24th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics
South Padre Island, Texas
5-12 April, 2008 (scientific program: 6-12 April)

Scientific Program

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Su, Apr.6 Time Speaker Title
9-9:30 A. Iordanova Particle Production at RHIC
9:30-10 J. Takahashi Strangeness Production in STAR
10-10:30 L. Moretto Canonical and Micro-canonical Treatment of a Resonance Gas
10:30-11 Coffee
11-11:30 I. Kouznetsova Production and Decay of Hadronic Resonances after hadronization in RHI collisions
11:30-12 C. Markert The physics of resonances at RHIC and the LHC
12-12:30 R. Bellwied Particle identified measurements in jets
12:30-5 Lunch and Afternoon Break
5-5:30 G. Barnafoldi Rapidity asymmetry and nuclear modification
5:30-6 I. Bearden Soft physics at forward rapidities
6-6:30 Coffee
6:30-7 W. Busza A personal account of PHOBOS physics
7-7:30 J. Rafelski Beyond the LHC: Can we get to the EW Phase Transition with Ultra Short Pulsed Lasers ?
8-10 Group Dinner

Mo, Apr.7 Time Speaker Title
9-9:30 S. Shi Strange hadron elliptic flow in CuCu in STAR
9:30-10:00 A. Taranenko Cancelled
10:00-10:30 S. Huang Measurements of high pt identified hadron anisotropic flow in PHENIX
10:30-11 Coffee
11-11:30 P. Sorensen Elliptic flow fluctuations at RHIC
11:30-12 A. Tang Summary of STAR flow results and evidence for incomplete thermalization
12-12:30 L. Ray Observation of a dramatic transition in two-dimensional correlation data at RHIC
12:30-1 S. Gavin Viscosity and the soft ridge at RHIC
1-5 Lunch and Afternoon Break
5-5:30 K. Werner String Models and CGC
5:30-6 B. Zajc Limits on viscosity to entropy ratio from PHENIX data on single electron production
6-6:30 Coffee
6:30-7 B.-A. Li Determining the symmetry energy of neutron-rich matter and its impact on astrophysics
7-7:30 W. Bauer Double beta decays, DUSEL, and the Standard Model
7:30-8 F. Montes Studies of r-process nuclei with fast radioactive beams

Tu, Apr.8 Time Speaker Title
9-9:30 S. Mioduzsewski Hard probes at RHIC
9:30-10 D. Winter PHENIX results on Jet Correlation versus reaction plane
10-10:30 B. Haag Azimuthal correlations with high pt multi-hadron cluster triggers in STAR
10:30-11 Coffee
11-11:30 A. Hanks Understanding Jet Energy Loss with Angular Correlation studies in PHENIX
11:30-12 G. Ma pt and system dependence of conical emission of protons in STAR
12-12:30 J. Putschke Di-hadron correlation studies in delta-eta from STAR
12:30-1 M. Gyulassy YIAM unhappy with ZYAM for jet correlation diagnostics
1-5 Lunch and Afternoon Break
5-5:30 P. Jacobs A critical review of high pt measurements at RHIC
5:30-6 S. Salur Searching for Jets in Ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion collisions
6-6:30 Coffee
6:30-7 J. Harris The ALICE EMCal physics program
7-7:30 I. Vitev The physics of jets in the LHC era
8-10 Group Dinner

We, Apr.9 Time Speaker Title
9-9:30 Y. Morino Measurements of charm and bottom production in pp collisions in PHENIX
9:30-10 A. Knospe Non-photonic electron production in STAR
10-10:30 R. Rapp Heavy flavor in the sQGP
10:30-11 W. Horowitz Heavy quark photon bremsstrahlung
11-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12 J. Aichelin Towards an understanding of the heavy quarks in matter
12-12:30 E. Bruna The Physics of the ALICE Inner Tracking System
12:30-1 J. Noronha-Hostler Fast chemical equilibration in an expanding fireball

Th, Apr.10 Time Speaker Title
9-9:30 J. Noronha Near zone Navier stokes analysis of heavy quark jet quenching in a N=4 SYM plasma
9:30-10 X. Zhao Analysis of transverse momentum spectra of J/psi in RHI collisions
10-10:30 M. Cosentino J/psi and Y measurements in STAR
10:30-11 M. Leitch Progress towards understanding quarkonia in PHENIX
11-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12 A. Mocsy The melting sequence of quarkonia
12-12:30 R. Hollis Heavy Ion Studies with the CMS detector at LHC
12:30-1 C. Arguello Questions about sQGP
1-5 Lunch and Afternoon Break
5-5:30 B. Zhang Isotropization of an equilibrating QGP
5:30-6 L. Fabbietti Cancelled
6-6:30 Coffee
6:30-7 W. Kuehn Recent results from HADES
7-7:30 H. Stoecker The FAIR program
8-10 Banquet Dinner

Fr, Apr.11 Time Speaker Title
9-9:30 Y. Yamaguchi Measurements of low pt direct photons in PHENIX
9:30-10 S. Pratt Israel-Stewart Hydrodynamics for RHIC
10-10:30 M. Bleicher (3+1)-d hydro expansion with a critical point
10:30-11 Coffee
11-11:30 C. Greiner QCD plasma equilibration and collective effects
11:30-12 J. Nagle The Letter 'Q'
12-12:30 R. Lacey Source Imaging using RHIC data
12:30-1 A. Kisiel Femtoscopy at the LHC using the ALICE detector
1-5 Lunch and Afternoon Break
5-5:30 M. Durham The Hadron Blind Detector Upgrade to PHENIX
5:30-6 L. Ruan Prototype Performance of Novel Muon Detector in STAR
6-6:30 Coffee
6:30-7 O. Chvala The Nose-cone calorimeter - a substantial upgrade to PHENIX
7-7:30 B. Llope The STAR Time Of Flight detector
7:30-8 E. Norbeck Far forward angle physics at the LHC


Sa, Apr.12 Time Speaker Title
9-9:30 A. Morreale Recent spin results in PHENIX
9:30-10 C. Aidala Prospects of an Electron-Ion collider
10-10:30 P. Senger Exploring dense baryonic matter
10:30-11 Coffee
11-11:30 M. Lisa How interesting is momentum conservation ?
11:30-12 J. Steinheimer (3+1)-d ideal hydro near critical point - implications for speed of sound
12-12:30 D. Kharzeev Quantum anomalies in hot QCD matter: bulk viscosity and parity violation
12:30-1 J. Mitchell Searching for the QCD critical point with correlation and fluctuation measurements in PHENIX


--> First session will be on Sunday, Apr.6th.
Each talk will be 25+5 minutes long and there will be morning and evening sessions.

Workshop Organizers:
Wolfgang Bauer(MSU)
Rene Bellwied (WSU)
John Harris (Yale)