Scientific Committee Meeting April 2026

20 Apr 2026, 09:00 → 21 Apr 2026, 16:30 Europe/Rome

"E. Majorana" room (LNGS)

Paolo Gorla (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso - INFN)

Agenda of LXV  meeting of the Gran Sasso Scientific Comittee

Monday 20 April

09:00 → 10:00 Closed session: I

09:00 Director's briefing

Speaker: Ezio Previtali (LNGS Director)

0_DirectorReport_CS_April_2026.pdf

10:00 → 12:15 Open session

10:00 Director's report

Speaker: Ezio Previtali (LNGS Director)

10:15 Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: LEGEND

Speaker: Jason Detwiler (University of Washington)

1_LEGEND_20260420_LNGSSCOpenSession_Detwiler.pdf

10:40 Dark Matter searches: RADIO_AXION

Speaker: Carlo Broggini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

2_RADIO_AXION_LNGS_APRIL_2026.pdf

11:05 Coffee break

11:25 General relativity and Fundamental Precision tests: GAIAS

Speaker: Riccardo Cerulli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

GAIAS_CSLNGS_Apr2026.pdf

11:50 General relativity and Fundamental Precision tests: VIP

Speaker: Catalina Oana Curceanu (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

4_VIP.pdf

12:15 → 13:00 Closed session: II

12:15 Committee discussion

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 18:30 Closed session: III

14:00 Committee discussion

14:30 Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: LEGEND

14:50 Dark Matter searches: XENONnT

15:20 Dark Matter searches: DarkSide20k

15:50 Dark Matter searches: SABRE

16:20 Neutrinos: RESNOVA

16:50 Coffee break

17:10 Nuclear Astrophysics: PAC/Bellotti Ion Beam Facility Status

17:40 Committee discussion

Tuesday 21 April

09:00 → 13:00 Closed session: IV

09:00 Committee discussion

10:00 Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: CUPID

10:30 Committee discussion

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Report writing session

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 16:30 Closed session: V

14:00 Report writing session