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LRT2026 - Low Radioactivity Techniques

21–24 Sept 2026
The Guildhall, York
Europe/London timezone

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Crystal Scintillators

21 Sept 2026, 16:40
The Guildhall (The Guildhall, York)

The Guildhall

The Guildhall, York

The Courtyard, Guildhall, Coney St, York YO1 9QN United Kingdom

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Crystal Scintillators

  • Pia Loaiza (IJCLab, CNRS/Université Paris Saclay)

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  1. 4. Rare alpha decays of natural Hf isotopes
    Alice Leoncini (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, I-00133, Rome, 8 Italy.)
    21/09/2026, 16:40
    Crystal Scintillators
    Presentation

    New measurements of the rare α decays of natural Hf isotopes have been performed using four Cs$_2$HfCl$_6$ crystal scintillators operated in the low-background setup of DAMA/CRYS at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of INFN, Italy. The “source = detector” approach provides high sensitivity to ultra-long-lived processes by embedding the decaying nuclei directly within the detector...

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  2. 15. High-sensitivity bolometric α screening with SURFαCE
    Giovanni Benato (Gran Sasso Science Institute), Dr Miryam Martinez-Vara (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
    21/09/2026, 17:00
    Low-Background Assay Techniques
    Presentation

    The goal of the SURF$\alpha$CE (Silicon Underground Radiopure Finder of $\alpha$ Contamination Excesses) $\alpha$ spectrometer is to demonstrate the possibility to measure the surface radioactive contamination of the $^{232}$Th and $^{238}$U decay chains with an unprecedented sensitivity of 1 nBq/cm$^2$, a value demanded by several next-generation experiments for rare event searches. The...

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  3. 97. SABRE-North: the low radioactivity approach to dark matter annual modulation detection
    Krzysztof Szczepaniec
    21/09/2026, 17:20
    Crystal Scintillators
    Presentation

    The SABRE-North experiment aims to search for dark matter via the annual modulation signature, deploying an array of ultra-low-background NaI(Tl) crystals at Gran Sasso National Laboratory.
    The array will be composed of nine detectors (5 kg mass each) in a Cu and PE passive shielding. The expected background rate in the energy window of interest [1,6] keV is of the order of 0.5 dru.
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