Our understanding of the origin of the Universe, of its evolution and the physical laws that govern its behavior, as well as on the different states of matter that make up its evolutionary stage, reached in recent years levels never before imagined. This is due mainly to the new and recent discoveries in astronomy and relativistic astrophysics as well as to experiments on particle and nuclear physics that made the traditional boundaries of knowledge on physics to be overcome. As a result we have presently a new understanding about the Universe in its two extreme domains, the very large and the very small: the recognition of the deep connections that exist between quarks and the cosmos.
The workshop activities will focus on an educational program based on lectures, formal and informal discussions aimed at introducing participants in general and students in particular to new trends in theoretical and experimental research in the world.
The name of the workshop is represented by the acronym MAGIC: Matter, Astrophysics, Gravitation, Ions, and Cosmology. The event intends to emphasize scientific themes that represent potential topics for local academic scientific development in the lines of research covered by former events of the series:
Based on the understanding of the intimate relationship between quarks and cosmos, the MAGIC meeting is focused on the following related topics:
Topics:
- New phenomena and new states of matter in the Universe
- General relativity, gravitation, modified gravity theories and cosmology
- White dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars and black holes
- Gamma-ray emission in the Universe, high energy cosmic rays and gravitational waves
- Strong magnetic fields in compact stars and in galaxies
- Ultra-strong magnetic fields in neutron star mergers
- Strange matter, strange stars, quark stars and magnetars
- Strong magnetic fields and the cosmic microwave background
- Dark matter and dark energy
- Antimatter in the Universe, strong magnetic fields in the Universe
- Heavy ion collisions and the formation of the quark-gluon plasma
- High energy particle physics and astroparticles (theory and experiment)