LRT2026 - Low Radioactivity Techniques

Session

Experiments Background, Models and Simulations 1

22 Sept 2026, 09:00

The Guildhall (The Guildhall, York)

Conveners

Experiments Background, Models and Simulations 1

• Yue Meng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

100. Overview of current dark matter status (including main background/radiopurity challenges )

Shawn Westerdale (University Of California Riverside)

22/09/2026, 09:00

Presentation

31. DArT-in-ArDM: A Dedicated Detector for $^{39}$Ar Characterization in Underground Argon

Sara Tullio (INFN Cagliari)

22/09/2026, 09:30

Noble Element Based Detectors

Presentation

DarkSide-20k, the next-generation dual-phase liquid argon TPC under construction at LNGS, aims to significantly advance the search for WIMP dark matter. A key requirement for reaching its sensitivity goals is the use of underground argon, strongly depleted in cosmogenic $^{39}$Ar with respect to atmospheric argon, whose natural activity would otherwise represent a major background at the...

80. The SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment

Ziqing Hong (University of Toronto)

22/09/2026, 09:50

Experiments Background, Models and Simulations

Presentation

SuperCDMS SNOLAB is a cryogenic experiment projected to achieve world-leading sensitivity for dark matter masses below 10 GeV using semiconductor crystal detectors. The experiment employs two detector types - iZIP detectors with combined phonon and charge readout, providing excellent nuclear recoil/electron recoil discrimination, and HV detectors, which amplify phonon energy proportional to an...