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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Quantum Gravity Meeting, Rome 1.2. The Information Universe, Groningen, Netherlands 1.3. Minisymposium on Mathematical General Relativity at the Annual Meeting of the German Mathematical Society, Hamburg 1.4. 2nd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics (2nd circular) 1.5. Variational principles and conservation laws in General Relativity, Turin, Italy 1.6. Albert Einstein, Michele Besso and Marcel Grossmann: a satellite meeting of MG14 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral position in high-energy astrophysics at Fudan 2.2. Postdoc position in GR at Charles University in Prague 2.3. Postdoc position in AdS gravity, Krakow, Poland 2.4. Associate Professor/Professor of Applied Mathematics, Victoria, Australia 2.5. IRAP PhD 2015 call 2.6. PhD position in space mission ACES, Paris, France 3. News 3.1. 2015 Awards for Essays on Gravitation announcement 3.2. Update news about Marcel Grossman meeting ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Quantum Gravity Meeting, Rome --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=10711 Starting: 2015-07-20 to 2015-07-23 Location: Rome Additional Information: http://qgrome2015.relativerest.org Contact: info[AT]relativerest.org This meeting will be hosted by the quantum-gravity group at La Sapienza University of Rome. It will start on Monday July 20th and end on Thursday July 23rd (2015). This year the Marcel Grossmann meeting will be held in Rome July 12-18 and, since several colleagues would already be here for that meeting of broader scopes, we thought it would be a good idea to host a meeting more focused on quantum gravity just after the Marcel Grossmann. Of course, we also hope some of the colleagues who are unable to be in Rome the previous week for the Marcel Grossmann meeting will still choose to take part in our meeting. We hosted another meeting last year (http://ctcqg2014.relativerest.org/) which was very lively and enjoyable, particularly because of contributions by participants from several different areas of quantum-gravity research. We intend to have a meeting of equally broad scopes this year. So, like last year, we solicit contributions from all areas of quantum-gravity research. However, whereas last year we were reasonably well funded, this year the meeting must be mostly supported by fees. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. The Information Universe, Groningen, Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=10753 Starting: 2015-10-07 to 2015-10-09 Location: Groningen, Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl Contact: informationuniverse[AT]rug.nl The main ambition of this conference is to explore the question "What is the role of information in the physics of our Universe?". This intellectual pursuit may have a key role in improving our understanding of the Universe at a time when we build technology to acquire and manage Big Data, discover highly organized information systems in nature and attempt to solve outstanding issues on the role of information in physics. The conference intends to address the "in vivo" (role of information in nature) and "in vitro" (theory and models) aspects of the Information Universe. The discussions about the role of information will include the views and thoughts of several disciplines: astronomy, physics, computer science, mathematics, life sciences, quantum computing, and neuroscience. Different scientific communities hold various and sometimes distinct formulations of the role of information in the Universe indicating we still lack understanding of its intrinsic nature. During this conference we will try to identify the right questions, which may lead us towards an answer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Minisymposium on Mathematical General Relativity at the Annual Meeting of the German Mathematical Society, Hamburg --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=10759 Starting: 2015-09-21 to 2015-09-25 Location: Hamburg, Germany Additional Information: http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/DMV2015/ Contact: oliver.rinne[AT]aei.mpg.de There will be a minisymposium on Mathematical General Relativity at the Annual Meeting of the German Mathematical Society (DMV) in Hamburg from 21 to 25 September 2015. The minisymposium will take place on 22 and 23 September. Please see the conference website for further details. Note the early registration deadline on 15 June. Speakers: Marcus Ansorg (Jena): High-accuracy methods for black-hole perturbations: quasi-normal-modes filtering Carla Cederbaum (Tübingen): Uniqueness of photon spheres in static vacuum isolated systems Roland Donninger (Bonn): Blowup results for nonlinear wave equations Helmut Friedrich (AEI Potsdam): Some global results and problems for Einstein's field equations Domenico Giulini (Hannover/Bremen): Aspects of 3-manifold theory in general relativity Carsten Gundlach (Southampton): Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse Juliette Hell (FU Berlin): Chaotic heteroclinic structure for extreme gravity models Gustav Holzegel (Imperial, London): Recent progress in the black hole stability problem Jutta Kunz (Oldenburg): Hairy black holes Stefan Liebscher (FU Berlin): The tumbling universe: cosmological models in the big-bang limit Reinhard Meinel (Jena): Constructive proof of the no-hair theorem Dirk Pützfeld (Bremen): Test body motion in gravity Organisers: Oliver Rinne and Lars Andersson (AEI Potsdam) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. 2nd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics (2nd circular) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2015/05/29/2nd-karl-schwarzschild-meetin… Starting: 2015-07-20 to 2015-07-24 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/382362/overview Contact: ksm2015[AT]fias.uni-frankfurt.de The 2nd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 20-24 July 2015. The conference will be held at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and will focus on the general theme of black holes, gravity and information. The meeting will bring together both working specialists in the field and rising young researchers to foster new conversations and collaborations. Invited speakers will deliver plenary talks on the broad topic of black holes, gravity, and information, highlighting its applications to astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and strongly correlated systems. In addition to plenary speaker and senior scientist talks, we feature several plenary sessions devoted to the next generation of gravitational physicists. The senior scientists will also serve as mentors to the attending younger generation of researchers. Due to the limited size of the venue, early registration slots are limited. Early registration will expire on June 15th, 2015, or when the capacity has been reached. Limited financial reimbursement is available, for which participants may submit an application along with their registration. Karl Schwarzschild was a native of Frankfurt who published his first papers while attending the Gymnasium Frankfurt in the late 1880s. The year 2015 will mark the 100th anniversary of the derivation of Schwarzschilds famous solution to Einsteins equations. The conference venue will be the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies on the modern Riedberg Campus of Goethe University. Distinguished key note speaker: Gerard t Hooft (Utrecht University) Keynote Speakers: Bernard Carr (Queen Mary, University of London) Georgi Dvali (LMU/MPI Munich, New York University) George Ellis (University of Cape Town) Valeria Ferrari (Sapienza University of Rome) Steve Giddings (University of California Santa Barbara) Daniel Grumiller (TU Vienna) Achim Kempf (University of Waterloo/Perimeter Institute/Institute for Quantum Computing) Claus Laemmerzahl (ZARM/University of Bremen) Robert Mann (University of Waterloo, Perimeter Institute) Frans Pretorius (Princeton University) Luciano Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt) Carlo Rovelli (CPT/Aix-Marseille University) Ralf Schutzhold (University of Duisburg-Essen) Herman Verlinde (Princeton University) Elizabeth Winstanley (The University of Sheffield) Organizing Committee Piero Nicolini (FIAS and Goethe University, Frankfurt) Matthias Kaminski (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa) Jonas Mureika (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles) Marcus Bleicher (FIAS and Goethe University, Frankfurt) International Advisory Committee: Jacob Bekenstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Juan M. Maldacena (IAS, Princeton) Donald Marolf (University of California Santa Barbara) Martin Reuter (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz) Carlo Rovelli (CPT/Aix-Marseille University) Dam T. Son (University of Chicago) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Variational principles and conservation laws in General Relativity, Turin, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2015/05/29/variational-principles-and-co… Starting: 2015-06-25 to 2015-06-26 Location: Turin, Italy Additional Information: http://sigrav.na.infn.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/locandina_workshop.pdf Contact: marcella.palese[AT]unito.it A miniworkshop "Variational principles and conservation laws in General Relativity" will be held on June 25-26 2015 at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Torino. The workshop is organized by the local Mathematical Physics group in memory of Mauro Francaviglia. The confirmed speakers are: Andrzej Borowiec (University of Wroc?aw) Salvatore Capozziello (University of Napoli "Federico II") Vincenzo Ciancio (University of Messina) Lorenzo Fatibene (University of Torino) Richard Kerner (Universite' Pierre and Marie Curie -- Paris VI) Jerzy Kijowski (Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw) Demeter Krupka (University of Hradec Kralove, Lepage Research Institute) Giulio Magli (Politecnico di Milano) Guido Magnano (University of Torino) Annalisa Marzuoli (University of Pavia) Other speakers: Simon Garruto (University of Torino) Jan-Willem van Holten (National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam) Anna Katarzyna Pacho? (University of Torino) Edoardo Provenzi (Universite' Paris Descartes) Luca Vitagliano (University of Salerno) Ekkehart Winterroth (University of Torino) Closing by: Marcella G. Lorenzi (University of Calabria) The participation is free. Please register by sending an e-mail to: marcella.palese[at]unito.it Proceedings of the Workshop will be published as a dedicated issue of "International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics". http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijgmmp The Workshop is supported by: Department of Mathematics of the University of Torino SIGRAV - Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitational Physics Organizing committe L. Fatibene, M. Ferraris, M. Palese, E. Winterroth Further information: http://sigrav.na.infn.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/locandina_workshop.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Albert Einstein, Michele Besso and Marcel Grossmann: a satellite meeting of MG14 --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2015/05/30/albert-einstein-michele-besso… Starting: 2015-07-13 to 2015-07-17 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg14/ Contact: mg14[AT]icra.it A satellite meeting of MGXIV will take place at the Besso Foundation, Largo di Torre Argentina, 11 00186 Rome, under the aegis of the Besso Foundation, ICRANet, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the participation of the Albert Einstein Archives and Racah Institute for physics, the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Berlin. During this meeting a presentation of several books is planned: Presentation of the exposition of selected manuscripts of Einstein, Besso and Marcell Grossman by Claudia Graff, Hanoch Gutfreund, Juergen Renn and Remo Ruffini Presentation of the book on Marcel Grossmann by Claudia Graff, grandchild of Marcell Grossmann Presentation of the two volumes by Princeton University co-authored by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn Presentation of the book ICRANet and relativistic astrophysics More information will be soon available on the MGXIV website http://www.icra.it/mg/mg14/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral position in high-energy astrophysics at Fudan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2015/05/08/postdoctoral-position-in-high… Deadline: 2015-06-30 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The high-energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has one postdoctoral position available from the next semester and to start before the end of the year. Applications from candidates working in any research area of gravity and high energy astrophysics will be considered, but preference may be given to those with interest/experience in: 1) X-ray astronomy (theory or data analysis) 2) Test of general relativity and of alternative theories of gravity 3) Gravitational waves (theory) Details about projects and activities can be found on the group webpage: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ Interested candidates should send their CV (including, among other things, date of birth and contact details of 2-3 referees), short statement of research interests and/or experience, and publication list to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Please arrange also at least 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. Applications received by June 30 will receive full consideration. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc position in GR at Charles University in Prague ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=10715 Deadline: 2015-06-23 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://www.mff.cuni.cz/fakulta/prace/2016postphys.htm Contact: oldrich.semerak[AT]mff.cuni.cz Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral position within Prague relativity group to a motivated person, working in the field of general relativity and/or its astrophysical or cosmological applications. More specifically, his/her doctoral expertise and research plan should include at least one of the following topics: solutions of Einstein's field equations and their interpretation, problems of energy and radiation in GR, asymptotic structure of space-times, particles and fields around black holes, dynamics of particles and extended bodies in GR, physics of neutron stars, black-hole perturbations, approximation methods and numerical relativity, gravitational lensing, contemporary cosmology (cosmological models and their perturbations, dark matter and dark energy, early universe), emission and analysis of gravitational waves and their astrophysical and cosmological aspects. The selected candidate will work within the Albert Einstein Center for Gravitation and Astrophysics lead by Prof. Jiri Bicak. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoc position in AdS gravity, Krakow, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=10735 Deadline: 2015-06-28 Location: Krakow, Poland Additional Information: http://www.fais.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/start-en Contact: bizon[AT]th.if.uj.edu.pl A 2-year postdoc position is available at the Jagiellonian University (Krakow) to work within the project "Asymptotically AdS spacetimes and turbulence" founded by the Polish National Science Centre. We welcome applicants (theoretical physicists or mathematicians) with strong background and research record in at least one of the following areas: numerical relativity, analysis of PDEs, wave turbulence. This is a pure research position with no teaching duties. The gross monthly salary is 7500 PLN. The starting date is flexible within the range September 2015-January 2016. Interested candidates should send their cv, list of publications, and a short description of research interests to prof. Piotr Bizon (email: bizon[AT]th.if.uj.edu.pl) and arrange two recommendation letters to be sent to the same address. The deadline for applications is June 28, 2015. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Associate Professor/Professor of Applied Mathematics, Victoria, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2015/05/24/associate-professorprofessor-… Deadline: 2015-07-02 Location: Melbourne, Australia Additional Information: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/ Contact: sci-maths-jobs[AT]monash.edu The University Monash University seeks to improve the human condition by advancing knowledge and fostering creativity. It does so through research and education and a commitment to social justice, human rights and a sustainable environment. The Opportunity Over the years Monash has built a strong reputation in Mathematics and, following the relocation of some of the more applied research areas, the School of Mathematics is embarking on a unique expansion across broad areas of Mathematics. A number of appointments in Pure Mathematics were made in 2014 and in 2015 Applied Mathematics is to be strengthened. Outstanding candidates in Applied Mathematics are invited to apply for the posts. Some of the appointments will further build our research in mathematical biology, numerical analysis and scientific computing, fluid dynamics, mathematical finance, and nonlinear dynamics with engineering applications. Successful candidates at level D/E will be expected to take leadership roles and be involved with recruitment at lower levels. All candidates will be expected to have outstanding research records and help our drive for excellence across the school. The school recognises the need for a strong mathematical underpinning of research in many schools across the campus, and is committed to delivering outstanding mathematics teaching across the campus. Duration Full-time, continuing appointment The Benefits Remuneration package of $149,054 - $164,205 pa Level D / $192,001 pa Level E (which includes employer superannuation contribution of 17%) Relocation travel, removal allowance and salary packaging are available. Monash offers a range of professional development programs, support for research, study and overseas work, generous maternity leave and flexible work arrangements. Applications accepted via the university website: http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=534771&lCategoryID=641%2C+… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. IRAP PhD 2015 call ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2015/05/30/irap-phd-2015-call/ Deadline: 2015-09-30 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd Contact: secretariat-irapphd[AT]icra.it The International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. (IRAP PhD) Joint Doctorate Program sponsored by ICRANet A deadline of 30th September 2015 has been established for nine positions open internationally and directly sponsored by the participating institutions. The coordinated effort of many international organizations such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), has led to an unprecedented amount of scientific information from the microphysical world all the way to the entire Universe. To harvest the results of these scientific missions, a specific Ph. D. program has been envisaged in order to involve the students in the analysis and modeling of the above observational data within the theory of general relativity and relativistic quantum and classical field theories. The students will also be involved in innovative experimental programs in relativistic astrophysics. The program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of experimental, mathematical and theoretical physics relevant to the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. These activities, being necessarily international, the scientific and academic institutions, indicated below, participate with their own specific scientific specialties and a joint degree is delivered, at the end of the program. The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet (Pescara, Rio de Janeiro and Rome) as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam (Germany); Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata (India); Observatoire de la Cote DAzur, Nice (France); University of Ferrara (Italy); University of Rome, la Sapienza (Italy); University of Savoie, Annecy (France). 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 (INAF-IASF Bologna) Carlo Luciano BIANCO (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Michel BOER (UNICE-France) Luca IZZO (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS Felix AHARONIAN (DIAS-Dublin and MPIK-Heidelberg) Ulisses Barres de Almeida (CBPF/MCT Rio) Alessandro DE ANGELIS (Univ. Udine-Italy) Paolo GIOMMI (ASI-ASDC Rome) Marco TAVANI (INAF-IASF Rome) COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY, BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES IN GRAVITY Vladimir BELINSKI (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Thibault DAMOUR (IHES and ICRANet) Hermann NICOLAI (MPIG-Einstein Institut) FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS IN RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES Giovanni AMELINO-CAMELIA (SAPIENZA-Rome) Johannes BLUEMLEIN (DESY and FU Berlin) Gabriele GIONTI (Vatican) Hagen KLEINERT (FU Berlin and ICRANet) ACCRETION ON BLACK HOLES Sandip CHAKRABARTI (Bose Centre-Kolkata) Grant MATHEWS (CANDU -USA) GENERAL RELATIVITY Donato BINI (CNR and ICRANet) Bruno Carneiro DA CUNHA (UFPE-Recife) Jutta KUNZ (Univ. Oldenburg-Germany) Volker PERLICK (Univ. of Bremen-Germany) SUPERNOVAE AND GAMMA RAY BURSTS Alexey AKSENOV (ICAD, RAS-Moscow) Massimo DELLA VALLE (INAF-Naples and ICRANet) Xiaohui FAN (UA at Tucson) Georges MEYNET (Obs. UNIGE-Geneva) Remo RUFFINI (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) SPACE AND GROUND-BASED TESTS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY Francis EVERITT and Paul WORDEN (Stanford University) Claus LAEMMERZAHL (University of Bremen) Roberto PERON (INAF-Rome) Costantino SIGISMONDI (ON Rio and ICRANet) LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE AND DARK MATTER Carlos ARGUELLES (ICRANet) Nikolaos MAVROMATOS (Kings College London) Marco MERAFINA (Sapienza-Rome) Piero ROSATI (University of Ferrara) X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION Filippo FRONTERA (University of Ferrara) Shuangnan ZHANG (IHEP Chinese Academy of Science) MULTIWAVELENGTH AND TIME-DOMAIN DATA ANALYSIS IN ASTROPHYSICS Bernardo FRAGA (ICRANet) Paolo GIOMMI (ASI-ASDC Rome) Mauro ORLANDINI (University of Ferrara) ON BLACK HOLES Roy KERR (ICRANet) GAMMA RAY BURST THEORIES AND OBSERVATIONS Pascal CHARDONNET (University of Savoie and ICRANet) Christopher FRYER (LANL-USA) Marco MUCCINO (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Ana PENACCHIONI (INPE-Brazil) Tsvi PIRAN (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) WHITE DWARFS, NEUTRONS STARS, BOSON STARS: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORY Riccardo BELVEDERE and Sheyse M. de CARVALHO (ICRANet) Fernanda GOMES DE OLIVEIRA (ICRANet) Sergio FRASCA (SAPIENZA-Rome) and Jutta KUNZ (University of Oldenburg) Manuel MALHEIRO (ITA Brazil) Jorge RUEDA (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Cezar ZEN (UFRGS Brazil) RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY, STRONG COUPLING QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA Antonino DI PIAZZA and Christoph H. KEITEL (MPIK) Gregory VERESHCHAGIN and She-Sheng XUE (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) IRAP PhD FACULTY Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (Sapienza Universita' di Roma), Stefano Ansoldi (Universita' degli Studi di Udine), Ulisses Barres de Almeida (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil), Elia Stefano Battistelli (Sapienza Universita' di Roma), Vladimir Belinski (Sapienza Universita' di Roma and ICRANet), Carlo Luciano Bianco (Sapienza Universita' di Roma and ICRANet), Donato (CNR - Ist. per Applicaz. del Calcolo "M. Picone"), Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India), Pascal Chardonnet (Universite' de Savoie), Christian Cherubini (Universita' "Campus Biomedico" di Roma), Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques), Jaan Einasto (Tartu Observatory), Sergio Frasca (Sapienza Universita' di Roma), Filippo Frontera (Universita' di Ferrara), Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Universite' de Nice Sophia Antipolis), Paolo Giommi (ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China), Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin), Jutta Kunz-Drolshagen (Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg), Claus Laemmerzahl (Universität Bremen), Olivier Legrand (Universite' de Nice Sophia Antipolis), Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur), Hermann Nicolai (Max Plank Institute for Gravitational Physics, Postdam), Kjell Rosquist (Stockholm University), Jorge Rueda (Sapienza Universita' di Roma and ICRANet), Remo Ruffini (Director) (Sapienza Università di Roma and ICRANet), Felix Ryde (Stockholm University), Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Cote 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) More information at http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. PhD position in space mission ACES, Paris, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=10817 Deadline: 2015-06-15 Location: Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France Additional Information: https://syrte.obspm.fr/spip/science/theorie/projets-de-recherche/article/ac… Contact: christine.guerlin[AT]obspm.fr Space mission ACES and follow-ups: beyond Standard Model and General Relativity The ACES space mission will bring beginning of 2017 the first cold atom clock in space, PHARAO, onboard International Space Station. It aims at realizing a highly accurate and stable time scale in space. The ACES time scale will be compared to best atomic clocks on ground in more than 7 metrological labs worldwide. The altitude difference between space and ground clocks will allow to measure the gravitational redshift predicted by General Relativity with an unprecedented accuracy, as well as to search for a violation of Local Lorentz Invariance and for a possible temporal variation of the fine structure constant. Following missions are already being considered, with different types of atomic clocks and/or atom interferometers for inertial measurements. In all these experiments, the search for a violation of fundamental principles of modern physics requires the use of a theoretical frame beyond General Relativity and Standard Model. We propose in this PhD thesis to explore one of the most exhaustive theoretical frames, recently used for treating Lorentz invariance: the Standard Model Extension (SME). A complete research program contains the following steps: - getting familiarized with the SME model; - modelizing ACES experiment in the SME; - simulating observable signatures due to violations of Lorentz invariance, and estimate constraints on SME parameters; - including a search for these terms in the (existing) ACES data analysis for obtaining constraints on the SME parameters; - applying this work to the first ACES data expected from 2017; - participating to the elaboration of future missions to optimize their scientific gain for fundamental physics, in particular for SME tests; - estimating (by numerical simulation) the performances of future missions in this frame. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. 2015 Awards for Essays on Gravitation announcement ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2015/05/19/2015-awards-for-essays-on-gra… 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 2015. 1. $4,000 - Local Conformal Symmetry: the Missing Symmetry Component for Space and Time by Gerard 't Hooft, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University and Spinoza Institute, Postbox 80.195, 3508 TD Utrecht, the Netherlands; e-mail: g.thooft[AT]uu.nl 2. $1,250 - Gravity as the Breakdown of Conformal Invariance by Giovanni Amelino-Camelia[1], Michele Arzano[1], Giulia Gubitosi[2], and Joao Magueijo[2], [1]Dipartimento di Fisica, Università La Sapienza and Sez. Roma1 INFN, P.le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italia, [2]TheoreticalPhysics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom; e-mail: giovanni.amelino-camelia[AT]roma1.infn.it, michele.arzano[AT]roma1.infn.it, g.gubitosi[AT]imperial.ac.uk, j.magueijo[AT]imperial.ac.uk 3. $1,000 - Nature Abhors a Horizon by Per Kraus[1] and Samir D. Mathur[2], [1]Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547, [2]Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; e-mail: pkraus[AT]ucla.edu, mathur.16[AT]osu.edu 4. $750 - Fractionated Branes and Black Hole Interiors by Emil J. Martinec, Enrico Fermi Inst. and Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637-1433; e-mail: e-martinec[AT]uchicago.edu 5. $500 - The Essence of Gravitational Waves and Energy by F. I. Cooperstock, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, Victoria, B.C. V8W 3P6, Canada; e-mail: cooperst[AT]uvic.ca Selected for Honorable Mention this year were (listed in alphabetical order): Tim Adamo; N. Afshordi, R. B. Mann, and R. Pourhasan; Dharam Vir Ahluwalia, Lance Labun, and Giorgio Torrieri; Shreya Banerjee, Sayantani Bera, and Tejinder P. Singh; Tom Banks; Carlos Barcelo, Raul Carballo-Rubio, and Luis J. Garay; John D. Barrow and Alexander A. H. Graham; Eric Bergshoeff, Wout Merbis, Alasdair J. Routh, and Paul K. Townsend; Swastik Bhattacharya and S. Shankaranarayanan; Eugenio Bianchi, Lucas Hackl, and Nelson Yokomizo; N. E. J Bjerrum-Bohr, John F. Donoghue, Basem Kamal El-Menoufi, Barry R. Holstein, Ludovic Plante, and Pierre Vanhove; Xian O. Camanho, Jose D. Edelstein, and Alexander Zhiboedov; Massimo Cerdonio and Carlo Rovelli; Saurya Das; Upasana Das and Banibrata Mukhopadhyay; Aharon Davidson and Ben Yellin; John Bruce Davies; Laurent Freidel, Robert G. Leigh, and Djordje Minic; M. Gasperini; A. Gruppuso and A. Sagnotti; Carlos A. R. Herdeiro and Eugen Radu; Shahar Hod; Preston Jones and Douglas Singleton; Prado Martín-Moruno and Nelson J. Nunes; Ali Masoumi; Eduard G. Mychelkin and Maxim A. Makukov; T. Padmanabhan; Maulik Parikh; Jeremy Sakstein and Kazuya Koyama; Ashoke Sen; C. Sivaram; Joan Sola; C. S. Unnikrishnan and George T. Gillies; Aron C. Wall. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Update news about Marcel Grossman meeting ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2015/05/30/update-news-about-marcel-gros… Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg14/ The number of registered participants to MG14 is exceeding 1000. The early registration fee is 350 with the deadline extended to June 10th, after which the fee will be 400. The student fee is 150 at any time (with certification of "Student Status"). The updated information on the proceedings including the new submission policy: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg14/proceedings.htm. No summary are mandatory prior to the meeting, just an abstract of few lines. The plenary program of the meeting is continuously updated: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg14/plenary_program.pdf The MG Awards with motivations are announced in http://www.icra.it/mg/awards/#14th.htm Please see also the previous MG Awards here http://www.icra.it/mg/awards/ Banquet tickets at Colonna palace are available at 70 euro under request prior to the meeting, or at the meeting subjected to availability. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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