SCADRON70: Workshop on Scalar Mesons and Related Topics Honoring Michael Scadron’s 70th Birthday

Workshop on Scalar Mesons and Related Topics Honoring Michael Scadron’s 70th Birthday - SCADRON70

George Rupp, Instituto Superior Técnico, Center of Physics of the Fundamental Interactions, Lisboa, Portugal ; Eef van Beveren, University of Coimbra, Center of Theoretical Physics Department of Physics, Coimbra, Portugal ; Pedro Bicudo, Instituto Superior Técnico, Department of Physics, Lisboa, Portugal ; Brigitte Hiller, University of Coimbra, Department of Physics, Center of Theoretical Physics, Coimbra, Portugal ; Frieder Kleefeld, Instituto Superior Técnico, Center of Physics of the Fundamental Interactions, Lisboa, Portugal

Conference Location and Date: Lisbon, Portugal, 11-16 February 2008

Subseries: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Published August 2008; ISBN 978-7354-0554-7, One Volume, Print; 472 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $243.00

Readership: Researchers in hadronic, particle and nuclear physics; (Graduate) Students in any of these fields.

The light scalar mesons have been posing serious problems to both theorists and experimentalists. Even nowadays there is no consensus whatsoever on the quark structure of these hadronic resonances, some of which are very broad. Nevertheless, the light scalars are of a tremendous importance for a better understanding of QCD and strong interactions, with far-reaching implications for nuclear physics as well. The SCADRON70 Workshop managed to bring together many of the leading experts in the field, with invited talks of spokespersons of practically all major experimental collaborations in particle and hadronic physics, besides invited talks given by some renowned theorists. Simultaneously, the Workshop allowed to honor one of the pioneers of scalar mesons, viz. Prof. Michael D. Scadron, at the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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