The Workshop `Quantum fields In & Out of Equilibrium' will be held at the RIKEN BNL Research Center, located at Brookhaven National Lab, from October 26 to 30, 1998.

The purpose of the workshop is to review the present state in both equilibrium and non-equilibrium quantum field theory, to consider future avenues of research, and to help understand how to translate methods from equilibrium theories to non-equilibrium, and vice versa.

The focus will be on studying equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena associated with the Quark-Gluon and Chiral Phase transitions; also, on potential experimental signatures, along with an assessment of effective models for the description of these phenomena.

The Workshop will consist of invited plenary talks, shorter talks by participants, and discussion sessions on key topics.

To apply to the workshop, please go to the online registration form,

http://quark.phy.bnl.gov/www/riken.html/reg_inandout.html

Other information about travel, etc., is also available from the RIKEN BNL Research Center home page on "Workshops",

http://quark.phy.bnl.gov/www/riken.html/workshops.html

Please feel free to share this circular with interested colleagues.

Daniel Boyanovsky, Héctor J. de Vega and Robert D. Pisarski

boyan@vms.cis.pitt.edu

devega@lpthe.jussieu.fr

pisarski@bnl.gov

• P. Arnold (Virginia)
• J. Bjorken (SLAC) (to be confirmed)
• J.-P. Blaizot (Saclay)
• E. Braaten (Ohio)
• F. Cooper (Los Alamos)
• J. Harris (Yale)
• U. Heinz (Regensburg)
• B. L. Hu (Maryland)
• R. Kobes (Winnipeg)
• M. Le Bellac (Nice)
• L. McLerran (Minnesota)
• E. Mottola (Los Alamos)
• B. Muller (Duke)
• A. Niegawa (Osaka)
• J. Smit (Amsterdam)
• H. A. Weldon (West Virginia)
• L. Yaffe (Seattle)