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The document provides information about the 1st NITheP Winter School on Computational Physics to be held from July 6-17, 2015 at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. It details the organizers, sponsors, accommodation, meals, course schedule, lecturers, and maps of the campus and surrounding area. The goal of the school is to teach students computational physics and programming skills through lectures and computer lab sessions using MATLAB and other tools over the two-week period.
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This document discusses the contrasting narratives in high-energy nuclear physics, particularly surrounding the use of data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It explores the claims of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) behavior, flow phenomena, and jet quenching while confronting conventional analyses with new interpretations and data discrepancies. The analysis highlights the evolution of these scientific concepts and the importance of Bayesian inference for future research directions.L'Oreal UNESCO applications for Women in Science 2015Rene Kotze
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- 1. NITheP Winter School on Computational Physics Stellenbosch University South Africa 6-17 July 2015 ORGANISERS Fabio Cinti (NITheP Stellenbosch) Azwinndini Muronga (University of Johannesburg) Frederik Scholtz (NITheP Stellenbosch) Hugo Touchette (NITheP Stellenbosch) SPONSORS National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP) National Research Foundation (NRF) 012-481-4157 086 247 0487 jan.phalane@nrf.ac.za UID: 91291 Date: 24 March 2014 UNIVERSITEIT STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
- 2. Introduction Welcome to the 1st NITheP Winter School on Computational Physics. This booklet contains basic information about the School. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with it, especially with the schedule, meal information, and the maps. We hope very much that you will enjoy the School and your stay in Stellenbosch. Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any queries or suggestions. Fabio Cinti Phone: 021 808 3864 Email: cinti@sun.ac.za Hugo Touchette Phone: 021 808 2653 Email: htouchette@sun.ac.za Emergency phone numbers University campus security: 021 808 2333 Hugo Touchette: 074 359 9496 Ren卒e Kotze: 083 272 7734
- 3. Accommodation and meals Residence Students from outside Stellenbosch are housed in the Nerina Residence on the campus of Stellenbosch University see the map at the end of the booklet. Meals All meals will be taken at the cafeteria of the Nerina Residence see the map. Service times from Mondays to Fridays: Breakfast: 7:15 8:30 Lunch: 12:30 13:30 Supper: 18:00 19:00 Service times for Saturday and Sunday: Breakfast: 8:00 9:00 Lunch: 12:00 13:00 Supper: 17:30 18:30 Please strictly adhere to these times. Meal tickets will be issued to participants by the organisers. Keep your meal tickets safe: no ticket, no meal. We have no spare tickets. Supper will be served on Sunday 5 July. The last meal is the lunch on Friday 17 July. Weekend meals Students housed in Nerina have their weekend meals at the residence. Departure on Friday Students housed in Nerina should vacate their room after breakfast on Friday 17 July. More information about departure will be given during the School.
- 4. Course information Lecture rooms Morning lectures will be held in the Physics Department: Week 1: Room beta (no. 3002) Week 2: Room alpha (no. 0076) See the map at the end of the booklet. Computer lab Afternoon computer sessions will be held in the room K3019 NARGA G in the Natural Sciences Building see the map at the end of the booklet. Usernames will be distributed for accessing computers. Course material Click on the links to access the material. Website: http://www.physics.sun.ac.za/htouchette/nithepcompphys2015/ Dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/icvi5hdnh59rdz1/AADCUGP5QLn0JEuT3Jcdlv06a?dl=0
- 5. Schedule Week 1 Monday 6 Tuesday 7 Wednesday 8 Thursday 9 Friday 10 08:30 Registration 09:00 Introduction to Matlab I (Touchette) Basics of programming I (Touchette) Fourier transforms I (Roy) Rounding and errors (Cornell) Approximation methods I (Cornell) 10:30 Break 11:00 Introduction to Matlab II (Touchette) Basics of pro- gramming II (Touchette) Fourier transforms II (Roy) Differential equations (Cornell) Approximation methods II (Cornell) 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Computer lab 15:30 Break 16:00 Computer lab 17:30 Supper Week 2 Monday 13 Tuesday 14 Wednesday 15 Thursday 16 Friday 17 09:00 Differential equations (Goldstein) TBC Random numbers and sampling I (Angeletti) Monte Carlo I (Cinti) Other programming languages (Touchette) 10:30 Break 11:00 Differential equations (Goldstein) TBC Random numbers and sampling II (Angeletti) Monte Carlo II (Cinti) TBC 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Computer lab 15:30 Break 16:00 Computer lab 17:30 Supper
- 6. Team Lecturers Prof Hugo Touchette (Chief researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch) Dr Analabha Roy (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch) Prof Alan Cornell (Chief researcher at NITheP Wits) Prof Kevin Goldstein (Professor at the Physics Department, Wits University) Dr Florian Angeletti (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch) Dr Fabio Cinti (Researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch) Lab assistants Janusz Meylahn (Master student at Stellenbosch University) Dr Lorenzo Pucci (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch) Dr Jacobus Diener (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch) Dr Anslyn John (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch) Organisation Mrs Ren卒e Kotze Phone: 021 808 2653, email: renekotze@sun.ac.za Ms Monique Louw Phone: 021 808 2649, email: moniquel@sun.ac.za
- 7. Maps Main campus Fharga 5, 60 Firga 47 Humarga 77 Narga 22, 69, 70 Computer user areas (CUAs) Parking Green Route Information Key 40 41 42 43 44 45 47 46 49 50 48 51 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 6162 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 76 75 77 78 79 80 81 83 82 84 107 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 16 92 93 94 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 95 96 97 98 99 100 118 103 104 105 108 110 111 114 116 117 115 112 113 106 101 102 74 38 52 28 22 29 31 30 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 40 109 32 CampusSecurity Paul Roos Gimnasium Centre MainPost Office TownHall To N1 Botanic Garden CSIR NoordwalEast NoordwalWest 29 Jan Marais Park STIAS Residence Physics Lab Stellenbosch centre Stellenbosch Search nearby: hotels揃restaurants
- 8. Map data 息2015 AfriGIS (Pty) Ltd, Google 100 m nearby uth Africa Places Restaurants: In the Neelsie Student Centre on campus Around Eikestad Mall (left on the 鍖rst Stellenbosch map) Around Church Street (low middle of the second Stellenbosch map) Stellenbosch city centre Stellenbosch Village Museum (corner Ryneveld and Church Streets) Stellenbosch Tourist Information (of鍖ce located east of Die Braak square) www.stellenbosch.travel Sasol Art Museum (Stellenbosch University Arts Museum) Stellenbosch Botanical Garden Classical music concerts at Endler Hall (center of 鍖rst Stellenbosch map)
- 9. About NITheP The National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP) is a national facility that leads research programmes and educational opportunities in the 鍖eld of theoretical physics in South Africa and Africa. Launched in May 2008, it provides South Africa with the opportunity to become an international player in a truly fundamental 鍖eld of science. NITheP is a geographically distributed institute that includes all theoretical physicists in South Africa. Its headquarters is the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) at Stellenbosch University, with regional nodes at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. The three nodes develop and support theoretical physics in their local regions, as well as nationally. Mission To sustain a stimulating theoretical physics research and user facility that links South Africa internationally through excellence in research and training, thereby supporting scienti鍖c innovation, transformation and socio economic development in South Africa. Vision To be Africas leading and an internationally competitive research and training institute in theoretical physics, a discipline that provides the conceptual framework for the natural sciences. Nodes Stellenbosch University National Institute for Theoretical Physics Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602 South Africa Tel: +27 (0)21 808 2649 University of KwaZulu-Natal National Institute for Theoretical Physics H-Block, Westville Campus, Durban 4041 South Africa Tel: +27 (0)31 260 7570 University of Witwatersrand National Institute for Theoretical Physics School of Physics, Wits 2050 South Africa Tel: +27 (0)11 717 6838 www.nithep.ac.za
- 10. Notes