Special Workshop "HADRON PHYSICS IN THE 21st CENTURY" 1st Circular February 5, 1998 Dear Colleague: There is great concern in the Nuclear/Particle Physics community about the future of a crucially important field: HADRON PHYSICS. The primary hadron facility in the US is scheduled to become the injector to RHIC next year. The future for performing hadron physics experiments which need pi and K mesons, protons and neutrons is very uncertain. The only major new accelerator complex that is being planned abroad, the Japanese Hadron Facility, will not become available until well into the next decade. A Special Workshop is being organized to address the future of hadron physics. We want to highlight the vital role that hadron physics plays in understanding Strong QCD, in the determination of the numerical values of QCD and Standard Model parameters, in testing the limits of the Standard Model and we should summarize the many familiar objectives pursued in Intermediate Energy Physics. I would like to invite you to attend this Special Workshop. Time: Friday March 27 to midday Sunday March 29 Place: Research Campus of the George Washington University (this is close to Dulles airport in Washington DC) Objectives: a) To make a succinct outline of the essential physics goals of hadron physics in the regime of Strong QCD. Highlight the importance of understanding quark confinement. Reiterate the need for understanding Strong QCD in order to extract numerical values for the quark masses and C-K-M angles and other input parameters of the Standard Model. Discuss the interest in searching for unorthodox hadronic and nuclear matter. b) To emphasize the relevance of hadron physics to the work done at RHIC and Jefferson Lab, including its upgrades. c) To verbalize the important role of experimental hadron physics with its small groups, short time tables, versatile experiments in the training of the next generation of experimentalists and the future of the field. d) To list the specific experimental programs that are under way, or that are being planned. e) To formulate the essential accelerator and secondary beam needs. f) To list the useful detectors with their upgrades. g) To outline plans and ideas for new programs and detector systems for use at JHF and a possible upgraded main injector at Fermi Lab. h) To discuss the long range future. Steering Committee: N. Isgur, Jefferson Lab: Strong QCD R. Jaffe, MIT: H particle and double hypernuclei S. Vigdor, Indiana Un.: spin physics D. Hertzog, Un. of Ill.: meson resonances in ppbar B. Bassalleck, UNM: s-quark physics R. Chrien, BNL: hypernuclei K. Imai, Kyoto Un.: hypernuclei H. Spinka, ANL: baryon resonances (facilities) M. Manley, KSU: baryon resonances (phenomenology) J. Comfort, ASU: editor-in-chief of the White Paper W. Briscoe, GWU: local organizing committee B. Nefkens, UCLA: chairman There will be a few more members to cover K decay, C, P and CP violations, Strong QCD, glueballs, etc. The ultimate goal is to write a condensed White Paper for presentation to the funding agencies. Partial list of speakers: R. Jaffe, D. Hertzog, B. Bassalleck, W. Marciano, H. Spinka, M. Manley, P. Rosen, S. Nagamiya, D. Lowenstein, M. Zeller, B. Keister, B. Nefkens Logistical Information: The workshop will be held at GW's Virginia Campus, about 30 miles outside the District of Columbia. It is conveniently located near the Dulles International Airport in Loudon County, Virginia. We have blocked 60 rooms at the Dulles Airport Days Inn 2200 Centreville Road Herndon, VA 20170 Phone: 703-471-6700 Fax: 703-742-8965 e-mail: dullesdays@aol.com The rates per night are $79 for a single and $89 for a double, plus applicable taxes and other charges. If you are sharing a room please tell the hotel with whom you are sharing. You should make your reservations via e-mail using the form attached to this letter. The Conference Secretary is Caren Hubbard , she handles all logistics correspondence. Caren's address is: Caren Hubbard The George Washington University 20101 Academic Way Ashburn, VA 20147 Phone: 703-729-8208 Fax: 703-729-8248 e-mail: naus@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Payment for the room should be made directly to the Days Inn. There is a nice buffet breakfast available at the hotel that participants may want to take advantage of. We will have coffee breaks. A catered lunch is available in the meeting building. In place of a registration fee, we ask you to pay $10 per day for this convenience. Dinner can be obtained at the hotel or at several restaurants in the Worldgate area surrounding the hotel. Visitors arriving by air are advised to fly into Dulles International Airport. The Days Inn will send a van to pick you up when called upon arrival. The Days Inn van can bring you back to Dulles at your departure. Transportation to and from the GW Campus will be provided in the morning and evening. The Days Inn van may be able to handle the few who miss the bus. If you must return to the hotel or Dulles before the end of the day, we will arrange for a taxi. The Worldgate has shopping, restaurants, movies, and public transportation. One can also rent a car at the hotel, but we hope to save you that expense. Please respond to this announcement soon, preferably by March 1, 1998, by e-mailing the enclosed participant information form to Caren and a copy to the hotel at the addresses given above. WORKSHOP IN HADRON PHYSICS IN THE 21st CENTURY March 27 - 29, 1998 The George Washington University Virginia Campus Name: _______________________________________________________ Department: _________________________________________________ Institution: ________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________________ Office Telephone: ___________________ Fax: __________________ I will attend the workshop ( yes maybe no ) on ___Friday ___Saturday ___Sunday Will you take advantage of the catered lunches on Friday and Saturday? ___Yes ___No For which nights will you need a room at the Days Inn? ___Thursday ___Friday ___Saturday Are you sharing a room? ________ With whom? _____________________ Send the above information to both the hotel and Caren. Because of the importance of the subject we hope that you can make it to this Special Workshop and help determine the course of Hadron Physics in the 21st Century. See you in March in Washington DC. For the organizing and steering committee, B. Nefkens, chairman