Transcript IUPAP – A Brief Overview

IUPAP – A Brief Overview
The International Union of Pure and Applied
Physics
Willem T.H.van Oers
University of Manitoba/TRIUMF
The Beginning
• 1919 International Research Council formed,
largely through representatives of the National
Academy of Sciences, Washington, and of the
Royal Society of London
• to coordinate efforts in the different branches of
science, toward forming respective international
unions
1922 General Assembly of the
International Research Council
• Brussels
• physicists present decided formation of a Physics Union
was imperative
• 13 countries
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Spain
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Japan
Poland
Switzerland
United States of America
Union of South Africa
Steering Committee (1922)
• Sir William Bragg
(President)
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M. Brillouin
O.M. Corbino
M. Knudsen
M. Leblanc
R.A. Millikan
H. Nagoda
E. Van Aubel
H. Abraham
1st General Assembly
• Paris 1923
• Added Italy, Sweden, Czechoslovakia
• Confirmed the membership of the Executive, with
one replacement
• expressed concern about the proliferation of
scientific reports!
IUPAP’s Mission
• to assist in the worldwide development of physics
• to foster international cooperation in physics
• to help in the application of physics toward
solving problems of concern to humanity
Activities
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sponsoring international meetings
encouraging research and education
fostering the free circulation of scientists
promoting international agreements on symbols,
units and nomenclature
• cooperating with other organizations on
disciplinary and interdisciplinary problems
• fostering communications and publications
Members
• Originally, Countries were Members
• Now members are identified physics communities in a
geographical region
• Membership is through a designated “Adhering body.”
Adhering body sets up a Liaison Committee
• Delegates appointed by the Liaison Committee attend the
General Assembly of the Union
General Assembly
• Governing body
– Delegates from liaison committees
– Officers
– Chairs or secretaries of the commissions
• held every 3 years
• elects the incoming Executive Council and
members of the International Commissions
• appoints physics representatives to other
international bodies
IUPAP Executive Council
2005-2008
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President:
Alan Astbury
Past President:
Yves Petroff
President Designate:
Sukekatsu Ushioda
Secretary-General:
Judy Franz
Associate Secretary-General: Peter Melville
Vice Pres. (elected at large): Jia-Er Chen, Carmen
Cisneros, Bruce McKellar
• Vice Pres. (Commissions): Dan Dahlberg, Pavel
Exner, Pratibha Jolly, Leslie Pendrill, Annick SuzorWeiner
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Finance
SUNAMCO
Statistical Physics
Cosmic Rays
Low Temperature Physics
Biological Physics
--Semiconductors
Magnetism
Structure and Dynamics of
Condensed Matter
11. Particles and Fields
1. Nuclear Physics
2. Physics for Development
3. Physics Education
4. Atomic, Molecular and
Optical Physics
5. Plasma Physics
6. Quantum Electronics
7. Mathematical Physics
8. Astrophysics
9. Computational Physics
Examples of Commission Activities
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Hold conferences in their field
Award medals
Authoritative web sites for their area of expertise
– brief comprehensive reviews of the current activities in
their fields
– links to other authoritative sites, e.g. best values of
fundamental constants, atomic masses
Representation on related bodies, e.g. C2 has connections to
BIPM, CCU, ISO, IOML, IUPAC
Red Book on standard usage of symbols and nomenclature
Affiliated Commissions
AC1 International Commission for Optics
AC2 International Commission on General
Relativity and Gravitation
AC3 International Commission for Acoustics
Working Groups
WG1 ICFA - Int. Committee on Future Accelerators
WG2 Communication in Physics
WG3 Facilities for Condensed Matter Physics
- Int. Committee on the Future of Neutron Sources
(ICFNS)
- Int. Committee on High Magnetic Field Facilities
(HMFF)
WG4 PANAGIC - Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics and
Gravitation International Committee
Working Groups - continued
WG5 Women in Physics
WG7 International Committee on Ultrahigh
Intensity Lasers
WG8 Nanoscience
WG9 International Cooperation in Nuclear
Physics (ICNP)
WG1 ICFA
International Committee on Future Accelerators (1976)
Chair: A.Wagner (DESY)
www.fnal.gov/directorate/icfa/
Promote international collaboration in all phases of the
construction and exploitation of very high energy
accelerators
• organize meetings
– formulate advice on future plans for regional facilities
– formulate advice on joint studies and uses.
• organize workshops
– problems of super high energy accelerator complexes and their
international exploitation
– foster r&d of necessary technology
WG.9 Working Group
on International Cooperation in Nuclear Physics
(ICNP)
• Mandate:
1) To provide a description of the landscape of key issues
in Nuclear Physics research for the next 10 to 20 years
1) To produce (maintain) a compendium of facilities
existing or under development worldwide
1) To establish a mapping of these facilities onto the
scientific questions identified above
4) To identify missing components that would have to be
developed to provide an optimized, comprehensive
network of international facilities
1) To explore mechanisms and opportunities for
enhancing international collaboration in nuclear
science
1) To identify R/D projects that could benefit from
international joint effort
7) To serve as a source of expert advice for governmental
or inter- governmental organizations in connection
with efforts to coordinate and promote nuclear science
at the international level
8) To serve as a forum for the discussion of future
directions of nuclear science in the broadest sense
9) To document the cross-disciplinary impact of Nuclear
Physics and of nuclear facilities and to identify
mechanisms for expanding (fostering) crossdisciplinary research.
COMPOSITION OF THE WORKING GROUP
The Executive of the Working Group consists of a Chairperson
and a Secretary. Among its members will be the Chairs of
various long range planning committees, i.e., the Chair of the
US Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) or his/her
designate, the Chair of the Nuclear Physics European
Collaboration Committee (NuPECC) or his/her designate, the
Chair of the Japanese Nuclear Physics Committee, and further
representatives of nuclear physics research establishments
worldwide. The Chair and Vice-Chair of C12, the IUPAP
Commission on Nuclear Physics, will be ex-officio members of
the Working Group.