ECRS 2010 in Finland What about it Good

ECRS – 2010 in Finland

What about it? • Good location and interesting site (most N location); • First time ECRS is in a Nordic country (Lodz-00, Moscow-02, Florence-04, Lisbon-06, Kosice-08); • Easy connection for both E- and W-europeans, • Experience in medium size conference organizing: FP-2003, 2006, 2008; Space Climate 2004, 2006; Chapman-2004. • Young, enthusiastic and experienced LOC; • Wide range and 50 -yr of CR research in Finland ;

The city of Turku (Åbo) • Southwest coast of Finland (60. 5 o N 22. 3 o E) – 150 km from Helsinki – Famous for its archipelago • A city of 175000 inhabitants – The oldest (XIII cent. ) town and former capital of Finland (UNESCO heritage) – Famous Dom Cathedral and Castle – The European capital of culture 2011 • A city of three universities – University of Turku – Åbo Akademi – Turku School of Economics and Business

Possible venues for ECRS 2010 • University of Turku premises – can easily host more than 200 people • Mauno Koivisto Centre – Auditorium for 260 people • Spa Hotel Caribia – Auditorium and accommodation for several hundred people • All venues offer modern conference facilities and on-site or nearby restaurants

Practical matters • Fee: reasonable (including lunches, banquet, receprtion, etc. ) • Accomodation: from modern hotels to student’s lodgings (~25 Euro/day) • Travel: – Direct flight connections from Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki (Star Alliance and One. World), – Frequent trains (1 -hr) or bus from Helsinki city or airport – A spectacular ferry trip from/to Stockholm – Train/bus connection from Russia (St. Petersburg & Moscow)

Main Organizers • Eino Valtonen and students of the TU – LOC • Ilya Usoskin + UO/CUPP staff – scientific organisation + on-site assitance • Rami Vainio and students of the UH • – practical support

CR in Finland: ground stations 1960 s – muon detector and NM started in Turku; 1964 – a permanent cosmic ray station (NM + muon detector) installed in Oulu. 1980 – a hadron spectrometer launched in Turku. 1985 – a small shower array started in Turku. 2000 – multi-layer Muon Under. Ground detector launched in a mine in Pyhäsalmi/Oulu. 2009 – EMMA to be launched in Pyhäsalmi/Oulu.

Space-borne missions Finnish institutions (FMI, HUT, OU, TU, etc. ) participated in a number of space missions since 1990 s. • AMS • Cassini • Cluster • Freja • SOHO

CR research • Data analysis and correction methods: Oulu group, Turku group • A theory of CR transport in the heliosphere: Oulu group • Solar energetic particles acceleration and transport: Turku and Helsinki groups. • Terrestrial effects of CR: Oulu group • Atmospheric showers study: CUPP + Oulu group

CR research in Finland • Helsinki University – Theoretical research • Solar energetic particles, corona and heliospheric transients • Helsinki University of Technology – Experiment (space technology) • Space Borne (AMS) • Jyväskylä University, Helsinki Univ. , Kuopio Univ. , Tampere Univ. • – Cosmic experiment at CERN (ALICE/ACORDE, CLOUD) Oulu University (Sodankylä Geophys. Observatory, CUPP, Dept. of Phys. Sciences): – Experiment: • Ground-based (NM 1964 ; Muon telescope 1964 -1980’s and 2000 ; Underground muon machine 2003 ); – Theoretical research • Heliospheric transport of GCR; Solar energetic particles; Atmospheric showers; Terrestrial effect of CR. • Turku University: – Experiment: • Ground based (1960 – 1990); • Space Borne (SOHO/ERNE), AMS; – Theoretical research • Solar energetic particles;

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