The proposal requests funding for partial support for U.S. scientists to attend either of two sequential high energy physics conferences in Les Arcs, Savoie, France. The first conference (March 15-22, 2003) addresses Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories. The subjects are CP violation in B and K systems, particle astrophysics, neutrino physics, tests of the Standard Model, searches for new particles and theories beyond the Standard Model.
The second conference (March 23-29, 2003) concerns Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and High Energy Hadronic Interactions. The topics to be covered include heavy flavor physics, structure functions, diffractive phenomena, low-x physics and saturation, tests of perturbative QCD, heavy ion collisions, the search for new phenomena and physics at future accelerators.
