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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. High-Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows VI, Moscow, Russia 1.2. VII Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation, Punta Mita, Mexico 1.3. Observing Black Holes: From the Universe to the lab, London, UK 1.4. Fundamental Physics in Space, Bremen, Germany 1.5. Long-term workshop "Gravity and Cosmology 2018", Kyoto, Japan 1.6. The third Landau-Dirac Ph.D training School dedicated to Supernovae Explosions and Gamma-Ray Bursts, Cargese, France 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc position in gravitational wave, Taipei Taiwan 2.2. PhD Position in Quantum Gravity, Regensburg, Germany 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitation and Cosmology, Yangzhou University 2.4. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan 2.5. PhD Fellowships in Physics at the University of Trento, Italy 2.6. IRAP PhD 2017 call 2.7. Ph.D. Fellowships in Physics at the University of Parma, Italy 2.8. Postdoc positions in Gravitational Waves and Numerical Relativity at the University of Parma and INFN, Italy 2.9. Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis, University of Valencia (Spain) and EGO (Italy) 2.10. Postdoc in GR at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (deadline shifted) 2.11. Postdoctoral positions(s) in gravity at the University of New Brunswick 3. News 3.1. New code: EFTofPNG (version 1.0) 3.2. GRG Editor's Choice: Cosmological solutions with charged black holes ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. High-Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows VI, Moscow, Russia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13140 Starting: 2017-09-11 to 2017-09-15 Location: Moscow, Russia Additional Information: https://hepro6.cosmos.ru/ Contact: hepro6[AT]cosmos.ru The series of conferences High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows, HEPRO, is continuing. The previous meetings were held with success in Dublin (2007), Buenos Aires (2009), Barcelona (2011), and Heidelberg (2013) and La Plata (2015). HEPRO VI will take place in Moscow (Russia) during September 11-15, 2017. It will be hosted by Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS). The conference will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of hot recent observational, phenomenological, and theoretical developments in the field of high energy phenomena associated with relativistic winds and jets. The topics include: gamma-ray and neutrino production in relativistic outflows, multi-wavelength jet emission, formation and propagation of relativistic jets on different scales, and particle acceleration in various relativistic contexts. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. VII Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation, Punta Mita, Mexico --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13152 Starting: 2017-12-10 to 2017-12-16 Location: Punta Mita, Mexico Additional Information: http://www.cosmologyonthebeach.com/2017/ Contact: info.cotb[AT]gmail.com Unofficially known as “Cosmology on the Beach”, this meeting is a combination of a winter school and a workshop, which will consist of morning lectures given by eminent scholars, and late afternoons of plenary and contributed talks, highlighting recent developments in cosmology. It will follow the same tradition and format as previous Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation workshops. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Observing Black Holes: From the Universe to the lab, London, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13163 Starting: 2017-09-15 to 2017-09-15 Location: Aryton and Franklin Rooms, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT, UK Additional Information: http://gp.iop.org Contact: a.conroy[AT]lancaster.ac.uk "Observing Black Holes: From the Universe to the lab" This half-day meeting of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group is focused on recent observational developments of black holes. The meeting will be comprised of three speakers who will discuss the following topics: Gravitational Wave Observations – John Veitch (University of Glasgow) Imaging a Supermassive Black Hole – Jason Dexter (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) Observation of Superradiance in a Vortex Flow – Silke Weinfurtner (University of Nottingham) All are welcome to attend and no registration fee will be charged. The talks will be preceded by the IOP Gravitational Physics Group annual general meeting Signed The IOP Gravitational Physics Group Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Fundamental Physics in Space, Bremen, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13167 Starting: 2017-10-22 to 2017-10-27 Location: Bremen, Germany Additional Information: https://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/fps2017 Contact: sarah.nolte[AT]zarm.uni-bremen.de The 656th WE-Heraeus-Seminar on "Fundamental Physics in Space" is kindly funded by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation and will be held October 23 - 27, 2017 in Bremen, Germany. With a lot of university based space research, a number of space institutes and large space industry, Bremen is one major space location in Europe. At the moment there are comparably many fundamental physics space mission under way. LISA Pathfinder workes perfectly and the mission will terminate in a few weeks, MICROSCOPE is at the moment testing the Equivalence Principle in space and the first data have already been analyzed, since 2011 LARES is taking data in order to obtain in a few years an improved confirmation of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect, at the beginning of this year MAIUS made the first Bose-Einstein condensate in space, QUESS established the entanglement between quantum systems in space and on ground, the reading of the clocks of Galileo 5 and 6 are presently analyzed for performing a new test of the gravitational redshift, high precision clocks of ACES/PHARAO will be brought to the ISS for fundamental pyhsics and technology tests, and GRACE Follow On is also planned to be launched next year for measuring the gravitational field of the Earth to be used for geodesy but potentially also for fundamental tests. Due to these activities it seems to be appropriate and timely to give an overall status report of Fundamental Physics in Space, to discuss and assess present science questions and whether it is of use that they might be tested in space, and to discuss newly developed space technologies. We will also highlight space based Earth observation, geodesy, and positioning. Accordingly, in our seminar we will treat - past and present fundamental physics missions and missions under development - the big science questions - the advantage of space conditions - new developments in space technology - proposals for new Fundamental Physics missions The program consists of invited as well as contributed talks and posters. We particularly encourage female scientist to contribute to the seminar. For young scientists we will award the best poster with a price The number of participants is limited to about 90. The registration deadline is August 31st, 2017. Meike List and Claus Laemmerzahl, organizer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Long-term workshop "Gravity and Cosmology 2018", Kyoto, Japan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13173 Starting: 2018-02-05 to 2018-03-02 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2018 Contact: gc2018[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp We are going to have a long-term workshop "Gravity and Cosmology 2018" (GC2018) from February 5 to March 2, 2018 at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto, Japan. This is one of series of long-term workshops held at YITP. The aim of the workshop is to gather researchers playing the leading roles in gravity and cosmology, and to have active discussions on the current problems and future directions. The registration form and a tentative list of participants are available at the GC2018 website http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2018 . For those who request financial support and/or need visa for visiting Japan, the deadline for the registration is October 15. If you apply for the presentations (talk and/or poster), please provide the title and the abstract in the registration form by November 15. For the participants who request none of the above (financial support, visa, and presentations), the deadline for the registration is November 30. We look forward to having you in Kyoto. SOC: Masaki Ando (Tokyo), Antonio De Felice (YITP), Claudia de Rham (Imperial), Nathalie Deruelle (APC), Roberto Emparan (Barcelona), Renata Kallosh (Stanford), Eiichiro Komatsu (Max-Planck Inst.), David Langlois (APC), Andrei Linde (Stanford), Viatcheslav Mukhanov (Munich), Shinji Mukohyama (YITP, chair), Frans Pretorius (Princeton), Misao Sasaki (YITP), Masaru Shibata (YITP), Tetsuya Shiromizu (Nagoya), Jiro Soda (Kobe), Alexei Starobinsky (Landau Inst.), Masahiro Takada (IPMU), Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto), Atsushi Taruya (YITP), Clifford Will (Florida) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. The third Landau-Dirac Ph.D training School dedicated to Supernovae Explosions and Gamma-Ray Bursts, Cargese, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/07/31/the-third-landau-dirac-ph-d-t… Starting: 2017-09-11 to 2017-09-15 Location: Cargese, France Additional Information: https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/14604/ Contact: secretariat[AT]icranet.org On 2 July 1967, two American military satellites, part of the VELA programme, recorded an intense flash of light. VELA program was in charge of control the treaty of 4 August 1963, limiting the testing of nuclear weapons. The detection of the flash at first appeared to resemble an atomic explosion; was a rapid increase in the flux of gamma photons in a very short time, the proof that the treaty was breached? Not infrequently the spies of the skies noticed other explosions, some similar to those generated by an atomic explosion. But the satellites were unable to detect the site of an explosion on Earth, nor on the moon nor in fact anywhere in the solar system. After many years the military experts were forced to conclude that the explosions couldn't be coming from the blue planet. Atomic peace was preserved. But a new mystery began : the Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts 50 years after the discovery of the most powerful explosions of the universe, we are glad to welcome students from all over the world in Cargese for the third Landau-Dirac Ph.D training School dedicated to Supernovae Explosions and Gamma-Ray Bursts! The Cargese school to be held on 11-15 september 2017, Institut d'Études Scientifiques de Cargese, is organized with the following preliminary scientific program: Lectio magistralis: General relativistic transformations in GRBs Carlo Luciano Bianco (ICRANet & Sapienza University) Lectio magistralis: On the theory of supernovae explosions Valery Chechetkin (KIAM, RAS Moscow) Lectio magistralis: On supernovae classification Massimo Della Valle (Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory) Lectio magistralis: On the discovery of gamma-ray bursts Filippo Frontera (University of Ferrara) Lectio magistralis: On the theory of stellar evolution Georges Meynet (University of Geneva and Geneva Observatory) Lectio magistralis: The transition from a supernova to a hypernova Marco Muccino (ICRANet & Sapienza University) Lectio magistralis: On the Induced Gravitational Collapse Jorge Rueda (ICRANet & Sapienza University) Lectio magistralis: On the theory of black holes Remo Ruffini (ICRANet & Sapienza University) Lectio magistralis: On the theory of inflation Aleksei A. Starobinsky (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics) Advanced seminar: Dawn of the universe and the quest of the first stars Pascal Chardonnet (USMB LAPTh Annecy-le-Vieux) Advanced seminar: Opacity for high energy photons and gamma-gamma scattering Gregory Vereshchagin (ICRANet & Sapienza University) Registration fee prior to 5 of September: 500 euro +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc position in gravitational wave, Taipei Taiwan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/07/04/postdoc-position-in-gravitati… Deadline: 2017-08-20 Location: Additional Information: http://phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~linfengli/ Contact: fengli.lin[AT]gmail.com Postdoc hiring for gravitational wave (GW) research, working at Taipei Gravitational Wave Group (TGWG). PhD graduates or experts on all aspects of GW are welcome, although theorists on data analysis or numerical relativity are preferred. Term is 1+1 years. Starting date: any time from August, 2017. Please send your CV and publication list and arrange 2 to 3 reference letters to be sent to Prof. Feng-Li Lin Dept. of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, on behalf of TGWG email: fengli.lin[AT]gmail.com TGWG homepage: http://taipeigravitationalwavegroup.weebly.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. PhD Position in Quantum Gravity, Regensburg, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13150 Deadline: 2017-12-31 Location: Regensburg, Germany Additional Information: https://inspirehep.net/record/1609392 Contact: norbert.bodendorfer[AT]lmu.de The Junior Research Group "Quantum Gravity techniques for real world applications of the Gauge / Gravity duality" funded by the Elite Network of Bavaria is planning to fill up to three PhD positions starting September 2017 or later. The group will be located at the University of Regensburg within a large and very active quantum field theory group and headed by Dr. Norbert Bodendorfer. The salary is 2/3 of an TVL-E13 position, resulting in approximately 1500 EUR monthly after taxes and benefits (including health insurance and retirement funds). The positions will be funded for at least 3 years, with possible extensions. A moderate amount of teaching in accordance with the university's regulations will be required. Each position comes with an annual travel budget of 2000 EUR. Applicants should hold a MSc degree in physics or equivalent before signing the contract. The research focus of the group will be to apply loop quantum gravity techniques to the gauge / gravity correspondence with the eventual goal to better understand finite N gauge theories via quantum gravity. Individual research projects may include lattice gauge theory and will in this case be executed in collaboration with experts from Regensburg. PhD students in the Junior Research Group will have access to the activities of the Elite Graduate Programme “Physics Advanced” jointly run by the Universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Regensburg (workshops, summer schools, …) as well as to those of the Elite Network of Bavaria (soft-skill seminars, ...). Likewise, activities of the graduate school "Particle Physics and High Performance Computing” in Regensburg will be open to them. In order to apply, please send an email to norbert.bodendorfer[AT]lmu.de including a CV, transcripts, and a concise letter of motivation stating - your research interests - your motivation to join the group - whatever you think is relevant. Letters of recommendation are optional and should be sent by the author to the same email address. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitation and Cosmology, Yangzhou University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/07/13/postdoctoral-positions-in-gra… Deadline: 2017-12-01 Location: Yangzhou, China Additional Information: http://www.brics-agac.zjut.edu.cn/about.php?cid=7 Contact: yzucgc[AT]gmail.com The newly established Center for Gravitation and Cosmology at Yangzhou University, which is part of the BRICS Association of Gravity, Astrophysics and Cosmology (BRICS-AGAC) initiative among the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), invites applications for 3 postdoctoral positions. The areas of expertise of the candidates should be in the field of gravitation (general relativity or modified theories of gravity) and/or its applications in astrophysics, cosmology, or high energy physics such as holography. Candidates with background in other closely related fields, such as quantum gravity (broadly defined) will also be considered. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to collaborate with Prof. Bin Wang and other members of the center, but they are also free to pursue their own research interest. There is no teaching duty. We offer a 2+1 year contract starting from September 2018 or earlier, subject to mutual agreement. The salary is competitive and sufficient for a comfortable life in the city of Yangzhou. Productive members of the center can expect to receive additional bonus in addition to the salary. Furthermore, there will be opportunity to apply for national postdoc grant. Yangzhou is a city in China's Jiangsu province, known for its beautiful gardens. Historically it was once a major stop for the salt trade, and had been visited by Marco Polo. Our center is located in the College of Physical Science and Technology of Yangzhou University, which is situated right next to the famous Slender West Lake, a popular tourist destination nowadays, and was a favorite retreat of the Qing emperor Qian Long. In the modern days, Yangzhou received the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Scroll of Honor Award in 2006, for the achievements made in "conservation of the old city and improving residential environment". Interested candidates should submit the following documents in a single PDF file to Prof. Yen Chin Ong at yzucgc [at] gmail.com. [1] A full curriculum vitae. [2] A publication list, with five most significant publications clearly highlighted. [3] A brief description of research interests, including future plans, not exceeding 2 pages. All applications received by 1 Dec 2017 will receive a full consideration. In addition, 2-3 recommendation letters should be arranged to be sent to the same E-mail address by the same deadline. Informal inquiries before application are welcome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13172 Deadline: 2017-08-31 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: https://www.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/n268?lang=en-GB Contact: shinji.mukohyama[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp A post-doctoral position starting October 2017 is available for a suitably qualified individual to work in the Astrophysics and Cosmology Group at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University. For the members and activity of the group, please refer to the webpage: https://www.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en-GB/contents/labs/astro . The position is funded by MEXT KAKENHI Grant Number 17H06359 "New developments of gravity theory research in gravitational wave physics/astronomy" (PI: Shinji Mukohyama). The monthly salary will be approximately 362,000 yen. A small amount of research grant will be provided. Depending on research experience, the title of research assistant professor may be granted. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree or equivalent by the time of the appointment. The appointment will begin on October 1, 2017 or later, and end on March 31, 2019. (The appointee may re-apply for the next opening that is expected to be announced before the end of the term.) The applicant should submit the following documents in PDF format by email to Shinji Mukohyama with the subject line "Postdoc application", by August 31, 2017: (1) CV (2) publication list (mark up to 3 main papers with *) (3) expected arrival date in YITP (4) past research (5) research plan (6) contact details of two references +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. PhD Fellowships in Physics at the University of Trento, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/07/28/phd-fellowships-in-physics-at… Deadline: 2017-08-30 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/1940/announcement-of-selection Contact: bruno.giacomazzo[AT]unitn.it The Physics department of the University of Trento invites applications for PhD fellowships starting in November 2017. The PhD fellowships have a duration of 3 years and a gross salary of 13638.47 EUR per year (about 1000 EUR per month after taxes). The PhD program covers several scientific areas, including also Theoretical and Computational Physics. More details about the doctoral school in Physics can be found at http://web.unitn.it/en/drphys The Department of Physics includes faculty members working on computational astrophysics (Giacomazzo), nuclear astrophysics (Leidemann, Lovato, Pederiva), gravitational wave detectors (Dolesi, Perreca, Prodi, Vitale, Weber), theory of general relativity and cosmology (Rinaldi, Vanzo, Zerbini). Students with interests in one of these areas are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications for the doctoral positions are accepted from candidates, regardless of gender, age, and nationality, who have a Master’s degree (equivalent to the Italian “laurea magistrale”). Any degree in Physics or related disciplines will be given preferential status. Applications are also accepted from students who expect to get their degree by October 31 2017. The University of Trento is ranked among the top 5 universities in Italy and it is characterized by an international and diverse student population. The city of Trento is located on the Italian Dolomites and it is very well connected with several destinations in Italy and Europe. The deadline for applications is August 30 2017 at 4 pm Italian time. The selection will be based on the curriculum of the candidate and on an oral exam (candidates permanently residing abroad by the date of the oral exam may take the exam by phone or videoconference in their country of residence). More information about the application process can be found here: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/1940/announcement-of-selection +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. IRAP PhD 2017 call ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/07/31/irap-phd-2017-call/ Deadline: 2017-09-30 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 2017 has been established for eight 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 D’Azur, 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: ULTRA-LONG GAMMA RAY BURSTS Lorenzo AMATI (INAF-IASF Bologna) Carlo Luciano BIANCO (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Michel BOER (UNICE-France) Luca IZZO (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia) HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (a specialized ICRANet workshop) Ulisses Barres de Almeida (CBPF/MCT Rio) Alessandro DE ANGELIS (Univ. Udine-Italy) Razmik MIRZOYAN (Max-Planck Institute for Physics) Narek SAHAKYAN (ICRANet-Armenia) Marco TAVANI (INAF-IASF Rome) SINGULARITIES, BKL COSMOLOGY, HIDDEN SYMMETRIES IN GRAVITY AND BLACK HOLE HAIRS (a specialized ICRANet workshop) Vladimir BELINSKI (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Stephen HAWKING (University of Cambridge) Hermann NICOLAI (MPIG-Einstein Institut) Malcolm PERRY (University of Cambridge) Andrew STROMINGER (Harvard University) RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES Giovanni AMELINO-CAMELIA (SAPIENZA-Rome) Johannes BLUEMLEIN (DESY and FU Berlin) M. K.-H. KIESSLING (Rutgers) Hagen KLEINERT (FU Berlin and ICRANet) A.S.TAHVILDAR-ZADEH (Rutgers) ACCRETION ON BLACK HOLES AND NEUTRON STARS Sandip CHAKRABARTI (SNBNCBS/ICSP-KOLKATA) Xiaohui FAN (UA and Tucson) Marcelo Moraes GUZZO (UNICAMP) 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 (a specialized ICRANet workshop) Alessandro CHIEFFI (INAF-IAPS) Massimo DELLA VALLE (INAF-Naples and ICRANet) Christopher FRYER (LANL-USA) Georges MEYNET (Obs. UNIGE-Geneva) Remo RUFFINI (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Patrick YOUNG (Arizona State University) GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: THEORY AND DETECTION Sergio FRASCA (SAPIENZA-Rome) Paola LEACI (SAPIENZA-Rome) Jorge RUEDA (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 (University of La Plata and ICRANet) Andreas KRUT (ICRANet) Nikolaos MAVROMATOS (King’s College London) Fulvio MELIA (University of Arizona) Marco MERAFINA (Sapienza-Rome) Francois MIGNARD (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) 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) Ron SHELLARD (CBPF) Bruno SVERSUT ARSIOLI (UNICAMP and ICRANet-Rio) ON BLACK HOLES AND POSITIVE ENERGY(a specialized ICRANet workshop) Demetrios CHRISTODOULOU (ETH) Roy KERR (ICRANet) Remo Ruffini (ICRANet) Hernando QUEVEDO (UNAM-Mexico) Mu-Tao WANG (Columbia University) Shing-Tung YAU (Harvard University James YORK (Cornell University) GAMMA RAY BURST THEORIES AND OBSERVATIONS Pascal CHARDONNET (University of Savoie and ICRANet) Marco MUCCINO (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Ana PENACCHIONI (University of Siena) Tsvi PIRAN (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Giovanni PISANI (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) Bing ZHANG (University of Nevada) WHITE DWARFS, NEUTRONS STARS, BOSON STARS: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORY (a specialized ICRANet workshop) Robert FISHER (University of Massachussets Darmouth) S.O. KEPLER (UFRGS-Brazil) Manuel MALHEIRO (ITA Brazil) Jorge RUEDA (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY, STRONG COUPLING QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA Alexey AKSENOV (ICAD, RAS-Moscow) Antonino DI PIAZZA and Christoph H. KEITEL (MPIK) Gregory VERESHCHAGIN (SAPIENZA-Rome and ICRANet) 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), Vladimir Belinski (Sapienza Universita’ di Roma and ICRANet), Carlo Luciano Bianco (Sapienza Universita’ 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 (Universite’ de Savoie), Christian Cherubini (Universita’ “Campus Biomedico” di Roma), Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques), Andreas Eckart (University of Cologne), 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), Domenico Giulini (Univesity of Bremen), Rodion Groll (Univesity of Bremen), Eva Hackmann (University of Bremen), Luis Herrera (University of Salamanca), Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China), Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin), Michael Kramer (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy), Jutta Kunz-Drolshagen (Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg), Luca Lamagna (University of Rome Sapienza), Claus Laemmerzahl (Universitaet Bremen), Thierry M. Lanz (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur), Paola Leaci (Sapienza Universita' di Roma), Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur), Hermann Nicolai (Max Plank Institute for Gravitational Physics, Postdam), Luis Alberto Nunez de Villavicencio Martinez (Universidad Industrial de Santander), Jorge Rueda (Sapienza Universita’ di Roma and ICRANet), Remo Ruffini (Director) (Sapienza Universita' di Roma and ICRANet), Felix Ryde (Stockholm University), Narek Sahakyan (ICRANet-Armenia), Yakov Shnir (Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics), Gregory Vereshchagin (Sapienza Universita' di Roma and ICRANet), She Sheng Xue (Sapienza Universita' di Roma and ICRANet), Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics – Chinese Academy of Science) More information at http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Ph.D. Fellowships in Physics at the University of Parma, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13182 Deadline: 2017-09-05 Location: Additional Information: http://smfi.unipr.it/it/node/2349 Contact: luca.griguolo[AT]unipr.it The Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences [1] at the University of Parma [2] invites applications for its Ph.D. program. The Ph.D. fellowships start November 1st 2017 and have a duration of 3 years. The Ph.D. program covers several scientific areas in theoretical physics, including Cosmology, Gravitational physics, Numerical Relativity, Gravitational Waves, Fundamental interactions at high energy, Quantum Field Theory, Lattice Field Theory and Strings, Statistical Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Complex Systems. (See [3] for a summary of the research activity of the Theoretical Physics group). The submission deadline is September 5th 2017. In the application the candidate must indicate the main research topic (and a second-priority choice) amongst the research topics proposed by the Research Doctorate Program in Physics at the Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences. The selection will be based on the curriculum of the candidate and an interview. The interview will focus on the previous research experience and on the research project that the candidate proposes. Details of the call, on-line application, list of research topics and selection procedures can be found at: http://smfi.unipr.it/it/node/2349 For more information please contact Prof. Cristiano Viappiani ( cristiano.viappiani(a)unipr.it ) and Prof. Luca Griguolo ( luca.griguolo[AT]unipr.it ). Other links: [1] http://smfi.unipr.it/it [2] http://en.unipr.it/ [3] http://www.pr.infn.it/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoc positions in Gravitational Waves and Numerical Relativity at the University of Parma and INFN, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/07/31/postdoc-positions-in-gravitat… Deadline: 2017-10-01 Location: Parma, Italy Additional Information: http://www.fis.unipr.it/~sebastiano.bernuzzi/index.html Contact: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]unipr.it Applications are invited for postdoctoral positions in the field of gravitational waves and numerical relativity at the University of Parma and the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN). The positions are associated with Sebastiano Bernuzzi's group and funded by ERC-StG grant "BinGraSp". The project is about modeling binary neutron star coalescence in general relativity, including computational aspects in numerical relativity, gravitational waveform modeling and data-analysis applications. Appointments will be initially for 2 years, but longer appointments, up to 5 years, are possible for senior profiles. Candidates with experience in analytical and numerical relativity, gravitational-wave modeling and data analysis are particularly encouraged to apply. Please submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae with a list of publications, a brief description of research interests, and a list of three potential referees, who may be contacted separately. Applications should be received by October 1st, 2017, but will be considered until the positions are filled. Please send applications to: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]unipr.it Sebastiano Bernuzzi Parma University Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences Parco Area delle Scienze, 7/A 43124 Parma, Italy http://www.fis.unipr.it/~sebastiano.bernuzzi/index.html Please use the string "Application for postdoc position - SURNAME NAME" in the email subject and use the PDF format for all your files. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis, University of Valencia (Spain) and EGO (Italy) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=13189 Deadline: 2017-09-07 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: http://www.uv.es/virgogroup/ Contact: j.antonio.font[AT]uv.es A one-year post-doctoral position starting October 2017 is available at the Valencia Virgo Group of the University of Valencia, Spain. For the members and activity of the group, please refer to the webpage: http://www.uv.es/virgogroup/ . The position is funded by the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) through a collaboration convention with the University of Valencia on data analysis and detector characterization for the Advanced Virgo observation runs (Ref. EGO-DIR-51-2017 - OTR2017-17579COLAB; PIs: Jose' A. Font and Elena Cuoco). The selected applicant will spend most of his/her time at the Virgo site at EGO in Cascina, Italy. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Physics or equivalent by the time of the appointment. Interested applicants should contact Jose' A. Font (j.antonio.font[AT]uv.es) and E. Cuoco (elena.cuoco[AT]ego-gw.it) before September 7th, 2017, for further information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Postdoc in GR at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (deadline shifted) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/08/01/postdoc-in-gr-at-charles-univ… Deadline: 2017-08-31 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://utf.mff.cuni.cz Contact: oldrich.semerak[AT]mff.cuni.cz Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, invites applications for a 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, theoretical cosmology, emission and analysis of gravitational waves and their astrophysical and cosmological aspects. The selected candidate will work within the GR group of the institute, most probably within the ongoing grant project “Albert Einstein Center for Gravitation and Astrophysics”. We offer: 1 year contract from January 2018 with a possible renewal in case of mutual interest. Salary comparable to the starting salary of an assistant professor at the Faculty. Standard equipment and reasonable support for conference and collaboration traveling. Interested candidates should submit: CV, brief description of research expertise and plans, list of publications, two letters of recommendation. Shortlisted candidates may be invited for an interview or seminar. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoctoral positions(s) in gravity at the University of New Brunswick ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/08/01/postdoctoral-positionss-in-gr… Deadline: 2017-09-15 Location: Fredericton, Canada Additional Information: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/10464 Contact: sseahra[AT]unb.ca The Gravity Group at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UNB Fredericton (www.math.unb.ca/~gravity) intends to appoint one or more postdoctoral fellows beginning sometime between January and September 2018, for a period of two years (the precise start date is negotiable). The group has three faculty members (Viqar Husain, Sanjeev Seahra, and Edward Wilson-Ewing), several graduate students, and typically 1-2 postdocs. Research interests include classical general relativity, cosmology and quantum gravity. Applications must include curriculum vitae, list of publications, research statement, and three references. Applications should be made at MathJobs.org: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/10464 The deadline for receipt of completed applications (including reference letters) is September 15, 2017. Successful applicants may be asked to apply for an Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS | aarms.math.ca) postdoctoral fellowship (deadline November 15, 2017). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New code: EFTofPNG (version 1.0) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/07/02/new-code-eftofpng-version-1-0/ Additional Information: https://sites.google.com/view/levim/code EFTofPNG is a public Mathematica code for high precision Feynman computation in the Effective Field Theory of Post-Newtonian Gravity. The code covers the current state of the art PN accuracy including spinning components in the merging compact binaries. Its final unit computes observables useful for the waveform modelling, and serves as a pipeline chain for the wave templates. This package was created in view of the timely need to publicly share automated computation tools, which integrate the various types of physics manifested in the expected increasing influx of gravitational waves data. The code is available as a public repository in GitHub. We aimed for a code accessible to the classical Gravity community, yet of possible use to the broader community. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. GRG Editor's Choice: Cosmological solutions with charged black holes ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2017/07/05/grg-editors-choice-cosmologic… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/livingreviews/relativity/news/grg-editor-s-choice-… Bibi, R., Clifton, T. and Durk, J., Cosmological solutions with charged black holes, Gen Relativ Gravit (2017) 49: 98. doi:10.1007/s10714-017-2261-4 Open Access | Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 30 June 2017 In each volume of the journal General Relativity & Gravitation, a few papers are marked as “Editor’s Choice”. The primary criteria is original, high quality research that is of wide interest within the community. Abstract: We consider the problem of constructing cosmological solutions of the Einstein–Maxwell equations that contain multiple charged black holes. By considering the field equations as a set of constraint and evolution equations, we construct exact initial data for N charged black holes on a hypersphere. This corresponds to the maximum of expansion of a cosmological solution, and provides sufficient information for a unique evolution. We then consider the specific example of a universe that contains eight charged black holes, and show that the existence of non-zero electric charge reduces the scale of the cosmological region of the space. These solutions generalize the Majumdar–Papapetrou solutions away from the extremal limit of charged black holes, and provide what we believe to be some of the first relativistic calculations of the effects of electric charge on cosmological backreaction. The authors: Jessie Durk is currently a PhD student, researching theoretical cosmology with Dr Timothy Clifton, lecturer at Queen Mary University London. Rashida Bibi is a faculty member of the International Islamic University, Islamabad. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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