At the same time, exciting theoretical developments involving effective field theories (EFTs) are providing new insights into the reactions measured at these machines. This is possible because EFT's character as a systematic expansion in ratios of physical scales provides a means to progressively improve the treatment of both nuclear forces and the currents through which nuclear degrees of freedom interact with photons. Two EFTs are relevant for the energy domain covered by these facilities. At lower energies the so-called "pionless" EFT is applicable. Once the energy is high enough that pionic degrees of freedom are specifically probed, chiral EFTs can be used to describe the interaction of nuclei with photons. In both cases, EFT's description of nuclear structure and reactions involves progressively smaller effects in the nuclear force, e.g. two- and three-pion exchange and consistent three-nucleon forces. In particular, the chiral EFT forces have now been worked out to several orders in the expansion. Further improvement in this description can be expected too, as new three- and four-nucleon forces at higher orders in the expansion are currently under development. While much is known about the electromagnetic properties of the nucleon itself in these chiral EFTs, work on building up the current operators for light nuclei is at a relatively early stage. But such calculations hold the promise of operators for electromagnetic reactions that are derived using techniques analogous to those employed for the nuclear force, and describe data at a concomitant level of accuracy.

Furthermore, for A ≤ 4 modern nuclear Hamiltonians can now be solved essentially exactly for observables involving both bound and scattering states using, e.g. Faddeev-Yakubovsky or Correlated Hyperspherical Harmonics techniques. These theoretical advances give us access to theoretical descriptions of reactions on light nuclei which are systematically improvable, and whose consequences can be reliably computed. Used in concert with accurate experiments, such calculations provide a powerful tool to elucidate critical details of the strong nuclear force.

The combination of theoretical and experimental advances will facilitate examination of three exciting areas: (1) Examination of three-body forces through photo-induced processes on 3He, (2) Low-energy photodisintegration of light nuclei and (3) Compton scattering in systems with A=1, 2, and 3. This workshop will bring together leading theorists involved in calculations in these areas and experimentalists doing experiments at some of the aforementioned photon facilities. The goal of the workshop will be to identify the most promising experiments for access to these three physics goals. This will include detailed collaborative work and discussions between theorists and experimentalists on which particular experiments and kinematics/observables are optimal with respect to both theoretical control and experimental viability.

A room block has been made at the following hotel:

University Inn, 4140 Roosevelt Way N.E., Seattle WA 98105
http://www.universityinnseattle.com/

Approximately 10 minutes walk from the INT offices. Restaurant, seasonal heated outdoor pool, spa and guest laundry. Business center with free high speed internet access and printer use. All rooms are non-smoking.

The rate for a single occupancy traditional room is $119.00/night plus 15.6% tax. Rates include continental breakfast and free on-site parking. (A credit card number will be required to hold your reservation. To avoid charges for the first night, cancellations must be received by 3:00pm prior to the day of arrival.)