NORDITA   NEWS   1997 / 4                       August 1, 1997

NORDITA PROFESSORSHIP IN ASTROPHYSICS
NORDITA announces a full professorship in astrophysics. The term ``astrophysics" is to be interpreted broadly, and includes cosmology and other areas at the interfaces between astrophysics and other areas of physics. The successful candidate must have a proven record of research in theoretical astrophysics and be currently active in this field.

The professor should contribute to the activity of the institute by initiating and directing research in astrophysics. An essential part of this is the supervision of the work of research fellows. The professor is expected to maintain and strengthen the scientific collaboration between NORDITA and theoretical, experimental, and observational research groups in the Nordic area. In addition, the professor has important duties in connection with proposing and organizing symposia, workshops and the visitors' programme at NORDITA.

The appointment is from September 1, 1998, but somewhat earlier or later dates may, if necessary, be arranged. Those interested in the appointment should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and the names of three referees to: The Director, NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Phone: +45 3532 5222. Fax: +45 3138 9157. Email: nordita@nordita.dk. WWW: http://www.nordita.dk/. The deadline for receipt of applications is: November 15, 1997. There is no restriction on the nationality of the applicants, and women are encouraged to apply. Those wishing to recommend suitable candidates are urged to contact the Director. The full text of the announcement is attached at the end of this newsletter.

NORDIC PROJECTS AND CORRESPONDING FELLOWS 1997/98
At its board meeting on 13 -14 June 1997, Nordita's board decided to support the following new Nordic projects: ``Semiclassical Methods in Quantum Field Theory'', organizer D. Diakonov, Nordita; ``The Physics of Very Cold Atomic Systems'', organizer C.J. Pethick, Nordita; ``Hot Non-Perturbative Particle Physics'', organizer K. Rummukainen, Nordita; ``Statistical Mechanics of Non-Equilibrium Systems'', organizer K. Sneppen, Nordita. The support is granted for a period of 1 year. In addition, H. Fogedby, Aarhus University, and A. Hansen, Trondheim, were each awarded a corresponding fellowship for a duration of 12 months in 1997/1998. The new projects and corresponding fellows will be presented in the next issues of Nordita News.

KARI RUMMUKAINEN NEW NORDIC ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Nordita welcomes K. Rummukainen as a new Nordic assistant professor. He will take up his appointment on 1 September 1997. K. Rummukainen studied at the University of Helsinki, Dept. of Theoretical Physics, where he got his Ph.D. in September 1990. From 1991 to 1993 he was a CERN Fellow and from 1993 to 1996 a postdoc at Indiana University, Bloomington. Since 1996 he has been at Bielefeld University in Germany. His main interests are the study of finite-temperature field theories and phase transitions in QCD and electroweak theories. This research is mostly done with non-perturbative lattice Monte Carlo simulations. He is also interested in general phase transitions, physics of interfaces and surfaces, and transport phenomena. In addition, he has worked on the cosmological applications of the standard model phase transitions.

NEW NORDITA FAX NO.
From 16 december 1997 Nordita's fax no will change to: 35 38 91 57.

BOARD MEETINGS
Nordita's Board will meet on the following dates in 1997 and 1998: 3-5 November 1997 and 13-14 March 1998 Copenhagen and 12-13 June 1998 in Reykjavik.

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COURSES / CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS

New Spectroscopy and Nuclear Structure 1997
Copenhagen, September 16-20, 1997
Topics at this symposium, which is dedicated to Aage Bohr and Ben Mottelson, will include: ``Single particle motion'', ``cold nuclei'', ``warm and hot nuclei'', ``exotic shapes'', ``extreme isospin'', ``nuclear forces'', ``quantum chaos in nuclei'', ``halo's and the neutron skin'', and ``new perspectives in accelerator, detector and computer technolgy''. The meeting is already fully subscribed, but if there are people actively working in these areas who wish to participate they should contact the organizers.

VISITORS AT NBI / CATS / NORDITA / TAC

The fields are listed after the names as: A (Astrophysics), C (Complex Systems & Chaos), N (Nuclear Physics), P (Particle Physics), and S (Condensed Matter Physics).
If you are interested in having any of these people visit your institute, please contact NORDITA.

LONG-TERM VISITORS AT NORDITA

PREPRINTS / REPRINTS

T. Nassar and O. Tirkkonen: Excited states in the twisted XXZ spin chain. 97/33.

D.V. Khveshchenko and M. Reizer: Piezoelectric electron-phonon interaction in impure semiconductors: 2d electrons versus composite fermions. 97/34.

F. Courbin, P. Magain, C.R. Keeton, C.S. Kochanek, C. Vanderriest, A.O. Jaunsen, and J. Hjorth: The geometry of the quadruply imaged quasar PG 1115+080; implications for $H_{0}$. 97/35.

J.A. Lauber, L. Lnnblad, and M.H. Seymour: Tuning MC models to fit DIS e${\gamma}$ scattering events. 97/36.

P. Hoyer and S. Peign� Rescattering effects in quarkonium production. 97/37.

A. Hansen, M.H. Jensen, K. Sneppen, and G. Zocchi: Hierarchical self assembly, cooperativity and mirror effect in protein dynamics. 97/38.

H. Heiselberg and A.P. Vischer: Review of Bose-Einstein correlations in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. 97/39.

H. Heiselberg: HBT with space- vs. time-like hydrodynamic freezeout. 97/40.

D.V. Khveshchenko and M. Reizer: Effects of two dimensional plasmons on the tunneling density of states. 97/41.

L. Magnea and R. Russo: Two-loop gluon diagrams from string theory. 97/42.

P. Hoyer: A perturbative gluon condensate. 97/44.

L. Engvik, M. Hjorth-Jensen, R. Machleidt, H. Mther, and A. Polls: Modern nucleon-nucleon potentials and symmetry energy in infinite matter. 97/45.

V.I. R�s�en, E.T. Sepp�� M.J. Alava, and P.M. Duxbury: Quasi-static cracks and minimal energy surfaces. 97/48.

P. Di Vecchia, M. Frau, I. Pesando, S. Sciuto, A. Lerda, and R. Russo: Classical $p$-branes from boundary state. 97/49.

J. Bijnens, P. Gosdzinsky, and P. Talavera: Matching the heavy vector meson theory. 97/50.

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