NAMO – Nuclear, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Workshop 2026
We are looking forward to hosting the NAMO workshop on Monday and Tuesday preceding LECM. The workshop aims to bring together the North American community of physicists using AMO and precision-measurement techniques to study radioisotopes produced at accelerator-based facilities, as well as theorists providing corresponding calculations. Topics include fundamental symmetries and EDM searches, laser spectroscopy for nuclear structure and astrophysics, mass measurements, and related areas.
Please note your interest in participating in NAMO when registering for the LECM; there is also an option to register exclusively for NAMO. The registration fee ($65) will cover lunch and coffee breaks.
Timetable & Talks
(All talks and activities are in Building 241, Room D172 -- please see map available on LECM component of the website)
Monday, August 10
Session chairs: Peter Mueller (morning), Jonas Karthein (afternoon). All times CT.
| Time | # | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | Arrival / Registration | ||
| 09:15 | Introduction | ||
| 09:30 | 1 | Grigor Sargsyan | Ab initio calculations of beta decay recoil-order terms for precision measurements |
| 10:00 | 2 | Maxime Brodeur | Precision measurements of mirror transitions at Notre Dame |
| 10:30 | Break (coffee and snacks served) | ||
| 11:00 | 3 | Bernhard Maass | Laser Spectroscopy at Argonne National Laboratory |
| 11:30 | 4 | Brenden Longfellow | Tensor Current Limits and Neutrino Energy Spectra with the Beta-decay Paul Trap |
| 11:50 | 5 | Aaron Gallant | Recoil-Ion Spectroscopy with BEARTrap: Status and Outlook |
| 12:10 | Lunch (provided) / Student lunch talks: Mason Moenter, Julian Palmes, Sam Porter, Nicholas Nusgart | ||
| 14:00 | 6 | Ragnar Stroberg | TBA |
| 14:30 | 7 | Hannah Erington | Mass Measurements at LEBIT: Recent Results and Technical Developments |
| 15:00 | 8 | Matthew Redshaw | Precise Penning trap measurements of beta-decay Q values for applications to neutrinos and fundamental physics |
| 15:30 | Break (coffee and snacks served) | ||
| 16:00 | 9 | Prajwal MohanMurthy | Producing 229Pa for a Spectroscopy Campaign (and eventual NSM measurement) |
| 16:30 | 10 | Olivier Grasdijk | Progress toward a measurement of the 205Tl nuclear Schiff moment with CeNTREX |
| 17:00 | 11 | Silviu-Marian Udrescu | Quantum Sensing for Fundamental Physics |
Tuesday, August 11
Session chairs: Shane Wilkins (morning), Ragnar Stroberg (afternoon). All times CT.
| Time | # | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 12 | Patrick Stollenwerk | Opportunities for Nuclear-AMO experiments at FRIB |
| 09:30 | 13 | Adam Dockery | Charge Radii of 52,53Ni from Precision Laser Spectroscopy |
| 10:00 | 14 | Matthias Heinz | Ab initio theory for nuclear densities and parity-violating electron scattering |
| 10:30 | Break (coffee and snacks served) | ||
| 11:00 | 15 | Xing Wu | Towards quantum control and sensing with 227,229ThO and other radioactive molecules for fundamental symmetry tests |
| 11:30 | 16 | Wouter Dekens | Going beyond the Standard Model using Effective Field Theories |
| 12:00 | 17 | Michael Bishof | TBA |
| 12:30 | Lunch (provided) / Tours | ||
| 14:00 | 18 | Ronald Garcia Ruiz | TBA |
| 14:30 | 19 | Xing Fan | Toward Nuclear Schiff Moment Search using 229ThF+ molecular ions |
| 15:00 | 20 | Nick Hutzler | Fundamental Physics with Radioactive and Polyatomic Molecules |
| 15:30 | Break (coffee and snacks served) | ||
| 16:00 | 21 | Arno Claessens | In-gas-jet laser ionization spectroscopy of radioactive molecules |
| 16:30 | 22 | Erich Leistenschneider | First results from AETHER — LBNL's new infrastructure for heavy element research |
| 17:00 | 23 | Jonas Karthein | Scalable Agentic Digital Twins for Autonomous Precision Facilities |
Registration
Registration is now closed.
If you have any questions, please contact the local organizer, Bernhard Maass (maass@anl.gov)