.:: VIII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications ::.

Scientific Program

The scientific program consists of plenary, parallel and poster sessions. It covers major areas of nuclear physics research and applications. The latest version of the program can be downloaded here. A printed version will be provided at the registration desk.

VIII Latin Symposium	MORNING	AFTERNOON
TUESDAY Dec 15	Plenary 1	Plenary 2
WEDNESDAY Dec 16	Plenary 3	Parallels A1, A2, A3, A4
THURSDAY Dec 17	Plenary 4	Parallels B1, B2, B3, B4
FRIDAY Dec 18	Plenary 5	Parallels C1, C2, C3, C4
SATURDAY Dec 19	Plenary 6	Workshop

The parallel sessions are organized as follows:

Sessions A1, B1, C1: "Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions", Conveners: Rick Casten (Yale) and Roberto Ribas (Universidade de Sao Paulo).
Sessions A2, B2, C2: "Applications of nuclear physics in medicine, art/archeology, energy, and national security", Conveners: Maria-Ester Brandan (UNAM), Phil Cole (Idaho State) and Andres J. Kreiner (CNEA-UNSAM, Argentina).
Sessions A3, B3, C3: "The study of matter and the strong force in the framework of QCD", Conveners: Will Brooks (Universidad Federico Santa Maria) and Bira van Kolck (Arizona).
Session A4: "Advances in Nuclear Instrumentation and Facilities", Conveners: Carlos Granja (Czech Technical University) and Giuseppe Viesti (Università di Padova). Session A4
Session B4: "Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics", Conveners: Gary Westfall (Michigan State) and Paulo Gomes (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Session C4: "Tests of fundamental symmetries and the properties of neutrinos", Convenor: Ricardo Alarcon (Arizona State)

The poster sessions are organized by Carlos Granja (Czech Technical University).

PLENARY SPEAKERS (November 22, 2009):

Miguel A. Avila-Rodriguez (UNAM)
Silas Beane (U. New Hampshire)
Daniel Bemmerer (Forschungszentrum Dresden)
Klaus Blaum (Max Plank Heidelberg)
Maria Ester Brandan (UNAM)
Lawrence S. Cardman (Jefferson Lab)
Luis Carlos Chamon (Universidade Sao Paulo)
Cesar Domingo (GSI-Darmstadt)
Alberto Etchegoyen (TANDAR)
Cristiano Galbiati (Princeton)
Carlos J. Gho (Centro Atomico Bariloche)
Gerardo Herrera-Corral (CINVESTAV-Mexico)
Robert Janssens (Argonne)
Andres J. Kreiner (TANDAR)
Rubens Lichtenthaler (Universidade Sao Paulo)
Robert D. McKeown (Caltech)
Dave Morrissey (Michigan State University)
Oscar Navilliat (LPC Caen, France)
Daniel Phillips (Ohio University)
Brad Plaster (University of Kentucky)
Holger Podlech (IAP Frankfurt)
Michael Ramsey-Musolf (University of Wisconsin)
Hendrik Schatz (Michigan State U)
Peter Senger (GSI & University of Frankfurt)
Bernd Surrow (MIT)
Igal Talmi (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Lauro Tomio (Universidade Estadual Paulista)
Douglas P. Wells (Idaho State University)
Jorge Zanelli (CECS, Chile)