Neutrinoless double beta decay search in Xe - next-generation experiment workshop

from Wednesday, 12 November 2025 (07:55) to Friday, 14 November 2025 (21:00)
Montreal (Thomson House Ballroom)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
12 Nov 2025
13 Nov 2025
14 Nov 2025
AM
08:30
Pre-Registration (until 09:00) ()
09:00
Introduction, goals and context (Chair: Hugh Lippincott) (until 10:00) ()
09:00 Welcome/Logistics - Dr Thomas Brunner (McGill U)   ()
09:15 Welcome to McGill - Dr Kristina Öhrvall (McGill University)   ()
09:25 Workshop Goals - Dr Roxanne Guenette (University of Manchester)   ()
10:00 --- Break - At the venue - light food and drink provided ---
10:30
Status of the field (Chair: Michelle Dolinski) (until 12:00) ()
10:30 Review of the xenon technologies - Dr Mike Heffner (LLNL)   ()
11:00 Best current limits using 136Xe - Dr Spencer Axani   ()
11:30 The Chinese Xenon programme - Dr Jianglai Liu   ()
08:30
Pre-registration (until 09:00) ()
09:00
Lessons learned and plans for 0nbb (until 10:00) ()
09:00 Lessons learned from the formation of XLZD - Dr Kim Palladino   ()
09:20 Lessons learned from Global Argon Dark Matter - Dr Jocelyn Monroe   ()
09:40 Lessons learned from Dune and building in the current context - Dr Mary Bishai   ()
10:00 --- Break - at the venue - light food and drink provided ---
10:30
Technical Challenges 2 (until 12:30) ()
10:30 Photon detection systems - Dr Fabrice Retière   ()
11:00 Xenon storage and purification - Dr Julien Masbou   ()
11:30 Ba tagging - Dr Pablo Herrero Gomez (Hebrew University)   ()
12:00 Impact of microphysics and simulations - Dr Eric Dahl (Northwestern University)   ()
08:30 --- Preregistration ---
09:00
Xe detector technologies (until 10:30) ()
09:00 Gas TPC - Dr Justo Martin Albo   ()
09:30 Liquid TPC - Dr David Moore   ()
10:00 Dual Phase TPC - Dr Kaixuan Ni   ()
10:30 --- Break - at the venue - light food and drink provided ---
11:00
Session 10 (until 13:00) ()
11:00 Other technologies - Dr Gabriel Orebi   ()
11:30 Quo Vadis - Dr Ben Jones (UTA)   ()
12:30 Workshop summary and wrap-up - Dr Thomas Brunner (McGill U)   ()
PM
12:00 --- Lunch - provided ---
13:30
Theory discussions of 0nbb (until 15:00) ()
13:30 Theory review of the nuclear matrix element calculation for 136Xe - Dr Jason Holt (TRIUMF)   ()
14:00 Accessing underground labs - Dr Erica Caden (SNOLAB)   ()
14:30 Technical Coordination of large-scale 0nbb experiments - Dr Francesc Moranbal   ()
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
Technical challenges and new ideas (until 16:30) ()
15:30 Radioassay needs for future low-bkg experiments - Dr Isaac Arnquist (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)   ()
16:00 Low radioactivity materials - Dr Richard Saldanha   ()
16:30
Blue Sky Session (until 17:54) ()
16:30 Shielding and Outer Detectors - Dr Teena Vallivilayil John (Postdoc)   ()
16:44 What is the limit of topological background rejection with a gas TPC? - Dr Krishan Mistry (University of Texas at Arlington)   ()
16:58 Are five tonnes of xenon enough? - Dr Simon Viel (Carleton University)   ()
17:12 Reaching the Normal Hierarchy for double beta decay - Dr David Sinclair (Carleton University)   ()
17:26 X/Y multi-site reconstruction in dual-phase xenon detectors - Dr Brian Lenardo (SLAC)   ()
17:40 A journey to ITACA - Dr Roberto Soleti   ()
19:00 --- Workshop Dinner - Restaurant Hà - 600 Rue William ---
12:30 --- Lunch - provided ---
14:00
Technical Challenges 2 (until 15:30) ()
14:00 Radon Control - Dr Brian Mong (SLAC)   ()
14:30 Shielding/Water tank - Dr Hugh Lippincott   ()
15:00 Electronics & DAQ - Dr Curro Toledo   ()
15:30 --- Break - at the venue - light food and drink provided ---
15:50
Panel discussion on best strategy for Xenon experiments (Chair: Brian Lenardo) (until 17:45) ()
15:50 Joint oversight committee talk - Dr Nigel Smith   ()
16:20 Panel on best strategy for Xe experiments - Dr Dan Akerib Dr Jodi Cooley Krishna Kumar Sean Pauling Juan José Gómez Cadenas Dr Art McDonald - Moderator   ()
17:45 --- Les Restants d’Cabane at Thomson House ---
13:00 --- Lunch - provided ---