Time domain control of atomic shell for
nuclear excitation

Organized by:
Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Carbone 

Laboratory for Ultrafast Microscopy and Electron Scattering (LUMES), EPFL, Lausanne, CH

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Adriana Palffy

Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany

Workshop Objective:

The workshop aims at bringing together the growing Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture (NEEC) community to discuss prospects of new experimental techniques for nuclear state control via the coupling to the atomic shell. It will bring together experimental and theoretical expertise at the borderline between atomic, laser and nuclear physics with the purpose of establishing new strategies for NEEC experiments. In particular, laser-induced NEEC scenarios and the opportunity to use ultrashort laser pulses and ultrashort electron pulses of tunable energy to coherently control the atomic state population on the ultrafast time-scale will be discussed.

Invited speakers:

Academic:

Javier Garcia de Abajo, Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
Darren Bleuel, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USA
Carsten Brandau, GSI Darmstadt, Germany
Jeff Carroll, Army Research Laboratory, USA
Chris Chiara, Army Research Laboratory, USA
Jose Crespo, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
Gilbert Gosselin, CEA, France
Fazia Hannachi, CNRS, Bordeaux, France
Jom Luiten, University of Eindhoven, Netherlands
Adriana Palffy, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
Dieter Schneider, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USA
Klaus Spohr, Extreme Light Infrastructure, Bucharest, Romania
Phil Walker, University of Surrey, UK

Private companies affiliated:

Ross Koningstein, Google Inc, USA
Ned Allen, Lockheed Martin, USA (to be confirmed)
Nature Materials and Nature Physics editorial staff
Amplitude systemes sales representatives

 

Sponsoring:

The event is co-sponsored by Google, the journals Nature Materials and Nature Physics and the laser manufacturer Amplitude Systemes. The workshop is supported by the Lerici City Hall. A member of the Nature editorial staff will attend the meeting and offer a free subscription to the journals for all invited speakers.