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Description
I present the scientific vision for a decade-long, cross-community hadron-physics program at the GSI/FAIR accelerator complex. Driven by high-intensity proton and secondary pion beams combined with versatile detector systems, the program will address some of the key questions in `strong QCD'. It encompasses precision studies of hadron–hadron interactions, baryon spectroscopy, transition form factors, and in-medium modifications under extreme conditions, with implications for the nuclear equation of state, neutron star physics, and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. A staged roadmap—from current SIS18 capabilities to SIS100 and, ultimately, high-intensity antiproton beams at HESR—will establish a unique, globally complementary facility for advancing our understanding of strongly interacting matter.
