Name: Gran Sasso Summer Institute 2014 - Hands-On Experimental Underground Physics at LNGS
Start: 2014-09-22T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2014-10-03T15:00:00+02:00
Location: LNGS

Gran Sasso Summer Institute 2014 - Hands-On Experimental Underground Physics at LNGS

from Monday, 22 September 2014 (09:00) to Friday, 3 October 2014 (15:00)

Monday, 22 September 2014

09:00

09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Introduction to LNGS underground laboratory - Aldo Ianni (INFN - LNGS)
Introduction to LNGS underground laboratory
- Aldo Ianni (INFN - LNGS)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Neutrino theory and global fit - Francesco Vissani (INFN - LNGS & GSSI)
Neutrino theory and global fit
- Francesco Vissani (INFN - LNGS & GSSI)
10:00 - 11:30
11:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 Theory and phenomenology of neutrinoless double beta decay - Juan Jose Gomez-Cadenas (IFIC Valencia)
Theory and phenomenology of neutrinoless double beta decay
- Juan Jose Gomez-Cadenas (IFIC Valencia)
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
14:30 Brief course on safety at LNGS - Marco Tobia (INFN - LNGS)
Brief course on safety at LNGS
- Marco Tobia (INFN - LNGS)
14:30 - 15:30
The course is performed by the LNGS Prevention and Protection Service
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00

16:00 Discussion on working groups and tutoring
Discussion on working groups and tutoring
16:00 - 16:30

16:30 Visit to underground laboratory
Visit to underground laboratory
16:30 - 18:30

20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
23:00 prova prova - Mattia Paris (LNGS)
prova prova
- Mattia Paris (LNGS)
23:00 - 23:20
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
09:00 Review of theory and phenomenology on dark matter - Paolo Gondolo (University of Utah)
Review of theory and phenomenology on dark matter
- Paolo Gondolo (University of Utah)
09:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Neutrinos in cosmology - Carlos Peña Garay (IFIC Valencia)
Neutrinos in cosmology
- Carlos Peña Garay (IFIC Valencia)
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 Experiments and detection methods for double beta decay searches - John F. Wilkerson (University of North Carolina)
Experiments and detection methods for double beta decay searches
- John F. Wilkerson (University of North Carolina)
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30

14:30

14:30 - 18:30

20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
09:00 Neutrino experiments and detection methods - Mark Chen (Queens University)
Neutrino experiments and detection methods
- Mark Chen (Queens University)
09:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Dark Matter time modulations and directional signatures - Jocelyn MONROE (Royal Holloway University of London)
Dark Matter time modulations and directional signatures
- Jocelyn MONROE (Royal Holloway University of London)
11:00 - 12:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30

14:30

14:30 - 18:30
Special seminar - The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR <sup>76</sup>Ge Experiment - John F. Wilkerson (University of North Carolina)
Special seminar - The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR <sup>76</sup>Ge Experiment
- John F. Wilkerson (University of North Carolina)
14:30 - 15:30
The MAJORANA collaboration is constructing the DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background array consisting of 40 kg of germanium detectors, of which ~30 kg will be enriched to 87% in 76Ge. The primary goal is to demonstrate backgrounds low enough to justify proceeding with building a large (tonne) scale 76Ge based neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment. The DEMONSTRATOR utilizes p-type point contact detectors, which offer attractive features including low-energy (sub keV) thresholds and superior pulse shape discrimination of multisite events. With its anticipated low energy threshold, the array should also be able to search for physics beyond the standard model, including light mass WIMP dark matter. The Ge detectors are mounted in cryostats that are constructed out of ultra-low activity electroformed copper which are situated in a conventional compact shield that includes an inner layer of electroformed copper shielding. The experiment is located in a clean room at the 4850' level (4300 mwe) of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota. This talk will report on the current status of the DEMONSTRATOR and discuss future prospects for a large scale Ge experiment that combines the best features of GERDA and the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR.
20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 25 September 2014
09:00 Testing general relativity - Angelo Tartaglia (Politecnico Torino)
Testing general relativity
- Angelo Tartaglia (Politecnico Torino)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 Review and experiments on nuclear astrophysics - pt. 1 - Christian Iliadis (University of North Carolina)
Review and experiments on nuclear astrophysics - pt. 1
- Christian Iliadis (University of North Carolina)
10:00 - 11:30
11:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 Review and experiments on nuclear astrophysics - pt. 2 - Christian Iliadis (University of North Carolina)
Review and experiments on nuclear astrophysics - pt. 2
- Christian Iliadis (University of North Carolina)
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30

14:30

14:30 - 18:30
Special seminar - Variations of earth rotation from ring laser gyroscopes: one hundred years of rotation sensing with optical interferometry - Karl Ulrich Schreiber (TU Munich)
Special seminar - Variations of earth rotation from ring laser gyroscopes: one hundred years of rotation sensing with optical interferometry
- Karl Ulrich Schreiber (TU Munich)
14:30 - 15:30
Earth Rotation and Orientation are providing the link between the terrestrial (ITRF) and celestial reference frames (ICRF). Traditionally the Earth orientation parameters (EOPs) are observed by radio interferometry. The fixed positions of the quasars, along with measurement redundancy of a sufficiently large network, provide the long-term stability of the observations. For the short-term and the access to the instantaneous rotation axis of the Earth, VLBI is depending on suitable models, which still have some deficiencies. Optical interferometric rotation sensing with ring lasers in contrast provide direct access to the Earth rotation axis, a high resolution in the short-term, but are suffering from tiny non-reciprocal laser behavior causing drift in the long-term. Now, one hundred years after George Sagnac’s important paper published in Comptes Rendus in 1913 the tools of modern quantum optics have matured to a point where they make ring lasers more than 12 orders of magnitude more sensitive than the early instrumentation in this field. The single component prototype ring laser G in Wettzell now resolves rotation rates of 10e-12 rad/s after one hour of integration and has demonstrated an impressive sensor stability over several month. The combination of VLBI and ring laser measurements offers an improved sensitivity for the EOPs in the short-term and the direct access to the Earth rotation axis. At the same time the progress in controlling the backscatter coupling in ring lasers has succeeded to reach the domain of 3 parts per billion for the relative uncertainty of the measured Earth rotation. This paper explores the prospects of optical Sagnac Interferometry in Geodesy at the Centennial of the Sagnac effect.
20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Friday, 26 September 2014
09:00 Non-directional Dark Matter direct detection experimental techniques - Jodi Cooley (SMU Dallas)
Non-directional Dark Matter direct detection experimental techniques
- Jodi Cooley (SMU Dallas)
09:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00

11:00 - 13:30

13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00

15:00 Bus shuttle to the hotel
Bus shuttle to the hotel
15:00 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 23:59
Contributions

16:30 European Researchers' Night
Saturday, 27 September 2014
09:00
09:00 - 19:30
Contributions

15:30 Visit of L'Aquila city
Sunday, 28 September 2014
08:30
08:30 - 20:30
Contributions

08:30 Gran Sasso Mountains: Corno Grande and Historical Villages

Monday, 29 September 2014

09:30

09:30 - 13:30

13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:45

14:45

14:45 - 18:30

20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Tuesday, 30 September 2014

09:30

09:30 - 13:30

13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:45

14:45

14:45 - 18:30

20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 1 October 2014

09:30

09:30 - 13:30

13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30

14:30

14:30 - 14:45

14:45

14:45 - 18:30

20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 2 October 2014

09:30

09:30 - 13:30

13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:45

14:45

14:45 - 18:30

20:00

20:00 - 23:30
Friday, 3 October 2014
09:30
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 DARK-SIDE50 - Benjamin Shanks Kyungwon Kim

09:38 OPERA - Linyan Wan

09:46 LUCIFER - Mateusz Kaczmarski Miquel Nebot-Guinot

09:54 CRESST - Julieta Gruszko Wei Zhao

10:02 LUNA/DARK-SIDE - Simone Copello

10:10 BOREXINO - Osamu Takachio Rickard Stroem

10:18 XENON100 - Barbara Rosario Montes Nunez Brett Cornell
10:30

10:30 - 10:50
10:50
10:50 - 12:30
Contributions

10:50 XENON1T - Ander Simon Estevez Susnata Seth

10:58 ICARUS T600 - Gonzalo Martinez Lakshmi S Mohan

11:06 GERDA - Dana Byram

11:14 LUNA/STELLA - Stefano Dell'Oro

11:22 LUNA400 GEANT4 - Axel Boeltzig

11:30 CUORE - Francesco Piastra Simone Marcocci

11:38 CUORE ABSURD - Johannes Rothe Ritoban Basu Thakur

11:46 GINGER - Federico Ferraro

11:54 Mass spectroscopy - Mikola Stepaniuk

12:02 Preamps for SiPMs - Susan Walker
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:15

14:25

14:25 - 14:30