QCD 1216th QCD International Conference
2nd - 6th july 2012 - Montpellier (FR)
Stephan Narison
CNRS / IN2P3 - LPUM (Montpellier)
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Thanks to the officials !
Mme Anne-Yvonne LEDAINVice-President of the Region of
Languedoc-Roussillon
M.Representant of the Mayor of Montpellier
who are present here despite their duties
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Thanks to all participants !
The (eventual) success of this meeting
will depend on you !
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Thanks to the International Committee !
Especially those who are (will be) here !
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Thanks to the Secretary,
who are doing most of the jobs !
(science alone is not enough for a success of a meeting !)
and to the Local Team & ACMM
1mn of silence for an Hommage to
who passed away last yearto whomwe dedicate this proceedings.
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Thanks to the institutions !
which participate in the organization.
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The QCD - Montpellier Series
♣ QCD 12 :16th International QCD Conference
♦ International ConferencesNon Perturbative Methods 85,
QCD 90, 94, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08,10
The QCD - Montpellier Series
♣ QCD 12 :16th International QCD Conference
♦ International ConferencesNon Perturbative Methods 85,
QCD 90, 94, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08,10
♥ Euroconferences:QCD 96, 97, 98, 99, 00
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Spirit & Size of the Series
➳ Spirit• Young physicists & world experts together
• Balance between Experiments & Theory
• Different aspects of QCD
• New results before the ICHEP and EPS Conferences
Spirit & Size of the Series
➳ Spirit• Young physicists & world experts together
• Balance between Experiments & Theory
• Different aspects of QCD
• New results before the ICHEP and EPS Conferences
➳ Medium Size• Better scientific & Social organizations
• Family atmosphere
• Stronger interactions among participants
• Origin of new collaborations
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Training & Prestigious Participants
➳ TrainingMost of the “good" European Physicists have presented
their first international talks here. I wish that young
physicists in this room will become like them !
Training & Prestigious Participants
➳ TrainingMost of the “good" European Physicists have presented
their first international talks here. I wish that young
physicists in this room will become like them !
➳ Prestigious participants• Nobel price winners :
J. Steinberger, G. ’t Hooft & D. Gross
• Sakurai price winners 1999:
M. A. Shifman & V. Zakharov
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QCD : Part of the Standard Model
➳
• 6 quarks ⊕ 6 leptons constituents
Glashow-Weinberg-Salam : Prix Nobel 1979
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QCD :An asymptotically free theory of quarks and gluons
D. Gross D. Politzer F. Wilczek Nobel Price 2004
Other architects : G. t’ Hooft M. Veltman Nobel price 1999
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QCD : A confined theory of hadrons
➳ Hadrons built with quarks u, d, s
• Pre-QCD Quark Modela) Mesons : q̄1q2: Mπ = 140MeV
b) Baryons : q1q2q3 : Mp = 1 GeV
• of M. Gell-Mann 1961 (Nobel price 69)
• Described at present by QCD : The theory of Colour
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QCD♦ A Simple (unbroken gauge theory ⊕ asymptotic freedom )
BUT complicated (confinement) theory !♥ Now an Old BUT Still Active Theory ...
(more QCD than New Physics Events at LHC !)
QCD♦ A Simple (unbroken gauge theory ⊕ asymptotic freedom )
BUT complicated (confinement) theory !♥ Now an Old BUT Still Active Theory ...
(more QCD than New Physics Events at LHC !)
♣ Motivate the organization of the QCD Montpellier Series
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Some Practical Infos & Rules
♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement♥ Basic Informations: in the Package & Web Site
Some Practical Infos & Rules
♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement♥ Basic Informations: in the Package & Web Site♣ Internet connections : Conference Hall and Airport
user and password: inside your bag (do not use during the sessions ! )
Some Practical Infos & Rules
♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement♥ Basic Informations: in the Package & Web Site♣ Internet connections : Conference Hall and Airport
user and password: inside your bag (do not use during the sessions ! )
♠ Written talks : deadline 1st september 2012
Some Practical Infos & Rules
♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement♥ Basic Informations: in the Package & Web Site♣ Internet connections : Conference Hall and Airport
user and password: inside your bag (do not use during the sessions ! )
♠ Written talks : deadline 1st september 2012♦ Collectors : QCD proceedings & SN books sold here : a part
reversed to the association AGMM for developing science in Madagascar
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