Hot Quarks 2016: A Workshop on The Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions for Young Scientists

该奖项将提供部分支持，使初级科学家能够参加将于2016年9月11日至18日在德克萨斯州南帕德雷岛举行的题为“热夸克2016：青年科学家极端相对论核-核碰撞物理学研讨会”的会议。描述原子核内作用力的量子色动力学(QCS)理论预测，在足够高的温度和/或密度下，物质应该经历从标准强子相到去禁闭夸克和胶子的等离子体(夸克胶子等离子体，QGP)的转变。根据我们的宇宙学模型，这种转变发生在早期宇宙中，大约在大爆炸后10微秒。随着新的测量和理论的发展，这一领域的科学范围已经显著扩大。这次研讨会的讨论将包括来自基本粒子物理、核物理、QCD热力学、流体力学和非平衡输运理论的跨学科概念的组合。参加工作坊将加强初级成员之间的科学交流，特别是研究生、博士后和初级教师，从实验和理论两方面进行交流。

This award will provide partial support to enable junior scientists to attend the meeting entitled, "Hot Quarks 2016: A Workshop on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions for Young Scientists," to be held in South Padre Island, TX, 11-18 September 2016. Quantum Chromo-Dynamics (QCS), the theory describing the forces acting within atomic nuclei, predicts that at sufficiently high temperatures and/or densities, matter should undergo a transition from the standard hadronic phase to a plasma of deconfined quarks and gluons (Quark Gluon Plasma, QGP). According to our cosmological models, this transition took place in the early universe at about 10 microseconds after the Big Bang. The scientific scope of this field has broadened significantly with new measurements and theoretical developments. The discussions in this workshop will include an interdisciplinary combination of concepts from elementary-particle physics, nuclear physics, QCD thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and non-equilibrium transport theory. Attendance at the workshop will enhance the scientific communication among the junior members, particularly graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty, both from experiment and theory.