FINAL CIRCULAR
On behalf of the LOWq Workshop Organizing Committee, we would like to
invite
you to attend and participate in:
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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
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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.
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Please note the following important dates:
July 23rd, 2001 : IMMINENT - last date for hotel reservations at
workshop rate.
August 16th, 2001: Registration deadline.
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HIGS USERS MEETING
Thursday August 23, 7:30-9:30pm, Maritime Board Room, Westin Nova
Scotian.
The High-Intensity Gamma Source (HIGS) is a joint project between
the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) and the Duke
Free Electron Laser Laboratory (DFELL). This facility currently
produces nearly monoenergetic gamma rays from 2-to-50 MeV with
intensities of 10**5 to 10**7 gammas/s, and 100% linear polarization.
An upgrade to increase the intensity to 10**9/s, the maximum energy
to 225 MeV, and to provide both linear and circular polarizations is
underway. Anyone interested in helping to develop the physics program
for HIGS is encouraged to attend.
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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. A list
of all speakers (invited and contributed) can be found on the website.
Although all Contributed Talk spots are now filled, interest has
been expressed for the presentation of posters. If you would like
to present a Contributed Poster, please send a title and brief
abstract by email to lowq@ap.stmarys.ca .
The 6 sessions and speakers are as follows:
Single Nucleon Physics (convenor: H. Shmieden, Mainz)
L. Tiator (Mainz): 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
A. Thomas (Mainz): Results from the GDH experiment at MAMI
Contributions:
M. Schwamb (Mainz): Meson Retardation in the Two-Body Problem
Pi-Neutron Physics (convenor: A. Sandorfi, BNL)
D. Hornidge (Saskatoon/Mainz): Threshold pi0 prod. from the neutron:
d(gamma,pi0 n)
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
H. Merkel (Mainz): Coherent pi0 electroproduction from the Deuteron
Contributions:
T. Botto (MIT): The OOPS Program at Bates - with a focus on N-Delta
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
S. Choi (Temple): The GDH Sum-Rule in few-body systems
E. Epelbaum (Bochum): CPT applied to N-N systems
Contributions:
M. Lundin (Lund): Compton Scattering from the Deuteron
Z. Zhou (MIT): Studies of deuteron structure using polarized int. targets
Parity-Violation (convenor: E. Beise, Maryland)
B. Holstein (UMass): 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
Contributions:
W. van Oers (Manitoba): Seach for New Physics at the TeV Scale via a
Measurement of the Weach Charge of the Proton
D.S. Armstrong (William & Mary): HAPPEX experiments: Status and Plans
Many Nucleon Systems (convenor: V. Pandharipande, Illinois)
J. Carlson (LANL): Status of QMC and GFMC calculations
G. Rosner (Glasgow): 2-nucleon Knockout Experiments
J. Ryckebusch (Gent): Theoretical issues in 2N knockout reactions
Contributions:
T. Tamae (Tohuku): Reaction Mechanism of 12C(e,e'p) Reaction
S. Bacca (UNITN): Microscopic Calculation of the total photoabsorption
cross section of A=6 nuclei
G. O'Rielly (GWU): Simultaneou measurement of the 2-body photodisintegration
of 3He and 3H
J. Calarco (UNH): Low-q Physics with BLAST
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
T. Suda (Riken): Electron-RI collider at RIKEN RI Beam Factory
Contributions:
B. Sawatzky (UVa): Measurement of the photon asym. in d(gpol,n)p at
Low Energies
B. Norum (UVa): Measurement of p(e,e'p)pi0 near threshold: A test of CPT
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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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