International Conference on
Beauty, Charm, and Hyperons in Hadronic Interactions (BEACH)
Introduction
The twelveth edition of the International Conference on Beauty, Charm, and
Hyperons in Hadronic Interactions (BEACH 2016) will take place 12 - 18
June 2016, on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University (GMU),
in Northern Virginia. The biennial conference provides theorists and
experimentalists an opportunity to review and discuss a broad range of
topics in flavor physics. Typically, more than 100 physicists attend.
Special effort is made to attract younger scientists, particularly those
from developing countries and other underrepresented groups.
Topics (Among Others)
Topics typically covered during the week-long, plenary sessions-only
conference include:
- Hadron production and decays
- Heavy quarks, quarkonium, and hyperons
- Electroweak measurements
- Neutrinos
- Symmetry violation
- Lattice and non-relativistic QCD
- Physics beyond the Standard Model
- New facilities and projects
Goals
The Standard Model is now both complete and insufficient.
Its limitations and extensions will be made manifest by
probing nature at ever shorter distance scales in two complementary ways:
higher energies and higher precision. By periodically assembling a
broad range of theorists and experimentalists exploring the forefront
of both energy and precision thresholds in a collaborative environment,
the BEACH series uniquely considers future opportunities in flavor
physics in the context of the most recent results. The structure of
BEACH conferences fosters the dissemination of new results and ideas
as well as the formation and strengthening of scientific collaboration. All
BEACH conference sessions are plenary, which place all presenters on
the same footing and mix experiment and theory. BEACH conferences
traditionally support young and underrepresented scientists, as well as
those from emerging economies, and rapidly publish proceedings.
Previous Editions
BEACH 2014 - Birmingham, UK
BEACH 2012 – Wichita, KS, USA
BEACH 2010 – Perugia, Italy
BEACH 2008 – Columbia, SC, USA
BEACH 2006 – Lancaster, UK
BEACH 2004 – Chicago, IL, USA
BEACH 2002 – Vancouver, Canada
BEACH 2000 – Valencia, Spain
BEACH 1998 – Genoa, Italy
BEACH 1996 – Montreal, Canada
BEACH 1995 – Strasbourg, France
