The International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT) is an

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held every three years near the month of September attracting on average well over a thousand participants from all over the world. The LT conferences are endorsed by the

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(IUPAP) via its Commission on Low Temperature Physics (C5). The mandate of the LT conferences is to promote the exchange of information and views among the members of the international scientific community in the general field of Low Temperature Physics. Usually, several other satellite meetings are also held just before or after the LT conferences in neighboring cities such as the International Conference on Ultra Low Temperature Physics series (ULT) as well as other meetings related to the topics listed below. Starting from 1998, the Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids (QFT) conference series was decided to be held in all non-LT years.

Topics

The general field of low temperature physics is broad, but usually the LT conferences are divided into five parallel programs: *A. Quantum Gases, Fluids and Solids *B. Superconductivity *C. Quantum Phase Transitions and Magnetism *D. Electronic Quantum Transport in Condensed Matter *E. Cryogenic Techniques and Applications

Editions

The conferences are typically held in the following pattern: Europe > Asia > The Americas > Europe. The LT29 Conference was originally planned to be held in 2020, but was postponed two years due to

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Prizes

The Fritz London Memorial Prize was created to recognize scientists who made outstanding contributions to the advances of the field of

Low Temperature Physics Low or LOW or lows, may refer to: People * Low (surname), listing people surnamed Low Places * Low, Quebec, Canada * Low, Utah, United States * Lo Wu station (MTR code LOW), Hong Kong; a rail station * Salzburg Airport (ICAO airport code: LOW ...

. It is traditionally awarded in the opening session of the LT meeting. The prize is named in honor of

Fritz London Fritz Wolfgang London (March 7, 1900 – March 30, 1954) was a German born physicist and professor at Duke University. His fundamental contributions to the theories of chemical bonding and of intermolecular forces (London dispersion forces) are to ...

. Other prizes awarded in the LT meeting are the

Simon Memorial Prize The Simon Memorial Prize is an award that honors 'distinguished work in experimental or theoretical low temperature physics'. The prize is awarded by the Institute of Physics and is presented at the International Conference on Low Temperature Physi ...

for the full list, see http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/lt/prize/page_44359.html and the IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes in Low Temperature Physics (since LT-25).

References

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