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New Windows on Fundamental Physics: from tabletop devices to large scale detectors, January 19–23 2026, University of Manchester

We are delighted to welcome you to the University of Manchester for the following joint programme. 

New windows on Fundamental Physics: from tabletop devices to large scale detectors (20 - 23 Jan)

This will be preceded by a one day UK Astroparticle Phenomenology (UK-APP) meeting (19 Jan).

The main workshop will consist of invited and contributed talks, as well as a poster session including a prize for best poster. The one-day meeting will comprise mainly contributed talks. We strongly encourage contributions for both meetings and welcome submissions from underrepresented groups. The focus of the 4-day meeting will be on tabletop detectors and quantum technologies for fundamental physics (QTFP), including

  • Precision metrology & quantum sensing
  • Cold atoms and molecules
  • Quantum analogues
  • Atom interferometry
  • 5th force tests
  • Axion/WIMP dark matter & dark energy
  • Neutrinos
  • Gravitational waves
  • Tabletop detectors

Note that the total number of participants is limited, and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Registration will be closed early if capacity is reached.

Current confirmed speakers for the main workshop include:

  • Giovanni Bartoni Birmingham
  • Clare Burrage Nottingham
  • Aaron Chou Chicago
  • Ed Daw Sheffield
  • Joe Formaggio MIT
  • Andrew Geraci Northwestern
  • Hartmut Grote Cardiff
  • Takis Kontos ENS Paris
  • Tim Langen TU Wien
  • Sofia Qvarfort Stockholm
  • Kristof Schmieden Mainz
  • Wouter Van De Pontseele Colorado School of Mines
  • Silke Weinfurtner Nottingham
  • Stafford Withinton Oxford
  • DRD5 Representative
  • More TBD

    Local Organising Committee
  • Kieran Flanagan Manchester
  • Lucien Heurtier King’s College London
  • Jamie McDonald (chair) Manchester
  • Peter Millington Manchester

    External Advisory Committee
  • Diego Blas IFAE Barcelona
  • David DeMille Chicago
  • Babette Döbrich Max Planck Institute for Physics
  • Valerie Domcke CERN
  • Rachel Godun National Physical Laboratory
  • Ben Jones Texas at Arlington
  • Stefan Knirck Harvard
  • Axel Lindner DESY
  • Ruben Saakyan University College London

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