Program

Day 5 - July 24 (Monday)

 

Session 7 - Strangeness in Heaven

Chair: M. Gyulassy, Columbia

 

9:00 A.M.

 

J. Kapusta, Minnesota

 

Theoretical predictions for RHIC: will strangeness get the prize?

 

 

S. Vance, Columbia

 

Hyperon enhancement through multistep hydrochemistry

 

 

S. Jeon, LBNL

 

Fluctuations in observables containing strangeness

 

 

Z. Lin, Texas A&M

 

Effective hadronic lagrangian for charm

 

11:05-11:35 A.M.

 

B R E A K

K. Werner, Nantes

 

Tools available for RHIC energies (review of models)

S. Bass, Michigan

 

Dynamics of hot bulk QCD matter: from the QCD to hadronic freeze-out

 

12:45-2:00 P.M.

 

L U N C H

 

Session 9: RHIC Experiments

Chair J. Thomas, LBNL

 

2:00 P.M.

 

J. Lajoie, Iowa State Univ.

 

Strangeness at RHIC: the PHENIX perspective

 

P. Jones, Birmingham

 

Overview of STAR strangeness capabilities

 

 

G. Stephans, MIT

 

How strange is PHOBOS? Status and future prospects.

 

 

S. Sanders, Univ. of Kansas

 

Strangeness in BRAHMS

 

3:40 P.M.-4:10 P.M.

B R E A K

4:10 P.M.

 

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