Neutrino physics is at the heart of a broad variety of phenomena in Cosmology, Astro-, Particle and Nuclear Physics.
Their fundamental properties such as masses, hierarchies, mixing angles, CP-violating phases and the Dirac- or Majorana
character are still poorly known and remain to be explored in a range of contemporary and future experiments. Neutrinos
play an important role in our quests to study the early universe, the nature of dark matter and the physics of star bursts.
The interaction of neutrinos with nuclei is fundamental to astrophysical processes and is a crucial element for many
observational techniques. It requires a dedicated experimental effort with access to many sources of information and
controlled confrontation of the results with theoretical models to unravel these phenomena and thereby allow to study
the implications for nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology.
The Erice School of Nuclear Physics 2026 intends to present the current status of the field of neutrino physics including
invited talks by international experts of the various subareas as well as contributed talks by the participants.
The purpose of the meeting is to bring together experts and young researchers in the areas of cosmology, nuclear, particle
and astro-physics in order to discuss the current status and the pertinent interrelations among these fields as well as
to explore future directions, both in experiment and theory. We aim to cover a broad range of topics to elucidate synergies
and identify areas of future progress. This should be especially beneficial to the younger participants of the meeting.
The following topics will be presented and discussed:
Neutrino mass experiments
Massive neutrinos in cosmology
Double Beta Decay: experiments and theory
Geo neutrinos
Atmospheric neutrinos
Solar neutrinos
Cosmic neutrinos
Reactor Neutrino Experiments
Long and short baseline accelerator neutrino experiments
Multimessenger astronomy
Neutrinos in Core Collapse Supernovae
Neutrino emission from binary systems
Neutrino telescopes
Neutrino-nucleus scattering
Sterile neutrinos
Course Structure
The scientific program starts on September 17 in the morning and ends on September 21 in the evening. The schedule is similar to a workshop. Invited paedagogical overview talks and contributed specialized talks will be held in the morning and late afternoon. The early afternoons are reserved for free discussions. Although we encourage every participant to submit an abstract for a talk, participation without talk is also possible.
The talks will be made available online via the indico site. There will be no proceedings.
