Name: WNPPC2020 - 57th Winter Nuclear Particle Physics Conference
Start: 2020-02-13T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2020-02-16T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Banff Centre

WNPPC2020 - 57th Winter Nuclear Particle Physics Conference

from Thursday, February 13, 2020 (8:00 a.m.) to Sunday, February 16, 2020 (6:00 p.m.)

Monday, February 10, 2020
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
7:00 p.m. Feb. 13 Evening Session
7:00 p.m. - 8:40 p.m.
Room: Kinnard Center (KC 303)
Contributions

7:00 p.m. Conference Opening - blair jamieson (University of Winnipeg)

7:15 p.m. Higgs boson physics and upgrade work with ATLAS at the Large Hadron Collider - Claire David (DESY)

7:45 p.m. Analysis of Higgs boson decays to two W bosons with the ATLAS experiment - Benjamin Jaeger (Simon Fraser University)

8:00 p.m. Search for mono-Z signature dark matter with the ATLAS detector at the LHC - Samantha Taylor (University of Victoria)

8:15 p.m. Event Reconstruction using the Global Particle Flow Algorithm for the ATLAS Experiment - Laura Miller (Carleton University)
Friday, February 14, 2020
8:30 a.m. Feb. 14 Morning Session
8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Room: KC303
Contributions

8:30 a.m. From Quarks to Neutrinos - Nikolina Ilic (Institute of Particle Physics)

9:00 a.m. The SNO+ Scintillator Fill - Benjamin Tam (Queen's University)

9:15 a.m. MoEDAL-MAPP Detector Physics Performance Benchmarks - Michael Staelens (University of Alberta)

9:30 a.m. The NEWS-G light Dark Matter search experiment: Current status and preparation for SNOLAB - Daniel Durnford (University of Alberta)

9:45 a.m. A novel technique for ultracold neutron transmission measurements - Sean Vanbergen (TRIUMF)

10:30 a.m. Environmental Magnetic Fields for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Experiment at TRIUMF - Maedeh Lavvaf (Presenter)

10:45 a.m. Decreasing the measurement time of the neutron electric dipole moment experiment at TRIUMF - Steve Sidhu (SFU/TRIUMF)

11:00 a.m. Simulation and Data Comparison of Ultracold Neutron Experiments for TUCAN Collaboration - Beryl Bell (TRIUMF, McGill University)

11:15 a.m. Radon mitigation for the NEWS-G Dark Matter Detector - Patrick O'Brien (University of Alberta)

11:30 a.m. Propagation of Muons at SNOLAB - William Woodley (University of Alberta)

11:45 a.m. Search for dark matter and neutrinos with the Scintillating Bubble Chamber (SBC) - SUMANTA PAL (University of Alberta)

12:00 p.m. Ba Daughter Tagging as a Method for Background Rejection Techniqe for nEXO - Christopher Chambers (McGill University)
7:00 p.m. Feb. 14 Evening Session
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Room: KC303
Contributions

7:00 p.m. Multi-messenger astrophysics - Daniel Siegel (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the University of Guelph)

7:30 p.m. Development of multi-detector systems for gamma-ray coincidence measurements - Melanie Gascoine (SFU)

7:45 p.m. Ion transport simulations for the TITAN experiment - Abhilash Javaji (TRIUMF)

8:00 p.m. Investigation of resonance states in 11Li - Mukhwinder singh (student)

8:30 p.m. Correcting Signal Saturation in DEAP-3600 - Joe McLaughlin (Royal Holloway University of London/TRIUMF)

8:45 p.m. Testing exotic fosmology models with LISA - Maxence Corman (PI/UW)

9:00 p.m. Dark Matter Detection with SuperCDMS - Lucas Bezerra (UBC)

9:15 p.m. The search for CLFV at BELLE II - Trevor Shillington (McGill University)
Saturday, February 15, 2020
8:30 a.m. Feb. 15 Morning Session
8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Room: KC303
Contributions

8:30 a.m. Dark Matter: Direct Detection Searches - Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto)

9:00 a.m. Simulating a new complementary detector for DESCANT - Harris Bidaman (University of Guelph)

9:15 a.m. Status of DEAP-3600 at SNOLAB - SUMANTA PAL (University of Alberta)

9:30 a.m. Explosion Energies, Ages and Densities of Galactic Supernovae - Denis Leahy (University of Calgary)

9:45 a.m. Nonperturbative Extraction of the Effective Mass in Neutron Matter - Nawar Ismail (University of Guelph)

10:30 a.m. Charged pi-Meson Studies at Jefferson Lab - Ali Usman (University of Regina)

10:45 a.m. Kaon Electromagenetic Form Factor - Vijay Vijay kumar (University of Regina)

11:00 a.m. Deep Exclusive π− Production with SoLID - Stephen Kay (University of Regina)

11:15 a.m. PICO Bubble Chambers: Past, Present, and Future - Colin Moore (Queen's University)

11:30 a.m. Precision Measurements on Antihydrogen us- ing the ALPHA-g Apparatus - Pooja Woosaree (University of Calgary)

11:45 a.m. A Cosmic Ray Veto System for the ALPHA- g Experiment - Gareth Smith (UBC/TRIUMF)

12:00 p.m. Magnetometry for Gravitational Measure- ments of Antihydrogen with ALPHA-g - Nathan Evetts (UBC)
7:00 p.m. Feb. 15 Evening Session
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Room: KC303
Contributions

7:00 p.m. Recent Studies of Astrophysical Reactions at ISAC - Matthew Williams (TRIUMF)

7:30 p.m. Primary electron drift time simulation in spherical proportional counter - Yuqi DENG (University of Alberta)

7:45 p.m. Decay of a bound muon to a bound electron - Muhammad Jamil Aslam (University of Alberta)

8:00 p.m. Applied Quantum Annealing for Track Re- construction in HEP - Parker Reid (Simon Fraser University)

8:30 p.m. From odd-even staggering to the pairing gap in neutron matter - Georgios Palkanoglou (University of Guelph)

8:45 p.m. Nuclear Recoil Calibration at TUNL - Francois De Brienne (Université De Montréal)

9:00 p.m. Analysis of electron drift properties and fluc- tuations for NEWS-G - Jean-Marie Coquillat (Queen's University)

9:15 p.m. Investigation of wavelength shifting materi- als in an active helium target - Michael Perry (Mount Allison University)
Sunday, February 16, 2020
8:30 a.m. Feb. 16 Morning Session
8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Room: KC303
Contributions

8:30 a.m. The Intermediate Water Cherenkov Detector for Hyper-Kamiokande - Matej Pavin (TRIUMF)

9:00 a.m. High-Precision Half-life Measurement of 14O - Shivani Sharma (University of Regina)

9:15 a.m. High-Precision Branching Ratio Measurement and Spin Assignment Implications for 62Ga Superallowed Beta Decay - Andrew MacLean (University of Guelph)

9:30 a.m. Dipositronium annihilation into a single photon - Muhammad Mubasher (University of Alberta)

9:45 a.m. Single photon decay of the positronium ion - Md Samiur Rahman Mir (University of Alberta)

10:30 a.m. Student prizes / conference close - blair jamieson (University of Winnipeg)

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