Name: TRIUMF ARIEL Science Workshop 2026
Start: 2026-04-20T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-04-23T19:50:00-07:00
Location: TRIUMF

TRIUMF ARIEL Science Workshop 2026

from Monday, April 20, 2026 (8:00 a.m.) to Thursday, April 23, 2026 (7:50 p.m.)

Monday, April 20, 2026

8:00 a.m. Registration

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m. Coffee

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
9:00 a.m. ARIEL Overview
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 a.m. Welcome address - Nigel Smith (TRIUMF) Rituparna Kanungo (TRIUMF)

9:15 a.m. ARIEL Facility Overview - Luca Egoriti (TRIUMF)

10:00 a.m. ARIEL Experiments Overview - Adam Garnsworthy (TRIUMF)
10:45 a.m. TRIUMF Tour

10:45 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Room: Auditorium

12:20 p.m. Lunch

12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Nuclear Astrophysics enabled by ARIEL rare isotope capabilities
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

1:30 p.m. Illuminating stellar explosions with ARIEL - Alison Laird

1:50 p.m. Direct Measurements of (α,n) Reactions for Nuclear Astrophysics with ARIEL - Matthew Williams (Univesisity of Surrey)

2:10 p.m. Indirect Neutron-Capture Constraints Far from Stability - Andrea Richard (Ohio University)

2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - Falk Herwig (University of Victoria) Gavin Lotay (University of Surrey) Greg Christian (St Mary's University) Wei Jia Ong
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Future directions & challenges in rare-isotope decay experiments
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

3:30 p.m. Decay Spectroscopy with GRIFFIN - Carl Svensson (University of Guelph)

3:50 p.m. Beta-decay and neutron emission - a strained relationship - Robert Grzywacz (University of Tennessee)

4:10 p.m. Opportunities for Decay Spectroscopy with ARIEL - Heather Crawford (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - Paul Garrett Pietro Spagnoletti (Simon Fraser University)
5:00 p.m. Reception & Poster Session

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
9:00 a.m. Gamma-ray Spectroscopy enabled by ARIEL re-accelerated rare isotope beams
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 a.m. Coulomb excitation with TIGRESS for nuclear structure - Jack Henderson (University of Surrey)

9:20 a.m. Probing shape coexistence in neutron-rich nuclei with transfer reactions - Kathrin Wimmer

9:40 a.m. Study of the octupole collectivity of neutron-rich Ba isotopes - Nobu Imai (Center for Nuclear Study, Univ. of Tokyo)

10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion - Daniel Rhodes Mitch Almond Peter Bender
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. Opportunities in reaction studies with re-accelerated rare isotope beams at ARIEL
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 a.m. The Scattering Experiment Chamber of HIE – ISOLDE and the study of di-neutron correlations via 2n-transfer reactions in of 11Li and 13Be - Olof Tengblad (IEM - CSIC)

11:20 a.m. Pairing studies with transfer reactions at ARIEL* - Augusto Macchiavelli (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

11:40 a.m. ACTAR science opportunities at ARIEL - Thomas ROGER (GANIL)

12:00 p.m. Panel Discussion - Alessia di Pietro Beatriz Fernandez Dominguez (University of Santiago de Compostela) Benjamin Kay (Argonne National Laboratory) Wilton Catford (University of Surrey)
12:30 p.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Experimental horizons for BSM and electroweak interactions using AMO techniques and rare isotope beams
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

1:30 p.m. The BeEST experiment in the ARIEL era - Annika Lennarz (TRIUMF)

1:50 p.m. The Superconducting Array for Low Energy Radiation (SALER) at ARIEL - Kyle Leach (Queen's University)

2:10 p.m. New science directions using a high-voltage MR-ToF device at ARIEL - Franziska Maier (FRIB)

2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - Jaideep Taggart Singh Jonas Karthein Nick Hutzler Steven Hoekstra
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Perspectives on rare isotope experiments at ARIEL with ion trapping & manipulation
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

3:30 p.m. Nuclear structure studies from precision mass measurements at ISAC and in the ARIEL era - Moritz Pascal Reiter (University of Edinburgh)

3:50 p.m. MRTOF-MS at RIBF/BigRIPS: Recent measurements and developments, and dealing with rare events - M. Rosenbusch (RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science)

4:10 p.m. Experience of TITAN's MR-TOF-MS at ISAC and its potential capabilities at ARIEL - Samuel Ayet San Andres (IFIC - UV)

4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - Peter Schury Roshani Silwal Ryan Ringle (FRIB/Michigan State University)
5:00 p.m. CNRS-TRIUMF International Research Laboratory signing ceremony (open to all)

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium

6:30 p.m. Workshop Dinner

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
9:00 a.m. The symbiotic relationship between nuclear theory and ARIEL experiments
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 a.m. Ab initio calculations around neutron-rich shell closures - Achim Schwenk (TU Darmstadt)

9:20 a.m. Investigating fundamental symmetries at ARIEL - Chien Yeah Seng (University of Tennesee, Knoxville)

9:40 a.m. Some recent advances in the description of exclusive and inclusive transfer reactions populating unbound states - A.M. Moro (Universidad de Sevilla)

10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion - Alex Gezerlis (University of Guelph) Dean Lee Gregory Potel Aguilar (Michigan State University) Nicolas Schunck
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. Future directions in exploring fundamental symmetries with rare-isotopes
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 a.m. FrX: Nuclear CP violation searches in francium molecules - Alan Jamison

11:20 a.m. Searching for Lorentz Violation at TRIUMF and J-PARC - Jiro Murata (Rikkyo University)

11:40 a.m. Nuclear Physics Activities in Fundamental Symmetries and Astrophysics at Central Michigan University - Matthew Redshaw (Central Michigan University)

12:00 p.m. Panel Discussion - Amar Vutha Dan Melconian (Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University) David O'Donnell Kirk Madison
12:30 p.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. New directions in laser spectroscopy with rare isotopes
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

1:30 p.m. Testing Static Octupole Deformation in Radium Isotopes via Collinear Laser Spectroscopy at ARIEL - Aiko Takamine (Institute of Science Tokyo)

1:50 p.m. Laser spectroscopy at European facilities: synergies with collinear, resonance ionization and in-source spectroscopy - Ruben P. de Groote

2:10 p.m. R&D opportunities for laser spectroscopy at ARIEL - Mia Au (CERN) T BD

2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - Jens Lassen (TRIUMF Canada's particle accelerator centre) Ruohong Li (TRIUMF) Yoshikazu HIRAYAMA (KEK WNSC)
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Future experimental infrastructure developments at ARIEL
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

3:30 p.m. Dual-Mode solenoidal spectrometers at ARIEL - Yassid Ayyad (USC-IGFAE)

3:50 p.m. A Low-Energy Storage Ring at an ISOL Facility: A Vision for the Future - Yury Litvinov (GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research)

4:10 p.m. Electron-RI scattering at SCRIT and ARIEL - Tetsuya Ohnishi (RIKEN Nishina Center)

4:30 p.m. Open Discussion
Thursday, April 23, 2026

9:00 a.m. Welcome by Rituparna Kanungo (TRIUMF Science Division Director)

9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
9:05 a.m. CNRS Workshop - Intro & Accelerator R&D
9:05 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

9:05 a.m. Introductory remarks - Marcella Grasso (IN2P3 Director for Nuclear Physics)

9:10 a.m. IN2P3 Accelerator Technology R&D strategy - Arnaud Lucotte (IN2P3 Director for Accelerator Technology)

9:30 a.m. Accelerator Technology R&D at TRIUMF - Oliver Kester (TRIUMF)

9:50 a.m. SRF collaboration with IJCLab & TRIUMF - Camille Cheney (IJCLab, Orsay)

10:05 a.m. Discussion
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
10:50 a.m. CNRS Workshop - Astrophysics Session
10:50 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

10:50 a.m. Recap of DRAGON/TUDA program - Chris Ruiz (TRIUMF)

10:55 a.m. Nucleosynthesis and nuclear data - Nicole Vassh (TRIUMF)

11:10 a.m. Nuclear astrophysics with HINA (+AME) - Sarah Naimi (IJCLab, Orsay)

11:25 a.m. Discussion
11:40 a.m. CNRS Workshop - Fundamental Interactions session
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:40 a.m. Recap of BeEST (TRIUMF/LPC-Caen) activities - Annika Lennarz (TRIUMF)

11:45 a.m. Radioactive molecules at GANIL - Serge Franchoo (IJCLab, Orsay)

12:00 p.m. Radioactive molecules at TRIUMF - Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer (TRIUMF)

12:15 p.m. Discussion
12:30 p.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. TRIUMF Colloquium
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

2:00 p.m. The GANIL SPIRAL2 facility and science program - Hervé Savajols (GANIL (CNRS))
3:15 p.m. CNRS Workshop - Nuclear structure (experiment)
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

3:15 p.m. Nuclear structure with post-accelerated beams (at ISAC II) - Greg Hackman (TRIUMF)

3:35 p.m. Nuclear structure far from stability with low-energy beams - Franck Delaunay (LPC-Caen)

3:55 p.m. Discussion
4:15 p.m. Coffee Break

4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. CNRS Workshop - Nuclear theory
4:30 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

4:30 p.m. Nuclear theory projects - Jason Holt (TRIUMF)

4:45 p.m. Nuclear theory projects - guillaume Hupin (IJCLab, Orsay)

5:00 p.m. Discussion
5:20 p.m. Conclusion from David Lunney (CNRS-TRIUMF IRL Director)

5:20 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium