New Vistas in Low-Energy Precision Physics (LEPP)

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

Fürst-von-Bismarck-Saal (Kupferbergterrasse Mainz)

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

Topics:

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

Monday, 4 April

12:00 → 14:00 Registration and Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Introduction

Welcome and introduction to MESA and MAGIX

Convener: Prof. Marc Vanderhaeghen (Univ. Mainz)

14:00 Welcome

Speaker: Prof. Marc Vanderhaeghen (Univ. Mainz)

Slides LEPP16_MV.pdf LEPP16_MV.pptx

14:15 MESA Accelerator

Speaker: Dr Kurt Aulenbacher (Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Mainz)

Slides Aulenbacher_LEPP04APR16.pdf Aulenbacher_LEPP04APR16.pptx

14:40 Magix Overview

Speaker: Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz)

Slides LEPP16.pptx

Video Exzellenzcluster_PRISMA_Auf_der_Suche_nach_neuer_Physik.mp4

15:05 Gases, Clusters and Pellets: Jet Targets for Accelerator Experiments

Speaker: Prof. Alfons Khoukaz (University Münster)

Slides khoukaz_jet_targets_2016_v4.pptx

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:05 Introduction

Welcome and introduction to MESA and MAGIX

Convener: Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz)

16:00 PRISMA Overview

Speaker: Prof. Hartmut Wittig (KPH Institute - JGU Mainz)

Slides 1_-_LEPP2016.pptx

16:15 P2

Speaker: Dr Niklaus Berger (KPH, Uni Mainz)

Slides 2_-_TalkMagixWorkshopBerger.pdf

16:40 Neutron Skin

Speaker: Prof. Concettina Sfienti (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

Slides CSfienti_NSkin.pdf

17:30 → 20:00 Reception

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

Speaker: Prof. Carl-Edwin Carlson (College of William and Mary)

Slides LEPP_Carlson2016.pdf

09:35 The proton charge radius and the PRad experiment at Jefferson Lab

Speaker: Prof. Haiyan Gao (Duke University/Duke Kunshan University)

Slides PRad-Mainz-2016-HGao.pdf

10:10 Precision Form Factor Measurements in Electron-Nucleon Scattering

Speaker: Dr Jan Bernauer (MIT)

Slides bernauer.pdf

10:35 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:45 Nuclear Form Factors

Convener: Dr Harald Merkel (Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

11:00 The MUSE experiment

Speaker: Prof. Guy Ron (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Slides MUSE_-_LEPP.pdf

11:20 Efficacy of a Radial Time Projection Chamber for Tests of Lepton Universality

Speaker: Prof. Keith Griffioen (William & Mary)

Slides RTPC4LEPP.pdf

11:40 The initial state radiation experiment at MAMI

Speaker: Dr Miha Mihovilovic (JSI Ljubljana & JGU Mainz)

Slides MihaTalkLEPP2016Public.pptx

12:00 Possible experiments with the Internal Gas Target at the BEPCII

Speaker: Prof. Guangshun Huang (University of Science and Technology of China (USTC))

Slides Internal-targets-lihb-Mainz.pdf

12:20 DVCS overview

Speaker: Dr Nicole d'Hose (CEA Saclay)

Slides NdH_DVCS_Overview.pdf

12:45 → 14:20 Lunch Break

14:20 → 15:55 Meson Physics

Convener: Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz)

14:20 Spacelike measurements for HVP theory

Speaker: Dr Massimo Passera (INFN Padova)

Slides Passera.pdf

14:55 The hadronic contributions on g-2

Speaker: Dr Yuping Guo (KPH, JGU Mainz)

Slides Yuping-20160405-LEPP.pdf

15:20 Measuring a_μ^HLO in the spacelike region

Speaker: Dr Graziano Venanzoni (INFN/LNF Frascati)

Slides gv_vpspace_LEPP_050416.pdf

15:55 → 16:25 Coffee Break

16:25 → 18:50 Dark Photon

Convener: Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz)

16:25 Dark photon and dark matter: theoretical motivations

Speaker: Prof. Maxim Pospelov (Perimeter Institute)

Slides Mainz2016_pospelov.pdf

17:00 The Heavy Photon Search experiment at Jefferson Lab

Speaker: Prof. Maurik Holtrop (University of New Hampshire)

Slides LEPP2016.pdf

17:25 Dark Light

Speaker: Dr Ross Corliss (MIT)

Slides Corliss-2016.04.05-DarkLight.Mainz.pdf

17:50 BDX

Speaker: Dr Marco Battaglieri (INFN-GE)

Slides bdx-lepp-battaglieri.pdf

18:25 Dark Photon in Mainz

Speaker: Dr Harald Merkel (Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

Slides MerkelLEPP.pdf

Wednesday, 6 April

09:00 → 10:35 Polarizabilities

Convener: Prof. Reinhard Beck (University Bonn)

09:00 Theoretical status of nucleon polarizabilities

Speaker: Dr Judith McGovern (University of Manchester)

Slides LEPP2016.pdf

09:35 Polarizability Measurements at A2/MAMI

Speaker: Prof. David Hornidge (Mount Allison University)

Slides hornidge_LEPP16.pdf

10:10 From nucleon Compton scattering to muonic hydrogen and back

Speaker: Dr Vladimir Pascalutsa (JGU Mainz)

Slides Pascalutsa_LEPP_Mainz_6April_2016_2.pdf

10:35 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:35 Polarizabilities

Convener: Prof. Hans-Jürgen Arends (KPH, JGU Mainz)

11:00 Spin polarizabilities

Speaker: Prof. Rory Miskimen (University of Massachusetts)

Slides Miskimen_LEPP_2016.pdf

11:25 Future prospects for polarizability measurements

Speaker: Dr Evgeny Maev (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI))

Slides LEPP_Maev.pdf

11:50 Virtual Compton Scattering and Generalized Polarizabilities: Experimental Status

Speaker: Dr Helene Fonvieille (Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire)

Slides fonvieille-talk-NewVistas-2016.pdf

12:15 A proposal for high precision measurements of e-p differential cross sections at small t-values using an active target.

Speaker: Prof. Alexey Vorobyev (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institue)

Slides ep_report_Mainz.ppt

12:35 → 14:05 Lunch Break

14:05 → 16:05 Detector Design

Convener: Dr Patrick Achenbach (Mainz University)

14:05 Positron production

Speaker: Dr Eric Voutier (Institut de Physique Nucléaire)

Slides LEPP16-voutier.pptx

14:30 MAGIX Detector Technologies

Speaker: Mr Sabato Stefano Caiazza (KPH Institut, JGU Universitaet Mainz)

Slides It-s_a_kind_of_Magix.pdf It-s_a_kind_of_Magix.pptx

14:55 Design and properties of a target for the MAGIX experiment

Speaker: Mrs Silke Grieser (WWU Münster)

Slides LEPP_Mainz.pdf

15:10 The MAGIX jet target development

Speaker: Stephan Aulenbacher (JGU Mainz)

Slides LEPP_Talk.pdf

15:25 GEM and TPC

Speaker: Prof. Bernhard Ketzer (HISKP, University of Bonn)

Slides ketzer_mainz2016.pptx

Video evtdeco.mpg

15:50 Gem detector development for MAGIX

Speaker: Mr Pepe Guelker (KPH - JGU Mainz)

Slides 6_-_160406_gemDEV_lepp.pdf

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

Speaker: Dr Evgeny Epelbaum (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Slides Mainz_ee_final.pdf

09:35 Electron scattering off few body systems: theory meets experiment

Speaker: Prof. Jacek Golak (Jagiellonian University)

Slides Mainz_2016_04_07.pdf Mainz_2016_04_07.ppt

10:00 → 10:35 Nuclear Astrophysics

Convener: Prof. Concettina Sfienti (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

10:00 Plans at the S-DALINAC

Speaker: Prof. Norbert Pietralla (TU Darmstadt)

Slides Pietralla_LEPP_MZ2.pptx

10:35 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:50 Nuclear Astrophysics

Convener: Prof. Concettina Sfienti (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

11:00 Polarization Expts. at Darmstadt

Speaker: Prof. Joachim Enders (TU Darmstadt)

Slides 20160407_LEPP_Enders.pptx

11:25 Nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest at LUNA

Speaker: Dr Davide Trezzi (Università degli Studi di Milano / INFN)

Slides Mainz_Trezzi_2016v2.pdf Mainz_Trezzi_2016v2.pptx

11:50 Radiative capture and photodisintegration reactions for the synthesis of the p nuclei

Speaker: Mr Philipp Scholz (Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne)

Slides Scholz_Mainz.pdf Scholz_Mainz.pptx

12:15 Atomic nuclei: from fundamental interactions to structure and stars

Speaker: Dr Kai Hebeler (TU Darmstadt)

Slides LEPP_hebeler.pdf

12:50 → 14:20 Lunch Break

14:20 → 15:45 Meson Physics

Convener: Dr Graziano Venanzoni (INFN/LNF Frascati)

14:20 Timelike Form Factor Measurements at BESIII

Speaker: Prof. Guangshun Huang (University of Science and Technology of China (USTC))

Slides FF_BES3_Mainz2016.pdf

14:55 Overview of tau decays

Speaker: Dr Emilie Passemar (Indiana University/JLab)

Slides EPassemar_LEPP.pdf

15:20 Tau Decays measurements

Speaker: Dr Alberto Lusiani (Scuola Normale Superiore and INFN sezione di Pisa)

Slides lusiani-lepp16.pdf

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 → 17:05 Dark Photon

Convener: Prof. Marc Vanderhaeghen (Univ. Mainz)

16:15 Kloe Results

Speaker: Dr Enrico Graziani (INFN-Roma3)

Slides graziani-kloe-mainz.pdf graziani-kloe-mainz.pptx

16:40 Dark photon searches in positron annihilations with the PADME experiment

Speaker: Dr Paolo Valente (INFN Roma)

Slides valente-mainz-2016.pptx

17:05 → 17:35 Conference Summary

Speaker: Prof. Kees de Jager (University of Virginia)

Slides Summary_LEPP16_CdJ.pptx