Spaatind 2012 - Nordic Conference on Particle Physics

Europe/Copenhagen
Skeikampen (Norway)

Skeikampen (Norway)

THON Hotel
Description
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Outline

The 22nd Nordic Particle Physics Meeting (Spaatind 2012) will take place at the THON Hotel in Skeikampen (Norway), from Monday, January 2 to Saturday, January 7, 2012.

The program includes lectures and overview presentations on some of the most actual topics in particle and astroparticle physics, with an emphasis on results from the LHC experiments and their interpretation.
In addition, there are contributed talks presented by the participants.


Invited Speakers

Chris Quigg (Fermilab) - Collider Phenomenology at the LHC and beyond
Albert De Roeck (CERN & Antwepen University) - Physics at the LHC Upgrade
Urs Achim Wiedemann (CERN) - Heavy Ion Physics
Paula Eerola (Helsinki) - Recent CMS results
Alex Read (Oslo) - Recent ATLAS results
David Wark (Imperial College) - Neutrino Physics

Travel Arrangements

Bus transport will be arranged from/to Oslo Airport Gardermoen on Monday January 2, and Saturday January 7, 2012.

Departure time on January 2nd: 2:00pm from Gardermoen. Don't miss this bus!
Arrival Gardermoen on January 7th before noon. Please plan your flights accordingly.
 

Accommodation

The prices for accommodation, including all meals, are 590 NOK per person per night in a double shared room and 650 NOK per person per night in a single room.

IMPORTANT NEWS: Accomodation expenses for Ph.D. and Masters students opting for shared accomodation will be covered by the Organization. Please indicate in your registration if you need this support.
 

Conference Fee

The conference fee, which will cover the transportation to and from the airport as well as wine at the Conferernce Dinner is 1000 NOK. A reduced fee of 500 NOK will be collected for accompanying persons aged 15 or more. Ph.D. and Masters students are exempt from the conference fee.


The Meeting is sponsored by the Nordforsk Research Infrastructure "LHC and Beyond" 

Organizers

Poul H. Damgaard (NBIA & Discovery Center)
Alberto Guffanti (NBIA & Discovery Center)
Troels C. Petersen (NBI & Discovery Center)

Participants
  • Abram Krislock
  • Albert De Roeck
  • Alberto Guffanti
  • Alexander Karlberg
  • Alexander Madsen
  • Alexander Read
  • Almut Pingel
  • Anders Haarr
  • Anders Kvellestad
  • Andreas Nørgård Larsen
  • Andreas Skielboe
  • Andreas Vigand Pedersen
  • anna lipniacka
  • Are Raklev
  • Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen
  • Bjarne Stugu
  • Bjørn Sørensen
  • Børge Svane Nielsen
  • Chris Quigg
  • Christian Holm Christensen
  • Christian Schultz
  • Christine Hartmann
  • Christine Overgaard Rasmussen
  • David Wark
  • Eirik Gramstad
  • Elena Yatsenko
  • Emil Bjerrum-Bohr
  • Farid Ould-Saada
  • Giacomo Fedi
  • Gorm Galster
  • Gyulnara Eyyubova
  • Heikki Mäntysaari
  • Helge Pettersen
  • Hjalte Frellesvig
  • Holger Bech Nielsen
  • Ilkka Helenius
  • Ilse Krätschmer
  • Ingrid Deigaard
  • Jan Olav Eeg
  • Jan Welti
  • Johan Bijnens
  • Johan Jannik Bjerrum-Bohr
  • Johan Rathsman
  • Kerstin Jon-And
  • Knut Morå
  • Konrad Tywoniuk
  • Kristian Gregersen
  • Lars Andreas Dal
  • Lars Egholm Pedersen
  • Lillian Smestad
  • Mads Sogaard
  • Magnar Kopangen Bugge
  • Maiken Pedersen
  • Malin Sjödahl
  • Maria Hoffmann
  • Martin Spangenberg
  • Martin Sparre
  • Marzieh Vahabi
  • Matthias Danninger
  • Mogens Dam
  • Nils-Erik Bomark
  • Olof Ahlén
  • Paul Christoph Bätzing
  • Paul Hoyer
  • Paula Eerola
  • Peter Hansen
  • Peter Rosendahl
  • Poul Henrik Damgaard
  • Radek Wojtak
  • Rasmus Normann Larsen
  • Rijun HUANG
  • Rodion Kolevatov
  • Sarah Pearson
  • Silje Hattrem Raddum
  • steen hansen
  • Stefania Xella
  • Steffen Maeland
  • Sune Jakobsen
  • Tatiana Drozhzhova
  • Teresa Palmer
  • Thomas Burgess
  • Thomas Rössler
  • Tord Ekelöf
  • Urs Achim Wiedemann
  • Valery Yundin
  • Vanja Morisbak
  • William Naylor
  • Wolfgang Liebig
  • Yang Zhang
  • Ørjan Dale
    • 19:00
      Dinner
    • Invited Talks
      • 1
        Collider Phenomenology at the LHC and Beyond
        Speaker: Prof. Chris Quigg (Fermilab)
        Slides
    • 09:30
      Ski & Lunch Break
    • Invited Talks
      • 2
        Recent ATLAS results
        Speaker: Prof. Alex Read (University of Oslo)
        Slides
      • 3
        Recent CMS results
        Speaker: Prof. Paula Eerola (University of Helsinki)
        Slides
    • 17:00
      Coffee Break
    • Contributed Talks
      • 4
        An SU(3) parton shower and orthogonal color bases
        Speaker: Dr Malin Sjödahl (Lund University)
        Slides
      • 5
        Total Cross Section Measurement with TOTEM at the LHC
        Speaker: Mr Jan Welti (University of Helsinki)
        Slides
      • 6
        Resonance searches in multilepton final states
        Speaker: Mr Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
      • 7
        IceCube Solar Dark Matter search and Global SUSY fits with IceCube data
        Speaker: Mr Matthias Danninger (Stockholm University)
        Slides
      • 8
        All-loop amplitudes of the Reggeon Field Theory via the stochastic model
        Speaker: Dr Rodion Kolevatov (University of Oslo)
        Slides
      • 9
        Tuning MCs using ATLAS boson transverse momentum measurements
        Speaker: Ms Elena Yatsenko (DESY)
        Slides
    • 19:00
      Dinner
    • Contributed Talks
      • 10
        Invariant mass distributions of SUSY cascade decays
        Speaker: Mr Anders Kvellestad (University of Oslo)
        Slides
      • 11
        Complex Triple Gauge Boson Couplings
        Speaker: Ms Christine Overgaard Rasmussen (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
      • 12
        Tau identification in the ATLAS experiment
        Speaker: Ms Almut Pingel (Niels Bohr Institute)
      • 13
        Bs studies in the channel J/ψφ at the CMS experiment at LHC
        Speaker: Mr Giacomo Fedi (University of Helsinki)
        Slides
    • Invited Talks
      • 14
        Collider Phenomenology at the LHC and Beyond
        Speaker: Prof. Chris Quigg (Fermilab)
    • 09:30
      Ski & Lunch Break
    • Invited Talks
      • 15
        Heavy Ion Physics
        Speaker: Dr Urs Wiedemann (CERN)
        Slides
      • 16
        Recent ATLAS results
        Speaker: Prof. Alex Read (University of Oslo)
        Slides
    • 17:00
      Coffee Break
    • Contributed Talks
      • 17
        Challenges and Perspectives in Quarkonium Polarization Measurements
        Speaker: Ms Ilse Krätschmer (Hephy Vienna)
        Slides
      • 18
        Seperation of H to ZZ to 4l from the SM ZZ to 4l background
        Speaker: Mr Lars Egholm Pedersen (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
      • 19
        Diagnosis of Supersymmetry Breaking Mediation Schemes by Mass Reconstruction at the LHC
        Speaker: Dr Abram Krislock (Stockholm University)
        Slides
      • 20
        Dark Matter Structures In Cosmological Simulations
        Speaker: Mr Martin Sparre (Niels Bohr Institute/Dark Cosmology center)
        Slides
      • 21
        Chiral symmetry at high energies
        Speaker: Prof. Johan Bijnens (Lund University)
        Slides
      • 22
        Timing performance of the ATLAS calorimeters
        Speaker: Mr Martin Spangenberg (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
    • 19:00
      Dinner
    • Contributed Talks
      • 23
        Searches for mSUGRA in τ channels at ATLAS
        Speaker: Mr Ørjan DALE (University of Bergen)
        Slides
      • 24
        Measurement of the W-Boson Mass with the ATLAS Detector at LHC
        Speaker: Mr Bjørn Sorensen (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
      • 25
        Modeling the Impact Parameter Dependence of the nPDFs With EKS98 and EPS09 Parametrizations
        Speaker: Mr Ilka Helenius (University of Jyväskylä)
        Slides
      • 26
        Search for new gauge bosons and other exotic particles with ATLAS
        Speaker: Mr Magnar Kopangen Bugge (University of Oslo)
        Slides
    • Invited Talks
      • 27
        Heavy Ion Physics
        Speaker: Dr Urs Wiedemann (CERN)
        Slides
    • 09:30
      Ski & Lunch Break
    • Invited Talks
      • 28
        Neutrino Physics
        Speaker: Prof. Wark David (Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 29
        Heavy Ion Physics
        Speaker: Dr Urs Wiedemann (CERN)
        Slides
    • 17:00
      Coffee Break
    • Contributed Talks
      • 30
        Reconstructing the rest frame of tau+tau- resonances at the LHC
        Speaker: Mr Peter Lundgaard Rosendahl (University of Bergen)
        Slides
      • 31
        A model for the color suppressed decay mode B^0 --> 2 \pi^0
        Speaker: Dr Teresa Palmer (University of Oslo)
        Slides
      • 32
        Search for light charged Higgs bosons in top-quark decays with the ATLAS experiment
        Speaker: Mr Alexander Madsen (Uppsala University)
        Slides
      • 33
        Upper limits on the branching ratio for top decaying to a bottom and a charged Higgs boson
        Speaker: Ms Silje Hattrem Raddum (University of Oslo)
        Slides
      • 34
        BSM with new Higgs limits
        Speaker: Mr Helge Pettersen (University of Bergen)
        Slides
      • 35
        “Absolute Luminosity For ATLAS” – From installation to first data physics data
        Speaker: Mr Sune Jakobsen (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
    • 19:00
      Dinner
    • Contributed Talks
      • 36
        Jets in a quark-gluon plasma
        Speaker: Dr Konrad Tywoniuk (University of Lund)
        Slides
      • 37
        H->gammagamma search at ATLAS
        Speaker: Ms Lillian Smestad (University of Oslo)
        Slides
      • 38
        Measuring the 3D shape of galaxy clusters
        Speaker: Mr Andreas Skielboe (Dark Cosmology center)
        Slides
      • 39
        IPPOG - outreach activites and resources
        Speakers: Prof. Farid Ould-Saada (University of Oslo), Prof. Johan Rathsman (Lund University)
        Slides
    • Invited Talks
      • 40
        Physics at the LHC Upgrade
        Speaker: Prof. Albert De Roeck (CERN & Antwerpen)
        Slides
      • 09:15
        Break
      • 41
        Physics at the LHC Upgrade
        Speaker: Prof. Albert De Roeck (CERN & Antwerpen)
    • 10:15
      Ski & Lunch Break
    • Invited Talks
      • 42
        Collider Phenomenology at the LHC and Beyond
        Speaker: Prof. Chris Quigg (Fermilab)
      • 43
        Neutrino Physics
        Speaker: Prof. Wark David (Imperial College London)
    • 17:00
      Coffee Break
    • Contributed Talks
      • 44
        Tau Polarisation Measurement in Z Decays in ATLAS
        Speaker: Mr Ingrid Deigaard (HEHI)
        Slides
      • 45
        Muon Performance of the ATLAS Detector
        Speaker: Dr Wofgang Liebig (University of Bergen)
        Slides
      • 46
        Data driven background estimation in SM H to tau tau
        Speaker: Mr Gorm Galster (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
      • 47
        Search for supersymmetry in 2 lepton final states
        Speaker: Mr Eirik Gramstad (University of Oslo)
        Slides
      • 48
        ZZ anomalous triple gauge couplings in ATLAS
        Speaker: Mr Kristian Gregersen (Niels Bohr Institute)
        Slides
      • 49
        Why and how develop new accelerators?
        Speaker: Prof. Tord Ekelöf (Uppsala University)
        Slides
    • 19:00
      Dinner
    • Departure of the bus to Oslo Airport