THE THIRD VOLGA INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL on Space Plasma Physics (ISS97), will be held onboard the comfortable and charming chartered ship ``Oktyabr'skaya Revolutsiya'' cruising the majestic Volga river through scenic and culturally fascinating parts of Russia. The board and lodging will be provided onboard.
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THE PURPOSE of these semiannual Summer Schools, organised jointly since 1993 by the Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI), Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, and the Uppsala Division of the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRFU), Uppsala, Sweden, is to give an insight into the common scientific problems of contemporary space plasma physics and plasma astrophysics by bringing together young scientists, experienced researchers and scholars in astrophysics, space physics and plasma physics for a fruitful exchange of ideas across interest, language, culture and age barriers.
THE TOPICS COVERED include linear and non-linear plasma physics, waves and radiation phenomena in plasma, waves in random media and turbulence, ionospheric, magnetospheric and heliospheric plasma, solar and stellar coronal plasma, space and astrophysical plasma under extreme conditions, space plasma radio emission, radio and radar methods for investigating space, ionospheric modification, and the use of the Earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere as a space plasma laboratory for model experiments which simulate phenomena in other plasma environments.
THE REGULAR SESSIONS will be in the form of general lectures and tutorial talks. In addition, participants are welcome to submit abstracts if they so wish. Their accepted contributions will be presented in special oral or poster sessions. Onboard we will have a temoprary Radiofizika/Radio Physics and Quantum Electronics editors office and a referee group, so that it will be possible to have your paper submitted, reviewed, edited an accepted for publication in Radiofizika by the time you disembark the ship.
THE SOCIAL PROGRAMME includes visting interesting places we pass during our voayge. Evenings of poetry, folklore, music from various countries and dancing where the participants are welcome to deliver performances, will be organised on deck or in the salons. Russian language lessons will be offered for those who are interested. A medical doctor will be available onboard the ship at all times.
APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION for should be submitted as soon as possible, either by e-mail or fax. Attendance will be granted on a first come/first served basis and is limited to about 200. The earlier Summer Schools 1993 and 1995 attracted about 130 and 170 participants, respectively.
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IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact the organising committee by e-mail at iss97@nirfi.sci-nnov.ru or visit the Volga ISS97 WWW home page http://www.physics.irfu.se/Volga97/ which is being updated regularly with the latest ISS97 information.
NIZHNIY NOVGOROD (in the years 1932-1991, Gor'kiy) is an almost 800 year old city situated on the banks of the Volga and Oka rivers, approximately 400 km east of Moscow, and a Russian centre for higher education and science as well as culture and trade. With a population of nearly two million, Nizhniy Novgorod is the third largest and the most progressive city in Russia. Before the recent political changes, Nizhniy Novgorod was a closed city for 45 years. Some airlines now service Nizhniy Novgorod directly from western Europe. For instance, Lufthansa has direct flights from Frankfurt to Nizhniy Novgorod and back.
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