ASY-EOS-2010
International
Workshop on Nuclear Symmetry Energy at Medium Energies
FIRST
ANNOUNCEMENT
The International Workshop on
Nuclear Symmetry Energy at Medium Energies, ASY-EOS-2010, will be held from May
21 to May 24, 2010, at the town of Noto (SR), Italy. The workshop is promoted
by the Asy-EoS collaboration. The present circular will be also available for
download on the conference web site, http://www.ct.infn.it/asyeos2010.
The workshop is organized by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN),
Sezione di Catania and Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), and by the
University of Catania.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
The ASY-EOS-2010 is the second
edition of a series of topical conferences taking place in Sicily. The main aim
of the ASY-EOS consists of strengthening the link of our scientific community
and its engagement in fundamental and basic nuclear physics research to other
cultural resources available in our Sicilian territory. The first edition was
held in the Baroque town of Militello Val di Catania (CT). This second
ASY-EOS-2010 edition will take place in Noto, located in the province of
Siracusa (Sicily, Italy). Noto and its natural and historical surroundings have
been declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002. More information on Noto
can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noto or at the web site http://www.comune.noto.sr.it/index.php?lang=en.
VENUE TO
NOTO
The closest airport to Noto is
the Catania airport (CTA). All participants will meet on Friday May 21 at
2:00pm in Catania. The precise location of the meeting point will be announced
in the next circular. A bus will take all the participants to Noto. After
check-in at the hotel ÒGrand Hotel SofiaÓ (Adrees: Via Confalonieri S.N., Noto
(SR), Tel.+39.0931.835057, Fax:+39.0931.836728, E-mail: reception@grandhotelsofia.it), the
first session of the workshop will take place after a welcome address. The Workshop will end on the 24th of May
(Monday) and a bus will take the participants back to downtown Catania. More
detailed information about transportation, accommodation, schedules and the
scientific program will be provided in the second circular and will be posted
on the workshop web site, http://www.ct.infn.it/asyeos2010.
COMMITTEES
International scientific
committee:
BASRAK Zoran Ruđer
Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
BENLLIURE Jose USDC,
Spain
CHBIHI Abdou GANIL,
France
COLONNA Maria LNS-INFN,
Italy
LEIFELS YVONNE GSI,
Darmstadt, Germany
LUKASIK Jerzy IFJ-PAN,
Poland
PAGANO Angelo INFN-
Catania, Italy
SAKURAI Hiroshi Riken,
Japan
TRAUTMANN Wolfgang GSI,
Darmstadt, Germany
TSANG M. Betty NSCL-MSU,
USA
YENNELLO Sherry Texas
A&M, USA
Local organizing committee:
CARDELLA Giuseppe INFN-Catania,
Italy
GRASSI Laura University
of Catania, Italy
LOMBARDO Ivano University
of Catania and LNS-INFN, Italy
PIRRONE Sara INFN-Catania,
Italy
RIZZO Francesca University
of Catania and LNS-INFN, Italy
RUSSOTTO Paolo University
of Catania and LNS-INFN, Italy
VERDE Giuseppe INFN-Catania,
Italy
Secretary office:
LOMBARDO Cettina INFN-Catania,
Italy
SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAM AND FORMAT
The Workshop will focus on the
study of the symmetry energy term in the nuclear equation of state. A special
emphasis will be devoted to investigations at super-saturation densities. The
topics of the workshop will also include isotopic effects in heavy-ion
collisions at intermediate energies, future perspectives and experimental
techniques.
A special AsyEoS collaboration meeting will take place on May the 22nd,
in the afternoon. The meeting is open to anyone interested and
will focus on the upcoming experiment S394 at GSI.
The format of the workshop
includes few general talks and short oral contributions followed by moderated
discussions. All participants will be invited to informally interact and
exchange their ideas during these discussions.
An open session will be
devoted to present the nuclear physics programs of INFN to the general public
and to local administrative and political authorities in the town of Noto.
A special overview seminar on
subjects closely related to the scientific program of the workshop will also be
organized for educational purposes.
Participation by students and
post-doctoral fellows is strongly encouraged.
The official language of the
workshop will be English.
CALL FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS & PRE-REGISTRATION
Anyone wishing to attend the
workshop should pre-register before April 17, 2010, directly on the website, http://www.ct.infn.it/asyeos2010, where it will
also be possible to submit an abstract. The deadline for abstract submission
is April 3, 2010.
Accommodation arrangements
will be possible through the conference web site. An accommodation link will
soon be active on the web registration page.
The registration fee amounts
to 200 Euros and will cover all coffee breaks, lunches, the social dinner and
transportation from/to Catania. The fee will be reduced to 100 Euros for
students. Limited financial support for students will be available.
OFFICIAL
CONTACTS
For any information concerning
the workshop and its organization please feel free to contact the local
organizing committee and the secretary office at the e-mail address: asyeos2010@ct.infn.it. For information about travel and accommodation please contact Shougun
Travel, (http://www.shougun.it/default.aspx, Tel: +39 095 7212361).
We look forward to
meeting you at the ASY-EOS-2010 in Sicily!
The Local
Organizing Committee.