Date: February 28 – March 1, 2013
Workshop site: RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science
7-1-26 Minatojima, Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047 Japan
web: http://www.aics.riken.jp/AICS-Symposium-2012/
ORGANIZED By RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS)
CO-ORGANIZED By Strategic Programs for Innovative Research (SPIRE) Field 1, Field2, Field3, Field4, Field5

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) was started July 2010 to promote the research and development for high-performance computing in Japan, and to run the “K computer”,a 10-peta-flops supercomputer. The general use of K computer has started in September 2012. This research and development should not only be achieved by Japan but also with various international collaborations. The 3rd AICS International Symposium will be held to explore such international collaborations.
Until this April AICS has been have eight research teams to cover the wide range of high-performance computing areas, computer architecture, system software, parallel programing language, quantum physics, quantum materials, computational chemistry, computational biochemistry, and climate modeling. Since this April additional eight research teams have been initiated: their research subjects are large-scale matrix solve, HPC usability, HPC programming, particle simulator, advanced visualization, complex phenomena, Discrete Event Simulation, Data Assimilation.
The sessions in the symposium cover the new research fields. Many researchers are invited from domestic and abroad including AICS researchers. Each of them is full of knowledge, experiments, and insights in his field. If you are interested in this symposium, we welcome you to join and enjoy the symposium.

Registration
In order to attend the symposium it is absolutely necessary to complete the on-line registration through the symposium web page.

Date: 14 – 20 February 2013
Workshop site: at J-PARC (Tokai) and Tohoku Univ. (Sendai), JAPAN
Hosts: School of Sci. Tohoku Univ., Advanced Sci. Research Center JAEA
Sponsors: J-PARC Center (JAEA/KEK), RIKEN Nishina Center, RCNP-Osaka, ELPH-Tohoku, HPCI Strategic Program Field 5 “The origin of matter and the universe”, ALPhA and Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Nuclear matter in neutron stars investigated by experiments and astronomical observations”
Web: http://lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp/snpsc2013/
********************** Final Announcement **********************
International School for Strangeness Nuclear Physics
( SNP School 2013 ）
February 12th, Sunday to 18th, Saturday, 2012
J-PARC, Tokai and Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN
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The SNP School 2013 will be held at J-PARC site of Tokai and on the campus of Tohoku University, Sendai from February 14th to 20th , 2012 hosted by JSPS core-to-core program (Nuclear physics group of Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ.), co-hosted by Advanced Science Research Center JAEA, supported by KEK, J-PARC center, RIKEN Nishina center, RCNP-Osaka, ELPH-Tohoku, HPCI, ANPhA and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Nuclear matter in neutron stars investigated by experiments and astronomical observations”.

The participants of the school are assumed to be graduate students and young researchers at the postdoc level who have a strong motivation to carry the future nuclear physics research. We also welcome senior scientists.

Detailed information with an application form is given and will be updated at the following
URL:http://lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp/snpsc2013/
Please check the above web page occasionally to have latest information.

A series of lectures and topical talks will be given by distinguished physicists from around the world.
Tentative titles of lectures and schedule are provided below.

PDF version of the program is here.

The first half of the school (February 12-15) will be held at the IBARAKI Quantum Beam Research Center (IQBRC) near the J-PARC Tokai campus (Tokai, JAPAN). The latter half (February 15-18) of the school will be held on the Kawauchi campus, Tohoku University (Sendai, JAPAN). The organizers will arrange bus transportation from Tokai to Sendai on the 15th for the school participants.

Important dates

Here is your survival guide. It includes a mobile phone number of the organizer and Japanese sentences in case of need.

J-PARC site tour
Afternoon of 15th Feb., all participants are expected to join the J-PARC site tour. Material Life science Facility (MLF), Central Control Room (CCR) , neutrino facility and the Hadron Hall will be toured. All foreign passport holders should fill the Visit Proposal and send it to the organizer before the tour.

Registration Fee & Accommodation Payment
Registration desk will open from 9:00 on 14th February at IQBRC. Please prepare 15,000 Yen (Cash only).
Please pay for Ichinobo (hotel at Sakunami) at the registration desk at the same time, 10,000 Yen (Cash only).

Other hotels at Katsuta and Sendai are booked by the organizers, but you should adjust balance by yourself at the hotel.
The hotels will accept major credit cards.
Those who have support will be reimbursed later.

Young Researchers’ Presentation and Report
All young researchers are expected to present their posters.
Maximum size of the poster is A0 (841mm x 1189mm). Please bring the printed poster to the school.

The organizer cannot print your poster at the school site.

Chance of oral presentation will be given for selected presentations (Young researchers’ session, 16th afternoon).
Hashimoto prize will be awarded to the best presentation and poster.

All young researchers are requested to submit 1-page report of your impression on the SNP school 2013 before the summary and closing session.
Selected students will present the report in the summary and closing session at Sakunami.

If your talk is assigned as an oral presentation, please prepare your talk for 12min + 3min (Q&A).
There is no time to swap your laptops during the young researcher’s session. Only organizer’s laptop will be used for the presentation.
Please give the ppt or pdf file to the organizer before noon of 14th Feb.
Nomination result and program of the young researchers’ session will be emailed soon.

Information on Accommodations

Your hotel assignment is here. Please check it carefully. if anything is wrong, please contact to the organizer as soon as possible.
The hotel rooms will be released after the circulation of this final announcement.

Tokai
The organizers pre-booked 50 rooms at the Hotel Crystal Palace (marked as “C” on the hotel assignment page) located 2 km from JR-Katsuta station. Room price including breakfast is 7,350-8,400 yen per person per night (price varies depending on room type.) Major credit cards will be accepted.

Around J-PARC and IQBRC, a few restaurants are available and the organizers will prepare the lunch (included in the registration fee) on the 13th and the 14th.

Around the hotel or Katsuta station, you can easily find a restaurant for dinner with this restaurant map.

Sendai
At Sendai, rooms are booked at Pearl-City hotel which are within walking distance from the Kawauchi campus, Tohoku Univ. (Public bus is also available).

Room price including breakfast is 6,000-7,000 yen per person per night. Major credit cards will be accepted.
In Sendai, there are many hotels and restaurants and the organizer will not arrange lunch. The organizers will provide information of surrounding restaurants located in the vicinity of the school site. Campus cafeteria serves food with a reasonable price.

Sakunami hot-spring
In the evening of the 20th, we will have a summary and closing session at a Japanese traditional hotel (“Ryokan Ichinobo”) in the Sakunami hot spring area which is located about 20km west of Sendai urban district. We are planning to award school completion certificate to students there. After the summary and closing session, we will have school dinner there. We will enjoy discussion at the hot spring and shared Tatami rooms. Room charge (not included in the registration fee) will be collected at the registration desk (10,000 yen per person, only by cash ).

On the 17th, we will visit the World Heritage, NIKKO as an excursion on the way to Sendai.

Information on Transportation

Narita Airport to Tokai and local transport at Tokai:
Most foreign participants will land at and depart from the Narita (New-Tokyo) International Airport. A bus service (Rose Liner, by Ibaraki Kotsu Co.) from Narita Airport bound for Hitachi station makes stops at Katsuta station (nearest station to the hotel) and Tokai station (nearest station to the school site). The one-way fare is 3,000 yen and it takes 100 – 140 minutes. You can find detailed information on the bus at:

http://www.ibako.co.jp/airport/narita/from_narita_airport.html. (Google translate button exists on the web.)

The organizer booked participants’ rooms at the Hotel Crystal Palace located 2 km from the JR-Katsuta station (30min walk or 7 min by taxi).
Here is a detailed instruction how you can reach to the hotel after arrival at Katsuta station by the Rose Liner.

It takes 15 minutes between Katsuta station and Tokai station by the JR-Joban-line. Another 15 minutes taxi trip will bring you from the Tokai station (west exit) to the school site, IQBRC.

The organizers will arrange a direct bus from the hotel to the school site in the morning (8:15 on 14th, 15th and 16th) and a return bus from the school to the hotel after the session in the evening. Bus schedule is also shown on the lecture program.

Tokai to Sendai, Sendai to Sakunami hot spring:

On the 17th, bus transportation from Tokai to Sendai with a lunch will be arranged by the organizers. Bus will stop at Nikko, the world heritage as an excursion on the way to Sendai.

In Sendai, 40 rooms are booked at the Pearl-City hotel which is walking distance from the Kawauchi campus, Tohoku Univ. (Public bus is also available). Hotels and Kawauchi campus are located in the central Sendai area and public transportation is well organized.

In the evening of the 20th, participants will move from the school site to ELPH-Tohoku facility after the morning lecture. One lecture will be given at ELPH and tour for the ELPH accelerator will be organized. A transportation from ELPH to Sakunami hot-spring by a bus arranged by the organizers. We will have a summary talk and a school dinner there and enjoy discussion at the hot spring.

School will be closed on late night of 20th and participants will enjoy staying at the hot-spring.

It will take 40 minutes from Sakunami to the JR Sendai station by JR-Senzan-line. From the Sendai station to the Narita International Airport, it is a two hours trip by Shinkansen (super-express) and one hour by train (Keisei or JR) to the Narita airport station.

For those who take a flight to the Narita airport from Sendai, the Sendai International airport can be reached in 30 minutes from the JR Sendai station by the Sendai-Access-Line. If you take an early flight in the morning usually around 8 a.m. to Narita ), please ask for assistance in advance.

Information about the School Sites

Tokai
The Tokai village, in which J-PARC has been constructed (at the Tokai site of Japan Atomic Energy Agency, JAEA), is located at 100km northeast of Tokyo and 70km north of the Tokyo-Narita International Airport. The village faces the Pacific Ocean. Tokai is adjacent to Mito City (local government office exists), which is the largest city in Ibaraki Prefecture and has many historic spots. Both Tokai, Mito and Tsukuba (where KEK exists) belong to Ibaraki Prefecture; Tokyo-Narita International Airport belongs to Chiba Prefecture located the south of Ibaraki.

The average temperature in February is about 3 degrees C, and daily minimum/maximum temperatures are about -5 to 10 degrees C with occasional snowfall.

Sendai
The city of Sendai with a population of one million is the center of the northern part of Japan, Tohoku District. It is located about 350 km north of Tokyo and can be reached in 2 hours with a super-express train (Tohoku Shinkansen). The city features an abundance of natural beauty that changes with the seasons. Sendai is nicknamed “Mori no miyako” (literally city of green), which illustrates this perfectly. The city has a rich cultural heritage stretching back 400 years to its founding by feudal lord Date Masamune. The city is surrounded by mountains and Pacific ocean, making its weather reasonably mild.

Average temperature at Sendai in February is 4 degrees C (39F), daily minimum/maximum temperatures are -2 /6 degrees C. Though heavy snow fall is rare in Sendai, it is necessary to be prepared for snow in February. We recommend you to bring warm clothing with coat.

Further information on the city is found in the following WEB pages.

http://www.city.sendai.jp/kikaku/kokusai/english/index.html

Tohoku University adopts total campus wide bans on smoking. If you want to smoke during the school, you need bring your potable ashtray and go out of the campus during the breaks.

Contact

Prof. Satoshi N Nakamura
Dept. of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University,
Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, JAPAN
Phone: +81-22-795-6453
Fax: +81-22-795-6455
E-mail: snpsc2013[at]lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp

Prof. Hirokazu Tamura
Chair of the SNP School 2013Department of Physics, School of Science, Tohoku University

Prof. Kenichi Imai
Co-chair of the SNP School 2013
Advanced Science Research Center, JAEA

International Advisory Committee
P. Bydzovsky (NPI-Prague),
H. En’yo (RIKEN),
A. Gal (Hebrew),
F. Garibaldi (INFN-Rome),
T. Hatsuda (Tokyo/RIKEN),
R.S. Hayano (Tokyo),
T. Kishimoto (RCNP),
T. Motoba (OsakaEC)
T. Nagae (Kyoto),
S. Nagamiya (J-PARC),
K. Nishikawa (KEK),
M. Oka (TITech),
J. Pochodzalla (Mainz),
L. Tang (Hampton/JLab)

Organizing Committee
H. Tamura (Tohoku, Chair),
K. Imai (JAEA, Co-chair),
E. Hiyama (RIKEN),
K. Maeda (Tohoku),
S.N. Nakamura (Tohoku),
H. Noumi (Osaka),
H. Shimizu (ELPH-Tohoku),
T. Suda (ELPH-Tohoku),
T. Takahashi (KEK),
K.H. Tanaka (KEK)

Local Organizing Committee
S.N. Nakamura (Tohoku, Scientific Secretary, snpsc13@lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp),
Y. Fujii (Tohoku),
M. Ieiri (KEK),
T. Ishikawa (ELPH-Tohoku),
H. Kanda (Tohoku),
M. Kaneta (Tohoku),
K. Miwa (Tohoku),
T. Maruyama (JAEA),
H. Sako (JAEA),
S. Sato (JAEA),
S. Sawada (KEK)
T. Takahashi (KEK),
H. Yamazaki (ELPH-Tohoku),

Date:

February 5 and 6, 2013

Place:

Faculty of Science Build. 4, Room 1320, Hongo campus, the University of Tokyo

Sponsers:

Global-COE : Global Center for Physical Science Frontier, University of Tokyo
Computational Materials Science Initiative
HPCI Strategic Program Field 5

web：

https://sites.google.com/a/cns.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/shimizu/gcoe

Contact person:
Noritaka Shimizu, CNS, The University of Tokyo
shimizu[at]cns.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Program

* Talk will be given in English
Feburary 5 (Tues.)

Feburary 6 (Wed.)

Guido Cossu Post-doc researcher at KEK, Tsukuba

Just one month after obtaining his PhD in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) from Pisa University in Italy, Guido Cossu was on his way to Japan to carry out post-doctoral work for a KEK Lattice QCD research group. That was three years ago. The program ended in April, only for Cossu to be immediately offered the opportunity to continue his research in a new five-year program helping a different support group connected with the High Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) program that is investigating a number of fields in fundamental science. He readily agreed.

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Date: Mar. 13 (Wed) – 15 (Fri), 2013
Workshop site: Department of Physics, Osaka University
sponsors: Joint Institute for Computational Fundamental Science (JICFuS),
HPCI Strategic Program Field 5 “The origin of matter and the universe”,
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) 20244028, “Extra dimensions, origin of generation, and LHC physics”
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, 23104005, “New structure of spacetime through physics at the tera-scale.”
web: http://www-conf.kek.jp/extradim/

The main purpose of this workshop is to gather people from the phenomenology and lattice communities to discuss the non-perturbative aspects of gauge theories in extra-dimensions.
Besides the interest in extending field theories to extra-dimensions,both unification and symmetry breaking caused by the compactification are becoming increasingly important in explorations of physics beyond the standard model.
Furthermore, next year will mark 30 years since the Hosotani Mechanism for gauge symmetry breaking by compactified extra dimensions was first proposed.

Some immediate issues for the non-perturbative study of gauge theories in more than four dimensions are:

- renormalizability of the theory
- phase structure of the theory
- calculation of the spectrum
- fermion formalisms on the lattice
- symmetry breaking phenomenology

At this early stage, we would like to encourage participation and ideas from a wide range of experts on these and related subjects. In this environment we expect participants to reach important common understandings of the current state, and to generate new ideas for future study as well as new collaborations to pursue them.

The workshop will be held in the Physics Department at Osaka University.
Our funding allows us to cover some local expenses in some special cases and for students.
We will collect 4,000 yen (2,000 yen for student) as a conference fee from each participant.

Access information are provided in the Location page on the Web page.

The registration is now open until January 25th.

The organizers:
Guido Cossu (KEK, IPNS) cossu[at]post.kek.jp
Hisaki Hatanaka (Osaka Univ.) hatanaka[at]het.phys.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
James E. Hetrick (Univ. of the Pacific) jhetrick[at]pacific.edu
Yutaka Hosotani (Osaka Univ.) hosotani[at]phys.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
Etsuko Itou (KEK, IPNS) eitou[at]post.kek.jp
Jun-Ichi Noaki (KEK, IPNS) noaki[at]post.kek.jp

Date: Feb. 11 (Mon) – 13 (Wed), 2013
Workshop site:
2F Conference room
Ibaraki Quantum Beam Research Center
162-1, Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan
web：http://j-parc-th.kek.jp/html/English/JPARCFeb2013.html

The workshop is intended to discuss hadron-physics projects at J-PARC and related large-scale computational physics among theorists and experimentalists.

The J-PARC started to operate at the beginning of this year after the recovery from the damage by the great east Japan earthquake on March 11, 2011. In order to promote theoretical activities on the J-PARC projects, the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies of KEK started the J-PARC branch of the KEK theory center from December, 2011 by visiting staff members in addition to permanent staff members of KEK.

On the other hand, the supercomputing system (“K”) of ten-petaflop peak performance started to operate in Kobe at the fall of 2012. The consortium of High Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) develops computational sciences and technologies by the supercomputer. On particle, nuclear, and cosmological physics, activities are organized by the Joint Institute for Computational Fundamental Science (Tsukuba U, KEK, National Astronomical Observatory). These computational sciences have close connections to the J-PARC hadron physics.

The workshop will bring together theory and experimental communities to discuss the J-PARC and computational-physics projects. We had a similar workshop in February, 2012 as announced at
http://www.jicfus.jp/en/120209-11workshop/ .

At the workshop of 2013, we discuss recent developments on the J-PARC projects and computational physics. We expect participants mainly from Japan; however, we welcome international participants.

Discussed topics
1. Hadron physics at J-PARC
- Strangeness hadron and nuclear physics
- Exotic hadrons
- Hadron properties in nuclear medium
- Structure functions
- Charm physics
- Neutrino-nucleus interactions
- New ideas on J-PARC hadron project

2. Computational physics related to the J-PARC hadron physics
- Hadronic interactions and nuclei in lattice QCD
- Heavy quark physics in lattice QCD
- Nucleon structure in lattice QCD
- Large-scale computational nuclear physics
- Dense nuclear matter and astrophysics

Invited speakers (as of Dec. 19)
- M. Alford　 (Washington Univ.) ‘High density QCD and compact stars’
- D. Blaschke (Univ. of Wroclaw) ‘Physics of neutron stars’
- H.-W. Lin (Univ. of Washington) ‘Hadron physic on lattice QCD’
- W. Melnitchouk (JLab) ‘Nucleon structure’
- J. Millener (BNL) ‘Hypernuclear physics at J-PARC’
- K. Ozawa (KEK) ‘Hadron physics at J-PARC’
- T. Rijken (Univ. of Nijmegen) ‘Strangeness hadron and nuclear physics’
- K. Sasaki (Tsukuba univ.) ‘Hadronic interactions and nuclei in lattice QCD’
- T. Sato (Osaka univ.) ‘Neutrino-nucleus interactions’
- C. Thomas (Trinity College, Dublin) ‘Charm physics’

* The titles of talk are tentative.
We are still negotiating with a few candidates of invited speakers.

We also invite applications for contributed talks. If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please send the attached registration form by email.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Tokai.

Organizers:
A. Dote (KEK), S. Hashimoto (KEK), T. Hatsuda (RIKEN), E. Hiyama (RIKEN), K. Imai (JAEA), S. Kumano (KEK), T. Maruyama (JAEA), M. Oka (Tokyo Tech), T. Takahashi (KEK), H. Tamura (Tohoku)

Correspondence
Dr. Akinobu Dote
KEK theory center, Tokai branch
Email: JPARCTH-Feb2013(AT)ml.post.kek.jp

Secretary
Ms. Kieko Iioka
Secretary, KEK theory center
Email: JPARCTH-Feb2013(AT)ml.post.kek.jp

Accommodation
We blocked 50 rooms in HOTEL CRYSTAL PALACE for participants including invited speakers from abroad. During the workshop period, a shuttle bus will run between the hotel and the workshop site every morning and evening. If you want to stay at this hotel, please send us the application form at the end of this document.

HOTEL CRYSTAL PALACE:
http://www.hotel-crystal.co.jp/access/

If all the 50 rooms are filled, we will ask you to reserve a room in other hotel by yourself.

Hotels are located in Tokai, Hitachinaka, and Mito-station areas. We expect to arrange bus transportation between the JR Tokai train station and the conference site in the morning and evening on Feb. 11, 12, and 13. The details will be announced on the conference web. You may consider the following hotels in the Mito train station area:

HOTEL TERRACE the GARDEN MITO
President Hotel Mito
Daiwa Roynet Hotels (-> choose Daiwa Roynet Hotel Mito)
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HOTEL LAKE VIEW MITO
東横INN
SANNOMARU HOTEL
Mito KEISEI HOTEL
for English communications.

Registration

There is no registration fee; however, we collect 500 yen for coffee.

If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please send the following registration form by email.

* Deadline: Jan. 08, 2013 if you apply for a talk or financial support.
* Deadline: Jan. 13, 2013 if you do not apply.

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To: JPARCTH-Feb2013(AT)ml.post.kek.jp
Subject: J-PARC hadron 2013-02, Registration

1. Name (first name, last name):
2. Affiliation:
3. Title/Position:
4. Phone number:
5. Email:
6. Arrival date:
7. Departure date:
8. Do you participate in the get-together party on Feb. 11? Yes/No
* The fee is about 3,500 yen.

9. Do you need lunch boxes?
Feb.11 (Yes/No), Feb.12 (Yes/No), Feb.13 (Yes/No)
* We recommend you to take the lunch boxes because there is no nearby restaurant. A lunch box costs about 700 yen.

10. Do you want to stay at HOTEL CRYSTAL PALACE? Yes/No
If yes, please answer following questions:
* Check-in date : Feb. ??
* Check-out date : Feb. ??
* Room type : Single/Twin ?

11. Do you want to give a presentation? Yes/No
If yes, please answer following questions:
* Oral or poster ?
* Title
* Abstract (in a few lines)

12. Do you want financial support? Yes/No

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Please see for the Press Release.

We are grad to announce the international workshop on “Large-scale computations for nuclear alpha-particle condensation”, which we will hold at RIKEN from Nov. 13 to 19, as sponsored by JICFuS, Strategic Programs for Innovative Research (SPIRE) Field 5.

In this workshop we invite Profs. P. Schuck (IPN, Orsay), G. Roepke (Rostock U.), and A. Ogloblin (Kurchatov Inst.), and domestic theorests and experimentalists, to discuss the alpha-particle condensation in nuclear systems, which is one of the novel nuclear clustering phenomena, and related topics. Herewith we enclose the tentative program, which is set rather loose, i.e. just two or three talks assigned everyday, to devote most of the time to free discussion.Please feel free to join if you are interested.

Organizers
Yasuro Funaki, Emiko Hiyama ,Tetuo Hatsuda ,Takashi Nakatsukasa

Program

Nov. 13 (Tue.)

Nov. 14 (Wed.)

Nov. 15 (Thu.)

Nov. 16 (Fri.)

Nov. 17 (Sat.)

Nov. 18 (Sun.)

Nov. 19 (Mon.)

Program

Symposium:Quarks to Universe in Computational Science (QUCS 2012)

Scientific program and slides (12/25)

December 13(Thu)-16(Sun), 2012
Nara Prefectural New Public Hall

Sponsorship: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Research on the Emergence of Hierarchical Structure of Matter by Bridging Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics in Computational Science”, Joint Institute for Computational Fundamental Science (JICFuS), Strategic Programs for Innovative Research (SPIRE) Field 5 “The origin of matter and the universe”, RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science

AIM

The aim of this symposium is to discuss the current topics in particle physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics from the point of view of large scale numerical simulations.
The major topics will be
* hadron physics from lattice QCD
* nuclear physics from lattice QCD
* high precision quantum few-body calculations
* large scale simulations of nuclear many-body problems
* supernova simulations
* formation of black holes and gravitational waves
etc.

We expect about 100 participants from particle/nuclear/astrophysics and we invite several distinguished physicists from abroad listed below. We also invite Japanese experimentalists from big collaborations.

There will also be a public lecture by Prof. T. Maskawa (2008 Nobel Prize) on December 15 (Sat.), 16:00 p.m.-18:00 p.m. Public Lecture (Japanese)

Invited speaker and Title
Z. Fodor (Wuppertal) Computational particle physics
J. Carlson (LANL) Computational nuclear physics
T. Janka (Munich) Computational astrophysics
T. Kennedy (Edinburgh) Computational physics

Invited speaker (experimentalist) and Title
T. Ijima (Nagoya) Hadron structure
Y. Akiba (RIKEN) Quark-gluon plasma
H. Tamura(Tohoku) Strangeness nuclear physics
H. Sakurai (Tokyo/RIKEN) Nuclear physics at RIBF
K. Makishima (Tokyo/RIKEN) Astrophysics and compact stars

Local Organizing Committee
Sinya Aoki (Tsukuba), Tetsuya Onogi (Osaka), Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN), Emiko Hiyama (RIKEN), Hideyuki Suzuki (Tokyo Univ. of Science), Masaru Shibata (Kyoto Yukawa Inst.), Hideo Matsufuru (KEK)

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1. Place

The symposium will be taken place at the Reception Hall in Nara Prefectural New Public Hall(奈良県新公会堂). The access to the symposium place will be seen the above URL.

Those who stay in hotel ‘Sun hotel Nara’ can get on the City-circle bus (市内循環バス) from JR Nara station to the venue. (If you go to JR Nara station, you can find easily bus terminal in front of JR Nara station.)

From JR Nara Station
Bus Route #2 (City-circle bus outbound line) [JPY 200] Get on: Bus stop #1 (East side of the station) Get off: Daibutsuden Kasuga Taisha mae (大仏殿春日大社前). It’s operated every 6-10 minutes from early morning (around 6:00) to midnight (around 23:30)

Or you can take taxi from the hotel to the symposium place. The cost is approximately 1,000 Japanese Yen.

2. Scientific program

The scientific program for the presentation and poser presentation will be attached in this e-mail. Please check carefully the title of your contribution and let us if changes are necessary as soon as possible.

3. Registration

Registration fee
All participants should pay registration fee by 4,000 Japanese Yen. The fee is included coffee, snacks and symposium dinner.
Registration
On-site registration will be taken place in the front of the ‘Reception Hall’ from 9:00-10:00 a.m. on 13th December. Later registration is possible during the opening hours of the symposium office.

4. Symposium dinner

We will have the symposium dinner at 19:30 p.m. on 14th December at the restaurant 葉風泰夢 on B1F in Nara National Museum. It takes 5 minutes on foot from the symposium venue. To reach there, please see http://www.narahaku.go.jp/.

5. Poster session

Poster session will be held on Thursday 13th December. Drink and snacks will be served during the poster session.
The poster presenters are requested to place a poster, prepared in English, on the assigned board in the lunch time on Thursday. The posters will be removed until the coffee break in the afternoon on Friday. The size of the poster board is 1200mm (width) by 1800mm(height).
We will select three best presentations among poster contribution. Those who are selected as best presentations will give oral presentations on 16th December.

6. Symposium Photo

We will take a Symposium photo just after the first morning plenary session (coffee break time) on 14th December.

Contact
If you have any questions, please ask Emiko Hiyama (hiyama [at] riken.jp).

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Scientific program

Thursday, December 13

Friday, December 14

Saturday, December 15

Sunday, December 16

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