EPS-HEP2019 report
From 10 to 17 July 2019, nearly 750 physicists attended the 2019 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPSHEP2019) in the charming city of Ghent, in Belgium. An intense first half of the conference with over 500 parallel talks, and two dedicated poster sessions later on featuring about 200 contributions, immersed the participants [...]
EPS Historic Site inaugurated in Frankfurt: Born for Modern Physics
On September 3 2019 the former Institute of Physics of the University of Frankfurt has been awarded the honorary title “EPS Historic Site” by the European Physical Society.
Edison Volta Prize 2020: Call for nominations
Nominations are now open for the Edison Volta Prize of the European Physical Society [EPS]. The award – intended to promote excellence in research – will be given in recognition of outstanding research and achievements in physics.
The EPS Edison Volta Prize is given biennially to individuals or groups of up to three people. The award consists of a diploma, a medal, and €10,000 in prize money.
Visit of the EPS Nuclear Physics Division Board at GSI/FAIR
The Nuclear Physics Board of the European Physical Society met in Frankfurt at the end of September 2019. The first day of the two-days meeting took place in the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, where a mini-workshop was held (Fig. 1), followed by a visit of the facility. Fig. 1: The EPS-NPD board members [...]
Centenary celebrations of the Polish Physical Society
Cruises aboard the most beautiful Polish sailing ships: STS “Fryderyk Chopin” and STS “Pogoria”. In 2020, the Polish Physical Society will celebrate the centenary of its activity. Among the many events commemorating one hundred years of scientific and social activity and the achievements of Polish physicists, we would like to organize the cruises aboard the [...]
Physics and Life
First French-German Wilhelm and Else Heraeus seminar dealt with physics in living systems / Start of further binational seminars to strengthen the European idea.
ESOF2020
Travel grants are available from EuroScience for postdocs in any field of physics to attend ESOF2020.
Featured in EPN
Europhysics News Vol. 50-4 can be downloaded at the magazine’s website. View it also as a flipbook. Flipbook of EPN – issue 50/4 A lesson from the history of scientific discovery of measuring the pressure of lightSvetlana Lukishova, Anatoly Masalov and Victor ZadkovPublished online: 25 September 2019DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2019405 Silicon Photo-MultipliersRobert KlannerPublished online: 25 September 2019DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2019401 A Tribute to Lise Meitner [...]
EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities September 2019
The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and staff in summer:
EGAS
The 52nd Conference of the European Group on Atomic Systems (EGAS will take place in Zagreb, Croatia from 6-10 July, 2020 at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. https://www.egas52.org | info [at] egas52 [dot] org EGAS 52 will cover a wide range of topics related to atomic physics. The topics include [...]
International Year of Sound 2020
The International Year of Sound 2020 (IYS 2020) is an initiative of the International Commission for Acoustics (ICA) and is an outcome of UNESCO Resolution 39 C/59 2017 “The Importance of Sound in Today’s World: Promoting Best Practices”. The ICA is mobilising all its member organisations and supporters to arrange events during 2020 that meet [...]
30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
Texas 2019 will take place from 15-20 December 2019 in Portsmouth, UK. Registration and call for abstracts are now open. Abstract submission deadline is 27 September. Early-bird registration fee payment deadline is 25 October. Registration closes 22 November. See the web site http://texas2019.org/ for more details. The Texas meetings have covered topics such as black holes, gravitational [...]
