Final Symposium of the Sino-German GDT Cooperation

Oct 18, 2015, 5:30 AM → Oct 24, 2015, 12:00 PM Europe/Berlin

Ringberg Castle

Iris Abt (MPI)

Ringberg Castle

Sunday, October 18

5:30 AM → 9:00 PM Arrival at Munich and transfer to Ringberg Castle

• Arrival in Munich
• Transfer to MPI for Physics
• Welcome by the Director General of MPI and some words from the CJPL International Advisory Committee
• Dinner
• Transfer to Ringberg Castle

5:30 AM First Arrivals

6:30 AM Bus leaves for transfer to MPI

7:15 AM Continental Breakfast

Some beds provided
Visit of Munich possible

7:15 AM Individual visits of Munich

7:15 AM Some beds provided

12:30 PM Lunch Buffet

2:00 PM MPI Tours

3:00 PM Welcome

Speaker: Dr Iris Abt (MPI)

3:15 PM Welcome and Remarks

Speaker: Prof. Allen Caldwell (Max Planck Institute for Physics)

3:45 PM Discussion - Closed Meeting

Closed Meeting Prof. Kang, Prof. Li, Prof. Caldwell, Dr. Abt; (with Interpreter)

5:00 PM Departure of Bus from MPI

5:15 PM Transfer to Tegernsee

6:30 PM Dinner

7:50 PM Departure of Bus to Ringberg Castle and Hotel zur Post Kreuth

Monday, October 19

8:00 AM → 8:50 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM → 12:20 PM Physics Prospects

9:00 AM Welcome 1

Speaker: Dr Iris Abt (MPI for Physics)

Slides Symp15_intro.pdf

9:15 AM Welcome 2

Speaker: Prof. KeJun Kang (Tsinghua University)

9:30 AM Neutrinos, the Known Unknowns

Speaker: Dr Alexander Merle (MPI for Physics)

Slides Merle_Ringberg_2015-s.pdf

9:55 AM Neutrino sources from black hole to earth core

Speaker: Dr Georg Raffelt (MPI for Physics)

Slides GeDet-Raffelt-s.pdf

10:20 AM Coffee

10:40 AM Dark Matter: Limits from direct WIMP searches - overview

Speaker: Dr Xiang Liu (MPI for Physics)

Slides Xiang_DM_direct_search_Ringberg-s.pdf

11:10 AM Dark Matter: Limits on WIMPs from colliders - ATLAS and CMS

Speaker: Dr Sandra Kortner (MPI for Physics)

Slides SKortner_Ringberg2015-s.pdf

11:45 AM Dark Matter: Axions as dark matter candidates

Speaker: Dr Frank Daniel Steffen (MPI for Physics)

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 5:30 PM Physics with Germanium

2:00 PM Ge detectors and neutrinoless double beta decay: Majorana Demonstrator

Speaker: Dr Ryan Martin (University of South Dakota)

Slides GeDectors_MJD_RMartin_Ringberg_Oct15-s.pdf

2:30 PM Ge detectors and neutrinoless double beta decay: GERDA

Speaker: Dr Bela Majorovits (MPI for Physics)

Slides 151020_gerda_majorovits-s.pdf

3:00 PM Ge and dark matter searches: CDEX, present and future, Ge detectors at LN temperature

Speaker: Dr Shin-Ted Lin (Sichuan University)

Slides CDEX_Ge_2015_ted-s.pdf

3:30 PM Ge detectors at ultra-low temperature

Speaker: Dr Klaus Eitel (KIT)

Slides GDT2015-Ringberg-Eitel-s.pdf

4:00 PM Coffee

4:30 PM Ge and physics in spectroscopy: AGATA and overview

Speaker: Prof. Peter Reiter (University of Cologne)

Slides Ringberg_Reiter_02.pdf

5:00 PM Ge and neutrino scattering: Texono and overview

Speaker: Prof. Henry Wong (Academia Sinica)

Slides MPI-Ge2015-Wong-s.pdf

5:30 PM → 6:30 PM Tour of Castle

6:30 PM → 8:00 PM Dinner

Tuesday, October 20

8:00 AM → 8:50 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM → 9:20 AM Projects of the Sino German Cooperation

Speaker: Dr Iris Abt (MPI)

Slides Symp15_projects-s.pdf

9:20 AM → 12:20 PM Detector Development - 1

9:20 AM Crystal pulling in SD

Speaker: Prof. Dongming Mei (University of South Dakota)

Slides CrystalPulling2015.pdf

9:40 AM News from Canberra

Speaker: Dr Vlad Marian (Canberra)

Slides Presentation_Canberra_Ringberg-s.pdf

10:00 AM Nuclear and atomic physics topics in Direct Dark Matter Detection and Aion Search at CDEX

Speaker: Prof. Shin-Ted Lin (Sichuan University)

Slides CDEX_Ge_2015_ted2.pdf

10:20 AM CDEX-1 dead layer measurement

Speaker: JingLu Ma (Tsinghua University)

Slides 20151020_Majl.pdf

10:40 AM Coffee

11:00 AM Germanium at the MPI

Speaker: Dr Oliver Schulz (MPI for Physics)

Slides gedet-research-mpp-oschulz.pdf

11:20 AM Surface alpha events on segmented coaxial detectors

Speaker: Lucia Garbini (MPI for Physics)

Slides SinoGermanSymposium_Ringber2015_presentation-s.pdf

11:40 AM Segmented coaxial detectors: effect of metalisation

Speaker: Matteo Palermo (MPI for Physics)

Slides Palermo_Matteo_GDT_symposium_2015-galatea-s.pdf

12:00 PM A test cryostat for detector development

Speaker: Mitchell Wagner (University of South Dakota)

Slides Test_Cryostats.pdf

12:30 PM → 1:45 PM Lunch

2:15 PM → 2:30 PM Bus leaves from Ringberg

2:30 PM → 9:40 PM Excursion - 1 -

Boat trip on Lake Tegernsee (weather permitting)
- Tour of Brewery Aying with beer tasting
- Dinner

9:45 PM → 10:00 PM Bus leaves for Ringberg/Hotel

10:00 PM → 11:00 PM Transfer to Ringberg

Wednesday, October 21

8:00 AM → 8:50 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM → 10:45 AM Detector Development - 2 -

9:00 AM Segmented point contact detectors

Speaker: Prof. David Radford (Oakridge National Laboratory)

Slides radford_Ge_workshop_Oct2015_A-s.pdf

9:20 AM A 4-fold segmented BeGe detector: characterisation

Speaker: Mr Heng-Ye Liao (MPI for Physics)

Slides 151021_SinoGerman_GDT_p1_HY-s.pdf

9:40 AM A 4-fold segmented BeGe detector: spacial capabilities

Speaker: Dr Xiang Liu (MPI for Physics)

Slides segbege_psa.pdf

10:00 AM A p-type point-contact HPGe detector with amorphous Ge surface

Speaker: Prof. Dongming Mei (USD)

Slides DongMing-Mei_aGe-p.pdf

10:20 AM Full 3D scan of an AGATA crystal using the PSCS technique

Speaker: Dr Gilbert Duchene (Strassbourg Universitee)

Slides PSCS_full_3D_scan_Duchene_Ringberg_symposium-s.pdf

10:45 AM → 11:15 AM Coffee

11:15 AM → 12:25 PM Neutrons

11:15 AM Minidex, an experiment to measure muon induced neutrons

Speaker: Matteo Palermo (MPI for Physics)

Slides Palermo_MINIDEX_Ringberg-2015-s.pdf

11:45 AM Gd-doped liquid scintillator fast neutron detector calibration

Speaker: Li Wang (Tsinghua University)

Slides rodi

12:05 PM Fast neutron background measurement in CJPL

Speaker: Qiang Du (Sichuan University)

Slides 20151021_neutron_flux_measruement_in_CJPL_Dqiang-s.pdf

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:40 PM Software

2:00 PM MaGe and what next

Speaker: Prof. Jason Detwiler (University of Washington)

Slides 20151021_Ringberg_MaGe_Detwiler-s.pdf

2:20 PM Discussion

2:40 PM Pulse Shapes by David Radford

Speaker: Prof. David Radford (Oakridge National Laboratory)

Slides radford_Ge_workshop_Oct2015_Bb.pdf

3:00 PM Pulse Shapes by MPI

Speaker: Mr Heng-Ye Liao (MPI for Physics)

Slides 151021_SinoGerman_GDT_p2_HY-s.pdf

3:20 PM Data Brics

Speaker: Dr Oliver Schulz (MPI for Physics)

Slides oschulz-databricxx.pdf

3:40 PM → 4:10 PM Coffee

4:10 PM → 5:30 PM Analysis

4:10 PM CDEX-1a data analysis

Speaker: Wei Zhao (Tsinghua University)

Slides CDEX-1_Data_Analysis_WeiZhao.pdf

4:30 PM CDEX-1b data analysis

Speaker: LiTao Yang (Tsinghua University)

Slides CDEX-1B_YangLT-s.pdf

4:50 PM Gerda background model

Speaker: Dr Dimitrios Palioselitis (MPI for Physics)

Slides gerda_bg-s.pdf

5:10 PM CDEX-1t LN tank simulation

Speaker: QuingDong Hu (Tsinghua University)

Slides LNThickMCSimulationByHu-s.pdf

6:30 PM → 8:00 PM Dinner

8:30 PM → 10:00 PM Discussion on Cooperation concerning Detector Scans and Mobility of Charge Carriers in Germanium

Thursday, October 22

7:30 AM → 8:00 AM Breakfast

8:00 AM → 8:15 AM Bus leaves Ringberg Castle

8:15 AM → 1:30 PM Excursion -2-

Excursion to Wendelstein Mountain
- possibility to walk to summit (take good shoes)
- possiblity to visit cave
- lunch

1:30 PM → 1:45 PM Bus leaves for Ringberg

1:45 PM → 2:55 PM Transfer to Ringberg

3:20 PM → 5:50 PM Technical Considerations

3:20 PM ASIC pre-amplifiers for PCGe detectors

Speaker: Prof. Zhi Deng (Tsinghua University)

Slides hpge_cmospreamp_zdeng-s.pdf

3:40 PM Tests of a switched capacitor array ASIC at 77K

Speaker: Feng Liu (Tsinghua University)

Slides 20151022_-Liu_Feng_-_SCA.pdf

4:00 PM Readout electronics and cables

Speaker: Prof. Alan Poon (LNBL)

Slides SinoGermanGeSymposium2015.10-Poon-s.pdf

4:20 PM Coffee

4:50 PM PEN, the material of choice?

Speaker: Dr Bela Majorovits (MPI for Physics)

Slides 151022_PEN.pdf

5:10 PM CDEX LAr system

Speaker: Prof. Ming Zeng (Tsinghua Universtiy)

Slides 20151022_Ming_ZENG_Sino-German_GDT_symposium_ringberg-s.pdf

5:30 PM CDEX-10 test results

Speaker: Hao Jiang (Tsinghua University)

Slides CDEX10_test_results_HaoJiang.pdf

6:30 PM → 8:00 PM Dinner -- Bavarian Buffet

Friday, October 23

8:00 AM → 8:50 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM → 3:40 PM Future Perspectives

9:00 AM Status of CJPL-2

Speaker: Prof. Zhi Zeng (Tsinghua University)

Slides 20151023_Status_of_CJPL2-zhi_Zeng-s.pdf

9:30 AM Low background facilities in CJPL and preparation for electroformed copper production

Speaker: Prof. Hao Ma (Tsinghua University)

Slides Hao_Ma_Sino-German_GDT_symposium_Ringberg-s.pdf

9:50 AM PCGe detector fabrication in China

Speaker: Prof. YuLan Li (Tsinghua University)

Slides 2015_10_Sino-Gemran_GDT_Cooperation_final-s.pdf

10:10 AM Plans on Ge-76 double beta decay in China

Speaker: Prof. Zeng Zhi (Tsinghua University)

Slides 20151023-China_Ge_0vbb-zhi_zeng-p-s.pdf

10:40 AM Coffee

11:10 AM PIRE a network for detector R&D

Speaker: Prof. Dongming Mei (University of South Dakota)

Slides PIRE-s.pdf

11:30 AM Possible Eol for a large scale Ge detector

Speaker: Dr Iris Abt (MPI for Physics)

Slides Symp15_EoI.pdf

12:30 PM Lunch

2:00 PM Future Physics with Germanium: Where are we now and what do we need for for 0nubb, dark matter, neutrinos (from 1t to 100t)

Speaker: Prof. John F. Wilkerson (University of North Carolina)

Slides next_gen_ge_sino_german_symp_Wilkerson-s.pdf

2:50 PM How far are we away from being able to design/build a 1t/100t Ge detector?

Compile and discuss a list of questions to be answered

Speaker: Podium and General Discussion

3:40 PM → 4:10 PM Coffee

4:10 PM → 5:55 PM Summary

4:10 PM Nobel prize 2015 -- SNO

4:40 PM Infamous Last Words

Speaker: Dr Iris Abt (MPI for Physics)

Slides Symp15_summary-s.pdf

6:30 PM → 8:00 PM Dinner

Saturday, October 24

7:45 AM → 8:50 AM Breakfast

8:50 AM → 9:10 AM Check Out And Pay Your Bill for Wine and Beer

9:15 AM → 9:30 AM Departure and Transfer to Munich and / or Airport

9:30 AM → 9:31 AM Conference Photo

Slides conf-foto.JPG