Programme

Science and Technologies in High Magnetic Fields

Wolfson College, University of Oxford, Oxford

6 December 2023

 

09.00 - 09.30

Coffee and registration (Buttery)

09:30 - 09:40

Welcome and introduction ( Leonard Wolfson Auditorium)

Amalia Patanè, University of Nottingham,

EPSRC-EMFL National Research Facility

A.

SCIENCE IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS

(CHAIR: Amalia Patanè, Univeristy of Nottingham)

09.40 - 10.00 

Antony Carrington, University of Bristol

High-magnetic fields for fundamental Science

10.00 - 10.20 

Richard Hill, University of Nottingham

Diamagnetic levitation and related techniques in fluid and granular dynamics

10.20 - 10.40 

Shuqiu Wang, University of Oxford/Bristol

STM Visualisation of unconventional superconductors at high-magnetic fields

10.40 - 11.10 

Coffee break and Poster session (Buttery)

 

B.

SCIENCE IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS

(CHAIR: Paul Goddard, University of Warwick)

 

 

11.10 - 11.30 

Steven P. Brown, University of Warwick,

EPSRC solid-state NMR National Research Facility

Solid-State NMR at High Magnetic Fields

11.30 - 11.50 

David Collison, University of Manchester, EPSRC EPR National Research Facility

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy at High-Fields and High-Frequencies

11.50 - 12.20 

Flash Talks

12.20 - 13.00

Discussion on Science in High Magnetic Fields

13.00 - 14.00 

Lunch and Poster session (Buttery)

C.

TECHNOLOGIES IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS

(CHAIR: M’hamed Lakrimi, Siemens Healthineers Magnet Technology)

14.00 - 14.20 

Xavier Chaud, European Magnetic Field Laboratory, CNRS/LNCMI

Towards High field magnets using HTS inserts at EMFL

14.20 - 14.40 

Oleg Kirichek, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source,

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

High-Magnetic Field Sample Environment at ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

14:40 - 15.00 

Stephen Blundell, University of Oxford

 High-magnetic fields and muons

15.00 - 15.30

Coffee break and poster session (Buttery)

D.

TECHNOLOGIES IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS

(CHAIR: Ben Bryant, Oxford Instruments)

15.30 - 15.50 

John Burgoyne,  Oxford Instruments

State of the art in commercial superconducting magnets for high field

15.50 - 16.10 

Colin John Humphreys, Paragraf /Queen Mary University of London

Measuring High Magnetic Fields using a Graphene Hall-effect Sensor

16.10 - 16.30 

Roland Gyuraki, Tokamak Energy

HTS magnet technology applications beyond fusion at Tokamak Energy

16.30 - 17.00 

Discussion on Technologies in High Magnetic Fields

17.00

Closing down of the meeting – Collection of posters

 

 

 

FLASH TALKS (4+1 min each – 2 slides)

11.50-11.55

Fengyu Zhang

University of Nottingham

Advancements in Cryogenic Technologies: Harnessing Magnetic Fields for Transportation Innovation

11.55-12.00

Jan Knapp

University of Oxford

High Magnetic Fields for Quantum Gravity

12.00-12.05

Nathan Cottam 

University of Nottingham

Functionalised graphene in high magnetic fields

12.05-12.10

Yannik Dieudonne 

UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA)

Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing for REBCO Tape Assemblies

12.10-12.15

Jeremy Good

Cryogenic Ltd.

NMR at high field without liquid helium

12.15-12.20

Lev Levitin,

Royal Holloway, University of London

Hyperfine interactions and antiferroquadrupolar order: their role in PrOs4Sb12

 

POSTERS

1.

Ioana Paulescu

University of Oxford

Quantum Oscillations of a candidate bulk Dirac system

2.

Weixin Song

University of Oxford

Atomic-scale structure characterisation of battery materials

3.

James Tufnail

University of Oxford

Understanding Irradiation Damage Mechanisms in High Temperature Superconductors for Fusion

4.

William Iliffe

UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA)

STEP's plan for understanding REBCO coated conductors in the Fusion Environment

5.

John Pearce

University of Oxford

Torque Magnetometry in a Stripe-Ordered Triangular Antiferromagnet

6.

Shroya Vaidya

University of Warwick,

Uncovering magnetic and electronic properties in two-dimensional van der Waals magnet Fe3GeTe2 using high magnetic fields

7.

Andrew Varney

Oxford Instruments NanoScience

Quench modelling of high field magnets

8.

Petr Zagura

University of Oxford

Ultra-low resistance joints in high temperature superconductors

9.

Kirk Adams

University of Oxford

In situ measurements of REBCO coated conductor performance under ion irradiation

10.

Muslum Guven

University of Oxford

Persistent MgB2 Joints for React and Wind Magnet

11.

Jan Plechacek

CAN  Superconductors           

New Generation of HTS Bulks for High-Field Applications

12.

Dirk Honecker

ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source

Investigating mesoscopic vortex matter with neutrons