unintended bias in the selection of EPS Workshop speakers, exacerbated by the fact that Associate Members the representatives on the Programme Organised primarily for the Associate Newest Associate Member of EPS is: Committee from the East and South Members of the European Physical Society a DFVLR-Deutsche Forschungs- und Workshop on Low Resolution Pyroelectric Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt aV. were, for various reasons, unable to par­ Arrays: Material, Signal Analysis, Integra­ ticipate very actively in its work. In order Linder Höhe, D-Köln-Porz tion and Application, as announced by We apologise for omitting from the list of Asso­ to achieve the desired balance in the ACAPPI to Council at its meeting in March ciate Members published in June: future, I believe that it is vital that the (Europhys. News, 17 (1986)5, 58) will be IMEC-Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica- scientific communities from these re­ held in Bad Honnef, FRG from 26 to 29 April Centrum VZW gions play a more active role in its prepa­ 1987. Kapeldreef 75 ration, particularly by sending in more This is the first of what is intended to be a B-3030 Leuven suggestions for invited speakers. running series devoted to fields of physics Much of the success of the Stock­ which are emerging from the laboratory into holm Conference was due to Hermann applications, or where particular problem Recent Elections areas of common interest to a number of our Since publishing the June Directory the follo­ Grimmeiss, the Conference Chairman, Associate Members have been identified. wing changes have been notified to the Secre­ and Goran Grimvall, the Chairman of the Although the meetings are not rigorously tariat: Local Organizing Committee, who were restricted to Associate Members, they will have priority when places are reserved. At­ Astronomy and Astrophysics Division: willing to take infinite pains to ensure Following the elections within the Board: that everything functioned smoothly. I tendance is limited to about 40 people. Ch. M.C.E. Huber am grateful both to them and to the Pro­ The aim of the Bad Honnef workshop is to Institut für Astronomie gramme Committee for an unusually bring together people interested in the re­ ETH Zentrum pleasant and constructive collaboration. search and development of pyroelectric and CH-8092 Zürich The CMD General Conference is now infrared detector arrays and their industrial T. (1) 256 3813/3632 Tx. 531 178 eth bi firmly established as an annual event applications for an exchange of information Sec. G. Bignami and to gain an overview of the field and its Istituto Fisica Cosmica whose future success seems assured. newest developments. The major presenta­ CNR At the time of his retirement as Chair­ tions will be given by invited specialists, but 15/A via Bassini, I-20133 Milano man of the CMD Board, it is appropriate contributed presentations will also be wel­ T. (2) 29 96 53 Tx. 313 839 muacnr to recall that the series was started come. Plasma Physics Division through the initiative and enthusiasm of Further information on the scientific prog­ K. Appert of the CRPP, Lausanne combines the Jozef Devreese. ramme can be obtained from H. Melchior, position of Vice-Chairman and Treasurer. D. ETH, Zurich and on the practical organisa­ Sweetman of the Culham Laboratory remains a A.R. Mackintosh tion from the EPS Secretariat. member of the Board.

New Members of the European Physical Society

CATEGORY 4a) Norwegian Physical Society Spanish Royal Society of J. Nührenberg, Garching, D F. Blum, Aachen O. Kjeldseth-Moe, Oslo Physics Ch. Serre, Geneva, CH Ch. Heiden, Giessen R. W. Time, Stavanger J.S. Dehesa, Granada Y.K. Sharma, Garching, D S. Hunklinger, Heidelberg A. Ruiz, Santander K. Mavrommatis, Aachen Physical Section, Union of CATEGORY 4c) Czechoslovak Mathematicians Swiss Physical Society Hellenic Physical Society and Physicists J. Pantoflicek, Prague D. Issler, Bern R. Gastmans, Leuven A.C. Cefalas, Athens J.-B. Jeanneret, Geneva P. Marage, Brussels M. Kompitsas, Athens E.J. Petit, Namur Polish Physical Society C. Pierre, Brussels The F. Bylicki, Torun C. Waelkens, Heverlee R.J. Cashmore, Oxford W. Debski, Warsaw CATEGORY 4d) R. Garcia-Molina, Alacant, E T. Goworek, Lublin American Physical Society M. Lakshmanan, Tiruchirapalli, J. Karwowski, Torun B. Bederson, New York, NY A. Winter, Copenhagen India S. Legowski, Torun A. P. de Ruiter, Amsterdam, NL D. J. Pritchard, Southampton K.W. Lesniak, Warsaw F.B. Marcus, Lausanne, CH Eötvös Lorand Physical Society J.C. Schoutten, Oxford K. Meres, Krakow M. Fried, Budapest J. Okolowicz, Krakow V. Nemeth, Budapest Israel Physical Society R.S. Romaniuk, Warsaw French Optical Society G. Alexander, Tel-Aviv J. Szudy, Torun B. Fillol, Paris French Physical Society J.P. Gauthier, Pomponne M. Aboites, Mexico City, Portuguese Physical Society R. Genisson, Paris Mexico F. Casagrande, Milan A. Correia-Diogo, Lisbon D. Gerbet, Arcueil I. Abram, St. Cloud M. Milani, Milan M. de J. De Matos Gomes, J.-P. Herriau, Orsay J. Baudon, Paris E. Sindoni, Milan Braga M. May, Paris Ch. Bonnelle, Paris J.M. Monteiro Moreira, Porto J. Moirez, Paris Ph. Brassier, Gif-sur-Yvette The Netherlands' Physical V.J. Rocha Vieira, Lisbon J. Morhange, Marseille F. Cyrot, Grenoble Society M. Telo Da Gama, Lisbon M. Papuchon, Orsay J.M. Dilhac, Toulouse T.J.H. Donné, Nieuwegein A. Vallera, Lisbon F. Samuel, Les Ulis F. Nallet, Bordeaux W. van Neerven, Leiden R. Stehlé, Bois Colombes E. Pauli, Paris J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Romanian National Committee F. Tasset, Grenoble Saint Egrève, F for Physics Australian Institute of Physics J. Teillet, Mt. St. Aignan W.T. Wenckebach, Leiden M. Apostol, Bucharest M.M. Kaila, Lae, Papua, C. Wolff, Mulhouse E. Westerhof, Utrecht I. Baldea, Bucharest New Guinea 98