--------------- 2nd circular --------------- Circum-Pan-Pacific RIKEN Symposium on "High Energy Spin Physics" November 3-6, 1999 RIKEN, Wako, Japan Dear Colleague, This is the second announcement of the Circum-Pan-Pacific RIKEN Symposium on High Energy Spin Physics. It will be sponsored by RIKEN and RIKEN BNL Research Center (RBRC). Please note that the starting date has been changed to Nov.3, 1999 although it was announced as Nov.4 in the first circular. The deadline for submitting the registration form, the hotel-reservation form, and an abstract for a contributed talk is August 31; however, we suggest that you submit them in advance. We are looking forward to seeing you at RIKEN. The organizers August 3, 1999 ======================================================================== --------------------- NOTE: Schedule change Nov.4-6 (in the 1st circular) --> Nov.3-6 --------------------- Due to a significant number of recommendations and interests for talks, we find that the symposium with the original schedule cannot accommodate many good speakers. In order to have many active researchers and to have ample discussion time, we decided to start the symposium on Nov. 3 instead of the original date Nov. 4. If you have already fixed the travel plan and have difficulty in adjusting your schedule, please inform us. --------------------- Symposium information --------------------- http://www.rarf.riken.go.jp/rarf/rhic/riken_sympo99.html ----------------- Scientific topics ----------------- * Spin in hard QCD processes * Nucleon spin problem * Structure functions of the nucleon * Polarized parton-distribution and fragmentation functions * Structure functions on the lattice * Small-x physics * Higher twist effects * Quarkonium and direct-photon production * Polarized Drell-Yan process * RHIC project * Spin experiments at PHENIX and STAR * Polarized DIS experiments of HERMES at DESY, COMPASS at CERN, and SLAC ---------------- Invited speakers ---------------- The following is the list of speakers who accepted our invitation: L. Bland, T. Blum, C. Boros, S. J. Brodsky, H. En'yo, D. Boer, A. Harindranath, T. Iwata, Y. Koike, L. Lipatov, B.-Q. Ma, S. Ozaki, T. Morii, Y. Sakemi, K. Sasaki, O. V. Teryaev, A. W. Thomas ------------ Registration ------------ Please send us the attached registration form. If you have already sent us the pre-registration form by indicating that you are planning to attend the symposium, you do not have to send the registration form. The registration fee is 15,000 yen (10,000 for students), which will be collected at the registration desk on Nov. 3, 1999. It can be paid only in cash. -------------- Airline ticket -------------- If you wish to save your research fund, you had better find a discount airline ticket. The discount rate could be 30%. Although it is not our official agency, you may find some information at http://www2.cc.saga-u.ac.jp/saga-u/riko/physics/quantum1/pspin99.html. However, you should aware that there are certain restrictions on the discount ticket. ------------- Accommodation ------------- Please send us the attached hotel-reservation form. -------------- Symposium site -------------- Okouchi Memorial Hall at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) Wako, Saitama, Japan Homepage: http://www.riken.go.jp Access: http://www.riken.go.jp/eng/CMP/cmp_e/wako_access_e.html The institute is located on the outskirts of Tokyo. ------------- Contributions ------------- Contributed talks will be selected in addition to invited talks. If you are interested in giving a talk, please send a one-page abstract to Dr. Shunzo Kumano Department of Physics Saga University FAX: 81-952-28-8547 Saga 840-8502 Email: spin99-abs@rarfaxp.riken.go.jp Japan. The submitted abstracts are not published. They are simply used for selecting speakers. --------- Deadlines --------- Registration August 31, 1999 to T. Ichihara (email: spin99@rarfaxp.riken.go.jp) Hotel reservation form August 31, 1999 to T. Ichihara (email: spin99@rarfaxp.riken.go.jp) Submission of abstracts August 31, 1999 to S. Kumano (email: spin99-abs@rarfaxp.riken.go.jp) Although the deadlines are Aug.31, we suggest that you submit them in advance. ----------- Proceedings ----------- The invited and contributed talks will be published as proceedings. --------- Excursion --------- We plan to have a half day excursion and dinner during the symposium. It will be a bus tour to a nearby tourist attraction, Kawagoe. The city preserves houses in the Edo era (1603-1867). Please look at http://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/kawa00e.htm for the Kawagoe-city information and http://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/kawa11e.htm for the tourist information. ------------ Organization ------------ Local Organizing Committee chair K. Yazaki (TWCU/ RIKEN) co-chair T.-A. Shibata (TITech/ RIKEN) co-chair S. Kumano (Saga Univ) H. En'yo (Kyoto Univ/ RIKEN) T. Ichihara (RIKEN/ RBRC) H. Kitagawa (KEK-Tanashi) N. Saito (RIKEN/ RBRC) K. Tanaka (Juntendo Univ) Y. Watanabe (RIKEN/ RBRC) International Advisory Committee G. M. Bunce (BNL/ RBRC, USA) I. T. Cheon (Yonsei Univ, Korea) N. Horikawa (Nagoya Univ, Japan) K. Imai (Kyoto Univ/ RIKEN, Japan) M. Ishihara (Univ of Tokyo/ RIKEN, Japan) R. L. Jaffe (MIT, USA) F. C. Khanna (Univ of Alberta, Canada) J. Kodaira (Hiroshima Univ, Japan) T. Morii (Kobe Univ, Japan) S. N. Mukherjee (Banaras Hindu Univ, India) G. P. Ramsey (Loyora Univ/ Argonne National Lab, USA) Z.-X. Sun (China Inst. of Atomic Energy, China) A. W. Thomas (Univ of Adelaide, Australia) A. I. Titov (JINR Dubuna, Russia) S. N. Yang (Taiwan Univ, Taiwan) -------------- Correspondence -------------- Inquiries may be directed to Shunzo Kumano TEL: 81-952-28-8539 FAX: 81-952-28-8547 Email: kumanos@cc.saga-u.ac.jp ------------------------------- cut here ------------------------------- ************************** Registration form *************************** Circum-Pan-Pacific RIKEN Symposium on "High Energy Spin Physics" November 3-6, 1999, RIKEN, Japan Title [ ] Prof. [ ] Dr. [ ] Mr. [ ] Ms. Last Name __________________________________________ Middle Initial __________________________________________ First Name __________________________________________ Nationality __________________________________________ Institution __________________________________________ Mailing Address __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Phone __________________________________________ FAX __________________________________________ E-mail __________________________________________ Are you interested in giving a talk? [ ] Yes [ ] No if yes, with the title ______________________________________________________ Do you have an accompanying person(s)? [ ] Yes [ ] No if yes, his/her name(s) is ___________________________ Please send this form by email, fax, or ordinary mail to Dr. Takashi Ichihara Radiation Laboratory, RIKEN FAX: 81-48-462-4641 Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Email: spin99@rarfaxp.riken.go.jp Japan. ************************************************************************ ------------------------------- cut here ------------------------------- (If you send the above form and the hotel reservation form simultaneously by email, you do not have to cut here.) ************************ Hotel reservation form ************************ Name __________________________________________ Mailing Address __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Phone __________________________________________ FAX __________________________________________ E-mail __________________________________________ [ ] Please make my hotel reservation. We will assign you a nearby hotel. The price ranges from 6,700 yen to 11,100 yen per day for a single room. [ ] Single room [ ] Double room Name of the roommate: ________________ [ ] Male [ ] Female [ ] Non-smoker [ ] Smoker Date of arrival ________________ Date of departure ________________ [ ] No hotel reservation is needed. I want to make my own hotel reservation. Please send this form by email, fax, or ordinary mail to Dr. Takashi Ichihara Radiation Laboratory, RIKEN FAX: 81-48-462-4641 Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Email: spin99@rarfaxp.riken.go.jp Japan. ************************************************************************