9th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, NN2006, 28 August- 1 September, 2006,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


The IX International Conference on Nucleus- Nucleus Collisions (NN2006) was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 28- September 1, 2006. The venue was the Rio Othon Palace Hotel, situated at the sea front of the world famous Copacabana Beach . It was organized by M. S. Hussein, A. Szanto de Toledo, C. A. Bertulani and P. R. S. Gomes. Sponsors, included the University of Sao Paulo, the Universidade Federal Fluminense, the Federal Government of Brazil, The State Governments of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. The ICTP-Trieste and CLAF also supported the event which is officially sponsored by IUPAP. The Annual Brazilian Nuclear Physics Workshop, RTFNB, was held concommitantly in the same venue.

The last meeting of the series of these conferences, NN2003 was held in Moscow in Russia. The one before that, NN200, was held in Strasbourg, France.

More than 300 scientists from 30 countries attended the meeting, with a significant active participation of graduate students, young scientists and women. Many scientists from developing countries were present too. The program was densely packed for 4 and a half full days with many excellent contributions from plenary speakers, invited talks and selected oral and poster presentations.

The topics covered are:

  • Accelerator Facilities
  • Nuclear Structure in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions and High Spin Physics
  • Low Energy Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
  • Fusion and Fission Dynamics
  • Superheavy Elements
  • Nuclear Astrophysics
  • Reactions and Structure of Rare Nuclear Isotopes
  • QCD, Hadrons and Nuclei
  • Nuclear Fragmentation and Liquid-Gas Phase Transitions
  • Equation of State of Nuclear Matter
  • Relativistic Heavy Ions, sQGP and beyond.
  • Applications and Technological Developments

The program of the meeting was meant to represent faithfully the current research in the field of heavy-ion physics, both basic and applied. An excellent summary talk was delivered by Professor Walter Greiner in the afternoon of the last day, Friday, September 1. The conference room was fully packed ( more than 250 attendees).

The Conference dinner was held at the steak house Porcão in the Flamengo district of Rio. About 350 physicists and guests attended and had a joyful mixture of excellent “ churrasco” dinner and samba dance.

A meeting of the International Advisory Committee was held in the evening of Tuesday, August 29 to decide the site of the next NN conference. The meeting was presided by Dr. Walter Henning, the Chair of the Nuclear Physics Committee, C12 of IUPAP. Several proposals were presented and after a lengthy deliberation the overwhelmimg majority voted in favor of the Chinese proposal. We are thus happy to announce that NN2009 will be held in Beijing- China.

More information about NN2006 can be found at the site, www.nn2006.com.br


M. S. Hussein
São Paulo