Physics and methods in meson spectroscopy - Int. Joint Workshop CERN COMPASS-Jefferson Lab-GSI FAIR

First Circular

1^st CERN – <st1:place w:st="on">JEFFERSON</st1:place> LAB – GSI/FAIR <o:p></o:p>

JOINT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
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PHYSICS AND METHODS IN MESON SPECTROSCOPY

Excellence Cluster Universe <o:p></o:p>

New Seminarroom MPE

München (Garching), <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>
October 22^nd - October 24^th, 2008

FIRST BULLETIN <o:p></o:p>

IMPORTANT! <o:p></o:p>

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Registration at the web site of the Conference <o:p></o:p>

http://www.universe-cluster.de/mesons_and_methods_2008 <o:p></o:p>

is absolutely necessary for all participants <o:p></o:p>

· Announcement <o:p></o:p>

The 1^st CERN – Jefferson Lab – GSI/FAIR joint international workshop on physics and methods in meson spectroscopy (PMMS08) will be held at the ‘Cluster of Excellence - Origin and Structure of the Universe’, Garching b. München, Germany, from October 22^nd to October 24^th, 2008. <o:p></o:p>

Understanding the meson spectrum in the light and heavy quark sectors of QCD remains one of the fundamental objectives of strong interaction physics. Experiments planned at existing and future facilities will soon provide extensive data on meson production with protons and mesons (CERN COMPASS), polarized photon (Jefferson Lab GlueX) and antiproton beams (GSI/FAIR PANDA). New analysis methods are presently being developed in order to make optimal use of these high-statistics data sets and improve the reliability of traditional partial wave analysis. Motivated by the beginning of COMPASS and BESIII data taking, this workshop will summarize recent progress in understanding the physics issues, analysis methods, and instrumentation in meson spectroscopy. Topics include the relation of the meson spectrum to QCD (lattice and non-lattice), new developments in partial wave analysis and related methods, and the advantages of different probes in identifying and studying possible new objects. Particular emphasis will be placed on introducing the analysis methods developed for the different experimental approaches to researchers working in other fields and to develop common strategies.<o:p></o:p>

The first session of PMMS06 will commence on Wednesday morning, October 22^nd and the last session of the Workshop will end on Friday noon. Registration will take place on Wednesday October 22^nd in the morning. Departure is foreseen for Friday afternoon or Saturday morning.<o:p></o:p>

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· International Organizing Committee <o:p></o:p>

Elke ASCHENAUER (JLAB)<o:p></o:p>

Suh-Urk CHUNG (BNL/TUM)<o:p></o:p>

Jozef DUDEK (JLAB)<o:p></o:p>

Gerhard MALLOT (CERN)<o:p></o:p>

Stephan PAUL (TUM)<o:p></o:p>

Klaus PETERS (GSI)<o:p></o:p>

Christian WEISS (JLAB)<o:p></o:p>

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· Local Organizing Committee <o:p></o:p>

Technische Universität München, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Munich</st1:city></st1:place> - Physics Department and Cluster of Excellence<o:p></o:p>

Karin Frank Jan Friedrich<o:p></o:p> Bernhard Ketzer<o:p></o:p> <st1:personname w:st="on">Markus Krämer</st1:personname><o:p></o:p> Sebastian Neubert<o:p></o:p> Ulrike Ollinger<o:p></o:p> Stephan Paul<o:p></o:p> Claudine Voelcker<o:p></o:p> Quirin Weitzel<o:p></o:p>

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· Scientific Program <o:p></o:p>

The workshop is dedicated to the study of light and heavy mesons. It will give an overview on the status of the field, both on recent results and theoretical approaches. Emphasis is put on the development of new tools and joint approaches on analysis techniques combined with interpretation. The workshop should also encourage newcomers to this field offering a wide field of engagement, both at running and future experimental programs.<o:p></o:p>

The program is, tentatively, divided into the following sessions: <o:p></o:p>

• Light & heavy meson spectroscopy<o:p></o:p>
• QCD and the meson spectrum: Lattice and analytic methods<o:p></o:p>
• Phenomenological models<o:p></o:p>
• Production mechanisms<o:p></o:p>
• Past, present and future experiments<o:p></o:p>
• Analysis techniques and new analysis tools<o:p></o:p>

The Organizing Committee welcomes contributions on the topics above. <o:p></o:p>

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Overview talks will be given by invitation only. Contributions in the field of ongoing work and the development of new experimental and analysis techniques are welcome. <o:p></o:p>

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Speaker<o:p></o:p>	Talk<o:p></o:p>
Prof. THOMAS, Tony<o:p></o:p>	The 12 GeV upgrade of JLAB<o:p></o:p>
Prof. KROLL, Peter<o:p></o:p>	Meson Production mechanisms<o:p></o:p>
NN<o:p></o:p>	VES<o:p></o:p>
NN<o:p></o:p>	COMPASS<o:p></o:p>
Prof. ZHAO, Qiang<o:p></o:p>	BESIII<o:p></o:p>
Curtis Meyer <o:p></o:p>	GlueX<o:p></o:p>
NN<o:p></o:p>	PANDA<o:p></o:p>
Prof. GODFREY, Steve    <o:p></o:p>	Quark models: Heavy mesons <o:p></o:p>
Prof. GUNNAR, Bali   <o:p></o:p>	Heavy quarks on the lattice<o:p></o:p>
Prof. KLEMPT, Eberhard   <o:p></o:p>	Light meson spectroscopy : A global picture<o:p></o:p>
Dr. MITCHELL, Ryan    <o:p></o:p>	Analysis on the Grid <o:p></o:p>
Prof. PETERS, Klaus<o:p></o:p>	Towards global tools<o:p></o:p>
Prof. POLYAKOV, Maxim<o:p></o:p>	QCD vacuum structure and the light meson spectrum<o:p></o:p>
Dr. RYABCHIKOV, Dmitri <o:p></o:p>	Cross experiment - common analysis <o:p></o:p>
NN <o:p></o:p>	QCD, XPT and the meson spectrum <o:p></o:p>
Prof. SWANSON, Eric  <o:p></o:p>	Quark models: Light mesons <o:p></o:p>
Dr. SZCZEPANIAK, Adam <o:p></o:p>	Analysis with theoretical constraints <o:p></o:p>
WEITZEL, Quirin   <o:p></o:p>	Introduction to the PWA isobar technique<o:p></o:p>
Dr. WILLIAMS, Mike  <o:p></o:p>	Recent CMU analysis of CLAS data <o:p></o:p>
NN<o:p></o:p>	Theory driven analysis model<o:p></o:p>
Prof. BARNES, Ted<o:p></o:p>	Modelling exotic production at PANDA <o:p></o:p>
Prof. CLOSE, Frank<o:p></o:p>	Heavy quark spectroscopy<o:p></o:p>
Dr. DAVID, Richards <o:p></o:p>	Light mesons on the lattice<o:p></o:p>
NN<o:p></o:p>	Introduction to the K-matrix technique<o:p></o:p>

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· Contact information <o:p></o:p>

1^st CERN – <st1:place w:st="on">JEFFERSON</st1:place> LAB – GSI/FAIR JOINT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
on PHYSICS AND METHODS IN MESON SPECTROSCOPY

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Technische Universität München<o:p></o:p>

Excellence Cluster 'Universe'<o:p></o:p>

Boltzmannstrasse 2<o:p></o:p>

D-85748 Garching<o:p></o:p>

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p>

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Conference Chairman: <o:p></o:p>

Stephan Paul - tel: +49 89 289 12571 - stephan.paul@ph.tum.de <o:p></o:p>

Conference Secretariat: <o:p></o:p>

Karin Frank - tel: +49 89 289 12572 - karin.frank@ph.tum.de <o:p></o:p>

fax: +49 89 289 12570 <o:p></o:p>

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Conference address:
Giessenbachstrasse<o:p></o:p>

D-85748 Garching<o:p></o:p>

e-mail:pmms08@universe-cluster.de<o:p></o:p>

http://www.universe-cluster.de/mesons_and_methods_2008 <o:p></o:p>

The conference takes place in the so called `new seminar room’ of the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) on the campus of the Max-Planck Society in Garching. Additional space for subgroup meetings is available in the basement of the Cluster building also situated on the Max-Planck campus, 3 minutes across the campus.<o:p></o:p>

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· Calendar <o:p></o:p>

September 5th – 1^st Bulletin: announcement, general information, list of the Organizing Committees. Registration and abstract submission start

September 8, 2008 - Deadline for hotel reservation (Hoyacker Hof/Garching)<o:p></o:p>

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September 15, 2008 - Deadline for hotel reservation (Hotel Prinz/Munich)<o:p></o:p>

September 30, 2008 – Deadline for abstract submission


October 6, 2008 – 2^nd Bulletin: preliminary program, list of speakers and participants

October 6, 2008 – Deadline for registration

October 21, 2008 – Arrival day

October 22, 2008 – Registration, beginning of the Conference and reception<o:p></o:p>

October 23, 2008 – Evening: workshop dinner<o:p></o:p>

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October 24, 2008 – End of the Conference <o:p></o:p>

· Registration fee <o:p></o:p>

A registration fee of 185.00 € should be paid in cash upon arrival (at registration). It covers coffee breaks, lunches, reception and workshop dinner. Registered students will pay a fee of 150 €.(student card requested on registration).<o:p></o:p>

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· Format of the workshop <o:p></o:p>

The conference talks start every morning at 9:00 and end around 12:30. After a lunch break talks resume at 14:00 and end around 18:00. The conference ends on Friday 24th at 13:00. <o:p></o:p>

All times include 5-10’ of discussions.<o:p></o:p>

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· Internet <o:p></o:p>

WLAN is available on the site of the seminar room and also in the cluster building. Access info will be made available at the registration desk.<o:p></o:p>

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· Lunch <o:p></o:p>

A buffet lunch is served in the annex room of the cafeteria of the Max-Planck Institutes on site (22^nd-24^th). Lunch is included in the conference fee. <o:p></o:p>

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· Accommodation <o:p></o:p>

We have made a prenotation of 60 Hotel rooms in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Munich</st1:city></st1:place> and Garching.<o:p></o:p>

Booking has to be done before 09. September 2008 (Hoyacker Hof in Garching) and 15. September 2008 (Hotel Prinz Munich). The code for reservations is: "Physics and methods in meson spectroscopy".
Every participant is responsible for her/his own booking / alteration/cancellation of accomodation.<o:p></o:p>

We strongly recommend to book your room in one of these Hotels for reasonable prices.<o:p></o:p>

Please note that due to a large industrial fair taking place at the same time, hotel prices can be<o:p></o:p>

high and availability reduced.<o:p></o:p>

Hotel Hoyacker <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Hof</st1:city></st1:place> 50 rooms single 75 € / double 95 €<o:p></o:p>

Freisinger Landstr. 9 a<o:p></o:p>

85748 Garching Deadline: 08. September 2008<o:p></o:p>

Phone: +49 89 / 3 26 99 00<o:p></o:p>

Fax: + 49 89 / 3 20 72 43<o:p></o:p>

Email: info@hoyackerhof.de <o:p></o:p>

Internet: www.hoyackerhof.de <o:p></o:p>

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Hotel Prinz 12 rooms ( single 138 € / double 158 €)<o:p></o:p>

Hochstr. 45 <o:p></o:p>

81541 München<o:p></o:p>

Phone: +49 89 / 44 14 08 0 Deadline: 15. September 2008<o:p></o:p>

Fax: +49 89 / 44 14 08 333<o:p></o:p>

Email: contact@hotel-prinz.de <o:p></o:p>

Internet: http://www.hotel-prinz.de <o:p></o:p>

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· Transportation <o:p></o:p>

Munich is the third largest town of Germany with about 1.3 Million inhabitants. It is situated at an altitude of 550 m above sea level in a flat area around 50km north of the Bavarian Alps. It was founded about 850 years ago and is the capital of the state of Bavaria.<o:p></o:p>

The location of the conference site is on the Science Campus Garching (Garching-Forschungszentrum), close to a small town north of München. The meeting room is on the campus site of the Max-Planck Society (MPG), the entrance is next to the southern exit of the subway station. Subway U6 connects directly to the center of town - Marienplatz, from where all suburban lines connect and leave town (including S1 and S8 offering direct connection to Munich International Airport). Access to the MPI-site is granted for all registered participants.<o:p></o:p>

People arriving by airplane can take public transport into town (suburban trains or a special airport bus both arriving at the central train station). From there the subway line U6 takes you to Garching Science Campus. People connecting directly from Munich airport to Garching can either take a taxi (price ~ 30 €) or take S8 to Ismaning station and from there the bus 230 to the Science Campus Garching (Forschungszentrum). The Munich airport offers direct connections to most cities in the world, including Japan, China or the US. <o:p></o:p>

People arriving by train at the central station can take any suburban train line to reach Marienplatz from where U6 leaves to Garching Science Campus (note: not every train continues all the way through). <o:p></o:p>

People arriving by car should take the highway A9, use exit ‘Garching Nord’ and follow the road straight into the Science Campus. Parking can be found next to the subway entrance (paying) or behind the Science Buildings (no costs). No entrance to the site of the Max-Planck Society is allowed by car.<o:p></o:p>

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· Social program <o:p></o:p>

The social program for participants to the workshop includes a reception in the evening of Wednesday October 22^nd and a banquet in the evening of October 23^rd. <o:p></o:p>

· Weather <o:p></o:p>

Usually, at this time of the year, weather often is very pleasant with sunny and mostly dry days. Temperatures vary between 15⁰C and 25⁰C during the day. Nights could already be below 10⁰C. <o:p></o:p>

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IMPORTANT! <o:p></o:p>

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Registration at the web site of the Conference <o:p></o:p>

http://www.universe-cluster.de/mesons_and_methods_2008 <o:p></o:p>

is absolutely necessary for all participants <o:p></o:p>

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