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Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 21:34:49 +0900
To: sg-l__AT__yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Subject: [Sg-l:9919] 1st circular of KMI/NITEP School 2026 "Dark Matter — from Ultra Light to Super Massive —“ (March 9-11, 2026)
From: Junji HISANO (Sg-l 経由) 

皆さま、

来る３月９−１１日に名古屋大学KMIと大阪公立大学NITEPで共同開催する国際スクール；
「Dark Matter — from Ultra Light to Super Massive —」
の案内をお送りします。周囲の方へのご周知とともに、多くの参加をお待ちしています。

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the upcoming international school jointly
organized by Nagoya University’s KMI and Osaka Metropolitan University’s
NITEP:
“Dark Matter — from Ultra Light to Super Massive —”
to be held on March 9–11, 2026.
We would greatly appreciate your help in circulating this information to
your colleagues, and we look forward to welcoming many participants.

KMI/NITEP School 2026 Organizing Committee

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The KMI/NITEP School 2026:
Dark Matter — from Ultra Light to Super Massive —
(March 9th -11th, 2026)
First Circular (2025/12/**)
Website: https://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/kmi-nitep-school-2026

Overview:
KMI/NITEP School 2026: Dark Matter — from Ultra Light to Super Massive —
This year’s edition focuses on dark matter, covering a broad landscape of
candidates such as WIMPs and axions/ALPs. The lectures will address both
theoretical frameworks (from cosmological production mechanisms to model
building and astrophysical constraints) and experimental approaches (direct
and indirect detection, collider probes, and novel instrumentation).

KMI at Nagoya University
The Kobayashi–Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the
Universe (KMI) at Nagoya University was established in 2010 to explore new
frontiers of modern physics beyond the Standard Model. In 2018 we launched
the annual KMI School, at which distinguished researchers deliver lectures
on a focused theme each year. The School is intended for graduate students
and young postdoctoral researchers; we warmly encourage the young members
of your groups to participate.
To further strengthen this focus, KMI recently established the Dark Matter
International Research Center (DarMa) in April 2025, aiming to catalyze
worldwide collaboration across theory, astrophysics, and particle-physics
experiments through workshops and joint research.

Jointly organized with NITEP at Osaka Metropolitan University
KMI School 2026 is jointly organized with the Nambu Yoichiro Institute of
Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP), Osaka Metropolitan
University. We are delighted to collaborate with NITEP to provide
participants with a comprehensive and up-to-date view of dark matter
research.

Osaka Metropolitan University was established in 2022 through the merger of
Osaka City University and Osaka Prefecture University. Osaka City
University was known to be the only university in Japan where Yoichiro
Nambu taught as a professor before he left for the US. In 2013, the
University conferred upon Professor Nambu the title of Special Emeritus
Professor in recognition of his receipt of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
NITEP was established in 2018, bearing Professor Nambu’s name. Guided by
the spirit of Professor Nambu’s contributions to physics, the institute
pursues research across the full spectrum of the discipline. As its name
suggests, NITEP encompasses both theoretical and experimental physics, and
its members conduct research in areas ranging from particle and
astrophysics to condensed-matter physics.
We are now pleased to strengthen our research collaboration with the KMI of
Nagoya University by co-organizing this school.

Date:
March 9-11, 2026 (Mon-Wed)

Venue:
KMI Science Symposia (ES635), Nagoya University (Higashiyama Campus).
We will also broadcast the lectures and seminars by ZOOM for online
participants.
Invited Lecturers:
— John Ellis
— Akira Miyazaki
— Hidetoshi Otono
— Alejandro Ibarra
— Masaki Yamashita
More lectures and topical seminar talks will be organized. Please visit our
website for updates.

Poster session:
We encourage participants to present their research results at the poster
session in the KMI/NITEP school. We will not limit their topics to dark
matter research, but all the topics related to particle physics and
astrophysics are welcome. A presenter prize will be awarded to those who
give the best presentation among them.

The Maximum number of on-site participants:
100 persons

Registration:
Registration can be made via our indico site:
https://indico.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/event/15/registrations/
Registration fee: FREE
Deadline for registration: Feb. 6, 2026
Deadline for travel support: Jan. 20, 2026
Deadline for VISA application: Jan. 9, 2026
Although our budget is limited, we are able to offer travel support to
cover local expenses for participants, in accordance with Nagoya University
regulations. Please note that international airfare cannot be supported. In
addition, we are unable to provide support if the travel schedule includes
private visits before or after the school.
Applicants who wish to receive travel support or require documents for a
VISA application are requested to ask their supervisors to upload a
recommendation letter here, if they are Ph.D. students or Postdoctoral
researchers.


Organizing Committee:
KMI: J.Hisano, T.Iijima (co-chair), S.Kazama, H.Miyatake, H. Tajima
NITEP: T. Fujii, H. Itoyama, N. Kanda (co-chair), N. Maru

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Toru Iijima, Prof. Dr. Sci.
Director
Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute (KMI) /
Graduate School of Science
Nagoya University

Email: iijima__AT__hepl.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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