QCD in the RHIC EraCoordinators: D. Kharzeev, E. Mottola, K. RajagopalApril 8, 2002 - April 12, 2002 |
This conference will kick off a three month program during which
participants will seek a multifaceted understanding of implications of RHIC
for QCD and of QCD for RHIC. The longer program will bring together
theorists with expertise in a wide variety of areas, including
perturbative QCD, small-x physics, lattice gauge theory, nonequilibrium
quantum field theory, and many approaches to varied aspects of the
physics of hot and/or dense quark matter and to the phenomenology of heavy
ion collisions. The purpose of this week-long conference is
to kick the longer program off with a "reality check", in the form
of talks by experimentalists about the latest data
and its implications for QCD. Thus, about half the talks will be by
experimentalists, with the other half by theorists representing
the many areas mentioned above. We hope to hear exciting
new developments from the current run at RHIC and
new theoretical developments also, some directly related to
RHIC and others more broadly related to QCD in the
RHIC era. The invited speakers have been charged with setting the tone
for the three months of theoretical effort to come. We have asked them to
keep questions like these in mind, as they prepare their talks:
We hope that lively discussion will be a memorable aspect of the conference. All talks will be followed by extended time for discussion and we hope that the discussions that erupt continue throughout the week. The conference will end, on April 12, with a two hour round table discussion in which the panelists will begin by giving provocative answers to questions like those above. In addition to contributing to the discussions, all participants are encouraged to contribute posters, which will be on display throughout the week. Information and a registration form can be found at this page. The registration deadline is March 8, 2002. A draft scientific program will be available here shortly. List of Confirmed Speakers and Round Table Panelists: Yasuyuki Akiba Mark Alford Rolf Baier Juergen Berges Jean-Paul Blaizot Dan Boyanovsky Peter Braun-Munzinger Wit Busza Brian Cole Axel Drees John Harris Ulrich Heinz Huan Huang Barbara Jacak Keijo Kajantie Frithjof Karsch Spencer Klein Alex Kovner Peter Jacobs Cristina Manuel Larry McLerran David Morrison Berndt Muller Rob Pisarski Gunther Roland Marzia Rosati Jack Sandweiss Helmut Satz Thomas Schaefer Edward Shuryak Paul Stankus Peter Steinberg Misha Stephanov Itzhak Tserruya Thomas Ullrich Raju Venugopalan Flemming Videbaek Xin-Nian Wang Uwe-Jens Wiese Frank Wilczek Bolek Wyslouch Larry Yaffe Bill Zajc* *to be confirmed |
