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

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

6:00 p.m. Dinner: Dinner
Dinner
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Room: Grand salon C
7:00 p.m. Evening 1 - Feb. 15, 2024
7:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

7:00 p.m. Opening - Erica Caden (SNOLAB) Thomas Brunner (McGill/TRIUMF)

7:15 p.m. Direct Measurements of Astrophysical Capture Reactions using Recoil Separators - Greg Christian (Saint Mary's University)

7:45 p.m. Constraining the Neutron Capture Rate for 90Sr through β-Decay into the Short-Lived 91Sr Nucleus - Beau Greaves (University of Guelph)

8:00 p.m. Studies of 198Hg(d, d’) Inelastic Scattering Reaction - Sally Valbuena (University of Guelph)

8:15 p.m. Measurement of 59Cu(p,alpha)56Ni Reaction Rate to Constrain the Flow of nu p-Process - Nikhil Bhati (Saint Mary's University)

8:30 p.m. Thallium-208 as a Real-Time Signal for Probing Heavy Element Synthesis - Maude Larivière (UBC / TRIUMF)

8:45 p.m. Investigating Nuclear Shell Evolution in Neutron-Rich Calcium Isotopes - Robin Coleman (University of Guelph)

9:00 p.m. Upgrades at the TITAN Penning Trap for Tests of the Standard Model - Andrew Weaver (TRIUMF)
9:15 p.m. Reception
Reception
9:15 p.m. - 10:45 p.m.
Room: Atrium
Friday, February 16, 2024
8:25 a.m. Morning 1 - Feb. 16, 2024
8:25 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

8:25 a.m. Welcome and notes

8:30 a.m. Bayesian Constraints of Quark Gluon Plasma Properties - Gojko Vujanovic (University of Regina)

9:00 a.m. Quadratic Level Full Electroweak Leptonic Corrections with Covariant Approach - Mahumm Ghaffar

9:15 a.m. Precise Measurement of Photomultiplier Tube Non-Linearity for the MOLLER Experiment - Muthugala Gunawardhana (University of Manitoba)

9:30 a.m. 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)

9:45 a.m. 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 a.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Foyer
10:30 a.m. Morning 2 - Feb. 16, 2024
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

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

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

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

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

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

11:45 a.m. Advancing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization in Astroparticle Physics - Alexandra Pedersen (MI)
12:15 p.m. Lunch
Lunch
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Room: Restaurant

6:00 p.m. Dinner
Dinner
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Room: Salon C
7:00 p.m. Evening 2 - Feb. 16, 2024
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

7:00 p.m. The search for neutrinoless double beta decays with nEXO - Caio Licciardi (University of Windsor)

7:30 p.m. Data Analysis for the NEWS-G Dark Matter Experiment - Jon Clarke (Queen's University)

7:45 p.m. Machine Learning for Signal Processing in the NEWS-G Experiment - Annabelle Makowski (Queen's University)

8:00 p.m. Search for the X-17 Particle in Montreal - Arvind Gupta (University of Montreal)

8:15 p.m. Search for Low Mass Dark Photons at the Belle II Experiment - Ijeong Na
8:30 p.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
8:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Room: Foyer
9:00 p.m. Evening 3 - Feb. 16, 2024
9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

9:00 p.m. PICO-500 Detector Calibrations - Michaela Robert (Queen's University)

9:15 p.m. The PICO-500 Dark Matter Experiment - Emily Adams (Queen's University)

9:30 p.m. Testing and Characterization of SuperCDMS HV Detectors at CUTE - Tyler Reynolds (University of Toronto)

9:45 p.m. Compton Step Calibration Feasibility Study for SuperCDMS SNOLAB Detectors - Ata Sattari (University of Toronto)
Saturday, February 17, 2024
8:25 a.m. Morning 3 - Feb. 17, 2024
8:25 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

8:25 a.m. Welcome and notes

8:30 a.m. What Has the LHC Taught Us about the Standard Model? - Heather Russell (University of Victoria)

9:00 a.m. 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)

9:15 a.m. Identifying New Long-Lived Particles (LLPs) Using Graph Neural Networks with the ATLAS Detector - Paras Pokharel (Simon Fraser University)

9:30 a.m. ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Upgrades for High-Luminosity LHC - Laura Gonzalez Escudero (McGill University)

9:45 a.m. Search for Emerging Jets with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC - Ian Ramirez-Berend (Carleton University)
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Foyer
10:30 a.m. Morning 4 - Feb. 17, 2024
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

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

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

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

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

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

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

12:00 p.m. Advancements in SiPM Characterization and Optical Simulations for Noble-Liquid Detectors in Nuclear Physics - David Gallacher
12:15 p.m. Lunch
Lunch
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Room: Restaurant

7:00 p.m. Conference Banquet
Conference Banquet
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Room: Salon C
9:00 p.m. Evening 4 - Feb. 17, 2024
9:00 p.m. - 10:15 p.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

9:00 p.m. (New) Models of Baryogenesis and How to Find Them - Seyda Ipek (Carleton University)

9:30 p.m. Photon-Dark Photon Conversion with Multiple Level Crossings - Nirmalya Brahma (McGill University)

9:45 p.m. Detecting Velocity Dependent Milli-Magnetic Dark Abelian Monopoles at the LHC - Tyrell Edward Umbach (Concordia University)

10:00 p.m. Observation of Highly Forbidden M1 Transition in 7s-8s Transition in Francium - Anima Sharma (University of Manitoba)
Sunday, February 18, 2024
8:30 a.m. Morning 5 - Feb. 18, 2024
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

8:30 a.m. Searching for New Physics with Pions - Chloé Malbrunot (TRIUMF)

9:00 a.m. A Calibration System for the nEXO Muon Veto - Samin Majidi (McGill University)

9:15 a.m. Simulation of Cosmogenic Backgrounds to nEXO - Regan Ross (McGill University)

9:30 a.m. Unraveling Secrets of the Universe, One Barium Ion at a Time: A Barium Tagging Technique for the nEXO Experiment - Hussain Rasiwala (McGill University)

9:45 a.m. VUV SPAD Technologies for Neutrino Experiments - Jérôme Deshaies (Université de Sherbrooke)
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Foyer
10:30 a.m. Morning 6 - Feb. 18, 2024
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Room: Salon AB
Contributions

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

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

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

12:30 p.m. Lunch
Lunch
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Room: Restaurant