Parallel Sessions Program

Chair: Fabio Bacchini (KU Leuven)

14:30-15:10: Arno Vanthieghem (Observatoire de Paris) – invited

     Fast radio bursts as precursor radio emission from monster shocks

15:10-15:30:  Isha Loudon (Université libre de Bruxelles)

     Exploring radar echoes from high-energy particle cascades with RET-CR

15:30-15:50: Philippe Lamalle (Royal Miltary Academy)

     Integral dielectric kernel modelling approach to wave heating in toroidal plasmas

15:50-16:30: Dirk Hartmann (MPI Plasma Physics, Greifswald) – invited

     Overview of Wendelstein 7-X

16:30-16:50: Lennert Quanjel (KU Leuven)

     Thermal and plasma modelling of a hot-cavity ion source for radioactive ion beam production at ISOL@MYRRHA

16:50-17:10: Jean Spièce (UCLouvain)

     From polarization dynamics to heat flow in nanoscale ferroelectrics

Chairs: Yaojia Wang (KU Leuven) and Clement Merckling (IMEC/KU Leuven)

14:30-15:10: Pascal Gehring (UCLouvain) – invited

     Local probing of transverse thermoelectric effects in meso- and nano-scale devices

15:10-15:30: Jonathan Leliaert (Universiteit Gent)

     Coercivity-size map of magnetic nanoflowers: elucidating the hyperthermia sweet spot

15:30-15:50: Danny E. P. Vanpoucke (Universiteit Hasselt)

     DFT modeling of strained group-IV color centers in diamond

15:50-16:10:  The Linh Pham (KU Leuven)

     Ultrafast dynamics in strongly-coupled plasmonic metasurfaces

16:10-16:30: Serghei N. Klimin (Universiteit Antwerpen)

     Analytical approaches to lattice polarons in finite-width conduction bands

16:30-16:50: Chen He (KU Leuven)

     Substitutional Mn dimers in graphene created by ultralow-energy cluster implantation

16:50-17:10: Arno Depoorter (Universiteit Gent)

    Pole figure measurements in grazing-incidence configuration for characterizing thin film texture

Chair: Ági Koszorús (KU Leuven)

14:30-15:00: Julia Even (University of Groningen) – invited

     Taking the NEXT steps towards the northeast of the nuclear landscape

15:10-15:20: Yens Elskens (KU Leuven)

     Exploring α- and β-decay induced quenching of the radiative decay of the ²²⁹Th nuclear-clock isomer in solid-state hosts

15:20-15:40: Jack Shaw (KU Leuven)

     Determination of half-lives, alpha-beta branching and hindrance factors of ^219,220Po; implications on nuclear shape

15:40-15:50: short break

15:50-16:10:  Vital De Henau (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

     Investigating anomalous air showers with the SKA-Low

16:10-16:30: Mathias Beghuin (ULB & VUB)

     Pre-commissioning for the phase-2 upgrade of the CMS outer tracker with cosmic muons and R&D of new silicon sensors

16:30-16:50: Tiepolo Wybouw (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

    milliQan: search for millicharged particles in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13.6 TeV

16:50-17:10: Louise Lallement Arnaud (Université libre de Bruxelles)

    Search for atmospheric millicharged particles with the IceCube upgrade

Chair: Nikolay Bobev (KU Leuven)

14:30-15:05: Chiara Toldo (Université libre de Bruxelles) – invited

     Thermodynamics of near-extreme black holes

15:05-15:25: Guillaume Lhost (UMONS)

     The last stages of the motion of eccentric binary systems

15:25-15:45: Hynek Paul (KU Leuven)

     Holography as a tool for strongly coupled dynamics

15:45-15:55: short break

15:55-16:30:  Atsushi Ueda (Universiteit Gent) – invited

     From the monopole paradox to perfect transmission: topological string attachment in scattering

16:30-16:50: Aaron Beyen (KU Leuven)

     The emergence of activity

16:50-17:10: Thomas Michel (Université de Liège)

    Scrambling signature of scars

Chairs: Ruben de Groote (KU Leuven) and Kasper Van Gasse (UGent)

14:30-15:05: Anastasia Borschevsky (University of Groningen) – invited

    Testing the standard model with molecules

15:05-15:25: Alexandr Bogomolov (UCLouvain)

     Towards rovibrationally resolved photochemistry in H₂O-CO₂

15:25-15:45: Arthemise Altman (UCLouvain)

     Lamb-dip and two-photon absorption measurements using wave-modulated NICE-OHMS for precision spectroscopy on water

15:45-15:55: short break

15:55-16:30:  Olga Lushchikova (HFML-FELIX, Nijmegen) – invited

     Probing structure and reactivity of metal clusters by IR spectroscopy using free-electron lasers

16:30-16:50: Charlotte Bragard (UCLouvain & UNamur)

     Inertial sensing based on GPS disciplined oscillator

16:50-17:10: Amir Arsalan Arabieh (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

    Cavity solitons as a nonlinear substrate for photonic neuromorphic computing

Chairs: Patrick Wagner (KU Leuven) and Patricia Losada Pérez (Université libre de Bruxelles)

14:30-15:10: Jef Hooyberghs (Universiteit Hasselt) – invited

     Stretching the physical boundaries of DNA hybridization for mutation detection

15:10-15:30:  Jana Hohmann (KU Leuven)

     Optimizing range shifter use to lower intrauterine doses in pencil beam scanning proton therapy during pregnancy

15:30-15:50:  Niels Van Santen (Universiteit Gent)

     A linear decomposition of total correlation in non-negative order-k contributions

15:50-16:10: short break

16:10-16:30:  Daniele Marinazzo (Universiteit Gent)

     Mechanistic control via high-order informational gradients: identifying synergistic drivers for targeted intervention

16:30-16:50: Thibau Mangelschots (Universiteit Hasselt)

     Analytical model for the strain-mismatch interaction in DNA

16:50-17:10:  Robbe Van Haverbeke (Universiteit Hasselt)

    Characterizing biomolecular kinetics through out-of-equilibrium periodic temperature perturbations

Chairs: Mieke De Cock (KU Leuven) and Philippe Smet (Universiteit Gent)

14:30-15:20:  Paul Van Kampen (Dublin City University) – invited

     Plot twists and unexpected turns in physics reasoning

15:20-15:50:  Meike Bremenkamp (PHYWE Systeme GmbH & Co)

     PHYWE – from Göttingen to the world

15:50-16:00: short break

16:00-16:25  Rose Stanley (KU Leuven)

     Asteroseismology & exoplanets in the Milky Way: a research-based STEM module for secondary education

16:25-16:50:  Willem Keppens (KU Leuven)

     Impact of scale comprehension on high school students’ conceptual understanding of astronomical phenomena

16:50-17:15: Pauline Vandervorst (Universiteit Antwerpen)

     Improved effectiveness of nuclear physics lessons through targeted development of didactic materials