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Program

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  I. Scientific Program

The Scientific Program Committee is in the process of formulating the program of the Conference and is addressing the selection of topics and speakers who will make invited presentations in both plenary and parallel sessions.

  1. Draft List of Plenary Talks
    The following is a preliminary list of plenary talks for the conference. The speakers are in the process of being contacted. The number and titles of the talks are expected to evolve.
    • QCD: Concepts and Challenges
    • Electo-Weak Interactions: Concepts and Challenges
    • Hard QCD: Recent Progress
    • Lattice QCD Confronting Hadron Physics
    • Phases of QCD
    • Search for the QGP: What do we know?
    • Lattice QCD at High Temperature
    • QGP/Gluon Saturation: Goals for the Future
    • Nucleon Structure: Strangeness Content
    • Nucleon Structure: Spin Content
    • Generalized Parton Distributions: Recent Results
    • Search for PentaQuarks: Impact of the New Results
    • Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model
    • CP Violating Processes
    • CP Conserving Processes
    • The Running of Sin2ΘW
    • The Electron Electric Dipole Moment
    • Neutrons: Fundamental Symmetry Tests
    • Narrow States in the Charm Sector
    • Rare B and K decay and the SM
    • Status and Opportunities in Neutrino Physics
    • New Results in Neutrino Measurements
    • Soft-collinear Factorization in Effective Field Theory
    • String Theory: Making contact with Hadron Physics
    • A String Theoretic Approach to the Properties of the QGP
    • Unification of Quark Interaction and Meson Coupling Models
    • Standard Model of Cosmology: Successes and Challenges
    • Dark Matter: Search for WIMPS
    • Dark Energy as it Relates to Particle Physics
    • Opportunities for New Experiments

    Suggestions for presentations at the Conference should be directed to the PANIC05 Scientific Program Committee, c/o Peter D. Barnes (pdbarnes@lanl.gov).

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  2.   Draft List of Parallel Session Titles
    1. Quarks and Gluons in Hot/Cold and Dense Matter
      1. Search for Quark Gluon Plasma
      2. Heavy Ion Reactions
      3. Jet Physics
      4. Quark Hadronization

    2. QCD
      1. Confinement/Chiral Symmetry
      2. Lattice Calculations
      3. Low X measurements/ Gluon saturation
      4. QCD exotica: instantons, solitons, etc.

    3. Nucleon Structure
      1. Spin Structure
      2. Form Factors/ Generalized Parton Distributions/High-x physics
      3. Strangeness Content

    4. Hadrons, Nuclei, Hypernuclei-Light Quarks
      1. Exotic States: Glue Balls, Hybrids, Pentaquarks, etc.
      2. Light Mesons
      3. Baryon Spectra
      4. Flavored Matter-Strange

    5. Heavy Flavor Physics- Search for New Particles
      1. Heavy Meson Spectra
      2. Heavy Baryon Spectra
      3. Supersymmetric Particles

    6. Fundamental Symmetries
      1. Symmetry Tests: P, T, CP, CPT, CSB
      2. Standard Model and Higgs Sector
      3. CKM Matrix, CKM triangle
      4. CP violation in B Sector
      5. Beyond the Standard Model

    7. Fundamental Interactions in Atomic and Neutron Physics
      1. EDM of electrons, muons, neutrons, atoms
      2. Fundamental Measurements in Atomic and Molecular Physics
      3. Search for strong and weak CP violation-New Sources
      4. Neutron lifetime and beta decay

    8. Neutrino Physics
      1. Neutrino Oscillations, Mass, Θ13, EDM
      2. Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay
      3. Neutral Currents
      4. Cross Sections

    9. Muon Physics
      1. Muon-based tests of Standard Model
      2. Precision Experiments (TWIST, MEG, μ-p absorption, μ lifetime, etc.)

    10. String Theory/ Effective Field Theory/Properties of the Vacuum

    11. Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
      1. Cosmic Rays
      2. Neutron Stars
      3. Nuclear Synthesis
      4. Kaon Condensates
      5. Dark Matter/ Dark Energy
      6. Wimp Searches

    12. Facilities and Instrumentation
      1. New Accelerator Facilities
      2. New Detector Systems
      3. Underground Laboratory
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      II. Draft Agenda

    Sunday, October 23
    4:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Registration, Promenade, Hilton Hotel
    6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Reception, Mesa Ballroom, Hilton Hotel
    5:00 pm - 11:00 pm Computers and wireless connections, Aspen room, Hilton Hotel

    Monday, October 24
    7:30 am - 4:30 pm Conference Registration, Lobby, Sweeney Convention Center
    8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee, Tea, Danish, Yogurt
    Plenary Session #1, Main Floor, Sweeney Convention Center
    9:00 am - 9:45 am Welcome Session
    9:45 am - 10:20 am  Plenary Talk
    10:20 am - 10:50 am     Break
    10:50 am - 12:30 pm Plenary Talks
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch break, local restaurants
    2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Parallel Session #1 (10 rooms in parallel)
    4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Break
    4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Parallel Session #2

    Tuesday, October 25
    7:30 am - 4:30 pm Conference Registration, Lobby, Sweeney Convention Center
    8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee, Tea, Danish, Yogurt
    Plenary Session #2
    9:00 am - 10:45 am Plenary Talks
    10:45 am - 11:15 am Break
    11:15 am - 12:30 pm Plenary Talks
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch break, local restaurants
    2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Parallel Session #3
    4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Break
    4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session and Reception
    Anasazi Ballroom, Eldorado Hotel
    Room available 10:00-3:00 for poster setup
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Public Science Lecture, Lensic Theater

    Wednesday, October 26
    7:30 am - 12:00 pm Conference Registration, in Conference Office, Cedar Room, Hilton Hotel
    8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee, Tea, Danish, Yogurt
    Plenary Session #3
    9:00 am - 10:45 am Plenary Talks
    10:45 am - 11:15 am Break
    11:15 am - 12:30 pm Plenary Talks
    12:30 pm - 5:00 pm Lunch break and free afternoon
    Conference Excursion 1 (12:00 pm - 5:30 pm maximum)
    Conference Excursions 2,3,4 (1:00 pm - 5:30 pm maximum)
    6:30 pm - 10:30 pm Dinner meeting of the PANIC 2005 International Advisory Committee
    local Restaurant, Santa Fe

    Thursday, October 27
    7:30 am - 4:30 pm Conference Registration, Conference Office, Cedar Room, Hilton Hotel
    8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee, Tea, Danish, Yogurt
    Plenary Session #4
    9:00 am - 10:45 am Plenary Talks
    10:45 am - 11:15 am Break
    11:15 am - 12:30 pm Plenary Talks
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch break, local restaurants
    2:30 pm- 4:00 pm Parallel Session #4
    4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Break
    4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Parallel Session #5
    6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Conference Reception, Anasazi Ballroom, Eldorado Hotel
    7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Conference Banquet, (limit 575 people) Pavilion Ballroom, Eldorado Hotel
    Banquet Speaker

    Friday, October 28
    7:30 am - 4:30 pm Conference Registration, Conference Office, Cedar Room, Hilton Hotel
    8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee, Tea, Danish, Yogurt
    Plenary Session #5
    9:00 am - 10:45 am Plenary Talks
    10:45 am - 11:15 am Break
    11:15 am - 12:30 pm Plenary Talks
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch break, local restaurants
    Plenary Session #6
    1:30 pm - 2:40 pm Plenary Talks
    2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Break
    3:10 pm - 4:00 pm Closing Session of Conference
    4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Break
    Conference Office: Close at 5:00 pm
    Computer Room: Close at 5:00 pm

    Notes:
    • All Plenary Talks in Main Hall, Sweeney Convention Center
    • Monday, 9:00 am - 11:00 am, Companion Continental Breakfast, Pinon Grill, Hilton Hotel
    • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Companion Excursions, if sufficient demand
    • For Monday - Thursday:
      All meeting rooms available for evening use until 10:00 pm
      Conference Office: Cedar Room, Hilton Hotel, 7:30 am - 6:00 pm
      Computer Room: Aspen Room, Hilton Hotel, 7:30 am - 10:00 pm
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      III. Banquet and Social Program

    Wednesday afternoon, October 26, is reserved for conference excursions and personal time. The conference banquet will be held the evening of Thursday, October 27, 2005. Details regarding the scheduling and the sale of tickets for these events will be provided in PANIC Circular #2 which will be distributed in March 2005.

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      IV. Satellite Meetings

    Satellite meetings and workshops are being organized around PANIC for the convenience of the participants. Additional groups and collaborations seeking meeting space should contact Martin Cooper (mcooper@lanl.gov) so that meeting rooms can be reserved.
    To the Satellite meeting page

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    Last update 6 July 2005 - comments, questions to panic05@lanl.gov