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From: rhawkes@mtadot ca (Robert Hawkes)
Subject: Notice re IAU Coll 181 - Dust in Solar System and other Planetary
Systems
I have been asked by the organizers of the IAU Colloq. 181 (Dust in the
Solar System and other Planetary Systems) to pass on this information.
Bob Hawkes
Sectry IAU Comm. 22
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The first announcement for IAU Colloquium 181 is appended to this message.
Please could you pass on the information to anyone in your institute
who may be interested. Indications of interest are welcomed by e-mail,
fax or post (a reply form can be found at the end of the announcement).
I look forward to hearing from you,
Mary Watts, (Secretary, Local Organising Committee).
IAU Colloquium 181
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DUST in the SOLAR SYSTEM and OTHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS
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UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY, UNITED KINGDOM
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10 - 14 April 2000
First Announcement, October 1999
http://wwwdot ukc.acdot uk/physical-sciences/space/
THEME AND TOPICS
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This colloquium is the seventh in a series dedicated to studies of
interplanetary dust starting in 1967 in Honolulu, followed by Heidelberg,
Ottawa, Marseilles, Kyoto and Gainesville.
Over the last five years, there have been dramatic changes in the field
resulting from in-situ space experiments on Galileo and Ulysses, remote
sensing from ISO and observations of a spectacular dusty comet, Hale-Bopp.
The first data will also be available from Cassini and STARDUST, from
Earth orbiting satellite observations, including Gorid in geostationary
orbit, and from ground based observations of the Leonid meteor streams.
Our knowledge of the near-Earth Asteroid population has also improved
dramatically with the increased study arising from the awareness of the
danger to Earth from such bodies. Furthermore, potential dust sources
within the Kuiper belt population have been identified. Finally, since
the Gainesville colloquium, extrasolar planets have been discovered and it
is recognised that we can now study interplanetary dust in other planetary
systems.
These successful space missions and observations have motivated new
laboratory and theoretical work. Just a few examples are: the
investigation of the degree of chemical and physical alteration of
particles captured in aerogel, together with attempts at derivation of
original velocities, fuelled by STARDUST and the retrieval of samples from
Earth orbit; the design of experiments for the International Space
Station to study coagulation and and growth of complex grain structures in
microgravity; the combination of optical and momentum sensing for
detection of cometary dust at low speeds by Rosetta; the development of
dust/plasma/field interaction models for charged particles to interpret
Galileo data, etc.
The University of Kent has been a focus for studies of the space
environment, from Apollo lunar samples to the Giotto mission to comets
Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup. It has advanced understanding of
Interplanetary Dust, especially with microparticle accelerator facilities
extending to 200 km/s and a light gas gun operating up to 7.25 km/s. It
has provided understanding of hypervelocity impact phenomena in space, the
calibration of space instrumentation and quantitative formulae used within
space agency environmental software to establish Space Debris and
meteoroid risks. Space involvement currently includes Ulysses, Galileo,
Stardust, Rosetta, Mars Express, leadership of the Cassini Surface Science
Package and Cosmic Dust Chemical Analyser, and development of a new class
of orbital space detectors, Debie.
The meeting comprises 15 or 16 sessions of around one-and-a-half hours
duration with a review talk for each topic and a limited number of 15
minute contributed papers as well as posters. Scientific areas to be
covered will include:
* The Interplanetary Dust Complex: observations from Earth and Space,
* In-situ Interplanetary Dust Measurements,
* Asteroid and Cometary Missions,
* Cometary Dust Modelling and Asteroidal Sources of meteoroids,
* Interstellar dust within the Solar System and
dust in other Planetary Systems,
* Dynamics and Sources of Dust in the Solar System and Planetary Rings,
* Near Earth in-situ Measurements and Collection of Interplanetary
Dust and Space Debris,
* Laboratory Simulation and Measurements,
* Instrumentation for Dust Detection and Analysis.
Publication of the proceedings is planned after the meeting.
LOCATION
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The colloquium will be hosted by the University of Kent at Canterbury.
This campus University, with over 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate
students, is situated on parkland overlooking the medieval city of
Canterbury. With a population of around 40,000, it is the cultural and
tourist centre of East Kent. It has direct mainline railway and motorway
links with London 90 km away, and with the continent via the channel
tunnel (Dover and Ashford).
TRAVEL GRANTS
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A limited number of travel grants are available. Preference will be given
to students and those who would otherwise be unable to attend
(particularly those from traditionally under-represented areas).
Application details will be sent with the second announcement.
REGISTRATION
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The registration fee will be 100 UK pounds (approximately 160 US dollars)
for those registering before the deadline of 15th February 2000; the fee
will otherwise be 125 UK pounds (approximately 200 US dollars). Full
details will be provided with the second announcement which will be sent
only to those who return the attached indication of interest form.
SPONSOR
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IAU
COSPAR
Royal Astronomical Society
University of Kent at Canterbury
Unispace Kent
SCHEDULE
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15 November 1999
Indication of Interest forms due at UKC
1 December 1999
Second Announcement and abstract submission instructions, mailed ONLY to
respondents to first announcement
10 January 2000
HARD-COPY abstract submission deadline
15 January 2000
ELECTRONIC abstract submission deadline
15 February 2000
Pre-Registration deadline
10-14 April 2000
IAU Colloquium 181, Canterbury, UK
Note: Registration and reception refreshments: 9 April (p.m.)
Reception: 10 April
Banquet: 13 April
SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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I.P. Williams (Queen Mary & Westfield College, London)
J. Baggaley (University of Canterbury, Christchurch)
E. Grun (MPI fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg)
M.S. Hanner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Ph. Lamy (CNRS, Marseille)
A.-C. Levasseur-Regourd (Sevice d'Aeronomie du CNRS, Verrires-le-Buisson)
J.A.M. McDonnell (University of Kent at Canterbury)
T. Mukai (Kobe University)
V. Porubcan (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava)
H. Rickman (Uppsala Astronomical Observatory)
E. Tedesco (Terrasystems, Inc.)
N. Thomas (MPI fur Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau)
CONTACT AT CANTERBURY
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Dr. J.C. Zarnecki
IAU 181
Unit for Space Sciences & Astrophysics
School of Physical Sciences
University of Kent at Canterbury
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7NR, UK
Fax: +44 (0)1227 762616
E-mail: mlw@ukc.acdot uk
http://wwwdot ukc.acdot uk/physical-sciences/space/
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INDICATION OF INTEREST
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IAU COLLOQUIUM 181
Dust in the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems
University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom
10-14 April 2000
To receive future information regarding logistics, registration, and
abstract submission, please complete and return this form to the address
shown below by e-mail, fax or post.
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Topic of my potential contribution:
Likely accommodation preference:
University full board: University half board:
City hotel: B&B/Guesthouse:
Other (please indicate):
Accompanying person(s) number (if any):
Please return by 15 NOVEMBER 1999 to: Dr. John Zarnecki, IAU 181, Unit
for Space Sciences and Astrophysics, School of Physical Sciences,
University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK.
Fax: +44 (0)1227 762616. e-mail: mlw@ukc.acdot uk.
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