Dear Colleague,
Please find below the first announcement of the
SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION:
THEORY, EXPERIMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
to be held
12-16 JULY 2004 in MOSBACH (near HEIDELBERG), GERMANY
Please check our web site
http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/ato/Conf2004/
We would appreciate a pre-registration by email to
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or, preferably, via the form included in the web site
Yours sincerely,
Andreas Wolf
(On behalf of the Local Scientific Committee)
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SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION:
THEORY, EXPERIMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
12-16 JULY 2004 in MOSBACH, GERMANY
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First Announcement
Dissociative recombination between electrons and molecular ions is one
of the most striking processes occurring in the electron-induced
dynamics of molecules. It reflects the coupling of electronic and
nuclear motion within molecular systems and is determined by a rich
variety of resonant phenomena, representing coupled electronic,
vibrational and rotational dynamics. Dissociative excitation by
electron impact is a closely related process. In addition, vibrational
and rotational (de-)excitation of molecular ions in electron
collisions has been studied theoretically and experimentally in the
context of dissociative recombination. Studies on dissociative
recombination and excitation have a substantial overlap with
neighboring fields of molecular physics, such as photodissociation via
high lying electronic states, resonant electron attachment, and
electron-induced processes in large molecules and
clusters. Experimental methods applied include stored and trapped
molecular ions, plasma techniques such as stationary and flowing
afterglow, and laser spectroscopic diagnostic of molecular
excitations. International Conferences on Dissociative Recombination
between electrons and molecular ions were held at Lake Louise,
Alberta, Canada (1988), Saint Jacut, Brittany, France (1992), Ein
Gedi, Israel (1995), and Nässlingen, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden
(1999). Later an internationally attended Symposium on the same
subject was held at the American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago,
USA (2001). This series of meetings is characterized by intense
discussions and close interaction between theoretical and experimental
researchers. Moreover, the role of dissociative recombination and
related molecular processes in adjacent fields of science is
emphasized by the participation of leading investigators from such
areas as astrophysics, plasma science, as well as atmospheric and
planetary physics. The meetings have generated a series of carefully
edited and refereed Proceedings volumes that serve as accepted,
in-depth references in the research field. Along these lines the sixth
meeting of the series is planned to be held in
Mosbach, Neckar-Odenwald Region, Germany
in the week of
July 12-16, 2004.
The event is being organized by the Research Group on Atomic and
Molecular Physics with Stored Ions at the Max-Planck Institute for
Nuclear Physics (MPIK), Heidelberg. It is one of the scientific
activities within the Research Training Network "Electron Transfer
Reactions" funded by the European Community in the period of
2000-2004. Special arrangements are planned for students and young
researchers. With the present announcement we ask for a
pre-registration, preferably via the web site
http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/ato/Conf2004/
An indicative list of topics is included with this
announcement. Invited speakers will be contacted in the following
weeks and a list of speakers will be given on the web site as soon as
available. We would appreciate if you could pre-register as soon as
possible. This step will help us to adjust the scientific and
practical organization to the interest in the community. In the
tradition of the former meetings we intend to keep the conference
within a framework of up to ~80 participants. Please pass on this
information on the meeting to interested colleagues. We will be happy
to welcome you to the 2004 Conference on Dissociative Recombination.
For the Local Scientific Committee
Andreas Wolf
Heidelberg, October 13, 2003
International Scientific Committee :
L. H. Andersen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
J. Glosik (Charles Univ. Prague, Czech Republic)
S. Guberman (ISR, Lexington, Mass.)
M. Larsson (Stockholm University, Sweden; chair)
J. B. A. Mitchell (Rennes University, France)
A. Orel (Univ. of California, Davis, USA)
A. Suzor-Weiner (Univ. Paris Sud, Orsay, France)
H. Takagi (Kitasato Univ., Japan)
J. Tennyson (UC London, United Kingdom)
W. J. van der Zande (NijmegenUniversity, The Netherlands)
D. Zajfman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel and MPIK,
Heidelberg, Germany)
A. Wolf (MPIK, Heidelberg, Germany; coordination)
Local Scientific Organizing Committee:
A. Wolf (MPIK, Heidelberg; chair)
H. Kreckel (MPIK, Heidelberg)
L. Lammich (MPIK, Heidelberg)
H. B. Pedersen (MPIK, Heidelberg)
P. Schmelcher (Inst. f. Theoretical Chemistry, Heidelberg University)
D. Schwalm (MPIK, Heidelberg)
D. Zajfman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, and MPIK, Heidelberg)
Topics
New experimental and theoretical developments in the following fields:
1. Experimental and theoretical study of dissociative recombination
Electron capture mechanisms
Dissociation dynamics and fragment excitation
Rate coefficient measurements
Isotope effects
2. Data needs on dissociative recombination and related processes
Astrophysical plasmas
Atmospheric physics
Laboratory plasmas
3. Fragmentation of highly excited molecules
Dissociative excitation
Photoexcitation and dissociation
4. Internal excitation and interactions of molecular ions
Electron-impact ro-vibrational heating and cooling
Radiative cooling
Ion molecule collisions and ro-vibrational cooling
Diagnostic of internal excitation
5. Electron interactions and properties of complex molecular ions
Hydrocarbons
Biomolecules
Clusters
6. Electron impact detachment of negative molecular ions
Fragmentation of polyatomic systems
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Andreas Wolf
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik
Postfach 103980
D-69029 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: x49-6221-516.503
Fax: x49-6221-516.602
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