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 → 12:30 Arrival and Welcome / Lunch

12:30 → 12:35 Welcome to Liverpool!

Speaker: Juri Smirnov

12:40 → 13:10 Introduction

Speaker: Jocelyn Monroe (University of Oxford)

13:10 → 13:40 Theory Introduction

Speaker: Juri Smirnov

13:40 → 15:00 Discussion: Intro Session

Speaker: Jocelyn Monroe (University of Oxford)

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 → 15:55 Science Talks Session 1: Bolometer designs for detection of heating events in superfluid 3He

Convener: Dima Zmeev

15:55 → 16:20 Science Talks Session 1: Heat injection into superfluid 3He through secondary detector components

Convener: Tania Kozynets

16:20 → 16:45 Science Talks Session 1: Nuclear recoil and heating

Convener: Jack Shergold

17:00 → 18:00 Discussion: Science Session 1 (Small Groups)

18:00 → 18:30 Summary by Groups

Thursday, 16 October

09:30 → 10:00 Science Talks Session 2: ND3 bolometer data and analysis

Convener: Elizabeth Leason

10:00 → 10:15 Science Talks Session 2: ND3 background model

Convener: Lizzie Bloomfield

10:15 → 10:40 Science Talks Session 2: ND3 simulation

Convener: Paolo Franchini

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:00 Discussion: Science Session 2

Speaker: Ashlea Kemp (STFC)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:25 Science Talks Session 3: Bubbles and blobs: dynamics of AB transition

Convener: Mark Hindmarsh

14:25 → 14:50 Science Talks Session 3: Understanding our baselines: origins and mitigations

Convener: Joe McLaughlin

14:50 → 15:15 Science Talks Session 3: Recent theoretical highlights and future prospects

Convener: Neda Darvishi

15:15 → 15:30 Science Talks Session 3: Structure function of quasiparticle excitations in superfluid ³He-B

Convener: Adam Ting

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Discussion: Science Session 3

Speaker: Mark Hindmarsh

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Friday, 17 October

09:30 → 10:00 Science Talks Session 4: Early-universe phase transitions in superfluid 3He: progress and future

Convener: Petri Heikkinen

10:00 → 10:15 Science Talks Session 4: Very small bolometers

Convener: Samuli Autti

10:15 → 10:40 Science Talks Session 4: Nanofabricated bolometers with vibrating ribbon resonators

Convener: Lev Levitin

10:40 → 11:00 Synergy between WP1 and WP2: Summary

Speaker: Juri Smirnov

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:00 Discussion: Science Session 4/ Questionnaire Results

Speaker: Ashlea Kemp (STFC)

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 15:00 Future Directions and Strategic Planning: Overview

Convener: Andrew Casey

15:00 → 16:00 Discussion: Future and Strategy

Speaker: Juri Smirnov

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 17:30 Workshop, wrap-up and departure