Workshop Site
Stephen Hawking Auditorium
Physics Building
Texas A&M University
A PDF of the Scientific Program can be found here.
Jump to: Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday
08:30-09:00am
Registration (sign in, pick up your name tag and the workshop program)
09:00-10:10am
Opening Session
Session Chair: Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University, USA
09:00-09:05am
H. Joseph Newton
Dean of the College of Science,
Texas A&M University, USA
Welcome and Remarks
09:05-09:10am
Dr. R. Bowen Loftin
President of Texas A&M University, USA
Welcome and Remarks
09:10-09:25am
Robert Tribble
Texas A&M University. USA
09:25-09:40am
Sherry Yennello
Texas A&M University, USA
09:40-10:10am
Joe Natowitz
Texas A&M University, USA
10:10-10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30-12:10pm
Correlation and clustering in nuclei and nuclear reactions
Session Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University, USA
10:30-10:55am
Lee Sobotka
Washington University, St. Louis, USA
10:55-11:20am
Marina Barbui
Texas A&M University, USA
11:20-11:45am
Daniela Fabris
INFN Sezione di Padova, Italy
11:45-12:10pm
Anna Unzhakova
St. Petersburg State University, Russia
12:10-01:30pm
Lunch in the Lobby of the Physics Building (all lunches will be in the physics building)
01:30-03:10pm
Nuclear Temperature
Session Chair: Aldo Bonasera, Texas A&M University, USA
01:30-01:55pm
Wolfgang Bauer
Michigan State University, USA
01:55-02:20pm
Hua Zheng
Texas A&M University, USA
02:20-02:45pm
Justin Mabiala
Texas A&M University, USA
02:45-03:10pm
Feng-Shou Zhang
Beijing Normal University, China
03:10-03:30pm
Coffee Break
03:30-05:35pm
New Facilities and Detectors
Session Chair: Stephen Steadman, MIT USA
03:30-03:55am
When-Qing Shen
Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, China
03:55-04:20am
Livius Trache
IFIN-HH Bucharest, Romania
04:20-04:45am
Gianfranco Prete
INFN-Legnaro, Italy
04:45-05:10pm
Greg Chubarian
Texas A&M University, USA
05:10-05:35pm
Fabiana Gramegna
INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy
06:00-07:30pm
Reception and Tour of the Cyclotron Institute
08:30-12:10pm
Nuclear Reaction Dynamics from Low to Intermediate Energies
Session Chair: Katarzyna Schmidt, University of Silesia, Poland
08:30-08:55pm
Udo W. Schroeder
University of Rochester, USA
08:55-09:20pm
Eric SURAUD
LPT-IRSAMC, France
09:20-09:45pm
Xiaodong Tang
University of Notre Dame, USA
09:45-10:10pm
Bill Lynch
Michigan State University, USA
10:10-10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30-12:10pm
Thermodynamics of Hot Nuclei and Nuclear Matter
Session Chair: Rene Roy, Université Laval, Canada
10:30-10:55am
Romualdo de Souza
Indiana University, USA
10:55-11:20am
Jan Toke
University of Rochester, USA
11:20-11:45am
Roy Wada
Institute of Modern Physics, China
11:45-12:10pm
Claudio Dorso
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
12:10-01:30pm
Lunch in the Lobby of the Physics Building
01:30-3:10pm
Multi-facets of Nuclear Science
Session Chair: John Hardy, Texas A&M University, USA
01:30-1:55pm
Michel GONIN
Ecole Polytechnique, France
01:55-2:20pm
Bao-An Li
Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA
02:20-2:45pm
William G. Newton
Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA
02:45-3:10pm
Yixiao Luo
Vanderbilt University/LBNL, USA
03:10-3:30pm
Coffee Break
03:30-05:10pm
Equation of State of Uniform and Clustered Matter
Session Chair: Rainer Fries, Texas A&M University, USA
03:30-03:55pm
Shalom Shlomo
Texas A&M University, USA
03:55-04:20pm
Farrukh Fattoyev
Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA
04:20-04:45pm
Gerd Roepke
University of Rostock, Germany
04:45-05:10pm
Kris Hagel
Texas A&M University, USA
08:05-10:10am
Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
Session Chair: Che Ming Ko, Texas A&M University, USA
08:05-08:30am
Joe Kapusta
University of Minnesota, USA
08:30-08:55am
Charles Gale
McGill University, Canada
Electromagnetic radiation from high-energy heavy-ion collisions
08:55-09:20am
Scott Pratt
Michigan State University, USA
09:20-09:45am
Marcus Benghi Pinto
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
09:45-10:10am
Bin Zhang
Arkansas State University, USA
10:10-10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30-12:10pm
Relativistic Heavy-Ion Experiments
Session Chair: Gary Westfall, Michigan State University, USA
10:30-10:55am
Roy Lacey
Stony Brook University, USA
10:55-11:20am
Flemming Videbaek
Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
11:20-11:45am
Michael Murray
University of Kansas, USA
11:45-12:10pm
Seweryn Kowalski
University of Silesia, Poland
12:10-01:30pm
Lunch in the Lobby of the Physics Building
01:30-03:10pm
Theories/Probing the Density Dependence of Nuclear Symmetry Energy
Session Chair: Bao-An Li, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA
01:30-01:55pm
Lie-Wen Chen
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
01:55-02:20pm
Pawel Danielewicz
Michigan State University, USA
02:20-02:45pm
Wei-Zhou Jiang
Southeast University, China
02:45-03:10pm
Jorge Piekarewicz
Florida State University, USA
03:10-03:30pm
Coffee Break
03:30-05:10pm
Experiments/Probing the Density Dependence of Nuclear Symmetry Energy
Session Chair: Neil Namboodiri, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
03:30-03:55pm
Betty Tsang
Michigan State University, USA
03:55-04:20pm
Wolfgang Trautmann
GSI, Germany
04:20-04:45pm
Giuseppe Verde
INFN-Catania Italy
04:45-05:10pm
Abdou Chbihi
Ganil, France
06:00-06:30pm
Workshop picture will be taken before the Banquet
06:30-08:30pm
Banquet, place: Lobby of the Physics Building
08:30-10:10am
Applications of Nuclear Science and Technology
Session Chair: Christian Ngo, France
08:30-08:55am
Ferid Haddad
Universite de Nantes, France
08:55-09:20am
María-Ester Brandan
Instituto de Física, UNAM, Mexico
09:20-09:45am
Arturo Menchaca-Rocha
Instituto de Física, UNAM, Mexico
09:45-10:10am
Matteo Barbarino
Texas A&M University, USA
10:10-10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30-12:10pm
Isospin Effects in Nuclear Reactions
Session Chair: Wolfgang Trautmann, GSI, Germany
10:30-10:55am
Jun Xu
Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, China
10:55-11:20am
Alan McIntosh
Texas A&M University, USA
11:20-11:45am
George Souliotis
Univ. of Athens, Greece and TAMU USA
11:45-12:10pm
Marco Mazzocco
University of Padova, Italy
12:10-01:30pm
Lunch in the Lobby of the Physics Building
01:30-03:35pm
Synthesis of Superheavy Elements
Session Chair: Vlad Goldberg, Texas A&M University, USA
01:30-01:55pm
Walter Loveland
Oregon State University, USA
01:55-02:20pm
Dmitriy Mayorov
Texas A&M University, USA
Influence of projectiles with Z > 20 on synthesis of heavy evaporation residues
02:20-02:45pm
Tyler Werke
Texas A&M University, USA
Excitation functions of 45Sc-induced reactions: towards superheavy elements synthesis
02:45-03:10pm
Zbigniew Majka
Jagiellonian University, Poland
03:10-03:35pm
Charles Folden
Texas A&M University, USA
Prospects for the discovery of the next new element in complete-fusion reactions
Closing: Joe Natowitz
Closing Session: Joe Natowitz
