The conference is expected to cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from elastic and diffraction processes in high energy physics to collisions of heavy ions, spin physics, and related topics. The conference will focus on the most recent experimental and theoretical results, prospects for future measurements, and facilitating discussions between experimentalists and theorists.
Topics to be covered:
- Elastic Scattering and Total Cross Section
- Diffraction and Central Exclusive Production
- Heavy Ions
- Low-x Measurements
- PDFs and Hadronic Final States
- Generalized Parton Distributions
- Spin Physics
- Recent Experimental and Theoretical Developments
- Future Facilities and Measurements
Scientific Program Committee
Chairs
- Christina Mesropian (New York)
- Bob Hirosky (University of Virginia)
- Chung-I Tan (Brown University)
- Jean Tran Thanh Van (Rencontres du Vietnam)
Session Conveners
- Elastic Scattering and Total Cross Section
Mario Deile (CERN), Paul Newman (University of Birmingham) - Diffraction and Central Exclusive Production
Christophe Royon (University of Kansas), Lucian Harland-Lang (University of Oxford), Marta Ruspa (INFN-Torino) - Heavy Ions
David d’Enterria (CERN), Jaroslav Adam (Creighton University) - Low-x, PDFs and hadronic final states, high pT
Simonetta Liuti (University of Virginia), Alessandro Papa (Università Calabria, INFN Cosenza), Mario Campanelli (University College London) - Spin Physics
Bernd Surrow (Temple University), Leonard Gamberg (Penn State), Vincenzo Barone (Universita' del Piemonte Orientale) - Theory Sessions
Roman Pasechnik (Lund University), Antoni Szczurek (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow), Jun Gao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
