Subject: FCM2006 - Conference Announcement

From: "AFA Filial Buenos Aires" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:02:03 -0300

AT THE FRONTIERS OF CONDENSED MATTER III:
NEW TRENDS IN STRUCTURAL, ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 11-15, 2006

First Announcement

Dear Colleague:

The workshop "At the Frontiers of Condensed Matter III: New trends in structural, electronic and magnetic properties of matter" (FCM2006) is going to be held in Buenos Aires from December 11 to 15, 2006. Its main objective is to bring together researchers working at the frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics to present problems of current interest to the physics community of Argentina and Latin America.

This is the third of a series of FCM workshops. The first one took place in December 2002 (http://www.tandar.cnea.gov.ar/misc/FMC02workshop.php) and the second in June 2004 (http://www.tandar.cnea.gov.ar/misc/FCM2004.php).

FCM2006 is designed to bring together scientists interested in recent developments in several branches of fundamental and applied condensed matter.

FCM2006 should provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of new concepts, properties and developments in materials research and applications.

Scientific Program
The main activities of the workshop are going to be plenary talks given by specialists in their respective fields, short talks selected by the advisory committee and poster sessions organized to generate informal discussions and to promote collaborations. Students are going to be encouraged to actively participate in the poster sessions and discussions.

Topics
The scope of the conference includes the following topics:

.Highly correlated electron systems such as manganites, heavy fermions and  high Tc superconductors.
.Low dimensional systems including nanostructured materials.
.Diluted magnetic semiconductors and semiconducting heterostructures.
.General field theory applications and experimental techniques in condensed matter.

Preliminary List of Invited Speakers

Mebarek Alouani, IPCMS, Strasbourg
Christophe Bichara, CNRS, Marseille
Stefan Blügel, IFF, Juelich
Wolfgang Felsch, Physikalisches Institut Göttingen
Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois, Urbana.
Alex de Lozanne, University of Texas at Austin.
Peter Fulde, Dresden
Carlos Manolo Giles, Campinas
Eduardo Granado, Campinas
Luis Ghivelder, UFRJ, Rio
Karen Hallberg, Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA
Isao Inoue, Tsukuba
Alois Loidl, Universität Augsburg
Hilbert von Löhneysen, Universität Karlsruhe
Darío Niebieskikwiat, University of Illinois, Urbana
Horacio Pastawski, FAMAF
Aron Pinczuk, Columbia University
Francisco Rivadulla, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
José Rivas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Konrad Samwer, Goettingen
Stefano Sanvito, Trinity College, Dublin
Sèbastien Vaucher, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Scientific Committee

Enrique Anda, PUC-Rio, Brazil
Balseiro, CAB-CNEA, Bariloche, Argentina
Stefan Blügel, IFF-Juelich, Germany
Hughes Dreysse, IPCMS-Strasbourg, France
Aron Pinczuk, Columbia University, New York, USA
Konrad Samwer, Goettingen Univertsitaet, Germany
Andres Saul, CNRS-Marseille, France
Mariana Weissmann, CAC-CNEA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Workshop Registration
All participants must register to the Workshop.
To pre-register  fill in the on-line registration form as soon as possible.

On-line registration, registration fees , abstract submission  and
constantly updated information is  available at  the meeting web site:
http://www.tandar.cnea.gov.ar/misc/FCM2006.php

Abstracts Submission
The deadline for abstracts submission will be September 1st 2006. The procedure for the submission will be on the web page. Authors are going to be informed by October 1st on the acceptance of their presentations.

Publication
The proceedings of the Workshop will be published possibly in Physica B.
Detailed instructions on the preparation of the manuscripts for submission to the journal will be available in the home page for authors whose contributions are accepted for presentation at the Workshop. The maximum paper length will be six journal pages for invited papers and three journal pages for contributed ones. Papers must be presented at the Workshop by a registered author in order to be published in the Proceedings. Only one paper by registered participant will be published.

Sponsors
The workshop will be partially funded by France (via a PICS, Project International de Cooperation Scientifique), the Latin American Center of Physics (CLAF), the von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), and local agencies.

The Workshop is sponsored by the Department of Physics (TANDAR) of Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, the Physics Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires.

Financial Assistance
Funds available for financial help are very scarce. In case you are able to cover your travel expenses using your own resources and you think our assistance may be of help, please send a letter of application to Dr. Francisco Parisi: <[email-masked]>

Workshop Location
The at the Emma Perez Ferreira Auditorium at the TANDAR building of the Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Avenida Gral Paz 1499, (1650) San Martín, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Visa Requirements
Foreign citizens must carry a valid passport and/or visa to enter Argentina. Foreign participants should contact the Argentine Embassy, Consulate or Office of Tourism, in their home country to get information their particular visa requirements. Participants requiring visas must initiate the application process well in advance of their departure date. 
If you need a personal letter of invitation to attend the Workshop please contact us at <[email-masked]>

Lodging
We are making the corresponding arrangements. Information will be available on the web page.

Organizing Committee

Javier Guevara, Universidad de San Martin
Pablo Levy, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, CNEA
Gustavo Lozano, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Ana Maria Llois , Centro Atómico Constituyentes, CNEA
Francisco Parisi,Centro Atómico Constituyentes, CNEA
Marcelo Rozenberg, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Daniel Vega,Centro Atómico Constituyentes, CNEA
Ruben Weht,Centro Atómico Constituyentes, CNEA
Rodolfo Sánchez, Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA

Workshop E-mail:  <[email-masked]>