Mission/Mandate
Additional Information

The Commission on Low Temperature Physics (C5) was established by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics in 1949 to promote the exchange of information and views among the members of the international scientific community in the general field of Low Temperature Physics.

Mission/Mandate

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To promote the exchange of information and views among the members of the international scientific community in the general field of Low Temperature Physics including

  1. Quantum phenomena particularly those that only manifest themselves at low temperatures;
  2. Quantum materials including quantum fluids, solids and condensates;
  3. The basic mechanisms and physics of superconductivity;
  4. Research and development in cryogenic quantum technologies.

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To recommend for Union sponsorship international conferences which qualify for support under Union regulations.

To initiate such conferences as their need arises from the evolution of the Commission field.

To assist in the organization of such conferences when practical. To ensure the compatibility of international conferences in its field and to discourage clashes and incompatibility of dates.

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To promote the free circulation of scientists; to assist conference organizers in ensuring such free circulation and in resolving potential infringements.

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To organize where feasible the award of medals or other testimonials of excellence in its field.

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To publish where feasible newsletters, circulars, occasional books, journals or handbooks in its area.

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To maintain liaison with other IUPAP Commissions, with the Commissions or Committees of other Unions or of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) or other scientific organizations, with a view to collaborating and cooperating in sponsoring joint conferences and to participating in joint projects when need arises.

In particular to maintain close liaison with the General Commissions of IUPAP (SUNAMCO, Physics Education and Development), so as to ensure suitable input from its field into these physics-wide activities.

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To make available to each General Assembly of the Union a summary of activities and progress in its field since the previous Assembly.

Please send updated information and corrections to the IUPAP Administrator.

Additional Information

QF2019

The conference on Quantum Fluids and Solids QFS2019 will be held in Edmonton Alberta August 7-13, 2019: chairs, John Beamish and John Davis, http://qfs2019.org.

LT29 (originally scheduled in 2020, but has been postponed to 2022)

The 29th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics will be held in Sapporo, Japan 18-24 August, 2022 (Conference Chair: Naoto Nagaosa and Yoshiteru Maeno ; http://www.lt29.jp). Several satellite meetings are also anticipated: see http://www.lt29.jp/satellite_conferences.html

LT29 will be held in Asia; LT26 was in Beijing, China, in 2011 and LT27 was in Buenos Aires in 2014, LT28 was in Sweden. Proposals will be welcomed for presentation to the C5 Commission chair before June 1, 2022 and finalized during its meeting in Sapporo at the time of LT29, and announced at the end of that meeting.

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