ESSENA 2026

The 13th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Santa Tecla School) will take place in Aci Trezza (Catania), on June 14-20, 2026.

The School is devoted to the education of young Ph.D. students and young researchers. The school belongs to the European Network of Nuclear Astrophysics Schools (ENNAS), a network made by the European schools on nuclear astrophysics and related areas, having the common effort of preparing and educating young physicists in nuclear physics, astrophysics and their mutual relationship in the nuclear astrophysics field.

The school is supported by INFN LNS, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "E. Majorana" (DFA-UniCT) of the University of Catania, Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare e Struttura della Materia (CSFNSM) and NuPECC.