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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height:
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mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcement of the
First Circular of the HiX2019 International Workshop,<em>
</em>on behalf of the Organizing Committee:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height:
107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span
style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;"><font face="Calibri">Dear Colleagues,</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><font face="Calibri">This
is the first circular about the 5th International
Workshop on Nucleon Structure at Large Bjorken <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">x </i>(HiX2019),
which will take place in Kolymbari, on the Island of
Crete, Greece, on August 16-21, 2019. Kolymbari is
close to the city of Chania and its international
airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The venue will be the Orthodox Academy of Crete.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This meeting will continue a series of workshops
held previously in Philadelphia, USA (2000), Marseille,
France (2004), Newport News, USA (2010), and Frascati,
Italy (2014).</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br>
<font face="Calibri">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 valence
quark region where the parton momentum fraction x is
large. With the expectation of new data from the
Jefferson Lab 12 GeV Science Program, as well as from
collider and neutrino experiments, it is timely to
review advances in our understanding of nucleon
structure at high <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal;">x </i>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.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height:
107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height:
107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><font face="Calibri">The
topics to be addressed at the workshop will include:</font></span></p>
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italic; font-weight: normal;">
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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top:
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<span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;">Parton distribution functions at large
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">x</i></span></p>
</li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;
font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;
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<span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;">Spin structure of the nucleon</span></p>
</li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;
font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
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<span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;">Transverse momentum distributions</span></p>
</li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;
font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
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<span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;">Nuclear medium modifications of parton
distributions</span></p>
</li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;
font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
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<span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;">Quark-hadron duality and higher twists</span></p>
</li>
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"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;
font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;">Lattice QCD and low energy models</span></p>
</li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;
font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;
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<span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;">Implications for new physics searches
and related fields</span></p>
</li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;
font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;
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<span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;
mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;"><span style="line-height: 107%;
font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Large-<i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">x</i> Physics
at the Electron-Ion Collider and future facilities</span></span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 12pt 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height:
107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><font face="Calibri">Further
information about the workshop will be available in a
future communication after the establishment of its
International Advisory Committee and the creation of a
website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Please feel free to forward this announcement to
your collaborators and other interested colleagues.<br>
<br>
We look forward to seeing you at HiX2019 in Crete next
summer!</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height:
107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><font face="Calibri">Sincerely,<br>
<br>
The HiX2019 Organizing Committee:<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alberto Accardi
(Hampton), George Fanourakis (NCSR Demokritos),
Alessandra Fantoni (INFN Frascati), Mina Katramatou
(Kent State), Cynthia Keppel (JLab), Zein-Eddine Meziani
(Argonne/Temple), and Makis Petratos (Kent State).</font></span></p>
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