Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Particles
N e w s l e t t e r
October 2023
Issue 115
The 20th Electromagnetic
and Light Scattering Conference (ELS-2023) JQSRT Topical Issue
This is a kindly reminder that the 20th Electromagnetic
and Light Scattering Conference (ELS-2023) JQSRT Topical Issue is open for
submissions.
Manuscript submission information:
Submission Deadline: 1-Mar-2024. The special
issue manuscripts will be available online once it is accepted in its
collections. We do not have to wait until all SI manuscripts are accepted for
publication.
The submission website for this journal
is located at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/JQSRT/default.asp
To ensure that all
manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue you
are editing, it is important that authors select VSI: ELS-2023 when you reach the �Article Type� step
in the submission process.
Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/radiation-measurements/1350-4487/guide-for-authors.
Topics:
- New theoretical developments, numerical simulations, and
laboratory measurements of light scattering by nonspherical and morphologically complex
particles and particle groups
- Detection and characterization of atmospheric particulates
using laboratory, in situ, and remote sensing techniques
- Scattering of light by terrestrial aerosols and clouds,
oceanic particulates, solar system objects, exoplanets, stellar disks, and
various astrophysical objects
- Applications of light scattering methods in biology and
biomedicine
- Near-field and coherent effects in light scattering, optical
trapping, and manipulation
- Light scattering methods to control material properties and
technological applications.
If you have a manuscript, which fits the conference scope,
either accepted or under review in JQSRT, you can support the conference and
the community by asking editors to transfer you submission to the named Special Issue.
Best regards,
ELS-XX Topical Issue editors
The 14th meeting on Cosmic Dust: first circular
WEBSITE: https://www.cps-jp.org/~dust/
VENUE: Higashiyama Campus, Nagoya University
Furo-cho,
Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
464-8602, JAPAN
DATE: Monday, August 5 - Friday, August 9, 2024
OBJECTIVES: This series of Cosmic Dust meetings aims at finding
a consensus among experts on the formation and evolution of cosmic dust: where
it comes from and where it goes. The meeting is organized by dust freaks who
are very enthusiastic not only to make the goal achievable but also to
establish a dust community across every scientifically relevant discipline for
the development of cosmic dust research. For this reason, the primary objective
of the meeting is to bring together professionals who deal with cosmic dust as
well as provide an opportunity for participants to develop interpersonal
relationships and scientific interactions among themselves.
SCOPE: All kinds of cosmic dust such as
- intergalactic dust
- circumnuclear dust
- interstellar dust
- protoplanetary disk dust
- debris disk dust
- cometary dust
- interplanetary dust
- circumplanetary dust
- stellar nebular condensates
- presolar grains
- micrometeorites
- meteoroids
- meteors
- regolith particles
- planetary aerosols
are the subject of discussion. The meeting is open for any
aspects of dust research by means of different methods of studies (in-situ and
laboratory measurements, astronomical observations, laboratory and numerical
simulations, theoretical modeling, data analyses, etc.). Also welcome are
papers on dust-related topics, for example:
- the formation of molecules and their reactions on and their
desorption from the surface of a solid substance
- light scattering by non-spherical particles and particulate
surfaces
- space missions and instrumentation for measurements of
particulates
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE: The total number of participants is limited
to 50, inclusive of invited speakers and members of the meeting organizing
committees.
ADMISSIONS APPLICATION: The Cosmic Dust meeting strictly forbids
a walk-in attendee. To attend the meeting, please complete admissions application at the
CPS website online. The application form is currently in preparation, but it
will be ready prior to the distribution of the second circular. The deadline
for the application is May 10, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
and a late application will not be accepted. On account of the limitation on the number of
participants, the online application does not guarantee admission to the
meeting. Participants will be determined at the discretion of the SOC and all
applicants will be notified of the admissions decision by May 31, 2024.
Priority will be given to those who are highly motivated to meet in person and
retain discussion throughout the meeting. For further details, please visit the
Cosmic Dust website:
https://www.cps-jp.org/~dust/Application.html
REGISTRATION FEE: While no payment is required at the time of
admissions application and abstract submission, a registration fee will be
charged to those whose admittances are guaranteed. The fee is TBD, but it will
fall around US$100. No matter what circumstances are specified, the
registration fee will not be waived. The payment of the registration fee
permits free admission to all scientific sessions, daily coffee breaks, a banquet, and an excursion.
NOTES ON THE VENUE: Nagoya is a center of the Chukyo Industrial
Zone and one of the three major megacities in Japan, located between the
largest megacity Tokyo and the second largest megacity Osaka. The city is also
known as a home of the Japan's national sport `sumo'. The Nagoya Basho Grand
Sumo Tournament is annually held at Dolphins Arena, next to Nagoya Castle, and
the 2024 Grand Tournament is scheduled for the period of July 14-28, prior to
the next Cosmic Dust meeting. For more information on Nagoya, please visit the
official website of Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau:
https://www.nagoya-info.jp/en/
IMPORTANT DATES IN JST (UTC+09:00):
10 May 2024, Deadline for Admissions Application
31 May 2024, Notification of Admissions Decision
5-9 August 2024, Cosmic Dust
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (SOC):
Jean-Charles Augereau (IPAG,
France)
Cornelia Jaeger (MPIA, Germany)
Hidehiro Kaneda
(Nagoya Univ., Japan)
Hiroshi Kimura (CIT/PERC, Japan) [Chair]
Ludmilla Kolokolova (Univ. of Maryland, USA)
Aigen Li (Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, USA)
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC):
Hiroki Chihara (Osaka
Sangyo Univ.)
Takayuki Hirai (CIT/PERC)
Hidehiro Kaneda
(Nagoya Univ.) [Chair]
Hiroshi Kimura (CIT/PERC)
Hiroshi Kobayashi (Nagoya Univ.)
Masashi Nashimoto (The
Univ. of Tokyo)
Ayaka Okuya (NAOJ)
Tomomi Omura (Nagoya Univ.)
Takafumi Ootsubo (UOEH)
Hiroki Senshu (CIT/PERC)
Takashi Shimonishi (Niigata Univ..)
Koji Wada (CIT/PERC)
Yuki Yoshida (NAOJ)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Hiroshi Kimura dust-inquiries@cps-jp.org
Mind that any email attachment will be blocked and any HTML message will cause
character corruption.
BRIEF HISTORY: The Cosmic Dust meeting started in 2006 as a
session called Cosmic Dust of the 3rd AOGS (Asia-Oceania
Geoscience Society) annual meeting in Singapore. Dust freaks have kept on
organizing the session at subsequent AOGS meetings in Korea (2008), India
(2010), and Taiwan (2011). The Cosmic Dust series has been recognized as the
most successful session of the AOGS Planetary Sciences Section. In 2012, the
time was ripe to be free from organizing restrictions on the AOGS meeting. From
that time on, the Cosmic Dust meeting is totally
independent of any international conferences and professional associations. The
past meetings on Cosmic Dust have been held in a relaxed and joyful atmosphere.
So will be the coming one!
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