QCD and Hadron Physics

Abstract

This document presents the recommendations and scientific conclusions from the Town Meeting on QCD and Hadronic Physics that took place in the period 13-15 September 2014 at Temple University as part of the NSAC 2014 Long Range Planning process. It highlights progress in hadron physics in the seven years since the 2007 Long Range Plan (LRP07), and presents a vision for the future by identifying key questions and plausible paths to solutions which should define our next decade. In defining the priority of outstanding physics opportunities for the future, both prospects for the short (roughly 5 years) and longer term (beyond 10 years) are identified together with the facilities, personnel and other resources needed to maximize the discovery potential in hadronic physics worldwide. In this connection, the potential of an electron ion collider is highlighted.

48 pages, 19 figures. Summary of the DNP Town Meeting, Temple University, 13-15 September 2014

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• Bridging a gap between continuum-QCD and ab initio predictions of hadron observables
• Resonances in coupled $\pi K,\eta K$ scattering from lattice QCD
• Understanding the large-distance behavior of transverse-momentum-dependent parton densities and the Collins-Soper evolution kernel
• Multichannel one-to-two transition amplitudes in a finite volume
• The RHIC SPIN Program: Achievements and Future Opportunities
• Nucleon tensor charges and electric dipole moments
• New Measurement of Compton Scattering from the Deuteron and an Improved Extraction of the Neutron Electromagnetic Polarizabilities
• Jet Shape Resummation Using Soft-Collinear Effective Theory
• Measurements of Double-Polarized Compton Scattering Asymmetries and Extraction of the Proton Spin Polarizabilities
• Universality in W+Multijet Production