YOUNGST@RS - Shaping the Universe: Framework and Footprints of Cosmological Phase Transitions
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026 (9:20 AM)
to
Friday, January 30, 2026 (5:40 PM)
Monday, January 26, 2026
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
9:20 AM
Matthias Neubert: Welcome
Welcome
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Geraldine Servant: Pushing up the temperature of the electroweak phase transition
Pushing up the temperature of the electroweak phase transition
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Javier Rubio: Hubble-induced phase transitions in the Standard Model and beyond
Hubble-induced phase transitions in the Standard Model and beyond
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Geraldine Servant + Javier Rubio: Discussion with speakers
Discussion with speakers
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Break
Break
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Maximilian Detering: Shaping the Vacuum: The Criticality Paradigm
Shaping the Vacuum: The Criticality Paradigm
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Tomás Mendes: Tachyonic gravitational dark matter production
Tachyonic gravitational dark matter production
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
12:10 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Andrii Dashko: Perturbative aspects of the electroweak phase transition with a complex singlet
Perturbative aspects of the electroweak phase transition with a complex singlet
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM
Cristina Puchades Ibénez: Dark Sector Karaoke: A 3D EFT for a Pitch-Perfect Phase Transition
Dark Sector Karaoke: A 3D EFT for a Pitch-Perfect Phase Transition
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM
Luis Gil: Hot news on the phase structure of the SMEFT
Hot news on the phase structure of the SMEFT
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Break
Break
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM
Edward Hardy: Transient dark energy from a supercooled phase transition
Transient dark energy from a supercooled phase transition
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
4:20 PM
Yuhsin Tsai: Cosmological constraints on late and super-late phase transitions
Cosmological constraints on late and super-late phase transitions
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
4:50 PM
Edward Hardy + Yuhsin Tsai: Discussion with speakers
Discussion with speakers
4:50 PM - 5:10 PM
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
9:30 AM
Wen Yin: Relativistic Axion with Nonrelativistic Momenta and Baumkuchen Domain Wall
Relativistic Axion with Nonrelativistic Momenta and Baumkuchen Domain Wall
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Marieke Postma: Testing electroweak baryogenesis
Testing electroweak baryogenesis
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Wen + Marieke Postma: Discussion with speakers
Discussion with speakers
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Break
Break
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Mohamed Y. Sassi: Domain walls in the extended Higgs Sectors: Electric Charge Violation and Electroweak Symmetry Restoration
Domain walls in the extended Higgs Sectors: Electric Charge Violation and Electroweak Symmetry Restoration
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Tom Gent: Baryogenesis in the 2HDM+a
Baryogenesis in the 2HDM+a
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Alessia Musumeci: Nanohertz gravitational waves from the baryon- dark matter coincidence
Nanohertz gravitational waves from the baryon- dark matter coincidence
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Giacomo Ferrante: No room for monopole dark matter
No room for monopole dark matter
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM
Cameron Moffett-Smith: Gravitational Waves in an A4 Neutrino Mass Model
Gravitational Waves in an A4 Neutrino Mass Model
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM
Lorenzo Formaggio: Calculation of the Cosmic Trajectories over the QCD phase transition
Calculation of the Cosmic Trajectories over the QCD phase transition
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Break
Break
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM
Bibhushan Shakya: BSM physics from bubble collisions
BSM physics from bubble collisions
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
4:20 PM
Jessica Turner: Topological Defects as Windows into the early Universe“
Topological Defects as Windows into the early Universe“
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
4:50 PM
Bibhushan Shakya + Jessica Turner: Discussion with speakers
Discussion with speakers
4:50 PM - 5:10 PM
Thursday, January 29, 2026
9:30 AM
Jorinde van de Vis: Modelling out-of-equilibrium dynamics in expanding bubbles
Modelling out-of-equilibrium dynamics in expanding bubbles
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Kari Rummukainen: Dynamics of first order phase transitions on the lattice
Dynamics of first order phase transitions on the lattice
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Jorinde van de Vis + Kari Rummukainen: Discussion with speakers
Discussion with speakers
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Break
Break
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Maciej Kierkla: NLO nucleation rate and its implications in supercooled phase transitions
NLO nucleation rate and its implications in supercooled phase transitions
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Juan Camilo Garnica-Aguirre: Bubble nucleation rate with out-of-equilibrium effects
Bubble nucleation rate with out-of-equilibrium effects
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Carlo Branchina: Electroweak phase transition and bubble wall dynamics
Electroweak phase transition and bubble wall dynamics
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Yiming Yang: Heterogeneous cosmological phase transitions: seeded by domain walls and junctions“
Heterogeneous cosmological phase transitions: seeded by domain walls and junctions“
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM
Riccardo Natale: Axion cosmology with parametric resonance
Axion cosmology with parametric resonance
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM
Gaurang Ramakant Kane: Supercooling in Confining Theories
Supercooling in Confining Theories
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Break
Break
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM
Keisuke Harigaya: Phase transition during inflation
Phase transition during inflation
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
4:20 PM
Michael Ramsey-Musolf: Was there an Electroweak Phase Transition?
Was there an Electroweak Phase Transition?
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
4:50 PM
Keisuke Harigaya + Michael Ramsey-Musolf: Discussion with speakers
Discussion with speakers
4:50 PM - 5:10 PM
Friday, January 30, 2026
9:30 AM
Mauro Pieroni: Testing high energy physics with GWs: GWBs
Testing high energy physics with GWs: GWBs
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Oriol Pujolas: Domain wall signals
Domain wall signals
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Mauro Pieroni + Oriol Pujolas: Discussion with speakers
Discussion with speakers
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Break
Break
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Giulio Barni: Gravitational waves from the sound shell model: direct and inverse phase transitions in the early Universe
Gravitational waves from the sound shell model: direct and inverse phase transitions in the early Universe
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Nabeen Bhusal: Temperature and kinematic effects on an expanding bubble in the early universe
Temperature and kinematic effects on an expanding bubble in the early universe
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Jinhui Guo: Supermassive Primordial Black Holes from a Catalyzed Dark Phase Transition for Little Red Dots
Supermassive Primordial Black Holes from a Catalyzed Dark Phase Transition for Little Red Dots
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:50 PM
Vahza Loladze: Strongly Coupled Theories, Confinement, and Gravitational Waves
Strongly Coupled Theories, Confinement, and Gravitational Waves
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM
Indrajit Saha: Gravitational Wave signatures of dark sector portal leptogenesis
Gravitational Wave signatures of dark sector portal leptogenesis
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Break
Break
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
4:20 PM
Gabriele Ferrari: False Vacuum Decay via bubble nucleation in ferromagnetic superfluids
False Vacuum Decay via bubble nucleation in ferromagnetic superfluids
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
4:50 PM
Tanmay Vachaspati: Cosmological Magnetic Fields from Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
Cosmological Magnetic Fields from Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM
5:20 PM
Gabriele Ferrari + Tanmay Vachaspati: Discussion with speakers
Discussion with speakers
5:20 PM - 5:40 PM