[Cuga] The 4th International Workshop on Nucleon Structure at Large Bjorken x (HiX2014)- A message from Simona Malace

[Lorelei Chopard]

      The 4th International Workshop on Nucleon Structure at Large Bjorken x
      (HiX2014) will be held at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF)
      in Frascati, Italy, on November 17 - 21, 2014.  This meeting will
      continue a series of workshops held previously at Temple University
      (2000), CPPM Marseille (2004), and Jefferson Lab (2010).

      While a tremendous amount of knowledge about the quark and gluon
      structure of the nucleon and nuclei has been accumulated in the
      four decades since the development of Quantum Chromodynamics,
      significant gaps remain, particularly in the region where the parton
      momentum fraction x is large.  With the expectation of new data in
      the near future from experimental facilities such as the 12 GeV
      energy-upgraded Jefferson Lab, as well as from collider and neutrino
      experiments, it is timely to review the recent progress that has been
      made in our understanding of nucleon structure at high x and assess
      the possible impact of the new data.  The workshop will discuss new
      theoretical ideas and suggestions for additional studies at present
      and future facilities, along with implications for related fields.
      The specific topics to be addressed at the workshop will include:

        * Parton distribution functions at large x
        * Longitudinal and transverse spin structure
        * Transverse momentum distributions
        * Nuclear medium modifications of parton distributions
        * Quark-hadron duality and higher twists
        * Lattice QCD and low energy models
        * Implications for new physics searches and related fields

      Further information about the workshop can be obtained by visiting the workshop website at:

      http://www.lnf.infn.it/conference/2014/HiX2014/

      or by contacting Simona Malace or one of the other members of the organizing committee.

      Sincerely,

      The HiX2014 organizing committee.

      Alessandra Fantoni, co-chair (alessandra.fantoni at lnf.infn.it)
      Cynthia Keppel (keppel at jlab.org)
      Simonetta Liuti (sl4y at cms.mail.virginia.edu)
      Simona Malace, co-chair (simona at jlab.org)
      Wally Melnitchouk (wmelnitc at jlab.org)