Zakopane 2026 Conference on Nuclear Physics

The Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, 59^th in the series of Zakopane School of Physics, themed "Extremes of the Nuclear Landscape", will take place in Zakopane, Poland, from August 30 to September 6, 2026.

The Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, for historical reasons called School, has been organized since 1963 by the Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) and the Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University. Over the years the School became famous worldwide conference. Nowadays, the Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics has the character of a biennial international congress and is one of the major events in Poland, related to low-energy nuclear physics.

Currently, the conference theme is “Extremes of the Nuclear Landscape” and it is a forum for reviewing progress in theory and experiment at the forefront of nuclear research.

Invited lectures, selected seminar contributions, and posters will cover advances in the study of nuclear phenomena: from low-lying shell model states to collective excitations at extreme spins and temperatures, from light to superheavy nuclei, from exotic proton drip-line nuclei to very neutron-rich nuclear systems and neutron stars. Latest ideas and advances in nuclear theory will be presented as well as new experimental results. New methods and apparatus developed and used at stable and radioactive ion beam facilities will be reviewed. We will discuss the impact of nuclear physics on other areas, such as astrophysics, healthcare, energy production or security.

During the construction of the scientific program, special attention has always been paid to offering enthusiastic and pedagogical overviews of the most recent research subjects in nuclear physics from both theoretical and experimental points of view. Young participants also have the opportunity to present results of their research in short talks or on posters.

The aim of the conference is also to establish contacts among physicists from various areas of nuclear physics and to create opportunities for intense interaction among graduate students, young researchers, and senior scientists.