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Nomination Guidelines for 2023 S. Chandrasekhar Prize
January 24, 2023, AAPPS-DPP Board of Directors
Any DPP members (excluding Chair, Chair-elect, CEO and members of selection committee)
may submit one nomination or seconding letter for the prize in any given year. A nomination should
include: A letter evaluating the nominee's qualifications in the light of the particular features of theprize and identifying the specific works to be recognized.
Nomination statement shall include:
1. Name of nominee (only one person), DPP member ID
2. Proposed Citation
3. Description of scientific accomplishments and its significance; along with reprints of 5 mostsignificant publications with role and contribution played by the candidate for each paper.
4. CV of the nominee
5. Full list of publication with WoS citation for each paper (for possible papers recorded in WoS)and Google Scholar citation (inc. Books). Some information on published journal impact factor.
You may use ResearcherID (http://www.researcherid.com/Home.action).
6. Nominator’s name (one person) and DPP member ID.
7. Seconding letters from four leading plasma physicists each letter less than 3 pages. Seconding
letters are not limited from DPP member.
8. Commitment letter by the nominee to be able to participate AAPPS-DPP2023 to give an plenary
talk and to write a review article to the DPP’s RMPP journal and the title of the paper.
Note: Winner shall submit the paper to RMPP in about 8 months after the AAPPS-DPP2023.
Nomination shall be effective for two years but submission of updated package is welcomed.
DPP shall not give not more than once of this prize to the same recipient. The names of thePrize Selection committee members will be posted on the DPP homepage only after its decision.
The nomination statement shall be sent to the DPP CEO (aapps.dpp.ceo@gmail.com)
electronically.
DPP calls for sponsorship for 2023 S. Chandrasekhar Prize. Medal will be contributed by PSSI.
The deadline for 2023 S. Chandrasekar Prize nomination is April 30, 2023 in Japan time.
Past recipients:
2014 : Prof. Setsuo Ichimaru
2015 : Prof. Predhiman Kaw
2016 : Prof. Donald B. Melrose
2017 : Prof. C.Z. Cheng, Prof. Lou C. Lee2018 : Prof. Toshiki Tajima
2019 : Prof. Liu Chen, Prof. Kazunari Shibata
2020 : Prof. H. Park
2021 : Prof. Taik Soo Hahm
2022 : Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhuri

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S. Chandrasekar Prize of Plasma Physics
AAPPS-DPP Board of Directors

1. Foundation of S. Chandrasekar Prize
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) was an IndianAmerican astrophysicist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize forphysics for his theory of black hole. He worked in various areas
including plasma physics. Plasma physics community is benefited
from his works through his textbooks such as "Principles of stelar
dynamics (1942)", "Plasma Physics (1975)", "Hydrodynamics andHydromagnetic stability (1981)".
In 2014, we have established the Division of Plasma Physics underAAPPS. Asia-Pacific region is rapidly growing economically andscientifically. A large number of new programs on various fundamental
and applied aspects of plasma physics are emerging in several
countries of Asia and the Pacific regions. Young people taking up
careers in plasma science in these regions look forward to the prestigeof recognition by their peers and this becomes more equitable whenyour peers are intimately familiar with your work. This will also give a "sense of accomplishment" to theAsia-Pacific region as a whole because the body of significant work already pioneered by the Awardees
will be ascribed to this region. The executive committee of division of plasma physics after consultation
to I-HAC (International Honorary Advisory Committee) decided to establish Plasma Physics Prize after S.
Chandrasekar to recognize seminal/pioneering works in this field.
2. Description of the S. Chandrasekar Prize
The Chandrasekhar Prize is awarded by the Division of Plasma Physics of the AAPPS torecognize outstanding contributions to experimental and/or theoretical research in fundamental
plasma physics and plasma applications in all fields of physics.
i) Rule: This Prize will be given to an AAPPS-DPP member who has made seminal / pioneering
contribution to any field of plasma physics or plasma applications as stated above.
ii) Nomination: Necessary documents and time schedule for nomination will be announced in theDPP home page. DPP seeks outstanding nominations worldwide and especially from theAsia-Pacific region.
iii) Selection: Selection will be made by the Chandrasekhar Prize Selection Committee annually.
iv) Selection Committee: DPP chair, Chair-elect and CEO will appoint Chair and members ofselection committee.
v) Award Ceremony: Certificate, Medal and a cash award will be bestowed to the awardees at theAAPPS-DPP annual conference.
vi) Obligations: Chandrasekhar awardees should deliver invited talks in the AAPPS-DPP
conference as well as contribute review papers to the DPP journal.