International Conference on Kaon Physics 2022 (KAON2022)

Asia/Tokyo
Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus (Nambu Hall)

Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

Nambu Hall

1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
Description

The 2022 edition of the International Conference on Kaon Physics will be hosted by Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, from September 13th to 16th, 2022. This conference continues the KAON series which was originated in 1988 and offers opportunities for theorists and experimentalists from the high-energy physics community to discuss all aspects of kaon physics.

Topics:

  • CP and T violation
  • CKM matrix and flavor mixing
  • Rare decays
  • Precision Standard Model tests
  • CPT and quantum mechanics
  • Lepton universality and flavor violation
  • Theory
  • Physics beyond the Standard Model
  • Future opportunities in kaon physics

Location:

Nambu Hall, Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus
Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 JAPAN

Google Map, Campus Map, Access

Important Dates:

2022-04-18: Registration starts
2022-06-11: Deadline for abstract submission
2022-06-27: Deadline for funding support request
2022-07-04: Abstract decision
2022-07-16: Information required for visa application (postponed)
2022-07-16: Early payment closes
2022-08-13: Late payment closes
2022-09-08: Deadline for submitting posters in PDF format
2022-09-13~16: Conference
2022-10-31: Deadline for proceedings submission

Previous KAON conferences:

  • KAON2019 - INFN and University of Perugia, Italy
  • KAON2016 – University of Birmingham, UK
  • KAON2013 – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • KAON2009 – Tsukuba, Japan
  • KAON 2007 – Frascati, Italy
  • KAON 2005 – Northwestern University, USA
  • KAON 2001 – Pisa, Italy
  • KAON99 – University of Chicago, USA
  • Workshop on Kaon Physics 1996 at Orsay
  • Workshop on Rare Kaon Decay Physics 1991 at KEK
  • Rare Decay Symposium 1988 at Vancouver

International Advisory Committee

Andrzej Buras Munich University
Brigitte Bloch-Devaux University of Turin
Fabio Bossi  INFN Frascati
Douglas Bryman University of British Columbia
Augusto Ceccucci CERN
Patrizia Cenci INFN Perugia
Gilberto Colangelo Bern University
Peter Cooper FNAL
Giancarlo D’Ambrosio INFN Napoli
Yuval Grossman Cornell
Yee Bob Hsiung National Taiwan University
Gino Isidori University of Zürich
Konrad Kleinknecht University of Mainz
Steve Kettell BNL
Marc Knecht  CNRS Marseille
Takeshi Komatsubara KEK
Cristina Lazzeroni University of Birmingham
Vittorio Lubicz University of Roma Tre
Diego Martínez Santos University of Santiago de Compostela
Tadashi Nomura KEK
Mauro Piccini INFN Perugia
Chris Sachrajda University of Southampton
Ruth Van de Water FNAL
Yau W. Wah University of Chicago
Rainer Wanke University of Mainz

Local Organizing Committee

Motoi Endo KEK
Takashi Kaneko KEK
Hajime Nanjo Osaka University
Tadashi Nomura KEK
Koji Shiomi KEK
Taku Yamanaka Osaka University
Kei Yamamoto Hiroshima University

Host Institutions:

  • Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
  • KEK
  • J-PARC CENTER
Registration
Participants
  • alakabha datta
  • Albertus Panuluh
  • Alessandro Scordo
  • Alexander Sadovskiy
  • Andrzej Buras
  • Anna Korotkova
  • Antonio Di Domenico
  • Artur Shaikhiev
  • Atakan Tugberk Akmete
  • Avital Dery
  • Ayumu Kitagawa
  • Bishoy DH Dongwi
  • Brian Beckford
  • Chieh Lin
  • Chris Polly
  • Cristina Biino
  • Cristina Lazzeroni
  • Diego Martinez Santos
  • Douglas Bryman
  • Elizabeth Worcester
  • Erika De Lucia
  • Filippo Mazzetti
  • Francesco Brizioli
  • Francesco Moretti
  • Francesco Sgaramella
  • GeiYoub LIM
  • George W.S. Hou
  • Giancarlo D Ambrosio
  • Gino Isidori
  • Girish Kumar
  • Hajime Nanjo
  • hans danielsson
  • Hiroaki Watanabe
  • Jack Sanders
  • Jan Jerhot
  • Jason Aebischer
  • Jeongwoo Park
  • Joachim Brod
  • Joseph Redeker
  • Junlee Kim
  • Jure Zupan
  • Karim Massri
  • Katsushige Kotera
  • Kei Yamamoto
  • Keita Ono
  • Keito Horie
  • Ken Sakashita
  • Kohsaku Tobioka
  • Koji Shiomi
  • Laurence Littenberg
  • Letizia Peruzzo
  • Lubos Bician
  • Luca De Paolis
  • Marco Santimaria
  • Mario Gonzalez
  • Marlene Tuechler
  • Martin Gorbahn
  • Martin Novoa-Brunet
  • Masaaki Tomii
  • Mathew Thomas
  • Matthew Moulson
  • Mauro Piccini
  • Mauro Raggi
  • Michal Koval
  • Miguel Fernández Gómez
  • Monica Pepe
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Abdulhamid
  • Naohito SAITO
  • Nejc Kosnik
  • Nicholas Benoit
  • Nobuhiro Shimizu
  • Oton Vazquez Doce
  • Patrizia Cenci
  • Radoslav Marchevski
  • Rainer Wanke
  • Riccardo D'Amico
  • Robert Shrock
  • Ryota Shiraishi
  • Sandra Kvedaraite
  • Siavash Neshatpour
  • Suguru Shimizu
  • Tadashi Nomura
  • Takashi Kaneko
  • Takeo Higuchi
  • Takeshi Komatsubara
  • Takeshi Yamazaki
  • Taku Yamanaka
  • Takuya Morozumi
  • Teppei Kitahara
  • Teppei Shibata
  • Tomas Husek
  • Tommaso Spadaro
  • Tong Wu
  • Toru Matsumura
  • Toshi Sumida
  • Tsuyoshi NAKAYA
  • Ulserik Moldanazarova
  • Victor Kurshetsov
  • Vignesh Chilecampalli
  • Vladimir Obraztsov
  • Xu Feng
  • Yasuhisa Tajima
  • Yau Wah
  • Yee Bob Hsiung
  • Yiheng Ye
  • YoungJun Kim
  • YU-CHEN TUNG
  • Yuting Luo
  • Yuto Kawata
    • 09:00 09:10
      Welcome 10m Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      Speaker: Taku Yamanaka (Osaka University)
    • 09:10 14:25
      Rare K decays Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan

      Chair: 9:00 - 12:45 Y.W. Wah
      14:00 - 14:25 Cristina Lazzeroni

      • 09:10
        Overview of Kaon Physics 35m
        Speaker: Jason Aebischer (University of Zurich)
      • 09:45
        Measurement of the very rare K+→π+νν decay at the NA62 experiment 25m
        Speaker: Francesco Brizioli (CERN)
      • 10:10
        Status of the NA62 experiment at CERN 25m
        Speaker: Cristina Lazzeroni (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 10:35
        Search for the KL->pi0nunu decay at the J-PARC KOTO experiment 25m
        Speaker: Koji Shiomi (KEK)
      • 11:00
        Coffee Break 30m
      • 11:30
        Standard Model predictions for CP violating and rare Kaon decays 25m
        Speaker: Martin Gorbahn (University of Livepool)
      • 11:55
        Lattice QCD calculations of rare kaon decays 25m
        Speaker: Xu Feng (Peking University)
      • 12:20
        Implications of $b\to s\mu\mu$ Anomalies \\for Future Measurements of $B \to K^{(*)} \nu \bar \nu$ and $K\to \pi \nu \bar \nu$ 25m
        Speaker: Martin Novoa-Brunet (INFN Sezione di Bari)
      • 12:45
        Lunch Break 1h 15m
      • 14:00
        Strange processes in general 2HDM 25m
        Speaker: Girish Kumar (National Taiwan University)
    • 14:25 16:45
      CKM matrix Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      • 14:25
        Leptonic and semileptonic kaon decays and neutral kaon mixing from lattice QCD 35m
        Speaker: Takashi Kaneko (KEK)
      • 15:00
        Kaon semileptonic form factors at the physical quark masses on large volumes in Nf=2+1 lattice QCD 25m
        Speaker: Takeshi Yamazaki (University of Tsukuba)
      • 15:25
        Coffee Break 30m
      • 15:55
        QED x QCD matching between the MS-bar and the RI schemes 25m
        Speaker: Francesco Moretti (University of Liverpool)
      • 16:20
        Sterile neutrinos in light of the Cabibbo-angle anomaly 25m
        Speaker: Teppei Kitahara (Nagoya University)
    • 16:45 18:00
      Semileptonic decays Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      • 16:45
        Covariant flavour effects in semileptonic K and D decays 25m
        Speaker: Nejc Kosnik (Jozef Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana)
      • 17:10
        A new $K_S\to\pi e\nu$ branching fraction measurement from KLOE-2 25m
        Speaker: Erika De Lucia (INFN)
    • 09:00 12:50
      Radiative K decays Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      • 09:00
        Radiative Kaon Decays 25m
        Speaker: Filippo Mazzetti (Roma Tre University)
      • 09:25
        Measurement of structure dependent radiative K+ ->e+ nu gamma decays using stopped positive kaons 25m
        Speaker: Suguru Shimizu (Osaka University)
      • 09:50
        Measurement of the radiative decay Ke3g at the NA62 experiment 25m
        Speaker: Mauro Piccini (INFN - Perugia)
      • 10:15
        Study of the rare decay K+ -> pi+ gamma gamma at the NA62 experiment 25m
        Speaker: Artur Shaikhiev (University of Birmingham)
      • 10:40
        CANCELED: Measurement of the K+ → π0 μ+ νμ γ decay with OKA setup 1m
        Speaker: Victor Kurshetsov (Institute for High Energy Physics)
      • 10:41
        Coffee Break 29m
      • 11:10
        Radiative modes $K\to\pi\gamma^*\gamma^{(*)}$ and the $K\to\pi4e$ decay 25m
        Speaker: Tomas Husek (Lund University)
      • 11:35
        Measurement of the rare decay K+ -> pi+ mu+ mu- at the NA62 experiment 25m
        Speaker: Michal Koval (Charles University)
      • 12:00
        RD Search for KS(L)-> μμμμ at the LHC 25m
        Speaker: Miguel Fernández Gómez (Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE))
      • 12:25
        First measurement of the K± ➞ π0 π0 µ± ν decay 25m
        Speaker: Anna Korotkova (JINR)
    • 12:50 13:00
      Group Photo 10m Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch Break 1h Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 14:00 15:20
      Poster Session Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      • 14:00
        A new era of experimental studies on the $\overline{\rm{K}}$N interaction. 1m
        Speaker: Oton Vazquez Doce (INFN (Frascati))
      • 14:01
        Online event selection and GPU-based waveform compression for the High Level Trigger of the KOTO experiment 1m
        Speaker: Mario Gonzalez (Osaka University)
      • 14:02
        Measurement of residual mu+ polarization in various scintillating materials to search for T-violating mu+ polarization in K+ -> pi0 mu+ nu decay 1m
        Speaker: Keito Horie (Osaka University)
      • 14:04
        A three-dimensional sampling electromagnetic calorimeter for the KOTO2 experiment with the future extension of J-PARC Hadron Facility 1m
        Speaker: YoungJun Kim (Korea University)
      • 14:05
        Development of a PMT base used for an in-beam charged particle detector for the J-PARC KOTO experiment 1m
        Speaker: Ayumu Kitagawa (Osaka University)
      • 14:06
        Estimation of Hadron shower background in KOTO 2019 - 2021 data 1m
        Speaker: Katsushige Kotera (Osaka University)
      • 14:07
        Effect of low-energy neutrons on accidental counting rate in the KOTO experiment 1m
        Speaker: Toru Matsumura (National Defense Academy of Japan)
      • 14:08
        Heavy New Physics in Rare Kaon Decays 1m
        Speaker: Ulserik Moldanazarova (Karaganda Buketov University)
      • 14:09
        Effective theory for universal seesaw model ,FCNC and CP violation 1m
        Speaker: Takuya Morozumi (Hiroshima University)
      • 14:10
        Evidence for the Chiral WZW anomaly in the coherent production of ($K^+\pi^0$)-system by $K^+$ beam on copper nuclei. 1m
        Speaker: Vladimir Obraztsov (Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP), Protvino)
      • 14:11
        Thin scintillation counter with a new readout method for the KOTO experiment 1m
        Speaker: Keita Ono (Osaka University)
      • 14:12
        Study of Weak Basis Invariant in the Universal Seesaw Model using Hilbert Series 1m
        Speaker: Albertus Panuluh (Hiroshima University)
      • 14:13
        Nuclear resonance effects in kaonic atoms 1m
        Speaker: Luca De Paolis (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati - INFN)
      • 14:14
        Data Acquisition System Upgrade at KOTO 1m
        Speaker: Joseph Redeker (University of Chicago)
      • 14:15
        Reduction of charged kaon background in the KOTO experiment 1m
        Speaker: Ryota Shiraishi (Osaka University)
      • 14:16
        Baryon number violation from confining New Physics 1m
        Speaker: Mathew Thomas (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram)
      • 14:17
        Investigating the Strong Interaction with Kaonic Atoms - The SIDDHARTA-2 Experiment 1m
        Speaker: Marlene Tuechler (Stefan Meyer Institute)
      • 14:18
        Analysis Techniques for Neutron Background Suppression at KOTO. 1m
        Speaker: YU-CHEN TUNG (National Taiwan University)
      • 14:19
        $K_{L}^{0}\rightarrow\gamma+dark\:photon(\bar\gamma)$ Search at the J-PARC KOTO Experiment 1m
        Speaker: Tong Wu (National Taiwan University)
    • 15:20 16:45
      CP, T, and CPT violations Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      • 15:20
        Direct CP violation in $K \to \pi\pi$ decay on the lattice with periodic boundary conditions 35m
        Speaker: Masaaki Tomii (UConn)
      • 15:55
        Two-loop Electroweak Corrections to $\epsilon_K$ 25m
        Speaker: Sandra Kvedaraite (University of Cincinnati)
      • 16:20
        A direct test of the T and CPT symmetries in transitions of neutral kaons with KLOE data 25m
        Speaker: Antonio Di Domenico (Sapienza University of Rome and INFN-RM1)
    • 16:45 17:35
      Lepton number violation Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 17:35 18:00
      Hadron Physics Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 09:00 11:15
      Flavor physics in neighbors Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 11:15 12:40
      Lunch Break 1h 25m Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 12:40 18:40
      Excursion 6h Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 19:00 21:00
      Conference Dinner 2h Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 09:00 09:50
      Quantum Mechanics Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      • 09:00
        Precision tests of Quantum Mechanics and CPT symmetry with entangled neutral kaons at KLOE 25m
        Speaker: Riccardo D'Amico (University of Ferrara & INFN)
      • 09:25
        Can future observation of the living partner post-tag the past decayed state in entangled neutral K-mesons ? 25m
        Speaker: Antonio Di Domenico (Sapienza University of Rome and INFN-RM1)
    • 09:50 12:50
      Exotic particles Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      • 09:50
        Light new particles at the kaon experiments 25m
        Speaker: Kohsaku Tobioka (Florida State University)
      • 10:15
        Some Theoretical Aspects of Searches for Heavy Neutrino Emission in Kaon Decays 25m
        Speaker: Robert Shrock (Stony Brook University)
      • 10:40
        Coffee Break 30m
      • 11:10
        Search for Light Neutral Bosons in the TREK/E36 Experiment with Stopped $K^+$ Mesons 25m
        Speaker: Bishoy DH Dongwi (LLNL)
      • 11:35
        Searches for the light invisible hypothetic pseudoscalar in $K^{+} \to pi^{+} pi^{0} P$ decay 25m
        Speaker: Alexander Sadovskiy (Institute for High Energy Physics (Protvino))
      • 12:00
        Search for Pair Production of Dark Particles in $K_L^0$ Decays at KOTO 25m
        Speaker: Chieh Lin (University of Chicago)
      • 12:25
        First results for searches of exotic decays with NA62 in beam-dump mode 25m
        Speaker: Tommaso Spadaro (INFN LNF)
    • 12:50 14:30
      Lunch Break 1h 40m Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
    • 13:30 14:30
      IAC Meeting 1h B102

      B102

      4:30 - 5:30 on Sep. 16, UTC
      Closed session at B102 (hybrid).

      Speaker: Taku YAMANAKA
    • 14:30 17:40
      Future Perspectives Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      • 14:30
        $K\to\mu^+\mu^-$ as a Third Kaon Golden Mode 25m
        Speaker: Avital Dery (Cornell University)
      • 14:55
        First thoughts on high intensity $K_S$ experiment 25m
        Speaker: Radoslav Marchevski (Weizmann Institute of Science)
      • 15:20
        Lepton flavor violation experiment: PIONEER 25m
        Speaker: Elizabeth Worcester (Brookhaven National Lab)
      • 15:45
        Coffee Break 30m
      • 16:15
        High Intensity Kaon Experiments (HIKE) at the CERN SPS 25m
        Speaker: Matthew Moulson (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
      • 16:40
        KOTO step-2 at J-PARC toward measurement of branching ratio of $K_L\to\pi^0\nu\overline{\nu}$ 25m
        Speaker: Hajime Nanjo (Osaka University)
      • 17:05
        The future prospects of kaon physics 35m
        Speaker: Jure Zupan (University of Cincinnati)
    • 17:40 17:50
      Closing 10m Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

      Nambu Hall

      1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
      Speaker: Taku Yamanaka (Osaka University)