Symposium of the Sino-German GDT Cooperation

Europe/Berlin
University of Tübingen

University of Tübingen

Auf der Morgenstelle 14 72076 Tübingen
Iris Abt (MPI for Physics), Peter Grabmayr (University of Tübingen)
    • Welcome
      • 1
        Welcome to the Symposium
        Speaker: Peter Grabmayr (University of Tübingen)
        Slides
      • 2
        Welcome to Universität Tübingen
        Speaker: Herbert Muether (Prorector of the Universitaet Tuebingen)
      • 3
        Physics at Universitaet Tuebingen
        Speaker: Josef Jochum (Universitaet Tuebingen)
        Slides
      • 4
        Introduction to the Cooperation Program
        Speaker: Iris Abt (MPI for Physics Munich)
        Slides
      • 5
        Opening Ceremony and Revealing of Cooperation Plate
        Speaker: Peter Grabmayr (University of Tübingen)
        Slides
      • 6
        Symposium-Group-Picture
        pictures
      • 7
        Pictures form the time in Tuebingen -- tar ball -- 380MB
        pictures
    • 10:35
      Coffee
    • Germanium Detectors in Basic Research
      • 8
        Technical Specifications and Requirements on Detectors for Reactor Neutrino Experiments
        Speaker: Henry Wong (Academia Sinica)
        Slides
      • 9
        Overview of Germanium Detectors in Fundamental Research
        An overview is given over the experiments and their demands of detectors used in fundamental research (search for dark matter / neutrinoless double beta decay / spectroscopy / ...)
        Speaker: Klaus Eitel (KIT)
        Slides
      • 10
        Technical Specifications and Requirements on Detectors for Dark Matter Searches
        Speaker: Jin Li (Tsinghua University)
        Slides
      • 11
        Technical Specifications and Requirements on Detectors for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Searches
        Speaker: Iris Abt (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • Special Guest
      • 12
        Germanium Detectors in Space
        The integral mission and the results obtained with germanium detectors
        Speaker: Roland Diehl (MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics)
        Slides
    • Detector Production
      Convener: Peter Grabmayr (Universitaet Tuebingen)
      • 13
        Recent Progress in Ultralow Noise, Ultralow Background Detectors
        Speaker: Vlad Marian (Canberra)
        Slides
      • 14
        Detector Production at Tsinghua
        Speaker: Lan Zhang (Nuctech Company Ltd.)
        Slides
      • 15:35
        Coffee
    • 15:55
      Guided Tour through Tübingen Ending at the Restaurant Forelle
    • 19:00
      Dinner
    • Test Facilities
      Convener: Jin Li (Tsinghua University)
      • 15
        Demands on Test Facilities for Production and Research
        Speaker: Iris Abt (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 16
        GALATEA at MPI
        Speaker: Sabine Irlbeck (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 17
        Tsinghua Test Facility
        Speaker: Qinghao Chen (Tsinghua University)
        Slides
      • 18
        Conventional Teststands at MPI
        Speaker: Lucia Garbini (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 19
        Test of 1kg Point Contact Detectors and CDEX String Assemblies
        Speaker: Yucheng Wu (Tsinghua University)
        Slides
      • 10:30
        Coffee
    • Germanium Detector Design and Pulse Shape Simulation
      • 20
        What you need to design a detector: Principles of Field Calculations and Pulse Shape Simulations
        Speaker: Jing Liu (University of Tokyo)
        Slides
      • 21
        Field Calculation - Evaluation of Different Programs
        Speaker: Burcin Dönmez (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
    • 12:00
      Lunch
    • Excursion

      Bus trip to:
      - Haigerloch and its 'nuclear cellar', where German scientists tried to build a nuclear reactor between 1944 and 1945
      - Castle Hohenzollern, the ancestral seat of the Prussian Royal House and of the Hohenzollern Princes
      - Dinner at tHofgut Domaene at he foot of the castle

    • Pulse Shape Simulation and Evaluation
      • 22
        PSS: Evaluation and Verification for a Novel Inverted Coaxial PC-Detector
        Speaker: David Radford (Oakridge National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 23
        PSS: Results Obtained for a Segmented Point Contact Detector
        Speaker: Burcin Dönmez (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 24
        Input Parameters to Detector Simulation
        How well do we know impurity densities and mobilities?
        Speaker: Iris Abt (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 10:40
        Coffee
    • Electronics
      Convener: Peter Reiter (Universitaet Koeln)
      • 25
        Readout: the Path to a 1-ton System
        Speaker: Oliver Schulz (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 26
        ASICS for Germanium
        Speaker: Zhi Deng (Tsinghua University)
        Slides
      • 27
        Options for Digitisation and Data Compression
        Speaker: Tao Xue (Tsinghua University)
        Slides
      • 28
        The DAQ System for CDEX
        Speaker: Shukui Liu (SichuanUniversity)
        Slides
      • 29
        Digital Pulse Processing of Semiconductor Detector Signals
        Speaker: Andreas Hennig (University of Cologne)
        Slides
      • 30
        Set up Working Groups
        Electronics: Demands on electronics, placement of FET for low background experiments, possibilities for ASICs. Neutrons: Calculation of flux from muons, from radioactivity, measurement of muon/neutron flux. PSS/PSA: calculation of electric field and weighting potentials, simulation of trajectories and input parameters, determination of pulse parameters
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • Software - including Pulse Shape Analysis
      • 31
        MaGe, a GEANT Based Simulation Tool
        Speaker: Xiang Liu (Shanghai Jiaotong University)
        Slides
      • 32
        Pulse Shape Analysis for CDEX
        Speaker: Wei Zhao (Tsinghua University)
        Slides
      • 33
        Pulse Shape Analysis for AGATA
        Speaker: Peter Reiter (University of Cologne)
        Slides
      • 34
        Pulse Shape Analysis E/A for GERDA
        Speaker: HengYe Liao (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 35
        Bulk vs Surface Events in Texono
        Speaker: Henry Wong (Academia Sinica)
        Slides
      • 16:00
        Coffee
      • 36
        Working Groups
        Description as before
    • 19:00
      Dinner at the Wurstkuechl
    • Neutrons
      • 37
        Neutron Background Simulation for 76 Germanium in Deep Underground Laboratories
        Speaker: Matteo Palermo (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 38
        Muon Flux Measurements and Simulation at Jinping
        Speaker: Zhi Zeng (Tsinghua University)
        Slides
      • 39
        Neutron Flux Measurements at Jinping
        Speaker: Haoyang Xing (Sichuan University)
        Slides
      • 10:30
        Coffee
      • 40
        Measurement of Neutron Interactions With an 18-Fold Segmented True Coax Detector
        Speaker: Jing Liu (University of Tokyo)
        Slides
      • 41
        Working groups
        Description as before
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • Future Projects
      • 42
        Reports on Plans of Working Groups
        • a) Electronics
          Speaker: Oliver Schulz (MPI)
          text
        • b) Neutrons
          Speaker: Matteo Palermo (MPI)
          text
        • c) PSS/PSA
          Speaker: Iris Abt (MPI)
          text
      • 43
        CDEX and Other Germanium / Xenon Based Dark Matter Searches
        Speaker: Qian Yue (Tsinghua University)
        Slides
      • 15:10
        Coffee
      • 44
        Neutrinoless Double Beta Experiments
        Majorana / GERDA and the Xenon Challenge
        Speaker: Bela Majorovits (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
      • 45
        The 1 Ton Challenge
        Speaker: Iris Abt (MPI for Physics)
        Slides
    • 19:00
      Dinner at Neckarmueller
    • 46
      Transfer to Munich - Visit of MPI for Physics Munich
    • 47
      Welcome to MPI
      Overview of the Research at MPI
      Speaker: Iris Abt (MPI for Physics Munich)
      Slides
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • 48
      Plate Ceremony at MPI
      pictures
      Slides
    • 49
      Tour of MPI in small groups
    • 50
      Transfer to Hotel
    • 51
      Evening at the Hofbräuhaus