New Vistas in Low-Energy Precision Physics (LEPP)

Name: New Vistas in Low-Energy Precision Physics (LEPP)
Start: 2016-04-04T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2016-04-07T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Kupferbergterrasse Mainz

4 Apr 2016, 09:00 → 7 Apr 2016, 23:00 Europe/Berlin

Fürst-von-Bismarck-Saal (Kupferbergterrasse Mainz)

Fürst-von-Bismarck-Saal

Kupferbergterrasse Mainz

Kupferbergterrasse 17-19 55116 Mainz

Achim Denig (JGU Mainz), Marc Vanderhaeghen (Univ. Mainz)

Description

Topics:

Precision Nucleon Structure (Form Factors, Polarizabilities)
Dark Photon and Dark Matter Searches
Few-body Physics
Nuclear Astrophysics
Meson Physics
Detector Design

Participants

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Monday 4 April
- 12:00 → 14:00
  
  Registration and Lunch 2h
- 14:00 → 15:30
  Introduction
  
  Welcome and introduction to MESA and MAGIX
  
  Convener: Prof. Marc Vanderhaeghen (Univ. Mainz)
  - 14:00
    
    Welcome 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Marc Vanderhaeghen (Univ. Mainz)
    
    Slides
  - 14:15
    
    MESA Accelerator 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Kurt Aulenbacher (Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Mainz)
    
    Slides
  - 14:40
    
    Magix Overview 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz)
    
    Slides
    
    Video
  - 15:05
    
    Gases, Clusters and Pellets: Jet Targets for Accelerator Experiments 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Alfons Khoukaz (University Münster)
    
    Slides
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:00 → 17:05
  Introduction
  
  Welcome and introduction to MESA and MAGIX
  
  Convener: Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz)
  - 16:00
    
    PRISMA Overview 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Hartmut Wittig (KPH Institute - JGU Mainz)
    
    Slides
  - 16:15
    
    P2 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Niklaus Berger (KPH, Uni Mainz)
    
    Slides
  - 16:40
    
    Neutron Skin 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Concettina Sfienti (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
    
    Slides
- 17:30 → 20:00
  
  Reception 2h 30m
  
  For those willing to explore the underground cellars of the Kupferberg winery there will be a 90 minute tour with wine tasting followed by a small reception aperitif
Tuesday 5 April
- 09:00 → 10:35
  Nuclear Form Factors
  
  Convener: Prof. Zein-Eddine Meziani (Temple University)
  - 09:00
    
    Theoretical status of proton radius puzzle 35m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Carl-Edwin Carlson (College of William and Mary)
    
    Slides
  - 09:35
    
    The proton charge radius and the PRad experiment at Jefferson Lab 35m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Haiyan Gao (Duke University/Duke Kunshan University)
    
    Slides
  - 10:10
    
    Precision Form Factor Measurements in Electron-Nucleon Scattering 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Jan Bernauer (MIT)
    
    Slides
- 10:35 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break 25m
- 11:00 → 12:45
  Nuclear Form Factors
  
  Convener: Dr Harald Merkel (Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
  - 11:00
    
    The MUSE experiment 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Guy Ron (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
    
    Slides
  - 11:20
    
    Efficacy of a Radial Time Projection Chamber for Tests of Lepton Universality 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Keith Griffioen (William & Mary)
    
    Slides
  - 11:40
    
    The initial state radiation experiment at MAMI 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Miha Mihovilovic (JSI Ljubljana & JGU Mainz)
    
    Slides
  - 12:00
    
    Possible experiments with the Internal Gas Target at the BEPCII 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Guangshun Huang (University of Science and Technology of China (USTC))
    
    Slides
  - 12:20
    
    DVCS overview 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Nicole d'Hose (CEA Saclay)
    
    Slides
- 12:45 → 14:20
  
  Lunch Break 1h 35m
- 14:20 → 15:55
  Meson Physics
  
  Convener: Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz)
  - 14:20
    
    Spacelike measurements for HVP theory 35m
    
    Speaker: Dr Massimo Passera (INFN Padova)
    
    Slides
  - 14:55
    
    The hadronic contributions on g-2 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Yuping Guo (KPH, JGU Mainz)
    
    Slides
  - 15:20
    
    Measuring a_μ^HLO in the spacelike region 35m
    
    Speaker: Dr Graziano Venanzoni (INFN/LNF Frascati)
    
    Slides
- 15:55 → 16:25
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:25 → 18:50
  Dark Photon
  
  Convener: Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz)
  - 16:25
    
    Dark photon and dark matter: theoretical motivations 35m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Maxim Pospelov (Perimeter Institute)
    
    Slides
  - 17:00
    
    The Heavy Photon Search experiment at Jefferson Lab 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Maurik Holtrop (University of New Hampshire)
    
    Slides
  - 17:25
    
    Dark Light 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Ross Corliss (MIT)
    
    Slides
  - 17:50
    
    BDX 35m
    
    Speaker: Dr Marco Battaglieri (INFN-GE)
    
    Slides
  - 18:25
    
    Dark Photon in Mainz 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Harald Merkel (Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
    
    Slides
Wednesday 6 April
- 09:00 → 10:35
  Polarizabilities
  
  Convener: Prof. Reinhard Beck (University Bonn)
  - 09:00
    
    Theoretical status of nucleon polarizabilities 35m
    
    Speaker: Dr Judith McGovern (University of Manchester)
    
    Slides
  - 09:35
    
    Polarizability Measurements at A2/MAMI 35m
    
    Speaker: Prof. David Hornidge (Mount Allison University)
    
    Slides
  - 10:10
    
    From nucleon Compton scattering to muonic hydrogen and back 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Vladimir Pascalutsa (JGU Mainz)
    
    Slides
- 10:35 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break 25m
- 11:00 → 12:35
  Polarizabilities
  
  Convener: Prof. Hans-Jürgen Arends (KPH, JGU Mainz)
  - 11:00
    
    Spin polarizabilities 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Rory Miskimen (University of Massachusetts)
    
    Slides
  - 11:25
    
    Future prospects for polarizability measurements 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Evgeny Maev (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI))
    
    Slides
  - 11:50
    
    Virtual Compton Scattering and Generalized Polarizabilities: Experimental Status 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Helene Fonvieille (Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire)
    
    Slides
  - 12:15
    
    A proposal for high precision measurements of e-p differential cross sections at small t-values using an active target. 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Alexey Vorobyev (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institue)
    
    Slides
- 12:35 → 14:05
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:05 → 16:05
  Detector Design
  
  Convener: Dr Patrick Achenbach (Mainz University)
  - 14:05
    
    Positron production 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Eric Voutier (Institut de Physique Nucléaire)
    
    Slides
  - 14:30
    
    MAGIX Detector Technologies 25m
    
    Speaker: Mr Sabato Stefano Caiazza (KPH Institut, JGU Universitaet Mainz)
    
    Slides
  - 14:55
    
    Design and properties of a target for the MAGIX experiment 15m
    
    Speaker: Mrs Silke Grieser (WWU Münster)
    
    Slides
  - 15:10
    
    The MAGIX jet target development 15m
    
    Speaker: Stephan Aulenbacher (JGU Mainz)
    
    Slides
  - 15:25
    
    GEM and TPC 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Bernhard Ketzer (HISKP, University of Bonn)
    
    Slides
    
    Video
  - 15:50
    
    Gem detector development for MAGIX 15m
    
    Speaker: Mr Pepe Guelker (KPH - JGU Mainz)
    
    Slides
- 16:15 → 23:00
  
  City tour & Social Dinner
Thursday 7 April
- 09:00 → 10:00
  Few-body Physics
  
  Convener: Prof. Concettina Sfienti (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
  - 09:00
    
    Theoretical overview of nuclear EFT 35m
    
    Speaker: Dr Evgeny Epelbaum (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
    
    Slides
  - 09:35
    
    Electron scattering off few body systems: theory meets experiment 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jacek Golak (Jagiellonian University)
    
    Slides
- 10:00 → 10:35
  Nuclear Astrophysics
  
  Convener: Prof. Concettina Sfienti (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
  - 10:00
    
    Plans at the S-DALINAC 35m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Norbert Pietralla (TU Darmstadt)
    
    Slides
- 10:35 → 11:00
  
  Coffee Break 25m
- 11:00 → 12:50
  Nuclear Astrophysics
  
  Convener: Prof. Concettina Sfienti (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
  - 11:00
    
    Polarization Expts. at Darmstadt 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Joachim Enders (TU Darmstadt)
    
    Slides
  - 11:25
    
    Nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest at LUNA 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Davide Trezzi (Università degli Studi di Milano / INFN)
    
    Slides
  - 11:50
    
    Radiative capture and photodisintegration reactions for the synthesis of the p nuclei 25m
    
    Speaker: Mr Philipp Scholz (Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne)
    
    Slides
  - 12:15
    
    Atomic nuclei: from fundamental interactions to structure and stars 35m
    
    Speaker: Dr Kai Hebeler (TU Darmstadt)
    
    Slides
- 12:50 → 14:20
  
  Lunch Break 1h 30m
- 14:20 → 15:45
  Meson Physics
  
  Convener: Dr Graziano Venanzoni (INFN/LNF Frascati)
  - 14:20
    
    Timelike Form Factor Measurements at BESIII 35m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Guangshun Huang (University of Science and Technology of China (USTC))
    
    Slides
  - 14:55
    
    Overview of tau decays 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Emilie Passemar (Indiana University/JLab)
    
    Slides
  - 15:20
    
    Tau Decays measurements 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Alberto Lusiani (Scuola Normale Superiore and INFN sezione di Pisa)
    
    Slides
- 15:45 → 16:15
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:15 → 17:05
  Dark Photon
  
  Convener: Prof. Marc Vanderhaeghen (Univ. Mainz)
  - 16:15
    
    Kloe Results 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Enrico Graziani (INFN-Roma3)
    
    Slides
  - 16:40
    
    Dark photon searches in positron annihilations with the PADME experiment 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Paolo Valente (INFN Roma)
    
    Slides
- 17:05 → 17:35
  
  Conference Summary 30m
  
  Speaker: Prof. Kees de Jager (University of Virginia)
  
  Slides