Contributions to a conference proceedings

Strain induced crystallization (SIC) is one of the .most influencing factors for the outstanding mechanical properties of natural rubber. It was extensively investigated within the last decades (e.g. [...]

The current $3.5\sigma$ discrepancy between experimental and Standard Model determinations of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $a_\mu=(g-2)/2$ can only be extended to the discovery $5\sigma$ regime through a reduction of both experimental and theoretical uncertainties. On the theory side, this means a determination of the hadronic vacuum polarisation (HVP) contribution to better than 0.5%, a level of precision that demands the inclusion of QCD + QED effects to properly understand how the behaviour of quarks are modified when their electric charges are turned on. [...]

Quark line disconnected matrix elements of an operator, such as the axial current, are difficult to compute on the lattice. The standard method uses a stochastic estimator of the operator, which is generally very noisy. [...]

Early B-physics experiments have left us with a number of puzzles in heavy flavour physics. New lattice calculations (with a greater understanding of QCD effects in the Standard Model) will be needed to support the increase in experimental precision to be achieved by upcoming experiments such as Belle II. [...]

We demonstrate a stabilization system for temporal and spectral drifts of an OPCPA pump-probe laser at the FLASH soft-x-ray FEL-facility. We achieve drifts of 5.7fs rms and 3.2nm rms, respectively over two days [...]

X-ray Free-Electron Lasers rely on low-emittance photo-injectors driven by UV laser pulses. For optimum performance temporally shaped laser pulses are desired. [...]

The results of the most recent measurements of the inclusive $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ cross section performed by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the CERN LHC are summarized. These include results obtained in proton-proton collisions at different centre-of-mass energies, and the first observation of $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ production in proton-lead collisions. [...]

An overview of neutral BSM direct Higgs searches in fermionic decays performed at CMS was presented. The first part focuses on BSM Higgs resonant searches interpreted within the Higgs-Two-Doublet Model (H2DM) framework and in particular the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). [...]

The predicted high sensitivity of the nuclear modification factor for K$^−$ in SIDIS due to the QCD based effect of medium-induced flavour conversion in the fragmentation function is studied at HERMES experiment. Unlike π+, π− and K$^+$ nuclear modification factor for K$^−$ is assumed to increase at high value of Bjorken variable $x_B$ and a hadron fraction energy $z$. [...]

Laser-aligned carbonyl-sulfide molecules were strong-field ionized using mid-infrared light. Investigating the strong-field effects in the molecular frame allowed to add novel facets to the understanding of the intrinsic nature of strong-field physics..