Nuclear Physics with Electromagnetic
Probes: Accomplishments and Prospects
A White Paper for
the NSAC Long Range Planning Process

L. S. Cardman, T. W. Donnelly, R. J. Holt,
R. Lourie, R. McKeown, A. M. Sandorfi, and R. Schumacher

• Summary and Recommendations
  • Preface
  • Recommendations
  • Nuclear Physics with Electromagnetic Probes
    • Scientific Achievements Since the 1989 Long Range Plan
    • Nucleon Structure
    • QCD in Nuclei
    • Nuclear Structure
    • Fundamental Symmetries
    • Outlook and Open Questions
    • Nucleon Structure
    • QCD in Nuclei
    • Nuclear Structure
    • Fundamental Symmetries
    • Facility Developments
      • CEBAF
      • MIT/Bates
      • LEGS
      • Nuclear Physics Use of High Energy Facilities
• Nucleon Structure
  • The Spin Structure of the Nucleon
    • Scientific Achievements Since the 1989 Long Range Plan
    • Outlook and Open Questions
    • Facilities Needed to Carry out this Research
  • Neutral Currents in the Nucleon
    • Scientific Achievements Since the 1989 Long Range Plan
    • Outlook and Open Questions
    • Equipment requirements for the program
  • Hadronic Resonances
    • Scientific Achievements since the 1989 Long Range Plan
    • Outlook and Open Questions
  • Nucleon Quark Structure
    • Scientific Achievements since the 1989 Long Range Plan
    • Outlook and Open Questions
• QCD in Nuclei
  • Low Energy Tests of QCD
    • Scientific Achievements since the 1989 Long Range Plan
    • Outlook and Open Questions
  • QCD and Nuclei
    • Scientific Achievements since the 1989 Long Range Plan
    • Outlook and Open Questions
• Nuclear Structure
  • Few-Body Systems
    • Scientific Achievements since the 1989 Long Range Plan
      • Neutron Elastic Form Factors
      • Deuteron Elastic Form Factors
      • Photoreactions on Few-Body Systems
      • Structure of He
      • Quasi-elastic Scattering and Coincidence Reactions
    • Outlook and Open Questions
  • Many-Body Systems
    • Scientific Achievements since the 1989 Long Range Plan
      • The Coulomb Sum Rule
      • The (e,ep) Reaction Mechanism
      • Final State Interactions
    • Outlook and Open Questions
• Other Issues
• Facility and Instrumentation Needs
  • Photons
    • The SAL Facility
    • The LEGS Facility
    • TUNL/DFELL Compton-Backscattering Facility
    • A Comparison of Photon Sources, both Existing and Proposed
  • Intermediate Energy Electrons
    • Bates Linear Accelerator Center
    • The Recent Experimental Program
    • Major New Experimental Initiatives
    • Accelerator Improvement Program
    • Tagged Virtual Photons in the South Hall Ring
    • The Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid (BLAST)
    • CEBAF
    • The Experimental Equipment and Program Planned at CEBAF
      • Hall C
      • Hall A,
      • Hall B
    • New Experimental Initiatives
      • High power cryotarget
      • Polarized Photon Beams
      • The G0 spectrometer
    • CEBAF at Higher Energies
      • Accelerator Modifications for Higher Energies
      • Physics Possibilities for CEBAF at Higher Energies
  • Very High Energy Electrons
    • CERN:
    • DESY:
    • FNAL:
    • SLAC:
  • Acknowledgments and Disclaimer
• References
  • Appendix A: Agenda of the Town Meeting on Electromagnetic Physics
  • Appendix B: Participants in the Town Meeting on Electromagnetic Physics
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
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