U.S. Germany Cooperative Research: Quark Exchange Processes in Hot and Dense Hadronic Matter

0004089Swanson该奖项支持Eric Swanson和匹兹堡大学的学生与德国罗斯托克大学物理系的David Blaschke合作。研究重点是强子和天体物理观测的依赖性，因为这些观测与寻找夸克-胶子等离子体（QGP）有关。这次合作结合了互补的专业知识，因为德国方面在探索重离子碰撞中QGP形成的证据方面有经验，现在正在率先寻找天体物理信号，而美国方面已经开发了一种系统的方法来分析从最轻的π介子相互作用到最重的b介子交换的成分交换过程。这项联合合作研究工作也为初级研究人员提供了在国际上工作的机会，这项提案所做的工作将有助于使德国和美国研究小组之间的关系制度化。

0004089SwansonThis award supports Eric Swanson and students from the University of Pittsburgh in a collaboration with David Blaschke of the Department of Physics at the University of Rostock, Germany. The research focus is on the dependence of hadronic and astrophysical observables as these relate to the search for a quark-gluon plasma (QGP). The collaboration combines complementary expertise because the German side has experience in exploring evidence for QGP formation in heavy-ion collisions and is now pioneering the search for astrophysical signals, whereas the U.S. side has developed a systematic approach to analyzing constituent-interchange processes from the lightest interactions of pi-mesons to the heaviest B-meson exchanges. This joint collaborative research effort also presents junior researchers with the opportunity to work internationally, and the work done on this proposal will help institutionalize the relationship between the German and U.S. research groups.