International workshop: NPCSM 2016 (Oct.17-Nov.18)
Nuclear Physics, Compact Stars, and Compact Star Mergers 2016 (NPCSM 2016)
Dates:
October 17 – November 18, 2016
Venue:
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan
Supports:
YIPQS, YITP, the Center for Gravitational Physics, Nishinomiya City, and MEXT as “Priority Issue on Post-K computer” (Elucidation of the Fundamental Laws and Evolution of the Universe)
Website:
http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~npcsm/index.cgi
Conference
In the 3rd week of the NPCSM2016 workshop, we will have a conference,“Compact stars and gravitational waves”
October 31 – November 4, 2016
Mini Conference
On November 8 and 9, we hold a mini conference,“Compact Star Mergers and Nucleosynthesis”
Confirmed speakers: J.Barnes (UC Berkeley),R.Fernandez (Alberta), K.Hotokezaka(Hebrew), K.Kiuchi (YITP), K.Kyutoku (RIKEN),J.Lippuner (Caltech), G.Martinez-Pinedo (GSI Darmstadt and TU Darmstadt), G.McLaughlin (North Carolina), F.Thielemann (Basel), S.Wanajo (Sophia U.), T.Yoshida (Tokyo).
About this workshop
Subjects
-Core collapse supernova explosions-Binary compact star mergers and their observations in electromagnetic and gravitational waves
-Explosive nucleosynthesis in supernovae and compact star mergers
-Observations and structure of neutron stars
-Compact star matter equation of state
-Ab initio calculation of nuclei and nuclear matter
-Neutron rich nuclei and symmetry energy
-Exotic components in neutron stars and dense matter EOS
-Dense quark matter and QCD phase diagram
-Related topics
Schedule
1st and 2nd weeks (Oct.17-28):Workshop mainly on nuclear matter EOS and neutron stars
3rd week (Oct.31-Nov.4):
Intensive conference week on both nuclear physics and astrophysics Compact stars and gravitational waves
4th and 5th weeks (Nov.7-18):
Workshop mainly on binary neutron star mergers and supernova explosions