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Summer school: Instrumentation for Space Physics and Astronomy 28.5-1.6.2001 in Physics Department, University of Turku, Turku.
Organiser: FINNISH GRADUATE SCHOOL IN ASTRONOMY AND SPACE
PHYSICS 1. Target group Summer school is intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students of astronomy and space physics. The students of Finnish Graduate School in Astronomy and Space Physics have a privilege for participation.
2. Purpose of the school The summer school includes studies of measurement physics, detector materials, instrument design and manufacturing. Special attention is paid to testing of instruments, and requirements set by space environment (vacuum, background radiation, thermal problems, etc.). The lectures will concentrate on detectors for particle radiation, and electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, X-rays, and gammarays. Lectures will be also given on how to make science instrument proposals for ESA. Students will be required to write their own proposal for an instrument as a group work (3-6 students/group). The proposal document, which will be made partly during the course and finished by the June 21, will be reviewed and used as the criterion for credits (2 ov) and grade.
3. Program
4. Proposal writing L. Alha, T. Eronen, M. Rawlings, and E. Riihonen will supervise the proposals. The supervisors will be present in the computer classrooms during the periods marked "Working in the groups" in the program. The students have possibility to continue their group works in the evenings after other program. Students can select an instrument to construct from different alternatives. Students' own ideas and wishes will be taken into account, if possible. The proposals have to be completed and returned to the referee before the June 21. Students are informed on the acceptance of propasal by the end of August 2001.
5. Administrative committee
6. Organising committee
7. Accommodation Student accommodation is organised by Linnasmäki OY in Turun kristillinen opisto, Lustokatu 7. Bus 55 from University (about 3 km). The price of accommodation for one person is 170 FIM/night. Contact person at Linnasmäki: Päivi Koivisto, tel. 02-4123088 and 040-7250 635. Additional info: kokouspalvelut@linnasmaki.fi.
8. How to get to Turku From Helsinki: The train leaves Helsinki on Monday morning at 5:50 (Pasila 5:56), and arrives at Kupittaa 8:02. There is 5 min walk from Kupittaa railway station to Department of Physics. From Oulu/Sodankylä: The train leaves Rovaniemi on Sunday at 18:20, arrives Oulu 21:43, and leaves Oulu 22:15. The train arrives at Turku 7:45. Another alternative is a train, which leaves Rovaniemi 21:15, Oulu 0:20, and arrives at Turku 8:07. You can check the other possible trains from VR timetable page.
9. Registration Pre-registration by email to Jarmo Torsti (jarmo.torsti@utu.fi). Deadline is 31st of March, 2001.
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