2022

Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Thefirst results from the XENONnT experiment were recently published in Physical Review Letters as an editors' suggestion.

LIDINE Conference Talks and Poster Prize

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 22:00:00 GMT

From September 21st to 23th 2022, our PhD students Ricardo Peres and Paloma Cimental, and the postdoc Marta Babicz participated in the annual LIDINE (Light Detection In Noble Elements) conference in Warsaw, Poland.

PhD students participate in 3MT competition at UZH

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Our group’s PhD students Giovanni Volta and Ricardo Peres participated in the Universitas 21 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition of the University of Zürich.

10th Freiburg-Zürich ERC meeting

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Our group and the astroparticle physics group in Freiburg (Germany) have worked on the last five years on research and development challenges towards the DARWIN multi-ton scale xenon observatory, an effort funded by European Research Council (ERC) grants.

Double-weak decays of Xe-124 and Xe-136 in the XENON1T and XENONnT experiments

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:00:00 GMT

New results on two-neutrino double-electron capture of ¹²⁴Xe and neutrinoless double-beta decay of ¹³⁶Xe in XENON1T and XENONnT.

PhD awarded to Yanina Biondi

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Congratulations, Dr. Yanina Biondi.

The upgraded low-background germanium counting facility Gator for high-sensitivity γ-ray spectrometry

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Our group operates the high-purity germanium counting facility Gator at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory in Italy, at an average depth of 3600 meter water equivalent.

New Analysis Coordinator for XENONnT

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Christian Wittweg was appointed as analysis coordinator for the XENONnT dark matter search experiment.

Humboldt Conference Poster Prize

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Gabriela R. Araujo has recently participated in the Humboldt Conference "Clues to a mysterious Universe - exploring the interface of particle, gravity and quantum physics".

The XLZD Consortium - Summer Meeting

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Three world leading collaborations, XENON, LUX-ZEPLIN and DARWIN, are joining forces to build the next generation xenon-based dark matter experiment.

UZH Postdoc Fellowship

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:00:00 GMT

A member of our group, Ricardo Peres, has been awarded the UZH Postdoc Grant.

Characterization of wavelength shifters in liquid argon

Thu, 19 May 2022 22:00:00 GMT

As part of the R&D of the liquid argon instrumentation of LEGEND-200 and LEGEND-1000, our group has been characterizing wavelength-shifting materials such as tetraphenyl butadiene (TPB) and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN).

Charpak-Ritz Prize awarded to Laura Baudis

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Laura Baudis was awarded the Charpak-Ritz Prize, jointly given by the French (Société Française de Physique) and the Swiss Physical Societies, for her leadership in international astro-particle physics collaborations, outreach activities and seminal contributions to dark matter research.

PhD awarded to Dr. Kevin Thieme

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Congratulations, Dr. Kevin Thieme.