APS March Meeting (March 10–14, 2008)

APS March Meeting [1], New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

• Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 11:15 AM–2:15 PM: History of PRL Symposium, followed by a reception for the conference attendees. Planned talks include:
  • Saad E. Hebboul,  PRL at 50: A history of moving physics forward
  • Charles P. Slichter,  Superconductivity
  • H. Eugene Stanley,  Phase transitions
  • Marvin L. Cohen,  Carbon nanotubes and mesoscopic physics
  • Jack Sandweiss,  Future of PRL
• Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM: Social Activity: Meet the Editors of AIP and APS and Celebrate 50 Years of PRL [2]. Please join the editors of the journals of the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics, and our special guests from the Physical Society of Japan, in celebrating 50 years of publication of interesting and important physics. Refreshments will be served.

The distinguished Outstanding Referee group at a ceremony honoring their dedication and hard work.

A festive APS booth celebrates 50 years of Moving Physics Forward.

PRL’s Reiny Schuhmann and a collection of anniversary balloons. Photo by David Tomanek of Michigan State.