Introduction
Our Mission: To advocate, promote, and advance research on few-body systems in atomic, molecular, nuclear, particle, and mathematical physics.
Dear GFB Members,
This newsletter summarizes the activities of the APS Topical Group on Few-Body Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics (GFB) over the past year. For general information, updates, and upcoming deadlines please visit our website.
This year’s highlight has been the awarding of the inaugural Faddeev Medal to Vitaly Efimov and Rudolf Grimm at the 22nd International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, in Caen, France. You will find an article on this (with a picture of the awardees, spouses, and presenters) further below (thanks to Nasser Kalantar-Nayestanaki and Daniel Phillips for contributing this piece!). The next Faddeev Medal will be awarded at the 23rd International Few-Body Conference in Beijing, China in 2021.
The regular activities of GFB include seeking and recommending nominations for APS Fellowship. Newly minted APS Fellows will be announced later this year. GFB also suggests and sponsors invited sessions at the APS April and DAMOP meetings and we support student participation in these meetings through the Student Travel Award program. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2019.
Information on the Next Cycle
As of April 2018, GFB had 343 members. We continued with our practice to offer one-year free membership to April and DAMOP meeting attendees, and more than 30 individuals took advantage of this opportunity this year. We welcome them to the Topical Group and hope they find their membership useful (and will renew it next year).
Every year the GFB Executive Committee composition changes and 2018 is no exception. I’d like to thank those who completed their terms in 2018 and left the Committee: Ricardo Alarcon served in the Chair-Line from 2014-2018, Robert Forrey and Philip Johnson served three-year terms as Executive Committee Members at Large, and Charlotte Elster served as our Secretary-Treasurer (for many years). Your efforts on behalf of GFB have been generous and vital! The Executive Committee has four new members: Harald Griesshammer has been elected Vice-Chair, Wayne Polyzou Secretary-Treasurer, and Peter Schmelcher and Seth Rittenhouse Executive Committee Members at Large. Welcome to the GFB leadership team!1
We hope you enjoy reading this newsletter. If you have any questions/comments/suggestions, don’t hesitate to let us know.
Tom Kirchner (Past Chair)
1If you are interested in joining the GFB Executive Committee in the future, please get in touch.