FYI Subject: Workshop on thermalization and chemical equilbration in heavy ion collisions at RHIC > Workshop on Thermalization and Chemical > Equilibration in Heavy Ion Collisions at RHIC > > > Dear Colleague, > > We plan to organize a 2-day workshop on thermalization and chemical > equilibration in > heavy ion collisions at RHIC. > The primary goal of the workshop is to bring together physicists (both > experimentalists > and theorists) involved in studies of thermal and chemical properties of > heavy ion > collisions to discuss latest results from RHIC and their implications. The > purpose of the > workshop is to exchange ideas and techniques, review the status of current > models and > their capability to interpret available data, and explore new directions of > research. > The main questions we plan to discuss during the workshop will be: > > 1) Current state of the analyses of particle spectra and ratios at RHIC. > Here we want to focus not only on simple presentations of the results but > also learn from > the experiments how to interpret their centrality selections, transverse > momentum and > rapidity ranges, systemic errors, and to what extent the measurements are > corrected for > feed-down. This should help to clarify to what degree data can be reliably > used as input > to thermal models. > > 2) Latest theoretical developments related to various aspects of > thermalization and > chemical equilibration in heavy-ion collisions. > Is there sufficient data and theoretical understanding to prove that we are > observing > collisions in which the created system thermalizes? If so, how well can we > determine > thermodynamical parameters such as chemical and kinetic freeze-out > temperatures? How > do the results from different models compare? > > 3) Future plans. > What essential data are still missing? What additional measurements are > needed? Are the > current uncertainties in the data sufficiently small to constrain models? > Are the models up > to the task and what improvements are needed? > > The workshop will take place in Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long > Island, NY. > > Tentative dates of the workshop are July 21-22, 2001 - just before the > Gordon > Conference. It's foreseen to have a morning and an afternoon session both on > the first and > second day with ample time for discussions and interactions. > > Limited support for travel and housing expenses will be available. Please > let us know if > you are interested in participation in the workshop and would like to give a > talk. If you > cannot participate but know a colleague who works on related topics please > let us know. > > We are looking forward to hearing from you, > > Thomas Ullrich and Sergey Panitkin > >
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