Meeting of FSU INTAS teams
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          Sobolev Astronomical Institute of St. Petersburg
          University, February 1-2, 2001

Participants:
         Dr. Ludmila G. Astafieva (Stepanov Phys. Inst., Minsk),
         Dr. Victor A. Babenko (Stepanov Phys. Inst., Minsk),
         Ms. Daria N. Dubkova  (Astron. Inst., SPb Univ.),
         Prof. Victor G. Farafonov (SPb Univ. of Aerocosm. Instrum.),
         Dr. Pavel  V. Litvinov (Astron. Obs., Kharkov Univ.),
         Prof. Anri Ya. Perel'man (SPb Forest Techn. Acad.),
         Ms. Marina S. Prokopjeva (Astron. Inst., SPb Univ.),
         Dr. Victor P. Tishkovets (Astron. Obs., Kharkov Univ.),
         Dr. Tatiana V. Viel'gorskaya (SPb Forest Techn. Acad.),
         Prof. Nikolai V. Voshchinnikov (Astron. Inst., SPb Univ.),
         Mr. Alexander Zinov'ev (Physical Dept., SPb Univ.),
         Ms. Tatiana V. Zinov'eva (Astron. Inst., SPb Univ.)


February 1st, Thursday
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11.30   N.V. Voshchinnikov  -- Introductory remarks

11.40   N.V. Voshchinnikov  -- Optics of interstellar and circumstellar dust
                               (requirements to light scattering theories)

12.40   A.Ya. Perel'man -- The S-approximation (in view of shortwave asymptotic);
                        -- Particles with radially variable refractive indexes

13.00   Coffee-break

13.40   V.G. Farafonov -- Light scattering by particles with axial symmetry
                          (including new restrictions on T-matrix like methods)

15.00   M.S. Prokopjeva -- Applicability of the quasistatic approximation to
                           multilayered particles
                        -- A new computational method in light scattering by
                           multilayered non-spherical particles

15.30   V.G. Farafonov --  Some comments on the last topics

15.45   Break

16.40   V.P. Tishkovets -- Collective scattering effects
                           (quasifractal clusters, polarization of comets and
                           asteroids)

17.40   P.V. Litvinov -- Quasifractal clusters and polarization of Saturn
                         rings

18.00   Coffee-break

18.15   V.A. Babenko -- Against fractal clusters: multilayered particles
                        (spheres)

18.55   L.G. Astafieva -- Heating of isolated homogeneous and layered
                          particles by laser pulse and temperature distribution

19.35   N.V. Voshchinnikov -- New results in scattering calculations for
                              spheroids with extreme aspect ratios

20.00   End of official part


February 2nd, Friday
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10.30  Interexchange of literature and software

15.30  Demonstration and discussion on presented electronic databases:
       --  WWW reference & database of optical constants (SPb & Jena),
       --  WWW database of optical properties (SPb Univ.), and
       --  FoxPro database of optics references (Stepanov Phys. Inst.).

20.00  End of meeting
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