Welcome to ICPDP5
Dusty plasmas are relevant to the understanding of astrophysical, space and laboratory phenomena. Charged dust particles play an important and sometimes dominant role in plasma dynamics, and their understanding is of utmost importance for particle and energy transport processes in complex plasmas. At the University of the Azores, during May 2008, the progress in observations, modelling and simulations of dusty plasma physics has been examined, in connection with astrophysical, space and laboratory settings.
News
(October 6, 2008) THE PROCEEDINGS OF ICPDP5 have been published as AIP Conference Proceedings volume 1041. Each participant will soon receive a personal copy of the Proceedings by air mail. You may browse the contents online at the official AIP webpage, "MULTIFACETS OF DUSTY PLASMAS".
(May 28, 2008) ICPDP5 YOUNG SCIENTIST MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE awarded to Dr. Catalin Ticos, from the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation, in Romania, for his pioneering contributions to dusty particle dynamics in laboratory experiments.
(May 28, 2008) ICPDP5 BEST ORAL PRESENTATION BY A YOUNG SCIENTIST awarded to Dr. Tetyana Antonova, from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, in Germany.
(May 28, 2008) ICPDP5 BEST POSTER PRESENTATION BY A YOUNG SCIENTIST awarded to Mr. Chen-Yu Tsai, PhD student from the National Central University, in Taiwan.
More about ICPDP5
This is a continuation of our series of International Conferences on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas which take place every three years at different locations around the globe (Goa, India, 1996; Hakone, Japan, 1999; Durban, South Africa, 2002; Orleans, France, 2005). The present conference has provided a unique opportunity for disseminating the present status of dusty plasma physics among participants from developing and industrialized countries. This series of international conferences has proven to be highly beneficial to the participants from the developing countries and young researchers from all over the world.
Coming next...
The sixth edition of the ICPDP will be held in the Spring of 2011, in Munich, Germany. For more information, please contact Dr. Hubertus Thomas, of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, in Garching.