The International Conference
	"Nuclear Structure and Related Topics"
	NSRT2003
	Dubna, Russia, September 2 – 6, 2003

General Information

The Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research organizes the International Conference "Nuclear Structure and Related Topics" (NSRT2003). The Conference will be held at Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia, on September 2-6, 2003.

The Conference is supported by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the Heisenberg-Landau Programme

Local Organizing Committee

SECOND BULLETIN

This is the Second announcement concerning the International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Related Topics (NSRT2003).

Date and site

The Conference will be held from September 2 (Tuesday) to September 6 (Saturday), 2003 in the Ratmino Pansionat. The Ratmino estate is situated on the banks of the Volga and Dubna rivers in 4 km from Dubna. From the 18th till the end of the 19th century the area of the Ratmino belonged to Prince Vyazemsky's family. The Ratmino estate has the church of Our Prased Lady and a picturesque pine park. September 1 is the arrival day. September 7 is the departure day.

Registration and opening

The participants will be registered in the Ratmino Pansionat on September 1 from 4:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m. and on September 2 from 9:00 a.m. till 9:45 a.m. The Conference will be opened at 10:00 a.m. in the conference hall of the Ratmino Pansionat.

Contributions

The Conference program will include a number of invited and oral talks covering actual aspects of the theory and experimental studies of nuclear structure and nuclear reactions. The talks with duration 30 min and 20 min will present the results of original works mainly. The list of speakers is nearly final and is provided below.

Beside an overhead projector a laptop projector will be available for presentation using, e.g., MS PowerPoint. The speakers who suppose to have such presentation are recommended to bring their own laptops. Speakers who like to bring a CD-ROM only are kindly ask to contact the Organizing Committee to be sure that the talk can be presented using a software available to the Organizing Committee.

Publications

A Booklet of abstracts submitted to the Organizing Committee will be distributed to all participants during the conference registration. We are pleased to inform you that the Proceedings of NSRT03 will be published in English as special issues of Russian journal "Yadernaya Fizika" devoted to nuclear and particle physics (simultaneous English language version of the journal - "Physics of Atomic Nuclei" - is distributed worldwide by the American Institute of Physics). The Proceedings will include manuscripts of all talks at the conference. Each participant will receive one copy of the issues "Yadernaya Fizika". Instruction for authors is here.

Visas

The participants are kindly asked to acknowledge receipt of the visa application document and the visa. Be careful to check: the visa should be valid both for Dubna and Moscow.

Getting to Dubna and the Ratmino

From the airport: Transportation from Sheremetyevo-2 Airport (Moscow International) to Dubna and the Ratmino will be provided by the Organizing Committee. Not later than 3 working days before arrival, participants wishing to be met should inform the Organizing Committee by fax or e-mail of their flight number, date and time of arrival.

The Organizing Committee is ready to provide transportation from Moscow to Dubna for those foreign participants who plan to visit Moscow before the Conference. To this aim we need to be informed not later than 10 days before the arrival about the schedule of the visit.

By train from Moscow: From Savelovsky Railway Station. Next to it there is an underground station with the same name (Savelovskaya). The time-table of the trains from Moscow to Dubna is available. Organizing Committee recommends to use express (non-stop) trains.

By bus from Moscow: There is a bus station near the Savelovsky Railway Station. The time-table of the buses from Moscow to Dubna is available at the Dubna town website http://www.dubna.ru.

There is no any regular transportation between Dubna and the Ratmino Pansionat. Taxi service is available (transportation from Dubna to the Ratmino Pansionat costs around 50 rub which is slightly less than 2 USA dollars).

On September 1, the Organizing Committee will provide transportation of those participants who will come to Dubna by train or buses from Dubna to the Ratmino Pansionat. To this aim a bus will pick up participants at the Dubna railway station. The bus departure time are 1:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.

The Organizing Committee can be contacted from Moscow and the Airport by tel. (221) 65582 (JINR International Department).

Accommodation and conference fee

The Conference fee (including the proceedings, transportation from Moscow airport (Sheremetyevo-2) to Dubna and back, full board and pansionat accommodation from September 1 (evening) till September 7 (morning), 2003, the coffee breaks, welcome party, reception, and culture events) is 450 US dollars or 390 Euro. The fee for accompanying persons is 200 US dollars or 175 Euro. The fee will be accepted in cash only during registration of the participants upon arrival (credit cards, personal or travel cheques are not acceptable). The accommodation is organized in the Ratmino Pansionat.

Culture events

Excursion to old Russian town Sergiev Posad with its famous 500-years-old Troitse-Sergiev Monastery as well as a short board trip along the Volga river are planned.

Correspondence

Please, address all the mail and questions to the Conference Organizing Committee

Preliminary list of speakers of NSRT2003