Particle and Nuclear physics graduate student retreat

Europe/Helsinki
Hyytiälä Forest Station

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:

Feedback form: Link

Participants
    • 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
      • 13:15
        Phase Transitions in Strongly Coupled Field Theories via Gauge-Gravity Duality 5m
        Speaker: Jichao Li
      • 13:20
        High-precision Atomic Mass Measurements for Nuclear Astrophysics 5m
        Speaker: Miikka Winter
      • 13:25
        Dark matter direct detection 5m
        Speaker: Niklas Zimmermann
      • 13:30
        In-Source laser spectroscopy of Neutron Deficient palladium Isotopes 5m
        Speaker: Saikumar Chinthakayala
      • 13:35
        Freeze-in at stronger coupling 5m
        Speaker: Duarte Miguel da Silva Feiteira
      • 13:40
        All-hadronic Vector Boson Scattering at the CMS Experiment 5m
        Speakers: Nico Timothy Toikka (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)), Nico Toikka
      • 13:45
        Missing Transverse Energy in Vector-Boson Scattering 5m
        Speaker: Alexi Stadnitski
      • 13:50
        Precision probes of gluon saturation 5m
        Speaker: Magnus Bertilsson
      • 13:55
        The properties of the sigma resonance with varying pion mass and finite temperature 5m
        Speaker: Yuan-Lin Lyu
      • 14:00
        Precision optical spectroscopy of exotic nuclei 5m
        Speaker: Daniel Bettaney
      • 14:05
        Using ALICE detectors for medical applications 5m
        Speaker: Hira Sharif
      • 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
    • 14:30 15:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 15:00 17:00
      Computational/Statistical Methods 1 2h
    • 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

    • 19:30 22:00
      Sauna and socializing 2h 30m
  • Saturday 22 March
    • 08:00 08:45
      Breakfast 45m
    • 08:45 10:15
      Student talks (15x 5 min talks)
    • 10:30 11:30
      The standard model, getting in and getting out 1h
      Speaker: Keijo Kajantie (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))
    • 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