Title:
Low Radiation Techniques Conference LRT2026
Location:
YORK
Organiser:
Sue Armstrong
Start Date:
21-09-2026
End Date:
24-09-2026
Link:
Description:
We are pleased to announce that the next Low Radiation Techniques conference (LRT2026) will be held in the city of York, UK over 4 days from 21st-24th of September 2026. The workshop will be hosted by the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Boulby Underground Laboratory.
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An initial website for the conference is linked below. More information including registration details, travel and accommodation options, conference schedule and more will follow soon.
Underground laboratories
Low-background methods and counting techniques
Cosmogenic background: experimental data and simulations
Mitigation of radon background
Mitigation of neutron background
Mitigation of surface contamination background
Crystal scintillators, radio-purity, crystal growth, and application to rare-event searches
Liquid scintillator and water Cherenkov: radio-purity, purification methods
Radio-purity assay and databases
Detectors with liquid noble gases for rare-event searches
Bolometers for rare-event searches
Semiconductor detector backgrounds, production
Low-background material production (including advanced machining and 3D printing)
Particle background impacts on quantum information systems and quantum computing
Best wishes
The LRT2026 Organising Committee