2026 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2026

Session

W3-1 SYMPOSIUM: Future Particle Physics Energy Frontier Facilities | Installations futures à la pointe de la physique des particules

W3-1

24 Jun 2026, 16:15

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

Conveners

W3-1 SYMPOSIUM: Future Particle Physics Energy Frontier Facilities | Installations futures à la pointe de la physique des particules

• Alison Lister (University of British Columbia (CA))

Description

With the discovery of the Higgs boson the Standard Model is now complete. Yet key questions remain unanswered: the matter–antimatter asymmetry, the nature of dark matter and the origin of neutrino masses. Addressing these requires physics beyond the Standard Model and motivates intensified collider exploration. This symposium will bring together researchers working on new facilities that will enable exploration of the energy frontier. Discussion topics will include theory motivations, experimental developments, and accelerator technologies that enable the next generation of experiments.

A portion of the symposium will be dedicated to convene Canadian researchers interested in learning about or contributing to the Future Circular Collider (FCC). This new accelerator is designed to extend our reach with unprecedented sensitivity, precision, and energy beyond the TeV scale. If pursued by CERN and Europe, 2028–2034 will be a critical period for building collaborations and developing the required detector technologies. The goal is to engage researchers in material science, computational physics, instrumentation, accelerator technology and high energy theory and experiment in shaping a new effort that could be a major part of Canada’s subatomic physics community.

Avec la découverte du boson de Higgs, le Modèle standard est désormais complet. Cependant, des questions fondamentales restent sans réponse : l'asymétrie matière-antimatière, la nature de la matière noire et l'origine des masses des neutrinos. Pour y répondre, il faut aller au-delà du Modèle standard et intensifier l'exploration des collisionneurs. Ce symposium réunira des chercheurs travaillant sur de nouvelles installations qui permettront d'explorer les frontières de l'énergie. Les thèmes abordés comprendront les motivations théoriques, les développements expérimentaux et les technologies d'accélérateurs qui permettront la prochaine génération d'expériences.

Une partie du symposium sera consacrée à réunir les chercheurs canadiens intéressés à en savoir plus sur le Future Circular Collider (FCC) ou à y contribuer. Ce nouvel accélérateur est conçu pour étendre notre portée avec une sensibilité, une précision et une énergie sans précédent au-delà de l'échelle TeV. Si le CERN et l'Europe poursuivent ce projet, la période 2028-2034 sera cruciale pour établir des collaborations et développer les technologies de détection nécessaires. L'objectif est d'impliquer des chercheurs en science des matériaux, en physique computationnelle, en instrumentation, en technologie des accélérateurs et en théorie et expérimentation des hautes énergies dans la mise en place d'un nouvel effort qui pourrait constituer un élément majeur de la communauté canadienne de physique subatomique.

1054. FCC Detector Design Concepts (25'+5')

Mogens Dam (University of Copenhagen (DK))

24/06/2026, 16:15

1020. Learning from the past: Canada's involvement in the ATLAS Upgrade (12'+3')

Luise Poley (Simon Fraser University (CA))

24/06/2026, 16:45

Future Particle Physics Energy Frontier Facilities / Installations futures à la pointe de la physique des particules

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e))

Canadian institutes have been involved in multiple aspects of the ATLAS detector's upgrades for the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider. During several years of schedule delays, Canadian institutes were at the forefront of investigations into technical and logistical issues, contributing greatly to their solution and to the success of the overall project.

This contribution presents...

1012. Detector development for the Future Circular Collider in the DRD3 Collaboration (12'+3')

Christoph Thomas Klein (Carleton University (CA))

24/06/2026, 17:00

Future Particle Physics Energy Frontier Facilities / Installations futures à la pointe de la physique des particules

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e))

The Future Circular Collider (FCC) to be built at CERN, is the proposed successor to the Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The FCC will facilitate a wide science program which, by exploring matter and forces at the smallest scales and the Universe at earliest times, will continue to provide answers to scientific questions and potentially reveal...

1055. Photon Detector Development in DRD4 (12'+3')

Fabrice Retiere

24/06/2026, 17:15

1056. High Temperature Superconducting Magnet Technology (12'+3')

Frederic Sirois (Polytechnique Montreal)

24/06/2026, 17:30

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

High-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets are enabling a new generation of high-field systems by providing higher current densities and lower losses than conventional technologies. In the near term, their impact is most visible in high-field accelerator magnets and advanced research facilities, where they allow stronger fields, more compact beamlines, and enhanced performance beyond the...