2023

RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting 2023
Dates: August 1–4, 2023
This meeting will be held as a virtual event.
Motivation
The Annual RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting will be held on August 1–4, 2023. The meeting will highlight the latest results from the PHENIX, STAR and sPHENIX experiments and provide an outlook with the future programs at RHIC and the EIC.
Workshops that will be held hybrid on Tuesday, August 1st and Wednesday, August 2nd will enable more in-depth discussions of the beam energy scan, machine learning, measurements of hard probes in heavy ion collisions, diversity, physics opportunities at the EIC and recent detector developments at RHIC and EIC. There will be an in-person poster session on Thursday, August 3rd.
Plenary sessions will be held in person on Thursday, August 3rd and Friday, August 4th. Reports on operation status from the sPHENIX and STAR experiments and highlights from PHENIX, sPHENIX and STAR experiments, EIC detectors, reports from representatives from the funding agencies, and award ceremonies will be held during the plenary sessions.
Parallel Workshop Topics
Workshops are Hybrid
- EIC Physics (9 a.m.–3 p.m.)
Physics Department, (Bldg. 510), Large Seminar Room and Remote Viewing - AI/ML in Nuclear Physics (9 a.m.–3 p.m.)
EBNN, NASA, OMC Building, (Bldg. 490), Large Conference Room, (8-205) and Remote Viewing - Diversity Inclusion (3 p.m.–5 p.m.)
EBNN, NASA, OMC Building, (Bldg. 490), Large Conference Room, (8-205) and Remote Viewing
Workshops are Hybrid
- HF/Jets (full day)
Physics Department, (Bldg. 510), Large Seminar Room and Remote Viewing - New Detectors and Technologies (full day)
EBNN, NASA, OMC Building, (Bldg. 490), Large Conference Room, (8-205) and Remote Viewing - Beam Energy Scan (full day)
Berkner Hall, (Bldg. 488), Room B and Remote Viewing
Plenary & Poster Sessions
Plenary sessions will be video streamed at Berkner Hall (Bldg. 488), main auditorium.
- Plenary Session I (Thursday, August 3)
- Plenary Session II (Friday, August 4)
- Poster Session (Thursday, August 3)
Awards
RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee
- Zhenyu Ye, Chair (University of Illinois Chicago)
- Marzia Rosati, Chair-Elect ( Iowa State University)
- Christine Nattrass, Past-Chair (Tennessee U., Knoxville)
Special Events
Registered participants are invited to attend the welcome reception, optional dinner, and an end-of-meeting luncheon.
Welcome Reception
There will be a welcome reception on Thursday, August 3, 2023, 6:00 p.m. in the lobby of Berkner Hall (Bldg. 488), compliments of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA). Directions
Evening Dinner
Join us for a night at Painters' Restaurant with floor-to-ceiling art and enjoy an eclectic menu of chic eats on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
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/postdocs.
Painters' Restaurant
416 South Country Road
Brookhaven, NY 11719
Directions
Event ID: E000005209
Note: This meeting falls under Exemption E. Meetings such as Advisory Committee and Federal Advisory Committee meetings. Solicitation/Funding Opportunity Announcement Review Board meetings, peer review/objective review panel meetings, evaluation panel/board meetings, and program kick-off and review meetings (including those for grants and contracts) are open to the public.
Workshop website hosted and maintained by Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
2022

RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting 2022
Dates: June 7–10, 2022
This meeting will be held as a virtual event.
Motivation
The Annual RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting will be held on June 11–14, 2024. The meeting will highlight the latest physics results from the STAR and PHENIX experiments and provide an outlook with the future programs at RHIC and the EIC.
Workshops that will be held virtually on Tuesday and Wednesday June 7th and 8th will enable more in-depth discussions of the beam energy scan, studies of small systems, machine learning, cold QCD and spin, measurements of hard probes in heavy ion collisions, diversity, physics opportunities and detector developments at the EIC. There will be an online poster session on Thursday, June 9th.
Plenary sessions will be held virtually on Thursday, June 9th and Friday, June 10th. Reports on operation status, highlights from STAR and PHENIX experiments, an in-depth look at the upcoming sPHENIX experiment and EIC detectors, reports from representatives from the funding agencies, and award ceremonies will be held during the plenary sessions.
Parallel Workshop Topics
Tuesday, June 7 (Agenda)
- Beam Energy Scan (9am–12pm)
- EIC Physics (9am–12pm)
- Small Systems (12pm–3pm)
- EIC Physics (12pm–3pm)
- Accelerating RHIC science with Machine Learning (3pm–6pm)
Wednesday, June 8 (Agenda)
- Spin/Cold QCD (9am–12pm)
- EIC Detector (9am–12pm)
- HF+Jet (12pm–3pm)
- EIC Detector (12pm–3pm)
- Diversity (3pm–6pm)
Plenary Session
- Plenary Session I (Thursday, June 9)
- Plenary Session II (Friday, June 10)
- Poster Session: Details | Agenda (Thursday, June 9)
- Thesis Award
- Merit Awards
RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee
- Zhenyu Ye, Chair Elect (University of Illinois Chicago)
- Christine Nattrass, Chair (Tennessee U., Knoxville)
- Ron Belmont, Past Chair (U. of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Event ID: E000004205
Note: This meeting falls under Exemption E. Meetings such as Advisory Committee and Federal Advisory Committee meetings. Solicitation/Funding Opportunity Announcement Review Board meetings, peer review/objective review panel meetings, evaluation panel/board meetings, and program kick-off and review meetings (including those for grants and contracts) are open to the public.
Workshop website hosted and maintained by Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
2021

RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting 2021
Dates: June 8–11, 2021
This meeting will be held as a virtual event.
Motivation
The Annual RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting will be held online on June 8–11, 2021. The meeting will highlight the latest physics results from the STAR and PHENIX experiments and provide an outlook with the continuation of the STAR beam energy scan, the sPHENIX program, and the EIC.
Workshops that will be held on Tuesday, June 8th and Wednesday June 9th will enable more in-depth discussions of the beam energy scan, measurements of hard probes in heavy ion collisions, studies of small systems, strong field effects, cold QCD, careers in data science, physics opportunities at the EIC, and detector developments at the EIC. There will be a poster session on Thursday, June 10th. We will have plenary sessions on Thursday, June 10th and Friday, June 11th.
Presentations of highlights from all four RHIC experiments, the latest physics results from STAR and PHENIX experiments, an in-depth look at the proposed detector upgrades and future experiments, reports from representatives from the funding agencies, and award ceremonies will also be held during the plenary sessions
Parallel Workshop Topics
Tuesday, June 8 (Agenda)
- Rivet Tutorial (morning)
- Spin (morning)
- EIC Physics Opportunities (afternoon)
- BES (afternoon)
- JETSCAPE Tutorial I (late afternoon)
Wednesday, June 9 (Agenda)
- EIC Detector Developments (morning)
- Data Science (morning)
- Small Systems (afternoon)
- Heavy Flavor (afternoon)
- Jets (afternoon)
- JETSCAPE Tutorial II (late afternoon)
Plenary Sessions
- Plenary Session I (Thursday, June 10)
- Plenary Session II (Friday, June 11)
- Poster Session Agenda (Thursday, June 10)
- Thesis Award
- Merit Awards
RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee
- Ron Belmont, Chair (North Carolina U. at Greensboro)
- Christine Nattrass, Chair Elect (Tennessee U., Knoxville)
- Sevil Salur, Past Chair (Rutgers U.)
Poster Coordinators
All students and post-docs are invited to submit posters exhibiting their research for the Poster Session to be held during the RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting. A cash prize will be awarded. Posters will be presented on Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Any posters submitted by a STAR or PHENIX participant will require the approval of the collaboration in order to be displayed at the Users' Meeting.
- Audrey Francisco, Yale University (UEC)
- Alexander Jentsch, Brookhaven Lab (UEC)
- Matthew Sievert, University of Illinois (UEC)
Event ID: 0000003671
Note: This meeting falls under Exemption E. Meetings such as Advisory Committee and Federal Advisory Committee meetings. Solicitation/Funding Opportunity Announcement Review Board meetings, peer review/objective review panel meetings, evaluation panel/board meetings, and program kick-off and review meetings (including those for grants and contracts) are open to the public.
Workshop website hosted and maintained by Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
2020

RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting 2020
Dates: October 22–23, 2020
This meeting will be held as a virtual event.
Motivation
Following the highly successful celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first collisions at RHIC earlier this year on June 12th, we are hosting an abbreviated, online-only Annual Users Meeting on October 22–23, 2020. The workshops will enable more in-depth discussions of the beam energy scan, measurements of hard probes in heavy ion collisions, studies of small systems, strong field effects, and cold QCD. The plenary session will include the latest physics results from STAR and PHENIX, reports about the current operational status, and updates from the proposed detector upgrades and future experiments. We will conclude the plenary session with award ceremonies.
Parallel Workshop Topics
Thursday, October 22 (Agenda)
- Strong Field Effects (morning)
- Heavy Flavor (morning)
- Beam Energy Scan (morning)
- Jets (afternoon)
- Small Systems (afternoon)
- Cold QCD (afternoon)
Plenary Session
- Plenary Session (Friday, October 23)
- Thesis Award
- Merit Awards
RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee
- Ron Belmont, Chair (North Carolina U. at Greensboro)
- Christine Nattrass, Chair Elect (Tennessee U., Knoxville)
- Sevil Salur, Past Chair (Rutgers U.)
Poster Coordinators
All students and post-docs are invited to submit posters exhibiting their research for the Poster Session to be held during the RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting. A cash prize will be awarded. Posters will be presented on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Any posters submitted by a STAR or PHENIX participant will require the approval of the collaboration in order to be displayed at the Users' Meeting.
- Audrey Francisco, Yale University (UEC)
- Alexander Jentsch, Brookhaven Lab (UEC)
- Matthew Sievert, University of Illinois (UEC)
Event ID: E000003413
Note: This meeting falls under Exemption E. Meetings such as Advisory Committee and Federal Advisory Committee meetings. Solicitation/Funding Opportunity Announcement Review Board meetings, peer review/objective review panel meetings, evaluation panel/board meetings, and program kick-off and review meetings (including those for grants and contracts) are open to the public.
Workshop website hosted and maintained by Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
2019

RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting 2019
The Golden Age of Heavy Ion Collisions
Dates: June 4–7, 2019
This meeting will be held as an in-person event.
Motivation
The Annual RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting will be held on June 4–7, 2019 at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The theme of this year’s meeting is "The Golden Age of Heavy Ion Collisions." This year's meeting will cover all aspects of the RHIC/AGS scientific program, from the newest results of the beam energy scan to the latest measurements with polarized proton-proton collisions.
Workshops that will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday June 4th and 5th will enable more in-depth discussions of isobar & beam energy scan programs, measurements of hard probes in heavy ion collisions, studies of small systems and cold QCD with a look at future upgrades. A special workshop on diversity and career development and inclusiveness will be held Wednesday afternoon.
The presentations of the latest physics results from STAR and PHENIX experiments, an in-depth look at the proposed detector upgrades, reports from representatives from the funding agencies, and award ceremonies will be held during the plenary sessions on Thursday and Friday June 6th and 7th. The meeting will adjourn with an open forum followed by a catered luncheon on Friday afternoon.
Parallel Workshop Topics
Tuesday, June 4
- Heavy Flavor (full day)
- Beam Energy Scan (full day)
- Cold QCD (full day)
- Small Systems (full day)
- High Pt/Jets (full day)
Wednesday, June 5
- Cold QCD (morning)
- High Pt/Jets (morning)
- Diversity + Career Development (afternoon)
Plenary Sessions
- Plenary Session I (Thursday, June 10)
- Plenary Session II (Friday, June 11)
- Poster Session (Thursday, June 10)
- Thesis Award
- Merit Awards
RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee
- Dan Cebra (UC Davis)
- Rosi Reed (Lehigh U)
- Sevil Salur (Rutgers U)
Session Agenda: June 4
Heavy Flavor
Details
Date: | Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
Organizers: | Marlene Nahrgang, Marzia Rosati, Wei Xie |
Time: | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Location: | Berkner Hall (Building 488) - Room B |
Agenda
09:00 - 09:20 | Heavy Flavor Measurements from STAR | Sooraj Radakrishnan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [pdf] |
09:20 - 09:40 | Quarkonia Measurements from STAR | Peng-fei Wang, University of Science & Technology of China [pdf] |
09:40 - 10:00 | Heavy Flavor Measurements from PHENIX | Tim Rinn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [pdf] |
10:00 - 10:20 | Quarkonia Measurements from PHENIX | Krista Smith, Florida State University [pdf] |
10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee Break | |
10:50 - 11: 25 | Heavy Flavor and Quarkonia Measurements from ALICE | Henrique Zanoli, Utrecht University [pdf] |
11:25 - 12:00 | Heavy Flavor and Quarkonia Measurements from CMS | Jing Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [pdf] |
12:00 - 12:35 | Heavy Flavor and Quarkonia Measurements from LHCb | Jana Crkovska, Los Alamos National Laboratory [pdf] |
12:35 - 02:00 | No Host Lunch Break | |
Chair: Wei Xie, Purdue University | ||
02:00 - 02:30 | Probing the in Medium QCD force with Heavy Flavor Observables | Shuai Liu, Texas A&M University [pdf] |
02:30 - 03:00 | Quarkonia Theory | Alexander Rothkopf, University of Stavanger [pdf] |
03:00 - 03:30 | Quarkonia Transport | Xiaojun Yao, Duke University [pdf] |
03:30 - 04:00 | Coffee Break | |
04:00 - 04:30 | Future Heavy Flavor and Quarkonia Measurements from sPHENIX | Yuanjing Ji, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [pdf] |
04:30 - 05:00 | Model Comparison | Shanshan Cao, Wayne State University [pdf] |
End of Workshop |
Beam Energy Scan
Details
Date: | Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
Organizers: | Derek Teaney, Isaac Upsal |
Time: | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Location: | John Dunn (Building 463) - Seminar Room |
Agenda
Chair: Derek Teaney, Stony Brook University | ||
09:00 - 09:30 | The Critical Point, Fluctuations, and Hydro+ | Misha Stephanov, University of Illinois at Chicago [pdf] |
09:30 - 10:00 | The Chiral Transition in QCD | Peter Petreczky, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
10:00 - 10:20 | Coffee Break | |
Chair: Derek Teaney, Stony Brook University | ||
10:20 - 10:50 | Baryon Clustering at the Critical Line | Edward Shuryak, Stony Brook University [pdf] |
10:50 - 11:20 | Exploring the QCD Phase Diagram Across Baryon Number, Strangeness, and Electric Charge | Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Rutgers University [pdf] |
11:20 - 11:50 | Strangeness Neutrality and the QCD Phase Structure | Fabian Rennecke, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
11:50 - 12:20 | Hydrodynamic Fluctuations at Finite Chemical Potential | Mauricio Martinez Guerrero, North Carolina State University [pdf] |
12:20 - 02:00 | No Host Lunch Break | |
Chair: Isaac Upsal, Shandong University/BNL | ||
02:00 - 02:30 | Measurement of Longitudinal Decorrelation of Anisotropic Flow v2 and v3 in 200 GeV Au+Au Collisions at STAR | Maowu Nie, Shandong University [pdf] |
02:30 - 03:00 | Net Particle Fluctuations | Roli Esha, Stony Brook University [pdf] |
03:00 - 03:30 | Coffee Break | |
Chair: Isaac Upsal, Shandong University/BNL | ||
03:30 - 04:00 | Transits of the QCD Critical Point and the Role of Soft Pions | Derek Teaney, Stony Brook University [pdf] |
04:00 - 04:30 | Beam Energy Dependence of the Viscous Damping of Anisotropic Flow |
Niseem Magdy Abdelwahab Abdelrahman, University of Illinois at Chicago [pdf] |
04:30 - 05:00 | Lambda Polarization in Heavy-Ion Collisions | Joey Adams, Ohio State University [pdf] |
End of Workshop |
Cold QCD
Details
Date: | Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
Organizers: | Joe Osborn, Salvatore Fazio, Matt Sievert |
Time: | 09:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Location: | Hamilton Seminar Room (Building 555) - Chemistry Seminar Room |
Agenda
Longitudinal Spin, Chairs: Salvatore Fazio, BNL/Matt Sievert, Rutgers University | ||
09:30 - 09:45 | Coffee Break | |
09:45 - 10:30 | W/Z Measurements at RHIC | Jinlong Zhang, Stony Brook University [pdf] |
10:30 - 11:00 | STAR Gluon Spin Results | Amilkar Quintero, Temple University [pdf] |
11:00 - 01:30 | No Host Lunch Break | |
Transverse Spin, Chairs:Salvatore Fazio, BNL/Matt Sievert, Rutgers University | ||
01:30 - 02:00 | Transverse Spin in PHENIX | Nicole Lewis, University of Michigan [pdf] |
02:00 - 02:30 | Transverse Spin in STAR | Renee Fatemi, University of Kentucky [pdf] |
02:30 - 03:00 | RHICf Results | Yuji Goto, RIKEN [pdf] |
03:00 - 03:30 | Coffee Break | |
Future of RHIC Spin, Chair: Salvatore Fazio, BNL | ||
03:30 - 04:00 | Forward STAR Physics | Qian Yang, University of Science and Technology of China [pdf] |
04:00 - 04:30 | Cold QCD plans with sPHENIX | Sasha Bazilevsky, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
End of Workshop |
Small Systems
Details
Date: | Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
Organizers: | Wei Li, Dennis Perepelitsa |
Time: | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Location: | Medical (Building 490) - Large Conference Room |
Agenda
Chair: Wei Li, Rice University | ||
09:00 - 09:30 | Overview of STAR Small System Correlations Results | Shengli Huang, Stony Brook University [pdf] |
09:30 - 10:00 | Overview of PHENIX Small System Correlations Results | Julia Velkovska, Vanderbilt University [pdf] |
10:00 - 10:30 | Perspectives on Initial and Final State Effects | Bjoern Schenke, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00 - 11:30 | Summary of Small Systems Correlations Results at the LHC | Soumya Mohapatra, Columbia University - Nevis Laboratory [pdf] |
11:30 - 12:00 | In-Medium Charmonium Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions | Xiaojian Du, Texas A&M University [pdf] |
12:00 - 02:00 | No Host Lunch | |
Chair: Dennis Perepelitsa, University of Colorado at Boulder | ||
02:00 - 02:30 | Quantum Entanglement in High-Energy Collisions | Zhoudunming Tu, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
02:30 - 03:00 | Studies in Archived e+e and HERA Data | Austin Baty, Rice University [pdf] |
03:00 - 03:30 | Correlations of Quarks and Antiquarks in p+A Collisions | Mauricio Martinez Guerrero, North Carolina State University [pdf] |
03:30 - 04:00 | Coffee Break | |
04:00 - 04:30 | Future Opportunities for Small-System Scan at RHIC | Zhenyu Chen, Stony Brook University [pdf] |
04:30 - 05:00 | Shrinking the Quark Gluon Plasma | Matthew Sievert, Rutgers University [pdf] |
End of Workshop |
High Pt/Jets
Details
Date: | Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
Organizers: | Jasmine Brewer, Raghav Elayavalli Kunnawalkam, Songkyo Lee |
Time: | 9:00 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. |
Location: | Physics (Building 510) - Large Seminar Room |
Agenda
Chair: Jasmine Brewer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
09:00 - 09:40 | Jet Measurements at the LHC- What have we leant about Jet Quenching thus far | Nima Zardoshti, CERN [pdf] |
09:40 - 10:20 | Summary of Jet Substructure Measurements and their usefulness in Heavy Ion Collisions | Yi Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [pdf] |
10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee Break | |
10:50 - 11:30 | Recent Results on Jet Quenching from STAR | Saehanseul Oh, Yale University [pdf] |
11:30 - 12:10 | Recent Jet Results from PHENIX | Milap Patel, Iowa State University |
12:10 - 02:00 | No Host Lunch Break | |
Chair: Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, Wayne State University | ||
02:00 - 02:40 | An Overview on Jet Quenching from a Theory Perspective | Yacine Mehtar-Tani, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
02:40 - 03:20 | Status of JETSCAPE | Yasuki Tachibana, Wayne State University [pdf] |
03:20 - 03:50 | Coffee Break | |
03:50 - 04:30 | Jets and bkg-sub | Alba Soto Ontoso, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
04:30 - 05:10 | Recent Theoretical Approaches Towards Understanding Jet Substructure | Kyle Lee, Stony Book University [pdf] |
End of Workshop |
Session Agenda: June 5
Cold QCD
Details
Date: | Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
Organizers: | Joe Osborn, Salvatore Fazio, Matt Sievert |
Time: | 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Location: | Hamilton Seminar Room (Building 555) - Chemistry Seminar Room |
Agenda
EIC Physics Goals, Chairs: Salvatore Fazio, BNL/Matt Sievert, Rutgers University | ||
09:00 - 09:30 | Theory Overview | Yoshitaka Hatta, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
09:30 - 10:00 | ep Spin Experimental Overview | Abhay Desphande, Brookhaven National Laboratory /Stony Brook University [pdf] |
10:00 - 10:30 | eA Experimental Overview | Sylvester Joosten, Argonne National Laboratory [pdf] |
10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
EIC R&D Updates, Chairs: Salvatore Fazio, BNL/Matt Sievert, Rutgers University | ||
11:00 - 11:30 | Accelerator R&D | Christoph Montag, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
11:30 - 12:00 | Calorimeter R&D | Alexander Kiselev, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
12:00 - 12:30 | Tracking/PID R&D | Tom Hemmick, Stony Brook University [pdf] |
End of Workshop |
High Pt/Jets
Details
Date: | Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
Organizers: | Jasmine Brewer, Raghav Elayavalli Kunnawalkam, Songkyo Lee |
Time: | 9:00 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. |
Location: | Physics (Building 510) - Large Seminar Room |
Agenda
Chair: Songkyo Lee, Iowa State University | ||
09:00 - 09:40 | Jet Measurements in Forward Kinematics, LHCb to EIC | Kara Mattioli, University of Michigan [pdf] |
09:40 - 10:30 | sPHENIX and its Capabilities on Jet Substructure at RHIC Energies | Dennis Perepelitsa, University of Colorado at Boulder [pdf] |
10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee Break | |
10:50 - 11:30 | Lessons on Jet Substructure from RHIC to EIC | Kolja Kauder, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pp.slide] [pptx.] |
11:30 - 12:10 | Studying the Quark Gluon Plasma beyond Fluid Dynamics | Urs Wiedemann, CERN |
End of Workshop |
Diversity + Career Development
Details
Date: | Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
Organizers: | Ron Belmont, Justin Frantz, Claudia Ratti |
Time: | 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Location: | Physics (Building 510) - Large Seminar Room |
Agenda
Chair: Chair: Ron Belmont, University of North Carolina at Greensboro | ||
02:00 - 02:30 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Physics | Arlene Knowles, American Institute of Physics [pdf] |
02:30 - 03:00 | Women in Physics: A Personal Journey | Huey-Wen Lin, Michigan State University [pdf] |
03:00 - 03:30 | Resources and Programs for LGBTQ + Physicists | Matt Sievert, Rutgers University [pdf] |
03:30 - 04:00 | Remembering Christina Swinson-Cruz and Coffee Break | |
Chair: Ron Belmont, University of North Carolina at Greensboro | ||
04:00 - 04:30 | How to navigate the World of Physics and Improve its Environment |
Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Rutgers University [pdf] |
04:30 - 05:00 | From Protons to Peer Review: Life as an Editor for Physical Review Letters | Kevin Dusling, American Physical Society [pdf] |
05:00 - 05:30 | Panel Discussion on Career Advice | Kevin Dusling, Arlene Knowles, Huey-Wen Lin, Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Matt Sievert |
Dinner at Painters' Restaurant at 6:00 p.m. Reservations Required |
Plenary Agenda: June 5-6
Plenary Session I
Details
Date: | Thursday, June 6, 2019 |
Organizers: | RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee |
Time: | 8:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
Location: | Berkner Hall (Building 488) - Auditorium |
Agenda
Plenary Session I.A: Sevil Salur, UEC Chair-Elect, Rutgers University | ||
08:45 - 09:00 | Continental Breakfast | |
09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome Remarks | Doon Gibbs, BNL Laboratory Director |
09:15 - 09:45 | A Tribute to Roy Glauber | Bill Zajc, Columbia University [pdf] |
09:50 - 10:20 | A Look at the Future | Berndt Mueller, BNL Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear & Particle Physics [pdf] |
10:25 - 10:55 | sPHENIX | Ross Corliss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [pdf] |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
Plenary Session I.B: Daniel Cebra, UEC Past-Chair, University of California @ Davis | ||
11:30 - 12:00 | Report from NSF | Jim Thomas, National Science Foundation, Program Director for Nuclear Physics [pdf] |
12:05 - 12:25 | Topics from ONP | Richard Witt, DOE Office of Science, Program Manager of Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics [pdf] |
12:30 - 12:40 | Thesis Awards | Berndt Mueller, BNL Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear & Particle Physics |
12:40 - 12:45 | Annual Users' Meeting Group Picture | |
12:45 - 02:00 | No Host Lunch Break | |
Plenary Session I.C: David Tlusty, Creighton University | ||
02:00 - 02:30 | C-AD Run Report | Chuyu Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
02:35 - 03:05 | Low Energy RHIC Electron Cooling (LEReC) Report | Dmitry Kayran, Brookhaven National Laboratory [pdf] |
03:05 - 03:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
Plenary Session I.D: Jasmine Brewer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
03:30 - 04:00 | STAR Run 19 Report | Irakli Chakaberia, Kent State University [pdf] |
04:05 - 04:35 | STAR Highlights | Amilkar Quintero, Temple University [pdf] |
04:35 - 05:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
Plenary Session I.E: Rosi Reed, UEC Chair, Lehigh University | ||
05:00 - 05:30 | PHENIX Highlights | Ron Belmont, University of North Carolina at Greensboro [pdf] |
05:30 - 06:00 | Report from DOE | Timothy Hallman, DOE Office of Science, Associate Director of Science for Nuclear Physics [pdf] |
Poster Session & Cocktail Hour compliments of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) will begin at 6:00 PM |
Plenary Session II
Details
Date: | Friday, June 7, 2019 |
Organizers: | RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee |
Time: | 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
Location: | Berkner Hall (Building 488) - Auditorium |
Agenda
Plenary Session II.A: Oleg Eyser, Brookhaven National Laboratory | ||
08:45 - 09:00 | Continental Breakfast | |
09:00 - 09:30 | Cold QCD | Renee Fatemi, University of Kentucky |
09:35 - 10:05 | Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) | Abhay Deshpande, Director of EIC, BNL/ SBU [pdf] |
10:05 - 10:35 | STAR Upgrades | Daniel Brandenburg, Shandong University/BNL [pdf] |
10:35 - 10:55 | Coffee Break | |
Plenary Session II.B: Sevil Salur, UEC Chair-Elect, Rutgers University | ||
10:55 - 11:25 | Merit & Poster Awards | Rosi Reed, Lehigh University/Sevil Salur Rutgers University [pdf] |
Poster winner flash talk | ||
11:30 - 11:50 | Discovery Park | Martin Fallier, Director of the Campus Development Office [pdf] |
11:55 - 12:20 | Food Services | Jeff Swenson, Division Manager, Guest Services [pdf] |
12:25 - 01:00 | Business Meeting, UEC Elections | Rosi Reed, Lehigh University [pdf] |
End of meeting luncheon compliments of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) |
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Special Events
Registered attendees are invited to attend the optional dinner, reception, and an end-of-meeting luncheon.
Evening Dinner - Join us for a night at Painters' Restaurant with floor-to-ceiling art and enjoy an eclectic menu of chic eats on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 6:00 PM. 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/postdocs. Directions
Evening Reception - There will be a reception on Thursday, June 6, 2019, 6:00 PM in the lobby of Berkner Hall (Bldg. 488), compliments of BSA.
Poster Coordinators
All students and post-docs are invited to submit posters exhibiting their research for the Poster Session to be held during the RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting. A cash prize will be awarded. Posters will be presented on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Click the registration button below if you wish to present a poster. Any posters submitted by a STAR or PHENIX participant will require the approval of the collaboration in order to be displayed at the Users' Meeting.
- Jasmine Brewer (MIT, UEC)
- Sooraj Radhakrishnan (LBNL, UEC)
- David Tlusty (Creighton University)
Meeting Venue
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY 11973 USA
Meeting Location
Berkner Hall (Bldg. 488)
Main Lecture Hall
Event ID: EXE-E-AUM2019
Note: This meeting falls under Exemption E. Meetings such as Advisory Committee and Federal Advisory Committee meetings. Solicitation/Funding Opportunity Announcement Review Board meetings, peer review/objective review panel meetings, evaluation panel/board meetings, and program kick-off and review meetings (including those for grants and contracts) are open to the public.
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