Shapes and Symmetries in Nuclei: from Experiment to Theory (SSNET'17 Conference)
The SSNET 2017 Conference, hosted by the Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM) in Orsay, was held at the I2BC auditorium on the CNRS campus in Gif-sur-Yvette, France, from November 6th to the 10th, 2017.
As in the previous -and successful!- edition, the conference aimed at strengthening the international collaboration between the nuclear structure physicists from France, Europe and other laboratories all around the world. It allowed fruitful discussions on recent experimental and theoretical aspects of nuclear structure related to the manifestation and description of the various shapes and geometrical symmetries of the nucleus as well as other symmetries and symmetry breaking.
Organizing committee: Alain Astier, Isabelle Deloncle, Etienne Dupont, Amel Korichi, Radomira Lozeva, BingFeng Lv, Costel Petrache (chair), Jerzy Dudek (co-chair)
Conference secretary: Émilie Bonnardel
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Registration
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09:00
Coffee break
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Opening sessionPrésident de session: Prof. Costel Petrache (CSNSM Orsay and Université Paris-Saclay)
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WelcomeOrateur: Dr Marie-Hélène Papillon (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette)
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WelcomeOrateur: Prof. Etienne Augé (Paris Saclay)
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WelcomeOrateur: Dr Jean-Antoine Scarpaci (CSNSM Orsay)
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WelcomeOrateur: Prof. Jerzy Dudek (IPHC and Université de Strasbourg)
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Experiment 1Président de session: Prof. Costel Petrache (CSNSM Orsay and Université Paris-Saclay)
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Recognizing structure in the Z = 50 regionOrateur: Prof. Paul Garrett (University of Guelph)
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Probing Low-Spin Nuclear Structure with Fast NeutronsOrateur: Prof. Steven Yates (University of Kentucky)
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Triaxiality in Neutron-Rich Mo-Ru Isotopes from Coulomb ExcitationOrateur: Dr Mitch Allmond (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Experiment 2Président de session: Dr Amel Korichi (CSNSM Orsay)
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“Stiff” Deformed Nuclei and the β and γ Degrees of FreedomOrateur: Prof. John Sharpey-Schafer (University of the Western Cape)
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Systematics of Band Termination at High-Spin in N~90 Nuclei: How Robust and Pure Are These Special States?Orateur: Prof. Mark Riley (Florida State University)
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First ionisation potentials of the heaviest actinidesOrateur: Prof. Yuichiro Nagame (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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12:25
Lunch
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Theory 1Président de session: Prof. Costel Petrache (CSNSM Orsay and Université Paris-Saclay)
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Triaxiality and single particle degrees of freedomOrateur: Prof. Stefan Frauendorf (University Notre Dame)
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Chiral basis for particle rotor coupling model for odd-odd nucleiOrateur: Prof. Krzysztof Starosta (Simon Fraser University)
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Nature of the doublet bands generated in the particle-rotor modelOrateur: Dr Elena Lawrie (iThemba LABS )
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Search for the nuclear chirality - a manual for experimentersOrateur: Prof. Ernest Grodner (University of Warsaw)
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Systematic study of Z = 83 nuclei: 193,194,195BiOrateur: Dr Andrej Herzáň (University of Liverpool)
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15:45
Coffee break
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Theory 2Président de session: Prof. Jerzy Dudek (IPHC and Université de Strasbourg)
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A beyond-mean-field description for nuclear excitation spectraOrateur: Dr Marcella Grasso (IPN Orsay)
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Mean Field Description of Exotic Nuclear Systems from Chiral NN and ΛN potentialsOrateur: Dr Petr Vesely (Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)
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Restoration of symmetries in time-dependent calculations. Josephson effect in reactions below the barrierOrateur: Dr Guillaume Scamps (CCS Tsukuba University)
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Regularisation Methods to Stabilise Nuclear Inverse Problem via Physics-Based ImprovementsOrateur: Mme Irene Dedes (IPHC Strasbourg)
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Potential energy surfaces of superheavy nuclei in the 4D Fourier parameter spaceOrateur: Prof. Krzysztof Pomorski (Maria Curie Sklodowska University)
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Experimental information on axial symmetry breaking in heavy nuclei and microscopic calculationsOrateur: Prof. Eckart Grosse (TU Dresden)
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18:15
Welcome cocktail (restaurant CNRS)
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Experiment 3Président de session: Prof. Mark Riley (Florida State University)
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Shell-structure evolution around 78NiOrateur: Dr Gilbert Duchêne (IPHC Strasbourg)
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In-beam spectroscopy of low-lying energy levels at extreme isospin at the RIBFOrateur: Dr Pieter Doornenbal (RIKEN)
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Selected results from in-beam and decay γ-ray spectroscopy in the 132Sn region performed at RIKENOrateur: Dr Andrea Jungclaus (IEM-CSIC)
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Decay Spectroscopy Experiments with GRIFFIN at ISAC-TRIUMFOrateur: Prof. Corina Andreoiu (Simon Fraser University)
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10:40
Coffee break
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Experiment 4Président de session: Dr Alain Astier (CSNSM Orsay)
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New experimental data relevant to the shape change in the A~100 regionOrateur: Prof. Waldemar Urban (University of Warsaw)
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Spectroscopy of neutron-rich Y isotopes produced in fission induced by cold neutrons – onset and evolution of deformed structuresOrateur: Dr Lukasz Iskra (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)
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Angular correlations of gamma rays from 206Tl produced in thermal neutron captureOrateur: Dr Natalia Cieplicka-Orynczak (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences)
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The second gamma-ray spectroscopy campaign with GRETINA at NSCLOrateur: Dr Dirk Weisshaar (NSCL/Michigan Sate University)
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Erosion by neutron emission of coulomb effects on the charge distribution of final fragments from low energy fission of 234U and 236UOrateur: Prof. Modesto Montoya Zavaleta (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Perú)
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12:35
Lunch
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Theory 3Président de session: Prof. Philippe Quentin (CENBG Bordeaux)
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Alpha clustering and condensation in nuclear systemsOrateur: Prof. Peter Schuck (Institut de Physique Nucleaire)
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Shapes describing the fusion, fission and fragmentation phenomena and alpha moleculesOrateur: Prof. Guy Royer (Subatech, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes )
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A new approximate symmetry for heavy deformed nuclei – proxy–SU(3)Orateur: Prof. Richard F Casten (Yale University and FRIB, Michigan State University)
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Nuclear shape predictions with proxy-SU(3)Orateur: Dr R.Burcu Cakirli (Istanbul University)
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15:35
Coffee break
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Theory 4Président de session: Prof. Stefan Frauendorf (University Notre Dame)
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Shape coexistence and beta decay in proton-rich A~70 nuclei within beyond-mean-field approachOrateur: Prof. Alexandrina Petrovici (IFIN-HH)
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Shell-model study for the A~130 regionOrateur: Dr Yutaka Utsuno (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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Particle-core coupling in nuclei: new insights, fundamental misconceptionsOrateur: Prof. John Wood (Georgia Tech)
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Ab-initio SCGF computations of medium mass nucleiOrateur: Dr Carlo Barbieri (University of Surrey)
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First-order quantum phase transitions between spherical and γ-unstable deformed nuclear shapesOrateur: Prof. Amiram Leviatan (Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University)
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Towards symmetry unrestricted Skyrme-HFB calculations: Rotation of exotic shapesOrateur: M. Wouter Ryssens (Institut Physique Nucléaire Lyon )
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Do Quarks Play Explicit Role in Nuclear Structure?Orateur: Dr Genis Musulmanbekov (JINR Dubna)
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Poster session - Cocktail (restaurant CNRS)
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Calculation of energy level and B(E2) values of even-even isotopes of sulfur using the shell-model code NuShellX@MSUOrateur: Dr Amin Attarzadeh (ACECR)
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2nd-order superfluid Thomas-Fermi approximation and FAM-QRPA method for ultracold fermionsOrateur: Mlle Na Fei (School of Physics, Peking University)
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Beta+ decay properties of A=102 isobarsOrateur: Mlle Nadjet Laouet (Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1)
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Study of vibrational to rotational region by use of affin su(1,1) algebra in the sdg-IBFM frameworkOrateur: Mlle Zeinab Ranjbar (University of Tabriz)
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Symmetric/asymmetric transition of fission yields studied with the time-dependent generator coordinate methodOrateur: M. David Regnier (IPN Orsay)
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A closer look at the pairing effects on the structure of normal deformed (ND) bands in Hf isotopesOrateur: M. Hadi Taheri (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad)
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Global analysis of Skyrme forces and the high-order density dependenceOrateur: M. Zhiwei Zuo (School of Physics, Peking University)
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Search for collective and non-collective band structures in 123XeOrateur: Mlle Anwesha Basu (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur )
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Attenuation of radiation with biological mediaOrateur: Mlle Ainouna Bouziane (Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran - Mohamed-Boudiaf- Algeria)
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Transfer reaction and 212Po structureOrateur: M. Etienne Dupont (CSNSM Orsay)
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Manifestation of triaxiality in 135,136Nd: Chirality and WobblingOrateur: M. Bingfeng Lv (CSNSM Orsay)
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Evidence of rotational behavior in the 120Te isotopeOrateur: Dr Mansi Saxena (Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw)
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Experiment 5Président de session: Prof. Paul Garrett (University of Guelph)
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Coulomb excitation of 132Sn with MINIBALL at HIE-ISOLDEOrateur: Prof. Peter Reiter (University of Cologne)
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Probing nuclear structure emerging from the interplay of single-particle and collective regimesOrateur: Dr Tuomas Grahn (University of Jyväskylä)
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CAGRA Project at RCNP, Osaka UniversityOrateur: Dr Eiji Ideguchi (RCNP, Osaka University)
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FRS Ion Catcher: Measurement of Isomers and Production of Isomerically Clean BeamsOrateur: Dr Timo Dickel (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)
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10:30
Coffee break
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Experiment 6Président de session: Prof. John Sharpey-Schafer (University of the Western Cape)
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Rotation induced shapes and collective phenomena in excited atomic nuclei - an overview of studies coordinated by groups from IFJ PAN Krakow and HIL WarsawOrateur: Prof. Adam Maj (IFJ PAN)
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Effect of deformation on the broad structure of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in 144-150Nd and 152SmOrateur: Dr Lindsay Michelle Donaldson (iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Science)
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Collective modes excited in inelastic scattering of fast protons studied at Cyclotron Centre Bronowice - (CCB)Orateur: Dr Maria Kmiecik (IFJ PAN Krakow)
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Studying the nuclear g factor and quadrupole moment of the isomeric intruder 1+ state of 34Al via the beta-NMR techniqueOrateur: Dr Zhengyu Xu (IKS, KU Leuven)
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Shape coexistence in gold, mercury and bismuth isotopes studied by in-source laser spectroscopy at RILIS-ISOLDEOrateur: Dr James Cubiss (University of York)
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FIPPS – A new instrument for prompt spectroscopy at ILLOrateur: Dr Yung Hee Kim (Institut Laue Langevin Grenoble)
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12:40
Lunch
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Social program
15:00: Transfer by bus to Paris
16:00: Bateaux mouches excursion
19:30: Conference dinner
22:00 Transfer by bus to Gif-sur-Yvette
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Experiment 7: Isomers 1Président de session: Prof. Costel Petrache (CSNSM Orsay and Université Paris-Saclay)
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100 years of isomers – then and nowOrateur: Prof. Philip Walker (University of Surrey)
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Isomerism and Nuclear Structure of Heavy ElementsOrateur: Prof. Paul Greenlees (University of Jyväskylä)
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Direct identification of the elusive 229mTh isomer: milestone towards a nuclear clockOrateur: Dr Peter G. Thirolf (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
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Isomers in and around Semi-magic and Magic NucleiOrateur: Prof. Ashok Kumar Jain (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
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10:40
Coffee break
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Experiment 8: Isomers 2Président de session: Prof. Bo Cederwall (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
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Ultra-cold gas of 135mCs isomers: progress and perspectivesOrateur: Prof. Ferruccio Renzoni (University College London)
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Tracking Low-lying Nuclear Shape Evolution from the Dysprosium Valence Maximum to Gamma-soft Osmium IsotopesOrateur: Prof. Patrick Regan (University of Surrey)
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Pigmy resonance in soft nuclei measured through excitation of spin isomersOrateur: Prof. Vladimir Nedorezov (INR RAS)
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12:20
Lunch
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Theory 5: Ab initio 1Président de session: Dr Petr Navratil (TRIUMF)
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Advances in coupled-cluster computations of atomic nucleiOrateur: Dr Gaute Hagen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Nuclear structure and reactions from lattice simulationsOrateur: Prof. Dean Lee (North Carolina State University)
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New Horizons in Ab Initio Nuclear Structure TheoryOrateur: Prof. Robert Roth (TU Darmstadt)
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Nuclear Shapes from the In-Medium Similarity Renormalisation GroupOrateur: Prof. Heiko Hergert (NSCL/FRIB Laboratory, Michigan State University)
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15:40
Coffee break
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Theory 6: Ab initio 2Président de session: Prof. Jerzy Dudek (IPHC and Université de Strasbourg)
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Bound and unbound light nuclei from ab initio theoryOrateur: Dr Petr Navratil (TRIUMF)
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Effective field theories for collective excitations of nucleiOrateur: Prof. Thomas Papenbrock (The University of Tennessee)
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Ab Initio View of Emergent Symmetries, Shapes, and CollectivityOrateur: Dr Tomas Dytrych ( Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences )
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Single-particle states vs. collective modes: friends or enemiesOrateur: Prof. Takaharu Otsuka (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo)
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Experiment 9Président de session: Prof. Patrick Regan (University of Surrey)
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Do we understand nuclear collectivity?Orateur: Prof. Bo Cederwall (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
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Spectroscopic Factors in the Islands of Inversion: The Nilsson Strong Coupling LimitOrateur: Dr Heather Crawford (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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Perspectives for studies of extremely deformed nuclei near 40CaOrateur: Dr Piotr Bednarczyk (IFJ PAN)
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Studies of shape coexistence with the Coulomb excitation in the light mercury isotopesOrateur: Dr Kseniia Rezynkina (KU Leuven)
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10:25
Coffee break
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Theory 7Président de session: Prof. Gianluca Colò (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi, and INFN, Milano)
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Possible decay chains of superheavy nuclei in forthcoming experimentsOrateur: Prof. Dorin Poenaru (IFIN-HH)
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Some spectroscopic properties of odd well-deformed nuclei in the rare-earth regionOrateur: Prof. Philippe Quentin (CENBG Bordeaux)
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Elimination of the spurious admixtures in the QRPA E0, E1, E2 and M1 excitations of deformed nucleiOrateur: Prof. Jan Kvasil (Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, MFF, Charles University in Prague)
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Effects of reflection-asymmetric shapes on nuclear collective and isomeric propertiesOrateur: Prof. Nikolay Minkov (Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
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12:30
Lunch
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Theory 8Président de session: Dr Marcella Grasso (IPN Orsay)
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Different views of configuration mixing within Density Functional TheoryOrateur: Prof. Gianluca Colò (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi, and INFN, Milano)
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Shell-model investigation of even and odd nuclei above 132SnOrateur: Dr Houda Naïdja (Constantine 1 University)
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Phase diagram of the extended Agassi modelOrateur: Dr José Enrique García-Ramos (University of Huelva)
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Closing
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15:05
Coffee break
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