Olejar Books

This conference covers the up-to-date research done in the physics of quarks and their role as ultimate constituents of matter. Quarks are the building blocks not only of everyday matter but also of short-lived particles. They possess the unique property of being confined inside particles and hence able to elude, up to now, any attempt to isolate them. They are glued together to ensembles of twos (quark-antiquark) and threes by a force mediated by gluons (who, by themselves, are also confined). This conference focused on the physics arising from such objects and its relation with particle physics, astrophysics, and nuclear physics. It is of interest to all theoreticians and experimentalists working in these areas.