Name: Axions in Seoul: Frontiers in Theory, Cosmology, and Experiment
Start: 2026-07-27T08:00:00+09:00
End: 2026-07-30T19:00:00+09:00
Location: Seoul National University

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

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