WNPPC2025 - 62nd Winter Nuclear & Particle Physics Conference

Session

Evening 1 - Nuclear physics

13 Feb 2025, 19:00

Kinnear Centre Room (KC 303) (Banff, Alberta)

Conveners

Evening 1 - Nuclear physics

• Jennifer Pore (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Description

Nuclear physics

62. Welcome to WNPPC 2025

Annika Lennarz (TRIUMF), Corina Andreoiu (Simon Fraser University)

13/02/2025, 19:00

Contributed Oral

61. Exploring the unknown facets of the visible universe through the lens of rare isotopes

Rituparna Kanungo (TRIUMF)

13/02/2025, 19:15

Nuclear Physics

Invited Oral

Exploring the unknown facets of the visible universe through the lens of rare isotopes

R. Kanungo

TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada

Visible matter in our universe embody nature’s strong force combining protons and neutrons into complex systems. While much has been understood about the stable nuclei, the rare isotopes approaching the limits of neutron and proton binding bring a wealth of new...

23. Investigation of N=32 Shell Closure through ${}^{50}$Ca(d,p)${}^{51}$Ca

Sora Ishida (Saint Mary's University)

13/02/2025, 19:45

Nuclear Structure

Contributed Oral

Abstract

The study of exotic nuclei has led to the discovery of new and unexpected characteristics of the nucleus. One of the discoveries is the changes in the shell configuration, causing the well-known magic numbers, i.e. shell closures, to disappear as well as the emergence of new magic numbers. The neutron number $N=32$ is one of the unconventional new shell closures that has been...

47. Mirror Symmetry in the f7/2 Shell below 56Ni: Excited States and Electromagnetic Transition Rates in 55Ni and 55Co

Heinz Asch (Simon Fraser University)

13/02/2025, 20:00

Nuclear Physics

Contributed Oral

Nuclear theories often operate under the assumption that the strong nuclear force is independent of electric charge. As a result, it is expected that exchanging the number of protons with the number of neutrons in a nucleus will produce a mirror nucleus with identical structure after electromagnetic considerations. However, due to the charge dependence of the strong nuclear force, isospin...

6. The first measurement of the $0_3^{+}$ lifetime in ${}^{120}$Sn using thermal neutron capture

Frank (Tongan) Wu (Simon Fraser University)

13/02/2025, 20:15

Nuclear Structure

Contributed Oral

The semi-magic ${}_{50}^{120}$Sn${}_{70}$ lies in the neutron mid-shell among the other stable Sn isotopes, where shape coexistence was observed with the signature of deformed 2p-2h bands built on excited $0^{+}$ states intruding into the yrast band that is built on the spherical ground state. However, the lifetime of the excited $0_3^{+}$ only has a lower limit of 6 ps in the literature, which...

63. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in STEM Research

Prof. Claudia Gomes da Rocha (University of Calgary)

13/02/2025, 20:30

In this talk, we will cover various topics related to EDI in STEM research taken from literature and resources accessible on the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) websites and many other sources cited in the presentation. We will start by introducing formal definitions of equity, diversity, and inclusion, as well as discussing why EDI is important for...

36. Measurements of Cross Section Enhancement of ${}^7\mathrm{Li}{(}^1\mathrm{H},\alpha )\alpha$Reaction in Four Lithium Bearing Materials

Aaron English (Carleton University)

13/02/2025, 21:00

Nuclear Physics

Contributed Oral

The reaction rate and subsequent cross section enhancement to the ${}^7\mathrm{Li}{(}^1\mathrm{H},\alpha )\alpha$ reaction was measured in samples of lithium tungstate (${\mathrm{Li}}_2{\mathrm{WO}}_4$), lithium manganate (${\mathrm{LiMn}}_2{\mathrm{O}}_4$), lithium titanate spinel (${\mathrm{Li}}_4{\mathrm{Ti}}_5{\mathrm{O}}_{12}$), and lithium iron phosphate (${\mathrm{LiFePO}}_4$) at lab frame beam energies...