1st announcement of Quark Matter 2015
Dear Colleague,
We are pleased to announce that the 25th International Conference
on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2015)
will be held in Kobe, Japan, on September 27-October 3, 2015.
The conference will take place in the "Kobe Fashion Mart" Convention Center
located in Kobe. Quark Matter 2015 will consist of 5 1/2 days of conference,
starting at 9:00 am on Monday, September 28, and ending at 12:30 pm on
Saturday, October 3. The conference is pceded by a Student Day
taking place from 9 am to 4 pm on Sunday, September 27, at the same place.
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Scientific Topics
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The scientific program of the conference will include the following topics:
* QCD at High Temperature
* Baryon Rich QCD Matter
* QGP in Small Systems
* Initial State Physics and Approach to Equilibrium
* Jets and High pT hadrons
* Open Heavy Flavors and Strangeness
* Quarkonia
* Electromagnetic Probes
* Collective Dynamics
* Correlations and Fluctuations
* Quark Matter in Astrophysics
* Relations to Other Strongly Coupled Systems
* New Theoretical Developments
* Future Experimental Facilities, Upgrades, and Instrumentation
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Conference web site
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The conference web site is http://qm2015.riken.jp
The information will be continuously updated.
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Registration and Conference Fee
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Registration for the conference will be possible through the
conference web site starting on April 27, 2015.
The conference fee is 60000 yen for payments made prior to
August 7, and 75000 yen after that date.
The payment will be available on-line from the QM15 web page.
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Accommodation
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A number of rooms are available in various hotels in Kobe City
(less than 30 min. using public transportations) and
Rokko island (walking distance). A list of the hotels with further
details will be made available on the web site by the second
announcement on April 27, 2015.
