We have eight scientific tracks with two sessions each covering a broad range of topics. The conveners are mainly responsible for managing the content of the sessions, together with the organising committee. Please contact the conveners for any questions about the sessions.
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Forward and diffractive physics
Forward and diffractive physics refers to the study of particle interactions at small angles relative to the direction of the colliding particles in high-energy collisions. Forward physics referes to the behavior of particles and phenomena that are observed at very forward rapidities (close to the beam direction). Diffractive physics referes to interactions where the target remains largely intact, and a fraction of the incoming energy is transferred to the outgoing particles, producing a rapidity gap between the central and forward regions.
- Christophe Royon (Kansas Uni, ATLAS) christophe.royon@cern.ch
- Rainer Schicker (Uni Heidelberg, ALICE) schicker@physi.uni-heidelberg.de
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Collectivity in high energy collisions: jets, flows, and other mechanisms
Collectivity as applied to high-energy nuclear collisions denotes any correlations among final-state particles. Prominent examples include jets (hadron fragments from energetic scattered partons) and flows responding to pressure gradients in a dense medium. Some phenomena in smaller collision systems hint at additional mechanisms.
- Yuuka Kanakubo (RIKEN, LBL, theory/MC) yuuka.kanakubo@gmail.com
- Austin Baty (UIC, CMS) abaty@uic.edu
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QCD evolution of dense media and minimum-bias jets
QCD theory attempts to describe the formation, evolution and transition to final-state hadrons of a dense quark-gluon plasma appearing in high-energy nuclear collisions. Minimum-bias jets may reveal, by in-medium modification, critical aspects of medium evolution.
- Paul Caucal (Subatech, theory) caucal@subatech.in2p3.fr
- Sorina Popescu (Kansas Uni, CMS) Sorina.Popescu@cern.ch
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Hadronic final states in high pT interactions
Hadronic final states in high transverse momentum (pT) interactions are a laboratory to probe all aspects of perturbative QCD. Fixed order, resummed and parton shower QCD predictions, and their connection with non-perturbative or electro-weak corrections will be discussed.
- Giancarlo Ferrera (Milan, theory) giancarlo.ferrera@mi.infn.it
- Chia-Ming Kuo (National Central Uni Taiwan, CMS) cmkuo@phy.ncu.edu.tw
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Hadron structure: pdfs, small-x and large-x physics
Hadron structure refers to the internal properties and distributions of quarks and gluons that make up hadrons. Understanding hadron structure is crucial for explaining the dynamics of strong interactions in particle physics. The three major research topics within hadron structure focus on: Parton Distribution Functios (PDF0's), small-x physics, large-x physics.
- Aurore Courtoy (UNAM, theory) aurore@fisica.unam.mx
- Thomas Cridge (Antwerp Uni, theory/pdf) Thomas.Cridge@uantwerpen.be
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Hadron spectroscopy
Hadron spectroscopy is the study of the properties, structure, and energy levels of hadrons. The goal of hadron spectroscopy is to identify and understand the various types of hadrons, their mass spectra, and how they arise from the underlying theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the fundamental theory that describes the strong force binding quarks together inside hadrons.
- Bruno El Bennich (Federal University of Sao Paulo, theory) bennich@unifesp.br
- Zhiqing Liu (Shandong University, Belle2, BESIII) z.liu@sdu.edu.cn
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Hadronic issues in heavy-flavor physics
Heavy-flavor physics focuses on the study of particles containing heavy quarks, particularly charm and bottom quarks. Hadronic issues in this field arise from the complex interplay between the heavy quarks and the surrounding light quarks and gluons. These issues are crucial for understanding and interpreting experimental results in heavy-flavor physics.
- Wolfgang Schafer (Inst of nuclear physics Poland, theory) wolfgang.schafer@ifj.edu.pl
- Christina Terrevoli (INFN Bari, ALICE) cristina.terrevoli@cern.ch
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Astroparticle physics and cosmology
Astroparticle physics and cosmology are interconnected fields that explore the fundamental nature of the universe, from its smallest constituents to its largest structures. These disciplines combine principles from particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology to address some of the most profound questions in science.
- Ralph Engel (KIT, AUGER) ralph.engel@kit.edu
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- Ralph Engel (KIT, AUGER) ralph.engel@kit.edu
