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ICPDP-99
PROGRAM

The Second International Conference
on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas

May 24-28,1999
Hotel Kowaki-en, Hakone, Kanagawa, JAPAN

Program Outline

DateTopic of the DayPoster Session
/Other Events
May 24Basic Dusty PlasmasA: Basic Physics
/Registration(8:00), Opening(8:30)
May 25Plasma Crystals - New MaterialB: Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasma
/Popular Lecture(20:00)
May 26Industrial Applications---
/Excursion(12:30), Banquet(19:30)
May 27Atmospheric and AstrophysicsC: Collective Effects and Astrophysics
/---
May 28Basic Experiments---
/Summary Talk(11:35), Closing(12:00)
Poster Session
Invited Speakers
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May 24, 1999 Monday

8:00Registration
8:30Opening Ceremony

Topic: Basic Dusty Plasmas

R. Bingham (Chair)
9:00P. K. ShuklaPerspectives of Collective Processes in Dusty Plasmas -
A Keynote Address
9:45M. RosenbergInstabilities in Dusty Plasmas
10:15N. N. RaoNon-Ideal Effects in Dusty Plasmas
10:45Coffee Break
P. K. Shukla (Chair)
11:15U. de AngelisKinetic Theory of Dusty Plasmas
11:45M. S. MurilloDynamical and Structural Properties of Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas
12:15J. E. HammerbergDirectional Ordering and Dynamics in Dusty Plasmas
12:45Lunch Break
R. Bharuthram (Chair)
14:00J. T. MendoncaInteraction of Intense Laser Pulses with Atomic Clusters
14:30Y. NejohThe Nonlinear Dynamics of the Grain-Charge on Waves in a Dusty Plasma with Trapped Positive Ions
14:50D. P. ResendesElectrostatic and Dipolar Interactions in a Colloidal Plasma and Ordered Structures
15:10H. AmemiyaSurface Charge on a Spherical Dust
15:30Coffee Break
K. -I. Oyama (Chair)
16:00G. S. ChaeNumerical Simulation Model for Dust Expansion into a Plasma
16:20K.S. GoswamiDrift Instabilities in a Dusty Plasma
16:40J. X. MaInteraction Potential between Two Debye Spheres
17:00POSTER
SESSION A		Basic Physics
19:00Dinner

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May 25, 1999 Tuesday

Topic: Plasma Crystals - New Material

Y. Nakamura (Chair)
8:30G. E. MorfillThe Plasma Condensation - A Review
9:15Lin IClassical Atom-like Dust Coulomb Clusters in a Plasma Trap
9:45Y.HayashiCrystallography and Statics of Coulomb Crystals
10:15J. GoreeParticle Dynamics Experiments in a Strongly-Coupled Plasma Crystal
10:45Coffee Break
J. Fujita (Chair)
11:15V. N. TsytovichNonlinear Dust Equilibria in Space and Laboratory Plasmas
11:45A.P.NefedovDust Particle Structures in Low-Temperature Plasmas
12:15A.MelzerExperiments on Plasma Crystals
12:45Lunch
T. Tanikawa (Chair)
14:00S. BenkaddaSelf-Organization in Dusty Plasmas
14:30S. HamaguchiDynamical Properties of Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas
14:50H.M. ThomasPlasma Crystals-Experiments in the Laboratory and in Space
15:10H.TotsujiStructures and Structural Transitions in Strongly-Coupled Yukawa Dusty Plasmas and Mixtures
15:30Coffee Break
H. M. Thomas (Chair)
16:00J. VranjesVortex Chains and Tripolar Vortices in Dusty Plasma Flow
16:20A. WierlingDynamical Structure Factor of Strongly Coupled Plasmas Including Collisions
16:40K. AvinashVapour-Liquid Phase Transitions in Dusty Plasmas
17:00POSTER
SESSION B		Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas
19:00Dinner

POPULAR LECTURE
Y. Nakamura (Chair)
20:00A. MendisDusty Plasmas: Far and Near

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May 26, 1999 Wednesday

Topic: Industrial Applications

G. Kroesen (Chair)
8:30Andre BouchouleNew Aspects of Particulate Generation
9:15Ch. HollensteinOn the Powder Formation in Industrial Reactive RF Plasmas
9:45E. StoffelsTrapping and Processing of Dust Particles in a Low-Pressure Discharge
10:15Coffee Break
Y. Kawai (Chair)
10:30T. MienoEffects of Gravity, Gas and Plasmas on Arc-Production Fullerenes
11:00J. WinterDust in Magnetic Confinement Fusion Devices: Formation Mechanism and Possible Impact on Plasma Operation
11:20A. GallagherParticle Growth in the Silane RF Discharges
11:40C. ArnasDust Particle Influence on Sheath in Thermoionic Discharge
12:00Lunch

12:30Excursion
19:30Banquet

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May 27, 1999 Thursday

Topic: Atmospheric and Astrophysics

Abhijit Sen (Chair)
8:30O. HavnesCharged Dust in the Earth's Mesosphere
9:15J. SvestkaDust Streams in the Jovian Magnetosphere
9:45R. K. VarmaInstabilities of Inhomogeneous Plasmas Streaming Relative to Inhomogeneous Dust Distributions
10:15N. F. CramerThe Effect of Dust on Alfven Waves in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas
10:45Coffee Break
S. Minami (Chair)
11.15W. A. ScalesDust Charge Fluctuations Associated with Dust Expansion into Ionospheric Plasma
11:45F. Verheest Mass Distributions and Self-Gravitation in Dusty Plasmas
12:15Y. ChutovStatistical description and computer modelling of relaxing dusty plasmas
12:45Lunch
M. Hellberg (Chair)
14:00R. BinghamFormation and Propagation of Dust in Astrophysics
14:30N. L. TsintsadzeRegular Structures in Dusty Plasmas due to Gravitational Fields
14:50B.WalchLaboratory Experiments Relating to Noctilucent Clouds
15:10S. MinamiPaleo-Heliosphere: Effect of the Interstellar Dusty Wind Based on a Laboratory Simulation
15:30Coffee Break
S. Sasaki (Chair)
16:00J. I. SakaiCurrent Loop Coalescence in Dusty Plasmas
16:20S. R. PillayOn Jeans-Buneman Instabilities in Non-Ideal Dusty Plasmas
16:40D. MaravillaThe Dynamics of Dust Particles in the Dust Solar Ring
17:00POSTER
SESSION C		Collective Effects and Astrophysics
19:00Dinner

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May 28, 1999 Friday

Topic: Basic Experiments

H. C. Pant (Chair)
8:30N. D'AngeloWaves and Instabilities in Dusty Plasmas
9:15M. HoranyiDusty Plasmas in the Laboratory and in Space
9:45T. YokotaCharging Measurements and Planetary Ring Simulation by Fine Particles
P. P. J. M Schram (Chair)
10:15N. SatoStructure Control of Fine-Particle Clouds in DC Discharge Plasmas
10:45S.TakamuraStructural Formation and Stability of Coulomb Clouds in Medium through Low Gas Pressure Range
11:15Coffee Break

Summary Talk
11:35P. K. ShuklaTheory and Simulation
O. HavnesSpace and Astrophysical Plasmas
A. SenIndustrial Application and Experiments

Closing Remarks
12:00R. Bingham
Y. Nakamura
P. K. Shukla
12:10Closing Time

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