ALADDIN (An LHC Apparatus for Direct Dipole Moments Investigation) is a proposed fixed-target experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) aimed at pioneering measurements of charm-baryon magnetic and electric dipole moments. The experiment employs a novel storage-ring layout that deflects protons from the LHC beam halo onto a solid target and bent crystal, where forward-boosted charm baryons are produced and channeled, generating strong electromagnetic fields and measurable spin precession. The proof-of-principle test "twocryst" has successfully collected data at the LHC, validating the technique.
The workshop will take place at the Hermitage Hotel in La Biodola, Isola d’Elba, and will bring together theorists, accelerator and detector physicists, and engineers to review progress and define the next milestones for ALADDIN, with particular focus on the Technical Proposal requested by the LHC committee. It follows earlier meetings in Milano (2019), Gargnano del Garda (2022), Paris (2023), Valencia (2024), and Valletta (2026), and will be the second workshop of the ALADDIN proto-collaboration.