Double Beta Decay: the road to normal hierarchy sensitivity

6 Jun 2022, 09:00 → 7 Jun 2022, 19:00 Europe/Lisbon

Auditorium C1.03, Edificio II, 1st floor (ISCTE - Lisboa )

This two-day workshop will gather experts in the field of double-beta decay to brainstorm about strengths and challenges of various methods and isotopes, with particular focus on experiments and techniques in which Europe plays a key role.

Monday, 6 June

1 Welcome

Speakers: Jose Maneira (LIP), Mário Pimenta (LIP)

dbd22_intro_maneira.pdf

Overview Session I

2 Neutrino Physics Overview

Speaker: Mariam Tórtola (IFIC (CSIC/Universitat de València))

MTortola-DBD2022.pdf

3 Calculations of the nuclear matrix elements for double-beta decay: an overview of the present status

Speaker: Luigi Coraggio (University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" and Naples INFN Unit)

Coraggio@DBD2022.pdf

10:30 Coffee

Overview Session II

4 Neutrino Mass Model

Speaker: José W F Valle (IFIC, Valencia)

lisbon-2022-dbd-valle.pdf

11:30 Discussion (moderated by José Valle)

12:30 Lunch

Current and Future Experiments I

5 Status and prospects of the NEXT experiment

Speaker: Cristina Bernardes Monteiro (LIBPhys, Departament of Physics, University of Coimbra)

DBD_NEXT_CMB_Monteiro.pdf

6 GERDA / LEGEND

Speaker: Stefan Schönert (TUM)

202206Lisabon_gerda_legend_forupload_compressed.pdf

7 CUPID: Cuore Upgrade with Particle IDentification

Speaker: Fabio Bellini (Sapienza Università di Roma)

CUPID Lisbona .pdf

16:00 Coffee Break

Radioactivity / Background Round Table (moderated by Monica Sisti)

19:30 Social Dinner

Tuesday, 7 June

Current and Future Experiments II

8 SNO+

Speaker: Nuno Barros (LIP)

barros_snoplus_dbd2022.pdf

9 Theia

Speaker: Michael Wurm (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz)

wurm_theia_dbd_jun22.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

Round Table Discussion / Current Experiments and their Limitations (moderated by Stefan Schönert)

12:00 Lunch

Experiments R&D

10 LEGEND R&D

Speaker: Ruben Saakyan (University College London)

BeyondL1k_Lisbon.pdf

11 Loaded Liquid Scintillator Approach for a NH 0νββ Experiment

Speaker: Steve Biller (University of Oxford )

Lisbon 2022 Biller.pdf

12 Beyond CUPID: bolometric technological developments toward the exploration of the normal hierarchy

Speaker: Andrea Giuliani (CNRS / IN2P3)

Giuliani-Lisbon2022.pdf

15:30 Cofee Break

Round Table Discussion / Future Activities and Points of Collaboration (moderated by Fernando Ferroni)

13 Closing Remarks