2014 National Nuclear Physics Summer School
The 2014 National Nuclear Physics Summer School (NNPSS) will be held from June 9 through June 20, 2014, at the College of William & Mary in historic Williamsburg, Virginia. The summer school is open to graduate students and postdocs within a few years of their PhD (on either side) with a strong interest in experimental and theoretical nuclear physics.
The lecturers of the summer school have been selected to give pedagogical reviews of topics in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics, including nuclear and hadronic structure, effective field theories, lattice QCD, heavy-ion physics, nuclei far from stability, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental symmetries, neutrons and neutrinos. Hands-on tutorials will introduce participants to techniques in computational theoretical and experimental nuclear physics.
The list of confirmed speakers at the summer school includes - Brian Tiburzi (CCNY & BNL) on effective field theories
- Witek Nazarewicz (University of Tennessee & ORNL) on nuclear structure
- Andrea Schindler (Forschungszentrum Jülich) on lattice QCD
- Kate Scholberg (Duke University) on neutrinos
- Krishna Kumar (University of Massachusetts) on fundamental symmetries
- Krishna Rajagopal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on QCD in extreme conditions
- Tim Chupp (University of Michigan) on neutrons
The school will consist of ten days of lectures, special topics seminars and discussions, an excursion to the recently upgraded Jefferson Lab accelerator and experimental halls, and several social activities. It is an excellent opportunity for junior researchers to get a broad perspective on current and future research in nuclear
physics, and to network with other researchers.
Program details and application instructions are available through the INT website:
http://www.int.washington.edu/NNPSS/2014
The school can accommodate 50 applicants. Applications and reference letters can be submitted until April 25, 2014. For accepted applicants, the school will cover most of the local expenses. Participants are responsible for travel costs and extracurricular expenses.
Inquiries should be sent to NNPSS2014@physics.wm.edu.
The organizing committee consists of Wouter Deconinck and Kostas Orginos (co-chairs), David Armstrong, Todd Averett, Roger Carlini, Carl Carlson, Keith Griffioen, Kostas Orginos, Robert McKeown, Michael Pennington, Charles Perdrisat, David Richards, and André Walker-Loud.
The 2014 NNPSS is supported by the Institute for Nuclear Theory, the National Science Foundation, Jefferson Lab, and the College of William & Mary.