Speaker: Mark Strikman (Penn. State Univ.)

Title:
Microscopic nuclear structure: recent progress and directions for future studies

Abstract:
I summarize analyses of the recent experimental studies which confirm 
presence of large  two - nucleon high momentum correlations in nuclei 
dominated by pn correlations. The observed pattern in combination with 
previous studies of parton distributions in nuclei  poses important 
constrains on the probability  and structure of nonnucleonic degrees of 
freedom in nuclei.  Color fluctuations/ transparency related mechanism 
of nucleon deformation in nuclei appears to be consistent with the 
current constrains and  found  to depend strongly on the nucleon virtuality. 
Directions for  future experimental studies of short-range correlations 
in nuclei and in particular non-nucleonic degrees of freedom using high 
momentum transfer electron - nucleus scattering processes are outlined.