Virtual workshop on the "Atomic Structure of Actinides & Related Topics"

Europe/Berlin
Description

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming virtual workshop on the "Atomic Structure of Actinides & Related Topics" and cordially invite you to attend.

The actinide series exhibits a remarkable transition in terms of applied and fundamental research, as it hosts the heaviest naturally occurring elements and fades into fully man-made elements. Concerning basic atomic information, the actinide series is at the edge of current knowledge and still lacks some fundamental information. In this context, we would like to offer an event that will bring together scientists from theory and experiment to report on recent advances in the study of actinide atomic structure and related research areas, including but not limited to:

  • Production of the actinides
  • Atomic structure theory
  • Spectroscopy approaches
  • Transport properties
  • Nuclear physics
  • Nuclear medicine

For the scientific program, please visit our Timetable. Please note that due to the current situation, the workshop will be completely virtual.

Best regards and we are looking forward to welcoming you in May 2021!

                   Mustapha Laatiaoui and Sebastian Raeder

    • 09:00 09:05
      Welcome 5m
    • 09:05 09:40
      Laser Spectroscopy along the Series of Actinide Elements – A Rewarding Challenge 35m

      Overview talk1 (30+5)

      Speaker: Klaus Wendt
    • 09:40 10:15
      Accurate electronic structure calculations for heavy open-shell systems 35m

      Overview talk2 (30+5)

      Speaker: Julian Berengut
    • 10:15 10:45
      Current Status of Atomic/Chemical Studies of Heavy and Trans- Actinide Elements at JAEA 30m

      Invited talk1 (25+5)

      Speaker: Tetsuya K. Sato (JAEA)
    • 10:45 11:05
      Break 20m
    • 11:05 11:40
      Laser spectroscopy of trapped thorium ions 35m

      Overview talk3 (30+5)

      Speaker: Ekkehard Peik (PTB)
    • 11:40 12:10
      Extending our knowledge about the 229Th nuclear isomer 30m

      Invited talk2 (25+5)

      Speaker: Benedict Seiferle (LMU München)
    • 12:10 12:35
      Investigation of the low-energy isomer 229mTh using the beta decay of 229Ac 25m

      Contribution1 (20+5)

      Speaker: Sandro Kraemer (Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven)
    • 12:35 14:00
      Break 1h 25m
    • 14:00 14:30
      New developments in theory of actinides and online data portal 30m

      Invited talk3 (25+5)

      Speaker: Marianna Safronova (University of Delaware)
    • 14:30 15:00
      A community platform for just atomic computations 30m

      Invited talk4 (25+5)

      Speaker: Stephan Fritzsche (Helmholtz-Institut Jena)
    • 15:00 15:25
      Studying the origin of actinides in the universe with radiative transfer simulations of neutron-star mergers 25m

      Contribution3 (20+5)

      Speaker: Andreas Floers (GSI Darmstadt)
    • 15:25 15:50
      Atomic Structure Calculations in Lanthanide and Actinide ions relevant to kilonovae 25m

      Contribution2 (20+5)

      Speaker: Mr Ricardo F. Silva (Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP) and Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
    • 15:50 16:10
      Break 20m
    • 16:10 16:45
      The isotope program at ORNL for target material for superheavy element research 35m

      Overview talk4 (30+5)

      Speaker: Julie Ezold (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    • 16:45 17:15
      Proton-induced fusion-evaporation reactions for actinide production at IGISOL 30m

      Invited talk5 (25+5)

      Speaker: Andrea Raggio (UNIVERSITY OF JYVASKYLA)
    • 17:15 17:40
      The NEXT Project 25m

      Contribution4 (20+5)

      Speaker: Xiangcheng Chen (University of Groningen)
    • 17:40 18:05
      Solution combustion synthesis of thin actinide targets for nuclear science measurements 25m

      Contribution5 (20+5)

      Speaker: Khachatur Manukyan (University of Notre Dame)
    • 09:00 09:05
      Technical issues (5)
    • 09:05 09:40
      In-gas-jet laser spectroscopy studies of actinides: A quest for 229mTh+ 35m

      Overview talk5 (30+5)

      Speaker: Dr Rafael Ferrer (KU Leuven - IKS)
    • 09:40 10:10
      Calculation of electronic structure of Fm, Md and No. 30m

      Invited talk6 (25+5)

      Speaker: Dr Vladimir Dzuba (UNSW Sydney)
    • 10:10 10:35
      Developments of the In-Gas-Jet Laser Ionization Spectroscopy technique: towards laser ionisation spectroscopy of 229Th+ 25m

      Contribution6 (20+5)

      Speaker: Arno Claessens (KU Leuven)
    • 10:35 11:00
      Commissioning tests of the S3-Low Energy Branch at SPIRAL2-GANIL 25m

      Contribution7 (20+5)

      Speaker: Jekabs Romans (KU Leuven)
    • 11:00 11:25
      A diode-pumped, continuous-wave Ti:sapphire laser and its application to high resolution laser spectroscopy of actinides 25m

      Contribution8 (20+5)

      Speaker: Volker Sonnenschein (University of Nagoya)
    • 11:25 11:45
      Break 20m
    • 11:45 12:10
      Calculations of the Electron Affinity of Polonium at the CCSD(T) level 25m

      Contribution9 (20+5)

      Speaker: Raphaël Crosa-Rossa (RUG - University of Groningen)
    • 12:10 12:35
      Ionisation potentials and electron affinity of oganesson with relativistic coupled cluster method 25m

      Contribution10 (20+5)

      Speaker: Ms Yangyang Guo (University of Groningen)
    • 12:35 13:00
      Direct laser spectroscopy of a short-lived, heavy molecule 25m

      Contribution11 (20+5)

      Speaker: Shane Wilkins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    • 13:00 14:00
      Break 1h
    • 14:00 14:35
      Progress and prospects for Laser Ionization and Spectroscopy of Actinides within the LISA Innovative Training Network 35m

      Overview talk6 (30+5)

      Speaker: Bruce Marsh
    • 14:35 15:05
      Development of Ultrasensitive Analytical Techniques to Detect Trace Elements 30m

      Invited talk7 (25+5)

      Speaker: Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri (ORNL)
    • 15:05 15:30
      Towards efficient and reliable ISOL production of 225Ac: Placing an upper bound on collection efficiency. 25m

      Contribution12 (20+5)

      Speaker: Jake Johnson (KU Leuven)
    • 15:30 15:50
      Break 20m
    • 15:50 16:25
      Challenges in studies of actinide spectra: An example of the first three spectra of actinium 35m

      Overview talk7 (30+5)

      Speaker: Alexander Kramida (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
    • 16:25 16:55
      Laser Spectroscopic Investigation of the heaviest actinides at GSI 30m

      Invited talk8 (25+5)

      Speaker: Premaditya Chhetri (HI Mainz, GSI)
    • 16:55 17:20
      Investigation of the atomic structure of curium and re-determination of its first ionization potential 25m

      Contribution13 (20+5)

      Speaker: Nina Kneip (Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55099 Mainz, Germany )
    • 17:20 17:45
      Nuclear structure investigations on 253-255 Es by laser resonance ionization spectroscopy 25m

      Contribution14 (20+5)

      Speaker: Steven Nothhelfer (JGU, HIM, GSI)
    • 17:45 18:10
      Laser spectroscopy of 248,249,250,254Fm 25m

      Contribution15 (20+5)

      Speaker: Jessica Warbinek
    • 09:00 09:05
      Technical issues (5)
    • 09:05 09:35
      High accuracy predictions of properties of heavy atoms and evaluation of uncertainties. 30m

      Invited talk9 (25+5)

      Speaker: Anastasia Borschevsky (University of Groningen)
    • 09:35 10:05
      Nuclear polarization and other enhanced effects effects in the heaviest elements 30m

      Invited talk10 (25+5)

      Speaker: Victor Flambaum (University of New South Wales, School of Physics, Sydney 2052, Australia)
    • 10:05 10:30
      Hyperfine field calculations for electronic states in germanium using the relativistic Fock-space coupled-cluster method 25m

      Contribution16 (20+5)

      Speaker: Mr Martijn Reitsma (Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen)
    • 10:30 10:50
      Break 20m
    • 10:50 11:25
      Laser resonance chromatography: theoretical assessment for lanthanide and actinide ions 35m

      Overview talk8 (30+5)

      Speaker: Prof. Alexei Buchachenko (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology)
    • 11:25 11:50
      Laser Resonance Chromatography (LRC): A Progress Report 25m

      Contribution17 (20+5)

      Speaker: Dr Elisa Romero Romero (Helmholtz Institut Mainz)
    • 11:50 12:15
      Electronic structure of Rf+ (Z = 104) from ab initio calculations 25m

      Contribution18 (20+5)

      Speaker: Dr Harry Ramanantoanina (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany))
    • 12:15 12:40
      Conceptual Design of an Ion Mobility Spectrometer for mobility measurement of actinides 25m

      Contribution19 (20+5)

      Speaker: Elisabeth Ute Rickert
    • 12:40 12:50
      Closing remarks (10)
    • 12:50 13:00
      End 10m