Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI): Sustainability and Green Chemistry; Mexico City, Mexico: October 2006

这次泛美高级研究所(PASI)由美国国家科学基金会和能源部(DOE)共同支持，将于2006年10月23日至11月8日在墨西哥的巴亚尔塔港举行，主题为“超越宇宙学、天体粒子和粒子物理中的标准模型(SM)”。该研究所由威斯康星大学的Marleigh Sheaff博士组织，将有来自美国和拉丁美洲的大约29名参与者，包括研究生和初级和成熟的调查人员，以及大约12名讲师(活跃在该领域的国际公认的科学家)。这些活动将包括辅导讲座、高级主题介绍、圆桌讨论和海报会议，目的是为与会者提供对这一研究领域的最新回顾。这一专题的选择既是基于其及时性，也是基于其重要性。许多年轻的粒子物理学家不会意识到宇宙学和天体粒子物理学的最新进展，也不知道这些领域与粒子物理之间的密切联系。一个主要的目标是向学生参与者灌输即将到来的兴奋，因为加速器的能量接近到以前只在早期宇宙中看到的那些能量。广泛的应用和材料将赋予该研究所显著的跨学科性质，并应促进新思想的交流，以推动该领域的发展，并最终加强拉丁美洲初级和高级调查人员与美国同行之间的关系。

0616980SheaffThis Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI), jointly supported by the NSF and Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico from October 23 to November 8, 2006 on the topic of "Beyond the Standard Model (SM) in Cosmology, Astroparticle and Particle Physics". Organized by Dr. Marleigh Sheaff of the University of Wisconsin, the institute will involve approximately 29 participants from the United States and Latin America including graduate students and junior and established investigators, and about 12 instructors (internationally recognized scientists, active in the field). The activities will consist of a combination of tutorial lectures, advanced-topic presentations, round table discussions, and poster sessions, with the goal of providing the participants with an up-to-date review of this field of research. This choice of topic was made based both on its timeliness and its importance. Many young particle physicists will not be aware of the recent advances in cosmology and astroparticle physics or of the close connections between these fields and particle physics. A primary goal is to infuse the student participants with the excitement that lies just ahead as accelerator energies approach those heretofore seen only in the early universe. The wide range of applications and materials will impart a significant interdisciplinary nature to the Institute, and should foster the cross-fertilization of new ideas to advance the field and, ultimately, increase relations between Latin American junior and senior investigators and their counterparts in the U.S.