NPS0308.qxd 2/4/08 3:23 PM Page 1 A Publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Number 1 • March 2008 SOCIETY NEWS CONFERENCES The 35th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science ICOPS 2008 Karlsruhe, Germany, 15-19 June 2008 www.fzk.de/icops2008 e cordially invite you to attend the 35th • Microwave Generation and Plasma Interactions IEEE International Conference on Plasma • Charged Particle Beams and Sources WScience, sponsored by the Plasma Science • High Energy Density Plasmas Applications and Applications Committee of the IEEE Nuclear • Industrial, Commercial and Medical Plasma and Plasma Sciences Society. ICOPS 2008 will be Applications held in Karlsruhe, Germany from June 15 through • Plasma Diagnostics 19, 2008. The conference venue is the Congress • Pulsed Power and Other Plasma Applications Center Karlsruhe located near the Baroque Palace in The conference will include seven plenary talks the center of Karlsruhe. relevant to the plasma physics community given by ICOPS 2008 will feature an exciting technical pro- recognized leaders in their fields as well as oral and gram with reports from around the globe about new poster sessions. In addition, a special minicourse and innovative developments in the fields of plasma sci- featuring Microwave Processing of Materials will ence and engineering. Leading researchers will gather be held as part of the conference on the 19th and to explore basic plasma physics, high-energy-density 20th June. plasmas, inertial-confinement fusion, magnetic fusion, We intend to ensure that the Technical Program plasma diagnostics, pulsed-power plasmas, microwave of ICOPS 2008 and your stay in the Karlsruhe area generation, lighting, micro- and nano-applications, will be rewarding and enjoyable. We look forward to medical applications and plasma processing. welcoming you at the Congress Center Karlsruhe, Germany, June 15-19, 2008. Conference Topics will be organized under the Manfred Thumm Chair, ICOPS 2008 following categories: Hansjoachim Bluhm Co-Chair, ICOPS 2008 • Basic Processes in Fully and Partially Ionized Plasmas continued on page 3 NUCLEAR & PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIETY March 2008 1 NPS0308.qxd 2/4/08 3:23 PM Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IEEE NUCLEAR AND PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIETY NEWS ICOPS 2008 . .1 is published three times per year by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects . .4 NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Albe Dawson Larsen Stanford Linear Accelerator Center 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and MS-66 2575 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: +1 650 926 2748 Medical Imaging Conference . .6 Fax: +1 650 926 5124 E-mail: [email protected] President’s Report . .7 EDITOR EMERITUS: W. Kenneth Dawson TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, British Columbia Secretary’s Report . .9 Canada, V6T-2A3. 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Radiological Imaging to the Third Degree . .26 Humanitarian Technology Challenge . .29 2 March 2008 HTTP://WWW.IEEE-NPSS.ORG NPS0308.qxd 2/4/08 3:23 PM Page 3 For more information contact o Space Plasmas [email protected] or visit our website at o Partially Ionized Plasmas www.fzk.de/icops2008. o Dusty Plasmas Take my word • Microwave Generation and Plasma CONFERENCE LOCATION Interactions It is better to The conference site, the Congress Center o Intense Beam Microwave Generation Karlsruhe, is located near the Baroque Palace in o Fast-Wave Devices debate a the center of Karlsruhe, Germany. Karlsruhe is a o Slow-Wave Devices question without hospitable city, in the State of Baden- o Vacuum Microelectronics settling it than to Württemberg, beautifully located in the upper o Codes and Modelling Rhine valley between the wooded mountains of o Non-Fusion Microwave Systems settle it without the Black Forest, the vineyards of the Palatinate o Microwave Plasma Interaction debate. (Pfalz), and the Vosges in France with a mild cli- • Charged Particle Beams and Sources mate. Heinrich Hertz conceived and performed o Plasma, Ion and Electron Sources his brilliant fundamental experiments confirming o Intense Electron and Ion Beams Joseph Joubert Maxwell’s theory at the University of Karlsruhe • High Energy Density Plasma Applications (1886-1888). The University of Karlsruhe has o Fusion (Inertial, Magnetic and Alternate close scientific and academic relations to the Concepts) Research Center Karlsruhe (Forschungszentrum o Particle Acceleration with Laser and Karlsruhe) with the aim of founding the Beams Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). o Radiation Physics Karlsruhe has approximately 300,000 o High Energy Density Matter inhabitants, and 200,000 of them only came o Laser Produced Plasmas Survival of to the city during the last century. The city was o Fast Z-Pinches, X-Ray Lasers founded when Margrave Karl Wilhelm built • Industrial, Commercial and Medical what? his palace here in 1715. His tomb on the mar- Plasma Applications ket square is roofed with a large vaulted stone o Nonequilibrium Plasma Applications It is true that we pyramid which is now Karlsruhe’s emblem. o High-pressure and Thermal Plasma From the palace, the streets of the inner city Processing are weak and fan out with the palace tower – which can be o Plasma Thrusters sick and ugly climbed – as their focal point. It was the inten- o Plasmas for Lighting and quarrelsome tion of its founding father that the palace o Flat-Panel Displays should be visible from any point in the city. o Medical, Biological and Environmental but if that is all Karlsruhe has plenty to offer: – from its Applications we ever were, Elite University (TH) to the Research Center • Plasma Diagnostics we would with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, o Optical and X-Ray Diagnostics the ZKM or the Art Gallery: Architecture, art, o Microwave and FIR Diagnostics millenniums universities and colleges, future technologies, o Particle Diagnostics ago have music, restaurants and a delight in just being • Pulsed Power and Other Plasma disappeared alive all combine to make an impressive whole. Applications Karlsruhe is blessed by the sun which you can o Insulation and Dielectric Breakdown from the face of enjoy in the palace gardens or in one of the o Switching the Earth. innumerable beer gardens. o Plasma Lasers Karlsruhe is an inviting place to visit. The o Compact Pulsed Power and Applications city with its radial layout features an interesting John Steinbeck and unique connection of technology, art, MINICOURSE education and culture. Enjoy the extensive cul- Microwave Processing of Materials: Industrial tural and gastronomic offerings in the second microwave systems, Waveguides and transmission warmest city of Germany. devices, Avionic and automotive applications, Microwave Chemistry, Sintering of Materials, ICOPS 2008 TECHNICAL PROGRAM Plasma and Nanomaterials Applications, Dielectric • Basic Processes in Fully and Partially Measurements, Electromagnetic Modelling and Ionized Plasmas Simulation. o Basic Phenomena A special two-day minicourse will be offered o Computational Plasma Physics on Thursday and Friday, 19 and 20 June, at NUCLEAR & PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIETY March 2008 3 NPS0308.qxd 2/4/08 3:23 PM Page 4 the end of the ICOPS 2008 conference at the Karlsruhe. On Monday evening, 16 June Congress Center Karlsruhe. The course will there will be a reception by the mayor at the Don’t cloud the