Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2008 Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics
Volume 53, Number 12
Thursday–Sunday, October 23–26, 2008; Oakland, California
Session AA: A Broad Perspective on Nuclear Physics: Where are we now and where do we go from here? |
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Chair: Rick Casten, Yale University Room: Jewett Ballroom |
Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM |
AA.00001: Exploring Matter at the Femtoscale Invited Speaker: Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is accepted as the theory of the strong interaction, but it leaves many unanswered questions. World-wide efforts are aimed at understanding hadronic structure and at observing exotic QCD phenomena. Some highlights of recent progress and emerging mysteries as well as an outlook will be presented. [Preview Abstract] |
Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:06PM - 3:42PM |
AA.00002: Exploring Atomic Nuclei Invited Speaker: Atomic nuclei were discovered almost a century ago. Stable isotopes found on earth are now well-studied and sophisticated models and theories have been developed to reliably predict their properties. With accelerated heavy-ion beams in the 1960s and 1970s it became possible to extend our knowledge to unstable nuclei relatively close to stability. Starting in the late 1980s it became apparent that exotic nuclei far from stability could exhibit qualitatively different properties from well-bound nuclei. Now that it is established that descriptions which were appropriate for stable nuclei loose their predictive power for exotic nuclei, we are at the dawn of a new era of science with atomic nuclei: An era where we will be able to test our revised and progressing understanding of atomic nuclei against experiments performed with specifically chosen isotopes. Future discoveries and resulting insights are enabled by new, dedicated facilities around the world. This talk will review the worldwide opportunities in advancing our understanding of atomic nuclei in the next decade. [Preview Abstract] |
Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:42PM - 4:18PM |
AA.00003: COFFEE BREAK
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:18PM - 4:54PM |
AA.00004: The Golden Age for Studying Hot QCD Matter Invited Speaker: Twenty years ago, the study of hot QCD matter took off with the beginning of fixed target heavy ion experiments at the Brookhaven AGS and CERN SPS. Almost ten years ago, the center of mass energy of these collisions was increased by an order of magnitude with the completion of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven. This jump in energy, the dedicated nature of the facility, and the investment in experiments has allowed for both a broad characterization and detailed probing of the hot QCD matter created. In the coming decade, critical detector and accelerator upgrades at RHIC, the coming online of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and other worldwide efforts will bring these studies into what can be termed a Golden Age. In this talk, we will review what has been learned, and suggest what may be revealed by future efforts. [Preview Abstract] |
Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:54PM - 5:30PM |
AA.00005: Neutrinos and Fundamental Symmetries: An Era of Discovery Invited Speaker: The last decade has produced remarkable discoveries in neutrino physics including the only laboratory evidence to date for physics beyond the Standard Model. New neutrino experiments are planned to further explore the properties of neutrinos and to continue this era of neutrino discoveries. In addition, new experimental programs are poised to explore the Terascale, where massive new particles in the TeV range are expected to be discovered. These new experiments include measurements of fundamental symmetries that can help reveal the nature of new physics at the Terascale (and beyond) and provide complementary information to direct searches for new particles at the Large Hadron Collider. I will present an overview of the exciting prospects for new discoveries in these areas of experimental research. [Preview Abstract] |
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