Particle and Nuclear physics graduate student retreat

Name: Particle and Nuclear physics graduate student retreat
Start: 2025-03-21T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-03-22T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Hyytiälä Forest Station

21 Mar 2025, 08:00 → 22 Mar 2025, 20:00 Europe/Helsinki

Hyytiälä Forest Station

Henning Kirschenmann (LUT University and Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))

Description

Join us for the Particle and Nuclear physics graduate student retreat 2025 in Hyytiälä!

Key Details:

Location: Hyytiälä Forest Station
Eligibility: Open to all graduate students; priority to those starting after January 2024
Quota: 32 participants (priority to ToPi members)
Cost: No registration fee, will cover transportation and accommodation from PaNuDoc funds
Registration Deadline: 24 February 2025

Highlights:

Student talks, expert keynotes, and workshops on advanced computational and statistical methods
All students expected to give a 5-minute presentation of their PhD thesis project
Sauna, networking, and peer collaboration

Logistics:

Coordinated transport from and to Orivesi train station, aiming also for joint train ticket purchase.
Meals and lodging included (dietary restrictions accommodated)

Organizing Committee:

Jan Saren, Jyväskylä
Matti Heikinheimo, Helsinki
Tuomas Lappi, Jyväskylä
Niko Jokela, Helsinki
Markus Kortelainen, Jyväskylä
Henning Kirschenmann, Lappeenranta-Lahti

Mattermost for internal communication:

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Participants

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Friday 21 March
- Fri 21 Mar
- Sat 22 Mar
- 11:30 → 12:00
  
  Bus transfer from Orivesi train station to Hyytiälä 30m
- 12:00 → 13:00
  
  Lunch 1h
- 13:00 → 13:10
  
  Welcome 10m
  
  Speaker: Tuomas Lappi
- 13:10 → 14:30
  Student talks (15x 5 min talks)
  - 13:10
    
    Flow measurement from LHC run 3 data and Bayesian analysis 5m
    
    Speaker: Constantin Sporleder
    
    retreat_Hyytiaela.pdf
  - 13:15
    
    Phase Transitions in Strongly Coupled Field Theories via Gauge-Gravity Duality 5m
    
    Speaker: Jichao Li
    
    Jichao Li.pdf
  - 13:20
    
    High-precision Atomic Mass Measurements for Nuclear Astrophysics 5m
    
    Speaker: Miikka Winter
    
    High-precision Atomic Mass Measurements for Nuclear Astrophysics.pdf
  - 13:25
    
    Dark matter direct detection 5m
    
    Speaker: Niklas Zimmermann
    
    PresentationNiklasZimmermann.pdf
  - 13:30
    
    In-Source laser spectroscopy of Neutron Deficient palladium Isotopes 5m
    
    Speaker: Saikumar Chinthakayala
    
    Topi_sai.pdf
    
    Topi_sai.pptx
  - 13:35
    
    Freeze-in at stronger coupling 5m
    
    Speaker: Duarte Miguel da Silva Feiteira
    
    retreat_presentation.pdf
  - 13:40
    
    All-hadronic Vector Boson Scattering at the CMS Experiment 5m
    
    Speakers: Nico Timothy Toikka (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)), Nico Toikka
    
    VBS_dopicamp-1.pdf
  - 13:45
    
    Missing Transverse Energy in Vector-Boson Scattering 5m
    
    Speaker: Alexi Stadnitski
    
    met_vbs_slides.pdf
    
    Van_Dung_Fiteft_brief.pdf
  - 13:50
    
    Precision probes of gluon saturation 5m
    
    Speaker: Magnus Bertilsson
    
    Hyytiälä_Retreat_Presentation_2024-2.pdf
  - 13:55
    
    The properties of the sigma resonance with varying pion mass and finite temperature 5m
    
    Speaker: Yuan-Lin Lyu
    
    ON_Lyu.pdf
  - 14:00
    
    Precision optical spectroscopy of exotic nuclei 5m
    
    Speaker: Daniel Bettaney
    
    topi.pdf
    
    topi.pptx
  - 14:05
    
    Using ALICE detectors for medical applications 5m
    
    Speaker: Hira Sharif
    
    presentation.pdf
  - 14:10
    
    Holographic Modeling of Condensed Matter Systems 5m
    
    Speaker: Xin Li
  - 14:15
    
    Searching stochastic backgrounds in LISA data for signals from a phase transition in the early universe 5m
    
    Speaker: Mika Mäki
    
    Presentation slides
- 14:30 → 15:00
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 15:00 → 17:00
  
  Computational/Statistical Methods 1 2h
  
  topi.pdf
- 17:00 → 18:00
  
  Dinner 1h
- 18:00 → 19:30
  
  Small group discussions 1h 30m
  
  Link for uploading your conclusions:
  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AgVCdqjoshm7BvAySNgeQjwjDqtjQfPbnKqNkH3j0BI/edit?usp=sharing
  
  GroupDiscussions.pdf
  
  Particle and Nuclear Physics graduate student retreat_ Group discussion summary.pdf
- 19:30 → 22:00
  
  Sauna and socializing 2h 30m
Saturday 22 March
- Fri 21 Mar
- Sat 22 Mar
- 08:00 → 08:45
  
  Breakfast 45m
- 08:45 → 10:15
  Student talks (15x 5 min talks)
  - 08:45
    
    Study of weak interaction nuclear processes for physics beyond the standard model 5m
    
    Speaker: Aagrah Agnihotri
    
    Study of weak interaction nuclear processes for physics.pdf
  - 08:50
    
    Cosmological probes of primordial Higgs physics 5m
    
    Speaker: Michele Benaco
    
    phd_presentation.pdf
  - 08:55
    
    Experimental Particle Physics Instrumentation 5m
    
    Speaker: Henry Hiltunen
  - 09:00
    
    Impact of octupole deformation on the properties of atomic nucleus 5m
    
    Speaker: Manu Kanerva
    
    topi_manuk.pdf
  - 09:05
    
    On the thermodynamical properties of dense quark matter 5m
    
    Speaker: Aapeli Kärkkäinen
    
    PresentationAapeliK.odp
    
    PresentationAapeliK.pdf
  - 09:10
    
    Production and structure of neutron rich isotopes in multinucleon transfer reactions 5m
    
    Speaker: Niels Landsman
    
    5-min presentation.pdf
    
    5-min presentation.pptx
  - 09:15
    
    Measurement of beta-decay spectral shapes with Liquid Scintillator technique 5m
    
    Speaker: Timo Ahola
    
    presentation.pdf
  - 09:20
    
    New Photon PDFs of the real photon 5m
    
    Speaker: Madhav Chithirasreemadam
    
    Madhav_Topi_retreat.pdf
  - 09:25
    
    Isospin-symmetry breaking interactions at A=45 and A=62 mass regions - spectroscopic studies of the 45Cr and 62Ga nuclei 5m
    
    Speaker: Denise Lazzaretto
    
    TopiAtHyytiälä.pdf
  - 09:30
    
    QCD studies with the CMS experiment 5m
    
    Speaker: Van Dung Le
    
    Van_Dung_Fiteft_brief.pdf
  - 09:35
    
    Entanglement in Quantum Field Theories 5m
    
    Speaker: Aatu Rajala
    
    PhD_5min_AR.pdf
  - 09:40
    
    JIMWLK evolution equation 5m
    
    Speaker: Pyry Runko
    
    JIMWLK Evolution Equation.pdf
  - 09:45
    
    Event-by-event description of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion and proton-ion collisions. 5m
    
    Speaker: Tero Lappeteläinen
    
    Lappeteläinen_TOPI_retreat.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  The standard model, getting in and getting out 1h
  
  Speaker: Keijo Kajantie (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))
  
  KajantieHyytiala22Mar25.pdf
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Computational/Statistical methods 2 1h 30m
- 14:00 → 14:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 14:30 → 15:00
  
  Departure by bus from Hyttiälä to Orivesi (tbc) 30m