17th National Congress 2006

The 17th AIP National Physics Congress was held in Brisbane between 3-8 December 2006 and had around 900 attendees. The Congress included Plenary Sessions of general interest and sessions representing topical groups of the Australian Institute of Physics and affiliated societies. The proceedings of this Congress are available below, with links to particular sessions provided on the menu to the right.

1. Controlling features produced in near-field scanning optical lithography of PPV
   Daniel V Cotton, University of Newcastle,Australia
2. A new class of permanent magnetic lattices for ultracold atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates
   Saeed Ghanbari, Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne,Australia 3122,Australia
3. Intra-grating sensing with a chirped fibre Bragg grating using and integration method
   Dr Daniel J Kitcher,Victoria University,Australia
4. Forces from highly focused laser beams: Modeling, measurement and application to refractive index measurements
   Gregor Knöner, Centre for Biophotonics and Laser Science, University of Queensland, Australia
5. Computational modeling of optical trapping of vaterite microspheres
   Mr Vincent L Y Loke, The University of Queensland, Australia
6. Instabilities leading to Vortex Lattice Formation in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates
   Andrew M Martin, University of Melbourne, Australia
7. Coupled Modeling Of Strained AIN/GaN Heterojunctions
   Prof Roderick Melnik,Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
8. Nanotrapping and the thermodynamics of optical tweezers
   Dr Timo A Nieminen,The University of Queensland, Australia
9. Continuous-wave stimulated Raman gain spectroscopy with cavity-ringdown detection
   Prof Brian J Orr, Centre for Lasers and Applications, Macquarie University, Australia
10. Collisions between bright solitary waves of three-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates
    Dr Nicholas G Parker, University of Melbourne, Australia
11. Continuous-wave, all-solid-state, yellow laser source at 588 nm
    Helen M Pask, Macquarie University, Australia
12. Fabrication of silicon nanocrystals by nanosecond laser fragmentations of silicon micro-grains in colloidal suspensions
    Vladimir Svrcek, Nanoarchitectonics Research Center, AIST, Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8565,, Japan
13. Effects of transverse strain on dips at 2/3 of the Bragg wavelength in a non-birefringent fibre
    Bragg grating Mr Sui P Yam, Victoria University, Australia

14. Optical trapping of a cube Ms Agata
    M Branczyk, University of Queensland, Australia
15. Dynamic deformation of an air bubble when pressed against a solid surface
    Dr Jason N Connor, PELM Centre, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health, Central Queensland University, Gladstone, Australia
16. Radiation induced changes in the optical properties of Manganese Doped Fluoroperovskites
    Christian Dotzler, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
17. Time-resolved studies of ferroelectric materials using Neutron Stroboscopic techniques during the application of electric fields
    Trevor R Finlayson, Monash University, Australia
18. One-particle spectral weights in the transverse ising model
    A/Prof Chris J Hamer, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia
19. Sr2FeMo02 Double Perovskites And The Effects Of Aluminium Substitution
    Mr Erwan K Hemery, MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University, New Zealand
20. Slow dynamics and ageing of colloidal hard sphere glasses
    Vincent Martinez, RMIT University, Australia
21. ab initio simulations of the structuab initio simulations of the structure of diamond nanowires at 300K
    Alex R Merchant, RMIT University, Australia Mr Arkadiusz P Lewandowski, RMIT University, Australia
22. The influence of fly ash morphology and phase distribution on collection in an electrostatic precipitator
    Richard D Metcalfe, Central Queensland University, Australia
23. TEM characterization of MnO2 cathode in an aqueous lithium secondary battery
    Mr Manickam Minakshi, Division of Science and Engineering, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, Western Australia, Australia
24. Energy spectrum of new density-quasiparticles excited in the superfluid liquid Helium
    Dr Vahan Minasyan, Armenia
A novel 2-D frustrated antiferromagnet - The Union-Jack Lattice
Jaan Oitmaa, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia
25. Production of a slow, monoenergetic metastable neon beam for atom diffraction studies
    Mr Adam J Palmer, Grifflth University, Australia
26. Effective field theory of self-dual Josephson Junction arrays
    Dr Said Sakhi, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
27. Characteristics of the trajectory of a projectile in a linear resisting medium and the Lambert W function
    Seán M Stewart, The Petroleum Institute, United Arab Emirates
28. Critical exponents for structural transitions in a complex plasma
    Mr James DE Stokes, University of Sydney, Australia
29. Peculiarities of stochastic resonance in disperse systems
    Liudmila A Uvarova, Moscow State University of Technology, Russia

31. Improving the immediacy and quality of feedback for physics students
    Alex R Merchant, RMIT University, Australia
32. Aether theories: A physics fairytale re-told
    Dr Timo A Nieminen,The University of Queensland, Australia
33. Project-based assessment for graduate coursework
    Dr Timo A Nieminen, The University of Queensland, Australia
34. Preparatory exercises enhance student outcomes from lectures
    Dr Anton Rayner, The University of Queensland, Australia
35. Physics concepts: Engineering PBL at USQ
    Jeff M Sabburg, USQ, Australia
36. Surveying Sydney introductory physics students' understandings of heat and temperature
    Choksin Tanahoung, Australia
37. A phenomenographic study of conceptual knowledge and its relationship to problem-solving ability in physics
    Laura N Walsh, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
38. Preliminary results from a new quantum mechanics conceptual survey
    Sura Wuttiprom, Australia

39. Dynamics of IGW and traveling Ionospheric disturbances in regions with sharp gradients of the Ionospheric parameters
    Vasily Yu Belashov, Kazan State Power Engineering University, Russia
    Professor Sergey V Vladimirov,The University of Sydney,Australia
40. A new Fabry Perot Spectrometer for thermospheric airglow observations above Davis Station in Antarctica
    Prof Peter L Dyson, La Trobe University, Australia
41. Low energy neutral atom imaging in space
    Stephen A Fuselier, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, California, Australia
42. Complexity in the solar wind over multiple solar cycles
    Mr Ryan C Healey, Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
43. Enhanced Beam steering capabilities for the TIGER SuperDARN radars
    Mr Ryan C Healey, Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
    Dr Murray L Parkinson, Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
44. TEC climatology of the night-time Weddell Sea Anomaly investigated by TOPEX/Poseidon radar altimetry
    Ildiko Horvath, University of Queensland, Australia
45. Impact of Jan 10 1997 storm on night-time space weather investigated by TOPEX/Poseidon radar altimetry
    Ildiko Horvath, University of Queensland, Australia
46. Impact of dust on the plasma chemistry of cometary comae
    Boris A Klumov, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
47. The use of Spherical Cap Harmonic analysis in predicting ground magnetic perturbations from Lonospheric electric field and conductance models
    Dr Colin L Waters, Center for Space Physics Research, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
48. A high performance digital radar for extended space weather investigations
    Mr James S Whittington, Australia
    Dr John C Devlin, Department of Electronic Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
49. Evidence of the De Vries, Gleissberg and Hale Cycles in the Sun’s Barycentric Motion
    Ian R Wilson, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

50. The development of an electrostatic charged-particle orbit recycling system
    Dr B Birdsey, University of Western Australia, Australia
51. The role of atomic and molecular data in the prediction of atmospheric electron density
    Dr Laurence Campbell, ARC Centre for Antimatter-Matter Studies, SoCPES, Flinders University, Australia
52. Total absolute collision cross section measurements using a metastable neon magneto optical trap
    Miss Kristen J Matherson, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University, Australia
53. Rovibrational energy transfer in the 4vCH manifold of acetylene, viewed by IR-UV double resonance spectroscopy: kinetics of a collision-induced quasi-continuous background
    Prof Brian J Orr, Centre for Lasers and Applications, Macquarie University, Australia

54. Dipole Bands in 192Pb
    Michael C East, Australian National University, Australia
55. RF control system for the superconducting LINAC ANU Nikolai
    R Lobanov, Australian National University, Australia
56. Estimating total cross sections from neutron-nucleus collisions using a simple functional form
    Deb K Pradip, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
57. Parameterisation of electromagnetic showers in the ATLAS Calorimeter
    Anthony T Waugh, University of Sydney, Australia
58. Superconducting resonator for very low velocity heavy ions
    Dr David C Weisser, Australia

59. Minimisation of the temperature coefficients of precise magnetic field strengths produced for low-field magnetometry
    Malcolm W Gamlen, Amalgamag, Australia
60. Mineralogical analysis of Weipa Bauxite using NIR spectroscopy
    Mr Luke D McArthur, PELM, Central Queensland University, Australia

61. SF6 Plasma functionalisation of Carbon surfaces
    Anders J Barlow, Flinders University South Australia, Australia
62. New aspects for low cost energy by inertial fusion using Petawatt lasers
    Heinrich Hora, University of New South Wales, Australia
63. Dust charge in complex plasma afterglow
    Dr Alex A Samarian, School of Physics,University of Sydney, Australia
64. Dynamics of two particles in a plasma sheath
    Dr Alex A Samarian, School of Physics,University of Sydney, Australia

65. Subspace confinement of qubit systems
    Mr Jared H Cole, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
66. A comparison of gate characterisation methods
    Mr Zac W E Evans, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Australia
67. Adiabatic protocols for operator measurement based entanglement and quantum computing
    Andrew D Greentree, University of Melbourne, Australia
68. Electron spin qubit transport and fault-tolerant architectures for Si:P quantum computing
    A/Prof Lloyd CL Hollenberg, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia
69. Quantum mechanics with final as well as initial boundary conditions
    David J Miller, University of New South Wales, Australia
70. Fault tolerant quantum computation on isolated logical cells
    Mr Ashley M Stephens, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Australia

71. Aspects of numerical techniques for the design of musical structures
    Katherine A Legge, La Trobe University, Australia
72. Measurement the sound speed dependence of the sound speed in gasses
    Khadijeh Najafi, Zanjan University, Iran
73. Optical determination of sound speed in liquids
    Khadijeh Najafi, Zanjan University, Iran

74. Application of the Lattice Boltzmann Method to non-Newtonian flow in a carotid artery model
    Joshua Boyd, University of New England,Australia
75. Flow estimation of a double output centrifugal artificial heart pump as a Biventricular assist device by computational fluid dynamics
    Mr Dong Choon Sin, Queensland University of Technology,AustraliaPlease click the revelant paper title to go to the Paper
76. Comparing variations in the UV facial exposure received by school children in South-East Queensland
    Mr Nathan J Downs, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
77. Small-angle X-ray scattering and second-harmonic generation imaging studies of collagen in invasive carcinoma
    Sarah J Pearson, University of New England, Australia
78. Fundamentals of optical detection of small particles
    Taras Plakhotnik, School of Physical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
79. Red and blue luminescent silicon nanocrystals prepared in coliodal solutions
    Vladimir Svrcek, Nanoarchitectonics Research Center, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

80. Qwasi-stationary heterogeneous burning of sperical particle in caseous Medium at large temperature differenses and large consentrations of Chemically active component
    Liudmila A Uvarova, Moscow State University of Technology, Russia
81. Cloud effects on evaporation at a sub-tropical site
    Amber R Young, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

82. Red giant stars and Bethe’s C-N-O cycle
    Dr Peter D Norman, Monash University, Peninsula campus, Australia

83. Studies of residual stress distributions in single bead on plate using high energy synchrotron radiation and neutron scattering
    Trevor R Finlayson, Monash University,Australia

84. Pierce geometry electron guns as off-the-shelf nanosecond pulsed electron sources
    Dr Benjamin G Birdsey, University of Western Australia, United States