TA-DPG-2017-006

***** Canceled ***** The Standard Model of particle physics leaves open questions related to Quantum Chromodynamics in the non-perturbative regime, like the formation of hadronic matter, the spectrum of hadronic states, etc. Low energy accelerators like the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPCII) with the BESIII spectrometer and the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) with the PANDA detector in Darmstadt, can address these questions. BEPCII operates at √s between 2 to 4.6 GeV/c2 and achieved the design luminosity of 1.0× 1033 cm−2s−1. BESIII is a multi-purpose cylindrical detector with 93% of 4π geometrical acceptance and has collected, e.g. the largest exclusive charmonium data sets. These data allow to address a broad range of physics topics with high precision, like charmonium and charm physics, hadron studies, determination of the tau mass, R measurements, and investigations of the XYZ particles. FAIR will provide PANDA with antiproton beams of unprecedented intensity (luminosities up to 2 × 1032 cm−2s−1) and momentum resolution (Δ p/p = 10−5), corresponding to √s = 2.25 to 5.47 GeV/c2. PANDA will be a state-of-the-art, fixed proton targed experiment with a detector designed for a wide physics program including spectroscopy of QCD bound states, hadron structure measurements, production of hyperons and the study of the properties of hadrons in medium. In this talk, the BESIII and PANDA experiments will be described together with aspects of their physics programs and a selection of their results and expectations.