2021

Juan de la Cierva grant for Dr. Patricia Sanchez-Lucas

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:00:00 GMT

We congratulate Dr. Patricia Sanchez-Lucas who received a grant within the Spanish research program Juan de la Cierva - Incorporación.

Dectris Prize to Vera Hiu-Sze Wu

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 23:00:00 GMT

Vera Hiu-Sze Wu was a master student in our group and worked on the low-energy calibration of the GERDA experiment, and on the characterisation of wavelength shifting and reflective materials for the LEGEND-200 experiment with the Liquid Argon Setup (LArS) in our laboratory.

Academy of Sciences and Literature

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 23:00:00 GMT

On the fifth of November 2021, Laura Baudis became a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz.

Talks at LIDINE 2021 conference

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:00:00 GMT

On September 17th 2021, our Ph.D. students Gabriela Araujo and Giovanni Volta gave talks at the fifth LIDINE (LIght Detection In Noble Elements) conference.

Measurement of the W-value in liquid xenon

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:00:00 GMT

On September 16th 2021, our measurement of the mean electronic excitation energy in liquid xenon, commonly known as the W-value, was posted on arXiv.

Talks and posters at the joint annual SPS/ÖPG meeting and TAUP 2021

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Laura Baudis and the Phd students Alexander Bismark, Yannick Müller, Ricardo Peres, and Giovanni Volta participated in the joint annual meeting of ÖPG and SPS.

GERDA calibration paper published

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:00:00 GMT

The GERDA collaboration has published a detailed description of the calibration process and the associated data analysis of the full GERDA dataset needed for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) search (see publication)

Forschungskredit grants received by our group members

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Yanina Biondi and Gabriela R. Araujo, members of the DARWIN and LEGEND groups respectively, have recently received Postdoc and Candoc grants from the 'Forschungskredit' UZH funds.

Contributions at CHIPP 2021

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:00:00 GMT

After months of remote conferences the Swiss institute of particle physics (CHIPP) convened for an in-person meeting in Spiez.

Contribution at TIPP 2021

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:00:00 GMT

On May 25th 2021, our Ph.D. student Yanina Biondi gave a talk at the fifth TIPP (Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics) 2021 conference, titled Purity monitor and TPC design for Xenoscope, where she discussed the technical challenges and the current design of these instruments. She discussed in detail the in-house photocathode production and its optimization, giving promising results for its instrumentation in the near future inside our Xenoscope facility.

Technical design report of Xenoscope

Sun, 30 May 2021 22:00:00 GMT

On May 31st 2021, the first technical paper describing our Xenoscope facility was posted on arXiv. Xenoscope is a full-scale vertical demonstration platform which will be used to develop and test key technologies necessary to the realisation of the future DARWIN observatory.

Photosensor tests for the XENONnT experiment

Sat, 29 May 2021 22:00:00 GMT

On April 30th 2021 a new report describing the quality test of R11410-21 photomultiplier tubes for the XENONnT experiment has been posted on the arXiv.

Delivery of the pressure vessel BoX

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Today we received the central component of our liquid recovery and storage system for the Demonstrator, the Ball of Xenon (BoX), a pressure vessel that will hold our entire xenon inventory at room temperature.

Vertical DARWIN Demonstrator Commissioning

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Our DARWIN subgroup looks back to a very productive and successful first quarter of the year.

XENON medals 2020

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:00:00 GMT

We are happy to announce that two members of our group have been honoured with the XENON Medal 2020.

XENON talk at NuTel 2021

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:00:00 GMT

At this year’s International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, our PhD student Ricardo Peres presented a XENON talk on “Recent Results from XENON1T and Multi-messenger Future of XENONnT”.

Evaporation of the wavelength shifter TPB on the reflectors of LEGEND-200

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:00:00 GMT

The wavelength shifting reflectors are a key component of the liquid argon veto of the new LEGEND-200 experiment.

PhD awarded to Dr. Chloe Ransom

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:00:00 GMT

Congratulations, Dr. Chloe Ransom.

DARWIN Demonstrator: Installation of the Cryogenic Tower and Commissioning

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 23:00:00 GMT

Our DARWIN team completed another important milestone in the construction of the full-length DARWIN demonstrator.