Speaker
John Harris
(Yale University)
Description
The quest to determine the nuclear matter equation of state (NMEOS) and its properties has been a central focus of our field for over fifty years. Numerous theoretical predictions regarding the behavior of the NMEOS have motivated major experimental efforts aimed at revealing its properties over a range of densities and temperature. Both Carsten Greiner and Dirk Rischke have made valuable contributions to this effort, which I will briefly point out. But with limited time, I’ll focus more on a few of Dirk Rischke’s contributions that overlap with experiments in which I’ve been directly involved.