Hot Quarks 2004 - a Workshop on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions for Young Scientists

2004年热夸克研讨会将于2004年7月18日至24日在新墨西哥州陶斯举行。该研讨会的主要主题是极端能量密度下强相互作用核物质的物理。描述原子核内作用力的量子色动力学理论预测，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非禁闭夸克和胶子等离子体(夸克胶子等离子体，QGP)的跃迁，根据我们的宇宙学模型，这种跃迁发生在大爆炸后大约10微秒的早期宇宙中。布鲁克海文国家实验室的交替梯度同步加速器(AGS)和CERN超级质子同步加速器(SPS)的计划已经为新现象的出现提供了证据。这一领域的研究目前正在BNL的相对论重离子对撞机(RHIC)上成功地继续进行，而下一阶段将在CERN大型强子对撞机(LHC)上进行，正在准备中。全世界约有2000名物理学家在这一领域工作：这是一个非常活跃、不断扩大的社区。在这种情况下，良好的沟通和联系是至关重要的，特别是在该领域的年轻和富有成效的成员之间。这次特别讲习班的目的是加强社区年轻成员(研究生、博士后和初级教员)之间从实验和理论两方面的科学信息的直接交流。参加讲习班仅限受邀参加--为了加强对社区年轻成员的重视，只有不早于1989年获得博士学位的人才能参加。这一特殊做法使讲习班在外地的各种讲习班和会议中独树一帜。对于年轻的科学家来说，这是一个交流和接触的机会，这是他们在大型会议上不会有的。这将有助于激励下一代的领域，并加强他们的社区意识。

The Hot Quarks 2004 Workshop will take place on July 18-24, 2004 in Taos, NM. The main topic of the workshop is the physicsof strongly interacting nuclear matter at extreme energy densities.Quantum Chromo-Dynamics, the theory describing the forces acting within atomic nuclei, predicts that at sufficientlyhigh temperatures and/or densities, matter should undergo atransition from the standard hadronic phase to a plasma ofdeconfined quarks and gluons (Quark Gluon Plasma, QGP) - atransition which, according to our cosmological models,took place in the early universe about 10 microseconds after the BigBang.Already the programs at the Brookhaven National LaboratoryAlternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) and the CERN Super ProtonSynchrotron (SPS) have produced evidence for the onset of newphenomena. The research in this field is now successfullycontinuing at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) at BNLwhile the next phase, to take place at the CERN Large HadronCollider (LHC), is under preparation. There are around 2000physicists worldwide working in the field: a very activeand lively, expanding community. In such a context, goodcommunication and networking, especially among the young andproductive members in the field, are vital.The aim of this particular workshop is to enhance the direct exchange of scientific information among the younger members of the community (graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty), both from the experiment and theory. Participation in the workshop will be by invitation only - in order to strengthen the emphasis on younger membersof the community, participation will be restricted to peoplewho have obtained their Ph.D. no earlier than 1989.This particular approach makes the workshop unique among the various workshops and conferences in the field. For young scientists it represents an opportunity for exchange and exposure that that they would not have in one of the major big conferences. It will help to stimulate the next generation of the field and strengthen their sense of community.