Association of Korean Physicists in America

Program:

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

08:30-09:00 Registration and getting aquainted

09:00-09:15 Session I: Welcome and Introduction

     09:00 Welcome messages from KPS and AKPA
              Prof. NAM, Soonkeon (Kyunghee University)
              SEO, Eun Suk (University of Maryland (US))

09:15-10:45 Session II - Nuclear Physics I
Conveners: Hong, Byungsik (Korea University (KR))

     09:15 Low-Energy Nuclear Physics Facilities in the U.S. and Opportunities for Collaboration
              Prof. TRIBBLE, Robert (Texas A University)
     09:45 Rare Isotope Science Project
              Prof. KIM, Sun Kee (Korea Rare Isotope Accelerator)
     10:15 Road Map of Nuclear Theories for the Physics with Rare Isotope Accelerators
              Prof. JI, Cheungryong (NCSU)

10:45-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Session III - Nuclear Physics II
Conveners: Prof. Oh, Yongseok (Kyungpook National University)

     11:00 Probing the equation of state of asymmetric matter
              Prof. LYNCH, William (Michigan State University)
     11:30 Ridge Behavior in Heavy Ion Collision
              Prof. YOON, Jin Hee (Inha University)
     12:00 Probing the Three-Dimensional Structure of the Nucleon at 12-GeV Jefferson Lab and Beyond
              Prof. GAO, Haiyan (Duke University)

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Session III - Particle Physics
Conveners: Prof. Nam, Soon Keon (Kyung Hee University)

     14:00 Searches for the Higgs Particle and the Future
              Prof. YU, Jae (University of Texas at Arlington (US))
     14:30 Recent Results from the LHC Experiments
              LEE, Sung Won (Texas Tech University (US))
     15:00 Observation of the last, weakest neutrino transformation at RENO
              KIM, Soo-Bong (Seoul National University)

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-18:30 Session IV - Astrophysics
Conveners: Prof. Park, M.G. (Kyungpook National University)

     16:00 Overview of the NASA Astrophysics Program and its Suborbital Projects
              Dr. JONES, Vernon (NASA)
     16:30 High Energy Cosmic Ray Astrophysics
              SEO, Eun Suk (University of Maryland (US))
     17:00 Gamma Ray Bursts: Its Prospects with Korean Participation
              PARK, I.H. (Ewha W. Univ.)
     17:30 Gravitational Wave Research in Korea
              Prof. LEE, Hyung Mok (Seoul National University)

18:30-19:05 Welcome and Introduction to Institute for Basic Sciences

     18:30 Welcome Speech
              Prof. SHIN, Seongchul (KAIST)
     18:35 Introduction to Institute for Basic Science
              Prof. OH, Se-Jung (Korea Institute for Basic Science)

19:05-21:05 Banquet

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

08:45-10:15 Session V - Current Issues in Theories
Conveners: Prof. Choi, K. (KAIST)

     08:45 New Elementary Particles at the TeV Energy Scale: Why? Who? Where?
              Prof. PESKIN, Michael
     09:15 Topics in D4-D8 Holographic QCD
              Prof. YI, Piljin (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
     09:45 Outstanding Problems in Space and Astrophysics
              Prof. YOON, Peter H. (University of Maryland)

10:15-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-11:50 Session VI - Discussions and Future Directions on US - Korea Collaboration
Conveners: Prof. Yu, Jae (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

     10:45 Future Opportunities in Particle Physics
              BARISH, Barry (CalTech)
     11:15 Opportunities for Korea-US collaboration in high energy physics (Via Skype)
              KIM, Young-Kee
     11:45 Concluding Remarks
              Prof. NAM, Soon Keon (Kyung Hee University)

11:50-13:00 Lunch