28th International School on Low Temperature Plasma Physics: Basics and Applications

Hiystory of the Schools and topics of the Master Classes

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. In the 1990s 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 mainly organized by Daniel C Schram (Center for Plasma Physics and Radiation Technology CPS, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), 1996-2000; Richard Engeln and Richard van de Sanden (Center for Plasma Physics and Radiation Technology CPS, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), 2006-2011;  Marc Böke and Jörg Winter (CoE – Plasma Science and Technology CPST, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) 2001-2012.
From 2013 on the concept was slightly adjusted: International chairperson were responsible for the program of the school and the master class. This led to the invention of several new ingredients (forum, more workshops , adjustments in the program and the polt of the school, etc.). The main organization stayed at the Ruhr-University Bochum (Achim von Keudell, Verena Scharf, Marina Prenzel, Marc Böke).
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 also would like to thank the different 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 & SFB 1316, Research Training Group GK 1051, Research Department Plasmas with Complex Interactions of Ruhr-University Bochum.
Achim von Keudell, Marina Prenzel & Marc Böke.

Programmes of the Schools and topics of the Master Classes