Shapes and Symmetries in Nuclei: from Experiment to Theory (SSNET'18 Conference)
The SSNET 2018 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 5th to the 9th, 2018.
As in the previous -and successful!- editions, the conference aims 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 30m
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Opening Session
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Welcome 10mOrateurs: Etienne Augé (Université Paris Saclay), Jean-Antoine Scarpaci (CSNSM)
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Session 1: Transitional nuclei 1Président de session: Richard Casten (Yale University)
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Partial dynamical symmetries for transitional nuclei 25mOrateur: Amiram Leviatan (Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University)
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On shape coexistence and quantum phase transitions: Lead and Zirconium regions 25mOrateur: José Enrique García-Ramos (University of Huelva)
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Overview of Proxy-SU(3) 25mOrateur: Richard Casten (Yale University)
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Predictions of Proxy-SU(3) for g-band to ground band B(E2)-values 25mOrateur: R.Burcu Cakirli (Istanbul University)
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Session 2: Transitional nuclei 2Président de session: Richard Casten (Yale University)
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Transfer reactions in transitional regions 25mOrateur: Andrea Vitturi (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia Padova)
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Prolate-oblate shape coexistence in N~60 Se isotopes 25mOrateur: Volker Werner (TU Darmstadt)
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Shape coexistence and collective low-spin states in 112,114Sn studied with the (p,p'g) DSA coincidence technique 25mOrateur: Mark Spieker (NSCL/MSU)
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Shape evolution in neutron-rich Zr isotopes 25mOrateur: Purnima Singh (IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay)
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Interplay between shape coexistence and QPT in Zirconium isotopes 15mOrateur: Noam Gavrielov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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Lunch 50m
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Session 3: Density Functional Theory 1Président de session: Jie Meng (School of Physics, Peking University)
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Recent progress of nuclear dynamics studies with TDDFT 25mOrateur: Kazuyuki Sekizawa (Niigata University)
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Super- and hyper-heavy nuclei in CDFT: recent results 25mOrateur: Anatoli Afanasjev (Mississippi State University)
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Quadrupole shape uctuations in nuclei and collective Hamiltonian method within Skyrme EDF 25mOrateur: Kouhei Washiyama (University of Tsukuba)
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Relativistic effects in triggering the N=34 magic shell of Ca-54 25mOrateur: Wen Hui Long (School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University)
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Session 4: Density Functional Theory 2Président de session: Jie Meng (School of Physics, Peking University)
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Properties of 229Th within the state-of-the-art nuclear DFT calculations 25mOrateur: Jacek Dobaczewski (University of York)
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Toroidal mode in nuclei 25mOrateur: Jan Kvasil (Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, MFF, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)
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IMME within isospin-symmetry-breaking DFT 25mOrateur: Wojciech Satula (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics)
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High-K isomers in rare-earth neutron-rich nuclei by PNC-CSM method 25mOrateur: Xiao-Tao He (College of Material Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
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Multiple chiral doublets in four-j shells particle rotor model: five possible chiral doublet bands in 136Nd 25mOrateur: Qibo Chen (Peking University)
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Applications of equation of motion phonon method in various neutron-rich Oxygen and Calcium isotopes 25mOrateur: Petr Vesely (Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)
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Welcome cocktail 2h
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Session 5E: Experiment 1Président de session: Philip Walker (University of Surrey)
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Nuclear structure of the transitional Xe isotopes from density inelastic neutron scattering functionals 25mOrateur: Steven Yates (University of Kentucky)
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Studies of semi-magic Tin nuclei using large g-ray spectrometers 25mOrateur: Corina Andreoiu (Simon Fraser University)
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New insights on evolution of collectivity in the vicinity of 168Os 25mOrateur: Tuomas Grahn (University of Jyväskylä)
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Coriolis Mixing in 2-qp isomer in 164Gd and other N=100 isotones 25mOrateur: Laurent Gaudefroy (CEA-France)
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Session 5T: Theory 1Président de session: Jacek Dobaczewski (University of York)
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Single-particle levels in cluster potentials 25mOrateur: Roelof Bijker (ICN-UNAM)
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A beyond-mean-field description for nuclear excitation spectra: applications of the subtracted second random-phase approximation 25mOrateur: Marcella Grasso (IPN-Orsay)
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Calculations of isospin triplet states in the mass A~60-80 region 25mOrateur: Ramon Wyss (KTH)
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New results for odd nuclei: theoretical assessment and extensions of the Hybrid Configuration Mixing model 25mOrateur: Gianluca Colò (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi, and INFN, Milano)
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Session 6E: Experiment 2Président de session: Magdalena Gorska (GSI Darmstadt)
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Tri-axiality in 110Ru from Coulomb excitation 25mOrateur: Daniel Doherty (University of Surrey)
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Spectroscopy of neutron-rich Ca and Ni isotopes with SEASTAR 25mOrateur: Pieter Doornenbal (RIKEN)
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Test of the N=50 neutron gap in the vicinity of 78Ni and systematics of neutron-rich Ge nuclei 25mOrateur: François Didierjean (IPHC)
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Neutron-rich nuclei with N>=126 25mOrateur: Zsolt Podolyak (University of Surrey)
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Session 6T: Theory 2Président de session: Philippe Quentin (CENBG)
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Octupole vibrations in super-heavy nuclei and K-mixing for isomeric states with the QRPA formalism 25mOrateur: Sophie Péru (CEA/DAM-Ile-de-France, Service de Physique Nucléaire)
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Fine structure of b-decay strength function in spin-isospin SU(4) symmetry, and SU(4) region 25mOrateur: Igor Izosimov (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)
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Competition between the tetrahedral and octahedral symmetry deformations in exotic nuclei 25mOrateur: Irene Dedes (Postdoc at UMCS)
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Linear response formalism for nite-range interactions and nite-size instabilities 25mOrateur: Dany Davesne (Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon)
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Lunch 1h 15m
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Session 7E: Experiment 3Président de session: Roderick Clark (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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t-bands in the mass A~130 region 25mOrateur: Philip Walker (University of Surrey)
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Towards ultra-cold gases of Caesium, progress and perspectives 25mOrateur: Ferruccio Renzoni (University College London)
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Study of super-deformation in 42Ca with Coulomb excitation 25mOrateur: Katarzyna Hadynska-Klek (University of Surrey)
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Nuclear structure studies at IGISOL 25mOrateur: Anu Kankainen (University of Jyväskylä)
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Session 7T: Theory 3Président de session: Marcella Grasso (IPN-Orsay)
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Nuclear shapes for the critical point of the U(5)-SU(3) nuclear shape phase transition 25mOrateur: Petrica Buganu (Horia Hulubei - National Institut of Physics and Nuclear Engineering)
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Symmetry adapted SU(3) no-core shell model with importance sampling 25mOrateur: Frantisek Knapp (Charles University in Prague)
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Shape coexistence in neutron deficient Hg isotopes 25mOrateur: Alessandro Pastore (University of York)
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Nuclear structure and dynamics from ab initio theory 25mOrateur: P. Navratil
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Session 8E: Experiment 4Président de session: Costel Petrache (University Paris-Sud)
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Studying rotational bands in triaxial nuclei with quasiparticle-rotor model 25mOrateur: Elena Lawrie (iThemba LABS)
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Triaxiality, octupole correlation, and pseudo-spin symmetry in 131Ba 25mOrateur: Song Guo (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou)
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The DESPEC project at GSI/FAIR 25mOrateur: Magdalena Gorska (GSI Darmstadt)
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Study of exotic excitations in nuclei near spherical and deformed shell gaps using INGA 25mOrateur: Gopal Mukherjee (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata)
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Recent experiments performed with GRETINA 25mOrateur: Dirk Weisshaar (NSCL/Michigan Sate University)
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First spectroscopy of 40Mg 25mOrateur: Heather Crawford (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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Session 8T: Theory 4Président de session: Jerzy Dudek
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Quantum phase transitions and shape evolution in nuclei 25mOrateur: Takaharu Otsuka (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo)
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Coexistence phenomena in neutron-rich A~100 nuclei within the beyond-mean-eld approach 25mOrateur: Alexandrina Petrovici (IFIN-HH)
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Point symmetry and nuclear octupole bands 25mOrateur: Nikolay Minkov (Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
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Shape transition with temperature of the pear-shaped nuclei in covariant density functional theory 25mOrateur: Wenqiang Zhang (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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Configuration assignments for the extensive level scheme of 167Lu 25mOrateur: Ingemar Ragnarsson (Lund University)
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Nuclear structure studies based on energy density functionals 25mOrateur: Tamara Niksic (Department of physics, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb)
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Poster Session & Cocktail
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Session 9: Fission 1Président de session: Dr Katsuhisa Nishio (Japan Atomic Energy Agensy)
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The SOFIA experiments on fission yields: recent results and perspectives 25mOrateur: Laurent Audouin (Université Paris-Sud)
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Fission dynamics of Fermium isotopes using Langevin equations 25mOrateur: Yoshihiro Aritomo (Kindai University)
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Fission in inverse kinematics: a new window to experimental observables 25mOrateur: Manuel Caamaño (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
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Fission studies using multi-nucleon transfer reactions 15mOrateur: Katsuhisa Nishio (JAEA)
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Session 10Président de session: Dr Katsuhisa Nishio (Japan Atomic Energy Agensy)
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Electron-capture delayed fission in the heaviest nuclei 25mOrateur: J. Khuyagbaatar
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Shapes and symmetries in fission of (super) heavy nuclei 25mOrateur: Michal Kowal (NCBJ)
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Fission study project in RIKEN RIBF: towards the complete measurement of fission observables 25mOrateur: Masaki Sasano (RIKEN Nishina Center)
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Semiclassical origin of the asymmetric nuclear fission - The pre-fragment shell effect in the periodic-orbit theory 25mOrateur: Ken-ichiro Arita (Department of Physics, Nagoya Institute of Technology)
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Correlation between the average number of emitted neutrons and the mass yield of fragments from thermal neutron induced fission of 235U 20mOrateur: Modesto Montoya Zavaleta (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Perú)
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Lunch 1h 20m
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Bus to Paris and Excursion 4h 30m
Transfer to Paris by bus
Bateau Mouche travel on the Seine river
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Conference Dinner (Paris) 2h 30m
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Bus to Gif_sur-Yvette 1h
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Session 11: Heavy Nuclei 1Président de session: Paul Greenlees (University of Jyväskylä)
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Decay-spectroscopy and lifetime measurements of super-heavy nuclei 25mOrateur: Araceli Lopez-Martens (CSNSM, IN2P3-CNRS, Université Paris Sud et Université Paris Saclay )
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Nuclear structure of N>150 Pu-Cf nuclei and outlook with AGFA 25mOrateur: Partha Chowdhury (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
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Shape coexistence studies at JYFL and ISOLDE 25mOrateur: Janne Pakarinen (University of Jyväskylä)
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Charge radii in region of Au-Po at ISOLDE 25mOrateur: James Cubiss (University of York)
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Session 12: Heavy Nuclei 2Président de session: Michael Block (GSI/HIM/JGU)
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Ground-state rotational bands in even-even heavy and super-heavy nuclei 25mOrateur: Krzysztof Pomorski (Maria Curie Sklodowska University)
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Alpha decay and fission of high-K isomers 25mOrateur: Roderick Clark (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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Nuclear properties of Nobelium isotopes from laser spectroscopy 25mOrateur: Sebastian Raeder (GSI Darmstadt)
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Mass measurements of heavy elements at GARIS 25mOrateur: Michiharu Wada (KEK)
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Nuclear semi-bubbles in the heaviest elements 25mOrateur: Bastian Schuetrumpf (TU Darmstadt / GSI)
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Session 13: Shell Model 1Président de session: Takaharu Otsuka (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo)
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Extending applicability of large-scale shell-model calculations 25mOrateur: Yutaka Utsuno (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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Continuum shell model for nuclear structure and reactions 25mOrateur: Marek Ploszajczak (GANIL)
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Nuclear matrix elements to unveil the nature of neutrinos and dark matter 25mOrateur: Javier Menéndez (Technical University Darmstadt)
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Structure of neutron-rich nuclei via nuclear force and microscopic theory 25mOrateur: Naofumi Tsunoda (Center for Nuclear Study, the University of Tokyo)
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Session 14: Shell Model 2Président de session: Takaharu Otsuka (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo)
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Shell model description of dipole strength at low energy and its impact on reaction rates 25mOrateur: Kamila Sieja (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien)
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Seniority and the Pandya relation 25mOrateur: Piet Van Isacker (GANIL)
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Nuclear shell model starting from deformed bases 25mOrateur: Yang Sun (Shanghai Jiaotong University)
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Nuclear shape isomers and shell model 25mOrateur: Bogdan Fornal (IFJ PAN)
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Session 15: Shapes and Shape Coexistence 1Président de session: Paul Garrett (University of Guelph)
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Investigation of the N=60 shape transition with low-energy Coulomb excitation 25mOrateur: Magda Zielinska (CEA Saclay)
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Deformation and shape coexistence studied with the Coulomb excitation in neutron-decient Po and Hg isotopes 25mOrateur: Katarzyna Wrzosek-Lipska
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Shapes of neutron-rich Mo-Ru isotopes from Coulex and b-decay at CARIBU 25mOrateur: Mitch Allmond (ORNL)
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Study of shape co-existence in mass A~40 region 25mOrateur: Eiji Ideguchi (RCNP, Osaka University)
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Session 16: Shapes and Shape Coexistence 2Président de session: Jerzy Dudek
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Coulomb excitation at Legnaro with SPIDER and opportunities at SPES 25mOrateur: Adriana Nannini (INFN - Firenze)
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Coulomb excitation studies at TRIUMF-ISAC 25mOrateur: Jack Henderson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Investigation of the octupole degree of freedom with Coulomb excitation 25mOrateur: Liam Gaffney (University of the West of Scotland)
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New aspects of shape coexistence in nuclei 25mOrateur: John Wood (School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology)
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Multiple shape coexistence in the Cadmium isotopes 25mOrateur: Paul Garrett (University of Guelph)
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Session 17: Various Issues 1Président de session: Marcella Grasso (IPN-Orsay)
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Precision laser spectroscopy for nuclear structure studies 25mOrateur: Ronald Garcia Ruiz
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From Quark Correlations to Nuclear Drip line 25mOrateur: Genis Musulmanbekov (JINR, LIT)
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Predicting neutron capture cross-sections from nuclear masses 25mOrateur: Aaron Couture (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Session 18: Various Issues 2Président de session: Costel Petrache (University Paris-Sud)
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New Accelerator Center in Sofia: Present Status and Future 25mOrateur: Dimitar Tonev (INRNE-BAS)
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A new symmetry of shapes, shells, and clusters 25mOrateur: Jozsef Cseh (MTA ATOMKI)
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To be announced 25m
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ClosingPrésident de session: Costel Petrache (University Paris-Sud)
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