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