Name: IAS Program on Fundamental Physics (FP 2026)
Start: 2026-01-12T00:00:00+08:00
End: 2026-01-16T23:59:00+08:00
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IAS Program on Fundamental Physics (FP 2026)

from Monday, January 12, 2026 (12:00 AM) to Friday, January 16, 2026 (11:59 PM)

Monday, January 12, 2026

8:25 AM Conference Registration
Conference Registration
8:25 AM - 8:55 AM

8:55 AM Welcoming Remarks
Welcoming Remarks
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: M-1 - High Energy Physics I
M-1 - High Energy Physics I
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Theoretical Perspecitve for HEP - Csaba CSAKI (Cornell University)

9:45 AM LHC Status Overview - Andreas HOECKER (CERN)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: M-2 - High Energy Physics II
M-2 - High Energy Physics II
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Thoughts on the Colliders: Higgs Factory and Beyond - Tatsuya NAKADA (EPFL)

11:45 AM European High-Energy-Physics Strategy Overview - Karl JAKOBS (Universitaet Freiburg)
12:30 PM Lunch (Self-arranged)
Lunch (Self-arranged)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): M-AP01: Accelerator Physics I
M-AP01: Accelerator Physics I
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM CEPC Accelerator EDR - Jie GAO (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:20 PM Super KEK B Operation Status - Makoto TOBIYAMA (KEK)

2:40 PM CEPC Lattice with Energy Switch, Ground Motion… - Yiwei WANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:00 PM CEPC Booster, Damping Ring and Timing - Dou WANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:20 PM [Online via Zoom] CEPC MDI - Sha BAI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Conference: Parallel Sessions (Collider/Experiment/Detector): M-ED01: Collider Physics I
M-ED01: Collider Physics I
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Improved Constraints on Higgs Self-couplings in HEFT - Jian WANG (Shandong University)

2:20 PM Combination of ATLAS And CMS Searches for Higgs Boson Pair Production at 13 TeV - Bai-Hong ZHOU (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

2:40 PM Higgs self-coupling Measurement @ LHC - Yanping HUANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:00 PM [Online via Zoom] Standard Model HZZ Polarization Measurement and WZγ Observation at CMS - Leyun GAO (Peking University)
Conference: Parallel Sessions (Particle Phenomena): M-PP01: Particle Phenomena I
M-PP01: Particle Phenomena I
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Axion Modulations Save Large Field Inflation and Produce Nanohertz Gravitational Waves - Kin-Wang NG (Academia Sinica)

2:20 PM Small Instantons and the Post-inflationary QCD Axion in a Special Product GUT - Junxuan XU (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

2:40 PM High Reheating Temperature without Axion Domain - Yu-Cheng QIU (City University of Hong Kong)

3:00 PM A Non-linear Representation of General Scalar Extensions of the Standard Model for HEFT Matching - Huayang Song (Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, Institute for Basic Science)

3:20 PM Holographic Origins of the QCD Vacuum Angle and Axion - Taewook YOUN (Cornell University)
3:40 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM Conference: Parallel Sessions (Collider/Experiment/Detector): M-ED02: Collider Physics II
M-ED02: Collider Physics II
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM BSM Search Potential at CEPC - Xuai ZHUANG (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

4:30 PM Heavy Flavor Opportunities @ CEPC - Shanzhen CHEN (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

4:50 PM Status of CEPC Hadronic Calorimeter - Haijun YANG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

5:10 PM Real Triplet Extension Radiative Correction to Higgs-strahlung in Future Colliders - Mohamed Younes SASSI (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

5:30 PM Two-pion Distribution Amplitudes and the H_{l4} Phenomena - Shan CHENG (Hunan University)
Conference: Parallel sessions (Astronomy & Dark Matters/Gravity): M-ADMG02: Astronomy & Dark Matters I
M-ADMG02: Astronomy & Dark Matters I
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM Detecting Dark-Matter in Space - The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - Hong-Hao ZHANG (Sun Yat-sen University)

4:30 PM [Online via Zoom] Polarization-Pulse Structure of Neutron Star X-ray Signals from Dark Sector Physics - Lingfeng LI (ICTP-AP & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

4:50 PM First Constraint on the Dimensionless Axion-Photon Coupling from Neutron Star Observations - Jun-Chen WANG (Peking University)

5:10 PM Probing Dark Matter with High-redshift Hydrogen - Tao XU (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Conference: Parallel sessions (New Experiments/Technologies/Probes): M-NTP01: New Experiments/Technologies/Probes I
M-NTP01: New Experiments/Technologies/Probes I
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM Recent Progress of DarkSHINE R&D - Xuliang ZHU (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

4:30 PM Probing Dark Particles in Neutrino Scattering Experiments - Ruofei FENG (Southeast University)

4:50 PM Reactor Detection of Dark Sector Particles - Jie TANG (Southeast University)

5:10 PM [Online via Zoom] Quantum artificial intelligence for pattern recognition at high-energy colliders: Tales of Three "Quantum's" - Hideki OKAWA (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
9:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: Tu-1 - Gravitational Waves
Tu-1 - Gravitational Waves
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM GW Physics - Jonathan R. ELLIS (King's College London)

9:45 AM Detection of High-frequency Gravitational Waves - Diego BLAS (Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE))
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: Tu-2 - Astronomy / Cosmology
Tu-2 - Astronomy / Cosmology
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument - A New Breakthrough - Kyle DAWSON (The University of Utah)

11:45 AM FRB and Fudnamental Physics - Bing ZHANG (The University of Hong Kong)
12:30 PM Program Lunch (Self-arranged)
Program Lunch (Self-arranged)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): Tu-AP01: Accelerator Physics II
Tu-AP01: Accelerator Physics II
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM On Perspective of SC Caities on High Q and High G. - Akira MIYAZAKI (CNRS/IN2P3/IJCLab Université Paris-Saclay)

2:20 PM CEPC SRF Progress - Jiyuan ZHAI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:40 PM CEPC Magnets Line, Booster Magnets, etc - Zhihui MU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:00 PM CEPC Vacuum NEG Coating Line - Yongsheng MA (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:20 PM Klystrons Development - Zusheng ZHOU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Conference: Parallel Sessions (Collider/Experiment/Detector): Tu-ED01: Collider Detector I
Tu-ED01: Collider Detector I
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Silicon Vertex Detector at CEPC - Zhijun LIANG (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:20 PM Development of HVCMOS-based CEPC Inner Tracker - Zijun XU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:40 PM Overview of the CEPC Outer Tracker and Recent Progress in Key Detector Technologies - Jiajian TEOH (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:00 PM Overview of LHCb Mighty Tracker - Yanyan GAO (The University of Edinburgh)

3:20 PM Progress on TPC Technology for e⁺e⁻ Collider and Neutrino Detection - Huirong QI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Conference: Parallel Sessions (Particle Phenomena): Tu-PP01: Particle Phenomena II
Tu-PP01: Particle Phenomena II
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Can a Pseudoscalar with a Mass of 365 GeV in Two-Higgs-doublet Models Explain the CMS t t Excess? - Kingman CHEUNG (National Tsing Hua University)

2:20 PM Applying Strong Dynamics to Dark Matter Phenomenology - Xiaoyong CHU (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:40 PM Sub-GeV Sterile Neutrino as a Probe of Neutrino Mass Generation in the Minimal Left-Right Symmetric Model - Sida LU (Tel Aviv University)

3:00 PM Loop-level Lepton Flavor Violation in the Minimal Left-right Dymmetric Model - Yongchao ZHANG (Southeast University)

3:20 PM Interplay between Electroweak Baryogenesis and Collider Experiments - Yanda WU (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
3:40 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): Tu3-AP02: Accelerator Physics III
Tu3-AP02: Accelerator Physics III
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM Accelerator design choices for LEP3 - Michael KORATZINOS (Paul Scherrer Institute)

4:30 PM [Online via Zoom] CEPC SC Quadruople magnet - Yingshun ZHU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

4:50 PM [Online via Zoom] Polarization progress - Zhe DUAN (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

5:10 PM CEPC polarized electron source - Xiaoping LI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

5:30 PM Super KEK B beam-beam studies - Chuntao LIN (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Conference: Parallel Sessions (Collider/Experiment/Detector): Tu-ED02: Collider Detector II
Tu-ED02: Collider Detector II
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM The IDEA Detector for Future e+e- Colliders - Paolo GIACOMELLI (National Institute for Nuclear Physics)

4:30 PM High-granularity crystal calorimeter for future Higgs factories - Yong LIU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

4:50 PM Luminosity measurement at the future e+e- collider - Lei ZHANG (Nanjing University)

5:10 PM CEPC Reference Detector Performance - Mingshui CHEN (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

5:30 PM Learning from All Reconstructed Particle at CEPC - Manqi RUAN (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Conference: Parallel sessions (Astronomy & Dark Matters/Gravity): Tu-ADMG02: Astronomy & Dark Matters II
Tu-ADMG02: Astronomy & Dark Matters II
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM Mapping the nature of dark matter with extremely magnified stars - Sung Kei LI (The University of Hong Kong)

4:30 PM Measurements of Cosmic Proton Flux through Neutron Monitors Using Deep Networks and Imputation Techniques in the AMS-02 Era - Pengwei ZHAO (Sun Yat-sen University)

4:50 PM Probing Ultra Dense Substructures with Gravitational Lensing of Fast Radio Bursts - Yuxuan HE (City University of Hong Kong)

5:10 PM Probing the nature of dark matter using strongly lensed gravitational waves from binary black holes - Souvik JANA (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
9:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: W-1 - High Energy Physics III
W-1 - High Energy Physics III
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM LEP3 @ LHC - Tiziano CAMPORESI (Boston University)

9:45 AM Linear Collider @ CERN - Jenny LIST (DESY)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: W-2 - High Energy Physics IV
W-2 - High Energy Physics IV
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Muon Collider - Daniel SCHULTE (CERN)

11:45 AM New Probes for Fundamental Physics - Giorgio GRATTA (Stanford University)
12:30 PM Self-arranged Lunch
Self-arranged Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Conference: Plenary Sessions: W-3 - New Technologies & New Probes I
W-3 - New Technologies & New Probes I
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Axion Physics and Detection - Overview - Andreas RINGWALD (DESY)

2:45 PM Searching for Light Bosons and New Forces with New Technology - Surjeet RAJENDRAN (Johns Hopkins University)
3:30 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Conference: Plenary Sessions: W-4 - New Technologies & New Probes II
W-4 - New Technologies & New Probes II
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Quantum Sensing and Its Applications for Exploring Fundamental Physics - Dmitry BUDKER (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz)

4:45 PM Quantum Probes for Fundamental Physics - Xinhua PENG (University of Science and Technology of China)
6:00 PM Arrangements for Program Banquet
Arrangements for Program Banquet
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM

7:00 PM Program Banquet (For Organizers/Speakers/Invited Guests Only)
Program Banquet (For Organizers/Speakers/Invited Guests Only)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday, January 15, 2026
9:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: Th 1 - High Energy Physics V
Th 1 - High Energy Physics V
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Key Results of the FCC Feasibility Study and Steps Towards Implementation - Frank ZIMMERMANN (CERN) Michael BENEDIKT (CERN)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: Th 2 - High Energy Physics VI
Th 2 - High Energy Physics VI
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM HALHF Project - Brian FOSTER (University of Oxford)

11:45 AM Alive project - Allen CALDWELL (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
12:30 PM Self-arranged Lunch
Self-arranged Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): Th-AP01: Accelerator Physics IV
Th-AP01: Accelerator Physics IV
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Monochromatization studies for FCC-ee GHC optics - Angeles FAUS-GOLFE (CNRS/IN2P3/IJCLab Université Paris-Saclay)

2:20 PM CEPC linac and C3 technology development - Jingru ZHANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:40 PM [Online via Zoom] CEPC Mechanics and mockups - Haijing WANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:00 PM [Online via Zoom] CEPC alignment and installation - Xiaolong WANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

3:20 PM On Electron-cloud effects and possible mitigations strategies - Tatiana PIELONI (EPFL)
Conference: Parallel Sessions (Collider/Experiment/Detector): Th-ED01: Collider Physics III
Th-ED01: Collider Physics III
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Precise determination of the strong coupling constant from collider data - Xiaoyuan ZHANG (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2:20 PM Probing light-quark dipole operators with nucleon energy correlators - Yingsheng HUANG (Central South University)

2:40 PM Long-lived particle searches - Wei SU (Sun Yat-sen University)

3:00 PM Heavy Long-lived Dark Vector Via a Gluonic Portal - Qiyuan GAO (ICTP-AP & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Conference: Parallel Sessions (Quantum): Th-QM01: Quantum
Th-QM01: Quantum
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Quantum Entanglement at Higgs Factory - Hao ZHANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:20 PM Probing new physics and quantum entanglement through QCD spin effects at colliders - Bin YAN (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2:40 PM Decoherence as renormalization group flow: quantum information loss in high energy collisions - Dingyu SHAO (Fudan University)

3:00 PM Quantum Tomography and Entanglement in HZZ - Andrew Michael LEVIN (Peking University)
3:40 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): Th-AP02: Accelerator Physics V
Th-AP02: Accelerator Physics V
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM BEPCII U commissioning and HEPS operation - Daheng JI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

4:30 PM Plasma test facility at IHEP - Dazhang LI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

4:50 PM [Online via Zoom] Plasma accelerator towards TeV horizon - Wei LU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

5:10 PM High field magnets progress - Qingjin XU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Conference: Parallel sessions (Astronomy & Dark Matters/Gravity): Th-ADMG02: Gravity & Field Theory
Th-ADMG02: Gravity & Field Theory
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM Towards Quantum Gravity as the Theory of General Quantum Relativity or Q-number Geometrodynamics - Kong OTTO (National Central University)

4:30 PM Modified Theories of Gravity, Parity, and the Dark Sector - Tatsuya DANIEL (McGill University)

4:50 PM Interact or Twist: Cosmological Correlators from Field Redefinitions Revisited - Xiangwei WANG (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

5:10 PM Real-Time Simulation of Asymmetry Generation in Fermion-Bubble Collisions - Ying-Ying LI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Conference: Parallel sessions (New Experiments/Technologies/Probes): Th-NTP02: New Experiments/Technologies/Probes II
Th-NTP02: New Experiments/Technologies/Probes II
4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM Detecting Ultralight Dark Matter with Matter Effect - Xucheng GAN (DESY)

4:30 PM [Online via Zoom] SRF Cavity Search for New Physics - Jing SHU (Peking University)

4:50 PM Quantum Nature Based Detection of Signals Free of Classical Noise - Xuliang DU (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

5:10 PM [Online via zoom] Measure Gravitational Wave with a Novel Mössbauer Spectrometer - Huaqiao ZHANG (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

5:30 PM Detect Axions with Mössbauer Effect - Shengyi LIU (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Friday, January 16, 2026
9:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: F-1 - High energy Physics VII
F-1 - High energy Physics VII
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM CEPC Accelerator - Yi JIAO (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

9:45 AM CEPC Detector - Miao HE (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Conference: Plenary Sessions: F-2 - Panel Session
F-2 - Panel Session
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Panel Discussion

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