Summary of the 9th International Workshop on Polarized Solid State Targets and Techniques

The workshop was held in Bad Honnef, Germany, from October the 27th to the 29th 2003. Remarkable progress has been made in the field of polarized solid targets since the preceding workshop in 1996. We now have a deeper understanding of the physics of dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), resulting in new highly polarizable deuteron target materials doped using chemicals or radiation. Polarization measurements, usually done using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), can now be further improved to yield unprecedented levels of precision. Equally important advances have been achieved concerning other parts of the instrumentation of a polarized solid target, leading to target setups that are better matched to the requirements of present and future particle physics experiments.