SECOND CIRCULAR (Call for Contributions)

Thursday August 23 - Saturday August 25, 2001
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

Jointly sponsored by Saint Mary's University
MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center

Information on the workshop can be found at the website: http://www.ap.stmarys.ca/LOWq/

Registration and accommodation information can be found there, along with information on Halifax and tourism opportunities in the area.

Scientific Program:

There will be a mix of theoretical and experimental talks in each of 6 sessions, with the emphasis on existing and foreseeable opportunities for doing high-precision physics at low momentum transfer. An updated list of confirmed invited speakers can be found on the website.

Further, there is room for two Contributed Talks per session. If you wish submit a Contributed Talk, please send a title and brief abstract by email to lowq@ap.stmarys.ca.

If there is sufficient interest, a poster session will be added to accommodate any Contributions not able to be scheduled as a talk.

The 6 sessions and invited speakers are as follows: (note: a "*" indicates speaker not yet confirmed)

Single Nucleon Physics (convenor: H. Shmieden, Mainz)
TBA:	Overview - F. Factors, Polarizabilities, Sum Rules
H. Gao (MIT):	Nucleon F. Factors - Experimental Status
S. Hoblit (BNL):	Nucleon Polarizabilities & GDH Sum Rule
J. Shaw (Umass):	Virtual Compton Scattering
Pi-Neutron Physics (convenor: A. Sandorfi, BNL)
D. Hornidge (Saskatoon):	Threshold pi0 prod. from d in the Delta Region
T. Hemmert (Munich):	CPT predictions - Threshold pi0 prod. from n / d
M. Lucas (Ohio):	Pion Photoprod. from the deuteron in the Delta Region
T.S.H. Lee (ANL):	Dynamical Reaction Model calc.'s of pion Photoprod. from the deuteron
Few-Body Physics (convenor: M. Savage, Washington)
W. Gloeckle (Bochum):	Status of Exact Non-rel. 3-nucleon Calculations
S. Beane (Wash.):	Theor. Issues in extracting N properties from Measurements on the Deuteron
JLab Hall A 3He-GDH Exp.:	The GDH Sum-Rule in few-body systems
E. Epelbaum (Bochum):	CPT applied to N-N systems
Parity-Violation (convenor: E. Beise, Maryland)
*S. Pollock (Colorado):	Overview of PV and the use of EM probes
F. Maas (Mainz):	Status of Mainz PV Experiments
M. Pitt (VPI):	Status of SAMPLE PV Experiments
J.-W. Chen (Maryland):	Extracting PV pi-N coupling in pion photo- and electro-production
Many Nucleon Systems (convenor: V. Pandharipande, Illinois)
J. Carlson (LANL):	Status of QMC and GFMC calculations
*J. Ryckebusch (Gent):	Theoretical issues in 2N knockout reactions
G. Rosner (Glasgow):	2-nucleon Knockout Experiments
*M. Savage (Washington):		The shell model as an effective field theory
Topics in Nuclear Astrophysics (convenor: M. Butler, Saint Mary's)
K. Nollett (Chicago):	Radiative Capture and Astrophysical Implications
H. Weller (Duke):	HIGS at TUNL as a Facility for Nuclear Astrophysics
M. Gai (UConn):	16O(alpha,gamma) and the E1 S-factor
G. Tsentelovitch (MIT-Bates):	16O(e, e' alpha) and the E2 S-factor
TBA:	Electron scattering from rare isotopes of astrophysical interest

Additional Information

Talks will be scanned and put on the web for easy access and reference, and a CD-ROM with all talks can be requested at cost. Nova Scotia is a lovely place to visit in August, and there is a link to tourism information should you be interested in spending more time here. If you have any other questions or concerns, please send email to the workshop at lowq@ap.stmarys.ca . Please distribute this registration information to your students, colleagues, and any other people who might have an interest in precision low-momentum electromagnetic physics. We hope to see you in Halifax this summer!

With regards from the organizers,

Malcolm Butler (mbutler@ap.stmarys.ca, phone: 902-420-5827) Adam Sarty (asarty@ap.stmarys.ca, phone: 902-420-5664)

and the LOWq International Advisory Committee,

R. Alarcon (Arizona) H. Arenhoevel (Mainz) E. Beise (Maryland) A. Bernstein (MIT) W. Bertozzi (MIT) E. Brash (Regina) W. Donnelly (MIT) K. Fissum (MAX-Lab, Lund) J. Friar (LANL) W. Gloeckle (Bochum) B. Holstein (U. Mass.) N. Kolb (Saskatchewan)

T.S.H. Lee (Argonne) R. McKeown (Caltech) H.O. Meyer (IUCF) R. Milner (MIT) R. Miskimen (U. Mass.) V. Pandharipande (Illinois) C. Papanicolas (Athens) A. Sandorfi (Brookhaven) M. Savage (Washington) H. Schmieden (Mainz) D. Skopik (JLab) J. van den Brand (Free U., Amsterdam) H. Weller (Duke)

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