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'l'heThe conferenceconference desdeskk wil1will bebe openopen inin thethe lobbylobby ofof thethe WixWix AuditoriumAuditorium frofromm 08:3008:30-- 10:00a.m.10:00a.m. foforr registration.registration. YouYou areare requestedrequested toto paypay thethe membershimembershipp fee,fee, 18IS 30.30.­- (for(for retiredretired membersmembers andand foforr studentstudentss 18IS 20.-)20.-) toto thethe IsraelIsrael PhysicalPhysical 80cietySociety aatt thethe timtimee ofof registration.registration. TheThe plenaryplenary sessionssessions willwill bebe helheldd atat thethe WixWix AuditoriumAuditorium andand thethe paral1elparallel sessionssessions atat variousvarious LectureLecture Halls,Halls, asas indicatedindicated inin thethe program.program. st TheThe posteposterr sessionsession willwill bbee hpldheld iinn thethe lobbylobby (l(1st andand 2nd2™* f1oor)floor) ofof thethe PhysicsPhysics Building.Building. 1tIt isis recommendedrecommended thatthat postersposters bebe displayeddisplayed aass earlyearly aass possible.possible. PleasePlease staystay neanearr youryour posterposter duringduring thethe posterposter sessionsession (3:30-4:45(3:30-4:45 p.m.)p.m.).. AbstractsAbstracts presentedpresented orallyorally appearappear inin orderorder ofof presentationpresentation andand thethe restrest ofof themthem areare arrangedarranged inin thisthis bulletinbulletin inin alphabeticaalphabeticall order,order, inin eacheach session.session. 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COUNCILCOUNCIL uyaa - presidentpresident - WeizmannWeizmann InstituteInstituteח ProfProf.. 1.I. TseTserruy ProfProf.. S.S. GurvitGurvitzz - secretarysecretary - WeizmannWeizmann InstituteInstitute Prof.Prof. DD.. RappaportRappaport - treasurertreasurer - UniversityUniversity Bar-IlanBar-Ilan Prof.Prof. DD.. ShaltielShaltiel - HebreHebreww UniversityUniversity ProfProf.. G.G. ShavivShaviv - TechnionTechnion ProfProf.. S.S. MordechaiMordechai - Ben-GurionBen-Gurion UniversityUniversity DrDr.. B.B. SvetitskySvetitsky - Tel-AvivTel-Aviv UniversityUniversity Dr.Dr. YY.. BarakBarak - AtomicAtomic EnergyEnergy Comm.Comm. YavneYavne Dr.Dr. T.T. Bar-NoyBar-Noy - AtomicAtomic EnergyEnergy Comm.Comm. DimonaDimona Dr.Dr. D.D. FaliFalikk - RAFAELRAFAEL Prof.Prof. C.C. KuperKuper - AnnaIsAnnals representativerepresentative - TechnionTechnion MEMBERMEMBER ORGANIZATIONSORGANIZATIONS Bar-II<lnBar-Ilan UniversityUniversity Ben-GurionBen-Gurion UniversityUniversity HebreHebreww UniversityUniversity IsraelIsrael AtomicAtomic EnergyEnergy AuthorityAuthority TechnionTechnion - IsraeIsraell InstitutInstitutee ofof TechnologyTechnology Tel-AvivTel-Aviv UniversityUniversity WeizmannWeizmann InstituteInstitute ORGANIZINGORGANIZING COMMITTEECOMMITTEE .- WeizmannWeizmann InstituteInstitute Y.Y. Imry,Imry, ChairmanChairman 1.I. BarBar JosephJoseph Y.Y. GefenGefen MM.. HasHasss M.M. KuglerKugler 1.I. MaronMaron MM.. MagaritzMagaritz MM.. MiIgromMilgrom S.S. SafranSafran U.U. SmilanskySmilansky uyaaח I. TseTserruy.1 l,ltivee of'of VacuumVacuum IsraeliIsraeli SocietySociety ו G.G. Hodes,Hodes, RepreselRepresentativ Table of Contents Summary of the Program 1-9 Plenary Session Y. Nir,Weizmann Institute "Recent Developments in the Physics of Neutrinos" 10 D. Zaslavsky, Water Commissioner "The Water Situation in Israel and Challanges in Research" Y. Yeshurun, Bar-Ilan University "Review of High Temperature Superconductors: Oxides and Fullerenes 11 Parallel Sessions 1. Non-linear Dynamics R. Zeitak, Weizmann Institute "Vectorial Correlations on Fractal Paths: Applications to Random Walks and Turbulence." 12 Y. Zarmi,Desert Research, Ben-Gurion Univ. "Renormalization in Classical Nonlinear Systems." 13 I.S. Aranson, Hebrew University "Stability Limits of Topological Defects and Spatio-Temporal Chaos in Nonequilibrium Media." 14 Abstracts 15-21 2. Solid State (I) A. Finkelstein, Weizmann Inst. & Landau Inst. "Magnetic Properties of Electron Liquids with Disorder." 22 A. Palevsky, Tel Aviv Univ. "Electronic Transport in Coupled Quantum Wells 23 D. Eger, Soreq Nucl. Res. Center "Blue Laser Light Emission by SHG in Periodically Segmented Waveguides" 26 O. Cohen, Hebrew Univ. "1 /f Noise and Incipient Localization." 27 Solid State (II) (Afternoon Session) E. Akkermans, Technion "Conduction and Statistical Properties of Metallic Spectra." 24 B. Laikhtman, Hebrew Univ. "Current-Voltage Instabilities in Superlattices." 25 S.A. Credeskul, Ben-Gurion Univ. "Extended States on the Landau Levels with Disorder." 28 N. Hass, Tel Aviv Univ. "Sharp Gap Edge and Determination of the Fermi Velocity in YlBa2 Cu3 O7-8 by Point Contact Spectroscopy." 29 Abstracts 30-65 3.3. ParticlesParticles andand FieldsFields . .Inst רD.D. Gepner,Gepner, WeizmanWeizmanln ""Fusio Fusionn FieldField Theories " .......................................................... 6666 E.E. NissimovNissimov,, Ben-GurionBen-Gurion Univ. thethe DefonnedDeformed GroupGroup ן Induce Inducedd WL ~ GravityGravity asas a WZNWZI\[WW ModelModel OIon"" s "." ...................................... 6677 ן.ofof Area-PreservingArea-Preserving DiffeomorphisnDiffeomorphisms M.M. 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    A MONTHLY REPORT COVERING NEWS AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES JOSEPH MORGENSTERN, PUBLISHER October 2007 Vol. XXII Issue No. 10 You are invited to visit us at our website: http://ishitech.co.iil Small is Beautiful There are more than 100 Israeli companies trading Eye surgery made simpler on the American stock exchanges. Of these only IOoptima, an Israeli specialist in complex eye surgery Teva Pharmaceuticals and CheckPoint Software are for glaucoma patients, has developed a new laser billion dollar companies. The overwhelming number technology that promises to transform the difficult and of relatively small companies raises the question why rarely done surgery, into a commonplace procedure do Israelis limit their efforts to raising small companies. that can be carried out by regular eye surgeons all They have not given birth to a Nokia or Volvo. over the world. Glaucoma, like hearing loss, is one of those terrible One generally accepted view is that Israelis are inevitabilities of ageing. Nicknamed “the silent sight impatient by nature. This is probably true and is thief”, glaucoma is the second leading cause of evident in all aspects of Israeli life. Israelis hate to stand on lines. co.il Impatience is considered to be a career stopper for http://ishitech. many major corporations. Impatient people are not considered to be good managers or leaders for a company. However, this probably is an oversimplification. More Small is Beautiful Eye surgery made simpler likely is the fact that there is a shortage of managers FTSE grants Israel “developed” status who have experienced the process of nurturing firms Tower Semiconductor from startups to large companies.