Experimental High Energy Particle and Astroparticle Physics (EHEPAP-2026) School on Software Development

Name: Experimental High Energy Particle and Astroparticle Physics (EHEPAP-2026) School on Software Development
Start: 2026-02-15T09:00:00+05:30
End: 2026-02-23T18:00:00+05:30
Location: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

15 Feb 2026, 09:00 → 23 Feb 2026, 18:00 Asia/Kolkata

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700064, West Bengal, India.

Description

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) is organizing an Experimental High Energy Particle & Astroparticle Physics School on Software Development (EHEPAP-2026) at SINP from February 15 to February 23, 2026. The school will be held in person.

The goal of the school is to train young participants on core software development (Detector geometry building and simulation of particle interaction using Geant4, Tracking and track fitting, Calorimetric clustering, Detector Simulation and Event Reconstruction for Imaging Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope etc.) in frontier experimental research areas in High-Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics and Astroparticle Physics. The school will have lectures on concepts followed by extensive hands-on sessions for each of the above mentioned tracks.

The maximum number of students that can be accommodated in the main School is about 50 out of which a maximum of 35 outstation students can be accommodated.

We plan to hold an online 2-week pre-school from the third week of January 2026. The pre-school will have lectures on overview of detectors used in High Energy Nuclear, Particle and Astroparticle physics experiments and related detection techniques; C++ and ROOT.

Eligibility: Research scholars, post-doctoral fellows, young faculty members from institutions, universities, colleges and young researchers from R&D centers working in experimental high energy physics, astro-particle physics and nuclear physics. A few exceptionally bright and motivated final year M.Sc./M.Tech. students may also be selected. Prerequisite for the school are basic knowledge of

Particle and Astroparticle physics
Matter particle interaction
C++/Python programing language
Unix like OS

Please note that the Scientific Program / Timetable is still under active development.

Participants

Abhas Rathi
Abinash Hazarika
Allan Prince S
Amit Kumar Pradhan
Anand Sharma
Ankan Roy
Anunay Chandra
Anup Kumar Sikdar
Aritra Das
Arka Santra
Ashim Roy
Astitva Kathait
Atreyee Sinha
Chitranshi Bakshi
Christy Elsa Koshy
Debasish Das
Dr. Paramita Deka
Gobinda Majumder
Kaynat Fatima
Kiranjyoti Swain
KOUSHIK BARAI
laltu gazi
Mala Das
Malay Neerav
Mansi Talwar
Md Sadique Anwar
Meenakshi J Pillai
Monalisa Mahapatra
Nayana Majumdar
Nikhil Philip Mathew
NILAY KR BHOWMIK
Pralay Das
Pratik Majumdar
Priyankush Deka
Ritesh Singh
Rohit Kumar
Rohith R
Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay
Sahil Kumar
SANA FATHIMA
Sashibhusan Sahoo
Sattwamo Ghosh
Satyaki Bhattacharya
Shahjahan Iqbal
Shilpi Jain
SHUBHAJIT SANA
Sk Anowar
SOUKAT PAL
Subir Sarkar
Suchandra Dutta
Sunanda Banerjee
Suraj Shaw
Susmita Das
Tanima Mondal

Contact

ehepap.2026@saha.ac.in

Sunday, 15 February
- 14:30
  
  Registration & Introduction to the School Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
- 1
  
  Software Installation Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speakers: Chitranshi Bakshi, Pralay Das
- 16:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 2
  
  Software Installation Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speakers: Chitranshi Bakshi, Pralay Das
- 19:00
  
  Dinner Phase-4 Bldg, 2nd Floor
  
  Phase-4 Bldg, 2nd Floor
Monday, 16 February
- 3
  
  Welcome and Opening Remarks Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
- 4
  
  Welcome Speech by the Director, SINP Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
- 5
  
  Open Issues in Particle Physics Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
- 11:00
  
  High Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 6
  
  Detector Simulation - Geant4 Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Sunanda Banerjee
- 7
  
  Lunch 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
- 8
  
  Hands-on Session: Detector Simulation - Geant4 Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speakers: Ashim Roy, Pralay Das, Sunanda Banerjee
- 16:00
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 9
  
  Statistics, Fitting and Minimisation Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Satyaki Bhattacharya
- 10
  
  Hands-on Session - Statistics, Fitting, Minimization Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Satyaki Bhattacharya
- 19:00
  
  Dinner 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
Tuesday, 17 February
- 11
  
  Geant4 - Physics Process and Physics List Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Sunanda Banerjee
- 11:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium
- 12
  
  Hands-on Session - Geant4: Simple Detector Construction Example Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speakers: Ashim Roy, Pralay Das, Sunanda Banerjee
- 13:15
  
  Lunch 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
- 13
  
  Hands-on Session - Geant4 Physics Process and Physics List Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speakers: Sunanda Banerjee, Ashim Roy
- 16:00
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 14
  
  Hands-on Session - Geant4: Construction of a more complex detector Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speakers: Ashim Roy, Pralay Das, Sunanda Banerjee
- 19:00
  
  Dinner 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
Wednesday, 18 February
- 15
  
  Calorimetry - Clustering Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Shilpi Jain
- 11:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 16
  
  Hands-on Session - Calorimetry Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Shilpi Jain
- 13:15
  
  Lunch 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
- 17
  
  Detector Simulation for Imaging Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Atreyee Sinha
- 16:00
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 18
  
  Hands-on Session - Detector Simulation for Imaging Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speakers: Atreyee Sinha, Chitranshi Bakshi
- 19:00
  
  Dinner 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
Thursday, 19 February
- 19
  
  Event Reconstruction for Imaging Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Atreyee Sinha
- 11:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 20
  
  Hands-on Session - Event Reconstruction for Imaging Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speakers: Atreyee Sinha, Chitranshi Bakshi
- 13:15
  
  Lunch 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
- 21
  
  Calorimetry - Object Reconstruction Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Shilpi Jain
- 16:00
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 22
  
  Hands-on Session - Calorimetry Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Shilpi Jain
- 19:00
  
  Dinner 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
Friday, 20 February
- 23
  
  KInematic Fitting Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
- 11:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 24
  
  Hands-on Session - Kinematic Fitting Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
- 13:15
  
  Lunch 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
- 25
  
  Simulation of detector response for a tracker followed by EM and Hadron Calorimeter Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
- 16:00
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha auditorium Complex
- 26
  
  Hands-on Session - Simulation of Detector Response for a Tracker followed by EM and Hadron Calorimeters Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
  
  cmsmodel_installation_instructions.pdf
  
  cmsmodel.tar.gz
- 19:00
  
  Dinner 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
Saturday, 21 February
- 27
  
  Track Reconstruction Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
- 11:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 28
  
  Hands-on Session - Track Reconstruction Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
- 13:15
  
  Lunch 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
- 29
  
  Wrap-up of Track - Imaging Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Atreyee Sinha
- 15:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha auditorium Complex
- 30
  
  Track Fitting Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
- 31
  
  Hands-on Session - Track Fitting Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
- 19:00
  
  Dinner 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
Sunday, 22 February
- 32
  
  Wrap-up of Track - Geant4 Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Sunanda Banerjee
- 11:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha auditorium Complex
- 33
  
  Wrap-up of Track - Calorimetry Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Shilpi Jain
- 13:15
  
  Lunch 2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
  
  2nd Floor, Phase-4 Building
- 34
  
  Wrap-up of Track - Statistics, Fitting, Minimization Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Satyaki Bhattacharya
- 15:30
  
  Tea Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium Complex
- 35
  
  Wrap-up of Tracks - Track Reconstruction and Fitting Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
  
  Speaker: Gobinda Majumder
- 36
  
  Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks Lecture Hall I
  
  Lecture Hall I
- 19:00
  
  Dinner 2nd Floor - Phase4 Building
  
  2nd Floor - Phase4 Building

Experimental High Energy Particle and Astroparticle Physics (EHEPAP-2026) School on Software Development

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

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