Nuclear Structure 2026

Session

Monday Morning Late Session

M2

Jul 27, 2026, 11:00 a.m.

Fletcher Challenge Canada (Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre)

54. The Standard Model and Beyond from a Nuclear Structure Perspective

Antoine Belley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2026-07-27, 11:00 a.m.

Invited speakers

At the heart of particle physics lies the the Standard Model, one of the most (if not the most) successful theories of all of science, which describes the fundamental building blocks of the Universe and how they interact with each other. However, even with all the successes of this theory, mounting evidence tells us that it is at best incomplete. Nonetheless, after years of searches at...

101. Measuring Electroweak Nuclear Properties with Single Molecular Ions in a Penning Trap

Charlotte Konig (Texas A&M University)

2026-07-27, 11:30 a.m.

Contributed Talks

The NEPTUNE collaboration is developing a new Penning ion trap aimed at precision spectroscopy of symmetry-violating electroweak effects using single trapped molecular ions [1]. The inherent strong magnetic field for ion confinement can be used to Zeeman-shift two opposite-parity molecular states into near degeneracy, increasing sensitivity to parity-violating nuclear properties by more than...

25. Exploring the origin of the reactor antineutrino anomaly: high-resolution β-decay study of 92-Rb

Pietro Spagnoletti (University of Liverpool)

2026-07-27, 11:50 a.m.

Contributed Talks

The $\beta$ decay of neutron-rich nuclei produced via fission processes from nuclear reactors have played a crucial role in developing our understanding of neutrinos within the standard model of particle physics. Reactor antineutrino experiments are unique in providing intense fluxes of with pure electron flavour ($\bar{\nu_e}$) within an MeV-scale energy range which are exploited to perform...

118. Nuclear structure from higher-order multipole moments

Andrew Stuchbery (The Australian National University)

2026-07-27, 12:10 p.m.

Contributed Talks

Electromagnetic transition rates and multipole moments are crucial observables for understanding and interpreting nuclear structure. While $E2$ transitions tend to be dominant among the low-excitation states of broad ranges of nuclei, particularly as collectivity emerges, and the magnetic moment is sensitive to the structure of an individual state, giving a measure of how the nucleus is...