Deadlines
Abstract submission 15 April 2012 Final programme 20 June 2012 Early registration 1 July 2012
Important dates
Welcome reception in Steigenberger Hotel Sonne:
9 September 2012, 6 pmConference starts 10 September 2012, 9 am Conference ends 14 September 2012, 1 pm
Topics
Statistical physics and ab-initio simulations Producing non-ideal plasmas (optical lasers, free electron lasers, heavy-ion beams,
Z machine, high explosives etc.)Diagnostics of non-ideal plasmas (e.g. x-ray scattering, line shapes, stopping power, emission and absorption) Equilibrium properties, EOS, and phase transitions Kinetics, transport and optical properties Dense astrophysical and ICF plasmas Ultra-intense laser-matter interaction Dusty plasmas
Invited keynote speakers
D.M. Ceperley (U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) R. Falcone (UC Berkeley) J.J. Fortney (UC Santa Cruz) V.E. Fortov (RAS, Moscow) D.O. Gericke (U Warwick) S.H. Glenzer (LLNL, Livermore) J. Goree (U Iowa, Iowa City) C.H. Keitel (MPI Kernphysik, Heidelberg) T. Killian (Rice University, Houston) M.D. Knudson (SNL, Albuquerque) M. Koenig (LULI-CNRS, Paris) A. Ng (U British Columbia, Vancouver) T. Sano (U Osaka) Ping Zhang (Beijing)