International Workshop "Shapes and Dynamics of Atomic Nuclei: Contemporary Aspects" (SDANCA-21), 16-18 September 2021, Sofia, Bulgaria
|
The International Workshop "Shapes and Dynamics of Atomic Nuclei: Contemporary Aspects" (SDANCA-21)
was held in Sofia Tech Park, Sofia, Bulgaria from the 16-th to the 18-th of September 2021. The
Workshop was organized by researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy
(INRNE) in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) with the financial support of the Bulgarian
National Science Fund under contracts No. KP-06-N48/1, KP-06-N28/6 and KP-06-RILA/6.
It appeared as the fourth issue of the workshop
SDANCA-15,
SDANCA-17 and
SDANCA-19
held in Sofia in 2015, 2017 and 2019. |
|
The aim of the Workshop was to gather researchers in the field of nuclear shape dynamics and related areas providing a possibility to discuss advanced ideas, actual problems and future developments in the subject. The meeting outlined several directions of common interest and inspired new ideas in various contemporary aspects of the theoretical and experimental approaches to the shape-dynamics problem in the nucleus and other physical systems. We believe that it contributed to the strengthening of the existing collaborations and inspired new activities on the topic. |
|
The SDANCA-21 Workshop covered the following main topics: - Collective and microscopic theories for nuclear deformations; - Shapes and symmetries - geometric and algebraic aspects; - Shape coexistence and shape-phase transition phenomena; - Complex shapes, isomers and cluster phenomena; - Shapes and dynamics at the limits of stability; - New data on nuclear deformations and current experimental techniques; - Interdisciplinary aspects: links to shape phenomena in other physical systems. The Workshop was attended by 68 registered participants (30 onsite and 38 online) from 20 countries: Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Morrocco, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland(CERN), Turkey, United Kingdom, USA and Bulgaria. The scientific program contained 54 talks in total (23 onsite and 31 online). Due to the large number of talks it was not possible to share time for special discussion sessions but nevertheless a variety of inspiring questions were raised and discussed between the talks and in the ends of the sessions. The talks covered issues of microscopic and collective approaches and new experimental results as well, including: density and covariant-density functional theory, many-body/self-consistent theories, non-core shell and ab-initio developments, group-theoretical (algebraic) models exploring different kinds of symmetries (unitary, symplectic, "proxy", "pseudo", "partial dynamical", etc.) associated with the most actual effects of shape coexistence, shape-phase transitions, shell effects, pairing and multipole interactions, geometric models treating rigidity and softness, triaxiality and chirality, pear-shape and clustering effects, nuclear masses and moments, high-K and "clock" isomers, properties at different mass regions (A=130, 180; N=90, 116-122; N~Z, superheavy, etc.). Current developments of experimental techniques, facilities and collaborations, such as ELI-NP, TITAN, FRS-IC, COLLAPS/ISOLDE, INGA and others, were presented together with new data from lifetimes, moments and mass measurements and analysis. Latest achievements in interdisciplinary subjects such as RHIC/CGP, neutron stars, pionic helium, lasers and nuclear clock elaboration were discussed in the aspects of their relation to atomic nuclei. A commemorative discussion devoted to the late Prof. David Rowe was held giving respect to his pioneering works in the group-theoretical approach and their impact on the new generations of researchers in the field. One of the main conclusions reached by the meeting is that gaining a "simplicity from the complexity" may be not only a matter of chance but a result of a thorough study of the different aspects in the manifestation of phenomena allowing one to identify the regularities that govern them. The SDANCA-21 Workshop contribution papers will be published in the Bulgarian Journal of Physics, after passing a refereeing procedure. The Organizing Committee of SDANCA-21 cordially thanks all participants and strongly hopes that all we meet again. Nikolay Minkov |
Conference Poster (download):
Important dates:
Submission of contribution manuscripts to
contact e-mail: not later than 15 October 2021 (open)
Opening of the Workshop: 16-th of September 2021 (completed)
Submission of the abstract to the
contact e-mail: 15-th of August 2021 (completed)
Registration through the Workshop registration form: 1-st of August 2021 (completed)
Updates (5 Aug. 2021):
The SDANCA-21 contribution papers will be published in the Bulgarian Journal of Physics,
See Publication
The bank account for transferring the fee for online participation is already available,
See Accommodation Venue & Fee (Deadline 1-st of September 2021)
Abstracts template: here
First Announcement (download pdf):
Description: The Fourth International Workshop "Shapes and Dynamics of Atomic Nuclei: Contemporary Aspects" (SDANCA-21) will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria between the 15-th (arrival day) and 19-th (departure day) of September 2021. The Workshop is organized by researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE) in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) with the financial support of the Bulgarian National Science Fund under contracts No. KP-06-N48/1, No. KP-06-N28/6 and KP-06-RILA/6. It appears as the fourth issue of the Workshop under the names SDANCA-15, SDANCA-17 and SDANCA-19 held in the same place in 2015, 2017 and 2019. This time the Workshop will be held in a hybrid form combining talks of on-site and on-line participants.
Aim: The aim of the Workshop is to gather researchers in the field of nuclear shape dynamics and related areas providing a possibility to discuss advanced ideas, actual problems and future developments in the subject. It is expected to outline directions of common interest and inspire new ideas in various contemporary aspects of the theoretical and experimental approaches to the shape-dynamics problem in the nucleus and other physical systems. We believe this meeting can strengthen the existing collaborations and inspire new activities on the topic.
Main topics:
Program: The program will start in the morning of 16-th of September (Thursday) and will end in the evening of 18-th of September (Saturday) 2021. Depending on the number of participants we plan to schedule 20+5 min talks for onsite participants and 15+5 min talks for online participants. The sessions will be organized by topics and the session convenors will have the possibility to conduct a common discussion at the end of each session. A final discussion is considered in the end, providing an opportunity to outline perspectives for further developments.
Publication: We plan to publish SDANCA21 contribution articles. The publisher will be decided in due time after the format of the contributions and the topics is shaped out.
Conference venue: The Workshop will be held in the Venue Hall "Incubator" of Sofia Tech Park, located at Tzarigrad Road 111, Sofia.
Accommodation: The participants will be accommodated in the Hotel of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in Sofia, Shipchenski prohod Str. 50. (the venue of the previous SDANCA workshops). The hotel is situated at 10 mins walking distance from Pliska place (former Hotel Pliska). The BAS hotel web site is http://www.domnaucheniya.com/contacts/ (in Bulgarian only). From there the Sofia Tech Park (conference venue) is easily reached through Pliska by bus lines 76, 204, 213, 306 and 604, about 5 mins, to St. Ana Hospital (Airport direction). Alternatively bus lines 1, 3, 5 and 6 passing through St. Ana Hospital can be taken from Geo Milev terminal close to the BAS hotel. Depending on the number of onsite participants the organizers may arrange special transportation to the conference venue.
Fee: The Workshop fee for onsite participants, covering 4 nights accommodation, breakfasts in the BAS hotel, coffee breaks and lunch at the conference venue, working materials and publication costs, will be collected in cash in EURO upon the arrival in the BAS hotel or before the opening at the conference venue. The fee is 350 EUR for regular participants and 250 EUR for students and accompanying persons. For the online participation the fee is 50 EUR to cover the publication cost and the professional online technical support. The way of payment will be decided in due time.
Social events: The city of Sofia provides a rich variety of cultural events and entertainments. The organizers will be happy to help participants who would wish to visit any particular event. We hope that the present situation will be favorable in the middle of September.
Access from the Airport: The BAS hotel can be easily reached from Sofia Airport through Pliska Place. Pliska Place (former Hotel Pliska) can be reached from Terminal 2 of Sofia Airport by the public transportation bus line 84. The trip takes about 20-25 minutes. Tickets are available at the bus-stop and from the bus driver. The price of the ticket is 1.6 Lev (about 0.8 EUR) per passenger with each large piece of luggage requiring an additional ticket at the same price. Alternatively a taxi can be used (recommended company).
Visa: Formal invitation letters for participants who need to apply for a visa can be sent by the Organizers if the required details are provided to the contact e-mail below.
Registration for participation: Colleagues who wish to participate in the Workshop have to fill in the registration form available on the Workshop web page and notify us by e-mail by 1-st of August as well as submit an abstract of their talks (up to 1 page in LaTeX, Template here) to the contact e-mail below by 15-th of August 2021.
Contact: Nikolay Minkov (Chair of the Organizing Committee)
Institute of Nuclear Research and
Nuclear Energy, Tzarigrad Road 72
1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel (office): + 359 2 979 56 37
Fax: +359 2 975 3619
E-mail 1: Nikolay.Minkov@mpi-hd.mpg.de
E-mail 2 (in the case of problem with E-mail 1): nminkov@inrne.bas.bg