Reflections on the atomic nucleus

Name: Reflections on the atomic nucleus
Start: 2015-07-28T08:45:00+01:00
End: 2015-07-30T14:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

28 Jul 2015, 08:45 → 30 Jul 2015, 14:00 Europe/London

Description

The meeting will touch upon a few sub-topics of current interest in nuclear structure physics including shapes, shell evolution and super-heavy elements as well as sessions devoted to nuclear astrophysics, novel instrumentation and radioactive-ion beam projects. The topics of the conference will reflect not only the development of the field in recent years but also to look to the future when facilities on the horizon offer the promise of exciting new discoveries. The meeting will be held in the Chadwick Building and Central Teaching Laboratory at the University of Liverpool. These buildings are on the main University campus, which is a 15 minute walk from the city centre and a short bus ride to the city’s riverside and cultural attractions. Liverpool is well served by two international airports, Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Manchester Airport.

Photo credit: Tim Greenshaw

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Contact

peter.butler@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 151 794 7750

Participants

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Tuesday 28 July
- 08:45
  
  Registration Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory
- Opening Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Maria Jose Garcia Borge (CERN)
  - 1
    
    Welcome
    
    Speaker: Peter Butler (University of Liverpool)
  - 2
    
    Nuclear Structure Theory: today and tomorrow
    
    Speaker: Witold Nazarewicz (MSU/ORNL/Warsaw)
    
    Nazarewicz web.pdf
- Shell structure via heavy nuclei I Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Maria Jose Garcia Borge (CERN)
  - 3
    
    Impact of superheavy element research on nuclear theory
    
    Speaker: Teng Lek Khoo (Argonne National Laboratory)
    
    Khoo web.pdf
- 10:30
  
  Break, Registration Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory
- Shell structure via heavy nuclei II Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Paul Greenlees (University of Jyväskylä)
  - 4
    
    The shell structure and stability of super-heavy nuclei
    
    Speaker: Michael Bender (Université Bordeaux and CNRS/IN2P3)
    
    Bender.pdf
  - 5
    
    Current challenges in superheavy element research
    
    Speaker: Rodi Herzberg (University of Liverpool)
  - 6
    
    In-beam studies of the structure of exotic nuclei
    
    Speaker: Rauno Julin (University of Jyväskylä)
    
    Julin web.pdf
- 12:30
  
  Lunch, Industrial exhibition, Registration Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory
- New experimental probes I Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Robert Page (University of Liverpool)
  - 7
    
    Developments in in-beam conversion electron spectroscopy
    
    Speaker: Janne Pakarinen (University of Jyväskylä)
    
    Pakarinen web.pdf
  - 8
    
    Recent developments in detection technology for scientific research applications
    
    Speaker: James Cocks (Canberra Industries)
    
    Cocks.pdf
  - 9
    
    Nuclear Physics Experiments with High-Power Lasers and Brilliant Gamma Beams at the ELI-NP Facility
    
    Speaker: Dimiter Balabanski (ELI-NP)
    
    Balabanski web.pdf
- 15:15
  
  Break, Industrial exhibition Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory
- Shapes & strengths Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Sunniva Siem (University of Oslo)
  - 10
    
    Thermodynamic and electromagnetic properties of nuclei
    
    Speaker: Magne Guttormsen (University of Oslo)
    
    Guttormsen.pdf
  - 11
    
    Couplings between particle and phonons around neutron-rich doubly-magic nuclei
    
    Speaker: Silvia Leoni (University of Milano and INFN)
    
    Leoni web.pdf
  - 12
    
    Beta-strength, decay heat and anti-neutrino spectra from Total Absorption Spectroscopy
    
    Speaker: Krzysztof Rykaczewski (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    
    Rykaczewski.pdf
- 17:15
  
  Leisure time
- 18:00
  
  Reception Victoria Gallery & Museum
  
  Victoria Gallery & Museum
Wednesday 29 July
- Nuclear astrophysics Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Mats Lindroos (European Spallation Source)
  - 13
    
    Can we use nuclear structure to constrain the sites of the r-process?
    
    Speaker: Ani Aprahamian (University of Notre Dame)
    
    Aprahamian.pdf
  - 14
    
    The Triangular D3h Symmetry of 12C
    
    Speaker: Moshe Gai (University of Connecticut)
    
    Gai.pdf
  - 15
    
    If you like it you should have put a ring on it
    
    Speaker: Philip WOODS (University of Edinburgh)
    
    Woods web.pdf
- 10:30
  
  Break, Industrial exhibition Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory
- Aspects of nuclear collectivity I Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Sven Åberg (Lund University)
  - 16
    
    Coexisting quadrupole shapes in heavy exotic nuclei
    
    Speaker: Piet Van Duppen (KU Leuven)
    
    Van Duppen web.pdf
  - 17
    
    Spin 60 and beyond: Exotic behavior at the limits of angular momentum
    
    Speaker: Mark Riley (Florida State University)
    
    Riley web.pdf
  - 18
    
    Myths of Collective Structures in Atomic Nuclei
    
    Speaker: John Sharpey-Schafer (University of the Western Cape)
    
    Sharpey-Schafer web.pdf
- 12:30
  
  Lunch, Industrial exhibition Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory
- New vistas of nuclear structure Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Rafał Broda (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)
  - 19
    
    Exploring yrast structures in neutron-rich nuclei with deep-inelastic collisions
    
    Speaker: Bogdan FORNAL (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)
    
    Fornal web.pdf
  - 20
    
    New developments in nuclear DFT
    
    Speaker: Jacek Dobaczewski (Universities of Warsaw, Jyväskylä and York)
    
    Dobaczewski.pdf
  - 21
    
    Precision Measurements of Nuclear Ground-state Properties for Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Fundamental Studies
    
    Speaker: Klaus Blaum (Max-Planck-Institute Heidelberg)
    
    Blaum web.pdf
- 15:15
  
  Break, Conference photo Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory
- Nuclear structure & fundamental physics Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Lorenz Willmann (University of Groningen)
  - 22
    
    Nuclear physics with ion traps
    
    Speaker: Juha Äystö (Helsinki Institute of Physics)
    
    Äystö web.pdf
  - 23
    
    Constraining the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Matrix Elements using Transfer Reactions
    
    Speaker: Sean Freeman (University of Manchester)
    
    Freeman web.pdf
  - 24
    
    Probing beyond-‘Standard-‘Model physics at low energy
    
    Speaker: Tim Chupp (University of Michigan)
    
    Chupp.pdf
- 17:15
  
  Leisure time
- 19:00
  
  Conference Banquet Merseyside Maritime Museum
  
  Merseyside Maritime Museum
Thursday 30 July
- Aspects of nuclear collectivity II Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Doug Cline (University of Rochester)
  - 25
    
    Measurement of B(E3; 0 - 3-) strength in strongly octupole correlated nuclei near 224Ra
    
    Speaker: Marcus Scheck (University of the West of Scotland)
    
    Scheck.pdf
  - 26
    
    Octupole correlations beyond the mean field
    
    Speaker: Luis Robledo (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
    
    Robledo web.pdf
  - 27
    
    Dual quantum liquid picture of nuclei and its implication to reflection asymmetry
    
    Speaker: Takaharu Otsuka (University of Tokyo)
    
    Otsuka.pdf
- 10:30
  
  Break Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory
- New experimental probes II Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Angela Bracco (Università di Milano and INFN)
  - 28
    
    Producing radioactive ion beams through the ISOL method: advances, challenges and opportunities
    
    Speaker: Mark Huyse (KU Leuven)
    
    Huyse web.pdf
  - 29
    
    TSR project at ISOLDE
    
    Speaker: Fredrik Wenander (CERN)
    
    Wenander web.pdf
  - 30
    
    Radioactive Beam Facilities for Tomorrow
    
    Speaker: Yorick Blumenfeld (Institut de Physique Nucléaire-Orsay)
    
    Blumenfeld.pdf
- Summary Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Chadwick Lecture Theatre
  
  Convener: Paul Nolan (University of Liverpool)
  - 31
    
    Summary talk
    
    Speaker: John Simpson (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)
    
    Simpson web.pdf
- 12:35
  
  Lunch Central Teaching Laboratory
  
  Central Teaching Laboratory

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Victoria Gallery & Museum

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Merseyside Maritime Museum

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