Nuclear Structure 2026

Session

Monday Morning Early Session

M1

Jul 27, 2026, 9:00 a.m.

Fletcher Challenge Canada (Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre)

172. Welcome

2026-07-27, 9:00 a.m.

Contributed Talks

165. EDI in Physics Collaborations

Dr Erica Caden (SNOLAB)

2026-07-27, 9:10 a.m.

Invited speakers

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion have become increasingly important topics discussed in society. Physics collaborations are unique organizations that can play an important role in advancing these ideas. Host laboratories can also play a role with the policies they have for collaborations building and operating experiments on their sites. In this talk, I will discuss the current situation in...

35. Nuclear Shell Model on Current and Future Quantum Computers

Prof. Paul Stevenson (University of Surrey)

2026-07-27, 9:40 a.m.

Invited speakers

Quantum computers hold the promise of being a transfomrational in application to many spheres of human endeavour. In particular, the simulation of many-body quantum systems, such as nuclei, is naturally amenable to quantum computation. This is due, in part, to the exponential scaling of Hilbert space size as the number of quantum bits (qubits) grows linearly. This mirrors the exponential...

45. Halo Nuclei from Ab Initio Nuclear Theory

Petr Navratil (TRIUMF)

2026-07-27, 10:05 a.m.

Contributed Talks

A realistic description of halo nuclei, characterized by low-lying breakup thresholds, requires a proper treatment of continuum effects. We have developed an ab initio approach, the no-core shell model with continuum (NCSMC), capable of describing both bound and unbound states in light nuclei in a unified way. With chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions as the only input, we can predict...