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PASCOS 2001
Eighth International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology.
April 10-15, 2001
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Carolina Inn.
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Plenary Speakers include:
- A. Albrecht (UC-Davis)
- T. Appelquist (Yale)
- N. Arkani-Hamed (Berkeley)
- S. Barr (Delaware)
- W. Buchmuller (DESY)
- M. Duff (Michigan)
- S. Gubser (Caltech)
- J. Gunion (UC-Davis)
- G.'t Hooft (Utrecht)
- S. Kachru (Stanford)
- M. Kamionkowski (Caltech)
- G.L. Kane (Michigan)
- L. Kofman (CITA)
- E.W. Kolb (Fermilab)
- K. Lane (Boston University)
- A. Lange (Caltech)
- A. Linde (Stanford)
- J. Lykken (Fermilab)
- D. Morrison (Duke)
- W.M. Morse (BNL)
- H. Murayama (Berkeley)
- E.S. Phinney (Caltech)
- P. Ramond (Gainesville)
- A. Sanda (Nagoya)
- A. Sen (MRI, Allahabad)
- E. Silverstein (SLAC)
- D. Spergel (IAS)
- M. Strassler (Pennsylvania)
- B. Svoboda (LSU/LBL)
- S.H.H. Tye (Cornell)
- A. Vilenkin (Tufts)
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International Advisory Committee:
- J. Bagger (Johns Hopkins)
- B. Barish (Caltech)
- J. Cronin (Chicago)
- S. Glashow (Boston)
- J. Gunion (UC-Davis)
- G.'t Hooft (Utrecht)
- C. Jarlskog (CERN)
- P. Nath (Northeastern)
- M. Rees (Cambridge)
- B. Richter (SLAC
- B. Sadoulet (UC-Berkeley)
- J.H. Schwarz (Caltech)
- S. C. C. Ting (MIT)
- M. Veltman (Bilthoven)
- K.C. Wali (Syracuse)
- S. Weinberg (UT-Austin)
- E. Witten (Caltech)
- C.N. Yang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Local Organizing Committee:
- Jonathan Engel
- Marie Englund
- Charles R. Evans
- Paul H. Frampton
- Yee Jack Ng
- Hendrik Van Dam
- James W. York
Symposium Chair:
Conference Secretary:
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Sponsored by:
- The College of Arts
and Sciences
- The Graduate School
- The Department of Physics and Astronomy
- The Institute of Field Physics
- The United States Department of Energy
- The National Science
Foundation
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Scientific Program:
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: TUESDAY, April 10, 2001. Particles
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: TUESDAY, April 10, 2001. Strings
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: TUESDAY, April 10, 2001. Cosmology
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: THURSDAY, April 12, 2001. Particles
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: THURSDAY, April 12, 2001. Strings
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: THURSDAY, April 12, 2001. Cosmology
Pre-Registration:
The registration fee is $250 until March 1, 2001 and $300 thereafter. Checks
should be made payable to "PASCOS 2001" and mailed to:
Marie Englund, Department of Physics and Astronomy, CB#3255, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC27599-3255, USA. Registration becomes official
upon receipt of the check.
Participation may be restricted to 200 official registrants because
of the size of the lecture hall.
In the Online Pre-Registration Form, registrants can express their interest in presenting a ten-minute
parallel talk (see below) together with the proposed
title and a brief abstract.
Purpose:
Three subfields of theoretical high-energy physics are
particle phenomenology, string theory
and theoretical cosmology.
At the start of a new millennium these
fields show an unprecedented and exciting amount of mutual dependence and
interaction.
The purpose of PASCOS 2001 is to bring together
researchers in these disciplines and
to foster informal discussions and
the exploration of new ideas.
Accommodations:
The conference hotel is the Carolina Inn.
One hundred rooms in the Carolina Inn are held on a first-come
first-served basis. Participants must make reservations directly
with the Inn. The telephone number is: (919) 933 2001.
Early reservation at the Carolina Inn is recommended, because it is the most convenient
and its space is limited. The nightly rate at the Carolina Inn for
this meeting is $129; please mention PASCOS 2001 to receive this special
reduction.
Travel Information:
The nearest airport is Raleigh-Durham (RDU) International Airport,
approximately 15 miles from Chapel Hill. If staying at the
Carolina Inn, a rental car is not recommended - take a
taxi-cab from RDU to the Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill.
For the return to RDU airport the Carolina Inn
has a convenient and inexpensive limousine service
which can be reserved, the previous day, at the front desk.
Alternative Accommodations:
There are alternative accommodations in the vicinity of the Carolina Inn. A list
of hotels with telephone number, lowest nightly rate, approximate distance to the
Carolina Inn, and webpage for more information:
- Fearrington House. 2000 Fearrington Post. (919) 542-2121.
$175.
9 miles
www.fearrington.com
- The Siena Hotel. 1505 East Franklin St. (919) 929-4000.
$169.
2 miles
www.sienahotel.com
- La Quinta Inn and Suite Durham/Chapel Hill. 4414 Chapel Hill Boulevard.
(919) 401 9660
$79.
5 miles
www.laquinta.com
- Holiday Inn Chapel Hill. US 15-501 Highway Bypass. (919) 929 2171.
$89.
3 miles
www.holidayinnchapelhill.com
- Best Western University Inn. Highway 54 East. (919) 932 3000.
$82.
3 miles
www.bestwestern.com/universityinnchapelhill
Comments on hotels:
For its price, La Quinta is new, comfortable and highly recommended.
Only Fearrington House is more luxurious than the Carolina Inn.
Siena is a nearby luxury hotel. Holiday Inn and Best Western are
around average for the respective hotel chains.
Plenary Talks:
There will be 34 plenary talks, each of 45 minutes duration
with an additional 5 minutes for questions. The plenary speakers
are listed above. Roughly a third of the talks will be devoted to each of the
three PASCOS topics: particle phenomenology, string theory and cosmology.
These presentations will take place in the Hill Ballroom of the Carolina Inn.
The Plenary Scientific Program is available in two formats:
LIST OF PLENARY TALKS AND TIMES
PLENARY TIMETABLE
Parallel Sessions:
On Tuesday April 10 and Thursday April 12 there will be an evening session from 8pm to
11pm of 15 minute talks. There will be three parallel sessions.
If a registrant wishes to present such a fifteen-minute contribution
it should be indicated on the Registration Form, including a title,
and whether there is a strong preference for Tuesday or Thursday.
Also, it may be indicated whether the talk is (1) Particles (2) Strings
or (3) Cosmology. These presentations will take place in the Hill Ballroom, partitioned into
three, of the Carolina Inn.
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: TUESDAY, April 10, 2001. Particles
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: TUESDAY, April 10, 2001. Strings
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: TUESDAY, April 10, 2001. Cosmology
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: THURSDAY, April 12, 2001. Particles
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: THURSDAY, April 12, 2001. Strings
LIST OF PARALLEL TALKS: THURSDAY, April 12, 2001. Cosmology
Public Lecture:
On Wednesday April 11 there will be the
PASCOS Public Lecture at 8pm in the Memorial Hall
on campus. Doors open at 7.30pm and admission
is free. The
title is "The Dark Side of the Universe" and
the speaker is Professor Paul Steinhardt of
Princeton University.
Reception:
A welcoming reception will take place, with a cash bar, in the
Hill Ballroom South of
the Carolina Inn from 6pm to 10pm on Monday
April 9, 2001.
Banquet:
The conference banquet will be held on the evening of Friday, April 13, 2001
in the Chancellors Ballroom of the Carolina Inn at 7.30pm. preceded by
a cash bar reception at 6.30pm and followed by an after-dinner speech by
Professor Sheldon Glashow (Boston University). The banquet is included in the registration
fee for participants. Additional guests may be accommodated for an extra charge of
$50 per person.
Proceedings:
The proceedings of PASCOS 2001 will be published as a book by
Rinton Press. The deadline for receipt of speakers' manuscripts
will be June 1, 2001. Instructions for speakers will
be provided at the symposium.
Poetic Touch:
Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938), an alumnus of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, penned the lines:
Sometimes when the Springtime comes,
And the sifting moonlight falls -
They'll think again of this night here
And these old brown walls,
Of white old well, and of old South
With bells deep booming tone,
They'll think again of Chapel Hill and -
Thinking - come back home -
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