Dr
Federico Ferraro
(University of Genoa)
9/10/19, 4:10 PM
New technologies
Oral presentation in parallel session
Because of a large number of uncertain resonances in the Gamow window, the 22Ne(p,gamma)23Na reaction rate was the most uncertain in the NeNa cycle. Recently, a new direct study of the 22Ne(p,gamma)23Na reaction has been performed at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA). A windowless gas target and two complementary setups have been used, to obtain both high resolution...
Dr
Akio Kawasaki
(Stanford University)
9/10/19, 4:30 PM
New technologies
Oral presentation in parallel session
The universal law of gravity has undergone stringent tests for a long time over a significant range of length scale, from an atomic scale to a planetary scale. Of particular interest is the short distance regime, where modifications to Newtonian gravity may arise from axion-like particles and extra dimensions. We have constructed an ultra-sensitive force sensor based on optically-levitated...
Dr
Massimiliano Bitossi
(National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Pisa Section)
9/10/19, 4:50 PM
New technologies
Oral presentation in parallel session
The SCT telescope has been proposed as a medium-sized telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. One of the major upgrades is the design of the new Front End Electronics Module (FEEM). The new FEEMs aim to read-out and digitize the SiPM pre-amplified signals down to the single photoelectron (phe). This phe signal is assumed equivalent to a signal with 2 mV peak amplitude and 500 MHz maximum...
Austin Schneider
(University of Wisconsin Madison)
9/10/19, 5:10 PM
New technologies
Oral presentation in parallel session
Metrics of model goodness-of-fit, model comparison, and model parameter estimation are the main categories of statistical problems in science. Bayesian and frequentist methods that address these questions often rely on a likelihood function, which is the key ingredient in order to assess the plausibility of model parameters given observed data. In some complex systems or experimental setups,...
