[vsnet-conference 72] (fwd) The Magnetized Interstellar Medium

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

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   T h e  M a g n e t i z e d  I n t e r s t e l l a r   M e d i u m
               8-12  September  2003, Antalya,  Turkey
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             http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/konti/antalya

Dear Colleagues,

This is  to announce the meeting "The  Magnetized Interstellar Medium"
which  will  be held  in  Antalya,  Turkey,  on 8-12  September  2003,
supported by the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, the Turkish
Astronomical Association and the Akdeniz University. Please note  that
The registration deadline for the meeting is April 3, 2003.

After the   very  unexpected  discovery  of   depolarized  filamentary
structures within highly variable polarized  Galactic emission a first
International Galactic Polarization Workshop  was held in Bonn (1998),
where  groups  from  all   over the  world    working in the area   of
polarization   measurements discussed  their  results.   The  field is
rapidly   growing and the Bonn  workshop  was followed by workshops in
Montreal (2000) and  Bologna (2001). The next  workshop of this series
will  take  place in Antalya, Turkey.    This  conference will  have a
slightly wider scope and will cover the following topics:

                -Galactic radio polarization
                -Origin of depolarized filaments
                -SNRs and ISM
                -Magnetic fields in galaxies
                -Faraday rotation in galaxies
                -Rotation measure studies of pulsars
                   and extragalactic sources
                -Zeeman splitting
                -Dust polarization
                -Polarized foreground effects of CMB observations
                -SKA + LOFAR and the future of radio astronomy.

There will also  be sessions to present recent results  in the form of
student lectures.

Detailed information about the meeting can be found at
www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/konti/antalya


Best Regards,
B. Uyaniker
(On behalf of the SOC)


About Antalya
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The principal holiday resort of the Mediterranean is the lovely region
of Antalya, in south-west Turkey, with a majestic coastline of beaches
and rocky coves where the towering Toros (Taurus) Mountains, which are
about 3000 meters high, provide a magnificent backdrop.  The region is
bathed in sunshine for 300 days of the year!  Antalya is an attractive
city, at an  altitude of only about 50  meters, with shady, palm-lined
boulevards,  a  prize-winning marina  and  a  picturesque old  quarter
called  Kaleici which  has narrow,  winding streets  and  quaint, old,
wooden houses next to the city walls.

Antalya  (Attaleia) is  named  after  Attalus II,  a  king of  Bergama
(Pergamon),   in  2nd   century   B.C.   However,   the  findings   of
archeological digs, carried out in  and around Antalya, imply that the
region was inhabited 50 thousand years ago!  It is known that the city
was ruled by ancient  civilizations including Hitites and Lydians.  One
after the other,  the Romans, Byzantine and Seldschuken  came on their
campaigns of  conquest to  Antalya until the  town came  under Ottoman
control in the 14th Century.

Easily accessible via an international airport (7 km to the conference
center), the town is also  the economic center of a rich, agricultural
region.  The  town is  strongly in  the hands of  the tourists  in the
summer  months.  It  has  an  extensive  tourist  infrastructure  with
numerous entertainment  and shopping opportunities,  a picturesque old
town  as well  as interesting  sights in  the town  center and  in the
immediate area.

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