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| BATON ROUGE – LSU Professor Jerry P. Draayer’s Theoretical Nuclear Physics Group will host the 2009 Mardi Gras Workshop, “Special Symmetries and Ab Initio Methods for Light Nuclei,” on Feb. 18-20 in Room 435 of Nicholson Hall on LSU’s campus. Scientists from around the world will come together to tackle a quintessential goal of nuclear physics, namely to achieve realistic ab initio – relying on basic and established physical laws – modeling of the complex dynamics of atomic nuclei using inter-nucleon interactions that are tied to quantum chromodynamics. This will lead to better comprehension of the evolution of the universe from a fundamental quark/gluon level. These researchers will address forefront challenges on the structure of nuclei, which are key to pinpointing the origin, structure and evolution of baryonic matter in the universe. The most “famous” baryons, or particles composed of three quarks, are the nucleus constituents, protons and neutrons – collectively called nucleons – that make up most of the mass of visible matter in the universe. The results of such studies go beyond simply providing an “explanation of nuclear data” to establishing a fundamental link between properties of atomic nuclei and the dynamics of the cosmos, while also providing essential nuclear structure information that is presently inaccessible. Most of the workshop participants have already contributed to the remarkable progress in ab initio nuclear physics achieved in recent years. Many young scientists will participate in the talks and discussions of the workshop. Please visit www.phys.lsu.edu/lsunpw/ or e-mail lsunpw@phys.lsu.edu for more information. -30- |
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