British-Romanian-Hungarian N+N+N Workshop for Young Researchers on Plasma- and Astrophysics: from laboratory to outer space

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Jun 2005

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In: Publications of the Astronomy Department of the Eötvös University (PADEU), 2005, ISBN 963 463 557, ISSN 0238-2423, Vol. 15.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The International Networking for Young Scientists (INYS), initiated and funded by the British Council, models itself on the N+N concept, where N+N refers to a workshop involving a number of researchers from the UK and an equal number of local researchers; ideally eight or more from each country. INYS is an initiative that supports the British Council's purpose of "nurturing mutually beneficial relationships with other countries", by encouraging and facilitating the mobility of, and direct contact between, young researchers (and their supervisors). It supports face-to-face meetings between young scientists and engineers from the UK and other countries, for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and information and the building of international connections that assist the innovation process. The meeting was an extended N+N workshop, where young scientist from UK, Romania and Hungary (N+N+N) got together to discuss their results, to initiate further real and virtual networking and to identy common research areas. It was the first time that Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj, Romania) has hosted such a meeting and the support by the University (Department of Physics, in particular) gives us hope that there will be other events to follow. The topic of the meeting was "Plasma- and astrophysics: from laboratory to outer space". Plasma is a gaseous state, commonly known as the fourth state of matter and it is made of electrically charged particles where the dynamics of particles is controlled by ambient magnetic fields. Plasmas make up almost 99 per cent of astrophysical objects such as galaxies, stars and supernovae. On Earth, plasmas exist naturally as lightning bolts and the bath of charged particles in the Earth's upper atmosphere. In the high-tech electronics industry, beams of artificially created plasmas engrave sophisticated patterns on computer chips. In an attempt to provide mankind with an abundant source of cheap clean energy, scientists work hard to make artificial suns: plasmas so hot and so dense that their particles fuse to release free energy. This pursuit of nuclear fusion, as a practical energy source, is another major branch of plasma physics research. The meeting was hosted by the Babes-Bolyai University and took place from 17th to 19th January, 2005. The Host provided all the technical support and the infrastructure needed for a smooth and successful meeting. The event was opened by Prof. Laszlo Nagy (Pro-Vice Chancellor) and Mrs Monica Marasescu (British Council).

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