IRON PROJECT MEETING on
"New Directions in Atomic Data Production for
Fusion and Astrophysical Plasmas"
Université de Mons-Hainaut (UMH),
Mons (Belgium)
August 2-4, 2007
In honour of Prof. Michael J. Seaton,
founder of the Opacity Project and the Iron Project.
Theme
This summer meeting will be focussed on new
directions to take following the new needs of the data users.
What are the current and future atomic data needs? What are the best
tools to produce them?
What is the best way to distribute them? are
the questions that this meeting will address.
Invited Speakers
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Emile BIEMONT, University of Mons-Hainaut/University
of Liege, "Oscillator Strength Determination in Heavy Atoms and Ions".
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Michel GODEFROID, University of Brussels (ULB),"Dirac-Fock
Calculations with the MCDFGME Package".
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Ted GULL, NASA/GSFC, "The Ejecta of Eta Carinae: Strange Abundances due to Nitrogen Chemistry or Nuclear Processes?".
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Tim KALLMAN, NASA/GSFC,"Importance of Nickel in Astrophysical X-ray Spectra".
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Klaus WERNER, University of Tuebingen,
"The Need for Atomic Data in Quantitative Spectroscopy of Hot Stars".
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Yuri RALCHENKO, NIST,"Modern Trends in Dissemination and Validation of Atomic Data".
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Hugh SUMMERS, University of Strathclyde,"Plasma Model and Spectral Diagnostic Development for ITER - Selecting and Integrating Atomic Data".
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Frédéric THEVENIN, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, "Atomic Data for Radiative Line Transfer in 3D and NLTE Codes with Astrophysical Goals".
Meeting schedule
Talks
Meeting location
The meeting will be held at Salle des Conseils
in the Grands Amphitheatres building
("Grands AMPHI" in the map below)
located in the Campus des Sciences et de la Medecine.
How to get there
Fly to Brussels National Airport (BRU).
From the airport, take the train (Brussels Airport Express) to Mons.
Train timetables are available in the SNCB/NMBS website .
From this website, fill out the "From" field with "Bruxelles-Nat-Airport"
and the "To" field with "Mons" to get the timetables for your train and
you can also buy your ticket online.
Below, you can find the city map with the location of the station and the
3 recommanded hotels (Ibis, Infotel and Best Western Lido) in red.
Mons is a small city and everything is in walking distance. For instance,
it takes a ~20 minutes walk to get to the Campus des Sciences et de la Medecine
from the station.
Accomodation
There are 3 hotels close by the Campus des Sciences et de la Medecine
where the IP meeting will take place:
- Best Western Hotel Lido, rue des Arbalestriers 112, Mons, B-7000, Belgium,
phone:+32.65.32.78.00.
Click here
to book online.
- Ibis Mons Centre Gare, boulevard Charles Quint 27b, Mons, B-7000, Belgium,
phone:+32.65.84.74.40.
Click here
to book online.
- Infotel, rue d'Havre 32, Mons, B-7000, Belgium,
phone:+32.65.40.18.30.
e-mail:info@hotelinfotel.be
URL: http://www.hotelinfotel.be
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