The 11th International Conference "Charged & Neutral Particles Channeling Phenomena" - Channeling 2026 is organised by the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on 20-25 September 2026 in Brindisi (Italy)
under high sponsorship by
SIF – Italian Physical Society
in cooperation with and sponsored by
Sapienza University of Rome // EPITA MARVEL* // X Channel // AC ProSapientia
The series of the International conference “Channeling – Charged & Neutral Particles Channeling Phenomena” organised by the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in collaboration with other world research facilities and research initiatives is devoted to the common discussion on advances in physics of coherent/incoherent interaction of relativistic and nonrelativistic hadrons and leptons (protons, ions, electrons, muons and related antiparticles) in strong electromagnetic fields of various origins and structures, from solid amorphous and crystalline, to laser and plasma based ones. Since the first meeting, the Channeling topics have been extended over the interaction of radiations and beams (wide broad electromagnetic radiations, atoms, and neutrons) in various structured media as well as meta-materials to be investigated at the channeling physics approach. Main present applications of the channeling physics relate to the future accelerators, storage rings and radiation optics projects. Channeling phenomenology can be applied to describe other mechanisms of interaction of both charged and neutral particle beams in external electromagnetic fields casing the research areas from crystal and capillary based accelerators, undulators, waveguides, and x-ray/neutron micro- and nano-optical elements.
The scope of the "Channeling" meeting is to attract the attention of researchers from many world laboratories specialising in accelerator physics, in radiation and nuclear physics, in materials science, biology and medicine to the research on both relativistic particles and radiations interactions in strong electromagnetic fields that results in various applications on advanced accelerator as well as radiation physics within the following main conference topics:
- coherent scattering of relativistic charged particles in strong electromagnetic fields;
- crystal channeling and related phenomena for hadron and lepton beams;
- energetic ion interactions processes (backscattering and channeling of low energy ions, high energy ion channeling);
- electromagnetic radiation by relativistic charged particles in periodic structures (coherent bremsstrahlung, channeling radiation, transition radiation, diffraction radiation, parametric x-ray radiation, LPM effect, FEL, Compton scattering, Cherenkov radiation-based phenomena, quantum coherence radiation phenomena);
- channeling of radiations in capillary systems (micro- and nano-channeling, micro-channel plates, nanotubes, nano-porous);
- novel techniques for beams handling and acceleration (channeling-based acceleration, plasma wake-fields, cross-laser fields, crystal assisted collimation, plasma-ion channels, capillary channeling);
- advanced x-ray & neutron optics (capillary/polycapillary optics, compound refractive optics, micro- and nano-focusing, beams and radiations waveguides);
- applications based on channeling phenomena (beams shaping, positron sources, powerful radiation sources, diagnostic tools, novel x-ray table-top instruments, applications in material and biomedical studies, etc.).
As a satellite meeting, Channeling 2026 will host the next NanoAc workshop - NanoAc 2026 Workshop on Applications of Nanostructures in the Field of Accelerator Physics. The NanoAc project brings together experts from various disciplines, including plasma physics, accelerator physics, solid-state physics, materials science, computer science, engineering, industrial nanotechnology, spectroscopy, and others, to address complex challenges in the use of nanostructured materials in accelerator science.
The scientific program of Channeling 2026 will be composed of invited reports and lectures as well as oral and poster presentations and selected round tables. The organization of the event and the program will foresee and stimulate any kind of formal and informal discussion.
* Supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe RIA programme.