Shapes and Symmetries in Nuclei: from Experiment to Theory (SSNET'17 Conference)

Europe/Paris
Costel Petrache (CSNSM, Université Paris Sud and CNRS/IN2P3), Jerzy Dudek (IPHC and Universite de Strasbourg)
Description

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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Booklet of Abstracts
Conference poster
Map access CNRS Campus Gif
Participants
    • Registration
    • 9:00 AM
      Coffee break
    • Opening session
      Convener: Prof. Costel Petrache (CSNSM Orsay and Université Paris-Saclay)
      • 1
        Welcome
        Speaker: Dr Marie-Hélène Papillon (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette)
      • 2
        Welcome
        Speaker: Prof. Etienne Augé (Paris Saclay)
      • 3
        Welcome
        Speaker: Dr Jean-Antoine Scarpaci (CSNSM Orsay)
      • 4
        Welcome
        Speaker: Prof. Jerzy Dudek (IPHC and Université de Strasbourg)
    • Experiment 1
      Convener: Prof. Costel Petrache (CSNSM Orsay and Université Paris-Saclay)
      • 5
        Recognizing structure in the Z = 50 region
        Speaker: Prof. Paul Garrett (University of Guelph)
      • 6
        Probing Low-Spin Nuclear Structure with Fast Neutrons
        Speaker: Prof. Steven Yates (University of Kentucky)
      • 7
        Triaxiality in Neutron-Rich Mo-Ru Isotopes from Coulomb Excitation
        Speaker: Dr Mitch Allmond (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    • Experiment 2
      Convener: Dr Amel Korichi (CSNSM Orsay)
      • 8
        “Stiff” Deformed Nuclei and the β and γ Degrees of Freedom
        Speaker: Prof. John Sharpey-Schafer (University of the Western Cape)
      • 9
        Systematics of Band Termination at High-Spin in N~90 Nuclei: How Robust and Pure Are These Special States?
        Speaker: Prof. Mark Riley (Florida State University)
      • 10
        First ionisation potentials of the heaviest actinides
        Speaker: Prof. Yuichiro Nagame (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
    • 12:25 PM
      Lunch
    • Theory 1
      Convener: Prof. Costel Petrache (CSNSM Orsay and Université Paris-Saclay)
      • 11
        Triaxiality and single particle degrees of freedom
        Speaker: Prof. Stefan Frauendorf (University Notre Dame)
      • 12
        Chiral basis for particle rotor coupling model for odd-odd nuclei
        Speaker: Prof. Krzysztof Starosta (Simon Fraser University)
      • 13
        Nature of the doublet bands generated in the particle-rotor model
        Speaker: Dr Elena Lawrie (iThemba LABS )
      • 14
        Search for the nuclear chirality - a manual for experimenters
        Speaker: Prof. Ernest Grodner (University of Warsaw)
      • 15
        Systematic study of Z = 83 nuclei: 193,194,195Bi
        Speaker: Dr Andrej Herzáň (University of Liverpool)
    • 3:45 PM
      Coffee break
    • Theory 2
      Convener: Prof. Jerzy Dudek (IPHC and Université de Strasbourg)
      • 16
        A beyond-mean-field description for nuclear excitation spectra
        Speaker: Dr Marcella Grasso (IPN Orsay)
      • 17
        Mean Field Description of Exotic Nuclear Systems from Chiral NN and ΛN potentials
        Speaker: Dr Petr Vesely (Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)
      • 18
        Restoration of symmetries in time-dependent calculations. Josephson effect in reactions below the barrier
        Speaker: Dr Guillaume Scamps (CCS Tsukuba University)
      • 19
        Regularisation Methods to Stabilise Nuclear Inverse Problem via Physics-Based Improvements
        Speaker: Mrs Irene Dedes (IPHC Strasbourg)
      • 20
        Potential energy surfaces of superheavy nuclei in the 4D Fourier parameter space
        Speaker: Prof. Krzysztof Pomorski (Maria Curie Sklodowska University)
      • 21
        Experimental information on axial symmetry breaking in heavy nuclei and microscopic calculations
        Speaker: Prof. Eckart Grosse (TU Dresden)
    • 6:15 PM
      Welcome cocktail (restaurant CNRS)
    • Experiment 3
      Convener: Prof. Mark Riley (Florida State University)
    • 10:40 AM
      Coffee break
    • Experiment 4
      Convener: Dr Alain Astier (CSNSM Orsay)
      • 26
        New experimental data relevant to the shape change in the A~100 region
        Speaker: Prof. Waldemar Urban (University of Warsaw)
      • 27
        Spectroscopy of neutron-rich Y isotopes produced in fission induced by cold neutrons – onset and evolution of deformed structures
        Speaker: Dr Lukasz Iskra (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)
      • 28
        Angular correlations of gamma rays from 206Tl produced in thermal neutron capture
        Speaker: Dr Natalia Cieplicka-Orynczak (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences)
      • 29
        The second gamma-ray spectroscopy campaign with GRETINA at NSCL
        Speaker: Dr Dirk Weisshaar (NSCL/Michigan Sate University)
      • 30
        Erosion by neutron emission of coulomb effects on the charge distribution of final fragments from low energy fission of 234U and 236U
        Speaker: Prof. Modesto Montoya Zavaleta (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Perú)
    • 12:35 PM
      Lunch
    • Theory 3
      Convener: Prof. Philippe Quentin (CENBG Bordeaux)
      • 31
        Alpha clustering and condensation in nuclear systems
        Speaker: Prof. Peter Schuck (Institut de Physique Nucleaire)
      • 32
        Shapes describing the fusion, fission and fragmentation phenomena and alpha molecules
        Speaker: Prof. Guy Royer (Subatech, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes )
      • 33
        A new approximate symmetry for heavy deformed nuclei – proxy–SU(3)
        Speaker: Prof. Richard F Casten (Yale University and FRIB, Michigan State University)
      • 34
        Nuclear shape predictions with proxy-SU(3)
        Speaker: Dr R.Burcu Cakirli (Istanbul University)
    • 3:35 PM
      Coffee break
    • Theory 4
      Convener: Prof. Stefan Frauendorf (University Notre Dame)
      • 35
        Shape coexistence and beta decay in proton-rich A~70 nuclei within beyond-mean-field approach
        Speaker: Prof. Alexandrina Petrovici (IFIN-HH)
      • 36
        Shell-model study for the A~130 region
        Speaker: Dr Yutaka Utsuno (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
      • 37
        Particle-core coupling in nuclei: new insights, fundamental misconceptions
        Speaker: Prof. John Wood (Georgia Tech)
      • 38
        Ab-initio SCGF computations of medium mass nuclei
        Speaker: Dr Carlo Barbieri (University of Surrey)
      • 39
        First-order quantum phase transitions between spherical and γ-unstable deformed nuclear shapes
        Speaker: Prof. Amiram Leviatan (Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University)
      • 40
        Towards symmetry unrestricted Skyrme-HFB calculations: Rotation of exotic shapes
        Speaker: Mr Wouter Ryssens (Institut Physique Nucléaire Lyon )
      • 41
        Do Quarks Play Explicit Role in Nuclear Structure?
        Speaker: Dr Genis Musulmanbekov (JINR Dubna)
    • Poster session - Cocktail (restaurant CNRS)
      • 42
        Calculation of energy level and B(E2) values of even-even isotopes of sulfur using the shell-model code NuShellX@MSU
        Speaker: Dr Amin Attarzadeh (ACECR)
      • 43
        2nd-order superfluid Thomas-Fermi approximation and FAM-QRPA method for ultracold fermions
        Speaker: Ms Na Fei (School of Physics, Peking University)
      • 44
        Beta+ decay properties of A=102 isobars
        Speaker: Ms Nadjet Laouet (Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1)
      • 45
        Study of vibrational to rotational region by use of affin su(1,1) algebra in the sdg-IBFM framework
        Speaker: Ms Zeinab Ranjbar (University of Tabriz)
      • 46
        Symmetric/asymmetric transition of fission yields studied with the time-dependent generator coordinate method
        Speaker: Mr David Regnier (IPN Orsay)
      • 47
        A closer look at the pairing effects on the structure of normal deformed (ND) bands in Hf isotopes
        Speaker: Mr Hadi Taheri (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad)
      • 48
        Global analysis of Skyrme forces and the high-order density dependence
        Speaker: Mr Zhiwei Zuo (School of Physics, Peking University)
      • 49
        Search for collective and non-collective band structures in 123Xe
        Speaker: Ms Anwesha Basu (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur )
      • 50
        Attenuation of radiation with biological media
        Speaker: Ms Ainouna Bouziane (Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran - Mohamed-Boudiaf- Algeria)
      • 51
        Transfer reaction and 212Po structure
        Speaker: Mr Etienne Dupont (CSNSM Orsay)
      • 52
        Manifestation of triaxiality in 135,136Nd: Chirality and Wobbling
        Speaker: Mr Bingfeng Lv (CSNSM Orsay)
      • 53
        Evidence of rotational behavior in the 120Te isotope
        Speaker: Dr Mansi Saxena (Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw)
    • Experiment 5
      Convener: Prof. Paul Garrett (University of Guelph)
      • 54
        Coulomb excitation of 132Sn with MINIBALL at HIE-ISOLDE
        Speaker: Prof. Peter Reiter (University of Cologne)
      • 55
        Probing nuclear structure emerging from the interplay of single-particle and collective regimes
        Speaker: Dr Tuomas Grahn (University of Jyväskylä)
      • 56
        CAGRA Project at RCNP, Osaka University
        Speaker: Dr Eiji Ideguchi (RCNP, Osaka University)
      • 57
        FRS Ion Catcher: Measurement of Isomers and Production of Isomerically Clean Beams
        Speaker: Dr Timo Dickel (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)
    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee break
    • Experiment 6
      Convener: Prof. John Sharpey-Schafer (University of the Western Cape)
      • 58
        Rotation induced shapes and collective phenomena in excited atomic nuclei - an overview of studies coordinated by groups from IFJ PAN Krakow and HIL Warsaw
        Speaker: Prof. Adam Maj (IFJ PAN)
      • 59
        Effect of deformation on the broad structure of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in 144-150Nd and 152Sm
        Speaker: Dr Lindsay Michelle Donaldson (iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Science)
      • 60
        Collective modes excited in inelastic scattering of fast protons studied at Cyclotron Centre Bronowice - (CCB)
        Speaker: Dr Maria Kmiecik (IFJ PAN Krakow)
      • 61
        Studying the nuclear g factor and quadrupole moment of the isomeric intruder 1+ state of 34Al via the beta-NMR technique
        Speaker: Dr Zhengyu Xu (IKS, KU Leuven)
      • 62
        Shape coexistence in gold, mercury and bismuth isotopes studied by in-source laser spectroscopy at RILIS-ISOLDE
        Speaker: Dr James Cubiss (University of York)
      • 63
        FIPPS – A new instrument for prompt spectroscopy at ILL
        Speaker: Dr Yung Hee Kim (Institut Laue Langevin Grenoble)
    • 12:40 PM
      Lunch
    • 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

    • Experiment 7: Isomers 1
      Convener: Prof. Costel Petrache (CSNSM Orsay and Université Paris-Saclay)
      • 64
        100 years of isomers – then and now
        Speaker: Prof. Philip Walker (University of Surrey)
      • 65
        Isomerism and Nuclear Structure of Heavy Elements
        Speaker: Prof. Paul Greenlees (University of Jyväskylä)
      • 66
        Direct identification of the elusive 229mTh isomer: milestone towards a nuclear clock
        Speaker: Dr Peter G. Thirolf (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
      • 67
        Isomers in and around Semi-magic and Magic Nuclei
        Speaker: Prof. Ashok Kumar Jain (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
    • 10:40 AM
      Coffee break
    • Experiment 8: Isomers 2
      Convener: Prof. Bo Cederwall (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
      • 68
        Ultra-cold gas of 135mCs isomers: progress and perspectives
        Speaker: Prof. Ferruccio Renzoni (University College London)
      • 69
        Tracking Low-lying Nuclear Shape Evolution from the Dysprosium Valence Maximum to Gamma-soft Osmium Isotopes
        Speaker: Prof. Patrick Regan (University of Surrey)
      • 70
        Pigmy resonance in soft nuclei measured through excitation of spin isomers
        Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Nedorezov (INR RAS)
    • 12:20 PM
      Lunch
    • Theory 5: Ab initio 1
      Convener: Dr Petr Navratil (TRIUMF)
      • 71
        Advances in coupled-cluster computations of atomic nuclei
        Speaker: Dr Gaute Hagen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
      • 72
        Nuclear structure and reactions from lattice simulations
        Speaker: Prof. Dean Lee (North Carolina State University)
      • 73
        New Horizons in Ab Initio Nuclear Structure Theory
        Speaker: Prof. Robert Roth (TU Darmstadt)
      • 74
        Nuclear Shapes from the In-Medium Similarity Renormalisation Group
        Speaker: Prof. Heiko Hergert (NSCL/FRIB Laboratory, Michigan State University)
    • 3:40 PM
      Coffee break
    • Theory 6: Ab initio 2
      Convener: Prof. Jerzy Dudek (IPHC and Université de Strasbourg)
      • 75
        Bound and unbound light nuclei from ab initio theory
        Speaker: Dr Petr Navratil (TRIUMF)
      • 76
        Effective field theories for collective excitations of nuclei
        Speaker: Prof. Thomas Papenbrock (The University of Tennessee)
      • 77
        Ab Initio View of Emergent Symmetries, Shapes, and Collectivity
        Speaker: Dr Tomas Dytrych ( Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences )
      • 78
        Single-particle states vs. collective modes: friends or enemies
        Speaker: Prof. Takaharu Otsuka (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo)
    • Experiment 9
      Convener: Prof. Patrick Regan (University of Surrey)
      • 79
        Do we understand nuclear collectivity?
        Speaker: Prof. Bo Cederwall (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
      • 80
        Spectroscopic Factors in the Islands of Inversion: The Nilsson Strong Coupling Limit
        Speaker: Dr Heather Crawford (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
      • 81
        Perspectives for studies of extremely deformed nuclei near 40Ca
        Speaker: Dr Piotr Bednarczyk (IFJ PAN)
      • 82
        Studies of shape coexistence with the Coulomb excitation in the light mercury isotopes
        Speaker: Dr Kseniia Rezynkina (KU Leuven)
    • 10:25 AM
      Coffee break
    • Theory 7
      Convener: Prof. Gianluca Colò (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi, and INFN, Milano)
      • 83
        Possible decay chains of superheavy nuclei in forthcoming experiments
        Speaker: Prof. Dorin Poenaru (IFIN-HH)
      • 84
        Some spectroscopic properties of odd well-deformed nuclei in the rare-earth region
        Speaker: Prof. Philippe Quentin (CENBG Bordeaux)
      • 85
        Elimination of the spurious admixtures in the QRPA E0, E1, E2 and M1 excitations of deformed nuclei
        Speaker: Prof. Jan Kvasil (Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, MFF, Charles University in Prague)
      • 86
        Effects of reflection-asymmetric shapes on nuclear collective and isomeric properties
        Speaker: Prof. Nikolay Minkov (Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch
    • Theory 8
      Convener: Dr Marcella Grasso (IPN Orsay)
      • 87
        Different views of configuration mixing within Density Functional Theory
        Speaker: Prof. Gianluca Colò (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi, and INFN, Milano)
      • 88
        Shell-model investigation of even and odd nuclei above 132Sn
        Speaker: Dr Houda Naïdja (Constantine 1 University)
      • 89
        Phase diagram of the extended Agassi model
        Speaker: Dr José Enrique García-Ramos (University of Huelva)
    • Closing
    • 3:05 PM
      Coffee break