Reflections on the atomic nucleus

from Tuesday, July 28, 2015 (8:45 AM) to Thursday, July 30, 2015 (2:00 PM)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jul 28, 2015
Jul 29, 2015
Jul 30, 2015
AM
8:45 AM --- Registration ---
9:30 AM
Opening - Maria Jose Garcia Borge (CERN) (until 10:05 AM)
9:30 AM Welcome - Peter Butler (University of Liverpool)  
9:35 AM Nuclear Structure Theory: today and tomorrow - Witold Nazarewicz (MSU/ORNL/Warsaw)  
10:05 AM
Shell structure via heavy nuclei I - Maria Jose Garcia Borge (CERN) (until 10:30 AM)
10:05 AM Impact of superheavy element research on nuclear theory - Teng Lek Khoo (Argonne National Laboratory)  
10:30 AM --- Break, Registration ---
11:15 AM
Shell structure via heavy nuclei II - Paul Greenlees (University of Jyväskylä) (until 12:30 PM)
11:15 AM The shell structure and stability of super-heavy nuclei - Michael Bender (Université Bordeaux and CNRS/IN2P3)  
11:40 AM Current challenges in superheavy element research - Rodi Herzberg (University of Liverpool)  
12:05 PM In-beam studies of the structure of exotic nuclei - Rauno Julin (University of Jyväskylä)  
9:15 AM
Nuclear astrophysics - Mats Lindroos (European Spallation Source) (until 10:30 AM)
9:15 AM Can we use nuclear structure to constrain the sites of the r-process? - Ani Aprahamian (University of Notre Dame)  
9:40 AM The Triangular D3h Symmetry of 12C - Moshe Gai (University of Connecticut)  
10:05 AM If you like it you should have put a ring on it - Philip WOODS (University of Edinburgh)  
10:30 AM --- Break, Industrial exhibition ---
11:15 AM
Aspects of nuclear collectivity I - Sven Åberg (Lund University) (until 12:30 PM)
11:15 AM Coexisting quadrupole shapes in heavy exotic nuclei - Piet Van Duppen (KU Leuven)  
11:40 AM Spin 60 and beyond: Exotic behavior at the limits of angular momentum - Mark Riley (Florida State University)  
12:05 PM Myths of Collective Structures in Atomic Nuclei - John Sharpey-Schafer (University of the Western Cape)  
9:15 AM
Aspects of nuclear collectivity II - Doug Cline (University of Rochester) (until 10:30 AM)
9:15 AM Measurement of B(E3; 0 - 3-) strength in strongly octupole correlated nuclei near 224Ra - Marcus Scheck (University of the West of Scotland)  
9:40 AM Octupole correlations beyond the mean field - Luis Robledo (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)  
10:05 AM Dual quantum liquid picture of nuclei and its implication to reflection asymmetry - Takaharu Otsuka (University of Tokyo)  
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM
New experimental probes II - Angela Bracco (Università di Milano and INFN) (until 12:15 PM)
11:00 AM Producing radioactive ion beams through the ISOL method: advances, challenges and opportunities - Mark Huyse (KU Leuven)  
11:25 AM TSR project at ISOLDE - Fredrik Wenander (CERN)  
11:50 AM Radioactive Beam Facilities for Tomorrow - Yorick Blumenfeld (Institut de Physique Nucléaire-Orsay)  
PM
12:30 PM --- Lunch, Industrial exhibition, Registration ---
2:00 PM
New experimental probes I - Robert Page (University of Liverpool) (until 3:15 PM)
2:00 PM Developments in in-beam conversion electron spectroscopy - Janne Pakarinen (University of Jyväskylä)  
2:25 PM Recent developments in detection technology for scientific research applications - James Cocks (Canberra Industries)  
2:50 PM Nuclear Physics Experiments with High-Power Lasers and Brilliant Gamma Beams at the ELI-NP Facility - Dimiter Balabanski (ELI-NP)  
3:15 PM --- Break, Industrial exhibition ---
4:00 PM
Shapes & strengths - Sunniva Siem (University of Oslo) (until 5:15 PM)
4:00 PM Thermodynamic and electromagnetic properties of nuclei - Magne Guttormsen (University of Oslo)  
4:25 PM Couplings between particle and phonons around neutron-rich doubly-magic nuclei - Silvia Leoni (University of Milano and INFN)  
4:50 PM Beta-strength, decay heat and anti-neutrino spectra from Total Absorption Spectroscopy - Krzysztof Rykaczewski (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)  
5:15 PM --- Leisure time ---
6:00 PM --- Reception ---
12:30 PM --- Lunch, Industrial exhibition ---
2:00 PM
New vistas of nuclear structure - Rafał Broda (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN) (until 3:15 PM)
2:00 PM Exploring yrast structures in neutron-rich nuclei with deep-inelastic collisions - Bogdan FORNAL (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)  
2:25 PM New developments in nuclear DFT - Jacek Dobaczewski (Universities of Warsaw, Jyväskylä and York)  
2:50 PM Precision Measurements of Nuclear Ground-state Properties for Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Fundamental Studies - Klaus Blaum (Max-Planck-Institute Heidelberg)  
3:15 PM --- Break, Conference photo ---
4:00 PM
Nuclear structure & fundamental physics - Lorenz Willmann (University of Groningen) (until 5:15 PM)
4:00 PM Nuclear physics with ion traps - Juha Äystö (Helsinki Institute of Physics)  
4:25 PM Constraining the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Matrix Elements using Transfer Reactions - Sean Freeman (University of Manchester)  
4:50 PM Probing beyond-‘Standard-‘Model physics at low energy - Tim Chupp (University of Michigan)  
5:15 PM --- Leisure time ---
7:00 PM --- Conference Banquet ---
12:15 PM
Summary - Paul Nolan (University of Liverpool) (until 12:35 PM)
12:15 PM Summary talk - John Simpson (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)  
12:35 PM --- Lunch ---