FISICPAC-2018 - University of Sharjah (UoS) - Sharjah - UAE

11 Nov 2018, 08:00 → 13 Nov 2018, 23:20 Asia/Dubai

Sharjah

Rachik Soualah (University of Sharjah (AE))

The First Sharjah International Conference on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology (FISICPAC) will be held at the University of Sharjah (UoS), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from November 11 to 13, 2018.

The conference is organized within the framework of the ongoing UoS-CERN-ICTP research collaborations. Its program addresses the interests of theorists, phenomenologists and experimentalists working within the realms of Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

The scientific program of the conference will include presentation of research findings by the participants via oral and poster sessions, in addition to series of overviews and plenary talks given by pioneering physicists, followed by an international training program for science and engineering students, organized by the Physics Without Frontiers ICTP program. The training will provide the participating students for the first time an intensive introduction to the related physics and detectors engineering design at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and its experiments.

The preliminary Scientific program is now available.

Furthermore, the conference will provide a platform for the exchange of new ideas and experiences, to promote and establish a collaborative framework of researchers and academic partners along the research fields available at the University of Sharjah.

Topics discussed at the conference will cover the following research areas:

• Particle Physics and its future.
• Higgs Physics.
• Direct and indirect Dark Matter Searches.
• Cosmology.
• String theory.
• Dark Energy in the Universe.
• Neutrino Physics.
• Astronomy and measurements.
• Astrophysics and Space Sciences.
• Particle Detectors and Instrumentation.
• Special topics in Applied Physics.

Plenary Speakers:

- Prof. Fernando Quevedo  (ICTP Director, Trieste, Italy)
- Prof. Karl Jakobs (ATLAS spokesperson,  University of Freiburg, Germany)
- Prof. John Ellis  (King’s College, London UK)
- Prof. Martin A. Barstow (Leicester University, UK)
- Prof. Patrick Fassnacht (ATLAS and CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)
- Prof. Bobby Acharya (ICTP and King’s College, London UK)
- Prof. Salah Nasri  (United Arab Emirates University, UAEU, UAE)
- Prof. Andreas Eckart  (Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany)
- Prof. Albert De Roeck (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)
- Dr. Kate Shaw  (Master Classes on Particle Physics, ICTP and CERN)

FISICPAC-2018-Poster

FISICPAC_Proceedings_LaTeX_Template.zip

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UOS_Map_English_.pdf

Sunday, 11 November

08:00 Registration

10:00 Welcome and Introductory Speeches

Plenary: 1

Convener: Prof. Gaffar Attaelmanan (University of Sharjah)

1 The International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy

Speaker: Prof. Fernando Quevedo (ICTP)

2 CERN: past, present and future

Quick overview of CERN. Founded in 1954 CERN is today the largest international center for High Energy Physics in the world. The talk will cover various aspects, from history to the future of the organization. CERN has three pillars: fundamental research, technology and education. The talk will go through all of them. Based on recent scientific successes, CERN is building its future. The options for the next few decades will be presented.

Speaker: Prof. Patrick Fassnacht (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)

10:45 Conference Photo ---- Coffee Break - Awards to Sponsors and excellent students

Plenary: 2

3 Particle Physics: Past, Present and Future

In this talk I will review the current status and prospects of particle physics. In particular, I will discuss the Standard Model and the motivation for the Higgs boson, review its discovery, and then discuss theoretical and experimental attempts to understand its nature. I will also discuss reasons to expect new physics beyond the Standard Model, including in particular the nature of dark matter. Finally I mention ideas for possible future colliders.

Speaker: Prof. John Ellis (King’s College, London, UK)

12:15 Lunch at Students Center

Plenary: 3

4 Physics with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

With the announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson in July 2012 by the two general purpose experiments ATLAS and CMS at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, particle physics has entered a new era.
Until today the experiments have collected large data sets at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV (Run 1, 2010-2012) and at 13 TeV (Run 2, since 2015). These data allow for
precise measurements of the properties of the discovered Higgs boson as well as for precise measurements of Standard Model processes and parameters. In parallel the large data set has been explored to search for physics beyond the Standard Model.
In the present talk an overview on the most important physics results at the LHC is given. In addition, future prospects of the experimental programme at the High-Luminosity LHC (HLLHC) are presented, together with the planned upgrade programme of the ATLAS detector to cope with the largely increased luminosity and data rate at the HL-LHC.

Speaker: Prof. Karl Jakobs (University of Freiburg /Germany)

Parallel Session

5 A universe of simulted galaxies

Speaker: Andrea V. Macciò (NYUAD, UAE)

6 Hot spots analysis of a sample of 98 fanaroff-riley ii radio sources

Speaker: Ilias Fernini (University of Sharjah, UAE)

7 How black holes shape galaxies

Speaker: Marvin Blank (NYUAD, UAE)

Parallel Session

8 BSM Higgs searches at ATLAS and CMS

Speaker: Trevor Vickey (University of Sheffield, UK)

9 Top quark measurements with ATLAS/CMS

Speaker: Kate Shaw (University of Sussex, UK)

10 Higgs boson decays to fermions

Speaker: Michaela Mlynarikova (Charles University, Prague)

15:00 Coffee Break

Parallel Session

11 Tricritical behavior in a Chern-Simons gauge field theory

Speaker: Said Sakhi (Tricritical behavior in a Chern-Simons gauge field theory)

12 Thermal Conductivity of Complex Plasmas using Homogenous Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Speaker: Aamir Shahzad (Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan)

13 The determination of equilibrium factor of radon and thoron using LR-115 type II detector in a selected area from Basra Governorate, Iraq

Speaker: Ali Frahan Nader (University of Basra, Iraq)

Parallel Session

14 Dynamical study of viscous modified Chaplygin gas and confrontation with recent observational data

Speaker: Noureddine Mebarki (Mentouri University, Algeria)

15 SM: electroweak physics: W, Z, Diboson production (WZ, ZZ, WW) etc.

Speaker: Sandeep Kaur (Panjab University, India)

16 Direct Dark Matter searches with the Xenon1T detector

Speaker: Mohamed Lotfi Benabderrahmane (NYUAD, UAE)

Parallel Session

17 Constraining the charge of the Galactic centre black hole

Speaker: Michal Zajaček (MPIfR/University of Cologne, Germany)

18 Simulating the reionization of the Universe

Speaker: Keri Dixon (NYUAD, UAE)

19 Charged Wormholes Supported by 2-Fluid Immiscible Matter Particle

Speaker: Safiqul Islam (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, India)

Conference Dinner at SCASS and Astronomy night

Monday, 12 November

Plenary: 5

20 String theory, M theory and Dark Matter

We begin with an elementary introduction to string and M theory.
We then introduce the concept of hidden sectors. We will then provide
arguments as to why:
a) WIMP's are generically unstable, so unlikely to be dark matter
b) dark matter likely resides in the hidden sector
c) interactions between Standard Model and hidden sector particles are
generically present.

Speaker: Prof. Bobby Acharya (King's College, London, UK and ICTP, Italy)

21 Neutrinos in Particle Physics and Cosmology

Neutrinos are the second most abundant subatomic particles in the universe and have profound implications in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. In this talk, I will discuss some ideas for explaining the smallness of neutrino masses and the connection with some of the unsolved problems in cosmology; namely the nature of the dark matter and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe.

Speaker: Prof. Salah Nasri (UAEU)

09:30 Coffee Break

Parallel Session

22 Heavy Ions with ATLAS and CMS experiments

Speaker: Prabhat Ranjan Pujahari (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)

23 Heavy Neutrinos at Large Colliders

Speaker: Rachik Soualah (University of Sharjah)

24 Dark Matter searches with the ATLAS Detector

Speaker: Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Parallel Session

25 Multiple Parton Scattering at High Energy Proton-Proton Collisions

Speaker: Mohammad Yousif Hussein (University of Bahrain, Bahrain)

26 The Stability Of Extrasolar Planets In Binary Systems

Speaker: Ahmad Abushattal (Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan)

27 Quantifying inhomogeneities in the HI distributions of galaxies

Speaker: Hind Al Noori (NYUAD, UAE)

Parallel Session

28 Accretion flows around compact objects: stellar wind and neutron stars in massive binaries

Speaker: Antonios Manousakis (University of Sharjah, UAE)

29 Dissecting the Turtle, PWN/SNR G11.2-0.3

Speaker: Joseph D Gelfand (NYUAD, UAE)

30 Habitable worlds and giant planets

Speaker: Nikolaos Georgakarakos (NYUAD, UAE)

10:45 Lunch at HH Dr. Sultan Alqassimi Center for Gulf Studies (Al Darah)

Plenary: 6

31 The Importance of White Dwarfs in Modern Astrophysics

White dwarfs are the remnants of the evolution of most stars in the galaxy, all those up to masses of around 8 times that of the Sun. Study of their production sheds light on enrichment of the interstellar medium, through mass loss from the progenitor, while detection of the coolest examples provides estimates of the age of the Galaxy and, by implication, an independent lower limit on the age of the Universe. They are also implicated in the the production of type Ia supernovae which underpin measurements of the expansion of the Universe, its age and the Nobel Prize winning discovery of “Dark Energy”. More recently, we have realised that they provided an opportunity to probe possible variations of the fine structure constant in strong gravity.
This talk will review our understanding of the physics of white dwarfs and discuss key results from a variety of observations including those made by the Hubble Space Telescope and the recent second data release from the Gaia astrometry mission.

Speaker: Prof. Martin A. Barstow (University of Leicester, UK)

13:45 Coffee Break

Parallel Session

32 Testing Cold Dark Matter on galaxy scales with the HI Velocity Function

Speaker: Aaron Dutton (NYUAD, UAE)

33 On the Origin of Heavy Elements in the Context of the Binary Neutron Star Merger Event GW170817

Speaker: Shawqi Al Dallal (Ahlia University, Bahrain)

34 Lorentz factors of compact jets in black hole x-ray binaries

Speaker: Payaswini Saikia (NYUAD, UAE)

35 Testing Age Spread in Young and Intermediate-Age LMC Star Clusters by means of Integrated Spectra

Speaker: Randa Asad (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

36 The Eruption of Solar Flares Solar Flare in Radio and X-Ray Region on 15th of April 2017

Speaker: Zety Sharizat Binti Hamidi (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia)

Parallel Session

37 Nucleosynthesis Between Theory and Observations: The Reaction Rates of Fluorine 19 (19F) in Stars

Speaker: Mashhoor Al-Wardat (Al al-Bayt University, Jordan)

38 Charmonium production in pp, pPb and PbPb collisions with CMS experiment

Speaker: Abdulla Abdulsalam (King Abdulaziz University, KSA)

39 Complete Construction of Witten's ADHM Sigma Model

Speaker: Abdul Salih Puthan Purayil (Aligarh Muslim university, Aligarh, India)

40 Abundance analysis of 13 metal-poor stars observed with Lick/APF

Speaker: Mohammad K. Mardini (National Astronomical Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

41 Variations in the Expansion and Shear Scalars for Dissipative Fluids

Speaker: Abdur Rehman Jami (University of Sharjah and Modul University Dubai, UAE)

Parallel Session

42 Constraining the Higgs Triplet Model in light of the LHC Higgs data

Speaker: Mohamed Chabab (Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco)

43 HL-LHC: prospects and future

Speaker: Matthias Kasemann (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg, Germany)

44 New flipped compact 341 model and Higgs decay modes

Speaker: Jamal Mimouni (Mentouri University, Algeria)

45 CMS upgrades with a focus on detector technologies

Speaker: Andrei Starodoumov (Institute Rudjer Boskovic, Croatia)

46 Higgs boson profile: width, couplings, constraints

Speaker: Nicola Amapane (Università di Torino and INFN, Italy)

Particle Physics Master Classes

Tuesday, 13 November

Plenary: 7

47 The central light-year of the Milky Way: How stars and gas live in a relativistic environment of a super-massive black hole

Speaker: Prof. Andreas Eckart (Physikalisches Inst. University of Cologne and Max Planck Institute, Bonn, Germany)

48 Physics Highlights and future prospects in searches for new physics

Speaker: Prof. Albert De Roeck (CERN, Geneva)

09:30 Coffee Break

Parallel Session

49 Compact gamma spectrometer for space missions with miniaturized satellites

Speaker: Ahlam Al Qasim (NYUAD, UAE)

50 Instrumentational Details for UAE Optical Telescope

Speaker: Abdallah Al-Hajar (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

51 Net Charge Fluctuations at RHIC and LHC Energies Using the HYDJET++ Model

Speaker: Bushra Ali (Aligarh Muslim University, India)

52 Invasion of fingering Effect in Two-Dimension Porous Media using CFD Simulation and Experiment under Microgravity Condition

Speaker: Raisul Hasan (Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology Kanpur, India)

Parallel Session

53 Near - infrared spectroscopy of ca - rich clinopyroxenes revisited: a new interpretation of anomalous type - b spectra and implications for remote sensing of inner solar system bodies

Speaker: Yassir Abdu (University of Sharjah, UAE)

54 The Peculiar Characteristics of the Short Gamma - Ray Burst GRB 170817A

Speaker: Walid Azzam (University of Bahrain, Bahrain)

55 F(T) gravity with fermion fields in (2+1) dimensions via Noether symmetry

Speaker: Myrzakulov Nurgissa (LN Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan)

Parallel Session

56 Dark Matter and Neutrino Mass Models: Phenomenology of the Scalar Sector

Speaker: Amine Ahriche (University of Jijel, Algeria)

57 B − L violating interactions in supersymmetric SO(10) models and proton decay

Speaker: Raza M Syed (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

58 Unification of gauge and Yukawa couplings in five dimensional model

Speaker: Ammar Ibrahim (Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan)

11:05 Coffee Break

Posters Session

12:00 Lunch

Parallel Session

59 Improved extraction of the up- and down-quark contributions to the nucleon electromagnetic form factors

Speaker: Issam A. Qattan (Khalifa University, UAE)

60 Estimators for quark polarimetry

Speaker: Zouina Belghobsi (University of Jijel, Algeria)

61 Studying Proton–Proton Interaction at Large Hadrons Collider Using Genetic Programming

Speaker: Amr Radi (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

62 On the wind accretion model of GX 301-2

Speaker: Ali Taani

Parallel Session

63 SUSY searches with the ATLAS detector

Speaker: Osamu Jinnouchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

64 SUSY searches with the CMS detector

Speaker: Samuel Louis Bein (University of Hamburg, Germany)

65 Exotic searches with the ATLAS detector

Speaker: Harinder Singh Bawa (California State University Fresno, USA)

Summary Talk - Closing remarks - Awards