sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

[David Morrison <morrison AT bnl.gov>]

    Hi Christine,
      
      Thanks for the news about the extended DNP deadline!  In fact, a
      number of very strong sPHENIX DNP abstracts have been circulated,
      but they seem to be mostly on the detector lists.  We should
      probably collect these into a central repository to better
      advertise and coordinate our DNP effort.  
      
      Cheers,
      Dave

On 6/26/20 9:15 AM, Christine Nattrass wrote:

      Dear all
      
      I haven't seen ANY sPHENIX abstracts for DNP sent around!  ANY! 
      Surely there must be someone who could/should present at DNP? 
      From what I'm hearing from other sources, there is going to be
      higher than average turn out by the heavy ion community.  It would
      be a shame if there are no abstracts from sPHENIX!!
      
      DNP will announce later today that the deadline will be extended
      to July 1.  They have also stated clearly that the fee for
      students for an online meeting will be no more than $100 and that
      we should, "plan for a virtual DNP20 meeting."  This is an
      excellent opportunity for students!  And post docs!
      
Greetings,
Dr. Christine Nattrass
--
she, her, hers
Associate Professor
Physics Department
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Office:  SERF 609
Office Hours:  10:15-11:15 Mon. & 3-4 Wed.
Address:
1408 Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
phone number at UTK: (865) 974-6211
http://web.utk.edu/~cnattras

On 6/16/20 6:03 AM, Christine Nattrass wrote:

        Dear sPHENIX
        
        Abstracts for DNP are due Fri. June 26.  There is a strong
        possibility this will be an online meeting.  When you submit
        your abstract, you will select whether you would present it in
        person only, online only, or either.  I would VERY strongly
        recommend that students and post docs and possibly faculty
        submit abstracts to present at DNP, particularly if it is
        online.  Historically, abstract submission at DNP from heavy ion
        physicists has been low and this has hurt the field's standing
        within the broader US nuclear physics community, where this is a
        major meeting.  The (literal) cost to participate is fairly low
        for an online meeting.  There will be a small registration fee
        if it is online to cover the costs of hosting an online
        meeting.  I also think it provides an excellent opportunity to
        get experience speaking.  It would also be good for sPHENIX to
        have a lot of talks there.
        
        I would also like to highlight the Conference Experience for
        Undergraduates.  Obviously this is going to be very different
        for an online conference, but I think it'll still be a great way
        for undergraduate to get exposure to conferences.  There will
        still be some kind of graduate fair as well, even if it is
        online.  That deadline is July 31. 
        
        There will also be a mini-symposium: Probing nucleons and
          nuclei in ultra-peripheral collisions and with vector-mesons
        Using ultra-peripheral proton-proton and nucleus-nucleus
        collisions both at RHIC and the LHC, the interaction between the
        Weizsacker-Williams photon flux and the proton or nucleus can be
        studied. This provides a unique opportunity to investigate small
        Bjorken-x gluon dynamics at photon intensities and energies that
        are unavailable elsewhere. The top of the accessible energy
        range is a factor of ten higher than that of the EIC, which
        offers a unique opportunity to explore this novel kinematic
        regime. Recently there is also new interest to use
        ultra-peripheral collisions to constrain the initial conditions
        for the subsequent evolution of the Quark-Gluon Plasma. Despite
        the recent experimental and theoretical progress, more work is
        needed to engage both communities, and to work on the synergies
        between UPC studies and the EIC is needed. The goal of this
        session is to identify and discuss the theoretical challenges of
        ultra-peripheral collisions, and how to use experimental
        knowledge from these collisions to prepare for the EIC.
        
        You can find more information here 
        https://www.aps.org/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=DNP20
        
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Greetings,
Dr. Christine Nattrass
--
she, her, hers
Associate Professor
Physics Department
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Office:  SERF 609
Office Hours:  10:15-11:15 Mon. & 3-4 Wed.
Address:
1408 Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
phone number at UTK: (865) 974-6211
http://web.utk.edu/~cnattras
      
      
      
      
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