A good speech should be like a woman's skirt;
long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.
Winston S. Churchill


Conference Talks and Seminars by Xavier Roca-Maza
  1. Parity violating asymmetry and dipole polarizabily: how do they reconcile with each other?
    Workshop on charge and matter distribution in nuclei.
    ESNT, Orme des merisiers, France.
    October 14th-17th, 2025
  2. Nuclear theory: The EoS from ground and excited state properties of nuclei
    I.-Introduction and Phenomenology
    II.-Nuclear models and associated errors; Examples
    Nuclei in the Cosmos School 2025 (NIC School)
    Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona, Spain
    June 10th-13th, 2025
  3. Bayesian inference on nuclear ground state and giant resonance data
    International symposium: TRIP Usecase: Nuclear Transmutation 2025
    RIKEN Wako, Japan
    March 10th-12th, 2025
  4. Theoretical study of the Isovector Monopole Resonance
    Single-particle and collective motions from nuclear many-body correlation (PCM2025)
    Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan
    March 4th-7th, 2025
  5. Parity violating asymmetry and dipole polarizabily: how do they reconcile with each other?
    VIIth Topical Workshops on Modern Aspects of Nuclear Structure
    Bormio, Italy.
    February 3rd-8th, 2025
  6. The composition of a neutron star outer crust: from small to very large magnetic fields
    Invited talk at the First ASTRANUCAP workshop
    Madrid, Spain.
    November 18th-19th, 2024
  7. Nuclear Equation of States from Laboratory to Neutron Stars
    Lecture given at the pre-workshop school in Electroweak Physics InterseCtions 2024
    Cagliari, Italy.
    September 21st-27th, 2024
  8. The electric dipole polarizability and the nuclear equation of state
    R3B colloquim series (on-line)
    July 23rd, 2024
  9. Parity violating asymmetry and dipole polarizabily: how do they reconcile with each other?
    Nuclear Structure and Dynamics - NSD 2024
    Valencia, Spain.
    May 27th-31st, 2024
  10. How does subatomic matter organize itself? A low-energy nuclear physics perspective
    Seminar at the Beijing Normal University
    Beijing, China.
    April 25th, 2024
  11. The symmetry energy from ground and excited state properties of atomic nuclei
    Invited tal at the workshop "Exploring nuclear physics across energy scales 2024: intersection between nuclear structure and high energy nuclear collisions".
    Beijing, China.
    April 15th to 27th, 2024
  12. Symmetry energy from ground and excited state properties of atomic nuclei
    Invited talk given at the XI International Symposium on Nuclear Symmetry Energy - NuSym23.
    GSI Darmstadt, Germany.
    September 18th-22th, 2023
  13. How does subatomic matter organize itself? A low-energy nuclear physics perspective
    Invited talk given at the Societa Italiana di Fisica conference.
    Salerno, Italy.
    September 11th-15th, 2023
  14. Equation of State from excited state properties of finite nuclei
    Invited talk given at COMEX7.
    Catania, Italy.
    June 12th-16th, 2023
  15. Equation of State from ground and excited state properties of finite nuclei
    Seminar given at RIKEN.
    Wakoshi, Japan.
    April 12th, 2023
  16. Equation of State for neutron star merger simulations
    Seminar at the physics department of the University of Milano Bicocca.
    Milano, Italy.
    March 2nd, 2023
  17. Equation of State for neutron star merger simulations
    Seminar (on-line) at the Quantum Physics and Astrophysics Departemt of the University of Barcelona.
    Barcelona, Spain.
    December 16th, 2022
  18. Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance: sum rules
    Invited talk at the "Giant and soft modes of excitation in nuclear structure and astrophysics" workshop.
    Trento, Italy.
    October 24th-28th, 2022
  19. How does subatomic matter organize itself? (A low-energy nuclear physics perspective)
    Webinar RESANET (Reactions, structure et Astrophysique Nucleaires: Experiences et Theories)
    October 24th, 2022
  20. Constraining the nuclear equation of state through nuclear experiments
    Invited talk at SFB 1245 workshop.
    Darmstadt
    October 4th - 7th, 2022
  21. Nuclear Equation of State from ground and excited state properties of nuclei:
    1.-Introduction and phenomenology
    2.-Theoretical models, associated errors and correlations
    3.-Current status on the determination of the nuclear Equation of State
    Lecturer at the School Joliot-Curie on "Nuclear Matter under Pressure"
    Saint Pierre d'Oleron, France
    September 4th-9th, 2022
  22. Nuclear equation of state from nuclear collective excited state properties
    Invited talk at ZAKOPANE 2022.
    Zakopane
    August 28th- September 4th, 2022
  23. How does subatomic matter organize itself? A low-energy nuclear physics perspective
    Invited semiar RCNP
    Osaka
    August 3-5, 2022
  24. New approaches to build a nuclear energy density functional
    Invited talk at the IV Gogny Conference
    Granada
    June 8-10, 2022
  25. Determination of the neutron skin of atomic nuclei
    Invited seminar at the Nuclear physics confronts relativistic collisions of isobars
    Heidelberg University
    May 30th - June 3rd, 2022
  26. Theoretical uncertainties count
    Invited talk at the Precision Tests with Neutral-Current Coherent Interactions with Nuclei
    Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
    May 23 - 27, 2022
  27. Parity violating asymmetry and dipole polarizability in 208Pb
    Invited talk at the 13th International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics Perspectives and Challenges in Nuclear Structure after 70 Years of Shell Model
    Sant'Angelo d'Ischia
    May 15-20, 2022
  28. How does subatomic matter orginize itself? (a low-energy Nuclear Physics perspective)
    Seminar series on modern developments in Physics and its applications
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, October 19th.
    2021
  29. The nuclear symmetry energy and the breaking of the isospin symmetry: how do they reconcile with each other?
    (Video of the talk available at the ICC youtube channel)
    Seminar of the cycle "Hadronic, Nuclear & Atomic Physics Group seminars".
    University of Barcelona & ICC, January 14th.
    2021
  30. How does nuclear structure constrain the equation of state of nuclear matter?
    Invited talk "Laser spectroscopy as a tool for nuclear theories".
    CEA Orme des Merisiers Campus, October 7th to 11th.
    2019
  31. Spin-isospin resonances with the new functionals: SAMi, SAMi-T and SAMi-ISB
    Invited seminar on the cicle "Theory Group Seminars".
    INFN Pisa, April 11th.
    2019
  32. Spin-isospin resonances with the new functionals: SAMi, SAMi-T and SAMi-ISB
    Invited seminar on the cicle "Nuclear Physics Group Seminars".
    University of Milan, April 5th.
    2019
  33. Implications for nuclear structure from precision neutron skin measurements
    Invited talk at the "Weak Elastic Scattering with Nuclei" workshop.
    INT Seattle, March 4th - 8th
    2019
  34. Spin-isospin resonances with the new functionals: SAMi, SAMi-T and SAMi-ISB
    Invited seminar on the cicle "Seminaires de Physique Theorique".
    IPN Orsay, November 28th
    2018
  35. The nuclear symmetry energy and the breaking of the isospin symmetry: how do they reconcile with each other?
    Talk given at the "6th International Conference on Collective Motion in Nuclei under Extreme Conditions (COMEX6)" conference.
    Cape Town, South Africa, October 29th - November 2nd.
    2018
  36. Nuclear Energy Density Functionals (The SAMi, SAMi-ISB and SAMi-T interactions)
    Invited talk to "NuSTAR week 2018".
    Milano, Italy, September 24th-28th.
    2018
  37. Nuclear Energy Density Functionals (superficial, brief, and not esxhaustive presentation)
    Invited talk to the 1st APCTP-TRIUMF Joint Workshop "Understanding Nuclei from Different Theoretical Approaches" workshop.
    Pohang, South Korea, September 14th-19th.
    2018
  38. The nuclear symmetry energy and the breaking of the isospin symmetry: how do they reconcile with each other?
    Invited talk "8th International Symposium on Nuclear Symmetry Energy (NuSYM2018)" conference.
    Busan, South Korea, September 10th-13th.
    2018
  39. Electron scattering as a probe of surface properties, proton shell structure of unstable nuclei and of the symmetry energy
    Invited talk "Probing exotic structure of short-lived nuclei by electron scattering" workshop.
    ECT* Trento, Italy, July 16th-20th.
    2018
  40. Dipole Polarizability and the neutron skin thickness
    Seminar given at the Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics, University of Barcelona.
    Barcelona, Spain, June 14th
    2018
  41. Can we reconcile our understanding of the symmetry energy with the isobaric analog state properties?
    Invited talk at "Nuclear Structure and Related Topics - NSRT18".
    Burgas, Bulgary, June 3rd to 9th
    2018
  42. Impact of the experimental program at MESA on low-energy nuclear observables
    Invited talk at "Bridging the Standard Model to New Physics with the Parity Violation Program at MESA"
    Mainz, Germany, April 23rd to May 4th
    2018
  43. Can we reconcile our understanding of the symmetry energy with the isobaric analog state properties?
    Invited talk at "Information and statistics in nuclear experiment and theory ISNET-5"
    York, UK, November 6th - 9th.
    2017
  44. Can we reconcile our understanding of the symmetry energy with the isobaric analog state properties?
    Invited talk at "The International Symposium on Physics of Unstable Nuclei 2017 (ISPUN17)"
    Halong City, Vietnam, September 25th - 30th.
    2017
  45. Towards a universal nuclear structure model
    Invited talk "Congresso del Dipartimento di Fisica" conference.
    Physics Department, Milano, Italy, June 28nd-29th.
    2017
  46. Towards the improvement of spin-isospin properties in nuclear energy density functionals
    Invited talk "Landau Fermi liquid theory in nuclear and many-body systems" workshop.
    ECT* Trento, Italy, May 22nd-26th.
    2017
  47. Beyond mean field calculations with Skyrme functionals: subtraction method
    Invited talk "Unraveling the complexity of nuclear systems: single-particle and collective aspects through the looking glass" workshop.
    ECT* Trento, Italy, February 6th-10th.
    2017
  48. The nuclear Equation of State (in connection with the pygmy)
    Invited talk given at the "Terzo Incontro Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare" conference.
    Frascati (LNF), Italy, November 14th-16th.
    2016
  49. The nuclear Equation of State and the neutron skin thickness in nuclei
    Invited talk given at the "Physics beyond the standard model and precision nucleon structure measurements with parity-violating electron scattering" workshop.
    Trento, Italy, August 1st-5th.
    2016
  50. The Isobaric Analog State, the Antianalog Giant Dipole Resonance and the neutron skin thickness
    Seminar given at the Physics Department of the University of Zagreb.
    Zagreb, Croatia, May 25th
    2016
  51. The dipole polarizability and the neutron skin thickness
    Invited talk given at the workshop on Neutron Skins of Nuclei.
    Mainz, Germany, May 17th-27th
    2016
  52. The dipole polarizability and the neutron skin thickness
    Invited talk given at the Joint LIA COLL-AGAIN, COPIGAL, and POLITA Workshop.
    Catania, Italy, April 26th-29nd
    2016
  53. The Nuclear Equation of State and the Symmetry Energy
    Invited talk given at the TNPI2016 - XV Conference on Theoretical Nuclear Physics in Italy.
    Pisa, Italy, April 20th-22nd
    2016
  54. Dipole polarizability, parity violating asymmetry and the neutron skin thickness
    Seminar at the School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University.
    Lanzhou, China, January 27th
    2016
  55. Dipole polarizability, parity violating asymmetry and the neutron skin thickness
    Seminar at the Institute for Theoretical Physics.
    Beijing, China, January 20th
    2016
  56. Dipole polarizability, parity violating asymmetry and the neutron skin thickness
    Seminar at Peking University.
    Beijing, China, January 19th
    2016
  57. Covariance analysis for nuclear energy density functionals
    Invited talk given at "Information and statistics in nuclear experiment and theory (ISNET-3)" workshop.
    Trento, Italy, November 16th - 20th.
    2015
  58. Towards the improvement of spin-isospin properties in nuclear energy density functionals
    Invited talk given at "Computational Advances in Nuclear and Hadron Physics" workshop.
    Kyoto, Japan, September 21st - October 30th.
    2015
  59. Towards the improvement of spin-isospin properties in nuclear energy density functionals
    Invited talk given at "Selected Topics in Nuclear and Atomic Physics" school.
    Fiera di Primiero, Italia, September 30th - October 4th.
    2015
  60. Towards the improvement of spin-isospin properties in nuclear energy density functionals
    Invited talk given at ISEN-2015.
    Varna, Bulgaria, September 6th-12th.
    2015
  61. Renormalization of zero-range effective interactions in finite nuclei
    Invited talk given at the "Interfacing Structure and Reaction Dynamics in the Synthesis of the Heaviest Nuclei" workshop at ECT*.
    Trento, September 1st-4th.
    2015
  62. New Skyrme energy density functional for a better description of spin-isospin resonances
    Invited talk given at the "Nuclear Structure and Dynamics III" conference.
    Portoroz, June 14th-19th.
    2015
  63. Parity violating electron scattering and dipole polarizability
    Invited talk given at the "Neutron Skins of Nuclei: from laboratory to stars: Introductory Workshop".
    Mainz, May 4th-7th.
    2015
  64. Nuclear equation of State and the Symmetry Energy
    Talk given at the STRENGTH group internal meeting.
    Napoli, April 16th-17th.
    2015
  65. Parity violating asymmetry, Giant Resonances, and the neutron skin thickness
    Invited talk given at the ASY-EoS 2015 workshop.
    Piazza Armerina, March 3rd-6th.
    2015
  66. Parity violating asymmetry, dipole polarizability, and the neutron skin thickness in 48Ca and 208Pb
    Invited talk given at the ``Christmas meeting'' of the ICCUB.
    Barcelona, December 17th.
    2014
  67. New energy density functionals for a better description of charge-exchange resonances Mini-workshop
    Talk given at the workshop on ``New achievements in Gamow-Teller nuclear transitions and decays''.
    Milano, November 18th.
    2014
  68. Parity violating asymmetry, dipole polarizability, and the neutron skin thickness in 48Ca and 208Pb
    Invited talk PAVI14: From Parity Violation to Hadron Stucture.
    Skaneateles, NY, July 14-18th.
    2014
  69. Towards the improvement of spin-isospin properties in nuclear energy density functionals
    Invited seminar on the cicle "Seminaires de Physique Theorique".
    IPN Orsay, May 28th 2014.
    2014
  70. Structure and composition of the outer crust
    Invited talk at FUSTIPEN workshop on the "Structure of the neutron star crust: experimental and observational signatures."
    GANIL, Caen, May 26-27th.
    2014
  71. Nature of low-energy dipole states in exotic nuclei
    Talk at the SPES one-day workshop on "Collective Excitations of Exotic Nuclei".
    University of Milan, 9-10 December.
    2013
  72. Unraveling the dependence of the Electric Dipole Polarizability on the isovector properties of the nuclear effective interaction
    Invited seminar.
    Barcelona University, 19 Septempber.
    2013
  73. The Nuclear Symmetry Energy: Constraints from Giant Resonances
    Invited talk at the 3rd International Symposium on Nuclear Symmetry Energy.
    NSCL/FRIB, East Lansing (USA) 22-26 July.
    2013
  74. Unraveling the dependence of the Electric Dipole Polarizability on the isovector properties of the nuclear effective interaction
    Invited talk at the first International Collaboration in Nuclear Theory (ICNT) topical program on "Symmetry Energy in the Context of New Radioactive Beam Facilities and Astrophysics".
    NSCL/FRIB, East Lansing (USA) 15 July - 9 August.
    2013
  75. The nuclear symmetry energy: constraints from giant resonances and parity violating electron scattering
    Talk at the International Nuclear Physics Conference 2013.
    Firenze (Italy) 2-7 June.
    2013
  76. The Nuclear Symmetry Energy: constraints from Giant Resonances
    Invited Seminar at the Physics Department of Surrey University.
    Guildford (UK) 14 May.
    2013
  77. Elastic electron scattering as a revitalized experimental tool in modern nuclear physics: a theoretical point of view.
    Internal Seminar of the Nuclear Physics Section, Universita degli Studi di Milano.
    Milano (Italy) 8 May
    2013
  78. Local covariant density functional constrained by the relativistic Hartree-Fock theory.
    Internal Seminar of the Nuclear Physics Section, Universita degli Studi di Milano.
    Milano (Italy) 6 May.
    2013
  79. Parity Violating Asymmetry, Dipole Polarizability, and the Neutron Skin Thickness.
    Invited talk at the Calcium Radius Experiment (CREX) Workshop at Jefferson Lab.
    Newport News (USA) 17-19 March.
    2013
  80. Electron scattering as a probe of surface properties and proton shell structure of unstable nuclei.
    Invited RIBF Nuclear Physics Seminar at RIKEN Nishina Center.
    Wako (Japan) 8 March.
    2013
  81. The Nuclear Symmetry Energy: constraints from Giant Resonances.
    Talk at the ``Trobades de Nadal''.
    Barcelona (Spain) 19-20 December.
    2012
  82. New Skyrme energy density functional for a better description of charge-exchange resonances.
    Invited talk at the 19th Nuclear Physics Workshop - Marie \& Pierre Curie.
    Kazimierz (Poland) 26-30 September.
    2012
  83. Dipole Polarizability and Parity Violating Asymmetry in 208Pb.
    Invited key note talk at the 2nd European Nuclear Physics Conference - EuPNC 2012.
    Bucharest (Romania) 16-21 September.
    2012
  84. Dipole Polarizability and Parity Violating Asymmetry in 208Pb.
    Talk at the conference Nuclear Dynamics and Structure II.
    Opatija (Croatia) 9-13 July.
    2012
  85. Dipole Polarizability and Parity Violating Asymmetry in 208Pb.
    Invited talk at the workshop The Nuclear Dipole Polarizability and its Impact on Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics.
    Trento (Italy) 18-22 June.
    2012
  86. Pygmy dipole resonances in stable and unstable nuclei.
    Talk at the 1st Topical Workshop on Modern Aspects in Nuclear Structure.
    Bormio (Italy) 22-25 February.
    2012
  87. The pygmy dipole strength, the neutron radius of 208Pb and the symmetry energy.
    Talk at the II Iberian nuclear astrophysics meeting.
    Salamanca (Spain), 22-23 September.
    2011
  88. Relativistic mean field interaction with density dependent meson-nucleon vertices based on microscopical calculations
    University of Coimbra. Physics Department.
    Coimbra (Portugal), 20 September 2011.
    2011
  89. The Dipole Strength: Microscopic Properties and Correlations with the Symmetry Energy and the Neutron Skin Thickness
    Invited talk at the International Symposium on Nuclear Symmetry Energy.
    Northampton (MA), 17-20 June.
    2011
  90. Density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy estimated from neutron skin thickness in finite nuclei.
    Talk at the JAPAN-ITALY EFES Workshop.
    Turin (Italy), 6-8 September.
    2010
  91. Density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy estimated from neutron skin thickness in finite nuclei.
    Internal Seminar of the Physics Department, Universita degli Studi di Milano.
    Milan (Italy), 3 November.
    2010
  92. The Smoothness of Physical Observables
    Internal Seminar of the Physics Department, Universitat de Barcelona.
    Barcelona (Spain), 29 May.
    2009