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2026 RHIC/AGS Annual Users' Meeting & RHIC Science Symposium

11–15 May 2026
US/Eastern timezone

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53. Current status of the baryon junction
Dmitri Kharzeev (Stony Brook University and BNL), Prof. Dmitri Kharzeev (Stony Brook University and BNL)
11/05/2026, 09:00
83. FIXE initiative
Charles-Joseph Naïm (Stony Brook University (CFNS))
11/05/2026, 09:00
60. Recent Measurements at the LHC
Hannah Bossi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))
11/05/2026, 09:00
71. Setup
11/05/2026, 09:00
72. The EIC-Beam AI Collaboration: Preparing Machine Learning for the Electron-Ion Collider
Georg Hoffstaetter (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 09:10
84. Cross-section measurements for the interpretation of cosmic rays
Philip von Doetinchem (University of Hawaii)
11/05/2026, 09:25
65. Jets in Heavy-Ion Collisions (Theory)
João Barata (CERN)
11/05/2026, 09:30
73. Towards Foundation Models for Next-Generation Experiments at the EIC: A Perspective
Cristiano Fanelli (College of William & Mary)
11/05/2026, 09:35
85. Space, nuclear data, and an EIC fixed target program
David Brown (NNDC-Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 09:50
54. Generalized parton distributions and their implications for observables relevant to baryon junction dynamics
Simonetta Liuti (University of Virginia)
11/05/2026, 10:00
67. Recent Measurements from sPHENIX
Hanpu Jiang (Columbia University)
11/05/2026, 10:00
86. Discussion
11/05/2026, 10:15
68. Recent Measurements from STAR
Isaac Mooney (Yale University)
11/05/2026, 10:40
75. SciBot: Your "AI Librarian" for Navigating RHIC’s Fragmented Institutional Knowledge
Ankush Reddy Kanuganti (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 10:45
87. Physics opportunities for a fixed-target program in EIC
Cesar daSilva (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 11:00
55. Probing gluon density via deep inelastic scattering, and its implications on baryon junctions
Prithwish Tribedy (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 11:00
69. Recent Measurements in Small Systems at the LHC and RHIC
Christopher McGinn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))
11/05/2026, 11:05
76. AI Surrogate Modeling for Fast Simulation of the Hydrodynamic Evolution of the Quark-Gluon Plasma
Seungjun Lee (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 11:10
88. p+A Physics in an EIC Fixed-Target Setup
Ramona Vogt (LLNL and UC Davis)
11/05/2026, 11:25
56. Flavor-independent rapidity slope in baryon transport
Zhangbu Xu (Kent State University), Zhangbu Xu (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 11:30
70. Jets at the Electron-Ion Collider (Theory)
Felix Ringer (YITP Stony Brook University)
11/05/2026, 11:35
104. sPHENIX CycleGAN
Shuhang Li (Columbia University)
11/05/2026, 11:35
89. Discussion
11/05/2026, 11:50
57. Measuring baryon production at HERA, and its potential on baryon junction
Gage Tustin (BNL)
11/05/2026, 14:00
90. Physics opportunities for the QCD phase diagram
Mikhail Stephanov (University of Illinois at Chicago)
11/05/2026, 14:00
81. Variable Rate Neural Compression for TPC Data
Yi Huang (Brookhaven national lab)
11/05/2026, 14:00

Particle colliders produce data at extraordinary rates, posing major challenges for transmission and storage. High-throughput compression algorithms are therefore essential. In the sPHENIX experiment taking data at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, a time projection chamber records three-dimensional (3D) particle trajectories that are highly sparse, making conventional learning-free lossy...
91. Probing the QCD Phase Diagram at the EIC: Modeling High-Baryon Density Fluids in the Fixed-Target Regime
Lipei Du (McGill University)
11/05/2026, 14:25
82. sPHENIX Foundation Models
David Park (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 14:25
58. Probing the Baryon Junction at the CLAS12 Experiment
Wenliang Li (Stony Brook University CFNS)
11/05/2026, 14:30
92. Logistics of a Fixed-Target Program at the EIC: Lessons Learned from Previous FXT programs
Daniel Cebra (University of California, Davis)
11/05/2026, 14:50
59. Finding the baryon number within the proton
Spencer Klein (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
11/05/2026, 15:00
93. Discussion
11/05/2026, 15:15
94. Collaboration & Open Discussion
11/05/2026, 16:00
95. Introduction NSRL, Research Topics, Speakers
Jessica Gasparik (Brookhaven National Lab)
12/05/2026, 09:00

The NASA Space Radiation Laboratory is a multi-purpose beamline off of the AGS Booster at the RHIC complex.
For this workshop we showcase a set of speakers which span the broad user community the facility supports, including:

  • Radiobiology research
  • Microelectronics survivability
  • Nuclear data measurements
  • Accelerator physics
61. Session Introduction : Ultra-Peripheral Collisions
Gian Michele Innocenti (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))
12/05/2026, 09:00
96. Drug Adjuncts that mitigate the Molecular and Cellular impacts of Galactic Cosmic Radiation
Dr Robert Schwartz (Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University)
12/05/2026, 09:10

Dr. Robert Schwartz is a physician-scientist at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital whose work bridges medicine and engineering. Clinically, he specializes in liver disease, including viral and metabolic conditions. His research integrates stem cell biology with engineering methods to develop in vitro models of human liver disease, with the aim of advancing...
62. Measurements of EM-probes at PHENIX and sPHENIX
Mariia Mitrankova (Stony Brook University)
12/05/2026, 09:30
97. HEARTS and HEARTS++, the present and future of radiation effects testing with very-high-energy, heavy ion beams in Europe
Andreas Waets (CERN)
12/05/2026, 09:50

Andreas Waets obtained a Master degree in Nuclear Physics at KU Leuven University in Belgium in 2016. He was a member of the Space Environment and Effects section at the European Space Agency between 2016 and 2018, working on plasma charging of spacecraft, radiation environment monitoring instrumentation and space mission concurrent design engineering. After ESA, he joined CERN as a Fellow...
63. Measurements of Vector mesons in Ultra-Peripheral Collisions at STAR
Xihe Han (Ohio State University)
12/05/2026, 10:00
98. Machine Learning Assisted Tuning and Diagnostics of NSRL Beams
Eiad Hamwi (BNL)
12/05/2026, 10:30

Eiad Hamwi is a physicist specializing in accelerator beam dynamics and simulation. He completed his Ph.D. at Cornell and is currently a postdoc at the collider-accelerator department at BNL. His current focus is on adaptive digital twins for robust control and inference.

This talk summarizes the recent efforts to build a digital twin model for NSRL, a mature beamline with diverse beam...
64. Mirror Quantum Tomography for UPC and beyond
Daniel Tapia Takaki (University of Kansas)
12/05/2026, 11:00
99. Nuclear Data Measurements in Support of NASA Planetary Science Missions
Patrick Peplowski (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory)
12/05/2026, 11:10

Dr. Patrick Peplowski is a staff scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where he is in involved with the development, testing, and operation of gamma-ray and neutron spectrometers studying Mercury, Mars’ moons, asteroids, and Saturn’s moon Titan. He is also heavily involved in efforts to improve the precision and accuracy of the nuclear reaction cross section data that are...
66. Nuclear imaging efforts at EIC
Rongrong Ma (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
12/05/2026, 11:30
100. Close-out
12/05/2026, 11:55
1. Welcome Remarks from the Lab Director
John Hill (Interim Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory)
12/05/2026, 14:00
2. Opening Remarks from ALD - Looking to the Future
Prof. Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University & BNL)
12/05/2026, 14:10
3. C-AD Report
Travis Shrey (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
12/05/2026, 14:35
8. Group Picture
12/05/2026, 14:55
4. STAR Run Report
Tristan Protzman (Lehigh University)
12/05/2026, 15:30
5. sPHENIX Run Report
Ron Belmont (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
12/05/2026, 16:00
26. Workshop Report: Jets & Hard Probes
Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
12/05/2026, 16:30
22. STAR Physics Highlights
Richard Seto (University of California @ Riverside)
13/05/2026, 09:00
23. sPHENIX Physics Highlights
Tanner Mengel (University of Colorado, Boulder)
13/05/2026, 09:25
24. PHENIX Physics Highlights
Iurii Mitrankov (Stony Brook University)
13/05/2026, 09:50
21. DOE Report
Sharon Stephenson
13/05/2026, 10:30
32. EIC, ePIC and the future physics
Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria and INFN-Cosenza)
13/05/2026, 10:55
27. Workshop Report: AI/ML
Cameron Dean (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))
13/05/2026, 11:20
31. Workshop Report: Fixed Target @ EIC
Charles Joseph Naim (Stony Brook University)
13/05/2026, 11:40
25. NSF Report (Cancelled)
Allena Opper
13/05/2026, 12:00
29. Workshop Report: NSRL
Jessica Gasparik (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Trevor Olsen (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
13/05/2026, 14:10

The NASA Space Radiation Laboratory is a fixed-target beamline at the RHIC synchrotron complex. Constructed in 2002 for NASA radiobiology research, the laboratory provides a range of heavy ions between protons and bismuth to a maximum rigidity of 15 Tm. Along with radiobiology experiments, the user community includes research in microelectronics damage, nuclear data measurements, and provides...
30. Workshop Report: UPC & Electromagnetic Processes
Ashik Ikbal Sheikh (Kent State University)
13/05/2026, 14:30
28. Workshop Report: Baryon Junction & Stopping
Chun Yuen Tsang (Kent State University)
13/05/2026, 14:50
33. Sambamurti Award Winner: Blair Seidiltz
Dr John Hill (Interim Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory)
13/05/2026, 15:40
34. Merit and Thesis Awards
Prof. Abhay Deshpande (BNL, Stony Brook University)
13/05/2026, 15:45
35. Poster Award and Flash Talk
Cheng-Wei Shih (National Central University)
13/05/2026, 15:55
101. Thesis Award Flash Talk
Youqi Song (Yale University)
13/05/2026, 16:10
102. Thesis Award Flash Talk
Dr Vassu Doomra (University of California, Berkeley)
13/05/2026, 16:20
36. Business Meeting
Peter Steinberg (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
13/05/2026, 16:30
9. ALD for Nuclear and Particle Physics Welcome
Prof. Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University & BNL)
14/05/2026, 09:00
10. T.D. Lee Memorial
Shoji NAGAMIYA (remote) (RIKEN)
14/05/2026, 09:10

Status of field before RHIC
40. The status of the field before RHIC
Axel Drees (Stony Brook University)
14/05/2026, 09:25
37. Making RHIC Possible: Reflections on the Machine
Thomas Roser (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
14/05/2026, 10:00
105. Group Picture
14/05/2026, 10:30
12. Spokesperson Talk: STAR
John Harris (Yale University)
14/05/2026, 10:45
13. Spokesperson Talk: PHENIX
Prof. William Zajc (Columbia University)
14/05/2026, 10:55
14. Spokesperson Talk: PHOBOS
Gunther Roland (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))
14/05/2026, 11:05
15. Spokesperson Talk: BRAHMS
Flemming Videbaek (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
14/05/2026, 11:15
103. RHIC Spin Collaboration
Yousef Makdisi (BNL)
14/05/2026, 11:25
38. Panel Discussion
Gunther Roland (MIT), Timothy Hallman (Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics), Prof. William Zajc (Columbia University), Yousef Makdisi (BNL), flemming videbaek (BNL)
14/05/2026, 11:35
39. Keynote: Chancellor’s Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics David Gross - Reflections on RHIC
Prof. Prof. David Gross (remote) (University of California, Santa Barbara)
14/05/2026, 11:55
108. Additional Discussion
14/05/2026, 12:15
16. The QGP as we understand it 20+ years later
Berndt Mueller (Duke University)
14/05/2026, 14:00
17. Impact of RHIC on understanding the nucleon spin
Jianwei Qiu (Jefferson Laboratory)
14/05/2026, 14:35
18. Impact of RHIC on the LHC (Science and social impact)
John Harris (Yale University)
14/05/2026, 15:30
41. Reflections from past NPP Associate Laboratory Directors
Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University), Prof. Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University & BNL), Berndt Mueller (BNL), Berndt Mueller (Duke University), Haiyan Gao (Duke University), Haiyan Gao (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Steve Vigdor (Indiana University @ Bloomington, BNL)
14/05/2026, 16:00
19. Little Bangs at RHIC and the Big Bang at the Beginning
Barbara Jacak (UC Berkeley and LBNL)
14/05/2026, 17:00

BSA Distinguished Lecture
20. No- Host Dinner
14/05/2026, 18:00
11. Sam Aronson Memorial
Prof. William Zajc (Columbia University)
15/05/2026, 09:00
107. Sam Aronson Memorial
Doon Gibbs (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
15/05/2026, 09:15
106. The Origins of sPHENIX
David Morrison (BNL)
15/05/2026, 09:30
42. Completing the sPHENIX Scientific Mission
Megan Connors (Georgia State University RBRC)
15/05/2026, 09:40
43. Completing the STAR Scientific Mission
Frank Geurts (Rice University)
15/05/2026, 10:10
44. Completing the PHENIX Scientific Mission
Yasuyuki Akiba (RIKEN)
15/05/2026, 11:10
45. Completing the RHIC Scientific Mission (Theory Perspectives)
Dr Bjoern Schenke (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
15/05/2026, 11:40
48. Reflections on the success and impact of the RBRC
Derek Teaney (Stony Brook), Farid Salazar (Temple University / Brookhaven National Lab), Megan Connors (Georgia State University RBRC), Naohito Saito (KEK - High Energy Accelerator Research Org), Dr Yacine Mehtar-Tani (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Yoshitaka Hatta (BNL)
15/05/2026, 12:10
46. Scientific Origins of the Electron Ion Collider
Richard Milner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))
15/05/2026, 14:00
50. From RHIC to EIC: Connections between RHIC and EIC science
Rosi Reed (Lehigh University)
15/05/2026, 14:35
51. Making the EIC possible, Machine perspectives
Sergei Nagaitsev (BNL)
15/05/2026, 15:35
52. Lessons from RHIC in designing ePIC
John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
15/05/2026, 16:10
49. James D. Bjorken Memorial (remote)
Raju Venugopalan (BNL)
15/05/2026, 16:45
47. Early Career Panel
Gian Michele Innocenti (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)), Hannah Bossi (Yale University (US)), LAURA HAVENER (Yale University), Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Zhoudunming Tu (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
15/05/2026, 17:00
74. AI in Data Preservation
Alexandr Prozorov (Czech Technical University)
6. DOE Report
7. NSF Report
80. sPHENIX CycleGAN
Shuhang Li (Columbia University)
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