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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">============ BARYONS 2016
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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">The 14th International Conference on
the Structure of Baryons</span></div>
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255); "><br>
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<div><strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); ">FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT</strong></div>
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255); "><br>
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<div>In this email, please find the first circular
for the Baryons 2016 international conference. </div>
<div>Further information will be announced in the
second circular, and will be updated on the
web-page:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; "><b
class="moz-txt-star">Location</b><b
class="moz-txt-star">:</b></span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> Florida
State University, Tallahassee, Florida USA</span><br>
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<b class="moz-txt-star" style="font-size: 13px;
">Date:</b><span style="background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); "> May 16th - 20th, 2016</span><br>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">The deadline </span><span
style="line-height: 22px; ">for Early
Registration will be April 1, 2016. Further i</span><span
style="line-height: 22px; ">nformation on </span><span
style="line-height: 22px; ">accommodation</span><span
style="line-height: 22px; "> and registration
fee will be available soon.</span></div>
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<div>Abstract submission is open at:</div>
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<b class="moz-txt-star"><font size="4">Brief
Overview</font></b></div>
<div><font size="4"><b>--------------------</b></font></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">This BARYONS conference will be the
latest in a series of successful conferences,
which </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">started in 1970 at Duke</span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">University,
and takes place every three years. The scope
of the </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">conference is to bring together
theoretical and experimental experts on all
areas of physics</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">relevant to baryon spectroscopy,
nucleon structure, and related aspects of
hadron dynamics.</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); "><br>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">The conference will highlight the
physics of baryons and related</span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">subjects
in particle, nuclear </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">and astrophysics. The main issues to
be</span><span style="background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">discussed
are our understanding of the structure and</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">reactions of</span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">baryons
from the fundamental theory of the strong
interaction, Quantum</span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">Chromodynamics (QCD). In particular,
the highly non-perturbative </span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">phenomena
of quark </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">confinement, mass generation and
spontaneous breaking </span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">of
chiral symmetry will be addressed. </span><br>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">Recent developments of new and
forthcoming facilities in the world will </span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">also
be showcased. </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">We strongly encourage the
participation of young </span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">scientists,
including students and postdocs. </span><br>
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<b><font size="4">Main Topics Include:</font></b>
<div><b><font size="4">-----------------------------</font></b></div>
<div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; "><big>* <font
size="3">Spectroscopy of Light / Heavy Flavor Hadrons</font></big></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; "><big><font
size="3"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Resonances,
Exotic Hadrons</font><br>
* <font size="3">Structure of Hadrons</font></big></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Form
Factors, Structure Functions, etc.</div>
<div><big>* <font style="font-family: sans-serif; " size="3">Recent
Approaches to Non-Perturbative QCD</font></big></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>AdS/CFT Correspondence,
Lattice Gauge Theory, Effective Field Theories</div>
<div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; "><big><font
size="3">* Hadrons at Finite Density and Temperature</font></big></span></div>
<div><big><font size="3"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; white-space: pre; "> </span><font
face="sans-serif">The QCD Vacuum, Chiral Symmetry,
Hadron Properties, etc. </font><br>
</font><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size:
medium; ">* Electromagnetic and Weak Interactions</span></big></div>
<div><big><font size="3"><font face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></font></font></big>Photo-
and electro-production of hadrons, P- and CP-violating
processes in nucleons and nuclei</div>
<div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; ">* New Facilities
and Instrumentation</span></div>
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