North America - Europe Workshop on Future of Double Beta Decay

29 Sept 2021, 14:00 → 1 Oct 2021, 21:30 Europe/Rome

"E. Fermi" auditorium (Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS))

The Majorana nature of neutrino and the possible contribution of neutrinos to explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe are among the most challenging physics goals in the next decade. The purpose of the North America-Europe workshop on Double Beta Decay is to stimulate the discussion between the North American and European double beta decay community and the corresponding funding agencies to consolidate a strategy and define a path to the discovery of Majorana neutrinos. The discussion will focus on the upcoming generation of high sensitivity projects, their discovery potentials and the underground infrastructures.

				The Workshop is jointly organized by INFN, APPEC and DOE.

 

Scientific Organizing Committee

Andreas Haungs (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Katharina Henjes-Kunst (DESY Zeuthen)
Teresa Montaruli (University of Geneva)
Ezio Previtali (Milano Bicocca University & LNGS Director)
Marco Pallavicini (Genova University & INFN Genova)

Local Organizing Committee

Ezio Previtali (Milano Bicocca University & LNGS Director) - chair
Carlo Bucci (INFN-LNGS)
Oliviero Cremonesi (INFN Milano Bicocca)
Paolo Gorla (INFN-LNGS)
Nicola Rossi (INFN-LNGS)
Fausto Chiarizia (INFN-LNGS) - secretary

Wednesday, 29 September

1 Check-in and registration

Session 1: Introduction

Convener: Oliviero Cremonesi (INFN Milano Bicocca)

2 Welcome

Speaker: Antonio Zoccoli (President of INFN)

3 Meeting goals

Speaker: Timothy Hallman (DOE)

4 Science case

Speaker: Francesco Vissani (LNGS)

vissani-sep29-2021.pdf

5 Underground European labs

Speaker: Ezio Previtali (Director of LNGS)

DBD_LNGS.pdf

6 North American underground labs

Speaker: Nigel Smith (Director of TRIUMF)

2021-09-29 LNGS DBD Meeting Nigel Smith.pdf

7 Survey on other next generation Double Beta experiments

Speaker: Andrea Giuliani (CNRS - ICJLab)

NA-EU-workshop-Giuliani.pdf

8 Welcome reception

Thursday, 30 September

9 Welcome event by the Mayor of L'Aquila

12:30 Lunch break

Session 2: Experiments

10 CUPID

Speakers: Karsten Heeger (Yale University), Maura Pavan (Milano Bicocca University & INFN)

CUPID - LNGSworkshop - September2021.pdf

11 Q & A

12 LEGEND

Speaker: Stefan Schönert (TUM)

LEGEND-1000.pdf

13 Q & A

Chair: David Radford (Oak Ridge National Lab)

17:00 Coffee break

Session 2: Experiments

Convener: Teresa Montaruli (University of Geneva)

14 NEXO

Speaker: Giorgio Gratta (Stanford University)

Gratta_LNGS_Sept2021.pdf

15 Q & A

16 NEXT

Speaker: Juan Jose Gomez-Cadenas (DIPC)

Gomez_Cadenas_NEXTv3.pdf

17 Q & A

18 Social dinner

Friday, 1 October

19 Visit to undergound laboratory

13:00 Lunch break

Session 3: Closed session

17:00 Coffee break

Session 3: Conclusions

Convener: Marco Pallavicini (Genova University & INFN)