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IMCC and MuCol Annual Meeting 2026

from Monday, 22 June 2026 (12:00) to Thursday, 25 June 2026 (19:00)
CERN (500/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
22 Jun 2026
23 Jun 2026
24 Jun 2026
25 Jun 2026
AM
09:00
Accelerator parallel - Chris Rogers (until 10:45) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
09:00 Initial/Dual Sign 6D Cooling - Caroline Riggall (University of Tennessee (US))  
09:20 Collective Effects in Cooling & RF - Dr Carmelo Barbagallo (CERN)  
09:40 Intra Beam Scattering - Paula Desire Valdor (CERN)  
10:00 Magnets for rectilinear cooling - Giuseppe Scarantino (University of Rome "La Sapienza")  
10:20 Collective Effects in Matter - Erik Kvikne (University of Oslo (NO))  
09:00
Accelerator parallel - Antoine Chance (CEA Irfu) Heiko Damerau (CERN) (until 10:45) (6/R-012 - conference room)
09:00 Update on optics studies - Lisa Soubirou  
09:20 US work on high-energy muon acceleration - Kyle Capobianco-Hogan  
09:40 Impedance budget for muon RCS - Elias Metral (CERN)  
10:00 Implementation of multi-turn wakes and counter-rotating beams in the RCS chain - Leonard Thiele  
10:20 Revisit of the energy levels of the RCS chain - Simon Albright (CERN)  
09:00
Accelerator technology parallel - Bernardo Bordini (CERN) (until 10:45) (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
09:00 Towards 40 T - highlight from magnet development - Raphael Unterrainer  
09:20 Operation and Protection Studies for a 40T Final Cooling Solenoid - Dr Tim Mulder (CERN)  
09:40 Thermal Contraction Measurements and Coil Pre-Compression Testing of REBCO Conductors for a 40 T Muon Collider Solenoid - Oscar Sacristan De Frutos (CERN)  
10:00 Multiphysics and transient simulations of HTS conductors and magnets - Mariusz Wozniak (CERN)  
10:20 Final Cooling Solenoid manufacturing solutions - Jorge Guardia Valenzuela (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee Break ---
10:45 --- Coffee Break ---
11:15
Accelerator parallel - Rui Franqueira Ximenes (CERN) (until 13:00) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
11:15 Graphite Target - Dr Silvio Candido (CERN)  
11:30 Lead Target Jet and Curtain - Dr Silvio Candido (CERN)  
11:45 Lead Target shock wave and hydraulic system - Luca Tricarico (University of Bologna - ENEA)  
12:05 Tungsten Powder Target & Pion Yield - William Bishop (University of Warwick)  
12:15 Tungsten Powderย Target & Engineering - Ben Suitters (STFC RAL)  
12:35 Spent Proton extraction - Dr Giuseppe Lerner (CERN)  
11:15
Accelerator technology parallel - Barbara Caiffi (INFN e Universita Genova (IT)) (until 13:00) (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
11:15 6D Cooling Solenoids: Design and Performance Limits - Giuseppe Scarantino (University of Rome "La Sapienza")  
11:35 HTS Block-Coil Dipoles for the Muon Collider Ring: Desing and Challenges - Luca Alfonso (INFN Genova)  
11:55 14T HTS cos-theta dipole for the Muon Collider ring - Francesco Mariani  
12:15 Numerical Design Studies of Fast-Ramping RCS Magnets - Mr Dominik Moll  
12:35 Status of the LBNL R&D program developing elliptic-aperture combined-function superconducting magnets - Lucas Brouwer  
11:15
Physics & Detector parallel - Davide Zuliani (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT)) John Dervan (University of Tennessee Knoxville) (until 13:00) (6/R-012 - conference room)
11:15 MAIA - Gregory Penn (Yale University (US)) Gregory Penn  
11:35 MUSIC - Luca Castelli  
11:55 IR lattice design and remaining challenges - Marion Vanwelde  
12:15 MDI design and remaining challenges - Daniele Calzolari (CERN)  
12:35 Open discussion  
09:00
Accelerator parallel - Christian Carli (CERN) (until 10:45)
09:00 Muon Collider Ring Design Status and Update - Marion Vanwelde  
09:20 Studies of Interaction Region Magnets - Samuele Mariotto  
09:50 Minimum Field-Free Region Estimates - BARBARA CAIFFI  
10:05 VIPER scheme to mitigate neutrino radiation - Marion Vanwelde  
09:00
Accelerator technology parallel - Alexej Grudiev (CERN) (until 10:45)
09:00 Dielectric cavities for final cooling - Emmanuel Mortreuil (Centrale Supelec (FR))  
09:17 Dielectric cavities for 6D-cooling - Dr Carmelo Barbagallo (CERN)  
09:34 PIC simulations of the Muon Cooling klystron - Alexander Spelling (Lancaster University)  
09:51 RF systems for acceleration to high energy - Ursula Helga Van Rienen  
10:08 Hydrodynamic modeling of liquid metal field emitter deformation under combined RF and DC magnetic fields - Juliette Plouin  
10:25 A 3 cell cavity for ionization cooling - Dario Augusto Giove  
09:00
Physics & Detector parallel - Andrea Wulzer (IFAE and ICREA -- Barcelona, Spain) Cari Cesarotti (until 10:45) (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
09:30 The W boson at future muon colliders and the CKM matrix elements - Xing Wang (Universitร  and INFN Roma Tre)  
10:00 Precision Physics at the Muon Collider: The Determination of the W-Boson Mass - Ludovica Aperio Bella (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
10:45 --- Coffee Break ---
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15
Accelerator parallel - Claudia Ahdida (until 13:00)
11:15 Recent studies on neutrino radiation - Dr Jerzy Mikolaj Manczak (CERN)  
11:40 Status of Geoprofiler developments - Nicolas Guilhaudin (CERN)  
12:00 Neutrino flux from the Interaction Region straights - Daniele Calzolari (CERN)  
12:20 Neutrino generated radiation in direction of the IR straights - Dr Jerzy Mikolaj Manczak (CERN)  
11:15
Accelerator technology parallel -Dr Marco Statera (INFN Milano - LASA) (until 13:00) (6/R-012 - conference room)
11:15 Magnetic System - Giuseppe Scarantino (University of Rome "La Sapienza")  
11:35 RF system - Dario Augusto Giove  
11:55 Mechanics and Assembly - Mattia Castoldi (INFN, Sezione Milano, LASA)  
12:15 Absorber - Dr Jose Antonio Ferreira Somoza (CERN)  
12:35 WP8 Overview - Lucio Rossi (Universitร  degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
11:15
Physics & Detector parallel - Andrea Wulzer (IFAE and ICREA -- Barcelona, Spain) Cari Cesarotti (until 13:00) (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
11:15 Complementary Probes to Rare Higgs Decays at Multi-TeV Lepton Colliders - Keshav Chaudhary  
11:45 Electroweak Factorisation in MC Generators at the Highest Energies - Krzysztof Mekala  
12:15 Probing tau lepton dipole moments at multi-TeV muon colliders - Zeqiang Wang  
09:00
Accelerator parallel - Chris Rogers Paul Bogdan Jurj (until 10:45)
09:00 Final Cooling - Mr Ruihu Zhu (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)  
09:20 Final Cooling Lattice Design with CoolPy - Bernd Michael Stechauner  
09:40 Low Energy Cooling - Megan Hanes  
10:00 Emittance Exchange Scheme - Inci Karaaslan (University of Chicago (US))  
10:20 Minimally-Destructive Silicon Instrumentation for a Muon Cooling Demonstrator - Cecilia Hanna (Princeton University (US))  
09:00
Physics & Detector parallel -Prof. Melissa Franklin (Harvard University (US)) Ivano Sarra (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)) (until 10:45)
09:00 Smart Pixels for the Muon Collider - Daniel Abadjiev (University of Chicago (US))  
09:20 Crilin electromagnetic Calorimeter - Vittoria Ludovica Ciccarella  
09:40 MPGD-HCAL - Rosamaria Venditti (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
10:00 TileCal hadron calorimeter for the Allegro experiment - Mattia Soldani (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee Break ---
11:15
Plenary - Cari Cesarotti (until 12:15) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
11:15 muTRISTAN - Ryutaro Matsudo  
11:35 A novel low energy positive muon beam at PSI - Giuseppe Lospalluto  
11:55 Magnet WP: Status, future developments, and R&D priorities - Bernardo Bordini (CERN) Luca Bottura (CERN)  
PM
12:30 Welcome - Registration   (500/1-201 - Mezzanine)
13:25
Plenary - Benjamin John Rosser (University of Chicago (US)) (until 15:15) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
13:25 Welcome from organisers and logistics  
13:30 CERN Welcome - Oliver Bruning (CERN)  
13:45 IMCC + MuCol Project Status & Direction - Daniel Schulte (CERN)  
14:10 USMCC Updates - Sergo Jindariani (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
14:35 US National Lab Accelerator Study Group for a Muon Collider - Stephen Gourlay (Unknown) Stephen Gourlay Stephen Gourlay  
14:55 R&D Task Force Report - Federico Meloni (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
15:15 --- Coffee break ---
15:45
Plenary - Paul Bogdan Jurj (until 17:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
15:50 Synergies with Higgs Factories - Maurizio Pierini (CERN)  
16:10 Theory + Physics Overview - Andrea Wulzer (IFAE and ICREA -- Barcelona, Spain)  
16:30 One Year Progress: Detector Overview - Karri Folan Di Petrillo (University of Chicago)  
16:50 One Year Progress: Accelerator Overview - Daniel Schulte (CERN) Chris Rogers  
17:10 Collider Luminosity - Elias Metral (CERN)  
17:30
Poster Session & Welcome Drink (until 19:30)
17:30 Atomistic Insights on Effects of High-Energy Recoils in Titanium for Proton Beam Window Applications - Werner Lipsunen (University of Helsinki)  
17:30 Calibrating Electromagnetic and Hadronic Calorimeter Signals in the MAIA Detector Concept - Regan Leigh Doherty (Brown University (US))  
17:30 Concepts of Multi-Harmonic RF Systems in the Final Cooling Channel for Muon Colliders - Bernd Michael Stechauner  
17:30 Conceptual RF Design of Dielectric-Loaded Cavities for Muon Cooling - Dr Carmelo Barbagallo (CERN)  
17:30 Development of Metal-Insulated Coils for the 6D Cooling Demonstrator - Giuseppe Scarantino (University of Rome "La Sapienza")  
17:30 Dielectric-loaded low-frequency RF cavities for muon final cooling - Emmanuel Mortreuil (Centrale Supelec (FR))  
17:30 Erosive Wear Rates in Dense Granular Targets - Ben Suitters (STFC RAL)  
17:30 EVALUATION OF LASER-ASSISTED CHARGE-EXCHANGE INJECTION FOR A MUON COLLIDER PROTON ACCUMULATOR - Anatoliy Opanasenko (Uppsala University, Sweden)  
17:30 ExaTrkX pipeline for particle tracking at a 10 TeV Muon Collider - Xiangyang Ju (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
17:30 FLUKA-Based Optimization of Pion Production for a Muon Collider Demonstrator - Ruaa Al-Harthy (University of Wisconsin (US))  
17:30 Implementing Heavy Flavour Tagging for the Muon Collider based on the ATLAS SALT Framework - Saurabh Saini Prof. Alessandro Cerri (Universita di Siena & INFN Pisa (IT))  
17:30 Intrabeam Scattering and Space-Charge effect on emittance growth in the first three cells of the Final Cooling Channel. - Paula Desire Valdor (CERN)  
17:30 Long-Lived Particle Searches at a Future 10 TeV Muon Collider - Kate Wandrisco  
17:30 Mechanical integrity study of the 40 Tesla Final Cooling Solenoid for the Muon Collider - Audrey Ventura (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
17:30 MeV SEY Modelling in RF Cavities for Muon Cooling Channels - Robert Kyle  
17:30 Minimally-Destructive Silicon Instrumentation for a Muon Cooling Demonstrator - Cecilia Hanna (Princeton University (US))  
17:30 Optimization Studies of a Tilted-Solenoid Muon Ionization Cooling Channel Using G4Beamline - Cheng-Hsu Nee (University of Wisconsin (US))  
17:30 Rapidly pulsed synchrotron lattice designs for a Fermilab sited muon collider - Kyle Capobianco-Hogan  
17:30 RF-Track for Integrated Simulation of Muon Collider Cooling Channels - Andrea Latina (CERN)  
17:30 Shock Wave Dynamics and Jet Fragmentation in a Liquid Lead Target Under High-Energy Pulsed Deposition: A Multiphase CFD Study - Luca Tricarico (University of Bologna - ENEA)  
17:30 Towards a Final Cooling Solenoid: Experimental Validation of Non-Insulated REBCO Coils - Konstantin Weindel  
17:30 Track Reconstruction at a 10 TeV Muon Collider - Mark Steven Larson (University of Chicago (US))  
17:30 Tโ€“A Formulation-Based Assessment of Screening Current Effects, AC Losses and Field Quality in a 16 T ReBCO Block-Coil Dipole for the Muon Collider Ring - Gabriele Neri (INFN-GE)  
13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Accelerator parallel - Austin Hoover Natalia Milas (European Spallation Source) (until 15:45)
14:00 Current baseline design for MuCol - Natalia Milas (European Spallation Source)  
14:05 Compression experiments at SNS - Austin Hoover (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)  
14:25 Compression experiments at CERN PS - Simon Albright (CERN)  
14:45 Compression experiment ideas at IOTA - Benjamin Simons  
15:00 New compression ideas - Johan Holmberg (Unknown)  
15:15 Collective effects in the IMCC Proton Complex - Markus Sรถrqvist  
15:30 Discussion  
14:00
Accelerator technology parallel - Han Hubert Dols (CERN) (until 15:45) (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
14:00 Introduction to Value Proposition session  
14:05 20@20 large bore solenoid - Luca Bottura (CERN)  
14:20 Split 6D cooling solenoid - Dr Marco Statera (INFN Milano - LASA)  
14:35 UHF 40 T solenoid - Bernardo Bordini (CERN)  
14:50 Quench management - Arjan Verweij (CERN)  
15:05 Multiphysics strategy - Mariusz Wozniak (CERN)  
15:20 Moderated discussion and feedback on VP  
14:00
Physics & Detector parallel - Alexander Tuna (Univ. of California San Diego (US)) Matt LeBlanc (Brown University (US)) (until 15:45) (6/R-012 - conference room)
14:00 CMS-style doublet tracking performance - Yanxi Gu (Univ. of California San Diego (US))  
14:20 ACTS Tracking Efforts - Sam Ferraro (Harvard University (US)) Samuel Ferraro  
14:40 Generative AI for BIB Simulation - Radha Mastandrea  
15:00 Reveiw of 2024 Software Task Force goals & priorities - Federico Meloni (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
15:45 --- Coffee Break ---
15:45 --- Coffee Break ---
16:15
Discussion Plenary - Nadia Pastrone (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)) (until 18:00) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
16:15 HI-PIE: High Intensity Protons and Ions for Europe - Chris Rogers  
16:30 AMBIT: Advancing Muon Beam Facilities with Innovative Technologies - Prof. Donatella Lucchesi (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
16:45 US Funding Plans - Tova Ray Holmes (University of Tennessee (US))  
16:55 INFN Demonstrator Test Stand Funding - Ernesto De Matteis (INFN Milano - LASA) Dr Marco Statera (INFN Milano - LASA)  
17:05 CERN Medium-Term Plan - Daniel Schulte (CERN)  
17:10 Discussion - Nadia Pastrone (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
18:00
ECR Social (until 19:00)
18:00 MuCol Governing Board   (6/R-012 - conference room)
18:45 IMCC Collaboration Board   (6/R-012 - conference room)
13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Accelerator parallel - J. Scott Berg (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Chris Rogers (until 15:45) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
14:00 Cooling Demonstrator Physics - Chris Rogers  
14:25 Cooling Demonstrator Beam Transport (CERN) - Paul Bogdan Jurj  
14:45 RF Test Stands in US and Europe - Dario Augusto Giove  
15:05 US Plans for Demonstrator - J. Scott Berg (Brookhaven National Laboratory) J. Scott Berg (Brookhaven National Laboratory)  
15:25 Demonstrator Alignment Studies - Mr Ruihu Zhu (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)  
15:45 --- Coffee Break ---
16:30 Steering Board   (18/3-008 - CLIC Meeting room)
16:30
Topical discussion parallel - Christian Carli (CERN) (until 17:30) (6/R-012 - conference room)
16:30 Topical discussion parallel: Collider ring parameters - Christian Carli (CERN)  
16:30
Topical discussion parallel - Benjamin John Rosser (University of Chicago (US)) Alexander Tuna (Univ. of California San Diego (US)) (until 17:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
16:30
Topical discussion parallel - Dario Augusto Giove (until 17:30) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
19:00
Social Dinner (until 21:00)
12:15 --- Lunch ---
12:45
D&I Lunch - Paula Desire Valdor (CERN) EJ Bahng (until 13:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
13:30
Neutrino Plenary (until 15:05) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
13:30 Neutrino Physics at a Muon Collider - Zahra Tabrizi  
13:55 Neutrino fixed target physics - Manuel Orlando Morales Alvarado  
14:20 Non-collision physics - Cari Cesarotti  
14:45 Neutrino beam characterization for forward experiments - Daniele Calzolari (CERN)  
15:05 --- Coffee Break ---
15:25
Plenary (until 16:00) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
15:25 Discussion summaries - Dr Carmelo Barbagallo (CERN)  
15:35 Funding Landscape & Plans Summary - Nadia Pastrone (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
15:45 Report from IMCC International Collaboration Board - Nadia Pastrone (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
15:50 Closeout  
16:30 Four decades of High-Temperature Superconductivity: The road towards an energy efficient technology