Topics and Lecturers
Topics and Lecturers
2012
QCD and Heavy Ion Physics
Lecturer 1: Tom Hemmick, 3 lectures on heavy-ion physics and QCD at extreme temperatures and densities. Recent results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC): Lecture1 | Lecture2 | Lecture3
Lecturer 2: Berndt Mueller, 2 lectures on theoretical methods for heavy-ion physics, jet quenching and jet tomography, relativistic hydrodynamics and the AdS/CFT correspondence: Lecture1 | Lecture2
Hadron Structure and Spin physics
Lecturer 1: Zein-Eddine Meziani, 3 lectures on spin physics and the structure of the nucleon. Recent results from the spin physics programs at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) and RHIC:
Lecture1 | Lecture2 | Lecture3
Lecturer 2: Jamal Jalilian-Marian, 2 lectures on QCD matter at high gluon densities, initial-state effects and the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC):
Lecture1 | Lecture2
Nuclear Structure and Reactions:
Lecturer 1: Hendrick Schatz, 3 lectures on experimental nuclear physics. The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)
Lecture1 | Lecture2 | Lecture3
Lecturer 2: Dick Furnstahl, 2 lectures on new theoretical methods for nuclear structure, nuclear matter and cold atoms: Lecture
Nuclear Astrophysics:
Lecturer 1: Chuck Horowitz, 3 lectures on the neutron star crust, supernovae, nucleosynthesis and the r-process:
Lecture1 | Lecture2 | Lecture3
Lecturer 2: Tod Strohmayer, 2 lectures on observational methods, nuclear astrophysics and recent results: Lecture1 | Lecture2
Fundamental Symmetries and Neutrinos:
Lecturer 1: George Fuller, 3 lectures on neutrinos and the new standard model. Neutrino masses and oscillations. The neutrino physics program of the Deep Underground Science Laboratory (DUSEL):
Lecture1 | Lecture2 | Lecture3 | Slides
Lecturer 2: Barry Holstein, 2 lectures on fundamental symmetry tests with
nuclei, neutrons and neutrinos. Connections to the physics beyond the Standard
Model, electric dipole moment, double beta decay: Lecture1 | Lecture2 | Lecture3
Seminars:
1.Speaker: Peter Petreczky, Lattice gauge theory methods for
nuclear physics [pdf]
2.Speaker: Silas Beane, Lattice gauge theory methods for nuclear
physics [pdf]
3.Speaker: Anna Hayes, The national ignition facility [pdf]
4. Speaker: Suzanne Lapi, Medical applications of nuclear physics [pdf]
5. Speaker: Martin Zwierlein, Cold atom experiments [pdf]
6.Speaker: Sanjay Reddy, Unravelling the neutron star interior:
prospects and challenges [pdf]
Scientific program
Students
Students are expected to deliver 15 minute presentations that highlight their research