Conferences and Meetings on High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

Tbilisi State University

This workshop will cover a wide range of topics related to test beams for detector studies in tracking detectors, calorimetry and beyond. It aims at bringing together both experts and newcomers from various fields. There will be a combination of presentations by experienced users, results from recent test beam studies and tutorials to teach the software required to analyze the results.

Metrology and Instrumentation,    Particle Accelerators

This conference will bring together experts in cosmology, particle physics, and fundamental theory to address how and when the universe thermalizes following inflation, and the associated particle physics and dark matter phenomenology. Important topics that will be covered include hidden sector model building in the LHC era, thermalization of the universe following inflation, possibilities of post-inflation cosmic history prior to nucleosynthesis, and associated experimental signatures. The conference aims to attract researchers in different areas to develop new directions in model building and establish new experimental paths for probing early universe cosmology and dark matter phenomenology.

Mathematical Physics,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee (NuPECC)

ENSAR2 is the integrating activity for European nuclear scientists who are performing research in three of these major subfields defined by NuPECC: Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Reactions and Applications of Nuclear Science.

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

The Seminar continues the series of traditional meetings that was established by him. Among conferences that were organized by Alexander Mikhailovich Baldin of special importance is just this series of the International Seminars on High-Energy Physics Problems started in 1969 with support of M.A. Markov (1908-1994). They have been given an inofficial, somewhat witty, name "Baldin autumn".

Western University, Canada & BM Birla Science Centre, India

This is one of the largest astronomy winter schools in the region, and it seeks to promote the development of professional astronomers through this event, as well as broaden the appeal of science to local school students and the general public in the host city by organizing public lectures and discussions.

The organizers seek out up to a few select scientists to be primary lecturers at the school and also participate in content development. A series of secondary lecturers will also be invited, and the diversity of speakers are emphasized. Hands-on sessions will include theory, computation, and data analysis. Students will leave the school having replicated some of the analysis that went into recent discoveries of gravitational waves, interpreted observational data from stellar clusters, and ran a simple computer simulation of star formation. A visit and half-day mini-workshop at the TIFR National Balloon Facility, Hyderabad, where we will do some demonstration of scientific ballooning for astronomical observations along with two day exhaustive workshop on computational astrophysics and data mining.

Organizing Committee;     Email: astrowin19@gmail.com

astronomy, science, workshop, India, Canada, US, UK, Europe, Russia, UAE, Iran, Winter, astrophysics, computation, data, observation, cosmic rays, neutrino

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

Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

The school is primarily addressed to Ph.D. students in Theoretical Nuclear and Hadron Physics. Participation of experimentalists and post-docs is also encouraged. The 2020 edition will be devoted to the strong interaction at finite temperature and density and it will provide a pedagogical introduction to the basic concepts and tools needed for carrying cutting edge research in Hot QCD matter, high energy QCD, Quark-Gluon Plasma probes and properties, ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions (pA, AA), Relativistic hydrodynamics, QCD phase diagram at finite temperature and chemical potential with applications to Neutron Stars physics and multi-messenger astrophysics.

Nuclear Physics,    Courses and Events for Physics Students

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Nuclear Physics

The focus of this workshop will be on different aspects of modern theoretical cosmology, the challenges of the theory being consistent with experimental data, and the unavoidable connection of cosmological models with the quantum nature of the vacuum. A basic question in modern cosmology is: why we do not see vacuum fluctuations at cosmological scale? In addition, should the singularities of cosmological theories be treated as necessary ingredients of the classical theory or should them be considered as indicators of an underlying quantum theory, yet to be discovered? We aim to bring along to this workshop all the leading scientists working on those problems and discuss state of the art results on the above, strongly interdependent, areas of fundamental physics. The workshop will hence cover topics related to modified theories of gravity, theories of dark energy and inflation, the description of the universe’s evolution according to these theories and the incipient but compulsory modification of those within the theoretical frameworks of quantum gravity, including loop quantum cosmology, an elegant theory providing up to date a singularity free cosmological evolution. Describing and understanding the quantum vacuum is always a challenge to all these theories, as is also the comprehension of the main manifestation available of the quantum vacuum at nanometric scales, namely the Casimir effect (e.g., when confronted with van der Waals forces).

Email: odintsov@ieec.uab.es

Cosmological models ; Modified gravities ; f(R) theories ; Quantum Gravity ; Quantum vacuum and the Casimir Effect ; Mathematical physics techniques

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Mathematical Physics

Physique-Outremer Organization, University of Antilles and Linear Accelerator Laboratory IN2P3 CNRS Orsay France

This is the 3rd World Summit meeting, following the 2nd one (EDSU2018) organized in Guadeloupe Islands in June 2018 and the 1rst one organized in Galapagos Islands in June 2006. The main goal of this meeting is to discuss progress and future directions related to outstanding issues, both in Cosmology and in Particle Physics. The successes and shortcomings of the Standard Cosmological model as well as the Standard Particle Physics model, will be reviewed through the last astrophysical observations and accelerator experiment results.

Cosmology, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Neutrino, Gravity, Gravitational Waves, Multimessanger astronomy, Primordial Universe, Black Holes, Inflation, Cosmic Microwaves Background, Hubble Constant Tension

The main goal is to discuss progress and future directions related to outstanding issues, both in Cosmology and in Particle Physics. The successes and shortcomings of the Standard Cosmological model as well as the Standard Particle Physics model will be reviewed through the last astrophysical observations and accelerator experiment results.

The workshop will concern the latest developments in the mathematical study of quantum field theories. The focus will be on the interplay among topics such as higher category theory, as illustrated by the cobordism hypothesis, conformal field theory, tensor categories describing the quantum symmetries, and the relation to topological phases of matter.

electroweak ; standard model ; grand unification ; higgs ; neutrinos ; supersymmetry ; CP violation ; dark matter ; dark energy ; extra dimensions

Field theoretical approaches to QCD, Hadronic and quark matter - applications in astrophysics, Hadronic structure - reactions, production, and decays, Lattice QCD - methods and results, Relativistic heavy-ion reactions - new data, analyses, and models, Strong and electroweak interactions in the standard model

The Czech Academy of Sciences

Antimatter experiments give insight into some of the most fundamental questions in science. They allow probing symmetries and interactions in unprecedented detail. This international school will take place in the 'City of a Hundred Spires' Prague in the Czech Republic from 23-27 March 2020. Lectures and topical talks will be presented by world-leading physicists. They will present the latest results in theoretical and experimental antimatter studies along with wider research in accelerator science and particle physics. All school participants will get the opportunity to present their own work in the form of posters. Social events, an excursion to ELI Beamlines, and a public talk on antimatter research will complement the programme.

dark matter, ; dark energy, ; direct and indirect dark matter detection, ; accelerator dark matter searches ; dark matter theory

CMB Cosmological Microwave Background ; CMB anisotropies ; Reionization ; Dark energy probes ; Dark Matter ; Inflation ; Modified gravity ; Massive gravity ; Galaxy clusters ; SZ ; Non gaussianities

Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita)

In the Standard Model, the mass of the Higgs boson is greatly destabilised by quantum corrections, and free parameters of the model need to be extremely fine-tuned in order to arrive at the measured Higgs mass. A fundamental aim of this program is to quantify the extent to which current measurements and searches can constrain models which attempt to restore naturalness by extending the SM. The expected sensitivity from future high precision running at the LHC and of planned non-collider experiments will also be studied. This program deviates from related work in this field by maintaining a sharp focus on the naturalness question and how well a top quark partner can resolve it in different theoretical scenarios using a range of measured observables.

This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, brings together expert mathematicians and physicists to define and collaborate on the forefront problems in string theory and quantum field theory for which resurgence holds promise for significant breakthroughs.

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory,    Nuclear Physics

Organized by the Minkowski Institute (Montreal) and the International Society for the Advanced Study of Spacetime

The spacetime conferences bring together physicists and philosophers and provide a forum where aspects and implications of the nature and ontology of spacetime are discussed. The Scientific Organizing Committee hopes that these meetings will become one of the preferred biennial forums for reporting research results and having fruitful discussions with colleagues. There will be no main theme of the Sixth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime. Instead, there will be a number of special sessions suggested by colleagues.

University of Guelph

International Conference on Precision Physics of Simple Atomic Systems

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory,    Nuclear Physics

The LHCP conference series started in 2013 after a successful fusion of two international conferences, "Physics at Large Hadron Collider Conference" and "Hadron Collider Physics Symposium". The conference program will be devoted to a detailed review of the latest experimental and theoretical results on collider physics, and recent results of the LHC Run II, and discussions on further research directions within the high energy particle physics community including both theory and experiment sides. The main goal of the conference is to provide intense and lively discussions between experimentalists and theorists in research areas such as the Standard Model Physics and Beyond, the Higgs Boson, Supersymmetry, Heavy Quark Physics and Heavy Ion Physics as well as the recent progress in the high luminosity upgrades of the LHC and future colliders developments.

Saint Petersburg State University

This edition of the conference will take place in Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, 26-30 May 2020. It is devoted to the actual nuclear and high energy physics problems and their applications. This is the eldest international nuclear conference in Russia (since 1950). It is also one of the eldest conferences in Europe.

Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA

quarks ; neutrinos ; flavor ; weak interactions

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

The 21st International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interaction (ISVHECRI 2020) will be hosted by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research at the location of GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty, India.

ISVHECRI is a biennial conference series supported by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). Its primary objective is to provide a forum for the discussion of very high energy interaction for the interpretation of cosmic ray data based on the information available from both the accelerator and cosmic ray experiments. This unique series brings together cosmic ray physicists and scientists involved with the high energy accelerators and colliding beam facilities. The scope of the conference has been widened to include interesting and new measurements from related areas of astro-particle physics.

EAS results relevant to Particle Physics, Accelerator results relevant to Cosmic Ray Physics, Emulsion chamber & Hybrid experiment results, LHC pp and Heavy Ion Physics, Exotic phenomena, manifestation of a “New Physics” beyond the Standard Model, Hadronic cross sections, multiparticle production & hadronic interaction models, Space experiment data related to high energy interactions, Matter-Antimatter asymmetry, New EAS experimental installations, High energy neutrino and muon fluxes, High and super high energy cosmic rays, origin & observation

Institute of Physics of Jagiellonian University, Forschungszentrum Jülich, INFN-LNF Frascati and Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS Cracow

MESON is a conference series with over 25 years of history. The Institute of Physics of Jagiellonian University, Forschungszentrum Jülich, INFN-LNF Frascati and Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS Cracow are organizing a biennial workshop to establish closer contacts between experimentalists and theorists involved in the studies of meson production, properties and interaction. The workshop will cover lectures on both experimental and theoretical aspects, in particular the presentation of new results.

Phone: [+48 12 664 4538];     Email: meson@if.uj.edu.pl

hadronic and electromagnetic meson production, meson interaction with mesons, baryons, ground state nuclei as well as hot and dense nuclear matter, structure of hadrons, precision measurements as tests of fundamental symmetries, exotic systems in QCD, novel approaches in theory and experiment

The Seminar is organized by the Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

"Quarks-2020" is the 21st in the series of seminars taking place biennially since 1980 in various historical and cultural places of Russia.

Event Secretariat;     Email: quarks@ms2.inr.ac.ru

physics beyond the Standard Model, neutrino physics, quantum chromodynamics, strong interactions, heavy ion collisions, cosmology and astroparticle physics, gravity and its modifications, aspects of mathematical physics, selected experimental results

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Mathematical Physics

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

This is a biennial conference. Its primary focus is to review the current status of neutrino physics, the impact of neutrino physics on astronomy and cosmology, and the vision for the future development of these fields.

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Dubna

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

The scientific program will be devoted to the latest experimental and theoretical research and developments in nuclear reactions with exotic nuclei.

Spectroscopy of exotic nuclei, such as drip-line and unbound nuclei- Shell structure and its evolution- Bulk properties and collective excitations - Nuclear astrophysics- Nuclear force- Advances in direct reaction theory- New instrumentation for direct reaction studies

Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

We plan to remain faithful to the format of the latest editions: a combination of school-like format and conference format, with 1-2 hours long invited lectures by senior scientists/professors and 20 minutes short student communications. It is aimed at graduate students, post-docs and young or established researchers. Students from all countries are invited to attend. A limited number of stipends to cover the local expenses for students will be available. The first week will concentrate on topics of exotic nuclei and nuclear astrophysics and astroparticles, while the second will address physics with small accelerators and news about the physics and advances at ELI-NP. The conference will be held in Sinaia, a year-round mountain resort in the heart of the Carpathians, about 130 km north of Bucharest, about 1.5 hours drive from the main international airport of Bucharest (OTP). During the school, we shall organize excursions and social events to give the participants the chance to know the Romanian landscape and culture. Sinaia is “the Pearl of the Carpathians”, a prime tourist attraction and near many first class natural and historical attractions of Romania: the Sinaia monastery and the Peles Castle (with its beautiful art collection or the open-air folklore exhibit and market). Dining and wining at restaurants with live Romanian and international music, to mountain climbing, are all available within walking distance. Visits to old Transylvanian cities, like Brasov, Sibiu and Sighisoara, or to the Bran castle (“Dracula’s castle”) and Poiana Brasov, are possible by car, bus or train.

CSSP20 Secretariat;     Phone: [+40214042345];     Email: cssp20@nipne.ro

Exotic nuclei, Nuclear physics with RIBs, Nuclear physics for astrophysics, Astroparticle physics, Multi-messenger astrophysics, Stellar and laser induced plasmas, Physics at ELI-NP, Applications at small accelerators, Nuclear astrophysics with small accelerators, Accelerators for medical treatments, radioisotope production and industrial applications

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Particle Accelerators

The organizers of the Symposium are: JINR (Dubna), RIKEN (Wako-shi), GSI (Darmstadt), NSCL (Michigan), GANIL (Caen)

Nuclear Theory Laboratory, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, 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. Proceedings of the Workshop will be published. 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.

Email: nthlrila@gmail.com

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 topic

Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University

The ASP has evolved to be much more than a school. It is a program of actions with directed ethos toward physics as an engine for development in Africa.

Nuclear and Particle Physics; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Accelerators, Radiation and Medical Physics; Materials Physics; High Performance Computing; Physics Education; Physics Communication; Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency; Quantum Information.

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Multidisciplinary Events in Physics

The organizers of the Symposium are JINR (Dubna), RIKEN (Wako-shi), GSI (Darmstadt), NSCL (Michigan), GANIL (Caen) - the scientific and educational centers where exotic nuclei are intensively studied.

The main goal of the Symposium EXON-2020 will be to discuss the latest results on the production and study of the properties of the lightest to heaviest nuclei as well as the plans for future joint investigations in the field of exotic nuclei.

Ohio University in Athens

Statistical estimates of nuclear reaction rates are essential ingredients for astrophysical model calculations, e.g. r-process nucleosynthesis in neutron star mergers, and nuclear applications, e.g. next generation nuclear reactor performance. Rate calculations require experimental or theoretical constraints for nuclear properties such as level densities (temperature), gamma-strength functions, particle optical potentials, and level spin distributions. Recently major advances have been made experimentally constraining the statistical properties of nuclei, particularly off the valley of beta-stability, while systematic studies have identified critical data needs for astrophysics and applications. As such, the time is ripe to “take the temperature” of the field of statistical nuclear physics to share recent advances and promising opportunities.

Nuclear Physics,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

The 27th European Cosmic Ray Symposium (ECRS 2020) will be held in Nijmegen, the Netherlands from July 13th to 17th, 2020.

Cosmic-Ray Physics, Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Neutrino Astronomy, Dark Matter Physics, Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Astroparticle Physics Theory and Models as well as Experimental Methods, Techniques, and Instrumentation.

ICTP-East African Institute for Fundamental Research

The DSU conferences are a series of international workshops in cosmology and astro-particle physics. The workshops bring together a wide range of theorists and experimentalists to discuss current ideas on models of the dark sector of the Universe, and relate them to ongoing and future experiments. Topics covered include: dark matter, dark energy, cosmic rays, neutrino physics, large-scale structure, black holes, gravitational waves, physics beyond the standard model, and more.

CERN

The 50th edition of the ISMD conference series, bringing together physicists from across particle, nuclear, and astro-physics for talks and discussions on all aspects and consequences of the strong nuclear force and complex final states. ISMD is a "crossroads conference" between several different fields, with all talks in plenary session to encourage interaction. A poster session with rapid-fire "flash talks" and prizes provides an additional venue for research presentation. ; This edition of the meeting is to be held in the historic Atholl Palace Hotel in Scotland's highlands, a short train ride from Edinburgh and Glasgow, just before the world-famous Edinburgh international festivals.

University of California, Berkeley

The next Asia-Pacific conference on few-body problems in physics (APFB2020) will be held at KANAZAWA BUNKA HALL, Kanazawa, Japan, from 19 to 23 August 2020. This will be the 8th edition of this conference series which has previously taken place in Tokyo (1999), Shanghai (2002), Thailand (2005), Indonesia (2008), Seoul (2011), Adelaide (2014), and Guilin (2017).

Few-body aspects of nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics, Light nuclei, multi-neutron systems, alpha-cluster, neutron/proton-rich nuclei, related topics of nuclear structure and reactions, nuclear astrophysics, etc…, Few-nucleon systems, and their interactions, Few-nucleon systems, nuclear forces and currents including QCD inspired approaches, etc.., Hypernuclear physics including exotic nuclei, Hypernuclei, strange and exotic systems, few-hadron systems and their interactions, etc…, Hadron spectroscopy and structure, Exotic hadrons, quark and gluon structure of hadron, Lattice QCD, protonradius puzzle, etc…, Few-body aspects of atom, molecular systems and cold atoms, Ultracold atoms, Efimov physics, universality, dynamics of atomic and molecular systems, etc…, Interdisciplinary aspects of few-body physics and techniques, Symmetry and symmetry breaking, nuclear data science, nuclear transmutation studies, computational methods, etc…, Related topics for few-body systems

Nuclear Physics,    Atomic and Molecular Physics

Supported by several large research facilities and funding agencies in Europe

The school is intended for PhD students and young post-docs working in areas related to radioactive-ion beams. The production and use of energetic radioactive beams is a rapidly developing new field in nuclear physics, especially in Europe. Pioneering experiments are taking place, dedicated facilities are in successful operation and new facilities are under construction Many workshops and conferences have been devoted to this new field and senior scientists have ample opportunities to be informed on the latest developments. Complementary to that and being an educative effort, the European summer schools on exotic beams have been devised so that Ph.D. students and young post-docs are introduced to this new area and receive fore-front and detailed information.

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Particle Accelerators

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Many remarkable properties of gauge theories rely on the topology of field configurations and/or ambient spacetime and are connected with quantum anomalies and nonperturbative excitations. These properties, often exact, have many implications in the physics of fundamental interactions, condensed matter systems and statistical mechanics models. They also account for a large part of the investigations in string theory, and combined with supersymmetry have led to exact solutions of low-energy theories and the discovery of duality relations between supersymmetric gauge theories. Meanwhile, a renewed interest in topological aspects has emerged from condensed matter physics, through the study of topological phases of quantum matter. The effective field theories for these systems are not of the usual Landau-Ginzburg-Higgs type, rather, they are described by topological gauge theories. The goal of this GGI activity is to bring together theoreticians of different backgrounds, in condensed matter, high energy and mathematical physics, with the belief that interdisciplinary approaches can lead to substantial progress in many directions.

Anomalies of quantum field theories * Generalized symmetries * Topological aspects of quantum states in condensed matter * (Supersymmetric) dualities in (2+1)-dimensions * Time-reversal symmetry and 4d theta-terms

Geometry and Topology,    Condensed Matter Physics and Materials

The Particle and Nuclei International Conference is a series of triennial conferences which bring together the Particle and Nuclear Physics communities. PANIC consists of plenary talks and a number of parallel sessions. The scientific program addresses a broad range of topics at the interface between particle, nuclear and astrophysics.

Helena Santos;     Phone: [+351-210493628];     Email: helena@lip.pt

Hot and dense matter physics (QGP and heavy ion collisions), Hadron spectroscopy and exotics, Neutrino physics, Dark matter and cosmology, Nuclear and particle astrophysics, Standard model physics at the TeV scale, Energy frontier physics beyond the standard model, Flavor physics - CKM and beyond, Tests of symmetries and conservation laws, Hadrons in medium - hyperons and mesons in nuclear matter, Development of accelerators and detectors, Applications of nuclear particle physics technology.

Multi Higgs ; Beyond the Standard Model ; Phenomenology ; Searches

The event is the ninth in a series of meetings gathering scientists working on astroparticle physics, cosmology, gravitation, nuclear physics, and related fields. As in previous years, the IWARA2020 meeting sessions will consist of invited and contributed talks, poster sessions.

Phone: [+52 1 55 2736 3988];     Email: hess@nucleares.unam.mx

IWARA2020 will cover recent developments in the following topics: New phenomena and new states of matter in the Universe, General relativity, gravitation, cosmology, New directions for general relativity: past, present and future of general relativity, FRW cosmologies, Cosmic microwave background radiation, First stars, hypernovae, and faint supernovae in the early Universe, Quantum gravity and quantum cosmology, Gravity and the unification of fundamental interactions, Supersymmetry and Inflation, String theory, 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, Antimatter in the Universe, High-energy cosmic neutrinos, Blazars, Quantum chromodynamics, nuclear and particle physics and new states of matter in the Universe, 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, strong magnetic fields in compact stars and in galaxies, ultra-strong magnetic fields in neutron star mergers, quark stars and magnetars, strong magnetic fields and the cosmic microwave background, Laboratories, observatories, telescopes and other experimental and observational facilities that will define the future directions of astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, nuclear and astroparticle physics as well as the future of physics at the energy frontiers, and topics related to these.

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Nuclear Physics

Institute of High Energy Physics (HEPHY) Vienna

There are several open questions in Physics today each of which touches the fields of both Particle Physics and Astroparticle/Cosmology. For example, only 5% of the Universe is described by the Standard Model of particle physics. A far larger contribution comes from the elusive Dark Matter whose existence has been inferred from Astroparticle measurements, and for which a large variety of models have been built by the theory community. Dark Matter is searched for in dedicated direct and indirect detection experiments but also in high-energy collisions at the LHC. Other subjects, such as the baryogenesis is still an open question related both to leptogenesis and CP violation and the matter content of today’s Universe. The knowledge of the neutrino sector has greatly increased over the past decades, but the question of the hierarchy is not yet solved and would need both accelerator/astroparticle and cosmological measurements to be fully understood. The physics of inflation which will be better constrained in the coming years would also need skills from both fields to be fully explored. Is a simple extension of the Standard Model sufficient or do we need more? In many fields the “single experiment” measurements have given way to more global views of our models: electroweak fits, exploring the parameter space of models beyond the Standard Model taking into account measurements and limits on new signatures.

The IPA2020 conference will bring together experimentalists and theorists to discuss the topics mentioned above with an emphasis on exchange between the different but correlated fields.

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Topological properties of gauge theories find application in the characterization of novel phases of matter and in establishing nonperturbative phenomena such as the duality relations between quantum field theories in three and four spacetime dimensions. This conference is meant to expose the current status of research in several domains dealing with topology and duality

Anomalies of quantum field theories * Generalized symmetries * Topological aspects of quantum states in condensed matter * (Supersymmetric) dualities in (2+1)-dimensions * Time-reversal symmetry and 4d theta-terms

Geometry and Topology,    Mathematical Physics

Stefan-Meyer-Institute for Subatomic Physics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Antihydrogen: CPT and gravity, Leptonic atoms: QED and gravity, Kaon-nucleon and kaon-nucleus interaction, Low-energy QCD, Precision experiments with cold neutrons, Hadron physics, Future facilities and instrumentation

Nuclear Physics,    Atomic and Molecular Physics

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (MEPhI)

The international conference “Channeling - Charged and Neutral Particles Channeling Phenomena” is devoted to the common discussion on advances in physics of coherent/incoherent interaction of relativistic and nonrelativistic hadrons and leptons (protons, ions, electrons, muons and related antiparticles) in strong electromagnetic fields of various origins and structures, from solid amorphous and crystalline to laser and plasma based ones. The topics of the Channeling meetings have been extended to include also the interaction of radiations and beams (wide broad electromagnetic radiations, atoms and neutrons) in various structured media as well as meta-materials to be investigated at the channeling physics approach. One of the main application of the physics of beams channeling relates to the future accelerators, storage rings and radiation optics projects, and it is known as charged and neutral beams novel manipulation techniques, i.e. shaping - collimation and deflection, and acceleration. Recent studies have shown the feasibility of the channeling phenomenology application for description of other mechanisms of interaction of both charged and neutral particle beams in solids, plasmas and external electromagnetic fields covering the research areas from crystal and capillary based accelerators, undulators, waveguides, and X-ray/neutron optical elements.

Conference Secretariat;     Phone: [+39 06 9403 2399];     Email: channeling2020@lists.lnf.infn.it

coherent scattering of relativistic charged particles in strong fields; crystal channeling, volume capture and volume reflection of hadron and lepton beams; energetic ion interactions processes (backscattering and channeling of low energy ions, high energy ion channeling); electromagnetic radiation by relativistic charged particles in periodic structures coherent bremsstrahlung, channeling radiation, transition radiation, diffraction radiation, parametric x-ray radiation, Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect, free electron laser, Compton scattering); channeling of radiations in capillary systems (micro- and nano-channeling, micro-channel plates, nanotubes, nano-porous); novel techniques for beams handling and acceleration (plasma wake-fields, cross-laser fields, crystal assisted collimation, plasma-ion channels, capillary channeling); advanced x-ray & neutron optics (capillary/polycapillary optics, compound refractive optics, micro- and nano-focusing, waveguides); applications based on channeling phenomena (beams shaping, positron sources, powerful radiation sources, diagnostic tools, novel x-ray table-top instruments, channeling for advanced electronic materials studies);

Optics and Lasers,    Particle Accelerators

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Anomalies of quantum field theories * Generalized symmetries * Topological aspects of quantum states in condensed matter * (Supersymmetric) dualities in (2+1)-dimensions * Time-reversal symmetry and 4d theta-terms

Geometry and Topology,    Mathematical Physics

RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science

The scientific program of this Symposium will include topics related to spin phenomena in particle and nuclear physics as well as those in related fields. Spin related observables provide unique insights in studying fundamental symmetries, fundamental interactions, particle properties and the structure of hadrons. Similarly, spin related experiments help to advance the understanding of nuclear reaction dynamics and of the structure of hadron-nucleon many body systems. The conference will also cover technical developments and applications in the area of polarized beams, polarized targets and spin optics.

Email: goto@bnl.gov

spin, nuclear, high-energy, nucleon, symmetry, accelerator, application, polarization

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.

Institute of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences

According to the modern cosmological paradigm, about 2/3 of the energy of the Universe is in the dark form and about 5/6 of the matter is invisible. However, numerous recent attempts to detect independently the dark-matter particles failed, and a number of other problems with the existence of dark energy and dark matter (such as the anomalous friction in the dark-matter halos of galaxies, etc.) become now more and more obvious. All these troubles raise the question if the "dark" substance is merely a result of excessive extrapolations involved in the theoretical analysis? So, it is timely to gather specialists from various branches of astronomy and astrophysics to discuss these issues.

Mathematical aspects of the extrapolations used in cosmology, Arguments for and against dark matter, and revisiting the foundations of physics, Alternative models for dark matter and dark energy, A systematic discord in the value of the Hubble constant derived by different methods, Theoretical possibility and observational evidence for small-scale cosmological effects, Complementary redshifts of non-cosmological nature, Quantum effects on the early universe and their observational imprints at the present time

Indiana University

Tau2020 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: tau2020@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

NCSR DEMOKRITOS Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics

The aim is to review the current status of experimental and theoretical efforts in compound-nuclear reactions and related areas, discuss new developments and needs for improvement, exchange ideas about how to address these needs and share perspectives on the future of the field.

Nuclear reaction mechanisms (direct, compound, pre-equilibrium, other), Nuclear fission, Statistical Hauser-Feshbach theory, Surrogate methods, Optical model, Level densities and photon strength functions, R-matrix theory and connecting resolved resonances with statistical regime, Nuclear structure for nuclear reactions, Measurements relevant to compound-nuclear reactions (direct and indirect), Nuclear data, Applications in nuclear astrophysics, energy, medical physics etc., Experimental facilities

The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics

Anomalies of quantum field theories * Generalized symmetries * (Supersymmetric) dualities in (2+1)-dimensions * Time-reversal symmetry and 4d theta-terms

NIAPP – Munich Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics

This program addresses the questions of how starbursting complexes, gaseous high-redshift clumps, giant molecular clouds, and young massive star clusters are formed, what are their physical properties, and what is their impact on galaxy evolution. Current observations and simulations allow us to directly compare how star formation proceeds at low and high redshift, down to the small spatial scales of star clusters.

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

In the last decade a number of experimental and theoretical discoveries have caused a notable revival of interest in systems with large local Hilbert spaces which realize a variety of intriguing and largely unexplored phenomena such as non-Fermi-liquid behavior, exotic quantum criticality, orbitally selective Mott physics, multipolar/hidden orders and more. While many models have been proposed for each of these phenomena, a single framework to understand the systems with multiple degrees of freedom and, consequently, richer order parameters and richer quasiparticles, is missing.

Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Orsay

As in the previous -and successful!- editions, the conference aims at strengthening the international collaboration between the nuclear structure physicists from France, Europe and other laboratories all around the world. It will allow fruitful discussions on recent experimental and theoretical aspects of nuclear structure related to the manifestation and description of the various shapes and geometrical symmetries of the nucleus as well as other symmetries and symmetry breaking.

Particle Accelerators,    Nuclear Physics

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

Modularity is at the heart of many deep results in mathematics--from the proof of Fermat’s last theorem to moonshine to the Langlands correspondence. At the same time, modular group representations and automorphic forms underlie many interesting physical phenomena in quantum field theory and string theory, including understanding of dualities, boundary conditions, and supersymmetric black holes, among other things. This conference will bring together physicists and mathematicians to discuss emerging connections between a web of fundamental objects in physics and mathematics, united in the crucial role played by modularity.

new moonshines and mock modular forms; vertex operator algebras arising in supersymmetric gauge theories; topological invariants of 3- and 4-manifolds; topological QFTs and topological phases in condensed matter physics; topological string theory, Donaldson-Thomas theory, and enumerative geometry; scattering amplitudes in string theory; 2d conformal field theories, the modular bootstrap, and connections to 3d quantum gravity

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory,    Mathematical 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.