GERDA Meeting
GERDA – Meeting, Nov.9-11, 2005
GERDA Meeting
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
GERDA Meeting
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
1477university funded
by ‘Eberhard im Bart’
GERDA Meeting
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
1478 ‘Alte Burse’first University Building
1805 first University Clinicin Germany Evangelisches Stift
Kepler, Hegel Schelling
Hölderlin, Hauff, Mörike
studied there
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Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
1863 first faculty for natural science in Germany
‘Old Physics’ buidling at Tübingen
Physics Faculty
• Astronomy• Applied Physics• Low Temperature • Quantum Optics• Theoretical Physics• Nuclear and Particle
Physics
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Nuclear and Particle Physics Projects
Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering• meson- and baryon-resonances WASA , COSY-TOF
Electron, Photon scattering - Nucleon structure • Gerasimov Drell Hearn sum rule• neutron form factors MAMI
Neutrino physics• neutrinoless double decay: GERDA• neutrino oscillations – 13: DOUBLE CHOOZ
Astroparticle Physics• direct dark matter search: CRESST, EURECA
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production of mesons-and baryon resonances and their decay,exotic resonances ( e.g. pentaquark )
• experiments at COSY / FZ Jülich• data analysis in Tübingen
Nuclear and Particle Physics Projects
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form factor of the nucleon 3He(e,e´n) - polarized 3He as
neutron target
asymmetry GEn / GM
n
Nuclear and Particle Physics Projects
Mainz
• electron accelerator MAMI C (1.5 GeV)
• neutron detectors (plastic szintillators ~ 100m2) • Crystal Ball, polarized photons
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Astroparticle Physics Projects
CRESST Experiment
search for particle candidates (supersymmetry) for Dark Matter in the universe
elastic scattering on nucleilow temperature -calorimeters
Gran Sasso Lab
preparation next generation experiment
EURECA (up to several 100kg)• European Collaboration• CRESST, EDELWEISS, CERN, …
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Astroparticle Physics Projects
study neutron backgroundmuon induced background
set up of muon veto for CRESSTshielding design for EURECA
muon-inducedneutrons
fission- and (α,n)- neutrons
Shielded cryostat
PE neutron moderator
Plastic scintill. -veto
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Astroparticle Physics Projects
Rosenau accelerator 3MV , p,d,…C, neutron beams
• nuclear astrophysics• detector calibration
nuclear recoil calibration at low energies
MC simulations
• nuclear recoil energies neutron background dark matter search experiments• fix GEANT 4 inelastic scattering problem
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scintillation at low temperatures => cryostat & spectrometer
new ‘underground lab’ (12mwe)at Tübingen
• large volume cryostat• base temp < 8mK• cooling power > 400W• up to 8 channel SQUID system• … ready for CRESST & EURECA detector characterization + …
Astroparticle Physics Projects
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GERDA
background studiesshielding designmuon veto
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Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
AttemptoI dare to do it
we are experimentalists:lets try
to build the best experiment
1477university funded
by ‘Eberhard im Bart’
GERDA Meeting
GERDA – Meeting, Nov.9-11, 2005