Euroschool on exotic beams 2004
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11th Euro Summer School on Exotic Beams
University of Surrey, 19-27 Aug 2004 EuroSchool email address: euroschool@surrey.ac.uk |
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The school is now over and went well - despite a little typical English weather! See the links for photos and lecture viewgraphs. Next year the school will be held in Mainz, Germany. Latest News:
Important Information: This summer school is supported by the EU but to cover costs we need to charge an additional conference fee of 250 Euros, which we are prepared to waive provided appropriate justification is made. A limited number of travel bursaries are also available - see the application page for further details. Other travel costs and evening meals will remain the responsibility of the delegates.Special Topic:
This Euro School will have the special topic "Public Understanding of Nuclear Science". It has been
decided to replace the student talks with a half day workshop on public understanding.
The details are still to be finalised but the afternoon will probably consist of a talk by
experts in the field such as science magazine editors and journalists, and then each
delegate may write a press release about their own work for a lay audience.
Background: The School is intended for PhD students and young post-docs starting to work in the fields related to radioactive ion beams. It consists of six lecture courses given by specialists in the field, starting from a basic level. The School is an annual event, funded by the EU, that started off based at Leuven in Belgium. However, since 2000 it has travelled around various venues in Europe (Jyvaskyla, CERN, Valencia). This year it comes to the UK - note that it is not clashing with the UK postgraduate Summer School that runs in odd years. Each year, it attracts about 60-70 students from all over Europe.The production and use of energetic radioactive beams is a rapidly developing new field in Nuclear Physics, especially in Europe. Pioneering experiments are taking place, dedicated facilities are being commissioned and new facilities are proposed. Many workshops and conferences have been devoted to this new field and the senior scientists have ample opportunities to be informed on the latest developments. Ph.D. students and young post-docs encounter more difficulties to be introduced to this new area and to receive both the basic and the detailed information. The European Union has created the possibility to set up Euro Summer Schools where the leading scientists are brought together with the youngest scientists in a specific field. Scientific Committee of the Euro Summer School: J. Al-Khalili (Surrey, United Kingdom), J. Aysto (Jyvaskyla, Finland), M. Huyse (Leuven, Belgium) chair, A. Mueller (Orsay, France), K. Riisager (Aarhus, Denmark), E. Roeckl (Darmstadt, Germany), B. Rubio (Valencia, Spain), P. Van Duppen (Leuven, Belgium), A. Vitturi (Padova, Italy). Local Organising Committee: J.Al-Khalili, W.Gelletly, P.Regan, P.Stevenson, T.Baldwin, R.Gomery and D.Howell.
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