Strange Quarks In Hadrons Nuclei And Nuclear Matter Proceedings Of The International Workshop

This proceedings volume brings together the contributions of experts from different fields within the nuclear physics community. Topics such as rare kaon decays, astrophysics, relativistic heavy ion collisions, and few-GeV electromagnetic probes are covered. The strange quark plays a vital role in understanding such diverse phenomena as CP violation (article by Lincoln Wolfenstein), the “spin crisis” (article by Brad Filipone), and supernova explosions (article by Chris Fryer). Additional topics of interest are parity violation experiments, strangeness content of the proton, and enhanced strangeness production at CERN and RHIC. This unique blend of recent results, with a focus on the role of the strange quark, shows the prominence of strangeness in nuclear physics over the past 50 years.

This proceedings volume brings together the contributions of experts from different fields within the nuclear physics community. Topics such as rare kaon decays, astrophysics, relativistic heavy ion collisions, and few-GeV electromagnetic probes are covered. The strange quark plays a vital role in understanding such diverse phenomena as CP violation (article by Lincoln Wolfenstein), the ?spin crisis? (article by Brad Filipone), and supernova explosions (article by Chris Fryer). Additional topics of interest are parity violation experiments, strangeness content of the proton, and enhanced strangeness production at CERN and RHIC. This unique blend of recent results, with a focus on the role of the strange quark, shows the prominence of strangeness in nuclear physics over the past 50 years.

"This proceedings volume brings together the contributions of experts from different fields within the nuclear physics community. Topics such as rare kaon decays, astrophysics, relativistic heavy ion collisions, and few-GeV electromagnetic probes are covered. The strange quark plays a vital role in understanding such diverse phenomena as CP violation (article by Lincoln Wolfenstein), the "spin crisis" (article by Brad Filipone), and supernova explosions (article by Chris Fryer). Additional topics of interest are parity violation experiments, strangeness content of the proton, and enhanced strangeness production at CERN and RHIC. This unique blend of recent results, with a focus on the role of the strange quark, shows the prominence of strangeness in nuclear physics over the past 50 years."--Publisher's website.

Importance of strange quarks in hadrons, nuclei and dense matter / A.W. Thomas -- Overview of strangeness nuclear physics / A. Gal -- Experimental overview and challenge in strangeness nuclear physics / K. Imai -- Recent QCD results on the strange hadron systems / M. Oka -- Strangeness physics with CLAS / V.D. Burkert -- Progress and issues in the electromagnetic production of kaon on the nucleon / T. Mart -- Neutral kaon photoproduction at LNS, Tohoku University / M. Kaneta et al. for the NKS/NKS2 collaboration -- Photoproduction of the [symbol] resonance from the neutron / K.H. Hicks and D. Keller for the LEPS collaboration -- Photo- and electroproduction of kaons / P. Bydz̮ouský -- Strangeness pproduction at ELSA / V. Kleber for the CBELSA/TAB collaboration -- Low Q[symbol] kaon electroproduction / P. Markowitz and A. Acha for the JLab E94-107 and Hall A collaborations -- Results on strangeness production from HADES / A. Schmah for the HADES collaboration -- [symbol] photo-production on the deuteron at LNS, Tohoku University / T. Ishikawa -- Current status of the GO parity violation experiment carried out at Jefferson Laboratory / L. Bimbot for the GO collaboration -- Production and searches for cascade baryons with CLAS / E.S. Smith for the CLAS collaboration -- Nijmegen Baryon-Baryon interactions S = -1,-2 systems / Th. A. Rijken, M.M. Nagels and Y. Yamamoto -- Hyperon-nucleus systems in G-matrix approach / Y. Yamamoto -- [symbol]C(O[symbol]) and [symbol]O potentials derived from the SU[symbol] quark-model Baryon-Baryon interaction / Y. Fujiwara, M. Kohno and Y. Suzuki

From the Editors Preface: "Quark Matter 1987 was attended by about 250 scientists, representing 75 research institutions around the world - the scientific community engaged in experimental and theoretical studies of high energy nuclear collisions. The central theme of the meeting was the possibility of achieving extreme energy densities in extended systems of strongly interacting matter - with the ultimate aim of creating in the laboratory a deconfined state of matter, a state in which quarks and gluons attain the active degrees of freedom. High energy accelerator beams and cosmic radiation projectiles provide the experimental tools for this endeavour; on the theoretical side, it is intimately connected to recent developments in the non-perturbative study of quantum chromodynamics. Phase transitions between hadronic matter and quark-gluon plasma are of basic interest also for our understanding of the dynamics of the early universe ... A very special feature of this Sixth Quark Matter Conference was the advent of the first experimental results from dedicated accelerator studies. These were conducted during 1986/87 at the AGS of Brookhaven National Laboratory ... and at the CERN SPS ... An intense discussion of these data formed the main activity of the meeting.

This volume contains the proceedings of the IX International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP 2006). This conference series is devoted to the progress of our knowledge about strangeness flavor in hadron and nuclear physics. Besides the traditional topics such as hadron structure, hypernuclear spectroscopy and weak decay of hypernuclei, a particular focus of this conference was on the properties of strange mesons and their binding in nuclear systems.