Danish Nuclear Physics Meeting 2026

Europe/Copenhagen
Institut for Fysik og Astronomi (Aarhus University)

Institut for Fysik og Astronomi

Aarhus University

Børge Svane Nielsen (Niels Bohr Institute), You Zhou (Aarhus University)
Description

Introduction

The Danish Nuclear Physics Meeting 2026 aims to bring together researchers working across the full spectrum of contemporary nuclear physics, from low-energy investigations of nuclear structure to high-energy studies of strongly interacting matter and fundamental constituents of nuclei.

While experimental techniques, facilities, and energy scales differ significantly between the subfields, many of the underlying scientific questions are deeply connected. How does complex nuclear structure emerge from the interactions among quarks and gluons? How do collective phenomena arise in finite nuclear systems? Which degrees of freedom are most relevant at different energy scales? Answering these questions requires ongoing dialogue between low-energy and high-energy nuclear physics communities.

The meeting provides a forum for strengthening interactions among researchers working at facilities such as ISOLDE, FRIB, and the LHC. By exploring common scientific themes, including nuclear structure, collectivity, correlations, emergent phenomena, and advanced detector technologies, we seek to foster new collaborations and identify opportunities for cross-disciplinary research.

We warmly welcome researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and students from all areas of nuclear physics to join us for two days of scientific exchange and community building at Aarhus University.

 

  • Monday 28 September
    • 12:30 13:30
      Lunch 1h
    • 13:30 15:50
      Guide visit of ASTRID2 2h 20m
    • 15:50 16:00
      Welcome 10m
    • 16:00 16:30
      Overview of Low-Energy Nuclear Program 30m
      Speaker: Karsten Riisager (Aarhus University)
    • 16:30 17:00
      Overview of Ultra-Relativistic Nuclear Collisions and Beyond 30m
      Speaker: You Zhou (Aarhus University)
    • 17:00 17:30
      Overview of Detector Developments for the Forward Physics 30m
      Speaker: Ian Bearden (NBI)
    • 17:30 17:45
      Special Talk on CERN summer school project: Longitudinal Polarisation of Omega baryons in Pb—Pb collisions using ALICE 15m
      Speaker: Lukas Cernusak (NBI)
    • 17:45 18:00
      Special talk on the CERN Summer School Project: Testing Quark Coalescence with φ-meson Directed Flow in Pb–Pb Collisions 15m
      Speaker: Amalie Clausen (NBI)
    • 19:00 21:00
      Dinner 2h
  • Tuesday 29 September
    • 09:00 09:25
      Topics on FoCal [TBD] 25m
      Speaker: Shihai Jia (University of Copenhagen)
    • 09:25 09:50
      Properties of the Nuclear Matter with Bayesian Approach 25m
      Speaker: Maxim Virta (Aarhus University)
    • 09:50 10:10
      Topic 1 20m
      Speaker: Jeppe Nielsen (Aarhus University)
    • 10:10 10:30
      Topic 2 20m
      Speaker: Björn Johansson (Aarhus University)
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:00 11:20
      Imaging the Nuclear Structure at the Energy Frontier 20m
      Speaker: Vojtěch Macháček (Aarhus University & NBI)
    • 11:20 11:40
      Searching for the Quark-Gluon Plasma in Small Collision Systems 20m
      Speaker: Preet Bhanjan Pati (Aarhus University & NBI)
    • 11:40 11:45
      Contribution: Thor 5m
      Speaker: Thor Jensen (NBI)
    • 11:45 11:50
      Contribution: Dina 5m
      Speaker: Dina Dervisevic (NBI)
    • 11:50 11:55
      Contribution: Eleftheria 5m
      Speaker: Eleftheria Anna Iris Pim (NBI)
    • 11:55 12:00
      Contribution: Leonora 5m
      Speaker: Leonora Misciattelli Mocenigo Soranzo (NBI, KU)
    • 12:00 12:05
      Contribution: Barbara 5m
      Speaker: Barbara Schmidt (NBI)
    • 12:05 12:10
      Contribution: Amenda 5m
      Speaker: Amanda Dyrby (NBI)
    • 12:10 12:30
      Summary & Free discussion 20m