# 12 GeV CEBAF - The Physics and Experiments

## TL;DR

This paper discusses the role of spin and polarization in experiments at the 12 GeV CEBAF accelerator, focusing on understanding the internal structure of protons and neutrons and exploring fundamental hadron properties.

## Contribution

It presents the experimental and theoretical perspectives on spin physics at CEBAF, emphasizing the potential to uncover multi-dimensional hadron structures and quark confinement mechanisms.

## Key findings

- Insights into spin's role in baryon excitation
- Potential to image quark-gluon distributions
- Understanding forces and confinement in hadrons

## Abstract

In this talk the role of spin and polarization is discussed in experimental search for new excited baryon states and in the study of the internal quark-gluon structure of the proton and neutron. Also the perspective of spin physics at the 12 GeV CEBAF electron accelerator is discussed and what we hope to learn about fundamental properties of hadrons such as their multi-dimensional structure through the momentum and spatial imaging, and about the forces on the quarks in the proton and how quark confinement may be realized through the spatial distribution of such forces.