Theoretical Nuclear Physics

理论核物理学的这项工作将研究热致密物质中强子的性质，因为它预计会发生在高能重离子碰撞中。物质中介子的性质将用密度依赖质量和耦合常数来研究。相对论输运理论也将被推广到包括其他强子的密度依赖。这项工作的长期目标是了解相对论性重离子碰撞的动力学，例如未来在寻找夸克-胶子等离子体的RHIC设施中产生的碰撞。

This work in theoretical nuclear physics will study the properties of hadrons in hot dense matter as it is expected to occur in high energy heavy-ion collisions. The properties of mesons in matter will be studied using density dependent masses and coupling constants. The relativistic transport theory will also be generalized to include the density dependence of other hadrons. The long range goal of this work is to understand the dynamics of relativistic heavy-ion collisions such as will be produced in the future RHIC facility in search of the quark-gluon plasma.