66. Cracow School of Theoretical Physics

66. Cracow School of Theoretical Physics
Physics of Strong Interactions under Extreme Conditions

June 14-19, 2026
Kraków, Poland

Important dates:

  • 31 March 2026 - registration opens
  • 11 May 2026 - registration closes

Topics include:

  • Latest results from the LHC and RHIC
  • QCD phase diagram
  • Hydrodynamics and kinetic theory
  • Entanglement
  • Hadronization
  • Femtoscopy
  • Weak interactions and precision physics
  • Beyond Standard Model and early Universe

The School is organized by:

in collaboration with:

co-financed by:

Cracow School Advisory Board:

  • Andrzej Białas (Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
  • Janusz Chwastowski (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków)
  • Larry McLerran (Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle)
  • Robi Peschanski (Institute for Theoretical Physics, CEA, Saclay)
  • Mariusz Przybycień (AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków)
  • Anna Staśto (PennState University)
  • Raju Venugopalan (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Organizing Committee:

  • Peter Braun-Munzinger (Darmstadt, GSI and EMMI, Germany)
  • Michał Praszałowicz (Krakow, Jagiellonian University, Poland) - Chair
  • Krzysztof Redlich (Wroclaw University, Poland)

Local Organizing Committee:

  • Janusz Chwastowski (Krakow, Institute of Nuclear Physics)
  • Wojciech Florkowski (Krakow, Jagiellonian University)
  • Mariusz Przybycien (Krakow, AGH University of Technology)
  • Piotr Salabura (Krakow, Jagiellonian University)
  • Pawel Staszel (Krakow, Jagiellonian University)

For registration use indico web page