GRANIT 2014
from
Sunday 2 March 2014 (16:00)
to
Friday 7 March 2014 (16:00)
Monday 24 February 2014
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Wednesday 26 February 2014
Thursday 27 February 2014
Friday 28 February 2014
Saturday 1 March 2014
Sunday 2 March 2014
Monday 3 March 2014
09:00
Welcome
Welcome
09:00 - 09:20
09:20
Status of the GRANIT spectrometer
-
Francis Vezzu
(
LPSC Grenoble
)
Status of the GRANIT spectrometer
Francis Vezzu
(
LPSC Grenoble
)
09:20 - 10:00
10:00
Commissionning of the UCN source for GRANIT
-
Damien Roulier
(
Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble / Institut laue-Langevin, Grenoble
)
Commissionning of the UCN source for GRANIT
Damien Roulier
(
Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble / Institut laue-Langevin, Grenoble
)
10:00 - 10:20
10:20
MonteCarlo simulations of the GRANIT UCN source and extraction system
-
Benoit CLEMENT
(
LPSC
)
MonteCarlo simulations of the GRANIT UCN source and extraction system
Benoit CLEMENT
(
LPSC
)
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
Analysis and design optimization of a rough neutron mirror
-
Alexander Meyerovich
(
University of Rhode Island
)
Analysis and design optimization of a rough neutron mirror
Alexander Meyerovich
(
University of Rhode Island
)
10:40 - 11:00
11:00
coffee break
coffee break
11:00 - 11:10
11:10
qBounce: Frequency's view on Newton's inverse square law of gravity
-
Gunther Cronenberg
(
TU Wien
)
qBounce: Frequency's view on Newton's inverse square law of gravity
Gunther Cronenberg
(
TU Wien
)
11:10 - 11:50
11:50
Observation of gravitational quantum states of ultracold neutrons and its derivation using the Wigner function
-
Go Ichikawa
(
The University of Tokyo
)
Observation of gravitational quantum states of ultracold neutrons and its derivation using the Wigner function
Go Ichikawa
(
The University of Tokyo
)
11:50 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
17:20
Neutron interferometry at NIST
-
Dmitry Pushin
(
UNiv. Waterloo
)
Neutron interferometry at NIST
Dmitry Pushin
(
UNiv. Waterloo
)
17:20 - 18:00
18:00
Non-dispersive phase shifters in neutron interferometry
-
Hartmut Lemmel
(
Atominstitut, Vienna University of Technology
)
Non-dispersive phase shifters in neutron interferometry
Hartmut Lemmel
(
Atominstitut, Vienna University of Technology
)
18:00 - 18:40
Tuesday 4 March 2014
09:00
Frequency shifts in gravity resonance spectroscopy
-
Stefan Baeßler
(
University of Virginia
)
Frequency shifts in gravity resonance spectroscopy
Stefan Baeßler
(
University of Virginia
)
09:00 - 09:40
09:40
Excitation of transitions in GRANIT with time variation of magnetic field
-
Guillaume Pignol
(
LPSC
)
Excitation of transitions in GRANIT with time variation of magnetic field
Guillaume Pignol
(
LPSC
)
09:40 - 10:00
10:00
Preparing a measurement of the charge of the free neutron with qBounce
-
Hanno Filter
(
Atominstitut TU Wien
)
Preparing a measurement of the charge of the free neutron with qBounce
Hanno Filter
(
Atominstitut TU Wien
)
10:00 - 10:20
10:20
Helium UCN source in an external beam of thermal neutrons
-
Egor Lychagin
(
Joint Institut for Nuclear Research
)
Helium UCN source in an external beam of thermal neutrons
Egor Lychagin
(
Joint Institut for Nuclear Research
)
10:20 - 11:00
11:00
coffee break
coffee break
11:00 - 11:10
11:10
UCN possibilities at the European Spallation Source
-
Esben Klinkby
(
TU Denmark
)
UCN possibilities at the European Spallation Source
Esben Klinkby
(
TU Denmark
)
11:10 - 11:30
11:30
Neutron optical measurements studying quantum mechanics
-
Stephan Sponar
(
St.S
)
Neutron optical measurements studying quantum mechanics
Stephan Sponar
(
St.S
)
11:30 - 12:10
12:10
Verification of the weak equivalence principle with Laue diffracting neutrons
-
Egor Vezhlev
(
PNPI
)
Verification of the weak equivalence principle with Laue diffracting neutrons
Egor Vezhlev
(
PNPI
)
12:10 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
17:20
Propagation of quantized ultracold neutrons in a narrow rough waveguide: application to GRANIT experiments
-
Alexander Meyerovich
(
University of Rhode Island
)
Propagation of quantized ultracold neutrons in a narrow rough waveguide: application to GRANIT experiments
Alexander Meyerovich
(
University of Rhode Island
)
17:20 - 18:00
18:00
Sizes of nanoparticles of impurity-helium gels: calculations and experimental results
-
Victor Efimov
(
ISSP, Chernogolovka, Russia
)
Sizes of nanoparticles of impurity-helium gels: calculations and experimental results
Victor Efimov
(
ISSP, Chernogolovka, Russia
)
18:00 - 18:20
18:20
Cascaded cooling of neutrons
-
Oliver Zimmer
(
ILL Grenoble
)
Cascaded cooling of neutrons
Oliver Zimmer
(
ILL Grenoble
)
18:20 - 18:40
18:40
Electroweak interactions after higgs discovery
-
Mikhail Vysotskiy
(
ITEP
)
Electroweak interactions after higgs discovery
Mikhail Vysotskiy
(
ITEP
)
18:40 - 19:20
Wednesday 5 March 2014
09:00
Implications of torsion-balance results for some speculations about exotic physics
-
Eric Adelberger
(
University of Washington
)
Implications of torsion-balance results for some speculations about exotic physics
Eric Adelberger
(
University of Washington
)
09:00 - 09:40
09:40
Searches for possible exotic spin-dependent interactions using polarized nuclei
-
William Snow
(
Indiana University
)
Searches for possible exotic spin-dependent interactions using polarized nuclei
William Snow
(
Indiana University
)
09:40 - 10:20
10:20
A measurement of short range spin dependent force using ultracold neutrons and a mercury magnetometer
-
Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg
(
PSI
)
A measurement of short range spin dependent force using ultracold neutrons and a mercury magnetometer
Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg
(
PSI
)
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
Constraints for short range forces from a 3He experiment
-
Mathieu Guigue
(
LPSC
)
Constraints for short range forces from a 3He experiment
Mathieu Guigue
(
LPSC
)
10:40 - 11:00
11:00
coffee break
coffee break
11:00 - 11:10
11:10
The most recent developments on non-commutative quantum mechanics
-
Orfeu Bertolami
(
Instituto Superior Técnico, Departamento de Física
)
The most recent developments on non-commutative quantum mechanics
Orfeu Bertolami
(
Instituto Superior Técnico, Departamento de Física
)
11:10 - 11:50
11:50
Gravity resonance spectroscopy constrains dark energy and dark matter scenarios
-
Tobias Jenke
(
TU Wien
)
Gravity resonance spectroscopy constrains dark energy and dark matter scenarios
Tobias Jenke
(
TU Wien
)
11:50 - 12:10
12:30
lunch
lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
18:00
Quantum reflection of antihydrogen from the Casimir potential above matter slabs, including those of nano-porous materials
-
Gabriel Dufour
(
LKB Paris
)
Quantum reflection of antihydrogen from the Casimir potential above matter slabs, including those of nano-porous materials
Gabriel Dufour
(
LKB Paris
)
18:00 - 18:20
18:20
Gravitational measurements with cold positronium
-
David Cassidi
(
UNiv. College London
)
Gravitational measurements with cold positronium
David Cassidi
(
UNiv. College London
)
18:20 - 19:00
19:00
Can we observe the gravitational quantum states of positronium
-
Paolo Crivelli
(
ETH
)
Can we observe the gravitational quantum states of positronium
Paolo Crivelli
(
ETH
)
19:00 - 19:20
Thursday 6 March 2014
09:00
Theoretical motivations for WIMPs, WISPs and new short range forces
-
Ignatios Antoniadis
(
CERN
)
Theoretical motivations for WIMPs, WISPs and new short range forces
Ignatios Antoniadis
(
CERN
)
09:00 - 09:40
09:40
Comparison of Casimir experiments with theory : an update
-
Serge Reynaud
(
CNRS
)
Comparison of Casimir experiments with theory : an update
Serge Reynaud
(
CNRS
)
09:40 - 10:20
10:20
A search for gravity-like short-range forces in a precision measurement of neutron scattering in Xenon gas
-
Yoshio Kamiya
(
Univ. Tokyo
)
A search for gravity-like short-range forces in a precision measurement of neutron scattering in Xenon gas
Yoshio Kamiya
(
Univ. Tokyo
)
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
Bounds on new light particles from high-energy and very small momentum transfer n p elastic scattering data
-
Mikhail Vysotskiy
(
ITEP
)
Bounds on new light particles from high-energy and very small momentum transfer n p elastic scattering data
Mikhail Vysotskiy
(
ITEP
)
10:40 - 11:00
11:00
coffee break
coffee break
11:00 - 11:10
11:10
Testing baryon number violation with neutrons
-
Zurab Berezhiani
(
Univ. L'Aquila and LNGS
)
Testing baryon number violation with neutrons
Zurab Berezhiani
(
Univ. L'Aquila and LNGS
)
11:10 - 11:50
11:50
Probing chameleon scalar field with neutrons
-
Guillaume Pignol
(
LPSC
)
Probing chameleon scalar field with neutrons
Guillaume Pignol
(
LPSC
)
11:50 - 12:10
12:10
Dark gravitational quantum states and their relation to galactic centre black holes and the X-ray emission of halos
-
Allan Ernest
(
Charles Sturt University
)
Dark gravitational quantum states and their relation to galactic centre black holes and the X-ray emission of halos
Allan Ernest
(
Charles Sturt University
)
12:10 - 12:30
12:30
lunch
lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
17:20
Shaping the distribution of vertical velocities of antihydrogen in GBAR
-
Gabriel Dufour
(
LKB
)
Shaping the distribution of vertical velocities of antihydrogen in GBAR
Gabriel Dufour
(
LKB
)
17:20 - 17:40
17:40
Gravitational quantum states of antihydrogen
-
Alexei Voronin
(
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute
)
Gravitational quantum states of antihydrogen
Alexei Voronin
(
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute
)
17:40 - 18:20
18:20
Spectroscopy of cold atomic hydrogen
-
Nikolai Kolachevsky
Spectroscopy of cold atomic hydrogen
Nikolai Kolachevsky
18:20 - 18:40
18:40
GBAR project
-
PASCAL DEBU
(
CEA/IRFU
)
GBAR project
PASCAL DEBU
(
CEA/IRFU
)
18:40 - 19:20
Friday 7 March 2014
09:20
Electrical characterization and nano-scale surface morphology with Scanning Probe Microscopes
-
Andrea Liscio
(
CNR-ISOF, Bologna
)
Electrical characterization and nano-scale surface morphology with Scanning Probe Microscopes
Andrea Liscio
(
CNR-ISOF, Bologna
)
09:20 - 10:00
10:00
Quantum levitation of nanoparticles seen with ultracold neutrons
-
Valery V. Nesvizhevsky
(
Institut Laue-Langevin
)
Quantum levitation of nanoparticles seen with ultracold neutrons
Valery V. Nesvizhevsky
(
Institut Laue-Langevin
)
10:00 - 10:20
10:20
Theoretical description of the interaction of UCN with nanoparticles and nanodroplets at surface
-
Alexei Voronin
(
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute
)
Theoretical description of the interaction of UCN with nanoparticles and nanodroplets at surface
Alexei Voronin
(
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute
)
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
Measurement of small heating of UCN on FOmblin oil surface
-
Egor Lychagin
(
Joint Institut for Nuclear Research
)
Measurement of small heating of UCN on FOmblin oil surface
Egor Lychagin
(
Joint Institut for Nuclear Research
)
10:40 - 11:00
11:00
cofee break
cofee break
11:00 - 11:10
11:10
Neutron whispering gallery
-
Konstantin Protasov
(
Laboratory of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology
)
Neutron whispering gallery
Konstantin Protasov
(
Laboratory of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology
)
11:10 - 11:30
11:30
Summary
Summary
11:30 - 11:50
11:50
Concluding remarks
Concluding remarks
11:50 - 12:10