ORGANIZERS:

Nir Barnea, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Avraham Gal, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Winfried Leidemann, University of Trento

In the last decade, the field of nuclear physics has undergone a transformative change, as established phenomenological models gave way to nuclear force and currents based on effective field theory (EFT). Utilizing nucleons and pions as degrees of freedom, EFT allows a systematic expansion of the nuclear lagrangian as a low energy manifestation of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Light nuclei composed of only a few nucleons allow for accurate numerical and analytical predictions to be confronted with experimental data. Therefore, they are the natural laboratory for testing and calibrating the nuclear EFT.

The IIAS-ISF conference on inelastic reactions in light nuclei will bring together leading scientists to discuss recent results, challenges, and problems in the field. The following topics will be discussed:

1. Progress and recent developments in the electro-weak nuclear format. Numerical and analytical resolution methods for describing electro-weak reactions in light nuclei. The manifestation of short-range correlations and universality in nuclear electromagnetic reactions.

2. Ongoing and planned low-energy experiments aimed to test the standard model, e.g. electron-neutrino correlations in nuclear beta decay, and for better understanding of the proton radius puzzle.

3. The chiral EFT forces, their calibration, and possible paths to exptend ab initio calculations to heavier systems and complex reactions.

4. Planned experiments and recent theoretical progress in the strange nuclear sector.

 

SPEAKERS:

Sonia Bacca, TRIUMF
Betzalel Bazak, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hilla Deleon, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Arnoldas Devulta, University of Lisbon
Akinobu Dote, KEK Theory Center
Victor Efros, Kurchatov Institute
Evgeny Epelbaum, Bonn University
Christian Forssen, Chalmers University of Tech
Avraham Gal, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Humberto Garcilazo, IPN
Doron Gazit, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Micha Hass, Weizmann Institute of Science
Gaute Hagen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Emiko Hiyama, RIKEN
Wataru Horiuchi, Hokkaido University
Chen Ji, TRIUMF
Lev Khaykovich, Bar-Ilan University
Rimantas Lazauskas, IPHC, IN2P3-CNRS
Dean Lee, NC State University
Tomofumi Nagae, Kyoto University
Nir Nevo, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Giuseppina Orlandini, Trento University
Thomas Papenbrock, University of Tennessee
Francesco Pederiva, Trento University
Eli Piasetzky, Tel Aviv University
Guy Ron, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Achim Schwenk, TU Darmstadt
Michele Viviani, INFN Pisa