Name: IOP Joint APP and HEPP Annual Conference 2025
Start: 2025-04-07T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-09T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

IOP Joint APP and HEPP Annual Conference 2025

from Monday 7 April 2025 (09:00) to Wednesday 9 April 2025 (17:00)

Monday 7 April 2025

10:30 Arrival and Coffee
Arrival and Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Welcome address - Ryan James Nichol (UCL) Tina Potter (University of Cambridge (GB)) Andy Parker (University of Cambridge (GB))
Welcome address
- Ryan James Nichol (UCL)
- Tina Potter (University of Cambridge (GB))
- Andy Parker (University of Cambridge (GB))
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
11:30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

11:30 Particle Physics Today and Tomorrow - Mark Thomson (CERN)
12:30 1
1
12:30 - 12:35
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

12:30 Sponsor talk by Hamamatsu
12:35 Lunch
Lunch
12:35 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

13:30 Electroweak-scale physics at the LHC and beyond - Chris Pollard (University of Warwick (GB))

14:00 Collider phenomenology, EFTs and future prospects - Tevong You (King's College London)

14:30 Gravitational Waves updates - Patricia Schmidt
15:00 APP Group
APP Group
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)

15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 1
1
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Seminar West (A0.015W)
Contributions

16:00 Search for new physics in all-hadronic $t\bar{t}t\bar{t}$ using ML - Shahzad Sanjrani (University of Bristol (GB))

16:15 First-Order Quantum Corrections to Fifth Forces - Michael Udemba (University of Manchester)

16:30 The QSHS Haloscope, Axion Dark Matter, and Cavity Tuning - Claude Mostyn

16:45 Searches for rare decays of B mesons into final states including four or six muons at LHCb - Thomas Long (University of Cambridge (GB))

17:00 Search for long-lived particles with the ATLAS muon spectrometer - Paul Jones (University of Cambridge (GB))

17:15 The supersymmetric landscape after Run 2 ATLAS searches - Ben Hodkinson (University of Oxford (GB))

17:30 Trigger-Level Analysis searches for dijet resonances produced in association with initial-state photons with Run 3 ATLAS data at the LHC - Maximilian Amerl (The University of Manchester (GB))

17:45 Search for displaced dimuons using Run 3 Data Scouting at CMS - Prijith Pradeep (Imperial College (GB))
1
1
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

16:00 Measurement of high-mass di-tau production using √s = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector - Peng Wang (University College London (GB))

16:15 A 95 GeV Higgs Boson within a 2-Higgs Doublet Model - Manimala Chakraborti (University of Southampton)

16:30 Testing the Quantum nature of reality with Higgs bosons - Theo Maurin (University of Glasgow (GB))

16:45 Measurement of the UPC process γγ->ττ cross-section in proton-proton collisions with the LHCb detector - Yiwei Liu (Imperial College (GB))

17:00 Probing the Standard Model with Electroweak Bosons at LHCb - Keira Farmer (The University of Edinburgh (GB))

17:15 Searching for H^+ -> W^+ h at ATLAS - Luke Baines (University of London (GB))

17:30 First look: W and Z bosons at the LHCb Upgrade Experiment with 2024 p-p collision data - Luke Grazette (University of Warwick (GB))

17:45 Test of CP-invariance of the Higgs boson in vector-boson fusion production in the H→γγ channel with the ATLAS detector - Firdaus Soberi (The University of Edinburgh (GB))
1
1
16:00 - 18:00
Room: The Cluster Room (A0.022)
Contributions

16:00 Status of Measurements of CKM angle $\gamma$ with $B_d^0 → D^{∓} π^{±}$ - Lucas Arthur Foreman (The University of Manchester (GB))

16:15 Direct measurement of physical coefficients in the B->πμμ decay - Xiaohan Wang (Imperial College (GB))

16:30 Search for charge-parity violation in radiative charm $D^0 \rightarrow \phi\gamma$ decays - Abhishek Bohare (The University of Edinburgh (GB))

16:45 Search for rare b -> s tau tau processes in baryonic decays at the LHCb experiment - Josh Bex (University of Cambridge (GB))

17:00 Measurements of charge and CP asymmetries in b-hadron decays using top-quark events collected by the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 13TeV - Asim Mohammed Aslam (University of London (GB))

17:15 A Phase-Corrected method to measure the CKM $\gamma$ angle - Jozie Meldrum (University of Bristol)

17:30 Amplitude analysis of $B^+ \to D^- K^+ \pi^+$ decays - Aleksandrina Docheva (University of Glasgow (GB))

17:45 Lb->Lc+ Lc-~ n: A first study of purely baryonic decays with a neutron - Ned Francis Howarth (University of Liverpool (GB))
1
1
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Lecture Theatre (A2.001)
Contributions

16:00 Centrality Dependence of Global and Azimuthal of Λ Hyperon Polarization In heavy-ion collisions - Sahr Alzhrani

16:15 Probing the Dead Cone Effect in b-Jet Substructure Using the Lund Jet Plane and Graph Neural Network Track Origin Tagging in ttbar Events with the ATLAS Detector - Hanfei Cui (University College London)

16:30 Quarkonium Parton Showe in Herwig 7 - Aidin Masouminia (IPPP, Durham University)

16:45 Measuring the production of $D^{*}$ mesons within jets at the ATLAS experiment - Eric Liu (University of Birmingham (GB))
1
1
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Seminar East (A0.015E)
Contributions

16:00 Muon Tracking in an Opaque Scintillator Detector with LiquidO - Jess Lock (University of Sussex)

16:15 New Physics Studies at a Future Electron-Ion Collider Experiment: Study of Misalignment and Realignment for the High-Performance DIRC in Particle Identification - Afaf Wasili

16:30 Adaptation of MINOS photomultipliers for low cost, large scale applications in contemporary particle physics experiments - Alex Sells

16:45 Materials screening at Boulby Underground Laboratory - Alice Hamer

17:00 Simulating LiquidO detectors for prototype research and development - Ben Cattermole (University of Sussex)

17:15 Characterization of an ASIC-based readout system for the SAND experiment - Camilla Maggio (CAEN SpA)

17:30 Enhancing Supernova Neutrino Detection in DUNE: Optimizing Pandora Reconstruction and Energy Estimation - Matthew James Osbiston (University of Warwick (GB))

17:45 ITk Pixel Multi Module Readout Tests - Juliette Martin (University College London (GB))
17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Lecture Theatre (A2.001)
Contributions

17:00 Tau neutrino measurement using track sample in IceCube - Teppei Katori (King's College London)

17:15 Status of the SNO+ Experiment - Benjamin Tam (University of Oxford)

17:30 Digital processing and filtering in the PUEO experiment - Hugo Pumphrey (University College London)

17:45 Constraining Fuzzy Dark Matter With Galactic-Center Resonant Dynamics - Barry Ginat (University of Oxford)
18:00
18:00 - 20:00
Contributions

18:00 Measurement of the Higgs to invisible branching fraction at the FCC-ee - Stephen Randles (University of Liverpool (GB))

18:20 Study of Atmospheric Neutrinos at JUNO - Ziou He

18:40 Phase 1 of the MUonE Experiment at CERN - Clement Loic Devanne (University of Liverpool (GB))

19:00 Understanding the impact of detector systematics on future HK analyses - Ellie O'Brien (University of Sheffield)

19:20 Radon emanation measurements at Boulby - Sophie Carroll

19:40 Measurement of the muon electric dipole moment at the Fermilab g-2 experiment - Katherine Ferraby (University of Liverpool (GB))

19:40 Online Event Classification for JUNO Data Acquisition - Yaoqi Cao

19:40 Measuring Tau Identification Efficiency in $t\bar{t}$ Events Using the ATLAS Detector - Sudev Pradhan (University of Sheffield (GB))

19:40 Status of the SNO+ Experiment - Benjamin Tam (University of Oxford)

19:40 METNetSig: a ML-approach to estimate the MET Significance - Alberto Plebani (University of Cambridge (GB))

19:40 Studying T-violation at Belle II - Yuka Okada (Queen Mary University of London)

19:40 Background simulation techniques and expected sensitivity to sub-GeV dark matter in the QUEST-DMC experiment - Robert Smith

19:40 Enabling technologies for future axion searches - Annora Sundararajan

19:40 Characterising and simulating silicon photomultiplier detector response for the DarkSide-20k veto detector. - Pritindra Bhowmick (University of Oxford/STFC)

19:40 Determination of the Absolute Neutrino Mass using Quantum Technologies - Seb Jones

19:40 Axion contribution to the mass-radius relation of stellar compact objects - Momchil Naydenov (Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski")

19:40 Transformer for Energy Calibration in the ATLAS Electromagnetic Calorimeter - Cheng Jiang (University of Edinburgh)

19:40 Study of Gas Properties for Dark Matter Searches using Spherical Proportional Counters - Peter Walters

19:40 New Developments in BSM Particle Searches at MicroBooNE - Joseph Bateman

19:40 Insights from the proANUBIS demonstrator using Run 3 LHC collision data - Julian Friedrich Wack (University of Cambridge (GB))

19:40 Reworking vTiles to improve photodetector production yield for Darkside-20k - Isobel Sargeant (Science and Technology Facilities Council) Maaike Helena Bloem (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

19:40 The Cutting (HyPER)Edge of Kinematic Reconstruction - Zihan Zhang (The University of Manchester (GB))

19:40 Isolated S1 signals in the Lux-Zeplin detector - Rory Matheson

19:40 electron neutrino and muon neutrino cross section measurements with nuSTORM - WONJONG CHANG (University of Warwick/STFC RAL)

19:40 Hyper-Kamiokande Light Injection System and Detector Systematics - Unik Limbu (University of Liverpool)

19:40 2l+MET signature from two-component dark matter at the LHC - Shu Chen (University of Southampton)

19:40 Wire Plane Transparency: Commissioning the Time Projection Chambers for the Short Baseline Near Detector - Bethany McCusker (Lancaster University)

19:40 Hiding fifth forces with radiative symmetry breaking. - Lukasz Bunio (University of Manchester)

19:40 Sensitivity Ceilings for the QUEST-DMC Detector - Neda Darvishi (Royal Holloway University of London)

19:40 BUTTON and Beyond: Integrating Novel Technologies in RATPAC for Precision Neutrino Detection - Adam Tarrant (University of Liverpool)

19:40 Constraining Primordial Non-Gaussianity: Analysis of the Relativistic Galaxy Bispectrum with Euclid and SKA - Mihir Bhatnagar (Queen Mary University of London)

19:40 Electroforming at Boulby deep underground laboratory - Giovanni Rogers (University of Birmingham (GB))

19:40 Measurement and Simulation of the Ambient Gamma Background in the QUEST-DMC Experiment - Elizabeth Bloomfield (University of Oxford)

19:40 Characterisation of Carbon Fibre thermal expansion coefficient for the tracking system of the MUonE experiment - Giorgia Cacciola (University of Liverpool (GB))
Tuesday 8 April 2025
09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

09:00 Formal theory developments - Mariana Carrillo Gonzalez (Imperial College London)

09:30 QTFP physics impact - Ashlea Amanda Kemp (Royal Holloway, University of London) Ashlea Kemp (STFC)

10:00 Axion Experiment and Theory - David Marsh (King's College London)
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:00
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

11:00 WIMPs and wellbeing: setting limits without exceeding your own - Sally Shaw (University of Edinburgh)

11:30 Bullying and Harassment in the Astronomy and Geophysics Sector - Sheila Kanani
12:00 2
2
12:00 - 12:05
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

12:00 Sponsor talk by CAEN S.p.A.
12:05 HEPP Group
HEPP Group
12:05 - 12:35
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)

12:35 Lunch
Lunch
12:35 - 13:30
13:30 1
1
13:30 - 14:30
Room: The Cluster Room (A0.022)
Contributions

13:30 An angular analysis of the $B^0 \to D^* \mu \nu$ - Hasret Nur (University of Glasgow (GB))

13:45 Machine Learning driven improvements for the high-mass MSSM search in the di-tau final state with CMS - Irene Andreou (Imperial College London)

14:00 Novel Machine Learning techniques for high-dimensional density estimation and photon shower calibration at CMS - Paul Felix Kruper (Imperial College (GB))

14:15 Observation of the $K^{+}\rightarrow\pi^{+}\nu\bar{\nu}$ decay and measurement of its branching ratio by the NA62 experiment at CERN - Chandler Baynham Kenworthy (University of Birmingham (GB))
2
2
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Seminar West (A0.015W)
Contributions

13:30 Development of a Retro-reflection Platform for the MAGIS and AION Experiments Towards Kilometre-scale Atom Interferometry - Andrew Carroll (University of Liverpool)

13:45 Preliminary results from the proANUBIS demonstrator with 104 fb-1 of Run 3 LHC data - Anna Jane Mullin (University of Cambridge (GB))

14:00 Search for low-mass resonances decaying into two photons in a range between 66 GeV and 110 GeV with the ATLAS detector - Cheng Jiang (University of Edinburgh)

14:15 A search for heavy neutral and charged BSM Higgs bosons in the bbWW final state at the ATLAS detector - Rachel Ashby Pickering (University of Warwick (GB))

14:30 Anomaly Detection techniques for New Physics searches at the ATLAS experiment - Jennifer Curran (The University of Edinburgh (GB))

14:45 A new international effort to measure the neutron electric dipole moment - W. Clark Griffith (University of Sussex)
2
2
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Seminar East (A0.015E)
Contributions

13:30 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry at the Boulby Underground Laboratory. - Sid Ahmed Maouloud (The University of Edinburgh)

13:45 Performance and Monitoring of LUX-ZEPLIN’s Outer Detector - Megan Carter

14:00 Strong-field QED measurement tests at FACET-II using new electron detector concept - Luke Hendriks (UCL, DESY)

14:15 Characterisation of the next generation fast-timing photon-detectors - Alexander Davidson (University of Warwick (GB))

14:30 DarkSide-20k veto photodetector assembly - Ash Ritchie-Yates

14:45 Rotation compensation system for MAGIS-100 and measurement of laser pointing jitter - Henry Throssell
1
1
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Lecture Theatre (A2.001)
Contributions

13:30 Measuring Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing Without Unitarity - Rory Ramsden (King's College London)

13:45 Using Stopping Cosmic Muons for Calibrations at DUNE - Alexandra Moor (University of Sheffield (GB))

14:00 Central Value Spread Dial and Exploring the Shallow Inelastic Region - Callum Greg Cox (Rutherford Appleton Laboratories and Royal Holloway (University of London))

14:15 The Pacific Ocean neutrino experiment: new developments and physics case - Beatrice Crudele (UCL)

14:30 Impact of flux systematics on ND fits - Koustubh APTE (Imperial College London)

14:45 Neutron Backgrounds in the SuperNEMO Experiment - Sam Pratt
1
1
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

13:30 Recent results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment - Albert Baker (King's College London)

13:45 Electron capture decays in the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment - Olivia Valentino

14:00 Waveform simulations for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment - Nicholas Fieldhouse (University of Oxford)

14:15 Towards a 0nbb decay search in the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment: mitigating gamma-ray backgrounds - Elisa Elena Jacquet

14:30 Investigating the isolated S1 backgrounds in the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment - Linda Di Felice (Imperial College London)

14:45 DD Reflector Neutrons as a Probe of Low Energy Xenon Microphysics - Jacopo Siniscalco
14:30
14:30 - 15:00
Room: The Cluster Room (A0.022)
Contributions

14:30 Development of novel beam instrumentation for in vivo and in vitro end stations for Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications (LhARA) - Rehanah Razak (Imperial College London)

14:45 Essential Aspects of a Muon Collider Demonstrator - Rohan Kamath (Imperial College London)
15:00 Coffee
Coffee
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 EPPSU ECR Session
EPPSU ECR Session
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

15:30 EPPSU ECR Session - Aidan Wiederhold Alison Elliot (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)) Harriet Watson (The University of Edinburgh (GB)) Patrick Dougan (The University of Manchester (GB))
16:00
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

16:00 STFC Executive Chair Report – Professor Michele Dougherty - Karen Elizabeth Clifford

17:00 Break

17:15 Science Board (PPAN) Update – Professor Keith Grainge - Karen Elizabeth Clifford

17:30 PPAP Update – Professor Ruben Saakyan - Karen Elizabeth Clifford

17:45 PAAP Update – Professor Sergey Burdin - Karen Elizabeth Clifford
19:00 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Room: Churchill College Dining Hall
Wednesday 9 April 2025
09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

09:00 Latest news from Boulby - Sean Paling

09:30 Lattice QCD and BSM update - Davide Vadacchino

10:00 Long-lived particles at accelerators - Anne-Marie Magnan (Imperial College (GB))
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 2
2
11:00 - 12:30
Room: The Cluster Room (A0.022)
Contributions

11:00 Experience of using ACTS to implement GBTS as a new seeding method for the ATLAS ITk. - Rosie Hasan (Royal Holloway, University of London (GB))

11:15 Optimising the LUX-ZEPLIN Neutron Veto using MOO - Nathan Pannifer

11:30 Quantum machine learning in particle physics - Marcin Jastrzebski (UCL)

11:45 Validation and Calibration of Machine Learning Models: Particle Identification and Eye-Disease Prognosis - Robert John McNulty (University of Liverpool (GB))

12:00 Jet mass reconstruction in the CMS level-1 trigger for the HL-LHC - Liam Robertshaw (University of Bristol (GB))

12:15 Search for μ+ → e+e+e− at the Mu3e experiment and the Commissioning of the Pixel Tracker. - Charles Kinsman (University of Liverpool)
2
2
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Seminar West (A0.015W)
Contributions

11:00 Charmless B->VV decays - Francesca Swystun (University of Cambridge (GB))

11:15 Search for Charged Lepton Flavour Violation at LHCb - Marcus Jonathan Madurai (University of Birmingham (GB))

11:30 Charm mixing and CPV using four-body decays at LHCb - Jairus Patoc (University of Oxford (GB))

11:45 Measurement of the $B^0$ lifetime using $B^0 \to J/\psi K^{*0}$ decays with the LHCb detector - David Bacher (University of Oxford (GB))

12:00 The Search for local CP violation in D0 -> pi+pi-pi0 decays with the amplitude analysis - Lanxing Li (The University of Manchester (GB))

12:15 Search for Bs->phi eta' decays in Run 1+Run 2 dataset of LHCb - Yiming Liu (The University of Edinburgh (GB))
3
3
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Seminar East (A0.015E)
Contributions

11:00 Pixel Detector Development for Future Collider-Based Particle Physics Experiments - Fuat Ustuner (The University of Edinburgh (GB))

11:15 Characterisation of Veto Photodetectors for DarkSide-20k: Cryogenic Testing Results - Sudikshan Ravinthiran (PhD Student)

11:30 Simulations of the Outer Detector for the XLZD Experiment - Sean Hughes

11:45 BUTTON WbLS Detector development at Boulby underground Lab - James Gooding (University of Liverpool)

12:00 Designing new ultra-radiopure, high-strength electroformed Cu-based alloys, for rare event searches - Dimitra Spathara (University of Birmingham)

12:15 QUEST-DMC: Superfluid bolometer development for dark matter direct detection - Elizabeth Leason
2
2
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Lecture Theatre (A2.001)
Contributions

11:00 BUTTON and Beyond: Integrating Novel Technologies in RATPAC for Precision Neutrino Detection - Adam Tarrant (University of Liverpool)

11:15 Simulated Data Studies for the T2K Experiment Neutrino Oscillation Analysis - Adam Speers (Lancaster University)

11:30 Constraining cross section uncertainties for a DUNE Long-baseline analysis - Abigail Katharine Peake (University of London (GB))

11:45 Investigating Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions: Inclusive Cross-Sections Across Various Materials at MINERvA - Akeem Hart (Queen Mary University of London)

12:00 Far-Detector Neutral Current Pi_0 Events for T2K's Oscillation Analysis - Marvin Pfaff (Imperial College (GB))

12:15 Constraining an Oscillation Analysis using Detector Systematics for the DUNE Liquid Argon Near Detector - Tiago Tavares Alves (Imperial College (GB))
2
2
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

11:00 The Environmental Monitoring Station: Measuring Cavern Backgrounds for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment - Ellie Bishop (University of Edinburgh)

11:15 The Latest Results on New Physics Searches in Low-Energy Electron Recoils from the LZ Experiment - Kaan Yuksel Oyulmaz (University of Edinburgh)

11:30 Sensitivity Ceilings for the QUEST-DMC Detector - Neda Darvishi (Royal Holloway University of London)

11:45 XLZD: the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Rare-Event Observatory - Alberto Uson (University of Edinburgh)

12:00 XLZD@Boulby: The Most Environmentally Sustainable Large-Scale Physics Experiment - Robert Renz Marcelo Gregorio (Queen Mary University London)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

13:30 LHC upgrades: machine, detectors, and sustainability - Andreas Korn (University College London (GB))

14:00 Neutrino experimental updates - Patrick James Dunne (Imperial College (GB)) Patrick James Dunne (Imperial College (GB))

14:30 Quark and lepton flavour physics - William Barter (University of Edinburgh)
15:00 Coffee
Coffee
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)
Contributions

15:30 Multimessenger Update - Ellis Owen

16:00 Dark matter direct searches - Adam Brown (University of Sheffield)
16:30 Closing address - Melissa Uchida (University of Cambridge (GB))
Closing address
- Melissa Uchida (University of Cambridge (GB))
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Ray Dolby Auditorium (A1.015-A2.015)

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