ARIEL Science Workshop and BBQ
Wednesday, July 18th, 2018
From ARIEL to the Universe
09:00 - 18:00
TRIUMF Main Office Building (MOB)
The "2018 ARIEL Science Workshop: From ARIEL to the Universe" has an overarching goal of reviewing the state of the art theory, observation, and experiments connected to our place in the universe. It will cover broad themes.
The first theme is “The Origin of Heavy Elements in the Universe”, a key element of the future ARIEL science program. This session is motivated by the recent observation through gravity waves of a neutron star merger that produced significant quantities of gold, platinum and other heavy elements. With these new observational realities and with ARIEL science coming soon, this is an appropriate time to review the state-of-the-art research in this area. The program will consist of invited and contributed talks and discussions that connect the Universe to ARIEL through sessions on neutron stars, kilonovae, and other astrophysical heavy-element nucleosynthesis candidate sites, as well as sessions on nucleosynthesis modelling and sensitivity analyses, and nuclear theory and experiment directions. The expected outcome will be enhanced connections between the observations, theories, and experiments that will reveal how the heavy elements came to be, and a clearer perspective on how ARIEL will be able to contribute to this quest.
The second theme is "New Directions with ARIEL". The session will be dedicated to exploring potential new applications of the ARIEL e-LINAC accelerator beyond the existing programs using exotic ion beams. Examples include searches for new light hidden particles and precision measurements with positrons. This area will also include novel targetry concepts. Contributions are invited from across the TRIUMF community that address the science case for possible new initiatives with the ARIEL e-LINAC.
