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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;
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Colleague,</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-variant: normal ! important;">We
are pleased to invite you to participate in the workshop <b
style="">Partons in Nucleons and Nuclei</b>:</span></p>
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align="center"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family:
Arial; font-variant: normal ! important;">PINAN11</span></p>
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align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-variant: normal ! important;"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-variant: normal ! important;">to be held in</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family:
Arial; font-variant: normal ! important;">Marrakech
Morocco, September 26-30, 2011</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-variant: normal ! important;">PINAN11
is the second workshop following the first one held in
Yerevan, Armenia in 2010
entitled<span style=""> </span>“Transverse Partonic
Structure of Nucleons”. This new meeting expands on the
previous one as it focuses
on the experimental program planned for Jefferson Lab 12
GeV Upgrade, outlining
the necessary experimental, theoretical as well as
computational support to
enhance our understanding of transverse momentum, spin and
spatial structure of
hadrons and nuclei in terms of their basic constituents
namely quarks and
gluons. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
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important;">The meeting to be held in Morocco is organized
by Argonne National Lab with the goal of having extensive
discussions on the
present experimental results from worldwide laboratories
active in the field of
QCD through hadronic and nuclear physics studies. In
addition to what the JLab 12
GeV upgrade approved experiments can offer to advance our
understanding of QCD
using hadrons and nuclei as a laboratory.<span style="">
</span>Discussion of the theoretical guidance and
challenges in this endeavor will
be explored widely to offer a clear path for relevant and
novel studies in the JLab
12 GeV era and beyond with a possible Electron-Ion
Collider.</span></p>
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style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-variant: normal ! important;">The
scientific program will include the following topics:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">Nucleon
electromagnetic structure</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">Parton distributions
in nucleons and nuclei</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">Tomography of nucleons
and nuclei</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">Nucleon spin and quarks
angular momentum</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">Quark-quark and
quark-gluon correlations in nucleons and nuclei</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">Hadronization, color
transparency and short range correlations</span></p>
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font-variant: normal ! important;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-variant: normal ! important;">The
format of this week-long meeting is similar to that of a
workshop with only
plenary sessions. <span style=""> </span>A website with
further details including registration, abstracts
submission, lodging, travel,
visa requirements will soon be available. <span style=""> </span>In
the mean time urgent questions could be addressed by
emailing Debbie Morrison (<a
href="mailto:Morrison@anl.gov">Morrison@anl.gov</a>). </span></p>
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font-variant: normal ! important;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-variant: normal ! important;">With
a view towards the future activities in this field,
Principal Investigators are
strongly encouraged to consider supporting their students’
participation. </span></p>
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font-variant: normal ! important;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:
Arial; font-variant: normal ! important;">International
Advisory
Committee:</span></b></p>
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font-variant: normal ! important;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">M. Anselmino (<i style="">Torino University
&INFN, Italy</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">S. Brodsky (<i style="">SLAC, USA</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">L. Cardman (<i style="">JLab, USA</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">H. Gao <i style="">(Duke University, USA)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">M. Garçon (<i style="">Saclay, France</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">D. Geesaman (<i style="">ANL, USA</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">N. Makins (<i style="">University of Illinois,
USA</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">Z. Meziani (<i style="">Temple University, USA</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">G. Miller (<i style="">University of
Washington, USA</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">P. Mulders (<i style="">VU University,
Amsterdam, Netherland</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">A. Thomas (<i style="">University of Adelaide,
Australia</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">M. Vanderhaeghen (<i style="">University of
Mainz</i>)</span></p>
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font-variant: normal ! important;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:
Arial; font-variant: normal ! important;">Local
Organizing Committee:</span></b></p>
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font-variant: normal ! important;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">R. Cherkaoui-Moursli (<i style="">Mohammed V
University, Morocco</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">O. El Kettani (<i style="">Mohammed V
University, Morocco</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">N. El Khayati (Mohammed
V University, Morocco)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">R. Gilman (<i style="">Rutgers University, USA</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">D. Goujdami (<i style="">Cadi Ayyad
University, Morocco</i>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:
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normal ! important;"><span style="">·<span style="font:
7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: normal !
important;">K. Hafidi (<i style="">Argonne National Lab,
USA</i>)</span></p>
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font-variant: normal ! important;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;
font-variant: normal ! important;">This
meeting is sponsored by Argonne National Lab, Duke
University, Jefferson Lab,
Jefferson Science Associates, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Mississippi
State University, Rutgers University, University of
Valparaiso (Chile) and
Temple University.</span></p>
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