Hot Quarks 2014: Workshop for young scientists on the physics of ultrarelativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions

Abstract

The 6th edition of the Workshop for Young Scientists on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Hot Quarks 2014) was held in Las Negras, Spain from 21-28 September 2014. Following the traditions of the conference, this meeting gathered more than 70 participants in the first years of their scientific careers. The present issue contains the proceedings of this workshop.As in the past, the Hot Quarks workshop offered a unique atmosphere for a lively discussion and interpretation of the current measurements from high energy nuclear collisions. Recent results and upgrades at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) were presented. Recent theoretical developments were also extensively discussed as well as the perspectives for future facilities such as the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at Darmstadt and the Electron-Ion Collider at Brookhaven. The conference's goal to provide a platform for young researchers to learn and foster their interactions was successfully met.We wish to thank the sponsors of the Hot Quarks 2014 Conference, who supported the authors of this volume: Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), CPAN (Spain), Czech Science Foundation (GACR) under grant 13-20841S (Czech Republic), European Laboratory for Particle Physics CERN (Switzerland), European Research Council under grant 259612 (EU), ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI (Germany), Helmholtz Association and GSI under grant VH-NG-822, Helmholtz International Center for FAIR (Germany), National Science Foundation under grant No.1359622 (USA), Nuclear Physics Institute ASCR (Czech Republic), Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife (Spain) and the Universidad de Granada (Spain).Javier López Albacete, Universidad de Granada (Spain)Jana Bielcikova, Nuclear Physics Inst. and Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)Rainer J. Fries, Texas A&M University (USA)Raphaël Granier de Cassagnac, CNRS-IN2P3 and École polytechnique (France)Boris Hippolyte, CNRS-IN2P3 and Université de Strasbourg (France)Jiangyong Jia, Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)André Mischke, Utrecht University and Nikhef Amsterdam (The Netherlands)Ágnes Mócsy, Pratt Institute and Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)Hannah Petersen, Goethe University, FIAS and GSI (Germany)Lijuan Ruan, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)Sevil Salur, Rutgers University, (USA)