[Physics-talks] [Physics Talks] Monday, April 6 Seminar: "Rare Event Searches using Noble Liquids"

[Dauda Gbujama]

Dear Physics Community,

You are cordially invited to attend the following seminar:

Speaker: Ako Jamil (Princeton University)

Title: "Rare Event Searches using Noble Liquids"

Date & Time: Monday, April 6 | 10:00–11:00 AM

Location: Physics Reading Room

Abstract:

Dark matter and the nature of the neutrino represent two of the most
profound open questions in fundamental physics. Despite overwhelming
evidence for dark matter's existence through its gravitational effects, its
particle identity remains unknown. Similarly, whether neutrinos are
Majorana particles—their own antiparticles—could hold the key to
understanding matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. Answering these
questions requires increasingly sensitive searches for rare events that
occur at scales far below what conventional detectors can access. I will
discuss how large, tonne-scale detectors operating deep underground are
uniquely positioned to probe these frontiers. Through technical innovations
in underground argon purification, silicon photomultiplier technology, and
background rejection techniques, experiments like DarkSide-20k are
advancing dark matter searches, while next-generation rare event
experiments like LEGEND leverage noble liquid systems as powerful active
vetoes to suppress backgrounds. This colloquium will highlight the physics
motivations, experimental challenges, and opportunities that these
experiments present for potentially unveiling the nature of dark matter and
the fundamental properties of neutrinos.

We hope to see you there!


*Dauda Gbujama*

T&E Coordinator

UC Riverside* |* Physics & Astronomy

3047 Physics Building *|* Riverside, California 92521
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