WORKSHOP TITLE: Cosmic Lab

WEBSITE: http://www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp/meetings/labo/

VENUE: Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Chiba, JAPAN

DATE: Monday, March 25 – Tuesday, March 26, 2019

KEYNOTE: 
The international workshop “Cosmic Lab” aims at sharing know-how, experience, and ideas to perform advanced research on extraterrestrial materials in space. Knowledge sharing is set for the goal, because it helps us to improve currently available methods and find novel approaches to test a hypothesis. A workshop-style engagement with experts in their respective fields is anticipated to provide not only great opportunities for young researchers to learn lessons and newcomers to begin with but also a step to better brainstorming. Therefore, the “Cosmic Lab” workshop offers an ideal platform for knowledge sharing and better brainstorming over various types of research in so-called cosmic environments (i.e., an extremely ultra-high vacuum, microgravity, and/or harsh radiation). More specifically, in “Cosmic Lab”, knowledge sharing and better brainstorming are targeted to:
• space-borne in-situ measurements
• balloon-, rocket-, and satellite-borne experiments 
• space-telescopic observations
including, but not limited to, ground-based experiments for preparation, development, and calibration of instruments onboard spacecraft, and detailed analyses of data achieved in the outer space. Numerical simulations and theoretical predictions for the detection of extraterrestrial materials are also welcome. In this regard, “Cosmic Lab” is open to and takes an interdisciplinary approach to any research activities beyond ground-based observatories and laboratories.

INVITEES (confirmed):
• Jun Aoki (Osaka Univ., Japan)
 “Development of multi-turn mass spectrometry system on board space explorer OKEANOS”
• Yuki Kimura (Hokkaido Uni., Japan)
 “Sounding rocket: a tool for understanding DUST formation under microgravity environment”
• Harald Krüger (MPS, Germany)
 “Galileo, Ulysses, Cassini in-situ dust measurements”
• Shuji Matsuura (Kwansei Gakuin Univ., Japan)
 “Cosmic infrared background experiments by sounding-rockets and interplanetary missions”
• Jayant Murthy (IIA, India)
 “Opportunities for small UV payloads”
• Itsuki Sakon (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
 “Understanding the properties of dust and organics synthesized in classical novae based on observations and experiments”
• Sho Sasaki (Osaka Univ., Japan)
 “Development of TOF (time-of-flight) dust analyzer”
• Xiaoping Zhang (MUST, China)
 “New view on lunar dust and a dust detector concept for comet mission"

ADMISSIONS: 20 participants
Admissions decisions are in principle made on a first come, first served basis, but priority is in practice given to an energetic registrant.

ONLINE REGISTRATION: https://goo.gl/forms/Bzc5PzavI1NnLbMq1
Accepted registrants will receive the latest information on the workshop, provided that the registration form is submitted by Monday, March 11, 2019, 10:00 a.m. JST (UTC+9).

REGISTRATION FEE: 500 JPY (ca. $5)
While no payment is required at the time of online registration, the registration fee should be paid by cash on arrival at the venue. No matter what circumstances are specified, the registration fee will not be waived.

IGNITERS:
Hiroshi Kimura, Takayuki Hirai, Hiroki Senshu, Koji Wada (PERC)

CONTACT: Hiroshi Kimura <inquiries4labo@perc.it-chiba.ac.jp>