DarkLight Collaboration Meeting @ SBU, May 18 - 19, 2026

18 May 2026, 08:00 → 19 May 2026, 21:00 America/New_York

C-120 (Stony Brook)

This meeting of the DarkLight @ ARIEL Collaboration will be held May 18 - 19, 2026 at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, USA.

This meeting's focus will be on the analysis of the commissioning data, and planning for the future 30 and 50 MeV runs.

Monday, 18 May

09:00 → 10:30 DarkLight Commissioning wrap-up

09:00 Introduction & Welcome

Speaker: Jan Bernauer (Stony Brook University)

09:10 Commissioning Summary

Speaker: Kate Pachal (TRIUMF)

09:30 Overview of Analysis Topics

Speaker: Ethan Cline (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

10:00 Simulation Status

Speaker: Win Lin (Stony Brook University)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Detector/DAQ status and plans

11:00 Trigger Analysis & Detector Status

Speaker: Mike Hasinoff (The University of British Columbia)

11:30 GEM Analysis & Detector Status

Speaker: Michael Kohl

12:00 DAQ Performance, Status, and Planned Improvements

Speakers: Ethan Cline (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jan Bernauer (Stony Brook University)

14:00 → 15:30 Reconstruction Updates

14:00 Track Reconstruction and Validation

14:30 Vertex Reconstruction

15:00 Mass Reconstruction

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Reconstruction Updates

16:00 Physics Calibration Measurements

16:30 Moller Scattering Update

Speaker: Ethan Cline (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

17:00 Dark Photon Search Update

Speaker: Win Lin (Stony Brook University)

18:00 → 20:00 Collaboration Dinner

Tuesday, 19 May

09:00 → 10:30 30 MeV Planning

09:00 Plans for 30 MeV Run

Speaker: Kate Pachal (TRIUMF)

09:30 Upgrades for 30 MeV

Speaker: Douglas K Hasell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

10:00 Accelerator Readiness for 30 MeV

Speaker: Stephanie Diana Rädel (TRIUMF)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 30 MeV Detector Upgrades

11:00 Trigger Upgrades for 30 MeV

Speakers: Konstantin Olchanski (TRIUMF), Mike Hasinoff (The University of British Columbia)

11:30 GEM Upgrades for 30 MeV

Speaker: Michael Kohl

13:30 → 15:00 X17 Update and Future Plans

13:30 Status of X-17 Searches

Speaker: Ross Corliss (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

14:00 O16 Update

Speaker: Richard Milner (MIT)

14:30 Future Measurement Plans

Speakers: Ethan Cline (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Laura Miller

15:00 → 15:20 Coffee

15:20 → 16:30 Open discussion