NUSTAR Annual Meeting 2026
GSI lecture hall
GSI
We are pleased to announce the NUSTAR Annual meeting 2026 to be held at GSI Darmstadt, Germany.
Organizers: Helena Albers and Michael Block (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Darmstadt, Germany) - Alexander Herlert (FAIR GmbH Darmstadt, Germany) - Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. Surrey, UK)
Satellite meeting:
- GSI Colloquium "50th anniversary of SHIP" (Tuesday, February 24 - please register here)
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HISPEC/DESPEC
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WelcomeSpeakers: Alejandro Algora (IFIC Valencia), Andrea Jungclaus (IEM-CSIC Madrid)
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Final results from S100Speaker: Jeroen Bromans (TU Darmstadt - IKP / GSI)
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Final results from S100Speaker: Johan Emil Larsson (GSI / TU Darmstadt IKP)
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Final results from S450
ON-LINE
Speaker: Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. of Surrey) -
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News from LISASpeakers: Elisa Gandolfo (GSI), Kathrin Wimmer (Univ. Cologne)
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3:30 PM
Coffee break
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DEGAS statusSpeaker: Philipp Herrmann (GSI)
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Plans for the DESPEC implantation setupSpeaker: Marta Polettini (FAIR)
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Monte Carlo simulationsSpeaker: Daniele Brugnara (GSI / TU Darmstadt IKP)
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Status of IDATEN/C2urieSpeaker: Andrea Jungclaus (IEM-CSIC Madrid)
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AGATA@FAIRSpeaker: Kathrin Wimmer (Univ. Cologne)
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HISPEC/DESPEC
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The future of BELENSpeaker: Ariel Tarifeño (IFIC Valencia)
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HISPEC/DESPEC LoIs for Early Science (part 1)
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10:30 AM
Coffee break
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HISPEC/DESPEC LoIs for Early Science (part 2)
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Collaboration businessSpeaker: Andrea Jungclaus (IEM-CSIC Madrid)
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MATS/LaSpec
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12:30 PM
Lunch
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ILIMA open meetingConvener: Yury Litvinov (GSI / Univ, Cologne)
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Going exotic with neutron-capture on radioactive isotopes: status and prospectsSpeaker: César Domingo Pardo (IFIC Univ. Valencia)
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Artificial intelligence for high energy density physics at large scale facilitiesSpeaker: Michael Bussmann (HZDR)
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Nuclear astrophysics with long- and short-lived radionucleiSpeaker: Dennis Mücher (Univ. Cologne)
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Isomeric spectroscopy in neutron-rich Hafnium and Tantalum isotopes at the KISS facilitySpeaker: Siddharth Doshi (Univ. of Brighton)
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Super-FRS EC MB
(closed session)
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3:45 PM
Tea (GSI colloquium)
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Special GSI Colloquium: 50th anniversary of SHIP
NOTE: separate registration required
Speakers:
Fritz Peter Heßberger (GSI Darmstadt & HI Mainz): Fifty Years of SHIP – The First Decade
Rolf-Dietmar Herzberg (University of Liverpool): Fifty Years of SHIP – A Journey to the Edges of the World
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Plenary 1Convener: Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. of Surrey)
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WelcomeSpeaker: Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. of Surrey)
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Welcome by FAIR/GSI Directorate and status of FAIRSpeaker: Thomas Nilsson (FAIR / GSI)
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Status of FAIR projectSpeaker: Jörg Blaurock (FAIR / GSI)
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Technical Roadmap of the GSI accelerator complex for FAIRSpeaker: Ralph Aßmann (GSI)
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Conference photo
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10:40 AM
Coffee break
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Plenary 2Convener: Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki (Univ. Groningen)
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Status of NUSTARSpeaker: Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. of Surrey)
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NUSTAR Project updateSpeaker: Helena Albers (FAIR / GSI)
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12:40 PM
Lunch break
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FAIR construction site tour
NOTE: sign up in the registration form (limited number of participants)
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Wissenschaft für Alle
Zwei Werte – ein Universum: Diskrepanzen bei der Bestimmung der Hubble-Konstante
(public lecture in German - please register separately) -
4:00 PM
Coffee break
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Plenary 3Convener: Michael Block (GSI / HIM / Univ. Mainz)
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Learning from History – Looking towards the Future: Isotope and Isomer DiscoveriesSpeaker: Michael Thoennessen (FRIB/MSU)
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Liquid hydrogen targets and physics program at FAIRSpeaker: Alexandre Obertelli (TU Darmstadt - IKP)
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Surrogate Reactions in Inverse Kinematics at the ESR Storage RingSpeaker: Bogusław Włoch (FAIR)
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NUSTAR Council
(closed session)
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Conference Dinner
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Plenary 4Convener: Giovanna Benzoni (INFN Milano)
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Active Stoppers for DESPEC at FAIRSpeaker: Marta Polettini (FAIR)
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Coulomb excitation with stable and radioactive beamsSpeaker: Jacob Heery (Univ. of Surrey)
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10:30 AM
Coffee break
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Plenary 5Convener: Dieter Ackermann (GANIL)
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Latest progress and status of HIAF project
ON-LINE
Speaker: Jiancheng Yang (Institute of Modern Physics - CAS) -
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MR-ToF Devices: New Applications and DevelopmentsSpeaker: Franziska Maier (FRIB)
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Collinear laser spectroscopy at the Super-FRS’ Cryogenic Gas Cell as an early LASPEC realization at FAIRSpeaker: Philipp Imgram (FAIR)
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12:35 PM
Lunch
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NUSTAR BR
(closed session)
Convener: Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. of Surrey) -
Plenary 6Convener: Wolfram Korten (IRFU CEA Saclay)
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New ideas for Solar fusion studies - LUNANOVA ERC Synergy grantSpeaker: Aldo Serenelli (Institute of Space Sciences)
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Hydrodynamical models of neutron-star mergers and other potential r-process sitesSpeaker: Oliver Just (GSI)
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Experiments at FRS on eta-prime mesic nuclei: Results and perspectivesSpeaker: Kenta Itahashi (The University of Osaka)
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3:30 PM
Coffee break (FAIR-GENCO)
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FAIR-GENCO
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How new facilities open a new era of research with exotic nuclei - Examples from FRIBSpeaker: Alexandra Gade (FRIB / MSU)
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FAIR-GENCO Dinner
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Plenary 7Convener: Dolores Cortina (IFIC Univ. Valencia)
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Super-FRS Experiment Collaboration: status and highlightsSpeaker: Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki (Univ. of Groningen)
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Drip-line phenomena in neutron-rich nucleiSpeaker: Nikhil Mozumdar (TU Darmstadt - IKP)
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S122@GSI: constraining symmetry energy at supra-saturation densities by means of HICSpeaker: Fabio Risitano (INFN Sezione di Catania - CSFNSM)
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10:30 AM
Coffee break
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Plenary 8Convener: Timo Dickel (GSI)
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Electroweak Currents and Nuclear Structure: From Magnetic Moments to beta DecaySpeaker: Rui Han (FAIR)
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Developing a unified framework for direct and resonant scattering reactions to study reaction rates and clustering in light nucleiSpeaker: Kevin Li (Univ. of Oslo)
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Identification of MNT reaction products from slowed down beamsSpeaker: Paul Constantin (IFIN-HH / ELI-NP)
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12:30 PM
Lunch
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NUSTAR CC
(closed session)
Convener: Zsolt Podolyak (Univ. of Surrey)
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