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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
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1. Conferences
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1.1 Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG13) in Stockholm (4th circ.)
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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.
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1.2 2012 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), Kobe (Japan)
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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
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1.3 Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal ERE2012 (2nd circ.)
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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
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1.4 First VESF School on Advanced Detectors of Gravitational Waves, Cascina, (Italy)
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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.
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1.5 CoQuS Summer School 2012 "Quantum Physics meets Gravity", Vienna, Austria
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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.
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1.6 BritGrav 12 in Southampton, UK (2nd circular)
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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)
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1.7 Relativistic Positioning Systems and their Scientific Applications, Brdo (Slovenia)
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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)
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1.8 Xth School of Cosmology in Cargese: Gravitational Lenses
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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.
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2. Jobs
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2.1 Lectureship position in Mathematics at University of York, UK
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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
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2.2 Copernicus Center Scholarship for PhD Researchers, Krakow, Poland
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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
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2.3 Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Krakow, Poland
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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
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2.4 Postdoc in quantum theory at Imperial College
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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.
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2.5 Postdoctoral position in Cosmology at Cambridge, UK
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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.
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2.6 1-yr postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational physics at Bishop's University
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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.
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3. News
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3.1 New Book: 'Relativistic Cosmology' by G. Ellis, R. Maartens and M. MacCallum
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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.
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3.2 From Black Clouds to Black Holes by J V Narlikar (3rd edition)
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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.
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3.3 Highlights and Conclusions of the Chalonge 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2011
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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
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3.4 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis" (major update)
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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.
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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
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3.5 "Vignettes in Gravitation and Cosmology" by Sriramkumar and Seshadri
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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.
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3.6 New book: "3+1 Formalism in General Relativity" by Eric Gourgoulhon
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Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI:
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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. Conformal Killing Operator and Conformal Vector Laplacian
B. Sage Codes
More details at http://relativite.obspm.fr/3p1
