QCD 1216th QCD International Conference

2nd - 6th july 2012 - Montpellier (FR)

Stephan Narison

CNRS / IN2P3 - LPUM (Montpellier)

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to QCD 12

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Thanks to the officials !

Mme Anne-Yvonne LEDAINVice-President of the Region of

Languedoc-Roussillon

M.Representant of the Mayor of Montpellier

who are present here despite their duties

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Thanks to all participants !

The (eventual) success of this meeting

will depend on you !

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Thanks to the International Committee !

Especially those who are (will be) here !

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Thanks to the Secretary,

who are doing most of the jobs !

(science alone is not enough for a success of a meeting !)

and to the Local Team & ACMM

1mn of silence for an Hommage to

who passed away last yearto whomwe dedicate this proceedings.

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Thanks to the institutions !

which participate in the organization.

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The QCD - Montpellier Series

♣ QCD 12 :16th International QCD Conference

The QCD - Montpellier Series

♣ QCD 12 :16th International QCD Conference

♦ International ConferencesNon Perturbative Methods 85,

QCD 90, 94, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08,10

The QCD - Montpellier Series

♣ QCD 12 :16th International QCD Conference

♦ International ConferencesNon Perturbative Methods 85,

QCD 90, 94, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08,10

♥ Euroconferences:QCD 96, 97, 98, 99, 00

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Spirit & Size of the Series

➳ Spirit• Young physicists & world experts together

• Balance between Experiments & Theory

• Different aspects of QCD

• New results before the ICHEP and EPS Conferences

Spirit & Size of the Series

➳ Spirit• Young physicists & world experts together

• Balance between Experiments & Theory

• Different aspects of QCD

• New results before the ICHEP and EPS Conferences

➳ Medium Size• Better scientific & Social organizations

• Family atmosphere

• Stronger interactions among participants

• Origin of new collaborations

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Training & Prestigious Participants

➳ TrainingMost of the “good" European Physicists have presented

their first international talks here. I wish that young

physicists in this room will become like them !

Training & Prestigious Participants

➳ TrainingMost of the “good" European Physicists have presented

their first international talks here. I wish that young

physicists in this room will become like them !

➳ Prestigious participants• Nobel price winners :

J. Steinberger, G. ’t Hooft & D. Gross

• Sakurai price winners 1999:

M. A. Shifman & V. Zakharov

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QCD : Part of the Standard Model

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QCD : Part of the Standard Model

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• 6 quarks ⊕ 6 leptons constituents

Glashow-Weinberg-Salam : Prix Nobel 1979

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QCD : A modern theory ofstrong nuclear force

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QCD :An asymptotically free theory of quarks and gluons

D. Gross D. Politzer F. Wilczek Nobel Price 2004

Other architects : G. t’ Hooft M. Veltman Nobel price 1999

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QCD : A confined theory of hadrons

➳ Hadrons built with quarks u, d, s

• Pre-QCD Quark Modela) Mesons : q̄1q2: Mπ = 140MeV

b) Baryons : q1q2q3 : Mp = 1 GeV

• of M. Gell-Mann 1961 (Nobel price 69)

• Described at present by QCD : The theory of Colour

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QCD♦ A Simple (unbroken gauge theory ⊕ asymptotic freedom )

BUT complicated (confinement) theory !

QCD♦ A Simple (unbroken gauge theory ⊕ asymptotic freedom )

BUT complicated (confinement) theory !♥ Now an Old BUT Still Active Theory ...

(more QCD than New Physics Events at LHC !)

QCD♦ A Simple (unbroken gauge theory ⊕ asymptotic freedom )

BUT complicated (confinement) theory !♥ Now an Old BUT Still Active Theory ...

(more QCD than New Physics Events at LHC !)

♣ Motivate the organization of the QCD Montpellier Series

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Some Practical Infos & Rules

♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement

Some Practical Infos & Rules

♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement♥ Basic Informations: in the Package & Web Site

Some Practical Infos & Rules

♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement♥ Basic Informations: in the Package & Web Site♣ Internet connections : Conference Hall and Airport

user and password: inside your bag (do not use during the sessions ! )

Some Practical Infos & Rules

♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement♥ Basic Informations: in the Package & Web Site♣ Internet connections : Conference Hall and Airport

user and password: inside your bag (do not use during the sessions ! )

♠ Written talks : deadline 1st september 2012

Some Practical Infos & Rules

♦ Last Registration to social events : see the announcement♥ Basic Informations: in the Package & Web Site♣ Internet connections : Conference Hall and Airport

user and password: inside your bag (do not use during the sessions ! )

♠ Written talks : deadline 1st september 2012♦ Collectors : QCD proceedings & SN books sold here : a part

reversed to the association AGMM for developing science in Madagascar

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Good conference and good stay

in this beautiful medieval town of the Languedoc-Roussillon

full of light and sun,

which has dedicated its way of living to arts and culture !

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