Name: Nuclear Physics Conference 2025
Start: 2025-04-23T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-25T13:30:00+01:00
Location: Nancy Rothwell Building

Nuclear Physics Conference 2025

from Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (8:30 AM) to Friday, April 25, 2025 (1:30 PM)

Monday, April 21, 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

8:30 AM Registration
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
9:15 AM Welcome - Kieran Flanagan (University of Manchester) Chris Hardacre (The University of Manchester)
Welcome
- Kieran Flanagan (University of Manchester)
- Chris Hardacre (The University of Manchester)
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

9:30 AM Toward Pursuing New Superheavy Elements - Jacklyn Gates (LBNL)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

10:00 AM Data-driven approaches to learning about nuclear structure - David Jenkins
10:30 AM Coffee break + Exhibitor session
Coffee break + Exhibitor session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Event Space (Ground floor)
11:00 AM Parallel session
Parallel session
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.012
Contributions

11:00 AM Nuclear Data and medical radioisotope production activities at UKNNL - Luigi Capponi (UKNNL)

11:15 AM Nuclear Science Opportunities at HF-ADNeF - Jack Bishop (University Of Birmingham)

11:30 AM A new charge-reset method for determining Auger-electron emission multiplicities - Jacob Heery (University of Surrey)

11:45 AM A feasibility study using an array of LaBr3(Ce) scintillation detectors as a Compton camera for prompt gamma imaging during BNCT - Kiran Nutter (University of Birmingham)

12:00 PM Towards Complete Decay Spectroscopy of 152Tb - Edward O'Sullivan (University of Surrey)

12:15 PM .
Parallel session
Parallel session
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.011
Contributions

11:00 AM Elucidating Strangeness with Electromagnetic Probes - Asli Acar (University of York)

11:15 AM The KLong Facility in Hall D at Jefferson Lab - Stuart Fegan (University of York)

11:30 AM GEn-RP: Neutron Electric Form Factor Measurement at Q² = 4.4 (GeV/c)² via Charge Exchange Recoil Polarimetry at Jefferson Lab - Andrew Cheyne (University Of Glasgow)

11:45 AM Meson Spectroscopy at CLAS12 - Charlie Velasquez (University of York)

12:00 PM The analysis of π− mesons produced in Pb-Pb collisions at 30A GeV/c from NA61/SHINE - Ali Soheilbeigi Bazgir (Jan Kochanowski University (PL))

12:15 PM Investigation of Secondary Particle Generation in Carbon Ion Beams for Cancer Radiotherapy - Shaikah Alsubayae
Parallel session
Parallel session
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.014
Contributions

11:00 AM Solving the 9B(1/2+) mystery using the R-matrix formalism - Alex Brooks (University of Birmingham)

11:15 AM Alpha-particle condensation in diluted 16O at finite temperatures - Miriam Davies (University of Surrey)

11:30 AM Probing Short-Range Correlations via (p,pd) Quasi-Free Scattering reactions - Matthew Whitehead (University of York)

11:45 AM Identification of excited states in Ba-114 using recoil-decay tagging - Ben Hogg (University of the West Of Scotland)

12:00 PM Quasi-Free Scattering Studies in and Around the Ca Mass Region - Luke Rose (University of York)

12:15 PM Measurements of octupole collectivity in 144Ba via Coulomb-excitation - Ben Jones (University of Liverpool)
12:30 PM Lunch + Poster session
Lunch + Poster session
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Events space (Ground floor)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

2:00 PM Exploring the Structure of Hadrons at the Intensity Frontier - Rachel Montgomery
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

2:30 PM Nuclear metrology in support of clean energy at the National Physical Laboratory - Giuseppe Lorusso (NPL)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

3:00 PM Bridging Scales, Connecting Fields: An Introduction to the IPPP for the Nuclear Physics Community - Michael Spannowsky (Durham University)
3:30 PM Coffee break + Exhibitor session
Coffee break + Exhibitor session
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Events space (Ground floor)
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

4:00 PM Update from STFC Executive Chair - Michele Dougherty (STFC) Grahame Blair (STFC)

4:45 PM Update from Science Board - Keith Grange

5:05 PM Update from Nuclear Physics Advisory Panel - David Sharp (University of Manchester)

5:25 PM Update from IOP Nuclear Physics Group - Jack Henderson (University of Surrey)

5:45 PM Discussions
6:00 PM Drinks Reception
Drinks Reception
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Thursday, April 24, 2025
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

9:00 AM Level-lifetime measurements as a probe of shapes and symmetries in nuclei - Alison Bruce (University of Brighton)

9:30 AM Direct measurements of astrophysical reactions with radioactive beams - Matthew Williams (University of Surrey)

10:00 AM Calorimeter Construction for Luminosity Monitoring at the Electron Ion Collider - Alex Smith (University Of York)

10:15 AM Development of a gamma radiation detector system for localisation and mapping of distributed sources - Refilwe Setso (University of York)
10:30 AM Group photo
Group photo
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)

10:45 AM Coffee break + Exhibitor session
Coffee break + Exhibitor session
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Events space (Ground floor)
11:15 AM Parallel session
Parallel session
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.012
Contributions

11:15 AM A Modelling Approach to Defining Radiochemical SeparationRequirements for Radiometric Assay - Tom Stokes (The University of Liverpool & AWE)

11:30 AM Creating a beta-gamma detection system for fuel condition monitoring of spent nuclear fuel rods and operational nuclear reactors - Sifa Poulton (University of Surrey/National Physical Laboratory)

11:45 AM Exploring The Use of the Trojan Horse Method for Radiative Neutron Capture Reactions - Dominik Stajkowski (University of Birmingham)

12:00 PM 24Mg (n,n’) measurement at n TOF, CERN - matthew birch (University of Manchetser/NPL)

12:15 PM Multiparameter study of fission with STEFF at n_TOF - Angelica D'Ottavi (University of Manchester)

12:30 PM Measurements of Fission Fragment Masses and Proton Numbers at ILL and n TOF, CERN - Nikolay Sosnin (The University of Manchester)
Parallel session
Parallel session
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Engineering A 2A.011
Contributions

11:15 AM Gaussian Processes: Machine Learning for Observable Interpolation and Data Analysis - Ryan Ferguson (University of Glasgow)

11:30 AM Unfolding Jet Substructure Observables with Machine Learning - Nicodemos Andreou (University of Derby)
Parallel session
Parallel session
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.014
Contributions

11:15 AM Experimental Investigation of Isomeric Decays in Neutron-Rich 183,184Hf isotopes Using the KISS Facility - Siddharth Doshi (University of Brighton)

11:30 AM Isomer Spectroscopy in the Transfermium Region - Jamie Chadderton (University Of Liverpool)

11:45 AM Laser spectroscopy of Fe isotopes using an electrostatic ion trap at IGISOL - Daniel Bettaney (University of Manchester)

12:00 PM Collinear resonance ionization spectroscopy of neutron-deficient antimony - Abigail McGlone (University of Manchester)

12:15 PM Lifetime measurements in neutron-rich barium and cerium isotopes using the fast-timing technique - Faye Rowntree (University of Liverpool)

12:30 PM Lifetime measurements of low-energy octupole states in radium-224 - Dylan White (University of the West Of Scotland)
11:45 AM Parallel session
Parallel session
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.011
Contributions

11:45 AM Nuclear breathing mode analyzed in the multi-reference density functional theory - Xuwei Sun (University of York)

12:00 PM Lifetime measurements in 102Mo interpreted in the interacting boson model and the X(5) symmetry - Calum Jones (University of Surrey)

12:15 PM Reactor physics and the Pygmy Dipole Resonance: A detailed study of the beta decay of 92Rb with GRIFFIN - Pietro Spagnoletti (University of Liverpool)

12:30 PM .
12:45 PM Lunch + Poster session
Lunch + Poster session
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Events space (Ground floor)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

2:00 PM Nuclear Structure with state-of-the-art γ spectroscopy - Silvia Leoni (INFN Milan)
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

2:30 PM The radionuclide toolkit for diagnosis and therapy - Heather Williams (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

3:00 PM Chiral forces and uncertainty quantification in ab initio nuclear structure predictions - Andreas Ekström (Chalmers University of Technology)
3:30 PM Coffee break + Exhibitor session
Coffee break + Exhibitor session
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Events space (Ground floor)
4:00 PM Parallel session
Parallel session
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.012
Contributions

4:00 PM Quantum entanglement of positron annihilation gamma – new insights and future plans - Laura Stephenson (University of York)

4:15 PM Muographic Image Upsampling with Machine Learning for Built Infrastructure Applications - William O'Donnell (University of Glasgow)
Parallel session
Parallel session
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.011
Contributions

4:00 PM The Resonance Ionization Laser Ion Source RILIS at CERN-ISOLDE: Expanding limits of selectivity, intensity, and nuclear structure laser spectroscopy - Reinhard Heinke (University of Manchester)

4:15 PM Comprehensive Characterisation of the A601 AGATA Detector: Insights from Analogue, and Advanced Scanning Measurements - Rayan Alnefaie (University Of Liverpool)

4:30 PM Position Reconstruction of Multiple Interactions Gamma Events in SIGMA Detector Using Two-step Search Algorithm - Nawaf Altasan (University Of Liverpool)

4:45 PM Simulation of a ²⁴¹Am-⁹Be neutron source using Geant4 Monte Carlo - Filippo Falezza (The University of Birmingham)

5:00 PM The Development of the Compact Cherenkov Detector HEPI - the High Energy Proton Instrument for Satellite Missions - Joseph O'Neill (University of Surrey)

5:15 PM Characterization of an ASIC-based readout system for the SAND experiment - Yuri Venturini (CAEN SpA)
Parallel session
Parallel session
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.014
Contributions

4:00 PM Impact of the meson-exchange currents on the magnetic dipole moments in odd near doubly magic nuclei analyzed within nuclear DFT framework - Herlik Wibowo (School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, UK)

4:15 PM Investigating the Internal Decay Characteristics of Gold Nuclei Beyond the N=104 Midshell - Anthony Mcfarlane (University of York)

4:30 PM Exploring unphysical quadrupole triaxiality in 200,202Hg with Coulomb excitation - Greg Willmott (University of Surrey)

4:45 PM Octupole deformation in neutron-deficient plutonium isotopes - Hamid Ayatollahzadeh (University of the West Of Scotland)

5:00 PM Shape coexistence in 196Po: An in-beam γ-e spectroscopic study - Andy Briscoe (University Of Liverpool)

5:15 PM Identification of parity-doublet bands in odd-Z 223Pa - James Keatings (University of the West Of Scotland)
4:30 PM Parallel session
Parallel session
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Engineering A 2A.012
Contributions

4:30 PM Measurement of the 68Zn(n,γ) Cross Sections at n TOF, CERN, and their Astrophysical Implications - Annie Rooney (University of Edinburgh)

4:45 PM Introducing thermal effects into neutron capture cross sections for the (n,188Os) reaction - Nicholas Lightfoot (University of Surrey)

5:00 PM A Platform for Cross-section Measurements on the National Ignition Facility - Daniel Pitman-Weymouth (Atomic Weapons Establishment)

5:15 PM Mass and Half-life Measurements in the Neutron-rich N~116 Hf Region - Zachary Nunns (University of Surrey)
7:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Friday, April 25, 2025
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

9:00 AM Investigating strange baryons and charm production with the upgraded ALICE Inner Tracker - Lee Barnby (University of Derby)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

9:30 AM Electroweak reactions with light (and not so light) nuclei - Sonia Bacca (JGU Mainz)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

10:00 AM Laser spectroscopy for nuclear structure studies: future plans at the GANIL and DESIR facility - Louis Lalanne (LPHC-CNRS)
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Events space (Ground floor)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

11:00 AM Single-Neutron Excitations Outside of 132Sn and the Fate of Spin-Orbit Partners in Weakly Bound Systems - Ben Kay (Argonne National Laboratory)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

11:30 AM Neutron Reactions in Astrophysics - Claudia Lederer-Woods (University of Edinburgh)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

12:00 PM Exploring the structure and reactions of two-neutron halos at the low-Z coast of the island of inversion - JAGJIT SINGH (University of Manchester)
12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)
Contributions

12:30 PM Nuclear Science to Benefit Society - Iain Darby (UKNNL)
1:00 PM Closing remarks
Closing remarks
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
Room: Engineering A Theatre B (2A.041)