Hadron Experimental Facility at J-PARC

We introduce the hadron experimental facility at J-PARC. High-intensity secondary beam lines are in operation, where kaons, pions, and antiprotons are delivered for experiments in hadron, nuclear, and particle physics. We present overview of some experimental programs in this facility. A high-momentum beam line is under construction, where a new research project is proposed by RCNP of Osaka University under the MoU on collaborative research among RCNP, IPNS/KEK, and the J-PARC center. A future plan to extend the hadron experimental facility is also described.     

Strangeness Nuclear Physics at J-PARC

After the big earthquake in the east part of Japan on March 11, 2011, the beams in the hadron experimental hall at J-PARC have been successfully recovered in February, 2012. The experimental program using pion beams is now on-going with the primary proton beam power of ~5 kW. Before a long summer shutdown scheduled in 2013, several experiments in strangeness nuclear physics are going to take data. In this period, we anticipate the beam power would exceed 10 kW and the experiments to use K ^? beams will start. The experimental program is explained briefly.     

Search for the H-Dibaryon with a Large-Acceptance Hyperon Spectrometer

Recent Lattice QCD calculations predict a weekly bound H-dibaryon or a resonant state near the ΛΛ threshold although definite results should be waited for with physical quark masses. We propose to search for the H-dibaryon in ΛΛ production from (K ^?, K ⁺) reactions off nuclei and also for the weakly bound H-dibaryon by its weak decays to answer the long-standing question about the existence of the H-dibaryon. For this experiment, we plan to construct a large-acceptance hyperon spectrometer with a time projection chamber to detect Λ particles with a good momentum resolution. This spectrometer will also enhance the capability of hadron physics at J-PARC.     

QCD求和规则与强子物理

量子色动力学（QCD）求和规则是强子物理研究中的一种重要的非微扰方法, 已经成为强子物理与核物理研究中有力的工具。 简单介绍了QCD求和规则的基本概念、 方法与应用, 特别讨论了QCD求和规则近年来的发展和与之相关的一些前沿问题。 QCD sum rule is an important nonperturbative method in hadron physics, it has been a powerful technique in study of hadron physics and nuclear physics.We give a brief introduction to the basic idea, the method and its application of QCD sum rule, emphasize the development of this method and some topics in recent years.     

强子物理中的一些问题

简要介绍了当前强作用物理研究的基本目标 .对其中QCD的参数和强子谱研究的问题做了较细致的讨论 ,特别是讨论了北京正负电子对撞机 /北京谱仪可以开展的强子物理实验研究.The basic goals for the study of hadronic physics are briefly discussed. The determination of the QCD parameters and the study of the hadron spectroscopy are discussed in more detail. It is shown that BEPC/BES can play a role in the study of hadron physics.     

New facilities for hadron physics in europe

We review the physics which can be adressed at future hadron facilities in Europe. Leaving aside low energy electron machines we discuss the case of the COMPASS experiment, currently under construction at the CERN SPS and the project of an antiproton facility, currently discussed in the framework of future plans for the GSI. With the ending of the CERN LEAR programme, the concentration of CERN resources to the LHC and the disappearance of European hadron facility projects, these two projects carry the heritage of Europes long lasting engagement in hadron physics with high energy beams into the next millenium.     

Atoms in flight and the remarkable connections between atomic and hadronic physics

Atomic physics and hadron physics are both based on Yang Mills gauge theory; in fact, quantum electrodynamics can be regarded as the zero-color limit of quantum chromodynamics. I review a number of areas where the techniques of atomic physics provide important insight into the theory of hadrons in QCD. For example, the Dirac-Coulomb equation, which predicts the spectroscopy and structure of hydrogenic atoms, has an analog in hadron physics in the form of light-front relativistic equations of motion which give a remarkable first approximation to the spectroscopy, dynamics, and structure of light hadrons. The renormalization scale for the running coupling, which is unambiguously set in QED, leads to a method for setting the renormalization scale in QCD. The production of atoms in flight provides a method for computing the formation of hadrons at the amplitude level. Conversely, many techniques which have been developed for hadron physics, such as scaling laws, evolution equations, and light-front quantization have equal utility for atomic physics, especially in the relativistic domain. I also present a new perspective for understanding the contributions to the cosmological constant from QED and QCD.     

SPIN effects, QCD, and Jefferson Laboratory with 12 GeV electrons

QCD and Spin physics are playing important role in our understanding of hadron structure. I will give a short overview of origin of hadron structure in QCD and highlight modern understanding of the subject. Jefferson Laboratory is undergoing an upgrade that will increase the energy of electron beam up to 12 GeV. JLab is one of the leading facilities in nuclear physics studies and once operational in 2015 JLab 12 will be crucial for future of nuclear physics. I will briefly discuss future studies in four experimental halls of Jefferson Lab.     

Heavy flavour hadron spectroscopy: An overview

A comprehensive overview and some of the theoretical attempts towards understanding heavy flavour hadron spectroscopy are presented. Apart from the conventional quark structure (quark, antiquarks structure for the mesons and three-quarks structure of baryons) of hadrons, multiquark hadrons the hadron molecular states etc., also will be reviewed. Various issues and challenges in understanding the physics and dynamics of the quarks at the hadronic dimensions are highlighted. Looking into the present and future experimental prospects at different heavy flavour laboratories like BES-III, CLEO-c, BaBar, Belle, LHC etc., the scope for theoretical extensions of the present knowledge of heavy flavour physics would be very demanding. In this context, many relevant contributions from the forthcoming PANDA Facility are expected. Scopes and outlook of the hadron physics at the heavy flavour sector in view of the future experimental facilities are highlighted.     

Pion showers in highly granular calorimeters

New results on properties of hadron showers created by pion beam at 8?C80 GeV in high granular electromagnetic and hadron calorimeters are presented. Data were used for the first time to investigate the separation of the neutral and charged hadron showers. The result is important to verify the prediction of the PFA algorithm based up to now on the simulated data only. Next, the properties of hadron showers were compared to different physics lists of GEANT4 version 9.3.     

Hadron physics with PANDA

The PANDA experiment at the new FAIR facility has a dedicated program of utilizing antiprotons for hadron physics. It belongs to the group of core experiments, which will be realized at the first stages of the facility. PANDA will be a universal detector to study the strong interaction by utilizing the annihilation process of antiprotons with protons and nuclear matter. The past few years have been used by the collaboration to do extensive detector R&D and to sharpen the physics case. This paper gives an introduction into the hadron physics with antiprotons as it is planned with PANDA.     

Hadron physics and transfinite set theory

Known results in transfinite set theory appear to anticipate many aspects of modern particle physics. Extensive and powerful analogies exist between the very curious theorems on paradoxical decompositions in transfinite set theory, and hadron physics with its underlying quark theory. The phenomenon of quark confinement is an example of a topic with a natural explanation via the analogies. Further, every observed strong interaction hadron reaction can be envisaged as a paradoxical decomposition or sequence of paradoxical decompositions. The essential role of non-Abelian groups in both hadron physics and paradoxical decompositions is one mathematical link connecting these two areas. The analogies suggest critical roles in physics for transfinite set theory and nonmeasurable sets.     

Hadron physics at low energies

Understanding how quantum chromodynamics, the theory of strong interaction, works in the low-energy region, the so-called confinement region is one of the major challenges facing physicists. Low energy hadron physics, particularly the structure of hadron is one of the most active areas of research in nuclear physics addressing this challenge. In this talk, I will review advances made in this area on a few selected topics in the last decade or so and also provide outlook for the future.     

Spin physics with COMPASS

COMPASS is a fixed target experiment at CERN studying nucleon spin structure in polarised deep inelastic muon nucleon scattering and hadron spectroscopy using hadron beams. The main goal of the COMPASS spin physics program is the measurement of the helicity contribution of the gluons to the nucleon spin, ΔG. This quantity is accessible via the photon-gluon-fusion process which can be selected by open charm production or production of hadron pairs with large transverse momenta. The spin physics program of COMPASS includes also measurements with a transversely polarised target. These allow to measure the transverse structure function.COMPASS has up to now successfully finished three runs with a muon beam of 160 GeV and a longitudinally polarized⁶LiD target in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004. An overview of the physics addressed by the muon program, with an emphasis on the ΔG/G measurement will be presented. The status of the analysis of the highpt hadron pairs, open charm, longitudinal and transverse asymmetries will be reviewed.     

First results from STAR at RHIC

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) along with its complement of four experiments commenced operation for physics in the summer of 2000. Initial results on detector performance, preliminary physics results on hadron production, and the physics anticipated from the STAR experiment will be reported.     

Light-Front Dynamics in Hadron Physics

Light-front dynamics(LFD) plays an important role in the analyses of relativistic few-body systems. As evidenced from the recent studies of generalized parton distributions (GPDs) in hadron physics, a natural framework for a detailed study of hadron structures is LFD due to its direct application in Minkowski space as well as its distinct feature of accounting for the vacuum fluctuations in quantum field theories. In the last few years, however, it has been emphasized that treacherous points such as LF singularities and zero-modes should be taken into account for successful LFD applications to hadron phenomenology. In this paper, we discuss a typical example of the contemporary relativistic hadron physics in which the fundamental issues should be taken into account for the successful application of LFD. In particular, we focus on the kinematic issue of GPDs in deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS). Although this fundamental issue has been glossed over in the literature, it must be taken care of for the correct analysis of DVCS data.     

Collective Perspective on Advances in Dyson–Schwinger Equation QCD

We survey contemporary studies of hadrons and strongly interacting quarks using QCD's Dyson-Schwinger equations, addressing the following aspects: confinement and dynamical chiral symmetry breaking; the hadron spectrum; hadron elastic and transition form factors, from small-to large-Q2; parton distribution functions; the physics of hadrons containing one or more heavy quarks; and properties of the quark gluon plasma.     

兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环上强子物理研究计划及现状

An internal target experiment at HIRFL-CSRm is planned for hadron physics, which focuses on hadron spectroscopy, polarized strangeness production and medium effect. A conceptual design of Hadron Physics Lanzhou Spectrometer (HPLUS) is discussed. Related computing framework involves event generation, simulation, reconstruction and final analysis. The R & D works on internal target facilities and sub-detectors are presented briefly.     

Prospects of open charm production at GSI-FAIR and J-PARC

We present a detailed phenomenological study of the prospects of open charm physics at the future p̄p and pp facilities GSI-FAIR and J-PARC, respectively. In particular, we concentrate on the differential cross sections and the charge and longitudinal double-spin asymmetries at next-to-leading order accuracy. Theoretical uncertainties for the proposed observables are estimated by varying the charm quark mass and the renormalization and factorization scales. PACS 12.38.Bx; 13.88.+e