DS-20k background coordination call - Kick-off meeting

Name: DS-20k background coordination call - Kick-off meeting
Start: 2021-01-22T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2021-01-22T17:40:00+01:00
Location: No location set

Friday 22 Jan 2021, 16:00 → 17:40 Europe/Rome

Zoom

https://cern.zoom.us/j/8793875143?pwd=TjBZN25yV0VPSTBSR1VFa0Q2YUJGUT09

- 16:00 → 16:05
  Introduction
  - 16:00
    
    Introduction 5m
    
    Speaker: Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT)
    
    Introduction
    
    Summary budget
- 16:05 → 16:35
  NR produced by neutrons
  - 16:05
    
    (alpha, n) neutrons from the detector materials 5m
    
    Speakers: Maxim Gromov (SINP MSU), Vicente Pesudo (CIEMAT)
    
    alpha,n
  - 16:10
    
    Fission neutrons from the detector materials 5m
    
    Speakers: Ludovico Luzzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Paolo Agnes (Houston university), Vicente Pesudo (CIEMAT)
    
    Fission
    
    Fission neutrons.pdf
  - 16:15
    
    Surface contamination (Rn plate-out) 5m
    
    Speakers: Maxim Gromov (SINP MSU), Oscar Azzolini (LNL), Vicente Pesudo (CIEMAT)
    
    parylene_conformal_coating_v2.png
    
    Surface-induced (a,n)
  - 16:20
    
    Radiogenic neutrons from outside cryostat 5m
    
    Speakers: Ludovico Luzzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Paolo Agnes (Houston university), Vicente Pesudo (CIEMAT)
  - 16:25
    
    Cosmogenics neutrons 5m
    
    Speakers: Igor Machulin (NRC "Kurchatov Institute"), SUSANA CEBRIAN (UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA), Sagar Poudel (University of Houston), Shawn Westerdale (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Teena Vallivilayil John (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
  - 16:30
    
    Delayed-n from materials activation UG 5m
    
    Speakers: Igor Machulin (NRC "Kurchatov Institute"), SUSANA CEBRIAN (UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA), Sagar Poudel (University of Houston), Shawn Westerdale (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Teena Vallivilayil John (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    
    delayed neutrons.pdf
- 16:35 → 16:40
  NR from neutrinos
  - 16:35
    
    CEνNS 5m
    
    Speaker: Shawn Westerdale (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    
    cevns_backgrounds.pdf
- 16:40 → 16:50
  NR-like events
  - 16:40
    
    Alpha + unresolved S1-S2: Paolo 5m
    
    Speaker: Paolo Agnes (Houston university)
    
    first few slides
  - 16:45
    
    Cherenkov related backgrounds 5m
    
    Speakers: Michael, Paolo Agnes (Houston university)
    
    second block
- 16:50 → 17:40
  Gamma Background
  - 17:10
    
    Impact of the gammas: Acceptance loss and pile-up 5m
    
    Speakers: Daria Santone (RHUL), Michael, Paolo Agnes (Houston university), SUSANA CEBRIAN (UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA), Vicente Pesudo (CIEMAT)
    
    third block
  - 17:15
    
    Gammas from detector materials 5m
    
    Speakers: Daria Santone (RHUL), Paolo Agnes (Houston university), Vicente Pesudo (CIEMAT)
    
    fourth block
  - 17:20
    
    Gamma flux in the Hall C 5m
    
    Speakers: Paolo Agnes (Houston university), Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT)
  - 17:25
    
    Cosmogenic activation above ground 5m
    
    Speaker: SUSANA CEBRIAN (UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA)
    
    Cosmogenic activation above ground
  - 17:30
    
    Cosmogenic activation underground: 5m
    
    Speakers: Igor Machulin (NRC "Kurchatov Institute"), SUSANA CEBRIAN (UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA), Sagar Poudel (University of Houston), Shawn Westerdale (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Teena Vallivilayil John (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
- 17:15 → 17:30
  Open discussion and concusions
  - 17:15
    
    Summary 5m
    
    Speaker: Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT)
  - 17:20
    
    Open discussion and plans 10m
    
    Speaker: All