Quark Matter 2019 – the XXVIIIth International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions – will consist of five and a half days of conference, beginning the morning on Monday, November 4, and ending early afternoon on Saturday, November 9. The conference is preceded by a Student Day on Sunday, November 3, at the Science Hall on the campus of Central China Normal University (CCNU).
Quark Matter 2019 brings together physicists from around the world to discuss new developments in high energy heavy-ion physics. The focus is on the fundamental understanding of strongly-interacting matter at extreme conditions of high temperature and density, as formed in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. In these conditions, which also characterised the early Universe, matter appears as a Quark-Gluon Plasma, with quarks and gluons not confined within hadrons.
The scientific topics addressed by this conference are:
- QCD at finite temperature and baryon density
- Initial state and approach to equilibrium
- Small systems
- Collective dynamics and final state interaction
- Search for the critical end point
- Chirality, vorticity and spin polarization
- Jet modifications and medium response
- Heavy flavor and quarkonium
- Electromagnetic probes
- Quark matter and nuclear astrophysics
- New theoretical developments
- Future facilities and instrumentation
The Swampland program gives general constraints on effective theories to be compatible with quantum gravity, which defines the Landscape of consistent theories, and is quickly gaining command of the fundamental understanding of open questions in particle physics and cosmology, ranging from the hierarchy of fundamental scales in nature, to the origin and final fate of the universe.
Current research surfs over several powerful conjectures, whose riptide deposits valuable implications on the structure of effective theories, their spectrum of particles, their moduli spaces and potentials. Time is ripe to navigate the swampland, collecting these results and conjectures, and weaving them up to unveil fundamental structures in quantum gravitational theories. This workshop plans to gather the leading experts in the field to review our knowledge on the Swampland extension, the underlying related fundamental questions within quantum gravity and string theory as well as possible constraints for particle physics and cosmology.
This conference is devoted to relations between quantum field theory and string theory one hand, and mathematical knot theory and random matrix models on the other hand. Surprising connections between these areas of research have been found in last years. In the conference we will summarize important recent developments in this context and try to set the goals for the future research. Topics considered in the conference include: supersymmetric gauge theories, BPS states, topological string theory, integrability, homological knot invariants, matrix models, topological recursion.
The purpose of the meeting is to bring together experts and young researchers in the areas of nuclear, particle and astro-physics as well as cosmology and the pertinent interrelations among these fields. The aim is to discuss the current status of the field and to explore future directions, both in experiment and theory. With the recent observation of gravitational-wave signals of black-hole and neutron-star mergers – for the latter in coincidence with electromagnetic signals -, the meeting is particularly timely. The aim is to cover a broad range of topics to elucidate synergies and identify areas of future progress. This should be especially beneficial to the younger participants of the meeting.
In detail, the following topics will be presented and discussed:
- Binary Star Mergers – the observations of gravitational waves
- Binary Star Mergers – simulations
- Binary Star Mergers – nucleosynthesis
- Direct and indirect Dark Matter Searches
- Axions – Dark Matter?
- Dark Matter Searches at the LHC
- Neutrino Mass from Tritium Decay
- Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (Majorana versus Dirac Neutrino)
- Neutrino Mass from electron Capture
- Elastic Neutrino scattering – COHERENT
- The Reactor Neutrino Spectrum Anomaly
- Search for the Cosmic Neutrino Background
- Neutrinos and Cosmology
The XII International Conference on Nuclear Structure Properties (NSP2019) will be held in Bitlis, Turkey. The aim of this conference is to provide an opportunity for researchers from all over the world to present their research results and activities in Nuclear Physics and related subjects. The conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish research relations and to find academic partners for future collaborations.
The aim of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposia on Fundamental and Applied Science (HIAS) is to provide a forum to bring together researchers to discuss the uses and development of Heavy Ion Accelerators. It is intended that participants include, but are not limited to, instrumentation and accelerator experts, national and international researchers, students and potential user communities.
HIAS 2019 will be organised along the theme of “Applications of Heavy Ions”.
The Symposium program will include both invited talks and contributed presentations in line with the following themes:
- Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Data
- Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Applications
- Nuclear Astrophysics
- Nuclear Reactions
- New Instrumentation for Nuclear Science and Applications
The biennial TAUP series covers recent experimental and theoretical developments in astroparticle physics by invited plenary review talks and parallel workshop sessions of invited and contributed presentations. The conference is hosted by ICRR, The University of Tokyo, and supported by Kavli IPMU, The University of Tokyo and University of Toyama.
The conference is devoted to the applications of quantum field theory to particle physics phenomenology. Subjects will include precision calculations for colliders; progress in higher-loop and higher-multiplicity calculations in the Standard Model; cross sections for new physics; interpretations of experimental data; new techniques for calculations; advances in computer-algebra methods; and new theoretical developments.
