Hot Quarks 2008 - A workshop on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions for Young Scientists; Estes Park, CO; Summer 2008

研讨会的主要议题是在极端能量密度下强相互作用核物质的物理学。描述原子核内部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由限定夸克和胶子组成的等离子体的转变（夸克胶子等离子体，QGP）——根据我们的宇宙学模型，这种转变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交替梯度同步加速器（AGS）和欧洲核子研究中心超级质子同步加速器（SPS）的项目已经为新现象的出现提供了证据。该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，而下一阶段将在欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机（LHC）上进行，目前正在准备中。全世界大约有2000名物理学家在这个领域工作：这是一个非常活跃、充满活力、不断扩大的社区。在这种情况下，良好的沟通和联网，特别是在外地的年轻和有生产力的成员之间，是至关重要的。这个特别讲习班的目的是加强社区中年轻成员（研究生、博士后和初级教员）在实验和理论方面的科学信息的直接交流。讲习班的参加将只接受邀请- -为了加强对社区年轻成员的重视，参加将限于不早于1989年获得博士学位的人。这种特殊的方法使讲习班在该领域的各种讲习班和会议中独具一格。对于年轻科学家来说，这是一个交流和接触的机会，这是他们在大型会议上无法获得的。这将有助于激励该领域的下一代，并加强他们的社区意识。

The main topic of the workshop is the physics of strongly interacting nuclear matter at extreme energy densities. Quantum Chromo-Dynamics, 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) - a transition which, according to our cosmological models, took place in the early universe about 10 microseconds after the Big Bang. Already the programs at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) and the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) have produced evidence for the onset of new phenomena. The research in this field is now successfully continuing at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) at BNL while the next phase, to take place at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is under preparation. There are around 2000 physicists worldwide working in the field: a very active and lively, expanding community. In such a context, good communication and networking, especially among the young and productive 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 members of the community, participation will be restricted to people who 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.