18th Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femtoscopy (WPCF 2026)

Europe/Budapest
ELTE

ELTE

    • 9:00 AM 10:45 AM
      Femtoscopy overview I.
      • 9:00 AM
        Welcome address 5m
        Speaker: Mate Csanad (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University)
      • 9:05 AM
        CMS overview on femtoscopy 25m
        Speaker: Sandra Padula (UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (BR))
      • 9:30 AM
        ALICE femtoscopy overview 25m
        Speakers: Raffaele Del Grande (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics), Raffaele Del Grande (LNF-INFN), Raffaele Del Grande (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)), Raffaele Del Grande (Technical University of Munich (TUM))
      • 9:55 AM
        Overview of Femtoscopic Studies at STAR 25m
        Speaker: Kehao Zhang
      • 10:20 AM
        Plans for femtoscopy measurements at CBM 25m
        Speakers: Daniel Henryk Wielanek (Warsaw University of Technology (PL)), Daniel Wielanek (Warsaw University of Technology), Dr Daniel Wielanek (Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Phycis)
    • 10:45 AM 11:10 AM
      Coffee break 25m
    • 11:10 AM 12:35 PM
      Femtoscopy overview II.
      • 11:10 AM
        CBM Overview 25m
        Speaker: Hanna Zbroszczyk (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))
      • 11:35 AM
        News on fluctuations and correlations in NA61/SHINE 25m
        Speaker: Nikolaos Davis (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
      • 12:00 PM
        Femtoscopic source image shapes from SPS through RHIC to LHC 20m
        Speaker: Mate Csanad (Eotvos University, Budapest)
      • 12:20 PM
        Two-particle source analysis at SPS energies 15m
        Speaker: Barnabas Porfy (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU))
    • 12:35 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch break 1h 25m
    • 2:00 PM 3:40 PM
      Flow overview
      • 2:00 PM
        Flow measurements at LHCb 25m
        Speaker: Mariusz Witek (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
      • 2:25 PM
        Flow phenomena at high nuclear densities with HADES 25m
        Speakers: Mr Behruz Kardan (IKF, Uni-Frankfurt), Behruz Kardan Halvai (J), Behruz Kardan Halvai (Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Univ. (DE))
      • 2:50 PM
        Levy noise and relativistic hydrodynamics 20m
        Speakers: Dr Rajeev Singh (West University of Timisoara, Romania), Dr Rajeev Singh (West University of Timisoara, Romania)
      • 3:10 PM
        Like-sign pion femtoscopy in AgAg beam in the HADES experiment 15m
        Speakers: Anna Kodym (Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics), Anna Kodym (Warsaw University of Technology)
      • 3:25 PM
        Femtoscopy of charged pions in CBM 15m
        Speakers: Kacper Zieba (Warsaw University of Technology), Kacper Zięba (Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
    • 3:40 PM 4:10 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:10 PM 5:50 PM
      Fluctuation overview
    • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
      Welcome party & posters
    • 9:00 AM 10:25 AM
      Diffraction I.
      • 9:00 AM
        CMS overview on diffraction 25m
        Speaker: Ferenc Siklér (Wigner RCP, Budapest (HU))
      • 9:25 AM
        Overview of forward physics and diffraction in ALICE 25m
        Speaker: Adam Matyja (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
      • 9:50 AM
        Diffraction at the LHCb experiment 20m
        Speaker: Izabela Juszczak (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
      • 10:10 AM
        Pseudorapidity distribution of spectator fragments measured with the STAR EPD 15m
        Speaker: Balazs Korodi (Eotvos Lorand University (HU))
    • 10:25 AM 11:00 AM
      Coffee break 35m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Particle production
      • 11:00 AM
        Strange and Non-Strange Particle Production in Small, Intermediate-Size, and Heavy-Ion Systems at SPS Energies 25m
        Speaker: Antoni Marcinek (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
      • 11:25 AM
        Correlations and Fluctuations in Particle Production at the LHC from the Parton Hadron String Dynamics (PHSD) model 25m
        Speakers: Dr Vitalii Ozvenchuk (IFJ PAN), Dr Vitalii Ozvenchuk (IFJ PAN)
      • 11:50 AM
        Is baryon enhancement in small systems a jet flavor effect rather than collectivity? 20m
        Speaker: Robert Vertesi (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU))
      • 12:10 PM
        Vector meson production in proton-nucleus collisions 20m
        Speaker: György Wolf
    • 12:30 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch break 1h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:50 PM
      Theoretical developments
      • 2:00 PM
        Regularized Lednicky-Lyuboshitz formula for higher partial waves 25m
        Speaker: Koichi Murase (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
      • 2:25 PM
        Solving the Inverse Source Problem in Femtoscopy 25m
        Speaker: Ming-Zhu Liu (Lanzhou University)
      • 2:50 PM
        Deblurring triple-differential yields and flow observables in Heavy Ion Collisions 20m
        Speakers: Pawel Danielewicz, Pawel Danielewicz, Pawel Danielewicz (Michigan State University), Pawel Danielewicz
      • 3:10 PM
        Corrections to the Smoothness and On-Shell Approximations 20m
        Speaker: Isaac Smith (Weizmann Institute of Science)
      • 3:30 PM
        Fourier space method for femtoscopic Coulomb and strong final state interactions 20m
        Speakers: Marton Nagy, Marton Nagy (Eotvos Lorand University (HU))
    • 3:50 PM 4:20 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:20 PM 5:40 PM
      Diffraction II.
      • 4:20 PM
        Asymmetry and scaling of elastic proton-proton scattering at high energies 20m
        Speakers: Roman Pasechnik (Lund university), Roman Pasechnik, Roman Pasechnik (Lund university)
      • 4:40 PM
        Resonance production in single diffractive proton-proton scattering 20m
        Speakers: Istvan Szanyi (MATE KRC, University of Kansas, Wigner RCP), Mr István Szanyi (Eötvös Loránd University)
      • 5:00 PM
        Model-independent Levy analysis of combined ATLAS and TOTEM high energy elastic scattering data 20m
        Speakers: Andras Ster (KFKI-RMKI), András Ster
      • 5:20 PM
        Probing the dead-cone effect with hadron correlations 20m
        Speaker: Laszlo Gyulai (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU))
    • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
      Beer quiz and tasting (to be confirmed)
    • 9:00 AM 10:40 AM
      Photons & EoS
    • 10:40 AM 11:10 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Multi-body correlations
      • 11:10 AM
        Probing Three-Body Baryonic Interactions via Triplet Femtoscopy at STAR 25m
        Speakers: Ke Mi (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences / Central China Normal University), ke mi
      • 11:35 AM
        Two- and three-particle correlations at LHCb 20m
        Speakers: Marcin Kucharczyk (Syracuse), Marcin Kucharczyk (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)), Marcin Kucharczyk (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))
      • 11:55 AM
        Investigating three-body dynamics of p-p-Λ via correlation functions in ALICE at the LHC 20m
        Speaker: Wioleta Rzesa (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))
      • 12:15 PM
        First direct access to the ρ0-p interaction via correlation studies at the LHC 15m
        Speaker: Maximilian Korwieser (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))
    • 12:30 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch break 1h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Baryon correlations I.
      • 2:00 PM
        Correlations of baryons and the production of clusters 25m
        Speakers: Boris Tomasik (Univerzita Mateja Bela), Boris Tomasik
      • 2:25 PM
        News from cluster production in heavy-ion collisions 25m
        Speakers: Tom Reichert, Mr Tom Reichert, Tom Reichert
      • 2:50 PM
        The Baryon Correlation Puzzle: Emerging Perspectives from Recent Studies 20m
        Speaker: Malgorzata Anna Janik (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))
      • 3:10 PM
        Measurements of p-Ξ Correlation Functions in Au+Au Collisions from STAR Beam Energy Scan II 20m
        Speaker: Jing An (Central China Normal University)
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 4:00 PM 5:45 PM
      Baryon correlations II.
      • 4:00 PM
        Femtoscopy with the Spirit TPC at RIKEN 25m
        Speaker: Dr Yijie Wang (Beihang University)
      • 4:25 PM
        Proton-proton correlations in ALICE 25m
        Speaker: Francesca Bellini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
      • 4:50 PM
        Femtoscopy of ultraperipheral collisions: applications in hadronic interactions and nuclear structure studies 20m
        Speakers: Christopher Anson (Creighton University), Christopher Anson, Christopher Anson (The Ohio State University), Christopher Anson (The Ohio State University), Christopher Daniel Hanson (Indiana University (US))
      • 5:10 PM
        The analysis of neutron-neutron and proton-proton correlation function in the heavy ion experiment 20m
        Speaker: Dawei Si (Tsinghua University)
      • 5:30 PM
        Proton femtoscopic source in light ion collisions with the ALICE experiment 15m
        Speaker: Sofia Tomassini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
    • 9:00 AM 10:50 AM
      Critical point
      • 9:00 AM
        Fluctuation signals of the CEP 25m
        Speaker: Fabian Rennecke (Justus Liebig University Giessen)
      • 9:25 AM
        Recent results on the phase diagram from lattice QCD 20m
        Speaker: Attila Pasztor (Eötvös University)
      • 9:45 AM
        Recent results from lattice QCD at non-zero temperature and density 20m
        Speakers: Peter Petreczky (BNL), Peter Petreczky
      • 10:05 AM
        Searching for signatures of criticality in heavy-ion collisions using two-pion correlation functions 15m
        Speaker: Santiago Bernal Langarica (Nuclear Sciences Institue, National Autonomous University of Mexico)
      • 10:20 AM
        Probing the Yang-Lee edge in QCD beyond standard lattice methods 15m
        Speaker: Mr David Pesznyak
      • 10:35 AM
        Pion emission source from UrQMD at STAR energies 15m
        Speaker: Mátyás Molnár
    • 10:50 AM 11:15 AM
      Coffee break 25m
    • 11:15 AM 12:45 PM
      X17 searches
      • 11:15 AM
        Recent status of the discovery of the X17 particle 25m
        Speakers: Attila Janos Krasznahorkay (HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research (HU)), Attila Krasznahorkay (N), Attila Krasznahorkay (Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki), Attila Krasznahorkay (University of Massachusetts (US))
      • 11:40 AM
        Search for X17 signals at CERN n_TOF 20m
        Speakers: Alberto Mengoni (CERN & INFN, Bologna), Alberto Mengoni (IAEA)
      • 12:00 PM
        Study of the Anomalous Internal Pair Creation in 8Be at LNL-INFN 20m
        Speaker: Benito Gongora Servin (University of Padova)
      • 12:20 PM
        Results from PADME on X17 20m
        Speaker: Venelin Kozhuharov (University of Sofia - St. Kliment Ohridski (BG))
      • 12:40 PM
        Closing remarks, awards 5m
        Speakers: Dániel Kincses (Eötvös Loránd University), Mate Csanad (Eotvos University, Budapest)
    • 12:45 PM 2:05 PM
      IAC lunch & discussion 1h 20m