16th European Summer School 

“Low Temperature Plasma Physics:
Basics and Applications”
October 8-13, 2011

Master Class "Plasma Coatings on Polymers"
October 13-15, 2011

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History

Low temperature plasma physics is the driver of plasma technology which is considered as one of the key technologies of the 21st century. Due to its central importance in many technologies there is a large demand of excellently educated plasma scientist worldwide. Compared to its significance the education in low temperature plasma physics in Germany and other European countries is limited to a relatively small number of universities and institutions.


evening lecture

In the last decade these research groups located in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland and United Kingdom have founded a fruitful cooperation and started a series of annual European summer schools with extraordinary success. These schools were organized by

  • Daniel C Schram (Center for Plasma Physics and Radiation Technology CPS, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), 1996-2000
  • Marc Böke and Jörg Winter (CoE – Plasma Science and Technology CPST, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) 2001-2011
  • Richard Engeln and Richard van de Sanden (Center for Plasma Physics and Radiation Technology CPS, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), 2006-2011

The purpose of this school is to give new graduate students in Europe a solid introduction and concise overview of low temperature plasma physics and to serve as a forum to provide coherent education in plasma science. The school has become a genuine part in the curricula of participating universities. Our experience has shown that contacts between students and teachers form the basis of enduring interactions. The emphasis has been on fundamental education and in-depth treatment of subjects such as plasma sources and production, thermal and low pressure plasmas, atomic processes, plasma kinetics, diagnostics, modeling and plasma-surface interactions.


location & lecture hall

After the first publication of eight lecture notes in a special section of Plasma Sources, Science and Technology (PSST) Vol. 9 (4) in 2000 five additional notes were published in 2006/2007 (PSST Vol. 15 (2006) S137- S188 and PSST Vol. 16 (2007) 557-569). In 2000 the publishing was an experiment in itself and we found out that the readers of PSST appreciated this type of presentation. From the schools' point of view, the advantage was twofold: students got to learn about the journal and the content of the lectures could still be flexible and changed each year. The hope that the journal could profit from the information provided and in increasing the community around it has been fulfilled through the great success of the first publication, proven e.g by the huge download rates of most of the notes. However, some aspects could not be treated in the first publication. Now, both compilations may serve as an introduction to important subjects in plasma physics to the readers. They will be forwarded to the students of the 2007 school and might also serve as an introduction to the schools to come. The forthcoming schools will be held – as in the past 6 years - in the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef in Germany, organized jointly by CPS and CPST.

We would like to thank all our colleagues for continuous support and their willingness to contribute to the school education. Without their contributions and personal engagement the schools would not have been possible.

We would like to thank the sponsors of the schools:

  • European Community
  • WE Heraeus Foundation
  • Center for Plasma Physics and Radiation Technology (CPS)
  • CoE – Plasma Science and Technology (CPST) of Ruhr-University Bochum
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Plasmaphysik APP
  • DFG within Research Unit 1123, Collaborative Research Centres SFB-TR 87 & SFB 591, Research Training Group GK 1051

Finally, we would like to thank the members of the local committees and also the management of the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef.

Marc Böke and Jörg Winter
Richard Engeln, Daan Schram and Richard van de Sanden

organized by Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)

CPST - Center for Plasma Science and Technology (RUB)

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Plasmaphysik (APP)

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
sponsored by RD "Plasmas with Complex Interactions"

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within FOR 1123, SFB-TR 87

CPS - Centruum voor Plasmafysica en Stralingstechnologie