The purpose of the meeting is to bring together experts and young researchers in the areas of nuclear, hadron and astro-physics and the pertinent interrelations among these fields. The aim is to discuss the current status of the field and to explore future directions, both in experiment and theory. With high energy heavy ion collisions one can probe hot and dense nuclear matter and explore the equation of state and the phase diagram of the strong interaction as well as microscopic properties of strong interaction matter. Dense and hot nuclear matter plays also an important role for supernova explosions, black hole formation and star mergers, which produce gravitational waves. The aim is to cover a broad range of topics to elucidate synergies and identify areas of future progress.
This should be especially beneficial to the younger participants of the meeting.
In detail, the following topics will be presented and discussed:
• Phenomenology of dense and hot matter in heavy ion collisions.
• Phase diagram and equation of state of strongly interacting matter
• Spectral functions of hadrons in nuclear matter.
• QCD in large external fields.
• The phase diagram, neutron stars and binary star mergers.
Course Structure
The scientific program starts on September 17 in the morning and ends on September 21 in the evening. Lectures and seminars will be held in the morning and late afternoon. The early afternoons are reserved for free discussions, which is an important part of the Erice school.
The talks will be made available online. There will be no proceedings.
Stand-alone capabilities for projecting powerpoint or pdf talks are available at the lecture hall. It is also possible to use personal laptops. In any case, the presentations should be uploaded to the indico site.
