STUDENT SUPPORT FOR THE GEC 2009: Oct 20-23, Saratoga Springs, NY

0946014 Raja该奖项的主要目的是支持美国学生和研究人员参加2009年气体电子会议（GEC），该会议将于2009年10月20日至10月23日在纽约萨拉托加斯普林斯举行。支持仅限于攻读博士学位的学生。该计划由美国大学和研究人员提供，他们需要参加会议的财政支持。GEC是美国物理学会的年度专题会议，将原子、分子和光学物理学与气体放电物理学和化学以及与这些主题相关的各种应用结合在一起。GEC 2009的详细说明可在http://sites.google.com/site/2009gec/home-page上找到。基础物理学主题包括原子和分子截面数据，等离子体诊断，离子和电子分布函数的测量，以及动力学，PIC和流体等离子体建模。应用包括材料的等离子体处理、等离子体与表面的相互作用、气体放电激光器和照明。GEC在以各种方式推进这些领域的研究方面发挥着关键作用。特别是，GEC是美国唯一一个将原子，分子和光学物理社区的成员与对气体放电和等离子体应用感兴趣的研究人员聚集在一起的会议。该会议旨在帮助一系列技术进步，如上所述。 在教育方面，GEC有着鼓励学生参与的悠久传统。例如，每年举行一次学生竞赛，根据学生在会议上的口头贡献，GEC学生优秀奖的赢家将获得500美元。GEC还鼓励学生参与，为参加会议的学生提供部分支持，并提交口头论文或海报。

0946014RajaThe main objective of this award is to support U.S. students and researchers to participate in the 2009 Gaseous Electronic Conference (GEC), which will be held Oct. 20 - Oct. 23, 2009 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Support is limited to students enrolled in a Ph.D. program offered by a U.S. university and researchers who are in need of financial support for attending the conference. Awards will be restricted to participants who will be presenting a paper at the conference.The GEC is an annual topical meeting of the American Physical Society, combining aspects of atomic, molecular, and optical physics with electric gas discharge physics and chemistry, as well as various applications related to these themes. A detailed description of the GEC 2009 can be found at http://sites.google.com/site/2009gec/home-page. Fundamental physics themes include atomic and molecular cross section data, plasma diagnostics, measurement of ion and electron distribution functions, as well as kinetic, PIC and fluid plasma modeling. Applications include plasma processing of materials, plasma interaction with surfaces, gas-discharge lasers, and lighting. The GEC plays a key role in advancing research in these areas in a variety of ways. In particular, the GEC is the only US conference that brings together members of the atomic, molecular, and optical physics communities with researchers interested in applications of gas discharges and plasmas.The conference is intended to aid a range of technological advances, as described above. Educationally, the GEC has a strong tradition of encouraging student participation. For example, a student competition is held each year based on oral contributions given by students at the conference and the winner of the GEC Student Award for Excellence is given $500. The GEC also encourages student participation by providing partial support for students attending the meeting and presenting either an oral paper or poster.