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10-15 Feb. Hamilton, New Zealand 10-12 March Giessen, FRG 4th Int. Symp. on Quantum Optics Kristallographie (DPG) Conferences D.F. Walls, Dept. of Physics, University of Waikato, R. Hoppe, Inst. f. Anorganische und Analytische Hamilton Chemie der Universität, IUPAP Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, D-6300 Giessen 1986 Ab: 1.12.85 5- 18 Jan. Aspen, CO, USA 17-22 Feb. Les Houches, France 1986 Aspen Winter Physics Conference Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Astrophysics 10- 14 March Mainz, FRG Week 1 : The Early Universe N. Boccara, Centre de Physique, F-74310 Les Houches Int. Conf. on a European Hadron Facility Week 2: Particle Physics 60 / FF 2300.— incl. board, lodg. F. Scheck, Inst. f. Physik, Johannes Gutenberg M.M. Block, Dept. of Physics, Northwestern University, Universität, POB 3980, D-6500 Mainz Evanston, IL 60201 24- 26 Feb. Atlanta, GA, USA 65 each week OFC '86 — Optical Fiber Communication 11- 13 March Oldenburg, FRG Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, Akustik (DAGA '86) 6- 10 Jan. Cuernavaca, Mexico N.W., Washington, DC 20036 V. Meller, FB 8 Physik der Universität, 2nd Int. Conference on Quantum Chaos US$ 170.- before 24.1.86; 190.- after; POB 2503, D-2900 Oldenburg 4th Int. Colloquium on Statistical Nuclear Physics 50.- students before 24.1.86 ; 70.- after Ab: 1.12.85 T.H. Seligman, Instituto de Fisica, UNAM, Apdo. Postal 20-364, 01000 México, D.F. 25- 28 Feb. Vienna, Austria 11- 20 March Les Houches, France A: 1.10.85 / Ab: 20.10.85 / 150 / US$ 70.- Wire Chamber Conference Aperiodic Crystals Inst. of High Energy Phys. Austrian Acad. of Sci., N. Boccara, Centre de Physique, F-74310 Les Houches 6 Jan. - 28 Feb. Santa Barbara & Oxnard, CA, USA Nikolsdorferg. 18, A-1050 Wien PP / 60 / inv. / FF 3000. - ; incl. board, lodg. Winter Session, Gordon Research Conferences A: Dec. '85 /Ab: Nov. '85/ 250/ Alexander M. Cruickshank, Director, Gordon Research SFR 180.- incl. proc.; 60.- students 12- 14 March Giessen, FRG Conferences, Gordon Research Center, Univ. of Fachdidaktik der Physik Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881 25 Feb. - 6 March Les Houches, France W. Kuhn, Universität, Karl-Glöckner-Strasse 21, A : 3 weeks prior to conf. / NP / inv. Biophysical Effects of Steady Magnetic Fields Haus C, D-6300 Giessen N. Boccara, Centre de Physique, F-74310 Les Houches Ab: 1.12.85 7- 10 Jan. San Diego, CA, USA PP / 60 / inv. / FF 3000. -; incl. board, lodg. Dynamics Days La Jolla 12-14 March Kaiserslautern, FRG Robert H.G. Helleman, La Jolla Inst., 26- 28 Feb. Atlanta, GA, USA Polymerphysik 3252 Holiday Court, La Jolla, CA 92037 IGWO '86 — Topical Meeting on Integrated and Guided H.G. Kilian, Abt. f. Exp. Physik der Universität, NP/ 130/ US$ 35.- Wave Optics Oberer Eselsberg, D-7900 Ulm 13-16 Jan. Grenoble, France Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, Ab: 1.12.85 Viscoelasticity of Polymeric Liquids N.W., Washington, DC 20036 J.M. Pfair, Inst. de Mécanique, POB 68, Prices: see OFC '86 16-19 March Washington, DC, USA F-38042 Saint-Martin-d'Hères Cedex National Particle Accelerator Conference 2- 7 March Tucson, AZ, USA Louis Costrell, C333 Radiation Physics, 13-17 Jan. Montana, Switzerland Instrumentation in Astronomy VI Nat. Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC 20234 Int. Workshop on Polarized Sources and Targets Advanced Technology Optical Telescope III S. Jaccard, SIN, CH-5234 Villigen SPIE, POB 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 16-22 March Les Arcs, France PP / 55 / inv. / SFR. 350. - incl. board, proc. PP: 3.2.86 21st Rencontres de Moriond : Strong Interactions and Gauge Theories 19-24 Jan. Los Angeles, CA, USA 3- 5 March Munich, FRG J. Tran Thanh Van, Rencontres de Moriond, O-E Lase '86 — Optoelectronics and Laser 4th European Symp. on Semiconductor Detectors BP 44, F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette Applications in Science and Engineering G. Lutz, c/o Mrs. R. Ludwig, Max-Planck-Inst. PP /100 / inv. / FF 3610.- all incl. SPIE, POB 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 f. Physik und Astrophysik, Ab: 5.8.85/PP: 16.12.85 Föhringerring 6, D-8000 München 40 A: 15.12.85/PP/100/inv./DM 180.- IOM; 25 Jan. - 1 Feb. Tignes, France 200.- others; incl. proc. 17-19 March London, UK 6th Moriond Workshop: Massive Neutrinos in Particle Seminar of International Research Physics Facilities J. Tran Thanh Van, Rencontres de Moriond, 9-16 March Les Arcs, France Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, BP 44, F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette 6th Moriond Astrophysics Meetings : 47 Belgrave Square, PP / 90 / inv. / FF 3100.- all incl. Accretion Processes in Astrophysics London SW1X 8QX J. Audouze, Institut d'Astrophysique, PP/ 150/£50.-approx. 27-30 Jan. Atlanta, GA, USA 98 bis, bd. Arago, F-75014 Paris General Meeting of the American Phys. Soc. PP / 60 / inv. / FF 3610.- all incl. The American Physical Society, 335 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017 9-16 March Les Arcs, France 17-21 March Minneapolis, MN, USA 21st Rencontres de Moriond : Perspectives in Electro- Workshop on Hydrodynamics Behaviour of Interacting 9-15 Feb. Obertraun, Austria weak Interactions and Unified Theories Particle Systems 5th Symp. on Atomic and Surface Physics J. Tran Thanh Van, Rencontres de Moriond, Inst. Math. and Appl., Univ. Minnesota, Franz Howorka, Inst. f. Atomphysik, BP 44, F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette 514 Vincent Hall, 206 Church Street S.E., Karl Shönherrstr. 3, A-6020 Innsbruck PP / 100 / inv. / FF 3610.- all incl. Minneapolis, MN 55455 2 Conferences 1986

17- 21 March Heidelberg, FRG 7-10 April Karlsruhe, FRG 14-17 April Aussois, France 50. Physikertagung 4th Int. Symp. on Incoherent Light Sources Int. Coll. on X-ray Lasers — Atomphysik M. Neiger, Lichttechnisches Institut, Univ. Karlsruhe, Ms. E. Lahaye, Lab. de Spectroscopie Atomique et W. Raith, Fakultät f. Physik der Universität, Kaiserstrasse 12, D-7500 Karlsruhe Ionique, Bât. 350, Univ. Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay Universitätsstrasse, D-4800 Bielefeld P: 1.1.86 — Kernphysik (with ÖPG) A. Faessler, Inst. f. Theor. Physik der Univ., Auf der Morgenstelle 14, D-7400 Tübingen 7-10 April York, UK 14-18 April Schliersee, FRG — Massenspektrometrie British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting 13th European Conf. on Controlled Fusion B. Brehm, Ist. f. Atom- und Molekülphysik, M.M. Woolfson, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of York, and Plasma Heating Universität, Appelstrasse 2, D-3000 Hannover 1 Heslington, York Y01 5DD — Molekülphysik Ms. Christina Stahlberg, Max-Planck-Inst. H.C. Wolf, Physikalisches Inst. III der Univ., f. Plasmaphysik, D-8046 Garching Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-7000 Stuttgart 80 7-11 April Freudenstadt, FRG A: 1.3.86/ Ab: 25.1.86/PP: 14.4.86/375/ — Teilchenphysik (with ÖPG and SPG) Arbeitskreis Festkörperphysik (DPG with ÖPG) DM 340.- IOM; 380.- mbrs 4b; A. Wagner, Physikalisches Inst. der Universität, — Dünne Schichten 420.- others; 170.- students; Philosophenweg 12, D-6900 Heidelberg H. Hoffmann, Inst. f. Angewandte Physik der Universität, incl. proc. — Quantenoptik Universitätsstrasse 31, D-8400 Regensburg H.J. Eichler, Optisches Institut der TU, — Dynamik und Statische Physik Str. des 17. Juni 135, B-1000 Berlin 12 J. Schnakenberg, Inst. f. Theoretische Physik der RWTH, — Energietechnik (Physikalische Grundlagen) Physikzentrum Melaten-Nord 26, D-5100 Aachen 15- 17 April Loughborough, UK J. Fricke, Physikalisches Inst. der Universität, — Halbleiterphysik Faraday Discussion 81 : Lipid Vesicles and Membranes Am Hubland, D-8700 Würzburg P. Grosse, I. Physikalisches Inst. der RWTH, Mrs. Y.A. Fish, The Royal Society of Chemistry, — Wechselwirking von Strahlung und Werkstoffen. Beratender Sommerfeldstrasse, Turm 28, D-5100 Aachen Ausschuss der Industriephysiker in der DPG (BAI) — Magnetismus Burlington House, London W1V OBN F. Schneider, AEG-Telefunken, H.H. Mende, Inst. f. Angewandte Physik der Universität, A : March 86 / PP : Dec. 85 / 200 Goldsteinstr. 235, D-6000 Frankfurt-Niederrad Corrensstrasse 2/4, D-4400 Münster Ab: 1.12.85 — Metallphysik 16- 18 April Bristol, UK H. Mecking, Arbeitsbereich Werkstoffphysik und -technologie der TU, Harburger Schloßstrasse 20, D-2000 Hamburg 90 Macromolecular Flexibility and Behaviour in Solution 18- 23 March Rome, Italy — Oberflächenphysik Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, 33rd Int. Congress on Electronics and V. Dose, Physikalisches Inst. der Universität, 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX 26th Int. Meeting on Space : Digital Networks and Their Am Hubland, D-8700 Würzburg Evolution, Space and Terrestrial Systems — Tiefe Temperaturen (with AK Kryotechnik) Ch. Heiden, Inst. f. Angewandte Physik der Universität, 21-23 April Paris, France RIENA — Secretariat, Via Crescenzio 9, I-00193 Roma Heinrich-Buff-ring 16, D-6300 Giessen 7th European Conf. on Electrotechnics Eurocon '86 Ab: 15.9.85 / PP: 20.1.86 / LIT 180000.- incl. proc. — Vakuumtechnik Eurocon '86, 11 rue Hamelin, F-75783 Paris Cedex 16 W. Bächler, Leybold Haraeus GmbH, Bereich WVT, Ab: 1.6.85/P: 15.1.86 / French POB 51 07 60, D-5000 Köln 51 22-25 March Stockholm, Sweden Ab: 1.12.85 6th EPS General Condensed Matter 21-24 April Innsbruck, Austria Physics Conf. 7-11 April Trieste, Italy High Power Lasers and their Industrial G. Grimvall, Dept. of Theor. Phys., Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Applications Royal Institute of Technology, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, D. Schuöcker, Technische Univ. Wien, S-100 44 Stockholm POB 586, I-34100 Trieste Mostgasse 3, A-1040 Wien A: 7.1.86 / Ab: 7.1.86 / PP / SKR 600.- Ab: 1.11.85/PP: 1.11.85/ >100 IOM; 650.- mbrs 4b; 700.- others 7- 11 April Heidelberg, FRG Expert Systems SEAS Headquarters, Toernooiveld, 22-25 April Berlin-West 24-26 March Monterey, CA, USA NL-6525 ED Nijmegen 11th Int. Cryogenic Engineering Conf. — ICEC 11 2nd Topical Meeting on Noninvasive Assessment of the A: 7.3.86/Ab: 21.3.86/PP: 11.4.86/500/ G. Klipping, FUB — FB Physik, Arnimallee 14, Visual System HFL 1100.- incl. proc. D-1000 Berlin 33 Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, A: 31.3.86/Ab: 15.1.86/ PP: 24.4.86/ N.W., Washington, DC 20036 7-12 April Göttingen, FRG DM 500.- before 31.3.86; 560.- after; incl. proc. PP/ US$ 160.- before 24.2.86; 180.- after; Extraterrestrische Physik 50.- students before 24.2.86; 70.- after; E. Keppler, MPI f. Aeronomie, POB 20, incl. proc. D-3411 Katlenburg-Lindau 3 28 April -1 May Washington, DC, USA Ab: 20.1.86 General Meeting of the American Phys. Soc. 24- 27 March Monterey, CA, USA The American Physical Society, 335 East 45th Street, 3rd Topical Meeting on Short Wavelength Coherent 8- 10 April Aberdeen, UK New York, NY 10017 Radiation : General and Applications 3rd European Conf. on Atomic and Molecular Physics Ab: 31.1.86 Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX 12-16 May Caen, France Ab: 6.12.85 / PP / US$ 160.- before 24.2.86; Int. Conf. on Heavy Ion Nuclear Collisions in the Fermi 180.- after; 50.- students before 24.2.86; 8- 11 April Santa Fe, NM, USA Energy Domain 70.- after; incl. proc. 2nd Workshop on Local Equilibrium in Strong HICOFED 86, Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Interaction Physics BP 1, F-91406 Orsay Cedex 25- 27 March Glasgow, UK P. Carruthers, Los Alamos National Laboratory, PP / 220 Vacuum 86 — Vacuum Science Technology and Los Alamos, NM 87545 Applications Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, 9- 11 April Oxford, UK 13-16 May Garmisch-Partenkirchen, FRG 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX Spring Meeting of British Radiofrequency Spectro­ 8th Europhysics Conf. on Computational scopy Group: High Resolution NMR in Solids Physics : Computing in Plasma 29 March -1 April Tokyo, Japan C.M. Dobson, Inorganic Chemistry Lab., Physics 41st Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of Japan South Parks Road, Oxford 0X1 3QR Ms. Karin Klug, Max-Planck-Inst. f. Physical Society of Japan, Kikai-Shinko Bldg., A: 10.2.86/Ab: 10.2.86/NP/120/£ 60.- incl. board, Plasmaphysik, D-8046 Garching 3-5-8 Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 lodg. A: 1.3.86 / Ab: 15.2.86 / 120 / PP / 120 / Ab: 12.12.85 DM 150.- IOM; 175.- mbrs 4b; 10- 11 April Neuchâtel, CH 200.- others; 100.- students 31 March - 4 April Honolulu, HI, USA Spring Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society Spring '86 Conf. of the Optical Society of America : P. Grieder, Inst. f. Theoretische Physik, Topical Meetings on : Universität Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern 19-21 May Los Alamos, NM, USA — Holography (31.3-2.4) A: 10.3.86/Ab: 20.1.86/PP: 11.4.86 / 200 / German, Conference on Charged Particle Optics — Quantum Limited Imaging and Image French S.O. Schriber, AT Div., LANL, Los Alamos, NM 87545 Processing (31.3-2.4) — Signal Recovery and Synthesis II (2-4.4) — Meteorological Optics (3-4.4) 13- 17 April Pacific Grove, CA, USA 19- 23 May Sorrento, Italy Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, 5th Int. Conf. on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus 1st Int. Spring Seminar on Nucl. Physics: Microscopic N.W., Washington, DC 20036 Collisions (QM '86) Approaches to Nuclear Structure Calculations Ab: 22.11.85/PP/ US$ 180.- before 28.2.86; M. Gyulassy, Lawrence Berkeley Lab., A. Covello, Dpto. di Fisica Nucleare, Univ. di Napoli, 200.- after; 60.- students before 28.2.86; 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 Mostra d'Oltremare, Pad. 20, I-80125 Napoli 80.- after; incl. proc. 14- 15 April Cardiff, UK 20- 23 May College Park, MD, USA 31 March - 4 April Las Vegas, NV, USA SILA '86: Semiconductor Injection Lasers and Int. Conf. on the Physics of Phase Space General Meeting of the American Phys. Soc. their Applications Y.S. Kim, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, The American Physical Society, 335 East 45th Street, Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 New York, NY 10017 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX Ab: 6.12.85 21- 24 May Scheveningen, NL 14-17 April Phoenix, AZ, USA Optics '86 7-10 April Brighton, UK 24th International Magnetics Conference J.L.F. de Meijere, Oldelft, POB 72, NL-2600 MD Delft Low Energy Ion Beams - 4 R.J. Fairholme, Motorola Magnetic Bubbles, Ab: 10.1.86 / NP / 300 / German / prereg. HFL 140.- Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, 7402 South Price Road, Tempe, AZ 85283 mbrs 4b; late 200.-; prereg. HFL 160.- others; 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX Ab: 9.12.85 late 220.— ; 50.- students 3 Conferences 1986

22-24 May Varna, Bulgaria 5-14 June Dubrovnik, YU 23-27 June Toulouse, France 12th Symposium on Photon-Detectors Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Symmetries 6th Int. Symp. on Solar-Terrestrial Physics IMEKO, POB 457, H-1371 Budapest 5 S. Brant, Prirodoslovno-matemat. Fakultet, B. Hultqvist, Kiruna Geophysical Inst., Zavod za teorijsku fiziku, POB 704, S - 981-27, Kiruna, Sweden 25- 30 May Maubuisson, France Marulicev trg 19, YU-41000 Zagreb Int. Symp. on the Properties and Applications of Metal A: 1.3.86/P P / 150/60.- IOM; 80.- others; 23-27 June Heidelberg, FRG Hydrides V 40.- students IAU Symp. No. 122: Circumstellar Matter A. Percheron-Guegan, Chimie Métallurgique des Terres I. Appenzeller, Landessternwarte Königstuhl, Rares CNRS, 1 Place Aristide Briand, 8-11 June Jevnaker, Norway D-6900 Heidelberg 1 F-92190 Meudon 12th Nordic Semiconductor Meeting Ab: 31.12.85 / PP / FF 1600.- Dept. of Semiconductor Technology, 23-27 June Uppsala, Sweden Center for Industrial Research, 4th Int. Conf. on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and 26- 29 May Nanjing, China POB 350, Blindem, N-0314 Oslo 3 Resonance IAU Symposium No. 125: The Origin and Evolution of A: 1.4.86/Ab: 1.2.86/PP: 1.4.86 /120 / NKR 1800.- E. Karlsson, Dept. of Physics, POB 530, Neutron Stars before 1.4.86; 2300.- after; incl. board, lodg. S - 751 21 Uppsala D. Helfand, Columbia Astrophysics Lab., A: 15.3.86/Ab: 15.3.86 / 200 / SKR 1000.- 538 W. 120th St., New York, NY 10019, USA 8- 12 June Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 17th Rare Earth Research Conference 23- 27 June Beijing, China 26-30 May Balatonfüred, Hungary Rare-Earth Information Centre, Iowa State University, 10th Int. Conf. on Numerical Methods of Fluid 4th Int. Conf. on Age-hardenable Al Alloys (ICAAA-4) Ames, IA 50011, USA Dynamics Eötvös Lorand Physical Soc., BAIL Secretariat, c/o Boole Press Ltd, POB 5, POB 240, H-1368 Budapest 9- 11 June Catania, Italy Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland 150 5th Int. Conf. on Ion Beam Modification of Materials E. Rimini, Dipartimento di Fisica, 23 June -11 July Snowmass, CO, USA 26- 31 May Visegrad, Hungary Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania Snowmass '86 Summer Workshop CRYOSEM 86: Low Temp. Physics and Techniques Ab: 30.12.85 /PP James Cronin, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Chicago, J. Bankuti, Puskin u. 5-7, H-1088 Budapest VIII Chicago, IL 60537 PP / 100 / US$ 60.- 9-13 June Cambridge, MA, USA 24- 26 June London, UK Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies 2nd Int. Conf. on Image Processing and its Applications 27- 30 May Florence, Italy J.E. Grindlay, Center for Astrophysics, Conference Services, IEE, Savoy Place, Int. Conf. on Optical and Millimetre Wave Propagation 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 London WC2R 0BL and Scattering in the Atmosphere IAU Ab: 4.10.85/PP: 7.2.86 O.I.C./O.M.P.S.A., Via Gustavo Modena 19, I-50121 Firenze 9-13 June Phoenix, AZ, USA 24-26 June Wroclaw, Poland Ab: 15.12.85 / PP Int. Quantum Electronics Conf. (IQEC 86) 8th Int. Wroclaw Symp. on Electromagnetic Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, Compatibility 28- 31 May Princeton, NJ, USA N.W., Washington, DC 20036 EMC Symposium, Box 2141, PL - 51-645 Wroclaw 12 Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies T. de Zeeuw, Institute of Advanced Studies, 9-13 June Williamsburg, VA, USA Ab: 15.8.85 Princeton, NJ 08540 8th Int. Conf. on Spectral Line Shapes 24-27 June Antibes, France IAU R.J. Exton, MS 235A, NASA, Langley Research Center, 77th Int. Conf. on Analysis and Optimization of Hampton, VA 23665 Systems June Paris, France INRIA, Rocquencourt, B.P. 105, Very High Signal to Noise Spectroscopy : A New Era for 9- 13 June San Francisco, CA, USA F-78153 Le Chesnay Cedex Stellar Physics CLEO '86 — Conf. on Lasers and Electro-optics and Ab: 15.11.85 /PP: 15.3.86 / French G. Cayrel de Strobel, Observatoire de Paris, IQEC '86 — 14th Int. Quantum Electronics Conf. F-92195 Meudon Principal Cedex Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, 30 June-4 July Baden-Baden, FRG AU N.W., Washington, DC 20036 CARBON 86: International Carbon Conference Ab: 16.12.85 / US$ 160.- before 9.5.86; 190.- after; H. P. Böhm, Inst. f. Anorganische Chemie der Univ. 1- 6 June Geneva, Switzerland 60.- students, before 9.5.86; 70.- after München, Meisterstrasse 1, D-8000 München 2 4th European Nuclear Conf. and 9th Foratom Congress European Nuclear Society Secretariat, ENC 86, 10- 12 June Munich, FRG 30 June-4 July Grenoble, France Bärenplatz 2, POB 2613, CH-3001 Berne 7th Int. SAMPE Eur. Chapter Conf. and Exhib.: 41st Int. Meeting of Physical Chemistry: Dynamics of PP: 28.2.86 High Tech — The Way Into the Nineties Molecular Crystals Klaus Brunsch, c/o M.B.B. GmbH, SFC — Division de Chimie Physique, 2- 6 June Spitz a.d. Donau, Austria Postfach 801160, D-8000 München 80 10 rue Vauquelin, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05 Symposium on Sputtering — SOS '86 P: Jan. 86 Ab: 15.2.86/PP G. Betz, Inst. f. Allgemeine Physik, Techn. Univ. Wien, Karlsplatz 13, A-1040 Wien 10-14 June Jena, GDR 30 June-7 July Aachen, FRG Ab: 31.1.86 / PP / OES 3000.- 5th Symposium on Intelligent Measurement 6th Topical Workshop on Proton-Antiproton Collider IMEKO, POB 457, H-1371 Budapest 5 Physics 2-6 June Urbana, IL, USA Karsten Eggert, Rhein-Westf. Technische Hochschule, 5th Int. Conf. on Phonon Scattering in Condensed 16-19 June Snowmass, CO, USA Sommerfeldstr., D-5100 Aachen Matter 5th Topical Meeting on Ultrafast Phenomena A.C. Anderson, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Illinois, Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, 30 June -12 July ◄ Toulouse, France 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 N.W., Washington, DC 20036 26th COSPAR Plenary Meeting and Associated Activities 2-6 June Stanford, CA, USA 16- 20 June Seewinkel, Burgenland, A Z. Niemirowicz, COSPAR Executive Secretary, Linear Accelerator Conference 17th Int. Symp. on Multiparticle Dynamics 51 bd. de Montmorency, F-75016 Paris G.A. Loew, SLAC Bin 7, POB 4349, M. Markytan, Inst. f. High Energy Physics, A : 23.6.86/ Ab: Jan. 86/PP /1000 /French /US$ 120.- Stanford, CA 94305 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Nikolsdorfergasse 18, A-1050 Vienna 1-4 July or 8-11 July Capri, Italy 2- 7 June Peniscola, Spain 80-100 / inv. Physics of Formation of Fell Lines Outside LTE 17th Int. Seminar on Theoretical Physics and R. Viotti, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale, Cosmology 17- 20 June Prague, CSSR Casella Postale 67, I-00044 Frascati Dominguez Tenreino, Dept. of Physics, 2nd Conference of European Rheologists Università Autonoma, Madrid P. Riha, Inst. of Hydrodynamics, Czechoslovak 1-4 July Novosibirsk, USSR Academy of Sciences, Int. Symp. on Surface Waves in Solids and Layered 3- 5 June London, UK Podbabska 13, CS - 116 12 Praha Structures (Ac., EM, Magnetostatic, etc.) 3rd Int. Conf. on Advanced Infrared Detectors and PP: 31.12.85 / 300 / US$ 130.- I. Yakovkin, Inst. of Semiconductor Physics, Systems USSR Acad. of Sci., Prospekt Lavrentyeva 13, Conference Services, IEE, Savoy Place, 18-26 June Bamberg, FRG USSR-630090 Novosibirsk London WC2R OBL Cataclysmic Variables A: 31.12.85 / PP: 31.12.85 / 200 / inv. / Russian / Ab: 29.8.85/PP: 7.2.86 J. Rahe, Dr. Remeis Sternwarte, Sternwartstrasse 7, URSI / US$ 100.- incl. proc. D-8600 Bamberg 3-6 June Enschede, NL 1-4 July Bologna, Italy Dynamics Days Twente 23-26 June Aubigny/Nère, France 5th Int. Conf. on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology Robert H.G. Helleman, Center for Theor. Phys., Radiocontinua During Solar Flares Giovanni Pallotti, Fac. of Medicine and Surgery, Twente Univ. of Technology, Monique Pick, Observatoire de Meudon, DASOP, Univ. of Bologna, Dept. of Physics, POB 217, NL-7500 AE Enschede Place J. Janssen, F-92190 Meudon Via Irnerio 46, I-40126 Bologna A: 23.5.86/Ab: 23.5.86/NP: 23.5.86 / 120 / French, A : Jan. 86 / PP / 50 / inv. / FF 450. — incl. proc. German / HFL 35.- 1-5 July Heidelberg, FRG 23-27 June Bechyne Castle, CSSR Int. Symp. on Weak and Electromagnetic 3-7 June Yerevan, USSR Selected Topics in Quantum Field Theory and Interactions in Nuclei IAU Symp. No. 121 : Observational Evidences of Mathematical Physics H.V. Klapdor, Max-Planck-Inst. f. Kernphysik, Activity of Galaxies J. Niederle, Czechoslovak Acad, of Sci., Na Slovance 2, POB 10 39 80, D-6900 Heidelberg E. Khachikian, Byurakan Obs., 378433 Armenia CS-180 40 Praha 8 200 / IUPAP / US$ 120.- IOM; 150.- others; 100 A: 15.4.86/PP / 120/US$ 150.- incl. board, lodg. incl. proc. 4 Conferences 1986

2-4 July Oxford, UK 14-18 July Trieste, Italy 4- 9 Aug. Klagenfurt, Austria 13th Annual Plasma Physics Conference 8th Trieste International Symposium : Int. Study Conf. : Computers in Physics Education J.E. Allen, Dept. of Eng. Science, Univ. of Oxford, Valence Instabilities and Heavy Fermions H. Kühnelt, Inst. f. Theor. Physik, Univ. Wien, Parks Road, Oxford 0X1 3PJ International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Wien POB 586, I-34100 Trieste A: 15.4.86 / Ab: 15.4.86 / 80 / French, Germ. / IUPAP 6-10 July Prague, CSSR Int. Conf. on Laser Scattering Spectroscopy of Biologi­ 14-18 July York, UK 5- 9 Aug. Wroclaw, Poland cal Objects : Recent Methods of Quasi-elastic and Int. Conference on Crystal Growth (ICCG8) 10th European Crystallographic Meeting Raman Scattering in Biological Studies F.W. Ainger, Plessey Research (Caswell) Ltd., Inst. for Low Temp. and Structure Research, J. Stepanek, Inst. of Physics, Charles Univ., Allen Clark Research Centre, Caswell, Towcester, Plac Katedralny 1, PL - 50-950 Wroclaw Ke Karlovu 5, CS-121 16 Praha 2 Northants. NN12 8EQ Ab: 28.2.86 / PP / 100 10- 14 Aug. Cieszyn, Poland 6- 11 July Stockholm, Sweden 14-18 July Santiago de Compostella, Spain 12th Conference on Applied Crystallography Int. Conference on General Relativity (GR-11) Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy '86 E. Lagiewka, Uniwersytet Slaski, GR II Conference, c/o RESO Congress Service, J. Rivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad, ul. Bakowa 12, PL - 40-007 Katowice S-105 24 Stockholm Santiago de Compostella IUPAP A: April 86 / PP: April: 86 / 300 / PTAS 25000.- 11- 15 Aug. Boston, MA, USA IOM; 30000.— others; incl. proc.; Int. Conf. on Statistical Physics : Stat Phys 16 7- 10 July Erlangen, FRG students free L. Sewell, Physics Dept., Boston Univ., 2nd Int. Conf. on Conduction and Breakdown in Solid 590 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 Dielectrics 16-18 July Paris, France IUPAP P. Fischer, Siemens AG, Forschung u. Technik/Polymer- Int. Topical Meeting: Image Detection and Quality physik, Postfach 3240, D-8520 Erlangen 2 Société Française d'Optique, c/o A.N.R.T., 11-15 Aug. Stockholm, Sweden 7-11 July Fontevraud, France 101 ave. Raymond Poincaré, F-75116 Paris 18th Int. Conf. on the Physics of Semiconductors 4th Int. EXAFS Conference IAU, ICO Lars Samuelson, Dept. of Solid State Physics, EXAFS Conf. Sec., LURE, Bât. 209 C, Université Paris- Univ. of Lund, POB 118, S-221 00 Lund Sud, F-91405 Orsay Cedex 16-18 July Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Ab: 15.3.86/P: 1.6.86/IUPAP PP Symposium on Underwater Acoustics H.M. Merlinger, Techn. Univ. of Nova Scotia, POB 1000, 18-20 Aug. Vadstena, Sweden 7-11 July Grenoble, France Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Int. Conf. on Electronic Processes in Conducting Int. Conf. on Anomalous Rare Earths and Actinides Polymers J.X. Boucherie, CENG-DRF, 85 X, 16-23 July Berkeley, CA, USA W.R. Salaneck and I. Lundström, IFM, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 23rd Int. Conf. on High Energy Physics Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping PP S.C. Loken, 50-137 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 100/ SKR 2500.- incl. board, lodg., proc. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7-11 July Jerusalem, Israel 18-22 Aug. Boulder, CO, USA Int. Optical Computing Conference 16-25 July Marseille, France IAU Colloquium No. 92 : Physics of Be Stars ICO, POB 4413, 61044 Tel-Aviv 8th Int. Congress on Mathematical Physics A. Slettebak, Perkins Observatory, 7-11 July Kingston, Ont., Canada (IAMP 1986) POB 449, Delaware, OH 43015 5th Int. Conf. on Surface Modification of Metals by Ion IAMP 86, CPT-CNRS, Campus Univ. de Luminy, Beams (SM2IB '86) Case 907, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 9 18-22 Aug. Los Alamos, NM, USA J.L. Whitton, Dept. of Physics, Queen's University, A: 15.7.86 / PP: 1.5.86 / 500 / French / US$ 50.- EMIS — 11 : 11th Int. Conf. on Electromagnetic Isotope Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 all incl. Separators and Techniques Related to Their Appli­ cations 7-11 July Novosibirsk, USSR 21- 25 July Munster, FRG W.L. Talbert, Jr., MSJ514, National Laboratory, BAIL IV - 4th Int. Conf. on Boundary and Interior 4th Int. Symp. on Magnetic Resonance in Colloid Los Alamos, NM 87545 Layers - Computational and Asymptotic Methods and Interface Science PP BAIL Secretariat, c/o Boole Press Ltd, POB 5, K. Meise-Gresch, Inst. f. Physikalische Chemie, Dun Loaghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland Schlossplatz 4-7, D-4400 Münster 18-23 Aug. Copenhagen, Denmark 7-12 July Aarhus, Denmark A: Spring '86 / 200 / DM 70.- - 100.- GIREP Conference on the Teaching of Astronomy and Advances in Helio- and Asteroseismology Space Science J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, Nordita, Blegdamsvej 17, 22- 25 July Budapest, Hungary Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, DK-2100 København 4th Hungarian Conf. on Crystal Growth (HCCG-4) Emdrupvej 115B, DK-2400 København NV IAU E. Lendvay, Eötvös Lorand Phys. Soc., POB 240, H-1368 Budapest 20-22 Aug. Copenhagen, Denmark 7-13 July Cargèse, France 110 Computer Simulation in Brain Science Small Scale Turbulence and Anomalous Transport in R.M.J. Cotterill, Building 307, Technical Univ. of Magnetized Plasmas 23- 25 July Bristol, UK Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby D. Gresillon, Lab. de Physique de Milieux Ionisés, A: 31.3.86/Ab: 31.3.86/PP: 20.8.86 Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex 3rd Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symp. A: 30.4.86/Ab: 30.4.86/PP: 7.7.86 / 50 / inv. Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX 24- 29 Aug. Japan 7-19 July II Ciocco, Tuscany, Italy Recent Developments in Physics Education Performance Limits in Communication Theory and 24 July - 1 Aug. Toronto, Canada Koichi Shimoda, Faculty of Science and Technology, Practice 12th Int. Congress on Acoustics Keio Univ., 14-1 Hiyoshi 3-Chome, Kohoku-ku, J.K. Skwirzynski, GEC Research Lab., Great Baddow, Box 123, Station Q, Toronto, Canada M4T 2L7 Yokohama 223 Chelmsford, CM2 8HN, UK PP: 31.1.86 / French, Germ. IUPAP A : May 86 / PP : April 86 /100 / NATO / US$ 350. - incl. proc. 28 July -1 Aug. Tokyo and Sendai, Japan 25- 29 Aug. Kiel, FRG 4th Int. Conf. on Magnetic Fluids 11th General Assembly : European Geophysical Society Shinichi Kamiyama, ICMF Secretariat, R.O. Meissner, Inst. f. Geophysik, Universität Kiel, 8-11 July Marburg, FRG Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai 980 Olshausenstr. 40, D-2300 Kiel 1 18th EGAS Conference PP: 25.1.86 Ab: 15.3.86 M. Elbel, Fachbereich Physik, Philipps- Universität Marburg, 28 July - 1 Aug. Trieste, Italy 25-29 Aug. Shanghai, China Renthof 5, D-3550 Marburg 4th Trieste ICTP-IUPAP Semiconductor Symp. : IAU Symposium No. 124: Observational Cosmology A: 10.4.86 / Ab: 1.6.86 / IMP / 250 / 2nd Int. Conf. on Shallow Impurity Centres G. Burbidge, University of California, San Diego, DM 70.- IOM; 95.- mbrs 4b; R. Resta, SISSA, Strada Costiera 11, I-34014 Trieste La Jolla CA 92093 120.- (approx.) others August Pécs, Hungary25-30 Aug. Harrogate, UK Conference on Laser Spectroscopy International Nuclear Physics Conf. Eötvös Lorand Physical Soc., Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, 11-15 July La Rabida (Huelva), Spain POB 240, H-1368 Budapest 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX 2nd EPS Liquid State Conference on 100 IUPAP / PP Physicochemical Hydrodynamics Interfacial Phenomena August Novosibirsk, USSR (follows Summer School) 13th Int. Conference on High-Energy Accelerators 25-31 Aug. Neuchâtel, Switzerland M.G. Velarde, Universitad Nacional A.N. Skrinsky, Inst. of Nuclear Physics, 8th Int. Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the de Educación a Distancia, Siberian Div. of USSR Acad. of Sciences, Earth and the Moon Apdo Correos 50.487, E-Madrid USSR-630090 Novosibirsk G. Fischer, Observatoire Cantonal, CH-2000 Neuchâtel A: 1.4.86 / Ab: 1.4.86 / PP / 100 / NATO / IUPAP open IOM, mbrs. 4b 31 Aug. - 5 Sept. Eugene, Oregon, USA 4-8 Aug. Lund, Sweden10th Int. Conference on Raman Spectroscopy 8th Int. Conf. on Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation (ICORS-86) 14-16 July Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Physics Warner L. Peticolas, Chemical Physics Inst., Conference on Acoustical Imaging U. von Barth, Inst. of Theor. Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, 129 Science I, H.W. Jones, Techn. University of Nova Scotia, Sölvegatan 14A, S-223 62 Lund Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 POB 1000, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 PP / 400 / IUPAP / SKR 1000.- incl. proc. IUPAP 5 Conferences 1986 Conferences 1987

September Visegrad, Hungary 21- 26 Sept. Balatonszéplak, Hungary 27-31 Oct. Baltimore, MD, USA Nonperturbative Methods in Quantum Field Theory Int. Conf. on Non-Crystalline Semiconductors '86 10th Int. Vacuum Congress L. Palla, Eötvös Lorand Phys. Soc., I. Kosa Somogyi, Central Research Institute for Physics, 6th Int. Congress on Solid Surfaces POB 240, H-1368 Budapest POB 49, H-1525 Budapest 114 Ms. M. Churchill, American Vacuum Society, 50 PP / 200 / Russian 335 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017 A: Sept. 85 /Ab: 15.5.86 / PP 1-5 Sept. Brioni, Yugoslavia 22- 25 Sept. De Eemhof, Flevopolder, NL Collision Dynamics of Clusters and 5th Workshop on Interactions of Molecular Beams and 27- 31 Oct. Heidelberg, FRG Long-Lived States Surfaces Exploration of Halley's Comet S.D. Bosanac, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Ms. Louise Roos, FOM, Kruislaan 407, R. West, ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 54 Bijenička, YU-41001 Zagreb NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam D-8046 Garching bei München A: 1.6.86 / Ab: 31.3.86 /150 / SFR 200.- ΙΟΜ; Ab: 1.7.86 / NP / 60 /inv. /approx. HFL 350.- IAU 230.- others; 110.- students; incl. proc. incl. board, lodg. 3-6 Nov. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 25th Acoustical Conference on Ultrasound 1-5 Sept. Dublin, Ireland 22- 26 Sept. Rome, Italy Ing. Vani, House of Technology, Skultétyho ul. 1, 10th World Computer Conference: IF IP '86 — A New 10th European Conf. on Thermophysical Properties CS-832 27 Bratislava Awareness Secretariat X ETPC, ENEA, POB 2400, A (prel.): March 86 / PP / 200 / German / US$ 110.- IFIP Congress '86, 44 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4 Via Anguillarese 301, I-00100 Roma AD French, Germ., Russ. incl. proc. 1- 9 Sept. Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia 17-20 Nov. Baltimore, MD, USA Nuclear Symmetries, Structure and Reactions 23- 25 Sept. Bath, UK Conf. on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials V. Paar, Theoretical Physics Dept., Marulicev trg 19/I, Symp. on Promotion in Heterogeneous Catalysis IEEE Inc., 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 YU-41000 Zagreb Mrs. Y.A. Fish, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 160/US$ 70.- Burlington House, London W1V OBN 10-11 Dec. Cambridge, UK Ab: 30.11.85 /P: May 86 Interaction-Induced Spectra in Dense Fluids and 2- 5 Sept. Parma, Italy Disordered Solids Int. Conf. on Magnetic Recording Materials (MRM '86) 28 Sept. -1 Oct. Hilton Head, SC, USA A.D. Buckingham, Univ. of Cambridge, Lensfield Rd., Stefano Rinaldi, Ist. MASPEC — CNR, 13th Int. Symp. on Gallium Arsenide and Related Cambridge, CB2 1EW Via Chiavari 18/A, I-43100 Parma Compounds Ab: 25.10.85 / PP C. M. Wolfe, Washington Univ., Box 1127, 8-11 Sept. Cambridge, UK St. Louis, MO 63130 17-19 Dec. London, UK 16th European Solid State Device Research Annual Conf. on Solid State Physics Conference (ESSDERC) 28 Sept. - 4 Oct. Baltimore, MD, USA Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, Meetings Officer, The Institue of Physics, 1986 Applied Superconductivity Conference 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX 47 Beigrave Square, London SW1X 8QX L. N. Blohm, ASC86, Code 6630C, Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC 20375 8-12 Sept. Jerusalem, Israel 6th Int. Symp. on Gas Flow and Chem. Lasers 30 Sept. - 3 Oct. Florence, Italy S. Rosenwaks, GCL-6, c/o International Ltd., 1986 European Conference on Optics, POB 29313, 61292 Tel Aviv Optical Systems and Applications (ECOOSA 86) A. Sona, ECOOSA '86, CISE, 8-12 Sept. Madrid, Spain POB 12081, I-20100 Milano 5th Europhysics Topical Conf. on Lattice Defects in Ionic Crystals 5- 11 Oct. Cannes, France 1987 F.J. Lopez, Dept. Optica y Estructura Materia, 13th World Energy Conference Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, E. Ruttley, Sec.-Gen., World Energy Conf., Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid 34 St. James's Street, London SW1A 1HD A: 30.4.86/Ab: 28.2.86 / PP / approx. US$ 110.- 28- 31 Jan. San Francisco, CA, USA incl. proc. 6- 10 Oct. St. Helier, Jersey General Meeting of the American Phys. Soc. The American Physical Society, 335 East 45th Street, SEAS Annual Meeting New York, NY 10017 14-19 Sept. Ottawa, Canada SEAS Headquarters, Toernooiveld, 10th Int. CODATA Conference and General Assembly NL-6525 ED Nijmegen C.B. Alcock, Dept. of Metallurgy and Mat. Sci., Univ. of A: 6.8.86/Ab: 21.9.86/PP: 10.10.86/600/ 16-19 March Washington, DC, USA HFL 1100.- incl. proc. National Particle Accelerator Conference Toronto, Toronto, Ont. M55 1A4 L. Costrell, C333 Radiation Physics, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC 20234 14-20 Sept. Davos, Switzerland 8- 10 Oct. Berlin, GDR Int. Symp.: Avalanche Formation, Movement, Effects 3rd Symposium on Theoretical Metrology 16-20 March New York City, NY, USA C. Jaccard, Inst. for Snow and Avalanche Research, IMEKO, POB 457, H-1371 Budapest 5 General Meeting of the American Phys. Soc. Weissfluhjoch, CH-7260 Davos-Dorf The American Physical Society, 335 East 45th Street, 9- 10 Oct. Berne, Switzerland New York, NY 10017 14- 20 Sept. Spala, Poland Fall Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society 3rd Int. Conf. on Physics of Magnetic Materials P. Grieder, Inst. f. Theoretische Physik, 1-3 April Birmingham, UK D. Zymierska, Inst. of Physics of PAS, Universität Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern Nuclear Structure and Particle Physics Conf. AI. Lotnikow 32/46, PL - 02-668 Warszawa A: 10.9.86 / Ab: 10.8.86/PP: 10.10.86/200/German, Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, A: 31.1.86/Ab: 31.3.86/PP: 30.6.86/200/US$ 50.- French 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX incl. proc. 14-18 Oct. Potsdam, GDR 6- 8 April Oxford, UK 15- 17 Sept. Salford, UK Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Systems Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials Carbon Fibres: Properties and Applications D. Möhlmann, Institut f. Kosmosforschung, Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, Rudower Chausse 5, DDR-1199 Berlin-Adlershof 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX 47 Beigrave Square, London SW1X 8QX IAU 7- 9 April Cambridge, UK 15-17 Sept. Bristol, UK 20-23 Oct. Bordeaux, France Faraday Discussion No. 83: Brownian Motion Dynamics of Molecular Photofragmentation 6th European Symp. on Material Sciences in Space Mrs. Y.A. Fish, Royal Society of Chemistry, Mrs. Y.A. Fish, The Royal Society of Chemistry, J. C. Launay, Lab. de Chimie du Solide du CNRS, Burlington House, London W1V OBN Burlington House, London W1V OBN Univ. de Bordeaux I, F-33405 Talence A: March 87/Ab: 16.6.86 /PP: 15.12.86 / 200 / inv. A : Aug. 86 / Ab : 30.9.86 / PP : May 86 / 200 / inv. 20- 24 Oct. Pisa, Italy 7-10 April Pisa, Italy 11th Int. Conf. on Infrared and Millimetre Waves 7th General Conf. of the Condensed Matter Division of 15-19 Sept. Rome, Italy M. Inguscio and F. Strumia, Dipto. di Fisica, EPS 23rd Congress Ampère on Magnetic Resonance Piazza Torricelli 2, I-156100 Pisa G. Grosso, Dipartimento di Fisica, Univ. di Pisa, Dipart. di Fisica, Univ. di Roma "La Sapienza", Piazza Torricelli 2, I-56100 Pisa P.Ie Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Roma A: 31.5.86/Ab: 30.1.86/PP: 31.5.86 A: 31.5.86/PP: 15.4.86/400/IUPAP/US$ 40.- I0M; 7-11 April Oxford, UK 50.- mbrs 4b; 50.- students; incl. proc. 21- 24 Oct. Los Angeles, CA, USA Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America Electrostatics 87 Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, 15- 20 Sept. Rome, Italy 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QX 23rd Ampère Congrès N.W., Washington, DC 20036 B. Maraviglia, Istituto di Fisica, Università di Roma, May Budapest, Hungary I-00185 Roma 6th Symposium on Signal Processing in Measurement E 27-30 Oct. Bad Honnef, FRG IMEKO, POB 457, H-1371 Budapest 5 16- 18 Sept. Delft, NL Europhysics Study Conf. on the Employ­ 12th Euro. Solid-State Circuits Conf. — ESSCIRC '86 ment of Physicists in Europe 22-26 June Amsterdam, NL Ms. I.J. Smits, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, E.W.A. Lingeman, POB 4395, 2nd Int. Conf. on the Structures of Surfaces (ICSOS-2) Delft University of Technology, NL-1009 AJ Amsterdam Ms. Louise Roos, FOM, Kruislaan 407, POB 5031, NL-2600 GA Delft 40 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam Ab: 28.4.86/PP Ab: 1.3.87/PP: 22.6.87/300 6 Conferences 1987 Schools 1985/86

22-26 June Victoria, BC, Canada 23-31 May Wiezyca, Gdansk, Poland Circumstellar Matter in Close Binary Systems 3rd Int. Spring School on Acousto-optics and A.H. Batten, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Schools 1985 Applications Dominion Astrophysical Obervatory, A. Śliwiński, Inst. Fizyki Dósw., Uniwersytet Gdanski, 5071 W. Saanich Road, Victoria BC V8X 4M6 5-11 Dec. Erice, Italy ul. Wita Stwosza 57, PL - 80-952 Gdansk Int. School of Biophysics — A: 31.3.86/ 80 / US$ 250.- Summer Trieste, Italy 15th Course : Biological Aspects of Neuron Activity 2nd Int. Meeting on Large-Scale Structure of the A. Borsellino, Ist. di Scienze Fisiche, 1-9 June Erice, Italy Universe (Groups, Clusters and Superclusters) : Università di Genova, Int. School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics : Genesis and Observation and Theory Viale Benedetto VX, 5, I-16132 Genova Propagation of Cosmic Rays F. Mardirossian, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, J. Wefel, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana Via Tiepolo, 11, I-34131 Trieste 30 Dec. - 9 Jan. 86 Jerusalem, Israel State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA 3rd Jerusalem Winter School for Theoretical Physics: A: 15.4.86 / PP: a.s.a.p / US$ 500.- incl. board, lodg. 6-10 July Strasbourg, France Strings and Superstrings Réunion Biannuelle de la Société Française de Physique T. Piran, Inst. for Advanced Studies, Hebrew Univ. of 1- 14 June Maratea, Italy Institut de Physique, 3 rue de l'Université, Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904 Physics of Strong Fields F-67000 Strasbourg W. Greiner, Inst. f. Theor. Physik, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, 22-28 July Brighton, UK Postfach 11 19 32, D-6000 Frankfurt-am-Main 11 16th Int. Conf. on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic A: 1.2.86/Ab: 1.5.86 /PP: 31.7.86 / 100/ NATO / Collisions (ICPEAC) US$ 100.- W.R. Newell, Dept. of Phys., University College, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 2- 13 June L'Aquila, Italy Schools 1986 Cerebral Blood Flow : Mathematical Models, Instrumentation and Imaging Techniques 10-14 Aug. Helsinki, Finland Aldo Rescigno, Neurosurgery, Yale University, 7th EPS General Conference 16-22 Feb. Château Lake Louise, Canada 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06510, USA O.V. Lounasmaa, Low Temperature Lab., Winter Institute on Subatomic Physics :New Frontiers in Ab: 28.2.86 / 80 / NATO / US$ 400. - incl. board, lodg. Helsinki University of Technology, Particle Physics SF-02150 Espoo 15 Secretary, Lake Louise Winter Institute, 8-21 June Sandhamn, nr. Stockholm, Sweden Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1 CERN School of Physics Ms. D.A. Caton, Scientific Conf. Secretariat, CERN, 17 Feb. -1 March Karpacz, Poland CH-1211 Geneva 23 12-20 Aug. Perth, Western Australia 22nd Winter School of Theor. Physics: 14th General Assembly of the International Fields and Geometry 9 June - end Aug. Trieste, Italy Union of Crystallography A.Z. Jadczyk, Inst. of Theor. Physics, Wroclaw Univ., Summer Workshop in High Energy Physics and E.N. Maslen, Crystallography Centre, Cybulskiego 36, PL - 50-205 Wroclaw Cosmology Univ. of W. Australia, Nedlands 6009 A: 15.12.85 / PP / 80 International Centre for Theoretical Physics, POB 586, I-34100 Trieste 20-26 Aug. Uppsala, Sweden 19-28 Feb. Schladming, Austria Int. Europhysics Conf. on High Energy Physics 25. Int. Universitätswochen f. Kernphysik: Concepts and Trends in Particle Physics 10-19 June Erice, Italy 24-28 Aug. Quebec, Canada Org. Committee, Inst. f. Theor. Physik, Int. School of Crystallography, 12th Course: Syn­ ICO 14 Universitätsplatz 5, A-8010 Graz chrotron Radiation for X-ray Crystallography L. Forget, National Research Council, A: 1.2.86 / PP / 150 L. Riva di Sanseverino, Ottawa, Ontario, CDN K1A OR6 Piazza Porta S. Donato 1, I-40127 Bologna PP / 400 2-8 March Saas-Fee, Switzerland A: 30.11.85 / PP / 80 /SFR 1350.- all incl. 28e Cours de Perfectionnement de l'Association 24-28 Aug. Vienna, Austria Vaudoise des Chercheurs en Physique 16-26 June Les Houches, France 6th Int. Conf. on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Case Postale 29, CH-1015 Lausanne Giant Resonances in Atoms, Molecules and Solids R. Kellner, Technische Universität Wien, A: 31.12.85/PP/French J.-P. Connerade, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060 Wien London SW7 2AZ, UK 500 25 March - 5 April Les Houches, France A: 15.1.86/Ab: 15.1.86 / PP / 80 / NATO Physics and Fabrication of Microstructures 24-28 Aug. Prague, Czechoslovakia N. Boccara, Centre de Physique, F-74310 Les Houches 16 June - 5 Sept. Trieste, Italy 12th Int. Conf. on Amorphous and Liquid PP / 60 / inv. / FF 3500.- incl. board, lodg. Research Workshop in Condensed Matter, Atomic and Semiconductors — ICALS 12 Molecular Physics J. 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