FIRST CIRCULAR

 SPARC Topical Workshop

 "Atomic Physics in Strong Fields"

 September 6 – 11, 2005, Mazurian Lakes, PIASKI, Poland

 

Dear Colleague,

We would like to invite you to the SPARC topical workshop

 "Atomic Physics in Strong Fields"

to be held from September 6 – 11, 2005, organized as a satellite meeting of the XXIX Mazurian Lakes Conference of Physics (http://zfjavs.fuw.edu.pl/mazurian/mazurian.html).

The workshop will focus on the following topics of the SPARC project:

  • Tests of Bound State QED
  •  Ions in Strong Laser-Fields
  • Dynamics in Atomic Collisions
  • Technical Development of Experimental Tools

Tentative list of speakers:

K. Blaum (Mainz), F. Bosch (GSI), S. Fritzsche (Kassel), K. Hencken (Basel), O. Kester (Frankfurt), G. Lanzano (Catania), E. Lindroth (Stockholm), M. Pajek (Kielce), G. Plunien (Dresden), R. Potvliege (Durham), R. Moshammer (Heidelberg), A. Müller (Giessen), H. Rothard (Ganil), J. Rzadkiewicz (Swierk), D. Schneider (Livermore), U. Schramm (München), V. Shabaev (St. Petersburg), E. Silver (Harvard-Smithsonian), V. Yerokhin (St. Petersburg)

The aim of the Workshop is to:

  • discuss the physics and goals of selected SPARC projects
  • inform you about the present status of the GSI future facility FAIR
  • inform you about the current developments and the status of the various SPARC working groups
  • look over the financial resources and funding issues of SPARC

If you have any additional suggestions to be discussed during the meeting, please let us know.

The workshop will offer the opportunity to present and discuss future plans and ideas.


ORGANIZATION and REGISTRATION

Further information can be found at http://www.gsi.de/fair/experiments/sparc/ which will be updated regularly.

Please use the web site http://zfjavs.fuw.edu.pl/mazurian/mazurian.html to register for the workshop and to obtain all information concerning travel, accommodation and required payments.

DEADLINES

Registration:           June 30th

CONTACT

Katarzyna Delegacz
 The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies
 Hoza 69
 00-681 Warsaw
 Poland

phone:          (++ 48 22) 718 05 83
fax:                 (++ 48 22) 779 34 81
e-mail:           mazurian@fuw.edu.pl

IMPORTANT

If you need a Polish visa please contact Katarzyna Delegacz (mazurian@fuw.edu.pl) as soon as possible for the corresponding invitation letter required at the Polish embassy or consulate.

We are looking forward to see you in Piaski.

With warm regards,

Reinhold Schuch & Thomas Stöhlker