SECOND CIRCULAR

(Call for contributions)

On behalf of the LOWq Workshop Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to attend and participate in:

LOWq: Workshop on Electromagnetic Nuclear Reactions at Low Momentum Transfer

Thursday August 23 - Saturday August 25, 2001
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

Jointly sponsored by Saint Mary's University
  MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center
Information on the workshop can be found at the website
http://www.ap.stmarys.ca/LOWq
Registration and accommodation information can be found there, along with information on Halifax and tourism opportunities in the area.

Please note the following important dates:
June 30th, 2001: Deadline for abstract submission for contributed talks or posters.
July 23rd, 2001: Last date for hotel reservations at workshop rate.
August 16th, 2001: Registration deadline.

Scientific Program:

There will be a mix of theoretical and experimental talks in each of 6 sessions, with the emphasis on existing and foreseeable opportunities for doing high-precision physics at low momentum transfer. An updated list of confirmed invited speakers can be found on the website.

Further, there is room for two Contributed Talks per session.
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If you wish submit a Contributed Talk, please send a title and brief abstract by email to lowq@ap.stmarys.ca .
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If there is sufficient interest, a poster session will be added to accommodate any Contributions not able to be scheduled as a talk.

The 6 sessions and invited speakers are as follows: (note: a "*" indicates speaker not yet confirmed) 

  Single Nucleon Physics (convenor: H. Shmieden, Mainz)
    TBA:  Overview - F. Factors, Polarizabilities, Sum Rules
    H. Gao (MIT): Nucleon F. Factors - Experimental Status
    S. Hoblit (BNL): Nucleon Polarizabilities & GDH Sum Rule
    J. Shaw (Umass): Virtual Compton Scattering

  Pi-Neutron Physics (convenor: A. Sandorfi, BNL)
    D. Hornidge (Saskatoon): Threshold pi0 prod. from d in the Delta Region
    T. Hemmert (Munich): CPT predictions - Threshold pi0 prod. from n / d
    M. Lucas (Ohio): Pion Photoprod. from the deuteron in the Delta Region
    T.S.H. Lee (ANL): Dynamical Reaction Model calc.'s of pion Photoprod.
		      from the deuteron

  Few-Body Physics (convenor: M. Savage, Washington)
    W. Gloeckle (Bochum): Status of Exact Non-rel. 3-nucleon Calculations
    S. Beane (Wash.): Theor. Issues in extracting N properties from
		      Measurements on the Deuteron
    JLab Hall A 3He-GDH Exp.: The GDH Sum-Rule in few-body systems
    E. Epelbaum (Bochum): CPT applied to N-N systems

  Parity-Violation (convenor: E. Beise, Maryland)
    *S. Pollock (Colorado):  Overview of PV and the use of EM probes
    F. Maas (Mainz):  Status of Mainz PV Experiments
    M. Pitt (VPI): Status of SAMPLE PV Experiments
    J.-W. Chen (Maryland): Extracting PV pi-N coupling in pion photo- and
			   electro-production

  Many Nucleon Systems (convenor: V. Pandharipande, Illinois)
    J. Carlson (LANL):  Status of QMC and GFMC calculations
    *J. Ryckebusch (Gent): Theoretical issues in 2N knockout reactions
    G. Rosner (Glasgow):  2-nucleon Knockout Experiments
    *M. Savage (Washington):  The shell model as an effective field theory

  Topics in Nuclear Astrophysics (convenor: M. Butler, Saint Mary's)
    K. Nollett (Chicago):  Radiative Capture and Astrophysical Implications
    H. Weller (Duke):  HIGS at TUNL as a Facility for Nuclear Astrophysics
    M. Gai (UConn): 16O(alpha,gamma) and the E1 S-factor
    G. Tsentelovitch (MIT-Bates):  16O(e, e' alpha) and the E2 S-factor
    TBA: Electron scattering from rare isotopes of astrophysical interest

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Additional Information:

Talks will be scanned and put on the web for easy access and reference, and a
CD-ROM with all talks can be requested at cost.

Nova Scotia is a lovely place to visit in August, and there is a link to 
tourism information should you be interested in spending more time here.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please send email to the workshop
at lowq@ap.stmarys.ca . 

Please distribute this registration information to your students, colleagues,
and any other people who might have an interest in precision low-momentum
electromagnetic physics.

We hope to see you in Halifax this summer!

With regards from the organizers,

Adam J. Sarty     (Saint Mary's U., asarty@ap.stmarys.ca,  phone: 902-420-5664)
Malcolm N. Butler (Saint Mary's U., mbutler@ap.stmarys.ca, phone: 902-420-5827)

and the LOWq International Advisory Committee,

   R. Alarcon (Arizona)            T.S.H. Lee (Argonne)
   H. Arenhoevel (Mainz)           R. McKeown (Caltech)
   E. Beise (Maryland)             H.O. Meyer (IUCF)
   A. Bernstein (MIT)              R. Milner (MIT)
   W. Bertozzi (MIT)               R. Miskimen (U. Mass.)
   E. Brash (Regina)               V. Pandharipande (Illinois)
   W. Donnelly (MIT)               C. Papanicolas (Athens)
   K. Fissum (MAX-Lab, Lund)       A. Sandorfi (Brookhaven)
   J. Friar (LANL)                 M. Savage (Washington)
   W. Gloeckle (Bochum)            H. Schmieden (Mainz)
   B. Holstein (U. Mass.)          D. Skopik (JLab)
   N. Kolb (Saskatchewan)          J. van den Brand (Free U., Amsterdam) 
                                   H. Weller (Duke)

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LOWq Workshop
St. Mary's University
923 Robie Street
Department of Astronomy & Physics
Halifax, Nova Scotia
CANADA   B3H 3C3
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