Hadrons in Medium -- Theory meets Experiment

Abstract

In this talk I give a short review of theoretical results on the properties of hadrons in cold, equilibrium nuclear matter. I then discuss the observable consequences of any changes of these properties inside the medium in actual experiments. I demonstrate that any experimental verification of in-medium effects requires a state-of-the-art treatment of the reaction dynamics and, in particular, also the final state interactions.

Comments: Invited talk at MENU07, Juelich, Germany, Sept. 2007; ref added