Meson2006 Summary: Theory

This is a summary of theoretical plenary contributions to the biennial hadron physics conference Meson2006, which was the ninth in this series. The topics covered in the meeting include low energy pion-pion and pion-nucleon interactions, photoproduction and hadronic production of light mesons and baryons,in-medium effects, recent developments in charmed mesons, charmonia and B mesons, the status of exotica, and some related topics such as final state interactions. In this contribution we review and summarize the plenary talks presented by theorists at the meeting, and emphasize some of the main points of their presentations. Where appropriate we will add brief comments on some aspects of QCD spectroscopy. Finally, following tradition, we conclude with a new Feynman story.Comment: 4 pages, 1 Feynman story. Invited summary talk (theory) at the 9th International Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interactions MESON2006 (Krakow, 9-13 June 2006

‘Work’ is a Four Letter Word? Disability, Work and Welfare

[Excerpt] This chapter suggests that to overcome the problem of disabled people’s ongoing disadvantage in mainstream employment and, therefore, society, a radical alternative strategy is required that poses a direct challenge to orthodox thinking on work, and associate policies that centre almost exclusively on disabled workers. Building on long standing analyses from within the disability studies literature, it is argued that an holistic approach is needed that includes: a/ the reconfiguration of the meaning of work for disabled people; b/ the de-stigmatisation of associate welfare provision; and c/ that the theoretical and practical foundations for such an approach have already been laid (Abberley 2002: Barnes 2000: 2003: Oliver and Barnes 1998). It begins with an overview of theoretical considerations with reference to the concept of ‘independent living’ for disabled people and the social model of disability. Attention will then centre on the organisation of labour, the reconfiguring of work for disabled people, and its implications for work and welfare in the 21st century

MESON2000 Conference Summary

This short contribution is a {\it lite} MESON2000 conference summary. As appropriate for the 600th anniversary of the Jagellonian University, it begins with a brief summary of the last 600 years of European history and its place in hadron physics. Next a ``physicist chirality'' order parameter PC is introduced. When applied to MESON2000 plenary speakers this order parameter illustrates the separation of hadron physicists into disjoint communities. The individual plenary talks in MESON2000 are next sorted according to the subconference associated with each of the 36 plenary speakers. Finally, I conclude with a previously unreported Feynman story regarding the use of models in hadron physics.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, uses appolb.cps and epsfig. MESON2000 Conference Summary Tal

Independent Living, Politics and Implications

[Excerpt] The idea of ‘independent’ living as used by the disabled people’s movement around the world is a radical concept firmly rooted in the ideological, cultural and pragmatic traditions of western society. It is a radical concept because it poses a direct challenge to conventional thinking on disability and combines both an ideological and practical solution to the everyday environmental and cultural problems encountered by disabled people and their families. Furthermore, the notion of ‘independent living’ has the potential not only to enhance the quality of life of people directly affected by disability, but also that of other structurally disadvantaged groups such as women, minority ethnic groups, lesbians and gay men, and older people. In order to explain these claims this paper is divided into two main sections. The first part will examine orthodox thinking on disability and an alternative perspective developed by disabled people themselves. The second will focus on the concept of independent living and its impact on policy development. The conclusion will address the ideological, cultural and practical implications of these developments

Rational Z_p-Equivariant Spectra

We find a simple algebraic model for rational G-equivariant spectra, where G is the p-adic integers, via a series of Quillen equivalences. This model, along with an Adams short exact sequence, will allow us to easily perform constructions and calculations.Comment: 24 page

Exotics and all that

This invited contribution summarizes some of the more important aspects of exotics. We review theoretical expectations for exotic and nonexotic hybrid mesons, and briefly discuss the leading experimental candidate for an exotic, the pi_1(1600).Comment: 4 pages. Invited contribution to Electron-Nucleus Scattering VII, Elba, 24-28 June 200

Hadron-Hadron Scattering in the Nonrelativistic Quark Model

In this HADRON2001 contribution we summarize the status of our quark-model calculations of hadron-hadron scattering amplitudes in annihilation-free channels. The predictions are in reasonably good agreement with experimentally known S-wave meson-meson and meson-baryon phase shifts, and there are very recent indications that S-wave pi-omega scattering (extracted from FSIs in b_1 decay) may also be similar to our predictions. Finally, novel applications of this formalism to the dissociation cross sections of charmonia on light hadrons (relevant for QGP studies at RHIC) are discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Contribution to HADRON2001 (Protvino, Russia, 25 Aug. - 1 Sept. 2001

From Liberal Arts College to R1 University: Supporting OER in Different Institutional Contexts (Gettysburg College)

Outline and script of the author\u27s section of a presentation given with Amanda Larson, Open Education Librarian, Pennsylvania State University, at the 2018 PaLA College & Research Division Spring Workshop entitled “Open Educational Resources in Pennsylvania Academic Libraries. Focused on ways of supporting OER adoption and creation by faculty, topics discussed include the beginnings of OER and Open Access on campus, the role of Gettysburg College\u27s institutional repository, the design of a pilot faculty OER grant program, and identifying campus partners