Padma Kant Shukla: Colloquia and
Seminars
Delivered
- Kiruna Geophysical Observatory,
Kiruna
(Sweden). "VLF
wave propagation in the magnetosphere". March 1972.
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi
(India). "Far field potential of a moving test charge".
September
1973.
- Department of Physics, Universtiy of
Calgary
(Canada).
"Theory of envelope solitons". November 1976.
- US Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, Boulder, CO
(USA).
"Modulation of whistler wave packets by low-frequency perturbations".
November 1976.
- Department of Physics, Techn.
Hogeschool
Eindhoven, (The
Netherlands). "Generation of finite amplitude envelope
solitons
by an electron beam in plasmas". October 1977.
- Astronomical Institute,
Serraasbolwerk,
Utrecht (The Netherlands).
"Langmuir soliton generation by an electron beam". October 1978.
- Physical Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad
(India). Four
lectures: a) "Plasma vortices". b) "Envelope
solitons".
c) "Induced Bremsstrahlung from turbulent media". d) "Problem of
heat flux limitation in laser plasma interactions". May -- June,
1979.
- Indian Institute of Technology, New
Delhi
(India). "Generation
of vortices and magnetic fields in laser produced plasmas". June
1979.
- Department of Physics, UCLA, Los
Angeles, CA
(USA).
"Zero-frequency turbulence". November 1980.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Maryland,
MD (USA). "Plasma convection". November 1980.
- Department of Physics, University of
British
Columbia, Vancouver,
BC (Canada). "Excitation of vortex modes by drift waves".
November 1980.
- Department of Mathematics, Simon
Fraser
University, Vancouver,
BC (Canada). "Dynamics of solitons in plasmas". November 1980.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Maryland,
MD (USA). "Magnetic turbulence". June 1982.
- Physical Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad
(India). "Magnetic
fluctuations and anomalous plasma transport". November 1982.
- MPI Kernphysik, Heidelberg (FRG). "Nonlinear
damping of
hydromagnetic waves in the interstellar medium". September 1983.
- RisØ National Laboratory,
Roskilde
(Denmark).
"Convective cell turbulence". April 1984.
- Chalmers University of Technology,
Göteborg (Sweden).
Two lectures: a) "Nonlinear plasma convection". b) "Strong
electromagnetic
waves". April 1984.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, Umeå
(Sweden).Two lectures: a) "Electromagnetic solitons in magnetized
plasmas".
b) "Anomalous growth of tearing modes". April 1984.
- Department of Mathematics, University
of
Central Florida,
Orlando, FL (USA). "Soliton dynamics and its applications".
November
1984.
- RisØ National Laboratory,
Roskilde
(Denmark).
"Pseudo three-dimensional interchange mode turbulence". May 1985.
- Institute of General Physics, Academy
of
Sciences of the
UDSSR, Moscow (USSR). "Low-frequency turbulence in plasmas".
October 1986.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, Umeå
(Sweden). "Linear and nonlinear interchange modes". November
1986.
- Department of Physics, University of
Naples,
(Italy).
"Pressure gradient driven drift fluctuations in plasmas".
January
1987.
- Physikalisches Institut der
Universitaet
Bayreuth, (FRG).
"Low-frequency motions in magnetized plasmas". October 1987.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, (Sweden).
"Theory of filamentation instability of strong laser beams".
October
1987.
- Chalmers University of Technology,
Goeteborg
(Sweden).Two
lectures: a) "Magnetic drift waves". b) "Filamentation instability
of
strong laser beams". December 1987.
- Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Naples,
(Italy). "Alfven vortices and transport in tokamaks". January
1988.
- Fakultät für Physik,
Universität Tübingen
(FRG). "Relativistisch nichtlineare Probleme in Plasmen".
February 1988.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, (Sweden).
"Theory of magnetic electron drift vortex modes". April 1989.
- Physical Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad
(India). "Theory
of plasma vortices". December 1989.
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat,
Gandhinagar (India).
"Theory of $\eta_i$ mode turbulence and anomalous ion energy
confinement
in tokamaks". December 1989.
- Indian Institute of Technology, New
Delhi
(India).
"Plasma and fluid vortices". December 1989.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, (Sweden).
"Fluctuation driven transport in tokamaks". April 1990.
- Institute of Physics of the Earth,
Academy of
Sciences of
the USSR, Moscow (USSR). "Dynamics of vortices". September
1990.
- MPI Radioastronomie, Bonn
(FRG). "Modulation
of
nonthermal Alfven waves". October 1990.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, (Sweden).
"Fluctuation in ionosphere". November 1990.
- Physical Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad
(India). "Four
lectures on various current problems in plasma physics".
November--December
1990.
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat,
Gandhinagar (India).
"Alfven wave vortices". December 1989.
- Indian Institute of Sciences,
Banglore
(India). "Nonlinear
Alfven waves". December 1990.
- Indian Institute of Astrphysics,
Banglore
(India).
"Modulation instabilities of MHD waves". December 1990.
- Indian Institute of Technology,
Banaras Hindu
University,
Varanasi (India). "Vortical motions". December 1990.
- Indian Institute of Technology, New
Delhi
(India).
"Present research activities at Bochum". December 1990.
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat,
Gandhinagar (India).
"$\eta_i$ mode turbulence and H-mode confinement in tokamaks".
December
1990.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, (Sweden).
"Low-frequency waves in dusty plasmas". October 1991.
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat,
Gandhinagar (India).
"Collective effects in dusty plasmas". December 1991.
- Indian Institute of Technology, New
Delhi
(India). "Dusty
plasmas". January 1992.
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat,
Gandhinagar (India).
"Parametric instabilities with nonlocal heat transport". January
1993.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University (Sweden).
"Stimulated scattering of EM waves in collisional plasmas".
April
1993.
- Department of Physics, University of
California at Irvine,
CA (USA). "Collective effects in dusty plasmas". November
1993.
- Physics Department, University of
California
at Riverside,
CA (USA). "Dusty plasmas". November 1993.
- Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University
of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA (USA). "Some recent results
in dusty plasmas". November 1993.
- Department of Applied Physics,
Faculty of
Engineering, Kyushu
University, Fukuoka (Japan). "Waves in dusty plasmas".
April
1995.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, Umeå
(Sweden). "Unified theory of electrostatic waves in dusty
plasmas".
June 1995.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, Umeå
(Sweden). "Nonlinear dynamics of coupled waves in dispersive media.
May 1996.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, Umeå
(Sweden). "Nonlinear Neutrino Plasma Physics". September
1997.
- Physical Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad
(India). "Neutrino
Physics". October 1997.
- Max-Planck Institut fuer
Extraterrestrische
Physik, Garching
(Germany). "Generation of magnetic fields and inhomogeneities
by neutrinos". November 1997.
- Department of Physical Sciences,
University of
Naples (Italy).
"Neutrino driven magnetic fields and inhomogeneities in the early
Universe".
December 1997.
- Department of Physics, University of
Rome
(Italy).
"Neutrinos as building blocks of astroparticle physics and cosmology".
December 1997.
- Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad
(Pakistan). "Neutrino plasma physics". January 1998.
- Center for Solid State Physics,
University of
Lahore (Pakistan).
"Neutrino generating magnetic fields and inhomogeneities: A plasma
physics
approach". January 1998.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, S-90187
Umeå, Sweden. "Nonlinear neutrino physics".
September
1998.
- Instituto de Fisica, Universidade
Estadual de
Campinas (UNICAMP),
Brazil. Three lectures: a) ``Nonlinear dispersive
Alfven
waves''; b) ``Neutrino plasma physics''; c) ``dusty plasma physics''.
December 1999.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, S-90187
Umeå, Sweden. "New instabilities and nonlinear
structures
in dusty plasmas". May 2000.
- Department of Physics, University of
Riverside, Riverside,
CA 92521, USA. "Complex plasmas in interplanetary environments."
June 2000.
- Department of Plasma Physics,
Umeå
University, S-90187
Umeå, Sweden. "New nonlinear
structures
in complex plasmas". May 2001.
- Department of Physics, Umea University,
Umea (Sweden). "Nonlinear waves in
plasmas". October 2005.
- Centre for Energy Studies, Indian
Institute of Technology, New Delhi (India). "Drift-Alfven vortices in magnetospheric
plasmas". 15 November 2005.
- Department of Physics, Umea University,
Umea (Sweden). "Nonlinear effects
associated with Alfven waves". 28 November 2006.
- GoLP, Instituto Superior Tecnico,
Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. "Introduction to quantum plasma physics". January 2007.
- Centre for Energy Studies, Indian
Institute of Technology, New Delhi (India). "Nonlinear effects in quantum plasmas". 9 October 2007.
- Department of Physics, Umea University,
Umea (Sweden). "Formation of
coherent structures in dense plasmas". 27 November 2007.
- Department of Physical Sciences,
University of Naples (Italy). "Nonlinear
quantum plasma physics". 18 December 2007.
- Department of Physics, University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (UK). "Nonlinear
quantum plasma physics". John Anderson Research Colloquia in
Physics. 20 February 2008.
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department, University of California Los Angeles, CA (USA). "Nanostructures in dense plasmas". 13
August 2008.
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department, University of California San Diego, CA (USA). "Nonlinear Phenomena in dense plasmas". 22
August 2008.
- Department of Physics, Umea University,
Umea, Sweden. "Drift wave turbulence
in magnetized dusty plasmas". December 2008. 1-4 December 2008.
- Centre for Energy Studies, Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi (India). 3 Lectures dealing with
i) EM Fluctuations in the solar wind; ii) Quntum plasma physics on
rise; iii) Fundamentals of dust-plasma interactions. 7-9 January 2009.
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department, University of California San Diego, CA (USA). "Nonlinear phenomena in dusty plasmas". 25
August 2010.
- Institute for Ion Physics and Applied
Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Nonlinear Quantum Plasma Physics. Innsbruck Physics Research
Center Colloquium. 23 November 2010.
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