Name: The African Nuclear Physics Conference 2023 (ANPC2023)
Start: 2023-11-29T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-12-03T18:25:00+02:00
Location: No location set

The African Nuclear Physics Conference 2023 (ANPC2023)

from Wednesday, 29 November 2023 (08:00) to Sunday, 3 December 2023 (18:25)

Monday, 27 November 2023
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
09:00
09:00 - 10:05
Contributions

09:00 Welcome from the Conference Organisers - Lindsay Donaldson (iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences)

09:05 Welcome from iThemba LABS - Victor Tshivhase (iThemba LABS)

09:15 Message from the NRF - Angus Paterson (National Research Foundation)

09:30 Keynote Address - Buti Manamela (Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation)

10:00 Vote of thanks and handover to Session 1 Chair - Lindsay Donaldson (iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences)
10:05 Opening Session (Mixed Topics)
Opening Session (Mixed Topics)
10:05 - 11:10
Contributions

10:05 Nuclear structure studies relevant for new physics searches with xenon detectors - Smarajit Triambak (University of Western Cape)

10:30 Nuclear structure via Coulomb excitation - Akaa Daniel Ayangeakaa (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

10:55 Evolution of the neutron 1d spin-orbit splitting in $^{35}$S and $^{39}$Ca - Sandile Jongile (iThemba LABS)
11:10 Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:40
11:40 Facilities and Instrumentation
Facilities and Instrumentation
11:40 - 13:00
Contributions

11:40 Physics results with the ultimate AGATA-MUGAST-VAMOS setup and ISOL beams at GANIL - Daniele Mengoni (Universita e INFN, Padova)

12:05 IAEA activities in support of sustainable development of accelerator facilities and the IAEA Ion Beam Facility Project - Sotirios Charisopoulos (IAEA)

12:30 Recent results and prospects for research with radioactive beams at the FLNR - Grzegorz Kaminski (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Rections, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

12:45 Photon Strength Function studies at iThemba LABS - Kgashane Malatji (iThemba LABS)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Nuclear Astrophysics
Nuclear Astrophysics
14:00 - 15:20
Contributions

14:00 Experiments to constrain neutron-capture rates for the intermediate and the rapid neutron-capture process - Ann-Cecilie Larsen (University of Oslo)

14:25 Results and Perspectives of the LUNA Experiment - Marialuisa Aliotta (University of Edinburgh)

14:50 The Oslo Method at iThemba LABS - Vetle Wegner Ingeberg (Department of Physics, University of Oslo)

15:05 Testing indirect experimental methods for constraining the 193,194Ir(n,γ) cross sections - Sebenzile Pretty Engelinah Magagula (University of the Witwatersrand and iThemba Labs)
15:20 Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:50
15:50 Applied Nuclear Physics
Applied Nuclear Physics
15:50 - 17:00
Contributions

15:50 Medical applications with heavy/radioactive ion beams - Charlot Vandevoorde (GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research)

16:15 Effects of exposure to neutrons and protons on neurochemical parameters of brain monoamine metabolism, behavioral and cognitive capacities of Sprague Dawley rats - Kseniia Belokopytova (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

16:30 NICA facility for applied research: New gates for cooperation in life sciences, material sciences and novel nuclear technologies - Oleg Belov (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

16:45 Enhancing Range Verification Techniques in Proton Therapy through a Hybrid Compton Camera
Thursday, 30 November 2023
09:00 Memorial Lecture for Prof Anthony Cowley
Memorial Lecture for Prof Anthony Cowley
09:00 - 09:30
Contributions

09:00 Contributions of Prof Anthony Cowley to the field of knockout reaction studies - JJ van Zyl (Stellenbosch University)
09:30 Opportunities for knockout reaction studies related to the single-particle structure of nuclei and spectroscopic factors
Opportunities for knockout reaction studies related to the single-particle structure of nuclei and spectroscopic factors
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Proton-induced knockout (p,2N) reactions on stable nuclei as a tool to determine spectroscopic factors - Tomotsugu Wakasa (Kyushu University)

10:00 Spectroscopic Studies with Quasi-Free Knockout Reactions - Thomas Aumann
10:30 Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:05
11:05 Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
11:05 - 12:55
Contributions

11:05 Recent progresses and perspective of RI Beam Factory - Daisuke Suzuki (RIKEN Nishina Center)

11:30 Study of internal structures of 9,10Be and 10B in scattering of 2H and 6Li from 9Be - Sergey Lukyanov (FLNR)

11:55 Properties of nuclei beyond 132Sn: importance for nuclear physics and astrophysics - Radomira Lozeva

12:10 Emergence of triaxiality in 74Se from electric monopole transition strengths - Naomi Marchini (University of Florence - INFN Florence section)

12:25 Nature of the low-spin states in the moderately-deformed triaxial $^{193}$Au nucleus - Sinegugu Mthembu (iThemba LABS)

12:40 Distant mirror nuclei studied with -1n and -2n knockout reactions - Michael Bentley (University of York)
12:55 Lunch
Lunch
12:55 - 14:00
14:00 Applied Nuclear Physics
Applied Nuclear Physics
14:00 - 15:10
Contributions

14:00 Cyclotron-Production of Innovative Radionuclides: Direct Activation and ISOL Technique Experience at INFN-LNL - Michele Ballan (INFN-LNL)

14:25 Determination of the response function of the LaBr3(Ce) detector for g-quanta, formed during inelastic scattering of neutrons with an energy of 14.1 MeV on oxigen nuclei - Dimitar Grozdanov

14:40 123I-ADAM10 inhibitor as a new theranostic agent for cervical cancer - Julie Bolcaen (Radiobiology, Radiation Biophysics, iThemba LABS, Cape Town)

14:55 Immunological Changes During Space Travel: A Ground-Based Evaluation of the Impact of Neutron Dose Rate on Plasma Cytokine Levels in Human Whole Blood Cultures - Randall Fisher (Division of Radiation Biophysics, NRF iThemba LABS)
15:10 Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:40
15:40 Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
15:40 - 17:45
Contributions

15:40 What can we learn from the electromagnetic dipole response response in atomic nuclei? - Mathis Wiedeking (University of the Witwatersrand and iThemba LABS)

16:05 Theoretical approaches describing low-lying dipole states - Edoardo G. Lanza

16:30 Study of the K quantum number of pygmy states in 154Sm - Refilwe Molaeng (iThemba LABS and University of the Witwatersrand)

16:45 Investigating the character of the PDR in 96Mo via one-nucleon transfer reactions - Thuthukile Khumalo (iThemba LABS)

17:00 Testing the generalized Brink-Axel hypothesis in heavy nuclei - Peter von Neumann-Cosel (Institut fuer Kernphysik, TU Darmstadt)

17:15 Low-energy dipole response in the Sn isotope chain: Pygmy or not pygmy? - Peter von Neumann-Cosel ( Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany) Maria Markova (University of Oslo) Ann-Cecilie Larsen (University of Oslo) Elena Litvinova (Western Michigan University)

17:30 Description Of Low-Lying Collective States in Osmium Isotopes in the Boson Expansion Theory - Hideo Sakamoto (Gifu University)
Friday, 1 December 2023

05:30 Morning Safari
Morning Safari
05:30 - 11:30
12:00 Mixed Topics
Mixed Topics
12:00 - 13:05
Contributions

12:00 Overview of the nEXO experiment - Brian Lenardo (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

12:25 The NUMEN project: nuclear response to weak interaction investigated by nuclear reactions - Diana Carbone (INFN-LNS)

12:50 Manifestation of nuclear structure in low-energy total reaction cross sections - Mikhail Naumenko (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia)
13:05 Lunch
Lunch
13:05 - 14:00
14:00 Nuclear Astrophysics
Nuclear Astrophysics
14:00 - 16:05
Contributions

14:00 Understanding Stellar Explosions with Nuclear Physics - Catherine Deibel

14:25 The Universe in the Laboratory - Karlheinz Langanke (GSI Darmstadt)

14:50 Measurement of the 27Al(p,α)24Mg fusion reaction at astrophysical energies via the Trojan Horse Method. - Marco La Cognata (INFN-LNS)

15:05 39Ca and its relevance in nuclear astrophysics - Sifundo Binda (iThemba LABS and Wits University)

15:20 On the need of new measurements to understand neutron capture nucleosynthesis - Sara Palmerini (University of Perugia and INFN Perugia)

15:35 The PANDORA Project: Investigating Photonuclear Reactions in Light Nuclei. - Jacob Bekker (University of the Witwatersrand)

15:50 The K600 magnetic spectrometer and the CAKE silicon detector array: measurements relevant to type-I X-ray bursts - Johann Wiggert Brummer (iThemba LABS)
16:05 Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
16:05 - 16:35
16:35 Opportunities for knockout reaction studies related to short-range correlations
Opportunities for knockout reaction studies related to short-range correlations
16:35 - 18:05
Contributions

16:35 Introduction and Overview of Short-Range Correlations - Or Hen (MIT)

17:05 Deuteron quasi-free scattering reactions: a tool to probe nucleon-nucleon short-range correlations in atomic nuclei - Marina Petri (University of York)

17:35 Study on short-range correlations in unstable neutron-rich nuclei - He Wang
Saturday, 2 December 2023
09:00 Opportunities for knockout reaction studies related to clustering and pairing in nuclei
Opportunities for knockout reaction studies related to clustering and pairing in nuclei
09:00 - 10:00
Contributions

09:00 Alpha knockout reaction from light to heavy nuclei - Kazuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

09:30 Recent experimental activities in normal kinematics investigating clustering in nuclear systems by means of quasi free scattering - Zaihong Yang (Peking University)
10:00 General workshop discussion
General workshop discussion
10:00 - 10:45

10:45 Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
11:15 - 12:50
Contributions

11:15 Constraining the nuclear matter equation of state at supra-normal densities - Yvonne Leifels (GSI)

11:40 Exotic nuclei for Physics (AGATA), Astrophysics (Helios), and Applications (ClimOcean) - Giacomo de Angelis (INFN LNL)

12:05 Halo-EFT description of one-neutron halo nuclei with core excitation - Live-Palm Kubushishi (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

12:20 Sub-barrier Fusion Excitation Functions of Heavy-Ion Systems - Alberto M. Stefanini (INFN - LNL)

12:35 Mass measurement of the low-lying isomeric states in 100Y and 102Y - Alison Bruce (University of Brighton)
12:50 Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 14:00
14:00 Facilities and Instrumentation
Facilities and Instrumentation
14:00 - 15:10
Contributions

14:00 MAGNEX-FPD at iThemba LABS: enabling the heavy-ion detection capability at the K600 spectrometer facility - Luna Pellegri (University of the Witwatersrand and iThemba LABS)

14:25 Development of a novel self-calibration technique for γ-ray energy-tracking arrays - Michael Bentley (University of York)

14:40 HiCANS neutron sources – The HBS project for a new class of accelerator based neutron sources - Thomas Gutberlet (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)

14:55 Portable African Neutron-Gamma Laboratory for Innovative Nuclear Science. - Pete Jones (iThemba LABS)
15:10 Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:40
15:40 Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
15:40 - 17:20
Contributions

15:40 Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Physics - Torri Jeske (Jefferson Lab)

16:05 The Theoretical Description of Nuclear Fission - Sylvester Agbemava (FRIB/MSU)

16:30 Quantifying uncertainties due to irreducible three-body forces in deuteron-nucleus reactions - Linda Hlophe (Michigan State University and Los Alamos National Laboratory)

16:55 Electromagnetic and rare isotope knockout reactions as complementary and adjustable lenses for a quest in understanding nuclei - Paul Gueye (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams/Michigan State University)
19:00 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:00 - 23:00
Sunday, 3 December 2023
08:30 Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Dynamics
08:30 - 10:20
Contributions

08:55 Neutron-proton pairing in the self-conjugate nuclei of the f-shell through two-nucleon transfer reactions - Marlène Assié (IJCLab)

09:20 Extraction of level density of 2+ states in 208Pb and 120Sn nuclei from high energy-resolution (p,p’) experiments - Iyabo Usman (University of the Witwatersrand)

09:35 Isoscalar giant monopole resonance in 24Mg and 28Si: Effect of coupling between the isoscalar monopole and quadrupole strength - Armand Bahini (iThemba LABS)

09:50 Study of isoscalar giant monopole resonance in tin isotopes - Rani Devi (University of Jammu)

10:05 Microscopic analysis of proton-nucleus scattering data at energies from 200 to 1000 MeV - Elena Zemlyanaya (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia)
10:20 Tea/Coffee Break
Tea/Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00
11:00 Neutron Physics
Neutron Physics
11:00 - 12:50
Contributions

11:00 Compact detectors for high energy neutron spectrometry - Tanya Hutton (University of Cape Town)

11:25 Physics results and perspectives at GANIL/SPIRAL2 - Hervé Savajols (GANIL)

11:50 Experimental investigation of the (n,xγ) reactions using tagged neutron method - Nikita Fedorov (JINR)

12:05 Measurement of gamma-rays emission cross-sections in neutron-induced reactions in SiO2 sample - Polina Filonchik (JINR, MIPT)

12:20 Production and study of neutron rich heavy nuclei. - Sergey Zemlyanoy (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

12:35 Searching for the Soft Monopole - Retief Neveling (iThemba LABS)
12:50

12:50 - 13:00

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00

14:00 Afternoon Safari
Afternoon Safari
14:00 - 18:00