QUEST-DMC Joint WP1/WP2 Meeting

15 Oct 2025, 11:30 → 17 Oct 2025, 17:30 Europe/London

The Penthouse (6th floor) (Department of Mathematical Sciences)

Wednesday, 15 October

11:30 Arrival and Welcome / Lunch

1 Welcome to Liverpool!

Speaker: Juri Smirnov

2 Introduction

Speaker: Jocelyn Monroe (University of Oxford)

3 Theory Introduction

Speaker: Juri Smirnov

4 Discussion: Intro Session

Speaker: Jocelyn Monroe (University of Oxford)

15:00 Coffee Break

Science Talks Session 1: Bolometer designs for detection of heating events in superfluid 3He

Convener: Dima Zmeev

Science Talks Session 1: Heat injection into superfluid 3He through secondary detector components

Convener: Tania Kozynets

Science Talks Session 1: Nuclear recoil and heating

Convener: Jack Shergold

5 Discussion: Science Session 1 (Small Groups)

6 Summary by Groups

Thursday, 16 October

Science Talks Session 2: ND3 bolometer data and analysis

Convener: Elizabeth Leason

Science Talks Session 2: ND3 background model

Convener: Lizzie Bloomfield

Science Talks Session 2: ND3 simulation

Convener: Paolo Franchini

11:00 Coffee Break

7 Discussion: Science Session 2

Speaker: Ashlea Kemp (STFC)

13:00 Lunch

Science Talks Session 3: Bubbles and blobs: dynamics of AB transition

Convener: Mark Hindmarsh

Science Talks Session 3: Understanding our baselines: origins and mitigations

Convener: Joe McLaughlin

Science Talks Session 3: Recent theoretical highlights and future prospects

Convener: Neda Darvishi

Science Talks Session 3: Structure function of quasiparticle excitations in superfluid ³He-B

Convener: Adam Ting

15:30 Coffee Break

8 Discussion: Science Session 3

Speaker: Mark Hindmarsh

9 Dinner

Friday, 17 October

Science Talks Session 4: Early-universe phase transitions in superfluid 3He: progress and future

Convener: Petri Heikkinen

Science Talks Session 4: Very small bolometers

Convener: Samuli Autti

Science Talks Session 4: Nanofabricated bolometers with vibrating ribbon resonators

Convener: Lev Levitin

10 Synergy between WP1 and WP2: Summary

Speaker: Juri Smirnov

11:00 Coffee Break

11 Discussion: Science Session 4/ Questionnaire Results

Speaker: Ashlea Kemp (STFC)

13:00 Lunch

Future Directions and Strategic Planning: Overview

Convener: Andrew Casey

12 Discussion: Future and Strategy

Speaker: Juri Smirnov

16:00 Coffee Break

13 Workshop, wrap-up and departure