Highly Frustrated Magnetism (HFM) Conference 2010; Baltimore, Maryland; August 1 - 6, 2010

这笔赠款将支持美国学生参加2010年8月在马里兰州巴尔的摩约翰·霍普金斯大学举行的2010年高度受挫磁学国际会议(HFM2010)。虽然传统的磁性材料具有原子磁偶极矩的完美有序，但这种顺序并不总是发生。晶格的几何形状以及磁偶极矩之间相互作用的范围和性质可能不利于长程有序，并导致“受挫的磁性”。相应的材料具有非常不同寻常的物理性质，这些性质具有深刻的基本兴趣和潜在的应用前景。对受挫磁性的研究有赖于各种物理学家之间的密切合作。HFM2010将吸引新的人才进入该领域，并建立新的合作关系，以应对科学挑战。对于学生和博士后，HFM2010将提供一个观点，在会议开始时，由顶级专家的教程促进这一尖端研究的兴奋。为了降低学生/博士后参与的成本，约翰霍普金斯大学的宿舍提供了负担得起的住宿。NSF的拨款将用于降低美国学生的注册费，并为职业生涯早期受邀演讲的演讲者提供旅行支持。

This grant will support participation of US based students in the 2010 International Conference on Highly Frustrated Magnetism (HFM2010) to be held at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in Aug. 2010. While conventional magnetic materials feature perfect ordering of atomic magnetic dipole moments, such order does not always occur. The geometry of the crystalline lattice and the range and nature of the interactions between magnetic dipole moments can disfavor long range order and lead to "Frustrated Magnetism." The corresponding materials have very unusual physical properties which are of deep fundamental interest and hold potential for applications. Research on frustrated magnetism relies on close collaboration between a variety of physical scientists. HFM2010 will draw new talent to the field and establish new collaborations to address the scientific challenges. For students and post docs, HFM2010 will provide a view into the excitement of this cutting edge research facilitated at the beginning of the meeting by a tutorial from top experts. To keep the cost of student/post doc participation down, affordable lodging is provided in Johns Hopkins dorm rooms. The NSF grant will fund reduced registration fees for US based students and provide travel support for early career invited speakers.