Perspectives at the Bellotti IBF Workshop

8 Oct 2025, 09:00 → 10 Oct 2025, 18:00 Europe/Rome

Auditorium "E. Fermi" (LNGS)

Dipali Basak, Federico Ferraro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Matthias Bernhard Junker (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Riccardo Maria Gesuè (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Thomas William Chillery (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

The workshop "Perspectives at the Bellotti IBF" will be hosted by the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of INFN and will take place from Wednesday October 8 to Friday October 10, 2025.

This workshop aims to bring together scientists interested in research at the deep underground Bellotti Ion Beam Facility (IBF), to explore opportunities and challenges in an international context and to stimulate networking.

NEWS: DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION AND FEE PAYMENT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 12, 2025

Scientific Advisory Committee

• Sandrine Courtin, University of Strasbourg, France
• Federico Ferraro, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Alba Formicola, INFN-Roma 1, Italy
• Jordì Josè, UPC Barcelona/IEEC, Spain
• Matthias Junker, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Matthias Laubenstein, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Marcello Messina, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Valentino Rigato, INFN-LNL, Italy
• Daniel Robertson, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

Local Organising Committee

• Chair:  Federico Ferraro, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Dipali Basak, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Thomas Chillery, INFN-LNGS, Italy
• Riccardo Maria Gesuè,  GSSI & INFN-LNGS, Italy
  

Secretary

• Fausto Chiarizia, INFN-LNGS, Italy

 

Bellotti_IBF_Workshop_Poster.pdf

First_Circular_Perspectives_at_IBF_2025.pdf

Second_Circular_Perspectives_at_IBF_2025.pdf

Wednesday 8 October

Introduction

1 Welcome from the LNGS Director

Speaker: Enrico Previtali

2 The Bellotti Ion Beam Facility (IBF)

Speaker: Matthias Junker

Bellotti IBF for Physics Beyond the Standard Model

3 Research Beyond the Standard Model at Bellotti IBF - Theoretical Aspects

Speaker: Claudio Toni

4 Experiments at Bellotti IBF to reach beyond the Standard Model

Speaker: Simone Manti

16:40 Break

Bellotti IBF for Physics Beyond the Standard Model

5 Discussion

including flash talks proposed by Advisory Committee on 19th September

Welcome Party

Bus LNGS -> L'Aquila

Thursday 9 October

Bus L'Aquila -> LNGS

Bellotti IBF in the International Context of Underground Nuclear Astrophysics

6 Nuclear Astrophysics Studies at Shallow-Underground Felsenkeller Lab

Speaker: Eliana Masha

7 Future Prospects in the JUNA Project

Speakers: Bingshui Gao, Xiaodong Tang

8 Status and Perspectives at CASPAR

Speaker: Frank Strieder

11:00 Break

Bellotti IBF in the International Context of Underground Nuclear Astrophysics

9 Targets Development at LUNA

Speakers: Denise Piatti, Matteo Campostrini

10 Detectors for Nuclear Astrophysics in the LUNA Collaboration

Speaker: Giani Ciani

11 Discussion

Including flash talks proposed by Advisory Committee by 19th September

13:30 Lunch

Perspectives in Applied Physics Research at Bellotti IBF

12 Possibilities for Applied Science Research at Bellotti IBF

Speaker: Joao Cruz

13 Discussion

including flash talks proposed by Advisory Committee on 19th September

16:40 Break

Visit Underground

Bus LNGS -> L'Aquila

Friday 10 October

Bus L'Aquila -> LNGS

Future Perspectives

14 Summary

Speaker: Federico Ferraro

15 Plenary Discussion

Including flash talks proposed by 3:30pm on 9th October

10:40 Break

Round Table

16 Round Table: The Bellotti IBF

Speakers: A Ianni, Alba Formicola, Jordi Jose, Valentino Rigato

12:20 Light Lunch

Bus LNGS -> Rome Airports