Heavy Quarks a a Probe of a New State of Matter
LDRD DR Proposal 20060049DR
PI : Patrick L. McGaughey, P-25, plm@lanl.gov, 7-1594
Co-PI: Emil Mottola, T-8, emil@lanl.gov, 7-7646
Press reports concerning the possible discovery of "A New State of Matter at RHIC":
"At One Trillion Degrees, Even Gold Turns Into the Sloshiest Liquid", Kenneth Chang (New York Times), April 19, 2005.
"Researchers : Early universe liquid-like", Bryn Nelson (Newsday), April 18, 2005.
"RHIC Scientists Serve up Perfect Liquid", BNL Press Release, April 18, 2005.
"An Ocean of Quarks", American Institute of Physics News Update, Phil Schewe and Ben Stein, April 20, 2005.
Date
Proposal Archive
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26 May 2005
Proposal coversheet, participants and abstract.
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26 May 2005
Final Full Proposal, as Submitted.
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26 May 2005
Proposal Reference List.
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26 May 2005
Zip File Containing Full PDF Texts of References.
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Reference material:
Presentation give to Alan Bishop, Tom Bowles, Susan Seestrom, April 1, 2005:
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Final Report on Silicon Vertex Detector / Charm Study, LDRD ER Program 20020043ER:
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Links to useful material:
PHENIX Decadal Plan 2004-2013, including heavy quark measurements:
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PHENIX White Paper on "Formation of Dense Partonic Matter at RHIC":
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PHENIX Home Page :
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RHIC Home Page :
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BNL Press Release, "RHIC Scientists Serve Up .Perfect. Liquid" :
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American Institute of Physics Article, "An Ocean of Quarks" :
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Physics Today Article, "What have we learned from RHIC?" :
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Mid-term LDRD DR Review 8:30 -12:30, Thursday April 26, 2007:
SCHEDULE:
Introduction to heavy quark program - Pat (20 + 10 min.) 8:30-9:00 :
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Simulations of physics performance - Hubert (10 + 5 min.) 9:00-9:15
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Vertex detector and front end electronics - Gary (15 + 5 min.) 9:15-9:35
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Pixel planes and high density interconnect - Gerd (20 + 5 min) 9:35-10:00
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Readout electronics - Mark (10 + 5 min.) 10:00-10:15
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Break (10 min.) 10:15-10:25
Theory program approach, Non-equilibrium studies of QGP - Emil (20 + 5 min.) 10:25-10:50
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Energy loss and flow of heavy quarks - Ivan (15 + 5 min.) 10:50-11:10
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Lattice calculations of heavy quarks and EOS - Rajan (15 + 5 min.) 11:10-11:30
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Lunch and closed session meeting with PI and committee (1 hour) 12:05-1:00
Self Appraiasal Document
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