Particle Physics Detectors III

Presentations

• Prototyping a Neutron Detector for Dark Matter Experiments

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:15 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Veronika Shalamova

    • University of California, Riverside

  Authors

  • Veronika Shalamova

    • University of California, Riverside

  • Shawn Westerdale

    • University of California, Riverside

  • Sidra Mazhar

    • University of California, Riverside

  • Anthony Gomez

    • University of California, Riverside

  • Vlad Zuev

    • University of California, Riverside

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• Imaging nuclear recoils with light-sheet microscopy

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:27 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:39 PM

  Publication: arxiv:2503.20732

  Presenters

  • Samuel Hedges

    • Virginia Tech

  Authors

  • Patrick Huber

    • Virginia Tech

  • Samuel Hedges

    • Virginia Tech

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• Analysis of VUV Scintillation from Radon Decays in a 10kg-Scale Crystal Xenon Particle DetectorNew Submission

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:39 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:51 PM

  Presenters

  • Ayden Gertiser

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Ayden Gertiser

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Scott Kravitz

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Gregory Sehr

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Chloe O'Brien

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Max Wieczorek

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Daniel Hunt

    • The University of Texas at Austin

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• MEMS measurement of position-dependent characteristics of HVeVs

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:51 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Hope Fu

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Hope Fu

    • Stanford University

  • Kelly Stifter

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Noah Kurinsky

    • Stanford University / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Aviv Simchony

    • Stanford university

  • James Ryan

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology

  • Qihua Wang

    • Stanford University

  • Aditi Pradeep

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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• Recent Advances in TES-based Detector Development for Dark Matter and CENNS Searches

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:03 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:15 PM

  Publication: Planned publications on a) MLA-based TES fabrication, and b) Improved QET design using high-RRR aluminum

  Presenters

  • Keith Hunter

    • Texas A&M University

  Authors

  • Keith Hunter

    • Texas A&M University

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• Progress towards a wideband x-ray focal plane using kinetic inductance phonon mediated detectors

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:15 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Jacob Harris

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  Authors

  • Jacob Harris

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Karthik Ramanathan

    • Washington University in St. Louis

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• Ancient minerals as paleo-detectors: the search for high-throughput, nanometer-scale microscopy for the frontier of neutrino and dark matter detection

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:27 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:39 PM

  Presenters

  • Emilie LaVoie-Ingram

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Emilie LaVoie-Ingram

    • University of Michigan

  • Hannah Ross

    • University of Michigan

  • Audrey Wu

    • University of Michigan

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• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Paleodetectors

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:39 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:51 PM

  Presenters

  • Audrey Wu

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Audrey Wu

    • University of Michigan

  • Emilie LaVoie-Ingram

    • University of Michigan

  • Joshua Spitz

    • University of Michigan

  • Hannah Ross

    • University of Michigan

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