The Frontier of Particle Physics: Exploring Muons, Quantum Science and the Cosmos

Jun 15, 2025, 5:00 PM → Jun 20, 2025, 10:00 PM Asia/Tokyo

Panasonic Hall (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics)

Overview
This workshop aims to address fundamental questions in particle physics by exploring theoretical and experimental developments, such as cutting-edge muon technologies and quantum sciences, as well as cosmological observations. It aims to develop new approaches to challenges beyond the Standard Model, and the emphasis includes neutrinos, the Higgs boson, and dark matter. The goal is to bring together experts to share insights, explore cutting-edge methods, and establish connections that drive future progress in particle physics and related fields.

Confirmed speakers:

Yoav Afik (University of Chicago)
Cari Cesarotti (MIT)
So Chigusa (MIT)
Raffaele-Tito D'agnolo (IPhT, Saclay)
Asuka Ito (Kobe University)
Shirley Li (UC Irvine)
Qiuyue Liang (Kavli IPMU)
SungHak Lim (Instiute for Basic Science)
Tsutomu Mibe (KEK)
Koichi Miyamoto (Osaka University)
Kohta Murase (Pennsylvania State University)
Natsumi Nagata (University of Tokyo)
Tatsumi Nitta (University of Tokyo)
Mihoko Nojiri (KEK)
Ryosuke Sato (Osaka University)
Yuko Urakawa (KEK)
Roger Wendell (Kyoto University)
Wen Yin (Tokyo Metropolitan U.)
Yue Zhang (Carleton University)

This workshop is sponsored by Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. It is regarded as a JUST(Japan-US-Taiwan Particle Physics) workshop series, and the previous one was at Taiwan National University in 2024 (https://conference-indico.kek.jp/event/263/). 

Organizers
Cheng-Wei Chiang (Taiwan National University)
Motoi Endo (KEK)
Etsuko Itou (Yukawa Institute)
Ian Low (Northwestern, Argonne Lab)
Ryuichiro Kitano (KEK, Yukawa Insitute)
Takeo Moroi (University of Tokyo)
Takemichi Okui (Florida State University, KEK)
Kohsaku Tobioka (Florida State University, KEK)

Monday, June 16

1 Opening remark

Speaker: Ryuichiro Kitano (Theory Center, KEK)

2 High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos as Probes of New Physics

Speaker: Kohta Murase (Pennsylvania State University)

10:10 AM Break

3 What’s the wave packet size of neutrinos?

Speaker: Shirley Li (UC Irvine)

11:10 AM Break

4 J-PARC muon experiments, current and future

Speaker: Tsutomu Mibe

12:10 PM Lunch

5 Theory at Muon Colliders

Speaker: Cari Cesarotti (MIT)

2:40 PM Break

6 Progress of DarQ experiments

Speaker: Tatsumi Nitta (University of Tokyo)

Tuesday, June 17

7 Light Dark Matter Search with NV Centers: Electron Spin, Nuclear Spin, and Comagnetometry

Speaker: So Chigusa (MIT)

8 Quantum sensing for light dark matter search

Speaker: Asuka Ito (Kobe University)

9 Consequences of entanglement suppression on light decuplet baryons

Speaker: Tetsuo Hyodo (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

12:10 PM Lunch

10 Axion Detection Experiments Meet the Majoron

Speaker: Qiuyue Liang (Kavli IPMU)

11 Top Yukawa at muon collider

Speaker: Ya-juan Zheng

12 Testing CP properties of the Higgs boson to tau leptons with heterogeneous graphs

Speaker: Ahmed Hammad (KEK)

13 Dark matter cooling during early matter-domination boosts sub-earth halos

Speaker: Debtosh Chowdhury (IIT Kanpur)

Wednesday, June 18

14 Quantum Tops: Quantum Information meets High-Energy Physics

Speaker: Yoav Afik (University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute)

15 Will we ever detect high frequency gravitational waves?

Speaker: Raffaele D'Agnolo (CEA IPhT Saclay and ENS Paris)

16 Quantum circuit for enhanced DM signal detection

Speaker: Thanaporn Sichanugrist (The University of Tokyo)

17 Axion DM detection using shift current

Speaker: Genta Osaki (UTokyo)

12:10 PM Group photo, excursion

7:00 PM Banquet

Fumiya

Thursday, June 19

18 Sommerfeld effect and unitarity

Speaker: Ryosuke Sato (Osaka University)

19 Nambu Goldstone theorem in cosmology?

Speaker: Yuko Urakawa (KEK)

20 Quantum computing for stochastic inflation: calculating eigenvalues of differential operators and estimating the decay rate of the perturbation distribution tail

Speaker: Koichi Miyamoto (Osaka University)

12:10 PM Lunch

21 Exploring Physics Beyond the Standard Model via Temperature Observations of Neutron Stars

Speaker: Natsumi Nagata (University of Tokyo)

22 Search for Light BSM Particles Using an Undulator

Speaker: Wen Yin (Tokyo Metropolitan U)

Friday, June 20

23 Transformers for Particle Physics

Speaker: MIHOKO NOJIRI (KEK)

24 TBA

Speaker: Sung Hak Lim (Institute for Basic Science)

25 TBA

Speaker: Roger Wendell (Kyoto University)

12:10 PM Lunch

26 Novel neutrino self-interactions

Speaker: Yue Zhang (Carleton University)

27 Revisiting sterile neutrino dark matter

Speaker: Kensuke Akita (University of Tokyo)

28 Exploring chirality structure in nucleon decay

Speaker: Hiroki Takahashi (The University of Tokyo, Hongo)

29 Closing

Speaker: Etsuko Itou (YITP, Kyoto University)