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This is the second announcement of the SNPSchool2022 to be held at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, from October 24th to 28th, 2022 co-hosted by ELPH-Tohoku, J-PARC, RCNP-Osaka, KEK-IINAS-NX, and supported by ASRC JAEA,ANPhA, RIKEN Nishina Center, GP-PU of Tohoku Univ, and related research grants. This is the eleventh of the series which has been held every year since 2012.

In view of the situation of COVID-19, the school will be held in a hybrid style with participants in-person at Sendai and ZOOM.

The school provides lectures that cover subjects from basics to the frontiers of strangeness nuclear physics as well as other related fields such as astrophysics, atomic physics, etc. Lecturers are invited both from theoretical or experimental physics, and their materials are prepared to be useful to students and also to researchers who would have wider interests. Confirmed lectures this year are listed below. In addition to the lectures, facility tours will be organized; a real one at ELPH-Tohoku and virtual ones for other facilities.

Confirmed lecturers are:

Yasushi Kino (Tohoku) Theory of Muon Catalyzed Fusion

Fuminori Sakuma (RIKEN) Kaonic nuclei

Kimiko Sekiguchu (Tokyo Inst. Tech) Experimental Study of Three-Nucleon Forces

Denny Sombillo (Philippine) Deep learning in physics - basic

concepts and its application in hadron spectroscopy

Yudai Suwa (Tokyo) Supernova and nuclear physics

Young Researchers’ Session (YRS)

We organize the Young Researchers’ Session (YRS) for those who think themselves as young, such as students, postdocs and so on. Speakers will give a short (a few minutes) presentation. Hashimoto prize and SNP School Incentive prizes will be awarded to good presenters. ANPhA awards will be selected from them. Those who wish to participate in the YRS and/or to request financial support should submit 200 words abstract in the registration page.

Registration

No registration fee is necessary.

The registration page is open now.

Please register from the school web site.

Facility tour

We arrange a tour at ELPH accelerator facility, Tohoku University for on-site participants.

Financial support

We have limited amount of budget to support domestic travel expenses in Japan for in-person participants who present research works at the Young Researchers' Session.

Accommodation

Please book accomodation by yourself if you intend to participate in SNP School 2022 in person.

There are many reasonably priced hotels in Sendai.

You can book through web sites such as Booking.com.

Hotels along the Sendai subway east-west line or hotels around Sendai station are convenient.

For example, Hotel Pearl City Sendai, APA Villa Hotel Itsutsubashi etc.

If you have any problem booking hotels, please consult the organizers.

Venue

Aoba-Science Hall

(H-04 Science Complex Building, Aobayama-Campus, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN)

and

Mikamine Hall

(ELPH, Tohoku University)

Aoba-Science Hall is 3 min walk from the Aobayama station, east-west subway in Sendai.

Time table of the school will be given on the School web page.

Important Dates and Deadlines

Abstract submission for YRS: September 11

(Application deadline for those who wish YRS presentation and travel support: August 22)

Registration for those who plan to attend in person: September 11

Registration for on-line participants: October 21

Final circular: We will email detailed access information and zoom connection information in early October.

Latest information of the SNP School 2022 will be updated on the web page without notice. Please check it occasionally.

Contact:

If you have any questions, please contact us via the following organizer’s address: snp2022[AT]lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp.

Best regards,

Satoshi N. Nakamura, Toshiyuki Takahashi and Atsushi Hosaka.

Chairs of SNP School 2022