Invited Speakers
W. Allis Plenary Lecture (Winner of the Will Allis Prize for the Study of Ionized Gases.)
K. Kulander, Lawrence Livermore National laboratory, The Ionization Dynamics of Atoms by Strong, Ultra-Short Laser Pulses. (See http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/allis.cfm for more info.)
Special Session on Fluorocarbon Plasmas for Processing
T. Tatsumi, Sony Corp., Control of Fluorocarbon Plasmas for Next Generation ULSI Devices.
J. Végh, University of California Berkeley, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Blanket and Small Feature Etching in Fluorocarbon- and Fluorine-Containing Plasmas.
M. Gordon, University of California Santa Barbara, New Insight into the Fundamental Scattering Dynamics of Fluorinated Ions Off Surfaces.
T. Maddern, Flinders University, Electron Scattering from Fluorocarbons and Their Radicals.
2.19 Materials’ Processing and Chemistry
S. Rauf, Applied Materials, Plasma Etch Modeling.
K. Karahashi, Osaka University, Ion Beam Study of the Ion Induced Etching for Si and SiO2 with F+ And CFX(X=1,2,3)+ Ions.
I. Sawada, Tokyo Electron Ltd, Numerical Simulation on the Profile of Plasma and Radicals In Plasma Chambers
2.18 Plasma Interactions with Surfaces
G. Cartry, Université de Provence, Study of Elementary Processes of Plasma-Wall Interaction in Fusion Devices by Means of an Inductively Coupled Hydrogen Plasma in Interaction with Graphite Surfaces.
U. Thumm, Kansas State University, Neutralization Dynamics of H- Near Flat and Nano-Structured Surfaces.
2.15 Electronegative Plasmas
R. Franklin, Open University, Gas Discharges in Electronegative Gases.
A. Lichtenberg, University of California Berkeley, Equlibria of Electronegative Plasmas.
2.11 Low-Pressure Plasma Diagnostics
T. Gans, Queens University Belfast, The Role of Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes in Plasmas – and Vice Versa!
2.22 Biological/Environmental Applications of Plasmas
M. Laroussi, Old Dominion University, Interaction of Low Temperature Plasma with Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells.
R. Palmer, University of Birmingham, Organising Atoms, Clusters and Proteins on Surfaces.
1.1 Electron-Atom Collisions
N.L.S. Martin, U. of Kentucky, Out of Plane (e,2e) Experiments on Helium Auto-Ionizing Levels.
O. Zatsarinny, Drake University, Calculations of Atomic Data for Plasma Applications.
1.1 Electron-Molecule Collisions
A. Bennani, Université Paris-Sud XI, Recent progress in (e,2e) and (e,3e) ionisation of small atoms and molecules.
S. Buckman, The Australian National University, Electron Scattering From Complex Molecular Targets.
T. Rescigno, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Dynamics of Double Ionization in Simple Atoms and Small Molecules.
1.1 Electron-Ion Collisions
A. Wolf, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Cold Electron Collisions with Atomic and Molecular Ions in Merged Beams: High-Resolution Collision Spectroscopy in Storage Rings.
S. Loch, Auburn University, Electron Collision Calculations for Atomic Systems and the Use of This Data in Fusion and Astrophysics Modeling Codes.
1.2 and 1.5 Heavy particle interactions and Computational methods
D. Fischer, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Ion-Impact Induced Ionization of Atoms and Molecules in Single-Pass Experiments and Storage Rings.
M. Foster, Los Alamos National Lab., Correlated Electronic Dynamics for Proton And Antiproton Collisions.
D. Schultz, Oak Ridge National Lab., Contemporary Theoretical Methods and New Results for Atomic Processes in Plasmas.
2.1 Plasma Sources
J. Guðmundsson, University of Iceland, On the Plasma Parameters in the High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering Discharge (HiPIMS).
T. Mussenbrock, Ruhr University Bochum, Nonlinear Effects on Heating in Capacitive Discharges.
C. Tian, Tokyo Electron Ltd, Study of Planar Surface Wave Excited Plasma.
2.10 Lighting Plasmas
J. Lawler, University of Wisconsin Madison, Energy Efficiency and Near-IR Losses from Metal-Halide Lamps.
2.23 Plasma Propulsion and Combustion
J.-P. Boeuf, Université Paul Sabatier, Electron and Ion Transport in Hall Effect Thrusters.
G. Mungal, Stanford University, Jet Diffusion Flame Stabilization via Pulsed Plasma Forcing.
2.7 Micro-plasmas and High-Pressure Plasmas
P. Maguire and Z. Petrovic, University of Ulster and Institute of Physics, Belgrade, DC and RF Breakdown and Discharges Near The Minimum of the Paschen Curve from Standard Size to Micro-Discharges.
O. Sakai, Kyoto University, Generation of Microplasma Ensemble and its Functional Interaction with Electromagnetic Waves.
Updated: February 11, 2008
