2015 RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting

The Perfect Liquid at RHIC: 10 Years of Discovery

Motivation

The annual RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting will be held on June 9-12, 2015, at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The theme of this year’s meeting is "The Perfect Liquid at RHIC: 10 Years of Discovery". This year is the 10th Anniversary of the BNL press release announcing the discovery white papers by the RHIC experiments of the Perfect-Liquid Quark-Gluon Plasma. The meeting will cover all aspects of the RHIC and eRHIC physics program. Workshops will be held on June 11 and June 12 where p,d,He3 and A + A collision data, Bulk-properties, new Beam Energy Scan data, Quarkonium, Heavy-Flavor and Jet Energy-Loss Physics, Quantitative Modeling, EIC and Nucleon Structure will be discussed.

The plenary sessions on June 11 and 12 will include talks on RHIC Run 15, the latest physics results from STAR and PHENIX, upgrade plans, reports from representatives from the funding agencies, and Thesis Award presentations. During the week, we will also hold one or more special events to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Perfect Liquid.

Special Guest Speaker: AAAS CEO and former Congressman Rush Holt

Parallel Workshop Topics

Tuesday, June 9

The Thermal Photon Puzzle (morning, half day)
Spin/ Nucleon Structure/Electron Ion Collider Physics (full day)
Quarkonia (afternoon, half day)
Quantifying the Properties of the Perfect Liquid (afternoon, half day)

Wednesday, June 10

Beam Energy Scan and Associated Theory (full day)
Hard and Heavy Probes of the Perfect Liquid (morning, half day)
Exotic and Highly Asymmetric Collisions at RHIC: Small System Collectivity and Beyond (full day)

Plenary Sessions

Organizing Committee

Justin Frantz (Ohio U)
Daniel Cebra (UC Davis)
Paul Sorensen (BNL)

Special Evening Events

Registered attendees are invited to attend the optional dinner, cocktail reception, and an end-of-the-meeting luncheon.

Seafood Extravaganza
Join us for a night on the beach at Smith Point County Park for a Seafood Extravaganza and live music on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 6:30 PM. Directions

Please note, there will be a fee in order to attend the dinner. However, the cost of the dinner will be discounted to $25 US for the first 30 registered student/post-docs.

Cocktail Reception
There will be a cocktail hour on Thursday, June 11, 2015, 5:30 PM in the lobby of Berkner Hall (Bldg. 488), compliments of BSA.

RHIC Physics Demo Idea Contest

Congratulations to Toby Miller (BNL) who won a $50 gift card by submitting the best idea for a RHIC Nuclear Physics demonstration at the 2015 Annual User's Meeting.

This was in response to our booth at the meeting and the following announcement that was sent to all RHIC/AGS Users. This prize was sponsored by Ohio University.

Meeting Dates
June 9-12, 2015

Meeting Location
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY 11973 USA

Berkner Hall (Bldg. 488)
Main Lecture Hall

Directions & Maps: Event (www.bnl.gov/maps/488map.php) | BNL (www.bnl.gov/maps/)

Meeting Coordinator
Kelly Guiffreda
Bus: 631-344-5654
Fax: 631-344-8686
Email: guiffreda@bnl.gov

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