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First circular - International Workshop on
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<div><b>Non-Perturbative Color Forces in QCD (NPCFiQCD 2012)</b></div>
<div><b>Date:</b> March 26-28, 2012</div>
<div><b>Location:</b> Walk Auditorium, Ritter Hall</div>
<div> Temple University, Philadelphia, </div>
<div> Pennsylvania, 19122, USA</div>
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goal of this first workshop is to support a new physics initiative for
the 12 GeV upgrade of Jefferson Lab. It is aimed at initiating an
important but missing avenue of research of the current QCD physics
program at the 12 GeV upgrade of Jefferson Lab. Among other goals the
workshop provides an impetus for a scientific endeavor that uniquely
matches the high luminosity of Jefferson Lab 12 GeV upgrade and
directly impacts our understanding of the non-perturbative aspect of
the color force in QCD. Measurement of the J/Psi production cross
section at threshold on a nucleon and it’s propagation and binding in
nuclei offers one path to unravel the gluonic structure of nucleon and
nuclei. The complementaritiy between the different Halls at Jefferson
Lab provides for a unique opportunity to have a comprehensive research
program on this subject. Post-docs and students should benefit from
participating in a physics program at its birth and should have the
opportunity to carry it forward.</div>
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<div>All information on the workshop, its objective, topics, and
organization can found at <a href="http://quarks.temple.edu/%7Enpcfiqcd">http://quarks.temple.edu/~npcfiqcd</a></div>
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<div>The deadline for hotel reservations with guaranteed workshop rates
is February 27, 2012. <br>
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<div>International Advisory Committee:</div>
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Brodsky (SLAC, USA), D. Kharzeev (Stony Brook, USA), B. Kopeliovich
(UTFSM, Chile), G. Miller (Uni. of Washington, USA), K. Orginos
(William & Mary, USA), M. Pennington (JLab, USA), M. Strikman (Penn
State, USA), A.Thomas (CSSM, Australia), U. Wiedner (Bochum,
Germany) B.-S. Zou (IHEP, Beijing, CHINA).</div>
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<div>Local Organizing Committe:</div>
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<div>E. Chudakov (JLab), K. Hafidi (ANL), M. Jones (JLab), Z. Meziani
(Temple), M. Vanderhaeghen (Mainz), C. Weiss (JLab)</div>
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