“Celebrating the Start of the RHIC Scientific Program”

 

Agenda for the RHIC & AGS Users Meeting

Brookhaven National Laboratory

 

Please Register with the Users Center

 

Monday August 7th

     

Time

Subject

Speaker

 

 

 

Chair

Welcoming Ceremonies – Physics Auditorium

Jim Thomas

9:00

Welcome from the Director of BNL

Jack Marburger  

 

Overview of HEP and NP at the DOE

Peter Rosen

 

Nuclear Physics Report from the DOE

Dennis Kovar

 

Report from the NSF

Brad Keister

 

Thank you’s

 

 

 

 

10:30

Coffee

 

 

 

 

Chair

The RHIC Accelerator & RCF – Physics Aud.

David Hendrie

10:50

The First Year at RHIC

Fulvia Pilat  

 

Beyond the First Year at RHIC (Spin ++)

Thomas Roser 

 

Computing for the RHIC Experiments

Tom Throwe

 

 

 

12:05

Lunch

 

 

 

 

Chair

The RHIC Experiments   Berkner Hall

Marzia Rosati

1:30

PHENIX

James Nagle

 

BRAHMS

Ramiro Debbe

 

The PHOBOS Experiment: Status and Results

Mark Baker

 

STAR

Mike Lisa

 

 

 

3:10

Coffee & Poster Session   Berkner Hall

See Marzia Rosati

 

 

 

Chair

AGS Experiments & Reviews   Berkner Hall

Toshio Numao

3:40

Heavy Ion Physics at the AGS

Sergei Panitkin

 

Medium Energy Physics at the AGS

Adam Rusek

 

Kaons at the AGS: Past, Present, and Future

Mike Zeller

 

A Precise Measurement of the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Positive Muon

Long Duong

 

 

 

5:40

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

6:30

7:30

Wine & Cheese @ Center

Dinner @ Center

Reservations required.

$25.00 per person


 

Tuesday August 8th

    

Time

Subject

Speaker

 

 

 

Chair

Mini-Town Meeting  I   Physics Auditorium

Jeff Mitchell

9:00

The NSAC Long Range Plan

James Symons

 

HEP Plans for Snowmass 2001

Sally Dawson

 

From the AGS to the JHF

Ken Imai

 

The BNL Plan for Nuclear Theory

Larry McLerran

 

OSCAR Workshop Report

Scott Pratt

 

 

 

10:25

Coffee

 

 

 

 

Chair

Mini-Town Meeting  II – Physics Auditorium

Brian Cole

10:45

RHIC Upgrades

Tom Kirk

 

RHIC Spin Physics

Gerry Bunce

 

New Experiments at RHIC

Dick Majka

 

Open Floor for Discussion

 

 

 

 

12:30

Lunch

 

 

 

 

Chair

eRHIC & Theory   Physics Auditorium

Bob Chrien

1:45

Future Science Directions at BNL

Peter Paul

 

eRHIC – the Machine Perspective

Steve Peggs

 

From RHIC to eRHIC – the Physics Case

Jamal Jalilian-Marian

 

Gold Rush at RHIC

Xin-Nian Wang

 

 

 

3:10

Coffee

 

 

 

 

Chair

Colloquium   Physics Auditorium

Peter Yamin

3:30

The Search for the QGP: A Critical Appraisal

Helmut Satz

4:30

Users Meeting Close-Out

 

 

 

 

4:40 – 6:00

Beer & Junk Food in the Courtyard