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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. XLVII International Meeting on Fundamental Physics, Aranjuez, Spain 1.2. Bard Summer School on Quantum Gravity, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 1.3. III Flag Meeting: The Quantum and Gravity, Catania, Italy 1.4. Atlantic General Relativity Meeting 2019, New Brunswick, Canada 1.5. Lost in Gravity 2019, Saint Flour, France 1.6. Multi-loop Calculations: Methods and Applications, Paris, France 1.7. 35th Jim Isenberg Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting, Logan, USA 1.8. ICTS summer school on gravitational-wave astronomy, Bangalore, India 1.9. Quantum Gravity and matter, Heidelberg, Germany 1.10. Mathematical Relativity: A Riemannian Approach, Guanajuato, Mexico 1.11. Jurekfest, Warsaw, Poland 1.12. Relativistic Mathematical Physics in Grenoble, France 1.13. Kavli RISE Summer School on Gravitational Waves, Cambridge, UK 1.14. MPHYS10 Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia (1st announcement) 1.15. Agape 2019, Mezeyrac, France 1.16. Quantum and Gravity in Okinawa, Japan 1.17. 22nd Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2nd announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc in GR at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 2.2. PhD positions in Theoretical Cosmology, University of New South Wales, Australia 2.3. PhD position in the International PPGCosmo Program on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, Brazil 2.4. Two PhD positions in Theoretical Physics at Wroclaw University, Poland 2.5. PhD position in Physics of Compact Stars at Coimbra/Lisbon, Portugal 3. News 3.1. The Eighteenth Release of the Einstein Toolkit 3.2. COST GWverse: Exchange of researchers working on gravitational-wave and black hole physics 3.3. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. XLVII International Meeting on Fundamental Physics, Aranjuez, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15397 Starting: 2019-06-03 to 2019-06-07 Location: Aranjuez, Spain Additional Information: https://indico.fis.ucm.es/e/Aranjuez2019 Contact: imfp19[AT]ucm.es The International Meeting on Fundamental Physics is the longest running conference organised by the Spanish High Energy Physics community, uninterruptedly held since 1973 in different Spanish locations. Its aim is to cover both theoretical and experimental aspects of collider, neutrino, astroparticle and cosmology experiments. The meeting includes invited talks and short courses aimed at quickly introducing research topics. This edition is organized by the new IPARCOS institute at the Complutense University of Madrid with collaborators from CIEMAT and the university of Cape Town. Aranjuez is a quiet spanish royal seat on the banks of the Tagus river, within easy reach of Madrid and Toledo. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Bard Summer School on Quantum Gravity, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/07/bard-summer-school-on-quantu… Starting: 2019-06-09 to 2019-06-16 Location: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Additional Information: http://faculty.bard.edu/hhaggard/qgsummer/ Contact: haggard[AT]bard.edu This is the first announcement of the Bard Summer School on Quantum Gravity. The school will be held on the Annandale campus of Bard College from Sunday, June 9th through Sunday, June 16th, 2019. The scientific program features canonical and covariant approaches to quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. A unique feature of this school will be an afternoon computing lab where students will compute either a cosmological or quantum gravitational phenomenon from scratch. The website for the summer school is http://faculty.bard.edu/hhaggard/qgsummer/. The school will be followed by the Loops'19 Conference (http://gravity.psu.edu/events/loops19/index-loops19.shtml) and the IGC@25 Multimessenger Universe Conference (http://gravity.psu.edu/events/igc25/index_igc25.shtml), both held at Pennsylvania State University on June 17th-21st and June 24th-27th, 2019, respectively. Free transport from the school to these conferences will be provided. The application procedure for the school is available at http://faculty.bard.edu/hhaggard/qgsummer/ and applications are due March 29th, 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. III Flag Meeting: The Quantum and Gravity, Catania, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/12/iii-flag-meeting-the-quantum… Starting: 2019-06-13 to 2019-06-14 Location: Catania, Italy Additional Information: https://agenda.infn.it/event/18114/overview Contact: casadio[AT]bo.infn.it We are pleased to announce that the the third meeting organised by the I.N.F.N. research network FLAG (FieLds And Gravity) will be held in the Museo Diocesano in Catania (Italy), on the 13-14 of June, 2019. The Flag Research Network is devoted to the study of the theoretical aspects of the gravitational interactions with application to cosmology and black holes. Aim of the event is therefore to bring together researchers in the fields of our network, present new ideas and stimulate discussion of topics at the frontier of physics. The programme will focus on black holes the the first day of the conference, followed by a second day devoted to cosmology. Registration is now open on the conference web site https://agenda.infn.it/event/18114/ The preliminary list of invited speakers include: Vincenzo Branchina, Universita' di Catania and INFN, Italy Xavier Calmet, Sussex University, United Kingdom Bernard Carr, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Marco Celoria, GSSI and ICTP, Italy Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Universita' di Napoli and INFN, Italy Giorgi Dvali, Ludwig-Maximillian University and Max Planck Institute, Germany and New York University, USA Giovanni Marozzi, Universita' di Pisa and INFN, Italy Alexei Starobinsky, Landau Institute, Russia There is no registration fee but the number of registrants is limited to about 60 people. Social dinner is offered. The meeting will happen after the conference "Gravity and other fields under the volcano" (https://agenda.infn.it/event/18116/) For further information, please contact any member of the Local Organising Committee: Alfio Bonanno Alessandro Tronconi Roberto Casadio Gian Paolo Vacca +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Atlantic General Relativity Meeting 2019, New Brunswick, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15437 Starting: 2019-05-27 to 2019-05-31 Location: Fredericton, Canada Additional Information: http://www.math.unb.ca/~gravity/agr19/overview.html Contact: edward.wilson-ewing[AT]unb.ca The 2019 Atlantic General Relativity Meeting will be held from Monday, May 27 to Friday, May 31 at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. As in previous years, the theme of Atlantic GR will be all aspects of classical and quantum gravity. The meeting will be split in two parts, a workshop and a conference. For the workshop, on Monday postdoctoral fellows will give introductory lectures at the graduate student level to a variety of topics in gravitational physics, while during the workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday there will be three series of lectures given by Robert Brandenberger (McGill University), Badri Krishnan (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), and Etera Livine (Ecole Normale Superieure - Lyon). The conference will be held on the Thursday and Friday; everyone who wishes to give a talk will be given the opportunity to do so. There will be no registration fee for either the workshop or the conference. We expect funding to partially subsidize on-campus accommodation for students. If you wish to request this support, please request on-campus accommodation when registering. Both the conference and the workshop are sponsored by the Atlantic Association of Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS), the University of New Brunswick, and the Perimeter Institute. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.math.unb.ca/~gravity/agr19/overview.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Lost in Gravity 2019, Saint Flour, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15445 Starting: 2019-08-28 to 2019-08-30 Location: Saint Flour, France Additional Information: https://centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/network/grit/lostingravity2019/ Contact: andrea.maselli[AT]roma1.infn.it Precision observations of gravitational and electromagnetic signals from astrophysical sources provide a new arena to test the nature of gravity and other interactions in regimes virtually unexplored so far, raising fundamental questions and shedding new light on old problems. With this motivation in mind, we are organising a workshop in Saint Flour (France), from 28 to 30 of August 2019, to discuss unsolved problems related to strong gravitational phenomena and tests of gravity with current and future experiments. The scientific program of the conference will include the following topics: - Tests of the black hole hypothesis - Alternative theories: status and prospects - Tests of gravity from cosmological observations - Numerical and analytical modelling of compact mergers - Relativistic numerical simulations beyond GR - Multi-messenger astrophysics The workshop is organised in order to have few talks each day, and maximise the time for round tables and free discussions. Preliminary list of speakers Vitor Cardoso (IST, Portugal) Helvi Witek (King's College, UK) Tanja Hinderer (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) David Hilditch (IST, Portugal) Michael Puerrer (MPI, Germany) Thomas Sotiriou* (Nottingham, UK) The workshop is funded by the European COST action CA16104 GWverse : "Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics". Registration to the workshop will open soon. Looking forward to seeing you in Saint Flour. Laura Bernard, Andrea Maselli, Miguel Zilhao +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Multi-loop Calculations: Methods and Applications, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15448 Starting: 2019-05-14 to 2019-05-15 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://multi-loop-2019.sciencesconf.org Contact: faye[AT]iap.fr Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that a two-day workshop on "Multi-loop Calculations: Methods and Applications" will be held on the Jussieu campus of Sorbonne University in Paris, on May 14-15 this year. The workshop is dedicated to reviewing the state of the art in loop calculations in quantum field theory, classical and quantum gravity, string theory, statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics. Confirmed speakers include: Simon Badger, Benjamin Basso, Emil Bjerrum-Bohr, Luc Blanchet, Thibault Damour, Michael Green, Mikhail Kompaniets, Anatoly Kotikov, Alexander Manashov, Pierpaolo Mastrolia, Dominique Mouhanna, Brenda Penante, Oliver Schlotterer, Mikhail Solon, Stefan Weinzierl, Kay Wiese More information may be found at: https://multi-loop-2019.sciencesconf.org We would be delighted to welcome you at the workshop. All participants should register online at the site of the conference. Please feel free to share this announcement to anyone who might be interested in the event. Yours sincerely, The organizers, Guillaume Faye, Sofian Teber, Piotr Tourkine and Pierre Vanhove +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. 35th Jim Isenberg Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting, Logan, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15451 Starting: 2019-03-29 to 2019-03-30 Location: Logan, USA Additional Information: https://utahstatephysics.wixsite.com/35jimisenbergpcgm Contact: utahstatephysics[AT]gmail.com The 35th Jim Isenberg Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting will be held at Utah State University, Logan, UT, on March 29 and 30, 2019. In the tradition of the Pacific Coast Gravity Meetings, students and postdocs are strongly encouraged to participate, and all areas of gravitational physics -classical and quantum, theory and experiment- are welcome. We would like this meeting to serve as a communication medium among all branches of gravitational physics. Because this is a regional meeting, many participants will be from the Western United States, but all are welcome. Talks Following the usual tradition all participants, and especially postdocs and graduate students, are encouraged to contribute short, introductory talks on their current research, with the aim of fostering communication and understanding among gravitational physicists with different backgrounds. A prize (sponsored by the APS Division of Gravitational Physics) will be awarded for the best student talk. Registration The meeting is free to attend (no registration fee). Unfortunately, we are not able to provide financial assistance to speakers and participants. Important Dates * Abstract Submission: Prospective speakers should register by March 22, 2019 to receive full consideration. Late applicants will be considered at the discretion of the organizers. * Hotel Reservations: A block of rooms has been reserved at the University Inn on campus. Reserve your room by March 18, 2019 (deadline extended) to receive a reduced rate. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. ICTS summer school on gravitational-wave astronomy, Bangalore, India --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/14/icts-summer-school-on-gravit… Starting: 2019-07-15 to 2019-07-26 Location: Bangalore, India Additional Information: https://www.icts.res.in/program/gws2019 Contact: gwschool[AT]icts.res.in This year's ICTS summer school on gravitational-wave astronomy will be held from 15 to 26 July 2019 at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore. Applications for the school are now open. This year's school will focus on the theoretical modeling of some of the promising astrophysical and cosmological sources of gravitational radiation. COURSES: * Advanced course in general relativity (Sudipta Sarkar, IIT Gandhinagar) * Primordial black holes and gravitational wave astronomy (Teruaki Suyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology) * Gravitational radiation from post-Newtonian sources and inspiralling compact binaries (Luc Blanchet, Institute of Astrophysics of Paris) * Self-force and radiation reaction in general relativity (Adam Pound, University of Southampton) Each course will feature 5 lectures and 5 tutorials, 90 mins each. The school is primarily meant for graduate students and postdocs in gravitational physics and related fields. A small number of highly motivated senior undergraduates can also be considered. Basic understanding of general relativity is a prerequisite for the courses. ICTS will cover the accommodation and meals for selected participants, and domestic travel by train. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Quantum Gravity and matter, Heidelberg, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15462 Starting: 2019-09-09 to 2019-09-13 Location: IWH, Heidelberg, Germany Additional Information: https://www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de/~eichhorn/index_QGmat.html Contact: eichhorn[AT]thphys.uni-heidelberg.de This meeting will bring together researchers tackling quantum gravity from various perspectives, including string theory, asymptotically safe gravity, loop quantum gravity, dynamical triangulations, causal sets, effective field theory and supergravity. The focus of the meeting will be on exploring the interplay between quantum gravity and matter. The goal is to bridge the gap between quantum gravity and particle physics, and bring together experts on the diverse approaches to quantum gravity as well as high-energy physics. Key questions to be discussed at the meeting include the impact of matter on the fundamental quantum structure of spacetime as well as the effect of quantum gravity on matter, including understanding restrictions on particle physics models arising from a consistent embedding in a fundamental model of spacetime. The latter could be key to develop a phenomenology of quantum gravity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Mathematical Relativity: A Riemannian Approach, Guanajuato, Mexico --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/16/mathematical-relativity-a-ri… Starting: 2019-05-27 to 2019-05-29 Location: Guanajuato, Mexico Additional Information: http://mrra.eventos.cimat.mx/node/1161 Contact: cabrera[AT]math.uni-tuebingen.de The main goal of the conference is to bring together experienced and young researchers in mathematical relativity, along with interested researchers and students of other areas in differential geometry. Confirmed Speakers: Luis Ake (UADY) Aghil Alaee (Harvard University) Lucas Ambrozio (IAS/Warwick) Otis Chodosh (Princeton/IAS) Eugenia Gabach-Clement (IFEG-Conicet) Greg Galloway (University of Miami) Hyun Chul Jang (University of Connecticut) Sophia Jahns (University of Tuebingen) Dan Lee (CUNY) Stephen McCormick (Uppsala University) Claudia Moreno (UDG) Raquel Perales (IMATE) Dan Pollack (University of Washington) Didier Solis (UADY) The conference will provide accommodation for a limited number of registered participants, which will include breakfast and lunch, for the days of the conference. Partial support available for interested graduate students. We strongly encourage graduate students residing in Mexico, interested in differential geometry and mathematical relativity, to apply for funding. The deadline to register and to apply for funding is April 28th, 2019. We hope to see you in Guanajuato in May! Sincerely, Armando Cabrera Pacheco Luis Hernandez Lamoneda +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. Jurekfest, Warsaw, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/18/jurekfest/ Starting: 2019-09-15 to 2019-09-20 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: http://jurekfest.fuw.edu.pl/ Contact: oko[AT]fuw.edu.pl This is the first announcement of "Jurekfest", a conference on the occasion of Jerzy Lewandowski's 60th birthday. The conference will be held at Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw from 15th September (Sunday, the arrival day) to 20th September (Friday) 2019. The scientific program features loop quantum gravity, isolated horizons, near horizon geometries, Einstein equations, twistor equation, CR structures and spacetimes. Registration will be possible soon. Wojciech Kaminski Ryszard Kostecki Andrzej Okolow Adam Szereszewski (OC of Jurekfest) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12. Relativistic Mathematical Physics in Grenoble, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15481 Starting: 2019-05-13 to 2019-05-15 Location: Grenoble, France Additional Information: https://rmp-2019.sciencesconf.org/ Contact: Michal.Wrochna[AT]univ-grenoble-alpes.fr The mathematics of relativistic theories is presently subject to considerable advances thanks to dynamic developments at the interface of partial differential equations, pseudo-Riemannian geometry, scattering theory and quantization techniques. The tools that have emerged to cope with difficulties induced by spacetime horizons, conformal boundaries and trapping phenomena have proved to be very robust and are expected to be directly useful outside of their original context. This strongly motivates the need for a transfer of knowledge between mathematical physicists specialized in different problems related to relativistic theories, especially General Relativity, inverse problems, scattering theory and Quantum Field Theory. The aim of this meeting is to bring together experts and young researchers with the goal of addressing challenging problems at the intersection of those rapidly growing research areas. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13. Kavli RISE Summer School on Gravitational Waves, Cambridge, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15489 Starting: 2019-09-23 to 2019-09-27 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: http://www.ctc.cam.ac.uk/activities/rise/ Contact: gr-secretary[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk Kavli RISE Summer School on Gravitational Waves September 23-27, 2019 Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK The Kavli Institute of Cosmology at Cambridge, together with support from the EU's RISE project "Strong Gravity and High-Energy Physics", will hold a summer school on gravitational waves at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences from Sep 23-27, 2019. This school is dedicated to introduce young scientists to the cutting edge methods and technology to explore our universe through gravitational wave observations. Topics covered include the modeling of sources of gravitational waves with analytic and computational methods, gravitational wave detection and data analysis, testing alternatives to general relativity and black holes, dark matter candidates, electromagnetic counter parts and cosmological sources of gravitational waves. Each topic will be covered with 1 or 2 lectures of 90 minutes each. The school is addressed at young researchers and students with background knowledge in general relativity. Further details, including registration and accommodation options, can be found on the below URL. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14. MPHYS10 Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia (1st announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/25/mphys10-meeting-first-announ… Starting: 2019-09-09 to 2019-09-14 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Additional Information: http://www.mphys10.ipb.ac.rs/ Contact: mphys10[AT]ipb.ac.rs 10th MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS MEETING: School and Conference on Modern Mathematical Physics to be held 9--14 September 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. The MPHYS10 meeting is the latest in a long list of biannual conferences on mathematical physics organized by the Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, since 2001. The conference covers a wide range of topics, mainly oriented towards recent developments in cosmology, classical and quantum gravity, quantum field theory, string theory, and related research areas of theoretical high energy and mathematical physics. The list of topics includes: * Modern Cosmological Models * General Relativity and Modified Gravity * Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy * Modern Approaches to Quantum Gravity * Foundations of Quantum Theory and Quantum Gravity * Conformal and String Field Theory * Lie Theory and Symmetries in Physics * Strings, Branes and String/M-Theory * Noncommutative Quantum Models * Nonperturbative Approaches * Exact Integrable Models * Mathematical Methods Given that this is the 10th conference in a row, this year we are celebrating a jubilee. Some of our distighuished invited speakers include: Alexei Starobinsky (Moscow, Russia) Viatcheslav Mukhanov (Munich, Germany) Ignatios Antoniadis (Paris, France) Sergei Odintsov (Barcelona, Spain) Irina Arefeva (Moscow, Russia) Paul Sorba (Annecy, France) Loriano Bonora (Trieste, Italy) Igor Volovich (Moscow, Russia) Martin Cederwall (Goteborg, Sweden) Djordje Minic (Blacksburg, USA) and many others --- please see the full list of participants on our website, http://www.mphys10.ipb.ac.rs/ where you can also find other detailed information about the MPHYS10 meeting, as well as all previous meetings of the MPHYS series. The registration for the meeting is open until July 1st 2019, and we wish to invite everyone to join us and contribute to the meeting. Cordially, Dr. Marko Vojinovic Group for Gravitation, Particles and Fields Institute of Physics University of Belgrade +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.15. Agape 2019, Mezeyrac, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15500 Starting: 2019-07-27 to 2019-08-03 Location: Mezeyrac, France Additional Information: http://agape2019.sciencesconf.org Contact: pmd[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr It is our great pleasure to announce l'Agape 2019, the third edition of a summer-school of theoretical physics, which will be held in the mountains of the Massif Central (France) from July 27th to August 3rd 2019. L'Agape sees a partition between six 4-hour courses given in the mornings and scientific activities in the afternoons. The series of courses covers a large field of topics in theoretical physics: - Towards a more efficient model of particle physics by Cohl Furey (University of Cambridge) - The two-fold role of observables in Classical and Quantum Kinematics by Federico Zalamea (EFREI Paris) - Timeless statistical mechanics and applications to quantum gravity by Isha Kotecha (AEI Potsdam) - Cosmological field theories by Scott Melville (University of Cambridge) - Foundations of Quantum Theory by Emily Adlam (University of Cambridge) (to be confirmed) - Introduction to (linear) logics for physicists by Titouan Carette (LORIA, Universite' de Lorraine) This school's special appeal and particularity lies in the broad range of its topics, the creative format of the "scientific activities" and the horizontal structure of the organisation: everything, from the courses and talks to the cooking will be done by and for young physicists, and we will encourage each participant to actively engage in shaping the structure of l'Agape. Furthermore, this year we are offering participants the possibility to stay for three more days after the official end to continue the discussions and enjoy the surroundings. You will find more details on the website https://agape2019.sciencesconf.org. The organising committee: Alexander Thomas, Jeremy Attard, Pierre Martin-Dussaud, Robin Reuben,Vaclav Zatloukal +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.16. Quantum and Gravity in Okinawa, Japan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/28/quantum-and-gravity-in-okina… Starting: 2019-07-23 to 2019-07-27 Location: Okinawa, Japan Additional Information: https://groups.oist.jp/quantumandgravity Contact: quantumandgravity[AT]oist.jp Quantizing gravity has been one of the most difficult problems in physics. There have been many approaches to quantizing gravity, which have given us mathematically and physically interesting ideas, such as the unification of forces, the emergence of spacetime, the problem of time, spacetime foam, non-commutativity/non-associativity of spacetime, non-locality, holography, etc. Geometry, which initially found a link to gravity by Einstein has been playing a major role in the studies of quantum gravity. Quantum field theory (QFT), which gave us a tremendous success in describing the Standard Model including the weak, the strong and the electromagnetic forces, is also a central solid modern tool in describing physical systems with many degrees of freedom. QFT lets us explore critical phenomena and the scale dependence of the physics through the renormalization group. In this conference, we focus on such pillars of modern physics which are tied together in the research of quantum gravity. We aim at creating an open versatile atmosphere in order to advance further in the better understanding of each approaches in order to understand the grand problems of quantum description of gravitation. We also aim at introducing such different approaches and topics to each other including students, therefore creating a platform to expose young generataions and also older generations to various ideas and communities. Therefore the talks are recommended to take blackboard-talk format. Please apply for participating the conference by submitting application form with proposed titles and abstracts for talks/posters by April 30 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.17. 22nd Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/29/22nd-capra-meeting-on-radiat… Starting: 2019-06-17 to 2019-06-21 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.cbpf.br/~mcasals/capra2019.html Contact: mcasals[AT]cbpf.br The 22nd Capra meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity will be held at the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas/Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting will run from Monday June 17 until Friday June 21, 2019. The Capra meetings focus on the modelling of black hole binary dynamics in the small mass-ratio limit. In good Capra tradition, the meeting will be of an informal nature with a mixture of invited reviews, contributed talks, and open discussions. There will be no registration fee or proceedings. Contributed talks on all aspect of modelling small mass-ratio systems are welcome. For more information and registration please visit: http://www.cbpf.br/~mcasals/capra2019.html. As indicated on the website, some hotels are offering special prices for Capra participants, some with a booking deadline. Please note that the Capra meeting will take place during the soccer tournament Copa America (which is during 14/6-7/7) and so early booking of accommodation is advised. The meeting is supported by CNPq and the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior - CAPES - Brasil. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc in GR at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/20/postdoc-in-gr-at-charles-uni… Deadline: 2019-06-28 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://utf.mff.cuni.cz/en/index.html 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 be close to at least one of the following topics: mathematical relativity, problems of energy and radiation in GR, exact solutions of Einstein's field equations and their interpretation, asymptotic structure of space-times, particles, bodies and fields in GR space-times, black holes, black-hole perturbations, neutron stars, relativistic celestial mechanics and approximation methods, numerical relativity, gravitational lensing, contemporary cosmology (cosmological models and their perturbations, dark matter and dark energy), physics and analysis of gravitational waves, quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. We offer a position within a pleasant academic environment, with standard equipment and reasonable support for traveling. 1 year contract starting from October 2019 - January 2020 (negotiable), with a possible renewal in case of mutual interest. Salary will be comparable to a starting salary of an assistant professor at our Faculty. Interested candidates should submit: CV, research statement, list of publications, two letters of recommendation. Shortlisted candidates may be invited for an interview or seminar. Deadline is 28th June. The submission should be sent to oldrich.semerak[AT]mff.cuni.cz (Oldrich Semerak). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. PhD positions in Theoretical Cosmology, University of New South Wales, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15498 Deadline: 2019-04-22 Location: Sydney, Australia Additional Information: https://www.physics.unsw.edu.au/ Contact: e.dimastrogiovanni[AT]unsw.edu.au The School of Physics at UNSW Sydney has two openings for PhD positions in Theoretical Cosmology. The successful PhD candidates will work under the supervision of Dr. Ema Dimastrogiovanni on topics in theoretical cosmology, including primordial gravitational waves, inflation, reheating and cosmic microwave background physics. Interested candidates should send a cover letter and a curriculum vitae, and arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to the same email address. Applicants must also provide evidence of English ability that meets the UNSW English language requirements (see https://www.unsw.edu.au/english-requirements-policy). The internal selection deadline for application and recommendation letters is April 22. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD position in the International PPGCosmo Program on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/29/phd-position-in-the-internat… Deadline: 2019-05-10 Location: Brazil Additional Information: http://ppgcosmo.cosmo-ufes.org Contact: ppgcosmo[AT]cosmo-ufes.org PPGCosmo is an international PhD program on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation that aims to give PhD students the opportunity to develop a successful international scientific career. The research topics range from theoretical to observational aspects of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, including participation in collaborations such as LIGO, Euclid, J-PAS and DES. PPGCosmo is a Brazilian program consisting of six institutions from Brazil and four institutions from outside Brazil. The call for applications for a 4-year PhD position starting in August 2019 is now open. The student will be supervised by a Professor at a Brazilian institution and co-supervised by a Professor at an institution outside Brazil. For the compulsory postgraduate courses the student will be mainly based in Vitoria (Espirito Santo, Brazil). It is expected that the student will have opportunities to visit the other Brazilian participating institutions and the co-supervisor's non-Brazilian institution. Please go to http://ppgcosmo.cosmo-ufes.org or http://www.cosmologia.ufes.br/en for further information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Two PhD positions in Theoretical Physics at Wroclaw University, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15521 Deadline: 2019-04-30 Location: Wroclaw, Poland Additional Information: https://www.imprs-mpsse.mpg.de Contact: asedrakian[AT]itf.uni.wroc.pl Two fellowships are available for Ph.D. studies at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Wroclaw University, Poland. These fellowships require that the candidate fulfills the requirements for being accepted as a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Physics of the Wroclaw University and that of International Max Planck Research School in Dresden, Germany. The research themes are: * Spectral Functions for Strongly Coupled Superfluids: from Ultra-Cold Gases to Dense Quark Matter * Relativistic Hydrodynamics from Projection Operator Formalism The applicants should submit for pre-selection a CV and other credentials to: asedrakian[AT]itf.uni.wroc.pl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. PhD position in Physics of Compact Stars at Coimbra/Lisbon, Portugal ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15533 Deadline: 2019-04-18 Location: Coimbra/Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: https://idpasc.lip.pt/portugal/phd_programme/call/9 Contact: violetta.sagun[AT]uc.pt We are seeking for an outstanding, highly motivated PhD candidate for a joint CFisUC, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra)/ CENTRA, Instituto Superior Tecnico (Lisbon) position under the supervision of Dr. Violetta Sagun and Prof. Ilidio Lopes on equation of state of compact stars, properties of strongly interacting matter and its phase transitions. Interested candidates should upload through the IDPASC Network (https://www.idpasc.lip.pt) a curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, other documents that the candidate may consider relevant (diplomas, certificates etc..) and and up to three contacts for reference letters. The reference letters will be directly uploaded by the referees. Applicants will not have access to the letters content but they will be able to check if the reference letters have been uploaded and when. The Referees can upload the letters during the whole period of the Call. Candidates should hold either a pre-Bologna degree, or a pre-/post-Bologna Master's degree at the time of application. Students must complete the Master degree until 07th June, 2019. Foreign degrees/diplomas are required to be recognised by the General Directorate of Higher Education or by a Portuguese higher education institution, in accordance with the Decree Law no. 341/2007, of 12 October and the Decree Law no. 283/83, of 21st June. http://www.dges.mec.pt/en/pages/naric_pages/academic_recognition/recognitio… Deadline for application: 18th April, 17h00 (Lisbon time). Call details: https://idpasc.lip.pt/uploads/call/terms_file/9/IDPASC_Call_2019.pdf For additional information: Dr. Violetta Sagun, violetta.sagun[AT]uc.pt +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. The Eighteenth Release of the Einstein Toolkit ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/03/29/the-eighteenth-release-of-th… Additional Information: https://einsteintoolkit.org/about/releases/ET_2019_03_announcement.html The Eighteenth Release of the Einstein Toolkit We are pleased to announce the eighteenth release (code name "Proca") of the Einstein Toolkit, an open, community developed software infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics. The highlights of this release are: New arrangements and thorns have been added: * Proca - NPScalars_Proca - ProcaBase - ProcaEvolve - Proca_simpleID - TwoPunctures_KerrProca * lean_public - LeanBSSNMoL - NPScalars * wvuthorns_diagnostics - particle_tracerET - Seed_Magnetic_Fields_BNS - smallbPoynET - VolumeIntegrals_GRMHD - VolumeIntegrals_vacuum In addition, bug fixes accumulated since the previous release in September 2018 have been included. The Einstein Toolkit is a collection of software components and tools for simulating and analyzing general relativistic astrophysical systems that builds on numerous software efforts in the numerical relativity community including CactusEinstein, the Carpet AMR infrastructure and the relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics codes GRHydro and IllinoisGRMHD. For parts of the toolkit, the Cactus Framework is used as the underlying computational infrastructure providing large-scale parallelization, general computational components, and a model for collaborative, portable code development. The toolkit includes modules to build complete codes for simulating black hole spacetimes as well as systems governed by relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics. The Einstein Toolkit uses a distributed software model and its different modules are developed, distributed, and supported either by the core team of Einstein Toolkit Maintainers, or by individual groups. Where modules are provided by external groups, the Einstein Toolkit Maintainers provide quality control for modules for inclusion in the toolkit and help coordinate support. The Einstein Toolkit Maintainers currently involve postdocs and faculty from six different institutions, and host weekly meetings that are open for anyone to join in. Guiding principles for the design and implementation of the toolkit include: open, community-driven software development; well thought out and stable interfaces; separation of physics software from computational science infrastructure; provision of complete working production code; training and education for a new generation of researchers. For more information about using or contributing to the Einstein Toolkit, or to join the Einstein Toolkit Consortium, please visit our web pages at http://einsteintoolkit.org. The Einstein Toolkit is primarily supported by NSF 1550551/1550461/1550436/1550514 (Einstein Toolkit Community Integration and Data Exploration). The Einstein Toolkit contains about 400 regression test cases. On a large portion of the tested machines, almost all of these tests pass, using both MPI and OpenMP parallelization. The changes between this and the previous release include: Larger changes since last release * The Proca arrangement has been added: This repository provides the tools to evolve the Einstein-Proca system as first described in https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.00797. - NPScalars_Proca: Implementation of the spin-1 (electromagnetic) and spin-2 (gravitational) Newman-Penrose scalars - Proca_simpleID: Create analytic initial data for a non-rotating black hole surrounded by a Proca field with mass mu. - TwoPunctures_KerrProca: A modified TwoPunctures thorn to construct initial data for a single rotating black hole coupled to a massive vector field. * The Lean arrangement has been added: - LeanBSSNMoL: Implementation to evolve Einstein's Equations using the W-version of the BSSN formulation together with the puncture gauge. Also available, in the "new_gauge" branch, is a modified "Gamma- driver" that stabilizes highly rotating black hole spacetimes (adapted from Figueras et al; see: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.04532). - NPScalars: Implementation of the spin-2 Newman-Penrose scalars * The WVU Diagnostics arrangement has been added: These thorns are designed primarily to add useful diagnostics for binary neutron star simulations performed with IllinoisGRMHD. - NSNS_parameter_files Contains parameter files for magnetized and unmagnetized BNS evolutions. - Seed_Magnetic_Fields_BNS Extended Seed_Magnetic_Fields thorn for binary neutron stars. - VolumeIntegrals_GRMHD: GRMHD volume integration thorn, currently depends on IllinoisGRMHD and Carpet. Performs volume integrals on arbitrary "Swiss-cheese"-like topologies, and even interoperates with Carpet to track NS centers of mass. - VolumeIntegrals_vacuum: Same functionality as VolumeIntegrals_GRMHD, but designed for integration of spacetime quantities. Depends on ML_BSSN and ADMBase for integrands. - particle_tracerET Solves the ODE \partial_t x^i=v^i for typically thousands of tracer particles, using an RK4 integration atop the current time stepping. - smallbPoynET Computes b^i, b^2, and three spatial components of Poynting flux. It also computes (-1-u_0), which is useful for tracking unbound matter. * Ticket tracking system moved to bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/ * Subversion infrastructure for thorns is no longer maintained at LSU. Instead, the svn checkout mechanism supported by github.com is used. * Llama supports tensorweights other than 1.0 or 0.0 * Added EinsteinAnalysis/Hydro_Analysis/Hydro_Analysis_Masses.F90 in order to compute the total baryonic mass and baryonic mass within user defined radii. * A summary of changes Carpet: - add support for very large grids where 64bit integer are needed for grid indices and sizes of transfer buffers - fix how physical_time_per_hour is computed - add functionality to align interior of grid functions to cache boundaries. This requires changes t. Cactus and PUGH as well. - add a parameter "granularity" to make sure the interior of components is a multiple of N points in each direction * The version of MPI bundled with the ET is now OpenMPI 1.10.7 * The SystemTopology thorn now supports hwloc 2.0 How to upgrade from Chien-Shiung Wu (ET_2018_09) To upgrade from the previous release, use GetComponents with the new thornlist to check out the new version. See the Download page (http://einsteintoolkit.org/download/) on the Einstein Toolkit website for download instructions. Machine notes Supported (tested) machines include: * Default Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Mint, OpenSUSE and MacOS (MacPorts) installations * Bluewaters * Comet * Golub * Stampede 2 * Shelob * Wheeler * TACC machines: defs.local.ini needs to have sourcebasedir=$WORK and basedir=$SCRATCH/simulations configured for this machine. You need to determine $WORK and $SCRATCH by logging in to the machine. All repositories participating in this release carry a branch ET_2019_03 marking this release. These release branches will be updated if severe errors are found. The "Proca" Release Team on behalf of the Einstein Toolkit Consortium (2019-03-29) * Steven R. Brandt * Samuel D. Cupp * Peter Diener * Zachariah Etienne * Roland Haas * Helvi Witek Mar, 2019 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. COST GWverse: Exchange of researchers working on gravitational-wave and black hole physics ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15527 Additional Information: https://gwverse.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/stsms/ In the context of the European COST Action CA16104 on Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics (GWverse), grants for short term scientific missions (STSMs) are available. We are inviting you to submit proposals for STMSs starting after May 1, 2019 and ending before Nov 30, 2019 (applications outside this timeframe will be discarded). This call starts on Apr 1 and closes May 1, 2019. All proposals will be reviewed and the results will be announced by May 7, 2019. The selection committee will take into account the geographical distribution of host and home institution, matching of funds by the host, the scientific proposal and the experience of the applicant (preference is given to Early Career Investigators). Successful applicants will be expected to join as members of one (or more) of the Action's Working Groups. STSM recipients should acknowledge the COST Action in any publication or talks, through the use of the COST logo and the statement "The authors would like to acknowledge networking support by the COST Action GWverse CA16104". STSMs are a great opportunity for all scientists within the COST Action to exchange visits, nurture collaborations, or develop new ones. Further details are available at the GWverse webpage: https://gwverse.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/stsms/ If you have any question, please contact the STSM Coordinator Andreja Gomboc: andreja.gomboc[at]ung.si ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/01/grg-editors-choice-recent-hi… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice In each volume of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG), 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. These recent articles deserves special attention: Eric Addison, Miguel Gracia-Linares, Pablo Laguna, Shane L. Larson, "Busting up binaries: encounters between compact binaries and a supermassive black hole", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2523-4 Eva Hackmann, Arnab Dhani, "The propagation delay in the timing of a pulsar orbiting a supermassive black hole", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2517-2 Thomas P. Kling, Eric Grotzke, Kevin Roebuck, Harry Waite, "Examining the Kerr metric through wave fronts of null geodesics", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2518-1 Please, browse all Editor's Choice articles at: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice Frank Schulz Publishing Editor GRG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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