New Products
Electron Tubes has a new website for scientists and engineers working in imaging and non-imaging optics, scintillation counting, and nuclear and particle physics. New features include an interactive search facility for selecting photomultipliers. See www.electrontubes.com.
ACT/Techno has announced a new development system based on the VITA 31.1 Ethernet fabric implementation. The VITA 31.1 standard defines the pin assignments and connector to implement a standard switched Ethernet fabric on a VME64x backplane, without use of cables. For further information see www.acttechnico.com, e-mail sales@acttechnico.com or call +1 215 957 9102.
Leica Microsystems has introduced a new mask metrology tool, the LMS IPRO3. The new device is designed to support mask metrology for 65 nm and provides measurement precision with a short-term repeatability of better than 1.5 nm (3σ). For further information tel +49 6441/29 2229 or see www.semiconation.com.
PI (Physik Instrumente) has announced the new P-540 series nanofocusing Z-stages, designed for easy integration into high-resolution microscopes and other probing instruments. They provide fast motion to 100 μm in the z direction with subnanometre resolution. For more details call +1 508 832 3456, e-mail stefanv@pi-usa.us or see www.pi.ws.
The 10th LNF Spring School in Nuclear, Subnuclear and Astroparticle Physics will take place at the INFN National Laboratories in Frascati, Italy, on 16-20 May. The school is directed at graduate students, postgraduate and post-doctoral fellows, and young researchers from the EU Euridice Network. The 2005 school will be mainly devoted to theoretical and experimental developments in meson spectroscopy, kaon physics, neutrino physics and cosmology. It will also include a historical session, special seminars and short presentations by young researchers attending the school. For further information, see www.lnf.infn.it/conference/lnfss.
The International School of Physics Enrico Fermi on CP Violation: From Quarks to Leptons is to be held in Varenna, Italy, on 19-29 July. The school, organized by the Italian Physical Society, is aimed at advanced postgraduate level and is based on lecture courses plus seminars. Topics will range from the theory and phenomenology of CP violation to perspectives for future experiments. The deadline for applications is 20 May. Further details are available at http://varenna05.pi.infn.it/.
The 12th Euro Summer School on Exotic Beams will be held at Mainz, Germany, on 25 August - 2 September. Organized this year by GSI-Darmstadt, the school is intended for PhD students and young post-docs starting work in fields related to radioactive ion beams. The school consists of several lecture courses given by specialists in the field, starting from a basic level. The deadline for registration is 1 June. For further information and online registration see www-linux.gsi.de/~scheid/euroschool-05/home.htm. Enquiries can be sent by e-mail to euroschool@gsi.de.
MSM05, the 4th International Conference on Magnetic and Superconducting Materials, is to be held at Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco, on 5-8 September. The aim is first to review information on the most recent scientific and technological advances in the fields of superconductivity and magnetism, and second to create the opportunity for scientists from all parts of the world to discuss and share their research findings and explore the possibilities of mutual co-operation. For further information see http://msm05.esta.ac.ma.
PHYSTAT05, a conference on Statistical Problems in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, will be held in Oxford, UK, on 12-15 September. This is the fifth in a series that started with the Confidence Limits Workshop at CERN in January 2000. As well as contributions from physicists, there will be invited talks by an ensemble of distinguished statisticians. Attendance is limited to 120 participants. Further information is available at www.physics.ox.ac.uk/phystat05, or by e-mail from l.lyons@physics.ox.ac.uk.