************** SENDAI08 SECOND CIRCULAR **************
SENDAI INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on
Strangeness in Nuclear and Hadronic Systems
--- SENDAI08 ---
December 15 - 18 (Monday to Thursday), 2008
Tohoku University Centennial Hall, Kawauchi Hagi Hall, Sendai, Japan
This is the second announcement of the international symposium on
"Strangeness in Nuclear and Hadronic Systems" (SENDAI08)
hosted by the Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
SENDAI08 is the third meeting in a series of symposia on nuclear physics
with strangeness hosted by Tohoku University following SENDAI98 and SENDAI03.
Anticipating completion of new facilities such as J-PARC,
the symposium is organized to discuss recent remarkable progresses
of the research on nuclear and hadronic systems with strangeness
both in experiments and theories.
SENDAI08 is planned to provide an opportunity for intensive discussions
in an informal atmosphere.
Both experimentalists and theorists in the field are encouraged
to participate in the symposium to
exchange information on recent activities
and to discuss future prospects of the related fields.
1. Symposium topics
Electromagnetic Production of Strangeness
Structure and Decay of Hypernuclei
Hyperon-Nucleon and Hyperon-Hyperon Interactions
Hadronic Systems with Strangeness
Strange Mesons in Nuclei
Exotic Hadrons
Present and Future Facilities
Invited speakers (including pre-symposium)
P.Achenbach (Mainz)
H.Bhang (SNU)
L.Bimbot (IPNO)
V.Burkert (JLab)
P.Bydzovsky (NPI Prague)
H.Gao (Duke U.)
F.Garibaldi (INFN Roma)
R.S.Hayano (U. Tokyo)
E.Hiyama (RIKEN)
K.Imai (Kyoto U.)
V.Lucherin (INFN Frascati)
P.E.C.Markowitz (FIU)
T.Mart* (U. Indonesia)
J.Meng (PKU)
M.Oka (Titech)
J.Reinhold (FIU)
T.A.Rijken (Nijmegen U.)
H.Schmieden (U. Bonn)
H.-J.Shulze (INFN Catania)
L.Tang (Hampton U.)
A.W.Thomas (JLab)
H.Toki (RCNP, Osaka U.)
* To be confirmed.
2.Symposium schedule
The main session of the symposium will start in the morning
of December 15th, Monday, 2008 and continue through December 18th, Thursday.
A pre-symposium on December 14th and a post-symposium discussion session
in a rural hot spring area near Sendai in the evening of 17th take place.
An excursion is also scheduled on December 18th.
Tentative schedule is as follows.
Morning Afternoon Evening
Dec. 14 (Sun) Pre-Symposium Pre-Symposium Reception
Dec. 15 (Mon) Session 1 Session 2 Banquet
Dec. 16 (Tue) Session 3 Session 4
Dec. 17 (Wed) Session 5 Session 6 Discussion
Concluding at hot-spring
Dec. 18 (Thu) Discussion Excursion
3.Pre-symposium on December 14, Sunday
A one-day pre-symposium will be held at the Kawauchi Hagi Hall
of Tohoku University. The pre-symposium will
emphasize discussion on recent progress of hypernuclear physics
and the related subjects.
In addition, we plan to arrange invited talks to encourage discussion
for young physicists and a session for young scientists including students
to give a talk. The details will be given in the final circular.
4.Post-symposium Discussion on December 17
A post-symposium discussion is arranged in the evening
of December 17. After the last session at Hagi Hall,
we will move to Sakunami hot-springs located in the suburbs of Sendai,
where we can get in 30 minutes by car; we will stay the night
at a hotel in Sakunami. Those who plan to leave Sendai
in the early morning of December 18 can easily go to
Sendai station or Sendai airport from the hotel.
An excursion in the Sendai area will be arranged on 18th after
the symposium, since limited time does not allow us to
have the excursion during the symposium.
5.Information on Sendai
The city of Sendai with a population of one million is the center
of the northern part of Japan, Tohoku District.
It is located about 350 km north of Tokyo
and can be reached in 2 hours with a super-express train
(Tohoku Shinkansen). The city features an abundance of natural
beauty that changes with the seasons. Sendai is nicknamed ``Mori no miyako''
(literally city of green), which illustrates this perfectly. The city has a
rich cultural heritage stretching back 400 years to its founding by feudal
lord Date Masamune. The city is surrounded by mountains and Pacific ocean,
making its weather reasonably mild. Further information on the city is
found in the following WEB pages.
http://www.city.sendai.jp/kikaku/kokusai/english/index.htmlhttp://www.sentabi.jp/1000/10000000.html
6.Access information to Sendai
The most convenient way to come to Sendai from abroad is to fly to Narita
International Airport (NRT). From Narita, there are two ways to come to Sendai,
by train and by air, which are described below.
By train
Take a train (Narita Express) to Tokyo station and then transfer
to a super-express (Tohoku Shinkansen) to Sendai.
The train station at Narita airport
is located underground of the terminal \#1 and terminal \#2.
Through tickets to Sendai together with a super-express ticket
for reserved seat are available at ticket counters on the underground floor.
It takes about 1 hour from Narita to Tokyo by Narita Express
and about 2 hours from Tokyo to Sendai by Shinkansen.
By air
An alternative way is to fly to Sendai international airport from Narita.
As of September, 2008, there are two flights from Narita
to Sendai and Sendai to Narita everyday as follows.
Flight # Departure Arrival
From Narita to Sendai
IBX(ANA)3131 10:30 11:35
ANA3235 16:55 18:05
From Sendai to Narita
ANA3232 8:15 9:20
IBX(ANA)3134 16:05 17:00
Those who purchased a ticket from the "Star Alliance" air carrier
may have advantage to arrange in advance a connecting flight
from Narita to Sendai (1 hour). There are some international flights
coming to Sendai and also many
flights between major cities in Japan.
It takes about 25-40 minuets from Sendai airport to downtown Sendai
by a train or limousine bus.
For the transportation from Sendai airport to Sendai station, there are
two choices:
Airport access train 25 minutes 630 yen
Limousine bus 40 minutes 700 yen
Access information on how to get to Sendai from the airport
is found in the following WEB page.
http://www.sdj-airport.com/english/index.html
The hotel might not be in the walking distance from the Sendai station
with baggages (about 3~km or 2 miles).
Although public bus can be used, it is recommended to take a taxi to the hotel.
Taxi ride costs about 600~yen (\$6).
Returning home from Narita air port
If you plan to go to Narita aiport by train to catch a morning departure
flight at the Narita airport, it could be slightly tight schedule
though it depends
on your departure time. Please contact the organizer
whether it is better to stay in Narita in the night before the departure.
7.Symposium site
The symposium will take place at the Tohoku University Centennial
Hall, Kawauchi Hagi Hall, in
the Kawauchi campus of Tohoku University. It locates in the walking
distance from downtown.
Public buses to the Kawauchi campus are available from No.9 bus stop
of the Sendai station
bus pool at the west exit.
8.Lodging
A wide variety of hotels is available in downtown Sendai.
The room charge ranges from 5,000 - 10,000 yen ($60-$110) for
single occupancy per night. We have blocked number of rooms
at the Ark Hotel Sendai (5,500 yen per night),
which is in walking distance to the symposium site.
Ark Hotel is comfortable and internet-ready hotel, but room might
be small (~12m2) as foreign standard goes.
If you want to stay at larger room, Sendai Excel Hotel Tokyu (> 17m2)
is also available though
it is a little bit expensive ($100~$150) comparing to Ark Hotel.
Those who want us reserve the Ark hotel should provide
the required information in the attached registration form.
(Please write so in the space for comments to organizers, if you
want to stay at the Excel hotel.)
The hotel at Sakunami hot-springs for the post-symposium discussion
will be arranged by organizers. It costs 15,000 yen per night
including Japanese style dinner.
You may find your hotel browsing the WEB page below, too.
http://sendai.ark-hotel.co.jp/http://www.tokyuhotelsjapan.com/en/TE/TE_SENDA/index.htmlhttp://www.ichinobo.com/sakunami/
9.Registration
The registration fee of SENDAI08 is 15,000 Yen and it covers
symposium proceedings, banquet, refreshments during
the conference.
The registration form is attached to this 2nd circular.
Please fill the form
with required information and lodging request (if necessary), and
email it to {\it sendai08@lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp} with a subject of
"SENDAI08 registration" before October 15.
In particular, we ask those who plan to prepare contribution papers
to submit the titles in the registration form.
http://lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp/sendai08/Sendai08registration.doc
10.Contributions and proceedings
One-page abstract of the contribution should be submitted via e-mail
no later than October 15, 2008. It should be camera-ready and
contained in the area of 18 cm x 25 cm (A4 format).
The conference proceedings will be published after the symposium.
Detailed information will be given in the final circular.
11.Accompanying person's program
Accompanying person's program will be arranged on the personal basis.
Please indicate in the registration form, if you come to Sendai
together with accompanying persons.
12.Correspondence
Those who are interested in this symposium and/or like to have
additional information are requested to contact Prof. Nakamura or
browse the SENDAI08 WEB site at the addresses below.
Prof. S.N. Nakamura
Department of Physics
Tohoku University
Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
E-mail sendai08@lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp
Telephone +81-22-217-6453
Fax +81-22-217-6455
WEB site http://lambda.phys.tohoku.ac.jp/sendai08/
13.Important dates
Second Circular September 17, 2008
Registration with a Title of Contribution October 15, 2008
One Page Contribution October 15, 2008
Hotel Reservation November 15, 2008
Final Circular November 15, 2008
Pre-symposium December 14, 2008
Symposium Reception December 14, 2008
SENDAI08 at Kawauchi Hagi Hall December 15-17, 2008
Post symposium discussion session& Excursion December 17-18, 2008
14. Organization
International advisory committee
H. Bhang (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
T. Bressani (Torino Univ.)
L. Cardman (JLab)
A. Gal (Hebrew Univ.)
B. F. Gibson (Los Alamos)
Ed. Hungerford (Houston Univ.)
K. Imai (Kyoto Univ.)
T. Kishimoto (Osaka Univ.)
H. Lenske (Giessen Univ.)
T. Motoba (Osaka E.C. Univ.)
T. Nagae (Kyoto Univ.)
M. Oka (Titech)
E. Oset (Valencia Univ.)
B. Saghai (Saclay)
C. Schaerf (Rome Tor Vergata Univ.)
B. Schoch (Bonn Univ.)
A. Thomas (JLab)
H. Toki (RCNP, Osaka Univ.)
Local organizing committee
Y. Fujii (Tohoku Univ.)
K. Hagino (Tohoku Univ.)
O. Hashimoto (Tohoku Univ., Chair)
T. Ishikawa (LNS, Tohoku Univ.)
H. Kanda (Tohoku Univ.)
M. Kaneta (Tohoku Univ.)
K. Maeda (Tohoku Univ.)
K. Miwa (Tohoku Univ.)
S. N. Nakamura (Tohoku Univ., Scientific Secretary)
H. Shimizu (LNS, Tohoku Univ.)
H. Tamura (Tohoku Univ., Co-Chair)
H. Yamazaki (LNS, Tohoku Univ.)