Axions in Seoul: Frontiers in Theory, Cosmology, and Experiment
from
Monday, 27 July 2026 (08:00)
to
Thursday, 30 July 2026 (19:00)
Monday, 27 July 2026
08:00
Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:10
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
09:10
Opening Remarks
-
Kiwoon Choi
(
IBS CTPU-PTC
)
Opening Remarks
Kiwoon Choi
(
IBS CTPU-PTC
)
09:10 - 09:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
09:30
S1
09:30 - 11:10
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
09:30
Axion Theory and Model Building
-
Luca Di Luzio
(
INFN Padova
)
10:20
Extra-Dimensional Axions
-
Matt Reece
(
Harvard University
)
11:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:40
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
11:40
S2
11:40 - 12:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
11:40
Composite Axions
-
Tony Gherghetta
(
University of Minnesota
)
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
14:30
S3
14:30 - 16:00
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
14:30
Axions and Generalized Symmetries
-
Sungwoo Hong
(
KAIST
)
15:20
Non-invertible Chiral Symmetry and Axions
-
Gongjun Choi
(
University of Minnesota
)
16:00
Break
Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
16:30
S4
16:30 - 17:50
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
16:30
Testing the Heterotic String and F-Theory with Axions
-
Mario Reig
(
CERN
)
17:10
Axion Quality in Warped Extra-Dimension
-
Chang Sub Shin
(
Institute for Basic Science
)
17:50
Dinner
Dinner
17:50 - 19:00
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
08:30
Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
08:30 - 09:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
09:30
S5
09:30 - 11:10
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
09:30
Axion (Wave) Dark Matter
-
Hyungjin Kim
(
Institute of Theoretical Physics, CEA-Saclay
)
10:20
Post Inflationary Axion Cosmology
-
Giovanni Villadoro
(
ICTP
)
11:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:40
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
11:40
S6
11:40 - 12:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
11:40
Astrophysical Probes of Axions
-
Seokhoon Yun
(
Kyungpook National University
)
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
14:30
S7
14:30 - 15:50
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
14:30
Domain Walls and their GW Signatures
-
Fabrizio Rompineve
(
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona & IFAE
)
15:10
Axion Stars: Mass Functions, Constraints, and Signals
-
Jae Hyeok Chang
(
Seoul National University
)
15:50
Break
Break
15:50 - 16:20
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
16:20
S8
16:20 - 17:40
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
16:20
Axion Rotation as the Icing on the Cosmic Cake
-
Raymond Co
(
Indiana University
)
17:00
Axion Superradiance in Neutron Stars and Stellar Medium Effect
-
Hyeonseok Seong
(
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
)
17:40
Dinner
Dinner
17:40 - 19:00
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
08:30
Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
08:30 - 09:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
09:30
S9
09:30 - 11:10
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
09:30
Overview on Axion Search Experiments
-
SungWoo Youn
(
Institute for Basic Science / Dark Matter Axion Group
)
10:20
Axion Research (experiments) in China
-
Xing Rong
(
Jhejiang University
)
11:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:40
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
11:40
S10
11:40 - 12:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
11:40
Flavor Phenomenology of Axions
-
Robert Ziegler
(
KIT
)
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
14:30
S11
14:30 - 16:00
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
14:30
Collider Searches for Axions and ALPs
-
Jure Zupan
(
University of Cincinnati
)
15:20
TBA
-
Wen Yin
(
Tokyo Metropolitan University
)
16:00
Break
Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
16:30
S12
16:30 - 17:50
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
16:30
Parametric Resonance Production of QCD Axion Dark Matter
-
Qiaoli Yang
(
Jinan University
)
17:10
TBA
-
Sang Hui Im
(
Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, Institute for Basic Science, Korea
)
17:50
Banquet
Banquet
17:50 - 20:00
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Thursday, 30 July 2026
08:30
Morning Coffee
Morning Coffee
08:30 - 09:30
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
09:30
KimFest 1
09:30 - 10:20
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
09:30
TBA
-
Yannis K. Semertizidis
(
KAIST
)
10:20
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
10:50
KimFest 2
10:50 - 12:20
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contributions
10:50
TBA
-
Hans P. Nilles
(
University of Bonn
)
11:20
TBA
-
Stuart A. Raby
(
The Ohio State University
)
11:50
TBA
-
Antonio Masiero
(
University of Padova / INFN Padova
)
12:20
Conclusion & Lunch
Conclusion & Lunch
12:20 - 14:00
Room: Department of Physics and Astronomy