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Maja Mackowiak-Pawlowska (Warsaw University of Technology (PL)), Roberta Arnaldi (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)), Alexander Philipp Kalweit (CERN), Andrzej Krzysztof Rybicki (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)), Elena Gianolio (CERN), Anne Lissajoux (CERN), Urs Wiedemann (CERN), Marek Gazdzicki (Jan Kochanowski University (PL)), Enrico Scomparin (INFN Torino (IT))
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CERN-PHOTO-201707-179-4 Globe July 2017
 

The workshop aims to bring together theorists and experimentalists engaged in exploring the QCD phase structure and the properties of strongly interacting matter at high net-baryon densities. The program will consist exclusively of plenary sessions, ensuring a common forum for all participants and providing ample time for in-depth discussions, collaborative exchanges, and forward-looking perspectives.

The scientific agenda will cover a broad range of key topics, including:

  • Critical Point

  • Phase Transition

  • Deconfined Matter

  • Hadronization

  • Compact Stars

  • Future experimental facilities and detectors

We look forward to welcoming you to CERN, and we gratefully acknowledge the support of our conference sponsor.

   

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16th Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement
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  • Mon, April 13
    • Welcome 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Conveners: Maja Mackowiak-Pawlowska (Warsaw University of Technology (PL)), Urs Wiedemann (CERN)
      cpod26-welcome.pdf
    • Session 1: Experimental Overviews 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Tetyana Galatyuk
    • 10:40 AM
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    • Session 2: Experimental Overviews 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Enrico Scomparin (INFN Torino (IT))
    • Session 3: Experimental Overviews 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Marek Gazdzicki (Jan Kochanowski University (PL))
      • 7
        Physics opportunities for fixed target experiments at EIC.
        Speaker: Charles Joseph Naim
        CPOD_NAIM.pdf
      • 8
        Probes of collectivity in large and small systems with ATLAS
        Speaker: Patrycja Anna Potepa (AGH University of Krakow (PL))
        CPOD2026-Slides.pdf
      • 9
        CMS overview
        Speaker: Dr Georgios Krintiras (The University of Kansas (US))
        CPOD_GKK.pdf
      • 10
        LHCb overview
        Speaker: Imanol Corredoira (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
        CPOD_LHCb_icorredo_v2.pdf
    • 3:20 PM
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    • Session 4: Phase transition 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Alexander Philipp Kalweit (CERN)
      • 11
        QCD phase structure from Lattice QCD
        Speaker: Jana N. Guenther (University of Wuppertal)
        talk_guenther_CPOD.pdf
      • 12
        FRG approach to the QCD phase diagram
        Speaker: Prof. Wei-jie Fu (Dalian University of Technology)
        Fu-CPOD2026.pdf
      • 13
        Bridging Theory/Phenomenology and Experiment in Fluctuation Studies
        Speaker: Dr Anar Rustamov (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH)
        Rustamov_CPOD_2026.pdf
      • 14
        Quarkyonic matter
        Speaker: Larry McLerran
        quarkyonic_cpod.pdf
        quarkyonic_cpod.pptx
    • 5:50 PM
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  • Tue, April 14
    • Session 5: Phase transition 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Steffen Bass (Duke University)
    • 10:40 AM
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    • Session 6: Deconfined Matter 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Johanna Stachel (Heidelberg University (DE))
      • 20
        Transport properties from lattice QCD
        Speaker: Dibyendu Bala (Bielefeld University)
        CPOD_Dibyendu.pdf
      • 21
        HRG models
        Speaker: Peter Braun-Munzinger (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))
        talk_pbm_cpod2026.pdf
      • 22
        Interplay of Electromagnetic Fields and Baryon Diffusion in Directed Flow Splitting
        Speaker: Mr Tribhuban Parida (AGH UST Krakow)
        Tribhuban_Parida_AGH_CPOD26.pdf
      • 23
        Towards Physics-Informed Parameterization of QCD EoS
        Speaker: Dr Yi Yin (Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen))
        AI-EoS_YiYin_CPOD_2026.pdf
    • Session 7: Critical Point 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Nu Xu (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
      • 24
        Non-Monotonicity of pT Correlations in Au + Au Collisions at RHIC-STAR
        Speaker: Mr Rutik Manikandhan (University of Houston)
        Rutik_CPOD_2026.pdf
      • 25
        State of the art in fluctuation dynamics theory
        Speaker: Prof. Gokce Basar (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
        CPOD-26.pdf
      • 26
        MUSES: results on the critical point
        Speaker: Dr Johannès Jahan (University of Houston - Department of Physics)
        JJAHAN-CPOD_2026.pdf
      • 27
        Unveiling QCD Criticality in Rapidity Scan via Cross-Cumulant
        Speaker: Jianing Li
        CPODJianing_Li.pdf
    • 3:40 PM
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    • Session 8: Compact Stars 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: David Blaschke
      • 28
        Probing Three-Body Baryonic Interactions via Triplet Femtoscopy at STAR
        Speaker: Ke Mi (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences / Central China Normal University)
        CPOD_threebody_kmi_upload.pdf
      • 29
        Relating the onset density of quark deconfinement in neutron stars and heavy ion collisions
        Speaker: Oleksii Ivanytskyi (University of Wroclaw)
        Ivanytskyi_CPOD2026.pdf
    • Session 9: Hadronisation 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: David Blaschke
      • 30
        Connecting neutron stars to heavy-ion collisions theory
        Speakers: Agnieszka Sorensen (Institute for Nuclear Theory), Agnieszka Sorensen (University of Washington)
        ASorensen_2026.04.14_CPOD.pdf
      • 31
        Isospin symmetry violation measurements by NA61/SHINE
        Speaker: Andrzej Krzysztof Rybicki (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
        Rybicki_CPOD2026a.pdf
  • Wed, April 15
    • Session 10: Critical Point 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Peter Braun-Munzinger (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))
      • 32
        CP and 1st-Order Phase Boundary: theory overview
        Speakers: Jamie Karthein (MIT), Dr Jamie Karthein (MIT)
      • 33
        Experimental overview of net-proton fluctuations measurements
        Speaker: Xin Dong
      • 34
        E-by-E fluctuations of proton and light nuclei numbers measured at HADES
        Speaker: Marvin Nabroth
      • 35
        Relative particle yield fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at RHIC BES-II
        Speaker: Ashish Pandav
    • 10:40 AM
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    • Session 11: Phase transition 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Dr Anar Rustamov (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH)
      • 36
        Searching for echoes of criticality in OO collisions with ALICE
        Speaker: Mario Ciacco (Universita and INFN Torino (IT))
        2026-04-13-CIACCO_CPOD2026-8.pdf
      • 37
        News on (charged and neutral) hadron production in central nucleus-nucleus collisions from NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

        NA61/SHINE is a multipurpose fixed-target experiment located at the CERN SPS. One of its main goals is to study the onset of deconfinement and the properties of strongly interacting matter. For this purpose, a unique two-dimensional scan in collision energy (√sNN = 5.1 − 16.8/17.3 GeV) and system size was performed.
        Results on hadron spectra produced in nucleus-nucleus collisions, including the recent results for the charged hadrons produced in central Xe+La collisions, which completes the two-dimensional scan, and Λ baryons in central Ar+Sc collisions will be presented. The kinematic distributions and the measured multiplicities of identified hadrons will be compared with NA49 Pb+Pb results, as well as with available world data. The obtained results, particularly the K⁺/π⁺, Λ/π, and total strangeness-to-pion ratios, are crucial for understanding the phenomena of the onset of deconfinement and the onset of fireball, which is one of the main aims of the strong interaction program of the NA61/SHINE collaboration.
        Additionally, a comparison of proton rapidity spectra in nucleus-nucleus collisions from NA61/SHINE and NA49 will be presented, providing a complete picture of the energy and system size dependence of the mechanism of transport of baryon number at SPS energies.

        Speakers: Oleksandra Panova (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)), Yuliia Balkova (National Centre for Nuclear Research (PL))
      • 38
        QCD phase boundary from strangeness fluctuations on a high statistics lattice data set
        Speaker: Piyush Kumar (University of Wuppertal)
      • 39
        Yang-Lee edge singularity structure beyond standard lattice algorithms
        Speaker: Szabolcs Istvan Borsanyi
      • 40
        Directed and Triangular Flow of Protons and Vector Mesons in the High Baryon Density Region at RHIC
        Speaker: Guangyu Zheng (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
    • Session 12: Critical Point 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Volker Koch
      • 41
        Probing the QCD critical point by finite-size scaling of fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at RHIC
        Speaker: Yige Huang
      • 42
        News in the search for the critical point at NA61/SHINE.

        The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS is a multipurpose fixed-target spectrometer for charged and neutral hadron measurements. Its research program includes strong interaction studies focusing on the exploration of the QCD phase diagram and understanding the phase structures of strongly interacting matter, including the hypothesized QCD critical point. To map the QCD phase diagram, the experiment conducted beam momentum ($\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} = 5 - 17$ GeV) and system size ($p$+$p$, $p$+Pb, Be+Be, Ar+Sc, Xe+La, Pb+Pb) scans.

        In this contribution, we present recent measurements of multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations of higher order moments at NA61/SHINE as a function of system size ($p$+$p$, Ar+Sc) and collision energy. The results are compared across different energies, as well as against model predictions. We also present recent measurements of femtoscopic correlations, revealing that the shape of the particle-emitting source is not Gaussian. The measurements are based on alpha-stable symmetric L\'evy sources, and we discuss the average pair transverse mass, collision energy, and system size dependence of the source parameters. Finally, we summarize the current status of proton and $h^-$ intermittency analyses in the collision energy range $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} = 5 - 17$ GeV, for a variety of nucleus-nucleus collisions (Ar+Sc, Xe+La, Pb+Pb).

        Speaker: Barnabas Porfy (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU))
      • 43
        Measurement of (Net-)Proton Number Fluctuations in Au+Au Collisions from RHIC-STAR : A Centrality-independent Method
        Speaker: Zhaohui Wang (Central China Normal University)
      • 44
        Inhomogeneous instabilities in high-density QCD
        Speaker: Franz Richard Sattler (University Bielefeld)
      • 45
        Performance of the CBM experiment to study the net-proton fluctuations
        Speaker: Rudrapriya Das (Bose Institute)
        CPOD_Rudrapriya_CBM_fluctuations.pdf
      • 46
        Residual 3rd-body Coulomb Effect on Identical Charged Pion Correlations in Au+Au Collisions at STAR
        Speaker: Nu Xu (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
    • 4:00 PM
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    • Session 13: Detectors and future 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Piotr Gasik (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))
      • 47
        Dectector development: DRD5
        Speaker: Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))
        MDoser_Quantum_Sensors_CPOD_15.4.2026.pdf
      • 48
        CERN ion accelerator complex
        Speaker: Reyes Alemany Fernandez (CERN)
      • 49
        ALICE 3: a next-generation heavy-ion detector for LHC Run 5
        Speaker: Marianna Mazzilli (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
  • Thu, April 16
    • Session 14: Critical Point 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Jan M. Pawlowski (Heidelberg University)
      • 50
        Full BSQ diffusion matrix effects in 3+1D simulations on conserved charge cumulants
        Speaker: Kevin P. Pala
      • 51
        Constructing a 4D T'-expanded lattice QCD equation of state with a multi-dimensional critical contribution
        Speaker: Francesco Di Clemente (University of Houston)
      • 52
        Towards a general framework for relativistic fluctuating hydrodynamics
        Speaker: Xin An (Ghent University)
      • 53
        Real-time stochastic dynamics near a QCD critical point
        Speaker: Thomas Schaefer
    • 10:20 AM
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    • 10:30 AM
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    • Session 15: Phase Transition 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Misha Stephanov (UIC)
      • 54
        Electromagnetic  probes experiments
        Speaker: Szymon Harabasz
      • 55
        Low-mass, low-momentum virtual photon measurements with HADES
        Speaker: Ms Iuliana-Carina Udrea (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
      • 56
        Combined Description of Thermal and Vacuum Contributions to the Dilepton Spectrum
        Speaker: Jessica Ou Ya Vogel
      • 57
        How does a phase transition impact dilepton production?
        Speaker: Renan Góes-Hirayama (FIAS)
      • 58
        Flow phenomena at high nuclear densities with HADES
        Speaker: Mr Behruz Kardan (IKF, Uni-Frankfurt)
    • Session 16: Hadronisation 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Andrzej Krzysztof Rybicki (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
      • 59
        Correlation of baryon number and charge at finite baryon density from S-matrix calculation
        Speaker: Vojtěch Honěk (FNSPE, CTU in Prague)
      • 60
        Elliptic flow of deuterons and the mechanism of their production
        Speaker: Boris Tomasik
      • 61
        Canonical statistical hadronization with local charge conservation for fluctuations and correlations
        Speaker: Dr Volodymyr Vovchenko (University of Houston)
    • Session 17: Deconfined Matter 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Xin Dong
      • 62
        Hidden news on strangeness production in NA61/SHINE
        Speaker: Antoni Marcinek (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
      • 63
        Strange hadron production in O+O collisions at sqrt(s_NN)= 200 GeV at STAR
        Speaker: Iris Ponce (Yale University)
      • 64
        System size dependence of particle production with ALICE
        Speaker: Nicolò Jacazio (Universita del Piemonte Orientale (IT))
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    • 7:30 PM
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  • Fri, April 17
    • Session 18: Hadronisation 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Joachim Stroth
      • 65
        Baryon junctions
        Speaker: Gregoire Marvin Nelson Pihan (University of Houston)
      • 66
        Hydrodynamic models of heavy ion collisions
        Speaker: Dr Iurii Karpenko (FNSPE CTU in Prague)
      • 67
        Charged Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s) =3 - 4.5 GeV with the STAR Detector
        Speaker: Liubing Chen (Central China Normal University)
      • 68
        Packing baryons into a lattice: lattice QCD canonical results at physical quark masses
        Speaker: Ludovica Pirelli (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)
    • 10:40 AM
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    • Session 19: Critical Point 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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      Convener: Larry McLerran
      • 69
        How soft is strangeness-neutral QCD matter? Contrasting material parameters at finite baryon density from (2+1)-flavor lattice QCD with heavy-ion data
        Speaker: Jishnu Goswami (Bielefeld University)
      • 70
        Antiproton puzzle
        Speaker: Dr Volodymyr Vovchenko (University of Houston)
    • Closing 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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