Particle Physics Detectors I

Presentations

• Recoilless resonant absorption of Mossbauer antineutrinos: A relook at experimental possibilities with low Q electron capture isotopes

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • V. A. A Chirayath

    • University of Texas at Arlington

  Authors

  • V. A. A Chirayath

    • University of Texas at Arlington

  • Jonathan Asaadi

    • University of Texas at Arlington

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• Direct measurement of the Electron - Neutrino Mass via Decay of ¹⁵⁹Dy

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Publication: Directly determine the electron-neutrino mass with sub-eV sensitivity by the decay of ¹⁵⁹Dy,
  Science Bulletin, Volume 70, Issue 16, 2025, Pages 2538-2540, ISSN 2095-9273,
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.038.
  (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209592732500578X)

  Presenters

  • Yuekun Heng

    • Institute of High Energy Physics

  Authors

  • Ying Fu

    • Institute of High Energy Physics

  • Yuekun Heng

    • Institute of High Energy Physics

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

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• Progress in using resonator coupled transmons for phonon-mediated particle detection

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • William Ho

    • Washington University, St. Louis

  Authors

  • William Ho

    • Washington University, St. Louis

  • Karthik Ramanathan

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Lanqing Yuan

    • Washington University in St. Louis

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• Geometry Evolution of HPGe Detectors with Amorphous Ge Dual Blocking Contacts: From Planar to Inverted-Coaxial Toward Ring-Contact Designs using USD home-grown HPGe crystals.

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • SHASIKA A PANAMALDENIYA

    • University of South Dakota

  Authors

  • SHASIKA A PANAMALDENIYA

    • University of South Dakota

  • Kunming Dong

    • University of South Dakota

  • Dongming Mei

    • University of South Dakota

  • Sanjay Bhattarai

    • University of South Dakota

  • Athul Prem

    • University of South Dakota

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• Development of a Cryogenic Hybrid Detector for Rare-Event Searches via Simultaneous Phonon and Photon Readout

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Mahdi Mirzakhani

    • Texas A&M University College Station

  Authors

  • Mahdi Mirzakhani

    • Texas A&M University College Station

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• Plastic Scintillator System for Cosmic Particle Detection

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: 1) Hamel, M. (Ed.). (2021). Plastic scintillators: Chemistry and applications (Vol. 140). In Y. P. Lee, D. J.
  Lockwood, P. M. Ossi, & K. Yamanouchi (Series Eds.), Topics in applied physics. Springer.
  (The series "Topics in Applied Physics" is indexed in Web of Science [2019 Impact Factor: 0.633] and
  Scopus.)
  2) Min, S., Kim, Y., Ko, K., Seo, B., Cheong, J., Roh, C., & Hong, S. (2021). Optimization of plastic
  scintillator for detection of Gamma-Rays: Simulation and experimental study. Chemosensors, 9(9), 239.
  3) A., Zaffalon, M. L., Cova, F., Pinchetti, V., Khan, A. H., Carulli, F., Brescia, R., Meinardi, F., Moreels, I., &
  Brovelli, S. (2022). Optical and scintillation properties of record-efficiency CdTe nanoplatelets toward
  radiation detection applications. Nano Letters, 22(22)
  4) Chen, W.-L., & Sheu, R.-J. (2018). Studies of cosmic-ray muons and neutrons in a five-story concrete
  building. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 179(3), 233–243.
  5) Shevelev, V. S., & Ishchenko, A. V. (2021). Optical and scintillation properties of new polyurethane plastic
  scintillator with PPO and POPOP. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1777(1), 012032.
  6) Flores-Pacheco, A., Sánchez-Zeferino, R., Saavedra-Rodríguez, G., Contreras-Rascón, J. I., Díaz-Reyes, J., &
  Álvarez-Ramos, M. E. (2021). Enhanced Stokes-shift and dispersibility in non-polar PMMA solvent of CdTe
  quantum dots by silica coating. Chemical Physics, 544, 111102.

  Presenters

  • Arda Çetinkaya

    • TED Darıca College Private Anatolian High School

  Authors

  • Arda Çetinkaya

    • TED Darıca College Private Anatolian High School

  • Buket Atalay

    • Goztepe Ihsan Kursunoglu Anatolian High school
    • Göztepe İhsan Kurşunoğlu Anatolian High School

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• Cosmic Muon Ionization Enhances Warm Rain Formation: A High-Energy Physics Approach to Atmospheric Microphysics

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Publication: Currently working on paper.

  Presenters

  • Samia Hebbah

    • Independent Researcher; PIEAS, Pakistan

  Authors

  • Samia Hebbah

    • Independent Researcher; PIEAS, Pakistan

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