The Commission on Magnetism (C9) was established by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics in 1957 to promote the exchange of information and views among the mem-bers of the international scientific community in the general field of Magnetism. This includes phenomena which result in the determination of magnetic interactions at the atomic level, magnetic properties of matter including reduced dimensionality systems (in collaboration with other commissions as appropriate), and technical applications of magnetic materials and gener-ation of magnetic fields.

As the main event, IUPAP sponsors the International Conference on Magnetism (ICM), which is organized every three years, as well as a couple of smaller events.

Two awards are organized by the Commission of Magnetism. The IUPAP Magnetism Award and Néel Medal, established in 1991, is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to fundamental and applied magnetism. It is presented every three years at the International Conference on Magnetism (ICM). The Néel Medal is awarded together with the Magnetism Award, since 2003, sponsored by CNRS and Institut Néel (see Figure). A monetary award for the winner(s) is generously sponsored by Elsevier. The IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in the field of Magnetism is awarded for theoretical or experimental work in fields of fundamental or applied magnetism. First established in 2006, this prize was initially awarded every three years at the International Conference on Magnetism (ICM). Since 2016, this prize has been converted to an annual award. The prize comes with a monetary award from IUPAP.

Néel Medal, showing on one side the figure of Nobel laureate Louis Néel, who discovered antiferromagnetism around 1930, superimposed with a hysteresis cycle and the word mag-netism written in the three languages Chinese and Greek, where magnetism developed in an-cient time, and English, the language of science today. On the other side, the magnetic struc-ture of magnetite, a ferrimagnetic material is shown. The theory of ferrimagnetism was devel-oped by Néel in 1948.

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 Magnetism including:

  1. Phenomena which result in the determination of magnetic interactions at the atomic level;
  2. Magnetic properties of matter including reduced dimensionality systems (in collaboration with other commissions as appropriate);
  3. Technical applications of magnetic materials and generation of magnetic fields./li>

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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.

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