{"id":15,"date":"2022-08-01T11:49:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:29:54","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The POSMOL meeting consists of two research areas in quantum physics and was first held in Campinas, Brazil. It is a combination of two workshops:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics (the POS)<\/li><li>Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms (and the MOL)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">POSMOL is a satellite meeting of the ICPEAC conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/icpeac2023.ca\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/icpeac2023.ca\/\">ICPEAC 2023<\/a> will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This page presents a brief history of the combined meetings as well as each individual workshop before that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chronology of POSMOL (2005-present)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>POSMOL 2021 (virtual meeting, Notre Dame, USA, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2021conference\/\">https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2021conference\/<\/a>) &#8211; XXII International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms (Proceedings &#8211; Topical Issue of the European Physical Journal D (EPJ D) on \u201cMolecular collisions, photoionization and dynamics: honouring Professor Vincent McKoy\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/epjd.epj.org\/component\/toc\/?task=topic&amp;id=1495\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/epjd.epj.org\/component\/toc\/?task=topic&amp;id=1495\">Eur. Phys. J. D (2022)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10053\/topicalCollection\/AC_0ca80dbcbde73d033af8f58df6dbdaa7\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10053\/topicalCollection\/AC_0ca80dbcbde73d033af8f58df6dbdaa7\">SpringerLinks<\/a>, 30 articles in total)<\/li><li>POSMOL 2019 &#8211; Belgrade, Serbia <a href=\"http:\/\/posmol2019.ipb.ac.rs\/\">http:\/\/posmol2019.ipb.ac.rs\/<\/a> XX International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics XXI International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms (Proceedings &#8211; Topical issue: Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics and Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms (POSMOL 2019), <a href=\"https:\/\/epjd.epj.org\/component\/toc\/?task=topic&amp;id=1161\">Eur. Phys. J. D (2020)<\/a>, SpringerLinks: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10053\/topicalCollection\/AC_5b7ff5fe1f5bcb1f7c744e7cc97e0b28\/page\/1\">21 articles<\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10053\/topicalCollection\/AC_d8632dff3ef75a6def2a44310c9ff69f\/page\/1\">2 articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/epjd.epj.org\/articles\/epjd\/abs\/2020\/07\/d200278\/d200278.html\">Editorial<\/a>).<\/li><li>POSMOL 2017 &#8211; Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia <a href=\"http:\/\/posmol2017.edu.au\/\">http:\/\/posmol2017.edu.au\/<\/a><br>XIX International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics<br>XX International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms<br>(Proceedings &#8211; Topical issue: Low Energy Positron and Electron Interactions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epjd.epj.org\/component\/toc\/?task=topic&amp;id=863\">Eur. Phys. J. D (2018)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10053\/topicalCollection\/AC_4f8a2ef939743737ac61ae9cf87af702\/page\/1\">SpringerLink<\/a>).<\/li><li>POSMOL 2015 &#8211; Lisbon, Portugal <a href=\"http:\/\/eventos.fct.unl.pt\/posmol2015\">http:\/\/eventos.fct.unl.pt\/posmol2015<\/a><br>XVIII International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics<br>XIX International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarm<br>(Proceedings &#8211; Topical issue: Advances in Positron and Electron Scattering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epjd.epj.org\/component\/toc\/?task=topic&amp;id=535\">Eur. Phys. J. D (2016)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/volumesAndIssues\/10053?tabName=topicalCollections\">SpringerLink<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1140\/epjd\/e2016-70214-6\">Editorial<\/a>).<\/li><li>POSMOL 2013 &#8211; Kanazawa, Japan\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rs.tus.ac.jp\/posmol2013\/\">http:\/\/www.rs.tus.ac.jp\/posmol2013\/<\/a><br>XVII International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics<br>XVIII International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms<br>(Proceedings &#8211; Topical issue: Electron and Positron Induced Processes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epjd.epj.org\/component\/toc\/?task=topic&amp;id=227\">Eur. Phys. J. D (2014)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/volumesAndIssues\/10053?tabName=topicalCollections\">SpringerLink<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1140\/epjd\/e2014-50564-9\">Editorial<\/a>)<\/li><li>POSMOL 2011 &#8211; Maynooth, Ireland\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/physics.nuim.ie\/posmol2011\/\">http:\/\/physics.nuim.ie\/posmol2011\/<\/a>\u00a0(\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120511180528\/http:\/\/physics.nuim.ie\/posmol2011\/\">via archive.org<\/a>)<br>XVI International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics<br>XVII International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms<br>(Proceedings &#8211; Topical issue: Electron\/Positron Collision\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epjd.epj.org\/component\/toc\/?task=topic&amp;id=94\">Eur. Phys. J. D (2012)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/volumesAndIssues\/10053?tabName=topicalCollections\">SpringerLink<\/a>, No editorial?)<\/li><li>POSMOL 2009 &#8211; York, Canada\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sit.yorku.ca\/posmol09\/\">http:\/\/sit.yorku.ca\/posmol09\/<\/a><br>XV International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics<br>XVI International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms<br>(e+ Proceedings\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/issue\/1742-6596\/199\/1\">J. Phys. Conf. Ser.\u00a0199\u00a0011001-012025 (2010)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/1742-6596\/199\/1\/011001\">Editorial<\/a>,<br>e- Proceedings\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/issue\/1742-6596\/204\/1\">J. Phys. Conf. Ser.\u00a0204\u00a0012001-012008 (2010)<\/a>)<\/li><li>POSMOL 2007 &#8211; Reading, England<br>XIV International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics<br>XV International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms<br>(e+ Proceedings\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/journal\/0168583X\/266\/3\">Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B,\u00a0266(3) 351-540<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.nimb.2007.12.037\">Editorial<\/a>,<br>e- Proceedings\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/issue\/1742-6596\/115\/1\">J. Phys. Conf. Ser.\u00a0115\u00a0012001-012020 (2008)<\/a>).<\/li><li>POSMOL 2005 &#8211; Campinas, Brazil<br>XIII International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.positron05.unicamp.br\/\">www.positron05.unicamp.br<\/a><br>XIV International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms (EMS)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ems05.unicamp.br\/\">www.ems05.unicamp.br<\/a><br>(e+ Proceedings\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/journal\/0168583X\/247\/1\">Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B,\u00a0247(1) 1-154<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.nimb.2006.01.026\">Editorial<\/a>, Conference Report\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0031-8949\/74\/3\/N01\">Phys. Scr.\u00a074\u00a0C37 (2006)<\/a><br>e- Proceedings, Conference Report\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0031-8949\/74\/1\/N02\">Phys. Scr.\u00a074\u00a0C7 (2006)<\/a>).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two conferences were joined for the first time in 2005, as described by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.nimb.2006.01.026\">Sanchez&nbsp;<em>et al.<\/em>&nbsp;Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B,&nbsp;<strong>247<\/strong>(1) vii<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of international workshops on positron collisions in gases (1981-2003)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>XII International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics &#8211; POSITRON 03, Sandbjerg, Denmark, 19-21 July 2003<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/journal\/0168583X\/221\">Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B, 221 1-242 (2004)<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.nimb.2004.03.018\">Editorial<\/a>)<\/li><li>XI International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/journal\/0168583X\/192\/1-2\">Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B, 192(1-2) 1-238 (2002)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0168-583X(02)00699-7\">Editorial<\/a>).<\/li><li>X International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics &#8211; Positron Workshop 99, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan, 1999<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/journal\/0168583X\/171\/1-2\">Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B, 171(1-2) 1-250<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0168-583X(00)00295-0\">Preface<\/a>).<\/li><li>IX International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics, Nottingham, UK, 1997<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/journal\/0168583X\/143\/1-2\">Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B, 143(1-2) 1-232<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0168-583X(98)00212-2\">First Paper<\/a>).<\/li><li>VIII International Positron Workshop, Vancouver, Canada, 1995<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcresearchpress.com\/toc\/cjp\/74\/7-8\">Canadian Journal of Physics, 1996, 74(7-8) 313-563<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/p96-048\">First Paper<\/a>)<\/li><li>VII International Workshop on Positron Interactions with Atoms, Molecules and Clusters, Bielefeld, Germany, 1993<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10751\/89\/1\/\">Hyperfine Interactions, 1994, 89, 1-262<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/BF02064491\">Preface<\/a>).<\/li><li>VI International Workshop on Positron Interactions with Gases, Sydney, Australia, 1991<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10751\/73\/1\">Hyperfine Interactions, 1992, 73(1-2) 1-228<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/BF02628204\">Preface<\/a>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/BF02628204\">Preface<\/a>).<\/li><li>V Workshop on Annihilation in Gases and Galaxies, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA 1989<br>(Proceedings &#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/search.jsp?R=19900009641\">Annihilation in Gases and Galaxies<\/a>&#8221; NASA Conference Publication 3058 (1990)).<\/li><li>IV NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Atomic Physics with Positrons, London, UK, 1987<br>(Proceedings &#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9780306428135\">Atomic Physics with Positrons<\/a>&#8220;,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/978-1-4613-0963-5\">Springer e-book<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?isbn=1461309638\">Google books<\/a>&nbsp;).<\/li><li>III International Workshop on Positron (Electron)-Gas Scattering, Detroit, Michigan, 1985<br>(Proceedings World Scientific&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/version\/21900928\">&#8220;Positron (Electron)-Gas Scattering&#8221; Catalogue Info<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Positron-Electron-Gas-Scattering-International\/dp\/9971978970\">Amazon 2nd-hand<\/a>).<\/li><li>II NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Positron Scattering in Gases. Egham, UK, 1983<br>(Proceedings &#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9780306416347\">Positron scattering in gases<\/a>&#8220;,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/978-1-4613-2751-6\">Springer e-book<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?isbn=1461327512\">Google books<\/a>).<\/li><li>I International Conference on Positron Scattering and Annihilation in Gases, Toronto, Canada, 1981<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcresearchpress.com\/toc\/cjp\/60\/4\">Canadian Journal of Physics, 1982, 60(4) 458-617<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1139\/p82-064\">Foreword<\/a>).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of electron molecule swarm conferences (1985-2003)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>XIII International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms, Pruhonice (near Prague), Czech Republic, 2003<br><a href=\"http:\/\/ems2003.cuni.cz\/\">http:\/\/ems2003.cuni.cz\/<\/a><\/li><li>XII International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms, Lincoln, NE, USA, 2001<br><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20010626214647\/aloha.unl.edu\/ems-01\">Web Archive<\/a><\/li><li>XI International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms, Tokyo, Japan, 1999<\/li><li>X &#8211; Engelberg, Switzerland, (Chair Michael Allen), 1997<\/li><li>IX &#8211; Berkeley, CA, USA, (Chair Tom Rescigno), 1995<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were two Satellite conferences in 1993:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>VIII International Seminar on Electron and Ion Swarms [Symposium on], Trondheim, Norway, 1993<br>(Proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/issue\/1402-4896\/1994\/T53\">Phys. Scr.&nbsp;<strong>T53<\/strong>&nbsp;(2004)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0031-8949\/1994\/T53\/E01\">Introduction<\/a>).<\/li><li>VIII International Symposium on Electron Collisions with Molecules, Clusters, and Surfaces, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK (Chair Leslie Morgan)<br>(Proceedings: &#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9780306447068\">Electron Collisions with Molecules, Clusters, and Surfaces<\/a>&#8221; eds. H. Ehrhardt and L. A. Morgan, Plenum, New York, 1994,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/978-1-4899-1489-7\">SpringerLink<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007%2F978-1-4899-1489-7\">Book<\/a>).<\/li><li>VII Gold Coast, Australia, 1991<\/li><li>VI New Haven, CT, USA, Chair Arvid Herzenberg, 1989 (Proceedings: AIP Conference Proceedings &#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/toc\/apc\/204\/1?expanded=204\">Aspects of Electron-Molecule Scattering and Photoionization<\/a>&#8220;,&nbsp;204, Ed. Arvid Herzenberg, Plenum, New York, 1990).<\/li><li>V International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Scattering and Photoionization, SERC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK, 1987 (Proceedings &#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9780306429989\">Electron-Molecule Scattering and Photoionization<\/a>&#8221; Editors: P.G. Burke, J.B. West,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/978-1-4613-1049-5\">SpringerLink<\/a>).<\/li><li>IV International Swarm Seminar and the Electron-Molecule Collisions Symposium &#8211; Symposium on Swarm Studies and Inelastic Electron-Molecule Collisions. Tahoe City, California, USA, 1985 (Proceedings &#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9781461291046\">Swarm Studies and Inelastic Electron-Molecule Collisions<\/a>&#8220;,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/978-1-4612-4662-6\">SpringerLink<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As noted in the 1985 proceedings&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/978-1-4612-4662-6\">introduction<\/a>&nbsp;the conferences prior to this were split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previous to this, the Electron-Molecule Collisions Symposium and the International SWARM seminar &#8211; Electron and ion swarms, were held as separate meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The POSMOL meeting consists of two research areas in quantum physics and was first held in Campinas, Brazil. It is a combination of two workshops: Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics (the POS) Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms (and the MOL) POSMOL is a satellite meeting of the ICPEAC conference (ICPEAC 2023 will be held in Ottawa, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3785,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3785"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/posmol2023conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}