NUSTAR Annual Meeting 2026

Name: NUSTAR Annual Meeting 2026
Start: 2026-02-23T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-27T18:00:00+01:00
Location: GSI

23.02.2026, 13:00 → 27.02.2026, 18:00 Europe/Berlin

GSI lecture hall (GSI)

GSI lecture hall

GSI

Darmstadt

Beschreibung

We are pleased to announce the NUSTAR Annual meeting 2026 to be held at GSI Darmstadt, Germany.

Organizers: Helena Albers, Michael Block, and Christoph Scheidenberger (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Darmstadt, Germany) - Alexander Herlert (FAIR GmbH Darmstadt, Germany) - Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. Surrey, UK)

Satellite meetings:

GSI Colloquium "50th anniversary of SHIP" (Tuesday, February 24 - please register here)
FRS User meeting 2026 (Friday, February 27 - please register here)

Support

NUSTAR-Annual-Meeting@gsi.de

Anmeldung

Registration Form - NUSTAR Annual Meeting 2026

Mo., 23. Februar
- 14:00 → 18:00
  
  HISPEC/DESPEC GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
Di., 24. Februar
- 09:00 → 12:30
  
  HISPEC/DESPEC GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
- 10:00 → 12:00
  
  MATS/LaSpec Theory Seminar Room
  
  Theory Seminar Room
  
  GSI
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1 h GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
- 13:30 → 15:30
  
  ILIMA open meeting GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
- 13:30 → 16:00
  
  Super-FRS EC MB AP Seminar Room
  
  AP Seminar Room
  
  GSI
  
  (closed session)
- 15:45 → 16:15
  
  Tea (GSI colloquium) 30m GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
- 16:15 → 18:00
  
  Special GSI Colloquium: 50th anniversary of SHIP GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  
  NOTE: separate registration required
  
  GSI Colloquium (incl. Zoom)
- 18:30 → 20:30
  
  GSI Colloquium Dinner Canteen
  
  Canteen
  
  GSI
  
  NOTE: separate registration required
  
  GSI Colloquium
Mi., 25. Februar
- 09:00 → 10:35
  Plenary 1 GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  - 09:00
    
    Welcome 5m
    
    Sprecher: Christoph Scheidenberger (GSI / JLU Gießen)
  - 09:05
    
    Welcome by FAIR/GSI Directorate and status of FAIR 30m
    
    Sprecher: Thomas Nilsson (FAIR / GSI)
  - 09:35
    
    Status of FAIR project 30m
    
    Sprecher: Jörg Blaurock (FAIR / GSI)
  - 10:05
    
    Technical Roadmap of the GSI accelerator complex for FAIR 30m
    
    Sprecher: Udo Weinrich (GSI)
- 10:35 → 10:40
  
  Conference photo 5m GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
- 10:40 → 11:10
  
  Coffee break 30m Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  GSI
- 11:10 → 12:40
  Plenary 2 GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  - 11:10
    
    Status of NUSTAR 30m
    
    Sprecher: Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. of Surrey)
  - 11:40
    
    Status of the Super-FRS 30m
    
    Sprecher: Martin Winkler (GSI)
  - 12:10
    
    NUSTAR Project update 30m
    
    Sprecher: Helena Albers (FAIR / GSI)
- 12:40 → 13:30
  
  Lunch break 50m Canteen
  
  Canteen
  
  GSI
- 13:30 → 16:00
  
  FAIR construction site tour GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  
  NOTE: sign up in the registration form (limited number of participants)
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  Wissenschaft für Alle GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  
  Zwei Werte – ein Universum: Diskrepanzen bei der Bestimmung der Hubble-Konstante
  (public lecture in German - please register separately)
  
  Registration/Info
- 16:00 → 16:30
  
  Coffee break 30m Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  GSI
- 16:30 → 18:00
  Plenary 3 GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  - 16:30
    
    Learning from History – Looking towards the Future: Isotope and Isomer Discoveries 30m
    
    Sprecher: Michael Thoennessen (FRIB/MSU)
  - 17:00
    
    (Experiments with LH2 targets) 30m
    
    Sprecher: Alexandre Obertelli (TU Darmstadt - IKP)
  - 17:30
    
    Surrogate Reactions in Inverse Kinematics at the ESR Storage Ring 30m
    
    Sprecher: Bogusław Włoch (FAIR)
- 18:00 → 19:00
  
  NUSTAR Council GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  
  (closed session)
- 18:30 → 20:30
  
  Conference Dinner Canteen
  
  Canteen
  
  GSI
Do., 26. Februar
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Plenary 4 GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  - 09:00
    
    Active Stoppers for DESPEC at FAIR 30m
    
    Sprecher: Marta Polettini (FAIR)
  - 09:30
    
    Coulomb excitation with stable and radioactive beams 30m
    
    Sprecher: Jacob Heery (Univ. of Surrey)
  - 10:00
    
    Latest news from the GATE tool 15m
    
    Sprecher: Karin Füssel (GSI)
  - 10:15
    
    Report from beam time coordinator 15m
    
    Sprecher: Daniel Severin (GSI)
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break 30m Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  GSI
- 11:00 → 12:30
  Plenary 5 GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  - 11:00
    
    (Latest news from the HIAF facility) 30m
    
    ON-LINE
    
    Sprecher: Yang Jiancheng (IMP CAS)
  - 11:30
    
    MR-ToF Devices: New Applications and Developments 30m
    
    Sprecher: Franziska Maier (FRIB)
  - 12:00
    
    High-precision laser spectroscopy of radioactive isotopes 30m
    
    Sprecher: Philipp Imgram (FAIR)
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch 1 h 30m Canteen
  
  Canteen
  
  GSI
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  NUSTAR BR AP Seminar Room
  
  AP Seminar Room
  
  GSI
  
  (closed session)
- 14:00 → 15:30
  Plenary 6 GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  - 14:00
    
    New ideas for Solar fusion studies - LUNANOVA ERC Synergy grant 30m
    
    Sprecher: Aldo Serenelli (Institute of Space Sciences)
  - 14:30
    
    (Latest from nuclear astrophysics theory) 30m
    
    Sprecher: Oliver Just (GSI)
  - 15:00
    
    Experiments at FRS on eta-prime mesic nuclei: Results and perspectives 30m
    
    Sprecher: Kenta Itahashi (The University of Osaka)
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee break (FAIR-GENCO) 30m Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  GSI
- 16:00 → 18:00
  
  FAIR-GENCO GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
- 18:30 → 20:30
  
  FAIR-GENCO Dinner Canteen
  
  Canteen
  
  GSI
Fr., 27. Februar
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Plenary 7 GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  - 09:00
    
    Super-FRS Experiment Collaboration: status and highlights 30m
    
    Sprecher: Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki (Univ. of Groningen)
  - 09:30
    
    Drip-line phenomena in neutron-rich nuclei 30m
    
    Sprecher: Nikhil Mozumdar (TU Darmstadt - IKP)
  - 10:00
    
    S122@GSI: constraining symmetry energy at supra-saturation densities by means of HIC 30m
    
    Sprecher: TBC TBC
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break 30m Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  Cafeteria/Lobby
  
  GSI
- 11:00 → 12:30
  Plenary 8 GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  - 11:00
    
    Electroweak Currents and Nuclear Structure: From Magnetic Moments to beta Decay 30m
    
    Sprecher: Rui Han (FAIR)
  - 11:30
    
    TBC 30m
    
    Sprecher: Kevin Li
  - 12:00
    
    Identification of MNT reaction products from slowed down beams 30m
    
    Sprecher: Paul Constantin (IFIN-HH / ELI-NP)
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch 1 h 30m Canteen
  
  Canteen
  
  GSI
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  NUSTAR CC Theory Seminar Room
  
  Theory Seminar Room
  
  GSI
  
  (closed session)
- 14:00 → 18:00
  
  FRS User meeting GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI lecture hall
  
  GSI
  
  Darmstadt
  
  NOTE: separate registration required
  
  FRS user meeting

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