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

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校理论物理研究所所长詹姆斯·S·兰格博士和苏联莫斯科空间研究所分析研究系主任乔治·M·扎斯拉夫斯基博士，组织了一项关于拓扑流体动力学的跨学科计划，将有纯数学家、天体物理学家以及流体动力学家参加。领导力将与剑桥大学的基思·莫法特博士和哥伦比亚大学的迈克尔·塔博尔博士分享。苏联代表团将包括来自太空研究所的Alexander Chernikov博士和Michael Natenzon博士，以及来自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运营研究计划，在这些计划中，来访的科学家可以在很长一段时间内与研究领域中相当一部分世界上最活跃的科学家进行互动。一批杰出的拓扑学家、致力于涡度动力学和湍流基本机制的理论和计算流体动力学家、在磁场拓扑和重联过程问题方面有专长的等离子体物理学家以及拉格朗日混沌方面的专家将于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生命力和国际性。该项目实现了推进科学知识的计划目标，使美国和苏联的顶尖研究人员能够在平等、互惠的基础上，在基础科学研究领域共同感兴趣和能力强的领域结合互补的努力和能力，和互惠互利。

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.