. - Alexey Lyashenko (UCLA)
11:45 Lunch
Lunch
11:45 - 12:45
12:45 Light Detection (photo-sensors): New Devices
Light Detection (photo-sensors): New Devices
12:45 - 14:00
Contributions

12:45 Liquid argon scintillation read-out with silicon devices - Ettore Segreto (INFN-LNGS) Nicola Canci (UCLA & INFN-LNGS)

13:10 QUartz Photon Intensifying Detector (QUPID): a possible alternative for noble liquid experiments - Alexey Lyashenko (UCLA)

13:35 Large Area Picosecond Photodetectors for Use in Liquid Noble Detectors - Andrey Elagin (University of Chicago)
14:00 Light Detection (photo-sensors): Discussion
Light Detection (photo-sensors): Discussion
14:00 - 14:15
14:15 (Noble) Medium Properties (Ar, Xe, He): Liquid Phase (chemical or radioactive contaminations)
(Noble) Medium Properties (Ar, Xe, He): Liquid Phase (chemical or radioactive contaminations)
14:15 - 15:30
Contributions

14:15 Results from the Bo Argon Scintillation Test Stand at Fermilab - Benjamin Jones (MIT)

14:40 Low Radioactivity Argon from Underground Sources - Henning Back (Princeton University)

15:05 Status of The Solid Xenon Project at Fermilab - Benton Pahlka (Fermilab)
15:30 Coffee before Colloquium
Coffee before Colloquium
15:30 - 16:00

16:00

16:00 - 17:00

17:00 LIDINE2013 Reception
LIDINE2013 Reception
17:00 - 19:00
Thursday, 30 May 2013
09:00 (Noble) Medium Properties (Ar, Xe, He): Solid or Gas phase
(Noble) Medium Properties (Ar, Xe, He): Solid or Gas phase
09:00 - 09:50
Contributions

09:00 Pressurized xenon as scintillator for gamma spectroscopy - Filippo Resnati (ETH)

09:25 Exploring LXe's scintillation response at the 1 keV level - Aaron Manalaysay (University of Zurich)
09:50 (Noble) Medium Properties (Ar, Xe, He): Discussion
(Noble) Medium Properties (Ar, Xe, He): Discussion
09:50 - 10:10

10:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:25
10:25 Light Wavelength Shifting: Wavelength Shifting by TPB: Aging Studies
Light Wavelength Shifting: Wavelength Shifting by TPB: Aging Studies
10:25 - 11:40
Contributions

10:25 AGING STUDIES OF THIN TPB FILMS - Ettore Segreto (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso) Nicola Canci (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)

10:50 Effect of Exposure to Optical and Near UV Light on Waveshifter Efficiency - Stuart Mufson (Indiana U)

11:15 Photodegradation Mechanisms of Tetraphenyl Butadiene Coatings for Liquid Argon Detectors - Jennifer VanGemert (Fermilab)
11:40 Light Wavelength Shifting: Wavelength Shifting by TPB: Aging Studies and Tests and Comparisons with Alternative WLS compounds
Light Wavelength Shifting: Wavelength Shifting by TPB: Aging Studies and Tests and Comparisons with Alternative WLS compounds
11:40 - 12:05
Contributions

11:40 Comparison of TPB and bis-MSB as VUV Waveshifters - Brian Baptista (Indiana University)
12:05 Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 13:05
13:05 Light Wavelength Shifting: Wavelength Shifting by TPB: Aging Studies and Tests and Comparisons with Alternative WLS compounds
Light Wavelength Shifting: Wavelength Shifting by TPB: Aging Studies and Tests and Comparisons with Alternative WLS compounds
13:05 - 13:55
Contributions

13:05 Experiences Using TPB to Detect Scintillations in Liquid Helium - Paul Huffman (North Carolina State University)

13:30 VUV-VIS optical characterization of Tetraphenyl-butadiene films on glass and specular reflector substrates from room to liquid Argon temperature - Flavio Cavanna (Yale U.) Roberto Francini (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)
13:55 Light Wavelength Shifting: Wavelength Shifting by Other Methods
Light Wavelength Shifting: Wavelength Shifting by Other Methods
13:55 - 15:10
Contributions

13:55 Development of a Wavelength-Shifting Fiber-Based Photon Detector for LBNE - Ryan Wasserman (Colorado State University)

14:20 WLS Gasses for High-Pressure Xenon Detectors - Victor Gehman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

14:45 WLS R&D for the Detection of Noble Gas Scintillation at LBL: seeing the light from neutrinos, to dark matter, to double beta decay - Victor Gehman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
15:10 Light Wavelength Shifting: Discussion
Light Wavelength Shifting: Discussion
15:10 - 15:30

15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:45
15:45 Dark Matter Experiments
Dark Matter Experiments
15:45 - 16:35
Contributions

15:45 DarkSide Search for Dark Matter - Emilija Pantic (UCLA)

16:10 Status of the ArDM experiment - Filippo Resnati (ETH)
16:35 Neutrino Experiments
Neutrino Experiments
16:35 - 17:00
Contributions

16:35 Photon Detection in CAPTAIN - Keith Rielage (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
19:00 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Batavia
Friday, 31 May 2013
09:00 Dark Matter Experiments
Dark Matter Experiments
09:00 - 10:15
Contributions

09:00 Status of the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment - Stan Seibert (University of Pennsylvania)

09:25 Light Detection in XENON100 and Small-Scale LXe R&D Detectors - Guillaume Plante (Columbia University)

09:50 The SNS neutron electric dipole moment experiment - Clark Griffith (California Institute of Technology)
10:15 Dark Matter Experiments: Discussion
Dark Matter Experiments: Discussion
10:15 - 10:35

10:35 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:35 - 10:50
10:50 Neutrino Experiments
Neutrino Experiments
10:50 - 12:30
Contributions

10:50 MicroBooNE photon detection system - Teppei Katori (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

11:15 PMT Triggering and Readout for MicroBooNE Experiment - David Kaleko (Columbia University/Nevis Labs)

11:40 The LArIAT Light Readout System - Andrzej Szelc (Yale University)

12:05 TPB-coated Light Guides for Liquid Argon TPC Light Detection Systems - Christina Ignarra (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
12:30 Neutrino Experiments: Discussion
Neutrino Experiments: Discussion
12:30 - 12:50
12:50 Conclusion and Close of Conference - Janet Conrad (MIT)
Conclusion and Close of Conference
- Janet Conrad (MIT)
12:50 - 13:00
For those who wish to attend, the Fermilab Wine and Cheese seminar will take place at 15:30 after the close of the conference. All conference speakers and delegates are most welcome, and encouraged, to attend.