WIN25 workshop attendees

Vice-Chancellor Professor Sasha Roseneil closing day one of the workshop.

Local organising committee – (left to right) Dr Dominic Jones, Prof Jeff Hartnell, Dr Ennio Salvioni, Dr Josh McFayden, Dr Thiago Sogo Bezerra, Dr Lily Asquith, and Prof Alessandro Cerri (far right), International Advisory Committee member.

Sussex recently welcomed around 150 leading experimental and theoretical physicists from around the globe for the 30th International Workshop on Weak Interactions and Neutrinos (WIN25).

Held on campus, the workshop focused on four core areas of particle physics: Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Boson, Neutrino Physics, Astroparticle Physics, Flavour and Precision Physics. The event served as a platform for some excellent collaboration and cutting-edge research.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Sasha Roseneil attended the workshop, which was formally opened by Professor Luc Moreau, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine. He set the tone for a week of lively discussions.

Dr Lily Asquith, experimental particle physicist and co-chair of the event, described the workshop as “a great success,” noting the range of topics covered:

“We heard from researchers ranging from colliding stars to the behaviour of Higgs bosons, and on using our observations of neutrinos to inform us on topics as disparate as understanding the matter/antimatter asymmetry in the universe and helping in the effort for nuclear non-proliferation.

“In addition to the four streams of the workshop, we also had highlight talks on future colliders, quantum tech for particle physics, and the status of equity, diversity, and inclusion in our fields of study.”

First held over four decades ago, The WIN workshop has rotated among continents - Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America.

Its mission remains to provide a vital forum for the particle physics community to assess the state of the field and to foster new collaborations aimed at answering fundamental questions.

“The Institute of Physics were instrumental in supporting the event from start to finish. They even managed to arrange glorious weather for our conference dinner at a beach-front venue in Brighton!” added co-chair Professor Jeff Hartnell.