This volume is centered on recent developments in the exploration of hadronic structure through lepton scattering, in the description of hadron physics directly from lattice QCD and non-perturbative QCD models, and in efforts to strengthen the links between these activities. Specific topics that are covered include: parton distribution functions, polarized structure functions, generalized structure functions, nuclear effects, quark-hadron duality, electromagnetic form factors, structure functions and hadron properties from lattice QCD, and QCD models based on the Dyson-Schwinger equations.

This volume is centered on recent developments in the exploration of hadronic structure through lepton scattering, in the description of hadron physics directly from lattice QCD and non-perturbative QCD models, and in efforts to strengthen the links between these activities. Specific topics that are covered include: parton distribution functions, polarized structure functions, generalized structure functions, nuclear effects, quark-hadron duality, electromagnetic form factors, structure functions and hadron properties from lattice QCD, and QCD models based on the DysonOCoSchwinger equations. Contents: Partonic Structure of Hadrons: Chiral Extrapolation of Lattice Structure Function Calculations (W Detmold); Exclusive Processes at HERMES (N Bianchi); Soft Pion Production Associated with Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (L Mosse); Spin Structure of Hadrons: Polarized Structure Functions in QCD (J Kodaira); Single Spin Asymmetries and Quark Fragmentation (M Anselmino et al.); Perturbative OCo Nonperturbative QCD Transition: Lepton Scattering and Quark-Hadron Duality Studies at Jlab (R Ent); Estimating Low Energy Model Parameters from Deep Inelastic Scattering (L P Hoyt & A I Signal); Form Factors: Physical Hadron Properties from Lattice Data at Large Quark Masses (A W Thomas); Electromagnetic Interactions in Light Front Dynamics (J -F Mathiot); Nucleon Form Factors in the Covariant Diquark-Quark Model (R Alkofer & M Oettel); Hadron Excitations, Confinement and Chiral Symmetry Breaking: Experimental Studies of the Hadron Spectrum (J Napolitano); The Character of Goldstone Bosons (M B Hecht et al.); Deconfining by Winding (R Hofmann); Small- x Physics and Nuclear Medium Effects: Leading Nucleon Production at HERA (G Levman); Nuclear Medium Effects at HERMES (P di Nezza); Physics Motivation for a Polarized Electron-Ion Collider (J M Cameron & J T Londergan); and other papers. Readership: Theoretical and experimental researchers in nuclear and high energy physics."

Exclusive reactions are becoming one of the major sources of information about the deep structure of nucleons and other hadrons. The 2007 International Workshop held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia, USA — the world's leading facility performing research on nuclear, hadronic and quark-gluon structure of matter — focused on the application of a variety of exclusive reactions at high momentum transfer, utilizing unpolarized and polarized beams and targets, to obtain information about nucleon ground-state and excited-state structure at short distances. This is a subject which is central to the programs of current accelerators and especially planned future facilities.This proceedings volume contains, in concentrated form, information about the newest developments, both theoretical and experimental, in the study of hard exclusive reactions.

This volume focusses on four main topics: structure functions, tests of quantum chromodynamics, physics at the highest Q2 and p2T, and high energy scattering and diffraction. Comprehensive review articles on hadronic and photon structure, lepton-parton and parton-parton physics as well as future experimental opportunities are presented, together with a special lecture on HERA's legacy after the first decade of operation.

This book provides in a pedagogical way some up-to-date reviews of properties of strongly interacting matter produced at RHIC, analytical approaches to QCD, and nuclear and high-energy astrophysics. It also contains schematic outlines of topics on high-precision non-perturbative QCD, first results from RHIC, and heavy-ion collisions at LHC with the ATLAS detector.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: OCo Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)"