3rd CERN Baltic Conference (CBC 2023)

9 Oct 2023, 09:00 → 11 Oct 2023, 19:00 Europe/Riga

268 (Riga Technical University)

About the event

The CERN Baltic Conference (CBC) is an annual event hosted by one of the higher education or research institutions from the CERN Baltic Group (CBG), with the aim of connecting and growing the scientific community in the Baltic states, working on CERN-related research topics.

The third event, CBC 2023, will be hosted by the Riga Technical University (RTU), in Riga, Latvia and is organised by the RTU Institute of Particle Physics and Accelerator Technologies (IPPAT).

Previous events were hosted by the University of Tartu, Estonia and Vilnius University, Lithuania.

Scope and scientific topics

The scope of CBC 2023 includes the presentation of the most recent results of the Baltic scientific community in CERN-related fields of research, as well as dedicated sessions for the discussion of national and regional level scientific policy, higher education and industry engagement topics.

The scientific topics include, but are not limited to:

• Particle physics: experiment;
• Particle physics: theory;
• Accelerator physics;
• Accelerator and particle detector technologies;
• Medical physics.

Objectives

The main objectives of the CBC 2023 are to bring together the scientific community of the Baltic states and to provide updates on the most recent scientific achievements of the members of this research community working on CERN-related fields of research.

The aims of the event are:

• To connect and build the scientific community in CERN-related fields of research in the Baltic region and beyond;
• To stimulate the development of the ecosystems of scientific research and higher education in the Baltic states;
• To inform and engage the policy makers across the region on the benefits of a strong research community and the requirements for further growth;
• To inform and engage various stakeholders, including the higher-education institutions and industry representatives in the development of the scientific ecosystem in the Baltics.

The spirit of the event is based on the core principles of the CBG of transparency, honesty, sharing and collaboration.

Target audience and participants

CERN-related researchers, engineers and students, as well as national and regional industrial representatives, and relevant policy makers.  

Expert speakers from CERN and CBG Member institutions will be invited to participate and to contribute to the scientific programme of the conference.

Registration and further information

In order to register for the event, please, fill out the registration form.

The registration/conference fee is 50 Euros, payable either via an online bank transfer or by cash upon arrival.

For further information you can contact the conference secretariat at IPPAT via hep@rtu.lv.

 

CBC2023_poster.pdf

Social dinner.pdf

Monday 9 October

09:00 → 10:45 Registration

Conveners: Gundega Selga Horste (Riga Technical University (LV)), Silva Vitola

10:45 → 11:15 Conference Opening

Convener: Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))

10:45 Practicalities

Speaker: Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))

10:50 Welcome by the Chairman of the CERN Baltic Group

Speakers: Ants Koel (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE)), Dr Brigita Abakeviciene

11:00 Welcome by the CERN Director for International Relations

Speaker: Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)

11:05 Welcome by the Rector of Riga Technical University

Speaker: Prof. Tālis Juhna (Riga Technical University)

11:15 → 11:55 Policy

11:15 Address from Estonia: Dr Mario Kadastik, Member of Riigikogu

Speaker: Dr Mario Kadastik (Member of the Riigikogu)

11:25 Address from Lithuania: Ms Rasa Kulvietienė, Advisor to the Minister of Education, Science and Sport of Lithuania

Speaker: Ms Rasa Kulvietienė

11:35 Address from Latvia: Ms Silvija Reinberga, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science

Speaker: Ms Silvija Reinberga

11:45 Address from the Baltic Assembly: Mr Timo Suslov, President of the Baltic Assembly

Speaker: Mr Timo Suslov

11:55 → 12:50 Baltic and National activities

11:55 Baltic particle therapy center initiative: status report, lessons learned and next steps

Speakers: Kristaps Palskis (Riga Technical University (LV)), Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

CBC_09_10_Baltic_Particle_therapy_center_initiative.pptx

12:55 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:10 Industry engagement

14:00 Doing Business with CERN: ILO Report

20+5

Speakers: Ms Alise Pika-Ozola (Industrial Liaison Officer for Latvia), Robert Aare (Estonian Business and Innovation Agency)

Doing Business with CERN. ILO Report. RA AP f.pdf

14:25 Primekss Concrete R&D center collaboration with Institute of Chemical Physics at UoL: Tritiated water (HTO) and concrete interaction

20+5

Speakers: Elina Pajuste (University of Latvia (LV)), Rolands Cepuritis (Primekss SIA)

CERN_Baltic_concrete2023.pdf

CERN_Baltic_concrete2023.pptx

14:50 Latvian industry in CMS

15+5

Speaker: Guntis Pikurs (Riga Technical University (LV))

CBC2023_Industry_CMS.pdf

CBC2023_Industry_CMS.pptx

15:10 → 16:10 Presentation by the Livonian Institute

2023_Cern.pdf

2023_Cern.pptx

16:10 → 16:20 Coffee break

16:20 → 18:00 Poster session

16:20 Poster session

Speakers: Anastasiia Chekhovska, Andrey Chesnokov (Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia), Antra Gaile (Riga Technical University (LV)), Benjaminas Togobickij (Lithuanian Energy Institute), Conrado Munoz Diaz (Riga Technical University (LV)), Dace Osite (Riga Technical University (LV)), Dairis Rihards Irbe, Dmitry Bocharov (Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia), Ehsan Moradpur-Tari (Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia), Kristupa Seskauskaite, Lazar Nikitovic (Riga Technical University (LV)), Luca Piacentini (Riga Technical University (LV)), Mindaugas Ilickas (Kaunas University of Technology), Mindaugas Sarpis (University of Bonn (DE)), Nana Chychkalo (Vilnius University (LT)), Normunds Ralfs Strautnieks (University of Latvia (LV)), Patricija Kalnina (CERN, Institute of Chemical Physics of the University of Latvia), Rudolfs Zabolockis (CERN, Institute of Chemical Physics of the University of Latvia), Viesturs Lacis (Riga Technical University (LV))

Tuesday 10 October

09:00 → 10:35 Theory

09:00 A Bayesian estimation of the Milky Way's circular velocity curve using Gaia DR3

Speaker: Sven Poder (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE))

CBC2023_Põder.pdf

09:24 Relations between basis sets of fields in the renormalization procedure

Speaker: Mr Simonas Drauksas (Vilnius University (LT))

CBC2023_SDrauksas.pdf

09:48 Oblique corrections, when $m_W = m_Z \cos{\theta_W}$

Speaker: Vytautas Dudenas (Vilnius University (LT))

oblique.pdf

10:12 Overview of Exotic Spectroscopy at LHCb

[additional experimental talk]

Speaker: Mindaugas Sarpis (University of Bonn (DE))

Mindaugas_Sarpis_Overview_of_Exotic_Spectroscopy_at_LHCb.pdf

10:35 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 13:00 Experiment

11:00 Feasibility of OTIMA interferometry for antihydrogen gravity measurement

Speaker: Valts Krumins (University of Latvia (LV))

ValtsOTIMA_CBC.pdf

ValtsOTIMA_CBC.pptx

11:24 Flavor-dependent (L5) MC truth jet energy corrections and flavor uncertainties in Run 2

Speaker: Andris Potrebko (Riga Technical University (LV))

Andris_P_CBC2023_v4.pdf

11:48 The Current Higgs-Boson Portrait by the CMS Experiment

Speaker: Aurelijus Rinkevicius (Vilnius University (LT))

2023-10-10_Higgs_studies_Rinkevicius.pdf

12:12 Recent results from the CMS SMP-V group

Speaker: Markus Seidel (Riga Technical University (LV))

cbc_smpv_mseidel.pdf

12:36 Laser Photodetchment Threshold Spectroscopy on Radioactive Negative Ions

Speaker: Uldis Berzins (University of Latvia (LV))

CERN Baltc Uldis.pdf

CERN Baltc Uldis.pptx

13:00 → 14:20 Lunch

14:20 → 15:55 Detectors

14:20 Raman and FTIR spectra analysis of radiation effects on neutron-irradiated CVD diamond crystals

Speaker: Alise Podelinska (Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia)

Raman and FTIR spectra analysis of radiation effects on neutron-irradiated CVD diamond crystals.pdf

Raman and FTIR spectra analysis of radiation effects on neutron-irradiated CVD diamond crystals.pptx

14:44 CERN related activities by the group of Photoelectric Phenomena at Vilnius University

Speaker: Tomas Ceponis (Vilnius University)

CBC-2023-CeponisT-Final.pdf

15:08 CMS Phase-2 Inner Tracker Pixel Chip Prototype Tests

Speaker: Marijus Ambrozas (Vilnius University (LT))

CBC2023_MarijusAmbrozas_final.pdf

15:32 Status of the MIP Timing Detector project for the CMS Phase-2 upgrade

Speaker: Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))

20231005_MTD_status.pdf

15:55 → 16:20 Coffee break

16:20 → 17:50 Conference keynote

16:20 Hunting new-physics footprints: the SMEFT program for the LHC

Over a decade after the discovery of the Higgs boson, the hunt for physics beyond the Standard Model faces the possibility that new particles might be too heavy to be seen at the LHC. In this case, they would only leave small non-resonant traces in the measured distributions, that could be detected in high-precision measurements. The theoretical framework that best describes these effects is the so-called Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). After giving a pedagogical introduction to this theory, the talk will review the enormous theoretical and experimental progress made in the past decade towards enabling an "agnostic", SMEFT-based interpretation of experimental data, and it will discuss current limitations and future prospects.

Speaker: Ilaria Brivio (University of Zurich)

CBC_Ilaria_Brivio.pdf

19:00 → 21:00 Conference dinner (TBC)

Wednesday 11 October

09:30 → 10:15 Technologies I : Medicine and Computing

09:30 Analytical pencil beam dose and dose-rate engine development for FLASH therapy studies of heavy ion and very high energy electron beams

Speaker: Kristaps Palskis (Riga Technical University (LV))

CBC_FLASH_TPS_Palskis.pptx

09:54 Federated HPC environment for distributed CERN CMS TIER2 computing

Speaker: Mr Janis Irbe (Riga Technical University (LV))

2023 CERN CMS TIER2 Project 2023.pdf

2023 CERN CMS TIER2 Project 2023.pptx

10:15 → 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 → 12:40 Technologies II: Accelerator Technologies

10:40 RTU Institute of Particle Physics and Accelerator Technologies activities in accelerator projects and additive manufacturing examination for accelerator applications

Speaker: Andris Ratkus (Riga Technical University (LV))

AT__CERN_AM_11.10.2023__full.pdf

11:04 Preliminary experimental evidence for the protrusion hypothesis on CuO forest

Speaker: Sven Oras (University of Tartu)

CERN baltic presentation Oras.pdf

CERN baltic presentation Oras.pptx

11:28 MECHANICAL DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF AN RFQ (PARTICLE) ACCELERATOR PROTOTYPE MADE BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Speaker: Guntis Pikurs (Riga Technical University (LV))

CBC2023_AM-RFQ.pdf

CBC2023_AM-RFQ.pptx

11:52 The electric breakdown phenomena in accelerator design - numerical studies

Speaker: Prof. Veronika Zadin (University of Tartu (EE))

12:16 LPBF of pure copper for particle accelerator applications

Speaker: Tobia Romano (Politecnico di Milano, Riga Technical University)

Presentation_CBC23_Tobia.pdf

Presentation_CBC23_Tobia.pptx

12:40 → 13:10 Conference close

12:40 Recap of CBC'23

Speakers: Ants Koel (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE)), Dr Brigita Abakeviciene

Closing remarks of CBC_2023.pdf

Closing remarks of CBC_2023.pptx

13:05 Final remarks & close

Speaker: Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))

13:10 → 13:30 Coffee