We organize the 7th RCNP International Workshop on Polarized 3He Beams and 
Gas Targets and Their Application to be held at the International Conference 
Center in Kobe from 20 to 24 January 1997. Since the first workshop on this 
subject at Princeton University in 1984, significant development has been made 
in producing polarized  3He beams and gaseous targets owing to earnest 
requirements from particle physics and rapid progress in the laser technology. 
As a result, a number of experiments with a polarized 3He gas have been 
performed or are planned throughout the world for fundamental researches 
particularly on the nucleon spin structure, verification of the Standard Model 
by the symmetry breaking tests, and so on.

   In RCNP as well, a novel type of a polarized 3He ion source based on 
optical pumping is developed toward high intensity and high polarization. 
This ion source will in near future be used for spin physics at an 
intermediate energy region.  

   Meanwhile, increasing attention is paid on the application of the polarized 
3He nucleus to other fields, for example, the medical technology and the 
nuclear fusion problem. In particular, since the minable 3He gas was 
discovered on the lunar surface in 1986, the 3He-D fueled reactor has been 
regarded as one of the most promising fusion reactors in the coming century. 
From expectation that the fusion cross-section may be enhanced with the 
polarized 3He nucleus and the polarized deuteron, efficient ways to produce 
polarize 3He nuclei have rigorously been investigated.

   Under these circumstances, it is timely to get together to discuss not only 
the polarization technology but topical physics involving atomic, nuclear and 
particle physics with the 3He beams and gaseous targets from both experimental 
and theoretical sides. Much time will also be spent on the production of 
polarized heavier nuclei and their application to the fusion problem, 
astrophysics, medicine, and so on. 

   This workshop will consist of a plenary session, and a poster session. 
In the plenary session, invited talks and oral talks selected from the 
contributed papers will be presented. In the poster session, detailed 
discussions by attendants may be possible. We publish the materials presented 
in the conference in the form of Proceedings.

   We also plan to make a tour to the RCNP, Osaka University or the SPring-8, 
which is an SOR facility equipped with an 8 GeV electron storage ring. 

Host Institute:

Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University

Supported by:

Physical Society of Japan,
Kobe Tokiwa College, Konan University,
Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture

Date:

20-24 January, 1997 

Place:

International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan 

Organizer:

 M. Tanaka(Kobe Tokiwa, Chairperson),    T. Yamagata(Konan, Scientific secretary),
 M. Fujiwara(RCNP),                      N. Horikawa(Nagoya), 
 T.Ohshima(SPring-8),                    T. Morii(Kobe), 
 K. Takahisa(RCNP,Scientific secretary), T. Tamae(Tohoku)

International Advisory Committee:

   L.W. Anderson(Wisconsin),      T.E. Chupp(Michigan), 
   A. Drentje(KVI, Groningen),    H. Ejiri(RCNP), 
   D. Fick(Marburg),              O. Hausser(TRIUMF),
   M. Leduc(Paris),               Y. Mori(INS, Tokyo), 
   H. P. Schieck(Koln),           E. Steffens(Erlangen), 
   T. Udagawa(Texas) 

Topical Sessions:

            ・Technology in polarizing 3He and heavier nuclei,
            ・Spin structure of nucleon,
            ・Symmetry breaking test with polarized 3He,
            ・Low and intermediate energy experiments with 3He, 
            ・Application of polarized 3He to other fields

Call for Contributions:

   Participants are encouraged to submit their recent work for oral presentation 
at the workshop. Those who wish to make contributions should send one-page 
photo ready abstract to the secretariat no later than 31 August, 1996.
We select oral presentations from the contributions. We organize also a poster 
session in easy and relaxed atmosphere.

Registration:

   If you plan to attend the workshop, you are requested to fill in the 
Registration form and send it to the workshop secretariat by 31 August, 1996.
   The registration fee is 20,000 Yen, which includes a copy of the 
proceedings, the banquet, and a tour to either RCNP or SPring-8.

Proceedings:

   We plan to publish proceedings of the workshop.

Workshop site and accommodation:

   The workshop will be held at the International Conference Center in Kobe. 
We arrange accommodations at the hotel Pearl City Kobe in the neighbourhood of 
the workshop site. The cost is about 7,500 Yen/day including breakfast. 
A limited number of rooms will be available at the lodging house of
the RCNP, Osaka University which is located about 50 km apart from the workshop
site. The cost is about 1,000 Yen/day and no breakfast service is available.
The access time from the RCNP lodging house to the workshop site in Kobe is 
approximately 1.5 hours via the public transportation service (the travel cost is 
about 500 Yen/one way.)         

Correspondence:

Please send all informations to the Secretariat:                     
Prof. M. Tanaka                                      
c/o Ms. A. Futakuchi                                     
Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University      
10-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki 567, Osaka, Japan
he97@rcnpax.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp
Phone:+81-6-879-8929
Fax:  +81-6-879-8899
WWW:  http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~takahisa/he97/

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I would like to contribute a paper with the following title:

I need a room for the night(s) of 

             Jan.19     Jan.20     Jan.21     Jan.22     Jan.23     Jan.24
             at Hotel Pearl City Kobe                  at RCNP lodging house
             (We arrange it for you. You may not get the ones you want due to 
             the availability of rooms.)
             In case you arrange accommodation by yourself, please inform us so:
I would like to attend a visiting tour to (SPring-8, RCNP).       yes/no
Deadline for Contribution and Registration:  31 August, 1996
This form should be sent to the secretariat:

Prof. M. Tanaka

c/o Ms. A. Futakuchi

Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University

10-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki 567, Osaka, Japan

E-mail: he97@rcnpax.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp

Phone: +81-6-879-8929, Fax: +81-6-879-8899

WWW: http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~takahisa/he97/