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SUMMARY:HDM2017 : International Workshop on Hot and Dense Nuclear and Astr
 ophysical Matter
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DESCRIPTION:HDM2017 : International Workshop on Hot and Dense Nuclear and 
 Astrophysical Matter\n\n\nDates : 26 November - 2 December 2017\n\n    Ve
 nue : NITheP Seminar Room\, NITheP\, Marais Road\, Stellenbosch\, South A
 frica\n\n     \n\n    Scientific\n\n    By its nature\, science is consta
 ntly evolving\, and new research fields continuously emerge\, in part out 
 of the convergence of fundamental questions of several established fields\
 , the combination of their technologies\, and the fertile interaction of s
 cientists of different training. The relatively new fields of high energy 
 physics\, relativistic heavy-ion collisions\, particle and nuclear astroph
 ysics\, gravitation and cosmology provide interesting examples of such vit
 ality.\n\n    Hot and dense nuclear matter plays an important role in the 
 quark-hadron transition shortly after the big bang\, in the element produc
 tion in stars and the interior of neutron stars. The properties of such ma
 tter under extreme conditions can be studied in relativistic heavy-ion col
 lisions. Several countries operate facilities or have plans to build new a
 ccelerator systems\, such as FAIR at Darmstadt and NICA at Dubna\, to inve
 stigate hot and dense nuclear matter in heavy-ion collisions. Current expe
 riments are conducted at GSI in Darmstadt\, the RHIC (Relativistic Heavy I
 on Collider) in Brookhaven and at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN 
 in Geneva. The primary aims of the experiments at the high-energy frontier
  are: (i) to study a new state of matter\, the 'quark-gluon-plasma' (QGP) 
 and to infer its equation of state and transport properties\; (ii) and to 
 study the physics of the Standard Model and beyond.\n\n    This workshop i
 s aimed at providing experimental and theoretical tools to allow deep unde
 rstanding of the open problems in the physical processes occurring in rela
 tivistic nucleus-nucleus collisions and in the astrophysical and cosmologi
 cal matter. The workshop is cross-disciplinary\, being widely recognized t
 hat no advance in the understanding of the Universe is possible without th
 e cooperation of different disciplines\, from elementary particle physics 
 to nuclear physics\, astrophysics and cosmology\, each with its own approa
 ch and computational tools.\n\n    The topics of the workshop have been ch
 osen in the young and fast expanding fields at the interphase between nucl
 ear\, particle\, astrophysics and cosmology. The idea is to bring together
  internationally highly recognized experts in the field with young scienti
 sts and students. In the morning the experts give introductory and review 
 lectures of general and special topics\, while the afternoon is mainly dev
 oted to seminars of the participants\, leaving time for discussions and sp
 ecial topical schools.\n\n    School Topics:\n\n    \n        Quantum Fiel
 d Theory\n    \n        Statistical and Thermal Physics of Hot and Dense N
 uclear Matter\n    \n        Particle Physics and High Energy Physics\n   
  \n        Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics\n    \n        Relativistic F
 luid Dynamics and Transport Theory\n\n\n    Workshop Topics:\n\n    \n    
     Equation of state and transport properties of hot and dense nuclear ma
 tter\n    \n        Space time evolution of hot and dense nuclear matter\n
     \n        LHC Physics and SA-CERN Program\n    \n        Heavy-ion col
 lisions at high baryon densities and GSI-FAIR\n    \n        High energy A
 strophysics\n    \n        Physics and Astrophysics of compact stars\n\n\n
     Physics Case of the School and Workshop\n\n    With the participation 
 of South African scientists at CERN and with South Africa hosting SKA\, th
 ere is a strong need for a school to prepare physics and astrophysics stud
 ents\, and emerging researchers\, in these fields. Students and emerging r
 esearchers from the previously disadvantaged universities are encouraged t
 o attend the school and the workshop. The school lectures will be at an in
 troductory level on the above topics to prepare them for research in the f
 ields of the School and the Workshop.\n\n\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/ev
 ent/97/
LOCATION:Stellenbosch University NITheP Seminar Room
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/97/
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