Belle II & Theory Workshop 2026

Europe/Berlin
Description

TDCPV
Conveners: Michele Veronesi, Robert Fleischer, Ryogo Okubo, Thibaud Humair
Theorist speakers: Kristof de Bruyn, Olivier Deschamps, Eleftheria Malami

EWP
Conveners: Danny van Dyk, Gaetano de Marino, Meril Reboud, Sally Stefkova, Wolfgang Altmannshofer
Theorist speakers: Jack Jenkins, Lukas Allwicher, Matteo Fael, Wolfgang Altmannshofer

QIS
Conveners: Laura Zani, Regina Demina
Theorist speakers: Beatrix Hiesmayr

Tau 
Conveners: Laura Zani, Emilie Passemar, Petar Rados
Theorist speakers: Antonio Rodriguez Sanchez, Maxim Pospelov

Dark
Conveners: Luigi Corona, Marcello Campajola, Michele Tammaro
Theorist speakers: Michele Tammaro, Matteo Borrello, Patrick Bolton, Francesca Acanfora

Hadronic B
Conveners: Xin-Qiang Li, Sebastiano Raiz, Luka Santelj, Xiaodong Shi
Theorist speakers: Leon Heuser, Gilberto Tetlalmatzi-Xolocotzi, Robert Fleischer

Upgrade
Conveners: Alessandro Gaz
Theorist speakers: Ludovico Vittorio, Roberto Franceschini

SLME
Conveners: Florian Herren, Markus Prim, Raynette van Tonder
Theorist speakers: Alexandre Carvunis, Luka Leskovec, Max Ferre

Charm
Conveners: Jake Bennett, Seema Bahinipati, Gudrun Hiller, Alexey Petrov
Theorist speakers: Stefan Schacht, Dominik Suelmann, Anshika Bansal

Quarkonium
Conveners: Roman Mizuk, Sen Jia, Feng-kun Guo
Theorist speakers: Nora Brambilla, Nils Huesken, Xiang-Kun Guo
    • 08:00 09:00
      Registration
    • 09:00 10:00
      Opening talks
    • 10:00 13:00
      Time-dependent CP violation
      Conveners: Michele Veronesi (IPMU), Robert Fleischer, Ryogo Okubo (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment)), Thibaud Humair (BELLE (BELLE Gruppe))
      • 10:00
        High precision measurements of $phi_d$ and $phi_s$ 30m
        Speaker: Kristof De Bruyn (Groningen University)
      • 10:30
        $\phi_1$ measurements at Belle II 30m
      • 11:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 11:30
        $phi_2$ determinations and prospects 30m
        Speaker: Olivier Deschamps (Clermont-Ferrand University)
      • 12:00
        $phi_2$ measurements at Belle II 30m
      • 12:30
        CP violation in $B^0\to K_S \pi^0$ and $K\pi$ puzzle 30m
        Speaker: Eleftheria Malami (Cambridge University)
    • 14:25 18:30
      Electroweak Penguins
      Conveners: Danny Van Dyk, Gaetano de Marino (Jožef Stefan Institute), Meril Reboud, Slavomira Stefkova (Bonn), Wolfgang Altmannshofer
      • 14:30
        Overview of $b \to s/d \ell^{+} \ell^{-}$ ($\ell= e/\mu/\tau$) at Belle II EXP 30m
      • 15:00
        Predictions of inclusive $B\to X_{s} \ell \ell$ ($\ell=\nu / e /\mu /\tau$) 30m
        Speaker: Jack Jenkins
      • 15:30
        Overview od $b \to s \nu \bar{\nu}$ and LFV searches at Belle II (experimental talk) 30m
        Speaker: Valerio Bertacchi (INFN - Pisa)
      • 16:00
        Exclusive $b\to s \nu\bar{\nu}$ and third generation NP 30m
        Speaker: Lukas Allwicher
      • 16:30
        Coffee break 30m
      • 17:00
        Radiative $B$ decays at Belle II EXP 30m
      • 17:30
        Predictions for $B \to X_{s} \gamma$ 30m
        Speaker: Matteo Fael
      • 18:00
        Global fits of rare $b$-data 30m
        Speaker: Wolfgang Altmannshofer
    • 18:45 20:15
      Reception and Poster presentations
      Convener: Soeren Prell (Iowa State University)
    • 08:30 09:00
      Registration
    • 09:00 09:25
      QIS in HEP
      Conveners: Laura Zani (INFN of Roma Tre), Regina Demina (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment))
      • 09:00
        QIS in HEP 25m
        Speaker: Beatrix Hiesmayr
    • 09:25 13:05
      Tau and Dark Sector
      Conveners: Prof. Christopher Hearty (University of British Columbia / IPP), Laura Zani (INFN of Roma Tre), Luigi Corona (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment)), Marcello Campajola (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment)), Petar Kevin Rados (KMI Nagoya)
      • 09:25
        SM tests via precision measurements in $\tau$ physics 25m

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        Speaker: Antonio Rodriguez Sanchez
      • 09:50
        LFV, direct searches for NP with taus 25m

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        Speaker: Maxim Pospelov
      • 10:15
        Experimental overview of precision Tau physics at Belle II 25m
        Speaker: Paolo Leo (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment))
      • 10:40
        Experimental overview of NP searches with Tau at Belle II 25m
        Speaker: Marcela Garcia (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment))
      • 11:05
        Coffee break 20m
      • 11:25
        Introduction to dark sector session 5m
        Speakers: Luigi Corona (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment)), Marcello Campajola (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment)), Michele Tammaro
      • 11:30
        Neutrino compositness 20m
        Speaker: Matteo Borrello
      • 11:50
        Dark Higgs-strahlung 25m
        Speaker: Francesca Acanfora
      • 12:15
        Dark light shining on B --> K(*) E_miss 25m
        Speaker: Patrick Bolton
      • 12:40
        Dark sector searches at Belle II 25m
        Speaker: Alexander Heidelbach (LMU Munich)
    • 14:30 18:45
      Hadronic B decays / Upgrade
      Conveners: Alessandro Gaz (University of Padova & INFN), Luka Santelj (Jozef Stefan Institute), Roman Mizuk (Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow), Sebastiano Raiz (BELLE (BELLE Gruppe)), Sen Jia (Belle (SuperKEKB Experiment)), Xiaodong Shi (IHEP)
      • 14:30
        A new formalism to study CP asymmetries in hadronic multi-body $B$ decays 20m
        Speaker: Leon Heuser
      • 14:50
        Determination of $I(K^*\pi)$ at Belle II 20m
        Speaker: Oskar Tittel (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
      • 15:10
        B-> charm meson/baryon at Belle II 20m
      • 15:30
        class-I and charmless two-body B decays 20m
        Speaker: Gilberto Tetlalmatzi-Xolocotzi
      • 15:50
        Class-I B-> D pi(K) decays 25m
        Speaker: Robert Fleischer
      • 16:15
        Coffee break 30m
      • 16:45
        Introduction to the Belle II upgrade 20m
      • 17:05
        Where Belle II will have the strongest impact in 2030 and beyond 30m
        Speaker: Ludovico Vittorio
      • 17:35
        Physics opportunities with forward taggers 35m
        Speakers: Roberto Franceschini, Xiaolong Wang (Fudan University)
      • 18:10
        Physics opportunities with Chiral Belle 35m
        Speakers: Aurelien Martens (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment)), Joel Gogniat
    • 08:30 09:00
      Registration
    • 09:00 12:00
      (Semi)leptonic B decays
      Conveners: Florian Herren (UZH), Markus Prim (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment)), Raynette van Tonder (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment))
      • 09:00
        Status of HQE fits and future opportunities 25m
        Speaker: Alexandre Carvunis
      • 09:25
        Incl & Excl Vcb: Current precision & expected improvements 20m
        Speaker: Munira Khan (University of Bonn)
      • 09:45
        In search of the SL gap (including modelling, strategies for unmeasured decays) 20m
        Speaker: Daniel Ivanov (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment))
      • 10:05
        LHCb Belle II R(D*) Likelihood Average 20m
        Speaker: Ilias Tsaklidis (University of Bonn)
      • 10:25
        Coffee break 30m
      • 10:55
        Lattice calculations for semileptonic decays to resonances 25m
        Speaker: Luka Leskovec
      • 11:20
        Incl & Excl Vub: Current precision & expected improvements 20m
        Speaker: Tommy Martinov (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment))
      • 11:40
        QED corrections to B -> mu nu decays 20m
        Speaker: Max Ferré
    • 12:00 13:00
      Charm
      Conveners: Jake Bennett (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment)), Seema Bahinipati (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment))
      • 12:00
        Hadronic charm and CPV overview 20m
        Speaker: Stefan Schacht
      • 12:20
        CPV in charm, hadronic, and radiative decays 20m
        Speaker: Riccardo Manfredi (BELLE (BELLE II Experiment))
      • 12:40
        Discussion 20m
    • 14:30 16:00
      Charm
      • 14:30
        Theory landscape for invisibles in charm 20m
        Speaker: Dominik Suelmann
      • 14:50
        Belle II perspectives on invisibles 20m
        Speaker: Chanho Kim (Yonsei University)
      • 15:10
        Long-distance effects in semi-leptonic charm decays 20m
        Speaker: Anshika Bansal
      • 15:30
        Discussion 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Quarkonium
      Conveners: Alessandro Gaz (University of Padova & INFN), Luka Santelj (Jozef Stefan Institute), Roman Mizuk (Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow), Sebastiano Raiz (BELLE (BELLE Gruppe)), Sen Jia (Belle (SuperKEKB Experiment)), Xiaodong Shi (IHEP)
      • 16:00
        Coffee break 30m
      • 16:30
        Born-Oppenheimer EFT 30m
        Speaker: Nora Brambilla
      • 17:00
        The phenomenological studies relevant for BelleII 30m
        Speaker: Xiangkun Guo
      • 17:30
        Coupled-channel analysis 30m
        Speaker: Nils Huesken
    • 18:00 18:30
      Closing talk