DPB May 1997 Newsletter Contents DPB Homepage on WWW (including this newsletter) Election Results for 1997 DPB Executive Committee o Membership of 1997 DPB Committees and DPB-Related Committees Prize Winners in Beam Physics Announced o 1997 APS Robert R. Wilson Prize o 1997 APS Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics o 1997 IEEE PAC Technology Award o 1997 USPAS Prize for Achievement Eight DPB Members Elected as APS Follows o Nominations for New Fellows (deadline for 1998 nominations is 3/15/98) PAC97: 1997 Particle Accelerator Conference 1997 DPB Annual Business Meeting at PAC97 Future DPB Annual Meetings o 1998 APS Spring Meeting - Columbus, Ohio o PAC99 - New York City R.R. Wilson Prize Fund: Fully Endowed with Successful Fund Drive DPB Membership Continues to Exceed 3% of APS Membership DPB Contributions for Physics News 1996 Call for Nominations o 1998 USPAS Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology Nov 1, 1997 o 1998 APS Robert R. Wilson Prize June 1, 1997 o 1998 APS Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics June 1, 1997 Executive Committee and DPB Standing Committees - General Information US Particle Accelerator School o Visit the DPB/USPAS Desk at PAC97 o MIT Program, June 16-27, 1997 (application form included) o Announcing the Indiana University/USPAS Master's Program - a new educational opportunity! o Future Programs: UT-Austin in January 1998 and Stanford University in June 1998 Questions? Comments? Contact the Secretary-Treasurer: Mel Month USPAS, MS 125, Fermilab, P.O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510 Phone: 630-840-3896/fax 630-840-8500 Email:[email protected] DPB Homepage on the World Wide Web Visit our homepage on the WWW, http://www.aps.org/units/dpb/ and see information and deadlines for prizes and awards, fellowships, meetings and much more. For all other APS information, including membership and meeting forms, go to the APS homepage at: http://www.aps.org. Election Results for the 1997 DPB Executive Committee The election for the 1997 Division of Physics of Beams (DPB) Executive Committee has been completed. There were a total of 536 votes cast corresponding to 41% of the membership (1323 on November 1, 1996). The winners are: John Peoples for Vice-Chair; and Swapan Chattopadhyay and Alex J. Dragt for Members-at-Large (3 years). The membership of the 1997 DPB Executive Committee will therefore be: Chair Martin P. Reiser (4/98) Chair- Elect William B. Herrmannsfeldt (4/98) Vice-Chair John Peoples (4/98) Divisional Councilor Hermann Grunder (12/97) Secretary-Treasurer Melvin Month (5 (4/98) Nanette Phinney (5/99) Jame Each term of office, except for the office of Divisional Councilor, begins in May 1997 on the last day of the Division's Regular Meeting and ends in April/May of the year indicated on the last day of the Division's Regular Meeting. The Chair-Elect will become Chair and the Vice-Chair will become Chair-Elect in the following year. Membership 1997 DPB Committees and DPB-Related Committees Executive Committee (5/97 - 5/98) (see "Election Results" section) Nominating Committee (5/97 - 5/98): Herrmannsfeldt (chair), Alonso (Bylaws rep), Ben-Zvi, Chattopadhyay (APS rep), Grunder, Hamm, G. Jackson, Katsouleas, Month, O'Shea, Peoples, Rice Fellowship Committee (5/97 - 5/98): Peoples (chair), Chao, Craddock, Galayda, Holmes, Joshi, Sheffield Publications Committee (5/97 - 5/98): Simpson (chair), Chen (v-chair), Bisognano (PRE Board of Ed), Rosenzweig (PRE Board of Ed), Siemann (PRL Div. Asst. Ed), Wurtele Education Committee (5/97 - 5/98): G. Jackson (chair), Berz, Minty, O'Shea, Rosenzweig, Whittum Bylaws Committee (5/97 - 5/98): Alonso (chair), Herrmannsfeldt, Month, Reiser Wilson Prize Committee (5/97 - 5/98, for 1998 Prize): Pellegrini (chair), Grunder (v- chair), Ben-Zvi, H. Edwards, Hofmann Doctoral Research Award Committee (5/97 - 5/98, for 1998 Award): Chao (chair), Siemann (v-chair), Dragt, Katsouleas, C.M. Tang Program Committee (for 1998 DPB Annual Meeting): Herrmannsfeldt (chair), Peoples (v-chair), approximately 25 members to be selected PAC97 Organizing Committee (12/95 - 6/97): Craddock (chair), Allen, Barletta, Bisognano, Cho, Costrell, Dawson, Finley, Friesel, Hartill, Kimura, Krinsky, Leemann, Olivier, Reiser, Ripin, Roberson, Schriber, Siemann, Sutter, Weng, Westenskow, York PAC97 Program Committee (12/95 - 6/97): Reiser (chair), plus approximately 65 members divided into 16 technical subcommittees Prize Winners in Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology Announced 1997 APS Robert R. Wilson Prize to Recognize and Encourage Outstanding Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators A prize of the American Physical Society sponsored by the APS Division of Physics of Beams, the APS Division of Particles and Fields and the Friends of R.R. Wilson. Andrew Sessler, "for a broad range of theoretical and conceptual advances in particle beam dynamics, leading to important accelerator performance improvements; for contributions in the areas of synchrotron rings, including negative mass instability and resistive wall instability, and free electron lasers; for the two-beam accelerator concept; for helping shape the very language of beam physics; and for inspiring and guiding several generations of accelerator scientists and serving as a statesman of science" Prize Committee Chair: Christoph Leemann 1997 APS Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics An award of the American Physical Society sponsored by the Division of Beam Physics and Universities Research Association (URA). Linda Spentzouris, "for her pioneering measurements of nonlinear coherent phenomena in high-energy hadron beams, building upon the rich theoretical development in plasma physics over the last several decades. Her findings include the identification of three-wave interactions in beams, and a related phenomenon, echoes, which provides a means to detect extremely weak diffusive processes at work in the beam. Her work serves as a starting point for the understanding of saturation and turbulent states in high- energy synchrotrons." Award Committee Co-Chairs: Thomas Marshall and John Nation Thesis Advisor: Patrick Colestock 1997 IEEE PAC Technology Award An Award of the Particle Accelerator Conference given on behalf of the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society of the IEEE and sponsored by the NPSS. Ka-Ngo Leung, "for his many ion source technology contributions benefiting synchrotrons, fusion devices, and systems for ion implanttion, proton therapy, and ion beam lithography." David F. Sutter, "for forming and managing a highly effective federal R&D program for the advancement of particle accelerator technologies." Award Committee Chair: Christoph Leemann 1997 U.S. Particle Accelerator School Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology. A prize of the Board of Governors of the USPAS sponsored by URA, SURA, Varian- Vacuum Products, Westinghouse Electric Corporation and John Wiley and Sons, publishers. Daniel Boussard, "for original contributions to the fields of RF, longitudinal beam dynamics, and feedback, and for the realization of superconducting acceleration systems." Chandrashekhar Joshi, "for pioneering experiments on high gradient, laser-driven, plasma beat-wave acceleration." Prize Committee Chair: Robert H. Siemann The 1997 prizes and awards for achievement in Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology will be presented at an awards ceremony during the 1997 IEEE/APS Particle Accelerator Conference at the banquet to be held Wednesday, May 14, 1997. Eight DPB Members Promoted to APS Fellows The APS Council at its November 1996 meeting has elected to fellowship the following members recommended by the DPB: Roger Odell Bangerter, "for fundamental contributions to all aspects of heavy-ion- driven inertial confinement fusion and leadership of the U.S. effort to develop its potential as an energy source." George James Caporaso, "for original contributions to the design and analysis of high- current electron accelerators, especially for instability studies which have greatly extended the utility of induction linacs." Max Cornacchia, "for broad contributions to the development of several accelerators, particularly in the design and development of synchrotron light sources from the first generation through current studies on concepts for future sources." John Nicolas Galayda, "for his key role in the design, construction, and commissioning of the National Synchrotron Light Source and the Advanced Photon Source." John Irwin, "for significant contributions to the research, development and application of modern techniques of nonlinear dynamics to accelerator systems, in particular to electron-positron colliding beam devices." Thomas Christos Katsouleas, "for original contributions to advanced particle acceleration concepts including the invention of the Surfatron accelerator, and his detailed studies of beam loading and emittance growth in plasma accelerators." Thomas Roser, "for contributions to the accelerator physics of polarized proton beams, in particular the successful demonstration of the principle of the Partial Siberian Snake." In addition, Jay Marx has also been elected to be an APS fellow "for his leadership of the successful construction of the Advanced Light Source (ALS), the first of the third generation synchrotron light sources in the U.S." PAC97: 1997 Particle Accelerator Conference The 1997 Particle Accelerator Conference - the 17th in this series - is being organized by TRIUMF and held May 12-16, 1997 at the Hotel Vancouver,