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Users Group Workshop and Annual Meeting

"The Expanding Physics of Jefferson Lab"
June 12-14, 2006
Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA

Program


Monday, June 12, 2006
07:30-08:30Registration and continental breakfast
08:30-08:50WelcomeC. Leemann (JLab) and G. Cates (UVa)

08:50-10:20

Plenary session
Latest HERMES Results from Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic ScatteringN. Makins (UIUC)
Parity-Violating Electron Scattering: Recent Results and Future ProspectsK. Kumar (UMass-Amherst)
10:20-10:45Break

10:45-12:30

Plenary session
QCD structure of the proton and electroweak probesX. Ji (UMd)
QCD and STRINGSD. Gross (UCSB)
12:30-13:45Lunch

13:45-15:25

Parallel session I - Parity and related physics (Auditorium)
Org: Roche, Stoler, Chair: Beise
Heavy-quark contribution to the proton's magnetic moment (20+5)D. Toublan (UMd)
Precise Determination of the Strange Form Factors of the Nucleon (20+5)R. Young (JLab)
Happex latest results (20+5)B. Moffit (W&M)
G0 Update (20+5)D. Gaskell (JLab)

13:45-15:25

Parallel session II - Transversity and orbital motion (L102/104)
Org: Bosted, Weiss, Chair: Meziani
Transversity at Hall A (25+5)L. Zhu (UIUC)
Transversity and Orbital Motion at CLAS (25+5)K. Griffioen (W&M)
Transversity at BELLE and RHIC (35+5)M. Grosse Perdekamp (UIUC)
15:25-15:45Break

15:45-17:25

Parallel session III - Structure functions and high-x physics (L102/104)
Org: Keppel, Chair: Melnitchouk
The Large x Frontier (15+5)X. Ji (UMd)
New Drell-Yan Results from Fermilab and pdfs at Large x (15+5)P. Reimer (Argonne)
NuTeV Structure Function Results (15+5)V. Radescu (U. of Pittsburgh)
A New Formalism for Target Mass Corrections (15+5)F. Steffens (UPM, Brazil)
Unpolarized Structure Functions: Fitting, Measurements and Target Mass Corrections (15 + 5)E. Christy (HU)

15:45-17:25  

Parallel session IV - Low energy QCD and sum rules (Auditorium)
Org: Bosted, Vanderhaeghen, Chair: Rondon
GDH Sum rule at JLab Hall A (13+4)A. Deur (JLab)
GDH Sum rule at JLab Hall B (13+4)Y. Prok (MIT)
New determinations of the Baldin Sum Rule (15+5)E. Christy (HU)
Status of the PrimEx Experiment (20+5)L. Gan (UNC Wilmington)
Spin Polarizability and Connection to Atomic Physics (15+5)V. Nazaryan (HU)
17:25-19:00Poster session and reception

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
08:00-08:45Registration and continental breakfast

08:45-10:15

Discussion with the lab and the funding agencies
Report from the DOED. Kovar (DOE)
Report from the NSFB. Keister (NSF)
The nuclear physics program as we approach 12 GeVL. Cardman (JLab)
10:15-10:35Break

10:35-12:05

Plenary session
Nuclear Structure'06: Questions and ChallengesW. Nazarewicz (Tennessee U./ORNL)
From nuclei to Neutron StarsM. Prakash (Ohio)
12:05-13:35Lunch

13:35-15:15

Parallel session V - GPD's and DVCS (Auditorium)
Org: Vanderhaeghen
Basics of Generalized Parton Distributions Theory and Phenomenology (20+5)A. Radyushkin (ODU/JLab)
Lattice calculations for GPD's and FF's (20+5)D. Renner (U. Arizona)
DVCS results from Hall A (10+5)A. Camsonne (Clermont)
DVCS results with polarized proton target at CLAS (10+5)S. Chen (JLab)
DVCS beam spin asymmetry results from CLAS (10+5)R. Niyazov (JLab)

13:35-15:15

Parallel session VI - Nuclear effects (L102/104)
Org: Arrington, Monaghan
Neutrino-nucleus scattering (20+2)D. Harris (FNAL)
Quark propagation in nuclei (20+2)W. Brooks (JLab)
Short Range Correlations (20+2)D. Higinbotham (JLab)
Inclusive scatttering from nuclei at large x (15+2)N. Fomin (UVa)
Drell-Yan scattering from nuclei (15+2)P. Reimer (Argonne)
15:15-15:35 Break

15:35-17:15

Parallel session VII - Nucleon spin structure (L102/104)
Org: Dodge, De Vita, Chair: Chen
Spin Structure Studies at JLab (30+5)K. Slifer (UVa)
RHIC Spin Program: Status and Prospects (30+5)A. Deshpande (Stony Brook)
Nucleon Spin in Lattice QCD (25+5)D. Renner (U. of Arizona)

15:35-17:15

Parallel session VIII - Baryon spectroscopy and pentaquarks (Auditorium)
Org: De Vita, Stoler, Chair: Joo
Baryon Resonances and New Perspectives (20+5)R. Gothe (USC)
Polarization Observable in Exclusive Hyperon Production (20+5)M. Mestayer (JLab)
The Current Status of Pentaquark Searches (20+5)G. Mutchler (Rice)
Progress of Lattice QCD in Describing Baryon Resonances (20+5)F. Lee (GWU)

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
08:00-08:45Registration and continental breakfast

08:45-10:15

Plenary session
Overview of Neutrino ExperimentsD. Harris (FNAL)
An Electron-Ion Collider for JLabL. Merminga (JLab)
10:15-10:35Break

10:35-12:05

SURA Thesis and Poster Prizes, and Users Group Business Meeting
SURA Thesis Prize Winner Talk
Update on UGBOD changesG. Cates (UVa)
The transition to JSAM. Dallas (JLab)
12:05-13:35Lunch

13:35-15:15

Parallel session IX - Meson spectroscopy (L102/104)
Org: Dodge
Photoproduction of Unconventional Mesons (30+5)P. Eugenio (FSU)
Theory Efforts for GlueX (30+5)J. Dudek (JLab)
Charm and Light Quark Spectroscopy Results at BABAR (30+5)B. Dunwoodie (SLAC)

13:35-15:15

Parallel session X - Form factors (Auditorium)
Org: Keppel, Arrington, Chair: M. Jones
Form Factor Measurements from BLASTM. Kohl (MIT)
Time-like Form FactorsB. Dunwoodie (SLAC)
The Magnetic Form Factor of the NeutronJ. Lachniet (ODU)
The Pion Form FactorT. Horn (U. Maryland / JLab)
The Axial Form Factor and a Global Modeling EffortB. Bradford (Rochester)
15:15-15:35Break

15:35-17:15

Parallel session XI - Exploring a high luminosity solenoidal spectrometer (L102/104)
Org: Souder
Solenoidal spectrometer conceptE. Chudakov (JLab)
Solenoid spectrometer for high-x studiesJ-P. Chen (JLab)
Parity using the solenoid spectrometerK. Paschke (UMass-Amherst)
DIS Parity with baseline equipmentX. Zheng (MIT)

15:35-17:15

Parallel session XII - Hypernuclei and strangeness (Auditorium)
Org: Carman, Reinhold, Roche, Chair: Tang
Strangeness Production and Missing Resonances: What have we learned?C. Bennhold (GWU)
Strangeness production in Hall B R. Feuerbach (JLab)
Hypernuclear spectroscopy in Hall A J. LeRose (JLab)
Hypernuclear spectroscopy in Hall CL. Yuan (HU)