About
The aim of the Spin Physics Community represented here is to study Spin phenomena in particle and nuclear physics as well as those in related fields. Spin - the intrinsic angular momentum of point-like particles - is a fundamental property of elementary constituents of matter like leptons or quarks and, in a more general sense, of composite systems like nucleons or nuclei.
Spin Physics is discussed at biennial ''Spin Physics Symposia'' which emerged from two Conference Series
- Symposia on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions (every 5 years, 1960 - 1994)
- Symposia on High Energy Spin Physics (every 2 years, 1974 - 1998)
Starting in 2000 at Osaka, the Series was
continued as ''International Symposia on Spin Physics''.
In parallel, Workshops on the development of experimental or theoretical methods to perform or analyze Spin experiments are being organized, e.g. on
- Polarized beams (ions, electrons, neutrons, antiprotons etc)
- Polarized targets (dynamically or brute force polarized solid targets, gas targets)
- Polarimetry of beams and targets
- Theory of Spin experiments
The series of Spin Physics Symposia and
Workshops is organized by the ''International Spin
Physics Committee''. The scientific programs of
these meetings include topics related to spin phenomena in
particle and nuclear physics as well as those in related
fields.
The ISPC chooses the site of the next Spin Physics Symposium and that of the the Spin Workshops. It makes sure that Local Organizing Committee for each meeting invites participants and speakers in a balanced manner according to the IUPAP rules, and that the organizers appropriately publish and distribute copies of the Symposium or Workshop Proceedings to each participant.