HAMLET-PHYSICS 2026 Conference

Session

Plenary: Astrophysics and cosmology

21 Aug 2026, 10:55

Margrethe Bohr Salen (Niels Bohr Building)

15. Differentiable End-to-End Optimization of In-Ice Radio Neutrino Detectors

Martin Ravn

21/08/2026, 10:55

Plenary

The design choices made for particle physics detectors can have long-lasting impacts on the scientific outcome of a given experiment. Optimizing detector layouts is therefore essential in the planning stages of an experiment. However, conventional brute-force Monte Carlo–based studies often become computationally prohibitive when exploring large design parameter spaces. Differentiable...

27. Simulation-Based Inference of High-Redshift Galaxy Environments with JWST

Ivan Nikolic (Dawn Center, University of Copenhagen)

21/08/2026, 11:15

Plenary

The astrophysics of the first galaxies is undergoing a data revolution, driven by the infrared capabilities of JWST and the coming arrival of Roman, SKA, and other facilities. Yet inferring the physical processes governing the formation and evolution of the earliest galaxies remains difficult: these objects are distant and intrinsically faint, and several well-established scaling relations...

17. Genesis-Metallicity: Non-Parametric Gas-Phase Metallicity Estimation for Galaxies Across Cosmic Time

Dr Danial Langeroodi (University of Cambridge)

21/08/2026, 11:35

Plenary

The chemical enrichment state of galaxies is a result of a complex interplay between several mechanisms that (i) accrete pristine gas onto galaxies, (ii) cool down, fragment, and convert this pristine gas into stars, (iii) produce the heavy elements in the cores of massive stars, and (iv) release the newly formed heavy elements into the interstellar medium through stellar winds and supernovae....

11. Multimodal Generative Modelling of the Galaxy Population with pop-cosmos

Dr Sinan Deger (University of Cambridge)

21/08/2026, 11:55

Plenary

Panchromatic surveys such as COSMOS have expanded our understanding of how galaxies evolve through cosmic time immensely. Surveys such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's LSST are promising an unprecedented view of this evolutionary paradigm provided the massive data challenge they pose is answered. We have been developing pop-cosmos, a comprehensive galaxy population model housing a...

36. Searching for Technosignatures with Machine Learning: The Breakthrough Listen LOFTS Dual-Station Radio Survey

Prof. Aaron Golden (University of Galway)

21/08/2026, 12:15

Plenary

Under the assumption that other advanced extraterrestrial civilisations exist - or have existed - elsewhere in our and other galaxies, the Breakthrough Listen Initiative has for the past decade taken the lead in the search for both direct and indirect technosignatures using a diversity of radio telescope facilities. Advances in instrumentation, computational processing power and most...