MAP-Fis Research Conference

Name: MAP-Fis Research Conference
Start: 2023-07-14T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-07-14T19:00:00+01:00
Location: University of Minho, University of Aveiro, University of Porto

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

Description

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

Registration

MAP-Fis Conference 2021 Registration Form

- Welcome
  
  Convener: Prof. João Lopes dos Santos
- Condensed Matter Physics and Nanomaterials (Chair: João Lopes dos Santos, Universidade do Porto)
  - 1
    
    Structure, dielectric and magnetic properties of Ca3Mn2O7 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition
    
    Speaker: Bruna Silva
  - 2
    
    Wafer scale fabrication of epitaxial topological insulator Bi2Se3 top-gate devices by molecular beam epitaxy
    
    Speaker: Daniel Brito
  - 3
    
    Atomic imaging of switchable domains in α-Bi2Se3 using room temperature scanning tunneling microscopy
    
    Speaker: Elmahdi Amar
  - 4
    
    Comparison of Structural and Dielectric Properties of Polycrystalline and Oriented Multiferroic CoFe2O4/BaTiO3
    
    Speaker: Joao Oliveira
  - 5
    
    Causal Inference and Propagation in Assembly Lines
    
    Speaker: Filipe Barroso
- Coffee Break
- High Energy Physics and Cosmology (Chair: Nuno Castro, Universidade do Minho/LIP)
  - 6
    
    Enhanced Searches with the Pierre Auger Observatory in the Era of Multi-messenger Astrophysics
    
    Speaker: Alexandra Fernandes
  - 7
    
    Searching for dark matter with the ATLAS detector using unconventional signatures
    
    Speaker: Maura Barros
  - 8
    
    Proca-Higgs balls and stars in a UV completion for Proca self-interactions
    
    Speaker: Etevaldo DOS SANTOS COSTA FILHO
  - 9
    
    Stability and physical properties of spherical excited scalar boson stars
    
    Speaker: Marco Brito
  - 10
    
    Conformal multi-Regge theory
    
    Speaker: Joao Vilas Boas
  - 11
    
    Non-universal aspects of effective string theory
    
    Speaker: Jose GUILHERME BOURA DE MATOS
- Quantum Information (Chair: Ernesto Galvão, INL)
  - 12
    
    Generation of qutrit Bell states using only linear optics
    
    Speaker: Anita CAMILLINI
  - 13
    
    Many-particle systems with imperfect distinguishability
    
    Speaker: Carlos Fernandes
  - 14
    
    Noise-assisted digital quantum simulation of open systems
    
    Speaker: Jose DIOGO COSTA GUIMARÃES
  - 15
    
    The Pauli-based model of quantum computation beyond qubits
    
    Speaker: Filipa Peres
  - 16
    
    Coherence and contextuality from relational information
    
    Speaker: Rafael Wagner
  - 17
    
    Fabrication of Bi2Se3 Photodetectors for Photo Galvanic Applications Using Optical Lithography
    
    Speaker: James Caleb
- Lunch
- Biophysics and Biomaterials (Chair: Elisabete Coutinho, Universidade do Minho)
  - 18
    
    Self-assembled magnetic/plasmonic lipogels for multimodal cancer therapy
    
    Speaker: Sergio Veloso
  - 19
    
    Multifunctional magnetic nanostructures for cancer theragnosis
    
    Speaker: Sofia Caspani
  - 20
    
    Detection of highly diluted single-nucleotide polymorphism in healthy DNA using graphene field-effect transistors
    
    Speaker: Telma Domingues
  - 21
    
    Fluids of Light in photorefractive media as a playground to explore turbulent phenomena
    
    Speaker: Tiago Ferreira
  - 22
    
    Towards ultrafast and ultra-compact lasers: uncovering ultrashort pulse generation mechanisms in semiconductor lasers with novel characterization approaches
    
    Speaker: Tiago Gomes
- Condensed Matter Physics and Nanomaterials
  - 23
    
    Tuning of 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene flakes for neuromorphic applications
    
    Speaker: Henrique Teixeira
  - 24
    
    Exotic edge states in flat-band triangulene crystals
    
    Speaker: Luisa Madail
  - 25
    
    Density Functional Theory and Perturbed Angular Correlation Study of the AMnGe2O6 Clinopyroxene series
    
    Speaker: Ricardo Moreira
  - 26
    
    Probing spin fractionalization with absolute magnetometry ESR-STM
    
    Speaker: Yelko DEL CASTILLO HERNÁNDEZ
  - 27
    
    The role of structural distortions in triggering the metal to insulator transition in NdNiO3
    
    Speaker: Mariana Gomes
- Coffee Break
- Astrophysics
  - 28
    
    Application of deep learning networks to GW astronomy
    
    Speaker: Osvaldo Freitas
  - 29
    
    Light rings in stationary axisymmetric spacetimes: Blind to the horizon’s topology and able to coexist
    
    Speaker: Joao Novo
  - 30
    
    Black hole shadows, exotic stars, and all that jazz
    
    Speaker: Ivo Sengo
  - 31
    
    Astrophysical and Local Tests of the Einstein Equivalence Principle
    
    Speaker: Joao Dias
  - 32
    
    Using Machine Learning to Scan Beyond Standard Model Parameter Spaces
    
    Speaker: Fernando Souza
  - 33
    
    Development of a quality control and calibration instrument for Rangefinders/LiDARs.
    
    Speaker: Nelsson Cunha
- Final Remarks (Prof. João Lopes dos Santos MAP-Fis Director)