26th Australian Institute of Physics Congress and the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics

Session

AIP NUPP: Nuclear Physics 3

NUPP

9 Dec 2026, 14:15

Belinda Hutchinson Building (The University of Sydney )

Conveners

AIP NUPP: Nuclear Physics 3

• Kaitlin Cook (Australian National University)

568. Compact Large Momentum Acceptance Separate Function Magnet Beamlines For Particle Therapy

Simon Barg (University of Melbourne)

09/12/2026, 14:15

AIP | Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPP)

Contributed Oral

The localized dose-deposition of particles such as protons provides advantages over conventional radiotherapy via X-rays for the treatment of cancer. To reach tumor layers at different depths within the patient body, the beam energy needs to be varied. The efficiency of delivery systems for particle therapy is limited by the energy layer switching time. This is the time required to ramp the...

306. An Australian Production of Actinium-225 for Cancer

Graeme Melville (University of Wollongong)

09/12/2026, 14:30

AIP | Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPP)

Contributed Oral

Actinium-225 (Ac-225) is emerging as one of the world's most important medical radioisotopes for Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT), providing a highly effective treatment for a growing range of metastatic cancers. However, global production remains insufficient to meet rapidly increasing demand, and Australia currently has no sovereign production capability.

This presentation outlines the vision...

440. Unlocking fundamental physics discoveries through radon control

Dr Robert Renz Marcelo Gregorio (Australian National University)

09/12/2026, 14:45

AIP | Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPP)

Contributed Oral

Radon remains one of the dominant backgrounds limiting the sensitivity of rare-event physics experiments searching for dark matter, neutrinoless double beta decay, and other exotic phenomena. The radioactive decay of radon progeny can produce signals that mimic the interactions of interest, making the detection and control of radon crucial for achieving the sensitivity required by...

671. A compact and low-cost particle detector for operation in a dilution refrigerator

Mr Tengiz Ibrayev (University of Sydney)

09/12/2026, 15:00

AIP | Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPP)

Contributed Oral

Ionising radiation is an important source of unwanted events in cryogenic devices, including superconducting qubits used in quantum computing and cryogenic sensors used in rare-event searches. Tagging these radiation-induced events requires a detector that can operate inside the cryogenic environment without introducing significant heat load or occupying excessive space.

In this talk, we...

869. Dark Matter in Randall-Sundrum Model

George Sanamyan

09/12/2026, 15:15

AIP | Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPP)

Contributed Oral

In this talk, I will consider dark matter candidates confined to the TeV brane and interacting with the Standard Model via Kaluza-Klein resonances in a stabilised warped extra-dimensional model. In particular, I will discuss both cases where the lightest spin-0 mode (the radion) is light and the case where the radion is heavy. For both cases, I will present relevant theoretical and...