Orateur
Description
Over the past decade, Skipper Charge-Coupled Devices (Skipper-CCDs) have transformed the landscape of rare-event detection by enabling ionization measurements with sub-electron resolution and unprecedented low dark-counts. This capability has opened new windows into the search for low-mass dark matter, coherent neutrino scattering, exotic neutrino interactions, and milli-charged particles. In this talk, I will review the conceptual breakthroughs, experimental milestones, and physics results that have established Skipper-CCDs. Building upon this foundation, a new generation of silicon sensor technologies is emerging. I will discuss key advances in Multi-Amplifier Skipper-CCD (MAS-CCD) architectures, which achieve faster readout while maintaining ultra-low noise; Silicon Sensor with Repeated Operation (SiSeRO) devices, which leverage repeated non-destructive readout in a CMOS-compatible architecture; and Dual-Side CCDs, designed to enhance signal localization and suppress surface backgrounds. I will highlight the scientific opportunities ahead, the challenges that remain, and the possible paths toward next-generation experiments with orders-of-magnitude improvements in sensitivity.
