The 21st International Conference on QCD in Extreme Conditions

from Wednesday 2 July 2025 (08:50) to Friday 4 July 2025 (19:10)
Faculty of Law and Administration, UWr (Witold Swida Lecture Hall)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
2 Jul 2025
3 Jul 2025
4 Jul 2025
AM
08:50 Welcome by the Rector of the University of Wroclaw, Prof. Robert Olkiewicz & Opening  
09:05 Columbia plot, critical point and bound states in dense QCD - Christian Fischer (University of Giessen, Germany)  
09:50 QCD transition line up to $\mu_{B}$=400 MeV from finite volume lattice simulations - Ludovica Pirelli (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)  
10:10 Chiral anomaly: from vacuum to Columbia plot - Prof. Francesco Giacosa (Kielce University)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Finite-size scaling analysis of cumulants of net proton number and the QCD critical point - Agnieszka Sorensen (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)  
11:20 Using net quark number gain to probe the phases of QCD - Tomas Mari Surkau  
11:40 Analytic calculation of quark-number susceptibilities in heavy-quark QCD - Kei Tohme (Kyoto University)  
09:00 Pi in the sky: Axion condensation in neutron stars - Sanjay Reddy (University of Washington)  
09:45 Bulk viscous dissipation in strange quark stars and mergers - José Luis Hernández (Institut de Ciències de l'Espai, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC))  
10:05 Temperature and Magnetic Field effects on Isospin equilibration via Urca processes in Neutron Star Mergers. - Pranjal Tambe (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)  
10:25 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Are there indications for quark deconfinement in fastly spinning massive neutron stars? - Christoph Gärtlein (IST, University of Lisbon / University of Coimbra / University of Wroclaw) Dr Violetta Sagun (University of Southampton)  
11:20 Exploring Color-Superconducting Phases in Hybrid Star Models Using an RG-Consistent NJL Approach - Dr Ishfaq Ahmad Rather (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)  
11:40 Color-superconducting strange quark matter formation in compact stars - Mirco Guerrini (University of Ferrara and INFN Ferrara)  
09:00 Exploring QCD phase diagram at finite temperature and density via lattice calculations - Sipaz Sharma (Technische Universitat Munchen)  
09:45 Nonlocal Operators on the Lattice for the Higgs-Confinement Phase Transition - Yusuke Shimada (U Tokyo)  
10:05 Approaching the continuum with anisotropic lattice thermodynamics - Jon-Ivar Skullerud  
10:25 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Equation of state of finite-density 2color QCD at lower temperature from lattice simulations - Etsuko Itou  
11:20 Flux tube structure in finite temperature QCD - Volodymyr Chelnokov (Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe Universität)  
11:40 Topological observables and $\theta$ dependence in high temperature QCD from lattice simulations - Andrey Kotov  
PM
12:00 Towards an optimally sensitive temperature probe in heavy-ion collisions - Víctor López Pardo  
12:20 The finite-temperature QCD static potential: a higher order calculation - ME Carrington (Brandon University)  
12:40 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Nuclear chiral density wave in neutron stars? - Andreas Schmitt (University of Southampton)  
15:15 3D Pion crystal from the chiral anomaly - Geraint Evans (Academia Sinica)  
15:35 Spin density and local equilibrium Wigner function for spin-half particles - Mr Samapan Bhadury (Jagiellonian University)  
15:55 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Cold quark matter: Renormalization group improvement - Loïc Fernandez (Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki)  
16:50 QCD at finite isospin density and pion condensation - Prof. Jens Oluf Andersen  
17:10 Finite spin density effects on the QCD phase transition in the linear sigma model - Pracheta Singha (west university of Timisoara)  
17:30 Berry curvature and spin-one color superconductivity - Noriyuki Sogabe (University of Illinois Chicago)  
17:50 Nontrivial topology in gauge theories, and time dependent Dark Energy of the Universe. - Prof. Ariel Zhitnitsky (UBC)  
20:00 --- Conference Dinner ---
12:00 Color Superconductivity in two-flavor QCD and its role in neutron stars - Bernd-Jochen Schaefer  
12:20 Particle-theory input for neutron-star physics - Aleksi Vuorinen (University of Helsinki)  
12:40 --- Conference photo ---
12:55 --- Lunch ---
14:30 --- Excursion ---
16:15 Nonequilibrium dynamics in QCD and Holography - Matthias Kaminski  
17:00 Out-of-equilibrium CME conductivity from lattice QCD - Eduardo Garnacho Velasco  
17:20 Isotropization in heavy ion collisions in the 2PI formalism - Francois Gelis  
17:40 Glasma as a fluid - Stanislaw Mrowczynski  
18:00
Poster Session (until 20:00)
18:00 Λ transverse polarization in p+p interactions within NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS - Yehor Bondar (Jan Kochanowski University (PL))  
18:20 Universal scaling properties of the chiral phase transition in (2+1)-flavor QCD - Dr Sabarnya Mitra (Bielefeld University)  
18:40 Transport properties of the strongly interacting quark-gluon plasma - Ilia Grishmanovskii (ITP, Frankfurt)  
19:00 Transport coefficients of anisotropic quark matter - Mr Dhananjay Singh (National Institute of Technology Jalandhar)  
19:20 Thermodynamics of QCD with 8 flavors - Kevin Zambello (University of Pisa and INFN, Sezione di Pisa)  
19:40 Born rate equivalence for the kinetic theory and quantum field theory approach - Moulindu Kundu (West University of Timisoara)  
19:40 Bulk viscosity of two-colour superconducting quark matter in neutron star mergers - Mr Stefanos Tsiopelas (University of Wrocław)  
19:40 Chiral Properties of (2+1)-Flavor QCD in Strong Magnetic Fields at Zero Temperature - Dan Zhang  
19:40 Chiral symmetry restoration, the $U(1)_A$ and thermal resonances - Prof. ANGEL GOMEZ NICOLA (Universidad Complutense Madrid)  
19:40 Color superconductivity and non-strange hybrid stars - Mathias Pavely Nødtvedt (NTNU)  
19:40 Color-superconducting quarkyonic matter - Christoph Gärtlein (IST, University of Lisbon / University of Coimbra / University of Wroclaw)  
19:40 D meson in isospin asymmetric $\Delta$ resonance matter at finite temperature and density - Manpreet Kaur (Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (144008), Punjab, India)  
19:40 Determination of the curvature of the QCD pseudo-critical line using hadronic observables - Antonio Smecca (Swansea University)  
19:40 Dissecting the moat regime - Shi Yin (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Justus Liebig University Giessen)  
19:40 Effective Chiral Lagrangian including thermal fluctuations and scale symmetry breaking - LUCA PASSARELLA  
19:40 Energy Density Functional of Confined Quarks - Ms Udita Shukla (University of Wroclaw)  
19:40 Exact Wigner function for chiral spirals - Sudip Kumar Kar  
19:40 Exploring charm-quark hadronization via charm-tagged jet and correlation measurements using machine learning with ALICE - Mr Shyam Kumar (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
19:40 Hadron resonance gas in a magnetic field with physical magnetic moments of hadrons - Dr Rupam Samanta (Institute of Nuclear Physics (IFJ, PAN), Poland)  
19:40 Heavy Quark Polarization in a QCD Plasma - Dr Amaresh Jaiswal (National Institute of Science Education and Research)  
19:40 Hot and dense perturbative QCD in a very strong magnetic background - Eduardo Fraga (Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)  
19:40 Hybrid Nuclear Matter EOS with Color Superconducting Quark Phase: Bayesian Constraints from Observations - Dr Alexander Ayriyan (University of Wroclaw & AANL)  
19:40 Hydrodynamic spin feedback in boost-invariant expansion - Natalia Łygan (Jagiellonian University)  
19:40 Hypernuclear Matter in Neutron Stars Using Realistic Lambda Hyperon potentials - mahboubeh shahrbaf motlagh (University of Wroclaw)  
19:40 Impact of Bosonic Dark Matter on Neutron Star Structure and X-ray Pulse Profiles - Mr Davood Rafiei Karkevandi (University of Wroclaw, Institute of Theoretical Physics)  
19:40 Imprint of nuclear structure on identified particles in high energy heavy ion collisions - Hadi Mehrabpour (Peking Univresity)  
19:40 Lattice QCD constraints on the critical point from an improved precision equation of state - Jana N. Guenther (University of Wuppertal)  
19:40 Magnetized by Rotation: The Role of Axial Vector Fields in the rotating NJL-model - Lutz Kiefer (Goethe University Frankfurt)  
19:40 Non-equilibrium Chiral Magnetic Effect from lattice QCD simulations - Pavel Buividovich  
19:40 Non-perturbative behavior of thermal QCD up to the electroweak scale: computational strategy and screening masses - Pietro Rescigno (University of Milano-Bicocca, INFN Milano-Bicocca)  
19:40 Non-relativistic stochastic hydrodynamics - Mattis Harhoff (Universität Bielefeld)  
19:40 On the local thermodynamic relations in relativistic spin hydrodynamics - Dr Rajeev Singh (West University of Timisoara, Romania)  
19:40 Perturbative evaluation of adjoint correlators of chromoelectric fields at NLO in finite T - Panayiotis Panayiotou (Technical University of Munich)  
19:40 Primordial black-hole formation and heavy r-process element synthesis from the cosmological QCD transition. Two aspects of an inhomogeneous early Universe - David Blaschke  
19:40 Probing degeneracies between dark matter and dense nuclear matter in compact stars - Dr Violetta Sagun (University of Southampton)  
19:40 Probing Nuclear Structure Using Event Topology: A Spherocity-Based Study of Deformation Effects - Mr Abhisek Saha (Peking University)  
19:40 Properties of the Object HESS J1731-347 as a Twin Compact Star - Dr David Edwin Alvarez Castillo (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS)  
19:40 Quark matter at four loops - Pablo Navarrete (University of Helsinki)  
19:40 Relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics for particles of arbitrary mass - Semyon Potesnov (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe-University Frankfurt)  
19:40 Role of isospin asymmetry in the onset of quark matter in neutron stars - Pavlo Panasiuk  
19:40 Sound velocity peak driven by the chiral partner in dense two-color QCD - Mamiya Kawaguchi  
19:40 Spin hydrodynamics: the hybrid approach - Zbigniew Drogosz (Jagiellonian University)  
19:40 Stochastic dynamics and diffusion models: a generative AI approach for lattice field theory - Prof. Gert Aarts (Swansea University)  
19:40 Studying the interaction between charm and light-flavor mesons - Daniel Battistini (Technische Universität München (DE))  
19:40 The (2+1)-dimensional Gross-Neveu-Yukawa Model in large magnetic fields with the Functional Renormalization Group - Justin Mauldin (Frankfurt University)  
19:40 The moat regime in the quark meson model with the FRG - Johannes Pöplau  
19:40 The rho-pi puzzle and vector glueball mixing - Arthur Vereijken (UJK Jan Kochanowski University Kielce)  
12:00 Equation of State of QCD with $N_f=3$ flavours up to the electroweak scale - Matteo Bresciani  
12:20 QCD in strong magnetic fields: fluctuations of conserved charges and EoS - Arpith Kumar (Central China Normal University)  
12:40 Announcement of the XXIVth Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum - David Blaschke  
12:45 --- Lunch ---
14:30 How to explain the unreasonable success of hydrodynamics in heavy-ion collisions - Dr Leonardo Tinti (Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach)  
15:15 First Demonstration that Quark-Gluon Plasma has a Nonzero Resolution Length - Arjun Srinivasan Kudinoor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)  
15:35 Signatures of local acceleration of quark-gluon plasma in the dilepton production - Aritra Bandyopadhyay  
15:55 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Guiding center hydrodynamics with spin - Dr Rajeev Singh (West University of Timisoara, Romania)  
16:50 Results on magnetohydrodynamics simulations with BHAC-QGP - Ashutosh Dash  
17:10 Universal Real-Time Dynamics in Diffusive Systems - Navid Abbasi  
17:30 Novel early time hydrodynamic attractor in ultracold quantum gases - Clemens Werthmann (Ghent University)  
17:50
Conference closing (until 18:20)