The International Conference on Low Temperature Physics
The International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT) is an academic conference held every three years near the month of September attracting on average well over a thousand participants from all over the world.[1][2] The LT conferences are endorsed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) via its Commission on Low Temperature Physics (C5). The mandate of the LT conferences is to promote the exchange of information and views among the members of the international scientific community in the general field of Low Temperature Physics.
Usually, several other satellite meetings are also held just before or after the LT conferences in neighboring cities such as the International Conference on Ultra Low Temperature Physics series (ULT) as well as other meetings related to the topics listed below. Starting from 1998, the Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids (QFT) conference series was decided to be held in all non-LT years.[3]
Contents
Topics
The general field of low temperature physics is broad, but usually the LT conferences are divided into five parallel programs:
- A. Quantum Gases, Fluids and Solids
- B. Superconductivity
- C. Quantum Phase Transitions and Magnetism
- D. Electronic Quantum Transport in Condensed Matter
- E. Cryogenic Techniques and Applications
Prizes
The LT conferences traditionally hand out the following prizes during their opening sessions:
- The Fritz London Memorial Prize [4]
- The Simon Prize[5]
- The IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes in Low Temperature Physics (since LT-25)
Editions
As of late, the conferences are being held in the following pattern: Europe -> Asia -> The Americas -> Europe. Hence, the site of LT-29 is expected to be somewhere again in Asia in 2020.
LT-28 (Aug. 9-16, 2017)[6] Gothenburg, Sweden
LT-27 (Aug. 6-13, 2014) Buenos Aires, Argentina
LT-26 (Aug. 10-17, 2011) Beijing, China
LT-25 (Aug. 6-13, 2008) Amsterdam, Netherlands
LT-24 (Aug. 10-17, 2005) Orlando, United States
LT-23 (2002) Hiroshima, Japan
LT-22 (1999) Helsinki-Espoo, Finland
LT-21 (1996) Prague, Czech Republic- LT-20 (1993) Eugene, United States
LT-19 (1990) Brighton, United Kingdom- LT-18 (1987) Kyoto, Japan
LT-17 (1984) Karlsruhe, Germany- LT-16 (1981) Los Angeles, United States
LT-15 (1978) Grenoble, France- LT-14 (1975) Otaniemi, Finland
- LT-13 (1972) Boulder, United States
- LT-12 (1970) Kyoto, Japan
LT-11 (1968) St. Andrews, United Kingdom
LT-10 (1966) Moscow, Russia- LT-9 (1964) Columbus, United States
- LT-8 (1962) London, United Kingdom
LT-7 (1960) Toronto, Canada- LT-6 (1958) Leiden, Netherlands
- LT-5 (1957) Madison, United States
- LT-4 (1955) Paris, France
- LT-3 (1953) Houston, United States
- LT-2 (1951) Oxford, United Kingdom
- LT-1 (1949) Cambridge, United States
- LT-0 (1946) Cambridge, United Kingdom
References
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- ↑ http://people.umass.edu/qfs98/history.htm
- ↑ for the full list, see http://www.phy.duke.edu/fritz-london-memorial-prize
- ↑ for the full list, see http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/lt/prize/page_44359.html
- ↑ http://iupap.org/commissions/c5-low-temperature-physics/c5-commission-information/
