Dear Colleagues,

We would like to announce the conference "Stress and Texture Investigations by Means of Neutron Diffraction 2011" (http://sti2011.jinr.ru) to be held on June 6-9, 2011 in Dubna, Moscow region, Russian Federation. The conference is organized by the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Potsdam) and the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna).
The objective of this conference is to bring together scientists working in geosciences and materials science to discuss recent advances in the application of neutron diffraction and other techniques for stress and texture measurements in these areas of science.
Another aim of the conference is to introduce time-of-flight (TOF) neutron diffraction instruments at the IBR-2M pulsed reactor in Dubna to the stress and texture communities. From 2007 to 2010 the IBR-2 reactor has undergone a drastic refurbishment of its main units, including its nuclear core, vessel, control devices, moderator system, etc. This period was used in particular to upgrade two diffractometers operated by the joint German-Russian team on the basis of the bilateral agreement, - Epsilon and SKAT diffractometers, which are optimized for stress and texture investigations, respectively. Both diffractometers are located at a long flight path of more than 100 m providing very good TOF resolution. At present, they are ready to meet the needs of a large user community.
We believe that your participation will greatly enhance the profile and outcome of the conference and sincerely hope you could present a talk at STI2011. We would appreciate receiving your response at your earliest convenience.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Sincerely yours,

Ove Stephansson, Chairman of the International Programme Committee, GFZ
Anatoly M. Balagurov, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee

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