Name: Making Neutron Stars a Laboratory for New Physics
Start: 2025-06-09T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-13T19:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Making Neutron Stars a Laboratory for New Physics

from Monday, 9 June 2025 (09:00) to Friday, 13 June 2025 (19:30)

Monday, 9 June 2025

09:45 Introduction
Introduction
09:45 - 10:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:00 Discovering QCD axion with neutron stars - Benjamin Ryan Safdi
Discovering QCD axion with neutron stars
- Benjamin Ryan Safdi
10:00 - 11:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45
11:45 Dark Matter Capture in Neutron Stars - Sandra Robles (Fermilab)
Dark Matter Capture in Neutron Stars
- Sandra Robles (Fermilab)
11:45 - 12:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:10 Dynamics of Muons in Neutron Stars - Toby Opferkuch (CERN)
Dynamics of Muons in Neutron Stars
- Toby Opferkuch (CERN)
12:10 - 12:35
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:35 Sourcing axions in neutron stars - Stefan Stelzl (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
Sourcing axions in neutron stars
- Stefan Stelzl (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
12:35 - 13:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
13:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 High-energy astrophysics probes of ALPs from SNe - Francesca Calore (Unite Reseaux du CNRS (FR))
High-energy astrophysics probes of ALPs from SNe
- Francesca Calore (Unite Reseaux du CNRS (FR))
14:30 - 15:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:15
16:15 New probes of supernova axion-like particles in neutrino water Cherenkov detectors - Marina Cermeno
New probes of supernova axion-like particles in neutrino water Cherenkov detectors
- Marina Cermeno
16:15 - 16:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:40 Gravitational waves from core-collapse Supernovae - Alessandro Lella
Gravitational waves from core-collapse Supernovae
- Alessandro Lella
16:40 - 17:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:30 Welcome Reception

17:30 - 19:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
09:30 Neutron Star Mergers: From the Cosmos to the Lab - Elias Roland Most (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Neutron Star Mergers: From the Cosmos to the Lab
- Elias Roland Most (Goethe University Frankfurt)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15
11:15 Does the QCD axion condense in neutron stars? - Mia Kumamoto
Does the QCD axion condense in neutron stars?
- Mia Kumamoto
11:15 - 11:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:40 Some insights from thermal and magnetic evolution of neutron stars - Jose Pons
Some insights from thermal and magnetic evolution of neutron stars
- Jose Pons
11:40 - 12:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:05 Approaching the EoS of neutron stars from first principles - José Antonio Oller (Universidad de Murcia)
Approaching the EoS of neutron stars from first principles
- José Antonio Oller (Universidad de Murcia)
12:05 - 12:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Neutron stars, perturbative QCD, and quark-matter cores - Eero Aleksi Kurkela
Neutron stars, perturbative QCD, and quark-matter cores
- Eero Aleksi Kurkela
14:00 - 15:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:45

15:45 Discussion Session
Discussion Session
15:45 - 16:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
09:30 Ab initio calculation of neutron and hyperneutron matter - Ulf Meissner
Ab initio calculation of neutron and hyperneutron matter
- Ulf Meissner
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15
11:15 Flavor Changing Processes in Neutron Stars - Alexander Haber (Vienna University of Technology)
Flavor Changing Processes in Neutron Stars
- Alexander Haber (Vienna University of Technology)
11:15 - 11:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:40 Nuclear chiral density wave in neutron stars? - Andreas Schmitt (University of Southampton)
Nuclear chiral density wave in neutron stars?
- Andreas Schmitt (University of Southampton)
11:40 - 12:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:05 Spanning neutron star properties within a microscopic description: learning about composition - Constanca Providencia (CFisUC, Universidade de Coimbra)
Spanning neutron star properties within a microscopic description: learning about composition
- Constanca Providencia (CFisUC, Universidade de Coimbra)
12:05 - 12:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Theory Colloquium: Neutron Stars – Nature’s most extreme laboratory - Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
Theory Colloquium: Neutron Stars – Nature’s most extreme laboratory
- Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
14:00 - 15:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Thursday, 12 June 2025
09:30 Hyperon nucleon interaction studies at the LHC and neutron star equation of state - Laura Fabbietti (Technische Universität München)
Hyperon nucleon interaction studies at the LHC and neutron star equation of state
- Laura Fabbietti (Technische Universität München)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15
Room: 4/2-011 - TH common room
11:15 Hyperons in Neutron Star Mergers - Laura Tolos
Hyperons in Neutron Star Mergers
- Laura Tolos
11:15 - 11:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:40 Neutron Star Mass-Radius Constraints from NICER X-ray Pulse Profile Modelling - Devarshi Choudhury
Neutron Star Mass-Radius Constraints from NICER X-ray Pulse Profile Modelling
- Devarshi Choudhury
11:40 - 12:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:05 Overview of Techniques for Measuring Neutron Star Masses and Radii with Electromagnetic Observations - Yves Kini
Overview of Techniques for Measuring Neutron Star Masses and Radii with Electromagnetic Observations
- Yves Kini
12:05 - 12:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Neutron Star Matter Equation of State: Inferences and Interpretations - Wolfram Weise
Neutron Star Matter Equation of State: Inferences and Interpretations
- Wolfram Weise
14:00 - 15:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:45

15:45 Discussion Session
Discussion Session
15:45 - 16:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Friday, 13 June 2025
09:30 Modeling the neutrino signal from core-collapse supernovae - Tobias Fischer (University of Wroclaw)
Modeling the neutrino signal from core-collapse supernovae
- Tobias Fischer (University of Wroclaw)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15
11:15 Microphysics inputs for BSM in SNe: the axion case - Giuseppe Lucente (SLAC)
Microphysics inputs for BSM in SNe: the axion case
- Giuseppe Lucente (SLAC)
11:15 - 11:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:40 Making (Neutron) Stars from New Physics - David Richard Curtin (University of Toronto)
Making (Neutron) Stars from New Physics
- David Richard Curtin (University of Toronto)
11:40 - 12:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:05 Δ-Resonances inside the neutron star - Vishal Parmar (INFN Pisa, Italy)
Δ-Resonances inside the neutron star
- Vishal Parmar (INFN Pisa, Italy)
12:05 - 12:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room