Name: WNPPC2024 - 61st Winter Nuclear Particle Physics Conference
Start: 2024-02-15T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-02-18T14:50:00-05:00
Location: Mt. Bromont

WNPPC2024 - 61st Winter Nuclear Particle Physics Conference

from Thursday, 15 February 2024 (17:00) to Sunday, 18 February 2024 (14:50)

Monday, 12 February 2024
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Thursday, 15 February 2024

18:00 Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 19:00
Room: Grand salon C
19:00
19:00 - 21:15
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

19:00 Opening - Erica Caden (SNOLAB) Thomas Brunner (McGill/TRIUMF)

19:15 Direct Measurements of Astrophysical Capture Reactions using Recoil Separators - Greg Christian (Saint Mary's University)

19:45 Constraining the Neutron Capture Rate for 90Sr through β-Decay into the Short-Lived 91Sr Nucleus - Beau Greaves (University of Guelph)

20:00 Studies of 198Hg(d, d’) Inelastic Scattering Reaction - Sally Valbuena (University of Guelph)

20:15 Measurement of 59Cu(p,alpha)56Ni Reaction Rate to Constrain the Flow of nu p-Process - Nikhil Bhati (Saint Mary's University)

20:30 Thallium-208 as a Real-Time Signal for Probing Heavy Element Synthesis - Maude Larivière (UBC / TRIUMF)

20:45 Investigating Nuclear Shell Evolution in Neutron-Rich Calcium Isotopes - Robin Coleman (University of Guelph)

21:00 Upgrades at the TITAN Penning Trap for Tests of the Standard Model - Andrew Weaver (TRIUMF)
21:15 Reception
Reception
21:15 - 22:45
Room: Atrium
Friday, 16 February 2024
08:25
08:25 - 10:00
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

08:25 Welcome and notes

08:30 Bayesian Constraints of Quark Gluon Plasma Properties - Gojko Vujanovic (University of Regina)

09:00 Quadratic Level Full Electroweak Leptonic Corrections with Covariant Approach - Mahumm Ghaffar

09:15 Precise Measurement of Photomultiplier Tube Non-Linearity for the MOLLER Experiment - Muthugala Gunawardhana (University of Manitoba)

09:30 Enhancing Measurement Precision in PVES Experiments: The Impact of Bayesian Analysis on the Results of the Qweak and MOLLER Experiments - Fatemeh Gorgannejad (University of Manitoba)

09:45 Commissioning of a Pair of Commercial Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) for the Position Calibration of HVMAPS Using Cosmic-Ray Muons - Noel Alberto Cruz Venegas (University of Manitoba)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Foyer
10:30
10:30 - 12:15
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

10:30 Through Thick and Tin: Investigating Tin Isotopes Approaching N=Z Nuclei - Annabelle Czihaly

10:45 Quantum Machine Learning Towards the Development of Automated Analysis of Data from Large-Scale Gamma-Ray Spectrometers - Samantha Buck (University of Guelph)

11:00 Silicon Photonics Based Optical Communication System for Large Scale Physics Experiments - Philippe Martel-Dion (Université de Sherbrooke)

11:15 Photon-to-Digital Converter for Large Scale Noble Liquid Detectors - Olivier Lepage (Université de Sherbrooke)

11:30 Towards Optical Wavelength Readout of Acoustic Superfluid Helium in Ultralight Dark Matter Detection (HeLiOS) - Minh Au (McGill) Sarah Rourke (McGill University)

11:45 Advancing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization in Astroparticle Physics - Alexandra Pedersen (MI)
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:15
Room: Restaurant

18:00 Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 19:00
Room: Salon C
19:00
19:00 - 20:30
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

19:00 The search for neutrinoless double beta decays with nEXO - Caio Licciardi (University of Windsor)

19:30 Data Analysis for the NEWS-G Dark Matter Experiment - Jon Clarke (Queen's University)

19:45 Machine Learning for Signal Processing in the NEWS-G Experiment - Annabelle Makowski (Queen's University)

20:00 Search for the X-17 Particle in Montreal - Arvind Gupta (University of Montreal)

20:15 Search for Low Mass Dark Photons at the Belle II Experiment - Ijeong Na
20:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
20:30 - 21:00
Room: Foyer
21:00
21:00 - 22:00
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

21:00 PICO-500 Detector Calibrations - Michaela Robert (Queen's University)

21:15 The PICO-500 Dark Matter Experiment - Emily Adams (Queen's University)

21:30 Testing and Characterization of SuperCDMS HV Detectors at CUTE - Tyler Reynolds (University of Toronto)

21:45 Compton Step Calibration Feasibility Study for SuperCDMS SNOLAB Detectors - Ata Sattari (University of Toronto)
Saturday, 17 February 2024
08:25
08:25 - 10:00
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

08:25 Welcome and notes

08:30 What Has the LHC Taught Us about the Standard Model? - Heather Russell (University of Victoria)

09:00 First Observation of the Production of a $W$ Boson in Association with Two Photons in Proton-Proton Collisions at the Large Hadron Collider with the ATLAS Detector - Alessandro Ambler (McGill)

09:15 Identifying New Long-Lived Particles (LLPs) Using Graph Neural Networks with the ATLAS Detector - Paras Pokharel (Simon Fraser University)

09:30 ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Upgrades for High-Luminosity LHC - Laura Gonzalez Escudero (McGill University)

09:45 Search for Emerging Jets with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC - Ian Ramirez-Berend (Carleton University)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Foyer
10:30
10:30 - 12:15
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

10:30 A Data-Directed Paradigm for Resonance Detection at the LHC - Muhammad Usman (Universite de Montreal)

10:45 Preparations for Stark-Interference Type Measurements in Francium - Iris Halilovic (University of Manitoba)

11:00 Studying Systematic Uncertainties of the TUCAN EDM Experiment - Michael Miller

11:15 Precision Measurement of Hyperfine Splitting in Antihydrogen - Jay Suh (University of Calgary)

11:30 Highly-Charged Radioactive Molecules: Amplifying Sensitivity for New Physics - Rane Simpson (TRIUMF)

11:45 Measuring Alpha Scintillation Quenching Factors in Argon Using the Argon-1 Detector - Michael Perry (Carleton University)

12:00 Advancements in SiPM Characterization and Optical Simulations for Noble-Liquid Detectors in Nuclear Physics - David Gallacher
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:15
Room: Restaurant

19:00 Conference Banquet
Conference Banquet
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Salon C
21:00
21:00 - 22:15
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

21:00 (New) Models of Baryogenesis and How to Find Them - Seyda Ipek (Carleton University)

21:30 Photon-Dark Photon Conversion with Multiple Level Crossings - Nirmalya Brahma (McGill University)

21:45 Detecting Velocity Dependent Milli-Magnetic Dark Abelian Monopoles at the LHC - Tyrell Edward Umbach (Concordia University)

22:00 Observation of Highly Forbidden M1 Transition in 7s-8s Transition in Francium - Anima Sharma (University of Manitoba)
Sunday, 18 February 2024
08:30
08:30 - 10:00
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

08:30 Searching for New Physics with Pions - Chloé Malbrunot (TRIUMF)

09:00 A Calibration System for the nEXO Muon Veto - Samin Majidi (McGill University)

09:15 Simulation of Cosmogenic Backgrounds to nEXO - Regan Ross (McGill University)

09:30 Unraveling Secrets of the Universe, One Barium Ion at a Time: A Barium Tagging Technique for the nEXO Experiment - Hussain Rasiwala (McGill University)

09:45 VUV SPAD Technologies for Neutrino Experiments - Jérôme Deshaies (Université de Sherbrooke)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Foyer
10:30
10:30 - 11:30
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

10:30 Design of a cryogenic capacitive liquid level sensor - Sandhya Rottoo (McGill University)

10:45 Constraints to the Equation of State from Relic Neutrinos - Paul Deguire (University of Guelph)

11:00 The Photon Self-Energy and its Implications for Dark Matter Searches - Hugo Schérer (McGill University)
12:00 Student Award Ceremony and Closing of the Conference
Student Award Ceremony and Closing of the Conference
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Salon AB

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Restaurant