eA/pA Physics & Connections

May 6, 2005 
2-160, Building 510, BNL
Bridge line: 631-344-6261, VRVS:

pA Physics at RHIC Summaries and Detector Ideas, Physics Motivation

 9:00   Summary of RHIC II pA physics WG (experiment), Carl Gagliardi
 9:45   Summary of RHIC II pA physics WG (theory), Kirrill Tuchin
10:30  Lessons from d-A Physics at RHIC, Mark Baker
11:00  pA collisions at RHIC and the LHC and connections to eA physics, Brian Cole
11:30  Best observables in pA physics, discussion leader Mark Strikmann

  1:00  Lunch
  2:00  Connections between pA and eA physics, Jamal J-Marian
  3:15  Diffraction in pA and eA, Mark Strikmann
  4:00  Implications of present RHIC program on future pA and eA, J. C. Peng
  4:30  3d parton structures in ep, eA and pA collisions, Christian Weiss
  5:00  Discussion best observables for eA physics (leader: Mark Strikmann)
            a) traditonal nuclear physics
            b) signatures of breakdown of DGLAP equations


May 7, 2005
2-160, Building 510, BNL
Bridge line: 631-344-2261, VRVS:


Detectors for eA and ep
  9:00  MC Detector Simulation studies and package Bernd Surrow
  9:30  MC Generators available for studies Joe Seele
10:00  Some thoughts on detector design for ep physics Rolf Ent
10:30  Some thoughts on detector design for eA physics Ed Kistenev
11:30  Comments accelerator physics and IR design Christopher Montag

12:30  Lunch

  2:00  Discussion (leaders: Antje Bruell, Abhay Deshpande)
           a) Present concept for ep physics
           b) Implications of eA and pA physics on detector design
           c) Can detectors be used for pA and eA physics?
           d) What time lines involved?
           e) What can be done to co-operate and collaborate on possible projects?
           f)  How do we go aheaad?