Science Week 2023
TRIUMF Science Week is back this summer!
July 31st - August 4th, 2023.
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Welcome to Science Week 2023
This year's program will feature presentations on recent achievements and highlights of TRIUMF's science program. Further, Science Week 2023 will be used as platform to present the outcome for the 2025-2030 5-year plan to the community, following on from last year's Science Week which was used to gather input and feedback on major science directions and new initiatives from the TRIUMF community. With ARIEL on the horizon, the third part of the science program will be dedicated to informing the community on the facility's status and timelines, and feature presentations and discussions on exciting new science opportunities in the ARIEL era. We will conclude the week with the TRIUMF Users Group Annual General meeting.
Science week is planned as in-person event, but if you want to join online, please follow the zoom links that will be send out to all participants via email.
Stay up to date with Science Week 2023 events via our interactive social media wall!
Throughout the week, you can post to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with the hashtag #TRIUMFScienceWeek2023 to add your photos to our live feed, which is being hosted via Walls.io. The feed updates periodically, so check in each day to see what your peers are sharing.
Be sure to vote using Walls.io's heart-shaped Like button for your favourite shared photos from the week – a prize will be awarded to the person with the most votes on their post at the end of the week!
Good luck, and we’re excited to see what #TRIUMFScienceWeek2023 looks like through your eyes!
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Welcome session TRIUMF Auditorium
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Conveners: Annika Lennarz (TRIUMF), Dr Stephanie Diana Rädel (TRIUMF)-
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Welcome & Introduction from TRIUMF Executive Director & CEO, Nigel Smith 45mSpeaker: Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)
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Science week organizational information 15mSpeakers: Annika Lennarz (TRIUMF), Dr Stephanie Diana Rädel (TRIUMF)
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Accelerator Science TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
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The Feasibility of Future Colliders 35m
The Collider Implementation Task Force (ITF) was charged with the evaluation and fair and impartial comparison of future collider proposals, including R&D needs, schedule, cost (using the same accounting rules), and environmental impact. Over about a two-year period a group of 12 accelerator and collider experts collected information of all major and innovative future collider proposals. A report was recently published at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/18/05/P05018. The speaker chaired the task force and made presentations of the report to Snowmass and most recently to P5. A summary of the evaluation will be given.
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SRF Development at TRIUMF 20m
The TRIUMF SRF program began in 2000 to support the design and development of the ISAC-II heavy ion linac. We now have two superconducting linacs in operation, the 40MV ISAC-II heavy ion linac and the 30MV ARIEL 1.3GHz electron linac. At TRIUMF SRF R&D supports the high performance and availability of TRIUMF accelerators to enable discovery science. In addition SRF infrastructure and NSERC funds are leveraged to deliver cutting edge research to educate and train highly skilled personnel and to advance SRF science and technology. External collaborations with VECC, CERN and others are opportunities to participate in exciting projects, enhance our skill set and reputation. The SRF development program will be presented.
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Coffee Break Courtyard
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Life Sciences TRIUMF Auditorium
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Convener: Monika Stachura (TRIUMF)- 11:15
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Radiochemistry & preclinical work 20mSpeaker: Hua Yang (TRIUMF)
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Nuclear Physics TRIUMF Auditorium
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Making the heaviest elements in astrophysics 35mSpeaker: Nicole Vassh (TRIUMF)
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Recent results from the mass spectrometer EMMA at TRIUMF 20mSpeaker: Dr Louis Wagner (TRIUMF)
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MR-TOF-MS for yield and mass measurements during the p2n target commissioning 20mSpeaker: Ali Mollaebrahimi (University of Giessen and TRIUMF)
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Quantum Materials / Molecular and Materials Science TRIUMF Auditorium
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Convener: Kenji Kojima (TRUIMF)-
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Muon-spin rotation/relaxation under hydrostatic pressure: outlook and perspectives 30mSpeaker: Rustem Khasanov (PSI)
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Elemental analysis with muonic x-rays and μ±SR for a Li-ion battery 30mSpeaker: Izumi Umegaki (KEK)
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Welcome Reception
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Particle Physics TRIUMF Auditorium
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Convener: Oliver Stelzer-Chilton (TRIUMF)-
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The Status and Future of Particle Physics 45mSpeaker: Prof. Nausheen Shah (Wayne State University)
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ALPHA-g and HAICU: Antimatter Science at TRIUMF 20mSpeaker: Chukman So (TRIUMF)
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ATLAS experiment - status and overview 20mSpeaker: Marco Valente (TRIUMF)
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EDI workshop TRIUMF Auditorium
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Scientific ComputingConvener: Reda Tafirout (TRIUMF)
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Machine learning and nuclear physics, challenges and opportunities 30mSpeaker: Morten Hjorth-Jensen (MSU)
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Science & Technology TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Fabrice Retiere (TRIUMF)- 14:10
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LGADs for Particle Physics 30mSpeaker: Simone Michele Mazza (UC Santa Cruz)
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Coffee Break
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Student competition TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Christopher Chambers (TRIUMF)-
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The Regina Cube for Multiple Particles (RCMP) 5mSpeaker: Cameron Shenton
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Cracking the Calcium Conundrum: Exploring Discrepancies between Observations and Computational Models of Novae 5mSpeaker: Mallory Loria
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CTCTCTCTM (Ciaran and Tobias' Cryogenic Tests for Characterizing Tenacious Charge Trapping and More) 5mSpeakers: Ciaran McDonald-Jensen, Tobias Faehndrich
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Electron-Gamma Separation in Water Cherenkov Detectors 5mSpeaker: Igal Press
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Can temperature-dependent radioactive clocks tell us where the solar system came from? 5mSpeaker: Guy Leckenby
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Water Monitoring System for Water Cherenkov Detectors 5mSpeaker: Sahar Taghayor
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No need to wait for years anymore: there is a new (MM-D)GP in town 5mSpeaker: Antoine Belley
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Surrogate Reactions to Constrain Neutron Capture Cross Sections 5mSpeaker: Daniel Yates
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ML-Driven Tuning of Beamlines using Bayesian Optimization 5mSpeaker: Defne Tanyer
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Collinear Laser Spectroscopy performed in a 30 keV MR-ToF device 5mSpeaker: Louis Croquette
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TRIUMF soccer tournament South Turf Minifields
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5-year plan
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5-y planning status & process 1hSpeakers: Nigel Smith (TRIUMF), Sean Lee
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Q&A 30m
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5-y planning - Updates from Divisions TRIUMF Auditorium
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Convener: Sean Lee-
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Accelerator Science 30mSpeaker: Oliver Kester (TRIUMF)
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Life Sciences 20mSpeaker: Paul Schaffer (TRIUMF)
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TRIUMF’s Role in a Canada-Wide Effort to Transform Cancer Therapy with Rare Isotopes 20mSpeaker: Caterina Ramogida (TRIUMF & Simon Fraser University)
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Discussion 30m
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"Reducing our environmental impact" - Panel discussion TRIUMF Auditorium
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Introduction 5mSpeaker: Kathryn Hayashi (TRIUMF Innovations)
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Sustainable Accelerator Operations 10mSpeaker: Thomas Roser (BNL)
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Enabling a Green & Sustainable Particle Collider at the Energy Frontier 10mSpeaker: Marlene Turner
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UBC as a Sustainble Campus 10mSpeaker: John Madden
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Sustainable Operations of TRIUMF Accelerator Facilities 10mSpeaker: Thomas Planche (TRIUMF)
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Q&A 35mSpeaker: Kathryn Hayashi (TRIUMF Innovations)
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Coffee Break Outside MOB
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Collaborating with Indigenous Communities for Water Quality Monitoring TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Presentations and panel discussion with Ira Aisaican (Councillor, Cowessess First Nations), Arzu Sardarli (First Nations University of Canada), Jana Sasakamoose (Graduate Student, First Nations University of Canada, University of Regina), Akira Konaka (TRIUMF).
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Introduction and Welcome 5mSpeaker: Andrew Ikeman
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Presentation 10mSpeaker: Ira Aisaican (Councillor, Cowessess First Nations)
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Linking Science and Indigenous Knowldege 10mSpeaker: Arzu Sardarli (First Nations University of Canada)
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Presentation 10mSpeaker: Jana Sasakamoose (First Nations University of Canada and University of Regina)
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Water Monitoring Project 10mSpeaker: Akira Konaka (TRIUMF)
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Panel Discussion 30m
Panel discussion with Ira Aisaican (Councillor, Cowessess First Nations), Arzu Sardarli (First Nations University of Canada), Jana Sasakamoose (Graduate Student, First Nations University of Canada, University of Regina), Akira Konaka (TRIUMF).
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Poster Session Courtyard
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Status of TITAN's Penning Trap Upgrades 2mSpeaker: Annabelle Czihaly (TRIUMF and University of Victoria)
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ML-Driven Tuning of Beamlines: Using Bayesian Optimization 2mSpeakers: Alexander Katrusiak (TRIUMF and Queens University), Defne Tanyer (TRIUMF and University of Waterloo)
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Rydberg atom field ionizer for low-intensity radioactive isotope beams 2mSpeaker: Aryan Prasad (TRIUMF and University of Waterloo)
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Event Reconstruction of an Aerogel Ring-Imaging Cherenkov Detector for the EMPHATIC Hadron Production Experiment 2mSpeaker: Max Fatouros (TRIUMF and University of Manitoba)
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Segmenting Particle Showers in the ATLAS Detector with PointNet 2mSpeaker: Jessica Bohm (TRIUMF and University of Waterloo)
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Flux Trapping in Coaxial Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities 2mSpeaker: Ruth Gregory (TRIUMF and University of Victoria)
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Anomalous electrical transport in frustrated intermetallic YbCuAs2: the role of spin 2mSpeaker: Mae Abedi (TRIUMF and Simon Fraser University)
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GNNs on FPGAs for Real-time Particle Reconstruction at the ATLAS Hardware Trigger 2mSpeaker: Joshua Lerner (TRIUMF and UBC)
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Jet Reconstruction for Future Muon Collider 2mSpeaker: Khurshid Usmanov (TRIUMF and University of Waterloo)
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A New Event Analysis Framework for Future Higgs Factories 2mSpeaker: Josephine Brewster (TRIUMF and University of Victoria)
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Development of Diagnostic Procedures for the Investigation of Radiopharmaceuticals In Vitro 2mSpeakers: Madison Daignault (TRIUMF and Simon Fraser University), Meghan Kostashuk (TRIUMF and McMaster University)
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Performance of ATLAS Hadronic End-Cap Calorimeter Electronics Chain Configurations 2mSpeaker: Denaisha Kraft (TRIUMF and University of Victoria)
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Dark Matter from Dark Confinement 2mSpeaker: Ricky Mizuta (TRIUMF and UBC)
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Development of Muon Spin Imaging Spectroscopy 2mSpeaker: Takato Sugisaki (TRIUMF and Osaka University and Open-it and KEK)
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Highly charged ion production and their use in nuclear spectroscopy and mass precision measurements 2mSpeaker: Fernando Alejandro Maldonado Millan (TRIUMF)
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Barium Tagging at TRIUMF as an Upgrade to nEXO 2mSpeakers: Iroise Casandjian (TRIUMF and McMaster University), Lucas Backes (TRIUMF and McGill University)
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Simulating the CANREB radiofrequency quadrupole cooler-buncher 2mSpeaker: Paige Harford (TRIUMF)
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ARIEL Status & facilities overview TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Iris Dillmann (TRIUMF)-
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ARIEL overview talk 45mSpeaker: Alexander Gottberg (TRIUMF)
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Science with ARIEL TRIUMF Auditorium
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Science opportunities with ARIEL from the theory perspective 25mSpeaker: Ragnar Stroberg (University of Washington)
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Accelerator Physics and ARIEL 20mSpeaker: Tobias Junginger (Triumf)
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TRIUMF/VECC collaboration towards ARIEL/ANURIB 20mSpeaker: Arup Bandyopadhyay (VECC)
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Gamma-ray spectroscopy for nuclear spectroscopy; beta-decay studies in the ARIEL era 25mSpeaker: Paul Garrett
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Science with ARIEL TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF)- 13:00
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beta-NMR 20mSpeaker: Andrew McFarlane (TRIUMF)
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Perspectives of collinear laser spectroscopy 25mSpeaker: Kristian Koenig (ECR)
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FrAg for Fundamental Physics 20mSpeaker: Alan Jamison (University of Waterloo)
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Discussion 20m
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Early Career Networking EventConvener: Christopher Chambers (TRIUMF)
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Panel: Careers in Industry with a Physics Background 45m
This networking event is focused on how to make a career out of a grad degree in physics. The event will feature a 1hr panel discussion with panelists coming from a range of companies in diverse fields around Vancouver to showcase career opportunities for those with a physics background. Learn all about what paths are available and how to follow them after you graduate!
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Small Group Networking with Mentors 1h
This session will have smaller groups lead by individual panelists and other mentors from Science Week and TRIUMF. This is your chance to build connections with people who have made a career out of the skills they learned doing physics!
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BBQ / summer festival at UBC farms
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TRIUMF User's Group AGM TRIUMF Auditorium
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Convener: Christian Diget-
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Welcome 10mSpeaker: Christian Diget (University of York)
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Student Competitions - Winner announcements 10mSpeaker: Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF)
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Q&A and Concluding Remarks 30mSpeaker: Christian Diget (University of York)
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Concluding remarksConvener: Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)
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Coffee Break Courtyard
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Early Career Researchers WorkshopConvener: Christian Diget
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TRIUMF/ARIEL Tour (optional)
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