CRC Retreat 23 to 27 March 2026

Mar 23, 2026, 12:00 PM → Mar 27, 2026, 1:30 PM Europe/Berlin

Gustav-Stresemann-Institut

Soeren Schlichting (Bielefeld University)

CRC Retreat 23-27 March 2026 / Gustav-Stresemann-Institut Bonn

In March 2026 we will have our next retreat in Bonn at the Gustav Stresemann Institut (the other GSI).
Young scientists will participate from Monday to Friday, Project leaders and other senior scientists will participate Tuesday to Friday.

Lunch will be served at 12:00, the official start of the retreat.
The scientific portion of the meeting will start at 2 p.m. and conclude Friday at 1:30 p.m. 

 

 

 

Mon, March 23

12:00 PM Lunch

YS Assembly

Convener: Keiwan Jamaly (Goethe University)

Lecture

1 A Brief Introduction to Lattice QCD

Speaker: David Clarke

lattice_intro.pdf

3:30 PM Coffee Break

Lecture

Convener: Johannes Pöplau (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

2 Basics of Heavy-ion Physics and Phenomenology

Speaker: Ashutosh Dash (Goethe university, Frankfurt)

CRC_Retreat_Phyics_of_HIC_AD.pdf

3 A (brief) Introduction to Non-Perturbative QFT

Speaker: Peter Lowdon (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Intro_QFT_Lowdon.pdf

6:00 PM Dinner

Tue, March 24

Lecture

Convener: Mattis Harhoff

4 A Very Short Introduction to Tensor Networks and Quantum Simulations for High Energy Physics

Speaker: Adrien Florio (Universität Bielefeld)

main.pdf

10:00 AM Coffee Break

Questions to Lecturers

Convener: Renata Krupczak (Universität Bielefeld)

Overview of the CRC-TR 211

Overview_CRC-TR211.pdf

12:00 PM Lunch / Arrival of PLs

General Assembly & Opening

Convener: Soeren Schlichting

GeneralAssemblyMar26.pdf

Project Overview -- New Projects: Highlights A02 / A03 / A09

talkBonn-CRC-mar2026.pdf

5 A02: Talk

Speaker: Owe Philipsen

A02.pdf

6 A02: Talk

Speaker: Federico Rocco (Universität Bielefeld)

A02_highlight1.pdf

7 A02: Talk

Speaker: Momme Hengstenberg (Universität Bielefeld)

A02_Hengstenberg.pdf

8 A03: Talk

Speaker: Christian Fischer (University of Giessen)

A03_Overview_v3.pdf

9 A03: Talk

Speaker: Ugo Mire (University of Giessen)

slides.pdf

10 A03: Talk

Speaker: Shi Yin (Giessen University)

shiyin.pdf

11 A09: Talk

Speaker: Prof. Guy Moore (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

A09Retreat2026.pdf

12 A09: Talk

Speaker: Gergely Endrodi

Endrodi_retreat26.pdf

3:30 PM Coffee break

Project Overview -- New Projects

Convener: Gert Aarts

talkBonn-CRC-mar2026.pdf

Round tables: All

13 Cosmology & Astrophysics: E1.1 Equation of State of Dense QCD - Theory & Astrophysical Constraints

Speakers: Christian Ecker (Goethe University Frankfurt), Christian Fischer (University of Giessen)

RoundTableCRCretreat2026.pdf

14 Cosmology & Astrophysics: E1.3 Primordial black holes

Speakers: Dominik Schwarz (Bielefeld University - Faculty of Physics), Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich (Uni Frankfurt), Woo-Seok Yim (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)

PBH_roundtable.pdf

PBH_RT_DiscussionInput.pdf

15 Heavy Ion Collisions: D.2 QCD Transport coefficients -- Phenomenological relevance

Speaker: Nicolas Borghini

Transport-coeffs_pheno.pdf

16 Methodology: F1.6 Kinetic Theory in QCD / Hydro / Cosmology

Speakers: Annamaria Chiarini (Goethe University), Eamonn Weitz, Ismail Soudi

EKTRoundTable.pdf

17 QCD Thermodynamics: A1.1 Moat regime in QCD and effective theories

Speaker: Shi Yin (Giessen University)

18 QCD Thermodynamics: A1.4 Quantum computing for QCD at finite density

Speakers: Adrien Florio, Caroline Robin (Bielefeld University)

Round-table_QI_QCD.pdf

6:00 PM Dinner // SAC Dinner

Wed, March 25

Project Overview -- New Projects: Highlights A01 / A08

Convener: Prof. Lorenz von Smekal (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

talkBonn-CRC-mar2026.pdf

19 A01: Talk

Speaker: Jens Braun (TU Darmstadt)

A01_retreat_2026.pdf

20 A01: Talk

Speaker: Jens Braun (TU Darmstadt)

A01_retreat_2026-YS.pdf

21 A01: Talk

Speaker: Jonas Schaible

A01_Schaible.pdf

22 A01: Talk

Speaker: Sabarnya Mitra (Bielefeld University)

A01-CRCRetreat2026-Mitra.pdf

23 A08: Talk

Speaker: Bastian Brandt

A08_PLtalk_retreat26.pdf

24 A08: Talk

Speaker: Christian Andratschke

CRC_Highlights_A08_anomalous_transport.pdf

25 A08: Talk

Speaker: Jens Braun (TU Darmstadt)

A08_retreat_2026.pdf

10:00 AM Coffee Break

Round tables: All

26 CRC Outreach: How to and future plans

Speakers: Adrien Florio, Bastian Brandt, Isabel Oldengott

27 Heavy Ion Collisions: D.3 Hadronization/Freeze-out models

Speaker: Baochi Fu

CRC_RT2026_hadronazation.pdf

28 Isospin & Dense QCD: B1.1 Strong-interaction matter and angular momentum

Speaker: Masoud Shokri (Goethe University)

round-table-2026.pdf

29 QCD Thermodanamics: A1.3 Universality class of the QCD chiral transition

Speakers: Frithjof Karsch (Physik Bielefeld), Jishnu Goswami (Bielefeld University)

CRC_roundtable.pdf

30 Real-Time Properties of QCD: C1.1 Thermoparticles

Speaker: Peter Lowdon (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Roundtable_TP.pdf

31 Real-Time Properties of QCD: Stochastic Hydrodynamics

Speaker: Mattis Harhoff

roundtable_stochastic_hydro.pdf

12:00 PM Lunch

Project Overview -- New Projects: Highlights B02 / B03 / B04

Convener: Cora Uhlemann (Bielefeld University)

talkBonn-CRC-mar2026.pdf

32 B02: Talk

Speaker: Soeren Schlichting

CRC-B02-Overview.pdf

33 B02: Talk

Speaker: Renata Krupczak (Universität Bielefeld)

highlight_B02.pdf

34 B02: Talk

Speaker: Jie Zhu (Bielefeld University)

KoMPoST_3D_slides.pdf

35 B03: Talk

Speaker: Dirk Rischke (Goethe-Universität)

B03_Retreat_2026.pdf

36 B03: Talk

Speaker: Annamaria Chiarini (Goethe University)

Highlights_B03.pdf

37 B03: Talk

Speaker: Asaad Daher (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)

CRC-Bonn-Flask talk-finall.pdf

38 B04: Talk

Speaker: Tetyana Galatyuk (TU Darmstadt / GSI)

CRC_B04_Overwiew.pdf

39 B04: Talk

Speaker: Mattia Recchi (JLU)

5_min.pdf

40 B04: Talk

Speaker: Florian Seck (TU Darmstadt)

fseck_crc_retreat2026.pdf

3:30 PM Coffee break

41 A07 Postersession

Speaker: Pavan Pavan (Bielefeld University)

42 Postersession: A01

Speaker: Sabarnya Mitra (Bielefeld University)

A01_Bielefeld_Poster_CRC_Retreat_2026.pdf

43 Postersession: A02

Speaker: Federico Rocco (Universität Bielefeld)

44 Postersession: A03

Speaker: Johannes Pöplau (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Poster_poeplau.pdf

45 Postersession: A06

Speaker: Jakob Hoffmann (Goethe University Frankfurt)

46 Postersession: A08

Speaker: Volodymyr Chelnokov (Goethe University Frankfurt)

47 Postersession: B02

Speaker: Baochi Fu

BaochiFu_QM_hydro_poster.pdf

48 Postersession: B03

Speaker: Annamaria Chiarini (Goethe University)

49 Postersession: B04

Speaker: Florian Seck (TU Darmstadt)

50 Postersession: B07

Speaker: Eamonn Weitz

weitz_crc_retreat.pdf

51 Postersession: B09

Speaker: Sarah Louisa Pitz (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)

52 Postersession: B10

Speaker: Mattis Harhoff

53 Postersession: Z02

Speaker: Hannah Elfner (GU Frankfurt)

Poster_QM_Robin.pdf

54 A07 Postersession

Speaker: Prof. Guy Moore (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

55 Postersession: A01

Speaker: Niklas Zorbach (TU Darmstadt)

56 Postersession: A02

Speaker: Momme Hengstenberg (Universität Bielefeld)

57 Postersession: A03

Speakers: Hosein Gholami, Ugo Mire (University of Giessen)

poster.pdf

58 Postersession: A06

Speaker: Yu Zhang

screening_mass_ver3 (1).pdf

59 Postersession: A08

60 Postersession: B02

Speaker: Lucas Constantin (Goethe University Frankfurt)

61 Postersession: B03

Speaker: Semen Potesnov (Goethe-Universität, ITP)

2026-03-25_B03_Potesnov_Poster.pdf

62 Postersession: B04

Speaker: Jessica Vogel

63 Postersession: B07

Speaker: Daniel Schmitt

64 Postersession: B09

Speaker: Selina Kunkel

65 Postersession: B10

66 Postersession: B10

Speaker: Johannes Roth (JLU Gießen)

QuarkMatter2025Roth.pdf

67 A07 Postersession

68 Postersession: A01

Speaker: Jan Philipp Klinger (Goethe University Frankfurt)

69 Postersession: A02

Speaker: Florian Brökemeier (Universität Bielefeld)

70 Postersession: A03

Speakers: Christian Fischer (University of Giessen), Michael Buballa

71 Postersession: A06

72 Postersession: A08

73 Postersession: B02

74 Postersession: B03

Speaker: Ashutosh Dash (Goethe university, Frankfurt)

75 Postersession: B04

76 Postersession: B07

77 Postersession: B09

Speaker: Ishfaq Rather (Goethe University Frankfurt)

78 Postersession: B10

79 Postersession: B10

Non-physics events: "Guided Walk"

Non-physics events: Dinner at Tuscolo

Thu, March 26

Project Overview -- New Projects: Highlights B07 / B09

Convener: Annamaria Chiarini (Goethe University)

talkBonn-CRC-mar2026.pdf

80 B07: Talk

Speaker: Dietrich Bodeker (Bielefeld University)

overviewB07.pdf

81 B07: Talk

Speaker: Isabel Oldengott

FlashTalk.pdf

82 B07: Talk

Speaker: Daniel Schmitt

Schmitt_CRC_B07.pdf

83 B09: Talk

Speaker: Luciano Rezzolla (Institute for Theoretical Physics)

B09.260326.pdf

84 B09: Talk

Speaker: Sinan Altiparmak (Goethe University)

CRC_Flashtalk_SinanAltiparmak.pdf

85 B09: Talk

Speaker: Ishfaq Rather (Goethe University)

B09_Rather.pdf

10:00 AM Coffee break

Round tables: All

86 Cosmology & Astrophysics: E1.2 Non-perturbative QCD input for Cosmology -- Cosmic Trajectory and New Directions

Speakers: Adrien Florio, Bastian Brandt, Isabel Oldengott

87 Heavy-Ion Collisions: D.1 Heavy-Ion initial state as function of energy

Speakers: Hannah Elfner (GU Frankfurt), Soeren Schlichting

roundtable_initial_state.key

roundtable_initial_state.pdf

88 Isospin & Dense QCD: B1.2 Color-superconductivity & di-Quarks from QCD

Speakers: Hosein Gholami, Ugo Mire (University of Giessen)

slides.pdf

89 QCD Thermodynamics: A1.2 Estimating the location of a critical point -- Errors & Control (Lee-Yang Zeros, Taylor series, Fctl methods)

Speaker: Christian Schmidt-Sonntag

Roundtable_LYE_and_CEP.pdf

90 Real-Time Properties of QCD: C1.3 QCD Transport coefficients -- Theory knowledge

Speaker: Prof. Guy Moore (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

12:00 PM Lunch

Project Overview -- New Projects: Highlights A06 / A07 / B10

Convener: Michael Buballa

talkBonn-CRC-mar2026.pdf

91 A06: Talk

Speaker: Peter Lowdon (Goethe University Frankfurt)

A06_overview.pdf

92 A06: Talk

Speaker: Gaia Ingrosso (Goethe University Frankfurt)

highlight.pdf

93 A06: Talk

Speaker: Rasmus Larsen

crcRetreat2026_RasmusLarsen.pdf

94 A07: Talk

Speaker: Prof. Guy Moore (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

A07Retreat2026.pdf

95 A07: Talk

Speaker: Jonas Winter (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

a07_highlight_talk_winter.pdf

96 A07: Talk

Speaker: Pavan Pavan (Bielefeld University)

retreat_26_pavan.pdf

97 B10: Talk

Speaker: Prof. Lorenz von Smekal (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

B10_Overview.pdf

98 B10: Talk

Speaker: Yunxin Ye

B10_Highlight_1.pdf

99 B10: Talk

Speaker: Leon Sieke (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen)

main.pdf

3:30 PM Coffee break

Project Overview -- New Projects: Highlights Z02

talkBonn-CRC-mar2026.pdf

100 Z02: Talk

Speaker: Hannah Elfner (GU Frankfurt)

Z02_summary.pdf

101 Z02: Talk

Speaker: Christian Schmidt-Sonntag

102 Z02: Talk

Speaker: Alessandro Sciarra (Goethe University - Frankfurt am Main)

Project Meetings

103 A01

104 A02

105 A03

106 A06

107 A07

108 A08

109 A09

110 B02

111 B03

112 B04

113 B07

114 B09

115 B10

6:00 PM Dinner

116 Career Perspectives

IMPORTANT: Register for each session adding your name to the session lists.
Possible questions to be addressed during the evening:
• If you were a PhD student again, with your experience today, what
would you do differently and what are the lessons you have learned
on your own journey?
• What key questions should young scientists ask themselves when
deciding whether to continue in academia or explore other career
avenues, and how can they make informed decisions during uncertain
times?
• How do you foresee the landscape of physics careers evolving in
the next decade, and what should young scientists be aware of as
they plan their future paths?
• In your experience, what are the most critical skills — both
technical and soft — that young physicists should develop to
succeed in today’s competitive job market?
• What are some of the common challenges or risks that young
physicists face when trying to secure a permanent academic
position, and how can they proactively address them?
• For those who have chosen to leave physics, could you share which
career branches/companies they moved into?
• How do you weigh the pros and cons of pursuing a traditional
academic career versus exploring opportunities in industry,
government, or other sectors?
• What key steps or strategies would you recommend for a PhD student
to build a strong foundation for a successful career in physics,
whether in academia or beyond?

Speakers: Cora Uhlemann (S01) (Bielefeld University), Prof. Guy Moore (S02) (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Isabel Oldengott (S09/11), Peter Lowdon (S26) (Goethe University Frankfurt)

117 Career Perspectives

IMPORTANT: Register for each session adding your name to the session lists.
Possible questions to be addressed during the evening:
• If you were a PhD student again, with your experience today, what
would you do differently and what are the lessons you have learned
on your own journey?
• What key questions should young scientists ask themselves when
deciding whether to continue in academia or explore other career
avenues, and how can they make informed decisions during uncertain
times?
• How do you foresee the landscape of physics careers evolving in
the next decade, and what should young scientists be aware of as
they plan their future paths?
• In your experience, what are the most critical skills — both
technical and soft — that young physicists should develop to
succeed in today’s competitive job market?
• What are some of the common challenges or risks that young
physicists face when trying to secure a permanent academic
position, and how can they proactively address them?
• For those who have chosen to leave physics, could you share which
career branches/companies they moved into?
• How do you weigh the pros and cons of pursuing a traditional
academic career versus exploring opportunities in industry,
government, or other sectors?
• What key steps or strategies would you recommend for a PhD student
to build a strong foundation for a successful career in physics,
whether in academia or beyond?

Speakers: Cora Uhlemann (S01) (Bielefeld University), Prof. Guy Moore (S02) (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Hannah Elfner (S01) (GU Frankfurt), Isabel Oldengott (S09/11), Peter Lowdon (S26) (Room)

Fri, March 27

EoC: YS Coaching

PL event: PL Meeting for SAC Feedback

Events which are only for the Project Leaders

10:00 AM Coffee break

EoC: PL Coaching

Round tables: Active Collaboration Time / Additional YS Roundtables

118 Methodology: F1.2 Functional Methods (DSE/FRG) -- Truncations

Speakers: Franz Richard Sattler (University Bielefeld), Johannes Roth (JLU Gießen)

Roundtable.pdf

119 Methodology: F1.5 Effective theories

Speakers: Eamonn Weitz, Mattia Recchi (JLU)

EFT_for_CRC.pdf

120 Real-Time Properties of QCD: C1.4 Spectral reconstruction

Speaker: Moritz Krampe

121 Vibe Coding (improvised)

Speaker: Keiwan Jamaly (Goethe University)

12:00 PM Lunch