Speaker
Prof.
Igor Strakovsky
(The George Washington University)
Description
Over the past two decades, meson photo- and electroproduction data of unprecedented quality and quantity have been measured at electromagnetic facilities worldwide, at investments of many millions
of dollars. By contrast, the meson-beam data for the same hadronic final states are mostly outdated and largely of poor quality, or even non-existent, and thus provide inadequate input to help interpret, analyze, and exploit the full potential of the new electromagnetic data. To reap the full benefit of the high-precision electromagnetic data, new high-statistics data from measurements with meson beams, with good angle and energy coverage for a wide range of reactions, are critically needed to advance our knowledge in baryon and meson spectroscopy and other related areas of hadron physics. To address this situation, a state-of-the-art meson-beam facility needs to be
constructed. The present paper summarizes unresolved issues in hadron physics and outlines the vast opportunities and advances that only become possible with such a facility.
Primary author
Prof.
Igor Strakovsky
(The George Washington University)
Co-authors
Prof.
Eric Swanson
(University of Pittsburgh)
Prof.
Helmut Haberzettl
(The George Washington University)
Prof.
Mark Manley
(Kent State University)
Prof.
Megumi Naruki
(Kyoto University)
Prof.
Michael Doering
(The George Washington University)
Prof.
William Briscoe
(The George Washington University)
