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Introduction

The present goal of heavy-ion physics is to investigate properties of nuclear matter under extreme conditions of high and low densities as a function of excitation energy, extract information about the nuclear equation of state, and learn about possible phase transformations such as liquid-gas transition and quark-gluon formation. Heavy-ion collisions provide the only tool for these investigations. The reaction mechanism depends on the deposited energy and the amount of compression brought into system. The topics in the summer school will cover various aspects of nuclear dynamics at low-energy, intermediate-energy, and high-energy heavy ion-collisions. A number of lectures will be presented on nuclear multi-fragmentation and liquid-gas phase transition in nuclear matter, on mean-field dynamics of nuclear structure and nuclear reactions, on nuclear equation of state and giant resonances, on symmetry energy in nuclear matter equation of state, on covariant density f unctional theory of dynamics in nuclei far from stability, on pairing correlations in nuclei. Also, lectures will be presented on relativistic heavy-ion collisions and hot and dense matter, and on solar neutrino physics. Moreover, this year two lectures on biophysics, one on physical and grammatical structures of language of DNA and one on molecular communication between viruses and human cells will also be presented.

Grants for graduate students
Summer School will take place at Feza Gursey Institute which is located on the Asian part of Istanbul. Grants are available for students wishing to attend the Summer School. The grant will cover accomodation including breakfast, lunch and dinner during the Summer School. It will also be possible to provide travel support for the graduate students.
Deadline for applications
The deadline for applications is May 5, 2008.