Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to participate in the workshop on “Probing Neutron-Proton Pair Correlations – pairing models, cross section measurements and reaction mechanisms” which will be held at RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan on November 19-20, 2010.

The workshop program is posted on the webpage http://indico.riken.jp/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=285. To attend, please register at the workshop webpage. The registration deadline is November 12, 2010.

The workshop format will be based on invited talks and discussion sections. All the abstracts will be available in the workshop webpage in early November.

Invited speakers include:

G. F. Bertsch (U. Wash, USA)

M. Horoi (CMU, USA)

A. O. Macchiavelli (LBNL, USA)

M. Matsuo (Niigate, Japan)

J. Meng (Peking, China)

Y. Sun (SJTU, China)

I. J. Thompson (LLNL, USA)

J. A. Tostevin (Surrey, UK)

P. Van Isacker (GANIL, France).

In addition, open sections are arranged for short talks related to neutron-proton pairing from participants. Please email us your abstract by November 5 if you are interested in giving a presentation. np-pairing10@ribf.riken.jp

We look forward to your participation in the workshop and the interdisciplinary studies for advancing our knowledge of neutron-proton correlations.