The measurement of spin-polarization observables in reactions of nuclei and particles is of great utility and advantage when the effects of single-spin sub-states are to be investigated. Indeed, the unpolarized differential cross-section encompasses the averaging over the spin states of the particles, and thus loses details of the interaction process. This introductory text combines, in a single volume, course-based lecture notes on spin physics and on polarized-ion sources with the aim of providing a concise yet self-contained starting point for newcomers to the field, as well as for lecturers in search of suitable material for their courses and seminars. A significant part of the book is devoted to introducing the formal theory—a description of polarization and of nuclear reactions with polarized particles. The remainder of the text describes the physical basis of methods and devices necessary to perform experiments with polarized particles and to measure polarization and polarization effects in nuclear reactions. The book concludes with a brief review of modern applications in medicine and fusion energy research. For reasons of conciseness and of the pedagogical aims of this volume, examples are mainly taken from low-energy installations such as tandem Van de Graaff laboratories, although the emphasis of present research is shifting to medium- and high-energy nuclear physics. Consequently, this volume is restricted to describing non-relativistic processes and focuses on the energy range from astrophysical energies (a few keV) to tens of MeV. It is further restricted to polarimetry of hadronic particles.

The conference focused on the current status of baryon spectroscopy, form factors and structure functions, electroweak interactions and symmetries, strange and exotic states, chiral perturbation theory, heavy quark physics, and medium modifications, through plenary session summaries and reviews and parallel session reports of recent experimental and theoretical advances. Plans for future facilities and upgrades were highlighted in special plenary sessions.

The 7th International Cyclotron Conference, In addition to 25 invited papers, a total of held in ZUrich from 19-22 August, 1975, was atten 103 papers were submitted for presentation at the ded by 231 registered . participants from 21 different conference. In order to avoid parallel sessions, countries. Visitors came from all 5 continents, only 30 papers were selected for oral presentation. showing the truly international character of the The rest of the papers were displayed, with great so-called cyclotron family. After a slight slump success, in two poster sessions, with the authors around 1970 in science funding in general, it is explaining in detail to interested participants encouraging to see that cyclotrons emerge again their reports. The high-light of the banquet was the with a promising future, rich in applications. For after dinner speech by M. S. Livingston on the history an informal summary of the topics and highlights of of the cyclotron. The hit of the ladies program was this conference, the reader is referred to the back the visit to a local chocolate factory. The rumour inside cover of these proceedings. There Henry goes that some conference participants too preferred Blosser, from Michigan State University, a very this visit to the session talks! active pioneer in the cyclotron field, put down his impressions in a matter of ten minutes after some The list of old-timers who participated in all small pressure from the editor.

The volume of proceedings of the Xth International Seminar on High Energy Physics, Relativistic Nuclear Physics and Quantum Chromodynamics brings together reports from the major experimental collaborations at JINR, Fermilab, Brookhaven, SATURNE, Orsay, GSI Darmstadt, Riken Cyclotron Lab. KEK, SLAC, Novosibirsk, MIT Bates, IHEP USSR and summaries of the major theoretical and experimental advances made in relativistic and nuclear physics over the last two years. The focus of the volume is upon relativistic nuclear physics, but the coverage of topics is sufficiently comprehensive to include many important results of cumulative reactions, polarization phenomena in nuclear physics, non nucleon degrees of freedom in nuclei.

The proceedings contain invited papers and contributions which capture the recent advances in technology (beams, detectors, electronics, computing) and emphasize the new frontiers opened up in Nuclear Physics. Results with most of the existing multidetectors, as well as the progress of new developments, were presented. The presentations of EUROGAM, GAMMASPHERE, GASP, DIAMANT, ORION, EDEN, DEMON, the Texas Neutron Ball, the DWARF Ball, INDRA, FOBOS, AMPHORA, MEDEA and the SIS/ESR Particle Ball will also be included. The progress in data collection with the new integrated electronics, as well as transputer farm and network distributed processing, is also presented. Experimental results cover superdeformation, multifragmentation, neutron-rich isotopes, dissipative collisions, cluster states and radioactive beam measurements.