From September 12 to 15, 2025, the "Second Frontier Forum on Heavy Flavor Physics," hosted by the School of Physical Science and Technology at Central China Normal University, was successfully held in the 9557 Auditorium of the school. More than 100 experts and scholars from institutions including the Institute of High Energy Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences), the Institute of Theoretical Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences), the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Science and Technology of China, the Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study (UCAS), Fudan University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Wuhan University, Lanzhou University, Beihang University, Hunan University, Ocean University of China, Zhengzhou University, Southwest University, Nanjing Normal University, Henan Normal University, Henan University of Technology, University of South China, Jinan University, and Yantai University attended the forum. The conference was organized by Professors Li Xinqiang, Yuan Xingbo, Wei Yanbing, Wang Xiangpeng, and Gong Chang from our school. Professor Qin Guangyou, Dean of the School of Physical Science and Technology, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a welcome speech. Researcher Lü Caidian from the Institute of High Energy Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) gave the concluding remarks.

Heavy flavor physics has always been one of the frontier and hot topics in particle physics. To this end, the particle physics research team at Central China Normal University held the first Frontier Forum on Heavy Flavor Physics in 2023. This conference was the second edition. The conference covered cutting-edge topics such as B physics and charm physics, the CKM matrix and CP violation, as well as heavy flavor physics at future colliders. It played a highly positive role in understanding the current research landscape in the field of heavy flavor physics and promoting academic exchange and collaboration within China. During the symposium, representatives from international collaborations such as LHCb, BESIII, and Belle-II presented overview reports on the latest research progress and achievements from their respective experimental groups. Subsequently, the conference focused on topics such as CP violation, high-precision quantum chromodynamics calculations, new physics beyond the Standard Model, and baryon CP violation, facilitating exchanges and discussions on important advancements in the field in recent years. Additionally, the conference explored and envisioned future directions and frontier scientific questions in heavy flavor physics, particularly in the context of flavor physics research at the proposed Super Tau-Charm Facility (STCF), a next-generation electron-positron collider being planned in China.

Heavy flavor physics plays a crucial role in precisely testing the Standard Model of particle physics, searching for potential new physics signals, and understanding the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. Since its establishment in 2007, the particle physics research team at Central China Normal University has leveraged the close collaboration between theory and experiment, focusing extensively on heavy flavor physics. The team has developed its research characteristics in areas such as CP violation and new physics phenomenology, achieving a number of important research outcomes. Building on this foundation, the team has expanded its theoretical and experimental research into broader areas such as electroweak physics, neutrino physics, and dark matter physics, while also conducting interdisciplinary studies across different directions. Through years of dedicated effort, the team has grown into an efficient, dynamic, and distinctive research group with significant influence in fields such as quark and lepton flavor physics.

This symposium was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics (Ministry of Education), the Central China Normal University Nuclear Theory Center, and the academic exchange program funded by the university’s basic research fund.

Conference website: https://indico.ihep.ac.cn/e/flavour2025