The purpose of this workshop is to bring together scientists with different backgrounds and expertise to discuss open problems, recent developments and future directions in axion physics, a field that is notoriously replete with interdisciplinary connections. The aim is to foster a fruitful cross breeding between different theoretical areas, with a focus on certain open issues in axion particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Quantitative assessments of the axion contribution to Cold Dark Matter (CDM) involve top-notch lattice simulations of non- perturbative QCD effects, as well as of the cosmic evolution of axionic topological defects. Astrophysical observations provide strong bounds on axion properties because stellar evolution would be affected by the existence of axions and, intriguingly, some excesses in star energy losses have been reported. Cosmological scenarios in which the PQ symmetry is broken before inflation foresee axions imprints in the CMB, while in post-inflationary scenarios axion miniclusters, with overdensities several orders of magnitude larger than the local density of CDM, are expected to form, and a reliable assessment of their properties is of utmost importance. From the experimental side, a blossoming of potentially game-changing ideas, with an exciting crossover from experimental particle physics to materials science and cutting-edge technologies is inspiring new methods for axion searches. Novel techniques have been put forth that, besides exploiting the axion- photon coupling, aim to reveal axions via their couplings to nucleons and electrons. The interaction between the experimental and theoretical communities will foster the merging of ‘how to search’ with ‘where to search’ into optimized strategies to hunt for the axion.
DIS2023 is the 30th in the series of annual workshops on Deep-Inelastic Scattering (DIS) and Related Subjects. The conference covers a large spectrum of topics in high energy physics. A significant part of the program is devoted to the most recent results from large experiments at BNL, CERN, DESY, FNAL, JLab and KEK. Theoretical advances are included as well.
The DIS2023 conference includes particle physics, nuclear physics and computational physics; it usually covers (but is not limited to) the following scientific topics:
- Structure Functions and Parton Densities
- Small-x, Diffraction and Vector Mesons
- Electroweak Physics and Beyond the Standard Model
- QCD with Heavy Flavours and Hadronic Final States
- Spin and 3D Structure
- Future Experiments
The 16th International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe/2nd Gordon Godfrey Workshop on Astroparticle Physics will take place on 5–9 Dec 2022 at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, hosted by the Sydney Consortium for Particle Physics and Cosmology. It will bring together a wide range of theorists and experimentalists to discuss current ideas on models of the dark sector of the Universe and to relate them to ongoing and future experiments.
The meeting will feature invited plenary talks covering topics of recent interest, as well as a number of parallel sessions to provide an opportunity for junior scientists to present their work.
The workshop will be preceded by the 3rd Sydney Spring School, aimed at graduate students and young postdocs, to be held on 30 Nov – 2 Dec, 2022 at the University of Sydney.
The main goal of this annual workshop is to review the status of the PBC studies continued or launched after the European Particle Physics Strategy update, with a focus on the programmes under consideration for start of operation after the next LHC long shutdown LS3. The workshop is also opened to presentation of new ideas of potential interest for CERN, after submission along the guidelines given on the PBC Home Page.
Organising Committee:
Gianluigi Arduini, Joerg Jaeckel, Claude Vallée
The HEPiX forum brings together worldwide Information Technology staff, including system administrators, system engineers, and managers from High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics laboratories and institutes, to foster a learning and sharing experience between sites facing scientific computing and data challenges.
Participating sites include BNL, CERN, DESY, FNAL, IHEP, IN2P3, INFN, IRFU, KEK, LBNL, NDGF, NIKHEF, PIC, RAL, SLAC, TRIUMF, many other research labs and numerous universities from all over the world.
This workshop is hosted by NeIC – the Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration together with HPC2N – High Performance Computing Center North at Umeå University.
The Swampland program gives general constraints on effective theories to be compatible with quantum gravity, therefore defining the Landscape of consistent theories. The program is quickly gaining command of the fundamental understanding of open questions in particle physics and cosmology, ranging from the hierarchy of fundamental scales in nature, to the origin and final fate of the universe.
The aim of this workshop is to gather leading experts in the field, to discuss the recent developments in our understanding of the Swampland and its implications for cosmology and particle physics.
This is the third edition of the previous very successful related workshops Vistas over the Swampland and Navigating the Swampland.
Dwindling resources together with rising energy costs and climate change are all challenges faced by the next generation of large-scale research infrastructures. Indeed, the enhanced performance of proposed new facilities often comes with anticipated increased power consumption. Sustainable developments at research infrastructures will rely on mid- and long-term strategies for reliable, affordable and carbon-neutral energy supplies.
The ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) is pleased to host the Sixth Workshop on Energy for Sustainable Science at Research Infrastructures on 29th and 30th September 2022 in Grenoble, France in collaboration with:
- CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research)
- ESS (European Spallation Source)
- DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)
- PSI (Paul Scherrer Institut)
- ERF (European Association of National Research Facilities)
The workshop is supported by I.FAST (Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology). It will be held in person on the EPS Campus site (sanitary crisis permitting).
ESSRI 2022 will bring together international sustainability experts, stakeholders and representatives from research facilities and future research infrastructure projects worldwide, with the purpose of identifying the challenges, best practices and policies to develop and implement sustainable solutions at research infrastructures. This includes the increase of energy efficiencies, energy system optimizations, storage and savings, implementation and management issues as well as the review of challenges represented by potential future technological solutions and the tools for effective collaboration.
The workshop series ‘Energy for Sustainable Science at Research Infrastructures’ is a biannual event organised by CERN, ERF and ESS in various locations. Exceptionally, the sixth edition of the series has been selected as one of the key events of ‘Grenoble: European Green Capital 2022‘ to enhance Grenoble’s engagement in sustainability.
