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From bt@irfu.se Mon Mar 13 13:16:59 1995
From: "Bo Thide'" <bt@irfu.se>
Organization: Swedish Institute of Space Physics, S-755 91 Uppsala, Sweden
Subject: 2nd Volga International Space Plasma Physics Summer School

As announced earlier, the 2nd Volga International Summer School on Space
Plasma Physics will be held in June this year. This is an updated final
announcement. If you use the world-wide-web (www), you may wish to consult
the summer school www home page http://hybrid.irfu.se/Volga95/info.html and
the pertinent subpages. These www pages are updated on a daily basis and
also contain an easy-to-use on-line registration application form.

We would appreciate it if you pass on this information to colleagues whom
you think might be interested in the Summer School.

If this message is of no interest to you, please delete it. We apologise
for any inconvenience.

Bo Thide' Lev Erukhimov
Co-charimen, organising committee
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FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
UPDATE

Second Volga International Summer School
on Space Plasma Physics

Nizhniy Novgorod/Volga River, Russia, June, 13-21, 1995

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 1995

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: MAY 1, 1995

WWW PAGE: http://hybrid.irfu.se/Volga95/info.html


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

S. Basu (USA) D. Melrose (Australia)
T. Chang (USA) H. Pécseli (Norway)
L. Duncan (USA) M. Pick (France)
L. Erukhimov (Russia) S. Polyakov (Russia)
J. Foster (USA) V. Radhakrishnan (India)
V. Ginzburg (Russia) R. Ramaty (USA)
A. Gurevich (Russia) B. Thidé (Sweden)
T. Hagfors (Germany) Y. Uchida (Japan)
V. Zheleznyakov (Russia)


THE PURPOSE OF THESE SUMMER SCHOOLS, held every second summer and
organised jointly by the Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI),
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia and the Uppsala Division of the Swedish
Institute of Space Physics (IRFU), Uppsala, Sweden, is to give an
introduction to modern space plasma physics and problems related to
electromagnetic radiation and interaction processes in space and
astrophysical plasma by bringing together experienced researchers, young
scientists and scholars in astrophysics, space physics and plasma
physics for a fruitful exchange of ideas across areas of interest,
language, culture and age barriers.

THE TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE linear and non-linear plasma physics, waves
and radiation phenomena in plasma, waves in random media and turbulence,
ionospheric, magnetospheric and heliospheric plasma, solar and stellar
coronal plasma, plasma under extreme conditions in space, space plasma
radio emission, radio and radar methods for investigating space plasma
environments, ionospheric modification, and the use of the Earth's
ionosphere and magnetosphere as a space plasma laboratory for model
experiments simulating phenomena in other plasma environments

THE REGULAR SESSIONS will be in the form of general lectures and
tutorial talks. In addition, participants are welcome to sumbit
abstracts if they so wish. Their accepted contributions will be
presented in special oral or poster sessions.

THE SCHOOL WILL BE HELD ONBOARD A CRUISE SHIP on the mighty Volga river,
``The Mother of Russia''. The starting point is Nizhniy Novgorod
(formerly Gor'kiy), an old city with approximately 2 million
inhabitants, situated on the banks of the Volga and Oka rivers 400 km
east of Moscow, and a Russian centre for higher education and research.

EACH PARTICIPANT WILL BE MET PERSONALLY upon arrival at the Sheremetyevo
airport in Moscow. From there the participants are transported by
chartered bus to Moscow and further by a special over night train to
Nizhniy Novgorod to board the chartered ship there. At the end of the
school, the return travel will be organised in a similar manner. The
first Volga Summer School (ISS93) attracted more than 130 participants
from all over the world.


PRELIMINARY LIST OF GENERAL LECTURES (as of March 1, 1995)

1. Vitaliy Ginzburg (Russia)
Radiation by Uniformly Moving Sources.

2. Peter Stubbe (Germany)
Stimulated Electromagnetic Emission near Gyroharmonics, and its Physical
Implications.

3. Tom Chang (USA)
Low-Dimensional Behavior and Symmetry Breaking of Stochastic
Systems near Criticality--Can These Effects be Observed in Space
and in the Laboratory?

4. Helmut O. Rucker (Austria)
Non-Thermal Planetary Radio Emission.

5. Loukas Vlahos (Greece)
Particle Acceleration and Radiation from Complex Active Regions and
Turbulent Flows.

6. Costas E. Alissandrakis (Greece)
One of:
Large Scale Structure of the Solar Corona from Metric Radio
Observations.
Magnetic Fields in the Solar Corona.
Plasma Flows in Chromospheric Structures Under the Influence of the
Magnetic Field.

7. John Foster (USA)
Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Coupling Phenomena at Mid Latitudes: Incoherent
Scatter Radar and Satellite Techniques and Results.

8. Michael J. Rycroft (UK)
Some Current Challenges in Space Plasma Physics.

9. Yutaka Uchida (Japan)
Plasma Processes in the Solar Atmosphere as Revealed by the Solar X-ray
Satellite Yohkoh.

10. Umran Inan (USA)
VLF Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere and the Radiation Belts.

11. Christian Hanuise (France)
Coherent Scattering of the Ionospheric Plasma and its Relation to
Collective Diffusion.

12. Aleksander V. Stepanov (Ukraine)
Polarization of the Flaring Radio Emission from Red Dwarfs.

13. Vladimir Talanov and Evgeniy Gromov (Russia)
High-Frequency Pulses in Nonhomogeneous Plasma with Pondermotive
Nonlinearity.

14. David Nunn (UK)
Nonlinear Cyclotron Resonance in the VLF Band.

15. Lev Zelenyi (Russia)
Regular and Chaotic Dynamics of Magnetotail Plasma.

16. Andrzej Wernik (Poland)
On the Chaotic (Stochastic) Behaviour of High-Latitude Ionospheric Plasma
Turbulence (tentative).

17. Einar Mjølhus (Norway)
The Theory of Electrostatic Excitations in Ionospheric Radio Experiments.

18. Henry Aurass (Germany)
On Phenomena of Plasmaphysical Interest Deduced from Investigation of the
Solar Corona by Dm/m-wave Radio Spectroscopy and Heliography.

19. Karl Schindler (Germany)
Formation of Structure in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas, Using the
Magnetosphere as a Base.

20. Takao Tanikawa (Japan)
Some Laboratory Experiments Which Might be Relevant to Space Plasma
Physics.

21. Francesco Califano (Italy)
Induced Deposition of Magnetic Energy in the Solar Corona.

22. Gottfried Mann, E. Marsch, and P. Hackenberg (Germany)
Waves in Multi-Component Plasmas.

23. Valeriy Zaitsev (Russia)
Microwave and X-ray Diagnostics of Solar Flares.

24. Vladimir Zheleznyakov (Russia)
Plasma Envelopes of Magnetic White Dwarfs.

25. Victor Trakhtengerts (Russia)
Wave-Wave Interactions in the Whistler Frequency Range in Space Plasma.

26. Dmitriy Varshalovich and Aleksander Potekhin (Russia)
Astrophysical Testing of Possible Variability of Fundamental Physical
Constants over Cosmological Time-Scales.

27. Aleksander Gurevich and Kyril Zybin (Russia)
Analytical Theory of Large-Scale Structure in the Universe.

28. Alexei Danilov (Russia)
Plasma Physics Problems in the Ionospheric Studies.

29. Mukal Kundu (USA)
Solar Coronal Transients in Radio and X-rays (tentative).

30. Nickoly Borisov (Russia)
E-Region Turbulence Induced by the Turbulence of the Neutral Atmosphere.

31. Samuel Rybak (Russia)
Nonlinear Waves in Media with Resonance Dispersion.

32. Rashid Sunyaev (Russia)
Observational Manifestation of Black Holes with Accretion: X-ray Data from
the ``Granat'' and ``Mir-Quant'' Satellites (tentative).

33. Yuriy Yampolski (Ukraine)
Interaction Between ELF (Schumann Resonance) and HF in an Undisturbed
Ionosphere.

34. Ene Ergma (Estonia)
Millisecond Pulsars and Low Mass X-Ray Binaries.

35. Donald Farley (USA)
Probing a Plasma with an Incoherent Scatter Radar: Techniques and
Limitations

36. Bo Thidé (Sweden)
Using the Earth's Ionosphere as a Giant Laboratory for Studies of
Controlled Excitation of Space Plasma Radio Emission.

37. Lev Erukhimov (Russia)
Low-Frequency Turbulence in Space Plasma (tentative).


TO REGISTER for the Second Volga International Summer School on Space
Plasma Physics, please submit your application for registration before
March 15, 1995. The most convenient way to do this (both for you and
the organising committee) is to fill out the World-Wide-Web (WWW) page
form http://hybrid.irfu.se/Volga95/Registration.html and then click the
preview button near the end of that WWW page. Once you have submiited
your application electronically in this way and it has been checked, you
will immediately get an automatic confirmation that we have received it.

IF WWW REGISTRATION IS NOT AN OPTION FOR YOU, we will of course accept
registration via e-mail or ordinary postal mail. Please be sure to give
your name, title, citizenship, passport number (optional), full postal
address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address, cabin preference
(DeLuxe, First Class, or Second Class) and name(s) of accompanying
person(s). If you wish to make a presentation, include the title,
author(s) and author address(es) of your abstract. The deadline for the
abstract proper is May 1, 1995. For your convenience, an e-mail version
of the application form is attached below.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Lev M. Erukhimov, Co-chairman Bo Thidé, Co-chairman
Radiophysical Research Institute Swedish Institute of Space Physics
ul. B. Pecherskaya 25/14 Uppsala Division
603024 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia S-755 91 Uppsala, Sweden
Phone: [+7] 8312-36 01 88 Phone: [+46] 18-30 36 71
Fax: [+7] 8312-36 99 02 Fax: [+46] 18-40 31 00
E-mail: le@nirfi.nnov.su E-mail: bt@irfu.se



REGISTRATION FORM

Second Volga International Summer School
on Space Plasma Physics

Nizhniy Novgorod/Volga River, Russia, June, 13-21, 1995

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PERSONAL DATA

Your family (last) name and title:
Prof Dr Mr Ms

Your given (first) name and gender:
Male Female

Your citizenship and (if not Russian) your passport number:(optional):


Full name of accompanying person (optional):
Male Female

Accompanying person's citizenship and passport number:

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YOUR POSTAL AND ELECTRONIC ADDRESSES, PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS

Institution/Affiliation (optional):


Department/Section (optional):


Street/P.O. Box address:


City (including postal code/zip code):


Country:


Internet e-mail address:


WWW/HTTP home page URL (optional):


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YOUR CABIN PREFERENCE

The conference fee (including registration fee, full board and lodging
for the entire period of the Summer School, the train fare from Moscow
to Nizhniy Novgorod and back and costs for other local travels
assocaited with the School) is estimated at US$ 700 for single occupancy
in a first class cabin and at US$ 500 for double occupancy in a second
class cabin. The attendance is limited to circa 200 participants total
and will be granted on a first come/first served basis. A limited
number of student grants for partial financial support are available.

Cabin class:
DeLuxe First Class Second Class

Cabin occupancy:
Single Double

If double occupancy, person to share cabin with (enter name or
``Anybody''):


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OTHER

If you want to make a presentation, please give here the title, atuthor
name(s) and author adress(es) of your abstract:


Indicate here what financial support you need from the Summer School
organisers in order to be able to participate:


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