ICTP-SAIFR/ExoHad School on Few-Body Physics: Nuclear Physics from QCD

Strongly interacting few-body systems are prevalent in many areas of nuclear and particle physics, from understanding the nuclear reactions responsible for the energy production in stars, to the observed emergent scaling behavior of three-body interactions. Tremendous progress has been made in establishing rigorous connections between nuclear few-body reactions to the fundamental degrees of freedom of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Modern research in few-body phenomena requires a synergistic approach between various techniques from scattering theory, effective field theories, and lattice field theories to provide a global framework to compute non-perturbative observables from low-energy QCD.

The school will consist of four 4-hour courses on the topics of relativistic scattering theory, effective field theories (EFTs), lattice methods (both EFT and QCD), and finite-volume physics. Included in this course are practical exercise sessions to apply these tools to examples common for the study of few-body hadron and nuclear processes. Additionally, there will be a virtual three-day course before the school to prepare the participants on the fundamentals of non-relativistic scattering theory, particle and nuclear physics, and field theory.

Opportunity of paid internship at the University of California, Berkeley: At the end of the school, students will take an exam on the topics covered. Based on their exam scores, the top student(s) may be chosen to receive an all-expenses paid research internship from June-August 2025 at the University of California in Berkeley, California, USA. Paid expenses include lodging, travel, and visa fees. The student will be matched with a research mentor, who will guide them during their two-month internship. Furthermore, the student will be invited to participate in the next summer school and workshop hosted by the ExoHad collaboration, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Organizers:

• Raúl Briceño (U.C. Berkeley, USA)
• Tobias Frederico (ITA, Brazil)
• Andrew Jackura (William & Mary, USA)
• Gastão Krein (IFT & ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil)

List of Participants: Updated on October 23, 2024.

Survey: Here

Lecturers (virtual part)

• Lucas Madeira  (USP São Carlos, Brazil): Non-relativistic Quantum Scattering
• Felipe Ortega-Gama ( Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Basic Particle Physics, Lagrangians, & Feynman Rules

Lecturers (in-person part)

• Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory
• Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD
• André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory
• Andrew Jackura (William & Mary, USA) and Raúl Briceño (U.C. Berkeley, USA): Finite-Volume physics

Announcement:

Application is now closed

First week (October 16-18)

Second week (October 21-25)

Poster session 1

• Andrés Felipe Villacob Hernández (The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics): Study of a relativistic energy dependent equation, derived from the Dirac equation, for hadronic systems
• Arthur Frazon (IFT/UNESP): Time Evolution of Chiral Quark Condensate Under a Strong Magnetic Field
• Artur Soares Rodrigues (Universidade de São Paulo): Critical Phenomena in Spin Models Critical Phenomena in Spin Models
• Breno Agatão Garcia (University of Sao Paulo): Decay widths of an N* state with hidden strangeness
• Fábio Köpp Nóbrega (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina): Can hyperonic stars with anisotropy support the recent astronomical constraints?
• Felipe Fernandes Garcia (UERJ): Study of the renormalization of the Gribov-Zwanziger model in the maximal abelian gauge in SU(N)
• João Octavio Kül (Instituto de Física de São Carlos – USP): Studying gauge-space geometry via lattice QCD
• João Paulo Sampaio Santos (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)): Superconductivity in a confining field-theory model
• Jonatan Pantoja Paschoal (Instituto de Física Teórica e Computacional – LFTC): THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYMMETRIES, CONTINUITY EQUATION, AND CONSERVATION LAWS IN QED
• Lucas Falcao (CBPF): CP violation measurements in three-body charmless B decays
• Lucas Morethes Mansur (IFSC | USP): Improved hadronic vector-isovector spectral function from tau -decay and electroproduction data
• Marcelle Caram Patriota (Instituto de Física de São Carlos – USP): Renormalons of the QCD spectral function in the large-beta_0 limit and R(s)

Poster session 2

• Marcos Jhair Garzon guevara (Universidad de Investigación de Tecnología Experimental (Yachay Tech)): Fractal Geometry in General Relativity to explain quantum effects
• Maria Monalisa de Melo Paulino (Instituto de Física da USP): Study of the medium effects in jet observables in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
• Mateo Londoo (Stony Brook university): Rotational quenching of XF molecules in A ultracold gase of He.
• Rafael Mendes Francisco (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica): Unatomic trimer states in trapped ultracold atoms
• Rafael Pacheco Cardoso (Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina): The quark anomalous magnetic moment in the NJL model and how to avoid first-order phase transitions induced by regularization issues
• Rafael Tonhon (Instituto de Física de São Carlos/Universidade de São Paulo): Color Confinement and Topology on Lattice Gauge Theories
• Rita Natieli Oliveira (São Carlos Institute of Physics- University of São Paulo): Parametrization of perturbative QCD in tau hadronic decays
• Rodolfo Silva da Rocha (UERJ): Exploring pion condensation in an isospin medium using the Functional Renormalization Group
• Sandra Tacianny Karol de Araujo (UFPEL): Meson production by photon – photon interactions in fixed – target collisions at the LHC
• Sofía Bortagaray (Universidad de la República): Influence of Gluon Mass on Non-Relativistic Tetraquark States
• Úrsula Maria Martins da Silva Fonseca (UFRJ): Thermal evolution of quark stars from perturbative QCD
• Vinícius Bruno Bet Ader (Instituto de Física – Universidade de São Paulo): Study of the first excited state of the 4He nucleus in coupled-channel Halo EFT

Abstracts: HERE

2024-10-16

• 11:00 - Lucas Madeira (USP São Carlos, Brazil): Non-relativistic Quantum Scattering - Class 1
• 14:00 - Felipe Ortega-Gama (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Basic Particle Physics, Lagrangians, & Feynman Rules - Class 1
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2024-10-17

• 11:00 - Lucas Madeira (USP São Carlos, Brazil): Non-relativistic Quantum Scattering - Class 2
• 14:00 - Felipe Ortega-Gama (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Basic Particle Physics, Lagrangians, & Feynman Rules - Class 2
  • Attachment

2024-10-18

• 11:00 - Lucas Madeira (USP São Carlos, Brazil): Non-relativistic Quantum Scattering - Class 3
  • Attachment
• 14:00 - Felipe Ortega-Gama (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Basic Particle Physics, Lagrangians, & Feynman Rules - Class 3
  • Attachment

2024-10-21

• 09:30 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory - Class 1
• 11:15 - Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD - Class 1
• 14:00 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory - Class 1
  • Attachment

2024-10-22

• 09:30 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory - Class 2
• 11:15 - Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD - Class 2
• 14:00 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory - Class 2

2024-10-23

• 09:30 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory - Class 3
• 11:15 - Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD - Class 3
• 14:00 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): QCD and the universe
  • Abstract
• 15:45 - Andrew Jackura; Raúl Briceño (William & Mary, USA; U.C. Berkeley, USA): Finite-Volume physics - Class 1
  • Attachment

2024-10-24

• 09:30 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Relativistic Scattering Theory - Class 4
• 11:15 - Amy Nicholson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA): Lattice QCD - Class 4
• 14:00 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory - Class 3
• 15:45 - Andrew Jackura; Raúl Briceño (William & Mary, USA; U.C. Berkeley, USA): Finite-Volume physics - Class 2
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2024-10-25

• 09:30 - André Walker-Loud (Lawrence Berkeley Lab, USA): Effective Field Theory - Class 4
• 11:15 - Andrew Jackura; Raúl Briceño (William & Mary, USA; U.C. Berkeley, USA): Finite-Volume physics - Class 3
• 14:00 - Sebastian Dawid (University of Washington, USA): Progress in the understanding of three-body scattering of hadrons
  • Abstract

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BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

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Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are exempt from tourist visa until April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Institute: The school will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper.