Symposium on Nuclear Structure and Energy Physics

This international Symposium on Nuclear Structure and Solar Energy Physics is organised at the University of Oslo in honour of Professor John Rekstad to celebrate his 70th Birthday. 

The Symposium is open for public and the participation is free.

Please register to plan coffee breaks and lunch! If you wish to join the lunch at Kafe Sverdrup, please let us know until Friday, May 16, 2014 (mmeir@fys.uio.no).


Program



09:00 - 10:10  Morning session I   (Chair: Sunniva Siem)

Welcome address 
Jøran I. Moen, Head of Department of Physics
, University of Oslo, Norway

John Rekstad - some reminiscences of early work and collaboration
Eivind Osnes, Department of Physics, UiO, Norway 

Science gains from friendship and mutual inspirations

Rafal Broda, Kraków University, Poland

Many enjoyable years of related research on the electric–dipole response in Nuclei : and for the future?

Angela Bracco, University of Milano, INFN, Italy
 


10:10 - 10:30 Coffee break



10:30 - 12:00  Morning session II   (Chair: Ann-Cecilie Larsen)

My life with isomers
Geirr Sletten, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Alpha-Photon Coincidence Spectroscopy Around Element Z=115

Claes Fahlander​, Lund University, Sweden

The Decline and Fall of Beta- and Gamma-vibrations

John Sharpey-Schafer, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Nuclear pear-shapes: probing Nature's asymmetries

Peter Butler, University of Liverpool, UK
 


12:00 -13:15  Lunch with culture

Light lunch is served in the 2nd floor at the Oslo University Library (Georg Sverdrups building). Simultaneously "Lunch with culture", an open concert, will be on-going in the foyer from 12:15-12:45.

Artist: Paul Miro (English songwriter/singer), vocal and guitar



13:15 - 14:30  Afternoon Session I   (Chair: Magne Guttormsen)

The Early Days of Solar Energy in Norway

Fritjof Salvesen, Asplan Viak AS, Norway

Lessons from Dripline Catwalk
Jan Vaagen, University of Bergen, Norway

Structure in nuclear level densities
Sven Åberg, Lund University, Sweden

100Sn Region: Recent Results and Future Plans
Ayse Atac Nyberg, Ankara University, Turkey; KTH - Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
 


14:35 - 14:55 Coffee break



14:55 - 16:20  Afternoon Session II   (Chair: Sunniva Siem)

AGATA - Highlights from the campaigns at LNL and GSI

Johan Nyberg, Uppsala University, Sweden

The Thorium cycle, and the importance of nuclear data measurements
Jon Wilson, IPN Orsay, Université Paris Sud, France

The long and winding road of the Oslo Method
Magne Guttormsen, Department of Physics, UiO

Here comes the sun: Pioneer solar energy research 
Lisa Henden, NVE, and Michaela Meir, Department of Physics, UiO, Norway ​

Final remarks
John Rekstad, Department of Physics, UiO, Norway ​
 


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