First Announcement of FPhaR  WorkdhopWorkshop

 

Forward Physics at RHIC

 

October 9th  2003, BNL

We have organized an informal one-day workshop to discuss the physics opportunities and instrumentation challenges associated with developing a forward-physics program at RHIC. These discussions may lead to a formal proposal to pursue such a program.

The meeting will be held from 10am to 4pm on October 9th 2003 at BNL. The location will be announced on the web page shortly.

The physics topics that could be components of a forward-physics program span many areas. They cover detailed studies of gluon saturation, wide coverage of the QCD phase diagram, extension of the heavy-ion program to center of mass energies between the AGS and RHIC, topics in spin physics and measurements relevant to cosmic-ray physics and exotic phenomena.

Some initial ideas on the instrumentation of a forward-physics facility include the development of a fixed target capability and the development of enhanced performance spectrometers covering an angular range extending to the most forward rapidities.

The meeting will be comprised of a number of talks and discussions designed to focus on these issues with the intent of assessing their scientific viability. Further discussions would focus on how to submit the more promising subject to the RHIC management.

 

 

 WORKSHOP PROGRAM

 

 Gluon Saturation                                Dima Kharzeev   Peter Steinberg

 QCD Phase Diagram                         Misha Stephanov  Marco van Leeuwen

 Gluon Spin Distributions                  (TBA)

 Large Rapidity Results from RHIC  J.H.Lee

 Fixed Target Physics at RHIC         George Stephans

 Cosmic Ray Studies at RHIC           Larry Jones

 

The workshop is free but registration would be useful for the organizers. To register please send an e-mail to the organizers. A web page, that has this information and with additional links to information about BNL is at

 

http://www4.rcf.bnl.gov/~videbaek/fphar/Index.html

 

 

 

Organizing Committee:

 

Russell Betts  betts@uic.edu    

Michael Murray mjmurray@ku.edu

Steve Sanders , Steve ssanders@ku.edu

George Stephans gsfs@mit.edu 

Flemming Videbaek videbaek@bnl.gov