PANIC 05 Circular #1

**Santa Fe, NM October 24-28, 2005**

http://www.panic05.lanl.gov/

**Dear Colleague,**

We are very pleased to invite you to the XVIIth Particles and Nuclei
International Conference (PANIC) that will be held October 24-28, 2005,
in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. The program will address a broad range of
topics involving strong and electro-weak interactions as they impact
particle, nuclear, and astrophysics. It will include both theoretical
and experimental issues and the facilities needed to explore them.
Special attention will be devoted to recent discoveries and new
directions of research in these fields.

**I. Scientific Program**

The Scientific Program Committee is formulating the program of the
Conference and will address the selection of topics and speakers who
will make invited presentations in both plenary and parallel sessions.
It is anticipated that the Scientific Program will include the following
topics:

• Quark-Gluon Plasma

• QCD, Quark Confinement, Chiral Symmetry

• Hadrons, Nuclei, Hypernuclei, and their Properties

• Flavor Physics

• Lattice Gauge Calculations

• Superstring Theory and Higher Dimensions

• Fundamental Symmetries and Conservation Laws

• Neutrino and Muon Physics

• Fundamental Interactions in Atomic and Neutron Physics

• Physics Beyond the Standard Model

• Search for New Particles

• Astrophysics and Cosmology

• Cosmic Rays and Space-Based Physics

• Future Accelerator Facilities, Detectors, and Experimental Techniques

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

**II. Venue and Organization**

The conference hotel will be the Santa Fe Hilton. Plenary sessions will
be held nearby in the Sweeney Convention Center, while parallel sessions
will be held at both facilities. The conference will also include a
poster session, receptions, a banquet, and computer facilities.

The Co-Chairmen for the Conference are Peter D. Barnes and Martin D.
Cooper of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The International Advisory
Committee and the Local Organizing Committee are listed below.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics is sponsoring PANIC
at Santa Fe in 2005. To secure IUPAP sponsorship, the organizers have
provided assurance that PANIC 05 will be conducted in accordance with
IUPAP principles as stated in the ICSU-Document \"Universality of
Science\" (sixth edition, 1989) regarding the free circulation of
scientists for international purposes. In particular, no bona fide
scientist will be excluded from participation on the grounds of national
origin, nationality, or political considerations unrelated to science.

The program structure of the conference can be found at the conference
web site: http://www.panic05.lanl.gov/

# III. Abstracts

Presentations in the parallel sessions will be selected from abstracts
for contributed talks submitted by the Conference participants.
Instructions for submission of these abstracts are posted on the
conference web site. The deadline for receiving these abstracts is
August 1, 2005.

**IV. Registration and Accommodations**

The registration process is being managed by Complete Conference
Coordinators, Inc. and can be accessed at the conference web

The registration fee for the conference will be \$450 (U.S. dollars),
until September 12, and will cover coffee breaks, computing access, the
conference banquet, and the conference proceedings. It will not include
accommodations and excursions related to the social program. The late
registration fee (after September 12) will be \$525 (U.S. dollars).

Blocks of rooms have been reserved for conference participants at three
hotels at reduced conference rates. The hotels are within walking
distance of the Sweeney Convention Center, the conference hotel, and
local restaurants. These blocks of hotel rooms will be held until
September 12, 2005.

A companion\'s program and conference excursions are being organized and
will appear on the conference web site.

The registration process will give participants an opportunity to
request one of the hotels, to order excursion tickets, and to indicate
an interest in the companion\'s program as will be described in detail
in the Conference Circular #2 and on the conference web site.

**V. Travel and U.S. Visas**

The southwestern part of the United States is renowned for its scenic
beauty and cultural attractions. Because of the large distances between
cities, automobile travel to Santa Fe can require substantial
commitments in time. Most participants will choose to fly to the city of
Albuquerque, N.M. and then travel by commercial shuttle or rental car to
Santa Fe (60 minutes). Specific travel advice will be added to the
conference web site.

For the past two years, international travel to the United States has
become significantly more awkward because of the visa process now in
place. The service at individual U.S. embassies and consulates seems to
vary considerably. Although the American Physical Society and the
American Academy of Science have brought this problem to the attention
of the U. S. State Department, the slow response of the system appears
to continue. We strongly recommend that international conference
participants applying for US visas should start the process as soon as
possible, even **nine months in advance of the conference**. We will
attempt to monitor this process and suggest that individuals who are
encountering difficulties should contact Joseph Onstott (e-mail
<onstott@lanl.gov>, tel. 01-(505)-665-9124, fax 01-(505)-665-3644).

Participation by students, young physicists, and physicists from
developing countries will be strongly encouraged at this Conference.
Details on an evolving program to provide some travel support and help
with the registration fee for these individuals will be described in the
Conference Circular #2.

**VI. Banquet and Social Program**

The program of the conference will reserve Wednesday afternoon, October
26, for conference outings and personal time. The conference banquet
will be held the evening of Thursday, October 27, 2004. 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.

**VII. Communications**

Individuals interested in attending the conference can obtain additional
information and can register at the conference web site
http://panic05.lanl.gov. Special inquiries should be directed by e-mail
to panic05@lanl.gov or by contacting Josephine V. Roybal (phone:
505/665-1482, fax: 505/665-7920). 

**VIII. Important Dates and Deadlines**

Start of Conference Registration January 2005

Applications for US Visas January 2005

Conference Circular #2 March 2005

Deadline for Contributed Abstracts August 1, 2005

Registration (lowest rate) before September 12, 2005

Hotel Registration (conference rates) before September 12, 2005

**IX. Satellite Meetings**

The following satellite meetings and long-range planning workshops are
being organized around PANIC for the convenience of the participants.

> A. RHIC Planning Meeting
>
> A two-day satellite meeting immediately following PANIC, October
> 29-30, 2005 is being organized to present the status of the RHIC II
> and eRHIC projects. The meeting will provide an overview of the
> exciting physics opportunities and the accelerator challenges these
> two projects present to the wider physics community.
>
> The site of the meeting will be the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe.
> Information about registration and the scientific agenda will soon be
> made available; please check the PANIC web site.
>
> [Organizers:]{.underline} S. Aronson (Chair), A. Deshpande (Co-Chair),
> D. Kharzeev, D. Lowenstein, T. Ludlam, S. Mioduszewski, T. Roser, P.
> Steinberg, T. Ullrich, R. Venugopalan, W. Vogelsang
>
> B. Neutrino Physics Planning Meeting
>
> A two-day planning meeting is being organized to discuss future
> directions in neutrino physics. It will follow PANIC 05 and will be
> held in Santa Fe at the Hilton Hotel on October 29-30, 2005.The
> meeting will provide the physics community with an overview of the
> exciting physics opportunities in neutrino physics and a discussion of
> possible new experiments.
>
> More details can be found at the PANIC website:
> http://panic05.lanl.gov. Information about registration and the
> scientific agenda will soon be made available.
>
> Organizers: Y. Efremenko (Co-Chair), S. Elliott, K. Heeger, A. Hime,
>
> K. Lesko (Co-Chair), W. Louis (Chair), H. Murayama, G. Mills, A. Poon,
>
> R. Van de Water

Additional groups and collaborations seeking meeting space during the
conference should contact Martin Cooper (<mcooper@lanl.gov>) so that we
can reserve meeting rooms.

## Summary

Mark your calendars for PANIC 05 on October 23-28, 2005. Currently there
are a series of new results and tantalizing questions that are
developing in our nuclear, particle and astro-physics research. The
PANIC meeting with its broad physics scope and diverse participants
should provide an excellent opportunity to explore these issues in Santa
Fe next fall. We look forward to discussing these new results and ideas
with you there.

With best regards,

Peter D. Barnes Martin Cooper

pdbarnes@lanl.gov mcooper@lanl.gov

**Local Organizing Committee:**

P.D. Barnes (LANL) B. Bassalleck (UNM)

M. Cooper (LANL) B. Gibson (LANL)

T. Goldman (LANL) M. Johnson (LANL)

E. Kinney (U of Colorado) G. Kyle (NMSU)

D. Lee (LANL) W. Louis (LANL)

Joe Onstott (LANL) A. Palounek (LANL)

S. Penttila (LANL) R. Van de Water (LANL)

H. van Hecke (LANL) S. Wilburn (LANL)

**International Advisory Committee:**

H. Arfaei (Tehran) S. Aronson (BNL)

D. Ashery (Tel Aviv) P. D. Barnes (LANL)

C. Baltay (Yale) A. Bettini (INFN-Gran Sasso)

J. Bjorken (SLAC) H. Chen (IHEP/Bejing)

F. Close (Oxford) M. Cooper (LANL)

M. Davier (LAL-Orsay) E. DeSanctis (INFN-Frascati)

D. Dubbers (ILL-Geneva) R. Eichler (PSI-Zurich)

T. Ericson (CERN/Uppsala) D. Geesaman (Argonne)

C. K. Gelbke (Michigan State) G. Hanson (UC-Riverside)

W. Haxton (U of Washington) Z. X. He (CAS-Bejing)

W. Henning (GSI-Darmstadt) W.-Y.P. Hwang (Taiwan)

K. Imai (Kyoto) B. K. Jain (Mumbai)

R. Klanner (DESY-Hamburg) S. Kullander (Uppsala)

T.D. Lee (Columbia) C. Leemann (JLab)

V.M. Lobashev (INR-Moscow) A. Magnon (CEA-Saclay)

D. Marlow (Princeton) J. Matthews (MIT)

A. McDonald (Queen\'s University) D-P. Min (Seoul)

S. Nagamiya (KEK-Ibaraki) T. Otsuka (JCNP-Tokyo)

P. Paul (BNL/Stony Brook) K. Peach (Rutherford)

I.A. Savin (JINR-Dubna) B. Schoch (Bonn)

Y.M. Shatunov (BINR-Novosibirsk) I. Shipsey (Purdue)

A. Shotter (TRIUMF-Vancouver) F. Takasaki (KEK-Ibaraki)

A. Thomas (JLab) H. Toki (RCNP-Osaka)

G. Trilling (Lawrence Berkeley) W. Weise (Munich)

F. Wilczek (MIT) M. Witherell (Fermilab)

S. Wojcicki (Stanford) G. Young (ORNL)

W. Zajc (Columbia)