527th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar
Plasma and Radiation Environment in Astrospheres and Implications for the Habitability of Extrasolar Planets
10 - 15 March 2013, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany
Organization: PD Dr. Horst Fichtner & Dr. Klaus Scherer, Group Heliophysics, RUB
For this Heraeus seminar the emphasis is put on five key questions for the following topics:
Astrospheres: What is the spectrum of the cosmic ray flux outside an astrosphere and how is it transported through it?
Stellarspheres: How does the host star influence the exo-planetary environment by its electromagnetic radiation and energetic particle production?
Magnetospheres: What are the possible magnetosphere configurations of an exo-planet and what is its influence on the transport of energetic particles?
Atmospheres: How does the chemistry, the atmospheric dynamics and interaction with energetic particles influence the observability of an exo-planet?
Biospheres: Can possible signatures of life such as atmospheric ozone, methane be observed, and what is their possible contamination by energetic particle and radiation processes in the exo-planetary atmosphere?
http://helio_cr.tp4.rub.de/Heraeus/
Les Houches Winter school on plasma astrophysics
"The future of plasma astrophysics: Combining experiments, observations, simulations and theory"
February 25 - March 8 2013, Les Houches, France
(Organizers: F. Rincon, T. Passot, C. Forest, R. Grauer)
http://userpages.irap.omp.eu/~frincon/houches/
Junior scientist event WELTPP-15
The 15th Workshop on the Exploration of Low Temperature Plasma Physics (WELTPP-15) will be held on November 22nd and 23rd, 2012 at the old convent Rolduc in Kerkrade. This workshop is intended for active scientists working in the field of low temperature plasma physics.
http://www.tue.nl/fileadmin/content/faculteiten/tn/PMP/Guidelines__PMP__TuMo_/announcement.pdf
17. European Summer School
17. European Summer School, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, 6.-13. Oktober 2012
“Low Temperature Plasma Physics: Basics and Applications” (6.-11. Oktober) und Masterclass "Plasma and Envorinment" (12./13. Oktober)
http://www.plasma-school.org/
Workshop “Stability and Instabilities of Microplasmas”
The research group FOR1123 "Physics of Microplasmas" is organizing an international workshop on "Stability and Instabilities of Microplasmas" at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum from 30.05.-01.06.2012. This workshop has been held on 31.05. and 01.06. at the Veranstaltungszentrum (VZ) of the RUB in room 82. Guests will be
- Peter Bruggeman, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (NL)
- Remi Dussart, Groupe de Recherches sur l'Energétique des Milieux Ionisés (GREMI), Université d'Orléans (F)
- Satoshi Hamaguchi, Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University (J)
- Ömer Ilday, Bilkent University Ankara (T)
- Mark Kushner, Mich. Inst. for Plasma Sci. & Engr. (MIPSE), University of Michigan (USA)
- Yi-Kang Pu, Tsinghua University (CH)
- Nader Sadeghi (F)
http://www.for1123.rub.de
Workshop
Workshop "Plasma & Bio"
On March 9, 2012, the first "Plasma & Bio" workshop will have been held in NDEF 06/780 (Microbiology seminar room).
http://www.rd.rub.de/plasma/news/2012/news00065.html
IBEX SWT and Workshop "Three Years of Observations with IBEX - What did we learn about the Outer Heliosphere?"
Date: 28 - 31 March 2012, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany
Three years after the successful launch of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) and, thus, after three years of measurements of Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs), it is time to critically assess what new insights into the physics of the outer heliosphere and its boundaries have been gained from this mission. Such assessment will be valuable because the science of IBEX is related to several central topics of present heliophysical research, namely
(i) the plasma and magnetic field structure of the outer heliosphere and the local interstellar medium,
(ii) the details of the interaction between the solar and the so-called interstellar wind,
(iii) the global properties of the termination shock and the heliopause, and
(iv) the transport of suprathermal particles.
Due to the expertise of the IBEX team participants and the invited international scientists, that ranges from theory and numerical modelling to `remote' observations and in-situ measurements, the workshop will cover all aspects of these research topics.
The participation in the workshop is by invitation only.
http://helio_cr.tp4.rub.de/BadHonnef/index.php
JAN BENEDIKT AT THE SCIENTIFIC KICK OFF MEETING OF THE COST ACTION: BIO-PLASMA MP1101
The scientific kick off meeting of the COST Action: Bio-Plasma MP1101 has been organised in Bari, Italy, on February 16th/17th, 2012. The main goals of this action are to intensify the knowledge base relevant to medical and biomedical applications of atmospheric pressure plasma technology within Europe, and to raise the general awareness of the potential of this technology via the establishment of a communication platform. The network is looking towards early exploitation of plasma treatment techniques with enormous potential for patient care, particularly to reduce infection, enhance the speed of wound healing and treat cancer. The COST Action is divided into four workgroups: WG1: Plasma Therapeutics, WG2: Functional Coatings for Biomaterials, WG3: Bio-Plasma Interactions, and WG4: Plasma Sources for Biomedical Applications. The group of Jun.-Prof. Benedikt is with its unique atmospheric pressure X-Jet involved in the analysis of plasma sources for biomedical applications. This research is performed in close collaboration with Jun.-Prof. Julia Bandow and Prof. Peter Awakowicz, both located at RUB, and Dr. Ralf Möller (German Aerospace Centre in Cologne).
Junior scientist event WELTPP-14
The 14th Workshop on the Exploration of Low Temperature Plasma Physics (WELTPP-14) will be held on December 1st and 2nd, 2011 at the old convent Rolduc in Kerkrade. This workshop is intended for active scientists working in the field of low temperature plasma physics.
The aim of this workshop is to create a forum for young low temperature plasma scientists, that is graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, to meet, learn from each other, exchange knowledge, present results and establish new contacts. The emphasis is on the presentation of the work of the people new in this field. The meeting will be a two days session starting on Thursday before lunch and finishing on Friday afternoon.
The program can be found here.
http://www.phys.tue.nl/EPG/WELTPP/
CALIFA CONSORTIUM MEETING IN LA LAGUNA
The CALIFA collaboration will celebrate a 2nd Busy Week the 29th of November to the 2nd of December 2011 (both included). PD Dr. Dominik Bomans is going to participate in that meeting.
The main goals of this meeting are: To put in common the current status of the first generation of science articles, stimulating the collaboration between the different groups and to prepare the data release of the first data sets.
Fall meeting Plasma Germany at the RUB
The fall meeting of the Competence Network for Plasma Surface Technology will have been held on November 14-15, 2011 at the Chair of Applied Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology (AEPT) of the Ruhr-University Bochum (Building ID / Floor 03 / Room 653).
http://www.plasmagermany.org/ak-sitzungen-details/items/herbstsitzung-2011.html
16. European Summer School
16. European Summer School, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, 8.-15. Oktober 2011
“Low Temperature Plasma Physics: Basics and Applications” 8.-13. Oktober) und
Masterclass "Plasma Coatings on Polymers" (14./15. Oktober)
http://plasma-school.org