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HOLMES

The European Research Council (ERC) has recently (July 2013) approved for funding our proposal for an Advanced Grant:

The Electron Capture Decay of 163Ho to Measure the Electron Neutrino Mass with sub-eV sensitivity - HOLMES (PI: Prof. S. Ragazzi)

The experiment will start in 2014 and it will open the possibility for diploma thesis, PhD thesis and Post-doc grants on many topics:

  • 163Ho isotope production
  • TES detector array development
  • SQUID read-out and multiplexing
  • Analog/digital signal processing

The reasercher would be supported through a 1 year INFN post-doc fellowship for non italian citizens (the grant can be renewed for one more year). The deadline for applications is November 20th 2013. The position is expected to start early in 2014.

More infos about the grant at:
http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/exp_fellowships/

More infos about the HOLMES project
http://artico.mib.infn.it/nucriomib/general-infos/holmes-approved
see also: Milano-Bicocca Research

If interested please contact:

Angelo Nucciotti (Scientific responsible for the HOLMES experiment in Milano)
email: angelo.nucciotti at mib.infn.it
office: +390264482428
lab: +390264482341

Contacts are expected not later than November 10th, 2013.

MARE

The MARE (Microcalorimeter Arrays for a Rhenium Experiment) project aims at directly measuring the neutrino mass with a sensitivity of the order of 0.1 eV. MARE may help consolidating the upcoming Katrin results but it may even go beyond. The project is presently divided in two subtasks. MARE-1 activity consists of intermediate scale epxeriments aiming at few electronvolt sensitivities. MARE-2 activity focusses first on the develepment of a single pixel with suitable performances and then to the large array development, production and deployment.

In the frame of MARE-1, in Milano we are starting data taking with 2 6×6 silicon implanted arrays equipped with AgReO4 crystals. The set-up can host up to 8 such arrays. With the present set-up a sensitivity of few eV will be achieved in one year measurement time. We are looking for a young researcher willing to take part to the MARE reaserch program in Milano. This includes the analysis of the MARE-1 AgReO4 data. In particular the understanding of the systematics in this experiment will be crucial for the MARE design.

The Milano program also includes the R&D on the MARE-2 single detector. Presently there are two active research lines:

  1. the study of the electron capture decaying 163-Ho isotope as a tool for measuring the neutrino mass alternative to 187-Re
  2. the development of a new pixel technology using superconducting microwave micro-resonators

These activities offer a unique opportunity to work on the MARE project hands on. Moreover the Milano group offers a stimulating neutrino physics environment thanks to the ongoing activity on the neutrinoless double beta decay search (CUORE and beyond) and one of the most advanced cryogenic laboratory devoted to thermal detector development. The reasercher would be supported through a 1 year INFN post-doc fellowship for non italian citizens (the grant can be renewed for one more year). The deadline for applications is November 20th 2013. The position is expected to start early in 2014.

More infos about the grant at:
http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/exp_fellowships/

More infos about the MARE project
http://crio.mib.infn.it/wig
http://mare.dfm.uninsubria.it/frontend/exec.php
see also: Milano-Bicocca Research

If interested please contact:

Angelo Nucciotti (Coordinator of the MARE activity in Milano)
email: angelo.nucciotti at mib.infn.it
office: +390264482428
lab: +390264482341

Contacts are expected not later than November 10th, 2013.

CUORE

The CUORE experiment will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory using an array of 988 TeO2 thermal detectors. CUORE will be the first second generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. The CUORE cryogenic system is a new challenge in the field of large mass cooling: the system is totally cryogen-free and the total mass to be cooled to around 10 mK is of about 1500 kg. The CUORE experiment is presently is being commissioned at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory. After Cryostat and Dilution Unit commissioning, during 2014 all components (dilution unit, lead shields, wires, detector suspensions and detector calibration system) will be integrated and tested.

We are looking for a young researcher with experience in cryogenic techniques willing to work on this part of the CUORE project hands on. He/She will be based at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory to work on the installation and testing of all the cryogenic hardware. The reasercher would be supported through a 1 year INFN post-doc fellowship for non italian citizens (the grant can be renewed for one more year). The deadline for applications is November 20th 2013. The position is expected to start early in 2014.

More infos about the grant at:
http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/exp_fellowships/

More infos about the CUORE project
http://crio.mib.infn.it/wigmi/pages/cuore.php
http://crio.mib.infn.it/wigmi/pages/work/working-groups/cryogenics/bibliography.php
see also: Milano-Bicocca Research

If interested please contact:
Angelo Nucciotti (Coordinator of the CUORE Cryogenics Working Group)
email: angelo.nucciotti at mib.infn.it
office: +390264482428
lab: +390264482341

Contact are expected not later than November 10th, 2013.

 
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