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, 12 January 2026 (00:00) to Friday, 16 January 2026 (23:59)

Monday, 12 January 2026

08:25 Conference Registration
Conference Registration
08:25 - 08:55

08:55 Welcoming Remarks
Welcoming Remarks
08:55 - 09:00
09:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: M-1 - High Energy Physics I
M-1 - High Energy Physics I
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Theoretical Perspecitve for HEP - Csaba CSAKI (Cornell University)

09:45 LHC Status Overview - Andreas HOECKER (CERN)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: M-2 - High Energy Physics II
M-2 - High Energy Physics II
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

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

11:45 European High-Energy-Physics Strategy Overview - Karl JAKOBS (Universitaet Freiburg)
12:30 Lunch (Self-arranged)
Lunch (Self-arranged)
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): M-AP01: Accelerator Physics I
M-AP01: Accelerator Physics I
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 CEPC Accelerator EDR - Jie GAO (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:20 Super KEK B Operation Status - Makoto TOBIYAMA (KEK)

14:40 CEPC Lattice with Energy Switch, Ground Motion… - Yiwei WANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:00 CEPC Booster, Damping Ring and Timing - Dou WANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:20 [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
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Improved Constraints on Higgs Self-couplings in HEFT - Jian WANG (Shandong University)

14:20 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)

14:40 Higgs self-coupling Measurement @ LHC - Yanping HUANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:00 [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
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Axion Modulations Save Large Field Inflation and Produce Nanohertz Gravitational Waves - Kin-Wang NG (Academia Sinica)

14:20 Small Instantons and the Post-inflationary QCD Axion in a Special Product GUT - Junxuan XU (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

14:40 High Reheating Temperature without Axion Domain - Yu-Cheng QIU (City University of Hong Kong)

15:00 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)

15:20 Holographic Origins of the QCD Vacuum Angle and Axion - Taewook YOUN (Cornell University)
15:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Conference: Parallel Sessions (Collider/Experiment/Detector): M-ED02: Collider Physics II
M-ED02: Collider Physics II
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 BSM Search Potential at CEPC - Xuai ZHUANG (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

16:30 Heavy Flavor Opportunities @ CEPC - Shanzhen CHEN (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

16:50 Status of CEPC Hadronic Calorimeter - Haijun YANG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

17:10 Real Triplet Extension Radiative Correction to Higgs-strahlung in Future Colliders - Mohamed Younes SASSI (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

17:30 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
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 Detecting Dark-Matter in Space - The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - Hong-Hao ZHANG (Sun Yat-sen University)

16:30 [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)

16:50 First Constraint on the Dimensionless Axion-Photon Coupling from Neutron Star Observations - Jun-Chen WANG (Peking University)

17:10 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
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 Recent Progress of DarkSHINE R&D - Xuliang ZHU (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

16:30 Probing Dark Particles in Neutrino Scattering Experiments - Ruofei FENG (Southeast University)

16:50 Reactor Detection of Dark Sector Particles - Jie TANG (Southeast University)

17:10 [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, 13 January 2026
09:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: Tu-1 - Gravitational Waves
Tu-1 - Gravitational Waves
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 GW Physics - Jonathan R. ELLIS (King's College London)

09:45 Detection of High-frequency Gravitational Waves - Diego BLAS (Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE))
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: Tu-2 - Astronomy / Cosmology
Tu-2 - Astronomy / Cosmology
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

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

11:45 FRB and Fudnamental Physics - Bing ZHANG (The University of Hong Kong)
12:30 Program Lunch (Self-arranged)
Program Lunch (Self-arranged)
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): Tu-AP01: Accelerator Physics II
Tu-AP01: Accelerator Physics II
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 On Perspective of SC Caities on High Q and High G. - Akira MIYAZAKI (CNRS/IN2P3/IJCLab Université Paris-Saclay)

14:20 CEPC SRF Progress - Jiyuan ZHAI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:40 CEPC Magnets Line, Booster Magnets, etc - Zhihui MU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:00 CEPC Vacuum NEG Coating Line - Yongsheng MA (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:20 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
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Silicon Vertex Detector at CEPC - Zhijun LIANG (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:20 Development of HVCMOS-based CEPC Inner Tracker - Zijun XU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:40 Overview of the CEPC Outer Tracker and Recent Progress in Key Detector Technologies - Jiajian TEOH (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:00 Overview of LHCb Mighty Tracker - Yanyan GAO (The University of Edinburgh)

15:20 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
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 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)

14:20 Applying Strong Dynamics to Dark Matter Phenomenology - Xiaoyong CHU (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:40 Sub-GeV Sterile Neutrino as a Probe of Neutrino Mass Generation in the Minimal Left-Right Symmetric Model - Sida LU (Tel Aviv University)

15:00 Loop-level Lepton Flavor Violation in the Minimal Left-right Dymmetric Model - Yongchao ZHANG (Southeast University)

15:20 Interplay between Electroweak Baryogenesis and Collider Experiments - Yanda WU (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
15:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): Tu3-AP02: Accelerator Physics III
Tu3-AP02: Accelerator Physics III
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 Accelerator design choices for LEP3 - Michael KORATZINOS (Paul Scherrer Institute)

16:30 [Online via Zoom] CEPC SC Quadruople magnet - Yingshun ZHU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

16:50 [Online via Zoom] Polarization progress - Zhe DUAN (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

17:10 CEPC polarized electron source - Xiaoping LI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

17:30 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
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 The IDEA Detector for Future e+e- Colliders - Paolo GIACOMELLI (National Institute for Nuclear Physics)

16:30 High-granularity crystal calorimeter for future Higgs factories - Yong LIU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

16:50 Luminosity measurement at the future e+e- collider - Lei ZHANG (Nanjing University)

17:10 CEPC Reference Detector Performance - Mingshui CHEN (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

17:30 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
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 Mapping the nature of dark matter with extremely magnified stars - Sung Kei LI (The University of Hong Kong)

16:30 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)

16:50 Probing Ultra Dense Substructures with Gravitational Lensing of Fast Radio Bursts - Yuxuan HE (City University of Hong Kong)

17:10 Probing the nature of dark matter using strongly lensed gravitational waves from binary black holes - Souvik JANA (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
09:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: W-1 - High Energy Physics III
W-1 - High Energy Physics III
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 LEP3 @ LHC - Tiziano CAMPORESI (Boston University)

09:45 Linear Collider @ CERN - Jenny LIST (DESY)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: W-2 - High Energy Physics IV
W-2 - High Energy Physics IV
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Muon Collider - Daniel SCHULTE (CERN)

11:45 New Probes for Fundamental Physics - Giorgio GRATTA (Stanford University)
12:30 Self-arranged Lunch
Self-arranged Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: W-3 - New Technologies & New Probes I
W-3 - New Technologies & New Probes I
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Axion Physics and Detection - Overview - Andreas RINGWALD (DESY)

14:45 Searching for Light Bosons and New Forces with New Technology - Surjeet RAJENDRAN (Johns Hopkins University)
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: W-4 - New Technologies & New Probes II
W-4 - New Technologies & New Probes II
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 Quantum Sensing and Its Applications for Exploring Fundamental Physics - Dmitry BUDKER (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz)

16:45 Quantum Probes for Fundamental Physics - Xinhua PENG (University of Science and Technology of China)
18:00 Arrangements for Program Banquet
Arrangements for Program Banquet
18:00 - 18:15

19:00 Program Banquet (For Organizers/Speakers/Invited Guests Only)
Program Banquet (For Organizers/Speakers/Invited Guests Only)
19:00 - 21:00
Thursday, 15 January 2026
09:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: Th 1 - High Energy Physics V
Th 1 - High Energy Physics V
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Key Results of the FCC Feasibility Study and Steps Towards Implementation - Frank ZIMMERMANN (CERN) Michael BENEDIKT (CERN)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: Th 2 - High Energy Physics VI
Th 2 - High Energy Physics VI
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

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

11:45 Alive project - Allen CALDWELL (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
12:30 Self-arranged Lunch
Self-arranged Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): Th-AP01: Accelerator Physics IV
Th-AP01: Accelerator Physics IV
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Monochromatization studies for FCC-ee GHC optics - Angeles FAUS-GOLFE (CNRS/IN2P3/IJCLab Université Paris-Saclay)

14:20 CEPC linac and C3 technology development - Jingru ZHANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:40 [Online via Zoom] CEPC Mechanics and mockups - Haijing WANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:00 [Online via Zoom] CEPC alignment and installation - Xiaolong WANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:20 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
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Precise determination of the strong coupling constant from collider data - Xiaoyuan ZHANG (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

14:20 Probing light-quark dipole operators with nucleon energy correlators - Yingsheng HUANG (Central South University)

14:40 Long-lived particle searches - Wei SU (Sun Yat-sen University)

15:00 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
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Quantum Entanglement at Higgs Factory - Hao ZHANG (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:20 Probing new physics and quantum entanglement through QCD spin effects at colliders - Bin YAN (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:40 Decoherence as renormalization group flow: quantum information loss in high energy collisions - Dingyu SHAO (Fudan University)

15:00 Quantum Tomography and Entanglement in HZZ - Andrew Michael LEVIN (Peking University)
15:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Conference: Parallel Sessions (Accelerator Physics): Th-AP02: Accelerator Physics V
Th-AP02: Accelerator Physics V
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 BEPCII U commissioning and HEPS operation - Daheng JI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

16:30 Plasma test facility at IHEP - Dazhang LI (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

16:50 [Online via Zoom] Plasma accelerator towards TeV horizon - Wei LU (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

17:10 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
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 Towards Quantum Gravity as the Theory of General Quantum Relativity or Q-number Geometrodynamics - Kong OTTO (National Central University)

16:30 Modified Theories of Gravity, Parity, and the Dark Sector - Tatsuya DANIEL (McGill University)

16:50 Interact or Twist: Cosmological Correlators from Field Redefinitions Revisited - Xiangwei WANG (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

17:10 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
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 Detecting Ultralight Dark Matter with Matter Effect - Xucheng GAN (DESY)

16:30 [Online via Zoom] SRF Cavity Search for New Physics - Jing SHU (Peking University)

16:50 Quantum Nature Based Detection of Signals Free of Classical Noise - Xuliang DU (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

17:10 [Online via zoom] Measure Gravitational Wave with a Novel Mössbauer Spectrometer - Huaqiao ZHANG (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

17:30 Detect Axions with Mössbauer Effect - Shengyi LIU (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Friday, 16 January 2026
09:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: F-1 - High energy Physics VII
F-1 - High energy Physics VII
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 CEPC Accelerator - Yi JIAO (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

09:45 CEPC Detector - Miao HE (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Conference: Plenary Sessions: F-2 - Panel Session
F-2 - Panel Session
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Panel Discussion

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