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MIAPbP - Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics

This workshop aims to explore both the similarities and complementarities between dark matter and the neutrino sector in the context of direct detection experiments with a particular focus on electronic excitations.

MIAPbP - Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics

Charged leptons have been key to the current understanding of physics at the shortest length scales and are the focus of precise tests of the Standard Model. In the coming years several experiments with increased sensitivity in charged lepton physics are expected to deliver exciting results. This workshop will offer the possibility for theoretical and experimental physicists to discuss the status and prospects of this field of research.

The workshop has three main topics: tau lepton precision physics (weeks 1+2), charged lepton flavour violation (weeks 2+3) and muon precision physics (weeks 3+4).

MIAPbP - Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics

Stars form from the collapse of dense clouds, and as the collapsing gas and dust is rotating, a disk forms around the star. Such disks are the birth places of planets and were referred to as ‘protoplanetary disks’. However, the properties of disks during the onset of planet formation have been, and remain, a matter of vigorous debate. We now know that disks have lifetimes of at most a few Myr rather than >10 Myr as previously believed and observed ring structures strongly hint at an early onset of planet formation while the disk is still embedded in its birth environment and fed by infall of gas and dust. Therefore, we are currently witnessing a paradigm shift where even young disks are no longer considered as ‘protoplanetary’, but ‘planet-forming’ instead. While there is agreement today that external effects play a major role in the planet formation process, relatively little work has been done so far in considering the protostellar environment.

MIAPbP - Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics

This four-week MIAPbP workshop will bring together observers and theorists to achieve a consolidated physical summary of the exciting new results from the first four years of JWST science operations. We will review the census of early star-forming galaxies, early BH demographics and growth mechanisms, the ionizing properties of early sources and their role in reionization, and the prospect of detecting pristine stellar populations. We will thus discuss future plans for JWST, guided by theoretical developments. What should JWST achieve during the next five years and what should our observing strategies be with complementary and future facilities like ALMA, SKA, and ELT?

MIAPbP - Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics

One of the biggest questions in all of science is the origin of structure in the Universe. What created everything that we see around us? There are hints suggesting that the answer involves a fascinating connection between the physics of the very small and the very large.

MIAPbP - Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics

This MIAPbP program has been designed to create a stimulating environment that fosters interdisciplinary discussions spanning theoretical, observational, and modelling aspects of massive star formation, evolution, and stellar atmospheres/winds. The program is structured into four broad Topical Blocks (TB) over four weeks. Our goal is to encourage cross-domain collaborations between experts from diverse disciplines, including spectroscopy and photometry, stellar atmosphere and evolution modelling, asteroseismology, and star formation studies, helping to advance the overarching challenge of integrating our understanding of massive star formation, evolution, and their end products into a coherent picture valid across cosmic time.