The International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT) is an academic conference 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 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (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 COVID-19.
+ International Low Temperature Physics Conferences LT Location Year 0 Cambridge, England 1946 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts 1949 2 Oxford 1951 3 Houston 1953 4 Paris 1955 5 Madison, Wisconsin 1957 6 Leiden 1958 7 Toronto 1960 8 London 1962 9 Columbus, Ohio 1964 10 Moscow 1966 11 St. Andrews 1968 12 Kyoto 1970 13 Boulder, Colorado 1972 14 Otaniemi 1975 15 Grenoble 1978 16 Los Angeles 1981 17 Karlsruhe 1984 18 Kyoto 1987 19 Brighton 1990 20 Eugene, Oregon 1993 21 Prague 1996 22 Otaniemi 1999 23 Hiroshima 2002 24 Orlando 2005 25 Amsterdam 2008 26 Beijing 2011 27 Buenos Aires 2014 28 Gothenburg 2017 29 Sapporo 2022 30 Bilbao 2025
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. It is traditionally awarded in the opening session of the LT meeting. The prize is named in honor of Fritz London.
Other prizes awarded in the LT meeting are the Simon Memorial Prizefor 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). The Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize, established in 2004, is awarded at the LT meeting starting from 2025.