Perspectives at the Bellotti IBF Workshop

8 Oct 2025, 09:00 → 10 Oct 2025, 18:00 Europe/Rome

Main Conference Room "E. Majorana" (LNGS)

Dipali Basak, Federico Ferraro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Matthias Bernhard Junker (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Riccardo Maria Gesuè (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Thomas William Chillery (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

The workshop "Perspectives at the Bellotti IBF" will be hosted by the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of INFN and will take place from Wednesday October 8 to Friday October 10, 2025.

This workshop aims to bring together scientists interested in research at the deep underground Bellotti Ion Beam Facility (IBF), to explore opportunities and challenges in an international context and to stimulate networking.

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Scientific Advisory Committee

• Sandrine Courtin, University of Strasbourg, France
• Federico Ferraro, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Alba Formicola, INFN-Roma 1, Italy
• Jordì Josè, UPC Barcelona/IEEC, Spain
• Matthias Junker, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Matthias Laubenstein, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Marcello Messina, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Valentino Rigato, INFN-LNL, Italy
• Daniel Robertson, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

Local Organising Committee

• Chair:  Federico Ferraro, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Dipali Basak, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Thomas Chillery, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Riccardo Maria Gesuè,  GSSI & INFN-LNGS, Italy
  

Secretary

• Fausto Chiarizia, INFN-LNGS, Italy

 

Bellotti_IBF_Workshop_Poster.pdf

First_Circular_Perspectives_at_IBF_2025.pdf

Second_Circular_Perspectives_at_IBF_2025.pdf

Wednesday 8 October

12:00 → 13:00 Bus L'Aquila -> LNGS

13:00 → 14:30 Registration / Lunch

14:30 → 15:20 Introduction

14:30 Welcome from the LNGS Director

Speaker: Ezio Previtali (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

14:40 The Bellotti Ion Beam Facility (IBF)

Speaker: Dr Matthias Bernhard Junker (LNGS)

2025-Perspectives-at-Bellotti-IBF_Junker.pdf

15:20 → 16:40 Bellotti IBF for Physics Beyond the Standard Model

15:20 Research Beyond the Standard Model at Bellotti IBF - Theoretical Aspects

Speaker: Claudio Toni

ibf_toni.pdf

16:00 Experiments at Bellotti IBF to reach beyond the Standard Model

Speaker: Simone Manti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Bellotti_08102025_Manti_Simone.pdf

16:40 → 17:00 Break

17:00 → 18:00 Bellotti IBF for Physics Beyond the Standard Model

17:00 Discussion

including flash talks proposed by Advisory Committee on 19th September

18:00 → 19:30 Welcome Party

19:30 → 20:00 Bus LNGS -> L'Aquila

Thursday 9 October

08:00 → 09:00 Bus L'Aquila -> LNGS

09:00 → 11:00 Bellotti IBF in the International Context of Underground Nuclear Astrophysics

09:00 Nuclear Astrophysics Studies at Shallow-Underground Felsenkeller Lab

Speaker: Eliana Masha

Masha_Felsenkeller.pdf

09:40 Nuclear Astrophysics Experiments at JUNA and LEAF

Speakers: Bingshui Gao, Xiaodong Tang (Institute of Modern Physics, CAS)

NAP_Experiments_at _JUNA_LEAF-gao-tang.pdf

10:20 Status and Perspectives at CASPAR

Speaker: Frank Strieder Strieder (South Dakota School of Mines & Technology)

IBF Workshop 2025 Strieder.pptx

11:00 → 11:30 Break

11:30 → 13:30 Bellotti IBF in the International Context of Underground Nuclear Astrophysics

11:30 Targets Development at LUNA

Speakers: Denise Piatti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Matteo Campostrini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

PiattiCampostrini_Bellottiworkshop.pdf

PiattiCampostrini_Bellottiworkshop.pptx

12:00 Detectors for Nuclear Astrophysics in the LUNA Collaboration

Speaker: Giovanni Francesco Ciani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Presentazione _Ciani_detectors.pptx

12:30 Discussion

Including contributed talks

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 16:40 Perspectives in Applied Physics Research at Bellotti IBF

15:00 Possibilities for Applied Science Research at Bellotti IBF

The Bellotti Ion Beam Facility (IBF), equipped with a 3.5 MV Singletron accelerator located underground at LNGS, can provide unique conditions for Ion Beam Analysis (IBA). The substantial reduction in cosmic-ray flux compared to surface laboratories minimizes natural radioactive background, allowing unprecedented sensitivity for trace element and isotope detection. The accelerator delivers MeV-range H⁺, ⁴He⁺, ¹²C⁺, and ¹²C²⁺ beams, which can be used in a variety of IBA techniques, including Elastic Backscattering Spectrometry (EBS), Particle-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE), Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA), and Particle-Induced Gamma-ray Emission (PIGE). A variety of dedicated setups and detectors—including silicon particle detectors, HPGe detectors, and SSD or CdTe detectors — will enable multiple and flexible configurations tailored to different applications. These capabilities open possibilities for surface and sub-surface applied science in ultra-low concentrations material characterization, environmental studies, and cultural heritage analysis, as well as applications in biology and medical research.

Speaker: Joao Cruz (Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Joao-seminar-IBF-workshop.pptx

15:40 Discussion

including flash talks proposed by Advisory Committee on 19th September

16:40 → 17:00 Break

17:00 → 19:00 Visit Underground

The safety briefing, including the video provided by the PPS, is scheduled before the visit underground.

Safety Briefing ENG.mp4

19:00 → 19:30 Bus LNGS -> L'Aquila

20:00 → 22:00 Social Dinner

Friday 10 October

08:00 → 09:00 Bus L'Aquila -> LNGS

09:00 → 10:40 Future Perspectives

09:00 Summary

Speaker: Federico Ferraro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Perspectives_Discussion.pdf

09:40 Plenary Discussion

Including flash talks proposed by 3:30pm on 9th October

10:40 → 11:10 Break

11:10 → 12:20 Round Table

11:10 Round Table: The Bellotti IBF

Speakers: A Ianni, Alba Formicola, Jordi Jose, Valentino Rigato

12:20 → 13:00 Light Lunch

13:00 → 16:00 Bus LNGS -> Rome Airports