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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#191919" style="font: 16.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>LANSCE User Group Meeting</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#191919" style="font: 16.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>September 30-October 1, 2009</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#191919" style="font: 16.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>Eldorado Hotel, Santa Fe, NM</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><a href="http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=21478&DID=247197">http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=21478&DID=247197</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">We are pleased to announce the 2009 Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) User Group Meeting to be held September 30-October 1, 2009 in Santa Fe, NM. Current and prospective users of this DOE/NNSA/BES facility are encouraged to attend and participate in the science sessions and facility discussions. </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">The two-day meeting will feature a technical program of interest to researchers in materials science, condensed matter physics, neutron and nuclear science, radiation effects, accelerator physics and applications, and related areas. The agenda includes plenary talks, user science talks and posters, parallel sessions on focus topics, the LANSCE User Group business meeting, collaboration meetings, and interactive discussions on the user facility capabilities and future plans.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">An optional tour of the LANSCE facilities is planned for Friday morning, October 2nd.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">_____________________________________________________________________________________________</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#191919" style="font: 17.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>Hotel Reservation Deadline: Saturday, September 5, 2009</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#191919" style="font: 17.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>Abstract Deadline for Poster Contributions: Monday, September 14, 2009</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#191919" style="font: 17.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 23, 2009</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">_____________________________________________________________________________________________</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>SPECIAL TRIBUTE SESSION FOR LOUIS ROSEN (1918-2009)</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><i>Rosen Prize Winner: Olivier Delaire, California Institute of Technology</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>PLENARY TOPICS INCLUDES:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>LANSCE-Refurbishment</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes (MaRIE)</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>NNSA Views on the Future of LANSCE</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nuclear Energy & Nuclear Science</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>TECHNICAL SESSIONS</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">Lujan Neutron Scattering Center</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 15.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919">Nano-scale Phenomena in Complex Materials</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Condensed Matter Physics</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Engineering Diffraction</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Soft Matter and Biology</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">Nuclear Science</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 15.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919">Defense and Nuclear Energy Applications</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Basic Science at LANSCE</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 14.0px Arial; color: #191919"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Radiation Effects</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">Accelerator Physics & Applications</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">The combined banquet and poster session is planned for Wednesday, September 30th, for LANSCE users and scientists. This is an excellent opportunity for students and post-docs to showcase their exciting user research to the LANSCE scientific community. Submission requirements are listed on the conference website. </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">Abstract Deadline for Poster Contributions: Monday, September 14, 2009</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>REGISTRATION, POSTER, HOTEL INFORMATION</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><a href="http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=21478&DID=247197">http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=21478&DID=247197</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">Hotel Reservation Deadline: Saturday, September 5, 2009</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 23, 2009</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919"><b>RELATED EVENTS <br> </b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">The following related event being held in Santa Fe may also be of interest to LANSCE User Group Meeting attendees: The Center for Integrated Technologies (CINT: <a href="http://cint.lanl.gov/"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0009f0" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #0009f0"><u>http://cint.lanl.gov</u></font></a></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #191919">/</font><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#191919" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #191919">) will be holding a User Conference at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe from September 29-30, 2009. </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #191919">The Materials Research Society is sponsoring the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center User Group Meeting. </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#191919" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #191919">This meeting is hosted by the LUG Executive Committee. </font></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#191919" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Leilani Conradson</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Lujan Experiment Coordinator</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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SM-30</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">LANSCE-LC, MS:H805, </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">TA-53, Bldg 622, DP:01U</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Los Alamos, NM<span class="Apple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>87545</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Phone:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>505-665-9505</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Cell:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>505-231-0104</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Fax:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>505-665-2676</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="mailto:leilani@lanl.gov">leilani@lanl.gov</a></font></p></span></span> </div><br></body></html>