Conferences and Meetings on High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory,    Metrology and Instrumentation

Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS)

Rich mathematical structures appear in supersymmetric quantum field theories. These provide new perspectives on deep mathematics while at the same time allow for a better understanding of the quantum field theories. This workshop brings together experts from different areas in mathematics and theoretical physics with the aim of deepening our understanding and to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations.

Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers,    Geometry and Topology

TeV Particle Astrophysics Conference is an annual international meeting in astroparticle physics. It attracts leading scientists in the field to discuss the latest results and ideas, and prospects for progress in Astroparticle Physics. TeV Particle Astrophysics 2021(TeVPA 2021) in Chengdu is hosted by TIANFU Cosmic Ray Research Center, Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP).

Email: https://indico.ihep.ac.cn/event/11934/

Organised by IOP Astroparticle, High Energy Particle & Nuclear Physics Groups

A combined annual meeting of the IOP Astroparticle Physics Group, the High Energy Particle Physics Group and the Nuclear Physics Group.

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Nuclear Physics

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s facility for probing fundamental physics at the electroweak scale and well beyond. As it enters a new phase of extended data accumulation, two broad challenges emerge: how to fulfill the potential for percent-level precision with the large dataset, and how to maximise the information that can be extracted from each event about the underlying scattering process, in particular with machine learning. Solving these problems will have an impact across a wide range of physics topics: establishing the properties of the newly discovered interactions of the Higgs sector and understanding electroweak symmetry breaking, enhancing the sensitivity of searches for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), and precision measurements of a range of fundamental parameters in the Standard Model.

Neutrino physics is one of the most flourishing fields in particle physics. Neutrinos are elementary particles of nature, and scientists found they have mass. This was the topic of the 2015 Nobel prize, and is the only clear evidence for this mass beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Scientists all over the world study properties of neutrinos or use neutrinos as a new tool to investigate astrophysical objects and fundamental properties of the universe. In this talk Dr Katori will review particle physics and the status of the most exciting neutrino projects in the world.

This event may also be delivered as an online webinar. If necessary due to Coronavirus or venue restrictions it will be an online webinar only.

This workshop aims to connect different communities and research areas in gravitational physics by covering observational and theoretical topics. More specifically, the focus will be on tests of gravity, gravitational waves, numerical simulations and data analysis, and theoretical models (including modified gravity). Each of the six days provides a series of invited talks by leading experts along with generous time for discussion. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this workshop will take place online. The program will run in the European afternoons to maximize participation across time zones.

Email: jgonzale@sissa.it

Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS)

New experiments are challenging our conventional understanding of past, present, and future in the quantum world. This workshop will, therefore, explore the very foundations of our understanding of space, time, and gravity by looking at new mathematical concepts and methods related to the quantum processes of measuring location, orientation, speed, cause and effect. We expect to forge a path that blends together new ideas on how our description of the structure of space and time must be modified to fully understand how to combine gravity with quantum physics.

Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers,    Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory

This specialized workshop aims to bring together physicists and mathematicians who work with aspects of number theory. The idea is to enable an exchange of key ideas that will bring about novel avenues of research in the growing set of applications of number theory, geometry and physics.

1. Modularity 2. Invariants of manifolds 3. Dynamical systems and quantum chaos 4. Langlands correspondence 5. BPS state counting

Number Theory, Arithmetic,    Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory

The goal of these Workshops is to offer the physics community a significant opportunity to assess the status of major topics within the field and initiate collaborative efforts to address current challenges. The Workshops attract leading experimentalists and theorists, from all over the world, allowing them to exchange ideas and to develop new strategies. In many cases the efforts initiated at these Workshops result in completed projects that are published in international journals. These projects have sometimes proven to be major breakthroughs such as the MSW effect, which was first discussed at the WIN85 meeting in Finland.

Email: http://win2021.umn.edu/

Neutrino Physics, Electroweak Interactions, Flavor and Precision Physics, Astro-particle Physics and Cosmology

Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)

The topic of our programme is the string landscape and the swampland and should be understood in a broad sense.

The nature and composition of Dark Matter and Dark Energy are two of the most pressing mysteries of frontier physics, and research in these fields is presently gathering increasing momentum and attracting the efforts of scientists from many international institutions. The "16th Patras Workshop on Axions WIMPs and WISPs” is the latest event in an annual series of conferences, started in 2005 at CERN. This workshop is aiming to continue the rich and successful series, reviewing recent theoretical advances, laboratory experiments, novel ideas as well as astrophysical and cosmological results in the fields of axions, WIMPs and WISPs. Participation by young scientists is strongly encouraged.

Email: https://axion-wimp2021.desy.de/

Cluster structure in stable and unstable nuclei Clustering in exotic nuclei, nuclear molecules and few-cluster systems Clustering aspects of nuclear reactions Symmetries and clustering Clustering in nuclear matter and neutron stars Nuclear fission, superheavy nuclei, cluster decay Cluster physics and nuclear astrophysics Analogues of nuclear clustering in quark and atomic systems Clustering in hypernuclei Selected applications of clustered nuclei

Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS)

Particle Physicists study matter at is smallest scale and try to reveal how the physical world is constructed from elementary particles and the forces acting between them. The well-known proton, neutron and similar particles are composed of quarks. Atoms also contain electrons; together with the two heavier versions of the electron (the muon and tau), each with its associated neutrino, they make up the group of leptons. Another ingredient of the catalogue of particles is the Higgs boson, discovered at the CERN Lab's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012.

Probability and Statistics, Game Theory,    Scientific Computing

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "String Theory, Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (GRS)" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC.

This edition of the conference will take place in Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, 2020-2021. The first part (online) will be held from 11th to 17th October 2020. The second part (in person) will be held from 28th June to 3rd July 2021. For the second part of the conference, a new call for abstracts will be organized from January to March 2021. The conference is devoted to the actual nuclear and high energy physics problems and their applications. This is the eldest international nuclear conference in Russia (since 1951). It is also one of the eldest conferences in Europe.

Experimental study of properties of atomic nuclei; • Experimental study of mechanisms of nuclear reactions; • Theory of atomic nucleus and fundamental interactions; • Theory of nuclear reactions; • Application of nuclear physics methods in related fields of science and technology.

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (IWNT) is annually organized since 1980 by the Nuclear Theory Laboratory (NTL) of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The aim of the Workshop is to provide an international forum for exchange of ideas, discussions and collaboration between researchers in nuclear physics and related areas. The program of IWNT39-2020 is expected to include the most recent theoretical and experimental advances in the field

nuclear structure and reactions; nuclear equation of state and symmetry energy; symmetries and dynamics; collective and intrinsic motions of nuclei; exotic nuclei; few-body and many-fermion systems; nuclear astrophysics and related topics.

Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) of the American Physical Society.

The Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise (a.k.a. “Snowmass”) is organized by the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) of the American Physical Society. Snowmass is a scientific study. It provides an opportunity for the entire particle physics community to come together to identify and document a scientific vision for the future of particle physics in the U.S. and its international partners. The P5 (Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel) will take the scientific input from Snowmass and develop a strategic plan for U.S. particle physics that can be executed over a 10 year timescale, in the context of a 20-year global vision for the field.

The Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics will host a 2020 summer school for Ph.D. students in theoretical physics, the fifth of an annual series. The main theme of the school is "Scattering Amplitudes", ranging from recent new formal developments to precision calculations. Topics include lectures on the geometry of scattering amplitudes, on mathematical functions associated to loop amplitudes, on phenomenological applications in jet physics and on applications in perturbative gravity. The aim of the school is thus to provide a concise overview of the most important theory tools to carry out innovative research in the field of scattering amplitudes.

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Neutron Scattering

The conference is jointly organized by TRIUMF (Vancouver, Canada) and Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Canada).

The scientific program will be devoted to the latest experimental and theoretical developments in nucleus nucleus collisions with a wide range of topics.

Fusion and Fission Hadron Physics and QCD Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, QGP Equation of State of Neutron-Rich Nuclear Matter Nuclear Structure from collisions Nuclear Reactions Nuclear Astrophysics Heavy and Superheavy Elements Instrumentation and Facilities Applications of Nuclear Science and Technologies

Nuclear Physics,    Plasma and Gas-discharge Physics, Nuclear Fusion

University of Stavanger and the Academy of Science Stavanger

Due to Covid19 the in-person conference has been postponed to August 1st - 6th, 2022.To bridge the gap we welcome everyone to a virtual tribute to QCHS between August 2nd-6th 2021.

Inaugurated in 1994 in Como, Italy, this series of conferences has become an important forum for scientists working on strong interactions, stimulating exchanges among theorists and experimentalists as well as across related fields. The aim of the conference is to bring together people working on strong interactions from different approaches, ranging from lattice QCD to perturbative QCD, from models of the QCD vacuum to QCD phenomenology and experiments, from effective theories to physics beyond the Standard Model.

The scope of the conference also includes the interface between QCD, nuclear physics and astrophysics, and the wider landscape of strongly coupled physics. In particular, the conference will focus on the fruitful interactions and mutual benefits between QCD and the physics of condensed matter and strongly correlated systems.

This school is intended for young researchers (master students, PhD students and young postdocs) involved in the global effort of investigating the large excess of the measured value of the muon anomalous magnetic moment over the Standard Model prediction. The lecture schedule will be complemented by dedicated sessions for discussions, exercises and posters along with social activities to encourage networking and a vivid exchange of ideas.

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Mathematical Physics

DPG Sektion Materie und Kosmos (SmuK)

Jedes Jahr veranstaltet die DPG-(Frühjahrs)Tagungen an wechselnden Orten und Universitäten in Deutschland. Mit jährlich über 10.000 Teilnehmenden aus dem In- und Ausland gehören die DPG-(Frühjahrs)Tagungen regelmäßig zu den größten Physikkongressen Europas. Kernanliegen der DPG sind dabei der Wissenstransfer und die Nachwuchsförderung. Die DPG-(Frühjahrs)Tagungen sind deshalb auch eine wichtige Plattform für Studierende, auf der sie erstmals ihre Master- oder Diplomarbeitsthemen vortragen und mit Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern diskutieren können. Die umfassende Aufnahme von Vorträgen des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in das Tagungsprogramm ist ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal der DPG-(Frühjahrs)Tagungen auch im internationalen Maßstab.

Matter and Cosmos Section (SMuK) Extraterrestrial Physics (EP) Gravitation and Relativity (GR) Hadronic and Nuclear Physics (HK) Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (MP) Short Time Scale and Applied Laser Physics (K) Plasma Physics (P) Environmental Physics (UP) Working Group on Equal Opportunities (AKC) Working Group Young DPG Working Group on Philosophy of Physics (AGPhil)

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Courses and Events for Physics Students

TAUP 2021 is hosted by IFIC, a joint research centre shared by the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Valencia (UV), in collaboration with other national institutions involved in astroparticle physics.

The biennial TAUP series covers recent experimental and theoretical developments in astroparticle physics by invited plenary review talks and parallel workshop sessions of invited and contributed presentations. The conference will also include a dedicated poster session.

Email: https://congresos.adeituv.es/TAUP2021/

Cosmology and particle physics, Dark matter and its detection, Neutrino physics and astrophysics, Gravitational waves, High-energy astrophysics and cosmic rays

The conference is hosted by LIP, Laboratory for Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics, and FCUL, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.

This conference is the 22nd in the series of triennial conferences which bring together the Particle and Nuclear Physics communities. PANIC2021 consists of plenary talks, a number of parallel sessions and a poster session. The scientific programme addresses a broad range of topics at the interface between particle, nuclear and astrophysics. Special emphasis will be devoted to recent discoveries and results.

Nuclear Physics,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

UNAM - Universidade Nacional Autônoma do México

The event is the tenth in a series of meetings gathering scientists working on astroparticle physics, cosmology, gravitation, nuclear physics, and related fields. As in previous years, the IWARA2021 meeting sessions will consist of invited and contributed talks, poster sessions.

Peter Otto Hess, Chair;     Email: hess@nucleares.unam.mx

IWARA 2021 will cover recent developments in the following topics: New phenomena and new states of matter in the Universe; General relativity, gravitation, cosmology; Quantum gravity and quantum cosmology; White dwarfs, neutron stars and pulsars; Black hole physics and astrophysics; Gamma-ray emission in the Universe; High energy cosmic rays; Gravitational waves; Dark energy and dark matter; Strange matter and strange stars; Quantum chromodynamics, nuclear and particle physics; Heavy ion collisions and the formation of the quark-gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions and in the first instants of the Universe; Strong magnetic fields in the Universe, and topics related.

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Nuclear Physics

The observational evidence for the acceleration of the universe shows that our canonical theories of cosmology and fundamental physics are at least incomplete, and possibly incorrect: new physics is out there, waiting to be discovered. Key cosmological paradigms like dark matter, dark energy, inflation and neutrino masses, all of which require new physics, will leave imprints on a range of astrophysical scales. Thus progress in fundamental physics will increasingly rely on progress in observational astrophysics and cosmology.

Stefan Meyer Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Low-energy QCD Precision experiments with atoms, neutrons, and charged particles, Antihydrogen: CPT and gravity, Leptonic atoms: QED and gravity, CP violation, Kaon-nucleon and kaon-nucleus interaction, Cosmology, dark matter and energy, Neutrino physics, Hadron physics at colliders, Future facilities and instrumentation

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Particle Accelerators

Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Recently, there has been great interest in determining criteria which differentiate between effective low-energy field theories which can be consistently completed in the ultraviolet into quantum gravity, said to be in the ‘Landscape’, from theories which appear consistent but nonetheless defy such a coupling to quantum gravity, the so-called ‘Swampland’. A number of such criteria, or Swampland Conjectures, have been proposed in the literature and attracted considerable interest in the high energy physics community. If confirmed, they have far-reaching consequences for physics and cosmology, such as for the structure of large field inflation in early time cosmology or for the mechanism responsible for the observed late-time acceleration of the universe, to name but the most striking ones. On the other hand, the Swampland Conjectures translate, in the context of string theory, into conjectures regarding the structure of possible compactifications, or string geometries. String theory is therefore in a unique position to quantitatively test - and possibly refine - such general Swampland Conjectures. This Scientific Program proposes to study these intriguing connections between general properties of quantum gravity and the geometry of string compactifications. It aims to bring together world experts working at the forefront of research in string theory, field theoretic aspects of quantum gravity, and geometry at this unique time in which our understanding of the Swampland is quickly evolving.

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), UCLA

The aim of this program is to connect efforts of the mathematical and physical sciences communities to address the latest advances and new challenges on the understanding of multi-messenger astronomy. The IPAM program will comprise four workshops, each addressing a different topic: the generation of catalogs of waveform templates; the discussion of the mathematical modeling of the equations governing strong relativistic systems; parameter estimation of astrophysical sources of gravitational waves; and the state of the art of big data and deep learning techniques for GW data analysis.

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Scientific Computing

Nuclear Physics,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Indiana University

TAU2021 is the 16th International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics in the series devoted to the physics of the tau lepton and its associated neutrino. The goal of the workshop is to bring theorists and experimentalists together to discuss recent progress in the field. Latest results from e+e- colliders (Belle II, BESIII experiments), the proton-proton colliders (ATLAS, CMS and LHCb experiments), g-2 and the neutrino experiments (DUNE, MINOS, etc.) will be presented. Properties of the tau lepton, as well as methods of using tau leptons as a probe for new physics, will be discussed, along with a review of future experimental projects.

Conference coordinator;     Phone: [+1 812-855-5466];     Email: tau2021@indiana.edu

Hadronic decays, CP and T violation, CKM matrix and Flavour Mixing, Rare decays, Precision SM tests, CPT and Quantum Mechanics, Lepton universality and flavour violation, Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the muon, Neutrino Physics, Chiral perturbation theory, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Future opportunities in Tau Physics

Nuclear Physics,    Particle Accelerators

University of Genova and INFN-Sezione di Genova

A conference to gather an overview of the status and future prospects of astrophysics and cosmology with a multimessenger approach. The conference will feature only plenary sessions on the following topics: astrophysics with electromagnetic waves, astrophysics with gravitational waves, astroparticle physics and neutrino astrophysics, nuclear astrophysics, cosmology. The conference was originally planned for 2020 and moved to 2021 because of the Covid-19 emergency situation.

Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Boundaries and defects have been at the heart of crucial developments in theoretical physics in the last 20 years: holography (field theories could live at the boundary of a higher- dimensional gravitational theory), entanglement (the entangling surface can be treated as a defect), black holes (the horizon is a boundary), topological insulators and semi-metals (the topologically-protected massless modes live at the boundary), and non-local operators such as Wilson and ‘t Hooft lines (defects defined by appropriate boundary conditions). Additionally, many other areas have made major advances in recent years whose implications for quantum field theory with boundaries and defects have yet to be explored fully: the conformal bootstrap, dualities among (2+1)d quantum field theories, supersymmetric localization, integrability, and so on. However, progress in these areas has largely been carried out by separated communities working in isolation from the others. This scientific program thus aims to bring together a diverse group of leading theorists interested in boundaries and defects in quantum field theory, from the formal/mathematical to the applied, to forge collaborations between different areas, identify common subjects and complementary approaches, and set the agenda for future developments and new applications.

The three broad focus areas will be: Conformal field theories with boundaries and defects Supersymmetry and Duality with boundaries and defects Curved space, gravity and entanglement

ETH Zürich - EPF Lausanne - Universität Bern - Université de Genève

Understanding quantum gravity is one of the main open questions in modern theoretical physics. Holographic duality constitutes a major advance in this direction linking together quantum field theory and quantum gravity and in particular string theory. This meeting aims to bring together a diverse set of international experts working on the intersecting fields of string theory, quantum field theory and holography.

Strings, Branes and Holograms

Mathematical Physics,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

The event is organized and supported by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Catania and Laboratori Nazionali del Sud.

The symposium will address experimental and theoretical investigations of the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter. Such investigations include efforts in nuclear structure, nuclear reactions and heavy-ion collisions, as well as in astrophysical observations of compact stars and associated phenomena (neutron stars and core collapse supernovae, among others). Significant implications of gravitational wave signals, astro-particle physics and neutrino observations will be discussed. Students and postdocs are especially encouraged to participate and contribute to the scientific sessions of the symposium.

Nuclear Equation of State (EoS) and Symmetry Energy in laboratory experiments and in astrophysical observations, Nuclear structure and dynamics, Structure and clustering of nuclear systems and matter under extreme conditions, Physics of compact stars , Isospin dependence of the nuclear interaction , Relevance of gravitational waves and astro-particle experiments on the EoS of nuclear matter , Nucleosynthesis phenomena in isospin asymmetric matter , Supernovae neutrinos and the EoS of the neutrinosphere , Astro-particle experiments , Future investigations at existing and future accelerator facilities , Transport model simulations of HIC , New detector developments

The main goal of the Symposium is to discuss the state of the art of our present knowledge of nuclear processes such as fission and quasifission in the region of the very heavy and superheavy nuclei and to identify possible physics cases to be explored with the two new facilities under development, the Super Heavy Element (SHE) factory in Dubna (Russia) and Selective Production of Exotic Species (SPES) in Legnaro (Italy). These two facilities can play an extremely important and unique role in accessing, with different capabilities, unexplored regions of the nuclear chart, in particular the unknown neutron rich side. This area of research is particularly relevant because is of interest for the nucleosynthesis of the elements heavier that iron (r-process) and for the understanding of the existence and persistence of the shell closures. The latter are the main ingredients for the predicted survival of superheavy elements against fission.

The Symposium is also intended as a platform for intensive and detailed discussions, and for gathering proposals regarding experimental programs during the operation of new facilities.

Fission of very heavy and superheavy elements , Fission modes, fission barriers and half-lives , Fission fragment properties , Fission competition with a-decay , Fusion and quasifission competition , Production of superheavy elements , Fission Studies with Radioactive Ion Beams

Nuclear Physics,    Particle Accelerators

Pablo de Olavide University, Seville; University of Seville; and University of Huelva

This conference series began in 1970 at Duke University. The Seville meeting follows the successful events in Glasgow (2013) and Tallahassee (2016); and canvass similar themes. It will highlight the physics of baryons and related subjects in astro-, nuclear- and particle-physics, developing our understanding of the spectrum, structure and reactions of baryons using all available tools. Particular emphasis will be placed on elucidating the role of confinement and emergent mass, key non-perturbative phenomena within the Standard Model. Recent developments at existing facilities and those anticipated from the next-generation will also be showcased.

Email: jsegovia@upo.es

Spectroscopy of Light / Heavy Flavor Hadrons, Structure of Hadrons, Recent Approaches to Non-Perturbative QCD, Exotic Baryons, Hadrons at Finite Density and Temperature, Electromagnetic and Weak Interactions, Hadron-Hadron Interactions, New Facilities and Instrumentation.

Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS)

An outstanding problem of modern physics is the reconciliation of the two most successful broad theories of physics: general relativity, which describes the gravitational force exerted by massive objects in terms of the bending and rippling of spacetime, and quantum mechanics, which describes the behavior of matter on the minute scales of subatomic particles such as electrons. While both theories are remarkably successful independently, they appear to give contradictory predictions of phenomena that involve gravity at the small scales at which quantum mechanics is relevant. Such phenomena include the Big Bang, when the universe was small enough to be described by quantum mechanics and sufficiently dense to also require a gravitational description; also the process of the final stages of the death of a large star, when a black hole is formed and the star’s matter is concentrated in an extremely small volume. A proper description of these phenomena requires a unified theory of quantum gravity.

Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO) in Mexico, and the Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) in Banff, Canada

Gravitational-waves are a new way to explore the sky and uncover the Universe’s deepest mysteries. Although the first detection of these "ripples of space-time" is only a few years old, scientists can now harness the potential of gravitational waves in testing Einstein’s General Relativity theory under extreme conditions, helping to understand the origin of matter, and measuring the evolution of the Universe. Researchers from all around the world are gathering in Oaxaca to discuss recent progress in, and the future of gravitational-wave science. The workshop "Detection and analysis of gravitational waves in the era of multi-messenger astronomy: From mathematical modelling to machine learning", provides a forum, unique in its genre, for discussing new mathematical methods in modelling, detecting, and analyzing gravitational waves, as well as their integration with machine learning, or artificial intelligence.

Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Fusion dynamics, Superheavy elements: synthesis methods, structure, and chemistry, Fission and quasi-fission dynamics, Transfer reactions and deep-inelastic collisions, Near-barrier collisions with weakly bound and unstable nuclei, Tunneling: deep sub-barrier fusion and spontaneous fission, Nuclear reactions relevant to astrophysics: fusion, fission, and transfer, Accelerators and instrumentation for reactions around the barrier, Theoretical developments in fusion and large amplitude collective motions

Nuclear Physics,    Particle Accelerators

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

Understanding how color is confined in QCD, and the binding of quarks into hadrons, is one of the major unresolved challenges in fundamental physics. The central piece in this puzzle is the chromoelectric flux tube, or confining string, which holds quarks together. In recent years, tantalizing new insights into the dynamical properties of confining strings have been obtained using various theoretical tools such as effective string theory, integrability, the modern S-matrix bootstrap, and gauge/gravity duality. Lattice gauge theory supplies important information about the spectrum of flux tube excitations. Finally, the recent experimental discovery of heavy flavor tetraquarks provides a direct observational probe of flux tube junctions. This conference will bring together experts in these different fields to initiate the exchange of ideas and stimulate future cross-disciplinary developments.

Giant resonances in cold and hot nuclei, Collective and new excitation modes in nuclei, Spin and isospin modes, Clustering and pairing effects in excitations, Studies of the decay of highly excited states, Collective excitations and the nuclear equation of state, Applications in astrophysics, Novel instrumentation and methods.

Nuclear astrophysics, Spectroscopy of exotic nuclei, drip-line and unbound nuclei , Nuclear force. Short-range correlations , Advances in direct reaction theory , New instrumentation for direct reaction studies , Ab-initio methods for structure and reactions , Clustering phenomena probed by nuclear reactions

Nuclear Physics,    Particle Accelerators

University of Stavanger and the Academy of Science Stavanger

Inaugurated in 1994 in Como, Italy, this series of conferences has become an important forum for scientists working on strong interactions, stimulating exchanges among theorists and experimentalists as well as across related fields. The aim of the conference is to bring together people working on strong interactions from different approaches, ranging from lattice QCD to perturbative QCD, from models of the QCD vacuum to QCD phenomenology and experiments, from effective theories to physics beyond the Standard Model.

The scope of the conference also includes the interface between QCD, nuclear physics and astrophysics, and the wider landscape of strongly coupled physics. In particular, the conference will focus on the fruitful interactions and mutual benefits between QCD and the physics of condensed matter and strongly correlated systems.