Nuclear Physics Underground and Beyond: LUNA Winter meeting

2026. jan. 28. 8:40 → 2026. jan. 30. 14:00 Europe/Budapest

XII/3-301 - Nagyelőadó (ATOMKI)

 

 

The event is organised at HUN-REN ATOMKI in Debrecen, Hungary between 28-30 of January. The conference goal is to present experimental and theoretical works related to low energy nuclear astrophysics, particle physics and astrochemistry, connected to low energy particle accelerators available in HUN-REN ATOMKI. The first day focuses on general talks on nucleosynthesis of chemical elements and chemical process in interstellar environment. The morning session on 29 of January aims to present the newest achievements on the field of nuclear physics in underground related experiments in LUNA. The 28 January and the morning section on 29 of January is open for public. The second part of the event is dedicated to the workshop of the LUNA collaboration and the access to the program is allowed only for the members of the collaboration.

 

The Local Organizing Committee

 

Chair: László Csedreki, HUN-REN ATOMKI, Hungary

Gábor Gyula Kiss, HUN-REN ATOMKI, Hungary

Maria Lugaro, HUN-REN CSFK, Hungary

Marcell Juhász, HUN-REN ATOMKI, Hungary

 

 

Advisory Board

 

 

Fülöp Zsolt, HUN-REN Atomki, Hungary

Alba Formicola, INFN-Roma 1, Italy

Valentino Rigato, INFN-LNL, Italy

Giovanni Francesco Ciani, INFN Sezione di Bari, Italy

Alessandra Guglielmetti, INFN Milano, Italy

Francesca Cavanna, INFN Torino, Italy

Antonio Caciolli, INFN Padova, Italy

Marialuisa Aliotta, University of Edinburg, UK

Gianluca Imbriani, INFN Sezione di Naples, Italy

Daniel Bemmerer, HZDR, Germany

Sandra Zavatarelli, INFN Genova, Italy

Carlo Gustavino, INFN-Roma 1, Italy

Federico Ferraro, INFN LNGS, Italy

 

 

Conference Secretary

Erzsébet Leiter, HUN-REN ATOMKI, Hungary

First_circular_LGM2026.pdf

NPUB_LUNA2026.pdf

január 28., Sze

8:50 → 9:00 Welcome

9:00 → 9:55 Nuclear Astrophysics 1

Szekcióelnök: György Gyürky

9:00 Nuclear Reactions in Stellar Explosions - The Importance of Sensitivity Studies

A number of sensitivity studies have analyzed the influence of the size of the
adopted nuclear reaction network, the use of different reaction-rate and mass compilations, and the impact
of varying reaction rates within uncertainty limits in different astrophysical scenarios. This talk summarizes the main
results obtained, emphasizing which nuclear processes that govern nucleosynthesis in novae, X-ray bursts and type Ia
supernovae require new measurements to constrain model predictions.

Előadó: Jordi Jose (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

Debrecen2026JordiJose.pdf

9:35 Cross section measurments and the abundance of ancient halo stars

Előadó: Gábor Kiss (HUN-REN Atomki)

GGKiss_2026_01_29_Atomki_LUNA_workshop.pdf

10:00 → 10:55 Astrochemistry

Szekcióelnök: György Gyürky (HUN-REN Atomki)

10:00 Frontiers and Challenges in Laboratory Astrochemistry

Előadó: Sergio Ioppolo (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Frontiers and Challenges in Laboratory Astrochemistry.pdf

10:35 Space chemistry research in ATOMKI

Előadó: Zoltán Juhász (HUN-REN Atomki)

Frontiers LabAstroChem_juhasz.pdf

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:25 Nuclear Astrophysics 2

Szekcióelnök: Zoltán Elekes (HUN-REN Atomki)

11:30 Nuclear burning recorded in meteorites as a tracer of the birth of the Sun and its planets

Előadó: Maria Lugaro (Konkoly Observatory)

Jan2026-Lugaro.pdf

12:05 Progress of the Jinping Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (JUNA)

Előadó: Taoyu Jiao (Konkoly Observatory)

ProgressOfJUNA_tjiao_final.pdf

12:25 → 13:35 Lunch break

13:35 → 14:30 X17 research

Szekcióelnök: Zoltán Elekes (HUN-REN Atomki)

13:35 New Results on the 10 Year Old Particle Candidate (X17) Observed in Nuclear Transitions

Előadó: Attila Krasznahorkay (HUN-REN Atomki)

X17-Krasznahorkay-LUNA.pdf

14:10 The X17 search in Italy

Előadó: Carlo Gustavino (HUN-REN Atomki)

DEBRECEN_meeting LUNA 2026_gustavino.pdf

14:30 → 15:25 Nuclear Astrophysics 3

Szekcióelnök: Zsolt Fülöp (HUN-REN Atomki)

14:30 Once upon a time… Luna turns 35

Előadó: Piero Corvisiero (University of Genova)

LUNA_Debrecen_corvisiero-c.pdf

15:05 The role of ATOMKI in world leading Underground Nuclear Astrophysics Experiments

Előadó: Dr Csedreki László (Atommagkutató Intézet)

LUNAGM2026_NPUB.pdf

15:30 → 16:30 Collaboration Board meeting: -Closed Session

15:40 → 17:00 Guided visit of Tandetron laboratory

Szekcióelnök: Dr Csedreki László (Atommagkutató Intézet)

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 → 18:15 Collaboration Board meeting: -Closed Session

január 29., Cs

9:30 → 10:30 LUNA Open session: Part 1

9:30 The EASY project

9:50 DAQ for LUNA experiments

Előadó: Jakub Skowronski

10:10 SimLUNA

10:30 → 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 → 12:45 LUNA Closed session

11:20 Study of 24Mg

Előadók: David Rapagnani (INFN Napoli), Sara Montella

11:40 Study of 14N

Előadó: Francesca Cavanna

11:55 Study of 27Al

Előadók: Denise Piatti, Jordan Marsh

12:15 Status of the B+a reaction studies at LUNA

Előadó: Marialusia Aliotta (University of Edinburgh)

12:45 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 LUNA Closed session: Part 1

14:00 LUNANOVA

Előadók: Aldo Serenelli, Daniel Bemmerer

14:45 12C+12C

Előadó: Federico Ferraro

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 17:55 LUNA Closed session: Part 2

16:00 The status of 14N+p experiment

Előadó: György Gyürky (HUN-REN Atomki)

16:15 Status of the LUNA 400kV and IBF

Előadó: Matthias Junker (INFN-LNGS)

16:35 Study of 19F+p reaction

Előadó: Jakub Skowronski

16:50 The SHADES project

Előadó: Andreas Best (INFN Napoli)

17:05 The study of 23Na+p reaction

Előadó: Carlo Bruno (University of Edinburgh)

19:30 → 21:30 Social dinner (self-cost): Reskontó Étterem (https://www.reskonto.hu/)

január 30., P

9:00 → 10:20 LUNA Closed session: Part 1

9:00 SP Communication

Előadó: Prof. Alba Formicola (INFN Roma)

9:45 Glimos communication

Előadó: Daniele Dell’Aquila

10:00 EB Report

Előadó: Prof. Paolo Prati (INFN Genoa)

10:20 → 10:50 Coffee break

10:50 → 12:50 LUNA Closed session: Part 2

10:50 Case studies IBF

11:10 Calendar beam and shift

12:50 → 13:50 Lunch break