2014 Long-range plan Joint Town Meetings on QCD at Temple University

US/Eastern
Howard Gittis Student Center

Howard Gittis Student Center

1743 N. 13th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122
    • 07:30
      Breakfast Underground

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    • Phases of QCD Matter / Opening: Chair: Ulrich Heinz and Paul Sorensen 217CD

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        Opening remarks / Local organizing committee
        Speaker: Prof. Bernd Surrow (Temple University)
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        Opening remarks / Program committee
        Speakers: Dr Paul Sorensen (BNL), Prof. Ulrich Heinz (Ohio State University)
    • QCD and Hadron Physics / Opening: Chair: Haiyan Gao and Craig Roberts 217AB

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        Opening remarks / Local organizing committee
        Speaker: Prof. Nikos Sparveris (Temple University)
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        Opening remarks / Program committee
        Speakers: Dr Craig Roberts (ANL), Prof. Haiyan Gao (Duke University)
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    • Phases of QCD Matter / Theory Overview: Chair: Steve Vigdor 217CD

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        Open questions in theory, why they are interesting, what tools we have to address them
        Speaker: Prof. Krishna Rajagopal (MIT)
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        Discussion
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        Lattice QCD for RHIC and LHC: From now to the next decade
        Speaker: Dr Swagato Mukherjee (BNL)
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        Discussion
    • QCD and Hadron Physics / Hadron Structure at Short Distance I: Chair: Sebastian Kuhn 217AB

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        Theoretical Overview: Nucleon spin structure and orbital angular momentum
        Speaker: Dr Jianwei Qiu (BNL)
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        Experimental overview: Nucleon spin structure
        Speaker: Dr Ralf Seidl (RIKEN)
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      • 11
        Parton distribution functions
        Speaker: Prof. Jen-Chieh Peng (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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    • 10:30
      Coffee Break Underground

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    • Phases of QCD Matter / QGP evolution, EOS and transport properties: Chair: Volker Koch 217CD

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        The standard model for QGP evolution: Theoretical status and future
        Speaker: Dr Bjoern Schenke (BNL)
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        Discussion
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        The standard model for QGP evolution: Experimental status and future
        Speaker: Prof. Raimond Snellings (Utrecht University)
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        Discussion
    • QCD and Hadron Physics / Hadron Structure at Short Distance II (Incl. Short presentations): Chair: Feng Yuan 217AB

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        Nucleon tomography
        Speaker: Prof. Andreas Metz (Temple University)
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        Pre-Town Meeting summary
        Speakers: Dr Alexei Prokudin (JLab), Prof. Leonard Gamberg (PSU)
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      • 18
        SoLID
        Speaker: Dr Jian-Ping Chen (JLab)
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      • 19
        Polarized Drell-Yan at FNAL
        Speaker: Prof. Wolfgang Lorenzen (University Of Michigan)
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        The importance of a new transverse spin program at RHIC and its impact on future e+p physics
        Speaker: Dr Ming Liu (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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      • 21
        Correlations between target and current fragmentation in SIDIS
        Speaker: Dr Harut Avakian (JLab)
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      • 22
        Tensor Spin Observables
        Speaker: Dr Elena Long (University Of New Hampshire)
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      • 23
        SoLID-PVDIS (d/u)
        Speaker: Prof. Paul Souder (Syracuse University)
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      • 24
        Studies of chiral-odd GPDs in exclusive production of pseudoscalar mesons
        Speaker: Dr Andrey Kim (University Of Connecticut)
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      • 25
        JLab GPD program results and projections at 12 GeV
        Speaker: Dr Francois-Xavier Girod (JLab)
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        Future prospects of di-jet production constraining delta g(x) at low x at STAR at RHIC
        Speaker: Prof. Bernd Surrow (Temple University)
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    • 12:15
      Lunch Break / QCD and Hadron Physics Underground

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    • 12:30
      Lunch Break / Phases of QCD Matter Underground

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    • QCD and Hadron Physics / Hadron Structure at Long Distance (Incl. Short presentations): Chair: John Arrington 217AB

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        Electro-magnetic Form Factors of nucleons
        Speaker: Prof. Ron Gilman (Rutgers University)
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      • 28
        Parity-violating electron scattering and Hadron Structure
        Speaker: Prof. Krishna Kumar (Stony Brook University)
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      • 29
        Charged pion form factors
        Speaker: Prof. Tanja Horn (Catholic University of America)
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      • 30
        Expressions of chiral dynamics in hadrons and nuclei
        Speaker: Prof. Daniel Phillips (Ohio University)
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      • 31
        Probing Hadron Structure with Photons
        Speaker: Dr Calvin Howell (Duke University And TUNL)
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        The axial form factor of the proton
        Speaker: Prof. Steve Pate (New Mexico State University)
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        Q-Qbar Creation Studies
        Speaker: Dr Mac Mestayer (JLab)
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        J/Psi near threshold from SoLID
        Speaker: Dr Zhiwen Zhao (ODU / Jefferson Lab)
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        Problems with the Two-Nucleon System
        Speaker: Prof. Blaine Norum (University of Virginia)
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        Chiral dynamics: 2 photons and a few nucleons
        Speaker: Prof. Harold Griesshammer (George Washington University)
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      • 37
        Nucleon EM polarizabilities from Compton Scattering below pion threshold
        Speaker: Prof. Mohammad Ahmed (North Carolina Central University / TUNL)
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      • 38
        Elastic Nucleon Form Factor Program with Super Bigbite
        Speaker: Dr Seamus Riordan (University Of Massachusetts Amherst)
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    • Phases of QCD Matter / BES and QCD Phase Diagram: Chair: Rosi Reed 217CD

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        BES I Results, Motivation for BES II, Future Facilities
        Speaker: Prof. Daniel Cebra (UC Davis)
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        Discussion
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        Studying the QCD Phase Diagram via BES
        Speaker: Prof. Mikhail Stephanov (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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      • 42
        Dynamical modeling at low collision energy and high mu_b
        Speaker: Prof. Hannah Petersen (Frankfurt Institute For Advanced Studies)
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        Discussion
    • Phases of QCD Matter / Community Input: Chair: Ulrich Heinz and Paul Sorensen 217CD

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        Studying the QCD phase structure at high baryon density
        Speaker: Dr Nu Xu (LBNL)
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      • 45
        Quantifying the properties of QCD matter with relativistic heavy-ion collisions
        Speaker: Prof. Scott Pratt (Michigan State University)
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      • 46
        Forward-central pion-quarkonia correlations at RHIC
        Speaker: Dr Michal Sumbera (Nuclear Physics Institute ASCR)
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        Coherent pion photoproduction
        Speaker: Prof. William Briscoe (The George Washington University)
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    • 15:30
      Coffee Break Underground

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    • Joint Session: Chair: Jim Napolitano 217ABCD

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        Introduction - Temple University President
        Speaker: Prof. Zein-Eddine Meziani (Temple University)
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        Welcome Address by Temple University President
        Speaker: Dr Neil Theobald (Temple University)
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        Nuclear Theory since 2007 and for the next decade: An overview
        Speaker: Prof. David Kaplan (Institute For Nuclear Theory)
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        Discussion
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        Highlights from QCD and Hadron Physics since 2007
        Speaker: Dr Rolf Ent (JLab)
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        Vision for QCD and Hadron Physics
        Speaker: Prof. Naomi Makins (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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        Discussion
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        RHIC and LHC Overview: Where are we? Where are we going?
        Speaker: Prof. Bill Zajc (Columbia University)
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        Discussion
    • 18:35
      Short Break Seating Area Outside 217

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    • Joint Session: Chair: Richard Milner 217ABCD

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        Why we need an EIC: a view from 30,000 feet
        Speaker: Prof. Berndt Mueller (BNL / Duke University)
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        Why we need an EIC: a view from 10,000 meters
        Speaker: Prof. Bob McKeown (JLab)
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      • 59
        Discussion
    • 07:30
      Breakfast Underground

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    • Joint Session: Chair: Jianwei Qiu 217ABCD

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        Theoretical issues in Nucleon Structure
        Speaker: Prof. Xiangdong Ji (University of Maryland)
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        Probing Nucleon Structure at an EIC
        Speaker: Prof. Zein-Eddine Meziani (Temple University)
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      • 62
        Probing the properties of QCD with atomic nuclei: theoretical aspects
        Speaker: Prof. Yuri Kovchegov (Ohio State University)
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      • 63
        Probing the properties of QCD with atomic nuclei: experimental aspects
        Speaker: Dr Thomas Ullrich (BNL)
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        Discussion
    • 11:00
      Coffee Break Underground

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    • Joint Session / Community Input: Chair: Craig Roberts 217ABCD

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        Next-generation nuclear DIS with spectator tagging at EIC
        Speaker: Dr Christian Weiss (JLab)
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      • 66
        Neutron Spin Structure via Spectator Tagging at the EIC
        Speaker: Prof. Charles Hyde (Old Dominion University)
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      • 67
        Transverse momentum dependence of sea quark distributions
        Speaker: Dr Harut Avakian (JLab)
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      • 68
        Why QGP Physicists should want to study e+A
        Speaker: Prof. Barbara Jacak (Stony Brook University)
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      • 69
        Joint Session / EIC White paper discussion - Part I
    • 12:40
      Lunch Break Underground

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    • Joint Session / EIC White paper discussion: Chair: Abhay Deshpande 217ABCD

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        Joint Session / Discussion about EIC part of the white paper writing and assignments - Part II
    • Joint Session / Reports from other Town Meetings: Chair: Paul Sorenson 217ABCD

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        Report from Computational Nuclear Physics Town Meeting
        Speaker: Dr Peter Petreczky (BNL)
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        Report from Computational Nuclear Physics Town Meeting
        Speaker: Prof. Martin Savage (Institute for Nuclear Theory)
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      • 73
        Report from Education and Innovation Town Meeting
        Speaker: Dr Thia Keppel (JLab)
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      • 74
        Discussion
    • 16:00
      Coffee Break Underground

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    • Phases of QCD Matter / Low-x, pA, spin: Chair: Adrian Dumitru 217CD

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        Unique opportunities in p+A collisions at RHIC and LHC 217AB

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        Speaker: Dr Zhong-Bo Kang (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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        Discussion 217AB

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        p+A experiments at RHIC and the LHC and related upgrades 217AB

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        Speaker: Prof. John Lajoie (University of Iowa)
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        Discussion 217AB

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        Opportunities for RHIC Spin in the Coming Decade 217AB

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        Speaker: Dr Elke Aschenauer (BNL)
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        Discussion 217AB

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    • QCD and Hadron Physics / Theory (Incl. Short presentations): Chair: Craig Roberts 217AB

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        Lattice-based studies of QCD
        Speaker: Dr D.G. Richards (JLab)
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        Continuum-based studies of QCD
        Speaker: Dr Ian Cloet (ANL)
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      • 83
        pQCD at the collider (LHC/RHIC)
        Speaker: Prof. Iain Stewart (MIT)
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      • 84
        Precision Jet Physics in Electron-Proton Collisions
        Speaker: Dr Chris Lee (LANL)
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      • 85
        OAM and GTMDs
        Speaker: Prof. Simonetta Liuti (University of Virginia)
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      • 86
        The prospects of two-photon physics with lattice QCD
        Speaker: Prof. Brian Tiburzi (City College Of New York)
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      • 87
        Transverse force on quarks in DIS
        Speaker: Prof. Matthias Burkardt (NMSU)
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    • 07:30
      Breakfast Underground

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    • Phases of QCD Matter / Jet studies of QCD matter: Chair: Jiangyong Jia 200B

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        Probing properties of QGP with jets at RHIC and LHC: a theoretical perspective
        Speaker: Dr Xin-Nian Wang (LBNL)
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        Discussion
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        Jet studies at LHC & RHIC now and tomorrow
        Speaker: Prof. Gunther Roland (MIT)
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      • 91
        Discussion
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        What jets studies at RHIC can tell us about QGP properties
        Speaker: Prof. Jamie Nagle (University of Colorado)
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      • 93
        Discussion
    • QCD and Hadron Physics / Hadron Spectroscopy I: Chair: Volker Burkert 217AB

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        Theory Overview: QCD and Meson spectrum
        Speaker: Dr Michael Pennington (JLab)
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      • 95
        Experiment Overview on Meson Spectroscopy: Current and future
        Speaker: Prof. Curtis Meyer (Carnegie Mellon University)
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      • 96
        Theory Overview on Baryon Spectroscopy
        Speaker: Dr Michael Doering (George Washington University)
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    • 10:00
      Coffee Break Underground

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    • Phases of QCD Matter / Heavy quarks and quarkonium as a probe of the QGP: Chair: Xin-Nian Wang 200B

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        Experimental summary of the next decade with heavy quarks and quarkonium
        Speaker: Dr Lijuan Ruan (BNL)
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      • 98
        Discussion
      • 99
        Theory: what we know about the QGP from HQ and what we can still learn
        Speaker: Prof. Derek Teaney (Stony Brook University)
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      • 100
        Discussion
    • QCD and Hadron Physics / Hadron Spectroscopy II (Incl. Short presentations): Chair: Patrizia Rossi 217AB

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        Experimental overview on Baryon Spectroscopy: Current and future
        Speaker: Prof. Ralf Gothe (University Of South Carolina)
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      • 102
        Baryon Spectroscopy with Photoproduction of Mesons at MAMI - Mainz
        Speaker: Prof. William Briscoe (The George Washington University)
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      • 103
        Why we need meson beams
        Speaker: Prof. Igor Strakovsky (The George Washington University)
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      • 104
        Hadron spectroscopy at FIU: New Opportunities
        Speaker: Prof. Lei Guo (Florida International University)
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      • 105
        Contribution to LRP from the N* structure exploration in exclusive electroproduction
        Speaker: Dr Victor Mokeev (Jefferson Lab)
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      • 106
        XYZ states in charmonium and bottomonium
        Speaker: Dr Ryan Mitchell (Indiana University)
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      • 107
        Amplitude analysis: linking experiment and theory
        Speaker: Prof. Adam Szczepaniak (Indiana University)
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    • QCD and Hadron Physics / QCD and Nuclei: Chair: Haiyan Gao 217AB

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        Effect of short-range interactions on nuclei
        Speaker: Dr Doug Higinbotham (JLab)
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        Nuclei at short distance scales
        Speaker: Prof. Patricia Solvignon (University Of New Hampshire)
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      • 110
        Parton distributions in nuclei
        Speaker: Prof. Wally Melnitchouk (JLab)
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        Short presentations and general discussion
        Speaker: Dr Henry Weller (Duke University and TUNL)
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    • Phases of QCD Matter / Community Input: Chair: Ulrich Heinz and Paul Sorensen 200B

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        Interplay of QCD and electromagnetism in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
        Speaker: Prof. Ho-Ung Yee (University Of Illinois at Chicago and RBRC)
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      • 113
        Dileptons and chiral symmetry restoration
        Speaker: Dr Paul Hohler (Texas A&M University)
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      • 114
        Future Dilepton Measurements at RHIC
        Speaker: Prof. Frank Geurts (Rice University)
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      • 115
        Soft photon measurements: present and future
        Speaker: Dr Takao Sakaguchi (BNL)
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      • 116
        Upsilon measurements with sPHENIX
        Speaker: Prof. Tony Frawley (Florida State University)
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        Future high statistics heavy flavor physics opportunities with the ALICE Run 3 upgrade
        Speaker: Prof. Christine Nattrass (University Of Tennessee Knoxville)
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      • 118
        Summary of the 3rd Workshop on Jet Modification in the RHIC and LHC Era
        Speaker: Prof. Rosi Reed (Wayne State University)
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      • 119
        Jet-hadron, gluon-hadron and hadron-hadron angular correlations at p_T=10-20 GeV/c
        Speaker: Prof. Justin Frantz (Ohio University)
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      • 120
        Effective theory for precision jet physics in heavy ion collisions beyond the energy loss approach
        Speaker: Dr Ivan Vitev (LANL)
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      • 121
        Calculating jet transport coefficients in lattice QCD
        Speaker: Prof. Abhijit Majumder (Wayne State University)
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      • 122
        Future low-x opportunities at the LHC: ALICE FoCal
        Speaker: Prof. Joern Putschke (Wayne State University)
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      • 123
        The importance of running p+A at RHIC during the JLab-12 GeV e+A era and its impact on the future EIC e+A physics
        Speaker: Dr Ming Liu (LANL)
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      • 124
        Ultraperipheral heavy-ion physics with CMS
        Speaker: Prof. Daniel Takaki (University of Kansas)
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      • 125
        A new frontier for RHIC: Collectivity and thermalisation in small systems
        Speaker: Dr Juergen Schukraft (CERN)
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    • 13:00
      Lunch Break Underground

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    • Phases of QCD Matter /WP discussion and draft recommendations: Chair: Ulrich Heinz and Paul Sorensen 200B

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    • QCD and Hadron Physics / Discussion, WP writing and assignments, Recommendations: Chair: Haiyan Gao and Craig Roberts 217AB

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        Discussion, WP writing and assignments, Recommendations
    • 16:00
      Coffee Break 217C

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    • Phases of QCD Matter / More WP discussion: Chair: Ulrich Heinz and Paul Sorensen 200B

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        Vote on recommendations and structure of WP, Writing assignments
    • 17:30
      Adjourn