U.S. - U.S.S.R. Joint Research in Topological Fluid Dynamicsat Institute for Theoretical Physics

美国加州大学圣巴巴拉分校理论物理研究所所长James S. Langer博士和苏联莫斯科空间研究所分析研究部主任George M. Zaslavsky博士我组织了一个拓扑流体动力学的跨学科项目，将涉及纯数学家、天体物理学家以及流体动力学家。剑桥大学的Keith Moffatt博士和哥伦比亚大学的Michael Tabor博士将分享领导权。苏联代表团将包括克林顿博士。来自空间研究所的Alexander Chernikov和Michael Natenzon以及朗道理论物理研究所的A. Mikhailov博士。理论物理研究所（ITP）的主要活动是组织和实施研究项目，使访问科学家能够在较长时间内与该研究领域中相当一部分世界上最活跃的科学家进行互动。杰出的拓扑学家、研究涡度动力学和湍流基本机制问题的理论和计算流体动力学家、专门研究磁场拓扑和重连过程问题的等离子体物理学家、拉格朗日混沌的专家将于1991年8月至12月举行会议。苏联科学家小组的参与将增强这一计划的活力和国际性。该项目实现了推进科学知识的计划目标，使美国和苏联的领先研究人员能够在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在共同感兴趣和有能力的基础科学研究领域结合互补的努力和能力。

Dr. James S. Langer, Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California - Santa Barbara, and Dr. George M. Zaslavsky, Head of the Department of Analytical Studies, Space Research Institute, Moscow, U.S.S.R., have organized a cross- disciplinary program in Topological Fluid Dynamics that will involve pure mathematicians and astrophysicists as well as fluid dynamicists. Leadership will be shared with Dr. Keith Moffatt of Cambridge University and Dr. Michael Tabor of Columbia University. The Soviet delegation will include Drs. Alexander Chernikov and Michael Natenzon from the Space Research Institute and Dr. A. Mikhailov from the Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics. The principal activity of the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) is to organize and operate research programs in which visiting scientists can interact over an extended period with a sizable fraction of the world's most active scientists in the research area. An outstanding cross-section of leading topologists, theoretical and computational fluid dynamicists working on problems involving fundamental mechanisms of vorticity dynamics and turbulence, plasma physicists with expertise in problems of magnetic field topology and reconnection processes, and experts in Lagrangian chaos will meet from August - December 1991. The participation of the group of Soviet scientists will enhance the vitality and international nature of this program. This project fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading researchers in the U.S. and U.S.S.R. to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence in the field of basic scientific research on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.