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The
Asociación Física Argentina
represents
researchers in all branches of physics and also
bachelor and PhD students in Argentina. There
are several branches and the main office is
located in the city of La Plata.
The AFA was founded in the city of La Plata in
1944. The founding members were Drs. José
Balseiro, Antonio Rodriguez, Guido Beck, Enrique
Gaviola, Enrique Loedel Palumbo, Ernesto
Galloni, Marco Poggio, and Ernesto Bertomeu
among others. There is one big annual meeting
that gathers together all the people working
in physics and astronomy related topicts.
The association has around 1,100 active
members (350 women and 750 men) and
400 student members. The first president of AFA
was Prof. Enrique Gaviola. The president in office
for the period 2016-2018 is Prof. Dr. Gustavo
Monti from the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba.
AFA entered IUVSTA following the suggestions
and help of Prof. Monika Jenko from the
Slovenian Vacuum Society and Dr. Maria Carmen
Asensio from the French Vacuum Society. The
AFA representation at IUVSTA started at the
19
th
International Vacuum Congress IVC-19 in
Paris (France) September 9-13, 2013, where our
association was recognised as a member in full
representation of all the associations related to
vacuum sciences fromArgentina. Threemembers
attended this conference. Profs. Drs. Julio Ferron
and Edith Goldberg from Instituto de Fisica del
Litoral (IFL, Santa Fe), and Prof. Dr. Alfredo Juan
from Instituto de Fisica del Sur (IFISUR, Bahia
Blanca).
The aims and objectives of the AFA and the
other mentioned scientific associations are: to
promote and develop science and technology,
to inform and educate society members and
interested community, to encourage and support
science applications, and to assist and represent
its members. These goals are achieved by
gathering professionals and individuals active
in the physical science areas, by promoting
advancement in science, industry and other
areas, by organizing meetings – conferences,
workshops, seminars and courses – on appropriate
topics, by encouraging cooperation and colla
boration among the society members, and by
Argentina is represented at IUVSTA through Asociación Fisica Argentina (AFA) in agreement
with
Asociación Argentina de Fisicoquimica y Quimica Inorgánica
(AAFQI),
Asociación
Química Argentina
(AQA),
Sociedad Argentina de Catalisis
(SAC) and
Sociedad Argentina de
Materiales
(SAM). Our country does not have a Vacuum Society yet. Although not formally
organized, the Argentinean vacuum experts form a stable group of physicists, chemists and
chemical engineers working mainly in the cities of Buenos Aires, La Plata, Santa Fe, San Luis,
San Carlos de Bariloche and Bahia Blanca.
Semiconductor thin film growth system by molecular
Beam Epitaxy - Riber, designed for the growth of
thin films III-V (AlAs-AlGaAs) and placed in a class
10,000 cleanroom at the Institute of Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, Bariloche Atomic Center, National
Atomic Energy Commission.
ARGENTINEAN PHYSICS ASSOCIATION
Asociacion Física Argentina (AFA)
Alfredo Juan
www.fisica.org.ar