The International Meeting on Fundamental Physics is the Spanish Symposium on high energy particle physics with the longest tradition. Since its creation in 1973, it has been organized on an annual basis by each of the main Spanish groups in turn (check list of previous meetings). Its scientific programs have included dedicated reviews with the latest results in the fields of particle and astroparticle physics and cosmology.

The 2022 edition, organized by the Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Valencia (UV), will have as a highlight the celebration of the LHC Run-3 start-up with fresh results and the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery with the achieved understanding. The program also includes latest experimental results and theoretical advances in flavour and neutrino physics, dark matter, cosmology, axions, gravitational waves, neutrino and gamma ray messengers. Dedicated talks will overview the detector and computing technological challenges for future accelerators as well as for rare event search experiments. The meeting will close with a discussion on the Spanish scientific policy and strategy in particle physics.

Benasque

Benasque, is a beautiful village located 1140 m above sea level in a valley in the heart of the Pyrenees. The beautiful landscapes and the proximity to the highest mountains of Pyrenees make Benasque one of the main tourist sites in the region.

The venue of the meeting will the Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual, a 25 years old facility devoted to the organization of international scientific meetings (http://benasque.org).

Local Topics and Speakers

Review talks

- The 10 years of Higgs physics and other major milestones at the LHC, Leandro Nisati (INFN Sez. di Roma)
- Quark and lepton flavour anomalies, Antonio Pich (IFIC, CSIC-UV)
- Neutrino Physics, Mariam Tórtola (IFIC, CSIC-UV)

The starting of LHC Run-3:

- Run-3 Physics opportunities and Theoretical Challenges, Tevong You (Cambridge, CERN)
- ATLAS+CMS Run 3 operational challenges and first results, Arantxa Ruiz (IFIC, CSIC-UV)
- LHCb Run 3 operational challenges and first results, Carla Marín (U. Barcelona)

Invited talks

- Neutrino telescopes, Sergio Navas (U. Granada)
- Axions and Axion-Like Particles, Javier Redondo (U. Zaragoza)
- Cosmology, Juan G. Bellido (IFT, UAM-CSIC)
- Dark matter, Francesca Calore (LAPTh Annecy)
- Gamma ray astronomy , Javier Rico (IFAE)
- Gravitational waves, Alicia Sintes (U. Islas Baleares)
- Detector challenges for rare event searches, Diego González Díaz (IGFAE, USC)
- Machine Learning Techniques in HEP, Tilman Plehn TH (ITP, U. Heidelberg)
- Computing for HEP, José M. Hernández (CIEMAT)

Scientific policy

- R&D detector roadmap for HEP, Susanne Kuehn (ECFA, CERN)
- Prospects in Particle Physics, Patricia Conde (RECFA, LIP & IST)
- ERC in a nutshell, Germán Rodrigo (ERCEA, IFIC)
- News from the AEI, Domènec Espriu (AEI, U. Barcelona)
- Spanish FPN Program, Pilar Hernández (IFIC, CSIC-UV)

- Closing Lecture, Tatsuya Nakada (EPFL Lausanne)

Local Organizing Committee

IFIC (CSIC-Universitat de València):

Advisory Scientific Committee

- Manuel Aguilar Benítez (CIEMAT)
- Manuel Asorey (U. Zaragoza)
- Martine Bosman (IFAE)
- Alicia Calderón (IFCA, CSIC-UC)
- Begoña de la Cruz (CIEMAT)
- F. Javier Cuevas (U. Oviedo)
- Antonio Dobado (U. Complutense)
- Domènec Espriu (U. Barcelona)
- Elvira Gámiz (U. Granada)
- M. José García Borge (IEM, CSIC)
- Pilar Hernández (IFIC, CSIC-UV)
- Luis Ibáñez (IFT, UAM-CSIC)
- Mario Martínez (IFAE)
- Antonio Pich (IFIC, CSIC-UV)
- Carlos Salgado (IGFAE, USC)
- M. Ángel Vázquez Mozo (U. Salamanca)
- Marcel Vos (IFIC, CSIC-UV)

Sponsors

Registration fee information

Further Information.

• List of participants.
• Scientific program.
• Pictures.