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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/
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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/
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H.E.S.S. MEETING 2013
From April 22-26, 2013, the Chair of Theoretical Space and Astrophysics will host the Spring Meeting of the H.E.S.S. Collaboration. It has been held at the RUB Event Center.
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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/
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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.
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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
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INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM: JAPAN WEEK
The Interdisciplinary Symposium presents the scientific cooperation between RUB and its Japanese partner universities. German and Japanese scientists who work intensively together report on their cooperation experiences and present the results of their joint research. Students and scientists of all faculties who are working with Japanese partners, who are interested in a cooperation or who are interested in Japan-related research topics are cordially invited to attend the Interdisciplinary Symposium. This will have been held on Tuesday, Nov. 22 from 4-6 p.m. in the Event Center.
Prof. Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki (Faculty of Physics and Astronomy) will give a lecture on "Scientific Exchange with Japan in Plasma Physics and Technology".