MAP-Fis Research Conference

Friday 14 Jul 2023, 09:00 → 19:00 Europe/Lisbon

University of Minho, University of Aveiro, University of Porto

Antonio Onofre (Universidade do Minho/CFUMUP,LIP), António Ferreira (Universidade de Aveiro), João Lopes dos Santos

The Research Conference  of the Joint PhD Programmes of the University of Minho, University of Aveiro and University of Porto (MAP-fis), was held for the first time in January 2009. The conference counts with the participation of students, teachers, researchers and supervisors from the three universities involved in the MAP-fis joint doctoral programme, focusing on its general research topics i.e., Optics and Photonics, Condensed Matter Physics, High Energy Physics and Cosmology, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Meteorology and Oceanography.

 

The Zoom link for the conference:

https://fc-up-pt.zoom.us/j/82056831303

 

 

09:00 → 09:15 Welcome

Convener: Prof. João Lopes dos Santos

09:15 → 10:55 Condensed Matter Physics and Nanomaterials (Chair: João Lopes dos Santos, Universidade do Porto)

09:15 Structure, dielectric and magnetic properties of Ca3Mn2O7 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

Speaker: Bruna Silva

09:35 Wafer scale fabrication of epitaxial topological insulator Bi2Se3 top-gate devices by molecular beam epitaxy

Speaker: Daniel Brito

09:55 Atomic imaging of switchable domains in α-Bi2Se3 using room temperature scanning tunneling microscopy

Speaker: Elmahdi Amar

10:15 Comparison of Structural and Dielectric Properties of Polycrystalline and Oriented Multiferroic CoFe2O4/BaTiO3

Speaker: Joao Oliveira

10:35 Causal Inference and Propagation in Assembly Lines

Speaker: Filipe Barroso

10:55 → 11:10 Coffee Break

11:10 → 13:10 High Energy Physics and Cosmology (Chair: Nuno Castro, Universidade do Minho/LIP)

11:10 Enhanced Searches with the Pierre Auger Observatory in the Era of Multi-messenger Astrophysics

Speaker: Alexandra Fernandes

11:30 Searching for dark matter with the ATLAS detector using unconventional signatures

Speaker: Maura Barros

11:50 Proca-Higgs balls and stars in a UV completion for Proca self-interactions

Speaker: Etevaldo DOS SANTOS COSTA FILHO

12:10 Stability and physical properties of spherical excited scalar boson stars

Speaker: Marco Brito

12:30 Conformal multi-Regge theory

Speaker: Joao Vilas Boas

12:50 Non-universal aspects of effective string theory

Speaker: Jose GUILHERME BOURA DE MATOS

11:10 → 13:10 Quantum Information (Chair: Ernesto Galvão, INL)

11:10 Generation of qutrit Bell states using only linear optics

Speaker: Anita CAMILLINI

11:30 Many-particle systems with imperfect distinguishability

Speaker: Carlos Fernandes

11:50 Noise-assisted digital quantum simulation of open systems

Speaker: Jose DIOGO COSTA GUIMARÃES

12:10 The Pauli-based model of quantum computation beyond qubits

Speaker: Filipa Peres

12:30 Coherence and contextuality from relational information

Speaker: Rafael Wagner

12:50 Fabrication of Bi2Se3 Photodetectors for Photo Galvanic Applications Using Optical Lithography

Speaker: James Caleb

13:10 → 14:15 Lunch

14:15 → 15:55 Biophysics and Biomaterials (Chair: Elisabete Coutinho, Universidade do Minho)

14:15 Self-assembled magnetic/plasmonic lipogels for multimodal cancer therapy

Speaker: Sergio Veloso

14:35 Multifunctional magnetic nanostructures for cancer theragnosis

Speaker: Sofia Caspani

14:55 Detection of highly diluted single-nucleotide polymorphism in healthy DNA using graphene field-effect transistors

Speaker: Telma Domingues

15:15 Fluids of Light in photorefractive media as a playground to explore turbulent phenomena

Speaker: Tiago Ferreira

15:35 Towards ultrafast and ultra-compact lasers: uncovering ultrashort pulse generation mechanisms in semiconductor lasers with novel characterization approaches

Speaker: Tiago Gomes

14:15 → 15:55 Condensed Matter Physics and Nanomaterials

14:15 Tuning of 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene flakes for neuromorphic applications

Speaker: Henrique Teixeira

14:35 Exotic edge states in flat-band triangulene crystals

Speaker: Luisa Madail

14:55 Density Functional Theory and Perturbed Angular Correlation Study of the AMnGe2O6 Clinopyroxene series

Speaker: Ricardo Moreira

15:15 Probing spin fractionalization with absolute magnetometry ESR-STM

Speaker: Yelko DEL CASTILLO HERNÁNDEZ

15:35 The role of structural distortions in triggering the metal to insulator transition in NdNiO3

Speaker: Mariana Gomes

15:55 → 16:10 Coffee Break

16:10 → 18:10 Astrophysics

16:10 Application of deep learning networks to GW astronomy

Speaker: Osvaldo Freitas

16:30 Light rings in stationary axisymmetric spacetimes: Blind to the horizon’s topology and able to coexist

Speaker: Joao Novo

16:50 Black hole shadows, exotic stars, and all that jazz

Speaker: Ivo Sengo

17:10 Astrophysical and Local Tests of the Einstein Equivalence Principle

Speaker: Joao Dias

17:30 Using Machine Learning to Scan Beyond Standard Model Parameter Spaces

Speaker: Fernando Souza

17:50 Development of a quality control and calibration instrument for Rangefinders/LiDARs.

Speaker: Nelsson Cunha

18:10 → 18:20 Final Remarks (Prof. João Lopes dos Santos MAP-Fis Director)