Frontiers in Theoretical and Applied Physics/UAE 2017 (FTAPS 2017)

Abstract

Preface:The International Conference Frontiers in Theoretical and Applied Physics |UAE 2017 was organized by the Department of Physics at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) in partnership with the Emirates Mars Mission and Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) in Dubai-United Arab Emirates. The conference was endorsed by the American Physical Society (APS), Materials Research Society (MRS), the Institute of Physics (IOP) in the UK, and the International Astronomical Union (IAU)-Office of Astronomy for Development. It was held on the beautiful campus of the American University of Sharjah (AUS) in the United Arab Emirates between 22-25February,2017. The conference was the first international and interdisciplinary physics conference in the region that attracted such large number of world-leading scientists and experts in the fields of atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter and materials science, astrophysics and space science, nuclear and high energy physics, and mathematical physics. It had a broad international participation from more than 45 countries, with registered delegates numbering over 330. The scientific program included the presentation and discussion of 300 papers, classified as 5 keynote lectures (each lasted 1 hour), 60 invited talks (each lasted thirty minutes), 145 contributed talks (12 minutes each), and 90 posters. The keynote lectures were attended by all conference attendees in addition to undergraduate and graduate students from AUS, and other guests from neighboring institutions. The invited talks were scheduled into parallel sessions, followed by contributed talks, corresponding to the different research areas that constitute the themes of the conference. Those themes included: Atomic, Molecular, and Laser Physics; Materials Science; Astrophysics and Planetary Science; Mathematical Physics; the Solar System and Mars; and High Energy and Particle Physics.Submission of papers for the conference proceedings was voluntary. 125 manuscripts were received for consideration in the proceedings and 96 were accepted for publication after a peer-review conducted by the conference’s scientific committee in consultation with experts in the corresponding fields. The keynote and invited speakers, in addition to some of the international advisory board members, were invited to submit their papers for publication in a dedicated special issue: Focus issue on Theoretical and Applied Physics in Physica Scripta, the broad scope journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Those invited papers are to be reviewed and handled by Physica Scripta itself. The editors of this focus issue are Ali S. Alnaser, Roland Allen, and Suzy Lidström, Editor-in-chief of Physica Scripta.Details of Conference Chair, lists of Keynote Speakers, Invited Speakers, Editors of the Proceedings, Scientific Committee, International Advisory Board, Local Organizing Committee, Local Logistics, IT-Support and some photos from the conference are available in the PDF.