2022
News list
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Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT
Thefirst results from the XENONnT experiment were recently published in Physical Review Letters as an editors' suggestion.
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LIDINE Conference Talks and Poster Prize
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.
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PhD students participate in 3MT competition at UZH
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.
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10th Freiburg-Zürich ERC meeting
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.
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Double-weak decays of Xe-124 and Xe-136 in the XENON1T and XENONnT experiments
New results on two-neutrino double-electron capture of 124Xe and neutrinoless double-beta decay of 136Xe in XENON1T and XENONnT.
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The upgraded low-background germanium counting facility Gator for high-sensitivity γ-ray spectrometry
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.
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New Analysis Coordinator for XENONnT
Christian Wittweg was appointed as analysis coordinator for the XENONnT dark matter search experiment.
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Humboldt Conference Poster Prize
Gabriela R. Araujo has recently participated in the Humboldt Conference "Clues to a mysterious Universe - exploring the interface of particle, gravity and quantum physics".
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The XLZD Consortium - Summer Meeting
Three world leading collaborations, XENON, LUX-ZEPLIN and DARWIN, are joining forces to build the next generation xenon-based dark matter experiment.
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UZH Postdoc Fellowship
A member of our group, Ricardo Peres, has been awarded the UZH Postdoc Grant.
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Characterization of wavelength shifters in liquid argon
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).
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Charpak-Ritz Prize awarded to Laura Baudis
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.
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- Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT
- LIDINE Conference Talks and Poster Prize
- PhD students participate in 3MT competition at UZH
- 10th Freiburg-Zürich ERC meeting
- Double-weak decays of Xe-124 and Xe-136 in the XENON1T and XENONnT experiments
- PhD awarded to Yanina Biondi
- The upgraded low-background germanium counting facility Gator for high-sensitivity γ-ray spectrometry
- New Analysis Coordinator for XENONnT
- Humboldt Conference Poster Prize
- The XLZD Consortium - Summer Meeting
- UZH Postdoc Fellowship
- Characterization of wavelength shifters in liquid argon
- Charpak-Ritz Prize awarded to Laura Baudis
- PhD awarded to Dr. Kevin Thieme