ECRS – 2010 in Finland

What about it?

• Good location and interesting site (most N location);

• First time ECRS is in a Nordic country (Lodz-00, Moscow-02, Florence-04, Lisbon-06, Kosice-08);

• Easy connection for both E- and W-europeans,• Experience in medium size conference organizing:

FP-2003, 2006, 2008; Space Climate 2004, 2006; Chapman-2004.

• Young, enthusiastic and experienced LOC;• Wide range and 50-yr of CR research in Finland ;

The city of Turku (Åbo)• Southwest coast of Finland (60.5o N 22.3o E)

– 150 km from Helsinki– Famous for its archipelago

• A city of 175000 inhabitants– The oldest (XIII cent.) town and former capital of

Finland (UNESCO heritage)– Famous Dom Cathedral and Castle– The European capital of culture 2011

• A city of three universities– University of Turku– Åbo Akademi– Turku School of Economics and Business

Possible venues for ECRS 2010

• University of Turku premises– can easily host more than 200 people

• Mauno Koivisto Centre– Auditorium for 260 people

• Spa Hotel Caribia– Auditorium and accommodation for several

hundred people

• All venues offer modern conference facilities and on-site or nearby restaurants

Practical matters• Fee: reasonable (including lunches, banquet, receprtion,

etc.)

• Accomodation: from modern hotels to student’s lodgings (~25 Euro/day)

• Travel: – Direct flight connections from Stockholm, Copenhagen

and Helsinki (Star Alliance and OneWorld), – Frequent trains (1-hr) or bus from Helsinki city or airport– A spectacular ferry trip from/to Stockholm – Train/bus connection from Russia (St.Petersburg & Moscow)

Main Organizers

• Eino Valtonen and students of the TU – LOC

• Ilya Usoskin + UO/CUPP staff – scientific organisation + on-site assitance

• Rami Vainio and students of the UH • – practical support

CR in Finland: ground stations1960s – muon detector and NM started in Turku;

1964 – a permanent cosmic ray station (NM+ muon detector) installed in Oulu.

1980 – a hadron spectrometer launched in Turku.

1985 – a small shower array started in Turku.

2000 – multi-layer Muon UnderGround detectorlaunched in a mine in Pyhäsalmi/Oulu.

2009 – EMMA to be launched in Pyhäsalmi/Oulu.

Space-borne missions

Finnish institutions (FMI, HUT, OU, TU, etc.) participated in a number of space missions since 1990s. • AMS• Cassini• Cluster• Freja• SOHO

CR research• Data analysis and correction methods:

Oulu group, Turku group

• A theory of CR transport in the heliosphere: Oulu group

• Solar energetic particles acceleration and transport: Turku and Helsinki groups.

• Terrestrial effects of CR: Oulu group

• Atmospheric showers study:CUPP + Oulu group

CR research in Finland• Helsinki University

– Theoretical research• Solar energetic particles, corona and heliospheric transients

• Helsinki University of Technology– Experiment (space technology)

• Space Borne (AMS)• Jyväskylä University, Helsinki Univ., Kuopio Univ., Tampere Univ.

– Cosmic experiment at CERN (ALICE/ACORDE, CLOUD)• Oulu University (Sodankylä Geophys. Observatory, CUPP, Dept. of Phys. Sciences):

– Experiment:• Ground-based (NM 1964 ; Muon telescope 1964-1980’s and 2000 ; Underground

muon machine 2003 );– Theoretical research

• Heliospheric transport of GCR; Solar energetic particles; Atmospheric showers; Terrestrial effect of CR.

• Turku University:– Experiment:

• Ground based (1960 – 1990);• Space Borne (SOHO/ERNE), AMS;

– Theoretical research • Solar energetic particles;

Welcome to ECRS-2010

In Finland !