Pan-American Few-Body Physics Boot Camp: Fostering Collaboration
from
Monday 13 October 2025 (09:00)
to
Friday 24 October 2025 (19:00)
Monday 13 October 2025
09:00
Welcome address from the ECT* direction and senior staff introduction
Welcome address from the ECT* direction and senior staff introduction
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Talk by Filip Agert
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Nils Filip Agert
(
IJCLab
)
Talk by Filip Agert
(Nuclear reactions)
Nils Filip Agert
(
IJCLab
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
13:30
Group Work
Group Work
(Group work)
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00
Discussion
Discussion
(Discussion)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
Tuesday 14 October 2025
09:00
Talk by Andrew Smith
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Andrew John Smith
(
FRIB
)
Talk by Andrew Smith
(Nuclear reactions)
Andrew John Smith
(
FRIB
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Talk by Vinicius Ader
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Vinicius Ader
(
Universidade de Sao Paulo
)
Talk by Vinicius Ader
Vinicius Ader
(
Universidade de Sao Paulo
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
13:30
Group Work
Group Work
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00
Discussion
Discussion
(Discussion)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
Wednesday 15 October 2025
09:00
Complete and Incomplete Fusion of Light Nuclei
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Jeannie Rangel Borges
(
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
)
Complete and Incomplete Fusion of Light Nuclei
(Nuclear reactions)
Jeannie Rangel Borges
(
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
The projectile's low breakup threshold significantly impacts fusion dynamics, making precise predictions of CF and ICF cross sections a major theoretical challenge.
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Talk by Patrick McGlynn
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Patrick McGlynn
(
FRIB
)
Talk by Patrick McGlynn
(Nuclear reactions)
Patrick McGlynn
(
FRIB
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
13:30
Modified few-body Faddeev-type equations in configuration space
-
Renat Sultanov
Modified few-body Faddeev-type equations in configuration space
(Nuclear reactions)
Renat Sultanov
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
14:30
Group Work
Group Work
(Group work)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00
Discussion
Discussion
(Discussion)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
19:00
Programme dinner
Programme dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Thursday 16 October 2025
09:00
Talk by Francesca Bonaiti
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Francesca Bonaiti
(
FRIB
)
Talk by Francesca Bonaiti
Francesca Bonaiti
(
FRIB
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Nuclear structure)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Nuclear reactions and nuclear structure.
-
Branda Pinheiro-Carneiro
(
Federal Fluminense University
)
Nuclear reactions and nuclear structure.
(Nuclear structure)
Branda Pinheiro-Carneiro
(
Federal Fluminense University
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
12:15
Excursion
Excursion
12:15 - 19:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
Friday 17 October 2025
09:00
Talk by Maximilian Jorwieser
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Maximilian Korwieser
(
TUM
)
Talk by Maximilian Jorwieser
(Femtoscopy)
Maximilian Korwieser
(
TUM
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Talk by Georgios Mantzaridis
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Georgios Mantzaridis
(
TUM
)
Talk by Georgios Mantzaridis
(Femtoscopy)
Georgios Mantzaridis
(
TUM
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
13:30
Group Work
Group Work
(Group work)
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00
Discussion
Discussion
(Discussion)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
Saturday 18 October 2025
Sunday 19 October 2025
Monday 20 October 2025
09:00
Lecture
-
Alejandro Kievsky
(
INFN
)
Lecture
(Nuclear reactions)
Alejandro Kievsky
(
INFN
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
The Three-Body Limit Cycle: Universal Form for General Regulators
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Feng Wu
(
IJCLab
)
The Three-Body Limit Cycle: Universal Form for General Regulators
(Effective field theory)
Feng Wu
(
IJCLab
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
We derive the universal functional form of the three-body renormalization relation for general separable regulators through a detailed analysis of the Skorniakov-Ter-Martirosian and Faddeev equations.
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
13:30
Group Work
Group Work
(Group work)
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00
Discussion
Discussion
(Discussion)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
Tuesday 21 October 2025
09:00
Effective field theory for atomic 4He clusters
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Lucas Madeira
(
ECT*
)
Effective field theory for atomic 4He clusters
(Atomic, molecular and optical physics)
Lucas Madeira
(
ECT*
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
We study helium-4 clusters using effective field theory, computing their binding energies with quantum Monte Carlo methods. The results highlight universal features of strongly interacting systems.
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Deformed one-neutron halo nuclei using halo effective field theory
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Live-Palm Kubushishi
(
Ohio University
)
Deformed one-neutron halo nuclei using halo effective field theory
(Effective field theory)
Live-Palm Kubushishi
(
Ohio University
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
In this talk, I present a phenomenological extension of halo-EFT and a more formal EFT-like study that include core excitation effects. Results for Be, C and C will be shown.
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
13:30
Group Work
Group Work
(Group work)
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00
Discussion
Discussion
(Discussion)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
Wednesday 22 October 2025
09:00
Talk by Philipp Quoss
-
Philipp Quoss
(
TUD
)
Talk by Philipp Quoss
(Effective field theory)
Philipp Quoss
(
TUD
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Discrete and Continuous Scale Invariance in Quantum Few-Body Systems: Applications to Cold Atoms and Two-Neutron Halo Nuclei
-
Rafael Mendes Francisco
(
ITA
)
Discrete and Continuous Scale Invariance in Quantum Few-Body Systems: Applications to Cold Atoms and Two-Neutron Halo Nuclei
(Atomic, molecular and optical physics)
Rafael Mendes Francisco
(
ITA
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
Efimov universality describes three-body systems near unitarity, where large scattering lengths make their properties essentially independent of short-range interaction details. This regime is marked by discrete scale invariance, reflected in a geometric spectrum of trimers. In ultracold atomic gases, external magnetic fields allow precise tuning of interactions to the resonant regime, while confinement in traps enables the exploration of extreme spatial compression. Theoretical studies model this compression through an effective continuous dimension, showing that beyond a critical value the discrete scale invariance of three dimensions is suppressed and replaced by continuous scale invariance. Remarkably, nuclear physics offers a natural analogue: two-neutron halo nuclei are weakly bound systems sustained by a fine-tuned neutron–core interaction, leading to a very large scattering length. In this context, Efimov physics provides the framework to analyze their geometry, including the mean distances among constituents, governed by scaling laws set by a single three-body parameter.
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
13:30
Lecture
Lecture
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
14:30
Group Work
Group Work
14:30 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00
Discussion
Discussion
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
19:00
Programme dinner
Programme dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Thursday 23 October 2025
09:00
Talk by Louis Heitz
-
Louis Heitz
(
IJCLab
)
Talk by Louis Heitz
(Nuclear structure)
Louis Heitz
(
IJCLab
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Talk by Luiz Tenorio
-
Luiz Gustavo Mendonca Tenorio
(
ITA/Tohoku University
)
Talk by Luiz Tenorio
(Atomic, molecular and optical physics)
Luiz Gustavo Mendonca Tenorio
(
ITA/Tohoku University
)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
13:30
Group Work
Group Work
(Group work)
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
16:00
Discussion
Discussion
(Discussion)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
Friday 24 October 2025
09:00
Talk by Pedro Magro
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Pedro Luis Domingues Magro
(
Universidade de Sao Paulo
)
Talk by Pedro Magro
Pedro Luis Domingues Magro
(
Universidade de Sao Paulo
)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
09:45
Discussion
Discussion
(Presentation discussions)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
10:45
Group Work
Group Work
(Group work)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi
11:30
Closing
Closing
(Discussion)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Renzo Leonardi