The deadline for receipt of abstracts is August 15, 2003.
The length limit is one page only.

Information on the acceptance/ non-acceptance of the abstracts will be sent to the submitting author.

A fifteen minute slot has been set aside at the end of each session to allow presentations of late breaking news. The papers to be presented here will be selected from the contributed abstracts.

The abstract book will be prepared by direct photo reproduction from the originals submitted (or from the electronic submissions after suitable formatting). You are encouraged to submit the abstract electronically.

Instructions for typing the abstract:

Typing should be done single-spaced with a 12 point Times Roman typeface. The typescript should be contained within a column 14 cm wide and 20 cm high. This space should include the title, authors, affiliations, footnotes, references, figure(s) etc. Also a margin of 4 cm is required on the left side and on the top of the page.

Typing should be done in the following style. Begin with the title using a capital letter to start each significant word. Leave one line space and continue with the name  of the author(s) followed by the name of the affiliation. Please underline the name of the presenting author. Please include the e-mail address of the submitting author at the end of the section containing the affiliation. Leave two lines and start typing the body of the abstract.

To submit the abstract electronically, please prepare the abstract as above using Microsoft Word and attach the file to an e-mail sent to iscana@vcu.edu or to bkrao@vcu.edu.

If you choose to submit through hard copy, please print the abstract using a laser printer and send two copies (unfolded) to:

ISCANA
c/o Dr. P. Jena
Physics Department
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2000
U.S.A.