Deadlines:
1 March 2008 - Registration for the School is to be submitted.
15 March 2008 - Successful applicants are to be notified.
1 April 2008 - Registration fee paid and accommodation booked.
Programme
The Summer School will cover a wide range of topic in high-pressure physics, including:
Static Compression: Large-volume techniques, High-temperature techniques, Crystallography, Spectroscopy, Transport properties, Advanced anvil techniques
Dynamic Compression: Shock compression physics, Experimental techniques, Plasma physics at megabar pressures
Theory & Fundamentals: High density solid state physics, High-pressure computational physics, Magnetism/Superconductivity
Metals & Superconductors: Simple metals at high density, High-pressure superconductivity, Pressure-induced quantum ordering
Simple Systems: Hydrogen, Simple molecular systems
Chemistry: Synthesis of new materials, Liquids, glasses, and amorphisation
Earth & Planetary Physics: The deep earth and core, Planetary interiors, Warm dense matter and neutron stars
Instrumenation: Instrumentation Engineering, CAD, Finite element analysis
School's lecturers who accepted the invitation (so far):
Dr. Jon Eggert (Lawrence Livermore National laboratory, USA)
Dr. Alexander Goncharov (Geophysical Laboratory, CIW, USA)
Dr. Federico Gorelli (University of Florence, Italy)
Dr. F. Malte Grosche (Cambridge University, UK)
Prof. Russell J. Hemley (Geophysical Laboratory, CIW, USA)
Prof. Neil C. Holmes (Lawrence Livermore National laboratory, USA)
Prof. Wilfried B. Holzapfel (University Paderborn, Germany)
Dr. Konstantin Kamenev (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Stefan Klotz (Universite P&M Curie, France)
Prof. Gil Lonzarich (Cambridge University, UK)
Prof. Paul F. McMillan (University College London, UK)
Prof. John B. Parise (State University of New York, USA)
Dr. Chris Pickard (University of St. Andrews, UK)
Dr. Chrystele Sanloup (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Dr. Mario Santoro (University of Florence, Italy)
Prof. Sandro Scandolo (ICTP, Italy)
Prof. Karl Syassen (MPI fuer Festkoerperforschung, Germany)
Dr. Samuel T. Weir (Lawrence Livermore National laboratory, USA)
Dr. Martin Wilding (University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK)
Prof. Malcolm McMahon, Director (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Konstantin Kamenev, Secretary (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Ingo LoaTreasurer (University of Edinburgh)
Prof. Graeme Ackland (University of Edinburgh)
Prof. Andrew Huxley (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Eugene Gregoryanz (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. John Loveday (University of Edinburgh)
Prof. Richard Nelmes (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Chris Pickard (University of St. Andrews)
For any queries please email SUSSP2008@ed.ac.uk