Parallel Sessions Program

Session: Astro, Geo & Plasma Physics

Chair: Kristel Crombé (UGent)

Orals

14:30 – 15:00 Georgi Trenchev (invited speaker) : Carbon circularity through state-of-the-art atmospheric plasma: prototypes, pilots and more

15:00 – 15:20 Simon Chiche : Loss of coherence and change in emission physics for radio emission from very inclined cosmic-ray air showers

15:20 – 15:40 Jethro Stoffels : The Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland: status and first results.

15:40 – 16:00 Krijn D. de Vries : The Radar Echo Telescope

16:00 – 16:20 Dirk Van Eester : A mixed Fourier-variational approach to solve differential or integro-differential wave equations for magnetised plasmas

16:20 – 16:40 Viviane Pierrard : Project Biosphere: Study the Effects of the Solar and Cosmic Radiation on the Terrestrial Atmosphere

Posters

Offline Neutrino Filtering using a Convolutional Neural Network-Based Algorithm at the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland
R. Camphyn

Event-by-Event Mass Separation of Simulated Cosmic Rays using Several Mass Sensitive Air-Shower Observables
B. Flaggs

Integral dielectric kernels for Maxwellian tokamak plasmas
P. U. Lamalle

Characterization of plasma parameters and neutral particles in Microwave and Radio Frequency discharges in the TOMAS device
D. López-Rodríguez

The Biggest Bangs: Traces of turbulence in GRBs
E. Magnus

ANSYS HFSS as a new numerical tool to study RF sheath the Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies
V. Maquet

From Cosmic Crashes to IceCube Neutrinos
Y. Merckx

Advancing understanding of solar wind acceleration: A systematic approach with new Parker Solar Probe observations and kinetic modeling
M. Péters de Bonhome

Integral dielectric kernel approach to modelling radiofrequency heating in toroidal plasmas
B.C.G. Reman

Latitudinal and seasonal changes in atmospheric density leads to variations in cosmic ray induced ionization and radiation dose rates
A. Winant

Session: Biological, Medical, Statistical and Mathematical Physics

Chairs: Yves Goussin (UMons) and Bart Cleuren (UHasselt)

Orals

14:30 – 15:10 Nele Vandersickel (Invited speaker) : Catalysing change in cardiac arrhythmia treatment: An interdisciplinary journey from theory to practice

15:10 – 15:30 Indrani Jayam (ULB) : Collection efficiency of large surface plane parallel ionization chamber used for dose monitoring in flash non-uniform pulsed proton beam

15:30 – 15:50 Pieter-Jan Piccard (UHasselt) : Organic solvent nanofiltration and data-driven approaches

15:50 – 16:10 Joseph Indekeu (KULeuven) : Wetting transitions in mixtures of ultracold Bose gases

Posters

Monte Carlo Simulations of the T2 relaxivity induced by Cubic-Shaped Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles
Florent Fritsche (UMons)

Exploring membrane lipids of breast cancer cells via ToF-SIMS
Charlotte Rossi (UNamur)

Session: Condensed Matter and Nanostructure Physics

Chairs: Marc Debliquy (UMons), Frank Renner (UHasselt)

Orals

14:30 – 15:05 Tim Schwarz (invited speaker) : Introduction to (cryo)-atom probe tomography and its applications

15:05 – 15:30 A. De Corte, S. Fr. Koufidis, M. W. McCall, and B. Maes : Exceptional points in waveguides with extreme chirality

15:30 – 15:55 L. Siciliani, E. Verleysen, S. Bals, Heidi Demaegdt, Salvatore Ciano, Els Van Hoek and J. Mast : Analysis of (nano)particles in food contact materials using electron microscopy,

15:55 – 16:20 S. N. Klimin, J. Tempere, M. Houtput, C. Franchini : An analytic method for polarons with quadratic interactions,

16:20 – 16:45 E. Y. Guillaume, L. Henrard, K. Haenen, D. E. P. Vanpoucke : DFT+VTST investigations of (100)–(2×1):H diamond surfaces by means of first-principle calculations,

Posters

DigiLignin: modelling of sustainable lignin-based polymers
P. Castenetto

Impact of strain on GeV color centers in diamond using ab initio calculations.
T. G. I. van Wijk

Exploring Metal-Doped Carbon Nanomaterials for Adsorption Hydrogen Storage
B.J.B. Smeets

Session: Fundamental Interactions, Nuclear and Particle Physics

Chairs: Barbara Clerbaux (ULB), Stijn Buitink (VUB)

Orals

14:30 – 14:50 Simon Knapen (Berkeley) : Invited talk, “Theory overview for long-lived particles at the LHC”

14:50 – 15:10 Steven Lowette (VUB) : Invited talk, “Highlights from long-lived particle searches in CMS”

15:10 – 15:30 Martin Delcourt : How Belgium is preparing the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker for high-luminosity

15:30 – 15:50 Soumya Dansana : Exclusive search for light scalars via the Higgs portal decaying to pairs of muons and hadrons at the CMS experiment

15:50 – 16:10 Nhan Chau : Indirect dark matter search in the Galactic Center with the IceCube neutrino telescope

16:10 – 16:30 Per Myhr – Low—energy astrophysical neutrino searches in IceCube

16:30 – 16:50 Xander Nagels : Criterion for ultra-fast bubble walls: the impact of hydrodynamic obstruction

Posters

The Moon Shadow using the Pierre Auger Observatory Data
Katarina Simkova

Session: Quantum Physics, Atoms, Molecules, and Optics

Chair: Xavier Urbain (UCL)

Orals

14:15 – 15:00 Yann MAIRESSE (CNRS & Univ. de Bordeaux) (Invited speaker) : Attosecond spectroscopy: How it started, how it’s going

15:00 – 15:20 Mhamad HANTRO (UMons) : Modeling quantum emitters beyond the point-dipole approximation and assessing its validity in proximity of nanoscale structures

15:20 – 15:40 Yves CAUDANO (UNamur) : Post-selected Weak Measurements with Dissipation in the Context of Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

15:40 – 16:00 Thomas MICHEL (ULiège) : Quasiclassical description of out-of-time-ordered correlators

16:00 – 16:45 Maximilian BEYER (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (Invited speaker) : Molecular Rydberg states for ion spectroscopy and laser cooling

Posters

Deceleration of Ca atoms with a 3D printed permanent magnet Zeeman slower
Eduardo MARIN BUJEDO

Direct laser cooling of Rydberg atoms with an isolated core transition
Alisée BOUILLON

The BOOSTED project: A new infrastructure for time and frequency transfer in Belgium
Raphaël MARION

Creating NOON states with ultracold atoms via counterdiabatic driving
Simon DENGIS

Generating Dynamical Decoupling Sequences for Qudits using Parallel Tempering
Colin READ

Development of a chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave spectrometer operating in the 6 to 18 GHz frequency range
Simon COLLIGNON

Analogy between the Goos-Hänchen Effect in Classical Optics and the Quantum Tunnelling Time Problem
Julien BOUCHAT

Optical Parametric Solitons in Fiber Cavity for Optical Computing
Clément Dupont

Session Physics and Education

Chair: Mieke De Cock (KUL)

Orals

14:30 – 14:50 Riccardo Rossa : Hands-on demonstration of a virtual reality tool for measuring ionizing radiation in nuclear education and training

14:50 – 15:10 Bert Jorissen Minelabs: Physics and Chemistry in Minecraft

15:10 – 15:30: Michèle Coeck : European ENEN2 plus project: opportunities for students, pupils and their teachers

15:30 – 15:50 Alessio Rocci : Integrating the history of Ernest Solvay’s science project into educational tools

15:50 – 16:10 Sarah Doumen : Energy materials and quantum technologies for the future: the case of the Master of Materiomics

16:10 – 16:30 Yarne Beerden : Interdisciplinary Educational Projects Enabling Students to Experience Quantum Research and Space Engineering

16:30 – 16:45 Ioana Maris : An LED display of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Posters

Energy materials and quantum technologies for the future: the case of the Master of Materiomics
S. Doumen