Quantum Field Theory at the Limits: From Strong Fields to Heavy Quarks

Dear colleagues,

We are happy to announce that Particles and the organizers of the Helmholtz International Summer School “Quantum Field Theory at the Limits: From Strong Fields to Heavy Quarks” will collaborate to produce a Special Issue volume, for extended versions of selected papers from this event (http://indico.jinr.ru/event/797/).

This Special Issue will cover the main topics in heavy-flavor and strong-field physics. One focus is on latest results on heavy quark physics from all four experimental collaborations at the LHC (ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, ALICE) and from the B-factory at the KEK. The second focus concentrates on the high-intensity frontier and extreme states of matter as probed by current and upcoming high-power laser and high-Z ion facilities all around the world. Leading experts in these fields contributed to a series of lectures devoted to theoretical predictions and analyses of experiments. Students and young scientists presented results of their graduation theses and original research results.

As the Guest Editors, we would like to invite you to submit your unpublished and original research relevant to this topic for publication in this Special Volume of Particles. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by internationally recognized experts. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for submissions from the conference will be free of charge.

Prof. Dr. David Blaschke
Prof. Dr. Mikhail Ivanov
Dr. Aidos Issadykov
Prof. Dr. Holger Gies
Prof. Dr. Ralf Schützhold
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Particles is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.