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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 2nd ICRANet Bego Rencontres, Nice, France 1.2. Grav13 (2nd circular) 1.3. Karl Schwarzschild Meeting 2013, Frankfurt, Germany 1.4. The Chalonge School 17th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2013 "The New Standard Model of the Universe: Lambda Warm Dark Matter. Theory and Observations" 1.5. XIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Asia-Pacific Countries (ICGAC-11) 1.6. Workshop on Numerical General Relativity within IC-MSQUARE 2013, Prague, CZ 1.7. Chalonge School Open session Latest news from the Universe, Paris, France 1.8. Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter Galaxies 1.9. Loops 13, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo 1.10. Chalonge School Turin Colloquium "Latest News from the Universe", Turin, Italy 1.11. 13th Italian-Korean Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics, Seoul, South Korea 2. Jobs 2.1. PhD Fellowships in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2.2. Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Krakow, Poland 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Physics at Guanajuato University 2.4. Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Physics (Gravitation, Field Theory) at UNAM 3. News 3.1. Message to ISGRG members 3.2. New book: "Gauge Theories of Gravitation", M. Blagojevic and F.W. Hehl (eds.) 3.3. The 2013 Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters" (major update) ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. 2nd ICRANet Bego Rencontres, Nice, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/26/2nd-icranet-bego-rencontres/ Starting: 2013-05-13 to 2013-05-31 Location: University of Nice Sophia Antipolis - Nice (France) Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/2nd_bego Contact: annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org This second "BEGO Rencontre" meeting will take place from the 13 to the 31th of May. It is specially devoted to frontier topics in relativistic astrophysics and to the students of the IRAP PhD Program. Students from the EMJD Program will participate. The meeting is open to all interested scientists and graduate students. The members of IOC are the following: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Vladimir Belinski ("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Carlo Luciano Bianco("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Donato Bini (CNR - Ist. per Applicaz. del Calcolo "M. Picone") Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) Pascal Chardonnet (Université de Savoie ) CO-CHAIRMAN Christian Cherubini (Università "Campus Biomedico" di Roma) Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques) Jann Einasto (Tartu Observatory) Simonetta Filippi (Università di Roma "Campus Biomedico" and ICRANet) Sergio Frasca ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Filippo Frontera (Università di Ferrara) Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China) Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin) Olivier Legrand (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Hermann Nicolai (Max Plank Institute for Gravitational Physics, Postdam) Mario Novello (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil) Elène Politano (Ecole Doctorale Nice) Kjell Rosquist (Stockolm University) Jorge Rueda (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Remo Ruffini ("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) CHAIRMAN Felix Ryde (Stockholm University) Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Gregory Vereshchagin (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) She-Sheng Xue (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science) The program can be found at http://www.icranet.org/2nd_bego. Ample time for discussions will be granted. The major topics to be discussed are Neutron Stars and Black Holes, Cosmology, Gamma Ray Bursts, Dark Matter, Supernovae, strong fields in experiments on earth ground and from space. For information, please contact: Annapia Del Beato annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org Federica Di Berardino Federica.diberardino[AT]icranet.org In the period of the meeting many social events, including the Gran-Prix-Monaco, will occur in the Côte dAzur, therefore an early registration will be necessary for the accommodation. Registration fees of 150 euros will be requested. The deadline for early registration is April 15th, 2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Grav13 (2nd circular) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7951 Starting: 2013-04-15 to 2013-04-19 Location: Villa General Belgrano, Cordoba, Argentina Additional Information: http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~ortiz/grav13/ Contact: dain[AT]famaf.unc.edu.ar The Grav13 conference is the fifth meeting in a series of conferences organized by the General Relativity and Gravitation Group at FaMAF (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) since the year 2006. The Grav13 will be held in Villa General Belgrano, Córdoba (ARGENTINA), from April 15th through April 19th, 2013. The venue of the conference is the Howard Johnson hotel: http://www.hjlavilla.com.ar/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-31.99345&lon=-64.55739&zoom=17&a… The conference is intended to bring together specialists working on gravitation and closely related topics, including classical and quantum gravity, mathematical relativity, gravity in arbitrary dimensions, astrophysics and astro-particle physics. Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to apply, limited funds will be available to pay partial living expenses for students. The working languages of the conference will be Spanish and English. A list of invited speakers includes: Heinz O. Kreiss, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Juan Valiente Kroon, University of London, England. Alejandro Perez, Centre de Physique Theorique, Marseille. Jorge Pullin, Lousiana State University, USA. Walter Simon, University of Vienna, Austria. Manuel Tiglio, University of Maryland. Gabriela Vila, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. For registration, information on hotel reservation and rates, and updates on the Grav13 meeting please check the web page: http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/grav13/ We have extended the deadline for applications and abstract submissions until March 24th, 2013. Both the application form and abstract should be filed through the webform in the above page. A registration fee AR$300 will be required. The payment should be in cash and can be done upon arrival at the conference's hotel. For hotel booking please contact Mr. Lucas Emmanuel Medina at the Hotel's phone number (+54) (3546) 461 499 and mention that you will participate in the Grav13 conference to get the conference's special hotel rates. Alternatively you can write to the Hotel's special e-mail: eventos[AT]hjlavilla.com.ar Further information on the General Relativity and Gravitation group at FaMAF and the previous Grav meetings can be found at http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/index-en.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Karl Schwarzschild Meeting 2013, Frankfurt, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/15/karl-schwarzschild-meeting-2013/ Starting: 2013-07-22 to 2013-07-26 Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Additional Information: https://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/ksm2013/ Contact: nicolini[AT]fias.uni-frankfurt.de The first Karl Schwarzschild Meeting (KSM) on Gravitational Physics will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 22-26 July, 2013. The meeting will bring together both working specialists in the field of black holes and rising young researchers to foster new conversations and collaborations. Invited speakers will deliver plenary talks on a wide range of black hole theory, highlighting their applications to astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and strongly correlated systems. In addition to plenary talks, several sessions devoted to the next generation of gravitational physicists. The senior scientists will also serve as ``mentors'' to the attending younger generation of researchers. Karl Schwarzschild was a native of Frankfurt who published his first papers while attending the Gymnasium Frankfurt in the late 1880s. This year (2013) will mark the 140th anniversary of his birth. The conference will be held at at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and at the Goethe University's new Otto Stern Center, whose namesake was a member of the Physics Department where, along with Walther Gerlach, their 1922 groundbreaking quantum spin experiment was performed. The current list of confirmed key note speakers includes: Alfio Bonanno (Catania Astrophysical Observatory) Silke Britzen (MPI for Radioastronomy, Bonn) Georgi Dvali (LMU and MPI for Physics, Munich & NYU) Steven Gubser (Princeton U.) Andreas Karch (Washington U., Seattle) Claus Laemmerzahl (Bremen U. and ZARM, Bremen) Greg Landsberg, (Brown U. and CERN) Frank Linhard (Frankfurt U.) Reinhard Meinel (Jena U.) Robert Mann (Waterloo U. and Perimeter Institute) John Moffat (Waterloo U. and Perimeter Institute) Leonardo Modesto (Fudan U., Shanghai) Thanu Padmanabhan (IUCAA, Pune) Luciano Rezzolla (MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam) Kellog Stelle (Imperial College, London) Leonard Susskind (Stanford U.) Herman Verlinde (Princeton U.) Robert Wald (Chicago U. and EFI, Chicago) Clifford Will (Florida U., Gainesville and Washington U., Saint Louis) For more information about the KSM follow the link https://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/ksm2013/ or write to nicolini[AT]fias.uni-frankfurt.de. Scientific Advisory Board Jacob Bekenstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Ted Jacobson (University of Maryland, College Park) Joseph Polchinski (University of California and KITP, Santa Barbara) Martin Reuter (Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz) Carlo Rovelli (Aix-Marseille University and CPT Marseille) Dam T. Son (University of Chicago). Organizing Committee Marcus Bleicher (Goethe University Frankfurt) Matthias Kaminski (University of Washington, Seattle) Jonas Mureika (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles) Piero Nicolini (Goethe University Frankfurt) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. The Chalonge School 17th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2013 "The New Standard Model of the Universe: Lambda Warm Dark Matter. Theory and Observations" --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/19/the-chalonge-school-17th-paris-cosm… Starting: 2013-07-26 to 2013-03-19 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2013.html Contact: Chalonge.Ecole[AT]obspm.fr In the context of the new Warm Dark Matter situation, which implies novelties in the astrophysical, cosmological and keV particle physics context, this 17th Paris Colloquium 2013 is devoted to the New Standard Model of the Universe: LambdaWDM. Topics include: Observational and theoretical progress on the nature of dark matter: keV scale warm dark matter. Cored density profiles in agreement with observations. Large and small scale structure formation in agreement with observations at large scales and small (galactic) scales. Warm (keV scale) dark matter from theory and observations. The new quantum mechanical framework to galactic structure. WDM core sizes in agreement with observations. Supermassive Black Holes: Theory and Observations. The clarifing and unifying WDM framework for stars, galaxies and cosmology. Warm (keV scale) dark matter N-body simulations in agreement with observations at large and intermediate scales. Neutrinos in astrophysics and cosmology. The new serious dark matter candidate: Sterile neutrinos at the keV scale. Active neutrinos mass bounds from cosmological data and from high precision beta decay experiments. Dark energy: cosmological constant: the quantum energy of the cosmological vacuum. The analysis of the CMB + LSS + SN data with the effective (Ginsburg-Landau) effective theory of inflation: New Inflation (double well inflaton potential) strongly favored by the CMB + LSS + SN data. The lower bound for the primordial gravitons (non vanishing tensor to scalar ratio r) with the present CMB+LSS+SN data. CMB news and polarization. Forecasts and Planck results and other topics. Informations on the Colloquium are given at: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2013.html Early registration is strongly encouradged Informations on the previous Paris Cosmology Colloquia and of the School events are available at http://chalonge.obspm.fr (Lecturers, lists of participants, .pdf lecture files, Highlights and Conclusions and photos during the Colloquia). Looking forward to Welcome you in Paris. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. XIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Asia-Pacific Countries (ICGAC-11) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7924 Starting: 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-05 Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan Additional Information: http://conference.kaznu.kz/en/conferencies/15/ICGAC11 Contact: Nurzada.Beisen(a)kaznu.kz Dear colleagues, We are glad to inform you about the XIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Asia - Pacific Countries (ICGAC-11), which will take place at the Al Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 1-5, 2013. The program of conference includes original talks and poster communications, round tables and informal discussions on selected problems of gravitation, cosmology and relativistic astrophysics. ICGAC-11 is a part of series of biennial conferences on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology which takes place in Asia-Pacific region with the goal to promote cooperation among the member countries and within an international context, to promote high level studies on hot topics and to encourage young physicists on these fields. The first meeting was initiated by Prof. Yong Min Cho, one of the founders of the APCTP, in 1993. The previous meetings were held in : 1. Seoul, Korea (1993) at Seoul National University 2. Hsinchu, Taiwan (1995) at National Tsing Hua University 3. Tokyo, Japan (1997) at The Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Tokyo University 4. Beijing, China (1999) at Beijing Normal University 5. Moscow, Russia (2001) at The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology, Peoples Friendship University 6. Seoul, Korea (2003) at Ewha Women's University 7. Jhongli, Taiwan (2005) at National Central University 8. Nara, Japan (2007) at Nara Women's University 9. Wuhan, China (2009) at Huazhong University of Science and Technology 10. Qui-Nhon, Vietnam (2011) with assistence of Rencontre du Vietam ICGAC-11 topics include: - Relativistic Astrophysics - Classical and Quantum Cosmology - Quantum gravity - Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Variation of Constants - Post-Newtonian and Analytic Approximations of GR - Numerical Relativity - Experimental studies of gravity - Gravitational waves - White Dwarfs, Neutron stars and Gamma Ray Bursts - Strings, Branes and Extra dimensions - Black holes, Wormholes - Astroparticle Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmic rays Sincerely, Chair of LOC Abishev Medeu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Workshop on Numerical General Relativity within IC-MSQUARE 2013, Prague, CZ --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/10/workshop-on-numerical-general-relat… Starting: 2013-09-01 to 2013-09-05 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://www.icmsquare.net Contact: secretariat[AT]icmsquare.net The numerical solution of Einstein's field equation is one of the most important tools for understanding the physics of strong, dynamical gravitational fields. The numerical results obtained during the last decade for phenomena such as mergers of binary black holes and neutron stars have led to a significant improvement of our understanding of strong field gravity. The aim of the workshop is not only to give researchers in relativity the opportunity to discuss current issues of numerical relativity, but also to benefit from a variety of other topics in mathematical and numerical modeling in the framework of the IC-MSQUARE conference. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Chalonge School Open session Latest news from the Universe, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/11/chalonge-school-open-session-latest… Starting: 2013-03-15 to 2013-03-15 Location: Observatoire de Paris, historic Perrault building, France Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html Contact: Norma.Sanchez(a)obspm.fr The open session of scientific culture of the International School Daniel Chalonge will be held on Friday, March 15, 2013 from 14h30 to 19h at the Observatoire de Paris. In the presence of the astronaut Michel Ange Tognini, Brigadier General of the Air Force, Commander of the Legion of Honor. This event is open to all interested publics, scientists, post-docs, students and journalists. PROGRAM: Hector J. DE VEGA (Director of Research at CNRS, UPMC LPTHE, Paris) "Latest news of the universe, from its origins to the present day." Noël Dimarcq (Director of Research at CNRS and Director of the SIRTE Laboratory, Observatoire de Paris) "Measurement and Difussion of time, atoms and talking clock." Helios JAIME (Linguist, epistemologist, University of Sorbonne, Paris) "Ideo-semantics and epistemology in scientific culture" Norma G. SANCHEZ (Research Director at the CNRS, Observatoire de Paris LERMA Laboratory, Director of the International School of Astrophysics Daniel Chalonge) "The latest news from the universe from its origins to the present day and the 2013 program of the Chalonge School" Francois SEVRE (Engineer at CNRS, IAP Paris) and Norma G. SANCHEZ "Daniel Chalonge Archives and instruments from its origins to the present day" Michel Ange TOGNINI (Brigadier General of the Army Air Force, Astronaut, Commander of the Legion of Honor, France) "Highlights from my Space Missions" Alba ZANINI (INFN-Turin University, Turin City Ambassador for Culture Science) "The Chalonge School Programme at Turin in 2013." and "The Extreme Laboratories from High Mountain to Antarctica" URL: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter Galaxies --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/13/chalonge-meudon-workshop-2013-warm-… Starting: 2013-06-05 to 2013-06-07 Location: Meudon , France Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2013.html Contact: Chalonge.Ecole(a)obspm.fr Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter Galaxies in Agreement with Observations: Formation, Evolution and Supermassive Black Holes SUMMARY: The Workshop addresses the last and fast progresses made in Warm Dark Matter (WDM) Galaxies in agreement with Observations including the new quantum mechanical framework to galaxy structure reproducing in particular the observed galaxy density cores and their sizes. Warm Dark Matter solves naturally the serious problems of Cold Dark Matter Galaxies, (CDM + baryons), clarifies and simplifies the present galaxy model situation and agrees with the observations at small as well as large and cosmological scales. This turning point in the galaxy research and the new unifying WDM framework of stars, galaxies and cosmology will be discussed. The Workshop addresses as well the experimental search and astrophysical constraints for the WDM particle candidate keV sterile neutrino. In the tradition of the Chalonge School, an effort of clarification and synthesis is made by combining in a conceptual framework, predictive theory, analytical, observational and numerical simulation results. The Meeting is open to all scientists interested in the subject. Advanced students, post-docs, young scientists are encouradged to participate. The format of the Meeting is intended to allow easy and fruitful mutual contact and communication. Early Registration is strongly encouraged. URL: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2013.html We look forward to welcome you at Meudon With Compliments and kind regards Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Loops 13, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7979 Starting: 2013-07-22 to 2013-07-26 Location: Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13 Contact: sgielen[AT]perimeterinstitute.ca Loops is the core biannual conference of the quantum gravity community and focuses on current developments in loop quantum gravity and other background independent approaches to quantum gravity. These include causal dynamical triangulations, causal sets, emergent gravity, asymptotic safety and string theory. This years conference emphasizes the key recent results across the field and is meant to appeal to a broad range of theorists interested in diverse approaches to quantum gravity. The program features morning plenary talks complemented by contributed talks. Those wishing to give contributed talks are urged to register at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13 as early as possible. Some financial support will be available for PhD students, and postdocs who apply to give talks. The deadline to apply for financial support is Friday, April 12. Applications will be reviewed after the deadline and selected participants will be contacted if support is available. The plenary talks give an exciting and diverse overview of the field and are listed on the webpage and poster. A few talks will be selected closer to the date to report on breaking developments. The conference program will also feature panel discussions and debates. Review sessions will be available to orient non-experts to the different approaches featured in the conference. We very much hope that you will be able to take part in this exciting occasion and look forward to welcoming you this July in Waterloo! The scientific organizing committee: Bianca Dittrich Laurent Freidel Lee Smolin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Chalonge School Turin Colloquium "Latest News from the Universe", Turin, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/26/chalonge-school-turin-colloquium-la… Starting: 2013-04-06 to 2013-03-26 Location: Turin, Palazzo Lascaris, Regional Council hq of the Piamonte Region, Italy Additional Information: http://ecolechalongetorino.oato.inaf.it/ Contact: zanini[AT]to.infn.it Highlights and recent results in advanced physics, cosmology and astrophysics research are discussed in an unified scientific framework together with the future perspectives. The spirit of the Colloquium is in keeping with the Chalonge Schools emphasis on astro-fundamental physics, putting together real cosmological and astrophysical data and physical theory predictive approach in the framework of the New Standard Model of the Universe. Recent results in particle physics, neutrino physics and LHC are also presented. Topics: >From the WMAP9 results to the Planck and LHC results: Scientific lessons and scientific results. Status of the Standard Model of the Universe: inflation theory, warm dark matter and sterile neutrinos, dark energy: the quantum cosmological vacuum. High energy astrophysics and particle physics from Space. Neutrinos. Speakers: Roberto Battiston, Giovanni Bignami, Hector de Vega, Attilio Ferrari, Piero Galeotti, Nadia Pastrone, Norma G. Sanchez, and other lecturers. Open sessions will also take place in the framework of the Colloquium. Organized by INFN-Torino, INAF-OATo, Centro Unesco Torino +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. 13th Italian-Korean Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics, Seoul, South Korea --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/29/13th-italian-korean-meeting-on-rela… Starting: 2013-07-15 to 2013-07-19 Location: Ewha Womans University - Seoul (Korea) Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=… Contact: annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org This series of biannual symposia since 1987 has been boosting exchange of information and collaborations between Italian and Korean astrophysicists on new and hot issues in the field of Relativistic Astrophysics. These symposia cover relativistic field theories, astrophysics and cosmology, such topics as gamma ray bursts and compact stars, high energy cosmic rays, dark energy and dark matter, general relativity, black holes, and new physics related to cosmology. The organizers are confident that the symposium could deepen the understanding of not only astrophysics and cosmology but also Eastern and Western culture. The 13th Italian-Korean meeting has been organized by ICRANet, INJE University, Sogang University, Center for Quantum Space Time, National Research Foundation of Korea, Institute for the Early Universe, Korean astronomy & Space Science Institute, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, University of Rome Sapienza, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Stockholm University, Free University of Berlin, ICRA, ENEA, INFN, ICTP, Observatoire de la Côte dAzur, CBPF, the National Astronomical Observatory (Beijing), the Institutes of High Energy Physics, the Institute of Theoretical Physics, the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences. The previous meetings were held: IK12 - July 4-8, 2011 - Pescara, Italy IK11 - November 2-4, 2009 - Seoul, South Korea IK10 - June 25-30, 2007 Pescara IK 9 July 19-24, 2005 Sogang University, Seoul IK 8 - 18 August 2003 - 23 August 2003, Rome - Pescara, Italy IK 7 - July 23rd - 28th 2001 - Inje University, Kimhae, Korea and Kangwha Island IK 6 - July 12 - 24, 1999 - Rome and Pescara, Italy IK 5 - August 1997 - Korea IK 4 - July 1995, 10-15 - Rome University - Gran Sasso Laboratory - Pescara IK 3 - July 1991 - Ewha Woman's University - Seoul IK 2 - July 1989 - Rome University - Limone Piemonte IK 1 - September 1987 - Seoul - Sorak Montain The members of IOC are the following: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia home mail ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Vladimir Belinski ("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Carlo Luciano Bianco("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Donato Bini (CNR - Ist. per Applicaz. del Calcolo "M. Picone") Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) Pascal Chardonnet (Université de Savoie ) Christian Cherubini (Università "Campus Biomedico" di Roma) Yongmin Cho (UNIST) Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques) Jann Einasto (Tartu Observatory) Simonetta Filippi (Università di Roma "Campus Biomedico" and ICRANet) Sergio Frasca ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Filippo Frontera (Università di Ferrara) Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China) Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin) Hyeong-Chan Kim (Chungju National University) Hongsu Kim (KASI) Jin Young Kim Kunsan National University Sang Pyo Kim Kunsan National University Sung Won Kim Ewha Womans University Bumhoon Lee (C QUeST, Sogang University) Chang-Hwang Lee (Pusan National University) Hyungwon Lee (Inje University) CO-CHAIRMAN Hyun Lee Kyu (Hanyang University) Wonwoo LeeOlivier Legrand (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Hermann Nicolai (Max Plank Institute for Gravitational Physics, Postdam) Mario Novello (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil) Ilhung Park (Ewha Womans University) Myeong-Gu Park (Kyungpook National University) Elène Politano (Ecole Doctorale Nice) Kjell Rosquist (Stockholm University) Jorge Rueda (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Remo Ruffini (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) CO-CHAIRMAN Felix Ryde (Stockholm University) Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Gregory Vereshchagin (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) She-Sheng Xue (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Jongmann Yang (Ewha Womans University) Dong-Han Yeom (CQUeST, Sogang University) Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. PhD Fellowships in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7912 Deadline: 2013-06-24 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information http://www.sissa.it/administration/bandi-di-concorso/studenti/phd-announcem… Contact: sotiriou[AT]sissa.it The Astroparticle group at SISSA invites applications for PhD fellowships to start in the academic year 2013/2014. The PhD fellowships have a duration of 3 years, with a possible extension for a 4th year, and the net salary is about 1.135 euros/month. The Ph.D. program, entirely devoted to astroparticle physics, covers a wide spectrum of subjects, including quantum field theory, the standard model of particle interactions, cosmology, gravitation, particle and high energy astrophysics. The curriculum consists of 3-4 years of study and research. During the first year, students are offered a number of courses covering all of the aforementioned topics and undergo examination on a selection of them. By the beginning of the second year they undertake a research project under the supervision of one or more Astroparticle Physics staff members. These include, beyond those part of the SISSA faculty, staff from ICTP and the OAT (Trieste Astronomical Observatory). Students will benefit from interactions with the Astroparticle group, consisting of about 20 students, 3-4 postdocs and about 12 staff members, as well as with the rest of SISSA's research groups, including those in Astrophysics and Particle Physics. SISSA and the Astroparticle group in particular maintain also strong ties with nearby research institutes, such as ICTP, OAT and INFN. The combination of a broad scientific training and a stimulating research environment makes a PhD in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA an excellent stepping stone for those that wish to engage in research in some of the most exciting and puzzling questions of modern physics. The main research lines include: Classical and Quantum Gravity Particle Astrophysics The Dark Universe Theoretical Cosmology Additional information about the courses and the research activity can be found at:http://www.sissa.it/app/ The deadline for application is the 24th of June. More information about the selection procedure can be found here (please select the appropriate announcement - "Astroparticle Physics Ph.D Entrance Exam") http://www.sissa.it/administration/bandi-di-concorso/studenti/phd-announcem… The exams will take place at SISSA on the 4th-5th of July. For non-EU nationals only: Non-EU nationals can be awarded PhD fellowships on the basis of a "preselection" and without participating in the oral and written exams. The "preselection" will be based on submitted material and the procedure may include a phone interview and/or a offer to visit SISSA for an extended period prior to the selection (which would include financial support for the visit). Please see the link entitled "Spring preselection 2013/2014" on the website given above. Consideration for the preselection requires a separate application and the deadline is March 29th 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Krakow, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7905 Deadline: 2013-03-31 Location: Krakow, Poland Additional Information http://copernicuscenter.edu.pl/coll/ Contact: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl The Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, funded by The John Templeton Foundation, is offered to researchers in the fields of: mathematics, mathematical physics, astrophysics and cosmology. The topic of the proposed research should pertain to one of the following issues: - Noncommutative geometry and its application in physics; - Physical viability of metric nonlinear (higher derivative) gravity theories; - Cosmology (with focus on symbolic computation in cosmology); - Scientific method at its limit. Philosophical consequences of aspects theories and models. Copernicus Center offers one scholarship for a postdoctoral stay at the Jagiellonian University at the Institute chosen by the researcher (Mathematics, Physics or Astronomy). The scholarship in the amount of $2000 (gross amount before deductions which include: taxation and health insurance; the scholarship will be converted to PLN using current exchange rate) is awarded for 9 months (proposed starting date October 2013). Application deadline: March 31, 2013 Eligibility: all researchers who have a PhD (in physics or astronomy or mathematics) awarded after 01.01.2006 (or who will have it awarded before the beginning of the scholarship) and are fluent in English. Application: Please send CV including the list of publications and a short resume of your PhD Thesis, letter of motivation, and a short description of the research project to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl (with the title: CCPOSTDOC) The candidates should arrange the letter of recommendation to be sent directly to the above address. For further information concerning the research team see webpage: http://www.copernicuscenter.edu.pl/research/104 All questions should be addressed to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Physics at Guanajuato University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7963 Deadline: 2013-03-13 Location: Guanajuato, Mexico Additional Information http://www.dci.ugto.mx/images/images/pdf/secretaria_academica/posdocs_depfi… Contact: oloaiza[AT]fisica.ugto.mx Postdoctoral Positions starting in summer 2013 Department of Physics Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico The Department of Physics at the University of Guanajuato expects to offer one or more postdoctoral positions, to consolidate its research and graduate programs in physics. We expect the hired postdoc to teach one undergraduate course a year and conduct research in the following areas: Cosmology. String theory. Gravity. Particle Physics Phenomenology. Experimental Particle Physics (half-year in Fermi-Lab). Quantum Optics. The appointment is for one year with a possible renewal for a second year. For more details see the above link: http://www.dci.ugto.mx/images/images/pdf/secretaria_academica/posdocs_depfi… Although the deadline was March 10th, they are flexible about it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Physics (Gravitation, Field Theory) at UNAM ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/20/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Deadline: 2013-07-12 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Additional Information http://www.nucleares.unam.mx Contact: chryss[AT]nucleares.unam.mx The department of Gravitation and Field Theory at the Institute for Nuclear Sciences of UNAM, offers twice a year the possibility of postdoctoral fellowships for young researchers in its fields of study. The positions are for one year, renewable for a second one, depending upon funding and performance, and they carry a competitive monthly stipend, as well as basic health insurance for the postdoctoral fellow and his/her dependents. The positions are open to researchers from any part of the world, independently of ethnicity, religion and gender. The department lines of research include classical and quantum aspects of gravitation, numerical relativity, cosmology, quantum field theory, lattice QCD, various aspects of mathematical physics, biophysics, and complex systems. The permanent members are Miguel Alcubierre, Wolfgang Bietenholz, Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos, Jemal Guven, Darío Núñez, Hernando Quevedo, Marcos Rosenbaum, Marcelo Salgado, Christopher Stephens, Daniel Sudarsky, Roberto Sussman, and Alexander Turbiner -- there is also a number of postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. Applications are reviewed in late February, for positions starting in September of the same year, and in late July, starting in March of next year. The successful candidates should have received a PhD in Physics, or closely related fields, no longer than 3 years before the starting date of the position, and should be no older than 36 when starting the position. We strongly encourage interested persons to apply throughout the year, by sending their cv, a research plan, and three letters of recommendation to chryss[AT]nucleares.unam.mx. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Message to ISGRG members ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/29/message-to-isgrg-members/ Additional Information To members of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) -- also known as the GRG. Between 1 April and 3 April, all ISGRG members should receive an email from me describing the ISGRG election to begin 11 April 2013 and to conclude during our General Assembly at GR20. If you did not receive this important email: 1. We may have an incorrect email address for you. Please send me an email from your preferred address; 2. Your mail program may have rejected it or placed it in your junk mail directory. If you can't find my email, please send me an email and I will reply with the original email; 3. Your dues may be sufficiently in arrears that you are no longer a member. If you wish to reinstate your membership, please let me know. (I hope you will do this!) I hope to see you at GR20 (http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=1) Best wishes to all, Beverly Beverly K. Berger Secretary, ISGRG beverlyberger[AT]me.com grgsocietymail[AT]gmail.com One of the above email addresses will appear on the message from me. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. New book: "Gauge Theories of Gravitation", M. Blagojevic and F.W. Hehl (eds.) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/14/new-book-gauge-theories-of-gravitat… Additional Information M. Blagojevic (Belgrade) and F.W. Hehl (Cologne and Columbia, MO), Editors, GAUGE THEORIES OF GRAVITATION: A Reader with Commentaries Foreword by T.W.B. Kibble, FRS Imperial College Press, London, April 2013 Part A The Rise of Gauge Theory of Gravity up to 1961 1. From Special to General Relativity Theory 2. Analyzing General Relativity Theory 3. A Fresh Start by YangMills and Utiyama Part B PoincarŽe Gauge Theory 4. EinsteinCartan(SciamaKibble) Theory as Viable Gravit. Theory 5. General Structure of Poincare Gauge Theory (Including Quadratic Lagrangians) 6. Translational Gauge Theory 7. Fallacies About Torsion 259 Part C Extending the Gauge Group of Gravity 8. Poincare Group Plus Scale Transformations: WeylCartan Gauge Theory of Gravity 9. From the Poincare to the Affine Group: Metric-Affine Gravity 10. Conformal Gauge Theory of Gravity 11. (Anti-)de Sitter Gauge Theory of Gravity 12. From the Square Root of Translations to the Super Poincare Group Part D Specific Subjects of Metric-Affine Gravity and Poincare Gauge Theory 13. Hamiltonian Structure 14. Equations of Motion for Matter 15. Cosmological Models 16. Exact Solutions 17. Poincare Gauge Theory in Three Dimensions 18. Dislocations and Torsion 19. The Yang Episode: A Historical Case Study Experts in gravity who want to purchase a copy of the book, can get presently a 25% discount on it. Please go to the link http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p781#t=toc and quote WSSPPK25 upon checking out your shopping cart. Then you will enjoy a 25% discount.   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. The 2013 Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/26/the-2013-bronstein-prize-in-loop-qu… Additional Informationhttp://relativity.phys.lsu.edu/bronsteinprize.html During the celebration of 25 years of Loop Quantum Gravity at Madrid, a new prize for Post-doctoral scholars in Loop Quantum Gravity was created. It is named after Matvei Petrovich Bronstein, who was the first to emphasize that quantum gravity requires a deep revision of classical space-time concepts. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis on Quantization of Gravitational Waves in 1935. He clearly understood the limitation of applying the Bohr-Rosenfeld QED measurement analysis to gravity. He derived the quantum analog of Einstein's quadrupole formula but emphasized the need to go beyond linearized gravity. See for example, the Golden Oldie article: Gen Relativity and Gravitation (2012) 44:267-283 Bronstein was considered by many as the brightest of the young Soviet physicists in the mid-1930's. He was arrested on trumped-up charges in 1937 and executed in 1938. An account appears in http://www.chukfamily.ru/Lidia/Biblio/House.htm Nominations for the 2013 Bronstein Prize are invited. The nominee should have been a post-doc in loop quantum gravity (interpreted widely) for some period between the Loops11 and Loops13 conferences. The nomination packet should consist of: i) A ~1 page nomination letter summarizing the specific achievements to date of the nominee; ii) A complete CV and a publication list of the nominee; iii) 1-2 letters of support from experts emphasizing the broad significance of all research contributions to date of the nominee; and, iv) A proposed citation. Self nominations will not be considered. The entire packet should be bundled into a single PDF file and e-mailed to Ms. Randi Neshteruk (rxh1[AT]psu.edu) by April 30th 2013. The prize consisting of a certificate and a monetary reward will be presented during the Loops 2013 conference, which will be held at the Perimeter Institute, Canada, during July 22-26. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters" (major update) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/28/living-reviews-in-relativity-relati… Additional Informationhttp://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-4 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a major update of the review "Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters" by Matthew J. Benacquista and Jonathan M.B. Downing on 4 March 2013. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-4 Benacquista, Matthew J. and Downing, Jonathan M.B. "Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters" ACCEPTED: 2012-11-29 PUBLISHED: 2013-03-04 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-4 ABSTRACT: Galactic globular clusters are old, dense star systems typically containing 10^4 10^6 stars. As an old population of stars, globular clusters contain many collapsed and degenerate objects. As a dense population of stars, globular clusters are the scene of many interesting close dynamical interactions between stars. These dynamical interactions can alter the evolution of individual stars and can produce tight binary systems containing one or two compact objects. In this review, we discuss theoretical models of globular cluster evolution and binary evolution, techniques for simulating this evolution that leads to relativistic binaries, and current and possible future observational evidence for this population. Our discussion of globular cluster evolution will focus on the processes that boost the production of tight binary systems and the subsequent interaction of these binaries that can alter the properties of both bodies and can lead to exotic objects. Direct N-body integra tions and FokkerPlanck simulations of the evolution of globular clusters that incorporate tidal interactions and lead to predictions of relativistic binary populations are also discussed. We discuss the current observational evidence for cataclysmic variables, millisecond pulsars, and low-mass X-ray binaries as well as possible future detection of relativistic binaries with gravitational radiation. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for March 2013
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02 Mar '13

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 50 Years of the Kerr Metric, AEI, Potsdam 1.2. 7th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (last announcement) 1.3. Initial Data and Evolution Problems in General Relativity at MSRI, Berkeley 1.4. 3rd Central European Relativity Seminar at the AEI, Potsdam 1.5. Infinities and Cosmology, Cambridge, UK 1.6. Grav13, Cordoba, Argentina (1st circular) 1.7. Compact Object Summer Fest, Santander, Colombia 1.8. Hot Topics in General Relativity and Gravitation 1.9. Caltech Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics School (CGWAS 2013) 1.10. Third International Conference on Theoretical Physics and its Applications, Moscow 1.11. 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics 1.12. Workshop on Collapsing Objects, Shangai, China 1.13. IC-MSQUARE 2013, Prague, Czech Republic 1.14. Neutron Stars: nuclear physics, astronomy and gravitational waves, Guildford, UK 1.15. Fudan Winter School on Astrophysical Black Holes, Shangai, China 1.16. BritGrav 2013 (Second Announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc in gravitational waves at Penn State 2.2. Postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at West Virginia University 2.3. Postdoctoral research assistant in mathematical relativity at Edinburgh, UK 2.4. Postdoctoral position in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at the University of Birmingham, UK 3. News 3.1. 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation (reminder) 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: Spin Foams and Minimal Length in Quantum Gravity 3.3. New look for hyperspace! 3.4. IJMPD: Gravitational Wave Detection and Fundamental Physics in Space ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. 50 Years of the Kerr Metric, AEI, Potsdam --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/01/50-years-of-the-kerr-metric/ Starting: 2013-07-04 to 2013-07-05 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de Contact: kerr50[AT]aei.mpg.de The Albert Einstein Institute will host a 1-1/2 day meeting to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Kerr metric. Speakers will include Roy Kerr and Reinhard Genzel. The meeting will take place 4-5 July 2013, immediately before the GR 20 - Amaldi conference in Warsaw, which begins on July 7. This makes it convenient for participants of the Warsaw meeting also to attend the Kerr commemoration. The meeting will survey the importance of the Kerr metric for modern physics and astronomy and the history of the black hole concept. This announcement is preliminary, to allow those interested to save the date and make travel plans. A further announcement will be made shortly when the website is available, at which time registration will be invited and hotel reservations will be possible. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 7th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (last announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/02/7th-gulf-coast-gravity-meeting-last… Starting: 2013-04-19 to 2013-04-20 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GCGM7/ Contact: gcgm7[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Theoretical Physics group at the University of Mississippi will host the Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting on April 19-20, 2013. The GCGM is a regional meeting that brings together researchers in all areas of gravitational physics from the south-east region of the US. The past two editions were at Louisiana State University (GCGM5, 2009) and Florida Atlantic University (GCGM6, 2011). There is no registration fee. Students are warmly encouraged to participate. The Blue Apple Award, sponsored by the APS Topical Group in Gravitation, will be awarded to the best student presentation. To register, simply send your name and affiliation (as well as the title and abstract of your talk, if you wish to give a talk) to the following email address: gcgm7 [at] phy [dot] olemiss [dot] edu The same email address can be used for all inquiries related to the conference. We obtained financial support from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Events Sponsorship Program. Please say explicitly in your email if you are a student or postdoc and if you would like to have travel support; we will divide the available amount between all students who request it, and if funds are still available we may be able to provide partial support also for postdocs. Please book your hotel room as soon as possible. Most hotels are already partially or totally booked because of a tennis tournament, but we reserved two blocks of 30 rooms each at Super 8 and University Inn. More information is available at the conference website. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Initial Data and Evolution Problems in General Relativity at MSRI, Berkeley --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/04/initial-data-and-evolution-problems… Starting: 2013-11-18 to 2013-11-22 Location: MSRI, Berkeley, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/show/-/event/Wm9554 Contact: gcgm7[AT]phy.olemiss.edu This workshop discusses recent developments both in the study of the properties of initial data for Einstein's equations, and in the study of solutions of the Einstein evolution problem. Cosmic censorship, the formation and stability of black holes, the role of mass and quasi-local mass, and the construction of solutions of the Einstein constraint equations are focus problems for the workshop. We highlight recent developments, and examine major areas in which future progress is likely. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. 3rd Central European Relativity Seminar at the AEI, Potsdam --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/04/relativity-seminar/ Starting: 2013-11-18 to 2013-02-09 Location: Potsdam-Golm, Germany Additional Information: http://smp.if.uj.edu.pl/~jalmuzna/seminar_golm/ Contact: gcgm7[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The 3rd Central European Seminar on Relativity will be held at the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam-Golm from 7 Feb, 2013 to 9 Feb, 2013. The series of seminars is focused on mathematical general relativity, and is designed as a forum for younger colleagues to present their work. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Infinities and Cosmology, Cambridge, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/06/infinities-and-cosmology-cambridge-… Starting: 2013-03-18 to 2013-03-21 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/events/infinities2013/ Contact: Dr David Sloan (djs228[AT]cam.ac.uk) The Infinities and Cosmology mini-series will be held in Cambridge from March 18-21. Talks will be aimed at a broad audience with interests in philosophy as well as physics. Confirmed speakers include: Anthony Aguirre, University of California Santa Cruz Mihalis Dafermos, University of Cambridge / Princeton University Michael R Douglas, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University George Ellis, University of Cape Town Mark Hogarth, University of Cambridge Simon Saunders, University of Oxford Three days of talks will be followed by a one-day workshop. Registration is open, and practical details can be found at the URL below. Posted on behalf of the organizing committee, John Barrow, Jeremy Butterfield and David Sloan, also on behalf of the rest of the joint Oxford-Cambridge Establishing the Philosophy of Cosmology project. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Grav13, Cordoba, Argentina (1st circular) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/06/grav13-cordoba-argentina-1st-circul… Starting: 2013-04-15 to 2013-04-19 Location: Villa General Belgrano, Córdoba, Argentina Additional Information: http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~ortiz/grav13/ Contact: dain[AT]famaf.unc.edu.ar We are pleased to announce that the conference Grav13 will be held in Villa General Belgrano, Cordoba (ARGENTINA), from April 15th through April 19th, 2013. This is the fifth in a new series ("GravYY") of conferences organized by the General Relativity and Gravitation Group at FaMAF (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba) since the year 2006. The conference is intended to bring together specialists working on gravitation and closely related topics, including classical and quantum gravity, mathematical relativity, gravity in arbitrary dimensions, astrophysics and astroparticle physics. Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to apply, limited funds will be available to pay partial living expenses for students.The working languages of the conference will be Spanish and English. A preliminary list of invited speakers includes: Piotr Bizon, Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. Helmut Friedrich, AEI, Germany. (*) Heinz O. Kreiss, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Juan Valiente Kroon, University of London, England. (*) Alejandro Perez, Centre de Physique Theorique, Marseille. Jorge Pullin, Lousiana State University, USA. Walter Simon, University of Vienna, Austria. Manuel Tiglio, University of Maryland. (*) (*) to be confirmed For registration, information on hotel reservation and rates, and updates on the Grav13 meeting please check the web page: http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/grav13/ Applications should be filed through the webform in the above page before March 3rd, 2013. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 17th, 2013. A registration fee AR$300 will be required, the method of payment will be informed in a second circular. The venue of the conference is the Howard Johnson hotel: http://www.hjlavilla.com.ar/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-31.99345&lon=-64.55739&zoom=17&a… For hotel booking please contact Mr. Lucas Emmanuel Medina at the Hotel's phone number (+54) (3546) 461 499 and mention that you will participate in the Grav13 conference to get the conference's special hotel rates. Alternatively you can write to the Hotel's special e-mail: eventos[AT]hjlavilla.com.ar Further information on the General Relativity and Gravitation group at FaMAF and the previous Grav meetings can be found at http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/index-en.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Compact Object Summer Fest, Santander, Colombia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/11/compact-object-summer-fest-santande… Starting: 2013-08-21 to 2013-08-23 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia Additional Information: http://www.redclara.net/indico/evento/CompactObjSummerFest Contact: jersonreina[AT]gmail.com The objective of this workshop is to present and discuss the cutting edge problems of the physics of compact objects, ranging from fundamental problems related to the formalism of General Relativity and Nuclear Physics Equation of State Theory to the present observational data available that should be contrasted to the theoretical predictions. It is also worth mentioning the inclusion of 4h hands-on lectures on computing tools to generate simulations of different scenarios. This short school is aimed essentially to early graduate students from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, however applications of students from others countries of Latin American (or South America) are welcome. Particular effort will be made in Peru and Bolivia, in order to promote the integration of the Regional Andean Node for Astronomy. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Hot Topics in General Relativity and Gravitation --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/12/hot-topics-in-general-relativity-an… Starting: 2013-07-28 to 2013-08-03 Location: Quy Nhon, Vietnam Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/GRG_2013/HTGRG.html Contact: Luc Blanchet (blanchet[AT]iap.fr) and Roland Triay (triay[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr) Our aims are to discuss and review many recent developments in 1. Astrophysics of compact objects 2. Gravitational waves (experimental and theoretical) 3. Experimental gravity and tests of general relativity 4. Alternative gravity theories motivated by cosmology At the same time of this conference and in the same place, there will be also another conference covering all experimental and observational aspects of Cosmology. The two conferences will be organized in such a way that there will be a large overlap between them, with common plenary sessions, and a lot of shared discussions. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Caltech Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics School (CGWAS 2013) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/12/caltech-gravitational-wave-astrophy… Starting: 2013-07-22 to 2013-07-26 Location: Pasadena, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.cgwas.org Contact: cgwas[AT]cgwas.org July 22 - 26, 2013 California Institute of Technology CGWAS is a summer school for senior undergraduates and graduate students interested in the astrophysics of gravitational-wave sources and their neutrino and electromagnetic counterparts. Application Deadline: March 31, 2013 Apply at http://www.cgwas.org . Limited support for accomodation is available. Topics covered include: - The physics of gravitational wave sources - Gravitational wave source populations - Gravitational wave detection and data analysis - Time-domain astronomy and electromagnetic counterparts - Neutrino counterparts and observation - Numerical relativity and The Einstein Toolkit Confirmed lecturers: D. Kasen (UCB/LBNL), M. Modjaz (NYU), S. Nissanke (Caltech), R. O'Shaughnessy (UWM), C. Ott (Caltech), A. Piro (Caltech), E. Schnetter (Perimeter), K. Scholberg (Duke), A. Weinstein (Caltech) Organizing Committee: L. Cadonati, C. Ott (chair), P. Moesta, S. Nissanke, A. Weinstein Poster download: http://www.cgwas.org/media/CGWAS_poster.pdf CGWAS is supported by NSF CAREER award PHY-1151197. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Third International Conference on Theoretical Physics and its Applications, Moscow --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/17/third-international-conference-on-t… Starting: 2013-06-24 to 2013-06-28 Location: Moscow, Russia Additional Information: http://www.timkamalov.narod.ru/Conference2013.html Contact: TimKamalov[AT]gmail.com June 24-28, 2013 Moscow State Open University Scientific Program of the Conference: - Foundations of Quantum Mechanics - Quantum Entanglement - Quantum Theory including Quantum Information (Quantum Computers, Quantum Cryptography, Teleportation of Quantum States) - Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics - General Physics - Condensed Matter - High Energy Physics - Nuclear Physics - Mathematical Physics +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/19/27th-texas-symposium-on-relativisti… Starting: 2013-12-08 to 2013-12-13 Location: Dallas, TX, USA Additional Information: http://nsm.utdallas.edu/texas2013/ Contact: texas2013[AT]utdallas.edu 50th Anniversary of the Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics: "Celebrating Fifty Years of Relativistic Astrophysics" The 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics will be held in downtown Dallas December 8 - 13, 2013. It is organized by the Department of Physics at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and is chaired by Wolfgang Rindler and Mustapha Ishak. The Symposium will include both invited and contributed talks and posters. This will be a special and historically meaningful Jubilee meeting, marking the 50th anniversary, almost to the day, of the very first of these Texas Symposia, held in Dallas in December 1963. We are excited to welcome hundreds of international astrophysicists back to Dallas fifty years later, both to celebrate the past 50 years of Texas Symposia and relativistic astrophysics and to kick off the next 50 years of remarkable discoveries. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12. Workshop on Collapsing Objects, Shangai, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/27/workshop-on-collapsing-objects/ Starting: 2013-10-21 to 2013-10-24 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://collapse2013.fudan.edu.cn/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Fudan University, Shangai, China 21-24 October 2013 During the gravitational collapse of a massive star, matter can reach extreme conditions, which are impossible to create in any laboratory on the Earth. In those cases in which nothing can stop the collapse, General Relativity predicts the formation of a spacetime singularity, where predictability is lost and standard physics breaks down. The study of collapsing objects is a fascinating area of research and can shed light on the behavior of matter at very high densities and of gravity in the strong field regime. Main topics: - Supernovae - Gamma Ray Bursts - Binary System Coalescences - Detection of Electromagnetic Radiation, Neutrinos, and Gravitational Waves from Collapsing Objects - Gravitational Collapse in General Relativity and in Alternative Theories of Gravity - Cosmic Censorship Conjecture Invited Speakers: Manuela Campanelli* (RIT, US) Vitor Cardoso (CENTRA/IST, Portugal) Pankaj Joshi (Tata Institute, India) Robert Mann* (Waterloo U & PI, Canada) Peter Meszaros* (Penn State, US) Kenichiro Nakazato (TUS, Japan) Tsvi Piran* (Hebrew U, Israel) Georg Raffelt* (MPP, Germany) Luciano Rezzolla* (AEI, Germany) * To be confirmed Organizers: Cosimo Bambi (Fudan, China), Chair Lingyao Kong (Fudan, China) Zilong Li (Fudan, China) Daniele Malafarina (Fudan, China) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13. IC-MSQUARE 2013, Prague, Czech Republic --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/21/ic-msquare-2013/ Starting: 2013-09-01 to 2013-09-05 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://www.icmsquare.net Contact: secretariat[AT]icmsquare.net Dear colleague, It is our pleasure to circulate the announcement of the 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences, IC-MSQUARE 2013 (http://www.icmsquare.net ). The conference is to be held at Prague, Czech Republic during September 1-5, 2013. Professor Athanasios S. Fokas will be the keynote speaker of the IC-MSQUARE 2013. The conference aims to promote the knowledge and the development of high-quality research in mathematical fields that have to do with the applications of other scientific fields and the modern technological trends that appear in them, these fields being those of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Economics, Sociology, Environmental sciences etc. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14. Neutron Stars: nuclear physics, astronomy and gravitational waves, Guildford, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/22/neutron-stars-nuclear-physics-astro… Starting: 2013-07-29 to 2013-07-30 Location: University of Surrey, UK Additional Information: http://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/workshops/neutstar/cfp.php Contact: a.rios[AT]surrey.ac.uk We are pleased to announce the workshop "Neutron Stars: nuclear physics, astronomy and gravitational waves", that will take place at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Surrey on 29-30 July 2013. Taking advantage of a multi-disciplinary environment, we plan to identify key issues in compact star physics and develop strategies to make the most of the new generation of astronomical observatories, gravitational wave detectors and nuclear experiments. The workshop will have approximately 60 participants. There will be a series of long review talks by 6 experts on different fields: - Prof. Mark Alford, Washington University in St Louis, USA - Prof. Nils Andersson, University of Southampton, UK - Prof. Pawel Danielewicz, Michigan State University and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, USA - Dr. Benjamin Stappers, University of Manchester, UK - Prof. Nikolaos Stergioulas, University of Thessalonika, Greece - Dr. Patrick Sutton, University of Cardiff, UK We invite contributions on topics related to neutron star and compact object physics in their widest sense. Abstracts for talks and posters can now be submitted through the website of the Institute of Advanced Studies: http://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/workshops/neutstar/cfp.php Young researchers are especially encouraged to apply. Due to the limited number of places available, participants will be asked to register online further into the year, once the submitted abstracts have been processed. On-campus accommodation has been arranged for most participants and reservations will be arranged during registration. There will be a main dinner event on the evening of the 29th. Guildford is 30 minutes southwest of London by train. It has direct connections to Gatwick and Heathrow airports. Stansted and Luton airports can be reached via London. Further information can be found at the workshop's website, which will be updated regularly. We apologize in advance if your receive this announcement from more than one source. Looking forward to seeing you all in Guildford this summer, Arnau Rios Ian Jones Paul Stevenson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.15. Fudan Winter School on Astrophysical Black Holes, Shangai, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/27/fudan-winter-school-on-astrophysica… Starting: 2014-02-10 to 2014-02-15 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://bambi2014.fudan.edu.cn/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Black holes are very fascinating and peculiar objects. According to General Relativity, uncharged black holes are completely specified by only two parameters, the mass M and the spin angular momentum J. In the last 40 years, we have discovered at least two classes of astrophysical black hole candidates: stellar-mass objects in X-ray binary systems and super-massive black hole candidates at the center of every normal galaxy. The mass of these objects can be inferred by robust dynamical measurements, by studying the orbital motion of gas or individual stars around them. The determination of the spin J is much more difficult and it is a hot topic of contemporary astrophysics. Then, there are still many open questions: What is the origin of the jets produced in the region around these objects? How could super-massive black holes become so heavy? Are these objects the Kerr black holes predicted by General Relativity? All our open questions may be addressed by studying the properti es of the electromagnetic radiation emitted in the accretion process and, hopefully in a not distant future, by observing the gravitational waves emitted by these systems. This school consists of series of lectures on specific topics given by experts in the field. It is mainly intended for PhD students and young postdocs working on high energy astrophysics, both for theorists and for observers. Lecturers: Tomaso Belloni (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) Black Hole Binaries Kostas Kokkotas (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) Gravitational Waves from Black Holes Jean-Pierre Lasota (Institut dAstrophysique de Paris) Black Hole Accretion Disks James Steiner* (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Measuring the Mass and the Spins of Black Holes Feng Yuan (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) Formation mechanisms of outflows and jets * To be confirmed Organizers: Cosimo Bambi (Fudan, Shanghai), Chair Lingyao Kong (Fudan, Shanghai) Zilong Li (Fudan, Shanghai) Daniele Malafarina (Fudan, Shanghai) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.16. BritGrav 2013 (Second Announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7881 Starting: 2013-04-03 to 2013-04-04 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom Additional Information: http://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/britgrav2013/ Contact: britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk The 13th BritGrav (British Gravity) Meeting will be held on 3-4 April 2013 in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield. The meeting covers all areas of classical and quantum gravity including astrophysics, cosmology and experiments, and is intended to further collaborations and allow young researchers to showcase their work. The programme will begin with coffee at 10:30am on Wednesday 3rd April and will end at about 5pm on Thursday 4th April. The programme will include a reception generously sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity. There is no registration fee, and participants are responsible for their own accommodation, meals and travel. We hope that all PhD students and postdocs who wish to will be able to give a talk, and we will schedule talks by others if time allows. Faculty are reassured that by submitting an abstract they will not be depriving a student of the opportunity to talk. If you plan to participate, please register before Friday 15th March at the website: http://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/britgrav2013/ If you want to give a talk, please give a title and abstract when you register or by e-mail to britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk. The deadline for abstracts is Friday 15th March. A limited amount of funding will be available from the Gravitational Physics Group of the Institute of Physics to assist with travel and accommodation costs for research students, particularly those based in the UK. Please contact britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk if you would like to apply for such funding. More information will be posted on the above website. Please send any queries to britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk. Sam Dolan and Elizabeth Winstanley (University of Sheffield) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc in gravitational waves at Penn State ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/20/postdoc-in-gravitational-waves-at-p… Deadline: 2013-03-01 Location: White Oak, PA, USA Additional Information http://gravity.psu.edu Contact: bjo10[AT]psu.edu A postdoctoral position in gravitational waves is available at Penn State starting fall 2013, initially for one year, with renewal up to a third year possible depending on performance and funding. The postdoc will focus on searching LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves with Ben Owen, but is encouraged also to pursue independent projects and collaborations in data analysis and/or theory. The Penn State gravitational waves group consists of faculty Ben Owen and Sam Finn, three graduate students, and several undergraduates, with research interests in ground-based, space-based, and pulsar timing gravitational wave searches and related issues in relativistic astrophysics. The group is part of the Center for Particle and Gravitational Astrophysics, which consists of sixteen faculty and many postdocs and students from the departments of Physics and of Astronomy and Astrophysics whose research includes observations with high-energy photons (the Swift and Fermi satellites), the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory, and the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, as well as theoretical work on related topics. The Center is part of the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, together with the Center for Fundamental Theory and the Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. For further information see http://gravity.psu.edu or contact owen[AT]gravity.psu.edu. Applicants should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research interests as a single PDF to cgwp-applications[AT]gravity.psu.edu. They should also provide contact information for three or more references. The deadline for receipt of all application materials is March 1, 2013. Penn State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at West Virginia University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/18/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Deadline: 2013-03-15 Location: Morgantown, WV, USA Additional Information http://physics.wvu.edu/ Contact: stmcwill[AT]princeton.edu We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate to conduct research in theoretical gravitational wave astronomy, broadly defined. The candidate would work primarily with Prof. Sean McWilliams on a number of possible research topics, including gravitational wave source modeling, numerical relativity, and data analysis, with particular applications to the science goals of pulsar timing arrays, particularly NANOGrav, as well as the current and near-future generation of ground-based interferometric detectors, particularly Advanced LIGO. A Ph. D. in Physics or a related field is required, with research expertise in one or more of the areas listed above. The preferred start date for the position is September 1, 2013, with an initial appointment of one year and possible renewal for up to two additional years contingent on performance and available funding. If interested, please email your CV and a brief statement of research experience and interests and arrange for three letters of reference to be emailed to stmcwill[AT]princeton.edu. Review of applications will begin March 15 and will continue until the position is filled. WVU is a major center for gravitational wave astronomy, with a pulsar timing program led by Profs. Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin, and is a few hours drive from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Green Bank Telescope, where most of NANOGravs observations are conducted. The WVU Physics Department (http://physics.wvu.edu/) conducts approximately $5 million annually in externally sponsored research, with major research activities in the areas of astronomy/astrophysics, condensed matter physics, and plasma physics. WVU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral research assistant in mathematical relativity at Edinburgh, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/05/postdoctoral-research-assistant-in-… Deadline: 2013-02-12 Location: Edinburgh, Britain Additional Information https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs… Contact: Pieter Blue p.blue[AT]ed.ac.uk Applications are invited for a two-year post-doctoral research associate (PDRA) position. The position is primarily funded through an EPSRC grant, the subject of which is the black hole stability problem. The succesful applicant will be encouraged to contribute to work on this problem but also to develop their own research programme. Further details can be found at https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral position in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at the University of Birmingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/15/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Deadline: 2013-02-27 Location: Birmingham, UK Additional Information http://tinyurl.com/gwjobbham27feb2013 Contact: postdoc-gwastro[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk The Gravitational-Wave Group at the University of Birmingham invites applications for a post-doctoral position in the area of gravitational-wave astrophysics and data analysis, with emphasis on compact-object binary systems. The position is available from 1st October 2013 for an initial period of two years and can be extended by a further year contingent to satisfactory performance and availability of funding. The starting salary is normally in the range 27,854 GBP to 36,298 GBP a year. Applicants with a background in gravitational-wave physics, astronomy/astrophysics, theoretical and/or numerical relativity and data analysis are welcome to apply. The Birmingham Gravitational-wave Group consists of faculty members Will Farr (from 1st October 2013), Andreas Freise, Ilya Mandel and Alberto Vecchio, four postdoctoral research associates and nine post-graduate students. The group has a broad range of research interests including compact object astrophysics, gravitational-wave observations and data analysis, instrumentation and advanced interferometry. The group is member of the GEO Collaboration, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and the European Pulsar Timing Array Collaboration. The group has excellent laboratory and computer facilities. For full consideration, candidates must apply online at: http://tinyurl.com/gwjobbham27feb2013 and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent by the closing date to: Mrs Joanne Cox School of Physics and Astronomy University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT United Kingdom E-mail: postdoc-gwastro[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk Interested applicants are encouraged to notify their intention to apply by sending an email to the above address. The deadline for application is Tuesday 27th February 2013. For further information and informal enquiries please contact: Dr. Ilya Mandel (imandel[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk) or Prof Alberto Vecchio (av[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation (reminder) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/05/2013-awards-for-essays-on-gravitati… Additional Informationhttp://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation In 2013, for our sixty-fourth competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for the purpose of stimulating thought and encouraging work on gravitation. The stipulations follow. (1) We will make these Awards on May 15, 2013 for the best well-written essays, 1500 words or less (excluding abstracts, diagrams, references and minimal equations), on the subject of gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects. (2) The First Award will be $4000.00 The Second Award will be 1250.00 The Third Award will be 1000.00 The Fourth Award will be 750.00 The Fifth Award will be 500.00 (3) Essays must be in English and e-mailed in a single PDF file before April 1, 2013. Early submission is desirable. One essay only will be accepted from each author. Notify us within 24 hours if you do not receive an e-mail confirmation of your submission. (4) Title pages should include essay title; authors names, complete mailing and e-mail addresses; submission date; an abstract of 125 words or less; and the statement: Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation. Pages should be numbered. (5) The decision of the judges will be final and no reviews or comments will be provided. (6) Please check the winners announcement to be posted on our website: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org around May 15, 2013. We will also attempt to send all participants a general e-mail notification. (7) The five award-winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). Authors of essays designated Honorable Mention will be invited to submit their essays to the IJMPD where these may undergo additional refereeing at editorial discretion for possible publication. Authors of all other essays are free and encouraged to publish their essays after May 15th. Submission e-mail address: George M. Rideout, Jr., President (grideoutjr[AT]aol.com) Recent First Award Winners: 2012 Claus Kiefer and Manuel Kraemer, University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany 2011 Ivan Agullo, Penn State and Leonard Parker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2010 Mark Van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2009 Alexander Burinskii, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia 2008 T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Pune, India 2007 S. Carlip, University of California at Davis 2006 Vijay Balasubramanian, University of Pennsylvania; Donald Marolf, University of California at Santa Barbara and Moshe Rozali, University of British Columbia 2005 John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, Kings College London and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 2004 Maulik Parikh, Columbia University, New York 2003 Martin Bojowald, The Pennsylvania State University 2002 Steven B. Giddings, University of California at Santa Barbara and Stanford University, Stanford, California 2001 Csaba Csaki and Joshua Erlich, Los Alamos National Lab and Christophe Grojean, University of California at Berkeley 2000 Arthur Lue and Erick J. Weinberg, Columbia University, New York 1999 John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, University of Oxford and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 1998 Viqar Husain, University of British Columbia, Vancouver ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: Spin Foams and Minimal Length in Quantum Gravity ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/15/living-reviews-in-relativity-spin-f… Additional Informationhttp://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/ Living Reviews in Relativity has published two new review articles on Quantum Gravity: "The Spin-Foam Approach to Quantum Gravity" by Alejandro Perez and "Minimal Length Scale Scenarios for Quantum Gravity" by Sabine Hossenfelder. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-3 Perez, Alejandro "The Spin-Foam Approach to Quantum Gravity" ACCEPTED: 2012-06-11 PUBLISHED: 2012-02-14 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-3 ABSTRACT: This article reviews the present status of the spin-foam approach to the quantization of gravity. Special attention is payed to the pedagogical presentation of the recently-introduced new models for four-dimensional quantum gravity. The models are motivated by a suitable implementation of the path integral quantization of the Plebanski formulation of gravity on a simplicial regularization. The article also includes a self contained treatment of 2+1 gravity. The simple nature of the latter provides the basis and a perspective for the analysis of both conceptual and technical issues that remain open in four dimensions. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-2 Hossenfelder, Sabine "Minimal Length Scale Scenarios for Quantum Gravity" ACCEPTED: 2012-10-11 PUBLISHED: 2013-01-29 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-2 ABSTRACT: We review the question whether the fundamental laws of nature limit our ability to probe arbitrarily short distances. First, we examine what insights can be gained from thought experiments for probes of shortest distances, and summarize what can be learned from different approaches to a theory of quantum gravity. Then we discuss some models that have been developed to implement a minimal length scale into quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. These models have entered the literature under the names of generalized uncertainty principle or modified dispersion relation, and have allowed to study the effects of a minimal length scale in quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, thermodynamics, black hole physics and cosmology. Finally, we touch upon the question if there are ways to circumvent the manifestation of a minimal length scale in short-distance physics. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. New look for hyperspace! ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/18/new-look-for-hyperspace-2/ Additional Information Dear all, I am glad to announce hyperspace's new look! Behind what seems only an aesthetical restyle there is a major overhaul of hyperspace, which is now fully compatible with WordPress and less relying on purpose-made scripts. This will mean a higher level of security and the ability to continuosly improve the site as new versions of WordPress are released. Notable new changes are: - easier to use forms for posting job, conferences, etc. with a simple-to-use captcha filter. - the ability to browse all posts back in time (and not just in the future). - an easier management of the personal profiles. We have tested the site carefully but glitches are still possible. Should you encounter one, please be patient and report it immediately. As always we strive to give you the best service and as ever we will benefit from your input on how to improve hyperspace. Luciano Rezzolla and the hyperspace@aei team (Frank Schulz and Marcus Thienert) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. IJMPD: Gravitational Wave Detection and Fundamental Physics in Space ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/19/ijmpd-gravitational-wave-detection-… Additional Informationhttp://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijmpd Dear Colleagues, International Journal of Modern Physics D has published a new special issue on Gravitational Wave Detection and Fundamental Physics in Space [IJMPD Vol. 22, No. 1 (2013)]. Web address: http://www.worldscientific.com/toc/ijmpd/22/01 Visit and register with World Scientific website today to read the full text of these articles. With best wishes, Chee-Hok Lim Publishing Editor International Journal of Modern Physics D email: ijmpd[AT]wspc.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ===================================================== Living Reviews in Relativity MPI for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) Am Muehlenberg 1 14476 Golm | Germany Tel: +49 (0)331 567 7115 Email: livrev(a)aei.mpg.de http://www.livingreviews.org =====================================================

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Conferences 1.1 The 2013 yearly ICRANet Scientific Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics 1.2 PCGM 29 at University of California at Davis: registration open 1.3 School of Astroparticle Physics - Gravitational Waves, Observatoire de Haute Provence, France 1.4 VESF School, Gravitational waves, neutrinos and multiwavelenght observations: the new frontier of astronomy, Rome, Italy 1.5 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity (2nd MCCQG) 1.6 20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation and 10th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Warsaw, Poland 1.7 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting, Toronto, Canada 1.8 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relavitiy, Dublin, Ireland 1.9 The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 1.10 Quantum Fields, Gravity and Information, Nottingham, UK 1.11 IVth School of Astroparticle Physics: Gravitational Waves 1.12 Davis Cosmic Frontier Conferences, Davis, CA, USA 1.13 5th International Symposium on Experimental Gravitation in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China 1.14 Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013) 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral fellowship in GW data analysis at Rhodes University, South Africa 2.2 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Relativistic Astrophysics at Southampton 2.3 Max Planck Partner Group Post-doctoral Positions at IISER-TVM, India 2.4 Gravitational Wave Astronomy Research Associate, Cardiff, UK 2.5 PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton 2.6 Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Cosmology at Bilbao, Spain 2.7 Faculty position in theoretical gravitational physics at Guelph/PI 2.8 Postdoctoral Position in High Energy Theory and General Relativity at Beijing Normal University 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory" 3.2 New: IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize 3.3 The Chalonge School Programme 2013 ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 The 2013 yearly ICRANet Scientific Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/31/the-2013-yearly-icranet-scientific-… Starting Sat, Jun 01, 2013 to Wed, Jul 10, 2013 Location: Nice (France), Pescara (Italy), Rome (Italy); July 1-10 Rio de Janeiro Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/ The 2013 yearly ICRANet Scientific Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics (June 1-30 Nice, France, Pescara, Italy, Rome, Italy; July 1-10 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Kerr solution of the Einstein's equations, in presence of Roy Kerr and of the ICRANet Scientific Committee Organizing Committee: Felix Aharonian (Armenia), Lorenzo Amati (Italy), Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (Italy), David Arnett (USA), Vladimir Belinski (Italy), Carlo Luciano Bianco (Italy), Donato Bini (Italy), João Braga (Brazil), Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (India), Pascal Chardonnet (France), Valeri Chechetkin (Russia), Christian Cherubini (Italy), Thibault Damour (France), Massimo Della Valle (Italy), Jaan Einasto (Estonia), Francis Everitt (USA), Simonetta Filippi (Italy), Sergio Frasca (Italy), Filippo Frontera (Italy), Jean-Marc Gambaudo (France), Gabriele Gionti (USA), Robert Jantzen (USA), Yipeng Jing (P.R. China), Roy Kerr (New Zealand), Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (Russia), Hagen Kleinert (Germany), Hyung Won Lee (South Korea), Olivier Legrand (France), John Madey (USA), John Mester (USA), Francois Mignard (France), Charles Misner (USA), Hermann Nicolai (Germany), Mario Novello (Brazil), Alex Pelster (Germany), Elena Pian (Italy), Tsvi Piran (Israel), Elène Politano (Franc e), Vladimir Popov (Russia), Brian Matthew Punsly (USA), Hernando C. Quevedo (Mexico), Johann Rafelski (USA), Piero Rosati (Germany), Kjell Rosquist (Sweden), Jorge Rueda (Italy), Remo Ruffini (Chairman, Italy), Felix Ryde (Sweden), Gerard ’t Hooft (Holland), Marco Tavani (Italy), Lev Titarchuk (USA), Farrokh Vakili (France), Gregory Vereshchagin (Italy), She Sheng Xue (Italy), Shuangnan Zhang (P.R. China) ICRANet (http://www.icranet.org/) is an International Organization devoted to scientific researches in Relativistic Astrophysics. Current ICRANet Members are: Armenia, Brazil, Italy, Vatican, ICRA, University of Arizona, University of Stanford. Current ICRANet Seats are located in: Nice (France), Pescara (Italy, headquarters), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, including the Brazilian Science Data Center BSDC), Rome (Italy), Yerevan (Armenia). The Research Topics of ICRANet encompasses: Exact solutions of Einstein and Einstein – Maxwell equations, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Relativistic effects in Physics and Astrophysics, Cosmology and large scale structures, Theoretical Astroparticle Physics, Generalization of the Kerr-Newman solution, Black Holes and Quasars, Electron-positron pairs in physics and astrophysics, From heavy nuclei to black holes, From Nuclei to Compact Stars, Supernovae, Symmetries in General Relativity, Self Gravitating Systems, Galactic Structures and Galactic Dynamics, Interdisciplinary Complex Systems. Contributions are accepted on any of the above mentioned research topic. Participation is welcome both of Post-Doc and Researchers (registration fee 300.00 EUR) and of graduate and undergraduate students (registration fee 150.00 EUR). For information please contact secretariat[AT]icranet.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 PCGM 29 at University of California at Davis: registration open ------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/30/pcgm-29-2/ Starting Fri, Mar 29, 2013 to Sat, Mar 30, 2013 Location: Davis, CA, USA Additional Information: http://pcgm29.ucdavis.edu Registration is now open for PCGM 29, the 29th Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting, which will take place March 29-30 at the University of California at Davis. The conference website, http://pcgm29.ucdavis.edu, includes a registration form, as well as information about food, transportation, and lodging. The Pacific Coast Gravity Meetings are designed to be very open and informal, aimed at fostering communication among gravitational physicists with varied backgrounds. Students and postdocs are especially encouraged to give short, introductory talks about their research. A prize, sponsored by the APS Topical Group on Gravity, will be awarded for the best talk given by a student at the meeting. If you are interested in attending -- and especially if you would like to give a talk -- please register, to allow us to estimate the attendance and start planning the program. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 School of Astroparticle Physics - Gravitational Waves, Observatoire de Haute Provence, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/30/school-of-astroparticle-physics-gra… Starting Mon, May 27, 2013 to Sat, Jun 01, 2013 Location: Observatoire de Haute Provence, Saint Michel l'Observatoire, France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/WEB_EAP_13/EcoleAP-OHP13.html We are pleased to announce the IVth school of Astroparticle Physics, dedicated to Gravitational Waves, to be held during the week of 27 May 2013 on the site of the Observatoire de Haute Provence (France). The school will be focused on multi-messenger astronomy involving gravitational waves. Experts will cover a variety of topics relevant for this challenge of the near future. Besides training young researchers who consider joining this emerging field, the objective of the school is to bring together the various scientific communities, getting them to learn about common interests and building synergies. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 VESF School, Gravitational waves, neutrinos and multiwavelenght observations: the new frontier of astronomy, Rome, Italy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/28/gravitational-waves-neutrinos-and-m… Starting Mon, Apr 15, 2013 to Thu, Apr 18, 2013 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/VESF/SCHOOL2013_WEBSITE/Vesf_School.html Dear Colleagues, the Virgo-EGO Science Forum (VESF) is organizing the 2013 School on "Gravitational waves, neutrinos and multiwavelenght observations: the new frontier of astronomy", to be held on April 15-18, 2013 at the Astronomical Observatory of Rome in Monteporzio Catone (Rome, Italy). In this year's program more emphasis is devoted to the search for the astrophysical counterparts of candidate gravitational wave events detected by Advanced Virgo and LIGO. The goal is to stimulate the interest and foster the collaboration of students and young researchers from both the GW and astrophysical communities in the one of the most challenging and exciting scientific enterprises of the 2010's. The deadline for application is March 10th, 2013. At the school website: http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/VESF/SCHOOL2013_WEBSITE/Vesf_School.html you can find the application form, the school program (also attached to this message), a list of hotels and directions on how to reach the observatory and the hotel. VESF will provide lunches and transportation from the center of Frascati to the Observatory and back every day. Travel, lodging and dinner expenses should be covered by the applicant or by his/her home institution. Participants are requested to make their own hotel reservation (please see the School web site), by March 10th, 2013 (mention that you are participating in the school). Please note that April is high season, and late reservations may be difficult. For any further assistance please contact Dr. Giuliana Giobbi e-mail: Giuliana.giobbi[AT]oa-roma.inaf.it INAF -Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma Via Frascati, 33 00040 Monte Porzio Catone (Roma) Italy With our best wishes Valeria Ferrari and Luigi Stella (School directors) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity (2nd MCCQG) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/27/2nd-mediterranean-conference-on-cla… Starting Sun, Jun 09, 2013 to Sat, Jun 15, 2013 Location: Veli Lošinj, Croatia Additional Information: http://umbriel.phy.hr/mccqg2 The Mediterranean Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity aims to bring together, in the attractive setting of the Mediterranean sea, leading experts in all aspect of gravitation, from classical to quantum and from theory to experiment. The first conference in this series took place in Crete in 2009. This conference is the second in the series and will be located in the picturesque town of Veli Lošinj on the island of Lošinj in the north of the Adriatic Sea. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation and 10th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Warsaw, Poland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/26/20th-international-conference-on-ge… Starting Sun, Jul 07, 2013 to Sat, Jul 13, 2013 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/ IMPORTANT DATES Early registration: deadline April 1, 2013 Late registration: deadline May 1, 2013 Early abstract submission: deadline February 15, 2013 Decision on selected proposals: March 15, 2013 Late abstract submission: deadline May 1, 2013 Decision on selected proposals: May 31, 2013 Applying for financial support: deadline February 15, 2013 Decision on financial support: March 20, 2013 PARALLEL SESSIONS - Exact solutions and their interpretation - Mathematical relativity and other progress in classical gravity theory - Modified gravity theories - Complex and conformal methods in classical and quantum gravity - Relativistic astrophysics - Numerical relativity and astrophysical applications - Numerical relativity : methods, theoretical gravity and high energy applications - Analytic approximations, perturbation theory, effective field theory methods and their applications - Observational cosmology - Theoretical/mathematical cosmology - Pulsar Timing Arrays: Latest Developments and Future Directions - GWs: Search Results, Data Analysis and Parameter Estimation - Progress and Challenges in Advanced Ground Based Detectors - Concepts and Research for Future Detectors - Space Based Detectors - Q&A Everything you wanted to know about GWs but were afraid to ask - Multi-Messenger Astronomy of GW Sources - Education and Public Outreach on Gravitational Wave Astronomy - Experimental gravitation - Loop quantum gravity and spin foams - Strings, branes and M-theory - Causal sets, causal dynamical triangulations, non-commutative geometry, and other approaches to quantum gravity - Quantum fields in curved space-time, semiclassical gravity, quantum gravity phenomenology, and analog models PLENARY LECTURES - 51 years ago in Warszawa-Jabłonna (Opening, M. Demiański, Uniwersytet Warszawski) - 51 years after GR3 in Warszawa-Jabłonna (Opening, A. Ashtekar, Penn State University) - Planck results and consequences for cosmology (G. Efstathiou, University of Cambridge) - Present and future cosmological constraints on dark energy (T. Davis, University of Queensland) - Formation of the trapped surfaces (I. Rodnianski, MIT) - Approximate solution-finding methods in higher-dimensional GR (R. Emparan, Universitat de Barcelona) - Dynamics of asymptotically AdS spacetimes (P. Bizoń, Uniwersytet Jagielloński) - Loop Quantum Gravity - soluble theories of quantum gravity (T. Thiemann, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg) - Gravity and condensed matter correspondence focusing on Entanglement Entropy (T. Takayanagi, University of Kyoto) - Numerical Relativity and its applications to astrophysics and high energy physics (U. Sperhake, Caltech) - Neutron stars (J. Lattimer, Stony Brook University) - Formation of supermassive black holes (P. Natrajan, Yale University) - Modified gravity as alternatives to dark energy or dark matter (P. Ferreira, University of Oxford) - Black hole micro-states/entropy in string theory (A. Sen, Harish Chandra Research Institute) - Cold atoms for Equivalence Principle tests and GW detection (P. Wolf, Observatoire de Paris) - Event Horizon Telescope (A. Broderick, Perimeter Institute) - Black Hole Inequalities (S. Dain, Medina Allende s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Cordoba) - Status of Advanced (ground based) Gravitational Wave Detectors (M. Evans, MIT) - Space-based Gravitational Wave Detectors (S. Vitale, Universita degli Studi di Trento) - Observational Results from Ground-based Gravitational Wave Detectors (M. A. Bizouard, LAL Orsay / Carleton College) - Pulsar Timing Arrays (M. Mclaughlin, West Virginia University) - Effective field theory for gravitational wave computations (I. Rothstein, Carnegie Mellon University) SATELLITE SCHOOLS AND WORKSHOPS - Conformal Symmetry and Perspectives in Quantum and Mathematical Gravity, http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/ - School of Gravitational Waves, http://bcc.impan.pl/13Gravitational/ - GR Maple Workshop, http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=23 To register and find more visit our homepage http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/ ORGANIZERS Local organizing institutions: Polskie Towarzystwo Relatywistyczne and Uniwersytet Warszawski For Scientific Organising Committee GR20 (SOC GR20), Scientific Organising Committee Amaldi10 (SOC Amaldi10), Local Organising Committee (LOC GR20/Amaldi10), and Supporting Institutions, see: http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=13 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting, Toronto, Canada ------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/26/16th-eastern-gravity-meeting/ Starting Fri, Jun 07, 2013 to Sat, Jun 08, 2013 Location: Toronto, Canada The 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting will be held June 7-8, 2013 at the University of Toronto. The format of the meeting will follow previous regional meetings, where all participants may present a talk of approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the total number of talks. A conference website will be open in a few months, at which time more details, registration information and abstract submission will be available. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relavitiy, Dublin, Ireland ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/25/16th-capra-meeting-on-radiation-rea… Starting Mon, Jul 15, 2013 to Fri, Jul 19, 2013 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: http://maths.ucd.ie/capra16/ The 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity will be hosted by the School of Mathematical Sciences at University College Dublin, marking its first return to Ireland since 1999 when the 2nd Capra Meeting was also held in UCD. The meeting will run from the 15th to 19th of July 2013, starting with three days of invited and contributed talks and followed by two days of informal discussions. As usual, the programme will focus on aspects of the self-force in general relativity, but will also seek to explore the promise of a synergy with other approaches to the two-body problem. Following the Capra tradition, the meeting will be informal. There will be no registration fee and no proceedings. The programme will include a few invited review talks, short contributed presentations (20-30 minutes slots) and open discussion sessions. Contributed talks on all aspects of the radiation reaction problem (including related topics such as EMRI astrophysics or data analysis) are welcome. Interested colleagues are encouraged to <a title="Capra 16 registration" href="http://maths.ucd.ie/capra16/registration/">register</a> online at their earliest convenience. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9 The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/19/the-modern-physics-of-compact-stars… Starting Wed, Sep 18, 2013 to Sat, Sep 21, 2013 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: http://indico.cern.ch/confRegistrantsDisplay.py/list?confId=215145 This conference is the second in a series whose aim is to bring together people working in astrophysics of compacts stars, physics of dense matter, gravitation and cosmology, observations of pulsars and binary neutron stars and related fields. As the first conference in 2008, it will take place in Yerevan, Armenia from 18-21 September 2013. Among the social events, there will be a co-memoration of 100th birthday of the founder of the Theoretical Physics Chair at the Department of Physics of Yerevan State University and prominent Armenian scientist Academician Gurgen Serobi Sahakyan. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10 Quantum Fields, Gravity and Information, Nottingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/16/quantum-fields-gravity-and-informat… Starting Wed, Apr 03, 2013 to Fri, Apr 05, 2013 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: http://qfgi2013.weebly.com We are pleased to invite postgraduate researchers, from inside and outside the UK, to exchange ideas on the mathematical aspects of relativistic quantum physics. A special focus will be given to relativistic quantum information, a relatively young field which combines techniques from quantum field theory, quantum gravity, quantum information and quantum optics. Our invited speakers reflect the diversity of areas covered: Prof. Bob Coecke (Oxford) Dr. Ivette Fuentes (Nottingham) Dr. Etera Livine (Lyon) Prof. Tim Ralph (Brisbane) Funding is available to cover accommodation and travel for up to 30 participants. We expect to give all of them the opportunity to contribute either with a talk or a poster. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11 IVth School of Astroparticle Physics: Gravitational Waves -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/11/ivth-school-of-astroparticle-physic… Starting Mon, May 27, 2013 to Sat, Jun 01, 2013 Location: Saint Michel l'Observatoire Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/WEB_EAP_13/EcoleAP-OHP13-a.html Thanks to the advent of a second generation of instruments, we are at the dawn of the first direct detection of gravitational waves (GW). GW are expected to be emmitted in violent astrophysical events, possibly in connection with other types of emission, observable in the electromagnetic or neutrino spectra, such as, e.g., GRBs. This motivates correlating future GW observations with those of conventional astronomy. Developing such an multi-messenger astrophysics is a timely effort that can be achieved by bringing together the communities involved in both the observational and theoretical aspects. This school aims at bringing together experts from a wide range of disciplines, including specialists in GW sources and their modelling, high-energy physicists, phenomenologists or observers. The goal is to foster the exchange of expertise between the audience and the speakers representing their own scientific communities, and to contribute to training a new generation of young researchers in these fields. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12 Davis Cosmic Frontier Conferences, Davis, CA, USA ------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/05/davis-cosmic-frontier-conferences/ Starting Mon, May 20, 2013 to Sat, May 25, 2013 Location: Davis, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.cevs.ucdavis.edu/confreg/index.cfm?confid=606&webid=3120%20 This will be a week long event consisting of two back-to-back topical conferences, Mining the Cosmic Frontier in the Planck Era May 20 - 22, 2013 on interpreting Planck data and disucssing its implications for cosmology, and Fundamental Questions in Cosmology May 22 - 25, 2013 on the discussion of fundamentals of cosmic inflation, with a possible satelite workshop in between. The venue will be on UC Davis campus, at Davis, CA, USA. The invited speakers are among the world leaders in cosmology. More information, including the registration, will appear soon on the conference web page. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13 5th International Symposium on Experimental Gravitation in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/03/5th-international-symposium-on-expe… Starting Sun, Jul 07, 2013 to Sat, Jul 13, 2013 Location: Nanchang, China Additional Information: http://sites.sjfc.edu/iseg5/ This symposium is the 5th in the series that commenced in 1986 in Guanghzhou, followed by Nathiagali (1993), Samarkand (1999) and Cochin (2009). The theme is experimental gravitation covering verifications, proposed experiments, interpretations and extensions of the General Theory of Relativity. Details available in the symposium webpage (http://sites.sjfc.edu/iseg5/) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14 Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013) ---------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/02/spanish-portuguese-relativity-meeti… Starting Mon, Sep 09, 2013 to Thu, Sep 12, 2013 Location: Benasque, Spain Additional Information: http://www.benasque.org/2013ere/ We are glad to announce the Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013), an international conference to be held at the Pedro Pascual Center of Science, Benasque, Spain, from September 9 to September 12, 2013. This year the conference is organized by the groups in Barcelona (Departament de Física Fonamental, Univ. Barcelona, Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Departament de Física and IFAE, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona). ERE 2013 will cover most of the areas of modern General Relativity -- from cosmology and gravitational waves, to quantum gravity and the AdS/CFT correspondence and its applications. One of the sessions will be dedicated to the memory of José Alberto Lobo, a much esteemed and sorely missed member of our group and of the Spanish relativity community, who passed away on 30 September 2012. Prof. Lobo played a major role in boosting the research on gravitational radiation in Spain. Please note that the Benasque Center will provide bus transportation from and to Barcelona for participants staying through the entire duration of the conference. The web registration for the workshop is open at the conference website http://www.benasque.org/2013ere/ Registration fees: SEGRE members: 200€ (250€ after 1 July 2013) Non SEGRE members: 250€ (300€ after 1 July 2013) The registration fee will cover bus transportation from and to Barcelona, refreshments, and a conference dinner. If you want to join the SEGRE society (http://www.segre.es/es/presentacion.shtml) you can do so by going to http://www.segre.es/docs/membership.pdf. The meeting will consist of plenary sessions with talks by invited speakers in the morning, and contributed talks in parallel sessions in the afternoon. The list of invited speakers is: Invited Speakers - Carlos Barceló (IAA Granada) - José Juan Blanco-Pillado (U. País Vasco) - Diego Blas (CERN) - Paolo Creminelli (ICTP) * - Karsten Danzmann (Hannover) - Óscar Dias (Saclay SPhT) - César Gómez (IFT-U. Autónoma de Madrid) - Carlos Herdeiro (U. Aveiro) - Don Marolf (UC Santa Barbara) * - Bernard Schutz (AEI Golm) - Alicia Sintes (U. Illes Balears) * * : To be confirmed Participants who would like to contribute a talk in the parallel sessions can apply by submitting a title and abstract in the registration website. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 June 2013. Participants will be informed shortly afterwards whether their contribution has been accepted. There will not be a proceedings volume, but we are considering the possibility that the slides or write-ups of the talks be made available online. The SEGRE society has a limited number of grants to support expenses of some Ph.D. students. The grants can cover the registration fee and/or accommodation and/or travel expenses. The application for financial support can be made through the registration website. Participants will be informed of the decision by 20 June 2013. The Benasque Center for Science provides a stimulating environment for research. Benasque is a picturesque village nestled in the Spanish Pyrenees. The beautiful mountain atmosphere provides for many outdoor activities -- for further information please consult http://www.benasque.org/ We look forward to seeing you in Benasque, The organizers of ERE2013 Roberto Emparan Jaume Garriga Josep Llosa Oriol Pujolas Carlos Sopuerta Enric Verdaguer ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral fellowship in GW data analysis at Rhodes University, South Africa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/28/postdoctoral-fellowship-in-gw-data-… Institution: Grahamstown, South Africa Deadline: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 The Department of Mathematics at Rhodes University has two Faculty members, Prof NT Bishop and Dr D Pollney, working in numerical relativity and particularly black hole mergers. We would like to expand the interests of the group to include other aspects of gravitational wave astronomy, and as a first step we are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in data analysis. The position is not for a specific project, and we are interested in candidates with experience in any aspect of gravitational wave data analysis. Rhodes University is a small university (just over 7000 students), which emphasizes postgraduate training and research. It is located 60 km from the coast, between Port Elizabeth and East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. While the main focus of this appointment will be data analysis related to the detection of gravitational waves by laser interferometric facilities, there would also be an opportunity in terms of pulsar timing measurements building on the University’s strong involvement in the SKA project. The amount of the postdoctoral fellowship is R 180,000 per year, and is tax-free so the full amount will be paid out without any deductions. By local standards, this amounts to a good salary. An additional amount of R50,000 has been reserved for expenses, such as relocation costs, conferences, laptop, etc. The fellowship is for one year, renewable depending on performance and funding. Applications should preferably be in the form of a single PDF file attached to an email to Prof NT Bishop (n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za) with a copy to Dr D Pollney (d.pollney[AT]ru.ac.za). Applications should include * Full CV * Contact details of three referees * A statement (about half a page) of the candidate’s research interests and proposed research work during the Fellowship. The closing date is 15 February 2013, although applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date will be as soon as possible thereafter. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Relativistic Astrophysics at Southampton ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/22/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-rel… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 Additional Information: https://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=196813PJ The Southampton Gravity Group is offering a postdoctoral position in general relativistic astrophysics, starting in the spring or autumn of 2013. The post is initially for 2 years, with extension to 3 years possible subject to future funding. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake research within an STFC-funded project aimed at modelling the dynamics of neutron stars in the context of multimessenger astronomy. The emphasis of the project is on the implementation of realistic microphysics in fully relativistic numerical simulations. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large research group in gravitational physics. The Group currently comprises 9 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Wynn Ho, Ian Jones, Kostas Skenderis, Marika Taylor and James Vickers), 5 postdocs and 14 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black hole and neutron star physics, gravitational waves and numerical relativity, with additional expertise in string-inspired gravity and holography. In order to be considered for this post, the applicant must have a PhD or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline, and have a track record of original research in at least one of the following research areas: neutron-star astrophysics, gravitational-wave theory and numerical relativity. The closing date for applications is 22 February 2013 at 12.00 noon. Please visit www.jobs.soton.ac.uk to apply online, quoting reference number 196813PJ. A complete application should include (i) a Curriculum Vitae, including a list of publications; (ii) a brief (<1 page) statement of research interests; and (iii) the names and addresses of three referees. For informal inquiries contact Prof. Nils Andersson, na[AT]maths.soton.ac.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Max Planck Partner Group Post-doctoral Positions at IISER-TVM, India ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/22/max-planck-partner-group-post-docto… Institution: Trivandrum, India Deadline: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~cosmograv Max Planck Partner Group on Cosmology and Gravity, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram intends to appoint up to two postdoctoral positions in the areas of early-universe cosmology, classical and quantum gravity. A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required for these posts. The positions can start as early as 1st June 2013. Both these posts are funded under the Max Planck Partner. Currently, the group has 4 post-doctorate fellows and 3 Ph.D. students. The fellows have the opportunity to visit and interact with members of Albert Einstein Institute, Golm. Please see the URL http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~cosmograv about the group and its activities. The position is available for a period of up to two years. Informal enquiries can be made to S. Shankaranarayanan (shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in). Salary: INR 2,64,000 – INR 2,88,000 per annum Deadline: 15 February 2013 To apply please send CV, research statement and have at least two letters of reference sent by email to: shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in with the subject “Application for MP-PG positions – Candidate name”. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Gravitational Wave Astronomy Research Associate, Cardiff, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/16/gravitational-wave-astronomy-resear… Institution: Cardiff, UK Deadline: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 Cardiff Gravitational Physics (http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/groups/gravity) is seeking applications to fill an STFC-funded research position. You will have the opportunity to take part in the exciting search for gravitational waves in data from the most sensitive interferometers built to date using state-of-the-art computational infrastructures. Group members play leading roles in efforts to search for signals from the coalescence of neutron star and black hole binaries, supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. They model astrophysical sources of gravitational waves using analytic and numerical relativity and develop search algorithms for their detection and interpretation with current and future detectors. The group is also interested in exploiting gravitational wave observation for strong field tests of general relativity, for cosmography and for understanding neutron star interiors. The emphasis of the post will be on developing search algorithms for the advanced detector era and in taking part in analysis of data from the first engineering and science runs of advanced detectors. The position is available initially for a period of two years and is at the Research Associate level of Grade 6, salary 30,122 - 35,938 GBP per annum. The position is available from March 2013, but the precise starting date is negotiable. Informal enquiries can be made to Professor B.S. Sathyaprakash by email at B.Sathyaprakash[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk The post may be closed early subject to suitable applicants. Further particulars and application forms can be obtained from: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/schoolsanddivisions/divisions/humrs/jobs/academicr… Closing Date: 15 February 2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton ----------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/13/phd-fellowship-in-relativity-at-sou… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/research_degrees/apply.page Applications are invited for a PhD position within the Gravity group in the School of Mathematics at the university of Southampton, UK. The PhD position is funded by the European Research Council for a standard duration of 3 years, starting in October 2013. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Leor Barack on analytical and numerical approaches to the problem of radiative dynamics of orbits around black holes in General Relativity, with applications to gravitational-wave astronomy. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large Gravity research group, comprising 8 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Ian Jones, Kostas Skenderis, Marika Taylor and James Vickers), 7 postdocs and 14 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics, sources of gravitational waves and numerical relativity, as well as string-inspired gravity and holography. Students of any nationality are invited to apply. We prefer applications to arrive before February 28, 2013, although later applications will be considered until the position is filled. Applications should be made online, by following the link on http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/research_degrees/apply.page In the online application form please select Programme Type "Research", "FullTime" and type in "Mathematics" in the Search window. Then follow the link under "Apply online" and proceed as instructed. Make sure to indicate "Leor Barack" as the requested supervisor. Contact for enquiries: Prof. Leor Barack School of Mathematics University of Southampton United Kingdom email: leor[AT]soton.ac.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Cosmology at Bilbao, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/08/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Institution: Bilbao, Spain Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral position in the area of Theoretical Cosmology beginning in September 2013. The position will be held in the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain. The successful candidates are required to hold a PhD at the starting date of the position. Our group includes Ana Achucarro, Jose Juan Blanco Pillado, Juan Luis Mañes, Jon Urrestilla, Manuel Valle, Kepa Sousa and several graduate students. The group also benefits from close ties with other faculty members of the department which includes, Igor Bandos, Mariam Bouhmadi-Lopez, Iñigo Egusquiza, Alex Feinstein, Jesus Ibañez, Ruth Lazkoz, Jose Senovilla and Raul Vera. Our research interests focus on inflationary cosmology, topological defects, string theory cosmology and other fields. The appointment will be for two years. Interested candidates should send a CV, statement of research interests and publication list, and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be submitted to: early-universe-cosmo[AT]ehu.es Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Review of completed applications will begin on January 31, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Faculty position in theoretical gravitational physics at Guelph/PI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/08/faculty-position-in-theoretical-gra… Institution: Guelph, ON, Canada Deadline: Mon, Apr 01, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/ Joint Faculty Position in Theoretical Gravitational Physics Department of Physics, University of Guelph Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics The Department of Physics at the University of Guelph and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics invites applications for a joint position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in theoretical gravitational physics. This is a tenure-track faculty position at Guelph, combined with an Associate Membership at Perimeter Institute. We are looking for candidates who will complement and reinforce our strengths in this research area. All aspects of theoretical gravitational physics will be considered, but preference will be given to the following areas: numerical relativity, relativistic astrophysics, black-hole physics and astrophysics, applications of effective field theories to gravity, gravitational-wave source modeling and data analysis. Rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The successful candidate will be expected to spend time at both institutions, and will benefit from a reduction in teaching load. The Department of Physics counts 15 faculty members and offers strong undergraduate and graduate programs to the Ph.D. level. The graduate and research programs are enhanced by participation in the Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute (GWPI) and the Biophysics Interdepartmental Group (BIG). Guelph faculty members are users of many off-campus research facilities including the Canadian Light Source and TRIUMF. Experimental and theoretical research areas include astrophysics and gravitation, biophysics and medical physics, condensed matter physics and material nanoscience, physics education, planetary surface exploration, and subatomic physics. More information is available at http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca. Information about Perimeter Institute is available at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in theoretical physics or a closely related field, postdoctoral experience, and will have demonstrated exceptional strength in independent research. The candidate will also have a proven ability or demonstrated potential for teaching. To apply, submit electronic (PDF) versions of a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, publications list, and names and addresses of three professional references to Eric Poisson, Chair Department of Physics, University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 gravity[AT]uoguelph.ca Consideration of applications will begin on 1 April 2013 but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. The University of Guelph is committed to an Employment Equity Program that includes special measures to achieve diversity among its faculty and staff. We therefore particularly encourage applications from qualified aboriginal Canadians, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities and women. The appointment is subject to final budgetary approval. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Postdoctoral Position in High Energy Theory and General Relativity at Beijing Normal University ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/08/postdoctoral-position-at-beijing-no… Institution: Beijing, China Deadline: Fri, Mar 01, 2013 The Center for Relativity and Gravitation at Beijing Normal University has one post-doctoral position opening from fall 2013 in the general area of theoretical high energy physics, classical general relativity, and black hole thermodynamics. The appointment will be for two years. The salary is about 5,000-6,000 CN Y per month with possible supplement for housing, depending on funding. We will also offer 20,000 CNY research grant each year. The center consists of 6 faculties: Sijie Gao, Wenbiao Liu, Hong Lu, Yongge Ma, Bin Zhou and Jianyang Zhu. In addition, the retired professors Canbin Liang and Zheng Zhao join the academic activities frequently, and professors Abhay Ashtekar, Jerzy Lewandowski, Carlo Rovelli and Thomas Thiemann hold visiting professorships at the Institute. The research of the group covers the general area of classical and quantum gravity, black holes and the AdS/CFT etc. Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research proposal and arrange to have two recommendation letters directly to: sijie[AT]bnu.edu.cn The deadline for all application material is March 1st, 2013. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/16/living-reviews-in-relativity-founda… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-1 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory" by Marek A. Abramowicz and P. Chris Fragile on 14 January 2013. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-1 Abramowicz, Marek A. and Fragile, P. Chris "Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory" ACCEPTED: 2012-11-15 PUBLISHED: 2013-01-14 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-1 ABSTRACT: This review covers the main aspects of black hole accretion disk theory. We begin with the view that one of the main goals of the theory is to better understand the nature of black holes themselves. In this light we discuss how accretion disks might reveal some of the unique signatures of strong gravity: the event horizon, the innermost stable circular orbit, and the ergosphere. We then review, from a first-principles perspective, the physical processes at play in accretion disks. This leads us to the four primary accretion disk models that we review: Polish doughnuts (thick disks), Shakura–Sunyaev (thin) disks, slim disks, and advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAFs). After presenting the models we discuss issues of stability, oscillations, and jets. Following our review of the analytic work, we take a parallel approach in reviewing numerical studies of black hole accretion disks. We finish with a few select applications that highlight particular astrophysical applicati ons: measurements of black hole mass and spin, black hole vs. neutron star accretion disks, black hole accretion disk spectral states, and quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 New: IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/13/new-iupap-general-relativity-and-gr… Additional Information: http://www.isgrg.org Deadline for nominations: 15 February 2013 As an affiliated commission (AC2) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG Society) has been granted permission for an annual IUPAP Young Scientist Prize, to be offered first in 2013. The IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes (see http://www.iupap.org/youngscientist/page_50920.html) recognize outstanding achievements of scientists at early stages of their career. Each prize consists of a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient, a Medal and 1000 euros. The conditions for the prize are: The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize can be for work in any area of relativity and gravitation, theoretical or experimental. On 15 February 2013, nominees must have a maximum of eight years of research experience (excluding career interruptions) following the Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree. They are expected to have displayed significant achievement and exceptional promise for future achievements in relativity and gravitation. Nominations may be made by any member of the GRG Society (other than the nominee) and should be accompanied by a CV, a proposed citation of 30-50 words summarizing the reason for the nomination, a list of publications and a description (about one page long) of the specific achievements of the nominee, who need not be a GRG member. The entire package should be bundled into a single PDF file and emailed to the President of the GRG Society (which is also Affiliated Commission 2 of IUPAP) at m.a.h.maccallum[AT]qmul.ac.uk by 15 February 2013. The award will be made at the GR20 conference. It is important that the selection committee has specific information that allows it to determine what the nominee has contributed and how this will impact the subject. Therefore it will be extremely helpful to the selection committee to receive at least two additional letters supporting the nomination that detail the expected significance of the contributions of the nominee. It is also appropriate to submit additional materials such as published articles. Questions may be addressed to Beverly K. Berger, Secretary, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (beverlyberger[AT]me.com) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 The Chalonge School Programme 2013 -------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/09/the-chalonge-school-programme-2013/ Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr THE CHALONGE SCHOOL 22 Years of Activity-Calling for Understanding Science with great intellectual endeavour and a Human Face Welcome to the Chalonge School: A Laboratory of Ideas. Research, Training and Scientific Culture. A beacon pioneering and developping research, projects and training. The programme offers unvaluable international current research view at the forefront of astrophysics and cosmology, international contacts at the highest level and a careful interdisciplinarity, with both Theory and Observations. The programme is open to researchers, post-docs and advanced students of the different disciplines in the field, both theorists, experimentalists, observers. Advanced students, post-docs, young researchers are encouradged to participate. The programme includes scientific culture events and exhibitions. The Programme 2013 is available at http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr The Chalonge School Team Organizers: Norma G. SANCHEZ, Héctor J. DE VEGA, Maria C. FALVELLA, Alba ZANINI, Marina RAMON MEDRANO, Annalisa PERISSA and other colleagues ..... Technical Support: Djilali ZIDANI, François SEVRE, Nicole LETOURNEUR, Jean-Pierre MICHEL, Sylvain CNUDDE, Emmanuel VERGNAUD, Jèrome BERTHIER, and other colleagues.... The Chalonge School Medal: The Chalonge Medal is coined exclusively for the Chalonge School by the Hôtel de la Monnaie de Paris (the French Mint). Only nine Chalonge medals have been awarded in the 21 year school history. Awarded Daniel Chalonge Medals: Subramanyan CHANDRASEKHAR, Nobel prize of physics. Bruno PONTECORVO. George SMOOT, Nobel prize of physics. Carlos FRENK. Anthony LASENBY. Bernard SADOULET. Peter BIERMANN. John MATHER, Nobel prize of physics. Brian SCHMIDT, Nobel prize of Physics. School Courses, Lectures and Lecturers, Album of Pictures : http://chalonge.obspm.fr With compliments and kind regards

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Yukawa International Seminar 2013 and longterm workshop, Kyoto, Japan 1.2 PCGM 29 at the University of California at Davis (1st circ.) 1.3 The Alájar meeting: “Stellar dynamics and growth of massive black holes“ 1.4 NR/HEP 2 Spring School in Lisbon 1.5 Friedmann Readings, Perm, Russia 1.6 Second Dutch Gravitational Wave meeting in Nijmegen, NL 1.7 Strong gravity beyond GR: from theory to observations, Lisbon, Portugal 1.8 MICRA 2013: Microphysics in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics (1st circular) 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral position in Astrophysical Relativity at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany 2.2 Research associate in general relativity at Cornell 2.3 The International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. (IRAP PhD) - Joint Doctorate Program sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, CAPES, and ICRANet 2.4 Tenure Track Faculty Position in Computational Modeling and Scientific Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology 2.5 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves at La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy 2.6 Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA 2.7 Postdoctoral position in theoretical cosmology at UC Davis 3. News 3.1 IJMPD Special Issue: 2012 Gravity Research Foundation (GRF) Essays 3.2 Lectures of the Workshop SU Structure of the Universe 2012 - Observatoire de Paris 3.3 2012 GWIC Thesis Prize: Call for Nominations ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Yukawa International Seminar 2013 and longterm workshop, Kyoto, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/29/yukawa-international-seminar-2013-a… Starting Sun, May 19, 2013 to Sat, Jun 22, 2013 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ykis2013/conference/conference.php Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce that the registration of Yukawa International Seminar 2013 (YKIS2013) entitled "Gravitational waves - Revolution in astronomy and astrophysics" is now open at http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ykis2013/conference/conference.php The registration of the associated longterm workshop of Gravitational waves and numerical relativity is also open at http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ykis2013/workshop/workshop.php YKIS2013 will be held from June 2 to 7 in 2013 and the longterm workshop will be held from May 19 to June 22 for five weeks. The venue is Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University. YKIS is a series of the conferences held at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics every year. The aim of YKIS2013 is to overview expanding frontiers in gravitational-wave physics and to discuss central issues to be pursued in the coming years. The conference will be composed of 20 lectures by invited speakers as well as contributed talks and poster presentations which are accepted in the registration page. The invited speakers are as follows: Bruce Allen (MPI) Fulvio Ricci (VIRGO) Krzystof Belczynski (Texas/Warsaw) Edo Berger (Harvard) Emanuele Berti (Mississippi) Patrick Brady (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Bernd Bruegmann (Jena) Alessandra Buonanno (Maryland) John Friedman (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Keita Kawabe (LIGO) Takaaki Kajita (ICRR) Nobuyuki Kawai (TITech) Kostas Kokkotas (Tubingen) Luis Lehner (Perimeter) Dick Manchester (CSIRO) Christian Ott (Caltech) Tsvi Piran (Hebrew) B. S. Sathyaprakash (Cardiff) Bernard Schutz (Albert-Einstein Institute) Patrick Sutton (Cardiff) The longterm workshop on gravitational waves and numerical relativity will be held as a part of the Yukawa International Program for Quark-Hadron Science (YIPQS) and as a pre and post workshop of YKIS2013. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an opportunity of discussing central issues to be pursued in the coming years around the field of gravitational waves and numerical relativity with a relatively small number of participants focusing primarily on the discussion with a limited number of seminars. More information for YKIS2013 and longterm workshop will be found in the web pages. Best wishes and a happy new year, Masaru Shibata and Takashi Hiramatsu, on behalf of LOC of YKIS2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 PCGM 29 at the University of California at Davis (1st circ.) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/20/pcgm-29/ Starting Fri, Mar 29, 2013 to Sat, Mar 30, 2013 Location: Davis, CA, USA The 29th Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting will be held at the University of California at Davis on March 29-30, 2013. The conference will cover all aspects of classical and quantum gravity, both theory and experiment. In keeping with tradition, the style will be very open and informal, with the aim of fostering communication among gravitational physicists with varied backgrounds. Students and postdocs are especially encouraged to give short, introductory talks about their research. As a regional meeting, the PCGM normally draws most of its participants from western North America, but all are welcome. There will no registration fee, and no financial support for travel. A prize, sponsored by the APS Topical Group on Gravity, will be awarded for the best talk given by a student at the meeting. Davis is located in California's Central Valley, about 15 miles west of Sacramento. The nearest airport is Sacramento International; a variety of shuttle services are available between the airport and Davis. We will reserve a block of nearby hotel rooms for participants. A second announcement, with website containing more information on registration, travel, and lodging, will appear in mid-January. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 The Alájar meeting: “Stellar dynamics and growth of massive black holes“ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/17/the-alajar-meeting-%e2%80%9cstellar… Starting Mon, Sep 16, 2013 to Fri, Sep 27, 2013 Location: Alájar, Spain Additional Information: http://members.aei.mpg.de/amaro-seoane/the-alajar-meeting-2013 We are organising a 2-weeks workshop with Roger Blandford, Julian Krolik, Tal Alexader, Bernard Schutz and Rainer Schoedel from Mon 16 September to Fri 27 September 2013 in Alajar (Andalusia), on "Stellar dynamics and growth of massive black holes" The goal of the workshop is to address in detail crucial questions related to stellar dynamics and growth of massive black holes, as well as to build new collaborative relationships and strengthening existing ones- focused on the interpretation of upcoming gravitational wave observations using electromagnetic astrophysics as a tool of astronomical discovery and a probe of the fundamental physics of gravity. The new information that is (and will be) obtained from current or future electromagnetic observations provides an opportunity to challenge and refine theoretical models of the growth of massive black holes and the environments in galactic nuclei and other dense clusters. Refinements in these models will have direct consequences for the expected science that can be done with gravitational wave observatories. This workshop will tie observations and theoretical models to future gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations. While Alajar is a perfect place to chill out and discuss about science, we unfortunately can offer right now a maximum of 30 places. We hope we will get more places, but this depends on how many people are willing to share a room. Also, since we will provide you with a very basic "office" (i.e. a table, chair, a socket and wifi), for the moment we will stick to 30 and will set a waiting list. If you are interested, please fill in the application form at http://members.aei.mpg.de/amaro-seoane/the-alajar-meeting-2013/the-alajar-m… Best regards, Pau, Roger, Julian, Tal, Bernard and Rainer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 NR/HEP 2 Spring School in Lisbon ------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/13/nrhep-2/ Starting Mon, Mar 11, 2013 to Thu, Mar 14, 2013 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/nrhep2/ The field lying at the interface between gravitational physics, high energy physics and numerical methods is experiencing a Golden Age. With various new numerical tools able to handle a variety of situations, a number of important problems can finally be addressed. The NR/HEP 2 Spring School intends to communicate in an accessible way the new developments in the field of Numerical Relativity and its connection to gravitational and high energy physics. The School will feature a small number of 2-3 hour talks by young leading experts in the field, in a manner appropriate for beginners in the field or anybody else wishing to understand how to perform a given numerical calculation. Extra material, such as routines and exercises will also be made available via the workshop webpage. The school is open to a limited number of participants, please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso[AT]ist.utl.pt) if you wish to attend. The NRHEP2 School will be held at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, from 11-14 March 2013. Organizers: Vitor Cardoso, Andrea Nerozzi, Hirotada Okawa, Helvi Witek. Editors of the write-up to be published in a special issue of IJMPA: Cardoso, Gualtieri, Herdeiro, Sperhake +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Friedmann Readings, Perm, Russia ------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/13/friedmann-readings-perm-russia/ Starting Mon, Jun 24, 2013 to Fri, Jun 28, 2013 Location: Perm, Russia Additional Information: http://cosmograv.ru/ Friedmann Readings -International Scientific Conference Perm State National Research University Perm Russia, 24-28 June 2013 Friedmann Readings, a scientific conference dedicated to the 125th birthday of Alexander Friedmann (who worked at Perm University in 1918-1920), will be held on 24-28 June 2013 at Perm State National Research University (PSNRU). The conference is organized by PSNRU, the Institute of Continuum Mechanics of the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Gravitational Society. The purpose of the conference is to discuss the latest achievements in the theory of gravity, cosmology, modern hydrodynamics, mechanics, and physical and mathematical problems of meteorology. The scientific program of the conference will consist of plenary and sectional talks as well as informal discussions. It is planned to publish the materials of the conference before its beginning. The working languages of the conference are Russian and English. The first Friedmann readings took place at Perm State University in 1988, the second ones in 1998. Organizing Committee of the conference Co-chaimen: Prof. V.N. Melnikov, President of Russian Gravitational Society (VNIIMS, Moscow; PFUR, Moscow) and Prof. V.V. Malanin, President of PSNRU (Perm). Deputy Chairman: Prof. V.F. Panov (PSNRU, Perm). Members: Academicians of RAS A.A. Starobinsky and V.P. Matveenko; Profs. Sadanand Pandey (India), M. Abishev (Kazakhstan), K.A. Bronnikov (Moscow), Yu.S. Vladimirov (Moscow), D.V. Gal'tsov (Moscow), A.A. Grib (St. Petersburg), A.I. Zhuk (Odessa, Ukraine), Yu.G. Ignatyev (Kazan), N.A. Kalinin (Perm), V.G. Krechet (Yaroslavl), E.V. Kuvshinova (Perm), V.N. Lukash (Moscow), A.V. Minkevich (Minsk, Belarus'), V.M. Mostepanenko (St. Petersburg), V.I. Noskov (Perm), V.N. Pavelkin (Perm), i.e. Poloskov (Perm), Yu.P. Rybakov (Moscow), O.V. Sandakova (Perm), S.V. Sushkov (Kazan), P.G. Frik (Perm), B.N. Frolov (Moscow), S.V. Chervon (Ulyanovsk), A.P. Shkaraputa (Perm). Three sections are planned at the Friedmann Readings: 1. Problems of cosmology and astrophysics. 2. Modern problems of classical and quantum gravity. 3. Dynamics of complex systems (In this section, it is planned to discuss the recent achievements in modern hydrodynamics, mechanics, physical and mathematical problems of meteorology.) Registration and deadlines To take part in the conference, it is necessary to fill the registration form (see below) and to send it to the e-mail cosmograv[AT]yandex.ru . Deadline for registration: 1 March, 2013. Registration fee: 500 rubles for participants from Russia and the former Soviet Union, and $20 for foreign participants. The registration fee is to be paid on arrival at the conference. Abstracts for publication Abstracts (within one page) should be prepared in LaTeX2e, \documentclass{article}; the page setup: А4; left margin 3 cm, right margin 1.5 cm, 2 cm at the top and at the bottom, font 12pt, figures in the eps (postscript) format. Deadline for sending the abstracts: 1 April, 2013. Any questions about the conference can be asked to Prof. Vyacheslav Panov at the e-mails cosmograv[AT]yandex.ru, panov[AT]psu.ru Registration form for participation in Friedmann Readings – International Scientific Conference. Perm, PSNRU, 24-28 June, 2013 Full name: Affiliation: Position: Title, scientific degree: Post address: Phone: E-mail: Talk title(s): Section: Research supervisor (for students, postgraduates and non-PhD young scientists): Arrival and departure dates (tentative): Excursions offered to the conference participants: To the famous Kungur ice cave To the architectural and ethnographic musium “Khokhlovka” To places of sightseeing in the Urals city of Perm The conference site: http://cosmograv.ru/ Our group in Vkontakte: http://vk.com/club17728687 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 Second Dutch Gravitational Wave meeting in Nijmegen, NL ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/11/second-dutch-gravitational-wave-mee… Starting Thu, Jan 31, 2013 to Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands Additional Information: http://indico.astro.ru.nl//conferenceDisplay.py?confId=7 Gravitational wave research in the Netherlands is rapidly taking shape and is becoming increasingly diverse. We organise the second Dutch National GW meeting, in order to bring together astronomers and physicists interested in gravitational wave science and inform each other of developments and new projects. The meeting will be held on Thursday January 31, 2013 at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The day will start with a keynote lecture by Prof. Alberto Vecchio (Birmingham) on the physics and astrophysics of gravitational wave sources. Following, there will be overview talks on Pulsar Timing Arrays, Advanced Virgo/LIGO, and the new eLISA mission, as well as contributed talks. The meeting is open to all interested researchers, also from outside the Netherlands. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 Strong gravity beyond GR: from theory to observations, Lisbon, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/07/strong-gravity-beyond-gr-from-theor… Starting Tue, Mar 05, 2013 to Fri, Mar 08, 2013 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/stronggravity/ In recent years, the field of alternative theories of gravity has been very active. The plethora of proposed modified theories, the challenge in conceiving new experiments, and the corresponding difficulty of probing unexplored regimes where new physics might be revealed, call for a joint effort within the community. We believe this is the ideal timing for organizing a workshop on these topics in Europe. The aim is to bring together leading experts in the area in a highly interactive workshop, with thorough presentations and plenty of time for discussion. Participation is limited to invited speakers only. The workshop “Strong Gravity beyond GR: from theory to observations” will be held at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, from 5-8 March 2013. Organizers: Vitor Cardoso, Leonardo Gualtieri, Paolo Pani, Thomas Sotiriou. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 MICRA 2013: Microphysics in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics (1st circular) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/01/micra-2013/ Starting Mon, Sep 23, 2013 to Fri, Sep 27, 2013 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://www.micra2013.org MICRA 2013: Microphysics in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics September 23-27, 2013 The MICRA 2013 workshop aims to bring together researchers in nuclear and neutrino physics, nuclear astrophysics, and in numerical modeling of relativistic astrophysical phenomena such as the mergers of neutron stars and core-collapse supernovae. MICRA 2013 will be focused on improvements in neutrino-matter interactions and heavy-element synthesis in mergers and core-collapse supernovae. Additional topics of MICRA 2013 will include recent developments in the nuclear equation of state, the role of light nuclei in neutrino interactions, and developments in neutrino transport methodology. Scientific Organizers: A. Arcones (TU Darmstadt/GSI) F. Galeazzi (U Valencia) H.-T. Janka (MPA Garching) C. D. Ott (Caltech) ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral position in Astrophysical Relativity at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/28/postdoctoral-position-in-astrophysi… Institution: Potsdam, Germany Deadline: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Additional Information: http://numrel.aei.mpg.de The Astrophysical Relativity division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam, Germany, anticipates the filling of one postdoctoral position within the "numerical-relativity" group. The numerical-relativity group is primarily but not exclusively concerned with the numerical solution of the Einstein equations and with the modelling of compact objects, such as neutron stars and black holes. The successful candidate is expected to have experience in the modelling of neutron stars and black holes, relativistic hydrodynamics and MHD. To learn more about the group, please visit: http://numrel.aei.mpg.de The position is for one year and renewable up to three depending on satisfactory progress. The appointments are expected to begin around July 1st, 2013, but a later date is also possible. The deadline for applications is Jan. 31st, 2013. Applications can be made online via the web interface at https://lotus1.aei.mpg.de/job-form.nsf/registrationNR.xsp Applicants should upload a CV, a publication list, a research summary, and indicate the names of at least 3 referees. The Albert Einstein Institute is an equal-opportunity employer and hires on the basis of merit. Applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, and women are encouraged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Research associate in general relativity at Cornell ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/20/research-associate-in-general-relat… Institution: Ithaca, NY, USA Additional Information: https://cornellu.taleo.net/careersection/10161/jobdetail.ftl?job=324009&amp… We expect to have an opening for a Research Associate starting as early as April 2013 and no later than August 2013. The position requires a Ph.D. and experience in general relativity, computational physics and astrophysics. The position is for one year, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The position is to work on astrophysical signatures of cosmic superstrings. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 The International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. (IRAP PhD) - Joint Doctorate Program sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, CAPES, and ICRANet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/19/the-international-relativistic-astr… Institution: Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice Deadline: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=586 Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have initiated a Ph.D. programme dedicated to create a pool of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. After taking full advantage of the observational and experimental facilities mentioned above, the students of our programme are expected to lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research: relativistic astrophysics. This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to analyse and model the observational data received from the above laboratories. This activity is necessarily international as no single university can have a scientific expertise in such a broad range of fields. At ICRANet-Rio the ICRANet Brazilian Science Data Centre (BSDC) has been started in 2012 and will be fully developed in 2013, bringing a novel multiwavelength data facility from the X-ray and gamma-ray telescopes all the way to the other bands and astroparticle domain. All this will be in line with the paradigms of the Virtual Observatory. The expertise of the BSDC will be available to all the students and the scientists of the program. We announce different calls: one with a deadline on 16 February 2013, sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, an additional one with a deadline on 30 June 2013 sponsored by CAPES, reserved to Brazilian students, and a last one with a deadline on 30 September 2013. The Erasmus Mundus program has a very competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits. The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam; the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF) and ICRA Brasil; the Free University of Berlin; Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata; Observatoire de la Cote D’Azur, Nice; Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China; University of Ferrara, Italy; University of Rome, la Sapienza, Italy; University of Savoie, Annecy, France; University of Stockolm, Sweden, Tartu Observatory , Estonia. The Final Ph.D. degree will be jointly delivered by the Academic Institutions participating in the program. We encourage applications from the best candidates worldwide, independent of nationality, gender or background. The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also a possibility to follow courses from other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the Faculty. Courses can be chosen from the following list: COSMOLOGY WITH GAMMA RAY BURSTS-Lorenzo AMATI; VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS-Felix AHARONIAN; COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY-Vladimir BELINSKI; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS-Carlo Luciano BIANCO; OBSERVERS AND OBSERVABLES IN BLACK HOLE SPACETIMES-Donato BINI; FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS IN RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES-Johannes BLUEMLEIN; ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES-Sandip Kumar CHAKRABARTI; PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ASTROPHYSICS-Pascal CHARDONNET; GENERAL RELATIVITY-Thibault DAMOUR; SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS-Massimo DELLA VALLE; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE-Jaan EINASTO; X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION-Filippo FRONTERA; MULTIWAVELENGTH DATA ANALYSIS IN ASTROPHYSICS-Paolo GIOMMI; ON THE KERR SOLUTION-Roy KERR; RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORY-Hagen KLEINERT; BOUNCING COSMOLOGY-Mario NOVELLO; BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES IN GRAVITY-Hermann NICOLAI; TIMING ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OF ASTROPHYSICAL DATA-Mauro ORLANDINI; GRB THEORIES-Tsvi PIRAN; SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY-Kj ell ROSQUIST; BLACKHOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS-Remo RUFFINI; PHOTOSPHERIC EMISSION IN GRBs-Felix RYDE; SOLAR ASTROMETRY-Costantino SIGISMONDI; THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE-Marco TAVANI; BLACK HOLE AND NEUTRONS STARS: OBSERVATIONS VS. THEORY-Lev TITARCHUK; RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY-Gregory VERESHCHAGIN; STRONG COUPLING QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA-She-Sheng XUE; THEORIES ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS-Bing ZHANG; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS Shuangnan ZHANG. THE FACULTY: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (SAPIENZA Università di Roma)- Vladimir Belinski (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet)- Carlo Luciano Bianco (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Donato Bini (CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone”) - Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) - Pascal Chardonnet (Erasmus Mundus Coordinator)Université de Savoie - Christian Cherubini (Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma) - Thibault Damour (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette) - Jaan Einasto (Tartu Observatory) - Simonetta Filippi (Univ.“Campus Biomedico” di Roma and ICRANet) - Sergio Frasca (SAPIENZA Università di Roma) - Filippo Frontera (Università di Ferrara) - Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis) - Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) - Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin) - Olivier Legrand (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis) - Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) - Hermann Nicolai (Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam) - Mario Novello (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil) - Elène Politano (Ecole Doctorale Nice) - Kjell Rosquist (Stockholm University) - orge Rueda (CAPES – ICRANet coordinator)(SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Remo Ruffini (Director)(SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Felix Ryde (Stockholm University) - Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) - Gregory Vereshchagin (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - She Sheng Xue (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics – Chinese Academy of Science) Applications and Fellowships: In the call of February 16th, 2013, nine fellowships will be available within the Erasmus Mundus Program, with full economical support. See http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd or http://www.irap-phd.eu. In the additional call of June 30th, 2013, ten additional fellowships will be available for Brazilian students within the CAPES-ICRANet agreement. In the call of September 30, 2013 four additional fellowships will be available: two with full financial support. See http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Tenure Track Faculty Position in Computational Modeling and Scientific Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/18/tenure-track-faculty-position-in-co… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for one or more tenure track positions at the Assistant Professor level, starting August 2013. Responsibilities include research, teaching, and service to the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS), the College of Science, and RIT. Successful applicants are expected to contribute to the scholarship of the SMS through externally funded research and peer-reviewed publications, teaching, mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, and helping in the creation of a new PhD program in Modeling and Computation. We are looking for candidates who can add to the School’s current strengths in computational modeling and scientific computing. The School has 63 faculty members, 180 undergraduate students in three undergraduate programs: Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, and Applied Statistics, and 25 students in its Master’s degree program in Applied and Computational Mathematics. SMS faculty members are also involved in the MS and PhD programs in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology and several are involved with two research centers within the College of Science: the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (http://ccrg.rit.edu/) and the Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics (http://www.rit.edu/cos/math/acm/) REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: * A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in the mathematical sciences or in a related field * A record of peer-reviewed publications * A commitment to establishing a strong externally funded research program * One or more years of university teaching experience in English-speaking environments or post-doctoral research experience * Ability to strengthen research areas of the SMS, especially computational modeling and scientific computing * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate research and mentoring programs * Ability to contribute to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences HOW TO APPLY: Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty. Enter requisition number 257BR for the position in computational modeling and scientific computing. Please submit a cover letter; a vita including a list of publications; a description of research plan, including efforts and/or plans to obtain external research funding and how it will contribute to SMS research; a statement of teaching philosophy and any experience; a “contribution to diversity” statement; and the names and contact information for three references. Please have at least three letters of recommendation, one of which includes an assessment of teaching potential, sent directly via email to smsjobs[AT]rit.edu or hardcopy to Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Search Committee, 85 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623-5603. You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at <smsjobs[AT]rit.edu>. Review of applications will begin January 1, 2013 and will continue until an acceptable candidate is found. RIT promotes and values diversity, pluralism and inclusion in the work place. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, gender, religion, sexual orientations, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves at La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/14/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Rome, Italy Deadline: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 The General Relativity and Gravitational Waves group at "Sapienza" University of Rome will shortly be advertising for a postdoctoral position, funded by the "Sapienza" University. The position will start in autumn 2013. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another year subject to performance and availability of funds. Applications are invited from theorists with research interests in the area of general relativity, with specific emphasis on the study of astrophysical sources of gravitational waves. The net salary is about 1500 euros (1900 USD) per month. Details of the application procedure, and the official advertising, will appear on our webpage, http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/ The General Relativity and Gravitational Waves group (http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/) currently includes three faculty members (Prof. Valeria Ferrari, Dr. Omar Benhar and Dr. Leonardo Gualtieri) and two postdoctoral fellows (Dr Morgane Fortin and Dr Andrea Maselli). Send curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and two letters of reference via email to leonardo.gualtieri[AT]roma1.infn.it, before January 31th. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/13/postdoctoral-researcher-in-galaxy-e… Institution: Lawrence, KS, USA Deadline: Fri, Feb 01, 2013 Additional Information: http://recruiting.ku.edu Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. The successful applicant will work with Prof. Gregory Rudnick on one or more of the following topics: i) galaxy evolution in the infall regions of galaxy clusters at intermediate redshift or ii) molecular line observations of high redshift cluster galaxies. These projects make use of existing or approved observations with the VLT, Spitzer, HST, EVLA, CFHT, and Magellan. Previous experience with ground-based spectroscopy, HST Grism spectroscopy, or molecular line observations of galaxies is preferred. 50% of the successful candidate’s time is expected to be devoted to the development of their own research program. The appointment is initially for 2 years. Further extension is contingent on additional funding and performance. The salary is competitive and includes funds for travel and computers. The successful applicant will be encour aged to take part in collaborations with Prof. Rudnick’s national and international collaborators. The hope is that the candidate can start in August 2013. The University of Kansas has a vibrant research atmosphere with 9 faculty working in the field of astrophysics ranging from galactic chemical evolution, cosmology, high energy astrophysics, space physics, and extragalactic astronomy. Lawrence, KS is an excellent place to live. It is and affordable and progressive city with a lively arts and music scene, excellent schools, high quality restaurants, affordable living, and a diverse cultural mix. It has often been called the “Austin of Kansas.” It is also only an hour from the many good things that Kansas City has to offer. For a complete job description and to apply go to http://recruiting.ku.edu and search by keyword “00209338”. Applicants should submit a cover letter with the names and contact information of three references, their CV, publication list, a statement of past research, and a statement of research interests. In addition, three reference letters should be sent to Kristin Rennells, tatekris[AT]ku.edu. For questions, please contact grudnick[AT]ku.edu. Those applicants attending the Jan. 2013 AAS meeting should contact grudnick[AT]ku.edu to schedule an interview. Full consideration will be given to applicants whose materials are received by Feb. 1, 2013. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral position in theoretical cosmology at UC Davis -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/02/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Institution: Davis, CA, USA Deadline: Sat, Jan 05, 2013 Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2389 We anticipate one or more postdoctoral research positions in theoretical cosmology beginning in the Fall 2013, with Albrecht and Kaloper. Our research interests include theoretical cosmology, astroparticle physics, and model building with variuos applications such as early universe theory, inflation, dark energy, dark matter, and other applications of field theory to early and late universe. We have close connections with other members of the cosmology and high energy groups, in particular Cheng, Knox, Luty, and Terning. See http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/Cosmology/Cosmology_Group.html http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/hefti/ for more information about our research. The appointment will be for two years, with a possible renewal for the third year, contingent upon performance and availability of funds. Applicants should send a CV, statement of research interests and publication list, and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be submitted, online, using the academicjobsonline service, with the web page https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2389 or by mail, to Mr. Bill Tuck (for Theoretical Cosmology Search) Department of Physics University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 USA To ensure full consideration, completed applications must be received by January 5, 2012. The University of California, Davis, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty and staff. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 IJMPD Special Issue: 2012 Gravity Research Foundation (GRF) Essays ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/19/ijmpd-special-issue-2012-gravity-re… Additional Information: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijmpd Dear Colleagues, International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD) takes great pleasure to announce that the 2012 Gravity Research Foundation (GRF) Essays are now published in the Special Issue: IJMPD Vol. 21, No. 11 (2012) http://www.worldscientific.com/toc/ijmpd/21/11 The contents, including the award-winning essays, selected honorable mention essays and invited papers, are free to read until May 2013. If you find the articles to be of particular interest, we hope that you will circulate them with your colleagues and peers. We also welcome any comments and suggestions from you. With best wishes, Chee-Hok Lim Publishing Editor International Journal of Modern Physics D email: ijmpd[AT]wspc.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Lectures of the Workshop SU Structure of the Universe 2012 - Observatoire de Paris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/18/on-line-lectures-of-the-workshop-su… Additional Information: http://luth.obspm.fr/~luthier/corasaniti/SU_MEETING_2012/Workshop_SU_2012.h… WORKSHOP SU-Structure of the Universe 2012 - Observatoire de Paris "Galaxy Formation & Large Scale Structures: Theory versus Observations", Paris Observatory, 29 and 30 November 2012 We are pleased to inform you that the presentations of the Workshop are available on line in .pdf format in the www site of the meeting http://luth.obspm.fr/~luthier/corasaniti/SU_MEETING_2012/Workshop_SU_2012.h… Contents: Adriano Agnello, Stéphane Colombi,Hélène Courtois,Héctor de Vega, Hervé Dole, Nicola Menci,Sinziana Paduroiu, Marguerite Pierre, Yann Rasera, Paolo Salucci, Norma G. Sanchez,Patrick Valageas. We thank all again, both speakers and participants for having contributed so much to this Workshop and we look forward to welcome you again in the next Workshop of this series With compliments and kind regards Pier-Stefano Corasaniti, Hector J. de Vega, Norma G. Sanchez , Djilali Zidani +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 2012 GWIC Thesis Prize: Call for Nominations ------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/12/2012-gwic-thesis-prize-call-for-nom… Additional Information: https://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/ The Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC) was formed to promote international collaboration and cooperation in the construction, operation and use of gravitational wave detection facilities world-wide. To this end, GWIC has established an annual prize for the outstanding Ph.D. thesis based on research in gravitational waves. Nominations for the 2012 Prize are now open. Members of the gravitational wave community are invited to nominate students who have performed notable research on any aspect of gravitational wave science. Theses will be judged on 1) originality and creativity of the research, 2) importance to the field of gravitational waves and gravitational wave detection, broadly interpreted, and 3) clarity of presentation. The recipient will receive a certificate of recognition and a prize of $1,000. Since 2010, GWIC has an arrangement with Springer. Subject to qualifying criteria, the prize-winning thesis will be nominated for Springer Theses, a new book series in which exceptional Ph.D. theses in the physical sciences are published in their entirety. The winner will receive an additional €500 from Springer upon publication. Eligibility: The award is made on a calendar year basis. Theses should have been accepted by their institutions between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012. It is expected that many of the nominations will come from the member projects of GWIC, but this is not a requirement. Nominated theses may be in any language. A committee selected from the gravitational wave community will evaluate the nominations and select the winner. The selection committee will make all determinations about eligibility. Nominations: Nominations should be submitted to the selection committee chair (Michele Vallisneri, Michele.Vallisneri[AT]jpl.nasa.gov, with a copy to gwic-exsec[AT]gravity.psu.edu>) by 15 January 2013. The nomination package consists of (i) the thesis, (ii) a letter of nomination, preferably from the thesis advisor, and (iii) an optional supporting letter from another scientist familiar with the work. The nomination and supporting letters should describe the importance of the research and how it supports GWIC’s goals to promote construction and exploitation of gravitational-wave detectors, foster development of new or enhanced gravitational-wave detectors, and support the development of gravitational-waves as an astronomical tool. The thesis and letters may be submitted in electronic form (strongly preferred); please contact gwic-exsec[AT]gravity.psu.edu for instructions concerning paper submission.

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 BritGrav 2013 at Sheffield 1.2 The Search for Quantum Gravity: CDT and Friends 2. Jobs 2.1 Tenure Track Faculty Position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis at Rochester Institute of Technology 2.2 Postdoctoral position in gravitational waves at NASA Goddard and University of Maryland 2.3 Postdoctoral research position within the LIGO group at the University of Mississippi 2.4 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves/Neutron Star Physics at Tuebingen, Germany (II) 2.5 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves/Neutron Star Physics at Tuebingen, Germany (I) 2.6 Postdoctoral Positions at University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee 2.7 Postdoctoral Positions in Geometric Analysis and Gravitation at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany 2.8 ESA/ESTEC Research Fellowship in Fundamental Physics 2.9 Postdoc in Quantum Gravity at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.10 Postdoc position in mathematical or numerical relativity at the University of Vienna 2.11 Faculty and Postdoc Positions in Theoretical Physics at Fudan University 2.12 Postdoc Position in Quantum Gravity at the Institute for Quantum Gravity, Erlangen, Germany 3. News 3.1 New CQG focus section: Non-astrophysical numerical relativity 3.2 Read the latest CQG Highlights for free ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 BritGrav 2013 at Sheffield ------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/30/britgrav-2013-at-sheffield/ Starting Wed, Apr 03, 2013 to Thu, Apr 04, 2013 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom Additional Information: http://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/britgrav2013/ The 13th BritGrav (British Gravity) Meeting will be held on 3-4 April 2013 in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield. The meeting covers all areas of classical and quantum gravity including astrophysics, cosmology and experiments, and is intended to further collaborations and allow young researchers to showcase their work. There is no registration fee, and participants are responsible for their own accommodation, meals and travel. We hope that all PhD students and postdocs who wish to will be able to give a talk, and will schedule talks by others if time allows. If you plan to participate, please register at the website: http://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/britgrav2013/ If you want to give a talk, please give a title and abstract when you register (which can be amended later). More information will be posted on the above website. Please send any queries to britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk. Sam Dolan and Elizabeth Winstanley (University of Sheffield) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 The Search for Quantum Gravity: CDT and Friends --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/02/the-search-for-quantum-gravity-cdt-… Starting Tue, Dec 11, 2012 to Fri, Dec 14, 2012 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://cdtandfriends.science.ru.nl The purpose of this meeting is to gather researchers who have contributed to our understanding of quantum gravity by using nonperturbative path integral methods, in one way or the other related to Causal Dynamical Triangulations (CDT). This covers a considerable range of results, from exact treatments in 1+1 dimensions (purely geometric, multicritical and matter-coupled models, relation with random trees, zero-dimensional string field etc.) to investigations in 3+1 dimensions using numerical and RG methods (phase structure and transitions, construction of effective theories, spectral dimension, emergence of macroscopic geometry etc.), as well as a number of interesting results in 2+1 dimensions. Scientific Organizers: J. Ambjørn (Niels Bohr I. and RU Nijmegen), J. Jurkiewicz (U. Krakow), R. Loll (RU Nijmegen) Invited speakers: M. Atkin (U. Bielefeld), D. Benedetti (Albert Einstein I.), V. Bonzom (Perimeter I.), T. Budd (Niels Bohr I.), Z. Burda (Jagiellonian U. Krakow), G. Calcagni (IEM-CSIC, Madrid), J. Cooperman (UC Davis), B. Dittrich (Perimeter I.), B. Durhuus (U. Copenhagen), A. Görlich (Niels Bohr I.), P. Horava (UC Berkeley), T. Jonsson (U. Iceland, Reykjavik), S. Jordan (Radboud U. Nijmegen), A. Kreienbühl (Radboud U. Nijmegen), J. Laiho (U. Glasgow), M.A. Martin Delgado (UC Madrid, tbc), F. Saueressig (U. Mainz), L. Smolin (Perimeter I., tbc), M. Visser (Victoria U., Wellington), S. Weinfurtner (SISSA, Trieste), J. Wheater (U. Oxford), S. Zohren (PCU Rio de Janeiro). More information will be available soon at the URL provided below. The meeting is open to all interested researchers. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Tenure Track Faculty Position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis at Rochester Institute of Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/30/tenure-track-faculty-position-in-gr… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Deadline: Tue, Jan 01, 2013 Additional Information: http://careers.rit.edu/faculty Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for one or more tenure track positions at the Assistant Professor level, starting August 2013. Responsibilities include research, teaching, and service to the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS), the College of Science, and RIT. Successful applicants are expected to contribute to the scholarship of the SMS through externally funded research and peer-reviewed publications, teaching, mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, and helping in the creation of a new PhD program in Modeling and Computation. We are looking for candidates who can add to the School’s current strengths in gravitational wave data analysis. The School has 63 faculty members, 180 undergraduate students in three undergraduate programs: Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, and Applied Statistics, and 25 students in its Master’s degree program in Applied and Computational Mathematics. SMS faculty members are also involved in the MS and PhD programs in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology and several are involved with two research centers within the College of Science: the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (http://ccrg.rit.edu/) and the Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics (http://www.rit.edu/cos/math/acm/) REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: * A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in the mathematical sciences or in a related field * A record of peer-reviewed publications * A commitment to establishing a strong externally funded research program * One or more years of university teaching experience in English-speaking environments or post-doctoral research experience * Ability to strengthen research areas of the SMS, especially gravitational wave data analysis * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate research and mentoring programs * Ability to contribute to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences HOW TO APPLY: Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty. Enter requisition number 259BR for the position in gravitational wave data analysis. Please submit a cover letter; a vita including a list of publications; a description of research plan, including efforts and/or plans to obtain external research funding and how it will contribute to SMS research; a statement of teaching philosophy and any experience; a "contribution to diversity" statement; and the names and contact information for three references. Please have at least three letters of recommendation, one of which includes an assessment of teaching potential, sent directly via email to smsjobs[AT]rit.edu or hardcopy to Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Search Committee, 85 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623-5603. You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at <smsjobs[AT]rit.edu>. Review of applications will begin January 1, 2013 and will continue until an acceptable candidate is found. RIT promotes and values diversity, pluralism and inclusion in the work place. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, gender, religion, sexual orientations, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral position in gravitational waves at NASA Goddard and University of Maryland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/30/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Goddard, MA, USA Deadline: Fri, Jan 04, 2013 Additional Information: http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/index.cfm?fuseAction=home.main&&navOrgCode… The Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the Maryland Gravitational Wave Theory Group at the University of Maryland-College Park (UMCP) are seeking applications for a joint postdoctoral position in gravitational waves, opening in the Fall of 2013. The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year. This position supports a joint project, led by John Baker (GSFC), and Alessandra Buonanno (UMCP), to study the performance of future space-based gravitational-wave instruments in observing binary black-hole mergers. Competitive applicants should have background in source modeling, instrument modeling and/or data analysis. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications, and a description of past research and future research plans, and should arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to gwt-postdocs[AT]physics.umd.edu It is requested that all application materials be sent as pdf files or as plain text. Please merge all application materials (other than letters of recommendation) into one pdf file if at all possible. The deadline for receipt of all application materials is January 4, 2013. Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral research position within the LIGO group at the University of Mississippi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/29/postdoctoral-research-position-with… Institution: University, MS and Livingston, LA, USA Deadline: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry121129-134715 The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi invites applications for a postdoctoral research position within the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) group. The initial appointment is for one year, with renewal for a second year contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance. The successful applicant will be expected to reside full-time at the LIGO Laboratory in Livingston, Louisiana. He/she will focus on detector characterization and commissioning of the Advanced LIGO (aLIGO) instruments, development of new analysis tools for use in future aLIGO science runs, as well as educational and public outreach activities within the LIGO Science Education Center. Interested applicants should send a C.V., publication list, and a brief statement of their research interests by email to: cavaglia[AT]phy.olemiss.edu or by ordinary mail to: Dr. Marco Cavaglia Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Mississippi University, MS 38677-1848 USA T/F +1(662)915-7642/5045 Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent by e-mail or to the above address. The deadline for applications will be January 14th, 2013 but early applications are encouraged. The University of Mississippi is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA Employer. Applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups are strongly encouraged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves/Neutron Star Physics at Tuebingen, Germany (II) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/27/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Tuebingen, Germany Deadline: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas/Welcome_files/2012_Adverti… The Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) at the University of Tuebingen has an opening for one postdoctoral research position (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) starting anytime from 1st of March 2013. The research activities of TAT are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars. The group is involved in the SFB/TR7 network on “Gravitational Wave Astronomy” (http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/) and successful applicant will carry out original research in projects regarding the study of the dynamics of neutron stars and/or magnetars in relation to the emission of gravitational waves. The position is initially for two years with the possibility of further extension that will be decided after the first year. The successful applicant is expected to assist teaching with a maximum of four hours per week. The salary will be paid according to the German public service scale. Applications, including curriculum vitae, list of publications, statement of research interests and experience, and the names (address, e-mail) of three potential referees should be sent to: Prof. Kostas Kokkotas Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10 D-72076 Tübingen / Germany http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas E-mail: kostas.kokkotas[AT]uni-tuebingen.de Applications by e-mail are welcome. All applications will receive full consideration until the position is ﬁlled. The University of Tuebingen seeks to increase the fraction of female scientists in research and teaching and particularly encourages applications from women. Disabled candidates are given preference if equally qualified. For inquiries contact Prof. Kostas Kokkotas. Further information on the Theoretical Astrophysics Group may be found at http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/?id=3129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves/Neutron Star Physics at Tuebingen, Germany (I) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/27/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Tuebingen, Germany Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas/Welcome_files/2012_TAT_SFB… The Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) has an opening for one postdoctoral research position starting any time in 2013. The position will be funded via the SFB/TR7 network on “Gravitational Wave Astronomy” (http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/) The research activities of TAT are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars. The successful applicant will carry out original research in projects regarding the study of the dynamics of neutron stars and/or magnetars in relation to the emission of gravitational waves. The position is limited to two years and the salary will be paid according to the German public service scale. Optionally, shorter duration contracts might also be considered. Applications, including a curriculum vita, a list of publications, and a statement of research interests and experience, and the names (address, email) of three potential referees should be sent to: Prof. Kostas Kokkotas Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10 D-72076 Tübingen / Germany http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas E-mail: kostas.kokkotas[AT]uni-tuebingen.de Applications by e-mail are welcome. All applications will receive full consideration until the position is ﬁlled. The University of Tuebingen seeks to increase the fraction of female scientists in research and teaching and particularly encourages applications from women. Disabled candidates are given preference if equally qualified. For inquiries contact Prof. Kostas Kokkotas. Further information on the Theoretical Astrophysics Group may be found at http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/?id=3129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral Positions at University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/26/postdoctoral-positions-at-universit… Institution: Milwaukee, WI Deadline: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.gravity.phys.uwm.edu/positions.html The Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology, and Astrophysics (CGCA) at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for several postdoctoral research positions. The initial appointments are for one year, with renewal for a second (and, in some cases, a third) year contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance. The CGCA at UWM is one of the nation's largest and most active research groups in gravity, cosmology, astronomy, and astrophysics with ten faculty members, Luis Anchordoqui, Patrick Brady, Philip Chang, Jolien Creighton, Dawn Erb, John Friedman, David Kaplan, Leonard Parker, Xavier Siemens, and Alan Wiseman, senior scientist Scott Koranda, visiting professor Warren Anderson, three scientists, ten postdoctoral fellows, and several graduate students. The group also maintains a close relationship with the Albert Einstein Institutes in Hannover and Golm through Bruce Allen and Maria Alessandra Papa who hold Adjunct appointments at UWM. More information about the people and the research can be found at the CGCA People page. The group conducts research that spans most aspects of LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) gravitational‐wave data analysis activities, including searches for binary neutron star and black hole inspirals, continuous waves from isolated neutron stars, development and support of Einstein@Home, bursts, and stochastic background. The group is also active in several scientific computing collaborations. The group is recruiting postdoctoral research associates to work in any of these areas, and we have one position specifically for Einstein@Home science development. Applicants with a background in gravitational‐wave physics, astronomy/astrophysics, theoretical and/or numerical relativity, cosmology, or high energy physics (theory and experiment) are welcome to apply. Applicants whose work overlaps any of the research interests of the group should send a C.V., publication list, and a brief statement of their research interests by email to cgcpd[AT]gravity.phys.uwm.edu, or by ordinary mail to: Ms. Stefanie Pinnow CGC Postdoc Search Committee Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA (Phone: 414‐229‐4474; Fax: 414‐229‐5589) Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent by e-mail or to the above address. The deadline for applications will be January 14th, 2013 but early applications are encouraged. The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral Positions in Geometric Analysis and Gravitation at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/23/postdoctoral-positions-in-geometric… Institution: Potsdam, Germany Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/metanavi/jobs/index.html#math-rel-jobs The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) will fill research positions in the areas General Relativity and Cosmology Geometric Analysis Geometric Measure Theory Numerical General Relativity The division of Geometric Analysis and Gravitation includes research groups by U. Menne and O. Rinne. Research programs concern the mathematical problems of general relativity and related physical theories, and are based in analysis, geometry and numerical analysis. In particular, non-linear partial differential equations are a common theme of our research. The Einstein field equations model both the behaviour of cosmological models and of isolated gravitating systems such as stars, black holes and galaxies. Our research addresses the qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions of the Einstein field equations with respect to their local and global behaviour. Other field equations of interest arise from string theory and the consideration of matter models including elasticity, fluids, electromagnetism and gauge theories. Several mathematical projects involve geometrical variational problems arising in geometry and physics, as well as geometric evolution equations like the mean curvature flow of surfaces and the Ricci-flow of Riemannian metrics. The central topic of the Max Planck research group Geometric Measure Theory (http://gmt.aei.mpg.de) is the study of models of generalised submanifolds of Riemannian manifolds such as varifolds, currents, sets, or multiple valued functions. This includes both regularity problems as well as structural questions. The study often benefits from its natural connection to elliptic partial differential equations. The numerical effort in our division seeks to provide quantitative insight into mathematical problems via a close combination of analytical and numerical methods. Topics of particular interest include conformal methods for the Einstein equations, black hole stability, cosmic censorship and critical phenomena in gravitational collapse, and geometric evolution equations such as Ricci flow. There are close interactions with the research sections Astrophysical Relativity (http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/research/teams/astrophysicalRelativity/index.…) and Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories (http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/research/teams/quantumGravity/index.html) in the Albert Einstein Institute, as well as with the universities in Berlin and Potsdam. Postdoctoral appointments do not entail teaching duties and are typically for two years, starting September 2013 or earlier. A limited number of PhD scholarships is available, compare also the website of our International Max Planck Research School (http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/imprs/imprsI1/index.html) To apply please fill out this form: https://lotus1.aei.mpg.de/job-form.nsf/math-rel-jobs.xsp or submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications and statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to math-rel-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de Contact: Frau Anne Lampe Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik Albert-Einstein-Institut Am Mühlenberg 1 D-14476 Golm Germany E-Mail: math-rel-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de The deadline for applications in the initial round of appointments is 15. December 2012. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. The Max Planck Society is certified for its commitment to enhance compatibility of family and career by berufundfamilie (http://www.beruf-und-familie.de/index.php?c=21) For further information please contact L. Andersson (http://www.aei.mpg.de/~laan/) U. Menne (http://gmt.aei.mpg.de/menne/) or O. Rinne (http://www.aei.mpg.de/~rinne/) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 ESA/ESTEC Research Fellowship in Fundamental Physics -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/22/research-fellowship-in-fundamental-… Institution: Noordwijk, The Netherlands Deadline: Wed, Jan 09, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/opportunities/openRF.htm The European Space Agency's Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) is looking for highly motivated young researchers in the area of fundamental physics, with good analytical and communicational skills and an excellent aptitude for teamwork. The candidate should hold a degree in Physics, Mathematics or equivalent. He or she should also have completed (or be about to complete) a PhD in Physics (with the subject of the thesis being relevant to the description of the tasks outlined above) and aim at an academic/research career. The candidate is expected to bring to the team functioning links to universities and research institutes. The candidate should demonstrate an interest in space science and / or technology as well as the ability and interest to get actively involved in prospective interdisciplinary research. Applicants must be fluent in English and/or French, the working languages of the Agency. A good proficiency in English is required. Successful candidates are expected to show an aptitude to contextualise specialised areas of research and to quickly assess their potential with respect to other domains and applications. An avid, natural curiosity and a passion for new subjects and research areas are essential. As member of an interdisciplinary, multicultural team of peers, the candidate should have a natural aptitude to teamwork, while being able to set-up, follow, monitor and be responsible for his/her own personal research plans and directions. Good methodological and organisation skills are therefore a valuable asset. Information on the ESA Research Fellowship Programme and the application form are available at: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Careers_at_ESA/SEMICLRTJRG_0.html . Applicants should send their CV, a covering letter stating their research interests and the filled-out RF application form to: act[AT]esa.int as well as temp.htr[AT]esa.int. (if not possible by email, the reference letters can also be sent via normal mail to: ESTEC HR Division, HFI-HTR, ESA/ESTEC; Keplerlaan 1, PO Box 299, 2200AG Noordwijk ZH, The Netherlands). The general eligibility criteria of the ESA Research (Internal) Fellowship Programme apply. All applications will be considered until the available post is filled. Application deadline for this round of interviews: no later than January 9, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Postdoc in Quantum Gravity at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/16/postdoc-in-quantum-gravity-at-the-r… Institution: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Deadline: Fri, Dec 21, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.hef.ru.nl/~rloll/Web/jobs/jobs.html A postdoctoral position in quantum gravity will become available in the group headed by Prof. Renate Loll at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Radboud University Nijmegen, starting in autumn of 2013. Applicants should have a background in quantum gravity or related areas, and an active interest in contributing to the group's research in nonperturbative quantum gravity, in particular, the approach of Causal Dynamical Triangulations. The appointment will be for two years. See URL for additional information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Postdoc position in mathematical or numerical relativity at the University of Vienna ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/13/postdoc-position-in-mathematical-ge… Institution: Vienna, Austria Deadline: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Additional Information: http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at/ The Gravitational Physics group of the Department of Physics of University of Vienna (see http://gravity.univie.ac.at/) is seeking to fill a post-doctoral position (Universitätsassistent/in) in the field of mathematical general relativity and/or numerical general relativity; in the latter case candidates with strong interest in rigorous aspects of numerical analysis will be sought. The appointment will be up to four years, according to previous experience, without a possibility of extension. The employment will start on March 1, 2013, or a few months later if more convenient for the successful candidate. The list of members of the group at the start of the appointment, including scientifically active retired members, will include Peter Aichelburg, Robert Beig, Piotr Chrusciel, David Fajman, Helmut Rumpf, Walter Simon and Helmuth Urbantke. The gross (before taxes) salary is about EUR 3.380 fourteen times a year. The yearly teaching load averaged over two semesters is four hours/week, in English or in German, and the candidate will not be asked to teach for more than six hours a week in any given semester in any case. Applications should be made online between January 1st and January 31, 2013 at URL http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at/. The candidates should arrange to have three letters of recommendation to be received before January 31, 2013 by Mrs Karin Picek, Mathematical Physics, Faculty of Physics, Boltzmanngasse 5/5/3521, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Further enquiries can be directed to karin.picek[AT]univie.ac.at +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 Faculty and Postdoc Positions in Theoretical Physics at Fudan University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/13/faculty-and-postdoc-positions-in-th… Institution: Shanghai, China Deadline: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/english/index.php The Department of Physics at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have faculty and postdoc position openings in the areas of theoretical physics, including quantum field/string theory, particle theory/phenomenology/astrophysics and cosmology. The faculty positions can be either tenure-tracked at the level of associate professor or with tenure at the level of full professor, depending on the candidate experience and research record. Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree in physics, with a strong background and an excellent track record in research. The successful candidates are expected to spearhead world-class research programs, teach classes at both undergraduate and graduate level, and contribute to the development of first-class scientific capabilities in the Department of Physics. Annual salary for a regular faculty is in the range 150-350K RMB (US $23,400-54,700), plus housing compensation and other benefits. New faculty members will be provided with competitive startup resource. We also sponsor qualified candidates to apply for the national Thousand Young Talents Program, which would provide additional start-up research funds and benefits. For a qualified postdoc, a competitive package may be provided. Current research areas at Fudan include quantum field/gravity/string theory (Yong-Shi Wu, Leonardo Modesto), and relativistic astrophysics (Cosimo Bambi). The new faculty will have an independent research group, but they are expected to join the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah in the United States and as a Specially Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. Applicants should send their CV, statement of research and teaching interests and a publication list to Ms. Jin Miao, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China, or to jinmiao[AT]fudan.edu.cn and cc to shenj5494[AT]fudan.edu.cn. Please arrange also three or more recommendation letters to be sent separately to the above email addresses. Inquires can be sent to Ms. Jin Miao. Applications before Feb. 25, 2013 will receive immediate full consideration. Those after this deadline are welcome until the positions are filled. Further details: Shanghai is a very international city of more than 20 millions people and its economy is in fast expansion. Fudan University is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China and the Department of Physics is expected to grow quickly in next few years. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Postdoc Position in Quantum Gravity at the Institute for Quantum Gravity, Erlangen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/04/postdoc-position-in-quantum-gravity… Institution: Erlangen, Germany Deadline: Mon, Dec 17, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/opportunities/jobs/jobs.shtml In autumn 2013, at least one postdoctoral position in the field of non perturbative and background independent quantum gravity and related will be available at the Institute for Quantum Gravity (IQG), chair for Theoretical Physics III of the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. The position is for two years with a possibility of extension for one additional year, depending on funding. In exceptional cases, a five year contract may be negotiable. Salaries depend on seniority and follow the collective wage agreement for scientific employees in Germany (TVOeD). The successful candidate will be part of the new international centre for quantum gravity at the FAU which just completed its building up phase. The centre currently hosts 5 professors, 2 postdocs plus guests, fellows, PhD and diploma/master students. Altogether, there is space for up to 30 scientists. Current staff includes professors Kristina Giesel, Hanno Sahlmann, Frederic Schuller (Interim Chair), Michael Thies and Thomas Thiemann (Chair), Emeriti Frieder Lenz (former chair) and Hartmut Hofmann, postdocs Maite Dupuis and Derek Wise as well as 7 Phd and 2 master students. Former institute member and Humboldt Fellow Jonathan Engle recently accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at Florida Atlantic University and holds an affiliate position. Another affiliate professor position is held by Florian Girelli. The Institute for Quantum Gravity (IQG) is part of the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) which has a strong expertise in experimental astroparticle physics. The IQG benefits from continuous exchange with the excellency cluster 'Universe' in Munich, especially with the groups working on (quantum) cosmology. The IQG fosters strong links with the Department of Mathematics in Erlangen. The University of Erlangen has identified the collaboration between the IQG, the chair for statistical physics and the chair for algebra and representation theory as one of its prestigious 'emerging field projects' which is generously supported. Finally, the IQG is in close contact with a network of international research centers focussing on quantum gravity such as the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, Germany; the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos in State College, Pennsylvania, USA; Lousiana S tate University in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, USA; Institute for Theoretical Physics in Marseille, France; Institue for Theoretical Physics in Warsaw, Poland. Applicants must have a PhD in either physics or mathematics and should be interested in working in aspects of non perturbative and background independent quantum gravity. The following list of material should be sent by email to kristina.giesel[AT]gravity.fau.de, hanno.sahlmann[AT]gravity.fau.de, thomas.thiemann[AT]gravity.fau.de and the Institute secretary Mrs. Martina Gercke-Viertel martina.gercke-viertel[AT]gravity.fau.de: 1. Curriculum vitae. 2. Research proposal including a summary of previous work and plans for future projects. 3. Teaching experience (if applicable). 4. List of seminars and conferences attended, detailing talks given (if applicable). 5. List of publications. 6. Three letters of recommendation Applications will be reviewed starting December 17th, 2012 but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date of the position is normally Oct. 1st 2013 but there is some flexibility. For further information about the University and the Institute please visit: http://www.uni-erlangen.de/einrichtungen/fakultaeten/nat/departments.shtml and http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de For further information about the position please send an inquiry to all of the four email addresses to which you sent your application material. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 New CQG focus section: Non-astrophysical numerical relativity ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/22/new-cqg-focus-section-non-astrophys… Additional Information: http://j.mp/10tV85m Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to bring you this focus section on ‘Non-Astrophysical Numerical Relativity’ guest edited by David Garfinkle and Luis Lehner: http://j.mp/10tV85m This focus section covers some of the non-astrophysical applications of numerical relativity, with an emphasis on recent uses of numerical relativity in high energy physics and quantum gravity. I hope that you will find this focus section of particular interest, and encourage you to share and circulate this with your colleagues and peers. I invite you to publish your next paper with CQG: http://j.mp/Wut54Y Best wishes, Ben Sheard Publishing Editor Classical and Quantum Gravity iopscience.org/cqg cqg[AT]iop.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Read the latest CQG Highlights for free ------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/06/read-the-latest-cqg-highlights-for-… Additional Information: http://j.mp/vrrUyh Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce the publication of Classical and Quantum Gravity’s Highlights of 2011-2012: http://j.mp/vrrUyh . These articles were selected by the Editorial Board of Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) and represent some of the most interesting recent work in gravitational physics. Articles featured in past CQG Highlights have been highly cited and are frequently downloaded. All selected articles will be free to download until the end of 2013. The list includes fast-track communications, research papers, review articles and special issue contributions published between June 2012 and June 2013. Be sure to pick up a copy of the latest CQG Highlights Brochure which will be available at gravitational physics meetings throughout 2013. The brochure contains summaries of all the highlighted articles as well as details of the journal’s ongoing activities including prize sponsorships and forthcoming special issues. I invite you to publish with CQG (http://bit.ly/Wut54Y) and hope to see your work promoted as a CQG Highlight in the future. With best wishes Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (registration deadline) 1.2 Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (2nd circ.) 1.3 49th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics: Cosmology and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics 1.4 Workshop SU Structure of the Universe 2012 - Paris Observatory 1.5 GR20/Amaldi10: the satellite schools 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoc in Cosmology at Tufts University 2.2 Postdoctoral position in loop quantum gravity at UNAM, Morelia, Mexico 2.3 Postdoctoral position in gravitation at the Hebrew University 2.4 Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship (VCF) / Vice-Chancellor's Advanced Fellowship (VCAF) at the University of Sheffield 2.5 Postdoctoral position in numerical loop quantum cosmology at LSU 2.6 Postdoctoral position in General Relativity at Southampton 2.7 Postdoctoral position in high energy astrophysics at Fudan University 2.8 Postdoctoral position in loop quantum gravity at LSU 2.9 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitation Theory at the University of Florida 2.10 Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at Georgia Tech 2.11 Postdoctoral positions in gravitational-wave- physics and astronomy at ICTS, Bangalore, India 2.12 Postdoc position in GW data analysis at Rhodes University, South Africa 2.13 Faculty position in Physics at the University of Chicago 2.14 Postdoctoral Position in Relativity at the University of Chicago 2.15 Two postdoctoral positions in Quantum Gravity Theories at Fudan University 2.16 Postdoctoral positions in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2.17 Tenure-track astrophysics position at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2.18 Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship - Georgia Tech 2.19 Postdoc in Fundamental Gravitational Theory at Penn State 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Kerr/CFT Correspondence and its Extensions" 3.2 New CQG focus issue: Relativistic quantum information 3.3 LIGO magazine 3.4 Deadline extension to 15 Nov 2012 for Jurgen Ehlers Thesis Prize and Bergman-Wheeler Thesis Prize 3.5 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge: The Chalonge Medal 2012 3.6 Gravitational waves - Publication of a new review paper ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (registration deadline) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/31/26th-texas-symposium-on-relativisti… Starting Sat, Dec 15, 2012 to Thu, Dec 20, 2012 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp The 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (TEXAS 2012) will be held in Sao Paulo City, Brazil, from December 15-20, 2012. The registration deadline is approaching: November 12. You can see the program of the plenary talks at http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp/program.php Don't miss this exciting Texas Symposium! The Local Organizing Committee Texas 2012 - São Paulo - Brazil http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (2nd circ.) -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/29/seventh-gulf-coast-gravity-meeting-… Starting Fri, Apr 19, 2013 to Sat, Apr 20, 2013 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GCGM7/ The Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Theoretical Physics group at the University of Mississippi will host the Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting on April 19-20, 2013. For information on the group, please visit our webpage: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/ The GCGM is a regional meeting that brings together researchers in all areas of gravitational physics from the south-east region of the US. The past two editions were at Louisiana State University (GCGM5, 2009) and Florida Atlantic University (GCGM6, 2011). This is the second GCGM organized by Ole Miss (the first one was GCGM4, 2008). There is no registration fee. Students are warmly encouraged to participate. The Blue Apple Award, sponsored by the APS Topical Group in Gravitation, will be awarded to the best student presentation. To register, simply send your name, affiliation, talk title and a short abstract to the following email address: gcgm7[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The same email address can be used for all inquiries related to the conference. We obtained financial support from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Events Sponsorship Program. Please say explicitly in your email if you are a student or postdoc and if you would like to have travel support; we will divide the available amount (which is quite limited!) between all students who request it, and if funds are still available we may be able to provide partial support also for postdocs. We will post more information on this page as the meeting dates get closer. We are looking forward to seeing you in Oxford next Spring! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 49th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics: Cosmology and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/08/49-th-karpacz-winter-school-of-theo… Starting Sun, Feb 10, 2013 to Sat, Feb 16, 2013 Location: Ladek Zdroj, Poland Additional Information: http://www.ift.uni.wroc.pl/~karp49/ The recent studies of dark matter and dark energy problems rely on (independent) modifications of both sides of the Einstein equations in order to explain current cosmic acceleration. The winter school will concern with both sides of the Einstein equations. The Einstein tensor determines the energy-momentum tensor of a fluid. In general, the relativistic fluid is more complex than just an ideal fluid. At the conference the statistical mechanics of such fluids and their consequences for the large scale cosmic evolution will be discussed. The school will be held in the mountain resort in the south-west of Poland. This is a continuation of the tradition of the Karpacz Winter schools which were organized for almost half a century. Conference website: http://www.ift.uni.wroc.pl/~karp49/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 Workshop SU Structure of the Universe 2012 - Paris Observatory ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/08/workshop-su-structure-of-the-univer… Starting Thu, Nov 29, 2012 to Fri, Nov 30, 2012 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://luth.obspm.fr/~luthier/corasaniti/SU_MEETING_2012/Workshop_SU_2012.h… "Galaxy Formation and Large Scale Structures: Theory vs Observations" Historical Perrault building , Observatoire de Paris HQ, Paris Thursday 29 and Friday 30 November 2012 Entrance: 77 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris The goal of the meeting is to gather the community working on galaxy formation and cosmic structures to communicate and exchange ideas on the current progresses and their observational implications. This workshop is organized in the framework of the « Structure of the Universe » program of the Scientific Council of Observatoire de Paris. The meeting is open to students, post-docs, researchers, no registration fee is required. To facilitate the organization please register freely before November 15th at the registration page. Programme and informations at the URL: http://luth.obspm.fr/~luthier/corasaniti/SU_MEETING_2012/Workshop_SU_2012.h… We look forward to seeing you at the workshop. Best regards, The Organizers: Pier-Stefano Corasaniti, Hector J. de Vega, Norma G. Sanchez, Technical support: Djilali Zidani +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 GR20/Amaldi10: the satellite schools ---------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/03/gr20amaldi10-the-satellite-schools/ Starting Fri, Jun 28, 2013 to Sun, Jul 07, 2013 Location: Zakopane, Warsaw Additional Information: http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=19 Dear Relativists, Before GR20/Amaldi10 there will be organized two satellite schools: Conformal Symmetry and Perspectives in Quantum and Mathematical Gravity, in Zakopane: http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/ and School of Gravitational Waves, in Warsaw: http://bcc.impan.pl/13Gravitational/ Please pass this information to whoever may be interested. Warm Regards Jerzy Lewandowski Chair, GR20/Amaldi10 LOC ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoc in Cosmology at Tufts University -------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/31/postdoc-in-cosmology-at-tufts-unive… Institution: Medford, MA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/ We anticipate having a postdoctoral opening in the Tufts Institute of Cosmology starting September 2013, for two years, with a possibility of extension for a third. Our group includes Jose Blanco-Pillado, Larry Ford, Ken Olum, Alex Vilenkin and several postdocs and graduate students. Our research interest include inflationary cosmology, topological defects, quantum cosmology, and other fields. Applicants are invited to send their C.V. and a statement of research interests, and to arrange for three letters of reference, all to be sent to Prof. A. Vilenkin, c/o Gayle Grant, Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA or by e-mail to Gayle.Grant (at) Tufts.edu. Application deadline is December 15, 2012.a More information about our group is available at http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/. Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral position in loop quantum gravity at UNAM, Morelia, Mexico -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/29/postdoctoral-position-in-loop-quant… Institution: Morelia, Mexico Deadline: Tue, Jan 01, 2013 Additional Information: www.matmor.unam.mx/en/research The Quantum Gravity Group of the Center for Mathematical Sciences (Centro de Ciencias Matemáticas, CCM) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Morelia is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral fellowship to start on September 1st 2013. (The date is possibly flexible.) The fellowship is for an initial duration of one year, and extensible for a second year. We expect the candidate to collaborate with the members of the group in non-perturbative aspect of quantum gravity, aspects of quantum field theory on curved spacetime or lated topics. The quantum gravity group consists of three permanent members, A. Corichi, R. Oeckl and J.A. Zapata, a visiting faculty member, D. Colosi, a posdoctoral fellow (S. Rastgoo) and 5 PhD students. The CCM (http://www.matmor.unam.mx) has 21 faculty members working in the following areas (http://www.matmor.unam.mx/en/research) Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Combinatorics, Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, Group Theory, Number Theory, Set Theory, Topology, Representation Theory, Quantum Gravity. Being part of UNAM, we have access to reasonable computer and library facilities. We also share a building with UNAM's Center for Astrophysics and Radioastronomy. Nearby is the Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the local State University (http://www.ifm.umich.mx) with another 20 faculty members. Morelia is a moderate sized city with fair climate and a rich cultural life. In order to be considered, we request a CV, research statement and 3 reference letters to be submitted before January 1st 2013, to the following address: corichi[AT]matmor.unam.mx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral position in gravitation at the Hebrew University ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/28/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Jerusalem, Israel Deadline: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.phys.huji.ac.il/~bekenste/ There will be a postdoctoral opening in gravitation physics at the Hebrew University for the academic year 2013-2014 (preferred starting date of Oct. 1, 2013, but earlier starting dates will be considered) with an optional second year. This is intended only for a person who obtained the Ph. D on or after Oct. 1, 2008. For the general research interests in our gravity-astrophysics-cosmology group, please refer to http://www.phys.huji.ac.il/astro My own research is nowadays concerned mostly with entropy and information bounds, ideas for probing quantum gravity in the lab, and the quasi normal modes of black holes in connection with black hole quantization. The postdoctoral fellowships in question are the Lady Davis Fellowships or equivalent. No need to fill out Lady Davis forms, but you may want to look at their Web page http://ldft.huji.ac.il/upload/info/infoHU.html for information on what the fellowships are worth (the sums there need some updating). I supplement that basic fellowship stipend by 20%, and also pay for some travel to conferences while the fellow is here. These fellowships are tax free in Israel. I prefer the application materials [CV, list of publications, statement of past and planned research (the last restricted to 2 pages) and 3 letters of recommendation] to arrive by e-mail. My deadline this year is Dec. 10. Jacob D. Bekenstein Racah Institute of Physics The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904 ISRAEL Office Tel: 972-2-6584374 Home Tel: 972-2-6791485 Office fax: 972-2-5611519 E-mail: bekenste[AT]vms.huji.ac.il URL: http://www.phys.huji.ac.il/~bekenste/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship (VCF) / Vice-Chancellor's Advanced Fellowship (VCAF) at the University of Sheffield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/22/vice-chancellors-fellowship-vcf-vic… Institution: Sheffield, UK Deadline: Fri, Nov 09, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.leadingmindssheffield.com The University of Sheffield has an international reputation for the quality of its staff, students and for the contribution it makes to the world at large through high quality research and teaching. This reputation is reliant upon the recruitment, retention and development of talented staff of the highest quality. In order to maintain this position at the forefront of academia Professor Keith Burnett, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, has created up to 20 Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship positions. These positions are open to the candidates with a track record of the highest calibre research and who have the potential to be research leaders of the future in any academic area. The key criterion for success in these appointments is the personal capacity to make an outstanding contribution to the University, as a research-led academic. Applications are welcomed from those who will bring new fields of research activity to the University as well as those who strengthe n our existing portfolio. Fellows will have the potential to become academic leaders of the future who will engage and collaborate across disciplinary boundaries within and beyond the University. They will also have the ability to be inspirational to others and act as ambassadors for the University. We regard the creative mix of our people to be our greatest asset. We want to recruit from many different backgrounds, heritages and lifestyles. We want to lead in rebalancing the traditional makeup of certain subjects and build a collection of sufficiently diverse minds that can interrogate the challenges of the future with the greatest rigour. So we want to hear from leading minds which reflect the richness of the world around us. Establishing your research quickly will be a priority. To support you in achieving this, each Fellow will receive a range of exceptional benefits including access to a tailored mentoring and development scheme, a research support grant of at least 10,000 GBP and subject to satisfactory performance a permanent appointment will be made to at least Lecturer (VCF) Senior Lecturer (VCAF) level at the end of the Fellowship. Fellows will be appointed at one of two levels dependent upon experience. The successful applicants will hold a good first degree (or equivalent experience) and a PhD in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience). You will have an excellent research track record in the identified area of strength with potential to become a world leading researcher; you will also have with an aptitude for research leadership. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral position in numerical loop quantum cosmology at LSU -------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/21/postdoctoral-position-in-numerical-… Additional Information: https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55132 The theoretical relativity group at LSU aims to fill, contingent on funding, an opening for a postdoctoral researcher to work in numerical loop quantum cosmology starting January 2013 or earlier. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another year subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. The core relativity group at LSU consists of Ivan Agulló, Steve Brandt, Frank Loeffler, Peter Diener, Jorge Pullin and Parampreet Singh. In addition, LSU hosts a strong experimental gravity group with activity in LIGO, whose Livingston site is 30 miles away from Baton Rouge. LSU is also host to the Center for Computation and Technology (CCT), a multidisciplinary research center which includes computational groups in several areas of science, engineering and the humanities. Several researchers in the relativity group have joint appointments at CCT. It is desired that the postdoctoral researcher should have experience in development of numerical methods for HPCs in classical and/or quantum gravity. The application deadline is Oct 31, 2012. THE LSU SYSTEM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL ACCESS EMPLOYER See full ad and instructions for application at URL https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral position in General Relativity at Southampton -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/19/postdoctoral-position-in-general-re… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Wed, Nov 21, 2012 Postdoctoral position in General Relativity Salary: 27,578 to 37,012 GBP per annum Duration: 3 years Closing Date: 21 November 2012 Reference: 168412PJ The School of Mathematics at the University of Southampton is offering a 3-year postdoctoral position in General Relativity. The position is available from spring 2013, but a later start can be negotiated. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake research within an ERC-funded project on the self-force approach to the two-body problem in general relativity, with application to gravitational-wave astronomy. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large Gravity research group. The Group currently comprises 8 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Ian Jones, Kostas Skenderis, Marika Taylor and James Vickers), 5 postdocs and 10 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics, sources of gravitational waves and numerical relativity, as well as string-inspired gravity and holography. Applicants need to hold a PhD or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline, and have a track record of original research and publications in at least one of the following research areas: physics of classical black holes, gravitational-wave theory, numerical relativity, post-Newtonian theory. The closing date for applications is 21 November 2012. Please apply online via http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk (use the top-right search bar quoting Job number 168412PJ, and proceed as instructed). As part of your application you will be required to provide your full CV (including a list of publications), a brief (< 1 page) statement of research interests, and the contacts of 3 referees. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Leor Barack at leor[AT]soton.ac.uk. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral position in high energy astrophysics at Fudan University ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/19/postdoctoral-position-in-high-energ… Institution: Shanghai, China Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ The gravity and high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has one open postdoctoral position in high energy astrophysics. We are looking for candidates with interest/experience in X-ray astronomy, GRBs, and/or astrophysical codes. Preference may be given to candidates who have already worked with XSPEC. Graduated students who expect to receive soon the doctoral degree are also encouraged to apply. The position is available from as soon as possible and the initial appointment is for 2 years, with the possibility of an extension. Salary and benefits are negotiable. Interested candidates should send their CV (including, among other things, date of birth, contact details of 2-3 referees, and possible starting date), short statement of research interests and/or experience, and publication list to bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn. Please arrange also 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. Inquires can be sent to bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Applications submitted by December 31 will receive full consideration. Further details: Fudan. Fudan University is located in Shanghai and it is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China. The group joins the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah in the United States and as a Special Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. Members of the group will be able also to interact with people at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. Salary. For this position, the net salary for a postdoc with overseas doctoral degree will be about 100,000 CNY/year (roughly corresponding to 1,000 EUR/month), but in exceptional cases it can be much higher. Housing. Fudan can provide apartments of 50-80 square meters inside the campus at very convenient rental rates (about 300 CNY/month, roughly 40 EUR/month). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Postdoctoral position in loop quantum gravity at LSU -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/18/postdoctoral-position-in-loop-quant… Institution: Baton Rouge, LA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http:// https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55133 The theoretical relativity group expects to have, contingent on funding, an opening for a postdoctoral researcher or senior postdoctoral researcher working in loop quantum gravity starting September 2013. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another one or two years subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. The core relativity group at LSU consists of Ivan Agullo', Steve Brandt, Frank Loeffler, Peter Diener, Jorge Pullin and Parampreet Singh. In addition to that LSU hosts a strong experimental gravity group with activity in LIGO, whose Livingston site is 30 miles away from Baton Rouge. LSU is also host to the Center for Computation and Technology (CCT), a multidisciplinary research center which includes computational groups in several areas of science, engineering and the humanities. Several researchers in the relativity group have joint appointments at CCT. The postdoctoral researcher or senior postdoctoral researcher will perform research on numerical loop quantum cosmology which includes but is not limited to the following: research development, writing scientific papers, presenting talks at scientific meetings, participating in other local, state, national and international developments in theoretical relativity physics. THE LSU SYSTEM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL ACCESS EMPLOYER See full ad at URL https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55133 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitation Theory at the University of Florida ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/17/post-doctoral-position-in-gravitati… Institution: Gainesville, FL, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.phys.ufl.edu/ A postdoctoral position may be available in the Gravitation Group and the Department of Physics beginning in the fall of 2013. Applications are invited from theorists with research interests in the area of general relativity, with specific emphasis on theoretical aspects of gravitational radiation, post-Newtonian theory and other approximation methods, and strong-field tests of GR. The appointment is for one year, with renewal possible, subject to satisfactory performance and continued funding. The Department of Physics at the University of Florida has an active program of research in gravitational physics, including Professors Clifford Will, Steven Detweiler, Bernard Whiting and Richard Woodard in gravitational theory, along with a large experimental and data analysis group working on LIGO and a future space interferometer. We also have strong collaborations with the Institute of Astrophysics of Paris. Applications received before December 15, 2012 will receive full consideration. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution. Send curriculum vita, statement of research interests, and three letters of reference via email, to cmw[AT]physics.ufl.edu. If regular mail or FAX is the only means available, send to the address below. Professor Clifford M. Will University of Florida P.O. Box 118440 Gainesville FL 32611-8440 FAX: 352-846-0295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at Georgia Tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/16/postdoctoral-position-in-numerical-… Institution: Atlanta, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cra.gatech.edu/ Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a postdoctoral appointment in its Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) with starting date September 2013. The focus areas are numerical relativity and computational astrophysics. The position is for one year, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The faculty at the CRA are David Ballantyne (astrophysics), Tamara Bogdanovic (astrophysics/cosmology), Pablo Laguna (gravitational physics), Nepomuk Otte (particle astrophysics), Deirdre Shoemaker (gravitational physics), Ignacio Taboada (particle astrophysics) and John Wise (cosmology). Please email applications to plaguna [at] gatech.edu. Complete applications must include CV, list of publications and statement of research interests. Please also arrange three letters of recommendation to be emailed to the same address. We will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2012. The Georgia Institute of Technology, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 Postdoctoral positions in gravitational-wave- physics and astronomy at ICTS, Bangalore, India -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/15/postdoctoral-positions-in-gravitati… Institution: Bangalore, India Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.icts.res.in/news/details/111/ Two postdoctoral fellowships are being offered at the Astrophysical Relativity group of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) in Bangalore, India. The fellowships are offered in the area of gravitational-wave- physics and astronomy, including analytical- and numerical relativity. Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Physics or Astrophysics with an excellent track record. Although PhDs in gravitational-wave physics, relativistic astrophysics, general relativity etc. are preferred, candidates from other areas with strong analytical and computational skills will also be considered. Two kinds of positions are offered: * Post Doctoral Fellow (3 years): Emoluments range from Rs 21,000-24,000 plus 30% housing allowance per month (before taxes), and a contingency grant of Rs 20,000 per annum. * Post Doctoral Visiting Scientist (2 years): Emoluments range from Rs 35,000-43,000 plus 30% housing allowance per month (before taxes). This position requires minimum 1 year of postdoctoral experience. Post doctoral fellows in scheme 1 can be considered for this position after a year. The Astrophysical Relativity group includes P. Ajith (permanent faculty), Bala Iyer, Tarun Souradeep and Rana Adhikari (adjunct faculty). K. G. Arun, Sascha Husa and Mark Hannam are visiting associates. Adjunct faculty members and visiting associates are expected to spend from several weeks to a few months every year at ICTS. Several undergraduate and graduate students are also expected to join the group in the next year. The group will have a strong involvement in the proposed LIGO-India project, the IndIGO consortium and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. In addition, the group expects to develop close collaborations with the astrophysics- and gravitational-physics groups of the neighboring Indian Institute of Science and Raman Research Institute, in addition to other research groups of ICTS. The group is organizing a one-month long ICTS program in numerical relativity during June-July 2013. Such programs are expected to be organized regularly. In addition to a high-perform ance computer cluster that the Centre is in the process of purchasing, group members will have access to several large clusters in India and abroad. Interested candidates are requested send their CV, list of publications and a research proposal of not more than two pages by e-mail to gravity.postdocs[at]icts.res.in. Please also arrange at least three reference letters to be sent to the same e-mail. The nominal deadline is 1 December 2012; but applications will be considered until positions are filled. The nominal starting date of 1 September 2013 is negotiable. Informal queries may be addressed to ajith[at]caltech.edu. Download poster: http://tinyurl.com/ictspostdoc +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Postdoc position in GW data analysis at Rhodes University, South Africa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/15/postdoc-position-in-gw-data-analysi… Institution: Grahamstown, South Africa Deadline: Fri, Nov 23, 2012 Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship Subject: Gravitational wave data analysis Location: Department of Mathematics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Period: Available from 1 January 2013 for 1 year, renewable Deadline: 23 November 2012, and thereafter until the position is filled The Department of Mathematics at Rhodes University has two Faculty members, Prof NT Bishop and Dr D Pollney, working in numerical relativity and particularly black hole mergers. We would like to expand the interests of the group to include other aspects of gravitational wave astronomy, and as a first step we are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in data analysis. The position is not for a specific project, and we are interested in candidates with experience in any aspect of gravitational wave data analysis. Rhodes University is a small university (just over 7 000 students), which emphasizes postgraduate training and research. It is located 60km from the coast, between Port Elizabeth and East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. While the main focus of this appointment will be data analysis related to the detection of gravitational waves by laser interferometric facilities, there would also be an opportunity in terms of pulsar timing measurements building on the University's strong involvement in the SKA project. Applications should preferably be in the form of a single PDF file attached to an email to Prof NT Bishop (n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za) with a copy to Dr D Pollney (d.pollney[AT]ru.ac.za). Applications should include * Full CV * Contact details of three referees * A statement (about half a page) of the candidate's research interests and proposed research work during the Fellowship. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13 Faculty position in Physics at the University of Chicago ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/14/faculty-position-in-physics-at-the-… Institution: Chicago, IL, USA Additional Information: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDeta… The Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago invite applications for faculty positions in the areas of: a) experimental gravitational wave physics and particle astrophysics; b) experimental elementary particle physics. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in physics or a related field prior to appointment and are expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching programs while engaging in forefront research. Appointments are expected to start in or after the fall of 2013. Applicants must apply through the University’s Academic Jobs website and upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae with list of publications, and a brief research statement. In addition, three recommendation letters are required as part of the application process. If applying for a position at more than one rank, separate applications are required. Consideration of applications will begin in the fall of 2012. a) For a position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the field of experimental gravitational wave physics and particle astrophysics, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/bua5x63 . To be considered for an Associate Professor position in this field, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/bvmb9cy . b) For a position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the field of experimental elementary particle physics, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/c7l96y9 . To be considered for an Associate Professor position in this field, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/clfjd6b . The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Included Benefits: Please see http://hrservices.uchicago.edu/benefits for full description of available benefits. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14 Postdoctoral Position in Relativity at the University of Chicago --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/14/postdoctoral-position-in-relativity… Institution: Chicago, IL, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Scholar appointment in the Relativity Group at the University of Chicago. The position is expected to start on or around September 2013. The UChicago Relativity Group consists of Daniel Holz, Robert Wald, and Robert Geroch (emeritus). Particular areas of interest include mathematical aspects of general relativity and the interplay of general relativity with astrophysics and cosmology, although applications from all subfields of relativity are welcome. To apply, please send your CV, publication list, and statement of research interests to relativityPD[AT]uchicago.edu. Please also arrange for three letters of reference to be emailed to the same address. To be assured of full consideration, all application materials should be received by December 1, 2012. Priority will be given to those having received their Ph.D. in 2009 or later. The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15 Two postdoctoral positions in Quantum Gravity Theories at Fudan University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/13/two-postdoctoral-positions-in-quant… Institution: Shanghai, China Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 The newly established "Classical and Quantum Gravity Group" (spacetime structure from small to large scales) at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has several postdoctoral positions to fill as soon as possible. The group right now consists of two Faculty members, one postdoc and two students. We are looking for candidates with interest/experience in Quantum Gravity Theories. Priority will be given to expertise in: perturbative and non-perturbative quantum gravity, asymptotically safe quantum gravity, quantum field theory, but also candidates in extended/modified theories of gravity, Lorentz violating theories, string theory, supergravity, ADS/CFT correspondence, background independent quantum gravity, cosmology, classical and quantum black Holes will be considered as well. Preference may be given to candidates with no more than 2-3 years of postdoctoral experience. ABD (All But Dissertation) candidates are also encouraged to apply. The positions will start as soon as possible. The initial appointment is for 2 years, with the possibility of an extension for 1 year. Salary and benefits are negotiable. Interested candidates should send their CV, including contact details of 2-3 referees, and expected starting date, short statement of research interests and/or experience, and publication list by December 31 to lmodesto[AT]fudan.edu.cn. Please arrange also 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. If electronic submission is not possible, application materials may be sent via regular mail to: Prof. Leonardo Modesto Physics Department, Fudan University 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China Tel: +86 18721714036 (Mobile) Inquires can be sent to lmodesto[AT]fudan.edu.cn Review of applications will start immediately and shortlisted candidates will be contacted as soon as possible. The DEADLINE is December 31. Further details: FUDAN. Fudan University is located in Shanghai, one of the major cities in China, and it is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China. THEORY CENTER: The "Classical and Quantum Gravity" group joins the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as University Distinguished Professor at University of Utah in the U.S. and as a Specially Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. SALARY. The salary is negotiable and depends on the qualification of the candidate and it can be up to 150,000 CNY/year. Housing. Fudan can provide apartments of 50-80 square meters inside the campus at very convenient rental rates (about 300 CNY/month, roughly 40 EUR/month). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16 Postdoctoral positions in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/10/postdoctoral-positions-in-astropart… Institution: Trieste, Italy Deadline: Sun, Dec 02, 2012 The Astroparticle Physics group at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS) in Trieste, Italy, invites applications for postdoctoral research positions to be filled in the Fall of 2013. The positions are for 2+1 years. Applications in the area of Cosmology, Gravitation Theory, Particle Astrophysics and Phenomenology, and Neutrino Physics will be considered. SISSA is a multidisciplinary PhD school, unique in Italy, pursuing research in the areas of physics, mathematics and neuroscience http://www.sissa.it and is part of a network of nearby scientific institutions in the Trieste area (ICTP, Trieste University and the Trieste Astronomical Observatory). The Astroparticle Physics Group currently consists of about 12 staff members, 5 postdocs and 15 graduate students with a broad spectrum of research topics. More information on the Astroparticle Physics group can be found here: http://www.sissa.it/app/. Applicants should register with academicjobsonline.org and then submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and a statement of research interests, and at least two letters of reference from senior physicists. The online application form for these posts can be found at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2152 The selected candidates are expected to take part in the scientific activity of the group and to carry out their own independent research. There are no compulsory teaching duties. All of our scientific activity is carried out in English (as is the administrative support) and we provide local assistance for all members: a housing office, Italian classes, a nursery for children of SISSA members and a gym. Completed applications should be received no later than December 2nd, 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17 Tenure-track astrophysics position at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/04/tenure-track-astrophysics-position-… Institution: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Deadline: Mon, Dec 17, 2012 Additional Information: http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/8662 The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites applications for a tenure-track astrophysics position in theory, observation, and/or instrumentation. We seek candidates with post-doctoral experience whose work will address fundamental problems in cosmology or astrophysics in collaboration with our strong groups in multi-wavelength observational astronomy, computational astrophysics and gravity, high-energy and cosmology theory, and neutrino and nuclear astrophysics. UNC-Chapel Hill has 60 nights guaranteed annually on the high-performance 4.1-m SOAR telescope atop Cerro Pachon, Chile, and operates a state-of-the-art remote observing center. We are also a partner with guaranteed nights on the 11-m SALT telescope operating in South Africa, and run a network of robotic telescopes (the PROMPT rapid response array in Chile and Skynet globally). Our instrumentation labs built SOAR's high-throughput facility spectrograph and are working on several other SOAR and large telescope inst rument projects. Campus computing clusters total more than 10,000 cores and support advanced visualization capabilities. The Chapel Hill area is a dynamic R&D and entrepreneurial environment including Research Triangle Park, Duke University, and NC State University. It is also only a few hours drive from NRAO Charlottesville and Green Bank. Applicants must apply online at: http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/8662 and upload their cover letter, CV, publication list, and separate research and teaching statements. The application review will begin on Monday December 17,2012. Applicants must also arrange for four letters of recommendation to be sent to astrosearch2012[AT]listserv.unc.edu for attention of Gerald Cecil. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18 Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship - Georgia Tech -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/01/center-for-relativistic-astrophysic… Institution: Atlanta, GA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cra.gatech.edu Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) Postdoctoral Fellowship - Georgia Institute of Technology The CRA invites applications for the CRA Postdoctoral Fellowship, which will be awarded to an outstanding scientist in cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, particle astrophysics, or gravitational astrophysics. In addition to highly competitive benefits and salary, the CRA Fellow will receive support for travel, page charges, and access to a 2266-node computer cluster dedicated to astrophysics. The appointment will initially be for two years, renewable for a third year subject to availability of funds and satisfactory progress. Current research interests at the CRA include the formation of the first stars and galaxies, gravitational waves, accretion physics, the intercluster medium, galaxy and black hole evolution, pulsars, numerical relativity and gamma-ray bursts. Observational and experimental efforts include NuSTAR, HAWC, VERITAS, IceCube, LSST, and CTA. The CRA faculty are David Ballantyne, Tamara Bogdanovic, Pablo Laguna (director), Nepomuk Otte, Deirdre Shoemaker, Ignacio Taboada and John Wise. For more information visit http://www.cra.gatech.edu. Complete applications must include (1) a CV including a list of publications, (2) a maximum 2 page statement of research interests, and (3) three letters of recommendation sent directly to the CRA. Only e-mail applications will be accepted. The email should include the names of reference letter writers and the requested material included as PDF attachments. Inquires and application materials should be sent to cra[at]mail.gatech.edu. We will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2012. The expected starting date of the position is September 2013. The Georgia Institute of Technology, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19 Postdoc in Fundamental Gravitational Theory at Penn State -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/01/post-doc-in-fundamental-gravitation… Institution: University Park, PA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.gravity.psu.edu/ The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos expects openings for post-doctoral positions starting fall 2013 in the areas of general relativity, cosmology and quantum gravity. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another year subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. In exceptional cases it has been renewed also for a third year. The gravitational theory group faculty consists of Abhay Ashtekar, Martin Bojowald, Murat Gunaydin, Radu Roiban and Sarah Shandera. In addition Professors Roger Penrose, Jerzy Lewandowski, Alejandro Corichi and Stephon Alexander hold visiting appointments at the Institute. Successful candidates will be encouraged to interact also with mathematicians in the Center for Fundamental Theory and with members of the Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. During the current academic year, the Institute will have approximately 20 post-docs (including Drs. Thomas Cailleteau, Marco Chiodaroli, Marc Gailler, William Nelson, Yakov Nieman, Sohyun Park, and Gabriel Santiago in Fundamental Theory). For further information on the Institute, see http://www.gravity.psu.edu/ Current areas of research include loop quantum gravity, mathematical, conceptual as well as phenomenological issues in cosmology, black hole dynamics, interface of analytical and numerical quantum gravity, supergravity and gravitational aspects of string theory and non-commutative geometry. In particular, ideas from loop quantum gravity are being applied to extend the cosmological perturbation theory to the Planck regime, analysis of singularity resolution due to quantum geometry, supergravity and the issue of information loss. More generally, the Institute provides a rare forum for stimulating exchanges of ideas between different approaches to quantum gravity and between theoretical and observational cosmologists. Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research interests/plans and arrange to have three recommendation letters sent directly to: Mrs. Randi Neshteruk IGC Post-Doc Applications, The Pennsylvania State University 104 Davey Lab #258 University Park, PA 16802-6300, USA E-mail applications and letters of reference are preferred provided the material is included as PDF file attachments. They should be sent to igc-applications[AT]gravity.psu.edu The deadline for receipt of all application material is December 15, 2012. Penn State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Kerr/CFT Correspondence and its Extensions" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/23/living-reviews-in-relativity-the-ke… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-11 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "The Kerr/CFT Correspondence and its Extensions" by Geoffrey Compère on 22 October 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. NEW: Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/livrev_lrr PUB.NO. lrr-2012-11 Compère, Geoffrey "The Kerr/CFT Correspondence and its Extensions" ACCEPTED: 2012-06-13 PUBLISHED: 2012-10-22 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-11 ABSTRACT: We present a first-principles derivation of the main results of the Kerr/CFT correspondence and its extensions using only tools from gravity and quantum field theory, filling a few gaps in the literature when necessary. Firstly, we review properties of extremal black holes that imply, according to semi-classical quantization rules, that their near-horizon quantum states form a centrally-extended representation of the one-dimensional conformal group. This motivates the conjecture that the extremal Kerr and Reissner--Nordstr\"om black holes are dual to the chiral limit of a two-dimensional conformal field theory. We also motivate the existence of a $SL(2,\mathbb Z)$ family of two-dimensional conformal field theories which describe in their chiral limit the extremal Kerr--Newman black hole. We present generalizations in anti-de Sitter spacetime and discuss other matter coupling and higher derivative corrections. Secondly, we show how a near-chiral limit of these CFTs reproduces the dynamics of near-superradiant probes around near-extremal black holes in the semi-classical limit. Thirdly, we review how the hidden conformal symmetries of asymptotically flat black holes away from extremality combined with their properties at extremality allow for a microscopic accounting of the entropy of non-extremal asymptotically flat rotating or charged black holes. We conclude with a list of open problems. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 New CQG focus issue: Relativistic quantum information --------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/18/new-cqg-focus-issue-relativistic-qu… Additional Information: http://bit.ly/SYgzJU Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to bring you this special focus issue on ‘Relativistic Quantum Information ( http://bit.ly/SYgzJU )’ guest edited by R B Mann and T C Ralph. This focus issue provides a sample of the state of the art in research in RQI. Some of the articles in this issue review the subject while others provide interesting new results that will stimulate further research. The recent award of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems is indicative of the current high level of interest in quantum information; understanding and exploiting the role of relativity is the next frontier. RQI is beginning to enter the stage at which actual experiments can be contemplated. Some of the articles appearing in this issue discuss some of these exciting new developments. I hope that you will find this focus issue of particular interest and encourage you to share & circulate this with your colleagues and peers. I hope that you will publish your next paper with CQG ( http://bit.ly/Wut54Y ) and I look forward to working with you soon. Best wishes, Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity iopscience.org/cqg ( http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381 ) cqg(a)iop.org P.S. You may be interested in reading about one of the focus issue’s articles in New Scientist ( http://j.mp/QPTWoG ), Discovery ( http://bit.ly/V4uDis ) and Wired ( http://bit.ly/PzYVNj ). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 LIGO magazine ----------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/11/ligo-magazine/ Additional Information: http://www.ligo.org/magazine/ The US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is supported by an international group of more than 800 scientists from about 80 institutions, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC, http://www.ligo.org) Following the examples of other large science projects we decided to create the LIGO Magazine, a regular publication to exchange information, news and stories from and with the LSC community. The inaugural issue is now available, with more than 30 pages of entertaining stories and fascinating photos from the installation of the Advanced LIGO detectors. We believe that the magazine is also a good way to find out more about LIGO and the gravitational wave community, and to satisfy your general interest in science and technology. Therefore the magazine is available as a free download (pdf file) at: http://www.ligo.org/magazine/ We hope you find it inspiring and entertaining. Let us know what you think and do tell your friends and colleagues by forwarding this link to them. Gabriela Gonzalez, gonzalez[AT]lsu.edu (LSC spokesperson) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 Deadline extension to 15 Nov 2012 for Jurgen Ehlers Thesis Prize and Bergman-Wheeler Thesis Prize ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/09/deadline-extension-to-15-nov-2012-f… Additional Information: http://www.isgrg.org/ Dear Colleagues, The deadlines for submission of nomination for the Jürgen Ehlers Thesis Prize for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in mathematical and numerical relativity and the Bergman-Wheeler Thesis Prize for a outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the broad area of quantum gravity have been extended to 15 November 2012. Additional information on the prizes and directions for submission of nominations may be found at http://www.isgrg.org/ehlersprize.php and http://www.isgrg.org/bergwheelprize.php. For both prizes, the nominator must be a member of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) and can make at most one nomination. The nominee need not be a member of the Society but the official defense must have taken place between September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2012. Please direct any questions regarding ISGRG membership to me. Sincerely, Beverly K. Berger Secretary, ISGRG beverlyberger[AT]me.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge: The Chalonge Medal 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/03/ecole-internationale-dastrophysique… Additional Information: http:// http://chalonge.obspm.fr Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2012 has been awarded to Professor Brian SCHMIDT The International Astrophysics School Daniel Chalonge has awarded the Daniel Chalonge Medal 2012 to Professor Brian P. Schmidt, Nobel Laureate of physics 2011 for his outstanding contribution to the discovery of the present accelerated expansion of the Universe, deeply discussed in the framework of the Chalonge School. Brian Schmidt was lecturer in several courses of the School, and from the very beginning in the discovery of the acceleration of the Universe, which motivated the realization of very important projects in cosmology and the training and formation of young physicists and astrophysicists over the world. The medal was presented to Brian Schmidt during the Open Session of the 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 at the Observatoire de Paris HQ (historic Perrault building) in the Cassini Hall, on the meridian of Paris, which was attended by about hundred participants from the world over, among them four laureates of the Chalonge Medal: John Mather and George Smoot, Nobel laureates of physics, Anthony Lasenby and Peter Biermann. The Chalonge Medal, coined exclusively for the Chalonge School by the prestigious Hotel de la Monnaie de Paris (the French Mint), is a surprise award and only nine Chalonge medals have been awarded in the 21 year school history.The list of the awarded Chalonge Medals is the following: 1991:Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel prize of physics. 1992: Bruno Pontecorvo. 2006: George Smoot, Nobel prize of physics. 2007: Carlos Frenk. 2008: Anthony Lasenby. 2008: Bernard Sadoulet. 2009: Peter Biermann. 2011: John Mather, Nobel prize of physics. 2012: Brian Schmidt, Nobel prize of Physics. With the Chalonge Medal, the International School of Astrophysics Daniel Chalonge confirms its great appreciation to Dr. Brian Schmidt and his huge contribution to the construction of the Standard Model of the Universe, at the center of the Chalonge School programmes. This recognizes the outstanding scientific value and impact of the discovery of the dark energy component, compatible with the cosmological constant, which constitutes about three quarters of the content of the Universe. See the announcement, full history, photo gallery and links at: http://chalonge.obspm.fr http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Medal_Chalonge2012.pdf http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Archives_Daniel_Chalonge.html http://www.planetastronomy.com/special/2012-special/27jul/chalonge-cosmo.htm With compliments and kind regards Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J.de Vega Ecole Chalonge chalonge.ecole[at]obspm.fr http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6 Gravitational waves - Publication of a new review paper ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/03/gravitational-waves-publication-of-… Additional Information: http://www.sif.it/riviste/ncr/econtents/2012/035/08 M. Cerdonio, G. Losurdo - Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 35, 389, 2012 "The purpose of this review is to give an outlook on the initial crop of GW observations, on their impact in fundamental physics, in relativistic astrophysics and in cosmology, and give also an updated view of the methods and technologies, which are making possible the historical achievement of opening the era of GW astronomy." (From the abstract) "The review paper “Gravitational waves from discovery to astronomy” by M. Cerdonio and G. Losurdo is a remarkable piece of scientific work (…) Starting from first principles, the physics and technology involved in the contemporary search for gravitational wave is well described. In particular, some key physics issues, usually overlooked in other reviews, are here nicely analyzed. The perspectives of the field are clearly illustrated." (From the referee's report)

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 The Time Machine Factory, Turin, Italy (final circ.) 1.2 Workshop on holographic applications, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, gravity and analogue gravity, Paris 1.3 3rd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting, in Valencia, Spain 1.4 GR20 and Amaldi10 in Warsaw, Poland 1.5 Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity, at Bad Honnef 1.6 V Black Holes Workshop in Lisbon (2nd circ.) 2. Jobs 2.1 Faculty position in Theoretical Astrophysics/Nuclear Astrophysics at Indiana University 2.2 Postdoc Positions in Numerical Relativity, Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, and Gravitational-Wave Science, Caltech 2.3 CIFAR Cosmology and Gravity Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canada) 2.4 Department Head, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology 2.5 Faculty position at CITA 2.6 CITA National Fellowships 2.7 CITA Postdoctoral Fellowships and Senior Research Associates 2.8 Postdoc and PhD studentship in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics at Nijmegen, NL 2.9 Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology 2.10 Associate or full professor position in Applied Math at Waterloo 2.11 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Mississippi 2.12 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Southampton 3. News 3.1 Death of Alberto Lobo 3.2 Reminder to nominate Fellows of the GRG Society - Deadline 31 Dec 2012 3.3 Death of Leonid Grishchuk 3.4 "Relativistic Figures of Equilibrium", now in paperback edition (CUP) 3.5 New book: "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions", edited by Gary Horowitz 3.6 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)" 3.7 GGR Membership ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 The Time Machine Factory, Turin, Italy (final circ.) -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/28/the-time-machine-factory-final-anno… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Fri, Oct 19, 2012 Location: Turin, Italy Additional Information: http://timemachine.polito.it/ This is the final announcement of the conference “The Time Machine Factory”, that will be held in Torino (Italy), from October 14 to 19, 2012, and is organized by INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico of Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica and Politecnico di Torino. The Conference Program is available at http://tinyurl.com/TM2012Program. On behalf of the SOC, SOC Chairs, Mariateresa Crosta Marco Gramegna Matteo Luca Ruggiero SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE The conference focuses on causality and nonlocality in physics, with emphasis on its implications with time machines. In particular these issues will be dealt with from the viewpoints of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. The topological nature of spacetime in the framework of Quantum Mechanics suggests that both causality and locality need to be analyzed at a fundamental level, also by allowing the existence of entities that are more elementary than the spatial dimensions of everyday’s life. The interplay of these entities influences the very nature of time, and their dynamics could lead to understand the emergence of the arrow of time. Focusing on these issues would help to understand the ultimate nature of time, its role in fundamental physics and in the formation of the Universe, thus allowing for a better comprehension of its large scale structure, with apparent implications on the astronomical reference systems. INFORMATION Information about the conference, such as scientific program, venue, travel, accommodation, events and social activities, important deadlines and so on, are available at the web page http://timemachine.polito.it REGISTRATION *Participants Regular Registration, from June 2 to October 14, 350 euro. Registration fee includes registration kits, coffee breaks and conference dinner, as well as access to all satellite events. *Accompanying persons Regular registration, from June 2 to October 14, 150 euro. This fee includes only visitor registration kits, conference dinner, and access to all satellite events. *Students Students Registration Fee, up to October 14, 150 euro More information at the webpage http://tinyurl.com/TM2012reg SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mariateresa Crosta (chair, INAF,OATo); Marco Gramegna (co-chair, INRIM); Matteo Luca Ruggiero (co-chair, Politecnico di Torino, INFN); Orfeu Bertolami (Dep. Physics and Astronomy - Univ. Porto); Donato Bini (Ist. M. Picone - CNR, ICRA, INFN); Salvatore Capozziello (Dep. Phys. Sciences - Univ. Napoli, INFN); Mauro Francaviglia (President of SIGRAV, Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino); Sandro Coriasco (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino); Fernando de Felice (Dep. Physics - Univ. Padova); Marco Genovese (INRIM); Robert T. Janzen (Villanova University, ICRA); Christophe Leponcin-Lafitte (SYRTE, Obs. de Paris); Oldrich Semerak (Inst. Th. Physics - Charles University, Prague); Angelo Tartaglia (DISAT - Politecnico di Torino, INFN). LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Monica Capone (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino, INFN); Tullia Carriero (INAF,OATo); Sandro Coriasco (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino); Mariateresa Crosta (INAF,OATo); Ummi Abbas (INAF, OATo); Stefano Bertone (INAF, OATo; SYRTE, Obs. de Paris); Marco Gramegna (INRIM); Paolo Traina (INRIM); Matteo Luca Ruggiero (DISAT - Politecnico di Torino, INFN); Enzo Obiso (PHOS). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Workshop on holographic applications, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, gravity and analogue gravity, Paris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/25/workshop-on-holographic-application… Starting Mon, Oct 29, 2012 to Wed, Oct 31, 2012 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://www.cpht.polytechnique.fr/spip.php?article547 In the framework of a collaborative program on holographic applications, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, gravity & analogue gravity, we organize a 3-day workshop in Paris, from October 29 to October 31. We plan a few 75-min pedagogical talks per day aiming at covering some aspects of the above fields and creating a good synergy among the participants. Participation is free, registration is recommended. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 3rd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting, in Valencia, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/13/3rd-iberian-gravitational-wave-meet… Starting Wed, Mar 20, 2013 to Fri, Mar 22, 2013 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: http://congresos.adeit-uv.es/congresos/ficha.en.html?cc=159 Dear Colleagues, it is a pleasure to announce that the 3rd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting will be organized by the Relativistic Astrophysics Group of the Universitat de València (Spain). Following the format of the previous meetings we plan to organize a 3-day meeting starting on March 20th and ending on March 22th, 2013. The style of the meeting will be informal, with significant time for discussions, and there will be no registration fee. Please visit the meeting's website for further information on registration, paper submission, accommodation, venue of the meeting, etc: http://congresos.adeit-uv.es/congresos/ficha.en.html?cc=159 The idea of the meeting is to bring together researchers with interest in the development of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, including researchers from related areas of Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics. Please, feel free to send this announcement to scientists that may be interested in attending. Looking forward to seeing you in Valencia next March. The organizing committee: Pablo Cerda-Duran Jose A. Font Michael Gabler Jose M. Ibanez Martin Obergaulinger +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 GR20 and Amaldi10 in Warsaw, Poland --------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/07/the-20th-international-conference-o… Starting Sun, Jul 07, 2013 to Sat, Jul 13, 2013 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/ Dear Relativists, it is a great pleasure to invite you to the 20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR20) and the 10th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Amaldi10) which takes place from 7th - 13th July 2013 at Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warsaw, Poland. http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/ GR20 is the latest in the series of triennial international conferences held under the auspices of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. This conference series constitutes the principal international meetings for scientists working in all the areas of relativity and gravitation. The Amaldi conferences are held under the auspices of the Gravitational Wave International Committee. Since 1997, they have been held every two years and are regarded as the most important international conferences for the gravitational wave detection community. This time, in Warsaw, GR20 and Amaldi10 are organized as a joint event. The program of the conference, among many topics, includes: Planck Results, Dark Energy, Formation of the Trapped Surfaces, Dynamics of Asymptotically AdS spacetimes, Gravity and Condensed Matter Correspondence, Numerical Relativity and Its Applications to Astrophysics and High Energy Physics, Neutron Stars, Formation of Supermassive Black Holes, Modified Gravity as Alternatives to Dark Energy or Dark Matter, Cold Atoms for Equivalence Principle Tests and GW Detection, Quantum Fields in Curved Space-time, Higher-Dimensional Spacetimes, Loop Quantum Gravity, Strings and Branes. The conference venue is part of the prestigious historical Main Campus of the University, located in the touristic center of Warsaw, by the Royal Route. This puts it within walking distance of the Old Town, the Kings Castle and other anchor tourist attractions of the city of Fryderyk Chopin and Maria Sklodowska-Curie. We are planing to begin the reistration in mid October. We look forward to welcoming you to Warsaw 2013! Bala Iyer - Chair, GR20 Scientific Organizing Committee Sheila Rowan - Chair, Amaldi 10 Scientific Organizing Committee Jerzy Lewandowski - Chair, GR20/ Amaldi10 Local Organizing Committee, President, Polish Society on Relativity http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~potor/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity, at Bad Honnef -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/06/equations-of-motion-in-relativistic… Starting Sun, Feb 17, 2013 to Sat, Feb 23, 2013 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: http://puetzfeld.org/eom2013.html The scientific focus of the seminar will be on the equations of motion in General Relativity and in alternative gravity theories. In particular on the motion of extended test bodies, self-force calculations, the motion of self-gravitating/heavy bodies, as well as test bodies with microstructure. Different approximations methods linked to the derivation of the equations of motion (e.g. multipolar, post-Newtonian, and post-Minkowskian techniques) will be covered. Furthermore, there will be an overview of current and future observations (gravitational waves, pulsars, celestial mechanics, astrometry, satellite experiments). This 524. WE-Heraeus-Seminar will take place at the Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany. More details and contact information can be found on the seminar webpage, http://puetzfeld.org/eom2013.html. We particularly encourage students and young researchers to participate in this seminar. There are no conference fees. The living expenses (overnight costs and meals) for all selected participants will be covered by the WE-Heraeus foundation. Since the number of participants to this seminar is limited we encourage early registrations (registration deadline: 15 November 2012). This seminar is organized by D. Puetzfeld (ZARM, U Bremen), C. Laemmerzahl (ZARM, U Bremen), B.F. Schutz (AEI, Potsdam), and is generously funded by the WE-Heraeus-Foundation. In case you need assistance or have questions regarding the seminar please contact: Dirk Puetzfeld ZARM University of Bremen Am Fallturm 28359 Bremen, Germany Email: eom2013[AT]puetzfeld.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 V Black Holes Workshop in Lisbon (2nd circ.) --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/05/v-black-holes-worksh%e2%80%8bop-in-… Starting Mon, Dec 17, 2012 to Tue, Dec 18, 2012 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/blackholes5/ The fifth Black Holes Workshop will take place on 17-18 December 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal. The focus of the meeting will be on gravitational physics, with special emphasis on black hole physics. We remind that the deadline for registration and abstract submission is October 15. More details can be found in the official webpage, http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/blackholes5/. We look forward to seeing you in Lisbon. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Faculty position in Theoretical Astrophysics/Nuclear Astrophysics at Indiana University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/28/faculty-position-in-theoretical-ast… Institution: Bloomington, IN, USA Deadline: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 Additional Information: http://physics.indiana.edu The Department of Physics at Indiana University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, or nuclear astrophysics starting in the fall of 2013. We are interested in excellent candidates in several areas including neutrino astrophysics, gravitational wave astrophysics, supernova and neutron star merger simulations, gamma ray astronomy, dark matter, baryogenesis, nucleosynthesis, and properties of dense matter and neutron stars. The successful candidate will join astrophysics colleagues in both the Physics and Astronomy Departments at Indiana University and interact with very strong research groups in several related areas including neutrino physics, fundamental symmetries, high-energy physics, and nuclear physics. The candidate must have a Ph.D in physics or astrophysics and some postdoctoral experience. A commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level is essential. Candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae including a list of publications, statement of research, and a statement of teaching, and arrange for a minimum of three letters of reference. Applications should be submitted through the application portal located at http://indiana.peopleadmin.com. For questions please contact the Physics Department at 812-855-1247. Applications received by January 15, 2013 will be given full consideration. The position will remain open until filled. Further information about the IU Physics Department can be found at http://physics.indiana.edu. Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer strongly committed to excellence through diversity. Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged. The University is responsive to the needs of dual-career families. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoc Positions in Numerical Relativity, Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, and Gravitational-Wave Science, Caltech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/26/caltech-postdoc-positions-in-numeri… Institution: Pasadena, CA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Caltech Postdoc Positions in Numerical Relativity, Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, and Gravitational-Wave Science The California Institute of Technology invites applications for postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral appointments in theoretical aspects of gravitational-wave science. These positions are for researchers in any of the three focus areas of our group: 1) NUMERICAL RELATIVITY and COMPUTATIONAL RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS [Christian Ott, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi, Christian Reisswig, Luke Roberts, Nick Taylor, Ernazar Abdikamalov, Roland Haas, Phillip Moesta, Tony Piro, Anil Zenginoglu, and grad students], including a strong collaboration with the Cornell group led by Saul Teukolsky and Larry Kidder. Systems and phenomena studied include compact binaries (BH/BH, NS/BH, NS/NS) as well as stellar collapse and supernova explosions. 2) GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE SOURCE ANALYSIS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND ASTROPHYSICS [Yanbei Chen, Christian Ott, Sterl Phinney, Kip Thorne, and grad students]. This effort has close ties to the Caltech theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy programs, to the Caltech numerical relativity group, to the LIGO Laboratory, and to the JPL gravitational-wave group of Curt Cutler, Tom Prince, Massimo Tinto, Michele Vallisneri, John Armstrong, Frank Estabrook and postdocs Chad Galley, and Samaya Nissanke. 3) GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS [Yanbei Chen, Kip Thorne, Haixing Miao, and grad students.] This involves the application of quantum measurement and quantum control theory to advanced gravitational-wave detectors, as well as the formulation of experimental tests of quantum mechanics that can be performed on these detectors. This research is carried out in collaboration or interaction with members of the LIGO Lab, and other Caltech research groups, including those led by H. Jeff Kimble and Michael Roukes, and the Caltech Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM, an NSF Physics Frontier Center), http://www.iqim.caltech.edu, and the Moscow University research group of Vladimir Braginsky, Farid Khalili, Sergei Vyatchanin, Stefan Danilishin and Sergey Strigin. These three research programs are embedded in Caltech's TAPIR group (Theoretical Astrophysics Including Relativity), http://www.tapir.caltech.edu and are associated with the Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational Wave Research, http://www.its.caltech.edu/~cajagwr/. By a single application one can be considered for Caltech's Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, including Relativity [see http://www.pma.caltech.edu/GSR/fellowtheory.html] and for regular postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral positions. The application deadline is December 1, though late applications will continue to be considered until all positions are filled. PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS VIA THE WEB at the following website, until that website closes: http://www.beatricia.caltech.edu/astro-theoretical/apply.html Under Research Interests, please choose the button "Gravitational Physics" or "Astrophysics" Later applications should be sent to JoAnn Boyd, joann[AT]tapir.caltech.edu. Application materials should include curriculum vitae with email address and with citizenship indicated, bibliography of publications (with refereed articles identified), web locations of manuscripts not yet published, and a description of the desired research directions. Please ensure that at least three letters of recommendation are provided by the writers via the web at http://www.eas.caltech.edu/search/theo-astro/references before the website closes, or to joann[AT]tapir.caltech.edu afterwards. Caltech is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, Veterans, and Disabled Persons are encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 CIFAR Cosmology and Gravity Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canada) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/24/cifar-cosmology-gravity-postdoctora… Institution: one of several Canadian Universities Deadline: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cifar.ca/JFA The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research brings together top international researchers to tackle many of the most interesting and pressing questions of our time. Our Junior Fellow Academy offers gifted, early career researchers the unique opportunity to participate in CIFAR’s global research network and to closely collaborate, and be mentored by, some of Canada's and the world’s best researchers. Junior Fellows take part in one of CIFAR's innovative research programs, where researchers meet regularly to establish new frameworks for thinking about the world with the potential to improve human health and the environment, transform technology, build strong societies, understand human culture and even chart the universe. To enhance leadership skills within an interdisciplinary network of peers, CIFAR also brings together Junior Fellows from all twelve programs for separate Academy meetings. CIFAR's Cosmology and Gravity Program is seeking an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to fill a Junior Fellowship position beginning in or after July 2013. The Junior Fellowship will be held in conjunction with a university postdoctoral appointment supervised by one or more program Fellows or Scholars. The position is tenable at any of the Canadian institutions where Fellows or Scholars of the Program are based. A list of eligible supervisors is provided below. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the program member(s) they wish to work with prior to submitting an application. Topics: The Cosmology and Gravity Program studies a wide range of topics spanning five major areas of research: physical cosmology, early universe physics, high energy astrophysics, gravitational astrophysics and numerical relativity, and particle astrophysics. Who should apply: Individuals who have completed or will complete their PhD no more than three years prior to the anticipated Fellowship starting date are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will have an exceptional record of accomplishment, excellent communication skills, and strong potential to collaborate with program members. The candidate will also be interested in exploring the contributions of research to society in collaboration with their peers from other CIFAR programs. Duration: Junior Fellows become members of the Junior Fellow Academy for a period of five years. The first two years are fully funded by CIFAR. Candidates may be able to negotiate for an additional year of salary and/or research support from their designated supervisor. For the last three years of the Junior Fellowship, CIFAR covers the cost to attend Academy meetings. Value: CIFAR provides $70,000 CDN/year for salary and benefits, plus $5,000 CDN/year for research support, for two years. However, candidates may be able to negotiate for a salary and/or research support top-up from their designated supervisor. How to Apply: Applications will be submitted through an online application system to be launched on October 1, 2012. Instructions are posted at www.cifar.ca/JFA. The application deadline for the Cosmology & Gravity Junior Fellowship is November 30, 2012. Visit the website today for more information about CIFAR and its Junior Fellow Academy. CIFAR is strongly committed to diversity within its community, and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Department Head, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/22/department-head-school-of-mathemati… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://careers.insidehighered.com/rochester-institute-technology/department… The Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for the position of Head of the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS). As the chief academic, fiscal, and administrative officer of the School, the Head provides leadership, advocacy, oversight, and management. To be considered, an applicant must have a Ph.D., a record of publications and external grants, and qualifications consistent with the rank of tenured full professor. Preference will be given to candidates who have served as department chairpersons or who have had other administrative experience. Applicants should have scholarly expertise in applied mathematics, computational science, mathematical biology, or discrete mathematics. Candidates should be able to attract and retain top-tier faculty members; to obtain external funding; to promote research; and to maintain the SMS service mission of educating RIT students. The Head of SMS is responsible for maintaining the School’s well-established undergraduate and graduate degree programs, undergraduate research program, for guiding junior faculty members toward tenure, for supporting the Center of Applied and Computational Mathematics and the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, and for promoting publication and grant writing. The Head will also be responsible for helping to develop the School’s new Ph.D. program in Modeling and Computation, and for overseeing this program when it is in place. We seek an individual who is committed to the principles expressed in RIT’s core values, honor code, and statement of diversity. Required Minimum Qualifications • A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in the mathematical sciences or in a related field • Achievements consistent with the rank of tenured full professor • Leadership and administrative experience • A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education • Teaching experience at the collegiate level • A record of peer-reviewed publications • A record of externally funded research • A record of fostering interdisciplinary research • Experience in fostering growth of a research program • Research and teaching interests that align with focus areas of the SMS • The ability to contribute to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences Required Minimum Education Level: PhD Required Application Documents Curriculum Vitae or Resume Cover Letter Statement of Diversity Contribution List of References How To Apply Refers to Previous Requisition IRC60477. Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu. Please submit your cover letter addressing the listed qualifications; a vita; a contribution to diversity statement; and the names, addresses and phone numbers for three references. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Faculty position at CITA ---------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/faculty-position-at-cita/ Institution: Toronto, Canada Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), a national centre for theoretical astrophysics hosted by the University of Toronto, invites applications for a tenure-stream faculty position, to commence July 1, 2013. The search is open to candidates at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Applicants from any area of theoretical astrophysics, cosmology and early universe physics are encouraged to apply; we seek candidates with exceptionally strong and internationally recognized research records, and outstanding promise of future research accomplishments. Additional selection criteria include demonstrated excellence in teaching, in particular working with research fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and to assume a leadership role in administering CITA’s active postdoctoral and visitor programs. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in research and have a strong commitment to excellence in teaching. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. CITA is an institute within the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. The present complement of research staff includes six faculty and over 25 research fellows. The unique research environment at CITA is enhanced by close ties to the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Dunlap Institute, the Department of Physics, and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Cosmology and Gravity Program. We encourage applicants to apply online at http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/faculty-search. All enquiries should be sent to citadmin[AT]cita.utoronto.ca using the subject line “Faculty Search”. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a bibliography, a statement of research interests, and provide the names and contact information of three referees who will be contacted by us for letter of recommendation. The deadline for all materials and letters of recommendation is December 1, 2012. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. This is an international search. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 CITA National Fellowships ----------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/cita-national-fellowships/ Institution: Canada Deadline: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 As part of its mandate to promote research throughout Canada, CITA provides partial support for postdoctoral fellows working in theoretical astrophysics or closely related fields at Canadian universities other than the University of Toronto, through its National Fellows Program. The responsibility for identifying and nominating potential CITA National Fellows who will work at a given university lies with the faculty at that university. Only faculty at Canadian universities may submit nominations. The deadline for these nominations November 15, 2012 for fellowships to start in September 2013. Please check with the nominating institution for their internal deadlines. If you are interested in applying for National Fellowships at other universities in Canada, please contact any of the following faculty by email or check department websites for further research and application details: Professor Shantanu Basu, University of Western Ontario (basu[AT]uwo.ca) Professor Paul Charbonneau, Universite' de Montreal (paulchar[AT]astro.umontreal.ca>) Professor Alan Coley, Dalhouisie University (aac[AT]mathstat.dal.ca) Professor Andrew Cumming, McGill University (cumming[AT]physics.mcgill.ca) Professor Andrei Frolov, Simon Fraser University (frolov[AT]sfu.ca) Professor Mike Hudson, University of Waterloo (postdocjob[AT}astro.uwaterloo.ca) Professor Natasha Ivanova, University of Alberta (http://www.physics.ualberta.ca/en/Research/AstronomyAndAstrophysics.aspx) Professor Douglas Scott, University of British Columbia (http://www.astro.ubc.ca/citafellow.html) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 CITA Postdoctoral Fellowships and Senior Research Associates ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/cita-postdoctoral-fellowships-senio… Institution: Toronto, Canada Deadline: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Postdoctoral research fellowships beginning September 1, 2013 are being offered at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics. A Ph.D. in any field of theoretical astrophysics is required. Fellows are expected to carry out original research in theoretical astrophysics under the general supervision of the permanent faculty whose interests include: cosmology, interstellar matter, galaxy and planet formation, solar physics, high energy astrophysics, numerical relativity and gravitational waves. We only accept electronic submissions.Visit the CITA website at: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca for application instructions. Applicants will be asked to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and arrange for three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications and all letters of recommendation is November 15, 2012. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITIONS CITA expects to offer one or more Research Associate positions of three to five years duration. The start date will be September 1, 2013. Applicants should have an excellent research record in astrophysics and postdoctoral experience. Funds will be available for travel and other research expenses. The primary duty is to carry out original research in theoretical astrophysics, but Research Associates are also expected to work with postdoctoral fellows and to assist with the administration of the Institute. All applicants for these positions are also considered automatically for postdoctoral fellowships. We only accept electronic submissions.Visit the CITA website at: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca for application instructions. Applicants will be asked to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and arrange for three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications and all letters of recommendation is November 15, 2012. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. This is an international search. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Postdoc and PhD studentship in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics at Nijmegen, NL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/post-doc-and-phd-studentship-in-gra… Institution: Nijmegen, the Netherlands Deadline: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.asto.ru.nl Applications are invited for a (2+yr) postdoc and a (4yr) PhD position in GW Astrophysics at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The positions are funded through a large national program focusing on direct detection of GWs and GW Astrophysics. Our group recently joined the Virgo collaboration and will focus on enhancing the (astro)physics of GW detection using electro-magnetic data. The postdoctoral researcher must have a PhD in Physics or Astronomy and preferably have experience with GW data analysis. The post-doc will work on joint EM-GW data analysis and play a role in the supervision of PhD students. Part of the time can be spent on own research projects. The PhD project will focus on expected electro-magnetic signals and rates of compact binary star mergers and/or the design and use of a dedicated optical follow-up telescope array. The project can be more technically or more astronomically focused. Applications, consisting of a letter of interest and an extended CV should be submitted by e-mail, as well as details of three possible references. The Department of Astrophysics is a young, vibrant group (~10 faculty, ~10 postdocs, ~30 PhD students, ~10 Master students) working in the fields of astroparticle physics, compact binaries, stellar evolution, transients, radio astronomy, black holes, magnetic fields and extragalactic astronomy. It is located in the student town Nijmegen, an old (Roman) city, within easy reach of other places in the Netherlands. Included Benefits: University positions (including PhD positions) in the Netherlands include good medical and social benefits (including maternity and paternity leave and child care) plus holiday and end-of-year allowances. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/17/postdoctoral-positions-at-the-roche… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu/ The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) anticipates filling several postdoctoral positions in the coming year. We are looking for postdoctoral candidates interested in working on numerical relativity. Binary black hole simulations, relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations of coalescing astrophysical compact objects, such as black-hole and/or neutron star binaries, supermassive black hole mergers and their interactions with their surrounding accretion disks, and core-collapse supernovae. There are currently eleven senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. Six faculty members work in numerical relativity and/or gravitational wave science: Manuela Campanelli, Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof (a visualization expert), as well as five postdoctoral fellows: Miguel Zilhao, Bruno Mundim, Scott Noble, Jason Nordhaus, and Hiroyuki Nakano, and several graduate students. The successful postdoctoral candidates will be will have the possibility to collaborate on a broad range of research topics in computational astrophysics and gravitational physics. Our group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium, a petascale computing project with NCSA, the NINJA (Numerical Injection Analysis) project, and the NRAR (numerical relativity-analytical relativity) collaboration. Several group members also have an ongoing collaborative research project with Johns Hopkins University to study accretion disks around supermassive black holes and explore relativistic phenomena in active galactic nuclei such as jets in active galactic nuclei. The positions are for two years and renewable depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funds. CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers as well as a dedicated 1500-core cluster hosted in the Center. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/ And about Rochester in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: CCRG-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu Enquiries can be addressed to: Carlos Lousto, colsma[AT]rit.edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, and School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS) Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin December 31st, 2012 and will continue until February 1st, 2013 or until all positions are filled. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Associate or full professor position in Applied Math at Waterloo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/16/associate-or-full-professor-positio… Institution: Waterloo, Canada Deadline: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 Additional Information: https://math.uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathematics/faculty-positions/senior-facu… Associate or full professor position in Applied Math including all theoretical/mathematical physics: Applications are invited for a faculty position in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. The appointment is intended as a senior position at the Professor or Associate Professor level and includes a University Research Chair. Applicants should have a strong international reputation in a research area complementing current activity in the department. An enthusiasm for the supervision of graduate students and for teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level is expected. The Department of Applied Mathematics has 21 regular faculty and three lecturers. Research interests include computational mathematics/scientific computing, control theory, differential equations and dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, mathematical biology and medicine, and mathematical physics. The department has a substantial graduate program with over 60 graduate students pursuing Masters or PhD degrees and our undergraduate programs in applied mathematics and mathematical physics attract strong students. More information about the department can be found at http://math.uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathematics/ Candidates interested in this position should have a PhD or equivalent in Applied Mathematics, or a related field, and an outstanding record in research. The candidate's record in graduate supervision and in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level will be a factor. Rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. This appointment is expected to commence during the 2013 calendar year. To apply please email a curriculum vitae, including a statement of research interests, to amdept[AT]uwaterloo.ca. Names of referees are not required at this stage. Applications will be considered beginning November 15, 2012. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples, and persons with disabilities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Mississippi ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/05/postdoctoral-position-at-the-univer… Institution: Oxford, MS, USA Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry120905-184157 The University of Mississippi invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. The applicant must have a Ph.D. in Physics or Astrophysics and a good track record in one or more of the following research areas: gravitational-wave source modeling, numerical relativity, post-Newtonian theory, alternative theories of gravity, perturbation theory of stars and black holes. The Gravitational and High-Energy Theory Group at the University of Mississippi is active in various areas of theoretical and experimental gravity, and is part of the LIGO collaboration. Members of the group include Emanuele Berti, Luca Bombelli, Marco Cavaglia, Alakabha Datta and Tibor Torma, adjunct professors Vitor Cardoso and Ulrich Sperhake, postdoc Michael Horbatsch, and several graduate students. More information on the gravity group in Mississippi is available at the following URL: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/ The successful applicant is expected to engage in a collaborative research program involving several institutions, including Caltech and Princeton in the USA, Lisbon, Barcelona, Rome and Aveiro in Europe, and Para' University in Brazil (among others). A curriculum vitae (including a list of publications and a statement of research interests) should be sent to the following e-mail address: grpostdoc[AT]phy.olemiss.edu Please use the subject "Gravitational theory postdoc". Applicants must also arrange to have at least three recommendation letters to be sent to the same email address. Applications must be sent before 12/31/2012, and possibly earlier. Late applications may be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Southampton --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/01/lecturer-in-applied-mathematics-at-… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Sun, Oct 07, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk Lecturer in Applied Mathematics Salary: 34,895 to 44,166 GBP per annum Full Time Fixed Term Closing Date: Sunday 07 October 2012 Reference: 154612PJ The School of Mathematics at the University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a full-time, fixed-term lecturer to strengthen the General Relativity research group in Applied Mathematics. You will be expected to play a major role in further enhancing the research profile of the group, by conducting research of international status, applying for external grants, and supervising research students. You will also participate in developing and delivering our teaching programme in mathematics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The overall teaching load will be reduced in the first three years of the appointment. Applicants need to hold a PhD or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline, and have an excellent track record of original research and publications in the broad area of classical general relativity and/or associated theoretical astrophysics. To be considered, you must be able to demonstrate a potential for international leadership in your field of research. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large research group in General Relativity. The Group currently comprises 6 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Ian Jones and James Vickers), 5 postdocs and 9 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics, gravitational waves and numerical relativity. In September 2012 the group will be joined by Kostas Skenderis and Marika Taylor, with expertise in string-inspired gravity and holography. The position is available from January 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter, initially for a fixed-term period of 5 years. It is anticipated that interviews will be held around the end of October 2012. The closing date for applications is 7 October 2012. Please apply online via www.jobs.soton.ac.uk (use the top-right search bar quoting Job Ref. 154612PJ, and proceed as instructed). As part of your application you will be required to provide your full CV, a statement of research interests, and the contacts of 3 referees. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Nils Andersson (na[AT]maths.soton.ac.uk) or to Leor Barack (leor[AT]soton.ac.uk). ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Death of Alberto Lobo ------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/30/death-of-alberto-lobo/ Additional Information: http://www.ice.csic.es/view_staff.php?MID=36 Dear colleagues, It is with our deepest sorrow that we must announce that Prof. Jose' Alberto Lobo Gutierrez passed away yesterday evening. He leaves behind a wife (Rosa Maria), a son (Albert), and a daughter (Montserrat). Prof. Lobo has been a pioneer of the field of Gravitational Wave Astronomy in Spain, devoting his life to resonant ground-based detectors and to space-based ones. His contributions range from theoretical studies to the development of instrumentation, including data analysis methods. Even in the final stages of his cancer, he has been mainly concerned and actively planning towards maintaining and promoting the Spanish team activities and involvement into LISA PathFinder and its successor mission LISA. The Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC) will honour such vision and dedication. Those who had the opportunity to work with Alberto know that he has always been a very close colleague and many times a friend. His dedication to research and to those who work with him has always been complete, transmitting his passion and joy to everybody. In case you would like to express your condolences to the family, please, send them to gwart[AT]ice.csic.es, where they will be collected and forwarded to the family. Sincerely, The LPF/LISA Spanish team (Lluis Gesa, Ferran Gibert, Victor Hernandez, Nikos Karnesis, Ivan Lloro, Ignacio Mateos, Miquel Nofrarias, Carlos F. Sopuerta, Ulrich Sperhake) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Reminder to nominate Fellows of the GRG Society - Deadline 31 Dec 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/reminder-to-nominate-fellows-of-the… The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation has instituted Fellowships to recognize its outstanding members. The primary criterion for election is excellence in research, especially the impact of candidate’s work on the development of our field. The candidate will be generally expected to have made additional contributions to the field, for example through service, and/or outreach, and/or books and monographs, etc. In exceptional cases such criteria could constitute the primary basis of nomination provided these activities have had influence on a significant portion of our community, not just the home institution of the candidate. Nominations are due by December 31st, 2012. Any member of the Society can make nominations but self-nominations will not be considered. The nomination packet will consist of: i) A letter summarizing the basis for nomination; ii) An up-to-date CV and publication list of the nominee; iii) 1 to 3 supporting letters from members of the Society, and, iv) A proposed citation. Once made, the nomination will remain active for two additional rounds. Further details can be found at http://www.isgrg.org/fellowrules.php Electronic nominations in the form of emailed PDF files are strongly preferred. The nomination PDF files should be sent to the Chair of the Fellowship committee, Clifford Will (cmw_AT_physics.ufl.edu) If an electronic nomination is not possible, a single paper copy of the nomination should be mailed or faxed to Clifford Will at Department of Physics University of Florida P.O. Box 118440 Gainesville FL 32611-8440 Fax: 1-352-392-0524 The elected Fellows will be inducted during the Business Meeting of the Society at GR 20 in Warsaw, 8 – 13 July, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Death of Leonid Grishchuk ------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/14/death-of-leonid-grishchuk/ Additional Information: http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/pub/Leonid.Grishchuk/index.html Dear Friends, With deep sadness we inform you that our colleague Leonid Grishchuk passed away in his sleep, on13 September 2012, 2:25 am, after a brief battle with brain cancer. He leaves behind three daughters: Ekaterina Grishchuk, Alexandra Grishchuk, and Olga Grishchuk. One of us (Sathya) is collecting messages of condolence, which we will forward to them. Please send messages to B.Sathyaprakash[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk. You can read a brief scientific biography of Leonid at: http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/pub/Leonid.Grishchuk/index.html Kip Thorne Malcolm MacCallum B.S. Sathyaprakash +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 "Relativistic Figures of Equilibrium", now in paperback edition (CUP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/14/relativistic-figures-of-equilibrium… Additional Information: http://www.cambridge.org/9781107407350 A paperback edition of the book "Relativistic Figures of Equilibrium" by R. Meinel, M. Ansorg, A. Kleinwachter and G. Neugebauer has recently been published. For more information, see http://www.cambridge.org/9781107407350 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 New book: "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions", edited by Gary Horowitz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/11/new-book-black-holes-in-higher-dime… Additional Information: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6633780/?site_locale=en_GB A new book devoted to higher dimensional black holes has recently been published. This edited volume includes contributions from the leading experts in the field. "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions" Gary T. Horowitz, editor 422 pages Cambridge University Press For more information, see http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6633780/?site_locale=en_GB +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/07/living-reviews-in-relativity-modifi… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-10 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND): Observational Phenomenology and Relativistic Extensions" by Benoît Famaey and Stacy S. McGaugh on 7 September 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-10 Famaey, Benoît and McGaugh, Stacy S. "Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND): Observational Phenomenology and Relativistic Extensions" ACCEPTED: 2012-04-30 PUBLISHED: 2012-09-07 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-10 (incl. 518 references and 48 figures) ABSTRACT: A wealth of astronomical data indicate the presence of mass discrepancies in the Universe. The motions observed in a variety of classes of extragalactic systems exceed what can be explained by the mass visible in stars and gas. Either (i) there is a vast amount of unseen mass in some novel form -- dark matter -- or (ii) the data indicate a breakdown of our understanding of dynamics on the relevant scales, or (iii) both. Here, we first review a few outstanding challenges for the dark matter interpretation of mass discrepancies in galaxies, purely based on observations and independently of any alternative theoretical framework. We then show that many of these puzzling observations are predicted by one single relation -- Milgrom's law -- involving an acceleration constant $a_0$ (or a characteristic surface density $\Sigma_\dagger = a_0/G$) on the order of the square-root of the cosmological constant in natural units. This relation can at present most easily be interpreted a s the effect of a single universal force law resulting from a modification of Newtonian dynamics (MOND) on galactic scales. We exhaustively review the current observational successes and problems of this alternative paradigm at all astrophysical scales, and summarize the various theoretical attempts (TeVeS, GEA, BIMOND, and others) made to effectively embed this modification of Newtonian dynamics within a relativistic theory of gravity. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.7 GGR Membership ------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/05/ggr-membership/ Additional Information: http://www.aps.org/units/ggr/ Dear Colleague, This message is to invite you to join the Topical Group in Gravitation (GGR) of the American Physical Society (APS). The GGR is the community of physicists in the APS that specialize in anything related to Gravitation, from quantum gravity or string theory to analytical and numerical relativity, from gravitational wave theory, astrophysics, and data analysis to experimental relativity. The GGR is responsible for advocating and defending the interests of the Gravitation community in the APS and in the United States. This includes the sponsoring and organization of talks on Gravitation at the April APS meetings (20 sessions last year), sponsoring the student Travel Grants and issuing, the bi-annual newsletter, Matters of Gravity (http://www.phys.lsu.edu/mog/) The impact GGR has in APS is proportional to the number of members we have, and thus, we are asking here that you and your students and postdocs join the APS and become GGR members. Some of you may already be APS members, but not GGR members. If so, we encourage you to join GGR by following the “Join this unit” link at http://www.aps.org/units/ggr/. You can also become GGR members when you pay your yearly APS dues online, by checking the GGR box when asked about joining Divisions and Topical Groups. Notice that some students may not check the GGR box simply out of ignorance of what GGR is. Before listing the benefits of APS membership, we want to emphasize that for students and postdocs the cost to join is really very low: -Students: APS membership costs $33/yr, and the first year is actually free for students in North America. Students may join up to two Divisions and/or Topical Groups for free. -Postdocs: Within one year of receiving their Ph.D., postdocs can become Junior Members of the APS for $67/yr, and may remain Junior Members at this price for up to three years. Junior Members, like Regular Members, can add units for $8. Most of the dues charged for membership to GGR are expended in supporting the participation of both graduate and undergraduate students at APS Meetings, where no restriction is made on the nationality of the student. Needless to say, the larger the membership pool, the bigger the budget for these awards. But even for a modest financial cost, you deserve good reasons for joining. If you are a US physicist, perhaps the most important reason is to take your rightful place in the US physics community. The APS plays many essential roles in our community, including running the APS meetings, publishing journals such as the Physical Review, keeping members informed on news and community issues via the APS News, and taking the lead in Physics advocacy within the U.S government. Joining the APS is therefore part of being a good citizen in our community. (The alternative is to be a “free-rider,” relying on others to foot the bill for an institution that benefits all of us.) If you are a non-US physicist, you may wonder why joining the APS and the GGR is desirable. Statistically, a high percentage of APS and GGR members are non-US physicists. The GGR has worked hard in recent years to ensure that non-US members are given equal consideration for APS fellowships. Approximately 25% of APS fellows nominated by GGR in the past 4 years are non-US physicists. Of course, whether you are a US or a non-US physicist, there are tangible personal benefits to being an APS member. For example, members receive a free monthly issue of Physics Today and the APS news, discounted registration at APS meetings, and full access to the APS Physics Job Center. A more complete list of benefits can be found at http://aps.org/membership/student.cfm We are pushing to increase GGR membership now because one of our goals is to grow from a Topical Group to a Division, just like Astrophysics or Particle Physics communities have done in the past. The GGR is the largest topical group in the APS and it is getting close in size to being eligible to become a Division: we currently have ~1100 GGR members and need an additional ~400 to become a Division. We believe this is an achievable goal, given the size of our community. Achieving Division status would give substantial benefits to the gravity community: a permanent seat in the APS council, the ability to choose a plenary speaker for the April Meetings, a larger budget allocation from the APS, which in turn would mean an increase in student travel support and free food and wine at our business meetings, which are open to all GGR members. We look forward to welcoming you and your students and postdocs into the APS and the GGR. Best regards, Nicolas Yunes (GGR Membership Committee Chair) Curt Cutler (GGR Membership Committee Chair-Elect) Manuela Campanelli (GGR, Chair) Daniel Holz (GGR, Chair-Elect) Beverly Berger (GGR, Vice-Chair) James Isenberg (Secretary/Treasurer)

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[Hyperspace-list] Death of Leonid Grishchuk
by Luciano Rezzolla 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

Dear all, I do not use the mailing list to send messages different from the bulletin, which is broadcasted on the second of each month. However, given the exceptional loss of a colleague and friend, and to allow those who wish to participate to the ceremony, I am forwarding the message below. Best wishes, Luciano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends, With deep sadness we inform you that our colleague Leonid Grishchuk passed away in his sleep, on13 September 2012, 2:25 am, after a brief battle with brain cancer. He leaves behind three daughters: Ekaterina Grishchuk, Alexandra Grishchuk, and Olga Grishchuk. One of us (Sathya) is collecting messages of condolence, which we will forward to them. Please send messages to B.Sathyaprakash[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk. The cremation and short secular ceremony will be held at Thornhill crematorium, Cardiff, on Friday Sept 21st at 14.45, lasting 30 minutes. There will then be a reception at the School of Physics and Astronomy, 5, The Parade, Cardiff, Queens Buildings, Cardiff CF24 3AA, where we will celebrate Leonid's life starting 1545. You can read a brief scientific biography of Leonid at: http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/pub/Leonid.Grishchuk/index.html Kip Thorne Malcolm MacCallum B.S. Sathyaprakash

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for September 2012
by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity (2nd circ.) 1.2 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), final announcement 1.3 STARS2013-SMFNS2013, Havana and Varadero, Cuba 1.4 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (2nd circ.) 1.5 ESLAB 2013: The Universe as seen by Planck, Noordwijk, The Netherlands 2. Jobs 2.1 Two postdoc positions in quantum gravity at CPT, Marseille, France 2.2 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at UIUC 2.3 Postdoctoral position in general relativity, high energy physics and black hole physics at CENTRA, Lisbon 2.4 Research Associate in Numerical Relativity at CENTRA, Lisbon 2.5 Research Associate position in Numerical Relativity 2.6 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position at Portsmouth, UK 2.7 Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave physics at the ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research 2.8 Instructor/Lecturer in Astronomy at the University of Mississippi-Oxford 2.9 Research Associate in Numerical Relativity at Cornell University 2.10 Postdoc and Advanced-Postdoc positions in Gravity at SISSA, Italy 3. News 3.1 New CQG focus issue: Applications of holography to condensed matter physics 3.2 Minkowski Institute Press and Minkowski's papers on relativity 3.3 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Continuum and Discrete Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Einstein's Field Equations" 3.4 New CQG focus issue: Tests of the weak equivalence principle 3.5 Presentations and Pictures of the Chalonge 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity (2nd circ.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/31/workshop-on-numerical-and-mathemati… Starting Thu, Oct 11, 2012 to Sat, Oct 13, 2012 Location: Oppurg, Germany Additional Information: http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/NRMR12/index.shtml The aim of the workshop is to give numerical relativists the opportunity to learn about topics in mathematical relativity beyond the level that they would typically be discussed by the numerical relativity community, and to inform the mathematical community about the current state of the art in numerical simulations. To this end talks will be presented over the following topics: 1.) Global results for numerical relativists. 2.) Formulations of general relativity. 3.) Boundary conditions and well-posedness of the initial boundary value problem. 4.) Accurate and stable discretizations of spacetime. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), final announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/29/conference-on-computational-physics… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Thu, Oct 18, 2012 Location: Kobe, Japan Additional Information: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/index.html The invited program is available at http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/scientific-program.html Deadline for registration: September 10, 2012. Registration fee: 35000 yen (5000 yen for students) Deadline for submission of the manuscript for the proceedings: November 19, 2012 Website: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/index.html Further information Venue: Nichii Gakkan Conference Center, Kobe, Japan http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/access.html Main purpose: This 24th edition of the CCP tries for the first time to put together in the same conference researchers interested in various fields of computational science, with focus on pure and applied Physics, but also on Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Climate, Weather, and Earth Science and so on. While single-field specialized international conferences abound, CCP2012 aims at stimulating interdisciplinary collaboration on frontier computational science (Physics etc.). Furthermore, it is the first time that the CCP is organized in Japan and this is done on the occasion of the opening of the K-computer (presently ranked first of the TOP500) for shared use (September 2012). Distinctive features: 1) Broad range of topics 2) 11 plenary talks with comprehensive reviews of different subjects 3) Half of the parallel session organized on the basis of numerical methods and the other half about special topics deemed of particular importance 4) The sessions based on numerical methods are meant to be meeting points of numerical specialists coming from different research fields, with the goal of expanding one’s horizons and to start new interactions 5) The above is thought to be especially useful for students 6) Speakers are invited to present: i) a comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of their research field, ii) the reasons why the selected numerical methods are useful or necessary for their computation, iii) the tricks of the trade (the best strategies to obtain numerical solutions in the specific research), and iv) future prospects. The CCP2012 is organized by: IUPAP Osaka University Kyoto University Kobe University University of Hyogo The Japan Physical Society (JPS) The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) The conference is also endorsed by: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology in Japan (MEXT) The Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) European Physical Society (EPS) American Physical Society (APS) The Asahi Shimbun (The Newspaper Co LTD) The Kobe Shimbun (The Newspaper Co LTD) The conference is supported by: The Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University The Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University The Earth Simulator Center (JAMSTEC) Chinese Physical Society (CSP) Further information and requests: Prof. Hideaki Takabe (Osaka University), tel. (+81) 06-6879-8731　fax (+81) 06-6879-8719 email: ccp2012[AT]ile.osaka-u.ac.jp URL: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/ CCP2012 Poster: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/CCP2012poster.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 STARS2013-SMFNS2013, Havana and Varadero, Cuba -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/18/stars2013-smfns2013-havana-and-vara… Starting Sat, May 04, 2013 to Fri, May 10, 2013 Location: Havana-Varadero, Cuba Additional Information: http://indico.cern.ch/event/stars2013 STARS2013 - Second Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics, 4 - 6 May 2013, Havana, Cuba SMFNS2013 - Third International Symposium on Strong Electromagnetic Fields and Neutron Stars, 7 - 10 May 2013, Varadero, Cuba FIRST CIRCULAR. Havana, 16 August 2012 Dear Colleague, The Second Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics (STARS2013) will be held from the 4th to the 6th of May 2013, in Havana, Cuba, followed by the Third International Symposium on Strong Electromagnetic Fields and Neutron Stars (SMFNS2013), to take place from the 7th to the 10th of May 2013 in Varadero, Cuba. The events are the second and third in a series of meetings gathering scientists working on astroparticle physics, cosmology, gravitation, nuclear physics, and related fields. As in previous years, the meeting sessions will consist of invited and contributed talks and will cover recent developments in the following topics: STARS2013 - new phenomena and new states of matter in the Universe, general relativity, gravitation, cosmology, heavy ion collisions and the formation of the plasma of quarks and gluons, white dwarfs, neutron stars and pulsars, black holes, gamma-ray emission in the Universe, high energy cosmic rays, gravitational waves, dark energy and dark matter, strange matter and strange stars, antimatter in the Universe, and topics related to these; SMFNS2013 - strong magnetic fields in the Universe, strong magnetic fields in compact stars and in galaxies, ultra-strong magnetic fields in neutron star mergers, quark stars and magnetars, strong magnetic fields and the cosmic microwave background, and topics related to these. Please notice that registration is required for all participants. The registration fees, to be charged as a single fee for both events, are 300 Euros for payments until 31 December 2012 and 330 Euros after 31 December 2012. The conference fees will cover lunches and coffee breaks during the meeting sessions. The payment of fees will additionally entitle each participant to receive the books of abstracts and other promotional materials. Local transportation (airport/hotel/airport and Havana/Varadero/Havana) is also included. We are currently making arrangements with international scientific publishers for the publication of the proceedings. More information will be announced in the second circular and posted in the website of the events http://indico.cern.ch/event/stars2013. Researchers that need an invitation letter for the participation in the events are kindly asked to require it when filling the registration form. In view of our limited financial resources, we strongly recommend that participants request financial support from their research institutions or any other agency for promotion of research. We cordially invite you to attend and contribute to the meetings. If you have any further question, please do not hesitate to contact us via the official e-mail 2013stars[AT]gmail.com. Best regards, Ricardo Gonzalez Felipe and Aurora Perez Martinez On behalf of the STARS2013/SMFNS2013 Organizing Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (2nd circ.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/17/26th-texas-symposium-on-relativisti… Starting Sat, Dec 15, 2012 to Thu, Dec 20, 2012 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp The 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (TEXAS 2012) will be held in Sao Paulo City, Brazil, from December 15-20, 2012. The registration and submission of abstracts for TEXAS 2012 is now open and can be done at http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp. The student registration fee is R$ 500 (~ USD 250); the early, till October 12th, regular registration fee is R$ 900 (~ USD 450); after October 12th the regular registration fee will be R$ 1,100 (~ USD 550). Accommodations: The conference will be held at the Bourbon Convention Ibirapuera. Take advantage of the special rates available to the conference attendees (http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp/accommodation.php) There are also special prices for other hotels, and we are negotiating additional options, in particular the more economical ones. Tours: there is a travel agency in charge of the city tour (http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp/attractions.php) Visa: Have a look at http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp/deadlines_and_fees.php for important information. In the case of any problem regarding this or other issues. Do not hesitate to get in touch with the LOC (texas2012sp[AT]gmail.com) We look forward to seeing you in Sao Paulo City (also known as Sampa). LOC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 ESLAB 2013: The Universe as seen by Planck, Noordwijk, The Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/09/eslab-2013-the-universe-as-seen-by-… Starting Tue, Apr 02, 2013 to Fri, Apr 05, 2013 Location: Noordwijk, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://congrexprojects.com/13a11 An international conference dedicated to an in-depth look at the initial scientific results from the Planck mission. The objective of the conference is to present and discuss the initial science results from Planck, ESA's mission to map the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background. It is the first scientific forum where these results will be addressed, following Planck’s first major release of data products and scientific papers in early 2013. It will cover both cosmology (based on analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background) and astrophysics (based on analysis of foreground emission sources). ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Two postdoc positions in quantum gravity at CPT, Marseille, France ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/28/two-postdoc-positions-in-quantum-gr… Institution: Marseille, France Deadline: Tue, Nov 20, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~quantumgravity/ The quantum gravity group in Marseille opens two postdoctoral positions in quantum gravity, and calls for applications. We expect to fill one position soon, possibly this year, and the second in the fall 2013. Each position is for two years. No decision will be taken before September 20th for this year opening, and before November 20th for the fall 2013 opening. Applications after these deadlines will continue to be considered, until both positions are filled. The candidate is expected to have a solid interest and possibly a good competence in the research topics developed by the Marseille quantum gravity group, and to be willing to participate in the scientific activity of the group and collaborate with its members. She is also expected to assume some minor responsibility in scientific organization and possibly in graduate students supervision. Please send applications and support letters to the address: applications.qg.cpt[AT]gmail.com indicating the name of the candidate in the subject line. For question, please write to rovelli[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr. Please specify the date at which the candidate could start working in Marseille. A good application will include a concise summary of previous scientific work emphasizing its interesting results, and a statement or research interests. One or two reference letters from senior scientists can be mailed to the same address. The group supports affirmative action. Carlo Rovelli Simone Speziale Alejandro Perez Thomas Krajewski +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at UIUC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/27/postdoctoral-research-associate-in-… Institution: Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA Deadline: Thu, Nov 01, 2012 Additional Information: https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/ Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate position in the Illinois Relativity Group. The candidate should have research experience in numerical relativity, computational hydrodynamics or computational MHD. A background in general relativity and relativistic astrophysics would be desirable. Applicants should go online at https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/ to submit their application, which must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, brief description of research interests, and the names, mailing and email addresses of three references. Please contact Sue Berndt at sberndt[AT]illinois.edu if you have any questions. Applications should be posted by NOV 1, 2012 for full consideration. The starting date of the position is AUGUST 16, 2013, but earlier dates are possible. The Illinois Relativity Group is developing the tools of numerical relativity, computational hydrodynamics and computational MHD to tackle diverse problems in general relativity and astrophysics. Recent topics include the inspiral and coalescence of binary compact objects (binary black holes, binary neutron stars, binary black hole-neutron stars and binary white dwarf-neutron stars); the generation of gravitational waves; magnetorotational stellar collapse; gas accretion onto black holes and binary black holes; and the formation and cosmological growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe. Some of our work is geared to identifying astrophysically plausible, strong-field sources of gravitational waves and calculating gravitational waveforms for detection by laser interferometers, such as LIGO/VIRGO and eLISA/NGO. For these sources we are also exploring correlations between gravitational wave and electromagnetic signals, including optical, UV and X-ray emission and gamma-ray bursts, for possible simultaneous detections. The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral position in general relativity, high energy physics and black hole physics at CENTRA, Lisbon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/20/postdoctoral-position-in-general-re… Institution: Lisbon, Portugal Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. A tentative date for the appointment is 1st June 2013 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) is a research centre which is part of the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, a leading research Institution in Portugal. More information on the Center can be found at http://centra.ist.utl.pt/ The gravity group is currently focusing on phenomenology of black hole physics and high energy physics, and is composed of faculty Vitor Cardoso, José Lemos and several Postdoctoral Fellows, including three Marie Curie Fellows. More details can be found at http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/ The group has strong ties to teams in Aveiro, Barcelona, Cambridge (DAMTP), Olemiss, Pará and Rome (``La Sapienza'') The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to the following e-mail address: jobs_gravity[AT]ist.utl.pt Please use the subject "GR/HEP physics". Applications should be received by Nov 30, 2012. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on Dec 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso[AT]ist.utl.pt). These positions are supported by the European Research Council and by the FCT. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Research Associate in Numerical Relativity at CENTRA, Lisbon ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/20/research-associate-in-numerical-rel… Institution: Lisbon, Portugal Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. Funds for one additional (third) year are possible. A tentative date for the appointment is 1st June 2013 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) is a research centre which is part of the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, a leading research Institution in Portugal. More information on the Center can be found at http://centra.ist.utl.pt/ The gravity group is currently focusing on phenomenology of black hole physics and high energy physics, and is composed of faculty Vitor Cardoso, José Lemos and several Postdoctoral Fellows, including three Marie Curie Fellows. More details can be found at http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/ The group is extremely young and active and has strong ties to teams in Aveiro, Rome (``La Sapienza''), Cambridge (DAMTP), Olemiss and Pará. The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to the following e-mail address: jobs_gravity[AT]ist.utl.pt Please use the subject "Research Fellow". Applications should be received by Nov 30, 2012. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on Dec 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso[AT]ist.utl.pt). This position is supported by the European Research Council and by the FCT. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Research Associate position in Numerical Relativity ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/20/research-associate-position-in-nume… CENTRO MULTIDISCIPLINAR DE ASTROFISICA (CENTRA) The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. Funds for one additional (third) year are possible. A tentative date for the appointment is 1st June 2013 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) is a research centre which is part of the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, a leading research Institution in Portugal. More information on the Center can be found at http://centra.ist.utl.pt/ The gravity group is currently focusing on phenomenology of black hole physics and high energy physics, and is composed of faculty Vitor Cardoso, José Lemos and several Postdoctoral Fellows, including three Marie Curie Fellows. More details can be found at http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/ The group is extremely young and active and has strong ties to teams in Aveiro, Rome (``La Sapienza''), Cambridge (DAMTP), Olemiss and Pará. The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to the following e-mail address: jobs_gravity(a)ist.utl.pt Please use the subject "Research Fellow". Applications should be received by Dec 31st, 2011. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on Dec 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso(a)ist.utl.pt) This position is supported by the European Research Council and by the FCT. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position at Portsmouth, UK ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/20/lecturer-senior-lecturer-position-a… Institution: Portsmouth, UK Deadline: Fri, Oct 05, 2012 Additional Information: http://research.icg.port.ac.uk/node/2580 University of Portsmouth Faculty of Technology Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation Lecturer or Senior Lecturer Reference: 10002099/10006068 Closing date: 5th October 2012 A Lecturer or Senior Lecturer is required from 1st January 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter. The post is to enhance our programme of world-class research and high-quality teaching at the University of Portsmouth. The successful candidate will have an excellent research record, complementing the existing research interests and expertise of ICG staff in cosmology and astrophysics. They will be expected to develop new research opportunities and be able to attract external funding to support them. Holders of personal research fellowships are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will participate in the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate units across a range of subjects in mathematics and physics. The ICG consists of 11 academic staff, 14 postdoctoral researchers and 18 PhD students, and is a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III), the Dark Energy Survey, the UK Low Frequency Array (LOFAR:UK) and the UK National Cosmology Supercomputer Consortium (COSMOS). We have major roles in many other international collaborations (including GAMA, SERVS, and ESA’s Euclid satellite mission) and have an active international visitors programme. The University of Portsmouth is a member of the South-East Physics Network (SEPnet) and hosts the 1000-core SEPnet-ASTRO supercomputer (SCIAMA). More information is available at http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/ Applications (an application form, CV, research statement and names of 3 referees) should be sent by email to jobs[AT]port.ac.uk and copied to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk. Late applications may be considered until the post has been filled. To find out more about the University of Portsmouth and this role, visit http://www.port.ac.uk/vacancies and apply on-line. Alternatively telephone 023 9284 3421. Please quote the reference number on all communications. All applications for this position will be processed and conducted in compliance with UK legislation relevant at that time. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave physics at the ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/10/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Sao Paulo, Brasil Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.ictp-saifr.org Applications are invited for a two-year postdoctoral position (with possible renewal for a third year) in gravitational wave physics at the ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR) in Sao Paulo, Brasil. The ICTP-SAIFR is starting a group in gravitational wave physics to work on physics topics relevant for the search of gravitational waves as it is carried out by the LIGO experiments. The ICTP-SAIFR encourages applications from candidates interested in working on data analysis for gravitational wave detection, with particular emphasis on signals from coalescing binaries and/or theoretical modeling of the 2-body motion in gravity theories and/or theoretical modelling of gravitational waves from coalescing binaries. A PhD in Physics at the time the appointment begins is required. The annual salary (tax-free) is 66,000 reais with an additional 10,000 reais for travel and research expenses. Moving expenses to Brasil are also included. Candidates should fill the online application form for a postdoctoral postion at http://www.ictp-saifr.org as soon as possible, and select the subarea "Gravitational Wave Physics" in Step 4 of the postdoctoral application form. The position can begin anytime after the candidate has been chosen. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Instructor/Lecturer in Astronomy at the University of Mississippi-Oxford ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/09/instructorlecturer-in-astronomy-at-… Institution: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/physics_and_astronomy/ This position requires a master's degree in astronomy, physics, or a related field. Duties include teaching lower division astronomy courses, developing astronomy laboratories, and teaching some astronomy labs if the need arises. The position involves CCD astrophotography of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies with our Honors College students and B.S. physics majors. Good interpersonal and communication skills are essential, so is the ability to organize one's own work as well as to participate in teamwork. Candidates must demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate education. A minimum of one (1) year of demonstrated excellence in teaching undergraduate astronomy at least at community college level and experience as an amateur astronomer are preferred. Applicants must be familiar with telescopes, astrophotography, and computers. Candidates must be skilled in the troubleshooting of telescopes, cameras, and laboratory instrumentation Copies of applicant's transcripts (unofficial copies acceptable) and current curriculum vitae must be submitted with application. Names and addresses of three references should be provided. The position is available for the Fall or Spring 2012 term. The position is initially for one year with a possibility of being extended longer term. Send applications to Prof. Don Summers at summers[AT]phy.olemiss.edu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Research Associate in Numerical Relativity at Cornell University -------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/07/research-associate-in-numerical-rel… Institution: Ithaca, NY, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Cornell University expects to have an opening for a Research Associate in numerical relativity starting in September, 2013. The position requires a Ph.D. and experience in numerical relativity or computational physics. The position is for one year, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The Cornell Relativity Group consists of Saul Teukolsky and Eanna Flanagan, senior research associate Larry Kidder and research associate Mike Boyle. There will also be opportunities to interact with the Theoretical Astrophysics Group, including Rachel Bean, David Chernoff, Dong Lai, Richard Lovelace, and Ira Wasserman. Applicants should submit a resume with a list of publications, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Melanie Wetzel mks38[AT]cornell.edu. Applicants can apply on line at: https://www.hr.cornell.edu/jobs/positions.html and refer to posting # 18110 Completed applications should be received no later than December 1, 2012. Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Postdoc and Advanced-Postdoc positions in Gravity at SISSA, Italy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/02/postdocs-and-advanced-postdoc-in-gr… Institution: Trieste, Italy Deadline: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1681 The Astroparticle physics group (http://www.sissa.it/app) and the Astrophysics group (http://www.sissa.it/ap) of the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste (Italy) expect to have the following openings: -- Two Research Associate (postdoc) positions: These positions are for two years. One of them is available immediately and the other is expected to start in Fall 2013, -- One Advanced Fellow (senior postdoc) position: The position is for three years. It is available immediately and the successful applicant is expected to start no later than Fall 2013, to be funded by the ERC Starting Grant "Challenging General Relativity" (PI: Thomas Sotiriou). The grant will be used in order to put together an extended research group (excellence cluster) of young and more experienced researchers (students, postdocs, senior postdocs) and to foster and support a wide network of international collaborations. This group aims to conduct cutting-edge research on the limits of General Relativity as a theory for the gravitational interaction. Successful applicants are expected to conduct research in related research areas such as alternative theories of gravity, black hole physics, compact stars and strong gravity regime, and quantum gravity. Competitive salaries and ample research support (travel funds, visitor funds, etc.) will be offered. There are no compulsory teaching duties. SISSA is a multidisciplinary PhD school, unique in Italy, pursuing research in the areas of physics, mathematics and neuroscience and is located close to the main scientific institutions of the region (ICTP, Trieste University and the Trieste Observatory). SISSA offers good local computer facilities and access to regional supercomputing resources. All of our scientific activity is carried out in English (as is the administrative support) and we provide local assistance for all members: a housing office, Italian classes, a nursery for children of SISSA members and a gym. Applicants should register with http://academicjobsonline.org and then submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a research statement giving a brief description of past research and future plans and contact details for 3 referees. The online application form for these posts is at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1681. All applicants will be considered for all positions. For further information contact Thomas Sotiriou via email: sotiriou[AT]sissa.it Completed applications should be received no later than September 30th, 2012. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 New CQG focus issue: Applications of holography to condensed matter physics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/31/new-cqg-focus-issue-applications-of… Additional Information: http://j.mp/T2hgBc We are very pleased to bring you this focus issue on applications of holography to condensed matter systems. This focus issue strengthens the connections between holography and other gravitational research. We hope that you will find this focus issue of particular interest and encourage you to share this with your colleagues and peers. The articles in the focus issue will be free to download for 3 months from the date of publication. We hope that you will publish your next paper with CQG and look forward to working with you soon. Best wishes, Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Minkowski Institute Press and Minkowski's papers on relativity ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/28/minkowski-institute-press-and-minko… Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/ Dear Colleagues, This message is to inform you of the launching of a new academic publisher - the Minkowski Institute Press (MIP): http://minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/ MIP's first book is: "Hermann Minkowski, Space and Time: Minkowski's papers on relativity" (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal 2012), 123 pages. Minkowski's three papers have never been published together either in German or English and Das Relativitätsprinzip has not been translated into English so far. More information about the book is available at: http://minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/minkowski.html Its free version is also available there as well as in Apple's iBookstore: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/space-and-time/id541844231?mt=11&ls=1 MIP will publish textbooks (and lecture notes), monographs, and introductory science and technology books for a wider audience. All books will be ebooks, but print on demand is available; we have received advanced orders for the first book and a week ago the first 110 softcover copies were printed, half of which are now already sold. Four distinct features of MIP are: (i) offering books at affordable prices as a means to reach more readers all over the world, (ii) authors receive 20-25% royalties based on the ebook price (royalties options are given in the publishing agreement the authors sign), (iii) rapid publication; once a book is accepted (after a reasonable review period) and the submitted manuscript is in LaTeX, MIP will try to publish the ebook within a month. (iv) most of the profit will be one of the steady sources of funding of a new institute (http://minkowskiinstitute.org/) so publishing with MIP will support the Minkowski Institute. If you would like to receive the MIP Newsletter (announcing new publications), send a blank email to info[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org. Best wishes, Vesselin Petkov vpetkov[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org http://spacetimecentre.org/vpetkov/ Institute for Foundational Studies "Hermann Minkowski" Montreal, Quebec, Canada http://minkowskiinstitute.org/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Continuum and Discrete Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Einstein's Field Equations" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/28/living-reviews-in-relativity-contin… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-9 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Continuum and Discrete Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Einstein's Field Equations" by Olivier Sarbach and Manuel Tiglio on 27 August 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-9 Sarbach, Olivier and Tiglio, Manuel "Continuum and Discrete Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Einstein's Field Equations" ACCEPTED: 2012-05-02 PUBLISHED: 2012-08-27 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-9 (incl. 457 references and 17 figures) ABSTRACT: Many evolution problems in physics are described by partial differential equations on an infinite domain; therefore, one is interested in the solutions to such problems for a given initial dataset. A prominent example is the binary black-hole problem within Einstein's theory of gravitation, in which one computes the gravitational radiation emitted from the inspiral of the two black holes, merger and ringdown. Powerful mathematical tools can be used to establish qualitative statements about the solutions, such as their existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence on the initial data, or their asymptotic behavior over large time scales. However, one is often interested in computing the solution itself, and unless the partial differential equation is very simple, or the initial data possesses a high degree of symmetry, this computation requires approximation by numerical discretization. When solving such discrete problems on a machine, one is faced with a finite limit to computa tional resources, which leads to the replacement of the infinite continuum domain with a finite computer grid. This, in turn, leads to a discrete initial-boundary value problem. The hope is to recover, with high accuracy, the exact solution in the limit where the grid spacing converges to zero with the boundary being pushed to infinity. The goal of this article is to review some of the theory necessary to understand the continuum and discrete initial boundary-value problems arising from hyperbolic partial differential equations and to discuss its applications to numerical relativity; in particular, we present well-posed initial and initial-boundary value formulations of Einstein's equations, and we discuss multi-domain high-order finite difference and spectral methods to solve them. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 New CQG focus issue: Tests of the weak equivalence principle ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/15/new-cqg-focus-issue-tests-of-the-we… Additional Information: http://j.mp/MywInA Dear colleagues, We are very pleased to bring you the latest CQG focus issue: tests of the weak equivalence principle, which is currently free to read on the CQG website. http://j.mp/MywInA This focus issue brings together a set of invited papers which explore the many aspects of testing the weak equivalence principle (WEP). An introductory article laying out the theoretical context is followed by articles on current laboratory experiments. Four articles describe the latest results from lunar laser ranging and binary pulsar timing, while two articles discuss progress toward testing the free fall of anti-Hydrogen. The final four articles address future experiments to be carried out in space on orbiting or sub-orbital platforms. We hope that you will find this focus issue to be of interest. We invite you to publish your next paper with CQG and look forward to working with you soon. Best wishes, Clifford M Will Clive C Speake Guest Editors Classical and Quantum Gravity +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 Presentations and Pictures of the Chalonge 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/06/presentations-and-pictures-of-the-c… Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge The 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium Chalonge 2012 THE NEW STANDARD MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE: LAMBDA WARM DARK MATTER: THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS Paris Observatory HQ, historic Perrault building, 25--27 JULY 2012 Greetings from Paris. We are pleased to inform you that the presentations by the lecturers during the 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 and its Open Session are available on line (in pdf format) in "Programme and Lecturers .pdf " in the URL: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2012.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_Paris2012.html CONTENTS: Peter Biermann (Chalonge Medal), Carlo Burigana, Christopher Conselice, Asantha Cooray, Sudeep Das, Hector de Vega, John Kormendy, Anthony Lasenby (Chalonge Medal), Marco Laveder and Carlo Giunti, Ernest Ma, John Mather (Nobel laureate and Chalonge Medal), Felix Mirabel, Lyman Page, Rafael Rebolo, Norma Sanchez, Brian Schmidt (Nobel laureate and Chalonge Medal), Aldo Serenelli, George Smoot (Nobel laureate and Chalonge Medal), Michel Tognini, Matthew Walker, Ingunn Wehus, Christian Weinheimer. OPEN SESSION DIFFUSION, PHOTO ALBUMS AND CHALONGE MEDAL 2012 : http://chalonge.obspm.fr/album2012/index.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/albumopensession2012/index.html http://www.planetastronomy.com/special/2012-special/27jul/chalonge-cosmo.htm http://www.grandpublic.obspm.fr/Session-d-ete-de-Culture We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Colloquium and we look forward to seeing you in the next Colloquium of this series of this series With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez, Hector J de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2012.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Barcelona Postgrad Encounters on Fundamental Physics 1.2 Horizons of Quantum Physics: from Foundations to Quantum-Enabled Technologies, Taipei 1.3 AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session on Modern Relativity 1.4 XX SIGRAV Conference in Naples (Italy) 1.5 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity at Oppurg, Germany 1.6 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Summer Open Session of Scientific Culture 1.7 Hot topics in Modern Cosmology (Spontaneous Workshop VII), Cargese, France 1.8 Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Oxford, Mississippi 2. Jobs 2.1 Two lecturer positions in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Binary Neutron Star Mergers" 3.2 New book: "Patterns in Physics, Toward a Unifying Theory" by Rejean Plamondon 3.3 New book: "Relativistic Astrophysics of the Transient Universe" by M.H.P.M. van Putten and A. Levinson ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Barcelona Postgrad Encounters on Fundamental Physics -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/30/barcelona-postgrad-encounters-on-fu… Starting Wed, Oct 17, 2012 to Fri, Oct 19, 2012 Location: Barcelona, Spain Additional Information: http://ffn.ub.edu/bcn-encounters The “Barcelona Postgrad Encounters on Fundamental Physics” is conceived as a meeting of young researchers. We invite PhD students and young postdocs to participate in a friendly workshop intended to give them a unique opportunity to interact with each other, to present their own work and to get to know about the topics being developed in other institutions. The meeting has been conceived and is organized by students of our faculty. The speakers will be selected from the participants themselves, with no senior invited talks. The aim is to create an informal environment that promotes discussions and interaction. The topics covered by the talks are intended to range from mathematical studies such as string theory and QFT in curved spacetime to other grounded topics of condensed matter and strongly coupled systems, with an extra focus on holography and AdS/CFT. The talks will be selected to give a greater picture of how different fields of physics are interconnected with each other. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Horizons of Quantum Physics: from Foundations to Quantum-Enabled Technologies, Taipei ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/27/horizons-of-quantum-physics-from-fo… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Thu, Oct 18, 2012 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Additional Information: http://www.quantumhorizons.org/ Our workshop sits at the crossroads of cutting edge Theoretical Quantum Physics, Experimental Quantum Information Processing and Industrial Research. Its scope is to create a top level environment for discussion and confrontation where a common language between theorists, experimentalists and technologists might start to develop, with the ultimate goal to explore and enable the fascinating knowledge that will shape the world of tomorrow. Main Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: • Foundations of Quantum Physics • Gravity and Quantum Physics • Entropy, Information, Holography • Quantum Information Theory, Relativistic and Non-Relativistic • Experimental Quantum Information Processing • Quantum Optics and Photonics • Quantum Simulation and Quantum Algorythms Confirmed Keynote Speakers are: J. Bekenstein, G.'t Hooft, H. Kleinert, W. Unruh, A. Zeilinger, as well as a bunch of outstanding Invited Speakers. Registration Deadline: 1st October 2012 Poster Submission: 1st October 2012 For more detailed, updated information, direct contact, and to register, go to the website http://www.quantumhorizons.org On behalf of the Organizing Committee Fabio Scardigli (Academia Sinica, Taipei) (email: fabio[AT]phys.ntu.edu.tw) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session on Modern Relativity ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/26/ams-sectional-meeting-ams-special-s… Starting Sat, Sep 22, 2012 to Sun, Sep 23, 2012 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: http://www.ams.org/meetings/sectional/2198_program_ss6.html#title 2012 Eastern Sectional Meeting Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY September 22-23, 2012 (Saturday - Sunday) Meeting #1082 Organizers: Manuela Campanelli and Yosef Zlochower, Rochester Institute of Technology. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 XX SIGRAV Conference in Naples (Italy) ------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/21/xx-sigrav-conference-in-naples-ital… Starting Mon, Oct 22, 2012 to Fri, Oct 26, 2012 Location: Napoli, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte Additional Information: http://www.sigrav.org/Announcements/Napoli2012/Second.html The biennial Conference of the Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV) is devoted to all aspects of gravitational physics, such as Classical and Quantum Gravity, Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, as well as Experimental Gravity. The five day Conference will host about twenty invited plenary talks and shorter invited and contributed talks in three parallel workshops. A science divulgation/outreach session will be hosted during the Conference. The Conference will take place at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (Napoli), in the framework of the celebrations of 200 years since its foundation. During the Conference, the AMALDI MEDAL and the SIGRAV PRIZES will be awarded to outstanding Senior and Junior scientists. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity at Oppurg, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/10/workshop-on-numerical-and-mathemati… Starting Thu, Oct 11, 2012 to Sat, Oct 13, 2012 Location: Oppurg, Germany Additional Information: http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/NRMR12/index.shtml The aim of the workshop is to give numerical relativists the opportunity to learn about topics in mathematical relativity beyond the level that they would typically be discussed by the numerical relativity community, and to inform the mathematical community about the current state of the art in numerical simulations. To this end talks will be presented over the following topics: 1.) Global results for numerical relativists. 2.) Formulations of general relativity. 3.) Boundary conditions and well-posedness of the initial boundary value problem. 4.) Accurate and stable discretizations of spacetime. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Summer Open Session of Scientific Culture ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/09/ecole-internationale-dastrophysique… Location: Observatoire de Paris, historic Perrault building, Cassini Hall, France Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2012.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Summer Open Session of Scientific Culture Friday 27 July 2012 , Observatoire de Paris, historic Perrault building, Cassini Hall The summer open session of scientific culture 2012 of the Chalonge School in the framework of the 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium will host the awarded cosmologists of the Nobel prize of Physics 2006, 2011 and awarded of the Daniel Chalonge Medal, and the ESA astronaut Michel Tognini, Brigadier General in the French Air Force. The Session will take place on Friday 27 July from 15h45 to 20h in the Cassini Hall, in the historic Perrault building. The welcome will take place in the Great Gallery. Programme: John Mather, George Smoot, Brian Schmidt, Michel Tognini and the Chalonge Medal Award 2012. Exhibitions: "21 years of activity of the Chalonge School: The golden days of Astrofundamental physics:". "High Mountain Scientific Stations and Observatories: Past, present and future". And the Paris Observatory exhibition "From Jean-Dominique Cassini (1625-1712) to the spacecraft Cassini-Huyggens" http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2012.html With compliments and kind regards Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http//chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 Hot topics in Modern Cosmology (Spontaneous Workshop VII), Cargese, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/03/hot-topics-in-modern-cosmology-spon… Starting Mon, May 06, 2013 to Sat, May 11, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/SW_2013/SW7.html Spontaneous Workshop (SW) brings together specialists on recent insights in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology. The aim is to stimulate debates on common topics in views of providing us with innovating ideas. The workshop’s organization is based on an optimal number of concise presentations and enough space for discussions on emergent problems in order to favour interactions among participants. SW7 topics includes : * Cosmological parameters – Anomalies in CMB * Baryon and Lepton number violation, CP violation * LHC and Dark Matter - Astroparticle Physics * Neutrino Cosmology * Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis - Cosmic antimatter * Inflation - Dark Energy – Modified Gravity * Cosmological Large Scale Structures, Magnetic Fields * Gravitational waves of Cosmological and Astrophysical origin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Oxford, Mississippi ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/02/seventh-gulf-coast-gravity-meeting/ Starting Fri, Apr 19, 2013 to Sat, Apr 20, 2013 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GCGM7/ The Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Theoretical Physics group at the University of Mississippi will host the Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (GCGM7) on April 19-20, 2013. The GCGM is a regional meeting that brings together researchers in all areas of gravitational physics from the south-east region of the United States. The past two editions were at Louisiana State University (GCGM5, 2009) and Florida Atlantic University (GCGM6, 2011). This is the second GCGM organized by Ole Miss (the first one was GCGM4, 2008). The workshop is meant to be informal and student presentations are welcome. There will be no registration fee. To register, simply send an email with your name and affiliation to the following address: gcgm7 [at] phy [dot] olemiss [dot] edu We don't have travel funding at the moment, but we are looking for ways to support students and postdocs. Please say explicitly in your email if you are a student or postdoc and if you would like to have travel support in case it becomes available. The email address listed above can be used for all inquiries related to the conference. More information is available on the conference webpage: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GCGM7/ We are looking forward to seeing you in Oxford next Spring. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Two lecturer positions in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/09/two-lecturer-positions-in-the-schoo… Institution: Melbourne, Australia Deadline: Fri, Aug 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=502376 The School of Mathematical Sciences is seeking two suitably qualified and enthusiastic Lecturers/Senior Lecturers in Mathematics to join a highly motivated team at Clayton campus. You will undertake research and teaching in the area of pure or applied mathematics. Priority will be given to applicants with expertise in functional analysis, differential geometry, algebra, partial differential equations, or numerical analysis. To be successful in this role, you will have a PhD, an outstanding research record and proven teaching ability. This role is a full-time position for a fixed term period of three years; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated, and the position may be converted to a permanent position subject to certain performance criteria. Appointment will be made at a level appropriate to the successful applicant's qualifications, experience and in accordance with classification standards for each level. Applications close on Friday 31 August 2012, 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time. Enquiries: Professor Kate Smith-Miles, Head of School, telephone +61 3 9905 3170 For further information please use the following link http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=502376 ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Binary Neutron Star Mergers" --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/19/living-reviews-in-relativity-binary… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-8 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Binary Neutron Star Mergers" by Joshua A. Faber and Frederic A. Rasio on July 4, 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. We are also pleased to announce that Living Reviews in Relativity received an impact factor of 17.462 in Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Report 2011, again leading the category Physics, Particles & Fields. Special thanks to all our authors for writing such excellent reviews! ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-8 Faber, Joshua A. and Rasio, Frederic A. "Binary Neutron Star Mergers" ACCEPTED: 2012-05-22 PUBLISHED: 2012-07-04 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-8 ABSTRACT: We review the current status of studies of the coalescence of binary neutron star systems. We begin with a discussion of the channels by which merging binaries form, and discuss the most recent observational and theoretical predictions for observable merger rates. Next, we turn to the quasi-equilibrium formalisms that are used to study binaries prior to the merger phase and to generate initial data for dynamical simulations, including a discussion of our current understanding of the physics they can reveal in their own right and how they have shaped our view of the orbital instability processes that can drive binaries to merger at the end of their lifetimes. Afterwards, we turn to the techniques used in dynamical simulations, including relativistic formalisms, (magneto)hydrodynamics, gravitational wave extraction techniques, and nuclear-density microphysical treatments. This is followed by a discussion of the simulations performed across the field to date, including the most recent results from both fully relativistic and/or microphysically-oriented simulations. Finally, we discuss the likely directions for the field as we transition from the first generation of gravitational wave interferometers to the second while supercomputers enter the petascale regime. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 New book: "Patterns in Physics, Toward a Unifying Theory" by Rejean Plamondon --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/10/new-book-patterns-in-physics-toward… I am pleased to announce the recent publication of my book: “Patterns in Physics, Toward a Unifying Theory”, by Rejean Plamondon, 214 pages; 49 figures. Presses Internationales Polytechnique, June 2012. The main message conveyed throughout the book is that the four basic interactive forces of physics, which are considered to be empirical facts, can be seen as emergent phenomena described by specific mathematical patterns, when seen through the appropriate representation and interpretation schemes. Similarly, in such a model, once a coherent set of physical units is defined, the values of the fundamental constants can be seen as numerical parametric patterns that can be predicted after taking into account the various projections that are required to perform these measurements as well as the physical environment and the specific context in which these estimates are made. More specifically, in generalizing a statistical pattern recognition methodology, it is possible to point out some basic patterns that could contribute to bridging the gap between quantum mechanics and general relativity. The whole argument stems from two basic principles: the principle of interdependence and the principle of asymptotic congruence. It starts with an analogy between problem-solving methods in physics and the search for solutions in statistical pattern recognition. Based on this heuristic and analogical approach, a probabilistic version of the Einstein field equations is derived and a solution for the case of a weak-field symmetric massive object is proposed on the grounds of the central limit theorem and the Bayes' law. The model has only one emergent characteristic feature, a constant parameter which can be associated to the intrinsic proper length or the space-time response of the physical system. The resulting field and potential equations can be seen as ge neralizations of Newton’s empirical law. Once incorporated in the metric it leads to very chllenging predictions, regarding for example the dark matter and dark energy. Rejean Plamondon Professor Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Quebec, CANADA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 New book: "Relativistic Astrophysics of the Transient Universe" by M.H.P.M. van Putten and A. Levinson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/10/new-book-relativistic-astrophysics-… Additional Information: http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107010734 Relativistic Astrophysics of the Transient Universe: Gravitation, Hydrodynamics and Radiation by Maurice H. P. M. Van Putten and Amir Levinson Cambridge University Press, 2012 Advance praise: 'Van Putten and Levinson have made an enjoyable compilation of all those strange things that can happen in our Universe, not only providing detailed physical calculations to understand them, but also including descriptions of all the channels of radiation that we can use to receive as much information about them as we can.' Gerard 't Hooft, Utrecht University, from the Foreword

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 2012 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), Kobe, Japan (2nd circ.) 1.2 Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology (2nd circ.) 1.3 First Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry 1.4 CoCoNuT Meeting 2012, in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) 1.5 Black Hole Growth in the Universe, Beijing 2. Jobs 2.1 Assistant Research Faculty in M-String/Brane Theory at CASPER, Baylor University 2.2 Chair in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield, UK 2.3 Postdoctoral positions at Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2.4 Postdoc positions for 2013 at Rhodes University, South Africa 3. News 3.1 Presentations of the Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2012: "Warm Dark Matter galaxy formation in agreement with observations" 3.2 Thomas-Paul Hack awarded 2012 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize 3.3 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation 3.4 New Book: "The Geometry of Special Relativity" by Tevian Dray 3.5 New book: "The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition" by Anadijiban Das and Andrew DeBenedictis ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 2012 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), Kobe, Japan (2nd circ.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/21/conference-on-computational-physics… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Thu, Oct 18, 2012 Location: Kobe, Japan Additional Information: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/index.html A unique international conference that integrates contributions from Physics and other fields. We are pleased to announce that registration and abstract and/or full paper submission are open on the conference website: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/index.html Dates: October 14 (Sunday) - 18 (Thursday), 2012 Venue: Nichii Gakkan Conference Center, Kobe, Japan (next to the K-computer site) http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/access.html Main purpose: This 24th CCP tries for the first time to put together the researchers interested in various fields of computational science, with focus on pure and applied Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Climate, Weather, Earth Science and so on. CCP2012 aims at stimulating interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration on computational science. Furthermore, it is the first time that the CCP is organized in Japan and this is done on the occasion of the opening of the K-computer for shared use (September 2012). Distinctive features: 1) Broad range of topics. 2) 11 plenary talks with comprehensive reviews from physics to industrial application. 3) Half of the parallel session organized on the basis of numerical methods and the other half about special topics deemed of particular importance 4) Speakers are invited to present: i) a comprehensive overview of their research field, ii) the reasons why the selected numerical methods are useful or necessary for their computation, iii) numerical scheme and results, and iv) future prospects. Invited talks: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/invited.html Registration fee: 30000 yen (20000 yen for students) Deadline for registration: July 31, 2012; [late registrations will be accepted until September 10, at the increased fee of 35000 yen (25000 yen for students)] Deadline for abstract submission: August 31, 2012 A simple abstract or a full paper may be submitted, as long as the pdf file is less than 4Mb. The whole submitted file will be distributed to all participants as a flash memory. Deadline for submission of the manuscript for the proceedings: November 19, 2012 The CCP2012 is organized by: IUPAP, Osaka University, Kyoto University, Kobe University, University of Hyogo, The Japan Physical Society (JPS), The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) The conference is also endorsed by many organizations in the world such as APS, EPS, AAPPS, etc.: Contact: email: ccp2012[AT]ile.osaka-u.ac.jp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology (2nd circ.) ---------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/14/multiverse-and-fundamental-cosmolog… Starting Mon, Sep 10, 2012 to Fri, Sep 14, 2012 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl Dear Collegues, We would like to remind you that the deadline for an early registration for the conference “Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology” (10-14.09.2012) is 30th of June 2012. Participants are kindly required to register through our conference server http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl by filling in a registration form and submitting it to the conference address: mcosmo12[AT]wmf.univ.szczecin.pl. Those who want to give a talk should send the title and the abstract together with the registration form. The talks selected to an oral presentation will be announced by the Organizing Committee soon after the registration deadline. It is planned that the invited lectures and short contributions will be published in a conference volume of the American Institute of Physics. The organizer of the conference is the Cosmology Group of the University of Szczecin and collaborators are the Polish Physical Society, the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Krakow, and the National Centre for Nuclear Research in Swierk. List of invited speakers includes: Martin Bojowald, Univ. Penn State, USA Robert R. Caldwell, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA Paul C.W. Davies, Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona St. Univ., USA Michael Heller, Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Kraków, Poland Jerzy Jurkiewicz, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Claus Kiefer, Univ. Cologne, Germany Renate Loll, Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands Carlos J.A.P. Martins, Univ. Porto, Portugal David Polarski, Univ. Montpellier, France Alexei Starobinsky, Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia Shinji Tsujikawa, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan Jean-Philippe Uzan, IAP, Paris, France Alexander Vilenkin, Tufts University, USA I am looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin. With compliments, Mariusz P. Dabrowski (Organizing Committee chair) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 First Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/07/fall-school-on-quantum-geometry-in-… Starting Mon, Oct 08, 2012 to Fri, Oct 12, 2012 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/school/school.shtml Dear Friends and Colleagues, the Emerging Field Project ``Quantum Geometry'' of the FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg is organising a fall school on Quantum Geometry. This a joint project between the departments of physics and mathematics. More details can be found at http://quantumgeometry.nat.uni-erlangen.de/school2012 More information about the EFP Quantum Geometry at http://quantumgeometry.nat.uni-erlangen.de/ More details on the Quantum Gravity Research performed in Erlangen can be found at http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de Please forward to interested colleagues and students at your convenience. Thank you very much and best wishes Thomas Thiemann +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 CoCoNuT Meeting 2012, in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) ------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/04/coconut-meeting-2012/ Starting Wed, Oct 24, 2012 to Fri, Oct 26, 2012 Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Additional Information: http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/hydro/COCONUT/Mallorca2012/ The CoCoNuT code is a general relativistic hydrodynamics code with dynamical spacetime evolution. The aim of this numerical code is the study of several astrophysical scenarios in which general relativity can play an important role, namely the collapse of rapidly rotating stellar cores and the evolution of isolated neutron stars. The emphasis this year shall be put on gravitational waves as probes of new physics under extreme conditions. Recent progress and future developments of this field and of the CoCoNuT code shall be discussed, but not exclusively. Possible topics of the meeting are: • Gravitational wave theory and detection • Simulation and modeling of GW sources: black holes, neutron stars, supernovae • Multimessenger astronomy using GW • Science potential of present and future planed detectors The purpose of the CoCoNuT meeting is twofold: on the one hand it is intended as a regular (yearly so far) meeting of the CoCoNuT users, but it also serves as an opportunity to interchange ideas with users of similar numerical codes. Therefore the attendance to the meeting of anyone outside the CoCoNuT community is welcomed. This meeting in particular would be of interest to a wide community including cosmologists, high energy physicists, theoretical relativists, numerical relativists and nuclear astrophysicists. Invited speakers: • Patrick Sutton, Cardiff University (UK) • Chris Van Den Broeck, National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nederlands) • Reinhard Prix, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Hannover (Germany) Conference venue: The workshop shall take place at the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Palma de Mallorca - UIB Campus) Deadline for registration and abstract submission is 15th September. Deadline for hotel reservation is 20th September. Organizers: • Carles Bona, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma (Spain) • Sascha Husa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma (Spain) • Alicia Sintes, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma (Spain) • Jerome Novak, LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon (France). • Pablo Cerdá-Durán, DAA, Universidad de Valencia (Spain) • Isabel Cordero-Carrión, MPA, Garching bei München (Germany) You can find more information under: http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/hydro/COCONUT/Mallorca2012/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Black Hole Growth in the Universe, Beijing ---------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/03/black-hole-growth-in-the-universe-b… Starting Mon, Sep 03, 2012 to Fri, Sep 07, 2012 Location: Beijing, China Additional Information: http://astro-gr.aei.mpg.de/Astro-GR@Beijing-2012 Pau Amaro-Seoane, Rainer Spurzem, Yun-Kau Lau and Fukun Liu are planning a 5-day informal meeting on "Black Hole Growth in the Universe: Astrophysical Modelling of super- and massive black holes and their environment" to be held at the NAOC in Beijing from Monday 3 to Friday 7th September 2012. Again, as every year, "informal" means here no registration fee, nor poster presentation, nor proceedings. The meeting is thought to be run in the style of Aspen/ITP/Newton Institute/Modest meetings, with plenty of time for discussions, just as Astro-GR has always been run. The workshop will bring together astrophysicists (observers and theoreticians), cosmologists and relativists, with the goal of building new collaborative relationships -as well as strengthening existing ones- focused on the interpretation of gravitational wave observations as a tool of astronomical discovery and a probe of the fundamental physics of gravity. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Assistant Research Faculty in M-String/Brane Theory at CASPER, Baylor University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/21/assistant-research-faculty-in-m-str… Institution: Waco, TX, USA Deadline: Sat, Jul 07, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.baylor.edu/casper/index.php?id=83893 This position will support joint research projects within two of CASPER's research groups, the Early Universe, Cosmology and Strings Group (EUCOS) and the Gravity, Cosmology and Astroparticle Group (GCAP). As such, the successful applicant will work primarily with four CASPER Professors. This position is a research position, and carries no teaching responsibilities. QUALIFICATIONS: The successful candidate should hold the Ph.D. and exhibit an exemplary research record in any aspect of Brane/String/M-theory cosmology or a related area. Research faculty and postdocs at all levels, along with recent Ph.D. graduates, are strongly encouraged to apply. SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Applications will be reviewed beginning May 1, 2012, and will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, complete applications must be submitted by July 1, 2012. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The following materials must be submitted for consideration as a complete application: 1) a list of refereed papers published and submitted, 2) a brief essay describing your research interests and a proposal for a research program to be carried out during your time at Baylor, and 3) current curriculum vitae, with names and contact information for three individuals from whom you have requested letters of recommendation. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Chair in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/15/chair-in-mathematics-and-statistics… Institution: Sheffield, United Kingdom Deadline: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEP355/chair-in-mathematics-and-statistics/ Following significant strategic investment the School of Mathematics and Statistics invites applications for a Chair in Mathematics and Statistics with a start date of 1 January 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointee will carry out top-quality research in an area of mathematics or statistics, will provide scientific leadership, in a broad sense, and will have demonstrated the ability to contribute at the highest level to the School's submission to the next REF. The successful candidate will have experience in successfully supervising postgraduate research students and will have demonstrated the ability to generate research funding at a high level for their particular discipline. The post-holder will be expected to contribute fully to the School's teaching and be willing to serve, in due course, in one of the senior positions in the School. Preference may be given to candidates with potential for interaction with current members of the School and whose research interests fit well with the School's present research profile, either by strengthening or complementing existing areas. Applicants are asked to make explicit comments in their application on the reasons why they fit with the School's present research profile and on their current view of their potential contribution to the School's REF submission. To view current vacancies and apply online please go to: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral positions at Fudan University, Shanghai, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/15/postdoctoral-positions-at-fudan-uni… Institution: Shanghai, China Deadline: Fri, Aug 31, 2012 The newly established gravity and high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has several postdoctoral positions to fill as soon as possible. We are looking for candidates with interest/experience in X-ray astronomy, black hole binaries, AGN, and any theoretical issue concerning astrophysical black holes. Preference may be given to candidates with not more than 2-3 years of postdoctoral experience. Graduated students who expect to receive soon the doctoral degree are also encouraged to apply. The positions are available from as soon as possible and the initial appointment can be for 1, 2 or 3 years, with the possibility of an extension. Salary and benefits are negotiable. Interested candidates should send their CV (including, among other things, date of birth, contact details of 2-3 referees, and possible starting date), short statement of research interests and/or experience, and publication list to cosimo.bambi[AT]lmu.de Please arrange also 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. If electronic submission is not possible, application material may be send via regular mail to: Cosimo Bambi Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Theresienstraße 37, 80333 Munich, Germany Inquires can be sent to cosimo.bambi[AT]lmu.de Review of applications will start immediately and shortlisted candidates will be contacted as soon as possible. There is no deadline and applications from outstanding candidates are welcome at any time. Further details: Fudan. Fudan University is located in Shanghai and it is one of the most selective and prestigious university in China. The Department of Physics is growing quickly and the members of the groups will be able also to interact with people at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. Salary. The salary is negotiable and depends on the qualification of the candidate. The net salary for postdocs with overseas doctoral degree is in the range 100,000-150,000 CNY/year (roughly corresponding to 1,000-1,500 EUR/month). Housing. Fudan can provide apartments of 50-80 square meters inside the campus at very convenient rental rates (about 300 CNY/month, roughly 40 EUR/month). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Postdoc positions for 2013 at Rhodes University, South Africa ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/12/post-doc-opportunity-for-2013-at-rh… Institution: Rhodes University, South Africa Deadline: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/research/funding/fellowships/rhodespost-doctoral/ Rhodes University offers postdoc opportunities for 2013. The postdoc positions are for 1 year renewable once. Candidates with a PhD and experience in theoretical cosmology and/or numerical simulations in cosmology are encouraged to apply. The deadline for application is the 31/07/2012, and candidates must contact Dr Larena (j.larena[AT]ru.ac.za) before applying. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Presentations of the Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2012: "Warm Dark Matter galaxy formation in agreement with observations" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/18/presentations-of-the-chalonge-meudo… Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2012.html Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2012 "WARM DARK MATTER GALAXY FORMATION IN AGREEMENT WITH OBSERVATIONS" at the Meudon campus of Observatoire de Paris, CIAS in the historic Château building, 6, 7 and 8 JUNE 2012 http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2012.html Greetings from Paris. We are pleased to inform you that all the presentations by the lecturers during the Chalonge Meudon Warm Dark Matter Workshop 2012 are available on line (in pdf format) in "Programme and Lecturers .pdf " in the www site of this Workshop http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2012.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_CIAS2012.html Contents: Nicola C.AMORISCO, Peter BIERMANN, Pier-Stefano CORASANITI, Subinoy DAS, Hector DE VEGA, Elena FERRI, Ayuki KAMADA, Igor D.KARACHENTSEV, Wei LIAO, Marco LOMBARDI, Marc LOVELL, Manolis PAPASTERGIS, Jorge PENARRUBIA, Norma G. SANCHEZ, Patrick VALAGEAS, Casey WATSON, Jesús ZAVALA, He ZHANG . The Photo Album of the Workshop capturing moments of the stimulating atmosphere created by all lecturers and participants is posted in the same www site: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/albumCIAS2012/index.html We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Workshop and we look forward to seeing you again in the next meetings of this series With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez , Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Thomas-Paul Hack awarded 2012 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/15/thomas-paul-hack-awarded-2012-giuli… Additional Information: http://www-2.unipv.it/dottorati/scienzeetecnologie/fisica/n/web_PhD/ We are pleased to announce that the 2012 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize for outstanding research in Mathematical or Numerical General Relativity will be presented to Dr. Thomas-Paul Hack. The committee consisting of Profs. Gerhard Huisken (Chair), Lars Andersson, Mauro Carfora, Luciano Rezzolla prepared the following citation: "Dr. Hack's thesis On the Backreaction of Scalar and Spinor Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetimes marks a breakthrough for a thorough evaluation of quantum effects of matter for cosmology. It provides a relevant contribution to the field and will constitute an extremely valuable reference in the area of quantum fields in curved spacetimes and its cosmological applications." The prize is sponsored by The University of Pavia to honor the memory of Giulio Rampa and is given, every two years, to a graduate student for outstanding research in mathematical or numerical general relativity. The prize has been established in 2011, and is endowed under the terms of a bequest from Nadia and Giorgio Rampa. See: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/06/giulio-rampa-thesis-prize-for-outst… and http://www-2.unipv.it/dottorati/scienzeetecnologie/fisica/n/web_PhD/ The GRT prize carries a certificate and a net check of 2,000 EUR. The prize will be presented at the annual Honors Ceremony during the Inauguration of the Graduate Studies Academic Year in Pavia, in December 2012. The next GRT prize will be awarded in 2014 to a Ph.D. Thesis submitted by a nominator no later than January 31, 2014, on behalf of students who graduated between January 2012 - December 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ----------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/13/2013-awards-for-essays-on-gravitati… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation In 2013, for our sixty-fourth competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for the purpose of stimulating thought and encouraging work on gravitation. The stipulations follow. (1) We will make these Awards on May 15, 2013 for the best well-written essays, 1500 words or less (excluding abstracts, diagrams, references and minimal equations), on the subject of gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects. (2) The First Award will be $4000.00 The Second Award will be 1250.00 The Third Award will be 1000.00 The Fourth Award will be 750.00 The Fifth Award will be 500.00 (3) Essays must be in English and e-mailed in a single PDF file before April 1, 2013. Early submission is desirable. One essay only will be accepted from each author. Notify us within 24 hours if you do not receive an e-mail confirmation of your submission. (4) Title pages should include essay title; authors' names, complete mailing and e-mail addresses; submission date; an abstract of 125 words or less; and the statement: "Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation." Pages should be numbered. (5) The decision of the judges will be final and no reviews or comments will be provided. (6) Please check the winners' announcement to be posted on our website: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org around May 15, 2013. We will also attempt to send all participants a general e-mail notification. (7) The five award-winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). Authors of essays designated Honorable Mention will be invited to submit their essays to the IJMPD where these may undergo additional refereeing at editorial discretion for possible publication. Authors of all other essays are free and encouraged to publish their essays after May 15th. Submission e-mail address: George M. Rideout, Jr., President (grideoutjr[AT]aol.com) Recent First Award Winners: 2012 - Claus Kiefer and Manuel Kraemer, University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany 2011 - Ivan Agullo, Penn State and Leonard Parker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2010 - Mark Van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2009 - Alexander Burinskii, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia 2008 - T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Pune, India 2007 - S. Carlip, University of California at Davis 2006 - Vijay Balasubramanian, University of Pennsylvania; Donald Marolf, University of California at Santa Barbara and Moshe Rozali, University of British Columbia 2005 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, King's College London and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 2004 - Maulik Parikh, Columbia University, New York 2003 - Martin Bojowald, The Pennsylvania State University 2002 - Steven B. Giddings, University of California at Santa Barbara and Stanford University, Stanford, California 2001 - Csaba Csaki and Joshua Erlich, Los Alamos National Lab and Christophe Grojean, University of California at Berkeley 2000 - Arthur Lue and Erick J. Weinberg, Columbia University, New York 1999 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, University of Oxford and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 1998 - Viqar Husain, University of British Columbia, Vancouver +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 New Book: "The Geometry of Special Relativity" by Tevian Dray ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/08/new-book-the-geometry-of-special-re… Additional Information: http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/bookinfo I am pleased to announce the imminent publication of my book: "The Geometry of Special Relativity", by Tevian Dray, 150 pages; 70 figures. A K Peters/CRC Press, 2012. Publication details are available at: http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466510470 This book emphasizes the use of hyperbolic triangle trigonometry to solve problems in special relativity. An online version of the book also exists in both wiki and PDF formats: http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR Please note that the online version does not contain all of the editorial changes in the print edition. Companion volumes on differential forms and general relativity are planned; early drafts are available at: http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GDF http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GGR Tevian Dray Professor of Mathematics Oregon State University http://www.math.oregonstate.edu/~tevian +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 New book: "The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition" by Anadijiban Das and Andrew DeBenedictis --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/03/book-the-general-theory-of-relativi… Additional Information: http://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical%2C+mathematical+%26+computation… Anadijiban Das and Andrew DeBenedictis "The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition" 705 pages, 105 figures. Springer (2012). "The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition" will serve readers as a modern mathematical introduction to the general theory of relativity. Throughout the book, examples, worked-out problems, and exercises (with hints and solutions) are furnished. Topics in this book include, but are not limited to: - tensor analysis, - the special theory of relativity, - the general theory of relativity and Einstein’s field equations, - spherically symmetric solutions and experimental confirmations, - static and stationary space-time domains, - black holes, - cosmological models, - algebraic classifications and the Newman-Penrose equations, - the coupled Einstein-Maxwell-Klein-Gordon equations, - appendices covering mathematical supplements and special topics, Mathematical rigor, yet very clear presentation of the topics make this book a unique text for both university students and research scholars. For full publication details please see: http://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical%2C+mathematical+%26+computation… or http://www.sfu.ca/~adebened/grbook/

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for June 2012
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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Thirteenth Marcel Grossman Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (6th circ.) 1.2 Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal, ERE2012 (3rd circ.) 1.3 Algebro-geometric methods in fundamental physics, Bad Honnef, Germany 1.4 Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity - the hard facts, Perimeter Institute 1.5 Exploring New Horizons with Gravitational Waves, Hannover 1.6 MG13, Parallel sessions SG1 - SG2: "GR around the Earth and the Sun", Stockholm 1.7 V Black Holes Workshop in Lisbon 1.8 From Quantum to Cosmos 5 - 5th International workshop on space-based research in fundamental physics and astronomy 1.9 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics in Sao Paulo, Brazil 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoc in gravitational physics at the University of Vienna 2.2 2012 VESF fellowships for theoretical research on Gravitational Wave Detection 2.3 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary, London 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Stationary Black Holes" (major update) and "Dynamical Boson Stars" 3.2 Paris Spring Open Session of Scientific Culture 2012, "The Human and the Universe" 3.3 Einstein Toolkit Release 3.4 Gravity Research Foundation, Awards for the Essays 2012 3.5 2012 IOP Gravitational Physics Group Thesis Prize (sponsored by CQG) 3.6 John Miller awarded 2011 IOP Gravitational Physics Group thesis prize co-sponsored by CQG 3.7 Call for Nominations: Fellows of the GRG Society (revised mailing address) ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Thirteenth Marcel Grossman Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (6th circ.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/31/thirteenth-marcel-grossman-meeting-… Starting Sun, Jul 01, 2012 to Sun, Jul 07, 2013 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/MG/mg13/ The proceedings will be published as usual by World Scientific. However, the plenary session written contributions together with the chair selected rapporteur reports (both nominally up to 20 pages) will be published in early 2013 in the journal IJMPD (submission deadline of December 31, 2012). The remaining parallel session contributions up to 5 pages in the normal proceedings and poster contributions up to 2 pages (submission deadline of February 28, 2013) will be published together with the previously described contributions as usual as a three volume set by World Scientific. On Saturday July 7 at the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Melbourne, Australia the CERN scientists will announce their possible discovery of the Higgs particle, until which time news on this topic will be restricted. However, thanks to the time difference between Melbourne and Stockholm, just after the announcement in Melbourne, a special presentation will be made in the Saturday morning MG13 plenary session by two scientists, one from each of the two experimental groups involved, followed by a talk about the theoretical implications of the findings by Luciano Maiani. The plenary program is available on-line. During the month of June parallel session chairs will prepare the final program of their sessions. Contact the appropriate chairperson with any questions that arise; their emails are on the conference website. Any abstracts remaining to be submitted should be uploaded as soon as possible to receive consideration by the chairperson. The final parallel session program will be published in late June. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal, ERE2012 (3rd circ.) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/31/spanish-relativity-meeting-in-portu… Starting Mon, Sep 03, 2012 to Fri, Sep 07, 2012 Location: Guimarães, Portugal Additional Information: http://w3.math.uminho.pt/~ERE2012 The Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE) is an international conference devoted to Relativity and Gravitation and it is supported by the Spanish Society of Gravitation and Relativity (SEGRE) http://www.segre.es/en/congresos.shtml. Invited speakers - Alan Rendall (Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany) - Claes Uggla (Karlstad University, Sweden) - Gabriel Lopes-Cardoso (IST, Lisbon, Portugal) - George Ellis (University of Cape Town, South Africa) - Jörg Frauendiener (Otago University, New Zealand) - José Edelstein (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) - Juan Valiente Kroon (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) - László Szabados (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary) - Marc Mars (University of Salamanca, Spain) - Pau Figueras (University of Cambridge, UK) - Paul Tod (University of Oxford, UK) - Pedro Ferreira (University of Oxford, UK) - Peter Dunsby (University of Cape Town, South Africa) - Radu Roiban* (Penn State University, USA) - Vítor Cardoso (IST, Lisbon, Portugal) *To be confirmed We remind those interested in submitting an abstract to the conference that the deadline for abstract submission (10th of June) is quickly approaching. Also it is expected that the conference dates will be a busy period in Guimarães as the city is the "European Capital of Culture" in 2012. This makes it advisable to book accommodation well in advance. Finally we would like to ask participants to check regularly the conference website for further information updates. We look forward to seeing you all in Guimarães, The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Alfonso García-Parrado Estelita Vaz (Coordinator) Irene Brito Filipe Mena Filipe Moura M. Piedade Machado-Ramos Viktor Czinner +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 Algebro-geometric methods in fundamental physics, Bad Honnef, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/29/algebro-geometric-methods-in-fundam… Starting Sun, Sep 02, 2012 to Fri, Sep 07, 2012 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: http://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/agm2012 The issue of this WEH Seminar goes back to the very early period where physical problems started to trigger the development of mathematical methods. That means, it started with astronomical problems of describing the motion of celestial bodies. A first essential milestone in that history was the invention of elliptic functions. This then has been developed further yielding the Jacoby inversion problem and the construction of Abelian functions, the cornerstone of the whole building of modern algebraic geometry. Today, algebra-geometric methods are widely implemented in the context of modern physical theories like General Relativity, gauge theory, quantum theory and also string theory. Accordingly, there is a wide interest in developing further these mathematical methods in various directions. It is the purpose of this WE-Heraeus-Seminar to present the state of the art of this area of mathematics and its applications to various issues in theoretical physics. The WEH-Seminar is devoted to master students, PhD students as well as researchers. We will also have a poster session. Every participant is invited to present her/his research as poster. At the end of the meeting we will have the best poster award. Invited and confirmed speakers include M. Atiyah (Edinburgh), B. Dubrovin (Triest), N. Manton (Cambridge), W. Nahm (Dublin), E. Previato (Boston), and D. Zagier (Bonn). Organizers of this conference are V. Enolskii, J. Kunz and C. Lämmerzahl. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity - the hard facts, Perimeter Institute --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/29/experimental-search-for-quantum-gra… Starting Mon, Oct 22, 2012 to Thu, Oct 25, 2012 Location: Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/en/Events/Experimental_Search_for_QG/Exper… Quantum Gravity tries to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the quantum nature of spacetime. To make progress in this area it is mandatory to establish a contact to observations and experiments and to learn what the "hard facts" on quantum gravity are, that nature provides us with. Quantum Gravity is a field where several approaches, based on different principles and assumptions, develop in parallel. At present it is not clear whether and how some of the approaches are compatible, and might share common properties. This meeting will draw on a diverse set of physicists who come to make proposals for quantum gravity phenomenology from a broad range of perspectives, including path-integral-inspired as well as canonical, and discrete as well as continuum-based approaches, providing a platform to exchange ideas with researchers working on theoretical and experimental aspects of different proposals. This will be the third in a series of meetings, the first of which was held at PI (2007), the second at NORDITA (2010). This meeting looks to the future and has two primary goals: 1) to assess the status of different proposals for QG phenomenology in the light of recent experimental results from Fermi, Auger, LHC etc. and 2) to discuss and stimulate new ideas and proposals, coming from a diverse set of viewpoints about quantum spacetime. In order to allow for a fruitful exchange of ideas across different approaches, and between experimental and theoretical researchers, the workshop will lay a main focus on structured discussion sessions with short (15 min.) presentations. For more information and a list of topics see the conference webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Exploring New Horizons with Gravitational Waves, Hannover ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/29/exploring-new-horizons-with-gravita… Starting Fri, Jun 08, 2012 to Fri, Jun 08, 2012 Location: Hannover, Germany Additional Information: https://sites.google.com/site/gwnewhorizons/ "Exploring New Horizons with Gravitational Waves": a one-day intensive workshop on testing General Relativity on Black Hole Horizons with Gravitational Waves. Albert Einstein Institute, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Hannover and Leibniz Universität, Hannover, Germany Friday, June 8, 2012 The scientific objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers in gravitational theory, numerical relativity and relativistic astrophysics to brainstorm on strategies for using LIGO/Virgo gravitational-wave detectors to test General Relativity in the strong field regime near black hole horizons. For further information and the registration form please see the following website: https://sites.google.com/site/gwnewhorizons/ Participants are encouraged to give short (~15 min) contributed talks. If you would like to give a contributed talk please submit your title and abstract on the web-site when registering for the workshop. Looking forward to seeing you all in Hannover. Organizers: Gian Mario Manca Emil Mottola Ruslan Vaulin Chris Van Den Broeck +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 MG13, Parallel sessions SG1 - SG2: "GR around the Earth and the Sun", Stockholm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/25/parallel-sessions-sg1-sg2-gr-around… Starting Mon, Jul 02, 2012 to Tue, Jul 03, 2012 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg13/parallel_sessions.htm Parallel sessions SG1 - SG2, "GR around the Earth and the Sun" Chair: Roberto Peron - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-INAF), Roma, Italy Neil Ashby - Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA; NIST Affiliate The session deals with the recent advances in testing general relativity and alternative theories of gravitation around Earth and in the Solar System. This includes testing frame dragging and PPN gravitation with laser ranged satellites as well as with dedicated missions around Earth. Also important are the connections with geodesy and reference frames issues, now well known with the use of GPS. Testing general relativity in the framework of Solar System exploration is another important part, including the ongoing Cassini and the forthcoming BepiColombo. Modeling the dynamical environment of a probe in these different contexts is an important issue, and specific contributions in this direction are welcome. A special attention will be devoted moreover to tests of the Equivalence Principle. The verification of this cornerstone for many gravitational theories - in its various formulations - continues to be at the center of scientific interest, also for the potential impact that violations could have in our overall picture of the Universe. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 V Black Holes Workshop in Lisbon ------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/24/v-black-holes-workshop-in-lisbon/ Starting Mon, Dec 17, 2012 to Tue, Dec 18, 2012 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/blackholes5/ We are pleased to announce the fifth Black Holes Workshop, taking place on 17-18 December 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal. The focus of the meeting will be on gravitational physics, with special emphasis on black hole physics. >From astrophysics to high-energy physics, from information theory to quantum gravity, black holes have acquired an ever increasing role in fundamental physics, and are now part of the terminology of many important branches of observational, theoretical and mathematical physics. This workshop aims at bringing together experts on all aspects of black holes. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is October 15. More details can be found in the official webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 From Quantum to Cosmos 5 - 5th International workshop on space-based research in fundamental physics and astronomy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/23/from-quantum-to-cosmos-5-5th-intern… Starting Tue, Oct 09, 2012 to Fri, Oct 12, 2012 Location: Bergisch Gladbach / Cologne, Germany Additional Information: http://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/Q2C5 The purpose of the Quantum-to-Cosmos workshop series is to highlight the field of fundamental physics, astronomy, and cosmology with experiments and observations on ground and in space in order to gain improved insight into the fundamental laws of nature. The workshop offers a fruitful space to discuss current and future fundamental physics and astronomy missions which are expected to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. The conference will be organized as a series of key-note talks and plenary sessions, covering the topics: - Gravitational Physics - Astronomy and Cosmology - Dark Matter and Dark Energy - Physics beyond the Standard Model - Quantum Physics and Technologies for Space - Geodesy and Planetary Missions - Policy and Opportunities for Space Experiments The preliminary list of confirmed speakers includes: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Bob Bingham, Thibault Damour, Karsten Danzmann, Gilles Esposito-Farese, Ephraim Fischbach, Philippe Jetzer, Friedrich Koenig, George Picket, Dimitri Psaltis, Serge Reynaud, Gerhard Schaefer, Slava Turyshev, Norbert Wex Following representatives from the major space agencies will attend the event, too: Charles Elachi (NASA JPL), Alvaro Gimenez Canete (ESA), Thierry Duquesne (CNES) At this year’s Q2C5 workshop, we will also celebrate the 40th anniversary of one the largest fully steerable radio telescopes on earth: the 100-meter Effelsberg radio telescope operated by the MPI for Radio Astronomy. For this reason, the workshop organizers - the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) - will be supported by a third partner, the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPI). The Q2C5 workshop starts on Tue, October 9, at 10:00 am and ends on Fri, October 12, 2012, at 4:45 pm, and includes an excursion to the 100-meter Effelsberg radio telescope. Further details on the program and your options for registration are available at: http://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/Q2C5 The on-line registration is now open! A limited contingent of hotel rooms has been reserved at a reduced rate especially for this event. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics in Sao Paulo, Brazil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/11/26th-texas-symposium-on-relativisti… Starting Sat, Dec 15, 2012 to Thu, Dec 20, 2012 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp The 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics will be held in Sao Paulo city, Brazil, from December 15-20, 2012, hosted by National Institute for Space Research (INPE). The Symposium will be held at Hotel Bourbon Convention Ibirapuera (http://www.bourbon.com.br/en/hotel) As in the previous editions of the Texas Symposium, Texas 2012 will cover recent developments in Cosmology, Gravitation, Astroparticle Physics and related areas of Relativistic Astrophysics with emphasis on the most recent developments in the field. Because of the proximity to Christmas, we anticipated the symposium in one day. So, it starts on Sunday (December 16) and ends on Thursday (December 20) in the middle of the afternoon, allowing people to travel already that evening (on December 20). There will be a cocktail of reception Saturday, on December 15. Therefore, if you arrive in Sao Paulo on December 15 during the day and leave on December 20 at night you won't be missing anything. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoc in gravitational physics at the University of Vienna ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/16/postdoc-in-gravitational-physics-at… Institution: Vienna, Austria Deadline: Wed, Aug 01, 2012 Additional Information: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibun… The Gravitational Physics group of the Department of Physics of University of Vienna (see http://gravity.univie.ac.at/) is seeking to fill a post-doctoral position (Universitaetsassistent/in) in the field of mathematical general relativity and/or numerical general relativity; in the latter case candidates with strong interest in rigorous aspects of numerical analysis will be sought. The appointment will be up to four years without a possibility of extension. The employment will start on December 1, 2012. The list of members of the group at the start of the appointment, including scientifically active retired members, will include Peter Aichelburg, Robert Beig, Piotr T. Chrusciel, James Grant, Helmut Rumpf, Walter Simon and Helmuth Urbantke. The gross salary is EUR 3381 fourteen times a year. The yearly teaching load averaged over four semesters is four hours/week, in English or in German, and the candidate will not be asked to teach more than six hours a week in any given semester in any case. Applications done online before August 1, 2012 at URL http://http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at/en/applications/ position numbered "Kennzahl 3109" (follow the link to the online advertisements) will receive full attention, but applications before July 1st are strongly encouraged. The candidates should arrange to have three letters of recommendation to be sent before August 1, 2012 to Mrs Karin Picek, Mathematical Physics, Faculty of Physics, Boltzmanngasse 5/5/3521, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Further enquiries can be directed to karin.picek[AT]univie.ac.at +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 2012 VESF fellowships for theoretical research on Gravitational Wave Detection ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/13/2012-vesf-fellowships-for-theoretic… Institution: VESF Institutions Deadline: Sat, Jun 30, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/VESF 2012 Call for VESF Fellowships for theoretical research on Gravitational Wave Detection The Virgo EGO Scientific Forum (VESF) is glad to announce the following call for fellowship applications to work on theoretical research relevant to the physics of the Virgo experiment. Mostly contemplated topics will be: potentially detectable gravitational wave sources, emitted waveforms, rates, data analysis algorithms and strategies and any other topic of interest for Virgo. This call is open to individual candidates (PhD holders or students) and to groups as well, that are members of VESF. Applications from individuals are encouraged. The VESF shall fund four one-year fellowships, each at the cost of 25.000 euros. However, proposals of particular interest for Virgo and which may need two years of activity may be considered as well. VESF will not consider positions having a yearly cost higher than 25 KE, unless co-sponsorship is foreseen by the proponent. Basic criteria to assess the applications will be: - The relevance of the proposal with respect to the Virgo detector. In particular, a direct impact on the data analysis will be considered as an additional credit; - Proposals for funding postdoctoral positions will be preferred although VESF will try to keep a balance; Applications must be sent electronically to: severine.perus[AT]ego-gw.it The documents required for submitting the application are: - the VESF application form available at: http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/VESF/ - For individual applications: * curriculum vitae of the proponent; * two letters of reference * a letter of endorsement by the hosting Institution, providing hospitality as well as logistic and scientific support for the proposed research activity. VESF encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, and women. The deadline for submitting applications is June 30th 2012 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary, London --------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/03/lecturer-in-applied-mathematics-2/ Institution: London, UK Additional Information: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEI814/lecturer-in-applied-mathematics/ Lecturer in Applied Mathematics Queen Mary, University of London - School of Mathematical Sciences Queen Mary is one of London and the UK's leading research-focused universities. With over 16,000 students, it is amongst the largest of the colleges of the University of London. Queen Mary's 3,000 staff teach and research across a wide range of subjects in Science and Engineering, the Humanities, Social Sciences and Laws, and Medicine and Dentistry. Queen Mary has made a strategic commitment to the highest quality of world-class research across all its disciplines. As part of this strategy, we are in the process of a 3 year programme of recruitment in the School of Mathematical Sciences. The School of Mathematical Science has a very strong research presence across the spectrum of Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics. The School also have a large and popular Undergraduate and Graduate School. Applications are invited for a Lectureship in Applied Mathematics. The successful applicant will have outstanding profile of research in an area of Applied Mathematics or Theoretical Physics, together with the ability and flexibility to teach across a wide range of topics in mathematics. They will be expected to develop a research platform within the School or to contribute to an existing one. Applicants with a research area in complex systems, statistical mechanics, dynamical systems, applied probability, or mathematical general relativity are particularly encouraged to apply. The post is full time and permanent. The starting salary will be in the range of £37,819 - £47,088 per annum, subject to experience and qualifications. Benefits include 30 days annual leave, childcare vouchers scheme, defined benefit pension scheme and interest free season ticket loan. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme. Informal enquiries may be made to the Director of Applied Mathematics, Professor Christian Beck on c.beck[AT]qmul.ac.uk or on 0207 882 3286 Information about the group is available at http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/research/applied To apply, please visit the Human Resources website on http://www.hr.qmul.ac.uk/vacancies and search for reference QMUL0862. The closing date for applications is 31st May 2012. Interviews are expected to be held early July 2012. Valuing Diversity and Committed to Equality ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Stationary Black Holes" (major update) and "Dynamical Boson Stars" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/29/living-reviews-in-relativity-statio… Additional Information: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/ This month, Living Reviews in Relativity has published two new articles, a major update of the review "Stationary Black Holes: Uniqueness and Beyond" by Piotr T. Chrusciel, Joao Lopes Costa, and Markus Heusler and a new article on "Dynamical Boson Stars" by Steven L. Liebling and Carlos Palenzuela. Please find the abstracts and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-7 Chrusciel, Piotr T. and Lopes Costa, Joao and Heusler, Markus "Stationary Black Holes: Uniqueness and Beyond" ACCEPTED: 2012-03-29 PUBLISHED: 2012-05-29 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-7 ABSTRACT: The spectrum of known black-hole solutions to the stationary Einstein equations has been steadily increasing, sometimes in unexpected ways. In particular, it has turned out that not all black hole equilibrium configurations are characterized by their mass, angular momentum and global charges. Moreover, the high degree of symmetry displayed by vacuum and electrovacuum black-hole space-times ceases to exist in self-gravitating non-linear field theories. This text aims to review some developments on the subject and to discuss them in the light of the uniqueness theorem for the Einstein–Maxwell system. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-6 Liebling, Steven L. and Palenzuela, Carlos "Dynamical Boson Stars" ACCEPTED: 2012-03-29 PUBLISHED: 2012-05-08 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-6 ABSTRACT: The idea of stable, localized bundles of energy has strong appeal as a model for particles. In the 1950s, John Wheeler envisioned such bundles as smooth configurations of electromagnetic energy that he called geons, but none were found. Instead, particle-like solutions were found in the late 1960s with the addition of a scalar field, and these were given the name boson stars. Since then, boson stars find use in a wide variety of models as sources of dark matter, as black hole mimickers, in simple models of binary systems, and as a tool in finding black holes in higher dimensions with only a single killing vector. We discuss important varieties of boson stars, their dynamic properties, and some of their uses, concentrating on recent efforts. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Paris Spring Open Session of Scientific Culture 2012, "The Human and the Universe" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/29/paris-spring-open-session-of-scient… Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2012.html We are pleased to inform you that the presentations by the lecturers during the Open Spring Session of the Chalonge School 10 May 2012 as well as the Photo Album of the meeting capturing moments of the stimulating atmosphere created by all lecturers and participants are available on-line at: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2012.html The session gathered together scientists, specialized journalists, students and personalities in a rich intellectual, open and inter-disciplinary prestigious framework. Science with great intellectual endeavor and a human face. The session included the following panels and highlights: - The Human and the Universe and the Human in Space. Profession Astronaut. - High Mountain Observatories: scientific and human world heritage. Challenging Scientific Programmes for Space and results. - The Chalonge School Scientific Programme 2012. - From Jean Dominique Cassini (1625-1712) to the spacecraft Cassini-Huygens with a tour of the historic Perrault building and exhibition We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this session and we look forward to seeing you again in the next event of this series. With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Einstein Toolkit Release ---------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/29/einstein-toolkit-release-3/ Additional Information: http://einsteintoolkit.org/about/releases/ET_2012_05_announcement.php We are pleased to announce the fifth release (code name Lovelace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace) of the Einstein Toolkit, an open, community developed software infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics. This release includes beginning support for OpenCL (disabled by default). In addition, bug fixes accumulated since the previous release in October 2011 have been included. The Einstein Toolkit is a collection of software components and tools for simulating and analyzing general relativistic astrophysical systems that builds on numerous software efforts in the numerical relativity community including CactusEinstein, the Carpet AMR infrastructure and the relativistic hydrodynamics code GRHydro (an updated and extended version of the public release of the Whisky code). The Cactus Framework is used as the underlying computational infrastructure providing large-scale parallelization, general computational components, and a model for collaborative, portable code development. The toolkit includes modules to build complete codes for simulating black hole spacetimes as well as systems governed by relativistic hydrodynamics. The Einstein Toolkit uses a distributed software model and its different modules are developed, distributed, and supported either by the core team of Einstein Toolkit Maintainers, or by individual groups. Where modules are provided by external groups, the Einstein Toolkit Maintainers provide quality control for modules for inclusion in the toolkit and help coordinate support. The Einstein Toolkit Maintainers currently involve postdocs and faculty from five different institutions, and host weekly meetings that are open for anyone to join in. Guiding principles for the design and implementation of the toolkit include: open, community-driven software development; well thought out and stable interfaces; separation of physics software from computational science infrastructure; provision of complete working production code; training and education for a new generation of researchers. For more information about using or contributing to the Einstein Toolkit, or to join the Einstein Toolkit Consortium, please visit our web pages at http://einsteintoolkit.org. The Einstein Toolkit is primarily supported by NSF 0903973/0903782/0904015 (CIGR), and also by NSF 0701566/0855892 (XiRel), 0721915 (Alpaca), 0905046/0941653 (PetaCactus), and 0710874 (LONI Grid). The Einstein Toolkit contain over 170 regression test cases. On a large portion of the tested machines, all of these testsuites pass, using both MPI and OpenMP parallelization. The changes between this and the previous release include: - Accelerator Support This release of the Einstein Toolkit adds support for GPUs and other accelerators. This support comprises three levels of abstraction, ranging from merely building and running both CUDA and OpenCL code, to automated code generation targeting GPUs instead of CPUs. As with any other programming paradigm (such as MPI or OpenMP), the performance benefits depend on the particular algorithms used and optimizations that are applied. In addition, the Simulation Factory greatly aids portability to a wide range of computing systems. At the lowest level, Cactus now supports compiling, building, and running with either CUDA or OpenCL. CUDA is supported as new language in addition to C, C++, and Fortran; OpenCL is supported as an external library, and builds and executes compute kernels via run-time calls. Details are described in the user's guide (for CUDA) and in thorn ExternalLibraries/OpenCL (for OpenCL). Many accelerator platforms today separate between host memory and device memory, and require explicit copy or map operations to transfer data. An intermediate level of abstraction aids transferring grid variables between host and device, using schedule declarations to keep track of which data are needed where, and minimizing expensive data transfers. For OpenCL, there is a compact API to build and execute compute kernels at run time. Details are described in thorns CactusUtils/Accelerator and CactusUtils/OpenCLRunTime (with example parameter file). Finally, the code generation system Kranc has been extended to be able to produce either C++ or OpenCL code, based on the infrastructure described above. This allows writing GPU code in a very high-level manner. However, it needs to be stated that the efficiency of the generated code depends on many variables, including e.g. the finite differencing stencil radius and the number of operations in the generated compute kernels. Non-trivial kernels typically require system-dependent tuning to execute efficiently, as GPUs and other accelerators generally show a rather unforgiving performance behavior. The thorns McLachlan/ML_WaveToy and McLachlan/ML_WaveToy_CL are examples, generated from the same Kranc script, showing the generated C++ and OpenCL code. - SimFactory - Machine database and optionlists updated due to system changes on HPC resources - Simfactory's capability of running the testsuites is properly tested on a lot of systems. - IOUtil: checkpoint_dir is now steerable - SphericalSurface: added functionality to name spherical surfaces - Formaline: Support a "local repository" that collects all machine-local repositories - TimerReport: Allow different timers on different processes - WeylScal4: Enable use of LoopControl, and hence OpenMP - EOS_Omni: use C interface for HDF5 to avoid needing Fortran HDF5 bindings - EOSG_*: Support for the so-called 'general EOS interface' has been dropped from the Einstein Toolkit - A new arrangement EinsteinExact has been added to the toolkit, providing a wide range of exact initial data, which will eventually replace the 'Exact' thorn. - The *_O2 versions of McLachlan have been removed from the toolkit. This functionality is already provided by the regular McLachlan thorns now. - A new thorn ADMMass has been added to the Einstein Toolkit, which can calculate approximations of the ADM mass using a finite surface or volume integral. - The old library mechanism in Cactus (e.g. HDF5=yes) is now deprecated. Expect it to be removed in one of the next releases. - The thorns ADM and LegoExcision are deprecated and will be removed in one of the next releases. - GRHydro: - use atmosphere integer mask instead of bitmask - remove (now) unused old Tmunu interface - Implemented enhanced PPM scheme by Colella & Sekora 2008, McCorquodale & Colella 2011. Can be activated by setting use_enhanced_ppm = yes - External Libraries: several updates and configuration improvements - Cactus - implement per-variable tolerances for Cactus testsuites, for long discussion, see ET ticket #114 - Allow arithmetic expression in ParameterSet: parameter files can now contain a limited set of expressions - Handles requirements recursively - A lot of smaller bug fixes - McLachlan: Implement CCZ4 formulation - CarpetMask: Keep track of the volume that is masked out - CarpetLib: Define MPI reduction operators for complex numbers - CarpetIOASCII: Add new "compact" output format - Csrpet: Support accelerator data transfer - CarpetRegrid2: Add periodic boundary conditions - Simfactory - Use OpenMP by default - Make running testsuites using Simfactory possible - Updated a lot of configurations All repositories participating in this release carry a branch ET_2012_05 marking this release. These release branches will be updated if severe errors are found. For more detailed information about the "Lovelace" release please read the long release announcement on the Einstein Toolkit web pages: http://einsteintoolkit.org/about/releases/ET_2012_05_announcement.php. On behalf of the Einstein Toolkit Consortium: the "Lovelace" Release Team Eloisa Bentivegna Tanja Bode Peter Diener Roland Haas Ian Hinder Frank Löffler Bruno Mundim Christian D. Ott Erik Schnetter May 28, 2012 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 Gravity Research Foundation, Awards for the Essays 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/16/gravity-research-foundation-awards-… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA Roger W. Babson, Founder George M. Rideout, Jr., President The trustees are pleased to announce the Awards for Essays for 2012. 1. $4,000 - Can Effects of Quantum Gravity Be Observed in the Cosmic Microwave Background? by Claus Kiefer and Manuel Kraemer, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Strasse 77, 50937 Koeln, Germany; e-mail: kiefer[AT]thp.uni-koeln.de mk[AT]thp.uni-koeln.de 2. $1,250 - What Can the Information Paradox Tell Us about the Early Universe? by Samir D. Mathur, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; e-mail: mathur[AT]mps.ohio-state.edu 3. $1,000 - The Unbearable Beingness of Light - Dressing and Undressing Photons in Black Hole Spacetimes by Timothy J. Hollowood and Graham M. Shore, Department of Physics, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK: e-mail: t.hollowood[AT]swansea.ac.uk g.m.shore[AT]swansea.ac.uk 4. $750 - Holographic Space-Time by Tom Banks, NHETC and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, and SCIPP and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077; e-mail: banks[AT]scipp.ucsc.edu 5. $500 - Secret Life of the Spacetime by T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune - 411007, India; e-mail: paddy[AT]iucaa.ernet.in Selected for Honorable Mention this year were (listed in alphabetical order) Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, Valerio Astuti and Giacomo Rosati; Jacob D. Bekenstein; Adam R. Brown and Alex Dahlen; Marcelo Botta Cantcheff; Marios Christodoulou, Aldo Riello and Carlo Rovelli; Joseph P. Conlon; Christian Corda; Lawrence B. Crowell; Upasana Das and Banibrata Mukhopadhyay; Arundhati Dasgupta and Adamantia Zampeli; Aharon Davidson and Ben Yellin; Henrique P. de Oliveira, Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas and Cesar A. Terrero-Escalante; Irina Dymnikova; Ariel Edery and Hugues Beauchesne; Homer G. Ellis; Tiberiu Harko and Francisco S. N. Lobo; Shahar Hod; Viqar Husain and Dawood Kothawala; Ted Jacobson; Priti Mishra and Tejinder P. Singh; Sujoy Kumar Modak and Douglas Singleton; Kouji Nakamura; M. B. Paranjape; Ira Z. Rothstein; Rolf Schimmrigk; C. Sivaram and Kenath Arun; Albert Stebbins; W.M. Stuckey, T.J. McDevitt and M. Silberstein; Yu Tian, Xiao-Ning Wu and Hongbao Zhang; Christos G. Tsagas; C. S. Unnikrishnan and G. T. Gillies; Ram Gopal Vishwakarma. This announcement and abstracts of award-winning and honorable mention essays will be posted when ready on our web site, http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org. The five award-winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). They will also be posted at a later date on our web site. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 2012 IOP Gravitational Physics Group Thesis Prize (sponsored by CQG) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/14/2012-gravitational-physics-group-th… Additional Information: http://gp.iop.org/ The 2012 Institute of Physics Gravitational Physics Group Thesis Prize, sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG), will be made for excellence in postgraduate research and communication skills in gravitational physics. All members of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group who passed their PhD viva voce exam between 30 September 2010 and 31 December 2012 are entitled to enter the competition. Note that the viva period for eligible candidates is longer than in previous years. The winner will be awarded £500 and they will be invited to submit a paper to CQG based on the winning thesis which, if accepted, will be made a ’select article’ in CQG. Furthermore, the winner will be given the opportunity to present their work at one of the UK BritGrav meetings. Anyone (student or otherwise) can nominate a candidate (including the candidate themselves). If you have someone in mind, please send an email to the IOP Gravitational Physics Group secretary (David Burton at d.burton[AT]lancaster.ac.uk) containing the candidate’s contact details and the committee will encourage them to enter the competition. The candidate must be a member of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group, and will be asked to provide their IOP membership number. Please note that the student’s external PhD examiner must be willing to comment on the student’s research, quality of the student’s thesis and the student’s ability to cogently communicate their work (evidenced by their viva performance and/or seminars). Students are advised to consult their external examiner before entering the competition. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6 John Miller awarded 2011 IOP Gravitational Physics Group thesis prize co-sponsored by CQG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/11/john-miller-awarded-2011-iop-gravit… Additional Information: http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/gp/prize/page_40694.html I am delighted to announce that the 2011 IOP Gravitational Physics Group’s thesis prize, co-sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity, has been awarded to Dr John Miller, currently at Australian National University (ANU), for his excellent work on non-Gaussian beams and optomechanical parametric instabilities in gravitational wave detectors and their impact on designing future gravitational wave detectors. Dr Miller completed his thesis at Glasgow University under the supervision of Prof. Ken Strain and Prof. Norna Robertson The thesis is available to download from Glasgow University’s website. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1869/ Details of the prize, including nomination instructions for the 2012 prize, can be found at the Gravitational Physics Group’s web page. http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/gp/prize/page_40694.html Sincerely Clifford M Will Editor in Chief Classical and Quantum Gravity +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.7 Call for Nominations: Fellows of the GRG Society (revised mailing address) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/05/07/call-for-nominations-fellows-of-the… The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation has instituted Fellowships to recognize its outstanding members. In a steady state we expect the total number of Fellows to constitute approximately 10% of the membership. To reach this goal and to ensure that younger members of our Society are also elected in the initial rounds, the following procedure will be used: i) Fellows will be elected once every three years, prior to the GRG conferences. For the first two rounds (GR19 and GR20), at least half of the number of Fellows elected in any one round should be of 45 years or less of age on the day the conference begins. ii) The fellowship committee for GR20 will be asked to elect 10 fellows. Thereafter, the committees will elect approximately 1.5% of the members per 3-year cycle. The precise number for each round will be established at the prior GR meeting by the Executive Committee of the Society. The primary criterion for election is excellence in research, especially the impact of candidate’s work on the development of our field. The candidate will be generally expected to have made additional contributions to the field, for example through service, and/or outreach, and/or books and monographs, etc. In exceptional cases such criteria could constitute the primary basis of nomination provided these activities have had influence on a significant portion of our community, not just the home institution of the candidate. Nominations are due by December 31st, 2012. Any member of the Society can make nominations but self-nominations will not be considered. The nomination packet will consist of: i) A letter summarizing the basis for nomination; ii) An up-to-date CV and publication list of the nominee; iii) 1 to 3 supporting letters from members of the Society, and, iv) A proposed citation. Once made, the nomination will remain active for two additional rounds. Further details can be found at http://www.isgrg.org/fellowrules.php Electronic nominations in the form of emailed PDF files are strongly preferred. The nomination PDF files should be sent to the Chair of the Fellowship committee, Clifford Will (cmw[AT]wuphys.wustl.edu) If an electronic nomination is not possible, a single paper copy of the nomination should be mailed or faxed to Clifford Will at Department of Physics University of Florida P.O. Box 118440 Gainesville FL 32611-8440 Fax: 1-352-392-0524 The elected Fellows will be inducted during the Business Meeting of the Society at GR 20 in Warsaw, 8 – 13 July, 2013.

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 International Workshop Relativistic Positioning Systems and their Scientific Applications (2nd announc.) 1.2 The Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (5th circ.) 1.3 Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Cosmology 1.4 The Time Machine Factory (2nd announcement) 1.5 Rattle and Shine: Gravitational Wave and Electromagnetic Studies of Compact Binary Mergers, KITP, Santa Barbara 1.6 15th Capra Meeting in Maryland (2nd circ.) 1.7 Yukawa International Seminar 2013 "Gravitatinal waves: Revolution in astronomy and astrophysics" 1.8 2nd BNU International Summer School on Quantum Gravity, Beijing (China) 2. Jobs 2.1 PhD position in Analytical and Numerical Methods in General Relativity at the AEI 2.2 PhD Position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.3 Tenure Track Position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Quantum Measurement Theory in Gravitational-Wave Detectors" 3.2 "Quantum Gravity" by C. Kiefer (third edition) ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 International Workshop Relativistic Positioning Systems and their Scientific Applications (2nd announc.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/30/international-workshop-relativistic… Starting Wed, Sep 19, 2012 to Fri, Sep 21, 2012 Location: Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia Additional Information: http://rgnss.fmf.uni-lj.si/workshop Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to register for the three-day international workshop on "Relativistic Positioning Systems and their Scientific Applications" to be held at Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia, on 19-21 September 2012. The workshop is organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana and ESA Advanced Concepts Team. The goal of the workshop is to bring together those interested in the development of Relativistic Positioning Systems and, in particular, to share ideas and establish future lines of research and collaborations. Topics of the workshop include: * Formulation of relativistic positioning systems and properties of emission coordinates * Application to GNSS, relativistic reference frames, pulsar-based navigation and localization * Inter-satellite links and autonomous GNSS * Relativistic celestial mechanics (coordinate systems, Hamiltonian techniques...) * Application to Earth sciences, astronomy and metrology Also other contributions in line with the aims of the workshop will be considered. Registration is open at http://rgnss.fmf.uni-lj.si/workshop and will close on 1st July 2012. There is no registration fee. The proceedings of the workshop will be published. Best regards, SOC e-mail: rps-soc[AT]esa.int phone: +386 1 4766 505 Confirmed invited speakers: Bartolome Coll (Universitat de València) Angelo Tartaglia (Politecnico di Torino) Francisco Amarillo Fernandez (ESA) Andrej Čadež (Univ. of Ljubljana) Scientific organizing committee: Bertram Arbesser-Rastburg (ESA) Sante Carloni (ESA) Pacôme Delva (Obs. Paris) Clovis Jacinto de Matos (ESA) Rune Floberghagen (ESA) Uroš Kostić (Univ. of Ljubljana) Leopold Summerer (ESA) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 The Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (5th circ.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/30/the-thirteenth-marcel-grossmann-mee… Starting Sun, Jul 01, 2012 to Sat, Jul 07, 2012 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/MG/mg13/ The meeting website has recently added information about public talks, accompanying person activities, the Tuesday evening reception at City Hall where the Nobel Prize ceremonies are held, and the Wednesday evening banquet location. The plenary program is being updated daily as the speakers submit their abstracts. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Cosmology --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/30/black-holes-gravitational-waves-and… Starting Wed, May 16, 2012 to Sat, May 19, 2012 Location: Rome/Pescara, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/ICRA_Networkshops/rjr_70/ This is a meeting in celebration of the 70th birthday of Remo Ruffini on the 40th anniversary of the book "Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Cosmology" by Martin Rees, Remo Ruffini and John Archibald Wheeler. Many of us began our research as students working with Remo, who has had an important influence on the direction of our careers. We members of the organizing committee especially look forward to this occasion to meet again with the many friends our association with Remo has led to over the years. More details will follow at the conference website: http://www.icra.it/ICRA_Networkshops/rjr_70/ but it would be most useful if you could email Federica Di Berardino at secretariat[AT]icranet.org with some indication if it will be possible for you to participate in this event. We send you our best wishes, Volodia Belinski, Carlo Luciano Bianco, Pascal Chardonnet, Thibault Damour, Nathalie Deruelle, Jaan Einasto, Robert Jantzen, Mario Novello, Jorge Rueda, SheSheng Xue, Gregory Vereshchagin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 The Time Machine Factory (2nd announcement) ----------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/30/the-time-machine-factory-second-ann… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Fri, Oct 19, 2012 Location: Turin, Italy Additional Information: http://timemachine.polito.it This is the second announcement of the conference “The Time Machine Factory”, that will be held in Torino (Italy), from October 14 to 19, 2012, and is organized by INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico of Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica and Politecnico di Torino. Important information for registration can be found below. On behalf of the SOC, SOC Chairs, Mariateresa Crosta Marco Gramegna Matteo Luca Ruggiero SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE The conference focuses on causality and nonlocality in physics, with emphasis on its implications with time machines. In particular these issues will be dealt with from the viewpoints of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. The topological nature of spacetime in the framework of Quantum Mechanics suggests that both causality and locality need to be analyzed at a fundamental level, also by allowing the existence of entities that are more elementary than the spatial dimensions of everyday’s life. The interplay of these entities influences the very nature of time, and their dynamics could lead to understand the emergence of the arrow of time. Focusing on these issues would help to understand the ultimate nature of time, its role in fundamental physics and in the formation of the Universe, thus allowing for a better comprehension of its large scale structure, with apparent implications on the astronomical reference systems. INFORMATION Information about the conference, such as scientific program, venue, travel, accommodation, events and social activities, important deadlines and so on, are available at the web page http://timemachine.polito.it REGISTRATION *Participants Early registration, from April 15 to June 1, 250 euro Regular Registration, from June 2 to September 1, 350 euro Registration fee includes registration kits, coffee breaks and conference dinner, as well as access to all satellite events. Participants wishing to submit a contribution should register no later than June 1. *Accompanying persons Early registration, from April 15 to June 1, 100 euro; Regular registration, from June 2 to September 1, 150 euro This fee includes only visitor registration kits, conference dinner, and access to all satellite events. More information at the webpage http://tinyurl.com/TM2012reg SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mariateresa Crosta (chair, INAF,OATo); Marco Gramegna (co-chair, INRIM); Matteo Luca Ruggiero (co-chair, Politecnico di Torino, INFN); Orfeu Bertolami (Dep. Physics and Astronomy – Univ. Porto); Donato Bini (Ist. M. Picone – CNR, ICRA, INFN); Salvatore Capozziello (Dep. Phys. Sciences – Univ. Napoli, INFN); Sandro Coriasco (Dep. Mathematics – Univ. Torino); Fernando de Felice (Dep. Physics – Univ. Padova); Marco Genovese (INRIM); Robert T. Janzen (Villanova University, ICRA); Christophe Leponcin-Lafitte (SYRTE, Obs. de Paris); Oldrich Semerak (Inst. Th. Physics – Charles University, Prague), Angelo Tartaglia (DISAT – Politecnico di Torino, INFN). LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Monica Capone (Dep. Mathematics – Univ. Torino, INFN); Tullia Carriero (INAF,OATo); Sandro Coriasco (Dep. Mathematics – Univ. Torino); Mariateresa Crosta (INAF,OATo); Marco Gramegna (INRIM); Matteo Luca Ruggiero (DISAT – Politecnico di Torino, INFN); Willy Merz (Fondazione Merz); Enzo Obiso (PHOS). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Rattle and Shine: Gravitational Wave and Electromagnetic Studies of Compact Binary Mergers, KITP, Santa Barbara ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/20/rattle-and-shine-gravitational-wave… Starting Mon, Jul 30, 2012 to Fri, Aug 03, 2012 Location: Santa Barbara, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/dbdetails?acro=chirps-c12 The direct detection of gravitational waves will be a transformative event in 21st century astronomy. Construction of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (aLIGO) and Virgo are well underway; aLIGO is expected to be complete in 2014. After a commissioning period to reach design sensitivity, the first detection of gravitational waves is virtually assured. Despite a great deal of progress in the field, many open problems remain in the field of binary neutron stars (BNS), binary black holes (BBHs) and neutron star--black hole (NSBH) binaries. These coalescing compact objects are of fundamental interest to physicists and astronomers. Gravitational waves from binary black holes will allow us to test general relativity in the strong-field regime. Binaries containing neutron stars will probe the equation of state of nuclear matter. Observed coalescence rates will shed light on the processes driving stellar evolution. The combined observation of gravit ational and electromagnetic waves from a source will open a new window on physics and astronomy. All of these goals require a detailed understanding of both the gravitational waveforms emitted and their electromagnetic counterparts. A combined observing campaign uniting electromagnetic and gravitational-wave astronomers with astrophysicists, source modelers, and nuclear physicists will be essential to realize the promise of the gravitational-wave sky. To this end, the KITP conference "Rattle and Shine" will address the following points: 1. Detection. The waveforms for binary neutron star mergers are well understood, but systems with significant spin (NSBH and BBH) remain an unsolved problem. How do we best combine the efforts of the source modeling and gravitational-wave astronomy communities to search for these systems? Similarly, the wide range of potential electromagnetic outcomes (from gamma-rays to radio waves) remains largely unexplored. What are the predictions for the disk and remnant object when BNS or NSBH systems merge? What electromagnetic counterparts will be produced? What is the best strategy for coordinating joint gravitational-wave and electromagnetic searches and detections? 2. Measurement. With the detection of gravitational waves and electromagnetic counterparts, how do we measure the astrophysical quantities (mass, spin, luminosity distance, etc.) of compact binary coalescence? How accurately (and quickly) do we need to be able to locate compact binary sources to be able to do interesting astronomy and astrophysics? How accurately can we predict nucleosynthetic yields from BNS mergers and use these mergers to probe nuclear physics? Could we distinguish a BNS merger from a NSBH merger based only on SGRB observations, and thus provide an independent mass constraint for GW observations? What is the emission of an off-axis BNS or NSBH merger? 3. Interpretation. Having detected and measured the parameters of coalescing compact binaries, what can be learned about the distribution and evolution of the sources? About the nature of general relativity? About the processes driving the emission of gravitational waves? About cosmological parameters? The program will lay the foundation for joint gravitational wave and electromagnetic observatories to be used as laboratories for fundamental physics and astronomy. The conference will bring together several different communities, and so we will ask the invited speakers to give a survey of the state of the field for a broad audience, as well as talks on the latest developments and directions for future research. We intend to have plenty of time for discussion following the talks and the session chairs welcome input from participants for talking points during the discussion. If you would like to raise any issues, please contact the chair of the session. The conference program is designed to allow for lots of interaction between the speakers and the participants. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 15th Capra Meeting in Maryland (2nd circ.) ---------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/16/15th-capra-meeting-in-maryland-2nd-… Starting Mon, Jun 11, 2012 to Fri, Jun 15, 2012 Location: College Park, MD, USA Additional Information: http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/programs/capra12/ This is the second announcement of the 2012 Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction, which will be held in the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling (CSCAMM) at the University of Maryland, College Park, from June 11 to June 15, 2012. Following the Capra tradition, the meeting will focus primarily on aspects of the self-force in general relativity, although broader topics related to gravitational-wave physics will also be discussed. A block of hotel rooms at a reduced rate has been booked for participants. More information and a registration form can be found on the conference website: http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/programs/capra12/ For full consideration, applications to participate and/or abstracts must be submitted by May 1, 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 Yukawa International Seminar 2013 "Gravitatinal waves: Revolution in astronomy and astrophysics" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/12/yukawa-international-seminar-2013-g… Starting Sun, Jun 02, 2013 to Fri, Jun 07, 2013 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ykis2013/conference/index.html We are pleased to announce that Yukawa International Seminar 2013 (YKIS2013) entitled "Gravitational waves: Revolution in astronomy and astrophysics" will be held from June 2-7 in 2013 at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University. Associated with this conference, we plan to hold a one-month workshop on gravitational waves and numerical relativity. The details will be updated in http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ykis2013/conference/index.html The confirmed invited speakers on YKIS2013 at present include Edo Berger (Harvard) Emanuele Berti (Mississippi) Patrick Brady (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Bernd Bruegmann (Jena) Alessandra Buonanno (Maryland) John Friedman (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Kostas Kokkotas (Tuebingen) Luis Lehner (Perimeter) Christian Ott (Caltech) Tsvi Piran (Hebrew) B. S. Sathyaprakash (Cardiff) Bernard Schutz (Albert-Einstein Institute) Patrick Sutton (Cardiff) and more SOC of the YKIS2013: Masaru Shibata (chair), Misao Sasaki, Takahiro Tanaka (YITP) Masaki Ando, Takashi Nakamura, Naoki Seto (Kyoto) Takaaki Kajita, Kazuaki Kuroda, Seiji Kawamura, Masatate Ohashi (ICRR) Nobuyuki Kanda (Osaka CU), Hideyuki Tagoshi (Osaka) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 2nd BNU International Summer School on Quantum Gravity, Beijing (China) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/10/2nd-bnu-international-summer-school… Starting Sun, Aug 12, 2012 to Sat, Aug 18, 2012 Location: Beijing, China Additional Information: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool/ The Beijing Normal University (BNU) International Summer School on Quantum Gravity is intended to provide a pedagogical introduction for graduate students and young post-docs to the main fields closely related to loop quantum gravity. Topics include: Loop quantum gravity, Loop quantum cosmology, Spin foams, Group field theory, Regge calculus Lecturers: - Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State Univ, USA) - Benjamin Bahr (Cambridge Univ, UK) - John Barrett (Univ of Nottingham, UK) - Jonathan Engle (Florida Atlantic Univ, USA) - Thomas Krajewski (Univ of Provence and CPT Marseille, France) - Jerzy Lewandowski (Univ of Warsaw, Poland) - Etera Livine (ENS de Lyon, France) The working language is English. But participation is limited. Students and young post-docs who are interested to attend the school are invited to look up the registration information and register at the website: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool/ The deadline for online application is May 31, 2012. Organization Committee: ASHTEKAR Abhay (Penn State) BANERJEE Kinjal (BNU) DING You (BJTU) GAO Sijie (BNU) HUANG Chaoguang (IHEP, CAS) LEWANDOWSKI Jerzy (Warsaw) LIU Wenbiao (BNU) LU Hong (BNU) MA Yongge (BNU) ZHOU Bin (BNU) Secretaries: GUO Haibiao (BNU) HAN Yu (BNU) WANG Jingbo (BNU) ZHOU Zhenhua (BNU) Contact: QGschool[AT]bnu.edu.cn Yongge Ma On behalf of the Organization Committee Dept of Physics Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875, CHINA Tel: +86-10-58809499 Fax: +86-10-62209742 Webpage: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/LQG/eng/research.html Travel support for U.S. Students and Post-docs to attend the 2nd BNU School on Quantum Gravity The 2nd Beijing Normal University School on quantum gravity will take place from August 13th to August 18th, 2012. Although the hosts of the school will be able to partially cover local costs of attendees, they will not be able to cover all costs. Because of this, we have applied for, and will likely receive, NSF funds to provide partial travel support to a number of U.S. students and beginning post-docs to attend this school. We expect to be able to cover at least half the plane fare of the selected applicants. Interested young researchers should send a CV, list of publications and, if a student, a recommendation letter from your advisor, to jonathan.engle[AT]fau.edu, no later than Friday, May 18th, 2012. In the email, please also indicate whether you have access to other funding sources, and, if so, which ones. The final selection will be made by a committee consisting of scientists from three different universities. The organizers of the BNU school have graciously agreed to accept the selected participants. Nevertheless, it is still necessary for students to register and request partial support for local costs directly at the main school website http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool, in addition to applying for this NSF support. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 PhD position in Analytical and Numerical Methods in General Relativity at the AEI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/26/phd-position-in-analytical-and-nume… Institution: Potsdam, Germany Deadline: Fri, Jun 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/imprs/imprsI1/application/index.html The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) invites applications for a DFG-funded PhD position in the division of Geometric Analysis and Gravitation. The position will be part of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS). The successful candidate will work with Dr. Oliver Rinne on a combination of analytical and numerical methods applied to partial differential equations arising in general relativity and related branches of applied mathematics and theoretical physics. Topics include but are not limited to: global methods for the Einstein equations, gravitational collapse, critical phenomena, black hole stability, and Ricci flow. Applicants should hold or be about to complete a degree in mathematics, physics or a closely related discipline. Some previous exposure to or keen interest in relativity as well as numerical work is desirable. The starting date of the position is flexible and could be as early as the autumn of 2012. Funding is for three years and is according to the German federal employee scale TVoeD E13 (75%). Details of the application procedure and an online application form can be found at http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/imprs/imprsI1/application/index.html Evaluation of applications will begin on 1 June 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. For questions about the position please contact oliver.rinne[AT]aei.mpg.de. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 PhD Position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/10/phd-position-in-quantum-gravity-at-… Institution: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Deadline: Wed, May 16, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~loll0101 One or more PhD positions in quantum gravity will become available in the autumn of 2012 in the new research group headed by Prof. Renate Loll at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The successful applicants will work under the supervision of Loll in a group consisting of several postdocs and PhD students, an assistant professor (to be appointed) and international visitors. This activity forms part of a new research focus on "Quantum Gravity" at the IMAPP, aimed at uncovering the fundamental quantum dynamics of space and time, and their interaction with matter. The IMAPP provides an attractive working environment for foundational, front-line research. Besides Theoretical High-Energy Physics, of which the new group forms a part, Mathematical Physics, Astrophysics and Experimental High-Energy Physics are all strongly represented. Applicants must have a university degree in (theoretical) physics at masters level or equivalent and proven abilities in theoretical physics and mathematics. Prior to applying, candidates should inform themselves about the research done in Loll's group by consulting her webpage (see URL) and the publications of group members. The PhD positions are for four years, which is the expected time for obtaining a doctoral degree in the Netherlands, and are subject to a review after one year. Applications should be sent electronically as a single pdf-file to R. Loll at the contact email address given and consist of a cover letter, CV, transcripts of university grades and degrees, a statement of research interests and reasons for undertaking doctoral research in quantum gravity, as well as the names of at least two senior scientists who are in a position to judge the applicant's suitability for a PhD in theoretical physics. Review of applications will start on May 16 and will continue until the positions are filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Tenure Track Position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/10/tenure-track-position-in-quantum-gr… Institution: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.ru.nl/vacatures/details/details_vacature_0?recid=508697 As part of a new initiative of the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) and the Department of Theoretical High-Energy Physics in particular, we are looking for an Assistant Professor in Quantum Gravity (Tenure Track). This position will further strengthen the new research focus on Quantum Gravity, which was initiated with the recent hiring of Prof. Renate Loll, who will be joining the Institute with her working group. Aim of the research is to uncover the fundamental quantum dynamics of space and time, and their interaction with matter. The new initiative is embedded in the nationally defined focus area “Quantum Universe” of the Dutch Sector Plan “Physics and Chemistry”. Applicants must be experts in quantum gravity and theoretical high-energy physics with a substantial international track record of research in this area, and willing to play an active role in building up the new research focus “Quantum Gravity”. The IMAPP provides an attractive working environment for foundational, front-line research, ranging from pure math to collider physics, with the ultimate aim of understanding the origin and structure of our universe. The set-up of the Institute facilitates interactions across traditional boundaries between the disciplines represented in it, and the incoming assistant professor is expected to strengthen ties with existing related lines of research. Please see URL for more information and how to apply. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Quantum Measurement Theory in Gravitational-Wave Detectors" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/26/living-reviews-in-relativity-quantu… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-5 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Quantum Measurement Theory in Gravitational-Wave Detectors" by Stefan L. Danilishin and Farid Ya. Khalili on April 26, 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-5 Danilishin, Stefan and Khalili, Farid Ya. "Quantum Measurement Theory in Gravitational-Wave Detectors" ACCEPTED: 2012-03-02 PUBLISHED: 2012-04-26 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-5 ABSTRACT: The fast progress in improving the sensitivity of the gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, we all have witnessed in the recent years, has propelled the scientific community to the point, when quantum behaviour of such immense measurement devices as kilometer-long interferometers starts to matter. The time, when their sensitivity will be mainly limited by the quantum noise of light is round the corner, and finding the ways how to make it lower will become a necessity. Therefore the primary goal we pursued in this review was to familiarize a broad spectrum of readers with the theory of quantum measurements in the very form it finds application in the area of gravitational-wave detection. We focus on how quantum noise arises in gravitational wave interferometers and what limitations it imposes on the achievable sensitivity. We start from the very basic concepts and gradually advance to the general linear quantum measurement theory and its application to the calculation of quantum noise in the contemporary and planned interferometric detectors of gravitational radiation of the first and second generation. Special attention is paid to the concept of Standard Quantum Limit and the methods of its surmounting. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 "Quantum Gravity" by C. Kiefer (third edition) -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/04/17/c-kiefer-quantum-gravity-third-edit… Additional Information: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199585205.do Claus Kiefer: "Quantum Gravity" (Third Edition) International Series of Monographs on Physics 155, 408 pages Oxford University Press 2012 Table of Contents: 1: Why quantum gravity? 2: Covariant approaches to quantum gravity 3: Parametrized and relational systems 4: Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity 5: Quantum geometrodynamics 6: Quantum gravity with connections and loops 7: Quantization of black holes 8: Quantum cosmology 9: String theory 10: Phenomenology, decoherence, and the arrow of time For more information, see: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199585205.do

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (4th circ.) 1.2 2012 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), Kobe (Japan) 1.3 Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal ERE2012 (2nd circ.) 1.4 First VESF School on Advanced Detectors of Gravitational Waves, Cascina, (Italy) 1.5 CoQuS Summer School 2012 "Quantum Physics meets Gravity", Vienna, Austria 1.6 BritGrav 12 in Southampton, UK (2nd circular) 1.7 Relativistic Positioning Systems and their Scientific Applications, Brdo (Slovenia) 1.8 Xth School of Cosmology in Cargese: Gravitational Lenses 2. Jobs 2.1 Lectureship position in Mathematics at University of York, UK 2.2 Copernicus Center Scholarship for PhD Researchers, Krakow, Poland 2.3 Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Krakow, Poland 2.4 Postdoc in quantum theory at Imperial College 2.5 Postdoctoral position in Cosmology at Cambridge, UK 2.6 1-yr postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational physics at Bishop's University 3. News 3.1 New Book: 'Relativistic Cosmology' by G. Ellis, R. Maartens and M. MacCallum 3.2 From Black Clouds to Black Holes by J V Narlikar (3rd edition) 3.3 Highlights and Conclusions of the Chalonge 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011 3.4 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis" (major update) 3.5 "Vignettes in Gravitation and Cosmology" by Sriramkumar and Seshadri 3.6 New book: "3+1 Formalism in General Relativity" by Eric Gourgoulhon ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (4th circ.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/31/thirteenth-marcel-grossmann-meeting… Starting Sun, Jul 01, 2012 to Sat, Jul 07, 2012 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/MG/mg13/ The list of 72 parallel sessions (http://www.icra.it/mg/mg13/parallel_sessions.htm) is now ready and interested participants can register themselves for the meeting and submit a short abstract for the parallel session of their choice. A preliminary list of confirmed invited plenary speakers is also available at http://www.icra.it/mg/mg13/invited_speakers.htm . Note that no more than two abstracts should be submitted with exactly the same author list in order to keep the parallel sessions manageable. A few more parallel sessions might be added in the near future. Early registration at 350€ is now possible extending through May 25, 2012, after which the registration fee will be 400€. The student fee is 150€. Abstracts for parallel session presentations must be submitted by June 15, 2012, but preferably at the time of registration and as early as possible. Chairpersons have been asked to give submitters preliminary judgments of abstracts for oral and poster presentation requests as they are received in order to create their programs, so delaying submission of an abstract decreases its chances of receiving an oral presentation. If a session receives too many worthy abstracts for oral presentation in one afternoon session, there is the possibility of splitting it into two sessions, while some pressure will be relieved by having poster sessions to allow presentation of excess abstracts. MG13 will take place July 1-7, 2012 at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden. Preregistration will take place Sunday, July 1, and the meeting will officially open Monday morning with the Marcel Grossmann awards announcement. During the six day conference a wide variety of topics will be discussed in the morning plenary sessions beginning with mathematical topics on Monday, quantum aspects of gravity on Tuesday, precision tests of general relativity on Wednesday, relativistic astrophysics on Thursday, cosmology and astroparticle physics on Friday and the latest scientific news and the history of physics Saturday. There will be five plenary lectures each morning and up to twenty parallel sessions in the four weekday afternoons excluding Wednesday, which is left free for a trip and the evening conference banquet. The plenary lectures will be held in the Aula Magna lecture hall and the parallel sessions at the AlbaNova University Center, both easily reachable by public transp ortation from the city center. In addition to the Wednesday evening banquet, there will be a reception by the mayor of Stockholm Tuesday evening, and popular level science lectures open to the participants and their accompanying persons and to the general public on Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings. We have added some additional topics to the original program and parallel sessions. In particular in view of the expected July 4 announcement of the LHC at the Rochester conference in Australia and its astrophysical implications, we have added a special parallel session on astroparticle physics on Friday afternoon, chaired by Carlo Dionisi and Luciano Maiani who will report on these developments in the Saturday morning plenary session. Since 1975, the Marcel Grossmann Meetings (on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories) have been organized in order to provide opportunities for discussing recent advances in gravitation, general relativity and relativistic field theories, emphasizing mathematical foundations, physical predictions and experimental tests. The objective of these meetings is to elicit exchange among scientists that may deepen our understanding of spacetime structures as well as to review the status of ongoing experiments aimed at testing Einstein’s theory of gravitation either from the ground or from space. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 2012 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), Kobe (Japan) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/30/coference-on-computational-physics-… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Thu, Oct 18, 2012 Location: Kobe, Japan Additional Information: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/ We are pleased to announce that this year the Conference on Computational Physics will be held in Kobe (Japan), next to the K computer (presently ranked first of the TOP500). The conference will also celebrate the opening of the K computer for shared use, starting from November 2012. Purpose and concept of the CCP2012 The Conference on Computational Physics (CCP) is organized annually under the auspices of the Commission 20 of the IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics). We propose to organize the Japanese CCP meeting a little differently from the previous ones. Our goal is to encourage strong communication among different fields and to foster new collaborations between fundamental research and applications, through the commonality of numerical methods. In particular, we will sort most of the parallel sessions on the basis of numerical methods, namely there will be a session on finite-difference methods, one on particle-dynamics methods, one on Monte Carlo methods, and so on, with contributions from different fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and related academic fields and industrial applications. More details will appear soon on the webpage: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/ Registration and abstract submission will open on May 1st. Registration fees: 30000 yen (20000 yen for students) if paid before September 10, 2012. 35000 yen (25000 yen for students) if paid after September 10, 2012 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal ERE2012 (2nd circ.) -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/27/spanish-relativity-meeting-in-portu… Starting Mon, Sep 03, 2012 to Fri, Sep 07, 2012 Location: Guimarães, Portugal Additional Information: http://w3.math.uminho.pt/~ERE2012 The Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE) is an international conference devoted to Relativity and Gravitation and is supported by the Spanish Society of Gravitation and Relativity (SEGRE) http://www.segre.es/en/congresos.shtml. In 2012, the meeting will take place at the University of Minho in the town of Guimaraes (world heritage site and European capital of culture in 2012) from 3-7 September 2012. Participants are encouraged to send their contributions. Contributed talks will be grouped according to their topic and scheduled in parallel sessions in the afternoon. The deadline for conference registration and abstract submission is 10th of June, 2012. We advise participants to book accommodation well in advance as hotels in Guimaraes are expected to be more crowded than usual due to events of the European capital of culture. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS - Alan Rendall (Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany) - Claes Uggla (Karlstad University, Sweden) - George Ellis (University of Cape Town, South Africa) - Gabriel Lopes-Cardoso (IST, Lisbon, Portugal) - Joerg Frauendiener (University of Otago, New Zealand) - José Edelstein (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) - Juan Valiente Kroon (Queen Mary, University of London, U.K.) - Laszlo Szabados (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary) - Marc Mars (University of Salamanca, Spain) - Pau Figueras (University of Cambridge, U.K.) - Paul Tod (University of Oxford, U.K.) - Pedro Ferreira (University of Oxford, U.K.) - Peter Dunsby (University of Cape Town, South Africa) - Vitor Cardoso (IST, Lisbon, Portugal) EARLY REGISTRATION FEE - SEGRE members = 250EUR - Non SEGRE members = 280EUR The registration fee will cover lunches, refreshments, an abstract booklet, a conference folder and the proceedings volume. The following social events are also covered: - Welcome cocktail reception. - Half a day visit tour. - Conference dinner. GRANTS The SEGRE society has a limited number of grants to support some of the younger participants who are in the last years of their Ph.D., specially among those submitting a contribution to the conference. In order to apply for financial support please proceed to the ERE2012 website, "Grants" section. To find out more, please visit our conference website at http://w3.math.uminho.pt/~ERE2012 We hope to see you all in Guimaraes, The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Alfonso Garcia-Parrado Estelita Vaz (Coordinator) Irene Brito Filipe Mena Filipe Moura M. Piedade Machado-Ramos Viktor Czinner +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 First VESF School on Advanced Detectors of Gravitational Waves, Cascina, (Italy) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/27/first-vesf-school-on-advanced-detec… Starting Mon, Jun 18, 2012 to Fri, Jun 22, 2012 Location: Cascina (PI), Italy Additional Information: http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/VESF/SCHOOL_2012.html June 18 - 22, 2012 Cascina, (Italy) The Virgo EGO Scientific Forum (VESF) is launching a new program in the year when Earth-based GW detectors - Virgo and LIGO - are gearing up towards second-generation Interferometers. The program will include topical courses focused on GW Advanced Detectors. It will offer a unique opportunity for young scientists already active or planning to work in that field, to get an in-depth training on specialized and state-of-the-art topics related to this research, like: science case, interferometer configuration, suspensions, thermal compensation, sensing and control, squeezing, lasers and more. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 CoQuS Summer School 2012 "Quantum Physics meets Gravity", Vienna, Austria ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/20/coqus-summer-school-2012-quantum-ph… Starting Mon, Sep 03, 2012 to Fri, Sep 07, 2012 Location: Vienna, Austria Additional Information: http://www.coqus.at/events/summerschool2012/ We are pleased to announce the 2012 CoQuS Summer School at the University of Vienna, devoted to the interplay between quantum mechanics and gravitation! This year's edition will be focused on four series of lectures held by international experts on both theoretical and experimental aspects of gravitational and quantum physics: · Carlo Rovelli (Marseille, FR) giving an introduction to quantum gravity for quantum physicists · Philippe Bouyer (Bordeaux, FR) , on experimental gravitation and geophysics with matter-wave sensors · Michele Heurs (Hannover, DE), on gravitational wave detection and quantum control · Ulf Leonhardt (St. Andrews, UK), on gravity analogues in quantum systems The summer school is open to interested advanced undergraduates, graduates and junior post-docs with a good background in quantum mechanics. No extensive background in gravitational physics is required, since this school aims to give an introduction to topics in gravitational physics to quantum physicists. Each series of lecture will consists of about 4 x 2 hours lectures. Participants are encouraged to present and discuss their own research during dedicated poster sessions. The registration fee for the summer school is 170 EUR. For more information and registration, please visit http://www.coqus.at/events/summerschool2012. The deadline for registration is June 26, 2012. Subscribe to our mailinglist at https://lists.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/coqussummerschool to receive updates regarding the summer school. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 BritGrav 12 in Southampton, UK (2nd circular) ------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/16/britgrav-12-in-southampton-uk/ Starting Tue, Apr 03, 2012 to Wed, Apr 04, 2012 Location: Southampton, UK Additional Information: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~cjg/britgrav12 The 12th BritGrav (British Gravity) Meeting will be held on 3/4 April 2012 in the School of Mathematics, University of Southampton. The programme begins with coffee at 10.30 on Tuesday, with the first talk at 11, and ends at 4.30 on Wednesday. The meeting covers all areas of classical and quantum gravity including astrophysics, cosmology and experiments, and is intended to further collaborations and allow young researchers to showcase their work. There is no registration fee, and participants are responsible for their own accommodation, meals and travel. All PhD students and postdocs will be able to give a talk, others if time allows. Current planning is for all talks to last 20 minutes including questions. Tea and coffee will be provided in breaks, lunch can be bought on campus, and there will be a wine reception on Tuesday after the end of the talks programme. A small prize will be awarded for the best talk by a PhD student. If you plan to participate, please email Carsten Gundlach, cjg[AT]soton.ac.uk. If you want to give a talk, please send a title and abstract (which can be amended later). A list of the talks submitted so far can be found on http://www.soton.ac.uk/~cjg/britgrav12. A limited amount of funding will be available from the Gravitational Physics Group of the Institute of Physics to assist PhD students with travel and accommodation costs. If you want to apply for this, please let us know as soon as possible. Carsten Gundlach and Nils Andersson (University of Southampton) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 Relativistic Positioning Systems and their Scientific Applications, Brdo (Slovenia) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/13/relativistic-positioning-systems-an… Starting Wed, Sep 19, 2012 to Fri, Sep 21, 2012 Location: Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia Additional Information: http://rgnss.fmf.uni-lj.si/workshop We are pleased to announce that a three-days workshop on relativistic positioning systems and their scientific applications will be held at Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia, on 19-21 September 2012. The workshop is organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana and ESA Advanced Concepts Team. The goal of the workshop is to bring together those interested in the development of Relativistic Positioning Systems (RPS) and, in particular, to share ideas and establish future lines of research and collaborations. Topics of the workshop include: * Formulation of relativistic positioning systems and properties of emission coordinates * Application to GNSS, relativistic reference frames, pulsar-based navigation and localization * Inter-satellite links and autonomous GNSS * Relativistic celestial mechanics (coordinate systems, Hamiltonian techniques...) * Application to Earth sciences, astronomy and metrology Also other contributions in line with the aims of the workshop will be considered. If you are interested to attend, please register before 1st July 2012. More information is available at http://rgnss.fmf.uni-lj.si/workshop. There is no registration fee. The proceedings of the workshop will be published. Confirmed invited speakers (Preliminay): Bartolome Coll (Universitat de Valencia) Angelo Tartaglia (Politecnico di Torino) Francisco Amarillo Fernandez (ESA) Andrej Cadez (Univ. of Ljubljana) Scientific organizing committee: Bertram Arbesser-Rastburg (ESA) Sante Carloni (ESA) Pacome Delva (Obs. Paris) Clovis Jacinto de Matos (ESA) Rune Floberghagen (ESA) Uros Kostic (Univ. of Ljubljana) Leopold Summerer (ESA) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 Xth School of Cosmology in Cargese: Gravitational Lenses ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/06/xth-school-of-cosmology/ Starting Mon, Sep 17, 2012 to Sat, Sep 22, 2012 Location: Cargèse (Corsica), France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/EC2012/EcoleLuminy12_a.html Main topics: - Weak gravitational lensing (a tool to find the equation of state of dark energy). - Lensing galaxy clusters, the distribution of dark matter. - Strong gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters, and study the first galaxies at high resolution. - Extragalactic gravitational microlensing (quasars and dark matter). - Galaxy-galaxy gravitational lensing. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Lectureship position in Mathematics at University of York, UK ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/28/lectureship-position-in-mathematics… Institution: York, UK Deadline: Mon, Apr 16, 2012 Additional Information: http://maths.york.ac.uk/www/node/12390 We are seeking to appoint at least two new lecturers to enhance our research and teaching. Applications are welcomed from well-qualified candidates interested in any of our existing areas of activity, with strong applications in the areas of Mathematical Finance or Statistics particularly encouraged. A successful candidate will possess an outstanding record of international research achievement, will contribute to the department’s teaching for both undergraduates and postgraduates, and play a part in the department’s administration. Details of the Mathematics Department may be found on the web pages at: http://maths.york.ac.uk/www/Home The two posts are full time and the salary range will be £35,938 - £44,166 per year. Contact reference: Professor Ed Corrigan, +44(0)1904 323074 edward.corrigan[AT]york.ac.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Copernicus Center Scholarship for PhD Researchers, Krakow, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/19/copernicus-center-scholarship-for-p… Institution: Kraków, Poland Deadline: Tue, May 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.copernicuscenter.edu.pl/events/ The Copernicus Center Scholarship for PhD Researchers, funded by The John Templeton Foundation, is offered to individuals who hold a Master's degree (or equivalent) in the fields of: physics, cosmology, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy of science, history of science. The dissertations should be written in English and pertain to one of the following topics: (1) Noncommutative geometry and its application in physics; (2) Physical viability of metric nonlinear (higher derivative) gravity theories; (3) Scientific method at its limit. Philosophical consequences of aspects theories and models. The Copernicus Center offers two scholarships. The candidates should either already be PhD students (for no longer than 2 years before the deadline of the contest) or should begin PhD studies (alternately obtain the status of a visiting graduate student) before the start of the scholarship. The place of the PhD studies can be negotiated with the Copernicus Center, preferably at one of the Institutes with which the members of the group are affiliated. The scholarship in the amount of $1000 (gross amount before deductions which include: taxation,social security and health insurance; the scholarship will be converted to PLN using current exchange rate) is awarded for 18 months (proposed starting date October 2012). Eligibility: individuals who hold a Master's degree (or equivalent) in the fields of: physics, cosmology, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy of science, history of science (adequate to the proposed research project) and are fluent in English. Obligations: (1) Preparation of 2 research papers and 4 talks during the scholarship. (2) Preparation of the first draft of the PhD dissertation. The applications should include: (1) Motivation letter (2) CV + the list of academic achievements (courses and marks, transcript of records) (3) A scanned copy of the MA/MS diploma(s) or information on the expected date of their acquisition (4) Research project (dissertation outline) Apply to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl (with the title: CCPHD) Application deadline: May, 15, 2012 For further information concerning the research team see webpage: http://www.copernicuscenter.edu.pl/research/104 All questions should be addressed to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Krakow, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/19/copernicus-center-scholarship-for-p… Institution: Krakow, Poland Deadline: Tue, May 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.copernicuscenter.edu.pl/events/ The Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, funded by The John Templeton Foundation, is offered to researchers in the fields of: mathematics, mathematical physics, astrophysics and cosmology. The topic of the proposed research should pertain to one of the following issues: - Noncommutative geometry and its application in physics; - Physical viability of metric nonlinear (higher derivative) gravity theories; - Cosmology (with focus on symbolic computation in cosmology); - Scientific method at its limit. Philosophical consequences of aspects theories and models. Copernicus Center offers one scholarship for a postdoctoral stay at the Jagiellonian University at the Institute chosen by the researcher (Mathematics, Physics or Astronomy). The scholarship in the amount of $2000 (gross amount before deductions which include: taxation, social security and health insurance; the scholarship will be converted to PLN using current exchange rate) is awarded for 12 months (proposed starting date October 2012). Application deadline: May, 15, 2012 Eligibility: all researchers who have a PhD (in physics or astronomy or mathematics) awarded after 01.01.2006 (or who will have it awarded before the beginning of the scholarship) and are fluent in English. Application: Please send CV including the list of publications and a short resume of your PhD Thesis, letter of motivation, and a short description of the research project to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl (with the title: CCPOSTDOC) The candidates should arrange the letter of recommendation to be sent directly to the above address. For further information concerning the research team see webpage: http://www.copernicuscenter.edu.pl/research/104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Postdoc in quantum theory at Imperial College ------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/16/postdoc-in-quantum-theory-at-imperi… Additional Information: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/theoreticalphysics There will be a two-year EPSRC-funded postdoctoral position in the Theory Group of the Physics Department at Imperial College, starting no later than September 5, 2012, to work with Prof. Jonathan Halliwell on time in non-relativistic quantum theory, decoherence, emergent classicality and the quantum Zeno effect. Applicants should send their CV, publication list and 1-2 page research proposal to theory-job[AT]imperial.ac.uk and arrange for three referees to send letters to the same address. More detailed scientific enquiries should be addressed to j.halliwell[AT]imperial.ac.uk and more information about the research environment at Imperial College may be found on the website http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/theoreticalphysics. Applications received before March 31 2012 will receive full consideration. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral position in Cosmology at Cambridge, UK ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/14/postdoctoral-position-in-cosmology-… Institution: Cambridge, UK Deadline: Wed, Apr 18, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research/postapp/help.html University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Postdoctoral Research Associate 1 appointment Grade 7: 27,578 - 35,938 GBP per annum We invite applications for a postdoctoral research associate to join the Cambridge-Oxford collaboration "Establishing the Philosophy of Cosmology." The successful candidate will undertake research in the group's target areas such as - The issue of probability measures, including potential uses of anthropic reasoning - Space-time structure, both at very large and very small scales - The cosmological constant problem and other examples of 'fine-tuning' - Entropy, time and complexity in understanding the arrow(s) of time - Symmetries, invariants and their role in describing the Universe as a whole. Applicants with foundational interests outside these areas will also be considered. The appointment is for 20 months commencing in January 2013 and is based in the Relativity and Gravitation research group, within the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. A parallel position will be created at the University of Oxford over the same period and applicants to Cambridge will also be considered for the Oxford post which has a similar job description. The successful candidate will have or be about to receive a PhD in a relevant area of philosophy and/or cosmology-related physics and should have a demonstrated capacity for independent work and be capable of initiating research in a lively group. The candidate will be expected to assist with some of the project's activities. Salary will be within the range 27,578-35,938 GBP p.a. depending on qualifications and experience. A benefits package and a research budget for travel and other expenses will be provided. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online at http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research/postapp/help.html. Further details, including a job description and selection criteria can be found on the above website. Further enquiries can be directed to: ctc[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is 18 April 2012. Applicants will be required to upload a completed CHRIS 6 application form, a statement of research interests, curriculum vitae, and list of publications, and the names and addresses of three referees as part of their online application. In addition, candidates should arrange for the three letters of reference to be sent to the group secretary, Lee Macdonald, at ctc[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk by the closing date. Applications are acknowledged but not referee letters. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 1-yr postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational physics at Bishop's University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/13/1-yr-postdoctoral-position-in-theor… Institution: Sherbrooke, QC, Canada Deadline: Thu, Apr 05, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.ubishops.ca Applications are invited for a 1-year postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational physics at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Canada (http://www.ubishops.ca) commencing in the fall of 2012. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Valerio Faraoni in the areas of theoretical cosmology and/or alternative theories of gravity (especially scalar-tensor and f(R) gravity). A PhD in Physics or a related area at the time the appointment begins is required. According to Quebec regulations, the applicant must have received a PhD less than five years from the beginning of the appointment (which can be extended to ten years under exceptional circumstances). Applicants should submit electronically an updated CV, list of publications, statement of research interests (preferably in a single pdf file using the subject "gravitational theory postdoc"), and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to vfaraoni[AT]ubishops.ca Review of applications will begin on April 5, 2012. For more information contact the same email address or Valerio Faraoni Physics Department, Bishop’s University 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1M 1Z7 Bishop's University implements an equal access employment/program under the Act respecting equal access to employment in public bodies. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 New Book: 'Relativistic Cosmology' by G. Ellis, R. Maartens and M. MacCallum -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/30/new-book-relativistic-cosmology/ Additional Information: http://www.cambridge.org/9780521381154 "Relativistic Cosmology" by George F.R. Ellis, Roy Maartens and Malcolm A.H. MacCallum, was published on 22 March 2012. Full publication details are available at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521381154 as is a sample consisting of the first 10 pages, the index, and the full table of contents. It's also listed on Amazon but not (yet) on Abe Books. CUP advise that stocks for the US will arrive in about 6 weeks. The book has 636 pages and 68 black and white illustrations, many of which are also available in colour on the web page above. Extensive references (40 pages of them) are provided. >From the cover: Cosmology has been transformed by dramatic progress in high-precision observations and theoretical modelling. This book surveys key developments and open issues for graduate students and researchers. Using a relativistic geometric approach, it focuses on the general concepts and relations that underpin the standard model of the Universe. Part 1 covers foundations of relativistic cosmology whilst Part 2 develops the dynamical and observational relations for all models of the Universe based on general relativity. Part 3 focuses on the standard model of cosmology, including inflation, dark matter, dark energy, perturbation theory, the cosmic microwave background, structure formation and gravitational lensing. It also examines modified gravity and inhomogeneity as possible alternatives to dark energy. Anisotropic and inhomogeneous models are described in Part 4, and Part 5 reviews deeper issues, such as quantum cosmology, the start of the universe and the multiverse proposal. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 From Black Clouds to Black Holes by J V Narlikar (3rd edition) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/30/from-black-clouds-to-black-holes-3r… Additional Information: http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/8148.html World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics - Vol. 13 >From Black Clouds to Black Holes (Third Edition) by Jayant V Narlikar (Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, India) This book presents in a simple style the success story of modern astrophysics — how the application of known physics to models of stars can, together with the observational data, help us understand what stars are made of, how they live and how they die. The account is non-technical but scientifically accurate. It is interspersed with anecdotes and analogies to make the subject matter readable and understandable even to a lay reader with some basic scientific background. Contents: - On Stars and Humans - Light: The Storehouse of Information - The Vital Statistics of Stars - How Far are the Stars? - A Star is Born - The Secret of Stellar Energy - The Origin of Chemical Elements - When Stars Explode - Very Dense Stars - Black Holes - Binary and Variable Stars - The Quest Continues Readership: Any reader interested in astronomy. To enjoy a 25% discount, please quote NAM2012 as your discount code when you make your purchase. This offer is valid till end of April 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Highlights and Conclusions of the Chalonge 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/19/highlights-and-conclusions-of-the-c… Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2011.html We are pleased to inform you that the Highlights and Conclusions of the Chalonge 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011 (65 pages, 21 figures) have appeared and are also available (.pdf format) on the web site of the Colloquium http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2011.html ABSTRACT (Abridged) The Chalonge 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011 was held on 20-22 July in the historic Paris Observatory's Perrault building, in the Chalonge School spirit combining real cosmological/astrophysical data and hard theory predictive approach connected to them in the Warm Dark Matter Standard Model of the Universe: News and reviews from Herschel, QUIET, Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), South Pole Telescole (SPT), Planck, PIXIE, the JWST, UFFO, KATRIN and MARE experiments; astrophysics, particle and nuclear physics warm dark matter (DM) searches and galactic observations, related theory and simulations, with the aim of synthesis, progress and clarification. Philippe Andre, Peter Biermann, Pasquale Blasi, Daniel Boyanovsky, Carlo Burigana, Hector de Vega, Joanna Dunkley, Gerry Gilmore, Alexander Kashlinsky, Alan Kogut, Anthony Lasenby, John Mather, Norma Sanchez, Alexei Smirnov, Sylvaine Turck-Chieze present here their highlights of the Colloquium. Ayuki Kamada and Sinziana Paduroiu present here their poster highlights. LambdaWDM (Warm Dark Matter) is progressing impressively over LambdaCDM whose galactic scale crisis and decline are staggering. The International School Daniel Chalonge issued an statement of strong support to the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT). The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2011 was awarded to John C. Mather, Science PI of the JWST. Summary and conclusions are presented by H. J. de Vega, M. C. Falvella and N. G. Sanchez. Overall, LambdaWDM and keV scale DM particles deserve dedicated astronomical and laboratory experimental searches, theoretical work and simulations. KATRIN experiment in the future could perhaps adapt its set-up to look to keV scale sterile neutrinos. It will be a a fantastic discovery to detect dark matter in a beta decay. Photos of the Colloquium are included. (Abridged) We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Colloquium and look forward to seeing you again in a next Meeting of this series. With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez, Hector J de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis" (major update) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/09/living-reviews-in-relativity-gravit… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-4 Living Reviews in Relativity has published an update of the review "Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis. Formalism and Applications: The Gaussian Case" by Piotr Jaranowski and Andrzej Królak on March 9, 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-4 Jaranowski, Piotr A. and Królak, Andrzej "Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis. Formalism and Applications: The Gaussian Case" ACCEPTED: 2012-02-14 PUBLISHED: 2012-03-09 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-4 ABSTRACT: The article reviews the statistical theory of signal detection in application to analysis of deterministic gravitational-wave signals in the noise of a detector. Statistical foundations for the theory of signal detection and parameter estimation are presented. Several tools needed for both theoretical evaluation of the optimal data analysis methods and for their practical implementation are introduced. They include optimal signal-to-noise ratio, Fisher matrix, false alarm and detection probabilities, ℱ-statistic, template placement, and fitting factor. These tools apply to the case of signals buried in a stationary and Gaussian noise. Algorithms to efficiently implement the optimal data analysis techniques are discussed. Formulas are given for a general gravitational-wave signal that includes as special cases most of the deterministic signals of interest. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 "Vignettes in Gravitation and Cosmology" by Sriramkumar and Seshadri ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/09/vignettes-in-gravitation-and-cosmol… Additional Information: http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7864.html VIGNETTES IN GRAVITATION AND COSMOLOGY edited by L Sriramkumar (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, India) and T R Seshadri (University of Delhi, India) World Scientific This book comprises expository articles on different aspects of gravitation and cosmology that are aimed at graduate students. The topics discussed are of contemporary interest assuming only an elementary introduction to gravitation and cosmology. The presentations are to a certain extent pedagogical in nature, and the material developed is not usually found in sufficient detail in recent textbooks in these areas. Contents: - Non-Linear Gravitational Clustering in an Expanding Universe - Dark Ages and Cosmic Reionization - Probing Fundamental Constant Evolution with Redshifted Spectral Lines - Averaging the Inhomogeneous Universe - Probing Cosmic Magnetic Fields with the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation - Quantum Corrections to the Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy - Quantum Measurement and Quantum Gravity: Many Worlds or Collapse of the Wave Function? - Generation and Evolution of Perturbations During Inflation and Reheating - Patterns in Neural Processing Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in the areas of gravitation and cosmology. Please quote *NAM2012* as a discount code to enjoy 25% discount from now till April 2012 when you purchase a book from our collection. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6 New book: "3+1 Formalism in General Relativity" by Eric Gourgoulhon ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/03/05/new-book-31-formalism-in-general-re… Additional Information: http://relativite.obspm.fr/3p1 3+1 Formalism in General Relativity: Bases of Numerical Relativity Eric Gourgoulhon Springer, 2012 294 pages Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Basic Differential Geometry 3. Geometry of Hypersurfaces 4. Geometry of Foliations 5. 3+1 Decomposition of Einstein Equation 6. 3+1 Equations for Matter and Electromagnetic Field 7. Conformal Decomposition 8. Asymptotic Flatness and Global Quantities 9. The Initial Data Problem 10. Choice of Foliation and Spatial Coordinates 11. Evolution Schemes A. 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Conferences 1.1 The Time Machine Factory, Turin, Italy 1.2 17th Itzykson Meeting - Heart of Darkness: Dark Energy and Modified Gravity, Saclay, France 1.3 Relativity and Gravitation – 100 Years after Einstein in Prague (3rd circ.) 1.4 LIGO-Virgo Collaboration meeting in Hanover, Germany 1.5 LIGO-Virgo Collaboration meeting in Maryland, USA 1.6 LIGO-Virgo Collaboration meeting in Rome, Italy 1.7 LIGO-Virgo Collaboration meeting in Cambridge, MA 1.8 Advanced School in General Relativity in Sao Paolo: Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology 1.9 14th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics (2nd circ.) 1.10 2nd LOFT Science Meeting in Toulouse, France 1.11 Gravitational-Wave Advanced Detector Workshop in Hawaii 1.12 International Conference on Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Physics and Mathematics, Uzhgorod, Ukraine 1.13 Einstein Toolkit New Users Workshop in Atlanta 2. Jobs 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Brane Effective Actions, Kappa-Symmetry and Applications" 3.2 The "Jürgen Ehlers thesis prize" and the "Bergmann-Wheeler thesis prize" of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation 2013 ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 The Time Machine Factory, Turin, Italy ------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/29/the-time-machine-factory/ Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Fri, Oct 19, 2012 Location: Turin, Italy Additional Information: http://timemachine.polito.it We are pleased to announce that the conference ``The Time Machine Factory'' will be held in Torino (Italy), from October 14 to 19, 2012. The conference is being organized by INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico of Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica and Politecnico di Torino. On behalf of the SOC, SOC Chairs, Mariateresa Crosta Marco Gramegna Matteo Luca Ruggiero SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE The conference focuses on causality and nonlocality in physics, with emphasis on its implications with time machines. In particular these issues will be dealt with from the viewpoints of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. The topological nature of spacetime in the framework of Quantum Mechanics suggests that both causality and locality need to be analyzed at a fundamental level, also by allowing the existence of entities that are more elementary than the spatial dimensions of everyday's life. The interplay of these entities influences the very nature of time, and their dynamics could lead to understand the emergence of the arrow of time. Focusing on these issues would help to understand the ultimate nature of time, its role in fundamental physics and in the formation of the Universe, thus allowing for a better comprehension of its large scale structure, with apparent implications on the astronomical reference systems. INFORMATION All information about the conference, such as scientific program, venue, travel, accommodation, events and social activities, important deadlines and so on, are available at the web page http://timemachine.polito.it Limited funds will be available for covering expenses for young researchers: please contact timemachine[AT]polito.it upon registration. SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mariateresa Crosta (chair, INAF,OATo); Marco Gramegna (co-chair, INRIM); Matteo Luca Ruggiero (co-chair, Politecnico di Torino, INFN); Orfeu Bertolami (Dep. Physics and Astronomy - Univ. Porto); Donato Bini (Ist. M. Picone - CNR, ICRA, INFN); Salvatore Capozziello (Dep. Phys. Sciences - Univ. Napoli, INFN); Sandro Coriasco (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino); Fernando de Felice (Dep. Physics - Univ. Padova); Marco Genovese (INRIM); Robert T. Janzen (Villanova University, ICRA); Christophe Leponcin-Lafitte (SYRTE, Obs. de Paris); Oldrich Semerak (Inst. Th. Physics - Charles University, Prague), Angelo Tartaglia (DISAT - Politecnico di Torino, INFN). LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Monica Capone (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino, INFN); Tullia Carriero (INAF,OATo); Sandro Coriasco (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino); Mariateresa Crosta (INAF,OATo); Marco Gramegna (INRIM); Matteo Luca Ruggiero (DISAT - Politecnico di Torino, INFN); Willy Merz (Fondazione Merz); Enzo Obiso (PHOS). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 17th Itzykson Meeting - Heart of Darkness: Dark Energy and Modified Gravity, Saclay, France ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/29/17th-itzykson-meeting-heart-of-dark… Starting Mon, Jun 18, 2012 to Wed, Jun 20, 2012 Location: IPhT (CEA/Saclay), France Additional Information: http://indico.in2p3.fr/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=6388 The Itzykson Meeting is held every year in the Institut de Physique Théorique of CEA-Saclay, to honour the memory of Claude Itzykson. The 17th edition of this meeting, to take place on June 18−20 2012, is devoted to dark energy and modified gravity. This meeting will bring together researchers involved in the study of Dark Energy and Modified Gravity, with the aim of reviewing and discussing theory and observations. The main topics will be: - observational tests of the acceleration of the universe - dark energy - modified gravity - tests of gravity - effects of dark energy and modified gravity on structure formation - N-body simulations +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 Relativity and Gravitation – 100 Years after Einstein in Prague (3rd circ.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/27/relativity-and-gravitation-%e2%80%9… Starting Mon, Jun 25, 2012 to Fri, Jun 29, 2012 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/ The conference is organized at the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s stay in Prague, with the aim of providing an overview of the development and progress achieved in general relativity and its applications since then. The main topics of the conference include: - Mathematical relativity - Numerical relativity - Relativistic astrophysics - Relativistic cosmology - Quantum gravity - Gravitation and experiment - Conceptual and historical issues The meeting is organized under the auspices of the Rector of Charles University. The lectures will take place in the historical complex of the University in the heart of Prague’s Old Town. Scientific Program The schedule of the conference will include plenary lectures and up to three parallel sessions in the afternoon. Posters will be displayed for the duration of the conference. The scientific program will be based primarily on invited lectures, the list of which is now essentially completed. Confirmed speakers include: Marek Abramowicz (Physics Department, Göteborg University, Göteborg) Innermost part of accretion disks around black holes Lars Andersson (Albert-Einstein-Institut Golm, Potsdam) Cosmological models and stability Abhay Ashtekar (Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Penn State University, University Park ) T.B.A. Leor Barack (School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton) Gravitational self-force: orbital mechanics beyond the geodesic approximation Julian Barbour (Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford) Prague and the conception of general relativity: Kepler, Mach and Einstein Jiří Bičák (Institute of Theoretical Physics, Charles University, Prague) Einstein and Prague Donato Bini (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "M. Picone", CNR, Rome) T.B.A. Piotr Bizoń (Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow) Instability of anti de-Sitter spacetime Bernd Brügmann (Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena) Numerical Relativity and Black Holes Chris Clarkson (Centre for Cosmology, Astrophysics and Gravity, and Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch) Dark energy and inhomogeneity Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Paris) T.B.A. Karsten Danzmann (Albert-Einstein-Institut Hannover and Leibniz University, Hannover) T.B.A. John Friedman (Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) Stability of relativistic stars Helmut Friedrich (Albert-Einstein-Institute Golm, Potsdam) The large scale Einstein evolution problem Valeri Frolov (Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton) Black holes, hidden symmetry and complete integrability Gary Gibbons (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge) Links between General Relativity and other parts of physics Gabriela González (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge) T.B.A. Michael Kramer (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn and Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester) Einstein's gravity as seen by a cosmic lighthouse keeper Karel Kuchař (Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City ) Canonical quantum gravity: Einstein's posthumous anathema Jerzy Lewandowski (Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw) Loop quantum gravity: the status report Marc Mars (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca) T.B.A. Ramesh Narayan (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Harvard University Department of Astronomy, Cambridge (USA)) Energy Extraction from Spinning Black Holes: Relativistic Jets Gernot Neugebauer (Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena) Stationary two-black-hole configurations: A non-existence proof for disconnected horizons Hermann Nicolai (Albert-Einstein-Institut Golm, Potsdam) Quantum gravity: the view from particle physics Harvey Reall (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge) Higher dimensional black holes Luciano Rezzolla (Albert-Einstein-Institute Golm, Potsdam) Using numerical relativity to explore fundamental physics and astrophysics Misao Sasaki (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto) Inflation and birth of cosmological perturbations Gerhard Schäfer (Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena) Hamiltonian formalism of spinning black holes in general relativity Peter Schneider (Argelander-Institute for Astronomy, Bonn) T.B.A. Bernard Schutz (Albert-Einstein-Institute Golm, Potsdam) Gravity talks: observing the Universe with gravitational waves Alexei Starobinsky (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow) f(R) gravity--the most straightforward generalization of the Einstein gravity Robert Wald (Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago) T.B.A. Clifford Will (Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis) Testing General Relativity: Centenary Highlights and Future Prospects Space will be reserved also for contributed oral and poster presentations. We have already obtained a number of interesting contributions. Please see below for abstract submission information. Accommodation Prague offers a broad range of hotels, hostels, and other lodging options. For more information on accommodation, visit our web page http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/accommodation where you will find three choices: prearranged accommodation, book accommodation yourself, and budget accommodation. Registration Standard registration fee: EUR 350 before April 15, 2012. Late registration fee: EUR 450 after April 15, 2012. In addition to conference participation, the registration fee includes: abstract book and conference materials; coffee breaks; welcome cocktail on Sunday, June 24; classical music concert (by Škampa string quartet) in the Gothic Aula Magna of Charles University on Tuesday, June 26; guided tour through Einstein’s Prague followed by banquet on Thursday, June 28 (accompanying persons need a separate banquet ticket). Due to spacetime constraints, the number of participants is limited to around 150 of which more than 100 have already been taken. It is thus possible that registration may close before April 15. By now we have finished processing applications for the reduced conference fee (EUR 200) and informed the applicants. Abstract Submission Participants are invited to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations by April 15, 2012. Contributed presentations will be selected by the organizers. Please note that especially the number of oral contributions is limited. The abstract submission form is available at http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/registration, the registration section of the conference website. Important Dates April 15, 2012: Standard registration closes; abstract submission deadline. June 24, 2012: See you in Prague! Scientific Organizing Committee Marek Abramowicz, Lars Andersson, Abhay Ashtekar, Julian Barbour, Jiří Bičák, Roger Blandford, Bernd Brügmann, Piotr Chruściel, Thibault Damour, Karsten Danzmann, Fernando de Felice, George Ellis, John Friedman, Helmut Friedrich, Valeri Frolov, Gary Gibbons, Gary Horowitz, Joseph Katz, Karel Kuchař, Jerzy Lewandowski, Gernot Neugebauer, Hermann Nicolai, Igor Novikov, Martin Rees, Oscar Reula, Luciano Rezzolla, Misao Sasaki, Gerhard Schäfer, Bernd Schmidt, Alexei Starobinsky, Paul Tod, Robert Wald, Clifford Will. For more detailed information, please visit http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/. Jiří Bičák (on behalf of SOC and LOC) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 LIGO-Virgo Collaboration meeting in Hanover, Germany -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/23/ligo-virgo-collaboration-meeting-in… Starting Mon, Sep 23, 2013 to Fri, Sep 27, 2013 Location: Hanover, Germany Additional Information: http://www.ligo.org 23-09-2013 27-09-2013 Hanover, Germany Meeting open to LIGO-Virgo collaboration members only. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 LIGO-Virgo Collaboration meeting in Maryland, USA ----------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/23/ligo-virgo-collaboration-meeting-in… Starting Mon, Mar 18, 2013 to Fri, Mar 22, 2013 Location: University of Maryland, USA Additional Information: http://www.ligo.org 18-03-2013 22-03-2013 University of Maryland, USA Meeting open to LIGO-Virgo collaboration members. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 LIGO-Virgo Collaboration meeting in Rome, Italy --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/23/ligo-virgo-collaboration-meeting-in… Starting Mon, Sep 10, 2012 to Fri, Sep 14, 2012 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://www.ligo.org 10-09-2012 14-09-2012 Rome, Italy Meeting open to LIGO-Virgo collaboration members +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 LIGO-Virgo Collaboration meeting in Cambridge, MA ----------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/23/ligo-virgo-collaboration-meeting-in… Starting Mon, Mar 19, 2012 to Fri, Mar 23, 2012 Location: Cambridge, MA, USA Additional Information: http://www.ligo.org 19-03-2012 23-03-2012 Cambridge, MA, USA Meeting open to LIGO-Virgo collaboration members. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 Advanced School in General Relativity in Sao Paolo: Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/22/advanced-school-in-general-relativi… Starting Mon, Jul 16, 2012 to Fri, Jul 27, 2012 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.ictp-saifr.org/?page_id=1076 16 - 27 July, 2012 Instituto de Fisica Teorica - UNESP - Sao Paulo, Brazil Modern technology is improving our observations of neutron stars, pulsars, black holes, and other compact objects, which only can be understood in the context of general relativity. Moreover, the direct observation of gravitational waves, expected in the next years, should dramatically increase our comprehension of various astrophysical phenomena. At the same time, only a deep understanding of general relativity will enable physicists to grasp the very meaning of precise measurements of some cosmological observations. The aim of the School is to discuss some of the most important modern topics of astrophysics and cosmology in the context of general relativity. Students are expected to have had some previous contact with general relativity. There is no registration fee. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9 14th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics (2nd circ.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/21/14th-canadian-conference-on-general… Starting Mon, Jul 09, 2012 to Thu, Jul 12, 2012 Location: St. John's, NF, Canada Additional Information: http://www.ccgrra14.ca This is the second announcement for the the 14th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics which will take place July 9-12, 2012 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. CCGRRA14 is the latest in a biennial series of meetings that bring together Canadian and international relativists for scientific discussion and exchange. These meetings are broadly based, covering the wide range of research done in Canada including mathematical and numerical relativity, quantum gravity, string-theoretic approaches to gravity, relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. Invited lectures will be given by: Patrick Brady (U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Robert Brandenberger (McGill U.), Sergio Dain (U. Nacional de Cordoba), Andrew Frey (U. of Winnipeg), Valeri Frolov (U. of Alberta), Veronika Hubeny (Durham U.), Hari Kunduri (Memorial U.), Robert Mann (U of Waterloo), Harald Pfeiffer (U. of Toronto), Eric Poisson (U. of Guelph) and Sanjeev Seahra (U. New Brunswick, Fredericton). In addition to these plenary lectures, time will be allotted in the afternoons for contributed talks from members of the national and international community. Post-docs and grad students are especially encouraged to contribute talks. The meeting will begin with an opening reception on Monday, July 9th. Talks will happen from Tuesday morning (the 10th) until Thursday evening (the 12th), including a public lecture on Tuesday night. On Wednesday afternoon there will be an organized whale-watching trip to the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve followed by a banquet on the beach. For more information please see the website http://www.ccgrra14.ca or contact ccgrra14[AT]gmail.com. Registration is now open. It will close on June 1. Organizing Committee: Ivan Booth (ibooth[AT]mun.ca), Hari Kunduri (hkkunduri[AT]mun.ca), Ben Tippett (bktippett[AT]mun.ca). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10 2nd LOFT Science Meeting in Toulouse, France ------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/13/2nd-loft-science-meeting-in-toulous… Starting Mon, Sep 24, 2012 to Thu, Sep 27, 2012 Location: Toulouse, France Additional Information: http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft/index.php/meetings/second-loft-science-meeting Toulouse, France 24-27 September LOFT, the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing, is one of the four ESA Cosmic vision mission candidates competing for a launch opportunity at the start of 2020s. LOFT will answer fundamental questions about the motion of matter orbiting close to the event horizon of a black hole, and the state of matter in neutron stars. Following the successful first science meeting, the LOFT Consortium is pleased to invite the Astrophysics community at large to discover the progress achieved in the instruments' design and provide an essential contribution to finalizing of the LOFT Yellow Book. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11 Gravitational-Wave Advanced Detector Workshop in Hawaii ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/10/gravitational-wave-advanced-detecto… Starting Sun, May 13, 2012 to Sat, May 19, 2012 Location: Hawaii, USA Additional Information: http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/gwadw2012/ Gravitational-Wave Advanced Detector Workshop May 13-19, 2012 Waikoloa Marriott Resort, Hawaii Gravitational Wave Detectors for 2015, 2020, and 2025 The last decade has produced pioneering demonstrations of the technologies to observe astrophysical gravitational waves across the frequency band from kilohertz to nanohertz. Advanced interferometric detectors (Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO-HF) are now under construction, and within a few years may yield their first observations. The LISA Pathfinder mission is nearing launch and will provide momentum for a full-scale gravitational wave observation mission. The international pulsar timing effort is steadily marching toward its targets. With these foundations in place, it is time to push the developments that will take the field of gravitational waves astrophysics into the current and next decades. This workshop will address techniques that can be implemented to enhance the detectors currently under construction, as well as new detectors that may be proposed. New ideas to reduce noise, improve robustness, and extend the frequency spectrum of observation will be discussed along with progress on long-term ongoing developments. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12 International Conference on Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Physics and Mathematics, Uzhgorod, Ukraine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/10/non-euclidean-geometry-in-modern-ph… Starting Tue, May 22, 2012 to Fri, May 25, 2012 Location: Uzhgorod (Ungvár), Ukraine Additional Information: http://bgl.iep.org.ua 8-th Bolyai-Gauss-Lobachevsky Conference Uzhgorod, UKRAINE 22- 25 May 2012 BGL, after the names (alphabetically!) of the founders of the Non-Euclidean geometry, is a series of biannual international conferences, held in various places of Central and Eastern Europe (for history see, e.g.: http://bgl.iep.org.ua/) The subject of the Conferences includes mathematics, physics and history of science. The conferences are bringing together scientists from East and West. The conferences have also certain Mitteleuropaeisch flavor, dominated by Bolyai's and Lobachevski's co-patriots. Co-patriots of Karl Friedrich Gauss are welcome in Uzhgorod at BGL-8. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13 Einstein Toolkit New Users Workshop in Atlanta --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/06/einstein-toolkit-new-users-workshop/ Starting Tue, Apr 03, 2012 to Fri, Apr 06, 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Additional Information: https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/ET_Workshop_Spring_2012 The Einstein Toolkit (http://einsteintoolkit.org) will host its spring workshop 2012 following the April APS meeting in Atlanta, GA, from Tuesday, April 3rd, 4pm to Friday April 6th, noon at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This workshop is targeted at new and potential new users of the relativity infrastructure. It will provide a general introductions into numerical relativity (although some previous knowledge would be beneficial) and in code development within large collaborations. Hands-on sessions will help to familiarize attendees with the Einstein Toolkit. Participants are asked to bring their own laptops. We would like to invite especially students from physics and computer science to participate. The number of attendees is limited, and while registration is free, it is required. We anticipate to be able to support a small number of participants financially, by covering parts/all of their travel, hotel and meal cost. Preference will be given to students. In order register, write an email to workshop[AT]einsteintoolkit.org and specify: * your name, affiliation and title * your estimated arrival and departure time/date * whether you apply for support (and if so, state if you are undergraduate / graduate student / postdoc * your special needs Detailed workshop information can be found at https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/ET_Workshop_Spring_2012. The Einstein Toolkit Consortium. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Brane Effective Actions, Kappa-Symmetry and Applications" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/27/living-reviews-in-relativity-brane-… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-3 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Brane Effective Actions, Kappa-Symmetry and Applications" by Joan Simón on 27 February 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-3 Simón, Joan "Brane Effective Actions, Kappa-Symmetry and Applications" ACCEPTED: 2012-01-09 PUBLISHED: 2012-02-27 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-3 ABSTRACT: This is a review on brane effective actions, their symmetries and some of its applications. Its first part uncovers the Green-Schwarz formulation of single M- and D-brane effective actions focusing on kinematical aspects: the identification of their degrees of freedom, the importance of world volume diffeomorphisms and kappa symmetry, to achieve manifest spacetime covariance and supersymmetry, and the explicit construction of such actions in arbitrary on-shell supergravity backgrounds. Its second part deals with applications. First, the use of kappa symmetry to determine supersymmetric world volume solitons. This includes their explicit construction in flat and curved backgrounds, their interpretation as BPS states carrying (topological) charges in the supersymmetry algebra and the connection between supersymmetry and Hamiltonian BPS bounds. When available, I emphasise the use of these solitons as constituents in microscopic models of black holes. Second, the use of probe approximations to infer about non-trivial dynamics of strongly coupled gauge theories using the AdS/CFT correspondence. This includes expectation values of Wilson loop operators, spectrum information and the general use of D-brane probes to approximate the dynamics of systems with small number of degrees of freedom interacting with larger systems allowing a dual gravitational description. Its final part briefly discusses effective actions for N D-branes and M2-branes. This includes both SYM theories, their higher order corrections and partial results in covariantising these couplings to curved backgrounds, and the more recent supersymmetric Chern–Simons matter theories describing M2-branes using field theory, brane constructions and 3-algebra considerations. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 The "Jürgen Ehlers thesis prize" and the "Bergmann-Wheeler thesis prize" of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/02/06/the-juergen-ehlers-thesis-prize-and… The International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation awards two Ph.D. thesis prizes, one in classical gravity and one in quantum gravity. One prize in each category is awarded at each triennial GRG conference. The monetary value of each award is US $1,500. These prizes complement the Gravitational Wave thesis prize awarded by GWIC, for which the Society is the trustee of the funds. The Jürgen Ehlers thesis prize is sponsored by Springer, publishers of the Society's journal "General Relativity and Gravitation", and will cover the areas of mathematical and numerical general relativity and gravitation in a broad sense. The Bergmann-Wheeler thesis prize is sponsored by the UK Institute of Physics, publishers of "Classical and Quantum Gravity", and will encompass all approaches to quantum gravity. The Society seeks nominations for both prizes for award in 2013. The deadline for receipt of the nomination packet is September 30th, 2012. The nominator must be a member of the Society. Nominators can make at most one nomination in each category. The nominee need not be a member of the Society but the official defense must have taken place between October 1, 2009 and September 30th, 2012. The nomination package will consist of: i) A nomination letter summarizing the main results and their importance and elaborating the student's role in case of joint work. ii) A PDF file of the thesis, and of any supporting papers which formed an integral part of the thesis submission. (For any such paper, reference to a readily available public source is acceptable instead.) iii) A CV and the publication list of the nominee. iv) An official University document showing the date of the successful Ph.D. defense. (This can be sent later, if not available by September 30th, 2012.) v) One or two optional letters in support from experts. At least one of these is required if the nominator is a supervisor of the Ph.D. thesis. The primary criteria for selection will be the high quality of scientific results, creativity and originality, and the significance of results for the broad area of the prize. The winner for each prize will be chosen by a committee of leading international experts in the field approximately six months before the GR20 conference which will be held in Warsaw on 8-12 July 2013. This will provide the winners ample time to plan travel to the conference. The prize is conditional to the winner attending the conference (the Executive committee of the GRG Society may allow the prize to be given in absentia in exceptional cases.) Nominations for the Bergman-Wheeler prize should be submitted electronically, possibly packaged in a single email, to the address gravity[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr. If it is not possible to send a nomination in electronic form, please send 4 hard copies to Carlo Rovelli, CPT-CNRS, Case 907, av. de Luminy, F-13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France. Nominations for the Ehlers prize should be submitted electronically to Bernd Brügmann, c/o Renate Wagner Renate.Wagner[AT]uni-jena.de. If it is not possible to send a nomination in electronic form, please send 4 hard copies to Renate Wagner, Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology in Szczecin, Poland 1.2 Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (3rd circ.) 1.3 Inaugural meeting of the Research Training Group "Models of Gravity", Bremen 1.4 Workshop "Landscapes for Quantum Gravity" in Pavia, Italy 1.5 Geometry and topology in (quantum) gravity session at QQQ 2012 conference in Tallinn, Estonia 1.6 Central European Relativity Seminar in Cracow 1.7 Black Holes and Information at KITP, Santa Barbara 1.8 Workshop on Gravitational Wave Bursts in Tobermory, Scotland, UK 1.9 Gravitation and cosmology session at QQQ 2012 conference in Tallinn, Estonia 1.10 9th LISA Symposium in Paris 1.11 Workshop on The Physics of De Sitter Spacetime in Hannover 1.12 Recent Developments in Gravity (NEB 15), Crete (Greece) 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational-wave physics at Southampton 2.2 Two postdoctoral positions in theoretical cosmology at Portsmouth 2.3 Two Tenure-Track Positions in Theoretical Physics at Sao Paulo 2.4 EDECS-PhD position in Cosmology at LUTH (Paris) 2.5 EDECS-Postdoc in Cosmology at LUTH (Paris) 3. News 3.1 Death of Franco Pacini, Florence 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: article updates by Winicour and Adamo et al. 3.3 Gravitational Wave Tests of Alternative Theories of Gravity in the Advanced Detector Era at MSU 3.4 eLISA(NGO) - Revealing a hidden Universe: opening a new chapter of discovery 3.5 Call for nominations: fellows of the GRG Society 3.6 2012 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology in Szczecin, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/31/multiverse-and-fundamental-cosmolog… Starting Mon, Sep 10, 2012 to Fri, Sep 14, 2012 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl Dear Collegues, We invite you to take part in our conference “Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology” which will take place in Szczecin, Poland from 10th till 14th of September 2012. This is the third event in the series of fundamental cosmology conferences organized by our cosmology group in Szczecin (previous were Cosmofun'2005 and Grasscosmofun'09). This time the task of the conference is to bring together specialists in fundamental cosmology (superstring, brane and M-theory), quantum cosmology and dark energy and the specialists dealing with the multiverse concept (variation of fundamental constants, decoherent histories, superstring landscape etc.). It is planned that the invited lectures and short contributions will be published in a conference proceedings. The organizer is the Cosmology Group of the University of Szczecin and collaborators are the Polish Physical Society, the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Krakow, and the National Centre for Nuclear Research in Swierk. Invited speakers are: Martin Bojowald, Univ. Penn State, USA Robert R. Caldwell, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA Paul C.W. Davies, Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona St. Univ., USA Michael Heller, Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Krakow, Poland Jerzy Jurkiewicz, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Claus Kiefer, Univ. Cologne, Germany Anthony Lasenby, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK Renate Loll, Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands Carlos J.A.P. Martins Univ. Porto, Portugal David Polarski, Univ. Montpellier, France Alexei Starobinsky, Lebedev Institute, Moscow, Russia Shinji Tsujikawa Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan Jean-Philippe Uzan, IAP, Paris, France Alexander Vilenkin, Tufts University, USA We encourage you to register early through our server (http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl) by filling in a registration form and submitting it to a conference address: mcosmo12[AT]wmf.univ.szczecin.pl. Looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin. With compliments, Mariusz P. Dabrowski (Organizing Committee chair) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (3rd circ.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/31/mg13-thirteenth-marcel-grossmann-me… Starting Sun, Jul 01, 2012 to Sat, Jul 07, 2012 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/MG/mg13/ The list of 70 parallel sessions is now ready and interested participants can register themselves for the meeting and submit a short abstract for the parallel session of their choice. A preliminary list of confirmed invited plenary speakers is also available. Early registration at 350€ will be possible starting February 10, 2012, extending through June 15, 2012, after which the registration fee will be 400€. The student fee is 150€. Abstracts for parallel session presentations must be submitted by June 1, 2012, but preferably at the time of registration. MG13 will take place July 1-7, 2012 at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden. Preregistration will take place Sunday, July 1, and the meeting will officially open Monday morning with the Marcel Grossmann awards announcement. During the six day conference a wide variety of topics will be discussed in the morning plenary sessions beginning with mathematical topics on Monday, quantum aspects of gravity on Tuesday, precision tests of general relativity on Wednesday, relativistic astrophysics on Thursday, cosmology and astroparticle physics on Friday and the latest scientific news and the history of physics Saturday. There will be five plenary lectures each morning and up to twenty parallel sessions in the four weekday afternoons excluding Wednesday, which is left free for a trip and the evening conference banquet. The plenary lectures will be held in the Aula Magna lecture hall and the parallel sessions at the AlbaNova University Center, both easily reachable by public transp ortation from the city center. Since 1975, the Marcel Grossmann Meetings (on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories) have been organized in order to provide opportunities for discussing recent advances in gravitation, general relativity and relativistic field theories, emphasizing mathematical foundations, physical predictions and experimental tests. The objective of these meetings is to elicit exchange among scientists that may deepen our understanding of spacetime structures as well as to review the status of ongoing experiments aimed at testing Einstein’s theory of gravitation either from the ground or from space. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 Inaugural meeting of the Research Training Group "Models of Gravity", Bremen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/31/inaugural-meeting-of-the-research-t… Starting Wed, Mar 28, 2012 to Fri, Mar 30, 2012 Location: Bremen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.models-of-gravity.org The DFG Research Training Group ''Models of Gravity'' is starting April 1st, 2012. The theoretical research will cover solutions of Einstein equations and its generalizations, the interpretation of these solution through the motion of test objects, and applications of this in astrophysics, cosmology, clocks in space, geodesy, etc. Confirmed invited speakers include: Bernd Bruegmann (Jena) Nathalie Deruelle (Paris) George Ellis (Cape Town) Johanna Erdmenger (Munich) Eva Grebel (Heidelberg) Claus Kiefer (Cologne) Malcolm MacCallum (Bristol) Tanja Mehlstaeubler (Braunschweig) Charles Misner (Maryland) Patrick Peters (Paris) Alena Pravdova (Prague) Mairi Sakellariadou (London) The meeting will start with an opening ceremony on March 28, at 09:30 a.m. and ends March 30, at 4 p.m. The detailed program will soon be published on the webpage http://www.models-of-gravity.org For registration, please send an e-mail to secretariat[AT]models-of-gravity.org No fees are required. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 Workshop "Landscapes for Quantum Gravity" in Pavia, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/30/workshop-landscapes-for-quantum-gra… Starting Thu, Feb 16, 2012 to Fri, Feb 17, 2012 Location: Pavia, Italy PHYSICS COLLOQUIA - The Graduate School of Physics - The University of Pavia LANDSCAPES FOR QUANTUM GRAVITY Department of Physics, via Bassi 6, Pavia, Italy In recent years the possible scenarios for a quantum gravity theory have grown more varied than ever. The panorama offers suggestive landscapes ranging from String Theory to an information-theoretic origin of the gravitational field not needing a direct quantization. Loop Quantum Gravity has been an active player in shaping this varied landscape and the idea of this workshop is to offer a panoramic view of the subject with a few Colloquium style talks addressed to graduate students not necessarily familiar with current research in quantum gravity. February Thursday 16th, 2012 10:00-10:50 Francesca Vidotto "General covariant transition amplitude in quantum cosmology" 11:00-15:00 Lunch Break 15:00-15:50 Carlo Rovelli "Covariant LQG" 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break 16:30-17:20 Simone Speziale "Loop quantum gravity and polyhedra" February Friday 17, 2012 10:00-10:50 Giorgio Immirzi "Elementary geometry of Lorentzian spinfoam" 11:00-11:50 Etera Livine "Spinor Networks: from classical discrete geometry to quantum gravity" 12:00-15:00 Lunch Break 15:00-15:50 Edward Wilson-Ewing "Loop Quantum Cosmology" 16:00-16:50 Discussion and final remarks (Mauro Carfora) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Geometry and topology in (quantum) gravity session at QQQ 2012 conference in Tallinn, Estonia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/29/qqq-12-3-quantum-algebra-geometry-i… Starting Tue, Jul 10, 2012 to Sat, Jul 14, 2012 Location: Talinn, Estonia Additional Information: http://www.agmp.eu/qqq/sess_pro.php?con=tln12&sess=GTG The conference "QQQ 12 - 3Quantum: Algebra Geometry Information", July 10-14 2012 in Talinn, Estonia, will host a parallel session "Geometry and topology in (quantum) gravity". The conference is a satellite conference of the 6th European Congress of Mathematics, the 13th Marcel Grossmann Meeting and the International Congress on mathematical Physics ICMP 12. It covers a wide variety of topics from (quantum) gravity, non-commutative geometry, quantum groups, deformation theory and quantisation and topological field theories. If you are interested in attending the conference and presenting a talk in the session "Geometry and topology in (quantum) gravity", please register as soon as possible on the conference website with the correct information on the session and title and abstract of your proposed talk: http://www.agmp.eu/qqq/app.php Currently, there is no funding to cover travel or accommodation costs for speakers. However, there is a possibility of waiving the conference fee for junior scientists (PhD students). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 Central European Relativity Seminar in Cracow ------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/28/central-european-relativity-seminar/ Starting Thu, Feb 02, 2012 to Sat, Feb 04, 2012 Location: Poland, Cracow Additional Information: http://th.if.uj.edu.pl/~jalmuzna/seminar/seminar/Main.html The topic of the meeting is general relativity. The main purpose is to bring the relativity community in Central Europe together and to provide a forum for young researchers (students and postdocs). 2-4 February 2012 Institute of Physics Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, Cracow. Lecture room 057 Organizers: Robert Beig (Vienna) Piotr Bizoń (Cracow) Piotr Chruściel (Vienna) Helmut Friedrich (Golm) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 Black Holes and Information at KITP, Santa Barbara ------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/27/black-holes-and-information/ Starting Mon, May 21, 2012 to Fri, May 25, 2012 Location: Santa Barbara, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/dbdetails?acro=bitbranes-c12 Location and Date: KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara May 21, 2012 - May 25, 2012 Conference begins 8:00am May 21, 2012 with registration. Planned ending time is roughly 5pm on Friday May 25. Coordinators: Vijay Balasubramanian, Alex Maloney, Don Marolf, Joan Simon Scientific Advisors: Joseph Polchinski, Theodore Jacobson See http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/dbdetails?acro=bitbranes-c12 The physics of black holes and the resolution of the information paradox remain among the deepest mysteries in theoretical physics. In addition to their intrinsic interest, many arguments suggest that these issues are intimately related to the emergence of locality, causality, and even spacetime itself from some more fundamental description. ``Black Holes and information'' will focus on such relations, and in particular on the notion of 'holography' which has played a crucial role in many recent developments. The conference will also explore extensions of these ideas to new settings, and the corresponding implications. Central questions include the implications of holography for cosmology, the holographic understanding of time and closed universes, and the microscopic interpretation of observer-dependent horizons (e.g., in inflating spacetimes). The conference will bring together a diverse group of researchers to discuss these important issues, with the goal of exchanging ideas and seeding scientific collaborations. Participants will include experts in string theory and classical General Relativity, researchers working in quantum information theory and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and theorists interested in strongly coupled field theories and the AdS/CFT correspondence. LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS TO DATE * Ashtekar, Abhay (Penn State) * de Boer, Jan (UvA, Amsterdam) * Denef, Frederik (Harvard) * Hayden, Patrick (McGill Univ.) * Larsen, Finn (Univ. Michigan) * Maldacena, Juan (Princeton) * Mathur, Samir (Ohio State Univ.) * Minwalla, Shiraz (Tata Inst., India) * Sen, Ashoke (Mehta Research Inst., India) * Susskind, Leonard (Stanford) * Takayanagi, Tadashi (IPMU, Japan) * Yin, Xi (Harvard) Additional speakers will be added closer to the conference date. Details and Deadlines: Registration deadline is: Apr 21, 2012 Registration includes: Daily refreshment breaks, lunches and two Special Events Dinners. Registration Fee: $300; Fee Due: Apr 21, 2012 Late Registration Fee: $350 Registration is through the website at http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/dbdetails?acro=bitbranes-c12 However, the site to pay the registration fee will not be available until February 21, 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 Workshop on Gravitational Wave Bursts in Tobermory, Scotland, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/24/workshop-on-gravitational-wave-burs… Starting Mon, May 28, 2012 to Wed, May 30, 2012 Location: Tobermory, Scotland, UK Additional Information: http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/igr/GWbursts2012 We are pleased to announce the second workshop on Gravitational Wave Bursts (GWbursts). The workshop will take place in Scotland during May 28-30, 2012. Following the spirit of the first GWbursts meeting (http://gwbursts.org/) in Chichen-Itza, Mexico in 2009, for this workshop we have selected the small fishing port of Tobermory, in the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland (http://www.tobermory.co.uk/) GWbursts workshops aim at bringing together in a remote and inspiring location lead scientists in astrophysics, data analysis and numerical relativity to discuss, analyze and explore innovative views on the Transient Gravitational Wave Universe. The workshop will focus on: • Astrophysics behind GWburst sources (e.g. stellar core collapse, gamma-ray bursts, cosmic strings, compact object mergers, isolated neutron stars) and their connection with electromagnetic and neutrino observations. • Challenges to numerically model transient sources and the required accuracy of simulations. • Data analysis methodologies to detect and characterize GWbursts. • Gravitational wave antennas and their capabilities. • Detection of unknown GWburst sources. The workshop will be limited to 60 participants and will emphasize discussion over presentations. To be considered, please follow this link -- http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/igr/GWbursts2012 -- and submit an application. The deadline to apply is February 17, 2012. Decisions will be announced shortly after. More details can be found at http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/igr/GWbursts2012 Sincerely, the Scientific Organizing Committee • Laura Cadonati (U. Mass-Amherst) • Ik Siong Heng (Glasgow) • Christian Ott (Caltech) • Pablo Laguna (Georgia Tech) - Chair • Rosalba Perna (Colorado) • Szabi Marka (Columbia) • Deirdre Shoemaker (Georgia Tech) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9 Gravitation and cosmology session at QQQ 2012 conference in Tallinn, Estonia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/24/gravitation-and-cosmology-session-a… Starting Tue, Jul 10, 2012 to Sat, Jul 14, 2012 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Additional Information: http://www.agmp.eu/qqq/sess_pro.php?con=tln12&sess=GC This is the first announcement of the topical session "Gravitation and cosmology" to be held on 10-14 July 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia in the framework of the conference "3Q: Algebra, Geometry, Information". The topics of the session include but are not limited to: - mathematical aspects of classical general relativity theory and its modifications, - quantum properties of the gravitational interaction, - cosmological models in modified theories of gravity and their observational consequences. The session is dedicated to the centenary of Professor Harald Keres (1912-2010) who initiated studies in general relativity in Estonia. The Tallinn conference is a satellite meeting to MG13, the Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, held on 1-7 July 2012 in Stockholm, conveniently just across the Baltic sea. For more information and registration please visit the website http://www.agmp.eu/qqq/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10 9th LISA Symposium in Paris -------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/19/9th-lisa-symposium/ Starting Mon, May 21, 2012 to Fri, May 25, 2012 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://lisasymposium2012.in2p3.fr/ The 9th LISA Symposium (2012) will take place at BnF - Paris (National Library of France close to APC Laboratory) on 21 - 25 May 2012. Main topics: LISA, eLISA-NGO, future of space based gravitational wave astronomy, gravitational waves, astrophysics, cosmology The earlier registration deadline is the 20 April 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11 Workshop on The Physics of De Sitter Spacetime in Hannover ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/18/workshop-on-the-physics-of-de-sitte… Starting Tue, Sep 11, 2012 to Fri, Sep 14, 2012 Location: Hannover, Germany Additional Information: http://hep.physics.uoc.gr/deSitter De Sitter spacetime is the maximally symmetric solution of the field equations of General Relativity when a positive cosmological constant is present. It has been studied extensively for many decades from many viewpoints: as a classical geometry, as a possessor of a large symmetry group, as a background geometry which may or may not be stable under quantum corrections, as a paradigm for inflationary evolution, etc. While these studies have led to important insights concerning the structure and physical implications of de Sitter, they have also led to some controversies most of which still persist. The workshop on the "Physics of de Sitter Spacetime" will take place in the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Hannover, Germany from September 11, 2012 until September 14, 2012. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a venue for young outstanding researchers in the field to present their work and participate in extensive discussions. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12 Recent Developments in Gravity (NEB 15), Crete (Greece) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/10/recent-developments-in-gravity-neb-… Starting Wed, Jun 20, 2012 to Sat, Jun 23, 2012 Location: Chania, Crete, Greece Additional Information: http://conferences.hsrgc.gr This is the 15th biennial Hellenic conference conference "Recent Developments in Gravity (NEB 15)". The conference will take place at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete in Chania, Crete (Greece), from Wednesday, June 20th, to Saturday, June 23rd, 2012. The purpose of the conference will be to discuss the present status and latest developments in relativity, gravitation and cosmology. The program will consist of invited, keynote and contributed talks. Invited Speakers: A. Blanchard, L. Blanchet, M. Dafermos, C. Kiefer, E. Kiritsis, S. Mukhanov, D. Shoemaker. Keynote Speakers: N. Andersson, E. Berti, S. Fairhurst, B. Kleihaus, P. Laguna, N. Mavromatos, S. Odintsov, J. Sola, J. Zanelli. Organizing Committee: T. Papakostas [CHAIR], D. Pliakis [Co-CHAIR], T. Apostolatos, K. Kokkotas, M. Plionis, M. Sakellariadou, E. Vagenas. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational-wave physics at Southampton ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/26/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 The Southampton General Relativity Group is offering a postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational-wave physics, starting in the spring or Autumn of 2012. The post is for 2 years, with extension to 3 years possible subject to satisfactory performance. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake research within an STFC-funded project aimed at modelling the dynamics in strongly gravitating binaries, with applications to gravitational-wave astronomy. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large research group in classical General Relativity. The Group comprises 6 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Ian Jones and James Vickers), 4 postdocs (Sarp Akcay, Sam Dolan, Wynn Ho and Adam Pound) and 10 research students. Research interests in the group include gravitational waves from black holes and neutron stars, black hole perturbation theory, gravitational self-force, numerical relativity, and the dynamics of large-scale superfluids. In order to be considered for this post, the applicant must have a PhD or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline, and have a track record in at least one of the following research areas: physics of classical black holes, gravitational-wave theory, numerical relativity, gravitational radiation reaction. A complete application should include (i) a Curriculum Vitae, including a list of publications; (ii) a brief (<1 page) statement of research interests; and (iii) the names and addresses of three referees. Please apply online through http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk (use the top-right search bar quoting vacancy number 087112PJ, and proceed as instructed). Please also send a copy of your application to Leor Barack, leor[AT]soton.ac.uk For informal inquiries contact Leor Barack. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Two postdoctoral positions in theoretical cosmology at Portsmouth --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/17/two-postdoctoral-positions-in-theor… Institution: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://www.port.ac.uk/vacancies/research/ The Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) intends to appoint two postdoctoral researchers in theoretical cosmology The researcher will work on projects funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, in particular models for modified gravity and dark energy. The post is for two years, starting on 1st OCTOBER 2012. (Job reference: 10003838). The other post is for one year, starting as early as possible but no later than 1st OCTOBER 2012. Applications in all areas of cosmology are welcomed. (Job reference: 10003839) A PhD degree and relevant research experience are required. The ICG consists of 12 academic staff, 14 postdoctoral researchers and 18 PhD students, and is a member of a number of survey projects including Euclid, BigBOSS and the UK Low Frequency Array (LOFAR:UK). The University of Portsmouth is a member of the South-East Physics Network (SEPnet), hosts the 1000-core SEPnet-ASTRO supercomputer (SCIAMA) and is part of the UK National Cosmology Supercomputer Consortium (COSMOS). More information is available at http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/ For informal enquiries please contact Kazuya Koyama (Kazuya.Koyama[AT]port.ac.uk), or by calling +44 (0)23 9284 5151 Applications (an application form, CV, research statement and names of up to 3 referees) should be sent by email to jobs[AT]port.ac.uk and copied to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk. Applicants should also arrange for up to 3 reference letters to be sent by email to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk, to arrive by the closing date, 27th January 2012. Late applications may be considered until the post has been filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Two Tenure-Track Positions in Theoretical Physics at Sao Paulo ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/11/two-permanent-positions-in-theoreti… Institution: Sao Paulo, Brazil Deadline: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 Additional Information: http://fma.if.usp.br/jobs/ We are inviting highly motivated and gifted candidates to apply for two new tenure-track positions at the Department of Mathematical Physics (DFMA), Sao Paulo University. The DFMA is the leading Theoretical Physics group in Brazil, and the University of Sao Paulo has been consistently ranked the top research institution in Latin America. The DFMA has a strong commitment to support research at the highest level, and these permanent positions are part of an ongoing process aimed at strengthening our group with new hirings over the next 3-5 years. One position (IF-96/11) is for fundamental research in Quantum Field Theory, or in the field of Mathematical Physics (i.e., mathematically rigorous methods and results in Quantum Field Theory, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, General Relativity, Many-Body Theory, Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Random Matrices, Disordered Systems or Integrable Systems.) The other position (IF-97/11) is open to researchers in all theoretical areas of Particle Physics, Cosmology, Gravitation and Quantum Many-Body Theory. The positions are comparable to tenure track appointments in the US system, with an entry level as assistant professor. Candidates are expected to develop a vigorous research program for which strong local and federal support will be available through competitive grants. The candidates should also demonstrate promise for excellence in teaching and mentoring at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The deadline for applications is February 27th 2012. The selection process will require the presence of the candidate in Sao Paulo for a few days and the selection procedure can be made in English. For further information and instruction on how to apply, plase contact fismat[AT]fma.if.usp.br or visit the website http://fma.if.usp.br/jobs/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 EDECS-PhD position in Cosmology at LUTH (Paris) --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/05/edecs-phd-position-in-cosmology-at-… Institution: Paris, France Deadline: Thu, Mar 01, 2012 Applications are invited for a three-year PhD scholarship at the “Laboratoire Univers et Theorie” of the Astronomical Observatory of Paris funded by the ERC-Starting Grant “EDECS: Exploring Dark Energy through Cosmic Structures”, coordinated by P.S. Corasaniti. Candidates strongly motivated to pursue a rigorous research program in cosmology and with expertise in numerical scientific computing are preferred, but all outstanding candidates will be considered. The research will focus on cosmic structure formation in non-standard cosmological scenarios using numerical cosmological simulations. The successful candidate will develop and analyze large volume high-resolution simulations, and test model predictions against astrophysical data. The appointment begins Fall 2012. Candidates should have a Master in Physics/Astronomy by the starting date. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2012. Candidates should send a CV, a list of publications (if any), a statement of research interests and arrange for two letters of recommendations to be sent to Pier Stefano Corasaniti via e-mail to EDECS.PHD2012[AT]obspm.fr. For further information contact EDECS.ERC[AT]obspm.fr. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 EDECS-Postdoc in Cosmology at LUTH (Paris) ---------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/05/edecs-postdoc-in-cosmology-at-luth-… Institution: Paris, France The cosmology group at the “Laboratoire Univers et Theorie (LUTH) of the Astronomical Observatory of Paris invites applications for one postdoctoral position in the framework of the ERC-Starting Grant “EDECS: Exploring Dark Energy through Cosmic Structures”, coordinated by P.S. Corasaniti. Candidates with a background in numerical cosmological simulations, theoretical modeling of non-linear structure formation and/or expertise in comparison between observations and simulations are strongly encouraged to apply. The cosmology group has an active research program on several topics in cosmology. A common effort is devoted to the realization of large volume very high-resolution numerical simulations of dark energy dominated scenarios. The group has access to several super-computing facilities (IDRIS, CCRT and TGCC) and benefits from national and international collaborations. Group members are also involved in a number of observational programs such as the XMM-XXL cluster sur vey and the preparation to the EUCLID mission. The appointment is for two years beginning Fall 2012. Candidates should have a PhD in Physics/Astronomy by the starting date. The deadline for applications is 1 February 2012. Candidates should send a CV including list of publications, a statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to Pier Stefano Corasaniti via e-mail to EDECS.POSTDOC2012[AT]obspm.fr. For further information contact EDECS.ERC[AT]obspm.fr. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Death of Franco Pacini, Florence ------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/28/death-of-franco-pacini/ Dear Colleagues, I regret having to inform you that Franco Pacini died in Florence. Just before the discovery of the first pulsar (Hewish et al. 1968), Franco Pacini published a paper in Nature (vol. 216, 1967, p.567) on a possible emission mechanism which could power the Crab nebula. He proposed a rapidly rotating neutron star with a strong magnetic field emitting dipole radiation. After the discovery of the first pulsar, Pacini (1968) and Gold (1968), independently, suggested that pulsars are rotating neutron stars. Best regards Ignazio Bombaci +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: article updates by Winicour and Adamo et al. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/26/living-reviews-in-relativity-articl… Additional Information: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/ Living Reviews in Relativity has published major updates of the reviews on "Characteristic Evolution and Matching" by Jeffrey Winicour and on "Null Geodesic Congruences, Asymptotically-Flat Spacetimes and Their Physical Interpretation" by Timothy A. Adamo, Ezra T. Newman, and Carlos Kozameh in January 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-2 Winicour, Jeffrey "Characteristic Evolution and Matching" ACCEPTED: 2012-01-04 PUBLISHED: 2012-01-25 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-2 ABSTRACT: I review the development of numerical evolution codes for general relativity based upon the characteristic initial value problem. Progress in characteristic evolution is traced from the early stage of 1D feasibility studies to 2D axisymmetric codes that accurately simulate the oscillations and gravitational collapse of relativistic stars and to current 3D codes that provide pieces of a binary black hole spacetime. Cauchy codes have now been successful at simulating all aspects of the binary black hole problem inside an artificially constructed outer boundary. A prime application of characteristic evolution is to extend such simulations to null infinity where the waveform from the binary inspiral and merger can be unambiguously computed. This has now been accomplished by Cauchy-characteristic extraction, where data for the characteristic evolution is supplied by Cauchy data on an extraction worldtube inside the artificial outer boundary. The ultimate application of characteris tic evolution is to eliminate the role of this outer boundary by constructing a global solution via Cauchy-characteristic matching. Progress in this direction is discussed. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-1 Newman, Ezra Ted and Kozameh, Carlos and Adamo, Timothy M. "Null Geodesic Congruences, Asymptotically-Flat Spacetimes and Their Physical Interpretation" ACCEPTED: 2012-01-16 PUBLISHED: 2012-01-24 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-1 ABSTRACT: A priori, there is nothing very special about shear-free or asymptotically shear-free null geodesic congruences. Surprisingly, however, they turn out to possess a large number of fascinating geometric properties and to be closely related, in the context of general relativity, to a variety of physically significant effects. It is the purpose of this paper to try to fully develop these issues. This work starts with a detailed exposition of the theory of shear-free and asymptotically shear-free null geodesic congruences, i.e., congruences with shear that vanishes at future conformal null infinity. A major portion of the exposition lies in the analysis of the space of regular shear-free and asymptotically shear-free null geodesic congruences. This analysis leads to the space of complex analytic curves in an auxiliary four-complex dimensional space, H-space. They in turn play a dominant role in the applications. The applications center around the problem of extracting interior physical properties of an asymptotically-flat spacetime directly from the asymptotic gravitational (and Maxwell) field itself, in analogy with the determination of total charge by an integral over the Maxwell field at infinity or the identification of the interior mass (and its loss) by (Bondi's) integrals of the Weyl tensor, also at infinity. More specifically, we will see that the asymptotically shear-free congruences lead us to an asymptotic definition of the center-of-mass and its equations of motion. This includes a kinematic meaning, in terms of the center-of-mass motion, for the Bondi three-momentum. In addition, we obtain insights into intrinsic spin and, in general, angular momentum, including an angular-momentum--conservation law with well-defined flux terms. When a Maxwell field is present, the asymptotically shear-free congruences allow us to determine/define at infinity a center-of-charge world line and intrinsic magnetic dipole moment. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Gravitational Wave Tests of Alternative Theories of Gravity in the Advanced Detector Era at MSU --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/23/gravitational-wave-tests-of-alterna… Gravitational wave tests of the theory of gravity have the potential to shed light on some of the most profound challenges facing physics today: from explanations of cosmic acceleration and dark matter to the reconciliation of gravity and quantum theory. Advanced LIGO and Virgo are expected to come on-line around 2015, and we expect to make routine gravitational wave detections with these instruments. To begin preparations for this era, the gravity group at Montana State University will be hosting a workshop on April 5th, 6th and 7th, 2013, so please mark your calendars! This workshop will be a continuation of that organized by UWM's Center for Gravitation and Cosmology. The goal of this workshop is to plan and prepare for the era of advanced detectors. The workshop will consists of a few plenary overview talks, intended to set the stage for discussion about theoretical framework, data analysis techniques and implementation, to get the most out of the detections we expect this decade. The workshop will be structured relatively informally with focus sessions on gravitational wave bursts, compact binary systems, stochastic background, and continuous waves. A dedicated website will be set up later for this workshop with a registration page, but there will be no registration costs. Simultaneously with the workshop, MSU's Gravity Group, in collaboration with MSU's Music Dept, MSU's Art and Film Dept and Princeton's Astrophysics Dept, will be putting together a one-week, outreach event entitled "Celebrating Einstein" on April 1st--6th, 2013. This event will consist of several public talks, an arts exhibit and two multimedia performances, featuring gravitational wave sounds and simulations by the numerical relativity community. All events are free and we encourage all to attend. For more information: Nico Yunes (nyunes[AT]physics.montana.edu) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 eLISA(NGO) - Revealing a hidden Universe: opening a new chapter of discovery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/19/elisango-revealing-a-hidden-univers… Additional Information: http://www.elisa-ngo.org/ GWNotes paper, Yellow Book, website online The main references to eLISA(NGO) are available. It is the new ESA space-based gravitational wave detector, candidate for L1 mission in Cosmic Vision framework. Mission name: ‎"eLISA(NGO) - Revealing a hidden Universe: opening a new chapter of discovery" - paper (science case): http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.3621 - website: http://www.elisa-ngo.org/ - Yellow Book (ESA document): https://lisa-light.aei.mpg.de/lisa-light/pub/ScienceWorkingTeam/YellowBook/… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 Call for nominations: fellows of the GRG Society ---------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/17/call-for-nominations-fellows-of-the… The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation has instituted Fellowships to recognize its outstanding members. In a steady state we expect the total number of Fellows to constitute approximately 10% of the membership. To reach this goal and to ensure that younger members of our Society are also elected in the initial rounds, the following procedure will be used: i) Fellows will be elected once every three years, prior to the GRG conferences. For the first two rounds (GR19 and GR20), at least half of the number of Fellows elected in any one round should be of 45 years or less of age on the day the conference begins. ii) The fellowship committee for GR20 will be asked to elect 10 fellows. Thereafter, the committees will elect approximately 1.5% of the members per 3-year cycle. The precise number for each round will be established at the prior GR meeting by the Executive Committee of the Society. The primary criterion for election is excellence in research, especially the impact of candidate’s work on the development of our field. The candidate will be generally expected to have made additional contributions to the field, for example through service, and/or outreach, and/or books and monographs, etc. In exceptional cases such criteria could constitute the primary basis of nomination provided these activities have had influence on a significant portion of our community, not just the home institution of the candidate. Nominations are due by December 31st, 2012. Any member of the Society can make nominations but self-nominations will not be considered. The nomination packet will consist of: i) A letter summarizing the basis for nomination; ii) An up-to-date CV and publication list of the nominee; iii) 1 to 3 supporting letters from members of the Society, and, iv) A proposed citation. Once made, the nomination will remain active for two additional rounds. Further details can be found at http://www.isgrg.org/fellowrules.php Electronic nominations in the form of emailed PDF files are strongly preferred. The nomination PDF files should be sent to the Chair of the Fellowship committee, Clifford Will (cmw[AT]wuphys.wustl.edu) If an electronic nomination is not possible, a single paper copy of the nomination should be mailed or faxed to Clifford Will at Department of Physics, Campus Box 1105 Washington University 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis MO 63130 USA Fax: 1-314-935-9200 The elected Fellows will be inducted during the Business Meeting of the Society at GR 20 in Warsaw, 8 – 13 July, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6 2012 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ----------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/01/11/2012-awards-for-essays-on-gravitati… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org In 2012 for our sixty-third competition, the Trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for the purpose of stimulating thought and encouraging work on gravitation. The stipulations follow. (1) The Trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation will make these Awards on May 15, 2012 for the best well-written essays, 1500 words or less (excluding abstracts, diagrams, references and minimal equations), on the subject of gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects. (2) The First Award will be $4000.00 The Second Award will be 1250.00 The Third Award will be 1000.00 The Fourth Award will be 750.00 The Fifth Award will be 500.00 (3) Essays must be in English and e-mailed in a single PDF file before April 1, 2012. Early submission is desirable. One essay only will be accepted from each author. Notify us within 24 hours if you do not receive an e-mail confirmation of your submission. (4) Title pages should include essay title; authors’ names, complete mailing and e-mail addresses; submission date; an abstract of 125 words or less; and the statement: “Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2012 Awards for Essays on Gravitation.” Pages should be numbered. (5) The decision of the judges will be final and no reviews will be provided. (6) Please check the list of winners to be posted on our website: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org around May 15, 2012. We will attempt to send all participants a general e-mail notification. (7) The five award-winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). Authors of essays designated Honorable Mention will be invited to submit their essays to the IJMPD where these may undergo additional refereeing at editorial discretion for possible publication. Authors of all other essays are free and encouraged to publish their essays after May 15th. Submission e-mail address: George M. Rideout, Jr., President (grideoutjr[AT]aol.com) Gravity Research Foundation PO BOX 81389 Welleesley Hills MA 02481-0004 USA Recent First Award Winners: 2011 – Ivan Agullo, Penn State and Leonard Parker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2010 – Mark Van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2009 – Alexander Burinskii, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia 2008 – T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Pune, India 2007 – S. Carlip, University of California at Davis 2006 – Vijay Balasubramanian, University of Pennsylvania; Donald Marolf, University of California at Santa Barbara and Moshe Rozali, University of British Columbia 2005 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, King’s College London and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 2004 - Maulik Parikh, Columbia University, New York 2003 - Martin Bojowald, The Pennsylvania State University 2002 - Steven B. Giddings, University of California at Santa Barbara and Stanford University, Stanford, California 2001 - Csaba Csaki and Joshua Erlich, Los Alamos National Lab and Christophe Grojean, University of California at Berkeley 2000 - Arthur Lue and Erick J. Weinberg, Columbia University, New York 1999 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, University of Oxford and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 1998 - Viqar Husain, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1997 - Robert Myers, McGill University, Quebec

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 15th Capra Meeting in Maryland 1.2 Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal: ERE2012 (first announcement) 1.3 2nd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting 2012 1.4 BritGrav 12 (first announcement) 1.5 4th International Summer School on Astroparticle Physics (Nijmegen12) 1.6 15th East Coast Gravity Meeting and Josh Goldberg Fest at Syracuse 1.7 X Edition of the SIGRAG School: Astrophysical Black Holes 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral position in theoretical gravity at University of Tartu 2.2 Max Planck Partner Group postdoctoral positions at IISER-TVM (India) 2.3 Postdoctoral positions in gravitational waves/numerical relativity at UIB/Palma 2.4 Postdoctoral position in gravitational waves at NASA Goddard and University of Maryland 3. News 3.1 New Book by Anja Skaar Jacobsen: "Leon Rosenfeld" ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 15th Capra Meeting in Maryland ---------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/26/15th-capra-meeting-on-radiation-rea… Starting Mon, Jun 11, 2012 to Fri, Jun 15, 2012 Location: College Park, MD, USA Additional Information: http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/programs/capra12/ We are pleased to announce that the 2012 Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction will be held in the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling (CSCAMM) at the University of Maryland, College Park, from June 11 to June 15, 2012. Following the Capra tradition, the meeting will focus primarily on aspects of the self-force in general relativity, although broader topics related to gravitational-wave physics will also be discussed. More information and a registration form can be found on the conference website: http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/programs/capra12/ For full consideration, applications to participate must be submitted by April 20, 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal: ERE2012 (first announcement) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/21/spanish-relativity-meeting-in-portu… Starting Mon, Sep 03, 2012 to Fri, Sep 07, 2012 Location: Guimarães, Portugal Additional Information: http://w3.math.uminho.pt/~ERE2012 We are pleased to announce the "Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal (ERE2012)", September 3-7, 2012, at the University of Minho, in Guimarães (world heritage site and European capital of culture in 2012). Information about the program and registration will be included on a second announcement and will appear at http://w3.math.uminho.pt/~ERE2012 The Local Organizing Committee, Alfonso Garcia-Parrado Estelita Vaz Filipe Mena Filipe Moura Irene Brito Piedade Machado Ramos +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 2nd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting 2012 ------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/21/2nd-iberian-gravitational-wave-meet… Starting Wed, Feb 15, 2012 to Fri, Feb 17, 2012 Location: Barcelona, Spain Additional Information: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/IGWMweb/ Dear Colleagues, this is the official announcement of the 2nd Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting (IGWM2) that is organized by the Gravitational Wave Astronomy - LISA Group of the Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC) in Barcelona. * Aim: To bring together researchers with interest in the development of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, including researchers from related areas of Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics. The style of the meeting will be informal and we expect to have significant time for discussions. * Website: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/IGWMweb/index.html Here you will find details on the different aspects of the meeting including updates of the program. * Dates: From February 15th to 17th, 2012 * Venue: Residencia de Investigadores of the National Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in Barcelona, near Las Ramblas. * Accommodation: We recommend you to use the Residencia de Investigadores: http://www.resa.es/eng/Residences/Investigadors Please, when booking let them know you are attending the meeting. For other accommodation options check the meeting website. * Registration: There is no registration fee, but for organizational purposes we kindly ask you to register using the Meeting website. If you are interested in giving a talk, please provide title and abstract in the registration form. * Program: We have a list of plenary speakers and we will elaborate soon a full program with contributed talks. We hope to see you in Barcelona next year. We wish you a nice Christmas break and a happy and fruitful new year 2012! The organizing committee Ivan Lloro Alberto Lobo Miquel Nofrarias Carlos F. Sopuerta Ulrich Sperhake +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 BritGrav 12 (first announcement) ------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/16/britgrav-12-first-announcement/ Starting Tue, Apr 03, 2012 to Wed, Apr 04, 2012 Location: Southampton, UK Additional Information: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~cjg/britgrav12 The 12th BritGrav (British Gravity) Meeting will be held on 3/4 April 2012 in the School of Mathematics, University of Southampton. The programme begins with coffee at 10.30 on Tuesday, with the first talk at 11, and ends at 4.30 on Wednesday. The meeting covers all areas of classical and quantum gravity including astrophysics, cosmology and experiments, and is intended to further collaborations and allow young researchers to showcase their work. There is no registration fee, and participants are responsible for their own accommodation, meals and travel. All PhD students and postdocs will be able to give a talk, others if time allows. If you plan to participate, please email Carsten Gundlach, cjg[AT]soton.ac.uk. If you want to give a talk, please send a title and abstract (which can be amended later). More information will be posted on http://www.soton.ac.uk/~cjg/britgrav12 . A limited amount of funding will be available from the Gravitational Physics Group of the Institute of Physics to assist with travel and accommodation costs for research students. Carsten Gundlach and Nils Andersson (University of Southampton) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 4th International Summer School on Astroparticle Physics (Nijmegen12) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/15/4th-international-summer-school-on-… Starting Wed, Jul 25, 2012 to Fri, Aug 03, 2012 Location: Kleve, Germany Additional Information: http://nijmegen12.hef.ru.nl/ The 4th International Summer School on Astroparticle Physics (NIJMEGEN12) is intended for graduate students and post-docs. The school provides a fairly comprehensive coverage of modern theoretical and observational developments in astroparticle physics. Topics include: Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background, Gravitational Waves, Neutrinos, High Energy Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy. Lectures are given in the morning while the afternoons are reserved for a special training project aimed at acquiring skills in presenting, defending, and reviewing modern research proposals in astroparticle physics. The NIJMEGEN12 Summer School will take place at Schloss Gnadenthal, Gnadenthal 8, 47533 Kleve, Germany (http://www.gnadenthal.de) List of lecturers Matthias Bartelmann (University of Heidelberg), Cosmology Antonella Castellina (University Torino/INFN), Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Kenneth Ganga (APC, Paris), Cosmic Microwave Background Karl Kosack, (CEA, Saclay), High-Energy Gamma Rays Manfred Lindner (MPI, Heidelberg), Neutrino Properties Nergis Mavalvala, (MIT, Cambridge), Gravitational Wave Detection Ilya Mandel (University of Birmingham), Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Julie McEnery (NASA GSFC), High-Energy Gamma Rays Teresa Montaruli, (University of Geneva), High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos Georg Raffelt (MPI, Munich), Neutrinos in Astrophysics Subir Sarkar (Oxford University), Dark Matter Roberta Sparvoli (University of Rome), High-Energy Cosmic Rays Evening speakers Frank Linde (Nikhef, Amsterdam), LHC Harry Collins (Cardiff University), Gravity's Shadow Registration The deadline for early registration is April 1st, 2012 (890.- EUR fee). Registration closes June 1st, 2012 (990.- EUR fee). See the website for more details. Organizing Committee Jörg R. Hörandel, Department of Astrophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen Piet J. Mulders, VU University, Amsterdam Marieke Postma, Nikhef, Amsterdam Elena Maria Rossi, Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden Ad M. van den Berg (chair), Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen Anna Watts, API/GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 15th East Coast Gravity Meeting and Josh Goldberg Fest at Syracuse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/05/15th-east-coast-gravity-meeting-and… Starting Fri, Apr 20, 2012 to Sun, Apr 22, 2012 Location: Syracuse, NY, USA Additional Information: http://www.phy.syr.edu/watson/ecg The 15th East Coast Gravity Meeting (ECG) will be held at Syracuse University, Saturday April 21th and Sunday April 22th, 2012. The meeting is meant to be an informal gathering of researchers working in all fields relating to gravity and cosmology. In addition, this year's meeting will have an additional day of festivities (Friday April 20th) to honor the accomplishments of Josh Goldberg. Josh has made many significant contributions to furthering our knowledge of gravity, some of which were recently featured in a special issue General Relativity and Gravitation. Friday will consist of a half day of invited talks, followed by an evening dinner. ECGM participants are encouraged to attend. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 X Edition of the SIGRAG School: Astrophysical Black Holes ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/03/x-edition-of-the-sigrag-school-astr… Starting Mon, May 21, 2012 to Sat, May 26, 2012 Location: Como, Italy Additional Information: http://www.centrovolta.it/sigrav2012/ X Edition of the Sigrav Graduate School in Contemporary Relativity and Gravitational Physics ASTROPHYSICAL BLACK HOLES Villa Olmo, May 21-26 May, 2012 The Schools are directed to Ph.D. students and young Post-Docs in Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics who are interested in widening their knowledge in the fields of Physical Cosmology, Relativistic Astrophysics, General Relativity, Experimental Gravity and the Modern Quantum Theories of Gravitation. The Schools wish to introduce students to current problems, highlighting their importance and potential scientific impact. Lecturers will report on theoretical, observational and experimental aspects of the research, reviewing latest achievements in the field. PROGRAM of the X Edition Black holes, weighting from few tens up to few billions solar masses, represent one of the most fascinating objects in modern physics and astrophysics. Their presence can be traced in X-ray binaries, in the center of the Milky Way and of nearby galaxies, and back to early cosmic times, as the power house of luminous quasars. Black holes are a crucial testbed for GR, a key ingredient in galaxy cosmic evolution, and can shine as the loudest sirens in the new field of gravitational wave astronomy. The school will bring together some of the world leading experts to provide a focused overview on astrophysical black holes, both as end-point of stellar evolution and as cosmic probes of the high redshift Universe. COURSES - BLACK HOLES IN ASTROPHYSICS: THEORY: Luciano Rezzolla (Germany) - ACCRETION AND EJECTION THEORY: Andrew King (UK) - GALACTIC BLACK HOLES: Rob Fender (UK) - FORMATION AND COSMIC EVOLUTION OF MASSIVE BLACK HOLES: Andrea Merloni (Germany) - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES AND NUCLEAR DYNAMICS: David Merritt (USA) - THE GALACTIC CENTRE: Reinhard Genzel (Germany) - ANALYTICAL RELATIVITY OF BLACK HOLES: Thibault Damour and Alessandro Nagar (France) Scientific and Organizing Committee: Monica Colpi (Universita' Bicocca, Milano), Vittorio Gorini (Insubria, Como), Francesco Haardt (Insubria, Como), Ugo Moschella (Insubria, Como), Aldo Treves (Insubria, Como) SIGRAV Council: Massimo Bassan, Carlo Bradaschia, Salvatore Capozziello, Mauro Francaviglia, Luca Lusanna, Sabino Matarrese, Augusto Sagnotti, Luigi Stella, Gaetano Vilasi There will be room for short communications by the participants. Those who want to submit a communication proposal should send a short abstract to grschool[AT]centrovolta.it Proponents will be informed about acceptance of their contribution in due time. Preparatory and follow-up lectures will be delivered at the University of Insubria. REGISTRATION Participants will be accommodated in a room rental near Villa Olmo and will be requested to pay an inclusive fee of EURO 700,00 covering accommodation (in rooms to be shared with other participants), breakfasts, coffee breaks and lunches for the duration of the school. Alternatively, participants may arrange their own accommodation and are requested to pay a registration fee of EURO 350,00, also covering coffee breaks and lunches. It is possible to have a hotel reservation support by downloading the proper accommodation form. Accommodation is not guaranteed after April 23rd 2012. Some support to cover local expenses may be available; those who need support should mention it in their registration and send a short curriculum vitae and a summary of current research (maximum two pages A4). Please note that no support to cover travel expenses will be available. For information also contact directly the Organizing Secretariat at the Centro A. Volta: grschool[AT]centrovolta.it or chiara.stefanetti[AT]centrovolta.it, tel. +39 031 579805, fax +39 031 573395 ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral position in theoretical gravity at University of Tartu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/31/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Institution: Tartu, Estonia Deadline: Sat, Mar 10, 2012 Additional Information: http://hexagon.fi.tartu.ee/ Estonian Science Foundation (ESF) runs two programs offering postdoc grants at Estonian research institutions: MOBILITAS (Researcher Mobility Programme), and ERMOS (Estonian Research Mobility Scheme), financed with a support of FP7 Marie Curie COFUND "People". The gravitation theory group at the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia is looking for a suitable postdoc candidate to apply for one of these grants, who would be able to contribute to or complement the ongoing research of the group. Key points General research area: theoretical aspects of gravity; Preferred topics: extensions of Einstein's general relativity (e.g. scalar-tensor gravity), theoretical cosmology beyond the concordance model (especially dark energy). Duration of the grant: 2 or 3 years. Amount of the grant: up to 25,600 EUR per year for salary (pre-tax), 3,200 EUR per year for research costs, and a one-time relocation allowance to move in to Estonia. Eligibility: The postdoctoral research grant can be applied for by a person who has been awarded a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification not earlier than five years before the start of the grant. (In case that, after obtaining the degree, the applicant was on parental leave or in compulsory military service, the period of qualification is extended by the period of the parental leave or compulsory military service.) Application NB! The postdoc application to ESF is submitted together by the applicant and the host institution. Therefore interested candidates are first invited to send a CV, a list of publications, a brief research proposal, and a letter of recommendation to Dr. Piret Kuusk (piret[AT]fi.tartu.ee), head of the gravitation theory group. The next deadline for applications is - 25 January 2012 for ERMOS, - probably late March 2012 for MOBILITAS. (Due to technical and administrative reasons the application process to ESF has to begin a week or two before the deadline.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Max Planck Partner Group postdoctoral positions at IISER-TVM (India) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/23/max-planck-partner-group-post-docto… Institution: Trivandrum, India Deadline: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~shanki/group.html Max Planck Partner Group on Cosmology and Gravity, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram intends to appoint two postdoctoral positions in the areas of early-universe cosmology, classical and quantum gravity. A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required for these posts. The positions can start as early as 1st March 2012 and before 1st August 2012. Both these posts are funded under the Max Planck Partner group on cosmology. Currently, the group has 2 post-doctorate fellows and 2 Ph.D. students. Please see the URL http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~shanki/group.html about the group and its activities. The group strongly interacts with the Max Planck Partner Group on Gravitational waves at IISER-TVM. The fellows of this Partner Group will have the opportunity to visit and interact with members of Albert Einstein Institute, Golm. The positions are available for a period of up to two years. Informal enquiries can be made to S. Shankaranarayanan (shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in). Salary: Rs. 2,64,000 - Rs. 2,88,000 per annum Deadline: 16 January 2012 To apply please send CV, research statement and have at least two letters of reference sent by email to: shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in with the subject "Application for MP-PG positions - Candidate name". +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral positions in gravitational waves/numerical relativity at UIB/Palma ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/21/postdoctoral-positions-in-gravitati… Institution: Palma, Spain Deadline: Sun, Jan 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.uib.es/depart/dfs/GRG Postdoctoral Research Positions in the Gravitational Physics Group at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The UIB Gravitational Physics Group offers one postdoctoral position: * A) a 1.5-year postdoctoral research associate position with the possibility of extension depending on the availability of funding. and welcomes applications to two government-funded programs in coordination with our group: * B) a 3 years postdoctoral position in the "Juan de la Cierva" program, (PhD required before (estimated) September 30, 2012, but not earlier than in the last 3 years) * C) a 5 year tenure track research position in the "Ramón y Cajal" program. (Persons who have obtained their PhD within the last 10 years and have a strong publication record) Applications are welcome in all areas of gravitational physics, but preference will be given to the areas of gravitational wave data analysis, numerical relativity and astrophysical relativity. The group consists of faculty members Carles Bona, Jaume Carot, Sascha Husa, Joan Masso and Alicia Sintes and postdoctoral research fellows Jordi Burguet Castell, Ryuichi Fujita, Denis Pollney, Milton Ruiz, as well as several graduate students. The UIB group is a member of the LIGO and GEO collaborations, and covers a wide range of research interests in numerical relativity, gravitational wave data analysis, mathematical relativity and computational methods. Application for position (A): =================== Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, brief description of research interests and achievements, and arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to gravity.uib.contact[AT]gmail.com -- before January 16. The expected starting date is June 2012, but earlier start dates can be arranged with the applicant. Application for positions (B) and (C): ========================== Applications will have to be sent to the Spanish government, with an estimated deadline of February 15, 2012. Interested candidates should contact us informally before the application process starts. For position (B) only two applications can be supported. Please contact Alicia Sintes (alicia.sintes[AT]uib.es) and Sascha Husa (sascha.husa[AT]uib.es) or any other group member if you have any questions. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Postdoctoral position in gravitational waves at NASA Goddard and University of Maryland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/11/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: College Park, MD, USA Deadline: Thu, Jan 05, 2012 The Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the Maryland Gravitational Wave Theory Group at the University of Maryland-College Park (UMCP) are seeking applications for a joint postdoctoral position in gravitational waves, possibly opening in the Fall of 2012. The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal for additional years. This position supports a joint project, led by John Baker (GSFC), and Alessandra Buonanno (UMCP), to study the performance of future space-based gravitational-wave instruments in observing binary black-hole mergers. Competitive applicants should have background in source modeling, instrument modeling and/or data analysis. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications, and a description of past research and future research plans, and should arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to gwt-postdocs[AT]physics.umd.edu It is requested that all application materials be sent as pdf files or as plain text. Please merge all application materials (other than letters of recommendation) into one pdf file if at all possible. The deadline for receipt of all application materials is January 5, 2012. Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 New Book by Anja Skaar Jacobsen: "Leon Rosenfeld" ----------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/12/12/new-book-by-anja-skaar-jacobsen-leo… Additional Information: http://www.worldscibooks.com/histsci/7776.html LEON ROSENFELD Physics, Philosophy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century by Anja Skaar Jacobsen (Niels Bohr Archive, Denmark) Leon Rosenfeld (1904-1974) was a remarkable, many-sided physicist of exceptional erudition. He was at the centre of modern physics and was well-known as Niels Bohr's close collaborator and spokesman. He also reflected deeply on the history and philosophy of science and its social role from a leftist perspective. His biography illuminates the development, popularization, and reception of quantum physics and its interpretation in addition to the development of the political Left. The book draws extensively from previously untapped, unpublished sources in more than five languages. This book is for students and professionals studying the history of science. 360pp (approx.) Publication date: March 2012 ISBN: 978-981-4307-81-9

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm 1.2 14th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics 1.3 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium "The New Standard Model of the Universe: Lambda Warm Dark Matter. Theory and Observations" 1.4 First Dutch Gravitational Wave Meeting in Amsterdam 1.5 Chalonge School Meudon Workshop 2012 "Warm Dark Matter Galaxy Formation in Agreement with Observations" 1.6 2nd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting 2012 in Barcelona 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral positions at the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics at UW-Milwaukee 2.2 Full-time lecturer in Physics at UMass Dartmouth 2.3 Ph.D. Fellowships in Gravitational-Wave Science at the University of Birmingham 2.4 Postdoctoral positions in black-hole/neutron-star research at Amsterdam 2.5 Postdoctoral position at Beijing Normal University in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology 2.6 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical Gravitational Physics at the University of Nottingham 2.7 Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity at Jena 2.8 Postdoctoral Position in Computational and Theoretical Black Hole Astrophysics at Georgia Tech 2.9 PhD Position in Relativity at Jena 2.10 Postdoctoral positions in astrophysics at SISSA 2.11 International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program 2.12 Postdoctoral position in general relativity/quantum gravity at the University of New Brunswick 2.13 Postdoctoral position in black-hole physics at the University of Aveiro 3. News 3.1 New book on Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/30/thirteenth-marcel-grossmann-meeting… Starting Sun, Jul 01, 2012 to Sat, Jul 07, 2012 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg13 MG13 will take place at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden on July 1-7, 2012. Preregistration will take place Sunday, July 1, and the meeting will officially open Monday morning, July 2, when the Marcel Grossmann prizes will be awarded. During the six day conference a wide variety of topics will be discussed in the morning plenary sessions beginning with mathematical topics on Monday, quantum aspects of gravity on Tuesday, precision tests of general relativity on Wednesday, relativistic astrophysics on Thursday, cosmology and astroparticle physics on Friday and the latest scientific news and the history of physics Saturday. There will be five plenary lectures each morning and up to twenty parallel sessions in the four weekday afternoons excluding Wednesday, which is left free for a trip and the evening conference banquet. The plenary lectures will be held in the Aula Magna lecture hall and the parallel sessions at the AlbaNova University Center, both easily reachable b y public transportation from the city center. The local organizing committee is chaired by Prof. Kjell Rosquist. Together with the chairs of the International Organizing Committee, Prof. Remo Ruffini, and the International Coordinating Committee, Prof. Robert Jantzen, the first actions will be to announce a first draft of the plenary and parallel session programs including some chairpersons who have already volunteered, with others to be added later. Major international sponsors, in addition to the Swedish universities, are IUPAP, ICRA and ICRANet, ICTP, TWAS, and all the universities and research centers participating in the joint Ph.D. program in relativistic Astrophysics: the IRAP PhD Erasmus Mundus program. Early registration at 350€ will be available online December 15th 2011 through June 15th 2012, after which the registration fee will be 400€. The student fee is 150€. New members have been added to the International Committees and the final version of the poster is now available for download at the meeting website. Since 1975, the Marcel Grossmann Meetings (on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories) have been organized in order to provide opportunities for discussing recent advances in gravitation, general relativity and relativistic field theories, emphasizing mathematical foundations, physical predictions and experimental tests. The objective of these meetings is to elicit exchange among scientists that may deepen our understanding of spacetime structures as well as to review the status of ongoing experiments aimed at testing Einstein's theory of gravitation either from the ground or from space. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 14th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/29/14th-canadian-conference-on-general… Starting Mon, Jul 09, 2012 to Thu, Jul 12, 2012 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Additional Information: http://www.ccgrra14.ca This is the first announcement for the the 14th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics which will take place July 9-12, 2012 in St. John's, Newfoundland. CCGRRA14 is the latest in a biennial series of meetings that bring together Canadian and international relativists for scientific discussion and exchange. These meetings are broadly based, covering the wide range of research done in Canada including mathematical and numerical relativity, quantum gravity, string-theoretic approaches to gravity, relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. Invited lectures will be given by: Patrick Brady (U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Robert Brandenberger (McGill U.), Sergio Dain (U. Nacional de Cordoba), Andrew Frey (U. of Winnipeg), Valeri Frolov (U. of Alberta), Veronika Hubeny (Durham U.), Hari Kunduri (Memorial U.), Robert Mann (U of Waterloo), Harald Pfeiffer (U. of Toronto), Eric Poisson (U. of Guelph) and Sanjeev Seahra (U. New Brunswick, Fredericton). In addition to these plenary lectures, time will be allotted in the afternoons for contributed talks from members of the national and international community. Post-docs and grad students are especially encouraged to contribute talks. The meeting will begin with an opening reception on Monday, July 9th. Talks will happen from Tuesday morning (the 10th) until Thursday evening (the 12th), including a public lecture on Tuesday night. On Wednesday afternoon there will be an organized whale-watching trip to the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve followed by a banquet on the beach. For more information please see the website http://www.ccgrra14.ca or contact ccgrra14[AT]gmail.com. Registration will open in January. Organizing Committee: Ivan Booth (ibooth[AT]mun.ca), Hari Kunduri (hkkunduri[AT]mun.ca), Ben Tippett (bktippett[AT]mun.ca). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium "The New Standard Model of the Universe: Lambda Warm Dark Matter. Theory and Observations" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/21/ecole-internationale-dastrophysique… Starting Wed, Jul 25, 2012 to Fri, Jul 27, 2012 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2012.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Chalonge School 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 "The New Standard Model of the Universe: Lambda Warm Dark Matter. Theory and Observations" 1. SUMMARY Recently, Warm (keV scale) Dark Matter emerged impressively over CDM (Cold Dark Matter) as the leading Dark Matter candidate. Astronomical evidence that Cold Dark Matter (LambdaCDM) and its proposed tailored cures do not work at small scales is staggering. LambdaWDM solves naturally the problems of LambdaCDM and agrees remarkably well with the observations at small as well as large and cosmological scales. LambdaWDM numerical simulations naturally agree with observations at all scales, in contrast to LambdaCDM simulations which only agree at large scales. In the context of this new Dark Matter situation, which implies novelties in the astrophysical, cosmological and keV particle physics context, this 16th Paris Colloquium 2012 is devoted to the LambdaWDM Standard Model of the Universe. In summary, the aim of the meeting is to put together real data: cosmological, astrophysical, particle, nuclear physics data, and hard theory predictive approach connected to them in the framew ork of the Lambda WDM Standard Model of the Universe. 2. THIS COLLOQUIUM This Colloquium is within the astrofundamental physics spirit of the Chalonge School, focalised on recent observational and theoretical progress in the CMB, dark matter, dark energy, structure formation, and the theory of the early universe inflation with predictive power in the context of the LambdaWDM Standard Model of the Universe. The Colloquium addresses as well the theory and experimental search for the WDM particle physics candidates (keV sterile neutrinos). Astrophysical constraints including Lyman alpha bounds put the sterile neutrino mass m in the range 1< m < 13 keV. WDM predictions for EUCLID and PLANCK start to to be available. MARE and an adapted KATRIN experiment could detect a keV sterile neutrino. It will be a fantastic discovery to detect dark matter in a beta decay. A formidable WDM work to perform is ahead of us. 3. TOPICS Observational and theoretical progress on the nature of dark matter: keV scale warm dark matter. Cored density profiles in agreement with observations. Large and small scale structure formation in agreement with observations at large scales and small (galactic) scales. Warm (keV scale) dark matter from theory and observations. Warm (keV scale) dark matter N-body simulations in agreement with observations. Neutrinos in astrophysics and cosmology. The new serious dark matter candidate: Sterile neutrinos at the keV scale.Neutrinos mass bounds from cosmological data and from high precision beta decay experiments. Dark energy: cosmological constant: the quantum energy of the cosmological vacuum. The analysis of the CMB+LSS+SN data with the effective (Ginsburg-Landau) effective theory of inflation: New Inflation (double well inflaton potential) strongly favored by the CMB + LSS + SN data. The presence of the lower bound for the primordial gravitons (non vanishing tensor to scalar r atio r) with the present CMB+LSS+SN data. CMB news and polarization. Forecasts and Planck results, and Other Topics. FORMAT and EXHIBITION Sessions last for three days in the beautiful Parisian campus of Observatoire de Paris (built on orders from Colbert and to plans by Claude Perrault from 1667 to 1672). All sessions take place at the Salle Cassini (Cassini Hall) in the historic Perrault building ("Bâtiment Perrault") of Observatoire de Paris HQ, just upstairs "Salle du Conseil" (Council Room). All Coffee-Tea breaks take place at the "Salle du Conseil" under the portraits of Laplace, Le Verrier, Lalande, Arago, Delambre and Louis XIV. The Registration desk and the Secretariat of the Colloquium take place at the "Grande Galerie" (Great Gallery) just aside facing Salle du Conseil An exhibition at the "Grand Galerie" (Great Gallery) and "Salle Cassini" (Cassini Hall) will retrace the 21 years of activity of the Chalonge School and "the Golden Days" in "Astrofundamental Physics": The Construction of the Standard Model Of the Universe. The World High Altitude Observatories Network: World Cultural and Scientific Heritage. All Lectures are followed by a discussion. All participants are invited to take part in the discussions. The Meeting is open to all scientists interested in the subject. Information about this Colloquium, participation information and background information are displayed at the Chalonge School web site: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2012.html Information on the previous Paris Cosmology Colloquia and of the school events (lecturers, lists of participants, lecture pdf files and photos during the Colloquia) are available at http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr Early registration is strongly encouraged. With compliments and kind regards, Chalonge.Ecole[AT]obspm.fr http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 First Dutch Gravitational Wave Meeting in Amsterdam ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/17/first-dutch-gravitational-wave-meet… Starting Thu, Jan 19, 2012 to Thu, Jan 19, 2012 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://indico.astro.ru.nl//conferenceDisplay.py?confId=6 Gravitational wave research in the Netherlands is rapidly taking shape and is becoming increasingly diverse. In order to bring together astronomers and physicists interested in gravitational wave science and to inform each other of the current status of the various projects we organize the first Dutch National GW Meeting, to be held on Thursday January 19, 2012 at Nikhef in Amsterdam. The day will start with a keynote lecture by Prof. Bangalore Sathyaprakash from Cardiff University, after which there will be overview talks on Pulsar Timing Arrays, Advanced Virgo/LIGO, and the new ELISA mission, as well as contributed talks. The meeting is open to all interested researchers, also from outside the Netherlands. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Chalonge School Meudon Workshop 2012 "Warm Dark Matter Galaxy Formation in Agreement with Observations" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/07/chalonge-school-meudon-workshop-201… Starting Wed, Jun 06, 2012 to Fri, Jun 08, 2012 Location: Meudon, France Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2012.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge 1. Summary: A Turning Point operated recently in the Dark Matter research: Warm Dark Matter (WDM) emerged impressively over Cold Dark Matter (CDM) as the leading Dark Matter candidate. WDM solves naturally the problems of CDM and agrees with the observations at small as well as large and cosmological scales. This workshop addresses WDM putting together astrophysical, cosmological and particle WDM, astronominal observations, theory and WDM numerical simulations which naturally reproduce the observations at all the scales. The Workshop addresses as well the experimental search for the WDM particle candidates (keV sterile neutrinos). 2. The New Dark Matter Situation Today: Warm Dark Matter (WDM) research is progressing fast, the subject is new and WDM essentially works, naturally reproducing the astronomical observations over all scales: small (galactic) and large (cosmological) scales (LambdaWDM). Astronomical evidence that Cold Dark Matter (LambdaCDM) and its proposed tailored cures do not work at small scales is staggering. Astrophysical constraints including Lyman alpha bounds put the sterile neutrino mass m in the range 1< m <13 keV. WDM predictions for EUCLID and PLANCK start to to be available. MARE and an adapted KATRIN experiment could detect a keV sterile neutrino. It will be a fantastic discovery to detect dark matter in a beta decay. A formidable WDM work to perform is ahead of us. 3. History, Context and the CDM crisis (abridged): This Workshop is the third of a new Chalonge series in Meudon dedicated to Dark Matter. The first Workshop of this series (June 2010) allowed to identify and understand the issues of the serious problems faced by Cold Dark Matter (CDM) to reproduce the galactic (and even cluster of galaxies) observations. The 2010 and 2011 Workshops served as well to verify and better understand the confusion in the CDM research, namely the increasing number of cyclic arguments, and ad-hoc mechanisms introduced in the CDM simulations over most of twenty years, in trying to deal with the CDM small scale crisis: Cusped profiles and overabundance of substructures are predicted by CDM. Too many satellites are predicted by CDM simulations while cored profiles and no such overabundant substructures are seen by astronomical observations. Read more on the www of this Workshop. 4. The Workshop addresses the last progresses made in Warm Dark Matter and the Universal and Non Universal properties of Galaxies. In the tradition of the Chalonge School, an effort of clarification and synthesis will be made by combining in a conceptual framework, theory, analytical, observational and numerical simulation results that reproduce observations. The subject will be approached in a threefold way: (I) Conceptual context and keV WDM particle candidates, sterle neutrinos (II) Astronomical observations linked to the galaxy structural properties, surveys, clusters and to structure formation at different (large and small (galactic) scales). (III) WDM Numerical simulations which reproduce observations at large and small (galactic) scales. TOPICS: Recent progress in solving the Boltzmann-Vlasov equation to obtain the observed properties of galaxies (and clusters of galaxies). N-body numerical simulations with Warm Dark Matter. The surface density. The phase-space density. Particle model independent analysis of astrophysical dark matter. The impact of the mass of the dark matter particle on the small scale structure formation. The radial profiles and the Dark Matter distribution. Cored DM observed profiles. The keV scale Dark Matter (Warm Dark Matter): Observational and theoretical progresses. Large and small scale structure formation in agreement with observations at large and small (galactic) scales. The new serious dark matter candidate: Sterile neutrinos at the keV scale. Sessions last for three full days in the beautiful green Meudon campus of Observatoire de Paris, where CIAS "Centre International d´Ateliers Scientifiques" is located. All sessions take place in the historic Château building, (built in 1706 by great architect Jules-Hardouin Mansart in orders by King Louis XIV for his son the Grand Dauphin). The Meeting is open to all scientists interested in the subject. The format of the Meeting is intended to allow easy and fruitful mutual contact and communication. Informations about the Workshop, participation information and background information are displayed at http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2012.html Early Registration is strongly encouraged. With compliments and kind regards, Chalonge.Ecole[AT]obspm.fr http://chalonge.obspm.fr/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 2nd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting 2012 in Barcelona ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/05/2nd-iberian-gravitational-wave-meet… Starting Wed, Feb 15, 2012 to Fri, Feb 17, 2012 Location: Barcelona, Spain Pre-announcement of the Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting 2012 Dear Colleagues, it is a pleasure to announce that the 2nd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting 2012 will be organized by the Gravitational Wave Astronomy - LISA Group of the Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC) in Barcelona. Following the format of the first meeting we plan to organize a 3-day meeting starting on February 15th and ending on February 17th, 2012. The style of the meeting will be informal, with significant time for discussions, and there will be no registration fee. In future communications we will describe the details of the scientific program. The idea of the meeting is to bring together researchers with interest in the development of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, including researchers from related areas of Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics. Please, feel free to send this announcement to scientists that may be interested in attending. In order to make concrete plans, please let us know if you are interested to attend (just reply to sopuerta[AT]ieec.uab.es). The organizing committee Ivan Lloro Alberto Lobo Miquel Nofrarias Carlos F. Sopuerta Ulrich Sperhake ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral positions at the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics at UW-Milwaukee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/30/postdoctoral-positions-at-the-cente… Institution: Milwaukee, WI, USA Deadline: Sun, Jan 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://gravity.phys.uwm.edu The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for several postdoctoral research positions. The initial appointments are for one year, with renewal for a second (and, in some cases, a third) year contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance. The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology at UWM is one of the nation's largest and most active research groups in gravity, cosmology, astronomy, and astrophysics with ten faculty members, Luis Anchordoqui, Patrick Brady, Philip Chang, Jolien Creighton, Dawn Erb, John Friedman, David Kaplan, Leonard Parker, Xavier Siemens, and Alan Wiseman, senior scientist Scott Koranda, visiting professor Warren Anderson, and several postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. The group also maintains a close relationship with the Albert Einstein Institutes in Hannover and Golm through Bruce Allen and Maria Alessandra Papa who hold Adjunct appointments at UWM and visit regularly. More information about the people and the research can be found at http://gravity.phys.uwm.edu. The group performs research that spans most aspects of LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) gravitational-wave data analysis activities, including searches for binary neutron star and black hole inspirals, continuous waves from isolated neutron stars, development and support of Einstein@Home, bursts, and stochastic background. The group is also active in several scientific computing collaborations. The group is recruiting postdoctoral research associates to work in any of these areas, and we have one position specifically for Einstein@Home science development. Applicants with a backgrounds in gravitational-wave physics, theoretical relativity, numerical relativity, cosmology, or high energy physics (theory and experiment) are welcome to apply. In addition, the CGC is recruiting for a postdoctoral position in the areas of theoretical and/or computational astrophysics. The successful applicant will work in conjunction with Prof. Philip Chang. The position is initially for two years with a possible third year (contingent on funding and performance). The successful applicant will have a choice of problems to work on including aspects of Type Ia progenitor evolution, instabilities in plasma astrophysics, and/or any other research topic of mutual interest. Prior experience in running large numerical simulations is preferred but not required. The postdoc will also be encouraged to pursue independent lines of research with other CGC postdocs and faculty. Applicants whose work overlaps any of the research interests of the group should send a C.V., publication list, and a brief statement of their research interests by email to cgcpd[AT]gravity.phys.uwm.edu, or by ordinary mail to: Ms. Stefanie Pinnow, CGC Postdoc Search Committee Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA (Phone 414-229-4960 Fax: 414-229-5589) Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent by e-mail or to this address. The deadline for applications will be January 15th, 2011 but early applications are encouraged. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Full-time lecturer in Physics at UMass Dartmouth ---------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/30/full-time-lecturer-in-physics-at-um… Institution: North Dartmouth, MA, USA Deadline: Sun, Jan 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.umassd.edu/hr/employmentopportunities/facultyjobopportunities/in… The Department of Physics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth invites applications for a Full-Time Lecturer position beginning January or September 2012. This is a renewable, non-tenure-track position with responsibilities for undergraduate laboratory and classroom teaching. Applicants must: (1) hold an earned doctorate in Physics or allied field (or a masters degree with substantial teaching experience); (2) be proficient in course content and fluent in the English language; and (3) have a strong demonstrated commitment to teaching, especially at the undergraduate level. Preferred candidates will have (1) outstanding credentials that clearly demonstrate their ability and commitment to undergraduate teaching, including laboratory work; and (2) experience in physics education research and/or astronomical observation. Successful candidates must show that they will be able to effectively teach a wide selection of undergraduate courses. Applicants are invited to submit electronically a letter of application which includes a description of courses qualified to teach; detailed curriculum vitae; names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three professional references; and a one-page statement of teaching interests and philosophy to: PHY-FTL Search email coefacultysearch[AT]umassd.edu. Employment is contingent upon verification of background/credentials and work authorization. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is an EEO/AA Employer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Ph.D. Fellowships in Gravitational-Wave Science at the University of Birmingham ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/29/ph-d-fellowships-in-gravitational-w… Institution: Birmingham, UK Deadline: Fri, Jan 06, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup/jobs.php The Birmingham Gravitational Wave Group expects to fill several Ph.D. positions starting in Autumn 2012. We encourage applications to pursue projects in any of the research areas of the group (experiments, astrophysics and observations). Studentships are assigned on a competitive basis within the School of Physics and Astronomy and, where relevant, the University of Birmingham. In addition to studentships funded by research councils, this year additional funding opportunities are available for outstanding candidates through the following programs: (a) Ten Elite Researcher Scholarships, for students of any nationality; (b) Ten Birmingham Brazil Scholarships, for applicants that are Brazilian residents at the time of the application; (c) Partial scholarships available for students from China, which are meant to supplement awards from the China Scholarship Council. Students of any nationality are encouraged to apply. We are seeking Ph.D. students to work with Dr. Andreas Freise, Dr. Ilya Mandel, and Prof. Alberto Vecchio. The group currently consists of 17 people, with staff, post-docs and students from around the world. Further information about the group is available at http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup Applications should be submitted in electronic form to gwave-phd[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk and must include: - A cover letter briefly stating the research area(s) of interest. A concise description of the research areas is provided at http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup/research.php - A Curriculum vitae; - University transcripts (scanned versions are acceptable); - Applicants should also arrange for two reference letters to be sent to the above address. The deadline for application, including reference letters, is Friday 6th January 2012 at 2pm (GMT). We encourage non-UK residents to notify us at gwave-phd[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk as early as possible of their intent to apply. Further details are available at http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup/jobs.php +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Postdoctoral positions in black-hole/neutron-star research at Amsterdam --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/23/postdoctoral-positions-in-black-hol… Institution: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Deadline: Thu, Dec 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.astro.uva.nl/jobs/postdoctoral-positions-in-black-hole-neutron-s… Three postdoctoral research positions are available with prof. M. van der Klis at the Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (API) of the University of Amsterdam in connection with the programme "Signals from Strong-Field Gravity: Getting to the Physics" with funding by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. Requirements include a PhD in (astro)physics, demonstrable talent for research and a clear vision of how to contribute to the programme. Projects should be observational/interpretative in nature and aim at aspects of black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics such as strong gravity and ultradense matter. They would include some of state-of-the-art X-ray observations, developing and trying out new approaches and methods for understanding the data, and creating new computer code. There is ample opportunity to participate in directing PhD and MSc student projects. You will join a rapidly growing lively international research group focusing on observations and theory of accreting compact objects, with faculty Michiel van der Klis, Rudy Wijnands, Anna Watts, Phil Uttley and ~12 postdocs and graduate students. There are close ties with other groups at API in relativistic jets, gamma-ray bursts, astroparticle physics, and with groups abroad. Appointments are typically for 3 years with mid-term evaluation and possibilities for obtaining personal grants depending on circumstances. Applications should comprise resume, research statement, publication list and (separately) two letters of reference. Positions are to be filled in 2012 / early 2013; applications will be considered continuously starting December 15, 2011 until all positions are filled. Salary dependent on experience according to Netherlands university pay scales. Comprehensive social benefits. Universal health care insurance typically 100 euro/month/person. Closing date: June 30th, 2012 Address to: M. van der Klis, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands; m.b.m.vanderklis[AT]uva.nl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral position at Beijing Normal University in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/22/postdoctoral-position-at-beijing-no… Institution: Beijing, China Deadline: Thu, Mar 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/ The Center for Relativity and Gravitation at Beijing Normal Univerisity has one post-doctoral position opening from fall 2012 in the areas of quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. Successful candidate will work with Yongge Ma. The appointment will be for two years. The gravity group consists of Sijie Gao, Wenbiao Liu, Yongge Ma, Bin Zhou and Jianyang Zhu. In addition, the retired professors Canbin Liang and Zheng Zhao join the academic activities frequently, and professors Abhay Ashtekar, Jerzy Lewandowski, Carlo Rovelli and Thomas Thiemann hold visiting professorships at the Institute. The areas of research in the group concern loop quantum gravity, black hole physics, general relativity, de Sitter spacetime, higher dimensional gravity and cosmology. For further information on the group, see the webpage: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/ Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research proposal and arrange to have two recommendation letters (one from the PhD advisor of the applicant) sent directly to: Prof. Yongge Ma Department of Physics Beijing Normal Univeristy Beijing 100875 CHINA E-mail applications are also accepted. They should be sent to: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn, yonggema[AT]yahoo.com The deadline for receipt of all application material is March 1st, 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical Gravitational Physics at the University of Nottingham ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/22/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-the… Institution: Nottingham, UK Deadline: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 Additional Information: http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160#j10685 Applications are invited for an ERC-funded post based in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham. The successful candidate will work with the ERC-funded research group on “Diffeomorphism invariant gauge theories, asymptotic safety and geometry” in the School of Mathematics as well as with the Particle Theory Group in the School of Physics and Astronomy. The successful candidate's research will focus on topics related to gravitational physics, quantum gravity and unification of fundamental interactions. In particular, the successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the development of the gauge-theoretic description of General Relativity (and related modified gravity theories). This could include work on quantum renormalisation group flow calculations and/or on gravity/gauge theory unification within this approach. Candidates with research experience in modified gravity, the asymptotic safety approach to quantum gravity and/or unification of fundamental forces are encouraged to apply. Salary will be within the range £27,428 - £32,751 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience. This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract. The initial appointment will be for one year, with the starting date October 1, 2012, and will be renewable for up to three years contingent on satisfactory performance. Candidates must have a PhD in physics, mathematics or a related area at the time the appointment begins. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr. Kirill Krasnov, Email: kirill.krasnov[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Please note that applications sent directly to this Email address will not be accepted. For more details, as well as instructions on how to apply please access: http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160#j10685 Closing date: 21 December 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity at Jena --------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/18/postdoctoral-position-in-numerical-… Institution: Jena, Germany Deadline: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://cse.mathe.uni-jena.de The scientific computing group at the University Jena expects a postdoctoral opening beginning in 2012. The position will be within the Collaborative Research Center SFB/Transregio 7 Gravitational Wave Astronomy, including the gravity group at Jena Marcus Ansorg, Bernd Brügmann, Reinhard Meinel, and Gerhard Schäfer. There is the opportunity to participate in a wide range of research activities offered by the SFB/Transregio, see http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de. The successful candidate will work on numerical and computational methods for solving Einstein’s field equations of general relativity in a broader sense, which may include topics like numerical discretization schemes (e.g. discontinuous Galerkin method) or parallel computing (domain decomposition methods, GPU computing), see http://cse.mathe.uni-jena.de. Applicants should email a curriculum vitae including full list of publications and a brief description of research interests. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Prof. Gerhard Zumbusch, Institut für Angewandte Mathematik, Universität Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany gerhard.zumbusch[at]uni-jena.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Postdoctoral Position in Computational and Theoretical Black Hole Astrophysics at Georgia Tech -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/17/postdoctoral-position-in-computatio… Institution: Atlanta, GA, USA Deadline: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cra.gatech.edu/ Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the area of computational and theoretical black hole astrophysics including numerical relativity at the Georgia Tech Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA). The successful candidate will work with Dr. Tamara Bogdanovic, who will join the CRA faculty in 2012, and have opportunity to collaborate with other members of the CRA. We are particularly interested in a candidate that will work on interaction of single and binary black holes with their environment, electromagnetic counterparts and black hole growth. Experience in running and analyzing parallel (magneto)hydrodynamical simulations is desired. The successful candidate will receive research and travel support as well as access to the local high-performance computing facilities and a new dedicated computer cluster. The appointment will initially be for two years with a possible extension to a third year, depending on funding availability and satisfactory progress. The expected starting date of the position is September 2012. Current research interests at the CRA include theoretical topics in black hole and accretion physics, galaxy formation and cosmology, numerical relativity, gravitational waves and particle astrophysics. Center faculty working on these areas include David Ballantyne, Tamara Bogdanovic, Pablo Laguna (director), Nepomuk Otte, Deirdre Shoemaker, Ignacio Taboada, and John Wise. For more information visit http://www.cra.gatech.edu. Applicants should email to cra[AT]physics.gatech.edu the following documents in PDF format: 1) cover letter with names of three references, 2) curriculum vitae including full list of publications, and 3) a brief description of research interests (maximum 3 pages). In addition, applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference emailed separately to cra[AT]physics.gatech.edu . Review of applications will begin on January 31, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Georgia Tech is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce. Attention To: Dr. Tamara Bogdanovic Department of Astronomy University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Phone:1 301 405 6651 Submission Email: cra[AT]physics.gatech.edu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 PhD Position in Relativity at Jena -------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/15/phd-position-in-relativity-at-jena/ Institution: Jena, Germany Deadline: Wed, Feb 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de Applications are invited for a PhD position within the SFB/Transregio 7 Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. The successful candidate will work on analytical and numerical methods for solving Einstein’s field equations of general relativity. The gravity group at Jena includes Marcus Ansorg, Bernd Brügmann, Reinhard Meinel, and Gerhard Schäfer, and also involves applied mathematician Gerhard Zumbusch. There is the opportunity to participate in a wide range of research activities offered by the SFB/Transregio grant on “Gravitational Wave Astronomy”, see http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de. As an equal opportunities employer, the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena wishes to support women in the context of statutory requirements. For this reason suitably qualified women are specifically invited to apply. Equally qualified applicants with disabilities will be given preferential treatment. Please send your application with a curriculum vitae and a description of your research interests compiled in one single pdf document to Marcus.Ansorg[at]uni-jena.de. In addition, we request two letters of recommendation. Applications are invited to arrive before February 1, 2012, although later applications will be considered until the position is filled. For further questions please contact: Professor Marcus Ansorg Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut Max-Wien-Platz 1 07743 Jena, Germany Marcus.Ansorg[at]uni-jena.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Postdoctoral positions in astrophysics at SISSA ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/11/postdoctoral-positions-in-astrophys… Institution: Trieste, Italy Deadline: Sun, Jan 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1269 The Astrophysics Sector (http://www.sissa.it/ap) of the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste (SISSA, Italy) expects to have an opening for up to three research associate (postdoc) positions starting in Fall 2012. The positions are for two years and can be possibly extended for a third year. A further opening starting in Fall 2012 or earlier is available for a two year research associate working specifically in the field of large-scale structure effects on the CMB. SISSA is a multidisciplinary PhD school, unique in Italy, pursuing research in the areas of physics, mathematics and neuroscience and is located close to the main scientific institutions of the region (ICTP, Trieste University and the Trieste Observatory). The Astrophysics Sector currently consists of eleven staff members, nine postdocs and eighteen graduate students (http://www.sissa.it/ap/people.html) Our research interests include: analysis and interpretation of cosmic microwave background and sub-mm surveys (Planck and Herschel), large-scale structure and cluster physics, galaxies, dark matter, galactic and extragalactic black holes, stellar structure and evolution, high-energy astrophysics, relativistic astrophysics, early universe physics and gravitation theory. We welcome applications from all candidates whose research interests complement or enhance those of our group. The selected candidates are expected to take part in the scientific activity of the sector and to carry out their own independent research. There are no compulsory teaching duties. SISSA also offers good local computer facilities and access to regional supercomputing resources. All of our scientific activity is carried out in English (as is the administrative support) and we provide local assistance for all members: a housing office, Italian classes, a nursery for children of SISSA members and a gym. Applicants should register with academicjobsonline.org and then submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a research statement giving a brief description of past research and future plans, and provide the names and email addresses of two referees who we will automatically contact. The online application form for these posts is at http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1269 For further information you can contact Lorena Bencina via email: bencina[AT]sissa.it Completed applications should be received no later than January 15, 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/11/international-relativistic-astrophy… Institution: IRAP PhD Institutions Deadline: Sun, Feb 19, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.irap-phd.org Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have initiated a Ph.D. programme dedicated to create a pool of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. After taking full advantage of the observational and experimental facilities mentioned above, the students of our programme are expected to lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research: relativistic astrophysics. This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to model the observational data received from the above laboratories. This activity is necessarily international as no single university can have a scientific expertise in such a broad range of fields. We announce two calls: one with a deadline on 19 February 2012, sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, and the other with a deadline on 30 September 2012. The Erasmus Mundus program has a very competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits. The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam; the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF) and ICRA Brasil; the Free University of Berlin; Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata; Observatoire de la Cote D’Azur, Nice; Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China; University of Ferrara, Italy; University of Rome, la Sapienza, Italy; University of Savoie, Annecy, France; University of Stockolm, Sweden, Tartu Observatory, Estonia. The Final Ph.D. degree will be jointly delivered by the Academic Institutions participating in the program. We encourage applications from the best candidates worldwide, independent of nationality, gender or background. The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also a possibility to follow courses from other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the Faculty. Courses can be chosen from the following list: VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS - Felix AHARONIAN; COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY - Vladimir BELINSKI; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS - Carlo Luciano BIANCO; OBSERVERS AND OBSERVABLES IN BLACK HOLE SPACETIMES - Donato BINI; ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES - Sandip Kumar CHAKRABARTI; PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ASTROPHYSICS - Pascal CHARDONNET; GENERAL RELATIVITY - Thibault DAMOUR; SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS - Massimo DELLA VALLE; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE - Jaan EINASTO; TOPICS IN COSMOLOGY AND PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS - Li Zhi FANG; X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION - Filippo FRONTERA; HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS: X-RAYS CLUSTERS - Riccardo GIACCONI; ON THE KERR SOLUTION - Roy KERR; RELATIVISTIC FIELD THEORY - Hagen KLEINERT; BOUNCING COSMOLOGY - Mario NOVELLO; BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES IN GRAVITY - Hermann NICOLAI; THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE - Marco TAVANI; SPECTRAL TIMING FROM BLACK HOLE SOURCES - Lev TITARCHUK; SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY - Kjell ROSQUIST; BLA CK HOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS - Remo RUFFINI; RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY - Gregory VERESHCHAGIN; STRONG COUPLING QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA - She-Sheng XUE; THEORIES ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS - Bing ZHANG; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS - Shuangnan ZHANG The Faculty: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (SAPIENZA Università di Roma) - Vladimir Belinski (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Carlo Luciano Bianco (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Donato Bini (CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone”) - Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) - Pascal Chardonnet (Erasmus Mundus Coordinator) - Université de Savoie; Christian Cherubini - Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma; Pierre Coullet - Université de Nice - Sophie Antipolis; Thibault Damour - IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette; Jaan Einasto - Tartu Observatory; Simonetta Filippi - Univ.“Campus Biomedico” di Roma and ICRANet; Sergio Frasca - SAPIENZA Università di Roma; Filippo Frontera - Università di Ferrara; Yipeng Jing - Shanghai Astronomical Observatory; Hagen Kleinert - Freie Universitat Berlin; Gian Luca Lippi - Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis; Francois Mignard - Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur; Hermann Nicolai - Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam; Mario Novello - Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil; José Pacheco - Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur; Kjell Rosquist - Stockolm University; Remo Ruffini (Director) - SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet; FarrokhVakili - Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur; Gregory Vereshchagin - SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet; She Sheng Xue - SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet; Shuangnan Zhang - Institute of High Energy Physics – Chinese Academy of Science The Host Institution for the call of 2012-2015 is the Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis; Grand Château 28 Avenue Valrose 21 - B.P. 2135 - 06103 NICE CEDEX 2 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Postdoctoral position in general relativity/quantum gravity at the University of New Brunswick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/07/post-doctoral-position-in-general-r… Institution: Fredericton, NB, Canada The gravitation and cosmology group at the University of New Brunswick expects up to two postdoctoral openings beginning in Fall 2012. The group consists of three faculty (Jack Gegenberg, Viqar Husain and Sanjeev Seahra), 3-4 graduate students and 2 post-docs. Our present pdfs are Dawood Kothawala and Tomasz Pawloswki. Our research interests are in classical and quantum gravity and cosmology. To apply, please submit a cover letter, CV, and have 3 reference letters sent to one of our faculty (geg, sseahra or vhusain [AT] unb.ca) by November 30, 2011. To apply for an AARMS PDF (http://aarms.math.ca/pdf/rules.html) the deadline for us to receive an application is November 30, 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13 Postdoctoral position in black-hole physics at the University of Aveiro ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/04/postdoctoral-position-in-black-hole… Institution: Aveiro, Portugal Deadline: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 Additional Information: http://gravitation.web.ua.pt/ We invite applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of black hole physics (including exact solutions, perturbative aspects, gravitational radiation, numerical relativity, black holes in string theory, alternative theories of gravity and other related areas). The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. A tentative date for the appointment is Mar 1st, 2012 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The successful applicant will be integrated in the Gr@v group at the University of Aveiro. More information on the group can be found at http://gravitation.web.ua.pt/ The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and two letters of recommendation to the following e-mail address: herdeiro[AT]ua.pt Please use the subject “post-doctoral application”. Applications should be received by Dec 31st, 2011. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on Jan 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Carlos Herdeiro (herdeiro[AT]ua.pt). This position is financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) e co-financed by the European Fund of Regional Development, through COMPETE – Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade (POFC). The eracareers announcement can be found in http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=showAnuncioOportunit… ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 New book on Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/11/28/new-book-on-gravitational-waves/ Additional Information: http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/books/bySubjectPH00/availableTitles/3-52… "Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy: An Introduction to Theory, Experiment and Data Analysis." This is a graduate-level textbook. Authors: Jolien D. E. Creighton, Warren G. Anderson. Publisher: Wiley-VCH (Weinheim, Germany) ISBN: 978-3-527-40886-3

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 6th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation 1.2 Relativity and Gravitation - 100 Years after Einstein in Prague (2nd announcement) 1.3 Near Field Cosmology as a Probe of Early Universe, Dark Matter and Gravity 2. Jobs 2.1 Two Research Associate positions in Gravitational Astronomy at Cardiff 2.2 Assistant/Associate/Full Professor at LSU 2.3 Sciama Research Fellowship in Theoretical Cosmology at ICG, Portsmouth 2.4 International Physics Course at Osaka University (master and Ph.D.) 2.5 Postdoctoral positions in Astrophysical Relativity at the AEI-Potsdam 2.6 Lectureship in Mathematics and Statistics at Sheffield 2.7 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Monash University 2.8 Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at LSU 2.9 Postdoctoral position in general relativity at Cornell University 2.10 Faculty Position at CITA 2.11 Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Mississippi 2.12 Several Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology 2.13 Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics at Indiana University 2.14 Postdoctoral Researchers in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter Institute 2.15 Postdoctoral position in Cosmology/Astroparticle Physics at Physics Dept. "G.Galilei" Padova and INFN Padova (Italy) 3. News 3.1 2011 GWIC Thesis Prize: Call for Nominations 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Entanglement Entropy of Black Holes" 3.3 New forthcoming relativity books by M. S. Berman 3.4 LIGO Open Data Survey 3.5 Highlights and Conclusions of the Workshop "Warm Dark Matter in Galaxies: Theoretical and Observational Progresses" 3.6 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematical or Numerical Relativity 3.7 New focus issue on string cosmology free to read in CQG ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 6th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/30/6th-australasian-conference-on-gene… Starting Wed, Feb 08, 2012 to Sat, Feb 11, 2012 Location: Queenstown, New Zealand Additional Information: http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/acgrg6/ The Sixth Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (ACGRG6) will be held in New Zealand's premier mountain resort: Queenstown in the South Island, from the 8th to the 11th of February 2012. The conference brings together researchers in general relativity (mathematical/theoretical/numerical), theoretical and observational cosmology, relativistic astrophysics and gravitational wave detection. It is hosted by the University of Otago (Dunedin) and supported by the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (ASGRG). Plenary speakers include: Florian Beyer (Otago), Richard Easther (Auckland), Steve Maddox (Canterbury), Andrew Melatos (Melbourne), Todd Oliynyk (Monash), and Dan Shaddock (ANU). For registration and further details please visit: http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/acgrg6/. The website will be updated with additional information as it becomes available. What: 6th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation Where: Rydges Lakeside Resort, Queenstown, New Zealand When: 8-11 February 2012 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Relativity and Gravitation - 100 Years after Einstein in Prague (2nd announcement) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/29/relativity-and-gravitation-100-year… Starting Mon, Jun 25, 2012 to Fri, Jun 29, 2012 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/ The conference is organized at the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's stay in Prague, with the aim of providing an overview of the development and progress achieved in general relativity and its applications since then. The main topics of the conference include: * Mathematical relativity * Numerical relativity * Relativistic astrophysics * Relativistic cosmology * Quantum gravity * Gravitation and experiment * Conceptual and historical issues The meeting is organized under the auspices of the Rector of Charles University. The lectures will take place in the historical complex of the University in the heart of Prague's Old Town. Scientific Program The schedule of the conference will include plenary lectures and up to three parallel sessions in the afternoon. Posters will be displayed for the duration of the conference. The scientific program will be based primarily on invited lectures, the list of which is now under preparation. Confirmed speakers include: M. Abramowicz (Goeteborgs Univ.), A. Ashtekar (Penn State Univ.), J. Barbour (Univ. of Oxford), B. Bruegmann (F. Schiller Univ.), T. Damour (IHES), K. Danzmann (Albert-Einstein Inst. and Leibniz Univ.), J. Friedman (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), H. Friedrich (Albert Einstein Inst.), V. Frolov (Univ. of Alberta), G. Gibbons (Univ. of Cambridge), G. Gonzalez (Louisiana State Univ.), K. Kuchar (Univ. of Utah), J. Lewandowski (Univ. of Warsaw), G. Neugebauer (F. Schiller Univ.), H. Nicolai (Albert-Einstein Inst.) L. Rezzolla (Albert-Einstein Inst.), M. Sasaki (Kyoto Univ.), G. Schaefer (F. Schiller Univ.), B. Schutz (Albert Einstein Inst.), A. Starobinsky (Landau Inst.), R. Wald (Univ. of Chicago), and C. Will (Washington Univ.). Space will be reserved also for contributed oral and poster presentations. Please see below for abstract submission information. Registration Registration will open in December 2011. Details will be available soon on the conference website. Standard registration fee: 350 EUR before April 15, 2012 Late registration fee: 450 EUR after April 15, 2012 Limited financial support in the form of a reduced registration fee may be available for junior researchers: apply by January 31, 2012 through the conference website. In addition to conference participation the registration fee includes: abstract book and conference materials; coffee breaks; welcome cocktail on Sunday, June 24; classical music concert in the Gothic Aula Magna of Charles University on Tuesday, June 26; guided tour through Einstein's Prague followed by banquet on Thursday, June 28 (accompanying persons need a separate banquet ticket). Due to spacetime constraints, the number of participants is limited to around 150. It is thus possible that the registration may close already before April 15, 2012. An advance announcement will be made when the number of fully registered participants exceeds 120. Abstract Submission Participants are invited to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations by April 15, 2012. Contributed presentations will be selected by the organizers. Please note that the number of oral contributions in particular is limited. The abstract submission page will be available on the conference website in December 2011. Accommodation Prague offers a broad range of hotels, hostels, and other lodging options. Participants are expected to arrange their accommodation individually. A list of recommended hotels and other suitable accommodation will be provided on the conference website. Important dates December 1, 2011: Registration opens January 31, 2012: Financial support application deadline April 15, 2012: Standard registration closes; Abstract submission deadline June 24, 2012: See you in Prague! Scientific Organizing Committee Marek Abramowicz, Lars Andersson, Abhay Ashtekar, Julian Barbour, Jiri Bicak, Roger Blandford, Bernd Bruegmann, Piotr Chrusciel, Thibault Damour, Karsten Danzmann, Fernando de Felice, George Ellis, John Friedman, Helmut Friedrich, Valeri Frolov, Gary Gibbons, Gary Horowitz, Joseph Katz, Karel Kuchar, Jerzy Lewandowski, Gernot Neugebauer, Hermann Nicolai, Igor Novikov, Martin Rees, Oscar Reula, Luciano Rezzolla, Misao Sasaki, Gerhard Schaefer, Bernd Schmidt, Alexei Starobinsky, Paul Tod, Robert Wald, Clifford Will. For more detailed information, please visit http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/ . To receive notifications about updates by email, click on "Preliminary interest" and sign up on the website. Jiri Bicak (on behalf of SOC and LOC) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 Near Field Cosmology as a Probe of Early Universe, Dark Matter and Gravity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/24/near-field-cosmology-as-a-probe-of-… Starting Tue, Nov 29, 2011 to Thu, Dec 01, 2011 Location: Annapolis, MD, USA Additional Information: http://jsi.astro.umd.edu/conferences/2011-jsi-workshop.html The Joint Space Science Institute -- consisting of astronomers, astrophysicists and physicists from the University of Maryland and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center -- is planning a cross-cutting workshop on “Near Field Cosmology as a Probe of Early Universe, Dark Matter and Gravity”. We aim to bring together 80-100 scientists from around the world to discuss many aspects of observations, theory, and how they all fit together. The workshop will take place between: Nov 29th and Dec. 1st 2011. Online registration and abstract submission will open Sept 17th. More information can be found on the webpage of the workshop. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Two Research Associate positions in Gravitational Astronomy at Cardiff -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/31/2-research-associates-in-gravitatio… Institution: Cardiff, UK Deadline: Thu, Dec 01, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.cf.ac.uk/jobs/physx/research-associate-in-gravitational-astronom… Cardiff Gravitational Physics group (http://www.astro.cardiff.ac.uk/research/gravity/) is seeking applications from highly motivated and competitive candidates to fill two STFC-funded postdoctoral positions. Both positions involve research into detection and measurement of gravitational waves in data from Advanced LIGO, GEO-HF and Advanced Virgo detectors and using the results to address a range of questions in fundamental physics, cosmology and astrophysics. Candidates are expected to take part in the development of algorithms that help improve searches for gravitational-wave signals in detector data and extract astrophysical and cosmological information from detected events. Current members of the group include academics Stephen Fairhurst, Leonid Grishchuk (emeritus), Mark Hannam, B.S. Sathyaprakash, Bernard Schutz (part time), and Patrick Sutton, three postdoctoral fellows and eight PhD students. The Group cofounded the British-German GEO600 collaboration, is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and is involved in the planning of the space-based LISA and the third generation Einstein Telescope (ET) Observatory. Group members play leading roles within the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, in particular in gravitational-wave searches for compact binary coalescences, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and other transient sources. The Group’s research interests also include modelling binary black hole orbits using analytical and numerical relativity and their gravitational wave emission, strong field tests of gravity, development of algorithms and software to search for gravitational waves and quantum processes in the early Universe – specifically cosmic microwave and gravitational wave backgrounds. The positions are available initially for a period of two years, extendible to up to four years depending on performance. The posts are available from 1 March 2012, but the precise starting date is negotiable. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Assistant/Associate/Full Professor at LSU --------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/31/assistantassociatefull-professor/ Institution: Baton Rouge, LA, USA Deadline: Thu, Dec 15, 2011 Additional Information: https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51804 The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University invites applications for a faculty position in physics starting in the fall of 2012. The faculty in the gravity theory group at LSU consists of Peter Diener, Robert O’Connell, Jorge Pullin, Parampreet Singh and Gabrielle Allen and Edward Seidel (both on leave at the National Science Foundation). There is also a quantum information technology group at LSU led by Jonathan Dowling, a theoretical astrophysics group led by Juhan Frank and Joel Tohline, and an experimental gravity group led by Thomas Corbitt, Joe Giaime, Gabriela González and Warren Johnson. The Department has strong research efforts in particle physics, including nuclear and neutrino physics, space physics, condensed matter physics, medical physics, and astronomy and astrophysics. Preference will be given to candidates working in loop quantum gravity, but exceptional candidates in other areas of theoretical gravity will also be considered. Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check. Application deadline is December 15th 2011 or until a candidate is selected. This is an abridged version of the ad. The full ad can be found at https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51804 LSU System is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Sciama Research Fellowship in Theoretical Cosmology at ICG, Portsmouth -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/31/sciama-research-fellowship-in-theor… Institution: Portsmouth, UK Deadline: Fri, Dec 30, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/ The Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship in theoretical cosmology named in honour of the pioneering British cosmologist Dennis Sciama (1926-1999). We seek an outstanding postdoctoral scientist to work in collaboration with existing staff in the ICG. Applicants should have a record of high-quality research in theoretical cosmology and propose an original programme of research, complementary to existing research expertise in the ICG. A PhD and relevant research expertise is required. The post is for three years, starting on 1st October 2012. The ICG consists of 12 academic staff, 13 postdoctoral researchers and 18 PhD students, and is a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III), the Dark Energy Survey, and the UK Low Frequency Array Consortium (LOFAR:UK). ICG researchers have access to the new 1000-core SCIAMA supercomputer at Portsmouth, as well as the UK National Cosmology Supercomputer Consortium (COSMOS). Many staff are also involved in many other on-going and planned astrophysical surveys. More information is available at http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/ Applications (Application Form, CV, 3-page research proposal, names of 3 referees) should be sent by email to jobs[AT]port.ac.uk and copied to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk. Applicants should also arrange for up to three letters of reference to be sent by email to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk, to arrive by the closing date, 30th December 2011. Late applications may be considered until the post has been filled. Informal enquiries about this post can be made to david.wands[AT]port.ac.uk To find out more about the University of Portsmouth and this role, visit www.port.ac.uk/vacancies and apply on-line. Alternatively telephone 023 9284 3421 for an application pack. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 International Physics Course at Osaka University (master and Ph.D.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/31/international-physics-course-at-osa… Institution: Osaka, Japan Deadline: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~IPC/ The Department of Physics of Osaka University is calling for applications to its International Physics Course (IPC). It offers Master and Ph.D. courses on a wide range of research topics in Physics (see also the webpage below for more details). The most successful applicants will receive a scholarship. Education and research is conducted in English (but students are welcome to learn a little of Japanese language and culture). Applications for the admission to the academic year 2012/13 (starting from October 1, 2012) are open from November 1 to December 10, 2011. More information at: http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~IPC/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral positions in Astrophysical Relativity at the AEI-Potsdam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/30/postdoctoral-positions-in-astrophys… Institution: Potsdam, Germany Deadline: Thu, Dec 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://numrel.aei.mpg.de The Astrophysical Relativity division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert-Einstein Institute) in Potsdam, Germany, anticipates the filling of at least one postdoctoral position within the "numerical-relativity" group. The numerical-relativity group is primarily but not exclusively concerned with the numerical solution of the Einstein equations and with the modelling of compact objects, such as neutron stars and black holes. Its work is a multi-disciplinary effort, spanning the fields of relativistic astrophysics, hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics, differential geometry, mathematics of nonlinear partial differential equations and high-performance computing. The group consists of postdoctoral fellows: Daniela Alic, Pau Amaro-Seoane, Eloisa Bentivegna, Riccardo Ciolfi, Abraham Harte, Ian Hinder, Seth Hopper, Jose Luis Jaramillo, Gian Mario Manca, Francesco Pannarale, Alberto Sesana, Kentaro Takami, of faculty Luciano Rezzolla, and of several graduate students. To learn more about the group, please visit: http://numrel.aei.mpg.de The Albert Einstein Institute also hosts a Divisions in Mathematical Relativity and Quantum Gravity and has an extremely active visitors program. It enjoys close proximity to the Universities of Potsdam and Berlin, the Astrophysics Institute of Potsdam, and has excellent in-house supercomputing facilities. To learn more about the Institute, please visit: http://www.aei.mpg.de The positions are for one year and renewable up to three depending on satisfactory progress. The appointments are expected to begin around Sept. 1, 2012, but an earlier date is also possible. The deadline for applications is Dec. 15, 2011. Applications can be made online via the web interface at https://lotus1.aei.mpg.de/job-form.nsf/registrationNR.xsp Applicants should upload a CV, a publication list, a research summary specifying which position they are interested in, and indicate the names of at least 3 referees. The Albert Einstein Institute is an equal-opportunity employer and hires on the basis of merit. Applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, and women are encouraged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Lectureship in Mathematics and Statistics at Sheffield ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/27/lectureship-in-mathematics-and-stat… Institution: Sheffield, UK Deadline: Thu, Nov 24, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADK937/lectureship-in-mathematics-and-statistics/ Applications in gravitational and mathematical physics are encouraged for the following position: The School of Mathematics and Statistics has a strong research ethos and includes several research groups with high international reputation. The School offers MMath and BSc undergraduate courses, runs a long-established MSc in Statistics and provides service teaching of mathematics to other parts of the University. Following significant investment by the Faculty of Science, including new Chairs in probability and in mathematical biology, the School of Mathematics and Statistics invites applications for two lectureships with a starting date of 1 September 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter. We are looking for candidates with a strong track record of high quality research in Algebra, Field Theory, Geometry, Mathematical Biology, Probability, Solar Physics or another area linking with existing strengths of the School. You will be expected to carry out and publish high-quality research in an area covered by the REF Mathematical Sciences Subpanel, to supervise postgraduate students and to teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level. You will have a PhD in a relevant area of mathematics or statistics, or be close to completion. You will also have an established record of high-quality research in your chosen field or be able to demonstrate strong research potential, as well as excellence in teaching. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Monash University ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/26/lecturersenior-lecturer-in-mathemat… Institution: Melbourne, Australia Deadline: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=498605 The School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) invites applications for a tenure-track academic position starting anytime in 2012. Targeted recruiting is for the Lecturer or Senior Lecturer rank (equivalent to the US assistant professor or associate professor), but applicants at higher ranks will be considered. A PhD in mathematics is required. Candidates should have strong potential or demonstrated capability for effective research and teaching in a branch of pure mathematics with priority given to analysis, geometry, number theory, algebra, group theory, or combinatorics. The School includes the areas of algebra and discrete mathematics; analysis and geometry; bioinformatics, computational mathematics; operations research; probability and statistics; astrophysics; and atmospheric science and geophysical fluid dynamics. For further information regarding the school and its programs, please visit the web site http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/ Together with a research statement, teaching statement, applicants should indicate their research specialties and interests in their cover letter. Names of three referees are to be provided, and the key selection criteria must be addressed. To apply, go to http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=498605 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at LSU ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/14/postdoctoral-researchersenior-postd… Institution: Baton Rouge, LA, USA Deadline: Thu, Dec 15, 2011 Additional Information: https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=53733 The theoretical relativity group expects to have (contingent on funding) an opening for a postdoctoral researcher or senior postdoctoral researcher to start July 2012. This position conducts research in loop quantum gravity including either the canonical or spin foam approaches and/or loop quantum cosmology. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another one or two years subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. The core relativity group at LSU consists of Steve Brandt, Frank Loeffler, Peter Diener, Jorge Pullin, and Parampreet Singh. In addition, LSU hosts a strong experimental gravity group with activity in LIGO, whose Livingston site is 30 miles away from Baton Rouge. LSU is also host to the Center for Computation and Technology (CCT), a multidisciplinary research center which includes computational groups in several areas of science, engineering and the humanities. Several researchers in the relativity group have j oint appointments at CCT. THE LSU SYSTEM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL ACCESS EMPLOYER This is an abridged version of the ad. For the full version follow the URL. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Postdoctoral position in general relativity at Cornell University --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/14/postdoctoral-position-in-general-re… Institution: Ithaca, NY, USA Deadline: Thu, Dec 01, 2011 Cornell University expects to have an opening for a postdoctoral associate in general relativity starting in September, 2012. The position is for one year, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The Cornell Relativity Group consists of faculty members Eanna Flanagan and Saul Teukolsky, senior research associate Larry Kidder, research associates Geoffrey Lovelace, Michael Boyle, and Robert Owen, and a number of graduate students. Research interests of the group include computational relativity, black holes, gravitational waves, the gravitational self-force, modified theories of gravity and cosmology. There will also be opportunities to interact with the Theoretical Astrophysics Group, including Rachel Bean, David Chernoff, Dong Lai, Richard Lovelace, and Ira Wasserman. Applicants should submit a resume with a list of publications and statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Sharon Falletta Space Sciences Building Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-6801 Applications can also be emailed to falletta[AT]astro.cornell.edu, with the subject line "Gravitational theory postdoc". Completed applications should be received no later than December 1, 2011. Only candidates who anticipate receiving their Ph.D. by September 2011 should apply. Cornell is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Faculty Position at CITA ----------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/11/cita-faculty-position/ Institution: Toronto, Canada Deadline: Thu, Dec 01, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/index.php/Working-CITA/CITA-Faculty-Position The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), a national centre for theoretical astrophysics hosted by the University of Toronto, invites applications for a tenure-stream faculty position, to commence July 1, 2012. The search is open to candidates at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Applicants from any area of theoretical astrophysics, cosmology and early universe physics are encouraged to apply; we seek candidates with a PhD, exceptionally strong and internationally recognized research records, and outstanding promise of future research accomplishments. Additional selection criteria include demonstrated excellence in teaching, in particular working with research fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and to assume a leadership role in administering CITA’s active postdoctoral and visitor programs. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in research and have a strong commitment to excellence in teaching. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. CITA is an institute within the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. The present complement of research staff includes six faculty and over 25 research fellows. The unique research environment at CITA is enhanced by close ties to the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Dunlap Institute, the Department of Physics, and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Cosmology and Gravity Program. We encourage applicants to apply online by clicking here and search for Job #1100857. If you are unable to apply online, please submit your application and other materials via e-mail to: citadmin[AT]cita.utoronto.ca using the subject line "Faculty Search". Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a bibliography, a statement of research interests. Please arrange for three letters of recommendation to be mailed directly to: Prof. Norman Murray, Director CITA, University of Toronto 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 3H8 All materials should reach CITA by December 1, 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Mississippi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/06/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Institution: Oxford, MS, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry111006-181836 The University of Mississippi invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. The applicant must have a Ph.D. in Physics or Astrophysics and a good track record in one or more of the following research areas: gravitational-wave source modeling, numerical relativity, post-Newtonian theory, alternative theories of gravity, perturbation theory of stars and black holes. The Gravitational and High-Energy Theory Group at the University of Mississippi is active in various areas of theoretical and experimental gravity, and is part of the LIGO collaboration. Members of the group include Emanuele Berti, Luca Bombelli, Marco Cavaglia, Alakabha Datta and Tibor Torma, adjunct professors Vitor Cardoso and Ulrich Sperhake, postdocs Jocelyn Read and Alexander Dietz, and several graduate students. The University has excellent computing facilities, which include the Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research and a departmental linux computer farm. The successful applicant is expected to engage in a collaborative research program involving several institutions, including Caltech and Princeton in the USA, Lisbon, Barcelona, Rome and Aveiro in Europe, and Para' University in Brazil (among others). More information on the gravity group in Mississippi is available at the following URL: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/ A curriculum vitae (including a list of publications and a statement of research interests) should be sent to the following e-mail address: grpostdoc[AT]phy.olemiss.edu Please use the subject "Gravitational theory postdoc". Applicants must also arrange to have at least three recommendation letters to be sent to the same email address. The University requires all applicants to submit their application (including a CV and a statement of research interests) online at the following website: http://jobs.olemiss.edu Please click on "search postings" on the left, then from the drop-down menus select: "Job Title" -> "Postdoctoral Research Associate" "Department" -> "Physics and Astronomy" The present position is filed as number 11421258-100611. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Several Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/06/several-postdoctoral-positions-in-t… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu Several Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester institute of Technology The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) anticipates filling several postdoctoral positions in the coming year. We are looking for postdoctoral candidates interested in working on numerical relativity. Binary black hole simulations, relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations of coalescing astrophysical compact objects, such as black-hole and/or neutron star binaries, supermassive black hole mergers and their interactions with their surrounding accretion disks, and core-collapse supernovae. There are currently eleven senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. Six faculty members work in numerical relativity and/or gravitational wave science: Manuela Campanelli, Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof (a visualization expert), as well as five postdoctoral fellows: Melissa Frei, Bruno Mundim, Scott Noble, Jason Nordhaus, and Hiroyuki Nakano, and several graduate students. The successful postdoctoral candidates will be will have the possibility to collaborate on a broad range of research topics in computational astrophysics and gravitational physics. Our group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium, a petascale computing project with NCSA, the NINJA (Numerical Injection Analysis) project, and the NRAR (numerical relativity-analytical relativity) collaboration. Several group members also have an ongoing collaborative research project with Johns Hopkins University to study accretion disks around supermassive black holes and explore relativistic phenomena in active galactic nuclei such as jets in active galactic nuclei. The positions are for two years and renewable depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funds. CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers as well as a dedicated 800-core cluster hosted in the Center. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/ And about Rochester in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: CCRG-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu Enquiries can be addressed to: Manuela Campanelli, manuela[AT]astro.rit.edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, and School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS) Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin December 31st, 2011 and will continue until February 1st, 2012 or until all positions are filled. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13 Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics at Indiana University ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/06/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Institution: Bloomington, IN, USA Deadline: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 Applications are invited for the position of postdoctoral fellow in theoretical physics at Indiana University. The current faculty in our group are Micheal Berger, Radovan Dermisek, Steven Gottlieb, Alan Kostelecky, and Enrico Lunghi. The position is available from September 1, 2012 and is expected to last for two years, subject to satisfactory performance. A completed Ph.D. degree is required prior to assuming the position. Each application should include a curriculum vitae, a description of research interests and accomplishments, and a list of publications. Candidates should also have at least three letters of reference sent to: Theory Group - Postdoc Search, Physics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A. Email applications should be sent to oldhamt[AT]indiana.edu. Applications received before November 15, 2011 may receive preference. Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14 Postdoctoral Researchers in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter Institute --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/04/2012-post-doctoral-researchers-in-t… Institution: Waterloo, ON, Canada Deadline: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca Applications are now open for postdoctoral fellowships at Perimeter Institute (PI) to begin in Fall 2012. PI hosts the world’s largest group of independent postdoctoral fellows in foundational theoretical physics. At PI, Postdoctoral Fellows are encouraged to formulate and pursue their own chosen lines of research, across all fields of theoretical physics, within an exceptionally supportive environment. They enjoy ample opportunities to interact with senior scientists, host collaborators, organize workshops and conferences, and participate in the training of graduate students. In addition, a unique mentoring system gives early career scientists the feedback and support they need to become flourishing, independent researchers. PI’s previous postdoctoral fellows have had excellent success in obtaining faculty or permanent positions at leading universities and research institutes around the world. PI encourages applications from outstanding postdoctoral researchers in: condensed matter theory, cosmology, particle physics, quantum foundations, quantum gravity, quantum information, string theory and other areas of theoretical physics. Postdoctoral positions are normally held for a period of three years, although exceptional candidates may also be considered for senior postdoctoral positions with five-year terms. Located west of Toronto, in Waterloo, Canada, Perimeter Institute was founded in 1999 as an independent institute supporting research in foundational areas of theoretical physics. Over the past decade, PI has emerged as a leading centre in the areas of quantum information, quantum foundations, quantum gravity, string theory and cosmology. The Institute is now expanding its fields of focus to include particle physics, condensed matter, and complex systems, combining insights from the full spectrum of physics within its cutting-edge research programs. Postdoctoral Researchers will also have opportunities to visit scientists connected with experimental and observational centers such as the Large Hadron Collider; the Planck satellite; VISTA, VLT, the SKA and other observatories; SNOlab and other astroparticle facilities; and LIGO, LISA and other gravitational wave detectors. The Institute’s growing research staff currently comprises over 80 resident researchers, including 16 Faculty members and 15 Associate Faculty members, in addition to visiting Distinguished Research Chairs. The Institute hosts hundreds of visitors and conference participants throughout the academic year, in addition to over 25 PhD students, and 37 Masters level students participating in Perimeter Scholars International. PI strives to offer an optimal environment for scientific enquiry and discovery, where resident and visiting researchers of all backgrounds pursue diverse approaches to fundamental questions in an atmosphere of intense scientific interaction. Researchers enjoy a collaborative atmosphere and the amenities of our award-winning facility, with excellent support for them and their families. Frequent cultural and social events are held at the Institute for the entire PI community (see Event Horizons to get a flavour of PI’s cultural offerings). The deadline for applications is November 15, 2011. Please email pdfrecruitment[AT]perimeterinstitute.ca with any questions. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15 Postdoctoral position in Cosmology/Astroparticle Physics at Physics Dept. "G.Galilei" Padova and INFN Padova (Italy) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/04/postdoctoral-position-in-cosmologya… Institution: Padova, Italy Additional Information: http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/borsedistudio/pdf/getfile.php?filename=1462… The INFN PD51 research group leading the Cosmology/Astroparticle program Inflation, Dark Matter and the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe announces one postdoctoral position in Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, to begin in Fall 2012. The position will be a 1 + 1 year appointment and reserved for non-italian citizens. The post-doc research activity will be mainly related to primordial non-Gaussianity and Inflationary models. The following Institutes participating in the program may host the Fellowship: Padova INFN Section and University, Italy (main node) Ferrara INFN Section and University, Italy Bologna INFN Section and University, Italy Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and University of L’Aquila, Italy Roma Tor Vergata University, Italy Roma III University, Italy Torino University, Italy Trieste SISSA and University, Italy The staff team members are: Padova: Nicola Bartolo, Michele Liguori, Sabino Matarrese, Massimo Pietroni, Antonio Riotto. Also present in Padova are: Gianguido Dall'Agata, Ferruccio Feruglio, Antonio Masiero, Massimo Passera, Stefano Rigolin, Fabio Zwirner Ferrara: Denis Comelli, Paolo Natoli Bologna: Stefano Ettori, Fabio Finelli, Massimo Meneghetti, Lauro Moscardini Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and L’Aquila: Zourab Berejiani, Luigi Pilo, Francesco Villante Roma Tor Vergata: Amedeo Balbi, Francesco Fucito, Nicola Vittorio Roma III: Enzo Branchini Torino: Antonaldo Diaferio, Luisa Ostorero Trieste SISSA and University: Carlo Baccigalupi, Stefano Borgani, Stefano Cristiani, Samuel Leach, Paolo Tozzi, Matteo Viel The deadline is Thursday, October 20, 2011 (also for the upload of Reference Letters). The interested candidates should apply directly at the web page http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/theo_fellowships/priv/index2.php?inf=modulo selecting the PD51 n. 14620 job announcement. The application form must contain: - a statement of research interests - a curriculum vitae - a list of publications - 3 Reference letters For further detailed information: please download the file http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/borsedistudio/pdf/getfile.php?filename=1462… or contact Nicola Bartolo, bartolo[AT]pd.infn.it, Dipartimento di Fisica "Galileo Galilei", via Marzolo, 8 - I−35131 Padova, Italy ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 2011 GWIC Thesis Prize: Call for Nominations ------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/31/2011-gwic-thesis-prize-call-for-nom… Additional Information: https://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/ Nominations for the 2011 GWIC Thesis Prize are now open. The Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC) was formed to promote international collaboration and cooperation in the construction, operation and use of gravitational wave detection facilities world-wide. To this end, GWIC has established an annual prize for the outstanding Ph.D. thesis based on research in gravitational waves (http://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/) Members of the gravitational wave community are invited to nominate students who have performed notable research on any aspect of gravitational wave science. Theses will be judged on 1) originality and creativity of the research, 2) importance to the field of gravitational waves and gravitational wave detection, broadly interpreted, and 3) clarity of presentation. The recipient will receive a certificate of recognition and a prize of $1,000. Since 2010, GWIC has an arrangement with Springer Publishing. Subject to qualifying criteria, the prize-winning thesis will be nominated for Springer Theses, a new book series in which exceptional Ph.D. theses in the physical sciences are published in their entirety. The winner will receive an additional €500 from Springer upon publication. Eligibility: The award is made on a calendar year basis. Theses should have been accepted by their institutions between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011. It is expected that many of the nominations will come from the member projects of GWIC, but this is not a requirement. Nominated theses may be in any language. A committee selected from the gravitational wave community will evaluate the nominations and select the winner. The selection committee will make all determinations about eligibility. Nominations: Nominations should be submitted to the selection committee chair (Neil Cornish, cornish[AT]physics.montana.edu) by 15 January 2012. The nomination package consists of (i) the thesis, (ii) a letter of nomination, preferably from the thesis advisor, and (iii) an optional supporting letter from another scientist familiar with the work. The nomination and supporting letters should describe the importance of the research and how it supports GWIC’s goals to promote construction and exploitation of gravitational-wave detectors, foster development of new or enhanced gravitational-wave detectors, and support the development of gravitational-waves as an astronomical tool. The thesis and letters may be submitted in electronic form (preferred) or in hard-copy (five copies). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Entanglement Entropy of Black Holes" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/21/living-reviews-in-relativity-entang… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-8 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Entanglement Entropy of Black Holes" by Sergey N. Solodukhin on October 21, 2011. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2011-8 Solodukhin, Sergey N. "Entanglement Entropy of Black Holes" ACCEPTED: 2011-08-23 PUBLISHED: 2011-10-21 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-8 ABSTRACT: The entanglement entropy is a fundamental quantity which characterizes the correlations between sub-systems in a larger quantum-mechanical system. For two sub-systems separated by a surface the entanglement entropy is proportional to the area of the surface and depends on the UV cutoff which regulates the short-distance correlations. The geometrical nature of the entanglement entropy calculation is particularly intriguing when applied to black holes when the entangling surface is the black hole horizon. I review a variety of aspects of this calculation: the useful mathematical tools such as the geometry of spaces with conical singularities and the heat kernel method, the UV divergences in the entropy and their renormalization, the logarithmic terms in the entanglement entropy in four and six dimensions and their relation to the conformal anomalies. The focus in the review is on the systematic use of the conical singularity method. The relations to other known approaches such as 't Hooft's brick wall model and the Euclidean path integral in the optical metric are discussed in detail. The puzzling behavior of the entanglement entropy due to fields which non-minimally couple to gravity is emphasized. The holographic description of the entanglement entropy of the black hole horizon is illustrated on the two- and four-dimensional examples. Finally, I examine the possibility to interpret the Bekenstein--Hawking entropy entirely as the entanglement entropy. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 New forthcoming relativity books by M. S. Berman ---------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/19/new-forthcoming-relativity-books-by… Additional Information: https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=30375 "General Relativity and the Pioneers Anomaly" This book is an introduction to the General Relativity Theory (GRT) and to the solution of the Pioneers Anomaly by means of relativistic cosmology, a study that is designed to be understood by undergraduate and graduate students alike in the fields of theoretical physics, applied mathematics and space engineering. In fact, this book is the first elementary account of GRT and cosmology to address the NASA problem, which consists of a specific deceleration suffered by two space-probes launched to outer space more than thirty years ago. The other two NASA anomalies, which are, the spin-down of the Pioneers, when they were not disturbed, and the "fly-by" of spacecraft in gravity assists, around the Earth, are explained by Berman, along with the linear deceleration, by the rotation of the Universe, and General Relativity theory. Pub. Date: 2011 4th quarter Author: Marcelo Samuel Berman (Instituto Albert Einstein/Latinamerica, Curitiba, Brazil) Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, New York ISBN: 978-1-62100-107-2 "Realization of Einstein's Machian Program" This book is a solution of the so-called Einstein's Machian Program, that left Einstein very angry and frustrated, for he was unable to reconcile Relativity Theories with Ernst Mach ideas, that by looking into the Cosmos as a whole, absolute motion could be found. About one hundred years ago, the discussion led to no conclusions among physicists, so that now Berman found that the existence of a Universal rotation, was compatible with General Relativity, and that this rotation is "absolute". Berman thus solved the problem. Author: Marcelo Samuel Berman (Instituto Albert Einstein/Latinamerica, Curitiba, Brazil). Pub. Date: 2012 1st Quarter publisher: Nova Science Publishers, New York ISBN: 978-1-61942-164-6 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 LIGO Open Data Survey ------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/06/ligo-open-data-survey/ Additional Information: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFJuS1d4UlNiLW9Wdm5OQT… Dear Astronomer, Gravitational wave astronomy is coming, thanks to the LIGO and Virgo advanced detectors that will be online at or after 2015. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration will release open data to the broader community, including rapid alerts for follow-up observation, and the detected strain corresponding to astrophysical detections. In order to make the open data program most useful to astronomers, LIGO is asking you to fill in a survey about what you see as most important for us to support. Please take a few minutes to fill in the survey on LIGO Open Data at the link below. You don't have to answer all the questions. We really appreciate your time and thoughts. Thank you Patrick Brady Roy Williams LIGO Scientific Collaboration +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 Highlights and Conclusions of the Workshop "Warm Dark Matter in Galaxies: Theoretical and Observational Progresses" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/06/warm-dark-matter-in-galaxies-theore… Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2011.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge "Warm Dark Matter in Galaxies: Theoretical and Observational Progresses", Meudon Castle/CIAS of Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France, 8, 9 and 10 JUNE 2011 HIGHLIGHTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE WORKSHOP We are pleased to inform you that the Highlights and Conclusions of the Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2011 on Warm Dark Matter in the Galaxies (48 pages, 24 figures including photos of the workshop) are available on the web site of this Workshop http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2011.html ABSTRACT (Abridged): Warm Dark Matter (WDM) research is progressing fast, the subject is new and WDM essentially works, naturally reproducing the astronomical observations over all scales: small (galactic) and large (cosmological) scales (LambdaWDM). Evidence that Cold Dark Matter (LambdaCDM) and its proposed tailored cures do not work at small scales is staggering. Fedor Bezrukov, Pier-Stefano Corasaniti, Hector J. de Vega, Stefano Ettori, Frederic Hessmann, Ayuki Kamada, Marco Lombardi, Alexander Merle, Christian Moni Bidin, Angelo Nucciotti on behalf of the MARE collaboration, Sinziana Paduroiu, Henri Plana, Norma Sanchez, Patrick Valageas, Shun Zhou present here their highlights of the Workshop. LambdaWDM simulations with keV particles remarkably reproduce the observations, small and large structures and velocity functions. Cored DM halos and WDM are clearly determined from theory and astronomical observations, they naturally produce the observed structures at all scales. keV sterile neutrinos are the leading candidates, they naturally appear extensions of the standard model of particle physics. Astrophysical constraints including Lyman alpha bounds put its mass in the range 1< m <13 keV. Predictions for EUCLID and PLANCK have been presented. MARE and an adapted KATRIN experiment could detect a keV sterile neutrino. It will be a fan tastic discovery to detect dark matter in a beta decay. A formidable WDM work to perform is ahead of us, these highlights point out some relevant research directions to put the effort. Photos of the Workshop are included. We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Workshop and look forward to seeing you again in a next Meeting of this series. With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez, Hector J de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematical or Numerical Relativity ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/06/giulio-rampa-thesis-prize-for-outst… CALL FOR NOMINATIONS A graduate of the University of Pavia, Giulio Rampa, in his short life, had a profound impact on his fellow students and the faculty of the Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics of the University of Pavia. Following his Master in Physics, he soon entered Graduate School at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam where he became deeply interested in mathematical relativity. Known for his remarkable personality as well as his outstanding intellectual capability, Giulio Rampa's life is celebrated through this prize honouring an outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in mathematical or numerical general relativity. A net monetary prize of 2,000 EUR will be awarded every two years to a graduate student for outstanding research in mathematical or numerical general relativity. The prize has been established in 2011, and is endowed under the terms of a bequest from Nadia and Giorgio Rampa. Any student who graduated in a university or research centre in Europe is eligible to be considered for this prize. European citizenship is NOT required. The prize recipient's Ph.D. Thesis must be submitted for consideration by a nominator, preferably via e-mail, to: Secretariat of The Rampa Prize Committee, c/o Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy e-mail: rampa.prize[AT]pv.infn.it Self nominations will not be considered. It is the nominator's responsibility to ensure that his/her candidate submits the required documentation. In particular, all nominated applicants must submit, preferably by e-mail, the application form (available from the above address), a copy of the thesis, a letter of recommendation from their thesis advisor, one or more letters of endorsement substantiating the candidate contributions, thesis reader comments, a one-page abstract of the thesis, and a C.V. to the above address. The following criteria are reviewed when selecting the Giulio Rampa prize recipient: (i) Originality of Contribution, (ii) Breadth of Work, (iii) Publications, (iv) Quality of Nomination, (v) Quality of Endorsement. The recipients of the prize are to be selected by a standing joint committee of the Graduate School in Physics of The University of Pavia and of The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam. The decisions of the Committee are final and will be communicated by May the 31st, 2012. The 2012 prize will be awarded to a Ph. D. Thesis submitted for consideration no later than January 31, 2012, on behalf of students who graduated between January 2010-December 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.7 New focus issue on string cosmology free to read in CQG ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/04/new-focus-issue-on-string-cosmology… Additional Information: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/20 Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce that the new Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) focus issue on string cosmology is now free to read online. http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/20 This issue includes 10 specially invited papers from some of the top researchers in the field. Guest Edited by Dr Vijay Balasubramanian and Professor Paulo Moniz, the focus issue appraises recent applications of string-theoretic and string-inspired ideas to the cosmos. The articles in this issue also survey a number of potentially promising directions for the future. With best wishes, Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity iopscience.org/cqg

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Hot topics in Modern Cosmology – Spontaneous Workshop VI 1.2 21st Midwest Relativity Meeting (2nd Announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoc position in theoretical physics at Bremen, Germany 2.2 Postdoc position in theoretical physics at Oldenburg, Germany 2.3 Caltech postdoctoral positions in theoretical aspects of gravitational-wave science 2.4 PhD positions in gravitational physics in Germany and Denmark 2.5 Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics in Norway 2.6 CITA Postdoctoral Fellows and National Fellows 2.7 Faculty position in theoretical astrophysics at the University of Illinois 2.8 Post-doc in Fundamental Gravitational Theory at Penn State 2.9 Postdoctoral position in GR, HEP, black-hole physics at Lisbon 2.10 Faculty position in Astrophysics at Purdue University 2.11 Tenure Track in Gravitational-wave Astronomy and Astrophysics at Cal State Fullerton 2.12 Post-doc position and PhD studentships in cosmology at University of Auckland 3. News 3.1 hyperspace@aei is two years old 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Motion of Point Particles in Curved Spacetime" (update) ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Hot topics in Modern Cosmology – Spontaneous Workshop VI ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/22/hot-topics-in-modern-cosmology-spon… Starting Mon, May 07, 2012 to Sat, May 12, 2012 Location: Cargèse, France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/SW_2012/SW6.html Spontaneous Workshop (SW) brings together specialists on recent insights in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology. The aim is to stimulate debates on common topics in views of providing us with innovating ideas. The workshop’s organization is based on an optimal number of concise presentations and enough space for discussions on emergent problems in order to favour interactions among participants. The workshop will be organized on 7 - 12 May 2012, in Cargèse, France. SW6 topics includes: - Cosmological parameters – Anomalies in CMB - Baryon and Lepton number violation, CP violation - LHC and Dark Matter - Astroparticle Physics - Neutrino Cosmology - Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis - Cosmic antimatter - Inflation - Dark Energy – Modified Gravity - Cosmological Large Scale Structures, Magnetic Fields - Gravitational waves of Cosmological and Astrophysical origin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 21st Midwest Relativity Meeting (2nd Announcement) ------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/12/21st-midwest-relativity-meeting-2/ Starting Fri, Nov 04, 2011 to Sat, Nov 05, 2011 Location: Urbana, IL, USA Additional Information: http://conferences.physics.illinois.edu/midwestrelativity/ This is the Second Announcement for the 21st Midwest Relativity Meeting that will be held Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5, 2011 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The format of the meeting will follow previous regional meetings, where all participants may present a talk of approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the total number of talks. We intend for the meeting to cover a broad range of topics in gravitation physics, including classical and quantum gravity, numerical relativity, relativistic astrophysics, cosmology, compact objects, gravitational waves and experimental gravity. As this is a regional meeting, many of the participants will be from the greater United States Midwest and Canada, but researchers and students from other areas are also welcome. The registration deadline is October 14, 2011 and the scientific program will become available shortly after. To register, and for more information, visit the conference website. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoc position in theoretical physics at Bremen, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/30/postdoc-position-in-bremen-germany/ Institution: Bremen, Germany Deadline: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.models-of-gravity.org Open postdoc position The DFG Research Training Group "Models of Gravity" invites applications for a Postdoc position in Theoretical Physics, salary group (Entgeltgruppe) 13 TV-L, to be appointed on April 1st 2012. The position which is located at ZARM, University Bremen, is limited up to two years. The Research Training Group consists of gravity groups working at the Universities of Bremen, Oldenburg, Bielefeld, Hannover, Copenhagen, as well as at the Jacobs University Bremen. We intend to obtain a better understanding of Einstein's General Relativity and of generalised theories of gravity as given by, e.g., string theory. These investigations are also related to observations. More information can be found on the website www.models-of-gravity.org Responsibilities and Duties: The successful applicant will have the opportunity to continue her/his academic career in theoretical physics in the area of gravitational physics. She/he is expected to contribute to the teaching programme of the Research Training Group. Employment conditions: The applicant is required to have a PhD in Mathematics or Physics and should have strong expertise in General Relativity and analytic methods applied to nonlinear problems. The University Bremen aims, in particular, to promote women within the scope of the statutory provisions and, hence, emphatically invites qualified women to apply for this position. Severely disabled applicants are given preferential consideration in the event of equal qualification. Applicants with a migration background are highly welcome. For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl. Application: The application with a curriculum vitae, certifications, a description of the scientific interest, a conception of the own career, and a list of publications should be sent as one single pdf document via e-mail to Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl ZARM University Bremen Phone: +49(0)421-218-8687 claus.laemmerzahl[AT]zarm.uni-bremen.de www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/ Also two letters of reference should be sent. Closing date is November 15, 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoc position in theoretical physics at Oldenburg, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/30/postdoc-position-in-oldenburg-germa… Institution: Oldenburg Deadline: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.models-of-gravity.org Open postdoc position The DFG Research Training Group "Models of Gravity" invites applications for a Postdoc position in Theoretical Physics, salary group (Entgeltgruppe) 13 TV-L, to be appointed on April 1st 2012. The position which is located at the University Oldenburg is limited up to two years. The Research Training Group consists of gravity groups working at the Universities of Bremen, Oldenburg, Bielefeld, Hannover, Copenhagen, as well as at the Jacobs University Bremen. We intend to obtain a better understanding of Einstein's General Relativity and of generalised theories of gravity as given by, e.g., string theory. These investigations are also related to observations. More information can be found on the website www.models-of-gravity.org Responsibilities and Duties: The successful applicant will have the opportunity to continue her/his academic career in theoretical physics in the area of gravitational physics. She/he is expected to contribute to the teaching programme of the Research Training Group. Employment conditions: The applicant is required to have a PhD in Mathematics or Physics and should have strong expertise in General Relativity and numerical solutions of the Einstein field equations. The University Oldenburg aims, in particular, to promote women within the scope of the statutory provisions and, hence, emphatically invites qualified women to apply for this position. Severely disabled applicants are given preferential consideration in the event of equal qualification. Applicants with a migration background are highly welcome. For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz. Application: The application with a curriculum vitae, certifications, a description of the scientific interest, a conception of the own career, and a list of publications should be sent as one single pdf document via e-mail to Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz Department of Physics Carl von Ossietzky-University Oldenburg Phone: 0441-798-3184 jutta.kunz[AT]uni-oldenburg.de http://www.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/ Also two letters of reference should be sent. Closing date is November 15, 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Caltech postdoctoral positions in theoretical aspects of gravitational-wave science --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/29/caltech-postdoctoral-positions-in-t… Institution: Pasadena, CA, USA Deadline: Thu, Dec 01, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.tapir.caltech.edu CALTECH POSTDOCTORAL AND SENIOR POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE SCIENCE, INCLUDING NUMERICAL RELATIVITY AND RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS The California Institute of Technology invites applications for postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral appointments in theoretical aspects of gravitational-wave science. These positions are for researchers in any of the three focus areas of our group: 1) NUMERICAL RELATIVITY and COMPUTATIONAL RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS [Christian Ott, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi] including a strong collaboration with the Cornell, CITA, and WSU groups. Systems and phenomena studied include compact binaries (BH/BH, NS/BH, NS/NS) as well as stellar collapse and supernova explosions. 2) GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE SOURCE ANALYSIS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND ASTROPHYSICS [Yanbei Chen, Christian Ott, Sterl Phinney, Kip Thorne, Curt Cutler, Michele Vallisneri]. This effort has close ties to the Caltech theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy programs, to the Caltech numerical relativity group, to the LIGO Laboratory, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and to the JPL gravitational-wave group. 3) GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS [Yanbei Chen, Kip Thorne] This involves the application of quantum measurement and quantum control theory to advanced gravitational-wave detectors, as well as the formulation of experimental tests of quantum mechanics that can be performed on these detectors. This research is carried out in collaboration or interaction with members of the LIGO Lab, and other Caltech research groups, including those led by H. Jeff Kimble and Michael Roukes, and the Caltech Institute for Quantum Information, http://www.iqi.caltech.edu, and the Moscow University research group of Vladimir Braginsky, Farid Khalili, Sergei Vyatchanin, Stefan Danilishin and Sergey Strigin. These three research programs are embedded in Caltech's TAPIR group (Theoretical Astrophysics Including Relativity), http://www.tapir.caltech.edu and are associated with the Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational WaveResearch, http://www.its.caltech.edu/~cajagwr/. By a single application one can be considered for Caltech's Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, including Relativity [see http://www.pma.caltech.edu/GSR/fellowtheory.html] and for regular postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral positions. The application deadline is December 1, though late applications will continue to be considered until all positions are filled. PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS VIA THE WEB at the following website, until that website closes: http://www.beatricia.caltech.edu/astro-theoretical/apply.html Under Research Interests, please choose the button "Gravitational Physics" and/or "Astrophysics" Later applications should be sent to JoAnn Boyd, joann[AT]tapir.caltech.edu. Application materials should include curriculum vitae with email address and with citizenship indicated, bibliography of publications (with refereed articles identified), web locations of manuscripts not yet published, and a description of the desired research directions. Please ensure that at least three letters of recommendation are provided by the writers via the web at http://www.eas.caltech.edu/search/theo-astro/references before the website closes, or to joann[AT]tapir.caltech.edu afterwards. Caltech is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, Veterans, and Disabled Persons are encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 PhD positions in gravitational physics in Germany and Denmark ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/29/phd-positions-in-gravitational-phys… Institution: Bremen, Oldenburg, Bielefeld - Germany Deadline: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.models-of-gravity.org The DFG Research Training Group "Models of Gravity" invites applications for 11 positions Research Assistant, Salary Group (Entgeltgruppe) 13 TV-L – 66%, to be appointed on April 1st 2012. The positions are limited up to three years. The Research Training Group consists of gravity groups working at the Universities of Bremen, Oldenburg, Bielefeld, Hannover, Copenhagen, as well as at the Jacobs University Bremen. We intend to obtain a better understanding of Einstein's General Relativity and of generalised theories of gravity as given by, e.g., string theory. These investigations are also related to observations. More information can be found on the website http://www.models-of-gravity.org Responsibilities and Duties: The successful applicants will have the opportunity to work towards a doctoral degree in Gravitational Physics. They are expected to contribute to the teaching programme of the Research Training Group. Employment conditions: To qualify for the position, applicants must hold a Master's degree or a Diploma in Physics, Mathematics or any other relevant discipline, with an above-average success in the present courses of studies. For qualified candidates with a Bachelor's degree also a fast-track program is applicable. We expect high dedication and teamwork. All participating universities aim, in particular, to promote women within the scope of the statutory provisions and, hence, emphatically invite qualified women to apply for these positions. Severely disabled applicants are given preferential consideration in the event of equal qualification. Applicants with a migration background are highly welcome. For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl or Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz. Application: The application with a curriculum vitae, certifications, a description of the scientific interest, a conception of the own career, and, if applicable, a list of publications should be sent as one single pdf document via e-mail to Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl ZARM University Bremen Phone: 0421-218-8687 claus.laemmerzahl[AT]zarm.uni-bremen.de http://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de or Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz Institute for Physics Carl von Ossietzky-University Oldenburg Phone: 0441-798-3184 jutta.kunz[AT]uni-oldenburg.de http://www.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/ Also two letters of reference should be sent. Closing date is November 15, 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics in Norway -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/28/associate-professor-in-theoretical-… Institution: Stavanger, Norway Deadline: Sun, Oct 23, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.uis.no/about_us/vacant_positions/article57556-88.html The University of Stavanger invites applications for a position as Associate Professor of Physics at the Faculty of Science and Technology in the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, beginning 01.08.2012. The position is in Theoretical Physics. The responsibilities comprise research, supervision, teaching, student assessment related to the field above and administration. The education required for the position is PhD in Theoretical Physics, or corresponding competence. More information is available on the website. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 CITA Postdoctoral Fellows and National Fellows -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/26/cita-postdoctoral-fellows-national-… Institution: Toronto; various universities in Canada Deadline: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Postdoctoral research fellowships beginning September 1, 2012 are being offered at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA). A Ph.D. in any field of theoretical astrophysics is required. Fellows are expected to carry out original research in theoretical astrophysics under the general supervision of the permanent faculty whose interests include: Cosmology, interstellar matter, star and planet formation, solar physics, high energy astrophysics, numerical relativity and gravitational waves. We only accept electronic submissions. Visit the CITA website at: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca for application instructions. Applicants will be asked to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and arrange for three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications and all letters of recommendation is November 15, 2011. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITIONS CITA is a national centre for theoretical astrophysics located at the University of Toronto. CITA expects to offer one or more Research Associate positions of three to five years duration. The start date will be September 1, 2012. Applicants should have an excellent research record in astrophysics and postdoctoral experience. Funds will be available for travel and other research expenses. The primary duty is to carry out original research in theoretical astrophysics, but Research Associates are also expected to work with postdoctoral fellows and to assist with the administration of the Institute. All applicants for these positions are also considered automatically for postdoctoral fellowships. We only accept electronic submissions. Visit the CITA website at: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca for application instructions. Applicants will be asked to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and arrange for three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications and all letters of recommendation is November 15, 2011. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. This is an international search. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. NATIONAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS CITA is a national centre for theoretical astrophysics located at the University of Toronto. As part of its mandate to promote research throughout Canada, the Institute provides partial support for postdoctoral fellows working in theoretical astrophysics or closely related fields at Canadian universities other than the University of Toronto, through its National Fellows Program. The responsibility for identifying and nominating potential CITA National Fellows who will work at a given university lies with the faculty at that university. Only faculty at Canadian universities may submit nominations. The deadline for these nominations November 15, 2011 for fellowships to start in September 2012. Please check with the nominating institution for their internal deadlines. If you are interested in applying for National Fellowships at other universities in Canada, please contact any of the following faculty by email or check department websites for further research and application details: Professor Alan Coley, Dalhouisie University (aac[AT]mathstat.dal.ca) Professor Hough Couchman, McMaster University (couchman[AT]mcmaster.ca) Professor Andrei Frolov, Simon Fraser University (http://www.sfu.ca/physics/cosmology/) Professor Falk Herwig, University of Victoria (fherwig[AT]uvic.ca) Professor Natasha Ivanova, University of Alberta (http://www.ualberta.ca/~ivanova1/) Professor Luis Lehner, University of Guelph (llehner[AT]uoguelph.ca) Professor Eric Poisson, University of Guelph (epoisson[AT]uoguelph.ca) Professor Douglas Scott, University of British Columbia (http://www.astro.ubc.ca/citafellow.html) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Faculty position in theoretical astrophysics at the University of Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/22/faculty-position-in-theoretical-ast… Institution: Urbana, IL, USA Deadline: Thu, Dec 01, 2011 Additional Information: http://jobs.illinois.edu The Department of Physics invites applicants for a full-time tenured and tenure-track position in theoretical astrophysics, with an emphasis on gravitation physics or cosmology. The start date is as early as August 16, 2012. A Ph.D., or equivalent, is required along with the ability to teach effectively at both undergraduate and graduate levels and to conduct a vigorous and significant research program in contemporary astrophysics. The successful applicant will be joining a department with active programs in both observational and theoretical astronomy and astrophysics. Salary will be competitive and rank will be commensurate with qualifications. For full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2011, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. To apply for this position, please create a candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a brief description of research and teaching interests and plans, and the names of three people who can provide letters of recommendation by December 1, 2011. Please contact Margie Gamel at 217-333-3762 or mgamel[AT]illinois.edu for further inquiries or questions. Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity. (http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Post-doc in Fundamental Gravitational Theory at Penn State -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/20/post-doctoral-scholar/ Institution: University Park, PA, USA Deadline: Sun, Dec 25, 2011 Additional Information: http://igc.psu.edu/index.php The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos expects openings for post-doctoral positions starting fall 2012 in the areas of cosmology, general relativity and quantum gravity. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another year subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. In exceptional cases it has been renewed also for a third year. The gravitational theory group faculty consists of Abhay Ashtekar, Martin Bojowald, Murat Gunaydin, Radu Roiban and Sarah Shandera. In addition Professors Roger Penrose, Jerzy Lewandowski, Alejandro Corichi and Stephon Alexander hold visiting appointments at the Institute. Successful candidates will be encouraged to interact also with mathematicians in the Center for Fundamental Theory and with members of the Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. During the current academic year, the Institute has approximately 20 post-docs (including Drs. Ivan Agullo, Marco Chiodaroli, Alok Laddha, Elena Magliaro, Przemyslaw Malkiewicz, William Nelson, Claudio Perini, Dmytro Volin in Fundamental Theory). For further information on the Institute, see http://www.gravity.psu.edu/ Current areas of research include loop quantum gravity, mathematical, conceptual as well as phenomenological issues in cosmology, black hole dynamics, interface of analytical and numerical quantum gravity, supergravity and gravitational aspects of string theory and non-commutative geometry. In particular, ideas from both loop quantum gravity and string theory are being applied to fundamental problems of cosmology, analysis of singularity resolution and the issue of information loss. More generally, the Institute provides a rare forum for stimulating exchanges of ideas between different approaches to quantum gravity. Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research interests/plans and arrange to have three recommendation letters sent directly to: Mrs. Randi Neshteruk IGC Post-Doc Applications The Pennsylvania State University 104 Davey Lab #258 University Park, PA 16802-6300, USA E-mail applications and letters of reference will be accepted provided the material is included as PDF file attachments. They should be sent to igc-applications[AT]gravity.psu.edu The deadline for receipt of all application material is December 25, 2011. Penn State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Postdoctoral position in GR, HEP, black-hole physics at Lisbon ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/20/postdoctoral-position-in-general-re… Institution: Lisbon, Portugal Deadline: Sat, Dec 31, 2011 Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/ The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. Funds for one additional (third) year are possible. A tentative date for the appointment is 1st Mar, 2012 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) is a research centre which is part of the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, a leading research Institution in Portugal. More information on the Center can be found at http://centra.ist.utl.pt/ The gravity group is currently focusing on phenomenology of black hole physics and high energy physics, and is composed of Vitor Cardoso, José Lemos and several Postdoctoral Fellows. More details can be found at http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/ The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to the following e-mail address: jobs_gravity[AT]ist.utl.pt Please use the subject "GR/HEP physics". Applications should be received by Dec 31st, 2011. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on Jan 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso[AT]ist.utl.pt). These positions are supported by European Research Council. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Faculty position in Astrophysics at Purdue University ---------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/09/faculty-position-in-astrophysics/ Institution: West Lafayette, IN, USA Deadline: Thu, Dec 01, 2011 Additional Information: https://www.physics.purdue.edu/searches/app/ The Department of Physics at Purdue University (http://www.physics.purdue.edu) seeks applications for a faculty position at the level of assistant professor in the area of astrophysics. Preference will be given to theorists or numerical astrophysicists. The current astrophysics program at Purdue has a strong focus on high energy astrophysics, covering a wide range of topics including pulsars, supernova remnants, microquasars, AGN, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, with observational efforts at radio, optical, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths. Successful candidates are expected to develop a synergy with the current program while pursuing new directions. Purdue maintains excellent scientific computing research facilities on campus, and is a member of the XSEDE high performance computing consortium. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in astrophysics or a related field, an outstanding record of research accomplishments, and evidence of potential excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Salary and benefits are highly competitive. Candidates are expected to develop vigorous research programs, supervise graduate students, and teach undergraduate and graduate courses. Interested candidates should submit their curriculum vitae, publication list, and brief descriptions of their planned research program and teaching philosophy. Electronic submission is preferred: https://www.physics.purdue.edu/searches/app/. At least three letters of recommendation should be sent to Astrophysics Search, Department of Physics, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2036, USA. Applications completed by December 1, 2011 will be given full consideration, although the search will continue until the position is filled. A background check will be required for employment in this position. Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action employer and is committed to building a diverse faculty of excellence. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 Tenure Track in Gravitational-wave Astronomy and Astrophysics at Cal State Fullerton ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/07/gravitational-wave-astronomy-and-as… Institution: Fullerton, CA, USA Deadline: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 Additional Information: http://diversity.fullerton.edu/Jobs/physics_theoretical_gravitational_wave_… The Physics Department at California State University, Fullerton invites applications for a tenure-track position in gravitational-wave astronomy and astrophysics with an emphasis on data analysis and/or source modeling for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and its international partners. Appointment will be at the Assistant Professor level beginning August 2012. The successful candidate must indicate a strong commitment to excellence in teaching a diverse population of students and to curriculum development at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and will be expected to develop an active, externally-funded research program that includes close collaboration with the existing LIGO research group at CSUF and contributes to the development of our new Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy Center. The department offers both B.S. and M.S. degrees and is seeking a physicist who is able to involve undergraduate and Master’s level students in their research activities. A Ph.D. in physics and a minimum of one year of postdoctoral experience (two years preferred) is required. Applications must include a curriculum vitae, an approximately 1500 word description of teaching experience and interests, an approximately 1500 word description of research plans and goals which includes start-up needs, and letters of recommendation from at least three references familiar with your research and teaching experience. Applications should be sent to: Chair, Search Committee, Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, PO Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850. Review of completed applications will begin on Monday, October 17, 2011. Applications received after this date will be reviewed only if the position is not filled from the original pool of applicants. Cal State Fullerton is an Equal Opportunity/ Title IX/503/504/VEVRA/ADA Employer. The announcement is posted on the CSUF campus website: http://diversity.fullerton.edu/Jobs/Default.aspx http://diversity.fullerton.edu/Jobs/physics_theoretical_gravitational_wave_… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Post-doc position and PhD studentships in cosmology at University of Auckland ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/05/post-doc-position-and-phd-studentsh… Institution: University of Auckland, New Zealand Additional Information: http://bit.ly/qn63Lw Richard Easther is moving to the University of Auckland at the end of 2011. He is setting up an early universe cosmology programme there, and is recruiting a post-doc and PhD student(s), commencing at any point in 2012. The University of Auckland is New Zealand's largest university, and Auckland is a fantastic place to live. Interested PhD candidates should contact Richard Easther directly (richard.easther[AT]yale.edu) -- note that New Zealand universities offer a "British style" research-based PhD, so candidates should either be ready for research, or prepared to undertake the necessary coursework before enrolling for the PhD. Applications for the post-doc positions should be made at the following URL: http://bit.ly/qn63Lw ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 hyperspace@aei is two years old ----------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/30/hyperspaceaei-is-two-years-old/ Dear all, Two years have passed since the first bulletin of hyperspace@aei was broadcasted in September 2009. Since then we have delivered monthtly bulletins to an ever increasing mailing list of about 1500 subscribers, announcing about 175 job, 150 conferences and 80 news of different type. As ever we try strive to improve hyperspace@aei and welcome your advice and suggestions. Best wishes, Luciano Rezzolla, Frank Schulz and Vera Osswald +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Motion of Point Particles in Curved Spacetime" (update) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/09/29/living-reviews-in-relativity-the-mo… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-7 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a major update of the review "The Motion of Point Particles in Curved Spacetime" by Eric Poisson, Adam Pound, and Ian Vega on September 29, 2011. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2011-7 Poisson, Eric and Pound, Adam and Vega, Ian "The Motion of Point Particles in Curved Spacetime" ACCEPTED: 2011-08-23 PUBLISHED: 2011-09-29 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-7 UPDATE NOTE: This version of the review is a major update of the original article published in 2004. Two additional authors, Adam Pound and Ian Vega, have joined the article's original author, and each one has contributed a major piece of the update. The literature survey presented in Sections 2 was contributed by Ian Vega, and Part V (Sections 20 to 23) was contributed by Adam Pound. Part V replaces a section of the 2004 article in which the motion of a small black hole was derived by the method of matched asymptotic expansions; this material can still be found in Ref. [142], but Pound's work provides a much more satisfactory foundation for the gravitational self-force. The case study of Section 1.10 is new, and the ''exact'' formulation of the dynamics of a point mass in Section 19.1 is a major improvement from the original article. The concluding remarks of Section 24, contributed mostly by Adam Pound, are also updated from the 2004 article. The number of references has increased from 64 to 187. ABSTRACT: This review is concerned with the motion of a point scalar charge, a point electric charge, and a point mass in a specified background spacetime. In each of the three cases the particle produces a field that behaves as outgoing radiation in the wave zone, and therefore removes energy from the particle. In the near zone the field acts on the particle and gives rise to a self-force that prevents the particle from moving on a geodesic of the background spacetime. The self-force contains both conservative and dissipative terms, and the latter are responsible for the radiation reaction. The work done by the self-force matches the energy radiated away by the particle. The field's action on the particle is difficult to calculate because of its singular nature: the field diverges at the position of the particle. But it is possible to isolate the field's singular part and show that it exerts no force on the particle – its only effect is to contribute to the particle's inertia. What remains after subtraction is a regular field that is fully responsible for the self-force. Because this field satisfies a homogeneous wave equation, it can be thought of as a free field that interacts with the particle; it is this interaction that gives rise to the self-force. The mathematical tools required to derive the equations of motion of a point scalar charge, a point electric charge, and a point mass in a specified background spacetime are developed here from scratch. The review begins with a discussion of the basic theory of bitensors (Part I). It then applies the theory to the construction of convenient coordinate systems to chart a neighbourhood of the particle's word line (Part II). It continues with a thorough discussion of Green's functions in curved spacetime (Part III). The review presents a detailed derivation of each of the three equations of motion (Part IV). Because the notion of a point mass is problematic in general relativity, the review concludes (Part V) with an alternative derivation of the equations of motion that applies to a small body of arbitrary internal structure. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for September 2011
by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 CompStar: the physics and astrophysics of compact stars 1.2 Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation 2012 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral position in Cosmology/Astroparticle Physics at University of Padova and INFN Padova 2.2 Postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Roma Tor Vergata 3. News 3.1 New book - General Relativity Without Calculus 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Coalescence of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries" 3.3 Daniel Chalonge Medal 2011 awarded to John Mather 3.4 Read the latest CQG focus section on inhomogeneous cosmological models and averaging in cosmology ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 CompStar: the physics and astrophysics of compact stars ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/08/31/compstar-the-physics-and-astrophysi… Starting Mon, Jun 04, 2012 to Fri, Jun 08, 2012 Location: Tahiti, French Polynesia Additional Information: http://compstar-esf.org/tahiti Over the last decade, compact stars have been shown to be excellent tools to test fundamental properties of gravity and matter under extreme conditions. The new generation of space X-ray and gamma-ray observatories, as well as improvements in radio telescopes and interferometric techniques, are enabling new observations and break-through discoveries. Moreover, a large multinational effort has taken place in the last decade to build detectors, offering the exciting prospect of the detection of gravitational waves. We are thus experiencing the blooming of Astro-Nuclear Physics, an exciting research area in which the physics of compact stars plays a fundamental role. While a part of this physics relies on theories that are well tested in terrestrial laboratories and requires in most of the cases developments at the forefront of modern physics, a good part of it is basically unknown in the regimes found in compact stars. Unveiling this picture is a task made challenging by the multidisciplinary character of the problem, which requires expertise from historically independent disciplines, such as nuclear and particle physics, astrophysics, gravitational and computational physics. In the past four years, the European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme “CompStar - Physics of Compact Stars" has succeeded in bringing together the best European scientists in these fields, to reach a better understanding of the physics of compact stars. Presently, CompStar represents the reference European environment in which experts from different fields can collaborate, present their results and discuss the implications across disciplines. CompStar is now in its culminating stage and intends to extend this kind of network beyond Europe: the Tahiti 2012 conference is the first concrete action being taken to reach this ambitious goal. In order to mark a difference with the previous four CompStar European meetings, a venue was chosen which is geographically close to the different scientific communities we intend to interconnect: the French island of Tahiti, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is the symbolic hub of a network including the Americas, Japan, C hina, Korea, India, Australia. Following the spirit of CompStar, the conference will cover the • physics of compact stars, • astrophysics of compact stars, • superdense matter, • neutrino physics, • astrochemistry, • gravitational waves from compact stars, and • supernova explosions. Deadlines for registration • early bird: September 1st, 2011 (very special flight offer), extended to September 9th, 2011 • ordinary: end 2011 (special flight offer) • night owl: April 2012 (regular flights) Deadline for abstract submission • February 29th, 2012 David Blaschke, Pierre Pizzocchero, Luciano Rezzolla (chairs of CompStar) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation 2012 ---------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/08/25/essential-cosmology-for-the-next-ge… Starting Mon, Jan 16, 2012 to Fri, Jan 20, 2012 Location: Cancún, Mexico Additional Information: http://bccp.lbl.gov/beach_program/index2012.html This is the 4th annual "Cosmology on the Beach" meeting, combining a winter school with the latest research results. Course lectures blend with recent research advances in plenary talks, and student/postdoc participation. We encourage a diverse group of advanced graduate students and postdocs interested in attending to apply; established researchers enthusiastic about interacting are also welcome. Organizers: Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics & Instituto Avanzado de Cosmologia Mexico ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral position in Cosmology/Astroparticle Physics at University of Padova and INFN Padova ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/08/31/postdoctoral-position-in-cosmologya… Institution: Padova, Italy Deadline: Sat, Oct 01, 2011 Additional Information: http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/923 The INFN PD51 research group leading the Cosmology/Astroparticle program "Inflation, Dark Matter and the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe" announces one postdoctoral position in Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, to begin in Fall 2012. The position will be a 1 + 1 year appointment and reserved for non-Italian citizens. The post-doc research activity will be mainly related to primordial non-Gaussianity and Inflationary models. The following Institutes participating in the program may host the Fellowship: - Padova INFN Section and University, Italy (main node) - Ferrara INFN Section and University, Italy - Bologna INFN Section and University, Italy - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and University of L’Aquila, Italy - Roma Tor Vergata University, Italy - Roma III University, Italy - Torino University, Italy - Trieste SISSA and University, Italy The staff team members are: Padova: Nicola Bartolo, Michele Liguori, Sabino Matarrese, Massimo Pietroni, Antonio Riotto. Also present in Padova are: Gianguido Dall'Agata, Ferruccio Feruglio, Antonio Masiero, Massimo Passera, Stefano Rigolin, Fabio Zwirner Ferrara: Denis Comelli, Paolo Natoli Bologna: Stefano Ettori, Fabio Finelli, Massimo Meneghetti, Lauro Moscardini Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and L’Aquila: Zourab Berejiani, Luigi Pilo, Francesco Villante Roma Tor Vergata: Amedeo Balbi, Francesco Fucito, Nicola Vittorio Roma III: Enzo Branchini Torino: Antonaldo Diaferio, Luisa Ostorero Trieste SISSA and University: Carlo Baccigalupi, Stefano Borgani, Stefano Cristiani, Samuel Leach, Paolo Tozzi, Matteo Viel When applying, candidates should specify whether they want to be considered for only one or more Institutes. For full consideration, applications should be received by October 1, 2011. Later applications might be considered until the position is filled. Submit the following items - Cover Letter - Curriculum Vitae - Research Statement - Publication List - Two or More Reference Letters online at this website: http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/923 Further Info: Nicola Bartolo, Dipartimento di Fisica "Galileo Galilei", via Marzolo, 8-I-35131 Padova, Italy +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Roma Tor Vergata ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/08/02/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Rome, Italy Postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Roma Tor Vergata (ref. 14538/11). The Gravitational Wave Group at the University of Roma Tor Vergata invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral position in support of research in advanced interferometry for gravitational wave detectors. The successful candidate will perform experimental/simulation work on the development and design of adaptive optical systems within the ongoing activity on the Thermal Compensation System for Advanced Virgo. The Tor Vergata Gravitational Wave Group currently consists of faculty members (Eugenio Coccia, Viviana Fafone, Paolo Gorla, Yury Minenkov and Alessio Rocchi), four post-doctoral research assistants and one post-graduate student. The group has a broad research interest in gravitational-wave science, is member of the Virgo Collaboration, and has roles in the Einstein gravitational-wave Telescope Science Team. The group has excellent laboratory and computer facilities. The application form can be downloaded from: http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/borsedistudio/pdf/getfile.php?filename=1453… The deadline for application is 20th August 2011. Candidates must have a PhD in Physics, Astronomy, Engineering, Computing Science or equivalent by the date of the deadline. The candidates cannot be older than 33 years. Documents to be attached to the application form: - Curriculum vitae with list of publications; - Certificate of Master Degree (with the final evaluation + scores for each course); - Certificate of Ph.D. Degree; Further useful information (e.g. previous contracts, support letters) can be included in the application. For further information, informal enquiries or any help with filling up application forms (in Italian), please contact Prof. Viviana Fafone (viviana.fafone[AT]roma2.infn.it) or Prof. Eugenio Coccia (eugenio.coccia[AT]roma2.infn.it). ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 New book - General Relativity Without Calculus -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/08/31/new-book-general-relativity-without… Additional Information: http://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical%2C+mathematical+%26+computation… “General Relativity Without Calculus” offers a compact but mathematically correct introduction to the general theory of relativity, assuming only a basic knowledge of high school mathematics and physics. Targeted at first year undergraduates (and advanced high school students) who wish to learn Einstein’s theory beyond popular science accounts, it covers the basics of special relativity, Minkowski space-time, non-Euclidean geometry, Newtonian gravity, the Schwarzschild solution, black holes and cosmology. The quick-paced style is balanced by over 75 exercises (including full solutions), allowing readers to test and consolidate their understanding. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Coalescence of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/08/30/living-reviews-in-relativity-coales… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-6 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Coalescence of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries" by Masaru Shibata and Keisuke Taniguchi on August 29, 2011. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2011-6 Shibata, Masaru and Taniguchi, Keisuke "Coalescence of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries" (incl. 30 figures and 232 references) ACCEPTED: 2011-07-07 PUBLISHED: 2011-08-29 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-6 ABSTRACT: We review the current status of general relativistic studies for the coalescence of black hole-neutron star (BH-NS) binaries. First, procedures for a solution of BH-NS binaries in quasi-equilibrium circular orbits and the numerical results, such as quasi-equilibrium sequence and mass-shedding limit, of high-precision computation are summarized. Then, the current status of numerical-relativity simulations for the merger of the BH-NS binary is described. We summarize our understanding for the merger and/or tidal disruption process, the criterion for tidal disruption, the properties of the remnant formed after the tidal disruption, gravitational waveform, and gravitational-wave spectrum. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Daniel Chalonge Medal 2011 awarded to John Mather ----------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/08/02/daniel-chalonge-medal-2011-awarded-… Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge The International Astrophysics School Daniel Chalonge has awarded the Daniel Chalonge Medal 2011 to Dr. John C. Mather, Nobel Laureate 2006 for the outstanding results of the COBE satellite, and present Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, Dr. John C. Mather is a Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (College Park, Maryland, USA). The medal was awarded to John Mather for his huge contribution to modern cosmology, in particular for his outstanding effort in promoting and leading key missions for the study of the Universe, as the COBE satellite and now the JWST, deeply discussed in the frame of the Chalonge School and the training and formation of young physicists and astrophysicists. He also contributed to ground observation programs leading advisory and working groups for the National Academy of Sciences, NASA, and the NSF (for the ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, and for the CARA, the Center for Astrophysical Research in the Antarctic). As Senior Project Scientist for the JWST, John Mather successfully leads the science team, and represents the scientific interests within the project management. The medal was presented to John Mather on 22th July 2011 during the Open Session of the 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011 at the Observatoire de Paris HQ (historic Perrault building) in the Cassini Hall, on the meridian of Paris, which was attended by about hundred participants from the world over, among them three laureate of the Chalonge Medal: George Smoot, Nobel laureate of physics, Anthony Lasenby and Peter Biermann. John Mather brilliantly presented the JWST Program, the large infrared-optimized space telescope planned to operate from 2018 as the best successor for the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes. The Chalonge Medal represents too a warm acknowledgement and support to Dr. John Mather's present and future activities in the JWST. The Chalonge Medal, coined exclusively for the Chalonge School by the prestigious Hotel de la Monnaie de Paris (the French Mint), is a surprise award and only eight Chalonge medals have been awarded in the 20 year school history. The list of the awarded Chalonge Medals is the following: 1991: Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel prize of physics 1992: Bruno Pontecorvo 2006: George Smoot, Nobel prize of physics 2007: Carlos Frenk 2008: Anthony Lasenby 2008: Bernard Sadoulet 2009: Peter Biermann 2011: John Mather Science with great intellectual endeavour and a human face. True and healthy science. Outstanding gentleperson scientists. Scientists recipients of the Daniel Chalonge Medal are Ambassadors of the School. See the announcement, full history, photo gallery and links at: http://chalonge.obspm.fr Click on "The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2011": http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Medal_Chalonge2011.pdf and Archives Daniel Chalonge: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Archives_Daniel_Chalonge.html One of the aims of the Chalonge School is to bring the attention to new programs which will produce a clearer and deeper understanding of the Universe with both innovative experiments and theory. During the 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011, the Chalonge School has made the following statement in support to the James Webb Space Telescope: "The Ecole Internationale Daniel Chalonge considers that JWST is an exceptional opportunity for the future of astrophysics and astronomy worldwide. The Ecole Internationale Daniel Chalonge recognizes the outstanding scientific value of the JWST project, its potentiality and worldwide impact and strongly supports its development and successful completion." Norma G. Sanchez (1), Héctor J. de Vega (2), Maria Cristina Falvella (3), Alba Zanini (4) (1) Director of the International Daniel Chalonge School, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, France. (2) CNRS, University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France. (3) Italian Space Agency HQ, Rome, Italy. (4) Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Turin, Italy With compliments and kind regards, Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega Ecole Chalonge <chalonge.ecole[AT]obspm.fr> http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 Read the latest CQG focus section on inhomogeneous cosmological models and averaging in cosmology ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/08/02/read-the-latest-cqg-focus-section-i… Additional Information: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/16 CQG’s latest focus section on inhomogeneous cosmological models and averaging in cosmology is now available to read on the CQG website: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/16 The issue was edited by CQG Board Members Lars Andersson and Alan Coley. The special section focuses on the physical state of the present universe and the problem of going beyond perturbation theory. The following topics are covered: - a general overview and a discussion of the relevant issues; - inhomogeneous cosmological models (including non-Copernican models); - the current observations and physics of the universe and - averaging and backreaction. I would like to thank the guest editors and all of the authors and referees of the focus section for their contributions to this excellent issue of Classical and Quantum Gravity. Yours sincerely Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for August 2011
by rezzolla＠aei.mpg.de 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop (GWPAW) 1.2 LOFT Science Meeting 1.3 The 21st workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan (JGRG21) 1.4 South African Gravity Society Meeting 2011 1.5 Relativity and Gravitation - 100 Years after Einstein in Prague 2. Jobs 2.1 OG51 Theory Postdoc fellowship for non-Italians 2.2 International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD: 2nd call for 2011-2012 3. News 3.1 Presentations of the 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011 3.2 A Statement from the European LISA Study Team 3.3 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry" (major update) 3.4 Quantum Gravity: the first 25 years. Read the focus section published in Classical and Quantum Gravity. ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop (GWPAW) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/29/gravitational-wave-physics-and-astr… Starting Mon, Jun 04, 2012 to Thu, Jun 07, 2012 Location: Hannover, Germany GWPAW is the meeting formerly called GWDAW. It is a general meeting on the physics and astronomy of gravitational waves, techniques for their detection, and interpretation of data and results. The meeting will be hosted by AEI Hannover, but held at the Novotel here: http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-5390-novotel-hannover/index.shtml. AEI has signed a contract for the meeting rooms and have also reserved a block of guest rooms at reasonable cost. People are welcome to make reservations at any time. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 LOFT Science Meeting ------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/17/loft-science-meeting/ Starting Wed, Oct 26, 2011 to Fri, Oct 28, 2011 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft/index.php/meetings/loft-science-meeting LOFT, the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing, is a newly proposed space mission that will answer fundamental questions about the motion of matter orbiting close to the event horizon of a black hole, and the state of matter in neutron stars. LOFT was recently selected by ESA as one of the four M3 mission candidates that will compete for a launch opportunity at the start of the 2020s. During this assessment phase we need to make a full study of the exciting science that could be done with such a telescope, and solidify the relationship between the science goals and the technical requirements. To do this, and to solicit full involvement from the wider astronomical community in this opportunity, there will be a LOFT Science meeting on October 26-28 this year at the Science Park in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. There will be a mix of invited reviews, contributed talks, and discussion sessions, to ensure that innovative science ideas get full exposure. To register, and for more details, please see the meeting website: http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft/index.php/meetings/loft-science-meeting We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam in October! Anna Watts, on behalf of the international SOC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 The 21st workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan (JGRG21) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/13/the-21st-workshop-on-general-relati… Starting Mon, Sep 26, 2011 to Thu, Sep 29, 2011 Location: Sendai, Japan Additional Information: http://www.astr.tohoku.ac.jp/jgrg21/ Sakura Hall, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University 26-29 September 2011 There has been an impressive progress in astrophysical/cosmological observations in recent years. Cosmology has entered an era of precision science. Astrophysical black holes have been observed in many frequency bands with better resolutions and sensitivities. Observations of gamma-ray bursts have added a new mystery to relativistic astrophysics. And, a new frontier is waiting to be explored by gravitational wave interferometers. On the theoretical side, motivated by unified theories of fundamental interactions, especially string theory, many efforts have been made for studies of physics in 5-dimensional or higher dimensional spacetimes, and there is a growing interest in experimental verifications of extra dimensions. There have been also important and interesting developments in various other areas, including alternative theories of gravity, quantum gravity, and spacetime singularities, to mention a few. In this workshop, we plan to overview these recent developments and discuss future perspectives through invited and contributed presentations. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 South African Gravity Society Meeting 2011 ---------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/11/south-african-gravity-society-meeti… Starting Sun, Sep 11, 2011 to Tue, Sep 13, 2011 Location: Grahamstown, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/events/sags2011 The 2011 meeting of the South African Gravity Society will take place at Rhodes University, in Grahamstown, from the 11th to the 13th of September 2011. Registration and abstract submission will be open from the 1st of June 2011 to the 15th of August 2011. The following registration fees apply: * Early registration (before 1st of August 2011): R650 * Late registration: R750. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Relativity and Gravitation - 100 Years after Einstein in Prague ------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/07/relativity-and-gravitation-100-year… Starting Mon, Jun 25, 2012 to Fri, Jun 29, 2012 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz At the beginning of April 1911 Albert Einstein arrived in Prague to become full professor of theoretical physics at the German part of Charles University. It was there, for the first time, that he concentrated primarily on the problem of gravitation. Before he left Prague in July 1912 he had submitted the paper “Relativität und Gravitation: Erwiderung auf eine Bemerkung von M. Abraham” in which he remarkably anticipated what a future theory of gravity should look like. At the occasion of the Einstein-in-Prague centenary we organize an international meeting: "Relativity and Gravitation - 100 Years after Einstein in Prague" June 25 – 29, 2012, Prague, Czech Republic The main topics of the conference will include • Mathematical relativity • Numerical relativity • Relativistic astrophysics • Relativistic cosmology • Quantum gravity • Gravitation and experiment • Conceptual and historical issues The conference is organized under the auspices of the Rector of Charles University. The lectures will take place in the historical complex of the University in the heart of Prague’s Old Town. The Scientific Organizing Committee includes Marek Abramowicz, Lars Andersson, Abhay Ashtekar, Julian Barbour, Jiří Bičák, Roger Blandford, Bernd Brügmann, Piotr Chruściel, Thibault Damour, Karsten Danzmann, Fernando De Felice, George Ellis, John Friedman, Helmut Friedrich, Valeri Frolov, Gary Gibbons, Gary Horowitz, Joseph Katz, Karel Kuchař, Jerzy Lewandowski, Malcolm MacCallum (to be confirmed), Gernot Neugebauer, Hermann Nicolai, Igor Novikov, Martin Rees, Oscar Reula, Luciano Rezzolla, Misao Sasaki, Gerhard Schäfer, Bernd Schmidt, Alexei Starobinsky, Paul Tod, Robert Wald, Clifford Will. The program will be centered on invited lectures; it will also include contributed oral and poster presentations. We will reserve time for cultural events and sightseeing (e.g., places associated with Einstein, Mach, Doppler, Kepler, and Brahe). We are considering the publication of proceedings in a scientific journal. Anticipated attendance is 120-150 participants. Jiří Bičák (on behalf of SOC and LOC) ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 OG51 Theory Postdoc fellowship for non-Italians --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/29/og51-theory-postdoc-fellowship-for-… Institution: Italy, various locations Deadline: Fri, Sep 30, 2011 Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/808 The theory group OG51 announces one postdoctoral position for non-Italian citizens. The research program regards the modeling of gravitational wave sources, with particular reference to gravitational wave emission during the early stages of neutron stars life, and to the associated neutrino processes. Research will be carried on at one of the following Institutes: - Department of Physics, "Sapienza" University of Rome - Department of Physics, University of Catania - S.I.S.S.A., Trieste - Departiment of Physics, University of Parma - Departiment of Physics, University of Milano Bicocca - Department of Physics, University of Torino - Department of Physics, University of Ferrara. The winner of the position can choose one these institutions. The team members are: - Rome: Valeria Ferrari, Leonardo Gualtieri, Omar Benhar - Catania: Fiorella Burgio, Hans-Joseph Schultze - S.I.S.S.A.: John Miller - Parma: Roberto De Pietri - Milano: Francesco Haardt - Torino: Angelo Tartaglia - Ferrara: Pierluigi Fortini The initial appointment will be for 1 year, renewable for a second year. For full consideration, applications should be received by Sept. 30, 2011. Later applications might be considered until the position is filled. Application must be submitted through the website https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/808 For more information contact Leonardo Gualtieri leonardo.gualtieri[AT]roma1.infn.it +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD: 2nd call for 2011-2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/27/international-relativistic-astrophy… Institution: several universities in ICRANET Deadline: Fri, Sep 30, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.irap-phd.org/ 9 Erasmus Mundus funded positions available (3 for European students, 5 for non-European students, 1 for “Western Balkans and Turkey Window” candidates) Deadlines: 30 September 2011 Additional Information: http://www.irap-phd.org – http://www.icranet.org – http://www.icra.it Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have initiated a Ph.D. programme dedicated to create a pool of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. After taking full advantage of the observational and experimental facilities mentioned above, the students of our programme are expected to lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research: relativistic astrophysics. This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to model the observational data received from the above laboratories. This activity is necessarily international as no single university can have a scientific expertise in such a broad range of fields. The Erasmus Mundus program has a very competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits. The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam; the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF) and ICRA Brasil; the Free University of Berlin; Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata; Observatoire de la Cote D’Azur, Nice; Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China; University of Ferrara, Italy; University of Rome, la Sapienza, Italy; University of Savoie, Annecy, France; University of Stockolm, Sweden, Tartu Observatory , Estonia. The Final Ph.D. degree will be jointly delivered by the Academic Institutions participating in the program. We encourage applications from the most qualified and motivated candidates worldwide, independent of nationality, gender or background. Special attention will be given to applicants originating from or planning to move to countries where ICRANet activities are in action or being planned. The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also a possibility to follow courses from other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the Faculty. Courses can be chosen from the following list: VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS Felix AHARONIAN COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY Vladimir BELINSKI RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS Carlo Luciano BIANCO OBSERVERS AND OBSERVABLES IN BLACK HOLES SPACETIME Donato BINI ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES Sandip Kumar CHAKRABARTI PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ASTROPHYSICS Pascal CHARDONNET GENERAL RELATIVITY Thibault DAMOUR SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS Massimo DELLA VALLE LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE Jaan EINASTO TOPICS IN COSMOLOGY AND PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS Li Zhi FANG X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION Filippo FRONTERA HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS: X-RAYS CLUSTERS Riccardo GIACCONI OBSERVATIONS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS Cristiano GUIDORZI FORMATION OF GALAXIES Yipeng JING ON THE KERR SOLUTION Roy KERR RELATIVISTIC FIELD THEORIES Hagen KLEINERT HOLOGRAPHY, ENTROPIC GRAVITY AND COSMOLOGY Li MIAO BOUNCING COSMOLOGY Mario NOVELLO BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES Hermann NICOLAI THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE Marco TAVANI SPECTRAL TIMING FROM BLACK HOLE SOURCES Lev TITARCHUK SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY – Kjell ROSQUIST BLACK HOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS Remo RUFFINI RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY Gregory VERESHCHAGIN QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA She-Sheng XUE The Host Institution for the call of 2011-2012 is the Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis; Grand Château 28 Avenue Valrose 21 – B.P. 2135 – 06103 NICE CEDEX 2 Applications and Fellowships: In the call of September 30, 2011 nine additional fellowships will be available: six with full financial support. See http://www.icra.it and http://www.icranet.org. For further Information please contact: Dr. Carlo Luciano Bianco tel. + 39 06 4991 4 397, secretariat-irapphd[at]icra.it; Dr. Pina Barbaro Université de Nice- Parc Valrose 06108 Nice Cedex, Pina.Barbaro[at]unice.fr The Faculty Giovanni Amelino-Camelia – SAPIENZA Università di Roma Vladimir Belinski – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet Carlo Luciano Bianco – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet Donato Bini – CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone” Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti – Indian Centre For Space Physics, India Pascal Chardonnet (Erasmus Mundus Coordinator) – Université de Savoie Christian Cherubini – Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma Pierre Coullet – Université de Nice – Sophie Antipolis Thibault Damour – IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette Jaan Einasto – Tartu Observatory Simonetta Filippi – Univ.“Campus Biomedico” di Roma and ICRANet Sergio Frasca – SAPIENZA Università di Roma Filippo Frontera – Università di Ferrara Yipeng Jing – Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China Hagen Kleinert – Freie Universitat Berlin Gian Luca Lippi – Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis Francois Mignard – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur Hermann Nicolai – Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam Mario Novello – Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil José Pacheco – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur Kjell Rosquist – Stockolm University Remo Ruffini (Director) – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet Farrokh Vakili – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur Gregory Vereshchagin – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet Xue She Sheng – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Presentations of the 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/27/presentations-of-the-15th-paris-cos… Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2011.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge The 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011`From Cold Dark Matter to Warm Dark Matter in the Standard Model of the Universe: Theory and Observations'. 20 Years of Activity. 20, 21 and 22 JULY 2011 Paris Observatory (HQ), historic Perrault building, Paris, France We are pleased to inform you that the presentations by the lecturers during the 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011 are available on line (in pdf format) in "Programme and Lecturers .pdf " in the www site of this Colloquium http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2011.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_Paris2011.html Contents: - The Standard Model of the Universe: CMB present status. PIXIE CMB project - Inflation Effective theory, predictions and observations, Planck results, Atacama Cosmology Telescope. - Last results from Herschel: interstellar medium Initial Mass Function, structures and filaments, Herschel-SPIRES cosmology - Large scale flows. Astrophysical black holes, Re-ionization - Observations of Dark matter on small astrophysical scales, cored density profiles and small baryon feedback - Warm Dark Matter (WDM): Cosmological, astrophysical, numerical and keV particle WDM candidates, sterile neutrinos: theory and observations, neutrino masses and mixing, Neutrinoless Beta decay. Mare and Katrin experiments. - Astrophysical origin of the positron excess in cosmic rays. Helioseismology and Dark Matter Open Special Session: - The Ultra Fast Flash Observatory UFFO - The James Webb Space Telescope JWST The photographs of the Colloquium capturing moments of the stimulating and outstanding atmosphere created by all lecturers and participants during the Colloquium and Open Session will be posted soon in this www site. Norma G Sanchez, Hector J de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 A Statement from the European LISA Study Team ------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/21/a-statement-from-the-european-lisa-… Due to the recent adjustment in how L-class missions within the Cosmic Vision framework are chosen, ESA is currently investigating a design for a European-led variant of LISA that can be launched before 2022. After studying several configurations, a new baseline has been identified that will be refined in the coming month with the help of European industry. The new baseline simplifies the design of LISA, reducing the distance between the satellites and employing only four instead of previously six laser links. The science team and a science task force, composed of members of the gravitational wave and astrophysics communities in both Europe and the US, have assessed the scientific validity of the new baseline for the fields of physics, astrophysics and cosmology and have shown that the new configuration is very promising regarding sources such as galactic binaries, (super)massive black hole and extreme mass ratio inspirals. Over the next few months, this work will continue until we have a finalised mission proposal by the fall of 2011. The near future is very bright for astrophysics and cosmology using observations of gravitational waves in space. (Posted on behalf of the team by Bernard Schutz, 21.07.2011) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry" (major update) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/11/living-reviews-in-relativity-gravit… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-5 Today, Living Reviews in Relativity has published a major update of the review "Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry (Ground and Space)" by Matthew Pitkin, Stuart Reid, Sheila Rowan, and Jim Hough. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2011-5 Pitkin, Matthew, Reid, Stuart, Rowan, Sheila and Hough, James "Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry (Ground and Space)" ACCEPTED: 2011-06-17 PUBLISHED: 2011-07-11 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-5 UPDATE: There have been minor updates to Sections 1, 2 and 3; major updates to Sections 4 and 5; Section 6 has been renamed and includes entirely new material on the operation of, and results from, the first generation of gravitational wave detectors and upgrades that are under way; and Section 7 also includes major updates about the status of LISA. The number of references has increased from 110 to 324. ABSTRACT: Significant progress has been made in recent years on the development of gravitational-wave detectors. Sources such as coalescing compact binary systems, neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries, stellar collapses and pulsars are all possible candidates for detection. The most promising design of gravitational-wave detector uses test masses a long distance apart and freely suspended as pendulums on Earth or in drag-free spacecraft. The main theme of this review is a discussion of the mechanical and optical principles used in the various long baseline systems in operation around the world - LIGO (USA), Virgo (Italy/France), TAMA300 and LCGT (Japan), and GEO600 (Germany/U.K.) - and in LISA, a proposed space-borne interferometer. A review of recent science runs from the current generation of ground-based detectors will be discussed, in addition to highlighting the astrophysical results gained thus far. Looking to the future, the major upgrades to LIGO (Advanced LIGO), Virgo (Advanced Virgo), LCGT and GEO600 (GEO-HF) will be completed over the coming years, which will create a network of detectors with the significantly improved sensitivity required to detect gravitational waves. Beyond this, the concept and design of possible future "third generation" gravitational-wave detectors, such as the Einstein Telescope (ET), will be discussed. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 Quantum Gravity: the first 25 years. Read the focus section published in Classical and Quantum Gravity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/07/05/quantum-gravity-the-first-25-years-… Additional Information: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/15 We invite you to read-for-free the CQG focus section reviewing 25 years of quantum gravity research. http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/15 This issue features 2 invited review articles from physicists who have been associated with String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity from their inception. They were invited to write a retrospective review: What were the initial hopes? To what extent have these hopes been realised? What were the major successes, surprises, disappointments? The emphasis is on what has come OUT of the program rather than technical developments internal to the program. We hope that the reader, whatever her persuasion, will be able to form a panoramic view of quantum gravity research today within these two programmes. Yours sincerely Joseph Samuel Editorial Board Member Classical and Quantum Gravity

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for July 2011
by rezzolla＠aei.mpg.de 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Xth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology 1.2 Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics 1.3 Parma Workshop on Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Waves 2011 1.4 El Escorial Summer School 2011 "Quantum Information meets Statistical Mechanics" 1.5 IOP Gravitational Physics Group half-day meeting: Do we understand gravity? 1.6 Numerical Relativity and High Energy Physics 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational Wave Physics at IISER-TVM 2.2 Postdoc position in Mathematical Physics at Cardiff University 3. News 3.1 Presentations of Meudon Workshop "Warm Dark Matter in the Galaxies" 2011 3.2 Prof. Letelier passed away ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Xth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/28/xth-international-conference-on-gra… Starting Sat, Dec 17, 2011 to Thu, Dec 22, 2011 Location: Qui-Nhon, Vietnam Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/ICGAC10/ICGAC10.html ICGAC10 is part of a series of biennial conferences on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology with the goal to favour cooperations among the member countries within an international context, to promote high level studies on hot topics and to encourage young physicists on these fields. The first meeting was initiated by Prof. Yong Min Cho, one of the founders of the APCTP at SNU in 1993. ICGAC10 is organized with the help of Les Rencontres du Vietnam, whose aim is to help the education and the scientific research in Vietnam. ICGAC10 topics include * Experimental studies of gravity * Quantum gravity * Gravitational waves * Black holes, Wormholes * Strings, Branes and Extra dimensions * Numerical Relativity * Stability of constants * Cosmology, Dark matter, Dark energy * Cosmic rays * Astronomical and space-research instrumentation +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/24/programming-of-heterogeneous-system… Starting Wed, Oct 05, 2011 to Fri, Oct 07, 2011 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/Event-PHSP11.shtml We are pleased to announce a three-day workshop on "Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics", a workshop to be held on 5-7 October 2011 at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/Event-PHSP11.shtml This workshop will focus on - Solving partial differential equations efficiently on the heterogeneous computing systems. There is some emphasis on GPU computing, but other accelerators and the efficient use of large multi-core cluster nodes are considered as well. - Optimization of computational kernels coming from finite differences, spectral methods, and lattice gauge theory on accelerators. We plan to have a tutorial day, two days of talks and a poster session. We plan for discussion and talks to provide an overview of current work in these areas, and to develop future lines of research and collaborations. The deadline for submission of talks is 15 August 2011. G. Zumbusch (Chair, Jena), B. Bruegmann (Jena), A. Weyhausen (Jena), L. Rezzolla (Potsdam), B. Zink (Tuebingen) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 Parma Workshop on Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Waves 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/22/parma-workshop-on-numerical-relativ… Starting Wed, Sep 07, 2011 to Fri, Sep 09, 2011 Location: Parma, Italy Additional Information: http://www.fis.unipr.it/numrel/WorkshopNumRel11/ We are pleased to announce that a three-day workshop on Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Waves will be held at the "Centro S. Elisabetta" of the University of Parma, organized by the local numerical relativity group and with the support of INFN and the University of Parma. The workshop is mainly aimed at bringing together European scientists working in the field, for discussing "hot" topics, share ideas, and establish future lines of research and collaborations. The character of the meeting will be informal and relaxed in order to encourage open discussions. Talks will cover a quite broad area: binary black holes and neutron stars simulations, mathematical advances, computational methods, and interface between numerical and analytical methods. For further details see: http://www.fis.unipr.it/numrel/WorkshopNumRel11/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 El Escorial Summer School 2011 "Quantum Information meets Statistical Mechanics" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/08/el-escorial-summer-school-2011-quan… Starting Mon, Jul 11, 2011 to Fri, Jul 15, 2011 Location: El Escorial (Madrid), Spain Additional Information: http://www.ucm.es/info/giccucm/Escorial2011/ From 11th to 15th of July 2011, the Universidad Complutense of Madrid (Spain), will host a Summer School on "Quantum Information meets Statistical Mechanics" (QI&SM 2011), with the aim of exploring interfaces and emerging connections between these and related fields. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.ucm.es/info/giccucm/Escorial2011/ The Summer School will take place at El Escorial, Spain (http://www.euroforum.es/) a nice and historic city about 50 km to the north of Madrid. See further information below and in the website. The whole activity will focus primarily on the following topics: 1. One-Way Quantum Computation and Statistical Mechanics 2. Topological Codes and Statistical Models 3. Random Statistical Mechanical Systems and Lattice Gauge Theories 4. Quantum Information and Models of Discrete Quantum Gravity We would be glad to have you and share with us these new developments in an interactive an open atmosphere. Thank you and best wishes, The organizers: Miguel A. Martin-Delgado (UCM) and Hans J. Briegel (IQOQI, Innsbruck) FURTHER INFORMATION The goal of the school is to bring together scholars from quantum information theory and statistical mechanics to explore emerging connections between these fields and hopefully develop some fruitful collaborations. The (incomplete) list of invited speakers whom we are contacting for the conference includes the following names: Maarten Van den Nest Gemma De las Cuevas Robert Raussendorf Helmut Katzgraber Hector Bombin A. Peter Young John T. Chalker Uwe-Jens Wiese Tomotoshi Nishino Paolo Fachi Renate Loll Silke Weinfurtner Fotini Markopoulou Rafael Sorkin and others The Complutense University has been holding summer courses at El Escorial since 1988 and these are given by eminent lecturers worldwide. We have been awarded the organization of one of those courses, which we want to devote to "Quantum Information meets Statistical Mechanics". Allow us to give you some more information about the Summer Courses held at El Escorial and organized by the Complutense University (Madrid, Spain). In 1988, the Complutense University decided to open its doors to the most advanced knowledge in the present time and to tend a bridge between science, culture, literature etc... and the Spanish society. With this broad aim and scope, the Courses are born during each summer, organized by the General Foundation of the University. They have become an annual showcase of new knowledge and a forum of exchange of information and opinions based on the plurality and the diffusion of the advances in all the scientific areas: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and also beyond natural sciences: Literature, Scenic Arts, etc... The Courses are, by their rigor and the ample scope of subjects treated every year, a reference for mass media and the Spanish society. Thus, the University satisfies in this way the necessities not covered in ordinary winter courses. In the Summer Courses, the lecturers are specialists of maximum level, even Nobel prizewinners in their fields. They are accessible to the students/attendees, who can discuss with them inside and outside the classes. The speakers themselves find here an excellent opportunity for the interchange of experiences that enrich their research and professional activity. Each Course lasts an average of five days, and it is developed in conferences and occasionally in round-tables. As a complement, all the nights takes place an activity of Scenic Arts, or a concert, a play at a theater or a movie show which is free for the speakers. More information about the courses can be found at the following link: http://www.ucm.es/info/cv/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 IOP Gravitational Physics Group half-day meeting: Do we understand gravity? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/06/iop-gravitational-physics-group-hal… Starting Fri, Sep 16, 2011 to Fri, Sep 16, 2011 Location: London, UK Additional Information: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~or215/gpg2011/ Friday, 16 September 2011, 2:00pm - 5:45pm Phillips Room, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT, UK Keynote speaker: Mihalis Dafermos, University of Cambridge This half-day meeting will focus on the mathematical aspects of relativity, and PhD students and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to present their work. IOP Gravitational Physics Group members and other interested individuals are welcome to attend but pre-registration is required as the number of people that we can accommodate at the venue is limited. No registration fee will be charged. Please see http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~or215/gpg2011/ for further details. Organising committee: Nils Andersson, University of Southampton David Burton, Lancaster University Oliver Rinne, University of Cambridge (contact: O.Rinne[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk) Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Cardiff University Juan Valiente-Kroon, Queen Mary, University of London Registration deadlines: 2 Sep 2011 Abstract submission 9 Sep 2011 Participation +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 Numerical Relativity and High Energy Physics ------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/02/numerical-relativity-and-high-energ… Starting Wed, Aug 31, 2011 to Sat, Sep 03, 2011 Location: Madeira, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/nrhep/ 31 August - 3 September, 2011 Madeira Island (Portugal) The aim of this workshop is to bring together world experts in two extremely active and successful, but up to now essentially disjoint, research fields: numerical relativity and high energy physics. It has become clear that numerical relativity techniques, applied to black hole systems, could answer central questions concerning dynamical processes in high energy physics. Such techniques, which only very recently have reached a state of sufficient maturity, seem moreover mandatory for an accurate phenomenological modelling of these high energy physics scenarios. These facts, together with the ongoing scientific runs at the LHC, make this workshop very timely. Organizers: Vitor Cardoso, Leonardo Gualtieri, Carlos Herdeiro, Ulrich Sperhake ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational Wave Physics at IISER-TVM --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/30/postdoctoral-positions-in-gravitati… Institution: Thiruvananthapuram, India Deadline: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 Institution: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, India (IISER-TVM) Deadline: 31 July 2011 Salary: Rs. 2,64,000 - Rs. 2,88,000 per annum IISER-TVM seeks applicants for two Post-doctoral positions in the area of Gravitational Wave Physics. Both these positions are funded under the Max Planck Partner Group on Gravitational Wave Physics of Albert Einstein Institute (AEI). The positions will focus on developing advanced Gravitational Wave search algorithms for advanced/future interferometric detectors. The appointments are for two years and are expected to commence on or before September 1, 2011. Candidates with expertise/interest in general relativity, gravitational wave astronomy, and statistical signal processing are encouraged to apply. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics, Astrophysics or related areas. Candidate with Ph.D. in Engineering faculty with adequate experience in statistical signal processing may be considered. IISER-TVM is an active member of IndIGO (Indian Initiative in Gravitational Wave Observatories) consortium. The selected candidate would get an opportunity to work closely with the AEI members as well as members of IndIGO consortium. Please send via e-mail as a single PDF (1) CV with the list of publications, and (2) detailed research statement. Arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be sent to archana[at]iisertvm.ac.in with the subject "Application for MP-PG positions - Candidate name". To receive full consideration, applications should be received by July 31, 2011. Applications will continued to be screened until the positions are filled. Informal inquires may be directed to Archana Pai (e-mail: archana[at]iisertvm.ac.in, phone: +91-471-2599423) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoc position in Mathematical Physics at Cardiff University ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/02/postdoc-position-in-mathematical-ph… Institution: Cardiff, UK Deadline: Mon, Jul 04, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/maths/research-associate-in-mathematical-phys… Reference: 2011/0263 Closing date: 04 July 2011 Type: Academic Duration: Fixed-term for 2 years Hours of work: Full-time, 35 hours per week Date of appointment: Post is available immediately Salary: £29927 - £35788 per annum (Grade 6) You will carry out research related to the mathematical underpinning of the theory of quantized fields, including field theories on curved backgrounds. A background in one or more areas of theoretical physics/mathematics related to this topic such as elementary particle theory, conformal field theory, perturbative/constructive approaches to quantum field theory, or string theory is desirable. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Presentations of Meudon Workshop "Warm Dark Matter in the Galaxies" 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/16/presentations-of-meudon-workshop-wa… Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2011.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2011 "Warm Dark Matter in the Galaxies: Theoretical and Observational Progresses", 8-10 June 2011 We are pleased to inform you that the presentations by the lecturers during the Chalonge Meudon Warm Dark Matter Workshop 2011 are available online (in pdf format) on the web site of this workshop: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2011.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_CIAS2011.html Contents: Astrophysical, cosmological and particle WDM, Lambda WDM, Theory, Observations, Numerical simulations, Particle WDM, sterile neutrinos, sterile neutrino experiments. The photographs of the Workshop capturing moments of the stimulating and outstanding atmosphere created by all lecturers and participants during the Workshop will be posted soon. We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Workshop and we look forward to seeing you again in the next Warm Dark Matter Meeting 2012 of this series. With compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Prof. Letelier passed away ------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/06/14/prof-letelier-passed-away/ Additional Information: http://leteliermemorial.blogspot.com/ Prof. Patricio Anibal Letelier Sotomayor, born in Santiago, Chile, on the 11th September, 1943, passed away due to a cardiac arrest at his home in Campinas, SP, Brazil, on Thursday, June 9, 2011. Prof. Letelier was a highly respected teacher and mentor to an enormous number of people in the country and around the world. He did his undergraduate studies in the University of Chile in the late sixties and obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University in 1977. He then joined the Department of Physics of the University of Brasilia and, in 1988, he left Brasilia and came to the Department of Applied Mathematics of the University of Campinas as a Professor of Mathematical Physics. Patricio was a beloved friend and colleague, and his passing is a huge loss on so many levels. He will be greatly missed and remembered always. He is survived by his wife, daughter, son, and granddaughter. The website below is a homage to Prof. Patricio Letelier. Please visit it and feel free to express your fond remembrances of him and his work. The remembrances will be collected and passed on to Prof. Letelier's family. http://leteliermemorial.blogspot.com/ -- Alberto Saa Department of Applied Mathematics, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Phone: +55 19 3521 5952 http://vigo.ime.unicamp.br

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for June 2011
by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Vorticity on Different Scales: from the Cosmological to the Microscopic 1.2 7th International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (3rd announcement) 1.3 IRAP PhD and Erasmus Mundus Workshop - Gamma Ray Bursts, their progenitors and the role of thermal emission 2. Jobs 2.1 Post-doctoral position at the University of Guelph 2.2 Senior Lecturer and Lecturer at Rhodes University (2 positions) in Mathematics (Pure and Applied) 3. News 3.1 Amaldi/NRDA Conference: upcoming deadlines 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Analogue Gravity" and "The Einstein-Vlasov System/Kinetic Theory" (updates) 3.3 Invited papers from GR19 now free-to-read in Classical and Quantum Gravity 3.4 2011 Gravitational Physics Group Thesis Prize sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity 3.5 Gravity Research Foundation Awards for Essays, 2011 ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Vorticity on Different Scales: from the Cosmological to the Microscopic ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/27/vorticity-on-different-scales-from-… Starting Thu, Jul 14, 2011 to Thu, Jul 14, 2011 Location: London, UK Additional Information: https://wiki.maths.qmul.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/CosmologyAndRelativity/Vortici… We are pleased to announce a half-day meeting on `Vorticity on Different Scales' to be held at the Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House on Thursday 14th July from 1pm. The aim of this meeting is to encourage discussion between scientists from different disciplines studying vorticity in different settings. To this end, there will be invited talks on cosmology, superfluids in neutron stars, planetary astronomy and cold atomic physics (provisionally). After these talks there will be a mini-workshop and discussion. Attendance at the meeting will be free, and there will be limited travel support for young researchers based outside London. Participants are encouraged to bring along posters on their vorticity research and related topics which will be displayed during the meeting. If you are interested in attending, please email the organisers (addresses below) so we have an idea of the numbers of participants to expect. Since the room capacity is limited, early acknowledgement of attendance is encouraged. Please state in your email if you require travel support. This meeting is sponsored by the IoP gravitational physics group, and the Astronomy Unit, QMUL. Slightly more information is on the meeting website: https://wiki.maths.qmul.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/CosmologyAndRelativity/Vortici… Best, Adam Christopherson (a.christopherson[AT]qmul.ac.uk) Cesar Lopez-Monsalvo (cslm1x07[AT]soton.ac.uk) Karim Malik (k.malik[AT]qmul.ac.uk) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 7th International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (3rd announcement) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/26/7th-international-conference-on-gra… Starting Wed, Dec 14, 2011 to Mon, Dec 19, 2011 Location: Goa, India Additional Information: http://www.tifr.res.in/~icgc2011 International Center for Theoretical Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation This is the third and final announcement for ICGC2011. Please note that one cannot register in August without first pre-registering, on or before 30th June, 2011. The conference programme consists of: [A] 19 Plenary Talks [Eric Adelberger, Dipankar Bhattacharya, J. R. Bond, Francois Bouchet, Mihalis Dafermos, John Ellis, Gary Horowitz, Robert Kirshner, Luis Lehner, Shiraz Minwalla, Priyamvada Natarajan, Jim Peebles, Bernard Schutz, Masaru Shibata, Rafael Sorkin, Alexei Starobinsky, Kip Thorne, David Wands, Stan Whitcomb] [B] An evening Lecture by Abhay Ashtekar [C] Three parallel sessions for contributed talks/posters: Classical general relativity and gravitational waves [Sukanta Bose and Sanjay Jhingan]; Cosmology [Eiichiro Komatsu and L. Sriramkumar]; Quantum Gravity and Early Universe [Justin David and Shinji Mukohyama] [D] Three dedicated mini-sessions on: Gravity as an emergent phenomenon [T. Padmanabhan]; Dark Energy [Varun Sahni]; Gravitational-wave astronomy [B. S. Sathyaprakash] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 IRAP PhD and Erasmus Mundus Workshop - Gamma Ray Bursts, their progenitors and the role of thermal emission --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/23/irap-phd-and-erasmus-mundus-worksho… Starting Sun, Oct 02, 2011 to Fri, Oct 07, 2011 Location: Les Houches, France Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=602 The workshop is promoted by ICRANet within the International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph. D. Program (IRAP Ph D) and the ERASMUS MUNDUS activities. Lectures will be presented by leading Physicists and Astrophysicists working in the theory and observations of Gamma Ray Bursts, Supernovae as well as in the interface of Nuclear Physics, White Dwarfs, Neutron Star Physics and Black Holes Physics. Special attention is being devoted to the Gamma Ray Bursts and their progenitors and to the role of the thermal emission. Invited lecturers include: Amati Lorenzo, Antonelli Angelo, Baranov Andrey, Beloborodov Andrei, Berger Edo, Bianco Carlo L., Boer Michel, Campana Sergio, Chakrabarti Sandip, Costa Enrico, Covino Stefano, Dai Zigao, D'Avanzo Paolo, Della Valle Massimo, Frontera Filippo, Ghirlanda Giancarlo, Giannios Dimitrios, Giommi Paolo, Guidorzi Cristiano, Guiriec Sylvain, Ioka Kunihito, Lou Yuqing, Malesani Daniele, Mazzali Paolo A., Pe'er Asaf, Pian Elena, Piran Tsvi, Popov Mikhail, Poutanen Juri, Rueda Jorge A., Ryde Felix, Salvaterra Ruben, Tagliaferri Gianpiero, Tavani Marco, Valenti Stefano, Vereshchagin Gregory, Vurm Indrek, Wang Xiang-Yu, Xue She-Sheng, Zhang Bing The registration fee is 350€ and it includes accommodation, lunches, dinners, coffee breaks and the proceedings publication. Proceedings will be published by World Scientific Pub. in their Astrophysical Series. You can find information on how to reach Les Houches on the website: the nearest airport is the Geneva one, that is 1 hour drive, then there are many public and private shuttle services from the airport to the conference location. As regards accommodation, there are 70 chalets in the school: they are single-rooms with toilet facilities. If you are interested in booking one of them, please send an email to annapia.delbeato[at]icranet.org with information on your name, surname, age and sex. You can settle into your room from 6pm on Sunday evening; you should leave your room on Friday morning, after breakfast. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Post-doctoral position at the University of Guelph ------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/18/post-doctoral-position-at-the-unive… Institution: Guelph, ON, Canada Deadline: Wed, Jun 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/ A post-doctoral position is available within the Gravitation Group of the University of Guelph, to start in September 2011. This position is for a duration of two years, with a possibility of renewal for a third year. The Guelph Gravitation Group consists of two faculty members, Luis Lehner and Eric Poisson, at least one post-doctoral fellow, and a number of graduate students. Research interests include computational relativity and astrophysics, the physics of black holes, gravitational waves, and the gravitational self-force. The group enjoys close ties with Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, and we also have a wide network of international collaborators. We are looking for an exceptional researcher who will work with us in a stimulating scientific environment. Preference might be given to persons already actively working in the research areas listed previously, but candidates working in closely related areas are also encouraged to apply. The interested candidate should submit (i) a curriculum vitae, (ii) a list of publications, (iii) a statement of research interests, and (iv) have three letters of recommendation sent to the address appearing below. Consideration of these applications will begin on June 15th, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. Applications should be sent via e-mail. For more information on the Department of Physics at the University of Guelph, please consult the Department's home page at http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/. For more information on the Guelph Gravitation Group, please consult the websites http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/poisson/research/ and http://www.phys.lsu.edu/dept/people/lehner.html. All applications should be sent to: Luis Lehner Department of Physics University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada. llehner[at]pitp.ca +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Senior Lecturer and Lecturer at Rhodes University (2 positions) in Mathematics (Pure and Applied) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/04/senior-lecturer-and-lecturer-at-rho… Institution: Grahamstown, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/jobs/currentvacancies/academic/mathematics The Department of Mathematics of Rhodes University has two vacancies, one at Senior Lecturer level and another one Lecturer level. One of the appointments will be in Applied Mathematics, and the other will be in either Applied Mathematics or in Pure Mathematics. It is essential that prospective candidates read the further particulars relating to this post and that all relevant documentation is submitted. Failure to submit such documentation will result in an application not being considered. Candidates at Senior Lecturer level should have: A PhD in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics, and have a solid record of publications in accredited journals. They should also have experience in teaching at the undergraduate and post-graduate level in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics, or for those with work experience largely in a research environment some teaching experience. Candidates at Lecturer level should have: At least an MSc in Mathematics, together with evidence of being on track towards obtaining a doctoral degree. Some teaching or tutoring experience in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics is a requirement. To Apply: First, please obtain the further particulars, application form, etc., from http://www.ru.ac.za/jobs/currentvacancies/academic/mathematics. Please email your completed application form, accompanied by a substantial letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, academic transcripts and copies of certificates to: jobs-yellow[AT]ru.ac.za ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Amaldi/NRDA Conference: upcoming deadlines ---------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/31/amaldi-nrda-conference-upcoming-dea… Additional Information: http://www.amaldi9.org/ Amaldi/NRDA early registration deadline extension: June 2 The early registration deadline for the 9th Edoardo Amaldi Conference and Numerical Relativity - Data Analysis workshop (Cardiff, 10-15 July 2011) has been extended to the end of Thursday June 2cd (UK time). To qualify for the reduced registration fee, payment should be paid by that time. Other upcoming deadlines are abstract submission (10 June), and late registration is (17 June). Please note that recent network difficulties at Cardiff University have required us to change the IP address for the conference website. If you have access difficulties with the standard URL (http://www.amaldi9.org/) then you can access the website directly here: https://131.251.184.42/Jooma Please contact amaldi[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk for more information. We look forward to seeing you in Cardiff. Best regards, -- Patrick Sutton for the Amaldi LOC & NRDA SOC amaldi[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk http://www.amaldi9.org/ https://131.251.184.42/Jooma +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Analogue Gravity" and "The Einstein-Vlasov System/Kinetic Theory" (updates) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/27/living-reviews-in-relativity-analog… Additional Information: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/ This month, Living Reviews in Relativity has published two major updates of the reviews "The Einstein-Vlasov System/Kinetic Theory" by Håkan Andréasson and "Analogue Gravity" by Carlos Barceló, Stefano Liberati and Matt Visser. Both articles substantially revise previous versions from 2005. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2011-4 Andréasson, Håkan "The Einstein-Vlasov System/Kinetic Theory" ACCEPTED: 2011-05-06 PUBLISHED: 2011-05-27 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-4 UPDATE: This is a revised and updated version of the article from 2005. A number of new sections on the Einstein-Vlasov system have been added, e.g., on the formation of black holes and trapped surfaces, on self-similar solutions, on the structure of static solutions, on Buchdahl type inequalities, on the stability of cosmological solutions, and on axisymmetric solutions. Some of the previous sections have been significantly extended. The number of references has increased from 121 to 197. ABSTRACT: The main purpose of this article is to provide a guide to theorems on global properties of solutions to the Einstein–Vlasov system. This system couples Einstein's equations to a kinetic matter model. Kinetic theory has been an important field of research during several decades in which the main focus has been on non-relativistic and special relativistic physics, i.e., to model the dynamics of neutral gases, plasmas, and Newtonian self-gravitating systems. In 1990, Rendall and Rein initiated a mathematical study of the Einstein–Vlasov system. Since then many theorems on global properties of solutions to this system have been established. This paper gives introductions to kinetic theory in non-curved spacetimes and then the Einstein–Vlasov system is introduced. We believe that a good understanding of kinetic theory in non-curved spacetimes is fundamental to a good comprehension of kinetic theory in general relativity. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2011-3 Barceló Serón, Carlos and Liberati, Stefano and Visser, Matt "Analogue Gravity" ACCEPTED: 2011-02-28 PUBLISHED: 2011-05-11 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2011-3 UPDATE: Completely revised and updated previous version. Significantly extended Sections 2.4, 3, 4.1, 4.2, 5, and 7. Introduced new Section 6. Eight new figures have been added. The number of references increased from 434 to 702. ABSTRACT: Analogue gravity is a research programme which investigates analogues of general relativistic gravitational fields within other physical systems, typically but not exclusively condensed matter systems, with the aim of gaining new insights into their corresponding problems. Analogue models of (and for) gravity have a long and distinguished history dating back to the earliest years of general relativity. In this review article we will discuss the history, aims, results, and future prospects for the various analogue models. We start the discussion by presenting a particularly simple example of an analogue model, before exploring the rich history and complex tapestry of models discussed in the literature. The last decade in particular has seen a remarkable and sustained development of analogue gravity ideas, leading to some hundreds of published articles, a workshop, two books, and this review article. Future prospects for the analogue gravity programme also look promising, both on the experimental front (where technology is rapidly advancing) and on the theoretical front (where variants of analogue models can be used as a springboard for radical attacks on the problem of quantum gravity). UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Invited papers from GR19 now free-to-read in Classical and Quantum Gravity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/24/invited-papers-from-gr19-now-free-t… Additional Information: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/11 Selected articles from the 19th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR19) are now published and free-to-read in Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG). I invite you to browse the collection: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/11 The GR19 conference covered all of the broad range of subjects in the scope of CQG. Hyperspace readers are therefore certain to find high quality work in the issue relevant to their own interests. I take this opportunity to thank all authors, referees and particularly the guest editors, Profs D Marolf and D Sudarsky for all of their hard work which contributed to making this outstanding special issue possible. Yours sincerely Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity cqg[AT]iop.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 2011 Gravitational Physics Group Thesis Prize sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/19/2011-gravitational-physics-group-th… Additional Information: http://gp.iop.org/ Closing date for nominations: 31 October 2011 The 2011 Gravitational Physics Group Thesis Prize, sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG), will be made for excellence in postgraduate research and communication skills in gravitational physics. All members of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group who passed their PhD viva voce exam between 30 September 2009 and 1 October 2010 are entitled to enter the competition. The winner will be awarded £500 and they will be invited to submit a paper to CQG based on the winning thesis which, if accepted, will be made a ’select article’ in CQG. Furthermore, the winner will be given the opportunity to present their work at one of the UK BritGrav meetings. Anyone (student or otherwise) can nominate a candidate (including the candidate themselves). If you have someone in mind, please send an email to the IOP Gravitational Physics Group secretary (David Burton at d.burton-at-lancaster.ac.uk) containing the candidate’s contact details and the committee will encourage them to enter the competition. The candidate must be a member of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group, and will be asked to provide their IOP membership number. Please note that the student’s external PhD examiner must be willing to comment on the student’s research, quality of the student’s thesis and the student’s ability to cogently communicate their work (evidenced by their viva performance and/or seminars). Students are advised to consult their external examiner before entering the competition. For information on how to enter the competition please click ‘Group Prize’ on the IOP Gravitational Physics Group web page http://gp.iop.org/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 Gravity Research Foundation Awards for Essays, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/05/16/gravity-research-foundation-awards-… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org/ The trustees are pleased to announce the Awards for Essays for 2011. 1. $4,000 - Stimulated Creation of Quanta during Inflation and the Observable Universe by Ivan Agullo (1) and Leonard Parker (2), (1) Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Physics Department, Penn State, University Park, PA 16802-6300, (2) Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201; e-mail: agullo[at]gravity.psu.edu leonard[at]uwm.edu 2. $1,250 - Relative Locality: A Deepening of the Relativity Principle by Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (1), Laurent Freidel (2), Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman (3), and Lee Smolin2, (1) Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' "La Sapienza" and Sez. Roma1 INFN P. le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy, (2) Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2Y5, Canada, (3) Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, Pl. Maxa Borna 9, 50-204 Wroclaw, Poland; e-mail: amelino[at]roma1.infn.it lfreidel[at]perimeterinstitute.ca jkowalskiglikman[at]ift.uni.wroc.pl lsmolin[at]perimeterinstitute.ca 3. $1,000 - The Value of the Cosmological Constant by John D. Barrow and Douglas J. Shaw, DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom; e-mail: J.D.Barrow[at]damtp.cam.ac.uk D.Shaw[at]damtp.cam.ac.uk 4. $750 - Losing Information outside the Horizon by Samir D. Mathur, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, 43210; e-mail: mathur[at]mps.ohio-state.edu 5. $500 - Quantum Gravity and Dark Matter by Chiu Man Ho (1), Djordje Minic (2), and Y. Jack Ng (3), (1) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (2) Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3) Institute of Field Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; e-mail: chiuman.ho[at]vanderbilt.edu dminic[at]vt.edu yjng[at]physics.unc.edu Selected for Honorable Mention this year were (listed in alphabetical order) Olga V. Babourova and Boris N. Frolov; B. J. Carr and A. A. Coley; Naresh Dadhich; Scott Dodelson; Chris Done; Arthur E. Fischer; Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin, and Saeed Rastgoo; Daniel Grumiller and Florian Preis; E. I. Guendelman; L Herrera; Shahar Hod; L. P. Horwitz, A. Yahalom, M. Lewkowicz, and J. Levitan; Ali Kaya; H. Kleinert; Kazuya Koyama, Gustavo Niz, and Gianmassimo Tasinato; Ishwaree P. Neupane; Julio Oliva and Sourya Ray; T. Padmanabhan; Giandomenico Palumbo; Antonio Enea Romano and Pisin Chen; Gustavo E. Romero and Daniela Perez; M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari; C. Sivaram; N. C. Tsamis and R. P. Woodard; C. S. Unnikrishnan and G. T. Gillies. This announcement and abstracts of award-winning and honorable mention essays will be posted when ready on our web site, http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org. The five award-winning essays will be published in the Journal of General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG) and subsequently, in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). They will also be posted at a later date on our web site. Roger W. Babson, Founder George M. Rideout, Jr., President GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 6th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (2nd announcement) 1.2 Astrophysics and gravitational waves meeting in Mallorca 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoc position in Gravitation, Astrophysics, Cosmology or Astroparticle Physics at Santander Univ., Colombia 2.2 PhD Position in Theoretical Physics at Stockholm University 2.3 Postdoctoral position in cosmology at University of Oslo 2.4 Lecturers in Mathematical Physics at University of Southampton 2.5 Postdoc Position in Dynamics of Relativistic Magnetised Flows 2.6 Postdoc position in numerical relativity at University of Burgundy 2.7 W2-Professorship in Theoretical Physics at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 3. News 3.1 2010 GWIC Thesis Prize ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 6th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (2nd announcement) ----------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/13/6th-gulf-coast-gravity-meeting-2nd-… Starting Sun, May 15, 2011 to Mon, May 16, 2011 Location: Boca Raton, FL, USA Additional Information: http://www.physics.fau.edu/events_news/GCGM6/GCGM6.php This is the 2nd announcement of the 6th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, which will be held May 15-16 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. Researchers in all areas of gravitational physics, including numerical, experimental, classical and quantum gravity, as well as related astrophysics and cosmology will be in attendance. This is an informal regional meeting, and most participants will be from the Gulf Coast area of the United States, but all outside of this region who wish to attend are more than welcome. A prize of $200 (sponsored by the APS Topical Group on Gravity) will be awarded for the best talk given by a student at the meeting. Additionally, funds are available to support student travel through an event grant of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The registration simply consists in sending an email to jonathan.engle[AT]fau.edu with a title and short abstract if it is desired to give a talk, preferably by May 8th. Please indicate in the email whether the participant is a student. A current list of registered participants may be found at the website http://www.physics.fau.edu/events_news/GCGM6/GCGM6.php . Hotel reservations should be made by participants themselves. We have reserved a block of rooms at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Boca Raton under the name ``6th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting’’ with a special negotiated rate of $69 per night. The phone number and address for the hotel are: 561-417-8585, 3400 Airport Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431. The room block will be released on April 30th. Recommended airports for arrival are Palm Beach International Airport and Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Miami International Airport is also possible but farther away. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Astrophysics and gravitational waves meeting in Mallorca ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/11/astrophysics-and-gravitational-wave… Starting Mon, Sep 05, 2011 to Fri, Sep 09, 2011 Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/~pau/Astro-GR@Mallorca.html We are glad to announce the 6th (!) Astro-GR meeting. This time we will meeting from Monday 5th to Friday September 9th 2011 in Palma de Mallorca to discuss about astrophysics and gravitational waves, focusing on the science the new European envisioned and other future missions can do, such as: * Astrophysical modelling of super- and massive black hole coalescences * Astrophysical modelling of small compact objects by massive black holes (aka "EMRIs") * Observations of our own Galactic Center (SgrA*) * Observations of binary neutron stars leading up to coalescence for long periods of time * Precision astronomy of massive stellar bodies and measurements of spin-down of individual pulsars * Modelling of strong field sources within General Relativity * Data analysis of the sources * Early warning of possible mergers either from the data analysis or by EM detection * Coincidence measurements with ground-based GW detectors This meeting will be run in the style of all previous Astro-GR meetings, with presentations in the morning and discussion/working groups in the afternoon. This format has worked very well in the past, so we have decided to use it again for this meeting. The format and venue for Astro-GR@Mallorca will limit the number of attendees. We thus kindly ask every participant to register as soon as s/he makes travel arrangements and to avoid disappointment. In keeping with the spirit of an informal workshop, there will be no registration fee. The number of slots will be very limited, and they will be chosen by the organizers on the basis of their relevance to the main focus and goal of this meeting. Please take a look to this link to get an impression of the general philosophy of the meetings: http://www.aei.mpg.de/~pau/astro_gr.html A key aim of the Astro-GR meetings is to foster and develop new collaborative ventures, as well as to strengthen existing ones, within the different communities (astrophysics, data analysis, general relativity and numerical relativity). Looking forward to getting your registrations! Pau Amaro-Seoane, Alicia Sintes and Sascha Husa ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoc position in Gravitation, Astrophysics, Cosmology or Astroparticle Physics at Santander Univ., Colombia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/28/postdoc-position-in-gravitation-ast… Institution: Bucaramanga, Colombia Deadline: Mon, Jun 13, 2011 Additional Information: http://cevale2.uis.edu.co The Relativity and Gravitation Research Group (GIRG), Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, invites applications for a postdoctoral research position for a one year period, beginning in Fall 2011.The GIRG group includes four faculty members of the School of Physics and its research interests cover a wide range of subjects from Astrophysics, General Relativity, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. Applicants who have received their Ph.D. in Physics or Astrophysics in the last five years are eligible for consideration. For this position, applicants will submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae with a list of publications, a brief description of research interests and arrange for three letters of recommendation. In order to receive the application format, please contact Prof. Guillermo A. Gonzalez, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, School of Physics guillego[at]uis.edu.co. Applicants selected for employment must complete a background check prior to employment. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 PhD Position in Theoretical Physics at Stockholm University ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/20/phd-position-in-theoretical-physics… Institution: Stockholm, Sweden Deadline: Mon, May 02, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.fysik.su.se/om/tjanster/Announcement_friteo_ENG.pdf This position is within one of the research subjects Physics, Theoretical Physics, Chemical Physics or Medical Radiation Physics and is directed towards theoretical activity. The applicant may freely choose the research area and supervisor. For research in "Relativistic astrophysics" (within the subject Theoretical Physics) you may select myself (Kjell Rosquist) as supervisor. For an example of a possible thesis subject, see http://www.irap-phd.org/page17/page17.html Note the tight deadline for applicatons: 2 May 2011. For any questions, please contact: Prof. Kjell Rosquist kr[at]fysik.su.se Tel: +4670 755 7649 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral position in cosmology at University of Oslo ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/20/postdoctoral-position-in-cosmology-… Institution: Oslo, Norway Deadline: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 Additional Information: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/546081/64278?iso=no Position as postdoctoral research fellow is available at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics of the University of Oslo (http://www.astro.uio.no/) The fellowship period is 2 years and will start on 01.08.2011 or as soon as possible thereafter. The cosmology group has joined the proposed European cosmology space mission Euclid. Special scientific interest are within testing modified gravity and dark energy models, and constraining the neutrino masses, with results from large-scale galaxy surveys, including Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations, power spectra, large-scale flow patterns and weak lensing. This postdoctoral fellowship, which is funded by the Research Council of Norway, is dedicated to research in connection with this project, and we seek candidates who can contribute significantly within this field. The candidate must have a PhD or other corresponding education equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in astronomy/astrophysics, physics or a related discipline and should have research experience of relevance for Euclid. Salary: Pay Grade: 57 – 64 (NOK 448 200 – 510 000 per year, depending on qualifications and seniority). Application to be sent electronically via: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/546081/64278?iso=no The application must include: • Application letter • Project description • CV (summarizing education, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience and other qualifying activity) • Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation • A complete list of publications and copies of up to 5 academic works that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee • Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Lecturers in Mathematical Physics at University of Southampton ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/18/lecturers-in-mathematical-physics-a… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Thu, May 19, 2011 Additional Information: http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk We are seeking to appoint up to two outstanding mathematical physicists with excellent track records of research and the potential for research leadership in areas which will enhance and extend our current interests. We are looking to appoint candidates who undertake internationally leading research at the interface between Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy. These lectureships are central to the activities of the Southampton Theory Astronomy and Gravity (STAG) centre for fundamental physics. Preference will be given to an individual with a record of excellent research in either theoretical/computational relativistic astrophysics (particularly in modelling gamma-ray bursts, supernova core collapse, accretion onto compact objects or relativistic jets, phenomena relevant for multimessenger astronomy and astrophysics of black hole and neutron stars) or theoretical/mathematical physics (particularly in string inspired gravity, theoretical cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, AdS-CFT correspondence, holography and relativistic fluids). To be considered you should have a PhD in mathematical physics or a related area. You should have experience of solving problems, organising research and pursuing new research directions. You should also be able to demonstrate a high-quality research track-record and the potential to be an excellent teacher. Duties, as determined by the Head of Academic Unit, will include: conducting research of international standing in mathematical physics, applying for externally funded research grants and enhancing the international profile of the research group, undergraduate teaching and supervision of research students. As part of the role you will also be expected to support effective management and administration of the academic unit. The position is available from 1 August 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter. It is expected that interviews will be held in June 2011. As part of the interview process, candidates will be invited to give a research presentation. Informal enquiries can be made at any time to: Professor Nils Andersson email: N.A.Andersson[AT]soton.ac.uk tel. +44 (0)23 8059 4551 or to: Professor James Vickers email: J.A.Vickers[AT]soton.ac.uk tel +44(0) 23 8059 5113. Please visit http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk and apply on-line, or call 023 8059 2750. The closing date for applications is 19 May 2011 at 12.00 noon. Please quote reference number 5466-11-J in all correspondence. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoc Position in Dynamics of Relativistic Magnetised Flows ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/09/postdoc-position-in-the-dynamics-of… Institution: Leeds, UK Deadline: Wed, Jun 01, 2011 Additional Information: http://ambio1.leeds.ac.uk/~serguei/ Applications are invited for a research fellowship funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). A major part of the post involves development of computer code for 3D Relativistic Magnethohydrodynamics with adaptive mesh refinement which will run on parallel computers. The other part of this job involves numerical study of the complex dynamics of magnetically-dominated relativistic plasma, with focus on the effects of non-axisymmetric instabilities, and with applications in the astrophysics of Pulsar Wind Nebulae, relativistic jets, and central engines of Active Galactic Nuclei and Gamma-Ray Bursts. You will work in close contact with the Principal Investigator (PI) Professor Serguei Komissarov as well as with Professor Samuel Falle of The University of Leeds and the other researches from USA and Belguim named in the project. You will have a PhD (or be close to completing) in the relevant discipline, e.g. Computational MHD, Plasma physics, Fluid dynamics, Astrophysics. Excellent computational skills, Fortran and/or C, experience in computational fluid dynamics and practical knowledge of parallel programming are essential. University Grade 6 (£24,370 - £29,099 p.a.) or University Grade 7 (£29,972 - £35,788 p.a.) Due to funding limitations it is likely the appointment will not be made above £31,798 p.a. Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Serguei Komissarov, tel +44 (0)113 343 5127 email Serguei[at]maths.leeds.ac.uk. Closing Date: 1 June 2011 Anticipated Interview Date: 20 June 2011 Applications should be made via http://www.leeds.ac.uk/universityjobs +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoc position in numerical relativity at University of Burgundy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/09/postdoc-position-in-numerical-relat… Institution: Dijon, France Deadline: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 The Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne, Université de Bourgogne (Mathematical Institute of Burgundy, University of Burgundy at Dijon) offers a 1-year post-doctoral position by the Conseil Régional de Bourgogne (Regional council of Burgundy) in numerical relativity. A renewal of the position is possible. The successful candidate is supposed to work in the numerical treatment of PDEs related to general relativity. The candidate is expected to have experience in the numerical treatment of PDEs, especially in the use of spectral methods. A knowledge in C++ and/or Matlab and parallel computing is welcome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 W2-Professorship in Theoretical Physics at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/06/w2-professorship-in-theoretical-phy… Institution: Erlangen, Germany Deadline: Mon, May 02, 2011 Additional Information: http://theorie3.physik.uni-erlangen.de/opportunities.html The Faculty of Natural Sciences offers at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Physics the position of a tenured W2-Professorship in Theoretical Physics, succession of Prof. Dr. M. Dilig. Duties include teaching and research in Theoretical Physics. The successful candidate is expected to have a strong research record in the quantum field theoretical generalisation of General Relativity. His or her research field should enhance the institute's activities in this field and in Mathematical Physics. Interest in phenomenological aspects of Quantum Gravity is desirable. Opportunities of cooperation exist, among others, with the Department of Mathematics, in particular with the Emmy Noether Centre for Algebra, as well as with the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP). Qualifications include university undergraduate and doctoral degrees, good teaching skills, and a habilitation or equivalent other qualification, which may have been gained outside the University or within a Juniorprofessur. The successful candidate will be expected to take over administrative duties and also to attract external funding. At the time of appointment the candidate must not be older than 52 years of age. The Ministry for Science, Research and Art may allow an exception in special cases, which has to be approved by the Ministry of Finance. This appointment will be made by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg is comitted to a profamily policy and an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage women to apply in an effort to increase a female representation in research and teaching. The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg persues a policy of intensive study support of its students and expects therefore that its teaching staff maintain a substantial student contact time by being present at the university. All other qualifications being equal handicapped persons will be given priority. The position is to be filled as soon as possible. Application documents (curriculum vitae, photograph, list of publications and teaching activities, certified copies of the degree certificates but no publications) and a brief statement of research interests must be sent not later than May 2nd, 2011, to: Dekan der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsstraße 40, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 2010 GWIC Thesis Prize -------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/04/13/2010-gwic-thesis-prize/ Additional Information: https://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/ I am pleased to announce that the Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC) Thesis Prize for 2010 is awarded to Haixing Miao from the University of Western Australia, for his thesis "Exploring Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics in Optomechanical Devices". We hope that we will be able to give Haixing his award at the Amaldi9 meeting in Cardiff. This year, we again set a record for the number of nominations: seventeen theses from six countries. Moreover, with this award, Australia becomes the fourth continent to host a winner in the five year history of the GWIC Thesis Prize, demonstrating in the clearest fashion the truly global nature of gravitational wave research. The nominees and their theses can be found at https://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/ We are most grateful to chair Viviana Fafone and the Selection Committee (Duncan Brown, Chris van den Broeck, Neil Cornish, Andreas Freise, Dick Manchester, Masa-Katsu Fujimoto, and Peter Shawhan) for their hard work.

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