QUEST FOR NEW MATERIAL PHASES UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS

本研究是在1996-1998财政年度进行的。本研究的目的是促进在极端条件下从事不同物理领域工作的物理学家之间的相互作用。这些领域包括凝聚态物理实验、凝聚态物理理论、计算物理、天体物理和地球与行星科学。我们于1998年5月31日至6月5日在北海道Tomakomai市的新Oji酒店举办了Oji国际研讨会--“在极端条件下探索新的物理相”。研讨会由日本科学促进会和藤原科学基金会联合主办。包括18名海外科学家在内的60多名科学家参加了研讨会。研讨会非常成功。它为日本科学家和在这个快速发展的领域工作的海外科学家之间未来的合作奠定了基础。我们真诚地希望，在未来几年里，我们能够通过一个新的小组组织和新的财政援助，继续在极端条件下寻找新材料相的研究。

The present research was carried out for the fiscal years 1996-1998. The purpose of the present research was to promote mutual interactions among the physicists who are working in various fields of physics under extreme conditions. The fields include condensed matter physics experiment, condensed matter physics theory, computational physics, astrophysics, and earth and planetary sciences.We have held Oji International Seminar "Quest for New Physical Phases under Extreme Conditions' at Hotel New Oji in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, for the period May 31-June 5, 1998. The Seminar was sponsored jointly by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Fujihara Foundation of Science. More than 60 scientsis, including 1 8 scientists from overseas, participated in the Seminar. The Seminar was extremely successful. It placed a foundation for future collaborations between Japanese scientists and overseas scientists who are working in this fastly growing field.We sincerely wish we would be able to continue the research on the quest for new material phases under extreme conditions in the coming years with a new organization of the group and with a new form of financial aid.