PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

OPENING OF THE SEMINAR 9.00- 9.15
MORNING SESSIONS
SESSION 1	ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
9.15 – 9.50	S. B. Dugdale	Studying Fermi surfaces with positrons and synchrotron light
9.50 -10.25	M. Biasini	Present and future momentum density studies via 2D-ACAR experiments at U.C. Riverside CA USA
COFFEE BREAK 10.25 – 10.45
SESSION 2	ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
10.45 – 11.20	H. Stachowiak	Electron-positron interaction in jellium: modification of the perturbed hypernetted-chain approach
11.20 – 11.55	G. Kontrym-Sznajd	Mathematical methods of computerized tomography
SESSION 3	POSITRONIUM
11.55 – 12.40	G. Duplâtre	Current problems and unknowns in positronium dynamics
12.40 – 13.05	T. Goworek	News about Ps in hydrocarbons
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
SESSION 4	POSITRONIUM
15.00 – 15.35	G. Consolati	Production of cold positronium atoms
15.35 – 16.10	T. Hirade	Anomalous positron annihilation lifetime in ionic liquids
COFFEE BREAK 16.10 – 16.30
SESSION 5	POSITRONIUM
16.30 – 17.05	J. Kristiak	Is positronium a passive probe of environment?
17.05 – 17.40	Y. Nagashima	Observation of positronium negative ions emitted from tungsten surfaces
17.40 - 18.15	S. V. Stepanov	Positrons in radiation chemistry: positronium formation in long-chain alkanes at low temperatures

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

MORNING SESSIONS
SESSION 6	POSITRON – ATOM SYSTEMS
8.30 – 9.05	J. R. Mohallem	Calculations of bound states and annihilation rates for positron-atom systems using an adiabatic approximation plus an heuristic non-adiabatic correction
9.05 –9.40	K. Strasburger	Theoretical study of positronic atoms with adiabatic separation of positronic motion
SESSION 7	ANTIHYDROGEN
9.40 – 10.15	N. Madsen	ALPHA – an experiment to trap antihydrogen
10.15 – 10.50	L. Liszkay	Development of an efficient positron-orthopositronium converter for antihydrogen production
COFFEE BREAK 10.50 – 11.10
SESSION 8	POSITRON SOURCES - TECHNIQUES
11.10 – 11.45	R. Krause-Rehberg	Progress of the Intense Positron Beam Project EPOS
11.45 – 12.20	C. Hugenschmidt	Positron annihilation induced Auger-electron spectroscopy at the high intensity positron beam facility NEPOMUC
12.20 – 12.55	M. Fujinami	Positron microprobe using an electron linac-based positron source
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
SESSION 9	POROSITY STUDIES WITH USE OF POSITRON ANNIHILATION
15.00 – 15.35	K. Ito	Positron hole-size measurement for functional materials and its standarization
15.35 – 16.10	Ch. He	Positronium behaviors in mesoporous films: on the roles of pore architecture and pore surface chemistry
COFFEE BREAK 16.10 – 16.30
SESSION 10	POROSITY STUDIES WITH USE OF POSITRON ANNIHILATION
16.30 – 16.50	S. Thraenert	Positron lifetime spectroscopy on controlled pore glass
16.50 – 17.10	B. Jasińska	o-Ps lifetimes and intensities in photonic glasses
17.10 – 17.30	R. Zaleski	Positron porosimetry studies of template removal from as-synthesized MCM-41 silica
SESSION 11	INTERESTING MATERIALS
17.30 – 17.50	I. Prochazka	Positron annihilation in zirconia-based nanomaterials
17.50 – 18.10	H. Murakami	Positron annihilation in carbon nanotubes studied by coincidence Doppler broadening spectroscopy
18.10 – 18.45	E. Boroński	Properties of few heavy-fermion compounds on a base of DFT ab-initio calculations

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

MORNING SESSIONS
SESSION 12	DEFECTS
8.30 – 9.05	R. Kudrawiec	Defect formation in III-V semiconductors upon nitrogen incorporation
9.05 –9.40	J. Kuriplach	Positron annihilation in oxides: a theoretical study
9.40 – 10.15	G. Brauer	Characterization of ZnO by positron annihilation
10.15 – 10.35	W. Anwand	Structural changes in flash lamp annealed amorphous Si layers probed by slow positron implantation spectroscopy
COFFEE BREAK 10.35 - 10.55
SESSION 13	DEFECTS
10.55 – 11.30	Zs. Kajcsos	Sensitivity limitations in positron annihilation spectroscopy: the case of competing trapping sites
11.30 – 12.05	M. Eldrup	He-implanted metals: defect characterization by positron annihilation spectroscopy
12.05 – 12.40	J. Cizek	Positron annihilation study of hydrogen-induced defects in metals
12.40 – 13.00	E. Dryzek	Positron annihilation studies of subsurface zone in magnesium alloy
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
SESSION 14	DEFECTS
15.00 – 15.35	T. E. M. Staab	The atomic structure of Guinier-Preston zones in early precipitation stages of aluminium alloys-the role of quenched-in vacancies
15.35 – 16.10	I. Prochazka	Influence of ceramic nanoparticles on thermal stability of ultrafine grained copper
16.10 – 16.30	M. Lambrecht	The influence of different elements in the hardening-embrittlement of RPV-steels studied by positron annihilation spectroscopy
COFFEE BREAK 16.30 – 16.50
SESSION 15	TECHNIQUES
16.50 – 17.10	J. Cizek	Performance of a high resolution digital positron lifetime spectrometer
17.10 – 17.45	M. Haaks	High momentum analysis: chemical sensitivity in Doppler – spectra obtained with one single germanium detector
SESSION 16	POLYMERS, FREE VOLUME
17.45 – 18.20	G. Dlubek	Structural dynamics, thermal density fluctuations and free volume in soft matter
18.20 – 18.55	C. Dauwe	Is kapton really that simple?

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

MORNING SESSIONS
SESSION 17	POLYMERS, FREE VOLUME
8.30 – 9.05	K. Sato	Positron and positronium annihilation in polymers
9.05 –9.40	Y. C. Jean	Positron annihilation in polymeric membranes and biological systems
9.40 – 10.15	K. Rätzke	Free volume in membrane materials
10.15 – 10.35	S. J. Lue	Ortho-positronium annihilation in polymer-inorganic filler composites
COFFEE BREAK 10.35 - 10.55
SESSION 18	POLYMERS, FREE VOLUME
10.55 – 11.15	T. Oka	Expansion and relaxation of free volumes in supercritical dioxide treated polymers
11.15 – 12.50	D. Kilburn	Free volume and molecular mobility in hydrogen bonded glass former confined in nano-metre geometry
12.50 – 12.25	J. Kansy	A comparison of different theoretical models of positron lifetime spectra for polymers
AFTERNOON SESSION
SESSION 19	POSTER SESSION 16-18

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

MORNING SESSIONS
SESSION 20	PHENOMENA
9.00 – 9.20	D. J. Murtagh	Positron ionization phenomena
9.20 – 9.55	E. A. G. Armour	Annihilation in positron scattering by simple molecules
9.55 -10.30	G. F. Gribakin	Positron annihilation on molecules via resonant capture by infrared-active modes
COFFEE BREAK 10.30– 10.50
SESSION 21	PHENOMENA
10.50 – 11.10	Y. Nagashima	Pb M X-ray production cross sections by low-energy positron impact
11.10 – 11.45	J. Dryzek	Special relativity testing using positron annihilation in flight
11.45 – 12.30	CLOSURE OF THE SEMINAR