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XXXII Cracow Epiphany Conference on the recent results from Heavy Ion Physics

12 Jan 2026, 00:00 → 16 Jan 2026, 17:00 Europe/Warsaw

Kraków, Poland

Kraków, Poland

Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, 152 Radzikowskiego Street, Cracow, Poland

Description

The Cracow Epiphany Conference has had a different topic every year. The series started in 1995. By bringing in new subjects and inviting new participants every year the meetings offer a general forum to discuss the frontiers of physics.

For more information please see the conference webpage.

Participants

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Monday 12 January
- Registration
- Opening and Welcome
  - 1
    
    Opening and Welcome
    
    Speakers: Agnieszka Oblakowska-Mucha (AGH University of Krakow (PL)), Dominik Karol Derendarz (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)), Tadeusz Lesiak (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    2026_01_IFJ_Epiphany.pdf
    
    Epiphany26_intro.pdf
    
    Prezentacja_WFiIS_Epiphany.pdf
- Introduction Lecture
  - 2
    
    Ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions: Overview of recent developments
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Peter Braun-Munzinger (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))
    
    talk_pbm_epiphany.pdf
- Experimental Overview
  - 3
    
    ALICE experimental overview
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Wioleta Rzesa (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))
    
    ALICE_HI_WioletaRzesa.pdf
- Coffee break
- Experimental Overview
  - 4
    
    ATLAS experimental overview
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Tomasz Bold (AGH University of Krakow (PL))
    
    2026-01-12-ATLASoverview-epiphany.pdf
  - 5
    
    CMS experimental overview
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Jelena Mijuskovic (University of Montenegro (ME))
    
    JMijuskovic_Ephiphany_OverviewCMS.pdf
  - 6
    
    LHCb experimental overview
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Cesar Luiz Da Silva (Los Alamos National Laboratory (US))
    
    LHCbOverview-Epiphany2026-v2.pdf
    
    LHCbOverview-Epiphany2026-v2.pptx
- Lunch break
- Experimental Overview
  - 7
    
    sPhenix experimental overview
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Benjamin Kimelman (Vanderbilt University)
    
    Kimelman_EPIPHANY_v4.pdf
  - 8
    
    Star experimental overview
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Isaac Mooney
    
    Mooney_STARoverview_Epiphany.pdf
  - 9
    
    NA61/SHINE experimental overview
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Andrzej Krzysztof Rybicki (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    Rybicki_NA61_SHINE_Epiphany2026.pdf
  - 10
    
    Studies of baryonic matter with HADES at GSI/FAIR
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Izabela Ciepał (H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS)
    
    iciepal_Epiphany2026.pdf
- Coffee break
- Open Lecture
  - 11
    
    Wounded nucleons, wounded quarks - a personal story
    
    Speaker: Andrzej Bialas
    
    ab_epiphany2026.pdf
Tuesday 13 January
- Nuclear PDFs
  - 12
    
    nCTEQ25 nuclear PDFs
    
    (20 min + 10 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Tomas Jezo (WWU ITP)
    
    TJezo_epiphany25.pdf
  - 13
    
    nNNDPF updates
    
    (20 min + 10 min discussion)
    
    Speakers: Emanuele Roberto Nocera, Emanuele Roberto Nocera (Università degli Studi di Torino and INFN Torino)
    
    NOCERA_EPIPHANY_2026.pdf
  - 14
    
    EPPS nPDF update
    
    (20 min + 10 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Petja Kalle Matias Paakkinen
    
    Epiphany_2026_Paakkinen.pdf
- Coffee break
- Ultraperipheral collisions
  - 15
    
    ATLAS overview of physics of ultraperipheral collisions
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Krzysztof Cieśla (AGH University of Krakow (PL))
    
    upc_overview_kciesla.pdf
  - 16
    
    ALICE overview of physics of ultraperipheral collisions
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Roman Lavicka (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ))
    
    epiphany26_rl.pdf
  - 17
    
    Recent theory developments in UPC (gamma-gamma collisions)
    
    (20 min + 5 min disscussion)
    
    Speaker: Dr Lucian Harland-Lang (University College London)
    
    lhl_krakow.pdf
- Lunch break
- Ultraperipheral collisions
  - 18
    
    Ultraperipheral collisions in LHCb experiment
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Pedro Nogarolli (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (BR))
    
    LHCb_UPC-1.pdf
  - 19
    
    Recent theory developments in UPC (photonuclear interactions)
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Dr Heikki Mäntysaari
    
    Epiphany_2026_UPC_photoproduction_review-4.pdf
  - 20
    
    Phenomenology developments in UPC
    
    (20 min + 5 discussion)
    
    Speaker: Paweł Jucha (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences)
    
    Epiphany2026.pdf
- Coffee break
- Young Scientist: Young Scientists
  - 21
    
    Measurement of coherent exclusive $J/\psi$ production in ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.36$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
    
    Speaker: Pawel Rybczynski (AGH University of Krakow (PL))
    
    rybczynski_upc_jpsi.pdf
  - 22
    
    Probing the $X(6900)$ via Two-Photon Production in Ultraperipheral Collisions
    
    Speaker: Longjie Chen (Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej PAN)
    
    Longjie.pdf
Wednesday 14 January
- Small systems
  - 23
    
    Experimental overview of results from small systems (pp, pPb) with the ALICE detector
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Fabio Catalano (University of Houston (US))
    
    XXXII_Epiphany_Conference_Catalano.pdf
  - 24
    
    Experimental overview of results from small systems (pp, pPb) with the CMS detector
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Xiaoyu Liu (Rice University (US))
    
    Epiphany2026.pdf
  - 25
    
    Experimental overview of results from small systems (pp, pPb) with the ATLAS detector
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Patrik Novotny (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))
    
    Epiphany_slides_final4.pdf
- Coffee break
- Small systems
  - 26
    
    Theory for intermediate systems OO, NeNe
    
    Speaker: Dr Aleksas Mazeliauskas (Heidelberg University (DE))
    
    Mazeliauskas_Krakow_2026.pdf
  - 27
    
    Recent results from intermediate collision systems (OO/NeNe) from the ATLAS experiment
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Pavel Vana (Charles University (CZ))
    
    EPI_intermediatesystems_ATLAS_Vana.pdf
  - 28
    
    Recent results from intermediate collision systems (OO/NeNe) from the ALICE experiment
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Abhi Modak (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))
    
    Epiphany_Abhi_v5.pdf
- Lunch break
- Small systems
  - 29
    
    Quarkonium in heavy ion (quantum master equation)
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Stéphane Delorme (University of Silesia)
    
    Epiphany26_Delorme.pdf
  - 30
    
    The charm quark hadronisation with the PYTHIA8/Angantyr model
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Harsh Rajendrabhai Shah (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    Epiphany2026_HS.pdf
- Young Scientist
  - 31
    
    Charge-Dependent Directed Flow Splitting from EM Fields and Conserved-Charge Dynamics
    
    Speaker: Mr Tribhuban Parida (IISER Berhampur)
    
    Epiphany.pdf
  - 32
    
    Entropy and multiplicity of hadrons in the high energy limit within dipole cascade models
    
    Speaker: Sandor Lokos (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    Lokos_pres_Epiphany26.pdf
    
    Lokos_pres_Epiphany26.pptx
- Coffee break
- Young Scientist
  - 33
    
    Fast Interpolation Grids and Determination of Parton Distribution Functions
    
    Speaker: Mr BUDDHADEB DEY (IFJ PAN)
    
    Epiphany_Buddha_14Jan26.pdf
  - 34
    
    Towards the search for lepton flavor violating B→Kτl (l=e,μ) decays at Belle and Belle II
    
    Speaker: Junaid ur rehman
    
    Junaid_XXXII_Cracow_Epiphany.pdf
  - 35
    
    D* polarisation measurements in semitauonic B-meson decays at Belle and Belle II experiments
    
    Speaker: Mateusz Kaleta (IFJ PAN)
    
    Epiphany_Mateusz_Kaleta_14_01_2026.pdf
  - 36
    
    Four Polarizations of the W at High Energies
    
    Speaker: Trina Basu (IFJ PAN)
    
    Slides_TrinaBasu.pdf
    
    Slides_trina.pdf
  - 37
    
    The Lund String Hadronization model with Herwig 7 and its effect on collider observables
    
    Speaker: Pratixan Sarmah (UJ)
    
    Sarmah-Epiphany-2026.pdf
Thursday 15 January
- Jets in heavy ion collisions
  - 38
    
    Jet production and modification in heavy ion collisions with the ATLAS detector
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Agnieszka Ewa Ogrodnik (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    Epiphany2026_AOgrodnik.pdf
  - 39
    
    Jet production and modification in heavy ion collisions with the CMS detector
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Vangelis Vladimirov (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))
    
    Epiphany_2026_Jets_CMS.pdf
  - 40
    
    Jet production and modification in heavy ion collisions with the ALICE detector
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion )
    
    Speaker: Filip Krizek (Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ))
    
    Krizek_EPI2026_v4.pdf
- Coffee break
- Jets in heavy ion collisions
  - 41
    
    Theoretical insights into jet quenching and medium response in heavy ion collisions
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Konrad Tywoniuk (University of Bergen (NO))
    
    Epiphany2026_Tywoniuk.pdf
- Collective dynamics
  - 42
    
    Bulk properties of matter created in heavy-ion collisions from the CMS experiment
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Subash Chandra Behera (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))
    
    Epiphany_Krakow_Bulk_properties_Subash.pdf
  - 43
    
    Bulk properties of matter created in heavy-ion collisions from the ATLAS experiment
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Petr Balek (AGH University of Krakow (PL))
    
    PetrBalek_BulkProperties.pdf
- Lunch break
- Collective dynamics
  - 44
    
    Bulk properties of matter created in heavy-ion collisions from the ALICE experiment
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Sebastian Scheid (CERN)
    
    bulkProperties_scheid_final.pdf
  - 45
    
    Spin hydrodynamics
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Wojciech Florkowski (Jagiellonian University)
    
    Epiphany-2026-Florkowski.pdf
  - 46
    
    Spin and polarisation effects in heavy-ion collisions
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Dr Radoslaw Ryblewski (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)
    
    Ryblewski EPIPHANY26.pdf
- Coffee break
- Young Scientist
  - 47
    
    Drift circle error calibration in the TRT detector
    
    Speaker: Julia Leszczynska (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    Epiphany2026_JL.pdf
  - 48
    
    On the Charged Fragments Tagging in the ATLAS Detector during the 2025 Oxygen Campaign
    
    Speaker: Weronika Karolina Sobien (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    epiphany_2026.pdf
  - 49
    
    Extraction of quark/gluon jets angularities at the LHC using OpenData
    
    Speaker: Van Dung Le (Helsinki Institute of Physics)
    
    epiphany_presentation_Dung.pdf
  - 50
    
    $D^{0}$-Tagged Jet Substructure in pp Collisions with ALICE
    
    Speaker: Christian Reckziegel (Universidade Federal Do ABC (BR))
    
    Measurements of D⁰-Tagged Jet Substructure in pp Collisions with ALICE.pdf
- Conference Dinner
  
  Restauracja Galicyjska, Ulica Pijarska 9
  website: http://restauracja-galicyjska.pl
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Friday 16 January
- Low energy
  - 51
    
    Star results from Beam Energy Scan
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Hanna Zbroszczyk (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))
    
    Zbroszczyk-Epiphany-STAR.pdf
  - 52
    
    Investigating the onset of deconfinement with NA61/SHINE
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Oleksandra Panova (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    Panova_Epiphany_final.pdf
  - 53
    
    NA61/SHINE results on search for critical point
    
    (20 min + 5 discussion)
    
    Speaker: Nikolaos Davis (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    Davis.Epiphany.2026.pdf
- Coffee break
- Young Scientist
  - 54
    
    Characterization of the custom step-down DC/DC converter system for the ATLAS ITk Strip detector
    
    Speaker: Weronika Emilia Bulanowska (AGH University of Krakow (PL))
    
    Bulanowska_ITk_PP2_Epiphany.pdf
  - 55
    
    Development of Pacific++ front-end ASIC for SciFi and Magnet Station detectors in LHCb Upgrade experiment
    
    Speaker: Patryk Artur Prus (AGH University of Krakow (PL))
    
    Epiphany_PatrykPrus.pdf
  - 56
    
    Machine learning based tracking for MUonE experiment
    
    Speaker: Damian Artur Mizera (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    DamianMizeraEpiphany2026.pdf
  - 57
    
    Atmospheric Muon Simulation and study of Reconstruction resolutions for P-ONE
    
    Speaker: Shreya Sharma (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN))
    
    Final_Epiphany_conference_presentation.pdf
  - 58
    
    Fast Cascade Generator GAN in the P-ONE Experiment
    
    Speaker: Rafał Wroński (IFJ PAN)
    
    FastCascadeGeneratorGANinthePONE .pdf
  - 59
    
    Fast Photon Propagation Simulation for the P-ONE Optical Calibration System
    
    Speaker: Wojciech Noga (The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences)
    
    wnoga_epiphany_2026.pdf
- Lunch break
- Future projects for heavy ion physics
  - 60
    
    Heavy Ion and Hadron Physics at FAIR
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Hanna Zbroszczyk (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))
    
    Zbroszczyk-Epiphany-FAIR-future.pdf
  - 61
    
    ALICE upgrade plans
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Jacek Tomasz Otwinowski (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
    
    JO_ALICE_Epiphany2026_160126.pdf
  - 62
    
    Physics opportunities at the Electron-Ion Collider
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: Pawel Nadel-Turonski (University of South Carolina)
    
    PNT_EIC_Epiphany.pdf
  - 63
    
    Potential of the FCC-hh as a heavy ion collider
    
    (20 min + 5 min discussion)
    
    Speaker: John Jowett (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))
    
    Cracow Epiphany 2026 Jowett.pdf
    
    Cracow Epiphany 2026 Jowett.pptx
- Coffee break
- Closing words and farewell: Closing words