Workshop R4b
Forward Physics at RHIC
Location: Hamilton Seminar Room, Bldg. 555
Date: May 14, 2004
Organizers: Richard Seto, Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, and Jianwei Qiu
Local Contact: Edward Kistenev
Description: Physics in the forward region at RHIC will allow experiments to measure structure functions at low-x. The gluon structure functions in nuclei are of particular interest since these are critical to understanding of the initial conditions in heavy ion collisions. We wil: a) review what is known about low-x structure functions from earlier experiments b) cover some of the recent ideas governing their behavior, in particular the Colored Glass Condensate as well as other models c) provide a connection between low-x structure functions and heavy ion collisions d) review some of the experiments possible with the RHIC facility.
Agenda:
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome and introduction | R. Seto (UCR) |
| 09:15-10:00 | Theoretical understanding of low x physics | J.W. Qiu (ISU) |
| 10:00-10:45 | Novel phenomena in pA at low-x physics | M. Strickman (Penn State) |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00-11:45 | The CGC an introduction and Why I think it is the initial condition at RHIC | L. McLerran (BNL) |
| 11:45-12:15 | Forward Physics at STAR | Greg Rakness (Penn State/BNL) |
| 12:15-01:30 | Lunch | |
| 01:30-02:00 | Future of elastic scattering at RHIC | W. Guryn (BNL) |
| 02:00-02:30 | Low-x what we know (HERA etc) | B Surrow (MIT) |
| 02:30-02:45 | Break | |
| 02:45-03:15 | eRHIC: The collider, the detector and low x issues | Abhay Deshphande (RIKEN/BNL) |
| 03:15-03:45 | The RHIC experiments - what they can do | Kenneth Barish (UCR) |
| Adjourn |
