NEWS:
(Jul. 5, 2015)	Instruction for the Workshop Proceedings is available.
(Jun. 7, 2015)	Workshop Photos are uploaded.
(Jun. 3, 2015)	Talk Slides are uploaded.
(May. 20, 2015)	Time Table for the workshop program is updated.
(May. 19, 2015)	Final Circular is available.
(May. 19, 2015)	Book of Abstract is available.
(May. 6, 2015)	Time Table for the workshop program is available.
(Mar. 1, 2015)	NSTAR2015 Workshop Poster is available.
(Feb. 28, 2015)	Abstract Submission deadline is extended until March 15, 2015.
(Dec. 25, 2014)	Registration has opened.
(Dec. 25, 2014)	Abstract Submission has opened.

Description:

The nucleon excitations have been providing a good opportunity to test our understanding of low energy QCD. The excitations go along not only energies but also along flavors, thus including strange and heavy baryons. Recent experiments aim at complete measurements for meson photoproduction reactions. Theoretical methods of QCD-inspired models aim at the identification of the relevant degrees of freedom and their dynamics. The first principle methods such as lattice QCD are now subject to explain and predict phenomena with a precision. The purpose of this workshop is to share the latest results in various aspects of low energy QCD dynamics in terms of N* resonances, and to discuss the future developments.

Topics covered in the workshop are:

• Complete experiments of meson-photoproduction reactions for N*
• Reaction models and PWA for resonance parameters
• Dynamical models and coupled channel analysis
• Baryon (hadron) structure, form factors, and transition amplitudes
• Chiral symmetry and baryon resonances
• Baryons (hadrons) from lattice QCD and new approaches
• Facilities and future projects
• Other topics related to N* physics

Organizers:

• Atsushi Hosaka (RCNP, Osaka, Chair)
• Tomoaki Hotta (RCNP, Osaka)
• Tetsuo Hyodo (YITP, Kyoto)
• Noriyoshi Ishii (RCNP, Osaka)
• Hiroyuki Kamano (RCNP, Osaka)
• Hideko Nagahiro (Nara WU/RCNP)
• Hiroyuki Noumi (RCNP, Osaka)
• Makoto Oka (TITech)
• Shoichi Sasaki (Tohoku U)
• Toru Sato (Osaka U)
• Takayasu Sekihara (RCNP, Osaka)
• Hajime Shimizu (ELPH, Tohoku)
• Kotaro Shirotori (RCNP, Osaka)
• Kiyoshi Tanida (SNU, Korea)

International Advisory Committee:

• A. D'Angelo (Rome)
• R. Beck (Bonn)
• V. Braun (Regensburg)
• S. Brodsky (SLAC)
• V. Burkert (Jefferson Lab)
• S. Capstick (Florida State University)
• W.-C. Chang (Academia Sinica)
• H. Gao (Duke University)
• R. Gothe (South Carolina)
• D. Ireland (Glasgow)
• F. Klein (Bonn)
• T.-S. H. Lee (Argonne)
• K.-F. Liu (Kentucky)
• U.-G. Meißner (Bonn)
• U. Mosel (Giessen)
• T. Nakano (Osaka)
• E. Oset (Valencia)
• C. Roberts (Argonne)
• B. Saghai (CEA/Saclay)
• E. Santopinto (U. Genoa)
• X. Shen (IHEP, Beijing)
• H. Ströher (FZ Jülich)
• A. W. Thomas (Adelaide)
• L. Tiator (Mainz)
• R. Workman (George Washington University)
• Q. Zhao (IHEP, Beijing)
• Z. Zhao (University of Science & Technology of China)
• B. Zou (ITP/CAS, Beijing)

Supported by

Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University	Research Center for Electron Photon Science (ELPH), Tohoku University	Joint Institute for Computational Fundamental Science	Research grant by MEXT, Neutrino Science Frontier	Osaka Univesity