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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for September 2020
by hyperspace＠itp.uni-frankfurt.de 02 Sep '20

02 Sep '20

########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Experimental Tests and Signatures of Modified and Quantum Gravity, Bad Honnef, Germany 1.2. Quantum spacetime and the Renormalization Group, Online workshop 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral Positions in the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic 2.2. Postdoctoral Fellowships in Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey 2.3. Postdoc opportunities in General Relativity, Dublin, Ireland 2.4. Postdoctoral researcher in gravitational physics at the University of Mississippi, USA 2.5. Postdoctoral position in Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany 3. News 3.1. Piotr T. Chrusciel, Geometry of black holes 3.2. "Superradiance (2020 Edition)" by R. Brito, V. Cardoso and P. Pani 3.3. News from the Chalonge De Vega School 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "AdS black holes, holography and localization" 3.5. Scientific program of the 4th Zeldovich meeting ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Experimental Tests and Signatures of Modified and Quantum Gravity, Bad Honnef, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/08/17/experimental-tests-and-signa… Starting: 2021-02-01 to 2021-02-05 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: https://www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/index.php?id=1536 Contact: christian.pfeifer[AT]ut.ee Two major unsolved questions in fundamental physics are related to the gravity: What is the nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, and, what is the theory of quantum gravity? From the theoretical point of view these questions stimulated various fundamental approaches to a theory of quantum gravity, such as string theory, loop quantum gravity, canonical quantum gravity, noncommutative geometry, asymptotic safety and others as well as phenomenological models such as doubly or deformed special relativity and the relative locality framework. Moreover, numerous classical modifications of General Relativity have been suggested such as scalar-tensor theories, f(R)-theories, bi-metric gravity, tensor-vector-scalar gravity or metric affine gravity, Poincare gauge theory, telleparallel gravity, Finsler gravity and many more. The viability of these alternative or extended theories of gravity has to be tested by comparison of predictions with experimental data. It is important that this comparison is done on all scales from the whole universe, i.e. on cosmological scales, via galaxy-clusters, galaxies, binary systems, black holes, the solar system, satellite experiments, down to laboratory experiments at micrometer and smallest scales, i.e. high energy scales looking for new elementary particles like axions or WIMPs. This seminar aims for discussing predictions and their comparison with experiments of extended and modified classical and quantum theories of gravity, on all scales. The goal is to identify theories, which are consistent on all scales, and, to identify observables, in which deviations of general relativity or the quantum nature of gravity is most likely to manifest itself. Organizing Committee: Dr. Christian Pfeifer, Laboratory for Theoretical Physics, University of Tartu Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl, ZARM, University of Bremen +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Quantum spacetime and the Renormalization Group, Online workshop --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17409 Starting: 2020-10-12 to 2020-10-16 Location: Online Additional Information: https://www.cp3-origins.dk/quantum-spacetime-and-the-renormalization-group/ Contact: eichhorn[AT]cp3.sdu.dk This is the fifth in a series of workshops on Quantum Spacetime and the Renormalization Group, bringing together researchers exploring a broad range of research avenues in Quantum Gravity, including, but not limited to, Asymptotically Safe Gravity, Causal and Euclidean Dynamical Triangulations, Causal Sets, Group Field Theories, Spin Foam models and Tensor Models. Previous installments took place at the Perimeter Institute in 2014, at Nordita in 2015, at the Lorentz Center in Leiden in 2017 and in Bad Honnef in 2018. The workshop will take place online. A particular focus will be placed on making it as interactive as possible. The schedule, including more information on the details of the online format, will appear in due course. To ensure a good discussion atmosphere, the maximum number of participants is limited. Application for participation is possible on the webpage. The main goals of the workshop are - contributing to sharpening the major conceptual and technical open questions of the field and identifying routes to answer these. - triggering new collaborations, in particular between researchers from neighboring communities, enabling a fruitful exchange of ideas and transfer of knowledge. - providing in particular young researchers with a comprehensive overview of the most pressing questions in the field and motivating them to tackle these from new angles. - producing novel ideas how to bridge the gap between a fundamental theory of quantum gravity and observations and triggering new developments towards observational tests of quantum gravity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral Positions in the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/08/05/postdoctoral-positions-in-th… Deadline: 2020-10-15 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://astro.cas.cz/ Contact: gglukes[AT]asu.cas.cz The Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites applications for two post-doctoral positions in the Relativistic Astrophysics Group at the Prague section of the Institute. The appointment is initially for one year; an extension for another year is expected upon satisfactory scientific performance and availability of funds. Both positions will be funded through the project "Impact of Resonances and Chaos in Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals", which is supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences. The salary will be based on the domestic level and it includes health insurance. Commencement is expected on the 1st of January 2021. Candidates are expected to demonstrate research experience at least in one of the following topics: orbital dynamics in EMRIs (Mathisson-Papapetrou equations, effective one-body approximation, self-force, post-Newtonian mechanics), gravitational waves (analytical and numerical calculation, data analysis, synergy with electromagnetic signatures), chaos theory in dynamical astronomy. A successful applicant will join Georgios Loukes-Gerakopoulos and his research team supported by the Lumina quaeruntur premium provided by the Czech Academy of Sciences. Applications containing a Cover Letter, a Curriculum Vitae, a List of Publications, and a Summary of Research Plans should be submitted in a single pdf to: sekretariat[AT]asu.cas.cz subject: "EMRI postdoc 2020 - Prague" cc: gglukes[AT]asu.cas.cz Two recommendation letters have to be sent to the same email addresses with the same subject. In the application please provide the exact date of your PhD defense or attach a statement from the supervisor certifying the planned date of the defense. The successful candidate must hold a PhD degree in the field and present a certificate of that by the date of employment. Preferences will be given to early-stage researchers. A necessary condition for the appointment is to satisfy the legal requirements for being employed in Czech Republic. For informal inquiries about the position please feel free to email Georgios Loukes-Gerakopoulos. To receive full consideration please submit your application and arrange your recommendation letters to be sent by 15th October 2020. Applications will be acknowledged by email. Once the selection process is completed, the successful applicant will be notified. Further information: o See http://www.asu.cas.cz for the list of working groups at the Institute. o See http://www.euraxess.cz for details about the research employment and work conditions in Czech Republic. o See https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp to compare cost of living. Note: Please understand that the COVID-19 challenge may prevent us from admitting applicants from some regions because of legal or travel restrictions related to the current medical situation in the world. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral Fellowships in Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/08/11/postdoctoral-fellowships-in-… Deadline: 2020-09-15 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Additional Information: http://cocirc2.org.tr/ Contact: framazanoglu[AT]ku.edu.tr Short Description: Turkey will host many Cofunded Brain Circulation Scheme (CoCirc2) fellows in the coming years in all areas of research. This is very similar to MSCA fellowships in terms of application procedure, duration and financial benefits, but the host institution has to be in Turkey. If you are a gravitational physicist (especially working on gravitational waves, numerical relativity and/or alternative theories) interested in working with Fethi M Ramazanoglu at Koc University, please read on. Co-Funded Brain Circulation Scheme (CoCirculation2) is a program managed by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and funded jointly by TUBITAK and Europe's 7th Framework Programme. The fellowship is quite similar to MSCA Fellowships in structure, but the host has to be in Turkey. It aims to attract qualified researchers from abroad, and will fund around 25 fellows for 24 months . Detailed information can be found at http://cocirc2.org.tr/ - The fellowship is not restricted to any specific research discipline. - Each recipient will receive a monthly living and mobility allowance of 5050 Euros and monthly Research, Training and Networking cost of 800 Euros (note that living expenses in Turkey are considerably lower than the EU average). - There is no restriction on citizenship, please see the website about other eligibility requirements such as research experience. - There is a possibility of up to 6 months of secondments outside Turkey. - This year's applications opened on 4 August 2020, and close on 30 October 2020, but i will hold an internal deadline of September 15 to have time to finalize the proposal. - In my experience, the chances of being awarded this fellowship is considerably higher than obtaining the MSCA Fellowship since the host institute has to be in Turkey. The application procedure is also very similar to the MSCA Fellowships. Every applicant applies together with a supervisor, and to a specific institution. If you are interested in postdoctoral research on gravitational physics at Koc University, please send a CV with publication list and a short research statement (in summary or full length) to framazanoglu[AT]ku.edu.tr by our internal deadline of September 15. You can find my research interests at http://mysite.ku.edu.tr/framazanoglu/. I will pick one or two of the applicants to finalize proposals to submit. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoc opportunities in General Relativity, Dublin, Ireland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17422 Deadline: 2020-10-18 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: http://research.ie/funding/goipd/?f=postdoctoral Contact: brien.nolan[AT]dcu.ie The Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme is a competitive scheme funding 2-year research fellowships across all disciplines. The Relativity Group in Dublin City University (Abraham Harte, Brien Nolan, Ko Sanders, Peter Taylor and IRC Postdoc Aindriu Conroy) invites expressions of interest from potential applicants working in classical General Relativity (self-force/problem of motion, mathematical relativity, wave propagation in curved spacetimes, exact solutions) or in Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime (renormalisation, quantum aspects of black hole physics, algebraic QFT, mathematical aspects of QFT). The deadline for full applications to the IRC is 19th November 2020. To allow time for the collaborative preparation of a competitive application, those interested in the scheme should contact one of those named below by Sunday 18th October 2020, including a short cv and a brief statement of research interests. Terms and conditions for the 2021 scheme can be found at the link above. Note in particular that applicants must have either graduated or have been certified as having fulfilled all the requirements for the award of a doctoral degree, including the submission of the hardbound corrected thesis, within the five-year period between 31 May 2016 and 31 May 2021. Abraham Harte (abraham.harte[AT]dcu.ie) Brien Nolan (brien.nolan[AT]dcu.ie) Ko Sanders (jacobus.sanders[AT]dcu.ie) Peter Taylor (peter.taylor[AT]dcu.ie) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral researcher in gravitational physics at the University of Mississippi, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/08/31/postdoctoral-researcher-in-g… Deadline: 2020-11-15 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: https://relativity.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry200831-175310 Contact: lcstein[AT]olemiss.edu The gravity group at the University of Mississippi invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in gravitational physics/astrophysics, with emphasis on: numerical relativity, testing general relativity, strong-field gravity, compact objects, gravitational waves, gravitational-wave data analysis, and related topics. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in numerical relativity and/or testing general relativity. A PhD in physics/mathematics/astronomy is required by the time of the initial appointment. The position is for two years, with potential for renewal for a third year contingent on performance and funding. The successful applicant will develop and advance their own independent research program, collaborate with UMiss gravity group faculty (Leo Stein, Anuradha Gupta, and Luca Bombelli) on their research, and help to train UM students. UMiss is a member of the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) collaboration, and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), and will thus provide ample opportunities to collaborate with other SXS and LSC member institutions. The nominal starting date for the position is Aug. 23, 2021, but is flexible. Applicants should submit an application by sending an email to grpostdoc[at]phy.olemiss.edu, including: a complete CV in PDF format (including publication list); a research proposal which covers research interests and experience; and contact information for three professional references who may provide letters. Letters are not requested at this time; these will be solicited later. Use the email subject "Gravity postdoc." Review of applications will begin Nov. 15, 2020 and will continue until the position is filled. Please direct questions about the position to Leo Stein lcstein[AT]olemiss.edu. The University of Mississippi is an EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Title VI/Title VII/Title IX/504/ADA/ADEA employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoctoral position in Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/09/01/postdoctoral-position-in-rel… Deadline: 2020-10-31 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Additional Information: https://relastro.uni-frankfurt.de/ Contact: steidl[AT]itp.uni-frankfurt.dee Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany The group of Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics in Frankfurt invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics. Candidates should have a PhD in astrophysics, physics or applied mathematics. Candidates with knowledge and experience in modelling the electromagnetic emission from short GRBs and GRB phenomenology will be particularly favoured. Research experience with simulations in numerical relativity, relativistic hydrodynamics and MHD is seen as an advantage but not as a prerequisite. The successful applicant will be part of an international research group at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Frankfurt, Germany. Interests of the group span from the modelling of the physics of neutron stars and black holes, to fundamental issues in gravitational physics (https://relastro.uni-frankfurt.de/) Frankfurt am Main is a lively and international city, and Europe's financial center. The application should comprise a CV, a publication list, and a research summary and proposal. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to the address below. Applications will have to be sent by 31.10.2020 for full consideration, but the search will remain open till the optimal candidate is found. The position is initially for two years and can be extended - depending on successful performance and availability of funds. The expected starting date is 01.01.2021, but earlier/later appointments can be negotiated. Applications should be made electronically and sent to: Fr. Astrid Steidl: steidl[AT]itp.uni-frankfurt.de and to CC-ed to rezzolla[AT]itp.uni-frankfurt.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Piotr T. Chrusciel, Geometry of black holes ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/08/08/piotr-t-chrusciel-geometry-o… Additional Information: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/geometry-of-black-holes-97801988554… New textbook From the publisher's web page: There exists a large scientific literature on black holes, including many excellent textbooks at various levels. However, most of these steer clear from the mathematical niceties needed to make the theory of black holes a mathematical theory. Those which maintain a high mathematical standard are either focused on specific topics, or skip many details. The objective of this book is to fill this gap and present a detailed, mathematically oriented, extended introduction to the subject. The book provides a wide background to the current research on all mathematical aspects of the geometry of black hole spacetimes. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. "Superradiance (2020 Edition)" by R. Brito, V. Cardoso and P. Pani ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17411 Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030466213 Dear hyperspace community, We would like to announce the second edition of "Superradiance", co-authored by R. Brito, V. Cardoso and P. Pani, Springer Lecture Notes in Physics vol. 906 (2015). Details of the book are available at https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030466213 or in Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Superradiance-Frontiers-Black-Physics-Lecture/dp/303… This volume gives a unified picture of the multifaceted subject of superradiance, with a focus on recent developments in the field, ranging from fundamental physics to astrophysics. The book covers all our current understanding on the physics of the amplification of waves by a medium, including classical effects such as the Cherenkov effect. The main body of the book deals with superradiance in black hole physics, with important applications in astrophysics and particle physics. Each chapter ends with a list of outstanding open problems and future directions. The second edition corrects a number of typos and, most importantly, adds and updates several sections, reflecting the intense activity in the field in the last years. Current bounds on ultralight fields are summarized in a Table, and will be updated online regularly. Best wishes to all, stay safe, Richard Brito, Vitor Cardoso, Paolo Pani ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. News from the Chalonge De Vega School ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/08/29/news-from-the-chalonge-de-ve… Additional Information: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2020.html International School Daniel Chalonge - Hector de Vega Science with great intellectual endeavour and a Human face Open Science and Open Access. Scientific Research, Training and Scientific Culture Symposium, Tribute, Videoconferences. Ginsburg Landau Inflation News with Grand Unification and its predictions for the CMB and Large Scale Structures. Daniel Chalonge Medal and Hector de Vega Medal 2020. Hubble's constant and Dark Energy at the center of cosmology. Information Sciences, science linguistics and scientific creativity. And that is not all (quote from Henri Poincare') ... - Symposium in Celebration of E. Margaret Burbidge. Report and AAS Video of the event: https://baas.aas.org/pub/2020i0205/release/1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaGzYrFgNYo - The Hubble - Constant Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0UolX-xdD_hU8Rl-qSbLA/ - Daniel Chalonge Medal and Hector de Vega Medal 2020: The two medals are awarded this year to Dr Adam G. Riess (Johns Hopkins University and SSTI, Baltimore) Nobel Prize in Physics in Cosmology. The medals are awarded for his contribution to the discovery of dark energy, to its interpretation as a cosmological constant and to his continuous results on the Hubble constant. Information on the conference event and medal presentation will be announced. - Hommage to Olivier Le Fevre. https://www.lam.fr/IMG/pdf/hommage.pdf - Quantum Universe, H0 and Dark Energy Visioconference by Norma Sanchez https://chalonge-devega.fr/NSanchez.mp4 https://chalonge-devega.fr/NormaSanchez-20May2020.pdf - Constraints on dynamical dark energy models from the abundance of massive high redshift galaxies Visioconference by Nicola Menci https://chalonge-devega.fr/NMenci.mp4 https://chalonge-devega.fr/Menci_presentation.pdf - News on Ginsburg-Landau Inflation and Grand Unification for and from the next CMB and LSS observations: https://chalonge-devega.fr/PredictivePhysicsSanchez.pdf And that is not all (quote from Henri Poincare')... Find the whole Chalonge - de Vega Programme 2020 New Universe and New Black Holes. Quantum Physics and Dark Energy at: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2020.html With compliments and best regards The Daniel Chalonge - Hector de Vega School https://chalonge-devega.fr/HdeV.html https://chalonge-devega.fr ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "AdS black holes, holography and localization" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/08/31/living-reviews-in-relativity… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity The open-access journal Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on 28 August 2020: Alberto Zaffaroni, "AdS black holes, holography and localization", Living Rev Relativ 23, 2 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-020-00027-8 Abstract: I review some recent progresses in counting the number of microstates of AdS supersymmetric black holes in dimension equal or greater than four using holography. The counting is obtained by applying localization and matrix model techniques to the dual field theory. I cover in details the case of dyonic AdS4 black holes, corresponding to a twisted compactification of the dual field theory, and I discuss the state of the art for rotating AdS5 black holes. Please, visit frequently our relativity channel (https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity) at http://livingreviews.org for other news. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. Scientific program of the 4th Zeldovich meeting ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/08/31/scientific-program-of-the-4t… Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/zeldovich4 We are happy to announce the preliminary program of the 4th Zeldovich meeting, please see: http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/ZM4/program.pdf. The time in the program is indicated in the Central European Time (CET). The meeting will be held within the Gotomeeting platform. It will be also steamed at the ICRANet YouTube channel. Additional information can be found at the website of the meeting: http://icranet.org/zeldovich4. We are looking forward to meeting you soon! The organizers ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for August 2020
by hyperspace＠itp.uni-frankfurt.de 02 Aug '20

02 Aug '20

########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Vienna Summer School 2020 on Gravitational Quantum Physics, Vienna, Austria 1.2. Online Workshop: Quantum Information in QFT and AdS/CFT, India 1.3. 14th International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, online 1.4. The 7th Conference of the Polish Society on Relativity, Lodz, Poland 1.5. Advances In Computational Relativity - ICERM@BROWN 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc Position in Numerical Relativity, Jena, Germany 2.2. Postdoc position, Fukuoka, Japan 2.3. BS/Master/PhD Programs in Physics, Famagusta, Cyprus 3. News 3.1. Workshop on Advances and Challenges in Computational Relativity 3.2. Presision 2020: Online Undergraduate (Pre-PhD) Physics Symposium ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Vienna Summer School 2020 on Gravitational Quantum Physics, Vienna, Austria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/07/03/vienna-summer-school-2020-on… Starting: 2020-09-03 to 2020-09-06 Location: Vienna, Austria Additional Information: https://turis.at/summer-school-2020/ Contact: coqus[AT]univie.ac.at The "Vienna Summer School 2020 on Gravitational Quantum Physics" will now be held ONLINE from September 3rd to 6th. The 2020 summer school is aimed at young graduate students who want to get familiar with the status and challenges in exploring the fascinating interface between quantum physics and gravity. It will feature introductory lectures into the relevant concepts of both general relativity and quantum theory and will provide an overview of (classical and quantum) tests of gravity and their relevance for fundamental physics. After providing an introduction into the theoretical framework of quantum field theories in and of curved space-time the school will conclude with lectures discussing attempts to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. Confirmed lecturers are: - Caslav Brukner (University of Vienna) - Georgi Dvali (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich) - Renate Loll (Radboud University Nijmegen) - Eduardo Martin-Martinez (University of Waterloo) - Guglielmo Tino (Universita di Firenze) - Robert Wald (University of Chicago) - Anton Zeilinger (University of Vienna) - Magdalena Zych (University of Queensland) The lectures will be complemented by tutorial sessions. There will also be the possibility to present a poster. More detailed information about the program and the events can be found on our website. The registration will be open until 2nd of August. As places are limited, please register at your earliest convenience. We hope to see you soon in Vienna. Sincerely, The local organization committee: Markus Aspelmeyer Veronika Baumann Christopher Hilweg Louise Jottrand Marius Krumm Susanne Ninaus-Meznik David Trillo Tobias Westphal +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Online Workshop: Quantum Information in QFT and AdS/CFT, India --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17352 Starting: 2020-08-06 to 2020-08-07 Location: India Additional Information: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2020/QI/ Contact: abhattacharyya[AT]iitgn.ac.in The workshop brings together some of the leading global experts to discuss recent developments on quantum information and computation applied to field theory and holography. This workshop is organized jointly by the members of Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH) working on quantum gravity. For the list of the speakers please visit our workshop webpage. Organizers: Arpan Bhattacharyya, IIT-Gandhinagar (IITGN), Shubho Roy, IIT-Hyderabad (IITH), Aninda Sinha, Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The workshop will be on the online platform Zoom. The Zoom link and the program schedule will be shared with the registered participants by email. For the registration please visit the webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 14th International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, online --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/07/20/14th-international-conferenc… Starting: 2020-08-17 to 2020-08-21 Location: Jhongli, Taiwan Additional Information: https://icgac14.phy.ncu.edu.tw/ Contact: icgac14[AT]gmail.com ICGAC14 is the series of biennial conferences on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology which take place in the Asia-Pacific region, with the goals to promote cooperation among the member countries and within an international context, high level studies on hot topics and to encourage young physicists on these fields. This conference has been one of the key programs sponsored by APCTP over the past twenty years. It has been hosted by AP regions: Seoul, Korea (1993); Hsinchu, Taiwan (1995); Tokyo, Japan (1997); Beijing, China (1999); Moscow, Russia (2001); Seoul, Korea (2003); Jhongli, Taiwan (2005); Nara, Japan (2007); Wuhan, China (2009); Qui-Nhon, Vietnam (2011); Almaty, Kazakhstan (2013); Moscow, Russia (2015), Seoul, Korea (2017). After ICGAC-XIII at Ewha Womans University (2017), it will be held at National Central University, Taiwan in 2020 as a sequence of MG, GRG and ICGAC for every three years. Due to the COVID-19 virus, the ICGAC14 will be arranged as a Web Conference. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. The 7th Conference of the Polish Society on Relativity, Lodz, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17370 Starting: 2020-09-25 to 2020-09-27 Location: Lodz, Poland Additional Information: https://fizyka.p.lodz.pl/en/potor7/ Contact: potor7[AT]info.p.lodz.pl The 7th annual conference of the Polish Society on Relativity will be held at the Lodz University of Technology on September 25-27, 2020. The conference is divided into six sessions: - Mathematical Relativity I: Global structures of spacetime, black holes, initial conditions - Mathematical relativity II: Twistor theory, complex methods, conformal geometry, exact solutions - Numerical methods in relativity - Models of quantum gravity - Cosmology and astrophysics - Gravitational waves The coverage of respective topics should be considered rather broadly. Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, this year's meeting is organized in a mixed local/remote formula. The sessions will be transmitted online to integrate remote participants with local ones. There is the limit of 40 local participants to be physically present in Lodz. We would particularly welcome students participants if we are oversubscribed. There is no registration fee and the organizers cannot provide travel or accommodation refunds. Some financial support may be available for Ph.D. students and sudents. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Advances In Computational Relativity - ICERM@BROWN --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/07/31/advances-in-computational-re… Starting: 2020-09-09 to 2020-12-11 Location: Providence, RI, USA Additional Information: https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/ Contact: sfield[AT]umassd.edu This is a second announcement of the semester program at ICERM (Brown University) in Providence titled "Advances in Computational Relativity". Due to COVID-19, we'll be moving this program primarily online. Workshops will run as scheduled online using Zoom but workshop speakers and participants will not travel to ICERM. Semester-long activities, including working groups and seminars, will include a significant online component as well. ICERM will only be able to physically host 16-20 people, and only extended visitors spending 1-3 months in residence Please apply using the link "Apply with Cube" at the program website if you would like to participate in workshops and/or semester-long activities. This semester program aims to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations involving mathematicians, statisticians and the relativity community with the goals of: (i) work towards solving some of the most pressing mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, and data analysis issues facing the gravitational wave community, (ii) fostering an environment for the deep collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas between mathematicians, statisticians, and the relativity community, (iii) creating new subfields within computational mathematics that focus on important, pressing issues related to gravitational waves. Although the program will run over the entire Fall 2020 semester with several researchers staying the semester at ICERM, researchers are welcome to participate at any convenient block of time. In addition, there will be a week-long workshop once every month organized by topic. Dates and workshop titles appear below: 9/14: Workshop 1: "Advances and Challenges in Computational Relativity." (with a focus on gravitational waves from compact objects) 10/5: Workshop 2: "Mathematical and Computational Approaches for solving the source-free Einstein field equations." 10/26: Workshop 3: "Mathematical and Computational Approaches for the Einstein field equations with matter fields" 11/16: Workshop 4: "Statistical methods for the detection, classification, and inference of relativistic objects" Scientific Organizing Committee: Stefanos Aretakis, UToronto Doug Arnold, UMN Manuela Campanelli, RIT Scott Field, UMass Dartmouth Jonathan Gair, AEI Jae-Hun Jung, SUNY Buffalo Gaurav Khanna, UMass Dartmouth Stephen Lau, UNM Steve Liebling, LIU Deirdre Shoemaker, GTech Jared Speck, Vanderbilt Saul Teukolsky, Cornell +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc Position in Numerical Relativity, Jena, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17355 Deadline: 2020-09-14 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de Contact: lisann.schmidt[AT]uni-jena.de Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position in numerical general relativity at the University of Jena. The appointment is associated with the research group of Prof. Bernd Bruegmann at the Theoretical Physics Institute Jena. There is the opportunity to participate in a wide range of research activities, including the Research Training Group 2522 "Strong Dynamics and Criticality in Quantum and Gravitational Systems". The group is also part of the computational relativity (CoRe) collaboration. The position is funded by DFG for two years. An extension may be possible depending on performance and availability of funds. The successful candidate is expected to work on numerical relativity and associated computational and mathematical methods. This project is embedded in the larger context of compact binaries and gravitational wave science. 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 no later than September 14, 2020, but will be considered until the position is filled. Starting date is e.g. November 2020. In a situation where two candidates have otherwise equal qualifications, preference will be given to handicapped applicants. Please send applications as a single PDF with "Postdoc NumRel" in the subject line to: lisann.schmidt[AT]uni-jena.de Lisann Schmidt Theoretical Physics Institute University of Jena Max Wien Platz 1 D-07743 Jena Germany http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc position, Fukuoka, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17365 Deadline: 2020-08-14 Location: Fukouka, JAPAN Additional Information: http://www.phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp/koho/kobo/pdf/postdoc_spacephys.pdf Contact: yamamoto[AT]phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp Public Recruitment of Academic Researchers (Postoc) 1. Number of positions: Academic researcher (fixed term part-time staff): 1 2. Affiliation: 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan, Theoretical Astrophysics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 3. Specialism: Theoretical physics (applicant should be able to work in the intersection between quantum information / quantum foundations and gravitation and cosmology) 4. Qualification for application: Applicants must have a PhD degree or be expected to receive one by the expected start date. 5. Working conditions: Monthly salary: About 300,000 yen Insurance: Social insurance through the Japan Health Insurance Association (health insurance, pension), employment insurance, and industrial injury insurance. Allowances (commuting allowance, housing allowance, etc.) and severance benefit are not paid. Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays 6: Period of employment: From October 1, 2020, until the end of September 2021 7. Application deadline: August 14, 2020 (Fri) *Applications will be closed as soon as an appropriate candidate is found. 8. Documents for submission: Please email documents (1) to (6) to yamamot_at_phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp (replace "_at_" with "@") as a single PDF file in the following order, with the subject "Application for Theoretical Astrophysics Academic Researcher." If you do not receive an email confirming receipt within 24 hours, please contact us. (1) Resume (2) List of published paper (specify three main papers) (3) Research history (4) Research plan (5) Name and contact information of two people who can provide references for the applicant (6) Main papers (papers stamped in (2)) 9. Inquiries: Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan Phone: +81-92-802-4047 e-mail: yamamot_at_phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp (replace "_at_" with "@") +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. BS/Master/PhD Programs in Physics, Famagusta, Cyprus ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/07/22/bs-master-phd-programs-in-ph… Deadline: 2030-08-22 Location: Famagusta, Cyprus Additional Information: https://physics.emu.edu.tr/en Contact: physics[AT]emu.edu.tr The department of Physics of Eastern Mediterranean University (Famagusta, Cyprus) offers BS and Master and PhD degrees in Physics. The objectives of the BS(Four-year)/MS(two-year)/PhD (four-year) programs in physics are, within a physics curriculum, to provide the students with knowledge of the advanced and modern physics. The program develops mathematical, computational, and experimental methods used in a wide range of topics in physics, such as general relativity, quantum field theory, quantum gravity, statistical mechanics, string theory, quantum computation, biophysics, liquid crystal physics etc. The graduate students will be integrated from the very beginning into the physics groups of the department, and are expected to write a master/PhD theses during the second/third year. All the lectures will be given in English. A limited number of scholarships & fellowships are available. For more information, please visit EMU-PHYSICS DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. and our Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/EMUPHYSCHEM/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Workshop on Advances and Challenges in Computational Relativity ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/07/31/workshop-on-advances-and-cha… Additional Information: https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/w1/ We would like to invite you to the first workshop as part of the semester-long program "Advances in Computational Relativity". This first workshop will provide an overview of both state-of-the-art and open challenges drawing from multiple themes (theory, analysis of the equations, computation, and data analysis) within the broad context of Einstein's general relativity theory. Many of the talks will focus on the computation of gravitational radiation from compact bodies using numerical and analytical approaches for both current and future detectors. Speakers will draw from physics, astronomy, and applied and pure mathematics. Due to COVID-19, this workshop will be held online. Please apply using the link "Apply with Cube" at the workshop website (https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/w1/) if you would like to participate in this workshop. Program Organizing Committee: Douglas Arnold, U. Minnesota Scott Field, UMass Dartmouth Gaurav Khanna, UMass Dartmouth Deirdre Shoemaker, Georgia Tech Saul Teukolsky, Cornell Niels Warburton, UC Dublin Barry Wardell, UC Dublin ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Presision 2020: Online Undergraduate (Pre-PhD) Physics Symposium ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17377 Additional Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-FFlgzmcgg4f7BS-bZRkYPPPteird4Io… Submit abstracts for the symposium organized by students of Presidency University Kolkata. Only students who have not started their PhD as of May 2020 can apply. First year IPhD students are eligible. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for July 2020
by hyperspace＠itp.uni-frankfurt.de 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Online Workshop: Testing General Relativity using Gravitational Waves. 2. Jobs 2.1. Visiting Professorship at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan 2.2. Postdoc position in Foundations of Physics, Munich, Germany 2.3. Royal Society and STFC 5-year Fellowships, University of Sheffield, UK 3. News 3.1. The Twentieth Release of the Einstein Toolkit 3.2. Harvard Mini-Workshop on the Foundations of Thermodynamics ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Online Workshop: Testing General Relativity using Gravitational Waves. --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17342 Starting: 2020-08-13 to 2020-08-14 Location: Additional Information: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2020/TGRGW/ Contact: sudiptas[AT]iitgn.ac.in The gravity groups at Indian Institute of the Cultivation Science (IACS) and Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN) are jointly organizing a two-day Online workshop titled "Testing General Relativity using Gravitational Waves" on 13th and 14th August 2020. The aim of the workshop is to understand the constraints on physics beyond general relativity from the gravitational wave observations. Speakers: Prof. K G Arun, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India Prof. Enrico Barausse, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) , Trieste, Italy Prof. Sukanta Bose, The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India Prof. Vitor Cardoso, Center for Astrophysics & Gravitation, Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal. Prof. Badri Krishnan. Albert Einstein Institute (AEI), Hannover, Germany. Prof. Ajith Parameswaran, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, India. Organizing Committee: Sumanta Chakraborty, IACS, Kolkata and Sudipta Sarkar, IIT Gandhinagar. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Visiting Professorship at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17326 Deadline: 2020-08-01 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: https://www.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/n326?lang=en-GB Contact: director[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp Visiting Professorship at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, invites applications and/or nominations for a visiting-professorship in the field of theoretical physics for the period from 1 April, 2022 to 31 March, 2023. The appointment will be made for three months (or more). The salary will be determined according to the pay scale of Kyoto University. The deadline for applications or nominations is 1st August, 2020. A letter of application should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae and a list of publications. In addition, please inform us regarding all possible periods of stay at YITP. All correspondence should be addressed to: Prof. Sinya Aoki Director Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics Kyoto University Kyoto 606-8502, JAPAN e-mail: director[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc position in Foundations of Physics, Munich, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17332 Deadline: 2020-07-01 Location: LMU, Munich, Germany Additional Information: https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/news/post_doc_asc_2020/index.h… Contact: daniele.oriti[AT]physik.lmu.de The Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics (ASC) and the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at LMU Munich seek applications for a 1-year postdoctoral position. The successful applicant is expected to collaborate with Prof. Stephan Hartmann and Dr. Daniele Oriti on the FQXi-funded project "The Epistemic Nature of Physical Laws: From Intelligent Agents to Quantum Gravity and Cosmology".We are especially interested in candidates with research interest in philosophy of science, epistemology or foundations of physics (especially in the contexts of quantum gravity, foundations of quantum mechanics, and fundamental cosmology). Application deadline: July 1 2020 For more information and details see: https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/news/post_doc_asc_2020/index.h… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Royal Society and STFC 5-year Fellowships, University of Sheffield, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17344 Deadline: 2020-07-15 Location: Sheffield, UK Additional Information: https://maths.dept.shef.ac.uk/maths/group_info_13.html Contact: s.c.gielen[AT]sheffield.ac.uk The School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield plans to support applications for five-year fellowships in 2020/21, in particular for the University Research Fellowship funded by the Royal Society and for the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. These are advanced fellowships targeting early career scientists with some postdoctoral experience, who have the potential to become leaders in their field. Details about these fellowships and the application procedure can be found on the following websites: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/university-research/ https://stfc.ukri.org/funding/research-grants/funding-opportunities/funding… https://stfc.ukri.org/funding/fellowships/ernest-rutherford-fellowship/ The application deadline for the University Research Fellowship is 3 September 2020, and the deadline for the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship is 17 September 2020. Current members of the School working on Cosmology, Relativity and Gravitation (CRAG) include Sam Dolan, Steffen Gielen, Carsten van de Bruck and Elizabeth Winstanley. Our current research focuses on cosmology and general relativity, black hole physics, quantum field theory on curved spacetime and quantum gravity. We are interested in supporting research proposals that complement our existing research. Expressions of interest should be sent to Dr Steffen Gielen at the address s.c.gielen[AT]sheffield.ac.uk. They should include a full CV and publication list, but a research proposal is not necessary at this stage. We will review applications after 15 July and plan to conclude the internal selection process by early August 2020. We are committed to diversity and equality within our community and particularly welcome expressions of interest from minority groups, women, persons with disabilities and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. The Twentieth Release of the Einstein Toolkit ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/06/02/the-twentieth-release-of-the… Additional Information: http://einsteintoolkit.org/about/releases/ET_2020_05_announcement.html Release Announcement We are pleased to announce the twentieth release (code name "Turing") of the Einstein Toolkit, an open, community developed software infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics. The highlights of this release are: Cactus now supports tracking of data dependencies at runtime using schedule annotations. These can be used to check correctness of a schedule and also to automate data synchronizations between MPI ranks. Two new thorns have been added: - Baikal, a spacetime evolution code using NRPy+ for code generation - BaikalVacuum, a version of Baikal optimized for vacuum only simulations In addition, bug fixes accumulated since the previous release in October 2019 contributed by Eloisa Bentivegna, Erik Schnetter, Federico Cipolletta, Frank Loeffler, Giuseppe Ficarra, Ian Hinder, Jascha Schewtschenko, Ken Sible, Lorenzo Sala, Miguel Zilhao, Philipp Moesta, Roland Haas, Samuel Cupp, Steven R. Brandt, and Zachariah Etienne 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 the spacetime evolution codes Baikal, lean_public, and McLachlan, analysis codes to compute horizon characteristics and gravitational waves, the Carpet AMR infrastructure, and the relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics codes GRHydro and IllinoisGRMHD. The Einstein Toolkit also contains a 1D self-force code. 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 staff and faculty from five different institutions, and host weekly meetings that are open for anyone to join in. Guiding principles for the design and implementation of the toolkit include: open, community-driven software development; well thought-out and stable interfaces; separation of physics software from computational science infrastructure; provision of complete working production code; training and education for a new generation of researchers. For more information about using or contributing to the Einstein Toolkit, or to join the Einstein Toolkit Consortium, please visit our web pages at http://einsteintoolkit.org, or contact the users mailing list users[AT]einsteintoolkit.org. The Einstein Toolkit is primarily supported by NSF 1550551/1550461/1550436/1550514 (Einstein Toolkit Community Integration and Data Exploration). The "Turing" Release Team on behalf of the Einstein Toolkit Consortium (2020-05-31) Roland Haas, Brockton Brendal, William E. Gabella, Beyhan Karakas, Atul Kedia, Shawn G. Rosofsky, Steven R. Brandt, Alois Peter Schaffarczyk, Helvi Witek ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Harvard Mini-Workshop on the Foundations of Thermodynamics ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17346 Additional Information: https://harvardfop.jacobbarandes.com/20200715thermo For the next event in the Harvard Foundations of Physics series, I'm organizing an afternoon mini-workshop on the foundations of thermodynamics (via Zoom): Wednesday, July 15 12-4pm, with informal introductions at 11:45 (East Coast time) https://harvardfop.jacobbarandes.com/20200715thermo (The Zoom link and password will be sent out to those who register: https://forms.gle/dLqx9aQDhty3KEV57) Here's the detailed schedule: 11:45 - 12:00 - Informal introductions 12:00 - 1:00 - Orly Shenker - Hebrew University of Jerusalem - "Is everything physical? The entropy of computation and the computational theory of mind" 1:00 - 2:00 - Katie Robertson - University of Birmingham - "In Search of the Holy Grail: How to Reduce the Second Law of Thermodynamics" 2:00 - 3:00 - Eddy Keming Chen - University of California, San Diego - "Nomic Vagueness, the Past Hypothesis, and Time's Arrow in a Quantum Universe" 3:00 - 4:00 - Open discussion Each talk will be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of discussion. Best wishes, Jacob Barandes -- Department of Physics Harvard University jacobbarandes.com barandes[AT]physics.harvard.edu ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for June 2020
by hyperspace＠itp.uni-frankfurt.de 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Gravitational waves: a new messenger to explore the universe 1.2. 3rd Information Universe Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands 1.3. 23rd Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Austin, Texas 1.4. 13th International Lisa Symposium (remotely) 2. Jobs 2.1. PhD Positions in Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology (SPACE), Naples, Italy 2.2. Postdoctoral positions at UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico 2.3. PhD position in gravitational waves and numerical relativity at Jena, Germany 2.4. 3 year postdoc position in Geometric Analysis/Mathematical Relativity, Potsdam/Tuebingen, Germany 3. News 3.1. New book "Stumbling Blocks Against Unification" 3.2. Collection: Beyond Spacetime 3.3. Gravity Research Foundation, Awards for Essays for 2020 3.4. COST GWverse: Exchange of researchers working on gravitational-wave and black hole physics 3.5. GRG Editor's Choice: Superstrata 3.6. The Fourth Zeldovich meeting goes virtual 3.7. Cornelius Hoenselaers - sad news 3.8. The Twentieth Release of the Einstein Toolkit ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Gravitational waves: a new messenger to explore the universe --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17223 Starting: 2021-03-01 to 2021-04-09 Location: Institut Henri Poincare', Paris, France Additional Information: https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/category/408/ Contact: GWMess2021[AT]ihp.fr We are pleased to announce the six-week program "Gravitational waves: a new messenger to explore the universe", taking place from March 1 to April 9 2021 at the Institut Henri Poincare' (IHP) in Paris. This program is intended for scientists in the field of gravitational-wave physics and astrophysics, and especially for those who wish to start conducting research in this field. Young researchers (PhD students or postdocs) are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. Scientific activities during the program will include a series of lectures at master/PhD level, seminars, coordinated interdisciplinary exchanges, and afternoons dedicated to junior scientists, who will have the opportunity to present their research. The program will be an occasion to interact with colleagues and students within a convenient and stimulating venue in the center of Paris. The program will also host the fourth annual meeting of the Groupement de Recherche Ondes Gravitationnelles [http://gdrgw.in2p3.fr/] The program is organised in three two-week blocks: 1) March 1-12: theoretical aspects of gravitational-wave science 2) March 15-22: astrophysics and cosmology 3) March 29-April 9 : gravitational-wave detectors and data analysis Applications are now open and should be submitted through the conference website at: https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/5761/overview The deadline to apply is September 1st, 2020. The minimal length of participation is one week. However, to foster collaborative interactions, we encourage participants to stay for longer if possible. Due to space and financial constraints, participation to this event is moderated. The IHP provides office space on-site and also provides help finding accommodation. Financial support will be available, the amount depending on the needs of the participants and availability of funds. Please also inform your colleagues who you think might be interested in applying to the program. Sincerely yours, Chiara Caprini, Eric Chassande-Mottin, Guillaume Faye, Filippo Vernizzi, Marta Volonteri +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 3rd Information Universe Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/07/the-3rd-information-universe… Starting: 2020-09-30 to 2020-10-02 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/registration.html Contact: informationuniverse[AT]rug.nl A multi-disciplinary conference on the role of information in our universe. Including sessions on (1) The Lambda-CDM tension, Euclid and the Dark Universe (2) Emergent gravity and space-time (3) Quantum computing, neuromorphic computing and machine learning (4) Complexity and chaos in nature and computers. The organizers understand that registering for an international conference is quite a step in these corona virus dominated days. They therefore encourage you to register, without any payment obligation. They can then inform you by e-mail about the status of affairs. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 23rd Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Austin, Texas --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17262 Starting: 2020-06-22 to 2020-06-26 Location: Austin, Texas (virtual meeting) Additional Information: https://zippy.ph.utexas.edu/relativity/capra23/ Contact: aaron.zimmerman[AT]austin.utexas.edu The Capra meeting is an annual workshop focused on the topic of radiation reaction in general relativity. These workshops bring together experts from across a range of disciplines within relativity, with a focus on modeling extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs). The canonical example of an EMRI is the inspiral of a stellar-mass compact object into a supermassive black hole, and gravitational waves from these systems are a promising target for the LISA satellite mission. The study of radiation reaction and the "self-force" approximation is not limited to EMRIs, and a range of topics and applications to other areas of gravitational physics have been discussed at past Capra meetings. The 23rd Capra meeting will be hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. However, because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, this meeting will be held completely virtually. The meeting will be held June 22-26. The format is yet to be finalized, but the meeting will run over a portion of each day, with times aimed at maximizing participation from multiple time zones. The program will feature a mixture of a few invited talks, shorter contributed talks, and interactive discussion sessions. Contributed talks on all aspects of the radiation reaction problem and the relativistic two-body problem generally are welcome. Unfortunately, we expect a shorter meeting each day as compared to past Capra meetings, and it may not be possible to accommodate all contributed talks. As usual, there will be no registration fees or proceedings. We ask participants to register as soon as possible to help us get a head count. Registration will close June 15. For those who wish to give a contributed talk, please submit a title and abstract by May 25. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. 13th International Lisa Symposium (remotely) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/20/13th-international-lisa-symp… Starting: 2020-09-01 to 2020-09-03 Location: Everywhere online Additional Information: http://lisasymposium13.lisamission.org Contact: Michele.Vallisneri[AT]jpl.nasa.gov The 13th International LISA Symposium will take place everywhere online on three afternoons (UTC), on September 1-3, 2020. The symposium will focus on the status of the LISA mission; on the latest developments in its design and technology; on the science (astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics) of LISA's millihertz gravitational-wave sources; and on the ensuing challenges in gravitational theory and analysis. We welcome the entire astronomical community to help define and update the unique paths to discovery that will become possible with LISA, and to discuss opportunities for multimessenger astronomy in conjunction with future space and ground facilities. We aim at a widely accessible and inclusive symposium that will gather a diverse audience and provide learning and advancement opportunities at all levels, and especially for early career scientists. We hope to keep participation costs low (or zero). The live program of invited and contributed presentations, panels, and townhalls will be supplemented by prerecorded talks and tutorials, which will be available on the conference website in advance of the symposium. A call for contributed presentations will go out in early June, with a deadline in mid-July; we will circulate the final program by early August. More information will appear soon at the symposium website, http://lisasymposium13.lisamission.org . Best regards, John W. Conklin (SOC Co-Chair) Elena Maria Rossi (SOC Co-Chair) Michele Vallisneri (TOC Chair) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. PhD Positions in Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology (SPACE), Naples, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/11/phd-in-cosmology-space-scien… Deadline: 2020-06-30 Location: Napoli, Italy Additional Information: http://www.ssm.unina.it/en/calls-and-news/ Contact: space[AT]unina.it Opening of six (4-years) positions for the PhD program "Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology (SPACE)" at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Napoli, Italy), which is an international school of higher education and research with a related Institute for Advanced Studies. The school is part of the Italian Public University. The SPACE PhD program combines fundamental researches, such as those in astrophysics, cosmology, general relativity and astroparticle physics with applied researches placed in Space, like aerospace, aerodynamics engineering, material science for extraterrestrial environment. Multidisciplinary and complementary skills are required. The positions are fully-funded with a competitive salary and it benefits from additional funds for research activities in Italy and abroad. The application deadline is 30 June 2020. Call for applications 2020: http://www.ssm.unina.it/en/calls-and-news/ Information on the PhD program and grants, as well as on Ordinary Courses of Scuola Superiore Meridionale, is available at the following link: http://www.ssm.unina.it/en/phd-program-in-cosmology-space-science-space-tec… Information on the Scuola Superiore Meridionale is available at http://www.ssm.unina.it +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral positions at UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17254 Deadline: 2021-12-31 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Additional Information: http://www.nucleares.unam.mx/ Contact: quevedo[AT]nucleares.unam.mx The Department of Gravitation and Field Theory at the Institute for Nuclear Sciences of UNAM, has openings, twice a year, for postdoctoral fellows in its fields of study. The positions are for one year, renewable for a second one, depending upon funding and performance, and they carry a competitive monthly stipend, as well as basic health insurance for the postdoctoral fellow and his/her dependents. The positions are open to researchers from any part of the world, independently of ethnicity, religion and gender. The department lines of research include classical and quantum aspects of gravitation, numerical relativity, cosmology, mathematical physics, quantum field theory, lattice QCD, biophysics, and complex systems. The permanent members are Miguel Alcubierre, Wolfgang Bietenholz, Yuri Bonder, Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos, Celia Escamilla-Rivera, Jemal Guven, Dario Nunez, Nestor Ortiz, Hernando Quevedo, Marcos Rosenbaum, Marcelo Salgado, Christopher Stephens, Daniel Sudarsky, Roberto Sussman, and Alexander Turbiner -- there is also a number of postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. Applications are reviewed in late January, for positions starting in September of the same year, and in late May, for positions starting in February of the next year. The successful candidates should have received a PhD in Physics, or closely related fields, no longer than 3 years before the starting date of the position. We strongly encourage interested persons to apply throughout the year, by sending, in a single pdf file, their CV and research plan, while also arranging for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: quevedo[AT]nucleares.unam.mx with copy to fengari[AT]nucleares.unam.mx Contact: Quevedo, Hernando (quevedo[AT]nucleares.unam.mx) Letters of Reference should be sent to: quevedo[AT]nucleares.unam.mx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD position in gravitational waves and numerical relativity at Jena, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/14/phd-position-in-gravitationa… Deadline: 2020-07-01 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: https://www.physik.uni-jena.de/TPIJobs Contact: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Applications are invited for one PhD position in the field of gravitational waves and numerical relativity at the University of Jena. The position is associated with the research group of Prof. Sebastiano Bernuzzi at the Theoretical Physics Institute Jena and funded by Jena FSU. The successful candidate is expected to work on the topic of compact binaries in general relativity, including computational aspects in numerical relativity, gravitational waveform modeling and data-analysis applications. The group is part of the Virgo Collaboration and there is the possibility to join and participate to the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave astronomy programme. The group is also part of the computational relativity (CoRe) collaboration. Candidates with interest in analytical and numerical relativity, computational astrophysics, 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 one to three potential referees, who may be contacted separately. Applications should be received by July 1st, 2020, but will be considered until the positions are filled. Starting date can be as early as September 2020. Please send applications to: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena Max Wien Platz 1 D-07743 Jena, Germany Please use the string Application for PhD position - SURNAME NAME in the Email subject and send a single PDF file for all your documents. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. 3 year postdoc position in Geometric Analysis/Mathematical Relativity, Potsdam/Tuebingen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/25/3-year-postdoc-position-in-g… Deadline: 2020-06-30 Location: Potsdam/Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1sw1hj6jsp1bvnr/ausschreibung_en.pdf?dl=0 Contact: cederbaum[AT]math.uni-tuebingen.de We are jointly offering a full time Postdoc Position in Mathematics for 3 years at the interface between Geometric Analysis and Mathematical Relativity, starting from October 01, 2020 or at a slightly earlier or later date to be negotiated by the successful candidate. The appointment is limited to 3 years and will be split equally between the University of Potsdam (in the Partial Differential Equation group led by Jan Metzger) and the University of Tuebingen (in the Differential Geometry and Mathematical Relativity group led by Carla Cederbaum). The order of the appointments in Potsdam and Tuebingen is negotiable. The successful applicant is expected to participate in and facilitate continuous scientific exchange between the two research groups. The position is part of our joint project Geometrically defined asymptotic coordinates in General Relativity funded by the priority programme Geometry at Infinity. The closing date is June 30, 2020. Please find more details in the job advertisement under the link on the top. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New book "Stumbling Blocks Against Unification" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/03/new-book-stumbling-blocks-ag… Additional Information: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/11738 A new book on some persistent problems in theoretical physics: "Stumbling Blocks Against Unification", by Matej Pavsic, published by World Scientific. The book is meant to provide a concise formulation and proposed solutions to a number of obstacles in the attempts to arrive at quantum gravity and unification of interactions. From the puiblisher info: The history is full of misconceptions that opposed the progress of physics. The book starts with reviewing some historical cases, such as the arguments against the Earth rotation, or the famous problem of 3/4 in the theory of electromagnetic mass of electron. After having pointed out that misconceptions have been common in the history of physics, it is argued that they must be present today as well. In fact, it is now commonly being realized that in the last forty years there has been no significant progress in the fundamental theoretical physics. A reason certainly lies in certain stumbling blocks on our way towards the unification of interaction and of gravity with quantum mechanics. The author discusses what he perceives as some persisting misconceptions that have not yet been recognized as such by physics community in general. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Collection: Beyond Spacetime ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/06/collection-beyond-spacetime-… Additional Information: http://www.beyondspacetime.net We draw your attention to the publication to the collection of essays, "Beyond Spacetime: The Foundations of Quantum Gravity". Blurb: "One of the greatest challenges in fundamental physics is to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity in a theory of quantum gravity. A successful theory would have profound consequences for our understanding of space, time, and matter. This collection of essays written by eminent physicists and philosophers discusses these consequences and examines the most important conceptual questions among philosophers and physicists in their search for a quantum theory of gravity. Comprising three parts, the book explores the emergence of classical spacetime, the nature of time, and important questions of the interpretation, metaphysics, and epistemology of quantum gravity. These essays will appeal to both physicists and philosophers of science working on problems in foundational physics, specifically that of quantum gravity." With contributions from: Daniele Oriti, Suddhasattwa Brahma, Robert H. Brandenberger, Daniel Harlow, Carlo Rovelli, Fay Dowker, Lee Smolin, Henrique Gomes, David Wallace, Richard Dawid, Sebastian De Haro, Radin Dardashti, Sean Gryb, Karim Thebault, Tiziana Vistarini, Ko Sanders. See here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/beyond-spacetime/C60E7E67C9A747ECAA42E… Nick Huggett, Keizo Matsubara, and Christian Wuethrich ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Gravity Research Foundation, Awards for Essays for 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/14/gravity-research-foundation-… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA Roger W. Babson Founder George M. Rideout, Jr. President The trustees are pleased to announce the Awards for Essays for 2020. 1. $4,000 - The Noise of Gravitons by Maulik Parikh[1][2], Frank Wilczek[1][3][4][5], and George Zahariade[2], [1]Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, [2]Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, [3]Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden, [4]Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, [5]Wilczek Quantum Center, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; e-mail: maulik.parikh[AT]asu.edu, frank.wilczek[AT]asu.edu, george.zahariade[AT]asu.edu 2. $1,250 - Lorentzian Quintessential Inflation by David Benisty[1][2] and Eduardo I. Guendelman[1][2][3], [1]Physics Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer- Sheva 84105, Israel, [2]Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Ruth-Moufang- Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, [3]Bahamas Advanced Study Institute and Conferences, 4A Ocean Heights, Hill View Circle, Stella Maris, Long Island, The Bahamas; e-mail: benidav[AT]post.bgu.ac.il, guendel[AT]bgu.ac.il 3. $1,000 - A Proof of the Strong Cosmic Censorship Conjecture by Shahar Hod, The Ruppin Academic Center, Emeq Hefer 40250, Israel and The Hadassah Institute, Jerusalem 91010, Israel; e-mail: shaharhod[AT]gmail.com 4. $750 - Cosmological Constant in Coherent Quantum Gravity by Craig Hogan, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 and Fermilab; e-mail: craighogan[AT]uchicago.edu 5. $500 - Principle of Equivalence at Planck Scales and the Zero-Point-Length of Spacetime - A Synergistic Description of Quantum Matter and Geometry by T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune - 411 077, India; e-mail: paddy[AT]iucaa.in Selected for Honorable Mention this year were (listed in alphabetical order): Charis Anastopoulos and Konstantina Savvidou; Sebastian Bahamonde, Mir Faizal, James Q. Quach, and Richard A. Norte; Rabin Banerjee; John D. Barrow; Jens Boos; Michael Creutz; A. Danehkar; Camilla Danielski and Nicola Tamanini; Saurya Das; Aharon Davidson and Tomer Ygael; Douglas Edmonds, Djordje Minic, and Tatsu Takeuchi; Roberto Emparan; Arthur E. Fischer; Wen-Cong Gan and Fu-Wen Shu; D. Grumiller, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari and C. Zwikel; Gregory W. Horndeski; Ted Jacobson and Phuc Nguyen; Qing-Quan Jiang, Yan Han, and Jin Pu; Jose Beltran Jimenez, Dario Bettoni, and Philippe Brax; Barak Kol; Alexey S. Koshelev, K. Sravan Kumar, and Alexei A. Starobinsky; Amitabha Lahiri; Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano and Luciano Petruzziello; Rodrigo Maier; Philip D. Mannheim; Jun Nian and Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas; Marius Oltean, Hossein Bazrafshan Moghaddam, and Richard J. Epp; Murat Ozer; M. B. Paranjape; M. A. Perez-Garcia and Joseph Silk; Fabrizio Pinto; Edgar Shaghoulian; Tejinder P. Singh; Douglas Singleton; Ram Gopal Vishwakarma; Jenny Wagner. This announcement and abstracts of award-winning and honorable mention essays are posted on our web site, http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org. The five award-winning essays are also posted on our web site and will be published in the October 2020 SPECIAL ISSUE of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. COST GWverse: Exchange of researchers working on gravitational-wave and black hole physics ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17280 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 July 1, 2020 and ending before Jan 31, 2021 (applications outside this timeframe will be discarded). This call closes on June 30, 2020. All proposals will be reviewed and the results will be announced by July 7, 2020. 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. GRG Editor's Choice: Superstrata ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/28/grg-editors-choice-superstra… 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 articles are marked as "Editor's Choice". The primary criteria is original, high-quality research that is of wide interest within the community. This recent publication deserves special attention: Masaki Shigemori, "Superstrata", Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 51 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02698-8 Invited review for the Topical Collection "The Fuzzball Paradigm" (Eds. Samir D. Mathur, David Turton and Amitabh Virmani). Please, browse all Editor's Choice articles at: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice Frank Schulz Publishing Editor GRG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6. The Fourth Zeldovich meeting goes virtual ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/05/31/the-fourth-zeldovich-meeting… Additional Information: http://icranet.org/zeldovich4 In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 4th Zeldovich meeting will be held virtually, on 7-11 September 2020, with ICRANet and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus as organizers and hosts. All participants registered so far are confirmed. The participation will be free of charge. The registration deadline is extended until 31 of July 2020. The abstract submission deadline is extended until 15 of August 2020. The proceedings of the meeting will be published in Astronomy Reports journal. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.7. Cornelius Hoenselaers - sad news ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17303 Additional Information: Cornelius Hoenselaers died on May 30, 2020. He was well known for his work on��exact solutions of Einstein's equations in the 1970s and 1980s. His probably��best remembered professional achievement will be the co-authorship of the second��edition of "Exact solutions" by Stephani et al. His friends will also remember his lifelong love of all things Japanese; he was a fluent Japanese speaker. We��will miss his bright mind and jolly company. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.8. The Twentieth Release of the Einstein Toolkit ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/06/02/the-twentieth-release-of-the… Additional Information: http://einsteintoolkit.org/about/releases/ET_2020_05_announcement.html Release Announcement We are pleased to announce the twentieth release (code name "Turing") of the Einstein Toolkit, an open, community developed software infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics. The highlights of this release are: Cactus now supports tracking of data dependencies at runtime using schedule annotations. These can be used to check correctness of a schedule and also to automate data synchronizations between MPI ranks. Two new thorns have been added: - Baikal, a spacetime evolution code using NRPy+ for code generation - BaikalVacuum, a version of Baikal optimized for vacuum only simulations In addition, bug fixes accumulated since the previous release in October 2019 contributed by Eloisa Bentivegna, Erik Schnetter, Federico Cipolletta, Frank Loeffler, Giuseppe Ficarra, Ian Hinder, Jascha Schewtschenko, Ken Sible, Lorenzo Sala, Miguel Zilhao, Philipp Moesta, Roland Haas, Samuel Cupp, Steven R. Brandt, and Zachariah Etienne 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 the spacetime evolution codes Baikal, lean_public, and McLachlan, analysis codes to compute horizon characteristics and gravitational waves, the Carpet AMR infrastructure, and the relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics codes GRHydro and IllinoisGRMHD. The Einstein Toolkit also contains a 1D self-force code. 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 staff and faculty from five different institutions, and host weekly meetings that are open for anyone to join in. Guiding principles for the design and implementation of the toolkit include: open, community-driven software development; well thought-out and stable interfaces; separation of physics software from computational science infrastructure; provision of complete working production code; training and education for a new generation of researchers. For more information about using or contributing to the Einstein Toolkit, or to join the Einstein Toolkit Consortium, please visit our web pages at http://einsteintoolkit.org, or contact the users mailing list users[AT]einsteintoolkit.org. The Einstein Toolkit is primarily supported by NSF 1550551/1550461/1550436/1550514 (Einstein Toolkit Community Integration and Data Exploration). The "Turing" Release Team on behalf of the Einstein Toolkit Consortium (2020-05-31) Roland Haas, Brockton Brendal, William E. Gabella, Beyhan Karakas, Atul Kedia, Shawn G. Rosofsky, Steven R. Brandt, Alois Peter Schaffarczyk, Helvi Witek ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Quantum spacetime and the Renormalization Group, Odense, Denmark 1.2. Mathematical perspectives of gravitation beyond the vacuum regime, Vienna, Austria 1.3. New CFP - Sixth Spacetime Conference 1.4. Long-term workshop "Gravity and Cosmology 2021", Kyoto, Japan 1.5. Gravity - The Next Generation, Kyoto, Japan 2. Jobs 2.1. Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantum Information/Quantum Gravity at The University of Hong Kong and The University of Oxford 2.2. Postdoc position in Gravitational Waves and Computational Relativity, Jena, Germany 2.3. PhD studentship in cosmology, Szczecin, Poland 2.4. Postdoc position in Quantum Gravity, Munich, Germany 2.5. PhD position in general relativity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3. News 3.1. Introductory textbook "Elements of General Relativity" 3.2. Lectures on GR 3.3. News on the Chalonge De Vega School ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Quantum spacetime and the Renormalization Group, Odense, Denmark --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17158 Starting: 2020-10-12 to 2020-10-16 Location: Odense, Denmark (or online) Additional Information: https://www.cp3-origins.dk/quantum-spacetime-and-the-renormalization-group/ Contact: eichhorn[AT]cp3.sdu.dk This is the fifth in a series of workshops on Quantum Spacetime and the Renormalization Group, bringing together researchers exploring a broad range of research avenues in Quantum Gravity, including, but not limited to, Asymptotically Safe Gravity, Causal and Euclidean Dynamical Triangulations, Causal Sets, Group Field Theories, Spin Foam models and Tensor Models. Previous installments took place at the Perimeter Institute in 2014, at Nordita in 2015, at the Lorentz Center in Leiden in 2017 and in Bad Honnef in 2018. The main goals of the workshop are - contributing to sharpening the major conceptual and technical open questions of the field and identifying routes to answer these. - triggering new collaborations, in particular between researchers from neighboring communities, enabling a fruitful exchange of ideas and transfer of knowledge. - providing in particular young researchers with a comprehensive overview of the most pressing questions in the field and motivating them to tackle these from new angles. - producing novel ideas how to bridge the gap between a fundamental theory of quantum gravity and observations and triggering new developments towards observational tests of quantum gravity. Due to COVID-19, it could become necessary to organize the workshop in an online format. The dates October 12-16, 2020, would remain the same in this case. The organizers are planning to make the decision about the format of the workshop (traditional or online) by the end of July, to allow sufficient time for travel arrangements in case the workshop can go ahead as originally planned. Application for participation is now possible following the link on the webpage of the workshop. All applicants for participation will be informed about the outcome of their application by the end of July. Please do not under any circumstances make any travel arrangements before you have received official confirmation of your successful registration and of the format of the workshop. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Mathematical perspectives of gravitation beyond the vacuum regime, Vienna, Austria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17162 Starting: 2021-02-01 to 2021-03-12 Location: Vienna, Austria Additional Information: https://www.esi.ac.at/events/e388/ Contact: jeremie.joudioux[AT]aei.mpg.de Organizers: Hakan Andreasson (Gothenburg), David Fajman (Vienna), Jeremie Joudioux (Potsdam), Todd Oliynyk (Monash). We would like to announce the program "Mathematical perspectives of gravitation beyond the vacuum regime" to be held from Feb. 01, 2021, to March 15, 2021, at the Erwin Schroedinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics in Vienna, Austria. This program is the sequel of the workshop organized at the ESI in 2017 on Vlasov matter. The focus is on self-gravitating matter models that include kinetic, fluid, elastic and field theoretical models. The main aim of the program is to drive progress by connecting researchers working on different matter models in general relativity and in Newtonian gravity, and by advertising open problems that can serve as an entry point for researchers from other areas. For further information, see the website. Over the course of the program, two main events will take place: 1 A spring school (Feb. 15-19, 2021) on matter models in relativity. Lectures on the Einstein-Vlasov system, on the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system, on relativistic fluids, and on elasticity will be offered. 2 A workshop (Feb. 22-26, 2021) on recent advances in the field. *Please note that attendance is limited at all times to 60 participants. Hence, the attendance to the spring school and the workshop is limited to 60 persons.* *Limited support is available for the accommodation of students and post-docs. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. New CFP - Sixth Spacetime Conference --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/04/11/new-cfp-sixth-spacetime-conf… Starting: 2020-09-28 to 2020-10-01 Location: Albena (famous Black Sea resort near Varna), Bulgaria Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2020/ Contact: 2020conference(a)minkowskiinstitute.org New Call for Papers Sixth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime Due to the present situation the conference will be held on 28 September - 1 October 2020 The Scientific Organizing Committee invites papers from physicists, philosophers of physics and philosophers on any topic related to the nature and ontology of spacetime. As there is no main theme of the sixth spacetime conference a number of special sessions have been suggested by colleagues (http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2020/call.html) - Nature of time - Flow of time; Becoming (continuation of the Special Session on Becoming and the panel discussion at the Second Hermann Minkowski Meeting on the Foundations of Spacetime Physics on Wednesday, May 15, 2019) - Is spacetime a real (physical) four-dimensional entity or a mathematical concept? - Open Questions in Spacetime Physics - The controversy over Relativistic Mass - The problem with the gravitational energy-momentum pseudotensor in general relativity - should we have a closer look at the fact that the mathematical formalism of general relativity does not yield a proper tensor of the gravitational energy-momentum? - What is the difference between matter and geometry in general relativity, semi-classical gravity, and quantum gravity? - Do Black Holes Actually Exist? - Is there a conflict between relativity and quantum mechanics? - Quantum Gravity: Where do we stand? Depending on the number of colleagues participating in a special session, we plan to publish a volume with the talks presented at the session, which will include constructive criticism and the replies of the authors. Contributed papers in the form of extended abstracts of between one and two pages should be emailed to 2020conference(a)minkowskiinstitute.org by August 1, 2020. Submissions will be reviewed and notification of acceptance will be sent on August 17, 2020. Scientific Organizing Committee: Dennis Dieks (Utrecht University) Mauro Dorato (University of Rome Three) George F. R. Ellis (University of Cape Town) Robert Geroch (University of Chicago) Eleanor Knox (King's College London) Vesselin Petkov (Minkowski Institute, Montreal) Steven Savitt (University of British Columbia) Anguel Stefanov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) James Owen Weatherall (University of California, Irvine) Christian Wuethrich (University of Geneva) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Long-term workshop "Gravity and Cosmology 2021", Kyoto, Japan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17190 Starting: 2021-05-24 to 2021-06-25 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: https://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2021/index.php Contact: gc2021[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp We are going to have a long-term workshop "Gravity and Cosmology 2021" (GC2021) from May 24 to June 25, 2021 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 will open around October 2020 at the GC2021 website https://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2021/index.php . We look forward to having you in Kyoto. SOC: Masaki Ando (Tokyo), Emanuele Berti (Johns Hopkins), Rong-Gen Cai (ITP CAS), Vitor Cardoso (CENTRA), Antonio De Felice (YITP), Claudia de Rham (Imperial), Nathalie Deruelle (APC), Ruth Durrer (Geneva), Roberto Emparan (Barcelona), Ruth Gregory (Duhram), Renata Kallosh (Stanford), Eiichiro Komatsu (Max-Planck Inst.), Andrei Linde (Stanford), Shinji Mukohyama (YITP, Chair), Lisa Randall (Harvard), Misao Sasaki (IPMU), Masaru Shibata (AEI/YITP), Alexei Starobinsky (Landau Inst.), Masahiro Takada (IPMU), Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto), Atsushi Taruya (YITP), Jean-Philippe Uzan (IAP), David Wands (Portsmouth) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Gravity - The Next Generation, Kyoto, Japan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17191 Starting: 2021-06-07 to 2021-06-11 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: https://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2021/YKIS/index.php Contact: gc2021[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp We hold the symposium "Gravity - The Next Generation" at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto in the 3rd week (June 7 - June 11, 2021) of the YITP long-term workshop "Gravity and Cosmology 2021" (GC 2021), aiming for comprehensive but intensive discussion on the rapidly expanding frontiers of physics of gravity and cosmology. The symposium also serves as the Yukawa International Seminar for the fiscal year 2021 (YKIS 2021). Invited Speakers (*to be confirmed): Masaki Ando (Tokyo/KAGRA), Emanuele Berti (Johns Hopkins), Patrick Brady (UWM/LIGO), Rong-Gen Cai (ITP CAS), Vitor Cardoso (CENTRA), Paolo Creminelli (ICTP)*, Karsten Danzmann (AEI/LISA), Claudia de Rham (Imperial), Nathalie Deruelle (APC), Ruth Durrer (Geneva), Roberto Emparan (Barcelona), Renata Kallosh (Stanford), Eiichiro Komatsu (Max-Planck Inst.), Andrei Linde (Stanford), Enrico Pajer (Cambridge)*, Tsvi Piran (Hebrew), Lisa Randall (Harvard), Misao Sasaki (IPMU), Leonardo Senatore (Stanford), Masaru Shibata (AEI/YITP), Alexei Starobinsky (Landau Inst.), Masahiro Takada (IPMU)*, Jean-Philippe Uzan (IAP)*, Johannes van den Brand (Nikhef/Virgo), David Wands (Portsmouth) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantum Information/Quantum Gravity at The University of Hong Kong and The University of Oxford ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17153 Deadline: 2020-09-01 Location: Hong Kong Additional Information: http://www.qiss.fr Contact: destiny.chen[AT]cs.ox.ac.uk *Work at distance employment possible as soon as MAY 2020, deadline is rolling until post filled* Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantum Information/Quantum Gravity at The University of Hong Kong and The University of Oxford Applications are invited for a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in a joint post between the Departments of Computer Science of The University of Hong Kong and the University of Oxford. The successful candidate will be be an independent and highly motivated researcher capable of working productively with the two groups on topics at the intersection between quantum information theory, quantum gravity, and quantum field theory. Previous experience in at least one of these areas is required. The post is partly funded with by the John Templeton Foundation through the project "The Quantum Information Structure of Spacetime" (qiss.fr). The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the goals of this project, and to join the activities of the newly-established HKU-Oxford Joint Lab for Quantum Information and Computation, becoming a member of the Quantum Information and Computation Initiative led by Giulio Chiribella, and of the Quantum Group co-led by Bob Coecke at Oxford Computer Science. The target start date of the post is in May 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter, although candidates will be considered also after that date until the post is filled. The successful candidate is expected to spend one year at the University of Hong Kong and oner year at the University of Oxford. Given the developing situation with covid-19, we will consider remote work arrangements while travel is restricted. Candidates are invited to send a CV and a cover letter and arrange for at least two letters of recommendation to destiny.chen[at]cs.ox.ac.uk. Applications are particularly welcome from under-represented groups in Computer Science. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc position in Gravitational Waves and Computational Relativity, Jena, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/04/07/postdoc-positions-in-gravita… Deadline: 2020-06-01 Location: Jena Additional Information: http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/~bernuzzi/news-jobs.html Contact: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Applications are invited for one postdoctoral positions in the field of gravitational waves and/or computational relativity at the University of Jena. The position is associated with the research group of Prof. Sebastiano Bernuzzi at the Theoretical Physics Institute Jena and funded by Jena FSU. The successful candidate is expected to work on the topic of compact binaries in general relativity, including computational aspects in numerical relativity, gravitational waveform modeling and data-analysis applications. The group is part of the Virgo Collaboration and of the ENGRAVE collaboration and there is the possibility to join and participate to those�� gravitational-wave astronomy programmes. The group is also part of the computational relativity (CoRe) collaboration. The appointment will be for two years. Candidates with experience in analytical and numerical relativity, computational astrophysics, 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 June 1st, 2020, but will be considered until the positions are filled. Starting date can be as early as December 2020 and possibly no later than February 2021. Please send applications to: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena Max Wien Platz 1 D-07743 Jena, Germany Please use the string "Application for PD position - SURNAME NAME" in the Email subject and send the documents as a single PDF file. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD studentship in cosmology, Szczecin, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/04/27/ph-d-studentship-in-cosmolog… Deadline: 2020-06-30 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: https://cosmo.usz.edu.pl/node/349 Contact: vincenzo.salzano[AT]usz.edu.pl The Szczecin Cosmology Group at the Institute of Physics of the University of Szczecin invites applications for a Ph.D. studentship in cosmology. The research will focus onto: alternative theories of gravity; in-depth study of the nature of dark energy and dark matter by using novel cosmological and astrophysical probes; Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) and Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV) tested by observations. Candidates with both theoretical and numerical expertise are welcome, reminding that observational testing will be a key issue of the project. Thus, preference will be given to candidates with a strongly declared willingness to learn and work also on data analysis. The deadline for a preliminary application is 30st June 2020. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews on 6th-8th July 2020. After this date and by 21h August 2020, successful candidates will have to register at the Doctoral School of the University of Szczecin, following some extra admission procedure supervised by professors from the cosmology group. The studies will begin on the 1st October 2020 and last for 4 years, following schedules and rules of the Doctoral School. The grant from the Doctoral School will amount to about 2000 PLN for the first two years, and to about 3200 PLN for the following years. For the first two years, an additional funding of 4000 PLN will be provided by the Polish National Center for Research and Development through the University of Szczecin. Moreover, the University of Szczecin opens multiple grant calls for excellent students starting from the second year of studies. There is the possibility for a cheaper university-supported accommodation; travel fund is also available. The city of Szczecin is located near to Polish border with Germany - 130 km away from Berlin, with good access to international airports. Applications should include: CV; list of publications; a brief statement of research interests; a copy of graduate studies diploma (M.Sc.) and transcripts of the exams; a copy of the thesis; at least 1 letter of recommendation, to be sent directly to the addresses below. Applications and recommendations should be sent by email to both prof. Mariusz P. Dabrowski (mariusz.dabrowski[at]usz.edu.pl) and to prof. Vincenzo Salzano (vincenzo.salzano[at]usz.edu.pl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoc position in Quantum Gravity, Munich, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17212 Deadline: 2020-05-15 Location: Munich, Germany Additional Information: https://www.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/index.html Contact: daniele.oriti[AT]physik.lmu.de Postdoctoral position in Quantum Gravity Applications are invited from outstanding candidates for a postdoctoral research position in Quantum Gravity, starting in the Fall 2020, at the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. For more information about the center, see the webpage https://www.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/index.html. The successful candidate will be affiliated with the quantum gravity group led by Dr. Daniele Oriti, and expected to work independently, as well as in collaboration with the group leader and other members of the group. The position is funded by DFG for two years. An extension for a third year, depending on performance and availability of funds, could be possible, but will have to be decided at a later stage. The funded DFG project focuses on emergent spacetime and the extraction of effective continuum physics from group field theory models, in particular in the context of fundamental cosmology and quantum black holes, applying also methods and ideas from quantum information. Solid expertise in the group field theory formalism and/or in related quantum gravity approaches, e.g. loop quantum gravity, tensor models, spin foam models, discrete quantum gravity, would be a strong advantage. Expertise in cosmology, black hole physics, and/or quantum information techniques in quantum many-body systems would be another useful asset. The review of applications will start on the 15th of May 2020, but applications will be considered until the position is filled. The required application documents are: CV, list of publications, statement of research interests (of no more than 3 pages), and two reference letters. The documents have to be sent to Daniele Oriti �� daniele.oriti[AT]physik.lmu.de Please use the subject line (also for reference letters): postdoc application "name of applicant" The Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, is an equal opportunity employer,��which��values diversity,��so applications from any minority scholars are strongly encouraged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. PhD position in general relativity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17214 Deadline: 2020-07-01 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.ru.nl/imapp/ Contact: bbonga[AT]science.ru.nl A PhD position in general relativity and gravitational wave physics is available at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of B. Bonga in the High-Energy Physics department and be part of an active research group in classical/strong and quantum gravity. The IMAPP provides an attractive working environment for foundational, front-line research. Besides Theoretical High-Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Astrophysics and Experimental High-Energy Physics are all strongly represented. The candidate is expected to start the position in October 2020, but an earlier or later starting date can be discussed. Requirements Applicants must have a university degree in (theoretical) physics at the masters level or equivalent and proven abilities in theoretical physics and mathematics. The PhD position is for four years, which is the expected time for obtaining a doctoral degree in the Netherlands, and is subject to a review after one year. Position PhD students are required to take a number of courses, usually in the form of attending winter schools organized by the Dutch Research School for Theoretical Physics. They also act as teaching assistants for about ten percent of their working time (usually as tutors for exercise classes of theoretical courses for bachelor or masters students) and are paid according to nationally set standard rates. Application The application should include your CV highlighting your research experience (if any), transcripts of university grades and degrees and a statement of research interests and motivation (one-two pages). In addition, the applicant should arrange that (at least) two reference letters, one of which should be from your master thesis supervisor, are sent directly to the email address below. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is July 1st, 2020. Applications should be sent electronically as pdf-file(s) to B. Bonga (bbonga AT science.ru.nl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Introductory textbook "Elements of General Relativity" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/04/02/introductory-textbook-elemen… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030284152 New textbook, "Elements of General Relativity", by Piotr T. Chrusciel, published by Birkhaeuser Science. The book is meant to provide a concise modern introduction to the mathematical tools of General Relativity. It is a book at entry-level to the field, addressed to students of physics and mathematics. From the publisher's info: This book provides an introduction to the mathematics and physics of general relativity, its basic physical concepts, its observational implications, and the new insights obtained into the nature of space-time and the structure of the universe. It introduces some of the most striking aspects of Einstein's theory of gravitation: black holes, gravitational waves, stellar models, and cosmology. It contains a self-contained introduction to tensor calculus and Riemannian geometry, using in parallel the language of modern differential geometry and the coordinate notation, more familiar to physicists. The author has strived to achieve mathematical rigour, with all notions given careful mathematical meaning, while trying to maintain the formalism to the minimum fit-for-purpose. Familiarity with special relativity is assumed. The overall aim is to convey some of the main physical and geometrical properties of Einstein's theory of gravitation, providing a solid entry point to further studies of the mathematics and physics of Einstein equations. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Lectures on GR ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/04/02/lectures-on-gr/ Additional Information: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsz6GM8EcLkaGIauutfSeJg/ If you're trying to teach (or learn) general relativity remotely, this might be helpful: I have posted a complete set of introductory GR lectures (Khan academy style) on the youtube channel "Physics Unsimplified". The early lectures are rough, but the later ones are much better. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsz6GM8EcLkaGIauutfSeJg/ Lecture slides with errata are posted here: https://physicsunsimplified.com/ David Brown ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. News on the Chalonge De Vega School ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/04/25/news-on-the-chalonge-de-vega… Additional Information: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2020.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge - Hector de Vega. - Open Science and Open Access - 1. Last news 2020 2. A chronicle of the pandemia containment 3. Daniel Chalonge and Hector de Vega medals 2020 4. Agenda 2020 1. Last news : Quantum discrete levels of the universe from the early trans-planckian vacuum to the late dark Energy: Norma G. Sanchez. Constraints on dynamical dark energy models from massive high redshift galaxies: Nicola Menci . Unifying quantum mechanics and Einstein general relativity: 2. Chronicle of a confinement: A short break of 3min15 duration while working in times of pandemia coronavirus: April 2020, document with video of 3m15 and 2 images: 3. A surprise Award: Daniel Chalonge and Hector de Vega medals 2020: The two medals are awarded this year to Dr Adam G. Reiss (Johns Hopkins University and SSTI, Baltimore) Nobel Prize in Physics in Cosmology. The medals are awarded for his contribution to the discovery of dark energy, to its interpretation as a cosmological constant and to his continuous results on the Hubble constant. More information about the medal presentation will be given after the summer. 4. Agenda 2020: Next event: Open Session on Thursday June 18, 2020 at the College of Spain, Cite' Internationale Universitaire de Paris, 27A boulevard Jourdan, Paris 14e. confirmed. Free entry, free and without registration. Find the Programme 2020 New Universe and New Black Holes, Quantum Physics and Dark Energy, and the news January-March 2020 at : https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2020.html Find the Chalonge - de Vega School online: videos, conferences, reports, archives, photo albums: https://chalonge-devega.fr/ "And that is not all" (quote from Henri Poincare')... With compliments and the best wishes for good health Ecole Chalonge - de Vega, 30 pioneering years of activity always ahead and in the head news https://chalonge-devega.fr https://chalonge-devega.fr/HdeV.html https://chalonge-devega.fr/sanchez ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for April 2020
by hyperspace＠itp.uni-frankfurt.de 02 Apr '20

02 Apr '20

########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Estate Quantistica 2020: International school on Gravity, Cosmology and Mathematical Physics, Scalea, Italy 1.2. 5th Cosmology School "Introduction to Cosmology", Krakow, Poland 1.3. Agape 2020, Mezeyrac, France 2. Jobs 2.1. PhD positions in the International PPGCosmo Program on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, Brazil 2.2. PhD position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis at Utrecht University, The Netherlands 3. News 3.1. New "Gravity+" Track in Radboud Master's Program, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3.2. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles 3.3. Book with Minkowski's four works, which laid the foundations of spacetime physics 3.4. Google calendar for online seminars in general relativity ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Estate Quantistica 2020: International school on Gravity, Cosmology and Mathematical Physics, Scalea, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/03/03/estate-quantistica-2020-inte… Starting: 2020-06-15 to 2020-06-19 Location: Scalea, Italy Additional Information: https://monge.u-bourgogne.fr/gdito/EQ2020 Contact: giuseppe.dito[AT]u-bourgogne.fr This edition of Estate quantistica will be an international school covering a wide range of themes on the most recent developments on gravity, cosmology, and mathematical physics. A special session will be dedicated to Kirill Bronnikov, Gerard Clement, and Dmitry Galtsov on the occasion of their birthdays. The meeting will be held at the Grand Hotel de Rose in Scalea, Italy. MINI-COURSES ASPECTS OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY by Manuel Asorey, Universidad de Zaragoza EXTENDED GRAVITY COSMOLOGY AND COSMOGRAPHY by Salvatore Capozziello, Universita di Napoli GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE by Radouane Gannouji, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso PRIMORDIAL UNIVERSE: BOUNCE AND INFLATION by Nelson Pinto Neto, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas MODIFIED (NON-EINSTEINIAN) THEORIES OF GRAVITY by Sergey V. Sushkov, Kazan Federal University Moreover, we shall have several several talks on the thema of the school. Check-out the website. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 5th Cosmology School "Introduction to Cosmology", Krakow, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17091 Starting: 2020-07-18 to 2020-08-02 Location: Krakow, Poland Additional Information: http://cosmoschool2020.oa.uj.edu.pl/index.html Contact: cosmoschool2020[AT]oa.uj.edu.pl The 5th Cosmology School "Introduction to Cosmology" is the continuation of the series of cosmology schools of which the last one took place in 2018 in Cracow. It is an event aimed at giving an introduction to the current knowledge in cosmology, both in theory and observations. This year's School will take place in Cracow from 18th of July to 2nd of August. It is intended for undergraduate, MSc and PhD students, as well as young postdoctoral researchers, interested in these fields. The School will include lectures, as well as workshops on Virtual Observatory tools, SED fitting, cosmological simulations, and hands-on training in telescope observations. Early registration is open starting from 25 Feb 2020 till 30 May 2020. More details may be found on website: http://cosmoschool2020.oa.uj.edu.pl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Agape 2020, Mezeyrac, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17107 Starting: 2020-07-25 to 2020-08-01 Location: Mezeyrac, France Additional Information: https://agape2020.sciencesconf.org/ Contact: agape.physics[AT]gmail.com It is our great pleasure to announce l'Agape 2020, the fourth edition of a summer-school in the foundations of physics which will be held in the mountains of the Massif Central (France) from July 25th to August 1st 2020. L'Agape is conceived by and for young researchers sharing a common interest for conceptual questions in physics and working in any field somehow related to theoretical physics. L'Agape sees a partition between five 4-hour courses given in the mornings and scientific activities (open discussions, philosophical walks, readings of seminal historical papers, political debates, etc) in the afternoons. The series of courses covers a large field of topics in the foundations of physics: - Quantum Theory from First Principles by John van de Wetering (Radboud University Nijmegen) - History and Philosophy of Global Spacetime Structure in General Relativity by Juliusz Doboszewski (University of Bonn) - Lessons from Causal Quantum Structure by Robin Lorenz (University of Oxford) - Asymptotic Symmetries in the Gauge Fixing Approach and the BMS Group by Romain Ruzziconi (Universite' Libre de Bruxelles) - The Information Loss Paradox by Tommaso De Lorenzo (Penn State University) 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 the participants, and we encourage everyone to actively engage in shaping the structure of l'Agape. Furthermore, this year we are offering participants the possibility to stay for two more days after the official end to continue the discussions and enjoy the surroundings. The organisers Alex, Federico, Pierre, Robin, Titouan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. PhD positions in the International PPGCosmo Program on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/03/09/phd-positions-in-the-interna… Deadline: 2020-04-16 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 the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, Euclid, J-PAS and LSST. PPGCosmo is a Brazilian program consisting of six institutions from Brazil and four institutions from outside Brazil. The call for applications for 4-year PhD positions expected to start in August 2020 is now open. The student will be supervised by a Professor at a Brazilian institution and co-supervised by a Professor at an associated PPGCosmo institution preferably outside Brazil. Please see http://ppgcosmo.cosmo-ufes.org or http://www.cosmologia.ufes.br/en for further information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. PhD position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis at Utrecht University, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17138 Deadline: 2020-04-30 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-po… Contact: science.recruitment[AT]uu.nl The Institute for Subatomic and Gravitational Wave Physics at Utrecht University invites applications for a PhD position in gravitational wave data analysis and searches, with an emphasis on searches for gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars and black holes. This effort is led by Dr Sarah Caudill as a part of the new gravitational waves team at Utrecht University with Prof Chris Van Den Broeck and Dr Tanja Hinderer. Apart from collaboration within the Institute for Subatomic and Gravitational Wave Physics, the gravitational waves team at Utrecht University has close ties with Researchers at universities and institutes across the Netherlands, which apart from Instrumentalists includes Astronomers, Astrophysicists, and Theorists. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. The successful candidate will become a member of the Virgo Collaboration and has access to all data from the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo interferometers. The successful candidate is an ambitious student who holds a Master's degree in Physics, Astronomy, or a related field, has a background in programming with some research experience, has scientific writing and English collaboration and communication skills, and has the motivation to work in a multidisciplinary, international research team. The offer includes access to a network of top Gravitational Wave researchers, a full-time position for 4 years (the gross salary starts at EUR 2,325 and increases to EUR 2,972 per month during the appointment (scale P according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities (cao)) and the salary is supplemented with a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% per year), and pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible employment conditions (based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities). In addition to the employment conditions laid down in the cao for Dutch Universities, Utrecht University has a number of its own arrangements. For example, there are agreements on professional development, leave arrangements and sports. We also give you the opportunity to expand your terms of employment yourself via the Employment Conditions Selection Model. This is how we like to encourage you to continue to grow. The Institute for Subatomic and Gravitational Wave Physics at Utrecht University conducts fundamental research into the nature of matter and gravity. We are part of the ALICE experiment at the CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Geneva (Switzerland) and the Advanced Virgo experiment based in Cascina, Italy. We closely collaborate with the Nikhef institute in Amsterdam. At the Faculty of Science there are 6 departments to make a fundamental connection with: Biology, Chemistry, Information and Computing Sciences, Mathematics, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Physics. Each of them is made up of distinct institutes which work together to focus on answering some of humanity's most pressing problems. More fundamental still are the individual research groups - the building blocks of our ambitious scientific projects. Utrecht University is a friendly and ambitious university at the heart of an ancient city. We love to welcome new scientists to our city - a thriving cultural hub that is consistently rated as one of the world's happiest cities. We are renowned for our innovative interdisciplinary research and our emphasis on inspirational research and excellent education. We are equally well-known for our familiar atmosphere and the can-do attitude of our people. This fundamental connection attracts Researchers, Professors and PhD candidates from all over the globe, making both the University and the Faculty of Science a vibrant international and wonderfully diverse community. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New "Gravity+" Track in Radboud Master's Program, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17109 Additional Information: https://www.ru.nl/masters/gravityplus Radboud University in Nijmegen (NL) is setting up an attractive new synergy track Gravity+ ("Gravity-plus") for master students. Students who enrol in one of the existing master's specialisations "Particle and Astrophysics" or "Mathematics" can choose the option Gravity+, which offers a large variety of introductory and advanced courses on many aspects of gravity, from mathematical foundations to astrophysical applications, covering e.g. black holes, gravitational wave physics, quantum gravity and quantum geometry. For more information, see the URL above. Deadline for applications from students from the EU/EEA and Switzerland is May 1; for students from elsewhere it is Apr 1, 2020. The poster of the course can be downloaded from https://www.hef.ru.nl/~rloll/Web/synergy.pdf. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/03/17/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: Thomas Buchert, Pierre Mourier, Xavier Roy, "On average properties of inhomogeneous fluids in general relativity III: general fluid cosmologies", Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 27 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02670-6 Christophe Goeller, Etera R. Livine, Aldo Riello, "Non-perturbative 3D quantum gravity: quantum boundary states and exact partition function", Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 24 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02673-3 Please, browse all Editor's Choice articles at: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice Frank Schulz Publishing Editor GRG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Book with Minkowski's four works, which laid the foundations of spacetime physics ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/03/20/book-with-minkowskis-four-wo… Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/minkowski2.html Hermann Minkowski, Spacetime: Minkowski's Papers on Spacetime Physics (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal 2020), 213 pages. The four works are (listed chronologically as they had been presented): 1. The Relativity Principle - lecture given at the meeting of the Goettingen Mathematical Society on November 5, 1907. 2. The Fundamental Equations for Electromagnetic Processes in Moving Bodies - lecture given at the meeting of the Goettingen Scientific Society on December 21, 1907. 3. Space and Time - lecture given at the 80th Meeting of Natural Scientists in Cologne on September 21, 1908. 4. A Derivation of the Fundamental Equations for the Electromagnetic Processes in Moving Bodies from the Standpoint of the Theory of Electrons; this work contains Minkowski's notes that were assembled together by Minkowski's student Max Born and published in 1910 (a year after Minkowski's death). Free copies of Minkowski's paper "Space and Time" and the Editor's Introduction are available on: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/minkowski2.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Google calendar for online seminars in general relativity ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/03/27/google-calendar-for-online-s… Additional Information: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=cmVsYXRpdml0eXNlbWluYXJzQGdtYW… I have created a google calendar relativityseminars to circulate information about online seminars in general relativity The idea is that all online-seminar organisers can add there the relevant information if you would like to post there, send a request to relativityseminars(a)gmail.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for March 2020
by hyperspace＠itp.uni-frankfurt.de 02 Mar '20

02 Mar '20

########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Alternative Gravities and Fundamental Cosmology, Szczecin, Poland 1.2. 2020 Computer Aided Modeling, Simulation and Analysis, Cagliari, Italy 1.3. Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic 1.4. Quantum Gravity 2020, Waterloo, Canada (second announcement) 1.5. GW and Machine Learning Meeting, Mull, UK 1.6. New frontiers in strong gravity, Benasque, Spain 1.7. Cosmography via Gravitational Waves and Other Observables, Stavanger, Norway 1.8. Gravitex 2020: International Conference on Gravitation- Theory and Experiment, Durban, South Africa 1.9. 10th Int. Conf. DICE 2020: Spacetime - Matter - Quantum Mechanics, Castiglioncello, Italy 1.10. Fourth Argentine-Brazilian Meeting on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1.11. 19th Conference on Recent Developments in Gravity, Athens, Greece (final announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral Fellowship on Gravitational Waves and Strong Gravity beyond GR, Cape Town, South Africa 2.2. Gravitational Waves Postdoc position at IGFAE, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2.3. Postodoc position in discretized models of quantum gravity, Krakow, Poland 2.4. Two PhD positions in neutron star physics at Coimbra and Lisbon, Portugal 2.5. Expression of Interest, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia 2.6. Tenure-Track Position in Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia 3. News 3.1. THE CHALONGE DE VEGA PROGRAMME 2020 3.2. Special Issue of Symmetry on "Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Wave" 3.3. Call for papers: "Binary Neutron Star mergers" ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Alternative Gravities and Fundamental Cosmology, Szczecin, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16973 Starting: 2020-09-14 to 2020-09-18 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/873762/ Contact: altecosmo20[AT]gmail.com Dear Colleagues, We invite you to take part in the conference "Alternative Gravities and Fundamental Cosmology" which will take place in Szczecin, Poland from 14th to 18th of September 2020. This is the fifth of a series of conferences on fundamental cosmology organized by the Szczecin Cosmology Group, University of Szczecin (after Cosmofun'2005, Grasscosmofun'09, Multicosmofun'12, Varcosmofun'16). The task of the conference is to bring together specialists dealing with the problems of alternative gravities (including quantum gravity, superstring, varying constants, Lorentz violating etc.) both from theoretical and observational point of view. The program of the conference will contain 4 plenary morning sessions and 3 afternoon parallel sessions (of 3 sessions each), 1 morning doctoral students' session (up to 3 parallel sessions). The last afternoon of the conference will be devoted to philosophical aspects of cosmology. There will also be a poster session if the number of abstracts is above our talk time capabilities. The oral presentations will be selected by the sessions conveners in collaboration with the Scientific Committee. We plan to publish conference proceedings in the journal "Universe". Invited speakers: - Niayesh Ashfordi, Univ. Waterloo, Canada - John D. Barrow, Univ. Cambridge, UK - Eleonora Di Valentino, Jodrell Bank, USA - Astrid Eichhorn, Univ. Odense, Denmark - Ivette Fuentes, Univ. Nottingham, UK - Enrique Gaztanaga, ICE, CSIC Barcelona, Spain - Lavinia Heisenberg, ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Michael Heller, Vatican Astronomical Observatory - Martin Kunz, Univ. Geneva, Switzerland - David Mota, Univ. Oslo, Norway - Fabio Scardigli, Univ. Leiden, Netherlands - Alexei Starobinsky, Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia - John Webb, Univ. New South Wales, Australia Topics of parallel sessions: - I. Alternative gravities and dark energy (ALT-DE); - II. Alternative gravities and dark matter (ALT-DM); - III. Alternative gravities for gravitational waves/black holes (ALT-GW/BH); - IV. Quantum gravity as alternative gravity (ALT-QG); - V. Alternative gravity phenomenology (GUP, Lorentz Violation, Varying Constants); - VI. Alternative gravity and fundamental theories (strings, branes). Looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 2020 Computer Aided Modeling, Simulation and Analysis, Cagliari, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16982 Starting: 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-04 Location: Cagliari, Italy Additional Information: http://www.iccsa.org Contact: shen[AT]umich.edu 2020 Computer Aided Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (CAMSA) in conjunction with The 20th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications July 1st - 4th, 2020, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Organizer: Jie Shen, University of Michigan Email: shen[AT]umich.edu Jiwen Li and Wei Liu, Henan University of Science and Technology This workshop will provide a forum for scientists and engineers alike to present their latest findings on the subject of computer aided modeling, simulation and analysis. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Computer aided modeling and analysis (novel algorithms or applications in biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, and mechanics) * Data processing, mining, and fusion * Optimization and machine learning * Finite Element, Boundary Element, or Meshless Simulation * Computer Vision and Image Processing Publication * General Tracks/Theme Papers: 10 to 16 pages. After the reviewing process, the accepted papers will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) volumes. * Workshop/Session Papers: 5 to 11 pages. After the reviewing process, the accepted papers will be published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS), as selected by the corresponding Session/Workshop. The list and details of the different Workshops/Sessions can be found through this link: http://www.iccsa.org/workshops * Poster Session Papers: 3 to 4 pages. After the reviewing process, the accepted poster papers will be published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Accepted Poster papers will be presented as posters during the conference. * Short papers may also be extended for possible publication in the International Journal of Modelling and Simulation (ISSN: 0228-6203). Paper Submission Submission Website: http://ess.iccsa.org Deadline for Full Paper Submission: March 15, 2020 Author Paper Review Acceptance or Revision Notification to Author: April 01, 2020 Submission of Final Paper: May 25, 2020 CAMSA 2020 Conference: July 1-4, 2020 Weblink: http://ess.iccsa.org/ H-5 Index: 19 Proceedings indexed by IEEE, a top conference +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/10/black-hole-perturbation-tool… Starting: 2020-05-25 to 2020-05-27 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://astro.cas.cz/bhptoolkit2020/ Contact: niels.warburton[AT]ucd.ie The Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit (BHPToolkit) is a global collaboration dedicated to creating an open-source repository of software, data and results related to black hole perturbation theory. These tools are important in the theory of gravitational waves, specifically in the modelling of inspirals of stellar-mass objects into massive black holes. The BHPToolkit workshops bring together researchers that are already using and developing the Toolkit as well as scientists and students that are looking to do so. The first public BHPToolkit workshop will take place at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague from 25th to 27th of May. Registration is free and we have a small amount of funding available to support the travel of PhD/MSc students coming to the workshop. To apply for financial support please send an email to vojtech.witzany at asu.cas.cz in which you briefly describe your motivation, and please ask your supervisor to also send a short supporting email. Both the motivation and supporting statement need to be received before April 1, 2020, and we will inform you of our decision during the first week of April. On the first day of the workshop there will be a series of invited practical short talks to demonstrate how to install and use various packages already in the Toolkit. The second and third days will concentrate on improving the BHPToolkit with a focused "hack-a-thon" as well as discussion around how to manage and grow the Toolkit. The BHPToolkit workshop, including the travel support, is funded by the GWverse COST Action CA16104 Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Quantum Gravity 2020, Waterloo, Canada (second announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16999 Starting: 2020-07-13 to 2020-07-17 Location: Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/quantum-gravity-2020 Contact: eichhorn[AT]cp3.sdu.dk Registration and abstract submission deadline: The deadline to register for Quantum Gravity 2020 is April 30, 2020. Registration will close before this date if capacity is met. A limited number of talk slots will be open to online registrants. if you are interested in presenting a talk, you must register by March 20, 2020. Conference description: The conference "Quantum Gravity 2020" has a deliberately broad scope. We aim to include participants from all current approaches to quantum gravity, as well as researchers working on the phenomenology of quantum gravity. The main goal of the meeting is to assess the progress made and to constructively and openly discuss open questions in our understanding of quantum gravity. A second goal is to work towards combining the insights gained in the various approaches. In its overall goal as well as the format, this conference will differ from more specialized meetings that focus on specific quantum-gravity approaches. We hope that this inaugural conference "Quantum Gravity" can make a contribution to bridging the gaps between quantum gravity approaches, and bring the entire community together for a constructive and fruitful exchange. Registration for the conference is now open on the conference webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. GW and Machine Learning Meeting, Mull, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17004 Starting: 2020-05-04 to 2020-05-06 Location: Tobermory, Mull, United Kingdom Additional Information: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/gwmull2020/ Contact: gwmull2020[AT]glasgow.ac.uk The Institute for Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow will be hosting a retreat meeting between 4 and 6 May 2020 in Tobermory, on the Scottish Hebridean island of Mull. The meeting will have three major strands focussed on the use and development of machine learning techniques for gravitational wave data analysis: 1. ML in modelling, numerical relativity, and waveform generation 2. ML for GW detection and detector characterisation 3. ML for parameter estimation and astrophysics If you would like to attend this event we'd be grateful if you could fill out the form on our website as soon as possible. The venue for the meeting is small, and we anticipate that demand will be high, so the meeting will be by application only, however we invite participants at all stages in their academic career, from students upwards to register their interest, and hope to have a balanced range of participants. The registration for will be open until 20 February, and we hope to start issuing invitations to register shortly after this. We expect the meeting to have a per-person cost of no more than around 200 GBP, and hope to be able to provide a discount to students. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. New frontiers in strong gravity, Benasque, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/17/new-frontiers-in-strong-grav… Starting: 2020-07-05 to 2020-07-18 Location: Benasque, Spain Additional Information: http://benasque.org/2020relativity/ Contact: info[AT]benasque.org This is the first circular for the conference "New frontiers in strong gravity" taking place in Benasque, Spain from Jul 05-18, 2020. The workshop's web page is at http://benasque.org/2020relativity/. Limited travel funds are available, with priority given to PhD students. We would appreciate it if you could forward to interested researchers in our field. Best, The organizers (D. Blas, P. Figueras, E. Lim, L. Stein, H. Witek, S. Nissanke) New frontiers in strong gravity The highly nonlinear, strong-field regime of gravity holds the key to address long-standing puzzles in modern physics. These range from deeply theoretical questions concerning a consistent theory of quantum gravity and resulting modifications to general relativity, over the stability properties of black holes in traditional general relativity, to new insight into nuclear matter under extreme conditions in the context of neutron star and multimessenger astronomy. In this two-week workshop (Jul 05-18, 2020) we will bring together leading experts as well as junior scientists and PhD students in these diverse research areas, to encourage communication and training across the fields and foster new research collaborations. Invited speakers include: - Samaya Nissanke - Tessa Baker - Roberto Emparan - Katy Clough - Enrico Barausse - Deirdre Shoemaker - Will East - Aaron Zimmerman - Thomas Sotiriou - Mihalis Dafermos - Maria Okounkova - David Mateos - Anne Davis - Rachel Rosen - Niels Warburton - Laura Bernard - Harald Pfeiffer The number of participants is limited. We ask students to upload a short CV (maximal 2 pages). Limited travel support will be available, with priority given to students. To apply for travel support please include some text justifying your request for support on the registration page. Registration will close on May 25. Registration and more information is at the workshop's web page, http://benasque.org/2020relativity/. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Cosmography via Gravitational Waves and Other Observables, Stavanger, Norway --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17047 Starting: 2020-04-20 to 2020-04-23 Location: Stavanger, Norway Additional Information: https://indico.uis.no/e/cosmography Contact: germano.nardini[AT]uis.no The University of Stavanger (Norway), with the support of the COST Action GWverse, is organizing the workshop "Cosmography via Gravitational Waves and Other Observables" in the period April 20th -- 23th, 2020. The workshop aims at: - Reviewing the theoretical and experimental aspects behind the current tension in cosmography; - Forecasting the potential impact of the forthcoming measurements; - Discussing the most appealing solutions to the puzzle. Three lectures will introduce the main themes of the workshop: "Early-universe measurements", "Late-universe measurements", and "Standard and dark sirens in GR and modified GR". Technical talks will follow broadly along these categories. The afternoons are planned with an informal schedule to allow participants to freely interact and start new collaborations. We invite everybody to participate and contribute. The deadline for abstract submission is April 4th but earlier submissions are appreciated. Participants asking for childcare should register as soon as possible and not later than March 4th. For more information please visit https://indico.uis.no/e/cosmography. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Gravitex 2020: International Conference on Gravitation- Theory and Experiment, Durban, South Africa --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/27/gravitex-2020-international-… Starting: 2020-08-03 to 2020-02-08 Location: Durban, South Africa Additional Information: https://acru.ukzn.ac.za/~gravitex2020/ Contact: hansrajs[AT]ukzn.ac.za Gravitex 2020: International Conference on Gravitation - Theory and Experiment will be hosted by the Astrophysics Research Centre of the University of KwaZulu Natal from 3 to 8 August 2020. The conference will explore the interface between the theoretical foundations of gravity, including modifications of the standard theory, recent observational highlights, and their interconnection. The venue for the conference sessions from 5 to 8 August 2020 is the Protea Hotel The Edward by Marriot, Durban, South Africa and is ideally situated on the Durban beachfront with its impressive 6 km promenade. On 3 and 4 August 2020, the conference will be preceded by a 2 day School programme directed at students and early career researchers. South African students will be funded from a grant from the Centre of Excellence in South Africa while candidates from the rest of Africa may avail themselves of some funding offered through a donation. Details are available on our website https://acru.ukzn.ac.za/~gravitex2020/. The Conference registration and cocktail function takes place at the Protea Hotel on Tuesday 4 August 2020. Thereafter the format of the conference will involve some eleven plenary talks by leading researchers in gravitation. Contributed talks and posters will also be welcomed. Important dates regarding abstract submission, early-bird discounted registration fees and information on what is covered by the registration fees is found on the website which goes live from 1 March 2020. Confirmed plenary speakers include: :Latham Boyle (Perimeter Institute, Canada), Martin Bucher (University of Paris/CNRS, France), Rong Gen Cai (Academy of Sciences, China), Naresh Dadhich (IUCAA, India) , George Ellis (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Nick Kaiser (ENS, France), Roy Maartens (University of the Western Cape, South Africa), Bishop Mongwane (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Samaya Nissanke (Grappa, Netherlands), Andrew Tolley (Imperial College London, UK), Amanda Weltman (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Delegates are requested to complete the Registration formalities on our website. Provisional registrations will become confirmed on payment of the registration fees of USD 250 (students)/ USD 300 (faculty) for the early-bird option. These fees include all meals in the official conference period. Accommodation, Tours, transport may also be booked online through our conference agent or delegates are free to make their own arrangements. Conference website: https://acru.ukzn.ac.za/~gravitex2020/ goes live on 1 March 2020. We look forward to welcoming you in Durban in August. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. 10th Int. Conf. DICE 2020: Spacetime - Matter - Quantum Mechanics, Castiglioncello, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17065 Starting: 2020-09-14 to 2020-09-18 Location: Castiglioncello (Tuscany), Italy Additional Information: http://osiris.df.unipi.it/~elze/DICE2020.html Contact: elze(a)df.unipi.it This year's conference will be the tenth "anniversary" edition in this series of biannual meetings. Its main objective is to discuss important, if not fundamental issues in physics that keep (re)appearing in various subfields, but are usually presented in specialized conferences - such as concerning decoherence, information (loss), complexity, entropy, measurement problem, quantum/gravity interface, vacuum structure, cosmological constant problems, to indicate a few. This has turned out to be highly successful and stimulated fruitful exchanges with an illuminating list of speakers over the years; among them: J Hartle, R Penrose, G Veneziano*, S Adler*, G 't Hooft*, L Montagnier, S Haroche, C Wetterich*, A Connes, N Gisin, A Albrecht*, L S Schulman, I Walmsley, S Carlip, J Barbour*, T Padmanabhan*, N Mavromatos*, T W Kibble, Y Aharonov, H Kleinert*, G Casati*, C Brukner, H J Briegel, A Kempf*, V Nesvizhevsky, X-G Wen, D Bouwmeester, R Sorkin*, M Schlosshauer, C Rovelli, G Volovik, M Arndt, M Aspelmeyer, M Rasetti, GC Ghirardi*, L Vaidman, B-L Hu*, W Unruh, N Chomsky, GFR Ellis [*: participated several times]. Topics of this year's meeting are defined but not limited by overlapping interests in - Emergent spacetime, matter, and symmetries - Quantum foundations - Quantum computing / AI for physics - QM interfacing with gravity / new experiments - Quantum gravity / cosmology and high-energy physics The Organizing Committee consists of M Blasone (Salerno); L Diosi (Budapest); H-T Elze (Pisa, chair); L Fratino (Paris); J Halliwell (London); C Kiefer (Cologne); E Prati (Milano); G Vitiello (Salerno). All interested are warmly welcome. However, please, note that participation is always limited; therefore, early registration is recommended. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Fourth Argentine-Brazilian Meeting on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Buenos Aires, Argentina --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17067 Starting: 2020-04-22 to 2020-04-24 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Additional Information: http://www.iafe.uba.ar/graco4 Contact: graco4[AT]iafe.uba.ar IV Reunion Argentino-Brasilena de Gravitacion, Astrofisica y Cosmologia IV Reuniao Argentino-Brasileira de Gravitacao, Astrofisica e Cosmologia The first meeting was held in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, in October 2011; the second meeting was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in April 2014; the third meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April 2016. The fourth edition of the Argentine-Brazilian Meeting on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (GrACo IV), will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 22 - 24 (2020) at the Auditorium of CAECE, Avenida de Mayo 866, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires. The meeting will include invited talks by well-known specialists on topics of particular relevance (see the website) and contributed talks and posters. It would be enough free time to encourage interaction and discussion between the participants which are very welcome to present their current researchs. - Registration closure: March 9th, 2020 - Abstract submission & Registration Fee Payment (*): March 15th, 2020 (*) Please see the website for instructions. A limited amount of funding will be available for supporting the participation of master and doctoral fellows. To apply for these funds, please send an e-mail to graco4[AT]iafe.uba.ar, before Registration closure, briefly explaining (up to 200 words) your interest on the meeting and the reasons for your request, please also attach your CV. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. 19th Conference on Recent Developments in Gravity, Athens, Greece (final announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/03/01/19th-conference-on-recent-de… Starting: 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-04 Location: Athens, Greece Additional Information: https://indico.physics.auth.gr/e/NEB19 Contact: neb19conference[AT]gmail.com The 19th NEB conference on "Recent Developments in Gravity" will be held in Athens, Greece, from the 1st to the 4th of July 2020. NEB19 is an international conference devoted to all aspects of Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology, which is organized every two years by the Hellenic Society for Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology. A list of previous conferences in the NEB series can be found at http://www.hsrgc.gr/activities.html. The website of the conference is https://indico.physics.auth.gr/e/NEB19 and the final registration deadline is March 31st, 2020. NEB19 will focus on recent developments in several areas: gravitational waves, relativistic astrophysics, alternative theories of gravity, mathematical relativity, relativistic cosmology and quantum gravity. The venue of the conference is the conference center of the Eugenides Foundation, near the coastal line of Faliro (located a few km south of the center of Athens). The list of invited plenary speakers includes: E. Berti (Johns Hopkins) E. Gourgoulhon (Meudon) R. Gregory (Durham) M. Dafermos (Cambridge/Princeton) S. Katsanevas (EGO-VIRGO) K. Kokkotas (Tuebingen) E. Plionis (NOA, Athens) D. Psaltis (Arizona) Th. Sotiriou (Nottingham) M. Sakellariadou (King's College) S. Weinfurtner (Nottingham) The invited plenary session speakers include: A. Gravitational Waves and Relativistic Astrophysics: M. Agathos (Cambridge), Th. Apostolatos (Athens), E. Barausse (SISSA), D. Doneva (Tuebingen), N. Karnesis (Paris), Ch. Markakis (Queen Mary) B. Alternative Theories of Gravity and Cosmology: E. Babichev (Paris), S. Basilakos (Athens), G. Kofinas (Athens), L. Papantonopoulos (Athens), K. Skordis (Prague), Ch. Tsagas (Thessaloniki), S. Yazadjiev (Sofia), C. Mathematical Relativity and Quantum Gravity: Th. Christodoulakis (Athens), L. Glaser (Vienna, TBC), (additional speakers TBA) We welcome the submission of abstracts for talks in the parallel sessions and for the poster session. We are looking forward to meeting all interested participants in Athens in July! With our best regards, The Organizing Committee Ch. Charmousis (CNRS - University Paris-Saclay) G. Pappas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) E. Saridakis (NTUA, Athens) N. Stergioulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) A. Zoupas (University of Thessaly) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral Fellowship on Gravitational Waves and Strong Gravity beyond GR, Cape Town, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16979 Deadline: 2020-02-29 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: https://labs.inspirehep.net/jobs/1777243 Contact: alvaro.delacruzdombriz[AT]uct.ac.za The Cosmology and Gravity Group in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town, welcomes applications for postdoctoral fellows starting in early 2020 to work on Gravitational Waves (theory and experiments) and Strong-gravity objects beyond General Relativity and related topics. The postdoctoral fellow will mainly work with Alvaro de la Cruz Dombriz (UCT Cosmo), Raul Carballo (SISSA, Trieste IT), Anupam Mazumdar (Groningen U., NL) and Bishop Mongwane (UCT Cosmo). Collaborations are open with all the other members of the Group as well. Also the successful candidate is both welcome and encouraged to interact with the UCT Astronomy Department. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact directly PIs for the relevant project areas by 29 February 2020, in order to discuss project details and funding opportunities. The UCT Cosmology and Gravity Group is made of several Faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. Cape Town hosts a large number of other research institutions in the field, such as, for example, the Department of Astronomy at UCT, the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the Radio-Cosmology group of the University of Western Cape (UWC). Therefore, the local scientific life is very vibrant. In addition our academics have extensive international collaborations, and we are part of several bilateral agreements signed with other countries. For instance the group is member of two EU COST actions, participates in the SKA Working Groups (Cosmology and Gravitational Waves) and benefits from Erasmus+ mobilities for staff and postgraduate students. Cape Town is a spectacular relaxed place to live, with a range of indoor and outdoor activities, though the outdoors truly shines. The city is quite cosmopolitan with plenty of foreigners settling here and the famous wine region around. The nature, with two oceans coming together and Table Mountain, is also outstanding. Access to culture (theatre, exhibitions, live music, festivals and opera) and high-quality gastronomy are easy and affordable. Further information at: http://www.capetown.travel/ CONDITIONS OF AWARD: Applicants should please send ONE pdf file including your CV, publications if any and a brief statement of your research interests, and arrange to have ONE letter of reference e-mailed to Dr Alvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz for full consideration. Applicants must have obtained a doctoral degree in the relevant areas of mathematics, physics or astronomy within the past 5 years, and may not have held any prior permanent academic or professional posts. The successful incumbent may, as part of his/her professional development, be required to participate in departmental activities, such as limited teaching and supervision. The successful incumbent will be required to comply with the university's approved policies, procedures and practices for the postdoctoral sector. TENURE: The tenure of the fellowship is TWO full years at the outset, with the possibility of extension subject to progress and the availability of funding. SALARY: Salary will be R 280,000.00 per year (TAX free) plus travel allowance (two return international flight per year) and other top-ups. Such an stipend enables a high standard of life in Cape Town and facilitate attendance to international conferences and collaborations overseas. The University of Cape Town: - reserves the right to disqualify ineligible, incomplete and/or inappropriate applications, and - reserves the right to change the conditions of award, and/or to make no awards at all. UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Gravitational Waves Postdoc position at IGFAE, Santiago de Compostela, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/14/gravitational-waves-postdoc-… Deadline: 2020-02-26 Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Additional Information: https://igfae.usc.es/igfae/job-offer/postdoctoral-research-associate-in-the… Contact: thomas.dent(a)usc.es IGFAE (Galician Institute of High Energy Physics) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate in the Gravitational Wave Research Programme. This Research Programme has interests in gravitational-wave astrophysics, cosmology, data analysis and related fields; USC is a member group of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and is also involved in multi-messenger followup of gravitational-wave candidate events with the Pierre Auger Observatory. The GW research programme recently acquired hardware for a dedicated high-throughput computing cluster, which will be made available for LIGO-Virgo data analysis and related work. The research associate will be expected to support the LIGO group membership at a minimum 20% level by contributing to collaboration data analysis or technical review. The position is for 2 years with the earliest starting date in September 2020. Interested candidates should submit via email to jobs(a)igfae.usc.es, with the following attached in pdf format: * A recent CV, including list of publications. * Statement of Research Interests (max 3 pages). In addition, candidates should be prepared to arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address if requested. The position will remain open until filled, however to ensure full consideration applications should be received by February 26, 2020. IGFAE is a member of SOMMa Excellence Alliance, the network of Severo Ochoa Centres and Maria de Maeztu Units to promote Spanish Excellence in research and to enhance its social impact at national and international levels. IGFAE is an equal opportunity employer. IGFAE is committed to increasing the diversity of its personnel and particularly welcomes applications from women, minorities and persons with disabilities. Informal enquiries should be sent to thomas.dent(a)usc.es, jaime.alvarez(a)usc.es or jobs(a)igfae.usc.es. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postodoc position in discretized models of quantum gravity, Krakow, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=17025 Deadline: 2020-04-30 Location: Krakow, Poland Additional Information: http://cs.if.uj.edu.pl/cs/index.html Contact: jerzy.jurkiewicz[AT]uj.edu.pl The 2-year post-doc position in the National Science Centre grant OPUS-17-ST2. The candidates are expected to have some basic experience in discretized models of quantum gravity and the ability to create the necessary computer codes and to perform massive numerical simulations. The position is in the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. The Institute hosts a big scientific group working on models of quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. The Institute has a large computer facility, other facilities in Poland can also be used. The studied model is the model of Causal Dynamical Triangulations, where the principal investigator (prof. Jerzy Jurkiewicz) is one of the creators of the model. The candidate will be expected to get involved in a collaboration with a large scientific group both in the Institute and abroad (Denmark, the Netherlands). CV and a motivation letter + 2 recommendation letters. The candidates will be evaluated by a commission. The commission may invite potential candidates for an interview. The results will be announced on 2020-15-05. The expected starting date: September 1st 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Two PhD positions in neutron star physics at Coimbra and Lisbon, Portugal ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/24/2-phd-positions-in-neutron-s… Deadline: 2020-04-30 Location: Coimbra/Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: https://idpasc.lip.pt/pt_cern_grants/phd_programme/call/13 Contact: violetta.sagun[AT]uc.pt We are seeking for outstanding, highly motivated candidates for the following positions: 1. PhD position on thermal evolution of hybrid stars at the University of Coimbra supervised by Prof. Constanca Providencia and Dr. Violetta Sagun. 2. PhD position is devoted to the study of the effect of dark matter on the properties of compact stars. Its a joint scholarship between the University of Coimbra and the University of Lisbon supervised by Prof. Constanca Providencia, Dr. Violetta Sagun (Coimbra) and Prof. Ilidio Lopes (Lisbon). An application should include a curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, certificates of all the obtained academic degrees, other documents that the candidate may consider relevant (diplomas, certificates etc..) and up to three contacts for reference letters. Candidates should hold either a pre-Bologna degree, or a pre-/post-Bologna Master's degree at the time of application. Foreign degrees/diplomas are required to be recognized by the General Directorate of Higher Education or by a Portuguese higher education institution: https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition?plid=1536 Deadline for the application: 30th of April 2020, 17:00 (Lisbon time). Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Violetta Sagun (violetta.sagun[AT]uc.pt) well in advance, to discuss potential projects and application procedure. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Expression of Interest, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/28/expression-of-interest-anu-c… Deadline: 2020-03-31 Location: Canberra, Australia Additional Information: https://www.ozgrav.org/anu-professor.html Contact: sareh.rajabi[AT]anu.edu.au As previously advertised, the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, has recently established a new Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA), jointly supported by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Research School of Physics. The Centre encompasses all aspects of gravitational wave physics and astrophysics, including instrumentation, theory and data analysis, source follow-up and multi-messenger astronomy. It will bring together existing ANU researchers in these areas under one umbrella and expand the capability by making up to seven new tenure or tenure-track academic appointments ranging from full Professor to Assistant Professor across these research programs over the next year. This presents a great opportunity for people facing the "two-body" problem! Even if your partner is not involved in GW research, we still may be able to accommodate very capable people. We are currently actively seeking Expressions of Interest for the key appointment of a Full Professor (Level E) and for an early to mid-career GW astrophysicist. At least one of these positions will be offered to a female-identifying candidate. The Full Professor will initially take on the role of Deputy Director, in the anticipation that they will take over as Director within the next five years. We are seeking inspirational scientists with an equity agenda from any area of research covered by the Centre, who can grow ANU's leadership across all areas of gravitational wave astronomy. If you think you have the skills, vision and drive required to fill this role, please consider applying, regardless of your current level of appointment. These two appointments come with attractive start-up packages and the ability to help shape the future of the CGA through subsequent faculty hires. Please submit a 2-page Expression of Interest (EoI), along with a complete CV. EoIs will be accepted any time until March 31st. We anticipate officially advertising the position in April. You are encouraged to contact Professor David McClelland (david.mcclelland[AT]anu.edu.au) for further information. Please email your expression of interest and CV to the CGA Administrator, Dr Sareh Rajabi (sareh.rajabi[AT]anu.edu.au), before the closing date. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Tenure-Track Position in Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/28/tenure-track-position-in-gra… Deadline: 2020-03-31 Location: Canberra, Australia Additional Information: http://cga.anu.edu.au/ Contact: sareh.rajabi[AT]anu.edu.au Tenure-Track Position in Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia (open to female identifying candidates only) The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, has recently established a new Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA), jointly supported by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Research School of Physics. The Centre encompasses all aspects of gravitational wave physics and astrophysics, including instrumentation, theory and data analysis, source follow-up and multi-messenger astronomy. It will bring together existing ANU researchers in these areas under one umbrella and expand the capability by making up to seven new tenure-track academic appointments across these research programs over the next year. The inaugural CGA Director is Professor David McClelland. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding early or mid-career academic with a strong research record in gravitational wave astrophysics (theory and data analysis, source follow-up, multi-messenger astronomy). This will be a tenure-track position attracting a significant start-up package. It will be a key foundation position in the CGA. The appointee will assist with recruiting additional appointments into the CGA, helping to shape its future. We are now seeking Expressions of Interest (EoI) in this position. An EoI will comprise a 1-page statement of achievement and proposed program of research at ANU, along with a 2-page CV. EoIs will be accepted any time up until March 31st, 2020. Please email your EOI to the CGA administrator, Dr Sareh Rajabi, sareh.rajabi[AT]anu.edu.au, and expect confirmation of receipt. For further information, please contact Professor Susan Scott (susan.scott[AT]anu.edu.au) or Professor David McClelland (david.mcclelland[AT]anu.edu.au) at RSPhys and/or Associate Professor Christian Wolf (christian.wolf[AT]anu.edu.au) at RSAA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. THE CHALONGE DE VEGA PROGRAMME 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/11/the-chalonge-de-vega-program… Additional Information: https://chalonge-devega.fr PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 2020 OF THE CHALONGE - DE VEGA SCHOOL THE NEW UNIVERSE and the NEW BLACK HOLES. QUANTUM PHYSICS and DARK ENERGY. A Laboratory of Ideas. Research, Training and Scientific Culture. 30 Years of Pioneering Activity. Calling for Understanding. Tribute to Hector de Vega. The Scientist and the Human Person. Science with great intellectual endeavor and a human face. A great scientific and human adventure. A beacon at the forefront of physical cosmology and astrofundamental physics with novel scientific research, projects and ideas, careful interdisciplinarity, with both Theory and Observations Open Science-Open and Free Access.Topics 2020: The quantum transplanckian phase of the Universe, Pre-Inflation, Inflation and Grand Unification Physics for and from the CMB Observations, Primordial Gravitons. Quantum Astrophysics, Warm Dark Matter Galaxies and their Structures, New Black Holes. Vacuum Energy, Lambda, H_0 and Dark Energy. The Classical-Quantum Gravity Duality. New Quantum structure of the Space-Time ....Precision Language for Precision Cosmology. Universality in the Universe.... The Present Transformations of Science: Quo Vadis Science (view from its own interior) ? Ubi es Science ? Sessions of the Year 2020, dates and their Topics are available here: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2020.html Information is being completed along the whole year: research news, conferences, online lectures, videos Hector J. de Vega page: https://chalonge-devega.fr/HdeV.html School page: https://chalonge-devega.fr/ Norma G. Sanchez page: https://chalonge-devega.fr/sanchez/ With compliments and kind regards, The Chalonge - de Vega School https://chalonge-devega.fr ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Special Issue of Symmetry on "Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Wave" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/16/special-issue-of-symmetry-on… Additional Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/special_issues/Numerical_Relativity_G… Dear Colleagues, The journal Symmetry has a special issue on "Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Wave" and is now open for submission. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2020. Numerical relativity (NR) is currently a major topic connecting general relativity to computational astrophysics and simulation science. After the 2006 breakthroughs in the simulation of black hole collisions, the field developed in several directions. Current applications range from multimessenger astrophysics modeling to cosmology, with new formal and numerical aspects under development. Key astrophysical NR applications involve the simulations of mergers of neutron stars and black holes and of core collapse supernovae. Binary black hole simulations crucially helped the characterization of the first gravitational signals detected by the LIGO-Virgo experiments. Their increasing accuracy and completeness is driving waveform modeling for gravitationalwave astronomy. General relativistic fluidynamics simulations of compact binary mergers are essential to study the engines that power electromagnetic observables. Strong gravity is also a primary component for quantitative simulations of stellar collapse and accretion onto compact objects. Fundamental applications of NR tools are the dynamical stability of compact objects, scenarios for black hole formation, and investigations of the cosmic censorship conjecture. Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse were a genuine numerical discovery and are currently being extended to nonspherical symmetries and multidimensions. High-energy black-hole collisions can be used to probe black-hole formation in proton-proton collisions at particle colliders or in cosmic-ray showers hitting the Earth's atmosphere. The field is evolving also towards the exploration of alternative theories of gravity, black-hole studies in the context of the gauge-gravity duality, and the first cosmological applications. The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect new original contributions in the broad field of numerical relativity. We welcome contributions exploring new formalisms and new numerical methods for Einstein equations, as well as new applications of NR methods in all areas. Prof. Dr. Sebastiano Bernuzzi (Guest Editor) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Call for papers: "Binary Neutron Star mergers" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/18/call-for-papers-binary-neutr… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/journal/10714/updates/17696034 We solicit submissions for a Topical Collection of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation on "Binary Neutron Star mergers". With two announced detections and several more candidate events, binary neutron star mergers are at the center stage of gravitational-wave astronomy. There are many open challenges in the simulation of such sources, in the data analysis and in their interpretation. As the number of detections will increase over the next years and as upgraded and new detectors will become operational, we may anticipate significant discoveries and breakthroughs in our understanding of the physics and astrophysics of neutron stars. The interplay with other channels of information also promises big scientific rewards regarding the aftermath of such mergers. This topical collection will include invited reviews and reports on various aspects of binary neutron star mergers. Representative topics are: - Binary Neutron Star Merger Remnants - Matter Imprints in Waveform Models for Neutron Star Binaries - Post-merger EOS Constraints in BNS mergers - MHD Simulations of Binary Neutron Star Mergers - Neutron Star Tidal Deformability and EOS Constraints - Binary Neutron Star Initial Data GRG also welcomes contributed submissions to be included as original research articles in this topical collection, which will remain open until November 2020. Authors are invited to submit through the website https://www.editorialmanager.com/gerg/. Please indicate that your manuscript is intended for inclusion in the special issue "T.C. : BNS mergers". For preparation, please follow the instructions for authors available under "Submission guidelines". We look forward to receiving your submission! Nikolaos Stergioulas and Pablo Laguna (Topical Collection Editors). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Quantum Gravity 2020, Waterloo, Canada 1.2. Quantum Information in Quantum Gravity 6, Geneva, Switzerland 1.3. 10th Iberian Gravitational Waves Meeting, Valencia, Spain 1.4. X International Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry, Cordoba, Spain 1.5. 9th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Oxford, MS, USA 1.6. 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly - Scientific Event H0.5 - Fundamental Physics in Space Applications 1.7. School on Quantum Photonics: Principles and Applications, Gebze, Turkey 1.8. Spanish Portuguese Relativity Meeting 2020 (EREP2020), Aveiro, Portugal 1.9. 19th Conference on Recent Developments in Gravity, Athens, Greece (2nd announcement) 1.10. The Fourth Zeldovich meeting, Minsk, Belarus (3nd announcement) 1.11. Sixth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime, Albena, Bulgaria 2. Jobs 2.1. PhD and Master's in Physics at Center for Gravitation and Cosmology, Yangzhou, China 2.2. Postdoctoral researcher in neutron star astrophysics, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2.3. Postdoctoral Fellowship in cosmology and FRBs, Cape Town, South Africa 2.4. Postdoctoral Fellowship in gravity and gravitational waves, Cape Town, South Africa 2.5. Two postdocs in theoretical cosmology at QMUL, Londom, UK 2.6. PhD position in Gravitational Wave Science, Leuven/Brussels, Belgium 2.7. Postdoctoral position in neutron star physics, Warsaw, Poland 2.8. PhD position in Loop Quantum Gravity, London, Canada 2.9. Ph.D. Position in Theoretical Astrophysics at Perimeter Institute and the University of Guelph, Waterloo, Canada 2.10. Postdoctoral position in approaches to modified gravity, Nottingham, UK 2.11. MSc in Astrophysics and Relativity at Dublin City University, Ireland 2.12. PhD position in quantum cosmology and quantum gravity, Sheffield, UK 3. News 3.1. Invitation to host Texas��Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics in 2023 3.2. GRG welcomes new Editor-in-Chief Mairi Sakellariadou 3.3. GRG Golden Oldies by Ehlers and Schroedinger 3.4. SageMath 9.0 is out 3.5. Passing of Frank Estabrook 3.6. Call for papers on relativistic mass ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Quantum Gravity 2020, Waterloo, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16838 Starting: 2020-07-13 to 2020-07-17 Location: Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/quantum-gravity-2020 Contact: eichhorn[AT]cp3.sdu.dk The conference "Quantum Gravity 2020" has a deliberately broad scope. We aim to include participants from all current approaches to quantum gravity, as well as researchers working on the phenomenology of quantum gravity. The main goal of the meeting is to assess the progress made and to constructively and openly discuss open questions in our understanding of quantum gravity. A second goal is to work towards combining the insights gained in the various approaches. In its overall goal as well as the format, this conference will differ from more specialized meetings that focus on specific quantum-gravity approaches. We hope that this inaugural conference "Quantum Gravity" can make a contribution to bridging the gaps between quantum gravity approaches, and bring the entire community together for a constructive and fruitful exchange. Registration for the conference is now open on the conference webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Quantum Information in Quantum Gravity 6, Geneva, Switzerland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16847 Starting: 2020-05-25 to 2020-05-29 Location: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/874979/ Contact: a.belin[AT]cern.ch Insights from quantum information theory have played a tremendous role in understanding the emergence of spacetime in holography and quantum gravity. The aim of this workshop is to develop the interplay between these different fields in order to deepen our understanding of quantum gravity. This event will the 6th instalment of "Quantum Information in Quantum Gravity", which is a series of conferences centered around this pluri-disciplinary effort with previous editions being held in Vancouver, Perimeter, Vancouver, Florence, Davis. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 10th Iberian Gravitational Waves Meeting, Valencia, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16863 Starting: 2020-05-27 to 2020-05-29 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: https://www.uv.es/igwm2020 Contact: igwm2020[AT]uv.es The IGWM is an international conference set up yearly since 2011 by different groups around the Iberian Peninsula with interests in Gravitational Waves. In 2020 it will take place in Valencia, Spain, organised by the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department (DAA) and the Mathematics Department (DM) of the University of Valencia. The goal of this series of meetings is to bring together researchers working in Gravitational Waves with the aim at promoting collaboration and synergies among them. It also serves as a way of keeping track of recent advances in the Iberian gravitational wave community. The meeting covers all aspects of gravitational waves, including theory, data analysis, experiments and multimessenger astronomy. Invited Speakers: Josefa Becerra, Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias. Vitor Cardoso, CENTRA/IST, Lisboa. Elena Cuoco, EGO, Pisa. Daniel Garcia Figueroa, IFIC-CSIC/UV, Valencia. Nikolaos Karnesis, APC-Universite Paris Diderot. Paola Leaci, Sapiencia University, Roma. Maria Angeles Perez Garcia, Universidad de Salamanca. Michele Punturo, INFN-Perugia (TBC). Nikolaos Stergioulas, University of Thessaloniki. Scientific committee: Mar Bastero Gil, Marie-Anne Bizouard, Marica Branchesi, Thomas Dent, Jose Antonio Font, Tanja Hinderer, Mario Martinez, Alicia Sintes, Carlos Sopuerta. Local organising committee: Isabel Cordero-Carrion, Jose Antonio Font, Pablo Cerda-Duran +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. X International Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry, Cordoba, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16870 Starting: 2020-06-02 to 2020-06-05 Location: Cordoba, Spain Additional Information: http://www.uco.es/gelocor/ Contact: infogeom[AT]uco.es In 2001, researchers from several universities with a common interest on Lorentz Geometry met on Benalmadena in what was called "Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry". After this first and successful meeting, the organizers decided to make this one the first of a biennial series of conferences devoted to present and discuss the last advances on Lorentzian Geometry. Since then, what ended up being called "International Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry" has grown at an impressive pace. Currently, nine meetings have been held: Murcia 2003, Castelldefels 2005, Santiago de Compostela 2007, Martina Franca 2009 (Italy), Granada 2011, Sao Paulo 2013 (Brazil), Malaga 2016 and Warsaw 2018 (Poland). The Department of Mathematics of the University of Cordoba has the pleasure to organize in 2020 the X International Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry (GeLoCor) in an enclave with as much history as the city of Cordoba is. Looking forward to see you in Cordoba in June 2020 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. 9th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Oxford, MS, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/22/9th-gulf-coast-gravity-meeti… Starting: 2020-03-13 to 2020-03-14 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: https://www.phy.olemiss.edu/gcgm9/ Contact: gcgm9[AT]phy.olemiss.edu This is the second announcement of the 9th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting. The GCGM will be held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS, on March 13 and 14, 2020. In keeping with its tradition, this will be an open, relaxed, and informal conference. We are inviting researchers and students interested in all areas of gravitational physics: classical and quantum gravity, general relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, quantum cosmology, gravitational waves, and experimental gravity. Because this is a regional meeting, many attendees will be from the southeastern 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 talk given by a student at the meeting. Deadlines Prospective speakers should register by February 14 to receive full consideration. Late applicants will be considered at the discretion of the organizers. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Inn at Ole Miss. Reserve your room by February 11 to receive a reduced rate. See the website for details: https://www.phy.olemiss.edu/gcgm9/. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly - Scientific Event H0.5 - Fundamental Physics in Space Applications --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/24/43rd-cospar-scientific-assem… Starting: 2020-08-15 to 2020-07-22 Location: Sydney, Australia Additional Information: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=945 Contact: roberto.peron[AT]inaf.it Scientific Event H0.5 - Fundamental Physics in Space - Applications (Geodesy, Metrology, Navigation, and Others) Main Scientific Organizer: Juergen Mueller Deputy Organizer: Roberto Peron Dear colleague, the 43rd Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly will be held on 15 - 22 August 2020, in Sydney, Australia. As scientific organizers of the COSPAR session H0.5 "Applications (Geodesy, Metrology, Navigation, and Others)" and acknowledging your expertise in the related scientific fields, we would like to cordially invite you to submit an abstract for /a solicited talk in/ session H0.5. Event Description: In this Event, we will discuss new sensor measurement and mission concepts that apply advanced techniques for the study of the gravitational field on ground and in space. Terrestrial gravity anomalies will be determined by observing free-falling atoms (quantum gravimetry) instead of using falling corner cubes. This will open the door for a vast bundle of applications such as fast local gravimetric surveys and exploration, and the observation of Earth system processes with high spatial and temporal resolution. This technique can also be applied for future gradiometric measurements in space. Other concepts are approaching a frontier that can be termed as "Relativistic Metrology": the precise measurement of quantities (e.g., length and time) related to spacetime dynamics. Frequency comparisons of highly precise optical clocks connected by optical links give access to differences of the gravity potential (relativistic geodesy). In future, relativistic geodesy with clocks might be applied for defining and realizing height systems in a new way, locally as well as globally. Moreover, accurate clocks help to improve the accuracy of the International Atomic Time standard TAI. They are important for all space geodetic techniques as well as for the realization of reference systems and their connections. One example of increasing importance is positioning and navigation with GNSS for terrestrial and space applications. In addition, laser interferometry between test masses in space with nanometer accuracy - which has been recently implemented in the GRACE-FO mission - belongs to these novel concepts. For the latter, technology developed for gravitational wave detection and successfully tested in the LISA Pathfinder mission is being prepared for geodetic measurements. In the future even more refined concepts (tracking a swarm of satellites) will be implemented. We invite presentations to illustrate the principles and state of the art of these novel techniques and the application of the new methods for terrestrial and satellite geodesy (where local and global mass variations and surface deformations will be observed with unforeseen accuracy and resolution, variations that reflect changes in the Earth system), navigation and fundamental physics. We also welcome papers for further applications and invite contributions covering the theoretical description of the new methods, introducing novel theoretical concepts as well as new modelling schemes. With our best wishes, Prof. Dr. Juergen Mueller Institute of Geodesy, University Hannover Dr. Roberto Peron IAPS-INAF, Roma +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. School on Quantum Photonics: Principles and Applications, Gebze, Turkey --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/27/school-on-quantum-photonics-… Starting: 2020-03-13 to 2020-03-15 Location: Gebze, Turkey Additional Information: http://tbae.tubitak.gov.tr/en/haber/quantum-photonics-principles-and-applic… Contact: tbae.iletisim[AT]tubitak.gov.tr Technologies based on the use of quantum principles continue to play a profound role in deeper understanding of the laws of nature, thus sparking a new wave of scientific and technological advances. The use of previously untapped quantum properties such as superposition and entanglement of individual quantum states provides novel technological resources for secure communication systems, computational paradigms, advanced sensing and metrology. The School will bring together graduate students and early career researchers engaged in the various aspects of quantum science and technology to offer an excellent series of lectures, with a broad scope of topics ranging from scientific fundamentals to the ongoing state of applications. Lecturers * Vahid Karimipour (Sharif University of Technology) * Angelo Bassi (University of Trieste) Topics Covered - Quantum Mechanics and its Foundations - Quantum Superposition - Entanglement - Quantum Nonlocality - Quantum Measurements - Quantum Cryptography - Quantum Teleportation - Quantum Computation Organizers: Hasan Mandal (TUBITAK, President), Alikram Nuhbalaoglu (TUBITAK TBAE) Deadline for Applications: March 3, 2020, 23:59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Spanish Portuguese Relativity Meeting 2020 (EREP2020), Aveiro, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/29/erep2020/ Starting: 2020-09-14 to 2020-09-17 Location: Aveiro, Portugal Additional Information: http://erep2020.web.ua.pt/ Contact: erep2020[AT]ua.pt The Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meetings are annual conferences on General Relativity and Gravitation that date back to 1977. They are organized each year by one of the different groups doing research on Relativity and Gravitation in Portugal and Spain. The 2020 meeting will be hosted by the gravity group at the University of Aveiro. In 2020, we celebrate the outstanding developments of the field, from the observations of gravitational waves and black hole imaging to the theoretical developments in modeling and fundamental issues. The meeting will take place at the University of Aveiro Campus. The city of Aveiro is located on the west coast of Portugal, about 220 km north of Lisbon and 60 km south of Porto. It is known for its system of city canals and it is some times called the "Portuguese Venice". Plenary Speakers: Sonia Anton (University of Aveiro, Portugal), TBC Juan Garcia Bellido (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain) Geoffrey Compere (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) Pedro Cunha (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) Will East (Perimeter Institute, Canada) Jutta Kunz (University of Oldenburg, Germany) Jose Natario (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Luciano Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany) Nico Sanchis-Gual (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Alicia Sintes (Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Spain) Thomas Sotiriou (University of Nottingham, UK), TBC Frederic Vincent (Observatoire de Paris, France) Elizabeth Winstanley (University of Sheffield, UK) Venue: University of Aveiro - Rectory building (plenary lectures and parallel sessions) and Mathematics Department (parallel sessions) Organizing Commitee: C. Herdeiro (Chair), J. Delgado, A. Morais, J. Oliveira, A. Pombo, E. Radu, N. Santos Scientific Commitee: Vitor Cardoso, Jose A. Font, Carlos Herdeiro, Ruth Lazkos, Jose S. Lemos Administrative Support: Cristina Grosso Email Contact: erep2020[AT]ua.pt Important Dates 1st February 2020: Registration Open. 31st May 2020: Deadline for Early-Birds. Deadline for Grants Applications. 17th July 2020: Deadline for Abstract submission. 14th September 2020: Beginning of EREP 2020. 17th September 2020: End of EREP 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. 19th Conference on Recent Developments in Gravity, Athens, Greece (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/30/19th-conference-on-recent-de… Starting: 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-04 Location: Athens, Greece Additional Information: https://indico.physics.auth.gr/e/NEB19 Contact: neb19conference[AT]gmail.com The 19th NEB conference on "Recent Developments in Gravity" will be held in Athens, Greece, from the 1st to the 4th of July 2020. NEB19 is an international conference devoted to all aspects of Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology, which is organized every two years by the Hellenic Society for Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology. A list of previous conferences in the NEB series can be found at http://www.hsrgc.gr/activities.html. The website of the conference is https://indico.physics.auth.gr/e/NEB19 and the registration deadline is March 1st, 2020. NEB19 will focus on recent developments in several areas: gravitational waves, relativistic astrophysics, alternative theories of gravity, mathematical relativity, relativistic cosmology and quantum gravity. The venue of the conference is the conference center of the Eugenides Foundation, near the coastal line of Faliro (located a few km south of the center of Athens). The list of invited plenary speakers includes: E. Berti (Johns Hopkins) E. Gourgoulhon (Meudon) R. Gregory (Durham) M. Dafermos (Cambridge/Princeton) S. Katsanevas (EGO-VIRGO) K. Kokkotas (Tuebingen) E. Plionis (NOA, Athens) D. Psaltis (Arizona) Th. Sotiriou (Nottingham) M. Sakellariadou (King's College) S. Weinfurtner (Nottingham) In addition, there will be a number of invited session speakers (to be announced). We welcome the submission of abstracts for talks in the parallel sessions and for the poster session. We are looking forward to meeting all interested participants in Athens in July! With our best regards, The Organizing Committee Ch. Charmousis (CNRS - University Paris-Saclay) G. Pappas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) E. Saridakis (NTUA, Athens) N. Stergioulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) A. Zoupas (University of Thessaly) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. The Fourth Zeldovich meeting, Minsk, Belarus (3nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/31/the-fourth-zeldovich-meeting… Starting: 2020-04-20 to 2020-04-24 Location: Minsk, Belarus Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/zeldovich4 Contact: zeld4[AT]icranet.org This is the third announcement of the Fourth Zeldovich meeting to be held in Minsk, Belarus, from 20 to 24 of April 2020. The preliminary list of invited speakers includes: Abhay Ashtekar, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Penn State University, USA Rong-Gen Cai, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Jens Chluba, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, UK Alexander Dolgov, Novosibirsk State University and ITEP, Russia Jaan Einasto, Tartu Observatory, Estonia Stefan Gillessen, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany Claus Laemmerzahl, ZARM, Germany Vladimir Lipunov, Moscow State University, Russia Felix Mirabel, CEA Saclay, France Razmik Mirzoyan, Max Planck Institute for Physics, Germany Slava Mukhanov, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Konstantin Postnov, Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University, Russia Piero Rosati, University of Ferrara, Italy Jorge Rueda, ICRANet, Italy Remo Ruffini, ICRANet, Italy Nikolay Shakura, Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University, Russia Dmitry Sokoloff, MSU, Russia (first days) Alexey Starobinsky, Landau institute for theoretical physics, RAS, Russia Registration form: http://dbserver.icra.it:8080/meetings/registration_zeld4.htm Abstract submission form: https://uploader.icranet.org/zeld4/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. Sixth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime, Albena, Bulgaria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/02/01/sixth-international-conferen… Starting: 2020-05-11 to 2020-05-14 Location: Albena, Bulgaria Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2020/ Contact: 2020conference[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org Second Call for Papers So far representatives of 17 countries have submitted abstracts to the sixth spacetime conference in Albena (famous Black Sea resort near Varna), Bulgaria. The Scientific Organizing Committee invites papers from physicists, philosophers of physics and philosophers on any topic related to the nature and ontology of spacetime. As there is no main theme of the sixth spacetime conference a number of special sessions have been suggested by colleagues (http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2020/call.html) - Nature of time - Flow of time; Becoming (continuation of the Special Session on Becoming and the panel discussion at the Second Hermann Minkowski Meeting on the Foundations of Spacetime Physics on Wednesday, May 15, 2019) - Is spacetime a real (physical) four-dimensional entity or a mathematical concept? - Open Questions in Spacetime Physics - The controversy over Relativistic Mass - The problem with the gravitational energy-momentum pseudotensor in general relativity - should we have a closer look at the fact that the mathematical formalism of general relativity does not yield a proper tensor of the gravitational energy-momentum? - What is the difference between matter and geometry in general relativity, semi-classical gravity, and quantum gravity? - Do Black Holes Actually Exist? - Is there a conflict between relativity and quantum mechanics? - Quantum Gravity: Where do we stand? Depending on the number of colleagues participating in a special session, we plan to publish a volume with the talks presented at the session, which will include constructive criticism and the replies of the authors. Contributed papers in the form of extended abstracts of between one and two pages should be emailed to 2020conference[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org by February 28, 2020. Submissions will be reviewed and sending of notification of acceptance will start on February 17, 2020 (for the abstracts submitted by the original deadline January 31, 2020). Scientific Organizing Committee: Dennis Dieks (Utrecht University) Mauro Dorato (University of Rome Three) George F. R. Ellis (University of Cape Town) Robert Geroch (University of Chicago) Eleanor Knox (King's College London) Vesselin Petkov (Minkowski Institute, Montreal) Steven Savitt (University of British Columbia) Anguel Stefanov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) James Owen Weatherall (University of California, Irvine) Christian Wuethrich (University of Geneva) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. PhD and Master's in Physics at Center for Gravitation and Cosmology, Yangzhou, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/02/phd-and-masters-in-physics-a… Deadline: 2020-04-03 Location: Yangzhou, China Additional Information: http://www.cgc-yzu.cn/ Contact: ycong[AT]yzu.edu.cn The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology of Yangzhou University welcomes applications of international students to pursue a Master's degree or PhD degree. The duration of Master's degree is 3 years, while PhD degree takes 4 years (if one already has a Master's degree in the relevant field; otherwise it takes 5-6 years). Interested candidate should have a strong undergraduate background in physics, astronomy or mathematics. The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology (CGC) is a young and vibrant research center founded in 2017 at Yangzhou University. We are a highly diverse center with members (including postdocs) from 9 different countries. Our research area primarily focuses on theories of gravity (with applications to gravitational waves and black holes), holography, and cosmology. CGC is an initiative of the BRICS-Association of Gravity and Cosmology (BRICS-AGAC), with support from the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). CGC also initiates the United Center for Gravitational Wave Physics in China and participates in the international BINGO collaboration on 21cm cosmology. Yangzhou is a scenic city with rich history in the Jiangsu Province of China, primarily known for its former major role in the salt trade. It is the Southern capital of China under Emperor Yang of Sui. It is believed that Marco Polo had served as a governer in Yangzhou around 1282-1287. In 2019, Yangzhou was named as UNESCO's new creative city for gastronomy. Interested candidates should submit the following documents in a SINGLE PDF file to Prof. Yen Chin Ong at ycong[AT]yzu.edu.cn : (1) A full curriculum vitae. (2) A copy of undergraduate certificate (3) A publication list, if any. (4) A brief description of research interests, including future plans, not exceeding 2 pages. In addition, 2-3 recommendation letters should be arranged to be sent to the same E-mail address. A complete application should be received no later than April 3rd, 2020. Successful candidates will be contacted in mid-April. A monthly stipend of at least 3000 RMB will be provided during the course of study (there is no tuition fee). In addition, accommodation will be provided. Courses will be conducted in English, but one is required to study basic Chinese for one semester. Inquiries are welcome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral researcher in neutron star astrophysics, Amsterdam, Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/10/postdoctoral-researcher-in-n… Deadline: 2020-02-28 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://api.uva.nl/shared/uva/en/vacancies/2020/01/20-007-postdoctoral-rese… Contact: A.L.Watts[AT]uva.nl Are you interested in understanding the nature of the densest nuclear matter in the Universe? Or in using relativity to map the surfaces of neutron stars? We welcome applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position to work on neutron star astrophysics with Prof. Anna Watts and her group at the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The successful applicant will join the ERC Consolidator Grant funded project AEONS (Advancing the Equation of state Of Neutron Stars). NASA's NICER X-ray telescope has recently delivered its first measurements of neutron star mass and radius - key probes of the dense matter Equation of State (EOS) - using the new technique of Pulse Profile Modeling (PPM). PPM combines astrophysical modeling, relativistic ray-tracing, and Bayesian inference using high performance computers to deliver not only mass and radius but also a map of the hot emitting regions on the stellar surface. Our group played a major role in this effort, and the AEONS team will continue this work, analyzing new NICER data and carrying out simulations to address the complexities that we have encountered. AEONS also looks ahead to the next generation of large-area X-ray timing telescopes. Missions such as eXTP and STROBE-X are targeting accreting neutron stars for PPM - but these pose challenges such as variability, surface pattern uncertainty, and the need to consider X-ray polarimetry data. AEONS will tackle these issues, and study how to embed PPM in a multi-messenger EOS inference framework with radio and gravitational wave constraints. If you have a background in electromagnetic / gravitational wave neutron star astrophysics, dense matter physics, astrostatistics or computational astrophysics we encourage you to apply. You will join the vibrant high energy astrophysics group at API, and can expect to collaborate with our colleagues in the Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics (GRAPPA) Institute. Two postdoctoral researchers will eventually be hired within the AEONS team, with broad goals of quantifying the robustness of PPM and embedding PPM in the wider multi-messenger and nuclear physics context. There is flexibility in how this works in practice, and applicants with interests in either or both areas are welcome. You will work closely with the PhD students on the team, and will have the opportunity to supervise Bachelor and Masters student research projects. You will also be encouraged to pursue your own research lines (please highlight any synergies of existing projects with AEONS in your application). Applicants should have a PhD related to astrophysics and a track record that is relevant to the goals of the AEONS project. The appointment is for 3 years, to start in Fall 2020 (negotiable). Applications should be submitted electronically via the URL provided (there is an "Apply now" button at the bottom of that page). To apply, please submit a single PDF containing a cover letter, CV, publication list and a brief statement of your research experience, skills and goals. Please highlight anything that is particularly relevant to the AEONS project area. You should also provide names and email addresses for 3 people who can be contacted to provide a letter of reference in the event that your application is shortlisted. The closing date for receipt of applications is February 28, 2020. Included Benefits: The salary, depending on relevant experience before the beginning of the employment contract, will be 2.709 to 4.274 EUR (scale 10) gross per month, based on fulltime (38 hours a week), exclusive 8 % holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus. A favorable tax agreement, the "30% ruling", may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities is applicable. The UvA is an equal-opportunity employer. We prioritise diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We value a spirit of enquiry and perseverance, provide the space to keep asking questions, and promote a culture of curiosity and creativity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Fellowship in cosmology and FRBs, Cape Town, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16850 Deadline: 2020-02-16 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: http://hepcat.group/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Postdoc-2020-NRF-ad-1.pdf Contact: melissa.largier[AT]uct.ac.za The High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Astrophysics Theory (HEPCAT) group in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is offering a SARChI in Physical Cosmology postdoctoral fellowship starting in 2020 with Prof. Amanda Weltman. The position is funded by the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) of the National Research Foundation. The research priorities of this position are on the science of the HIRAX experiment and the MeerKAT telescope, specifically cosmological parameter estimations with BAOs, understanding Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) and the cosmological implications of FRBs and using machine learning in astrophysics. FRB science is gaining increasing attention in the field of cosmology as it aims to synergise observable quantities with multi-wavelength observations in order to exploit them as unique probes of cosmology. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with expertise in one or more of the priority science areas: FRBs, using FRBs/pulsars to probe the interstellar/intergalactic medium, studies of the circumgalactic medium, studies of cosmic baryons and baryonic feedback processes in galaxies. You will use your in-depth subject matter knowledge of radio pulsar and/or FRB astronomy to enable and deliver high-quality scientific publications from the MeerKAT telescope. In addition to the scientific exploitation of the sensitivity and capabilities of the MeerKAT and MeerLICHT telescopes, you will also have the opportunity to leverage other world-class multi-wavelength facilities for FRB science and cosmology. You will have the possibility to collaborate with the HIRAX team and the MeerTRAP team at the University of Manchester and this may involve regular travel between these institutes. Applicants must have a track record of accomplishment and independence in their research. For more information on the activities of the HEPCAT group, see http://hepcat.group/. Our members include Shajid Haque, Julien Larena, Jeff Murugan, Jonathan Shock and Amanda Weltman. There are additional opportunities to perform joint work within other group research areas, including amplitudes in astrophysics, machine learning and theoretical cosmology more broadly. The appointment must comply with the University's approved policies, procedures and practices for the postdoctoral sector, and is subject to the rules and approval of the University of Cape Town and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. The appointment is for two years at the outset, with a possible extension of one year. A PhD in Physics, Applied Mathematics or Astronomy is required. Postdoctoral experience is a bonus, however the candidate needs to be within 5 years from the date of PhD at the start of the position and may not have held a full-time permanent academic or professional post. The value of the fellowship is R230 000, and it is tax-free. Equipment and travel funding are available. Interested candidates should send a CV, a research proposal (2-3 pages), and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to melissa.largier[AT]uct.ac.za by February 16th, 2020. Please use the following format in the subject line : YOURNAME, SARChI postdoc 2020. Applications will be considered from that date until the position is filled. The position is available immediately. Any queries can be sent to Melissa at melissa.largier[AT]uct.ac.za. Eligible and complete applications will be considered by members of the HEPCAT group. The University of Cape Town reserves the right to: - disqualify ineligible, incomplete and/or inappropriate applications - change the conditions of award or to make no awards at all +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral Fellowship in gravity and gravitational waves, Cape Town, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16851 Deadline: 2020-02-16 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: http://hepcat.group/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Postdoc-2020-VC-Fellowship-a… Contact: melissa.largier[AT]uct.ac.za The High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Astrophysics Theory (HEPCAT) group in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is offering a postdoctoral fellowship starting in 2020. The position is funded by the VC2030 Future Leaders award to Prof Amanda Weltman; awarded by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town. The focus of the grant is on theoretical aspects of gravity research, in particular using gravitational waves to constrain theories of gravity. We will consider candidates with a range of interests related to gravity and high energy theory. Applicants should work in one of the following fields: High Energy Theory, Cosmology and Theoretical Astrophysics. Applicants must have a track record of accomplishment and independence in their research. Preference will be given to applicants whose research activities overlap with members of the HEPCAT (http://hepcat.group/) group: Shajid Haque, Julien Larena, Jeff Murugan, Jonathan Shock and Amanda Weltman. There are additional opportunities to perform joint work within other group research areas, including amplitudes in astrophysics, machine learning and theoretical cosmology more broadly. The appointment must comply with the University's approved policies, procedures and practices for the postdoctoral sector, and is subject to the rules and approval of the University of Cape Town. The High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Astrophysics Theory (HEPCAT) group in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is offering a postdoctoral fellowship starting in 2020. The appointment is for two years at the outset, with a possible extension of one year. A PhD in Physics, Applied Mathematics or Astronomy is required. Postdoctoral experience is a bonus, however the candidate needs to be within 5 years from the date of PhD at the start of the position and may not have held a full-time permanent academic or professional post. The value of the fellowship is R230 000, and it is tax-free. Equipment and travel funding are available. Interested candidates should send a CV, a research proposal (2-3 pages), and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to melissa.largier[AT]uct.ac.za by February 16th, 2020. Please use the following format in the subject line : YOURNAME, VC2030 postdoc 2020. Applications will be considered from that date until the position is filled. The position is available immediately. Any queries can be sent to Melissa at melissa.largier[AT]uct.ac.za. Eligible and complete applications will be considered by members of the HEPCAT group. The University of Cape Town reserves the right to: - disqualify ineligible, incomplete and/or inappropriate applications - change the conditions of award or to make no awards at all +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Two postdocs in theoretical cosmology at QMUL, Londom, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/15/2-postdocs-in-theoretical-co… Deadline: 2020-02-28 Location: London, UK Additional Information: https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4971 Contact: t.clifton[AT]qmul.ac.uk The Cosmology and Relativity Group at Queen Mary University of London invites applications for two STFC funded postdoctoral positions in theoretical cosmology. These are: 1. Testing and constraining dark energy and modified gravity with non-linear structures in cosmology. This project will develop new theoretical frameworks for investigating the effects of alternative theories in the non-linear regime of structure formation - with Timothy Clifton (t.clifton[AT]qmul.ac.uk) and Alkistis Pourtsidou(a.pourtsidou[AT]qmul.ac.uk). closing date: 28th February 2020 job refence: QMUL21213 apply here: https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4971 2. Detecting relativistic effects in large scale structure and the bispectrum. This project will develop theoretical tools, predictions and/or N-body simulations preparing the way for the first detection of relativistic effects in large-scale structure - with Chris Clarkson (chris.clarkson[AT]qmul.ac.uk), Phil Bull and Timothy Clifton. closing date: 28th February 2020 job refence: QMUL21204 apply here: https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4985 A PhD degree and relevant research experience are required. The posts are for three years, starting in September 2020 (or other date by agreement). The Cosmology Group is part of the Astronomy Unit at QMUL consisting of 8 permanent staff members (Tessa Baker, Phil Bull, Chris Clarkson, Tim Clifton, Karim Malik, David Mulryne, Alkistis Pourtsidou and Will Sutherland), together with ~7 postdocs and ~10 PhD students, with an active international visitors programme. The vibrant group has diverse research interests spanning large-scale structure and radio cosmology, inflation and the early universe, advanced perturbation theory, and modified gravity. Group members play key roles in many international experiments, including the Square Kilometre Array, Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA), Euclid, and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). The Astronomy Unit has access to excellent local computational facilities, including an HPC cluster with 5000 cores, and a Tier2 GridPP cluster with more than 5PB of storage and 2000 cores. Project 2 will be in close collaboration with researchers in South Africa, at the Centre for Radio Cosmology at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, and successful applicants will have the opportunity to spend significant periods of their fellowship there. We welcome applications from all qualified applicants, but applications are particularly encouraged from traditionally under-represented groups in science. QMUL holds the Athena SWAN Silver award and the School of Physics and Astronomy holds Juno Champion status from the Institute of Physics which shows our commitment to promoting an inclusive working environment. Applications (application form, CV, publication list and research statement) should be submitted via the online application system by the closing date. Applicants should also arrange for up to three reference letters to be sent by email to Jazmina Vaca Ortiz (spa-hr(a)qmul.ac.uk) to arrive by the same date. Please feel free to contact any of the project leaders for further information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. PhD position in Gravitational Wave Science, Leuven/Brussels, Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/16/phd-position-in-gravitationa… Deadline: 2020-03-01 Location: Leuven/Brussels Additional Information: https://fys.kuleuven.be/gwc Contact: thomas.hertog[AT]kuleuven.be The joint Centre for Gravitational Waves at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of KU Leuven and at the University of Brussels (ULB) invites applications for a PhD position in the area of gravitational wave physics. The Centre for Gravitational Waves (https://fys.kuleuven.be/gwc) is an inter-university center of research that stimulates nationwide collaboration on gravitational wave physics and facilitates the Belgian contributions to the development and construction of future gravitational wave observatories. This year the Centre has an opening for a PhD position in the context of its contributions to LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna that will measure gravitational waves in space. Target areas of research concern in particular the theory and modelling of gravitational wave patterns and will be performed in close collaboration with members of the LISA Science Group. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is March 1st, 2020 To apply, interested candidates should submit their application by email to our secretary Anneleen Marcelis (email: anneleen.marcelis[AT]kuleuven.be). The application package should include your CV, your grades from the bachelor and master program, a letter of motivation which includes a brief description of your research interest (maximum one page), and (at least) two letters from professors (one of whom should be your master thesis supervisor) who are willing to support your application. Further information about these positions can be obtained from Prof. T. Hertog (thomas.hertog[AT]kuleuven.be) or Prof. G. Compere (gcompere[AT]ulb.ac.be). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Postdoctoral position in neutron star physics, Warsaw, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/23/postdoctoral-position-in-neu… Deadline: 2020-02-14 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: https://www.camk.edu.pl/en/archiwum/2020/01/10/postdoctoral-position-neutro… Contact: bhaskell[AT]camk.edu.pl Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (CAMK PAN) in Warsaw, Poland, with a preferred, start in the summer or fall of 2020. The successful applicant will collaborate with the group of Dr Brynmor Haskell on numerical implementation of dissipative processes in general relativistic models of neutron stars. The position is available for two years with a possibility to extend of another one and will be funded from a Polish National Science Centre OPUS research grant (2019/33/B/ST9/00942). Funding for travel and research equipment will also be provided. CAMK is one of the leading astronomical institutes in Poland and current research at the institute encompasses a broad range of both observational and theoretical subjects in modern astrophysics. CAMK scientists participate in many international projects, e.g. H.E.S.S., CTA, Fermi, Herschel, Virgo, LIGO, SALT, Gaia-ESO, ATHENA. Candidates are required to have completed a PhD in astronomy, physics or a related discipline before the start date and no earlier than in 2014. Applicants should have a strong background in general relativity, computational physics or astrophysics. Experience with numerical relativity simulations will be an advantage but are not essential. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Brynmor Haskell (bhaskel[AT]camk.edu.pl) to discuss the project further. Applications (in pdf format) can be sent to recruitment[AT]camk.edu.pl and should include a copy of the applicant's PhD diploma, a curriculum vitae with a list of publications and a brief statement of research interests and plans (2 pages). Applicants should also arrange for at least two letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address, and send a scan of signed GDPD form (available from https://www.camk.edu.pl/media/uploads_current/o_instytucie/rodo/ncn/ rodo_deklaracja_ncn_ang.pdf). For full consideration applications should be received by February 14th, 2020. The review of applications will begin soon after this date and continue until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. PhD position in Loop Quantum Gravity, London, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16903 Deadline: 2020-11-24 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Additional Information: https://forms.gle/rRuPeisWSCFQUT2F9 Contact: fvidotto[AT]uwo.ca We invite applications for a PhD position in the new research group led by Francesca Vidotto at the Department of Applied Mathematics of the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada (www.uwo.ca/apmaths) The duration of the PhD degree is of 4 years and students are usually expected to work as teaching assistant for two courses during the academic year. The successful candidate will be fully involved in the research life of the group, in particular in connection to the development of new computational tools for Loop Quantum Gravity. The research in the group will include: - analytical and numerical aspects of spinfoam amplitudes, in particular applied to cosmology and black holes, - quantum gravity phenomenology, in particular astrophysical and cosmological signatures of black/white holes and remnants, - conceptual aspects in the physics of space-time, in particular those connected to singularity resolution and spacetime emergence, - foundations of physics, focusing on relational aspects across relativity and quantum theory. The research at Western is fostered by a highly interdisciplinary environment. The group participates in the activities of the Rotman Institute for Philosophy of Science and benefits of close interactions with the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, located at just 1 hour distance by car. The campus of Western University provides a stimulating and welcoming environment. We particularly encourage applications from those individuals who can enrich the intellectual and human diversity of our working environment, and we commit to make an active effort towards this goal. *How to Apply* The review of the applications starts on February 24th and will continue until the position is filled. Informal inquires about possible additional openings are welcome at any time of year. In order to complete your application, please fill the form at https://forms.gle/rRuPeisWSCFQUT2F9 and send the following documents combined in a single pdf file to fvidotto[AT]uwo.ca, formatting the subject as "PhD Application - YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME": 1. Cover Letter, highlighting your motivations and aspirations 2. Curriculum Vitae, highlighting research experiences if any 3. A transcript of records of university courses and grades +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Ph.D. Position in Theoretical Astrophysics at Perimeter Institute and the University of Guelph, Waterloo, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/24/ph-d-position-in-theoretical… Deadline: 2020-02-01 Location: Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/ Contact: dsiegel[AT]pitp.ca Applications are invited for one or more PhD positions in gravitational-wave and multi-messenger astrophysics at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the University of Guelph, to start Fall 2020 or earlier. Successful applicants will work with Assistant Professor Daniel Siegel on numerical simulations of compact binary mergers and associated electromagnetic counterparts. One position will be linked to the Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute (Arthur B. McDonald Institute) and explore the interface of neutron star mergers and neutrino physics. Successful applicants will benefit from Perimeter's thriving international and multi-disciplinary research community with ample opportunity to collaborate within and across fields. They will be embedded in a unique combination of Perimeter's strong gravity community, the newly established Gravitational Waves Initiative, as well as the Astrophysics and Gravitation Group at the University of Guelph. More information on PhD opportunities at Perimeter can be found here (https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/training) Evaluation criteria for the positions include academic record, prior research experience relevant to the position as well as commitment to fostering an inclusive research environment. Candidates from underrepresented groups in theoretical astrophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will receive their degree from the University of Guelph, one of Perimeter's partnering universities. Interested candidates must typically hold a MSc degree in Physics and need to apply through the Guelph-Waterloo graduate program, the largest physics and astronomy graduate program in Canada: https://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/graduate-studies/prospective-graduate-stude…. In addition, interested candidates should submit a CV and cover letter to dsiegel[AT]pitp.ca summarizing the candidate's motivation for this PhD position as well as prior research experience relating to gravitational-wave and multi-messenger astrophysics. Candidates should also comment on their numerical and computational skills. Deadline for applications is February 1st, 2020. Late submissions may be considered until the positions are filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Postdoctoral position in approaches to modified gravity, Nottingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16915 Deadline: 2020-02-24 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI507019 Contact: Thomas.Sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Are you interested in approaches to modified gravity and dark energy? If so, we invite you to apply for the above two year STFC funded post to begin in October 2020. If your research interests are in one or more of the following areas we particularly encourage you to apply: addressing the cosmological constant problem and well tempered cosmologies, dark energy in the laboratory, such as with atom interferometry experiments, searches for light scalar fields such as the chameleon, symmetron and axion fields in cosmology and in the laboratory, and establishing a framework for performing non-linear simulations in alternative theories of gravity. If successful, you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse set of researchers in the particle cosmology, quantum gravity and astronomy groups in Nottingham. You will need to have a PhD (or close to obtaining a PhD) in physics or mathematics related to the subject. This post will be offered on a full time, fixed term contract for a period of 2 years. Job share arrangements may be considered. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Ed Copeland, tel: 0115 9515164: Or email: ed.copeland[AT]nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. Our University has always been a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs - indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe. For more information on the support we offer our international colleagues, visit; https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/applyingfromoverseas/index2.aspx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. MSc in Astrophysics and Relativity at Dublin City University, Ireland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16945 Deadline: 2020-07-17 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: https://www.dcu.ie/courses/postgraduate/maths/msc-astrophysics-and-relativi… Contact: brien.nolan[AT]dcu.ie Applications are invited for a new MSc degree in Astrophysics and Relativity at Dublin City University. This course runs on a full-time (12 months) and part-time (24 months) basis. Students on the course combine the advanced study of astrophysics (including galactic astrophysics and high energy astrophysics) and general relativity (including black holes, gravitational waves and relativistic cosmology) with the development of a variety of computational and data analysis skills that are both relevant to the core topics of the programme and highly sought-after in a wide range of industries. Students will also undertake a project under the individual supervision of academic members of the programme team. The course is jointly run by the DCU School of Mathematical Sciences and the DCU School of Physical Sciences and is led by researchers from the Centre for Astrophysics and Relativity (CfAR). For more details, including information on the application process, fees and course requirements, see the link above. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. PhD position in quantum cosmology and quantum gravity, Sheffield, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16949 Deadline: 2020-02-23 Location: Sheffield, UK Additional Information: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/maths/prospectivepg/phd/projects Contact: s.c.gielen[AT]sheffield.ac.uk One of the most important questions in fundamental science concerns the beginning of the Universe. In classical general relativity, this beginning is described by the Big Bang singularity, but we expect this picture to be different in quantum gravity. Quantum gravity could indeed influence the initial conditions for the Universe and thus our understanding of fundamental cosmology. In studying the impact of quantum gravity on cosmology, one often studies symmetry-reduced models in which the Universe is exactly homogeneous and isotropic, with small linear perturbations added on top. It is often not clear whether this is a valid approximation to the full dynamics, which is complicated and nonlinear. In this project we want to assess the impact of nonlinearities in quantum cosmology and quantum gravity on the effective description on large scales. The approximation of a homogeneous universe should fundamentally arise from an averaging over the physics at smaller scales. This becomes particularly pertinent in discrete approaches to quantum gravity in which a macroscopic universe arises from a large number of "spacetime quanta". We will extend the linearised perturbation theory which has been well-studied in quantum cosmology to nonlinear order, and use coarse graining techniques in quantum gravity and quantum cosmology to define a notion of quantum averaging for the cosmological setting. The latter will require developing numerical tools together with some analytical work. We will work within the group field theory approach to quantum gravity and neighbouring fields, such as loop quantum gravity and loop quantum cosmology. The PhD position is fully funded for 3.5 years including tuition fees and stipend at the Research Council rate (which is GBP 15k in 2019/20). The studentship can cover a UK or EU student. Informal enquiries regarding the project and any of its practical aspects are encouraged. If you are interested, please contact the proposed supervisor, Dr Steffen Gielen. Full applications can only be sent to the University of Sheffield, not directly per email. Applications received by 23rd Feb 2020 will receive full consideration. The preferred start date would be September/October 2020 but this is negotiable. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Invitation to host Texas��Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics in 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16830 Additional Information: http://texas2019.org At the recent 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics held in Portsmouth, UK, it was announced that the 31st Texas Symposium will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, 13-17 December 2021. The International Organizing Committee now invites proposals to host the 32nd Texas Symposium in 2023. The IOC is particularly interested to receive proposals to host the meeting in Asia or North America, but potential organisers from any country may apply. Proposals should include details of the proposed dates, likely venue for the meeting and a preliminary budget. For further information please contact Marco.Bruni[AT]port.ac.uk or David.Wands[AT]port.ac.uk who are happy to provide guidance as organisers of the most recent meeting in Portsmouth. For full consideration proposals should be sent to david.wands[AT]port.ac.uk by 15th March 2020. On behalf of the International Organizing Committee ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. GRG welcomes new Editor-in-Chief Mairi Sakellariadou ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/10/grg-welcomes-new-editor-in-c… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/journal/10714/updates/17482428 With great pleasure, we would like to announce that Mairi Sakellariadou has accepted our invitation to succeed Roy Maartens as new Editor-in-Chief of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation. Mairi Sakellariadou has been a Professor of Theoretical Physics at King's College London since 2011. She is an excellent researcher with a broad background in theoretical physics and cosmology, with emphasis on the physics of the early universe. Her research stands at the interface between cosmology, theoretical particle physics and gravitational theories. As a member of various scientific collaborations (e.g., LIGO, LISA, EUCLID, SKA), with her position as Chair of the Gravitational Physics Division of the EPS, and her publishing experience at Helvetica Physica Acta and Europhysics Letters, she is highly-qualified for the job as the journal's Editor-in-Chief. Together will Pablo Laguna from Georgia Institute of Technology, Mairi Sakellariadou will lead the journal into its 50th anniversary year! We are glad to have two lead editors representing both the American and European research communities, and for the first time, a female Editor-in-Chief of the GRG journal! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. GRG Golden Oldies by Ehlers and Schroedinger ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/13/grg-golden-oldies-by-ehlers-… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-golden-oldies The Golden Oldies series of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation reprints important papers in general relativity theory that were published 30 or more years ago and are either hard to get hold of, or were originally printed in a language other than English. Two new articles have been republished in December 2019: Ehlers, J. Republication of: On the Newtonian limit of Einstein's theory of gravitation. Gen Relativ Gravit 51, 163 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2624-0 (Commemorating the 90th birthday of Juergen Ehlers.) An editorial note by Thomas Buchert and Thomas Maedler is freely available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2623-1 Schroedinger, E. Republication of: Dirac electron in the gravitational field I. Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 4 (2020) doi:10.1007/s10714-019-2626-y An editorial note by Bernard S. Kay is freely available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2625-z ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. SageMath 9.0 is out ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/14/sagemath-9-0-is-out/ Additional Information: https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/ SageMath 9.0 has just been released. It is a major new version, the first one based on Python 3. Binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows, as well as Docker images, are available at https://www.sagemath.org/download.html. It is also available online at https://sagecell.sagemath.org/ and https://cocalc.com. Regarding calculus on manifolds, SageMath 9.0 has important new features: - vector bundles (brand new!) - characteristic classes - more flexibility in constructing vector frames - possibility to specify multiple symmetries and contractions in index notation - more control on the numerical ODE solver for geodesics - various small improvements and bug fixes See https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/changelog.html for details. SageMath is a Python-based free computer algebra system, with some differential geometry and tensor calculus capabilities implemented via the SageManifolds project (https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/) See https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/examples.html for examples of use, in particular in the context of general relativity. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. Passing of Frank Estabrook ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/21/passing-of-frank-estabrook/ Additional Information: With deep sadness we report the passing of our friend and colleague Frank B. Estabrook on October 16, 2019. Frank was born in Boise, Idaho in 1922. He received a Ph. D. from Caltech in 1950. He came to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1960, following appointments as a professor at Miami University and as a physicist for North American Aviation and the US Army Office of Ordinance Research. Frank brought to JPL a deep understanding of, and a love for, Einstein's general relativity theory. In the mid to late 1960s, when few thought relativity relevant to anything practical, he understood that rapidly advancing technology would make relativity's effects observable in JPL spacecraft tracking and in planetary orbits, and he played a lead role in inspiring his JPL colleagues to incorporate relativity into their work. At JPL Frank achieved an international reputation for his own work in general relativity, differential geometry, soliton theory, and gravitational waves. With Hugo Wahlquist he reformulated Einstein's general relativity equations into a "dyadic" form that is closely tied to physical measurements, and used this reformulation to gain new insights into Einstein's theory. For the Caltech relativity group led by Kip Thorne, he was a valuable source of mathematical inspiration and advice from the 1960s to the 2000s. On a more practical side, with Hugo Wahlquist he derived the exact response of spacecraft Doppler tracking (electromagnetically-tracked separated test masses) to gravitational waves and thus how Doppler tracking could be used as a detector in the low-frequency band. The Estabrook-Wahlquist response function is also central to the analysis of very-low-frequency pulsar-timing gravitational wave searches, and it is a foundation for deducing the response of the ultra-sensitive LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) detector to gravitational waves. Frank was co-inventor of "time delay interferometry", a crucial enabling technology for LISA. Frank's theoretical work on detector response, and his analysis of noise and sensitivity, provided the scientific impetus for technical improvements in NASA's Deep Space Network, leading to ~1000-fold improvement in Doppler tracking sensitivity between 1980-2000. He was a member of the Galileo radio science team (Principal Investigator for its gravitational wave experiment) and a member of the LISA Mission Definition Team. He lectured in general relativity and applied mathematics at Caltech, served on several NASA advisory committees, and was on the editorial board of the Journal of Mathematical Physics. Frank had extensive scientific interests. In addition to his general relativity and mathematical physics work he was, for example, the first to propose deep sea drilling into the earth's mantle. He was generous with his time and ideas. On a personal note, he was a man of broad classical culture and a lover of music, especially opera. A quick wit and elegant spirit, he was beloved by his friends and colleagues. /s/ J. W. Armstrong, J. Kendall, M. Tinto, M. Vallisneri, R. Woo, K. Thorne Further information on Frank's life and work can be found in: - https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Estabrook_F [Caltech oral history project (2007); Frank in his own words] - Estabrook, F.B. "Geophysical Research Shaft" Science, 124, 686 (1956) [proposed deep sea drilling] - https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.124.3224.686 - Estabrook, F. B. and Wahlquist, H. D. "Dyadic Analysis of Space-Time Congruences", J. Mathematical Physics, 5, 1629 (1964) [Estabrook-Wahlquist reformulation of Einstein's general relativity equations] - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1931200 - Estabrook, F. B. and Wahlquist, H. D. "Response of Doppler Spacecraft Tracking to Gravitational Radiation," General Relativity and Gravitation 6, 439-447 (1975) [Estabrook-Wahlquist response function for electromagnetically-tracked test masses] - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00762449 - Estabrook, F. B., Tinto, Massimo, and Armstrong, J. W. "Time-Delay Analysis of LISA Gravitational Wave Data: Elimination of Spacecraft Motion Effects", Phys. Rev. D, 62, 042002 (2000) [LISA time delay interferometry, including some practical instrumental effects] - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.042002 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6. Call for papers on relativistic mass ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2020/01/28/call-for-papers-on-relativis… Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/relmass-cfp.html Dear Colleagues, I hope you would agree that the present status of relativistic mass in spacetime physics should not be silently tolerated. On the one hand, the physics community is divided - some firmly reject the concept of relativistic mass (e.g., in papers entitled "The Virus of Relativistic Mass in the Year of Physics"), whereas others continue to regard it as an integral part of spacetime physics including in books published last year. On the other hand, both mass and relativistic mass appear to be equally supported by the experimental evidence - since mass is defined as the measure of the resistance a particle offers to its acceleration (which is the accepted definition based on the experimental evidence) and since it is also an experimental fact that a particle's resistance to its acceleration increases indefinitely (in a given reference frame) as the particle's velocity approaches the speed of light (in the same reference frame), it follows that the particle's mass increases when its velocity increases. Therefore the concept of relativistic mass (like the concept of mass) reflects an experimental fact. If you are interested in contributing to a volume on relativistic mass, please reply to this Call and also indicate if you would like to serve as an editor or co-editor of the volume. To try to reach a common understanding of relativistic mass, it was suggested by colleagues to include a special session on relativistic mass in the program of the Sixth Spacetime Conference (see Call for Papers): http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2020/ Best regards, Vesselin Petkov Minkowski Institute vpetkov[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. The Quantum and the Cosmos, Trieste, Italy 1.2. Teleparallel Gravity Workshop, Tartu, Estonia 1.3. Dynamical Aspects of Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry, Braga, Portugal 1.4. Bayesian Deep Learning for Cosmology and Gravitational waves, Paris, France 1.5. Announcing the first LISA Sprint, New York City, USA 1.6. Frontiers in Numerical Relativity 2020 (FNR 2020), Jena, Germany 1.7. First Latin American Conference on Astrophysics and Relativity, Bogota, Colombia 1.8. 19th Conference on Recent Developments in Gravity, Athens, Greece 2. Jobs 2.1. Heinrich Hertz Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Physics, Bonn, Germany 2.2. Postdoc opportunity in quantum gravity at CP3-Origins, Odense, Denmark 2.3. IGFAE Global Talent 2020, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2.4. PhD studentships in Cosmology, Newcastle, UK 2.5. Two 3-year postdoctoral positions in Qubits and Spacetime Unit, Okinawa, Japan 2.6. Tenure-Track Position in Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia 2.7. 2-year postdoc position in quantum gravity, Marseille, France 2.8. Postdoctoral positions in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK 2.9. Research Fellow in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at University of Portsmouth, UK 2.10. PhD positions - The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2.11. PhD position in Theoretical Astrophysics - University of Potsdam, Germany 2.12. Professorship (W1, tenure track) in Theoretical Gravitational-Wave Physics, Frankfurt, Germany 2.13. Postdoctoral position "Gravitation and Physics of the Cosmos", Bilbao, Spain 3. News 3.1. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles 3.2. Deadline 1 Feb 2020: 2020 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize 3.3. Call for suggestions to republish valuable books 3.4. 2020 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. The Quantum and the Cosmos, Trieste, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16685 Starting: 2020-03-23 to 2020-03-26 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: http://www.qtspace.eu/?q=quantum-cosmos Contact: matteo.carlesso[AT]ts.infn.it Within the framework of QTSpace, the workshop will bring together experts in quantum mechanics, cosmology and quantum gravity, to discuss questions like: Does gravity need to be quantum? What are possible routes to quantum gravity? What are possible quantum effects in cosmology? Does quantum gravity eliminate space-time singularities like a big bang? Is space-time relational? Can alternatives to quantum mechanics be tested by cosmological observations? Registration open till January 31st, 2020. The workshop will take place at: Savoia Excelsior Palace, Riva del Mandracchio 4, Trieste. Program committee: Angelo Bassi (UniTs- INFN), Ward Struyve (KU Leuven). Local organizers: Matteo Carlesso (UniTs - INFN) Luca Ferialdi (UniTs - INFN). Confirmed speakers (to be completed): Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (University of Naples, Italy) Julian Barbour (University of Oxford, UK) Sougato Bose (University College London, UK) Caslav Brukner (University Vienna and IQOQI Vienna, Austria) Thibaut Demaerel (KU Leuven, Belgium) Lajos Diosi (Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary) Domenico Giulini (University of Hannover, Germany) Henrique Gomes (University of Cambridge, UK) Adrian Kent (DAMPT, Cambridge, UK) Claus Kiefer (Institute for Theoretical Physics Cologne, Germany) Tim Koslowski (University Wuerzburg, Germany) - TBC Jean-Luc Lehners (Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany) Stefano Liberati (SISSA Trieste, Italy) Christian Maes (KU Leuven, Belgium) TBC Jerome Martin (Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, France) Flavio Mercati (Universita di Napoli, Italy) Daniele Oriti (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Potsdam, Germany) Mauro Paternostro (Queen's University Belfast, UK) Roger Penrose (Oxford University, UK) Alejandro Perez (CPT Marseille, France) Patrick Peter (IAP Paris, France) Antoine Tilloy (Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany) Hendrik Ulbricht (University Southampton, UK) Nino Zanghi' (University of Genova, Italy) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Teleparallel Gravity Workshop, Tartu, Estonia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/04/teleparallel-gravity-worksho… Starting: 2020-06-15 to 2020-06-19 Location: Tartu, Estonia Additional Information: http://hexagon.fi.tartu.ee/~telegrav2020/ Contact: geomgrav[AT]ut.ee Teleparallel Gravity Workshop in Tartu, Telegrav 2020, is a continuation of Teleparallel Gravity Workshop 2018 and the series of conferences Geometric Foundations of Gravity organized in 2017 and 2019. This time the workshop will take place June 15-19, 2020 at the University of Tartu in Estonia. The main focus of the workshop is teleparallel gravity and its extensions with a wide range of topics from the fundamental aspects to applications in cosmology. The participation at the conference is free for all participants, but we do not provide any financial assistance. The workshop is organized by the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, University of Tartu. Organising Committee Sebastian Bahamonde Manuel Hohmann Laur Jaerv Tomi Koivisto Martin Krssak Christian Pfeifer Margus Saal +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Dynamical Aspects of Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry, Braga, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16715 Starting: 2020-03-02 to 2020-03-06 Location: Braga, Portugal Additional Information: https://cmup.fc.up.pt/Pseudo-Riemannian-Geometry/ Contact: daprg2020[AT]math.uminho.pt This conference will focus on recent progress in Pseudo-Riemannian geometry, in particular, in Lorentzian geometry. One of the main goals of this meeting is to bring together geometers and specialists in dynamical systems while promoting the exchange of ideas and exploring the natural intervention and interaction of dynamical systems in questions of Pseudo-Riemannian geometry. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Bayesian Deep Learning for Cosmology and Gravitational waves, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16731 Starting: 2020-03-04 to 2020-03-06 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://indico.in2p3.fr/e/bayesdeep-cosmogw2020 Contact: secretariat_pccp[AT]apc.in2p3.fr We are pleased to announce a workshop on *Bayesian Deep Learning for Cosmology and Gravitational waves* which will be held on March 4-6 2020 at Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Universite' de Paris, France. Machine learning attracts a lot of interest in the fields of cosmology and gravitational-wave astronomy and may potentially lead to major breakthroughs. Its adoption by the scientific community is increasing dramatically but it does not yet belong to the toolbox of "off-the-shelf" algorithms. One of the reasons is that built-in uncertainty estimation, which is core to the evaluation of any scientific measurement and analysis, is not yet common in machine learning models. Such limitation is on the verge to be overcome by the emergence of probabilistic machine learning models and algorithms. Among them, recent models called Bayesian neural networks, which combine machine learning and Bayesian statistics, use new (deep) neural networks architectures to enable Bayesian inference, and have received a great attention from the artificial intelligence community over the past few years. This workshop will give the participants the opportunity to learn more about these emerging methods and how to use and exploit them in their research. The workshop program includes invited lectures and tutorials from major computer science experts and contributed talk and poster sessions aimed at sharing experience between physicists on the practical applications of machine learning. Registrations are opened. The deadline for submitting abstracts is *Feb 2nd 2020*. More information is available on the workshop website at https://indico.in2p3.fr/e/bayesdeep-cosmogw2020 This workshop is part of the Paris Centre for Cosmological Physics Workshop Series. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Announcing the first LISA Sprint, New York City, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16738 Starting: 2020-03-04 to 2020-03-06 Location: Additional Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1J7o6ywzBE2nWC5ovJlONUrbY7a8xPYb-BX8Ilyyc8b… Contact: kchatziioannou[AT]flatironinstitute.org The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is an ESA-led mission to observe gravitational waves in the mHz band. To prepare for LISA observations and its unique data products, we are organizing a meeting at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York, from Wednesday March 4 to Friday March 6, 2020. The meeting will be modeled after the successful Gaia Sprints following Gaia data releases and its goal will be two-fold: The first goal is to connect LISA data scientists with astronomers and astrophysicists who will incorporate LISA data products into their own research. The second is to advance the broader research community's readiness to capitalize on LISA observations. The themes of this first meeting are Galactic Astronomy and Cosmology. LISA, among other things, will probe Milky Way structure and binary astrophysics by surveying electromagnetically faint ultra compact binaries, and track the growth and properties of supermassive black holes out to large redshifts. During the workshop small interdisciplinary teams of researchers will come together and make concrete progress on concise projects and goals related to these scientific topics. A number of project ideas and mock data and/or data products will be produced and provided by the organizers in collaboration with experts in the field. Additionally, participants are encouraged to propose ideas and contribute further material that adheres to the workshop's format. This will be a hands-on workshop: there will be no talks--only brief project "pitches" at the beginning of the workshop, and "show and tell" at the close of the meeting to share progress with the group. Interested parties can apply using the link provided; the application includes a short (one paragraph) description of a potential project and/or goal of the applicant related to the workshop topics. Due to limited space (~30 participants), applications will be accepted until January 15, 2020 and participants will be notified soon after. Partial travel support will be provided. Katerina Chatziioannou Will Farr Tyson Littenberg +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Frontiers in Numerical Relativity 2020 (FNR 2020), Jena, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/23/frontiers-in-numerical-relat… Starting: 2020-08-10 to 2020-08-14 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: https://indico.tpi.uni-jena.de/event/101 Contact: katrin.kanter[AT]uni-jena.de In the history of numerical (or computational) general relativity, the "Frontiers" meeting in 1988 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA), played a pivotal role in establishing numerical relativity as a major topic in computational physics and simulation science. The "New Frontiers" meeting in 2006 at the AEI Potsdam convened after major breakthroughs in numerical simulations of binary systems. The goal of "Frontiers 2020" is to assess the state-of-the-art and point out future directions of numerical relativity in light of the breakthroughs in observations of gravitational waves and astrophysical counterparts. Main topics: o Mathematical foundations o Numerical methods for the Einstein equations o High performance computing o Astrophysics (binary mergers, gravitational waves, counterparts) o Beyond current astrophysics and general relativity Dates and Location: August 10 to 14, 2020 University of Jena (Germany) Scientific Organizing Committee: S. Bernuzzi, B. Bruegmann (chair), M. Campanelli, C. Gundlach, L. Lehner, H. Pfeiffer, L. Rezzolla, M. Shibata +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. First Latin American Conference on Astrophysics and Relativity, Bogota, Colombia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16804 Starting: 2020-07-06 to 2020-07-09 Location: Bogota, Colombia Additional Information: https://lacar.webflow.io Contact: alejandro.cardenasa[AT]konradlorenz.edu.co The spirit of this conference is to offer a connection between the community that works in General relativity and the astrophysics community of high energies and compact objects, and at the same time to (re)establish connections with the scientific community of Latin American physicists and astrophysicists among them and with the rest of the international community. Monday, July 6th, will feature a school with four review lectures given by some of the invited speakers providing background into the key topics covered by the conference. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. 19th Conference on Recent Developments in Gravity, Athens, Greece --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/31/19th-conference-on-recent-de… Starting: 2020-07-01 to 2004-07-04 Location: Athens, Greece Additional Information: https://indico.physics.auth.gr/e/NEB19 Contact: neb19conference[AT]gmail.com The 19th NEB conference on "Recent Developments in Gravity" will be held in Athens, Greece, from the 1st to the 4th of July 2020. NEB19 is an international conference devoted to all aspects of Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology, which is organized every two years by the Hellenic Society for Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology. A list of previous conferences in the NEB series can be found at http://www.hsrgc.gr/activities.html. The website of the conference is https://indico.physics.auth.gr/e/NEB19 and the registration deadline is March 1st, 2020. NEB19 will focus on recent developments in several areas: gravitational waves, relativistic astrophysics, alternative theories of gravity, mathematical relativity, relativistic cosmology and quantum gravity. The venue of the conference is the conference center of the Eugenides Foundation, near the coastal line of Faliro (located a few km south of the center of Athens). The list of invited plenary speakers includes: E. Berti (Johns Hopkins) E. Gourgoulhon (Meudon) R. Gregory (Cambridge) M. Dafermos (Cambridge/Princeton) S. Katsanevas (EGO-VIRGO) K. Kokkotas (Tuebingen) E. Plionis (NOA, Athens) D. Psaltis (Arizona) Th. Sotiriou (Nottingham) M. Sakellariadou (King's College) S. Weinfurtner (Nottingham) * * (to be confirmed) In addition, there will be a number of invited session speakers (to be announced). We welcome submission of abstracts for talks in the parallel sessions and for the poster session. We are looking forward to meeting all interested participants in Athens in July! With our best regards, The Organizing Committee Ch. Charmousis (CNRS - University Paris-Saclay) G. Pappas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) E. Saridakis (NTUA, Athens) N. Stergioulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) A. Zoupas (University of Thessaly) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Heinrich Hertz Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Physics, Bonn, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16667 Deadline: 2020-01-05 Location: Bonn, Germany Additional Information: https://www.history-and-philosophy-of-physics.com/heinrich-hertz-fellowship… Contact: dennis.lehmkuhl[AT]uni-bonn.de The Heinrich Hertz Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Physics is designed to allow graduate students and early-career scholars to spend 3 months, 6 months or an entire academic year (9 months) at the University of Bonn to work on any topic in the history and philosophy of physics. They have no formal duties apart from following their own research agenda and interacting with the other historians and philosophers of physics in Bonn. Hertz fellows are provided with: 1. A (possibly shared) office in the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Bonn. 2. Reimbursement of all travel and visa costs to come to Bonn. 3. A monthly stipend of 2500 Euros to cover accommodation and maintenance during the stay in Bonn. Stipends are not generally taxable in Germany. Fellows have to show that they have sufficient (travel) health insurance for their stay in Bonn. 4. Reimbursements of some conference travel and similar expenses during the stay in Bonn. Starting times of the fellowships are flexible. However, the default would be to start on the 1st of October (beginning of the Winter Semester) or the 1st of April (beginning of the summer semester). If you are interested in a Hertz fellowship, please send your complete application documents by 5 January 2020 to office.lehmkuhl[AT]uni-bonn.de. Before sending your application, please combine and convert all of your documents into one PDF file. A complete application will consist of a.) a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample of no more than 10.000 words; and b.) three letters of reference which must be sent by the letter writers or the placement service directly to the above address. In your cover letter, please state the preliminary dates during which you would like to come to Bonn, what kind of research project you intend to pursue during your time here, and why pursuing this project in Bonn would be particularly useful to you. If you have questions, please contact Prof. Lehmkuhl (dennis.lehmkuhl[AT]uni-bonn.de). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc opportunity in quantum gravity at CP3-Origins, Odense, Denmark ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16668 Deadline: 2019-12-11 Location: Odense, Denmark Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15625 Contact: eichhorn[AT]cp3.sdu.dk We expect an opening according to funding availability in quantum gravity at the Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics Phenomenology (CP3-Origins) at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. The prospective candidate will work in the research team of Astrid Eichhorn, which focuses on aspects of quantum gravity, including asymptotically safe gravity, matrix and tensor models, causal sets, the interplay of quantum gravity with matter and black-hole spacetimes. CP3-Origins is a centre of excellence established by the Danish National Research Foundation, dedicated to understanding fundamental interactions, including quantum gravity, as well as the origins of bright and dark matter in our universe, and the mathematical underpinning of gauge theories of fundamental interactions. At the moment it contains 11 faculty and several postdocs and PhD students in these areas. There is an active international visitor program, together with international workshops, conferences and schools that contribute to a stimulating research environment. The appointment will be for a term of two years or longer, depending on the candidate's background, at a very competitive salary and is expected to start in 2020 (the starting date is flexible). We are happy to receive your expressions of interest all year long. However, full consideration will be given to enquiries received before the 11th of December 2019. To submit your expression of interest, go to Academic Jobs Online. For further information please contact Astrid Eichhorn at eichhorn[AT]cp3.sdu.dk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. IGFAE Global Talent 2020, Santiago de Compostela, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/05/igfae-global-talent-2020/ Deadline: 2019-12-20 Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15498 Contact: jobs[AT]gfae.usc.es The Galician Institute of High Energy Physics, IGFAE, at the University of Santiago de Compostela, invites applications for research associate positions within its Global Talent 2020 Program. The IGFAE Global Program aims to recruit outstanding postdoctoral researchers capable of preparing and leading an ambitious research project within the Institute. Several positions are available in an extensive search that includes High-Energy Experimental Physics, Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology (including gravitational wave research), Nuclear Physics and Theoretical Physics including phenomenology and more formal aspects as well as Quantum Information and Computing. Opening new lines of research, complementing those already existing at the Institute, is encouraged. The positions are for a maximum of three years with additional funds for research and the possibility to supervise PhD students and postdocs. IGFAE will encourage and assist successful candidates to apply to ERC and Ramon y Cajal programs. Permanent positions will be available for successful ERC applicants through the (external) Oportunius program. Non-tenure assistant professor level positions will be available for a limited number of successful applicants. Review of the applications will start on December 20th, 2019, but later applications will be considered until the positions are filled. Applications should be submitted through Academic Jobs Online (see link). IGFAE is a Maria de Maetzu Excellence Unit. The current research programmes at the Institute can be found on its website http://igfae.usc.es IGFAE is an equal opportunity employer. IGFAE is committed to increasing the diversity of its personnel and particularly welcomes applications from qualified women, minorities and persons with disabilities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. PhD studentships in Cosmology, Newcastle, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16698 Deadline: 2020-01-31 Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Additional Information: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/sources/allstudents/msp022.html Contact: c.uhlemann(a)damtp.cam.ac.uk Dear all, The Cosmology and Quantum Gravity group at Newcastle University (UK) is pleased to advertise 3 funded PhD studentships in cosmology to begin in autumn 2020. Positions are available in the following areas of study. 1. The cosmic large-scale structure: The cosmic large-scale structure is the skeleton of matter on the largest scales in the Universe. Galaxies trace this large-scale skeleton of dark matter and form in large gravitationally bound dark matter structures. With major upcoming galaxy surveys like Euclid and LSST, we will be able to track the growth of structure through time across large volumes. This will provide a cosmic laboratory for testing cosmology, fundamental physics and astrophysics with the large-scale structure. To extract the maximum amount of information from galaxy surveys, we need a) accurate models for the gravitational dynamics of the dominant dark matter component, and b) powerful statistics that capture key aspects of gravitational clustering. This PhD project will tackle these two intertwined challenges. First, we will use novel techniques to describe gravitational dark matter dynamics, for example using the quantum-classical correspondence. The goal is to develop new analytical and computational tools to solve for the time-evolution of dark matter and hunt for signatures of particular dark matter candidates. Second, we will develop clustering statistics that capture non-Gaussian properties of the late-time matter distribution. The idea is to use a sweet spot of simple statistics that are easy to measure, and can be accurately predicted into the nonlinear regime. With this, we will seek to improve the standard analysis relying on two-point statistics to obtain unique insights into cosmology, fundamental physics and astrophysics. Advisor: Dr Cora Uhlemann (c.uhlemann[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk) 2. Observational cosmology in a data-rich era: Cosmology is enjoying an era of unprecedented data abundance, with powerful observations already available and next-generation surveys on the immediate horizon. This wealth of data provides an exciting opportunity to pin down the nature of the mysterious dark energy which makes up 70% of the Universe. This PhD project will develop crucial, cutting-edge techniques for the analysis of modern cosmological survey data, and will apply these and other techniques to existing data in order to achieve new insight into the composition, history, and physical laws of our Universe. Advisor: Dr Danielle Leonard (Danielle.Leonard[AT]newcastle.ac.uk) 3. Measuring gravity and accretion using pulsars: Neutron stars are extremely dense cinders remaining after stellar explosions. They often have strong magnetic fields and rotate rapidly, and this combination often results in their appearing to pulsate with extreme regularity. We call these objects "pulsars", and their measurable rotation provides an opportunity to take precision measurements in some of the most extreme astrophysical environments accessible to observation. This project will use existing observations and request and carry out new observations of pulsar systems. These observations will strongly constrain theoretical models of how matter falls onto neutron stars, and in fact probe the details of how gravity works - does it behave as Einstein predicted? Advisor: Dr Anne Archibald (Anne.Archibald[AT]newcastle.ac.uk) Application details may be found online: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/sources/allstudents/msp022.html https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/sources/ukeustudents/msp019.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Two 3-year postdoctoral positions in Qubits and Spacetime Unit, Okinawa, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16702 Deadline: 2019-12-31 Location: Okinawa, Japan Additional Information: http://www.oist.jp Contact: quast.oist[AT]gmail.com Two 3-year postdoc positions will become available in fall 2020 in the new Qubits and Spacetime Unit at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (www.oist.jp) led by Philipp Hoehn. This unit will be established in the first half of 2020 and its research will lie broadly at the interface of quantum gravity, quantum information and foundations, focusing on general questions in an around quantum gravity. Current research interests include studying dynamics and observables in a diffeomorphism-invariant context, using quantum reference frames/systems to explore a quantum version of general covariance, the interplay of quantum correlations and spacetime geometry, entanglement in gauge systems, as well as the emergence of classicality from within quantum theory, especially in the presence of chaos. Candidates with an interest in any of these or related topics are encouraged to apply. The unit is expected to grow further in the coming years. OIST currently harbors three further units in quantum gravity or related topics in mathematical physics, headed by Shinobu Hikami, Yasha Neiman and Reiko Toriumi. Furthermore, the institute regularly hosts international workshops, seminars and visitors in this area, providing for a stimulating research environment. The unit will provide support for traveling and hosting collaborators. Responsibilities: The successful candidate will contribute to the research program of the Qubits and Spacetime Unit, but is also encouraged to carry out self-designed projects. Active participation in group seminars and meetings is expected, as well as in assisting with their organization. The successful candidate may also contribute to mentoring students. Qualifications: 1. Completed PhD in theoretical physics or mathematics by the time of employment. 2. Background in one or several of the following topics: quantum gravity, quantum information, quantum field theory, quantum foundations, quantum many-body physics or mathematical physics. 3. Fluency in English. Starting Date: Fall 2020 Term and Working hours: Term: Full-time, fixed term appointment for 3 years. Compensation and Benefits: We pay an internationally competitive salary, which is raised upon completion of every additional year after the PhD award. A housing allowance of up to 80% of the rent complements the salary. Additional benefits: - Relocation and commuting allowances - Annual paid leave and summer holidays - Health insurance, welfare pension insurance and worker's accident compensation insurance How to Apply: Apply by uploading your Submission Documents through Academic Jobs Online under the link https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15684 or by emailing them to: quast.oist[AT]gmail.com For further information please contact Philipp Hoehn under the above email address. Submission Documents: - Cover letter - Research statement including summary of past achievements and future research plans - Curriculum vitae including publication list - Three letters of reference Application Due Date: Applications will be screened as they come in. Preferably they should be received by December 31st, 2019. However, given the short notice, applications will be considered until the positions are filled in approximately mid January 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Tenure-Track Position in Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/10/tenure-track-position-in-gra… Deadline: 2020-01-12 Location: Canberra, Australia Additional Information: https://physics.anu.edu.au/quantum/cgp/ Contact: sareh.rajabi[AT]anu.edu.au (open to female identifying candidates only) The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, has recently established a new Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA), jointly supported by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Research School of Physics. The Centre encompasses all aspects of gravitational wave physics and astrophysics, including instrumentation, theory and data analysis, source follow-up and multi-messenger astronomy. It will bring together existing ANU researchers in these areas under one umbrella and expand the capability by making up to seven new tenure-track academic appointments across these research programs over the next year. The inaugural CGA Director is Professor David McClelland. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding early or mid-career academic with a strong research record in gravitational wave astrophysics (theory and data analysis, source follow-up, multi-messenger astronomy). This will be a tenure-track position attracting a significant start-up package. It will be a key foundation position in the CGA. The appointee will assist with recruiting additional appointments into the CGA, helping to shape its future. We are now seeking Expressions of Interest (EoI) in this position. An EoI will comprise a 1-page statement of achievement and proposed program of research at ANU, along with a 2-page CV. EoIs will be accepted any time up until January 12, 2020. Please email your EOI to the CGA administrator, Dr Sareh Rajabi, sareh.rajabi[AT]anu.edu.au, and expect confirmation of receipt. For further information, please contact Professor Susan Scott (susan.scott[AT]anu.edu.au) or Professor David McClelland (david.mcclelland[AT]anu.edu.au) at RSPhys and/or Associate Professor Christian Wolf (christian.wolf[AT]anu.edu.au) at RSAA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. 2-year postdoc position in quantum gravity, Marseille, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16711 Deadline: 2020-01-31 Location: Marseille, France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~quantumgravity/ Contact: applications.qg.cpt[AT]gmail.com The quantum gravity group at the Centre de Physique Theorique in Marseille opens a two-year postdoctoral position. The group has 3 permanent members (Carlo Rovelli, Alejandro Perez and Simone Speziale), currently one postdoc (Pietro Dona), 6 PhD students and a few master students. The position can start at any time before, but no later than, *September 1st, 2020*. The candidate is expected to collaborate with members of the group on the group projects, interact with the students and contribute to the organisation of the group's activities. The group focuses on quantum gravity and on foundational questions, and it is part of the international QISS project (see http://www.qiss.fr ) which provides funding. Interested applicants should send a CV, list of publications and motivational cover letter, plus up to 3 support letters, to the following address: applications.qg.cpt[AT]gmail.com preferably before January 31st. Please indicate the name of the applicant in the subject line of all relevant mails. We encourage applications contributing to gender and origin diversity in our group. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoctoral positions in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/13/postdoctoral-positions-in-gr… Deadline: 2020-01-27 Location: Birmingham, UK Additional Information: http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup/people.php Contact: d.gerosa[AT]bham.ac.uk The Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK, invites applications for postdoctoral positions. The Institute provides a vibrant and diverse environment with expertise covering theoretical and experimental gravitational-wave research, with applications to present and future-generation detectors, theoretical astrophysics, transient astronomy, gravitational-wave source modeling, and general relativity theory. Applications from top researchers in all areas related to gravitational-wave and transient astronomy are encouraged. Institute faculty members include Andreas Freise, Davide Gerosa, Denis Martynov, Haixing Miao, Christopher Moore, Conor Mow-Lowry, Matt Nicholl, Patricia Schmidt, Silvia Toonen, and Alberto Vecchio. One postdoctoral appointment is funded by the UK Leverhulme Trust (PI Dr. Davide Gerosa) and is focused on developing astrophysical and statistical predictions for the LISA space mission. The successful candidate will have ample opportunities to explore other areas of gravitational-wave astronomy as well. Appointments will be for a three-year term starting in the Fall of 2020 and come with generous research and travel budget. Applications should include a CV with a list of publications, and a two-page statement covering research interests and plans. Complete applications should be received by 27 January 2020 for full consideration. Applications should be sent to Ms Joanne Cox at: j.s.cox[AT]bham.ac.uk. Applicants should also arrange for 3 reference letters to be sent by 27 January 2020 to the same email address. For further information and informal inquiries please contact Dr. Davide Gerosa (d.gerosa[AT]bham.ac.uk) and Prof. Alberto Vecchio (av[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Research Fellow in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at University of Portsmouth, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16718 Deadline: 2020-01-20 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/2019/12/research-fellow-in-gravitational-wave-ast… Contact: ian.harry[AT]port.ac.uk We announce two research fellow positions in gravitational-wave astrophysics at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) at the University of Portsmouth. One position will focus on enabling rapid observation of compact binary mergers with a network of gravitational-wave observatories working with Dr Ian Harry. The second position will focus on the characterisation of compact binary mergers in the presence of non-Gaussian and non-stationary detector noise with Dr Laura Nuttall. Each independent project is funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). A PhD degree and relevant research level knowledge of gravitational-wave astrophysics or related areas are required. We expect each 2-year position to start 1 September 2020, or as close to that date as feasible. The ICG consists of 15 academic staff, 16 postdoctoral researchers and around 30 PhD students, and has an active international visitors programme. Portsmouth is a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the Dark Energy Survey (DES), the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), ESA's Euclid satellite mission, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), the Gravitational Wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO), and other international collaborations. The University of Portsmouth is a member of the South-East Physics Network (SEPnet) and hosts the 3704-core SCIAMA supercomputer. We welcome applications from all qualified applicants, but applications are particularly encouraged from traditionally under-represented groups in science. The University of Portsmouth and the ICG hold Athena SWAN bronze awards and the University is an Institute of Physics Project Juno Supporter; these projects show a commitment to introduce organisational and cultural practices that promote diversity and equality in science and create a better working environment for men and women. Applications (application form, CV, publication list and research statement for the Fellowship) should be submitted via the University's online application system by the closing date. Applicants should also arrange for up to three reference letters to be sent by email to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk, to arrive by the same date. Please address informal enquiries to Dr Ian Harry (ian.harry[AT]port.ac.uk) and Dr Laura Nuttall (laura.nuttall[AT]port.ac.uk). All applications for this position will be processed and conducted in compliance with UK legislation relevant at that time. Applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and all appointments will be made on merit. As we are committed to the principles of the Race Equality Charter Mark, we would particularly welcome applications from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community who are currently under-represented at this level in this area. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. PhD positions - The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/18/phd-positions-the-australian… Deadline: 2020-12-31 Location: Canberra, Australia Additional Information: https://physics.anu.edu.au/quantum/people/profile.php?ID=288&tab=available_… Contact: david.mcclelland[AT]anu.edu.au Projects with the Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics will develop skills in a number of highly employable areas such as: optics, electro-optics, electronics, control systems, isolation systems and modelling. We also have research projects which aim to develop spin-off technology into commercial products, for example high sensitivity trace gas analysis, laser intensity and frequency stabilization techniques and more. More details about some of the available projects can be found at: https://physics.anu.edu.au/quantum/people/profile.php?ID=288&tab=availa… For more information Contact: Prof. McClelland, David (02) 612 59888 David.McClelland[AT]anu.edu.au +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. PhD position in Theoretical Astrophysics - University of Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16726 Deadline: 2020-02-14 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: https://www.nikhef.nl/~diettim/ Contact: diet.tim[AT]gmail.com In February 2020 a new theoretical astrophysics group led by Tim Dietrich will be established at the University of Potsdam. The group will focus on the simulation of compact binary systems (in particular binary neutron stars), on the construction of gravitational waveform models, and the analysis of electromagnetic signatures connected to compact binary mergers. The group will have a vacant PhD position for which we ask interested candidates to send their expression of interest, which should include a description of previous experience and research topics of interest, together with their CV, and a transcript of records of university courses and grades. Additionally, please provide the contact details of two academics who could provide reference letters. The starting date is flexible but should lie within April and December 2020. Please send your documents by the 14th of February as a single pdf file to Tim Dietrich (diet.tim[AT]gmail.com) Further questions should be sent via email to the above address. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Professorship (W1, tenure track) in Theoretical Gravitational-Wave Physics, Frankfurt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/21/professorship-w1-tenure-trac… Deadline: 2020-01-31 Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Additional Information: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/45303054/Ausschreibungen_von_Professuren___Fac… Contact: dekanat[AT]physik.uni-frankfurt.de The Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main invites applications for the following position as civil servant or public employee starting at the earliest possible date but no later than 30 November 2020: The position will be filled in connection with the DFG-funded CRC-TR 211 "Strong-interaction matter under extreme conditions". The initial tenure track appointment is for six years according to paragraph 64 of the Higher Education Act of the State of Hesse (HHG). The professorship is funded by the "Bund-Laender-Programm zur Foerderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses (BLP-TT)". Upon positive evaluation, the incumbent will be promoted to a permanent position at a higher level (W2). Candidates should not have obtained their PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt or should have worked as a researcher at an external institution for at least two years after their PhD. The doctorate should not date back to more than four years. We are looking for an early-career researcher with an outstanding research record in the field of gravitational-wave physics and its connections to neutron stars and nuclear physics. Participation in current and future collaborative-research initiatives of the Department of Physics, as well as interdisciplinary cooperation within the Faculties of Science is expected. The ideal candidate has a PhD in Theoretical Physics and experience in teaching Theoretical Physics as well as the ability to teach advanced courses in Theoretical Astrophysics and Gravitational Physics. Goethe University is committed to increasing the proportion of female faculty and therefore especially encourages women to apply. Applications of persons with international experience are explicitly requested. Severely handicapped applicants with equal qualification and aptitude will be given preferential consideration. For further information regarding the general conditions for professorship appointments and the "BLP-TT", please see: www.vakante-professuren.uni-frankfurt.de Qualified researchers are invited to submit their application in English or German including a CV, certificates, teaching experience and, if possible, teaching evaluations, publication list, list of third-party funding, short presentation of the research concept by 31 January 2020 in electronic form to the Dean of the Department of Physics, Goethe-Universitaet, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, e-mail: dekanat[AT]physik.uni-frankfurt.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Postdoctoral position "Gravitation and Physics of the Cosmos", Bilbao, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16742 Deadline: 2020-02-15 Location: Bilbao, Spain Additional Information: https://www.ehu.eus/en/web/fthc-ftzh/ Contact: david.brizuela[AT]ehu.eus Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao (Spain). The appointment will have a duration of 14 months and will begin in the fall of 2020. There is some flexibility on the date of the beginning of the position although, in any case, the funds will expire by the end of 2021. This position is attached to the Research Group "Gravitation and Physics of the Cosmos" (FIS2017-85076-P), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, with Ruth Lazkoz and David Brizuela as principal investigators. Other members of our group are Jose M M Senovilla, Raul Vera, Inaki Garay, Mariam Bouhmadi-Lopez, Borja Reina and Vincenzo Salzano, as well as several graduate students. Some members of the group belong to the European Network (COST Action) CANTATA, led by Dr. Lazkoz. The group also benefits from close ties and permanent collaboration with the Early Universe group, also attached to the same Department, including Igor Bandos, Jose Juan Blanco-Pillado and Jon Urrestilla. Our lines of research cover all mathematical and theoretical aspects of gravitation and Lorentzian geometry, astrophysical compact objects, loop quantum gravity, quantum cosmology, dark energy and dark matter, cosmological observational tests, and alternative theories of gravity. The successful candidate is required to hold a PhD at the starting date of the position, and might have the opportunity to assist with some teaching duties of the Department. Interested candidates should send a CV and a brief statement of research interests (1-2 pages long) to the following both email addresses with the subject "Postdoc Bilbao 2020": david.brizuela[AT]ehu.eus ruth.lazkoz[AT]ehu.eus In addition, the candidates should arrange for at least two letters of recommendation to be submitted to the same email addresses with the subject "Postdoc Bilbao 2020: 'candidate's name'". All applications received before next 15 February will be considered. The deadline might be extended, if needed, until a suitable candidate is found and the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/09/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: Abraham I. Harte, "Gravitational lensing beyond geometric optics: II. Metric independence", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2646-7 Madeleine Burkhart and Daniel Pollack, "Causal geodesic incompleteness of spacetimes arising from IMP gluing", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2621-3 Please, browse all Editor's Choice articles at: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice Frank Schulz Publishing Editor GRG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Deadline 1 Feb 2020: 2020 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/21/deadline-1-feb-2020-2020-iup… Additional Information: http://www.isgrg.org/IUPAPprize.php The IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes recognize outstanding achievements of scientists at early stages of their career. Each prize consists of a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient, a medal and 1000 euros. The conditions for the prize are: The Prize can be for work in any area of relativity and gravitation, theoretical or experimental. On 1 February 2020, nominees must have a maximum of eight years of research experience (excluding career interruptions) following the Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree. They are expected to have displayed significant achievement and exceptional promise for future achievements in relativity and gravitation. The primary nominator MUST BE A MEMBER of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. Writers of support letters and candidates need not be members. The nomination deadline is 1 Feb 2020. Additional details may be found at http://www.isgrg.org/IUPAPprize.php. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Call for suggestions to republish valuable books ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/26/call-for-suggestions-to-repu… Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/lobachevsky.html Dear Colleagues, Any suggestions for republishing valuable (spacetime physics related) books that are out of print and are now in the public domain will be appreciated. The books will be published by the Minkowski Institute Press (http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/) - an academic publisher run by academics for academics and associated with the Minkowski Institute in Montreal. Best wishes, Vesselin Petkov Minkowski Institute Montreal, Canada http://spacetimecentre.org/vpetkov/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. 2020 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/12/29/2020-awards-for-essays-on-gr… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org 2020 Awards for Essays on Gravitation In 2020, for our seventy-first competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for stimulating thought and encouraging work on the phenomenon of gravitation. The stipulations follow: (1) We will make these Awards on May 15, 2020 for the best and most well-written essays about gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects. Essays should be 1500 words or fewer excluding abstracts and a small number of equations, diagrams, tables, and references. The subject matter may or may not be original research. The essay competition is not intended to replace a research journal where the detailed results of original research are submitted. Essays should not give lengthy detailed mathematical calculations nor detailed descriptions of an experimental setup. Essay ideas should be self-contained and understandable - not dependent on reading other documents. (2) The First Award will be $4000.00 The Second Award will be 1250.00 The Third Award will be 1000.00 The Fourth Award will be 750.00 The Fifth Award will be 500.00 (3) Essay must be typed in English and e-mailed in a single PDF file before April 1, 2020. One essay only will be accepted from each author. Notify us within 24 hours if you do not receive an e-mail confirmation of your submission. (4) Title page should include all the following: essay title, authors' names (specify corresponding author), e-mail & complete mailing addresses (for award notifications), submission date, an abstract of 125 words or fewer, and the statement: "Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2020 Awards for Essays on Gravitation." Pages should be numbered. (5) The decision of the judges will be final and no reviews or comments will be provided. (6) Please check the awards announcement to be posted on our website: www.gravityresearchfoundation.org around May 15, 2020. We will also attempt to send all participants a general e-mail notification. (7) The five award-winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). Authors of essays designated Honorable Mention will be invited to submit their essays to the IJMPD where these may undergo additional refereeing at editorial discretion for possible publication. Authors of all other essays are free and encouraged to publish their essays after May 15th. Submission e-mail address: George M. Rideout, Jr., President, grideoutjr[AT]aol.com Recent First Award Winners: 2019 - Alessio Belenchia, Queen's University, Belfast, UK; Robert M. Wald, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago; Flaminia Giacomini, Esteban Castro-Ruiz, Caslav Brukner and Markus Aspelmeyer, IQOQI, Vienna, Austria 2018 - Jessica Santiago and Matt Visser, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 2017 - Ivan Agullo, LSU; Adrian del Rio and Jose Navarro-Salas, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia-CSIC, Spain 2016 - Stephen L. Adler, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 2015 - Gerard't Hooft, Utrecht University and Spinoza Institute, the Netherlands 2014 - Lawrence M. Krauss, Arizona State University and Frank Wilczek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2013 - Baocheng Zhang, Qing-yu Cai, Ming-sheng Zhan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan and Li You, Tsinghua University, Bejing, China 2012 - Claus Kiefer and Manuel Kraemer, University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany 2011 - Ivan Agullo, Penn State and Leonard Parker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2010 - Mark Van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2009 - Alexander Burinskii, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia 2008 - T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Pune, India 2007 - S. Carlip, University of California at Davis 2006 - Vijay Balasubramanian, University of Pennsylvania; Donald Marolf, University of California at Santa Barbara and Moshe Rozali, University of British Columbia ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. International Conference on Advances in Physical, Chemical & Mathematical Sciences, Nagpur, India 1.2. 3rd Workshop on High Energy Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Istanbul, Turkey 1.3. Phenomenology of Strong Gravity 2, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 1.4. VI Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum, Barcelona, Spain 1.5. 9th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Oxford, MS, USA 1.6. Remnants of the Big Bang, Tempe, AZ, USA 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Multi-messenger Astrophysics at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York 2.2. Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Cosmology at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2.3. Postdoc position in quantum gravity or theoretical cosmology or gravitational wave physics, Erlangen, Germany 2.4. CRA Postdoctoral Fellowship at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA 2.5. Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA 2.6. Postdoctoral Position in Computational Black Hole Astrophysics, Atlanta, GA, USA 2.7. PhD position in gravitational waves and cosmology at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2.8. Postdoc positions in Relativity and Gravitation at the University of Cambridge, UK 2.9. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan 2.10. Postdoctoral position in Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory, Okinawa, Japan 2.11. Postdoctoral research position in distributed computing for gravitational wave astronomy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2.12. Postdoc positions in Multi-Messenger Modelling of GW+EM sources, Stockholm, Sweden 2.13. Faculty Positions in High Energy Astrophysics at Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2.14. PhD positions in theory, instrumentation, observations, Prague, Czech Republic 2.15. Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Mathematical Physics at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.16. IFPU postodoctoral fellowships in Trieste, Italy 2.17. Postdoc position in Cosmology at the University of Malta 2.18. Post Doctoral Positions in Quantum optics and precision sensing at The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2.19. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at the University of New Hampshire 2.20. Postodoctoral positions in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology, Beijing, China 2.21. Postdoc position in theoretical physics at the University of Tartu, Estonia 2.22. PhD position in Gravitational Wave Probes of Fundamental Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2.23. Expression of Interest for Professor Position in Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia 3. News 3.1. Open Session of the Chalonge De Vega School, Paris, France 3.2. GRG Topical Collection "Testing the Kerr spacetime with gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations" 3.3. Giulio Rampa PhD Thesis Prize, Call for nominations, 2020 Edition ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. International Conference on Advances in Physical, Chemical & Mathematical Sciences, Nagpur, India --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16489 Starting: 2020-02-13 to 2020-02-16 Location: Nagpur, India Additional Information: http://www.icapcm2020.org Contact: gkhadekar[AT]yahoo.com The purpose of this international conference is to discuss recent findings and new emerging trends in the field. It is intended to promote fruitful collaboration between various communities and institutes by bringing together a small number of scientists in inspiring surroundings. Some priority is given to young scientists to orally present and defend their own work. This will be a great opportunity for budding researchers particularly in the local region to explore the new aspects and global relations. They would get ample scope to exchange views and thoughts besides presenting their research. The conference aims to provide a common platform to researchers working in various sub-disciplines of the theme. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 3rd Workshop on High Energy Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Istanbul, Turkey --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16492 Starting: 2020-02-03 to 2020-02-07 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Additional Information: https://yefak.weebly.com/ Contact: ekrem.aydiner[AT]istanbul.edu.tr FEBRUARY 03-07, ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, TURKEY 3RD WORKSHOP ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 2020 Topics Welcome to the 3RD WORKSHOP ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 2020 webpage. This is a workshop series organized by the Istanbul University (IU). This year's conference will be co-organized and hosted by the IU and aims at bringing together active researchers and graduate students, interested in the area of gravitation and cosmology, to share their latest ideas and discuss the recent developments in the field. The focus topics of the conference are as follows, - Particle Physics - High Energy Physics - String Theory - Astronomy - Astrophysics - Black hole Physics, - Dark matter and Dark Energy, - Exoplanets, - Gravitational Waves, - Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, - Classical and Quantum Gravity, - The Early Universe and High Energy Physics, - Cosmic Structure Formation and Galaxies. Registration To register for the conference and submit the abstract of your contribution, please fill the registration form. In order to guarantee a full consideration to your submission, please register before the early bird deadline 15 December 2019. Accommodation Participants should sort out their own accommodation in Istanbul. Venue Faculty of Science, Istanbul University +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Phenomenology of Strong Gravity 2, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16530 Starting: 2020-06-01 to 2020-06-04 Location: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Additional Information: https://psg2020nursultan.wordpress.com/ Contact: stronggravity[AT]nu.edu.kz The second workshop on "Phenomenology of Strong Gravity" will be held on June 1-4 in Nur-Sultan (formerly known as Astana), Kazakhstan. The workshop is devoted to various aspects of gravity and it aims at bringing together researchers working in relativistic astrophysics, general relativity, and quantum gravity to foster collaboration and interaction between scientists in the region with renowned scientists around the world. The workshop is organized by the Physics Department of Nazarbayev University with the support of the Energetic Cosmos Laboratory and Kazakh Physical Society. The workshop will be held at Nazarbayev University. Founded in 2010, the University is rapidly emerging as one of the leading universities in Central Asia, providing a western style education and developing cutting-edge research in many fields of science and technology. Students and young researchers from Kazakhstan and neighboring countries with interests in astrophysics and theoretical physics are especially welcome to attend. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. VI Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum, Barcelona, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16565 Starting: 2020-03-05 to 2020-03-08 Location: Barcelona, Spain Additional Information: https://www.ice.csic.es/research/Workshop_Emilio2020/index.html Contact: saez[AT]ice.csic.es The focus of this workshop will be on different aspects of modern theoretical cosmology, the challenges of the theory being consistent with experimental data, and the unavoidable connection of cosmological models with the quantum nature of the vacuum. A basic question in modern cosmology is: why we do not see vacuum fluctuations at cosmological scale? In addition, should the singularities of cosmological theories be treated as necessary ingredients of the classical theory or should them be considered as indicators of an underlying quantum theory, yet to be discovered? We aim to bring along to this workshop all the leading scientists working on those problems and discuss state of the art results on the above, strongly interdependent, areas of fundamental physics. The workshop will hence cover topics related to modified theories of gravity, theories of dark energy and inflation, the description of the universe's evolution according to these theories and the incipient but compulsory modification of those within the theoretical frameworks of quantum gravity, including loop quantum cosmology, an elegant theory providing up to date a singularity free cosmological evolution. Describing and understanding the quantum vacuum is always a challenge to all these theories, as is also the comprehension of the main manifestation available of the quantum vacuum at nanometric scales, namely the Casimir effect (e.g., when confronted with van der Waals forces). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. 9th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Oxford, MS, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/17/9th-gulf-coast-gravity-meeti… Starting: 2020-03-13 to 2020-03-14 Location: Oxford, MS Additional Information: https://www.phy.olemiss.edu/gcgm9/ Contact: gcgm9[AT]phy.olemiss.edu After a few years hiatus, the GCGM returns! The 9th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting will be held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS, on March 13 and 14, 2020. In keeping with its tradition, this will be an open, relaxed, and informal conference. We are inviting researchers and students interested in all areas of gravitational physics: classical and quantum gravity, general relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, quantum cosmology, gravitational waves, and experimental gravity. Because this is a regional meeting, many attendees will be from the southeastern 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 talk given by a student at the meeting. Deadlines Prospective speakers should register by February 14 to receive full consideration. Late applicants will be considered at the discretion of the organizers. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Inn at Ole Miss. Reserve your room by February 11 to receive a reduced rate. See the website for details: https://www.phy.olemiss.edu/gcgm9/. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Remnants of the Big Bang, Tempe, AZ, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/26/remnants-of-the-big-bang/ Starting: 2020-01-23 to 2020-01-24 Location: Tempe, AZ, USA Additional Information: https://bigbangasu2020.events.asu.edu Contact: levon[AT]sfu.ca The "Remnants of the Big Bang" workshop at ASU, January 23-24, 2020, will bring together leading cosmologists to discuss recent advances in our understanding of the big bang and the emergent universe, and new prospects for testing fundamental physics with astrophysics and cosmology. The workshop will focus on the nonlinear and out-of-equilibrium processes that occurred in the early universe. Topics will include the quantum origin of the universe, the origin of matter-antimatter asymmetry, the nature of dark matter, astrophysical black holes and their fundamental consequences, phase transitions, primordial magnetic fields, and cosmic defects. A particularly timely topic is the properties of gravitational waves produced in cosmological phase transitions and prospects of their detection with next generation experiments. Cosmological phase transitions can also generate magnetic fields that affect the anisotropy and spectral properties of the cosmic microwave background, and affect the propagation of extragalactic cosmic rays, providing a valuable observational window into particle physics in a regime that is beyond the reach of particle accelerators. The aim of the workshop is to facilitate exchange of ideas and new collaborations, and to expose young researchers working on related topics to the state of the art of the field. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Multi-messenger Astrophysics at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16480 Deadline: 2020-01-03 Location: Rochester, USA Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu/careers Contact: richard.oshaughnessy[AT]ligo.org Postdoctoral Fellowship in Multi-messenger Astrophysics at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York The recent observations of a binary neutron star merger using both gravitational wave interferometers as well as electromagnetic telescopes across the full spectrum have initiated the age of multi-messenger astronomy and astrophysics. As part of NSF collaborative projects, the RIT's Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) is currently seeking to fill a postdoctoral research position in Multimessenger Astrophysics with highly qualified individuals interested pursuing research in the multimessenger analysis and interpretation of neutron star mergers. We are particularly interested in applicants with expertise in any of the areas of gravitational wave parameter estimation; surrogate modeling; hydrodynamical simulations of binary merger, relativistic outflows, and nucleosynthesis; or the detailed, self-consistent simulations of electromagnetic emission. Successful applicants will work closely with and regularly visit collaborators at the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics (CTA) at Los Alamos National Lab (LANL). Here, they will consult with the experts on nuclear equations of state, r-process nucleosynthesis, atomic opacities and detailed radiative transfer to produce realistic predictions which can be compared with observations. To ensure efficient and productive collaboration, successful applicants should be prepared to spend significant percentage of time at LANL during the year. Senior scientists in the CCRG include Manuela Campanelli (Director), Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Jason Nordhaus, Yosef Zlochower, Sukanya Chakrabarti, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof, several postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students (see http://ccrg.rit.edu/people for an overview on who is or has been at CCRG). The group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium (http://einsteintoolkit.org) and a NASA Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Network (TCAN) devoted to the simulation of neutron star mergers. CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers such as XSEDE and the NCSA's Blue Waters Supercomputer (with an allocation of over 160MSUs), as well as a dedicated over 3000-core cluster hosted at the Center. The Center for Theoretical Astrophysics at LANL is directed by Chris Fryer. Subject experts include Chris Fontes, Aimee Hungerford, Joshua Dolence, Wesley Even, Ryan Wollaeger, Matthew Mumpower, Jonas Lippuner, Jonah M. Miller, W. Thomas Vestrand, Przemek Wozniak, and others (see https://ccsweb.lanl.gov/astro/index.html#team) Experts at LANL CTA are involved in various large collaborations, including LIGO and LISA, several gamma-ray astronomy programs, and gravitational-wave counterparts search and follow-up campaigns. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/. And about Rochester at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. The cover letter should refer to this specific postdoctoral position (``MMA Astrophysics"). All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: oshaughn[AT]main[dot]rit[dot]edu with a copy to ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu. For an overview of all job openings at CCRG please go to: http://ccrg.rit.edu/careers Enquiries can be addressed to Richard O'Shaughnessy, oshaughn[AT]mail[dot]rit[dot]edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, School of Mathematical Sciences, and School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin as soon as available and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. For full consideration, submit before 1/3/2020. Starting date can be as early as March 2020. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Cosmology at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16494 Deadline: 2019-12-15 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Additional Information: https://tsagas0.wixsite.com/mysite/jobs Contact: tsagas[AT]astro.auth.gr Applications are invited for one postdoctoral and one (possibly two) PhD positions in the Physics Department at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, starting at the beginning of 2020, or soon thereafter by mutual agreement. The duration of the posts is up to three years and the research area is Relativistic Cosmology and the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe. The selected candidates will study the origin, the evolution and the implications of the large-scale peculiar velocity fields seen in the Universe. All posts will be officially located at the University of Thessaloniki, but the research project runs in collaboration with the Physics Departments at the University of Oxford (UK) and the University of Ioannina (Greece). Generous funding for travel and expenses is also provided. Applicants must have a solid background in Theoretical Cosmology and General Relativity. Additional expertise on numerical methods is desirable, but not essential. The selected postdoctoral candidate will also have the opportunity to guide junior fellows, teach courses at the MSc level, participate in outreach activities and organise international meetings. Applications, including a full CV and a statement of research background and interests, should be sent to Prof. Christos Tsagas at: tsagas[AT]astro.auth.gr, by December 15, 2019. The applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to arrive at the same address. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoc position in quantum gravity or theoretical cosmology or gravitational wave physics, Erlangen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/04/postdoc-position-in-quantum-… Deadline: 2019-12-15 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: https://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/contact/open-positions/ Contact: application[AT]gravity.fau.de Postdoctoral Positions in Erlangen-Nuernberg In autumn 2020, at least one postdoctoral position in the fields of quantum gravity or theoretical cosmology or theoretical gravitational waves is expected to be available at the Institute for Quantum Gravity (IQG) (Theoretical Physics III) of the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany. The position is for two years with a possibility of extension for one additional year, depending on funding and performance. In exceptional cases, a five year contract may be negotiable. Salaries depend on seniority and follow the collective wage agreement for scientific employees in Germany (TV-L). Current staff of the IQG includes professors Kristina Giesel, Hanno Sahlmann and Thomas Thiemann (Chair), Emeriti Frieder Lenz (former chair) and Hartmut Hofmann, postdoc Beatriz Elizaga de Navacues as well as 8 Phd and 7 master students. Former institute members and Humboldt Fellows Jonathan Engle and Muxin Han accepted positions as assistant professors at Florida Atlantic University and hold affiliate positions at the institute. Further affiliates are professors Wojciech Kaminski, Jerzy Lewandowski and Parampreet Singh. The Institute for Quantum Gravity (IQG) is part of the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) which has a strong expertise in experimental astroparticle physics. The IQG benefits from continuous exchange with the excellency cluster 'Universe' in Munich, especially with the groups working on (quantum) cosmology. The IQG fosters strong links with the Department of Mathematics in Erlangen. Finally, the IQG is in close contact with a network of international research centers focussing on quantum gravity such as the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos in State College, Pennsylvania, USA; Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Institute for Theoretical Physics in Marseille, France; Institute for Theoretical Physics in Warsaw, Poland and Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. Applicants must have a PhD in either physics or mathematics and should have prior research experience in general relativity and quantum field theory or theoretical cosmology or theoretical gravitational waves as well as a strong interest in working on aspects of non perturbative and background independent quantum gravity. The following list of material should be uploaded in one pdf- or zip file, whose name should include your last name, using the application form at https://www.umfrageonline.com/s/36ead16. 1. Curriculum vitae. 2. Research proposal including a summary of previous work and plans for future projects. 3. Teaching experience (if applicable). 4. List of seminars and conferences attended, detailing talks given (if applicable). 5. List of publications. 6. In addition we ask for three letters of recommendation, which should also be uploaded by the referees before the deadline via the application form at https://www.umfrageonline.com/s/ef26bb1. Recommendation letters sent by email will not be accepted. Referees are kindly asked to use the following format for their message text: Recommendation letter for FIRST-NAME AND LASTNAME OF THE APPLICANT. Applications will be reviewed starting December 15th, 2019 (deadline) but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date of the position is normally Oct. 1st 2020 but there is some flexibility. For further information about the Department of Physics and the Institute please visit: https://www.physik.nat.fau.de/ and https://www.gravity.physik.fau.de. For further information about the position please send an inquiry to application[AT]gravity.fau.de. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. CRA Postdoctoral Fellowship at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16520 Deadline: 2019-12-16 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Additional Information: https://cra.gatech.edu Contact: deirdre[AT]gatech.edu The Georgia Tech Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow position at the CRA. This position is expected to be independent and in support of current research at the CRA including astrophysics, cosmology, particle-astrophysics, gravitational wave astronomy, and extra-solar planets. The CRA faculty include David Ballantyne, Tamara Bogdanovic, Laura Cadonati, Pablo Laguna, Gongjie Li, Nepomuk Otte, Deirdre Shoemaker, Ignacio Taboada, and John Wise. The position is initially for two years, with renewal for a third year subject to performance and availability of funding. The expected start date is September 1, 2020. Applicants should email to CRA-postdoc[AT]lists.gatech.edu the following documents in a single PDF file: 1) cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae including full list of publications, and 3) a brief description of research interests (maximum 3 pages). In addition, applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference emailed separately to CRA-postdoc(a)lists.gatech.edu. Review of applications will begin on December 16, 2019 and will continue until the position is filled. The position includes a competitive salary, benefits, research and travel funds, and access to supercomputing facilities. For more information about the Georgia Tech benefits package and resources see http://www.ohr.gatech.edu/benefits. Georgia Tech is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16521 Deadline: 2019-12-15 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Additional Information: https://cra.gatech.edu Contact: deirdre[AT]gatech.edu The Georgia Tech Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar position in the area of gravitational wave astrophysics including numerical relativity, with an emphasis on binary black hole simulations as they pertain to gravitational wave astronomy. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Deirdre Shoemaker and collaborate with Prof. Pablo Laguna and the rest of the CRA, for more information see https://cra.gatech.edu. The appointment will initially be for one year, renewable for up to three years subject to availability of funds and satisfactory progress. The expected starting date is September 1, 2020.  Applicants should email to deirdre[AT]gatech.edu the following documents in a single PDF file: 1) cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae including full list of publications, and 3) a brief description of research interests (maximum 3 pages). In addition, applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference emailed separately to deirdre[AT]gatech.edu. Review of applications will begin December 15, 2019. The position includes a competitive salary, benefits, research and travel funds, and access to supercomputing facilities. For more information about the Georgia Tech benefits package and resources see http://www.ohr.gatech.edu/benefits. Georgia Tech is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoctoral Position in Computational Black Hole Astrophysics, Atlanta, GA, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16522 Deadline: 2019-12-15 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Additional Information: https://cra.gatech.edu Contact: tamarab[AT]gatech.edu The Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Black Hole Astrophysics with an emphasis on modeling of multimessenger signatures of massive black hole binaries. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Tamara Bogdanovic and her group on hydrodynamic simulations of coincident electromagnetic and gravitational wave signatures associated with massive black hole binaries headed for coalescence. The candidate will also have an opportunity to collaborate with Prof. Shane Davis (University of Virginia), Dr. Yan-Fei Jiang (Flatiron Institute) and Prof. Pablo Laguna (CRA, Georgia Tech). Appointment terms: The initial appointment is for one year, renewable for up to two additional years contingent upon satisfactory performance, mutual agreement, and availability of funds. The desired start date is as soon as possible and no later than September 1, 2020. Qualifications: A PhD in astronomy, physics, or a related discipline is required by the start of employment. Applicants with research interests in and / or experience in multi-messenger astrophysics, magnetohydrodynamic simulations, modeling of accretion and radiative processes, computational astrophysics and relativity are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications from women and groups traditionally underrepresented in astrophysics are strongly encouraged. Application instructions: Applicants should submit a single PDF document including a cover letter, CV, publication list, and research statement (no longer than 3 pages) to Prof. Tamara Bogdanovic (tamarab[AT]gatech.edu) They should arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to the same email address. Screening of applications will begin on December 15, 2019 and will continue until the position is filled. Included benefits: The position includes a competitive salary, benefits, research and travel funds, and access to supercomputing facilities. For more information about the Georgia Tech benefits package and resources see http://www.ohr.gatech.edu/benefits. Georgia Tech is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. The city of Atlanta: CRA is situated at the heart of the Georgia Tech campus in Midtown Atlanta. Atlanta is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States and one of the nation's most cosmopolitan cities. Thanks to its major international airport, it has excellent connections with many cities in the world. Atlanta enjoys a relatively mild (subtropical) climate, is surrounded by rolling hills and has dense tree coverage earning it the nickname of "the city in a forest." More information can be found here https://postdocs.gatech.edu/new-postdocs/welcome-to-atlanta-0. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. PhD position in gravitational waves and cosmology at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16532 Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.nikhef.nl/jobs/vacatures/ Contact: vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl The gravitational physics division at Nikhef, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, invites applications for a PhD studentship at the University of Amsterdam in gravitational waves, with an emphasis on using signals from coalescing binary objects (neutron stars and/or black holes) as "standard sirens" for cosmological measurements. The successful candidate will work with the groups of Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck (Nikhef and Utrecht University), and of Dr. S. Nissanke (Nikhef and University of Amsterdam). The gravitational physics division at Nikhef (led by Prof. F. Linde) has close ties with gravitational wave researchers at universities and institutes across the Netherlands, which apart from instrumentalists includes astronomers, astrophysicists, and theorists, such as Baumann, Bertone, Caudill, Groot, Hinderer, Jonker, Levan, Moesta, and Nelemans. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. For more information and an application form, see the link provided. Please be prepared to upload a cover letter, research statement, and curriculum vitae. Also, please separately arrange for least one reference who is willing to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The deadline for full consideration is 15 January 2020, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Further information can be obtained from Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck (vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl) or Dr. S.M. Nissanke (samaya.nissanke[AT]uva.nl) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoc positions in Relativity and Gravitation at the University of Cambridge, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/11/postdoc-positions-in-relativ… Deadline: 2019-12-11 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/23792/ Contact: LE21227[AT]maths.cam.ac.uk Applications are invited for up to three Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in the Relativity and Gravitation Group and the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Up to three positions may be offered, depending on the availability of funding, for up to three years. The theoretical and computational projects of direct relevance for these posts include: advancing observational tests of inflationary predictions from large-scale structure and the CMB, especially higher-order correlators and their estimation; studying cosmological correlators generated in the primordial universe, the general rules and symmetries they must obey; developing methods for testing General Relativity using gravitational waves with a focus on using effective field theory to describe possible deviations from GR; modelling of compact binary systems involving scalar and vector fields with the goal of identifying gravitational wave signatures that distinguish these from vacuum black-hole binaries. The successful candidates will work with academic staff (Barrow, Challinor, Dafermos, Davis, Fergusson, Gibbons, Pajer, Reall, Santos, Shellard, Sherwin and Sperhake) and research staff. There are close links with the HEP group in DAMTP and the Kavli Institute for Cosmology. The positions are expected to be available from 1 April 2020, but the start date is flexible and can be delayed until October 2020. Applicants should have, or be about to obtain, a PhD in a relevant area of theoretical physics, and have an established track record of original research and experience of working in collaboration. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16573 Deadline: 2020-01-14 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: https://www.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/n313?lang=en-GB Contact: shinji.mukohyama[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp A post-doctoral position starting April 2020 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 April 1, 2020 or later, and end on March 31, 2022. The applicant should submit the following documents in PDF format by email to Shinji Mukohyama with the subject line "Postdoc application", by January 14, 2019: (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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Postdoctoral position in Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory, Okinawa, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/15/postdoctoral-position-in-gra… Deadline: 2019-12-21 Location: Okinawa, Japan Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15506 Contact: qgqft.oist[AT]gmail.com Applications are invited for a 2-year postdoc position in the Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory group (Principal Investigator: Reiko Toriumi) at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Japan, starting in the Fall of 2020. The successful applicant will work in the group lead by Prof. Reiko Toriumi. Responsibilities 1. The candidate is expected to actively contribute to the research program of Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory group including meetings and seminars, and to mentor student research. 2. The candidate must have a clear research plan, and be able to achieve research objectives. 3. The candidate is expected to be in residence for the time of appointment. Support for conference and collaboration travel/host is provided. Qualifications 1. Applicants are required to have completed Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics and/or Mathematics by the time of appointment and have a background in quantum gravity, quantum field theory, random geometry or related areas. 2. We are looking for a self-motivated, responsible, and respectful researcher. 3. Demonstrates excellent oral and written English. Term Full-time, fixed term appointment for 2 years, starting Fall 2020. There may be an opportunity to renew it. Compensation The salary is internationally competitive and complemented by allowances as below. Benefits 1. Relocation, housing and commuting allowances in addition to the salary. 2. Annual paid leave (10 days for the first year and 20 days for the second year) and summer holidays (7 days) 3. Health insurance, welfare pension insurance, and worker's accident compensation insurance. Application documents in pdf (in English) 1. Cover letter 2. Research statement (includes future research plan) 3. CV including publication list 4. Three reference letters to be submitted through Academic Jobs Online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15506 The application materials 1, 2, and 3 should be compiled in one single pdf file and should be sent to qgqft.oist[AT]gmail.com. Please submit only the reference letters through Academic Jobs Online. Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Reiko Toriumi at qgqft.oist[AT]gmail.com Application deadline The review of the applications will start on December 21st 2019, and will continue until the positions are filled. The applications received by December 21st 2019 are guaranteed full consideration. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoctoral research position in distributed computing for gravitational wave astronomy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16588 Deadline: 2019-12-18 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.nikhef.nl/en/vacancies/ Contact: S.Caudill[AT]nikhef.nl Nikhef is the national institute for subatomic physics in The Netherlands. At Nikhef, approximately 175 physicists and 75 technical staff members work together on theoretical and experimental research in the fields of particle- and astroparticle physics. Nikhef includes a collaboration between 6 major Dutch universities and the Nikhef research institute. The position The gravitational physics division at Nikhef invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in gravitational wave astronomy, with emphasis on high-throughput distributed computing for gravitational wave searches. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Sarah Caudill and Dr. Roel Aaij. The data analysis effort at Nikhef currently involves 3 senior scientists (Dr. Sarah Caudill, Dr. Chris Van Den Broeck, Dr. Samaya Nissanke), 3 postdocs, and 3 PhD students; the group will expand significantly in the next few years. The Physics Data Processing department consists of two senior researchers (Dr. Jeff Templon and Dr. David Groep) and a staff scientist (Dr. Roel Aaij) who, together with 9 computing professionals, carry out the R & D program and operate Nikhef's distributed computing facility. The gravitational physics division at Nikhef is a member of the Virgo Collaboration and collaborates with astronomers, astrophysicists, theorists, and instrumentalists across the Netherlands. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. Requirements A PhD in physics or a degree in computing or a closely related field is a prerequisite for the position; candidates who are close to finishing their degrees are also encouraged to apply. Experience working across physics research and distributed computing disciplines will be considered a strong advantage. Offer The candidate will be employed by the NWO-I-foundation for a period of two years with a possible extension of one year and will obtain the status of postdoctoral researcher. He/she will receive a competitive salary. The conditions of employment are excellent and include extra month's salary payment in May and December. The conditions of employment of the NWO-I foundation can be found at the NWO-I website: https://www.nwo-i.nl/en/personnel/personnel-information/ Information and application Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply by clicking the 'Apply Now' button after finding the position on our vacancy page: https://www.nikhef.nl/en/vacancies/. Please be prepared to upload a cover letter, research statement and curriculum vitae. Also, please have the email addresses ready of at least three references who are willing to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The deadline for full consideration is December 18, 2019, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Further information can be obtained from Dr. S. Caudill (S.Caudill[AT]nikhef.nl) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Postdoc positions in Multi-Messenger Modelling of GW+EM sources, Stockholm, Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16592 Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://compact-merger.astro.su.se/jobs.html Contact: stephan.rosswog[AT]astro.su.se Within the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics a strong research environment has recently been established that focuses on the study of the electromagnetic signals from mergers of compact objects, G.R.E.A.T., see www.great.cosmoparticle.com. Within the G.R.E.A.T. research environment we study the electromagnetic signals from mergers of compact objects, both from a theoretical and an observational perspective. This research environment benefits from very close connections between Physics and Astronomy, between scientist working on theoretical, computational and observational aspects and access to data (e.g. ZTF, ENGRAVE). Postdoc Positions Postdoctoral openings will be available for outstanding individuals to work on the multi-messenger aspects of sources that produce both gravitational and electromagnetic waves. Expertise in any relevant multi-messenger aspect are of interest, expertise in relativistic (magneto-)hydrodynamics, nucleosynthesis and/or radiative transfer is particularly welcome. Closing date for the application is January 15, 2020, but application reviewing will start as soon as applications come in, therefore early applications are encouraged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Faculty Positions in High Energy Astrophysics at Fudan University, Shanghai, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/19/faculty-positions-in-high-en… Deadline: 2020-03-31 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: https://www.fudan.edu.cn Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The Department of Physics at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) invites applications from outstanding candidates for tenure-track Associate Professor positions in high energy astrophysics (broadly defined). Applicants must have a Doctoral Degree in physics, astronomy, or related field and an outstanding research record. They are expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses and to supervise undergraduate and graduate students. Salary, start-up grant, and housing allowance are competitive at international level. Fudan University is one of the most prestigious and selective universities in China. The Department of Physics counts about 80 faculty members, over 400 undergraduate students, and over 300 graduate students. Applications are accepted at any time and will be considered until opening positions are filled. For positions starting in September 2020, applications should be submitted before March 2020. Applicants should submit standard application materials including full CV, research and teaching statements to Prof. Cosimo Bambi (email: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn). For inquiries, please contact Ms. E Xu (email: xue[AT]fudan.edu.cn). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. PhD positions in theory, instrumentation, observations, Prague, Czech Republic ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16605 Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://physicsphd.cz/ Contact: physicsphd[AT]utf.mff.cuni.cz We are inviting applications for multiple 4-year PhD positions in Prague, Czech Republic, in the fields of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, Theory of Gravity, and Mathematical Physics. The areas of research include theory, observation, and instrumentation. Some of the projects are part of large international collaborations (LSST, Pierre Auger, CTA, ASAS-SN). The list of available projects is at http://physicsphd.cz/. We will continue to update the website and add more projects until early December. PhD thesis research will be conducted at one of the participating institutions in Prague: Charles University (Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomical Institute), Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The PhD degrees are awarded by Charles University. The positions are funded by individual grants (both national and EU, including ERC grants or equivalents) and institutional fellowships. The positions are open to candidates of any nationality. PhD students receive medical insurance with no or small co-pays, subsidized meals, possibility of staying in student dormitories, and free "Czech as foreign language" classes. There are no fees or tuition for PhD students. Prague remains cheaper than other comparable European cities while offering similar level of comforts and entertainments. For more information and application procedure, please see http://physicsphd.cz. The application deadline is January 15 2020 for positions beginning in the Fall semester of 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Mathematical Physics at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/20/tenure-track-assistant-assoc… Deadline: 2020-01-01 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.ru.nl/english/working-at/vacature/details-vacature/?recid=10720… Contact: landsman[AT]math.ru.nl The Mathematics Department of Radboud University (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) is looking for a tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor in Mathematical General Relativity and Geometric Analysis. For the tenure track the initial employment is for six years. If the final review is positive the position will be converted to a permanent one. For candidates who are already further in their career a higher entry level is negotiable. We particularly encourage female applicants and applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply. The Mathematics Department at Radboud University is part of the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics (IMAPP) in the Faculty of Science. This new position will strengthen IMAPP's increasing focus on gravity as a key research theme (ranging from its mathematical language and underpinning to the theoretical study of classical and quantum gravity to the imaging of black holes by the Event Horizon Telescope), as well as the Mathematics Department's focus on applied analysis, and geometry and topology. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. IFPU postodoctoral fellowships in Trieste, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/20/ifpu-postodoctoral-fellowshi… Deadline: 2019-12-12 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15438 Contact: barausse[AT]sissa.it The Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU, www.ifpu.it/) Trieste, Italy, invites applications for several postdoctoral research positions to start in the Fall of 2020. Available positions include: - Three positions - for two years, with a possible extension to a third year - for theoretical and phenomenological research in the areas supported by the Institute: astroparticle physics, astrophysical probes of fundamental interactions, early Universe, gravitational wave astrophysics, structures in the Universe, theory and phenomenology of gravity; - One additional position - for two years - in the area of gravitation theory [gr-qc], with focus on phenomenological aspects of black holes beyond general relativity; - Two additional positions - for two years - in the area of dark matter phenomenology and theory. IFPU is a newly born institute, having started its activities in the academic year 2018-2019. It is a joint initiative of International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA, www.sissa.it/ap/ and www.sissa.it/app/) the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF; Observatory of Trieste) and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN; Trieste Section). The Institute aims at hosting and promoting a vigorous and innovative multi-disciplinary research program focused on investigating the fundamental laws of Nature under a Cosmological and Astrophysical perspective. Postdocs at IFPU work in close connections with staff members from the supporting institutions - about 30 researches in total - and also benefit from the extended visitor and research programs the Institute is hosting. Applications, via Academic Jobs Online (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15438) should include curriculum vitae, research statement, publication list and three reference letters. Review of applications will begin on December 12, 2019 and continue until the positions are filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. Postdoc position in Cosmology at the University of Malta ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/20/postdoc-position-in-cosmolog… Deadline: 2019-11-29 Location: Malta Additional Information: https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/415925/FTRSOII-COSMOLOGY-… Contact: jackson.said[AT]um.edu.mt A postdoctoral position starting early next year has been made available for a suitably qualified individual to work in the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy (ISSA), University of Malta. The position is funded by COSMOLOGY@MALTA which is an internal grant to the ISSA by the University of Malta to study observational consequences of new cosmological models. The salary of the position is Eur 24,960, which will be complemented by travel funds. The appointment will begin early next year The main duties and responsibilities of the appointee will consist of: a. producing project deliverables within the time frames specified in the project description; b. carry out surveys of the modified gravity landscape against recent observational data; c. writing scientific conference papers related to the project, and presenting them at conferences; d. assisting in dissemination activities related to the project; and e. performing any other project-related tasks as instructed by the project coordinator. Candidates should submit their Letter of application, CV and copies of certificates to projects.hrmd[AT]um.edu.mt by Friday, 29th November 2019 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. Post Doctoral Positions in Quantum optics and precision sensing at The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/25/post-doctoral-positions-in-q… Deadline: 2020-01-05 Location: Canberra, Australia Additional Information: https://jobs.anu.edu.au/en/job/534246/postdoctoral-fellowresearch-fellow Contact: david.mcclelland[AT]anu.edu.au Classification: Academic Level A /B Salary package: $80,439 - $113,165 per annum plus 17% superannuation Term: Full time, Fixed term (2 years) with a possibility of extension - Flexible and family friendly role - On campus childcare facilities - Support network and mentoring program for early career academics Background: The ANU Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational-wave Discovery (OzGrav) conducts research on high precision laser interferometry for gravitational wave detection and other applications. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) aims to build sophisticated quantum machines to harness the quantum world for practical applications. OzGrav -ANU and EQUS-ANU reside within the Department of Quantum Science at the Research School of Physics, a dynamic group researching applications of quantum and optical technologies in a range of different areas. It co-hosts three ARC Centres of Excellence, an innovations hub that supports start-up companies, and several other major projects. The Position: We are seeking to appoint multiple experimental physicists to work on optical instrumentation. The successful candidates should have a PhD or equivalent in physics or a related discipline and a background in optical physics, electro-optics, quantum optics, control systems and low noise electronics. The Australian National University is a world-leading institution and provides a range of lifestyle, financial and non-financial rewards and programs to support staff in maintaining a healthy work/life balance whilst encouraging success in reaching their full career potential. To see what the Science at ANU community is like, we invite you to follow us on social media at http://www.instagram.com/anu_science/ and https://www.facebook.com/ScienceANU/. For more information and to apply, please visit https://www.anu.edu.au/jobs. CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 5th, 2020. If you wish to discuss the position after obtaining the selection documentation, please contact: Professor David McClelland, phone (02) 6125 9888, e-mail david.mcclelland[AT]anu.edu.au. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at the University of New Hampshire ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16647 Deadline: Location: Tempe, AZ, USA Additional Information: https://bigbangasu2020.events.asu.edu Contact: levon[AT]sfu.ca  The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Hampshire invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The successful candidate will work within our numerical relativity program, in collaboration with Prof. Francois Foucart's research group. Our numerical relativity group focuses on the study of merging black holes and neutron stars, and on the modeling of the gravitational wave, electromagnetic, and neutrino signals that they produce. The UNH numerical relativity group is a member of the Simulating Extreme Spacetime (SxS) collaboration.��   This position will focus in part on studies of neutrino physics and nuclear astrophysics in merger simulations, and/or on the development of improved numerical methods for merger simulations. The successful candidate will also be encouraged to work on research projects in the broader areas of numerical relativity and relativistic astrophysics. The proposed starting date for this position is September 1, 2020 (different starting dates are however negotiable). This is a one year appointment that can be renewed for up to two additional years contingent upon available funding and satisfactory performance.   Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, summary of relevant research experience, and cover letter with their application. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to be submitted through the <a href="https://info.aps.org/e/640833/postings-34508/9jnpx/192454015?h=S4nZN6cn6EKe…" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">application website</a>. The position will remain open until filled. Applications will be considered immediately upon arrival and should be sent no later than January 15, 2020 for full consideration. Inquiries regarding this position may be sent to Prof. Foucart (<a href="mailto:francois.foucart@unh.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">francois.foucart(a)unh.edu</a>).   The University of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action institution and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran's status, physical or mental disability, or marital status. Candidates of all genders and underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.20. Postodoctoral positions in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology, Beijing, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16650 Deadline: 2020-03-01 Location: Beijing, China Additional Information: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/index.html Contact: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn The Center for Relativity and Gravitation at Beijing Normal University has one or two post-doctoral positions opening from September 2020 in the areas of quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. Successful candidates will work with Yongge Ma. The positions include competitive salary depending on the qualifications of the applicants. The appointment will be for two years. The gravity group consists of Sijie Gao, Wenbiao Liu, Yongge Ma, Hongbao Zhang, and Bin Zhou. In addition, the retired professors Canbin Liang, Zheng Zhao and Jianyang Zhu join the academic activities frequently, and Abhay Ashtekar, Jerzy Lewandowski, Carlo Rovelli and Thomas Thiemann held visiting professorships at the Institute. The areas of research in the group concern loop quantum gravity, black hole physics, general relativity, de Sitter spacetime, higher dimensional gravity and cosmology, AdS/CFT etc.. Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research proposal and arrange to have two recommendation letters (one from the PhD advisor of the applicant) sent directly to Yongge Ma by: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn, yonggema[AT]yahoo.com The deadline for receipt of all application material is March 1st, 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.21. Postdoc position in theoretical physics at the University of Tartu, Estonia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/28/postdoc-position-in-theoreti… Deadline: 2020-01-06 Location: Tartu, Estonia Additional Information: http://hexagon.fi.tartu.ee/~jobs/ Contact: geomgrav[AT]ut.ee The Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at the Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu, Estonia is looking for candidates to apply for a 2-year postdoctoral position. The research focus lies on: - mathematical foundations of gravity, - modifications to the geometry of spacetime, - gravity theories based on Finsler, Cartan, Weizenboeck or Riemann-Cartan geometry, - gravity theories including multiple metrics, - gravity theories including torsion, - (multi-)scalar-tensor and related gravity theories, - phenomenology of modified gravity, including gravitational waves, black holes, galaxies, - cosmological aspects of modified gravity, - relativistic quantum information, aiming at including gravity by employing quantum field theory on curved spacetime, - nonlocality in quantum field theories, - effective approaches for heavy quark physics. The position depends on external funding and the applications will be processed in two stages. In the first stage, all applications will be reviewed by the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at the University of Tartu. Then the selected candidates and the University of Tartu will apply for funding. The final decision on the funding will be made by the respective agencies. The position will be held in conjunction with the Estonian centre of excellence in research "The Dark Side of the Universe" (TK133) and the grant "Gauge gravity: unification, extensions and phenomenology" (PRG356), as well as aligned with the COST Actions "Cosmology and Astrophysics Network for Theoretical Advances and Training Actions" (CANTATA) and "Quantum Gravity Phenomenology in the multi-messenger approach" (QGMM). The postdoctoral grant amounts to 51000 EUR per year (40800 EUR direct research costs and 10200 EUR overhead for the host institution). Applicants must have a PhD degree or equivalent, awarded not earlier than 01 February 2015, and not later than 31 August 2020. Applications for the postdoctoral position must include: - curriculum vitae, - diploma of PhD degree or equivalent, - research proposal of up to five pages, - list of publications, - two letters of recommendation (to be sent separately). The deadline for the postdoctoral application is Monday, 06 January 2020, 05:59 GMT. All applications for the aforementioned position must be submitted electronically via the form on the linked homepage. All documents from the applicant, except for the recommendation letters, must be combined into a single PDF file of at most 8 MB size. The recommendation letters must be uploaded separately, and also in the PDF format. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.22. PhD position in Gravitational Wave Probes of Fundamental Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16654 Deadline: 2019-12-10 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2019/11/19-792-phd-position-in-grav… Contact: g.berton[AT]uva.nl We are seeking a PhD candidate who is interested in interdisciplinary research in gravitation and astroparticle physics. The successful candidate will in particular work on the implications of gravitational wave observations for fundamental physics and cosmology. What are you going to do? You are expected: * to be active in the fundamental research of our center of excellence in gravitation and astroparticle physics; * to contribute to develop a new line of research at the interface between dark matter, black holes and gravitational waves; * to contribute to publish the results in peer-reviewed academic journals; * to pursue, complete, and defend a PhD thesis within the appointed duration of four years; * to present the research results at international conferences and workshops; * to collaborate with other researchers at GRAPPA and Nikhef; * to assist in teaching activities. We will base our selection on your CV and application material as well as on the letters of recommendation. What do we require? * A MSc in Physics or Astronomy; * fluency in English, both written and spoken. Our offer A temporary contract for 38 hours per week for the duration of 4 years. (initial appointment will be for a period of 18 months and after satisfactory evaluation it can be extended for a total duration of 4 years) and should lead to a dissertation (PhD thesis). We will draft an educational plan that includes attendance of courses and (international) meetings. We also expect you to assist in teaching undergraduates and master students. The salary, depending on relevant experience before the beginning of the employment contract, will be EUR 2.325 to EUR 2.972 (scale P) gross per month, based on full-time employment (38 hours a week). These amounts are exclusive 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% end-of-year bonus. A favorable tax agreement, the '30% ruling', may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable. Are you curious about our extensive package of secondary employment benefits? Then find out more about working at the Faculty of Science (https://www.uva.nl/en/faculty/faculty-of-science/working-at-the-faculty/wor…) Questions? Do you have questions about this vacancy? Or do you want to know more about our organisation? Please contact: Prof. Gianfranco Bertone (g.bertone[AT]uva.nl) About the Faculty of Science The Faculty of Science has a student body of around 6,500, as well as 1,600 members of staff working in education, research or support services. Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain. GRAPPA, the center of excellence in Astroparticle Physics of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), is a joint effort between the Faculty's Institute of Physics (IoP) and the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API). It consists of faculty members with a strong interest in experimental and theoretical research into black holes, cosmic rays, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy, early universe cosmology, and string theory. Several of GRAPPA's faculty members are also affiliated with Nikhef, the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics, which is in close proximity to the UvA building. This position is part of the research programme 'Gravitational waves: a new road to fundamental physics, astrophysics, and cosmology', under the supervision of Profs. Gianfranco Bertone and Daniel Baumann. Job application The UvA is an equal-opportunity employer. We prioritise diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We value a spirit of enquiry and perseverance, provide the space to keep asking questions, and promote a culture of curiosity and creativity. Do you recognize yourself in the job profile? Then we look forward to receiving your CV and cover letter by 10 december 2019. You may apply online by using the link below. Applications should include: * a cover letter; * a CV (including a list of publications); * the name and email address of two referees. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.23. Expression of Interest for Professor Position in Gravitational Astrophysics, Canberra, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/29/expression-of-interest-eoi-f… Deadline: 2020-01-12 Location: Canberra, Australia Additional Information: https://www.ozgrav.org/anu-professor.html Contact: sareh.rajabi[AT]anu.edu.au The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, has recently established a new Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA), jointly supported by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Research School of Physics. The Centre encompasses all aspects of gravitational wave physics and astrophysics, including instrumentation, theory and data analysis, source follow-up and multi-messenger astronomy. It will bring together existing ANU researchers in these areas under one umbrella and expand the capability by making up to seven new tenure-track academic appointments across these research programs over the next year. The inaugural CGA Director is Professor David McClelland. We are now seeking Expressions of Interest for the key appointment of a Full Professor (Level E). It is the intention that the appointee will initially take on the role of Deputy Director, in the anticipation that they would become Director within the next five years. We are seeking an inspirational scientific leader with an equity agenda from any area of research covered by the Centre who can grow ANU's leadership across all areas of gravitational astrophysics. If you think you have the skills, vision and drive required to fill this role, please consider applying, regardless of your current level of appointment. The appointment comes with an attractive start-up package and the ability to help shape the future of the CGA through subsequent faculty hires. This is a continuing (tenured) position following the standard ANU six-month probation period. We are now seeking a 2-page Expression of Interest (EoI), along with a complete CV. EoIs will be accepted any time up to 12 January 2020. We anticipate advertising the position in mid-January 2020 with a closing date for applications in mid-February 2020. You are encouraged to contact Professor David McClelland (david.mcclelland[AT]anu.edu.au) for further information. Please email your expression of interest and CV to the CGA Administrator, Dr Sareh Rajabi (sareh.rajabi[AT]anu.edu.au), before the closing date. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Open Session of the Chalonge De Vega School, Paris, France ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/02/open-session-of-the-chalonge… Additional Information: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2019.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge - Hector de Vega International School of Astrofundamental Physics Daniel Chalonge - Hector de Vega Open Session "Last Cosmic News, Highlights and Prospects" Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 2:15 pm at the House of Argentina, 27A blvd Jourdan, Cite' Internationale Universitaire of Paris, 75014 Paris In the Program: -The Cosmo-Physics at the Chalonge-de Vega School and the Nobel Prize of Physics 2019, by Professor Norma SANCHEZ, CNRS-OP-PSL-SU, Paris -News of the Cosmological Standard Model: Pre-inflation, H_0 and Dark Energy -LiteBIRD, Millimetron, CMB, "White Papers" .... -Road of new ideas and their associated language: Ideo-Semantics of Time in Cosmology, by Dr Helios JAIME, Paris Sorbonne. -The Cosmology in the work of Italo Calvino in Paris and " the circle of Oulipo", by Dr Alba ZANINI, INFN-Turin, president of Kores, with the special participation of Sara D'AMARIO actress and Francois-Xavier FRANTZ director scene. - "And that is not all ...." (quote from Henri Poincare). Continue on November 28th ... -Announcement and information: https://www.obspm.fr/ecole-internationale-d-4159.html -Poster and programme: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2019.html Brochure and invitation: https://chalonge-devega.fr/invitation28novembre2019.pdf With compliments and kind regards Prof Dr Norma G. Sanchez and the Chalonge - de Vega School https://chalonge-devega.fr/ https://chalonge-devega.fr/HdeV.html https://chalonge-devega.fr/sanchez/ 2020: 30 pioneering years of the Chalonge-de Vega School: research, prospective, training and scientific culture at the forefront of cosmofundamental physics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. GRG Topical Collection "Testing the Kerr spacetime with gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/13/grg-topical-collection-testi… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/journal/10714/updates/17376440 We are please to inform you that the Topical Collection on "Testing the Kerr spacetime with gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations", edited by Emanuele Berti, has been completed and is free-to-read until 11 December 2019. One of the Holy Grails of observational astronomy is to confirm the prediction that black holes in the Universe are described by the Kerr solution of Einstein's field equations of general relativity. This Topical Collection provides a status report of theoretical and experimental progress towards confirming the "Kerr paradigm" through X-ray astronomy, gravitational lensing, stellar tidal disruption events, superradiance, and gravitational-wave observations of black hole binary mergers. Berti, E.: Topical collection: Testing the Kerr spacetime with gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations (EDITORIAL), Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 51(11), 140 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2622-2 We hope that you will publish your next article in GRG and look forward to working with you soon! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Giulio Rampa PhD Thesis Prize, Call for nominations, 2020 Edition ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/11/15/giulio-rampa-phd-thesis-priz… Additional Information: http://www-2.unipv.it/dottorati/scienzeetecnologie/fisica/n/web_PhD/index.p… Giulio Rampa PhD Thesis Prize for Outstanding Research in General Relativity and Gravitational Physics 2020 Edition Call for nominations A graduate of the University of Pavia, Giulio Rampa, in his short life, had a profound impact on his fellow students and the faculty of the Department of Physics of the University of Pavia. Following his Master in Physics, he soon entered The Graduate School at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam where he became deeply interested in general relativity. Known for his remarkable personality, as well as for his outstanding intellectual potential, Giulio Rampa's life is celebrated through this prize honouring an outstanding PhD Thesis in general relativity or gravitational physics. A monetary prize of 2,000 EUR will be awarded every two years to a graduate student for outstanding research on all aspects of general relativity or gravitational physics. The prize has been established in 2011, and is endowed under the terms of a donation from Nadia and Giorgio Rampa. Any PhD student who graduated in a University or research centre worldwide defending a PhD Thesis on all aspects of general relativity or gravitational physics between January 1st 2018 and December 31st 2019 is eligible to be nominated for this prize. The nominator should submit - preferably via email - all relevant material described below to the following address: Secretariat of The Rampa Prize Committee, c/o Department of Physics, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy e-mail: rampa.prize[AT]pv.infn.it The candidature material should comprise: 1) a one-page abstract of the PhD Thesis; 2) a full copy of the PhD Thesis; 3) a letter of recommendation from the Thesis Advisor; 4) one or more letters of endorsement - possibly from the Thesis reader - substantiating the candidate's contributions; 5) a complete CV. All of the material should be submitted no later than March 31st, 2020. Self-nominations will not be accepted. The following criteria are reviewed when selecting the Giulio Rampa prize recipient: (i) Originality of Contribution; (ii) Breadth of Work; (iii) Publications; (iv) Quality of Nomination; (v) Quality of Endorsement. The recipients of the prize are to be selected by a committee of international experts whose resolution will be communicated to the winners by June the 30th, 2020. The prizes will be presented at the 24th edition of the "Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV) Conference" to be held in September 2020. This is the biennial Conference of the Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV) devoted to all aspects of gravitational physics. The Rampa Prize-winner will have the opportunity to present his/her work during a special session of the conference. The winner will also be announced during the annual Honours Ceremony during the Inauguration of the Graduate Studies Academic Year in Pavia, in December 2020. Previous Awardees: 2012 Thomas-Paul Hack 2014 David Radice 2016 not assigned 2018 Davide Gerosa, Jan Ostrowski ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Black holes and neutron stars in modified gravity, Meudon, France 1.2. PHAROS Conference 2020, Patras, Greece 1.3. Quantum Gravity and Quantum Geometry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 1.4. Women in Mathematical Physics Workshop, Banff, Canada 1.5. Quantum Frontiers of Technology, Gebze, Turkey 1.6. Hot topics in Modern Cosmology - Spontaneous Workshop XIV, Cargese, France 1.7. Advances In Computational Relativity - ICERM@BROWN, Providence, RI, USA 1.8. 31st Chris Engelbrecht Summer School on Gravitational waves, Cape Town, South Africa 1.9. The Fourth Zeldovich meeting, Minsk, Belarus (2nd announcement) 1.10. SIGRAV International School 2020, Vietri sul Mare, Italy 1.11. XV Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal 2. Jobs 2.1. Call for "La Caixa" postdoctoral fellowships at IGFAE, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2.2. Faculty position on gravitational wave astronomy at the University of Glasgow (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader), UK 2.3. Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics and Numerical Relativity at West Virginia University, USA 2.4. Post-doctoral position in Gravitational Wave Cosmology at UCLouvain, Belgium 2.5. Post-doctoral position in Gravitational Wave Instrumentation at UCLouvain, Belgium 2.6. Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Gravitational Physics at the University of Virginia, USA 2.7. Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave theory at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2.8. Postdoctoral positions in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics at Potsdam, Germany 2.9. Four-year Postdoctoral Position in Scattering Amplitudes and Gravitational Waves at UCLA and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics 2.10. Simons Postdoctoral Research Associate in Gravitation and Cosmology at Princeton University, USA 2.11. Postdoc position in Loop Quantum Gravity at LSU, Baton Rouge, USA 2.12. PhD fellowship in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy, Valencia, Spain 2.13. Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave data analysis at Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2.14. Postdoctoral Positions at Center for Gravitation and Cosmology 2.15. Postdoc Position at IAP in Primordial Cosmolog/Theoretical High-Energy Physics, Paris, France 2.16. Perimeter Postdoctoral Program and Gravitational Waves Initiative 2020, Waterloo, Canada 2.17. PhD position in gravitational wave data analysis at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2.18. Postdoctoral positions in theoretical physics, Wuhan, China 2.19. Multiple short-term postdoc positions available, Providence, RI, USA 2.20. Postdoctoral positions in the CGCA at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 2.21. Full Professor (W3) of Mathematical Physics, Tuebingen, Germany 2.22. Postdoc position in gravity/cosmology at USTC, Hefei, China 2.23. Postdoc position at APC on "Early-universe cosmological simulations", Paris, France 2.24. Postdocs: ERC CoG 'Precision Gravity from LHC to LISA', Hamburg, Germany 2.25. Four-year Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational-Wave Theory and Astrophysics at Northwestern University and the MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam 2.26. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Astrophysics at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 2.27. PhD position in theoretical gravitational physics and cosmology at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Hannover, Germany 3. News 3.1. Translation of Lobachevsky's papers on non-Euclidean geometry 3.2. SageMath 8.9 is out 3.3. Nominations for the 2020 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize are now open 3.4. Texas Symposium: early-bird deadline extended 3.5. The Nineteenth Release of the Einstein Toolkit ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Black holes and neutron stars in modified gravity, Meudon, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/03/black-holes-and-neutron-star… Starting: 2019-11-18 to 2019-11-20 Location: Meudon, France Additional Information: https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/19676/ Contact: laura.bernard[AT]obspm.fr Thanks to the advent of gravitational wave astronomy (LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, LISA), as well as to high-angular-resolution observations of black hole vicinity (EHT, VLTI/GRAVITY), new tests of gravity in the strong field regime are becoming available. They offer the potentiality to discriminate between general relativity and alternative theories (generically designed as modified gravity) that are currently developed, notably to address the issue of dark energy in cosmology. This workshop is devoted to the properties of compact objects (black holes, neutron stars, boson stars, etc.) in these theories and will allow ample time for discussions. Registration is free but we ask all participants to register on the workshop's webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. PHAROS Conference 2020, Patras, Greece --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/04/pharos-conference-2020/ Starting: 2020-03-30 to 2020-04-03 Location: Patras, Greece Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/e/pharos2020 Contact: pharos2020[AT]upatras.gr Neutron stars are unique objects that manifest themselves across a wide range of multi-messenger signals: electromagnetic radiation from radio to gamma-rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos, and gravitational waves. Their extreme density, gravity and magnetic fields make them exceptional astrophysical laboratories for the exploration of nuclear physics, general relativity, and electromagnetism at extreme conditions that are impossible to achieve in terrestrial laboratories. The PHAROS Conference 2020 aims to bring together neutron star experts from the following thematic areas: - Dense matter: equations of state, superfluidity and superconductivity - Magnetic field formation, structure and evolution - Neutron star observations: from radio to gamma-rays - Neutron stars in the multimessenger era - Neutron stars in General Relativity - Magnetospheric high-energy emission - Population studies - Fast Radio Bursts Confirmed Invited Speakers - Mehmet Ali Alpar (Sabanci University) - Danai Antonopoulou (Polish Academy of Sciences) - Manisha Caleb (Jodrell Bank) - Benoit Cerutti (Grenoble University) - Nathalie Degenaar (University of Amsterdam) - Sam Lander (Polish Academy of Sciences) - Yuri Levin (Columbia University, Flatiron Institute) - Lina Levin Preston (Jodrell Bank) - Cole Miller (University of Maryland) - Albino Perego (University of Trento) - Alexander Potekhin (Ioffe, St Petersburg) - Laura Tolos (University of Frankfurt & ICE Barcelona) - Eleonora Troja (NASA Goddard) - Dave Tsang (University of Bath) - Anatoly Spitkovsky (Princeton University) - Daniele Vigano (University of the Balearic Islands) - Patrick Weltevrede (University of Manchester) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Quantum Gravity and Quantum Geometry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16347 Starting: 2019-10-30 to 2019-11-01 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.noncommutativegeometry.nl/qgqg2019/ Contact: waltervs[AT]math.ru.nl Workshop in relation to the NWO Physics Vrije Programma Quantum gravity and the search for quantum spacetime. The goal is to bring together a range of researchers who are interested in theories of quantum gravity and quantum spacetime from a variety of angles, including asymptotic safety, causal dynamical triangulations, non-commutative and 'fuzzy' geometry, statistical/discrete formulations and tensor models, with the help of mathematical tools, renormalization group techniques, non-perturbative methods and computer simulations. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Women in Mathematical Physics Workshop, Banff, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/17/women-in-mathematical-physic… Starting: 2020-09-20 to 2020-09-25 Location: Banff, Canada Additional Information: https://sites.google.com/site/womathphys/ Contact: cederbaum[AT]math.uni-tuebingen.de The Women in Mathematical Physics Workshop at Banff International Research Station will have multiple research groups. One of them is on the topic of "Mathematical relativity: static Lorentzian length spaces". It is led by Carla Cederbaum (Tuebingen University) and Melanie Graf (University of Washington). Women of all stages of careers are welcome (at least you should be already doing research towards a master thesis or a PhD). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Quantum Frontiers of Technology, Gebze, Turkey --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/18/quantum-frontiers-of-technol… Starting: 2019-11-08 to 2019-11-11 Location: Gebze, Turkey Additional Information: http://tbae.tubitak.gov.tr/en/haber/quantum-frontiers-technology Contact: tbae.iletisim[AT]tubitak.gov.tr TUBITAK - Research Institute for Fundamental Sciences International Workshop, November 8 - 11 2019, Gebze, TURKEY Over the last century, humankind has gained the ability not only to understand the realms of quantum, which go far beyond our everyday experience and imagination, but also to manipulate them. Nowadays, the growing power of this manipulation is paving the way for a new technological revolution where engineering and coherent control of specific quantum states can be harnessed to provide the greatest benefits for information processing, transmission, sensing and metrology. The goal of this workshop is to bring together world class experts and senior scientists, early career researchers and graduate students to discuss the latest developments in the area of quantum technologies, such as quantum communication, computation, simulation and measurement. Plenary Speakers * Winfried Hensinger (University of Sussex, UK) * Alexander Lvovsky (University of Oxford, UK) * Eugene S. Polzik (Neils Bohr Institute, Denmark) * Menno Poot (Munich Quantum Center, Germany) * Sergii Strelchuk (University of Cambridge, UK) Invited Speakers * Inanc Adagideli (Sabanci University) * Serkan Ates (IYTE) * Ceyhun Bulutay (Bilkent University) * Kadir Durak (Ozyegin University) * Zafer Gedik (Sabanci University) * Oguz Gulseren (Bilkent University) * Izgur Mustecaplioglu (Koc University) * Cengiz Onbasli (Koc University) Organizers: Hasan Mandal (President of TUBITAK), Alikram Nuhbalaoglu (TUBITAK TBAE) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Hot topics in Modern Cosmology - Spontaneous Workshop XIV, Cargese, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/20/spontaneous-workshop-xiv/ Starting: 2020-05-03 to 2020-05-09 Location: Cargese, France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/SW_2020/index.php Contact: triay[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr Spontaneous Workshop brings together specialists in particle physics, astrophysics and theoretical physics at the Institute of Scientific Studies of Cargese to exchange recent knowledge on Cosmology. The goal is to stimulate debate for generating innovative ideas on emerging issues. With this in mind, the number of participants is limited to 30-40 and the workshop program is based on an optimal number of concise presentations, with a sufficient discussion space to facilitate interactions between participants. Postdoctoral and PhD students are encouraged to participate. SW14 topics includes: Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis - Primordial Universe - Inflation - Black Holes - Numerical Relativity - QFT in Curved Spacetime - CMB - Large Scale Structures - Gravitational Waves - Inhomogeneous Cosmology - Magnetic Fields in the Universe - Cosmic Antimatter -Cosmic Rays - Neutrino Cosmology - Dark Energy - Dark Matter - Modified Gravity +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Advances In Computational Relativity - ICERM@BROWN, Providence, RI, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/21/advances-in-computational-re… Starting: 2020-09-09 to 2020-12-11 Location: Providence, RI, USA Additional Information: https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/ Contact: sfield[AT]umassd.edu We would like to invite you to a semester program at ICERM, Brown University in Providence titled "Advances in Computational Relativity". https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/ This semester program aims to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations involving mathematicians, statisticians and the relativity community with the goals of: (i) work towards solving some of the most pressing mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, and data analysis issues facing the gravitational wave community, (ii) fostering an environment for the deep collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas between mathematicians, statisticians, and the relativity community, (iii) creating new subfields within computational mathematics that focus on important, pressing issues related to gravitational waves. Although the program will run over the entire Fall 2020 semester with several researchers staying the semester at ICERM, you are welcome to participate at any convenient time for as long you can. In addition, there will be a week-long workshop once every month organized by topic. Dates and workshop titles appear below: 9/14: Workshop 1 (https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/w1/) "Advances and Challenges in Computational Relativity." (with a focus on gravitational waves from compact objects) 10/5: Workshop 2 (https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/w2/) "Mathematical and Computational Approaches for solving the source-free Einstein field equations." 10/26: Workshop 3 (https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/w3/) "Mathematical and Computational Approaches for the Einstein field equations with matter fields" 11/16: Workshop 4 (https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f20/w4/) "Statistical methods for the detection, classification, and inference of relativistic objects" ICERM has funding available to cover travel and accommodation for faculty, postdocs and students. Please apply using the link "Apply with Cube" at the program website. Please let Scott Field (sfield[AT]umassd.edu) or Gaurav Khanna (gkhanna[AT]umassd.edu) know if you have any questions about the program. Scientific Organizing Committee -- Stefanos Aretakis, UToronto Doug Arnold, UMN Manuela Campanelli, RIT Scott Field, UMass Dartmouth Jonathan Gair, AEI Jae-Hun Jung, SUNY Buffalo Gaurav Khanna, UMass Dartmouth Stephen Lau, UNM Steve Liebling, LIU Deirdre Shoemaker, GTech Jared Speck, Vanderbilt Saul Teukolsky, Cornell +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. 31st Chris Engelbrecht Summer School on Gravitational waves, Cape Town, South Africa --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16434 Starting: 2020-01-20 to 2020-01-29 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.chrisengelbrecht2020.com/ Contact: chrisengelbrecht2020[AT]gmail.com Dear Colleagues, We would like to bring the following school on Gravitational Waves to your attention. Please share with your students and postdocs. 31st Chris Engelbrecht Summer School on Gravitational waves Cape Town, 20 January - 29 January 2020 www.chrisengelbrecht2020.com SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT The Cosmology and Gravity Group Group at the University of Cape Town is pleased to be hosting the 31st Chris Engebrecht Summer School. This specific Summer School is motivated by recent advances in the field of gravitational wave science. The lecturer series will cover a broad range of topics related to gravitational wave science, such as numerical simualtion of gravitational wave sources, gravitational waves in modified gravity, cosmology and the gravitational wave background. The school will take place from 20 January 2020 - 29 January 2020 at the university of Cape Town Confirmed Speakers (in alphabetical order) include Rituparno Goswami (UKZN) Lavinia Heisenberg (EHT Zurich) Denis Pollney (Rhodes University) Alicia Sintes (UIB LIGO collaboration) and more to be confirmed. There is limited funding to support students to attend the school. To qualify for financial support, please visitwww.chrisengelbrecht2020.com and fill out the registration form by 01 November 2019. Due to budgetary constraints, we would like to encourage Institutions and supervisors to financially support their students where possible. We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town, THE LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC): Alvaro de la Cruz Dombriz Peter K. S. Dunsby Julien Larena Bishop Mongwane Anne Marie Nzioki Chris Stevens +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. The Fourth Zeldovich meeting, Minsk, Belarus (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/30/the-fourth-zeldovich-meeting… Starting: 2020-04-20 to 2020-04-24 Location: Minsk, Belarus Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/zeldovich4 Contact: zeld4[AT]icranet.org This is the second announcement of the Fourth Zeldovich meeting to be held in Minsk, Belarus, from 20 to 24 of April 2020. Abstract submission started on 30 of October 2019. The deadline for abstract submissions is 1 of April 2020. It is our pleasure to announce the preliminary list of invited speakers: Abhay Ashtekar (Institute for Gravitation & the Cosmos, Penn State University, USA - TBC) Jens Chluba (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, UK) Stefan Gillessen (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany) Claus Laemmerzahl (ZARM, Germany) Vladimir Lipunov (Moscow State University, Russia) Felix Mirabel (CEA Saclay, France) Slava Mukhanov (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Germany) Konstantin Postnov (Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University, Russia - TBC) Piero Rosati (University of Ferrara, Italy) Jorge Rueda (ICRANet, Italy) Remo Ruffini (ICRANet, Italy) Nikolay Shakura (Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University, Russia) Alexey Starobinsky (Landau institute for theoretical physics, RAS, Russia) Registration form: http://dbserver.icra.it:8080/meetings/registration_zeld4.htm Abstract submission form: https://uploader.icranet.org/zeld4/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. SIGRAV International School 2020, Vietri sul Mare, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16474 Starting: 2020-02-03 to 2020-02-07 Location: Vietri sul Mare, Italy Additional Information: https://agenda.infn.it/event/19488/overview Contact: fulvio.ricci[AT]uniroma1.it The SIGRAV International School 2020, organised by the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV), aims at providing robust and deep knowledge of General Relativity and its possible modifications, with particular attention to phenomenological consequences in astrophysics and in cosmology. The following courses will be offered: - General Relativity and its Modifications - Lecturer: Lavinia Heisenberg (ETH, Zurich) - Testing Gravity - Lecturer: Paolo Pani (Sapienza University of Rome) - Cosmology beyond General Relativity - Lecturer: Tessa Baker (Oxford University) - Cosmological Perturbation Theory and Structure Formation - Lecturer: Sabino Matarrese (University of Padova) For further informations see the school's web page +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. XV Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Coimbra, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16476 Starting: 2020-04-06 to 2020-04-08 Location: Coimbra, Portugal Additional Information: https://ibericos2020.math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Contact: ibericos2020[AT]math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt This is the 1st announcement for the XV Iberian Cosmology meeting, which will take place in Coimbra, Portugal, from the 6th to the 8th of April 2020. Registration is now open at: https://ibericos2020.math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt where you may also find more details about the meeting, as well as accommodation in Coimbra. These meetings aim to encourage interactions and collaborations between researchers working in cosmology and related areas in Portugal and Spain. Researchers working in other countries are also most welcome. Please feel free to send this announcement to other scientists that may be interested in attending. The meetings are informal and there is no registration fee. There are also no parallel sessions or posters, and blackboard talks are encouraged. All participants wishing to give a talk may submit a title and abstract when they register. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is March 6, 2020 and a preliminary program will appear on the webpage shortly after. Moreover, these meetings are not restricted to a single topic but are open to cosmologists in the broadest sense, from mathematical cosmology and theoretical particle physics to observational astrophysics. They are also designed to encourage the presentation of work in progress. We look forward to seeing you in Coimbra! The local organizing committee Alexandre Correia (Univ. Coimbra) Artur Alho (IST, Univ. Lisboa) Filipe Mena (IST, Univ. Lisboa) Joao Rosa (Univ. Aveiro) Nuno Peixinho (Univ. Coimbra) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Call for "La Caixa" postdoctoral fellowships at IGFAE, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/02/call-for-la-caixa-postdoctor… Deadline: 2019-10-08 Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Additional Information: https://igfae.usc.es/igfae/job-offer/la-caixa-junior-leaders-igfae-postdoct… Contact: thomas.dent[AT]usc.es The "La Caixa" foundation has announced a call for postdoctoral fellowships for excellent researchers, of any nationality, who wish to continue their research career in Spain. They will be offered a three-year employment contract to conduct a research project at accredited centres with the Severo Ochoa or Maria de Maeztu excellence award. The IGFAE Gravitational Wave Astronomy group at Santiago de Compostela, as a Maria de Maeztu excellence centre, encourages and will support applications to this call. More information on the fellowship programme and application process are available at http://www.juniorleaderlacaixa.org/ , and on the host institute IGFAE at https://igfae.usc.es/igfae/ . The application deadline is 8 October (registration at https://www.lacaixafellowships.org is required for application). Contact thomas.dent[AT]usc.es or ricardojulio.rodriguez[AT]usc.es in case of questions. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Faculty position on gravitational wave astronomy at the University of Glasgow (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader), UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16332 Deadline: 2019-10-29 Location: Glasgow, UK Additional Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BVS533/lecturer-senior-lecturer-or-reader Contact: ik.heng[AT]glasgow.ac.uk The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow have an opening for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader with a research focus on gravitational wave astronomy. More details can be found by going to the external link and clicking 'Apply'. The closing date for applications is the 29th of October 2019. Successful applicants will be working with members of the Institute for Gravitational Research to tackle challenges in gravitational wave astronomy with ground-based and spacebourne observatories. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics and Numerical Relativity at West Virginia University, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/09/postdoctoral-fellow-in-compu… Deadline: 2019-12-15 Location: Morgantown, USA Additional Information: https://wvu.taleo.net/careersection/wvu_research/jobdetail.ftl?job=13139 Contact: zbetienne[AT]mail.wvu.edu The Department of Physics & Astronomy at West Virginia University is seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the field of Computational Relativistic Astrophysics/Numerical Relativity. The successful candidate will: * Develop next-generation numerical relativity software. * Perform state-of-the-art simulations; analyze and visualize simulation data; and write scientific papers summarizing work. * Work with a multi-institution network of collaborators on a variety of next-generation numerical relativity projects such as: - Supercomputer simulations of magnetized binary neutron star mergers with IllinoisGRMHD (https://illinoisgrmhd.net) and realistic equations of state. - A volunteer-computing / public-outreach project called BlackHoles@Home (https://blackholesathome.net) which is aimed at unlocking the consumer-grade desktop computer as a core tool for numerical relativity simulations of black holes and black hole binaries. The preferred start date is August 15, 2020, though earlier start dates are acceptable. This position may be renewed in annualized increments for up to three years, contingent upon performance, need, and funding. The screening process will begin on December 15, 2019 and will continue until the position is filled. -={ Qualifications }=- * Ph.D. in Physics or a related field required. * Strong programming skills (C and Python, or closely related languages). * Experience in high-performance computing and large-scale data analysis. * Excellent ability to communicate research to both experts and non-experts. -={ Requirements }=- * Resume or CV * Cover letter * Three letters of recommendation West Virginia University Research Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Corporation values diversity among its employees and invites applications from all qualified individuals, including minorities, females, individuals with disabilities and veterans. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Post-doctoral position in Gravitational Wave Cosmology at UCLouvain, Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/10/post-doctoral-position-in-gr… Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Additional Information: https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/jobs/59 Contact: christophe.ringeval[AT]uclouvain.be The CURL group (https://curl.irmp.ucl.ac.be) at the IRMP Research Institute in Mathematics and Physics of the Universite' catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) has an opening for a post-doctoral research position in the field of gravitational wave cosmology starting fall 2020. Applicants with expertises in gravitational wave signatures of early universe physics, stochastic gravitational wave background, cosmic defects, primordial black holes, cosmic inflation, as well as data analysis for current and future gravitational wave interferometers, such as LIGO/Virgo and LISA, are particularly encouraged to apply. The appointment is available for two years, and could possibly be extended to 3 years depending on mutual satisfaction and available funding. The position is supported by a joint research program in gravitational wave physics between the CP3 center (https://cp3.phys.ucl.ac.be) and the CURL group (https://curl.irmp.ucl.ac.be) at UCLouvain and the STAR institute (https://www.star.uliege.be) at Universite' de Liege. Computing resources and support for travelling are excellent. Letters of application (including a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a brief statement of research interests) and at least two recommendation letters from senior scientists should be submitted on-line, by the 15th of January 2020, at the accompanying URL. For more information, please contact: christophe.ringeval[AT]uclouvain.be Cosmology, Universe and Relativity at Louvain Institute of Mathematics and Physics Louvain University 2, Chemin du Cyclotron 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Post-doctoral position in Gravitational Wave Instrumentation at UCLouvain, Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/10/post-doctoral-position-in-gr… Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Additional Information: https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/jobs/60 Contact: Giacomo.Bruno[AT]uclouvain.be The CP3 center (http://cp3.phys.ucl.ac.be/) at the IRMP Research Institute in Mathematics and Physics of the Universite' catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) has an opening for a post-doctoral research position on development and commissioning of instrumentation for gravitational wave detectors. The IRMP institute hosts, among others, research on fundamental interactions and cosmology equally strongly on the experimental and theoretical fronts. More than 100 physicists and mathematicians from all over the world currently work at the IRMP. Physicists of the IRMP have recently joined the Virgo Collaboration at the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) and are launching a new research program in gravitational wave physics which includes important contributions to the Virgo detection and computing systems as well as to LIGO/Virgo data analysis and gravitational wave cosmology. The group will also participate in the construction of a research and development facility, funded by the EU through its Interreg Europe programme, aimed to prepare the construction of the Einstein Telescope project. The selected candidate is expected to take a leading role in current and future upgrade projects of the Virgo interferometer and to the activities related to the design and construction of the Einstein Telescope. The appointment is available for two years, and could possibly be extended to 3 years subject to mutual satisfaction and availability of funds. The position is supported by a joint research program in gravitational wave physics between the CP3 center (http://cp3.phys.ucl.ac.be/) and the CURL group (https://curl.group/) at UCLouvain and the STAR institute (https://www.star.uliege.be/) at Universite' de Liege. Computing resources and support for traveling are excellent. Applications including a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a brief statement of research interests and at least two recommendation letters from senior scientists should be submitted on-line, by the 15th of January 2020, at the accompanying URL. For more information, please, contact Giacomo Bruno (Giacomo.Bruno[AT]uclouvain.be ; tel: +32 (0)10 473215) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Gravitational Physics at the University of Virginia, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/11/postdoctoral-research-associ… Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Charlottesville, VA, USA Additional Information: https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UVAJobs/job/Charlottesville-VA/Rese… Contact: david.nichols[AT]virginia.edu The gravity group in the Department of Physics at the University of Virginia invites applications for a postdoctoral research-associate position in gravitational physics. The successful applicant will work with Assistant Professor David Nichols and other members of the gravity group (Assistant Professor Kent Yagi, Research Associate Alex Saffer, and several graduate and undergraduate students). There will also be the opportunity to work with other members of the Department of Physics, the Department of Astronomy, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) with whom the gravity group collaborates. Research associates have access to the Rivanna cluster, the high-performance-computing system housed at the University of Virginia, which has 8000 cores. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must have a Ph.D. degree in Physics, Astronomy, or a related field by the beginning of the appointment. It would be beneficial for candidates to have significant research experience in some aspect of gravitational physics (such as analytical or numerical relativity, gravitational-wave data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics, or cosmology), which would be demonstrated, for example, by papers published and talks delivered on these subjects. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Apply online at https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UVAJobs/job/Charlottesville-VA/Rese… and attach a one-page cover letter, a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and experience (at most three pages), and the contact information for three individuals who can provide professional reference letters. Please submit these attachments as PDF files and format them using at least 11pt font and 1-inch margins. The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2019, but the position will remain open until filled. Starting date is flexible, but the anticipated start date is September 1, 2020. This is a one-year appointment; however, the appointment may be renewed for two additional one-year terms, contingent upon available funding and satisfactory performance. For questions about the position, please contact David Nichols, Assistant Professor, at david[dot]nichols{at}virginia[dot]edu. For questions about the application, please contact Rich Haverstrom, Faculty Search Advisor, at rkh6j{at}virginia.edu For more information on the benefits available to postdoctoral associates at UVA, visit https://postdoc.virginia.edu/ and https://hr.virginia.edu/benefits. Centrally located in Virginia, Charlottesville boasts a thriving intellectual community and cultural life, with easy access to recreational venues and convenient travel to Richmond, Washington D.C. and SAMSI, which combine to make UVa a most desirable place to live and work. For more information about UVA and the area, please visit http://uvacharge.virginia.edu/guide.html. The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System and the University Physician's Group are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave theory at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16360 Deadline: 2019-11-22 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.nikhef.nl/jobs/vacatures/ Contact: vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl The gravitational physics division at Nikhef, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in gravitational wave theory, with an emphasis on the numerical and analytical modeling of binary neutron star and neutron star-black hole coalescences. The successful candidate will be part of the team of data analysts and phenomenologists led by Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck and Dr. S. Caudill, which currently consists of 4 postdocs and 4 PhD students and will grow substantially over the next year. In addition, the gravitational physics division at Nikhef (led by Prof. F. Linde) has close ties with gravitational wave researchers at universities and institutes across the Netherlands, which apart from instrumentalists includes astronomers, astrophysicists, and theorists, such as Baumann, Bertone, Groot, Hinderer, Jonker, Levan, Moesta, Nelemans, and Nissanke. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. The position is initially for two years and extendable by a third year. When applying, please be prepared to upload a cover letter, publication list, and curriculum vitae including a brief description of your research interest. Also, please separately arrange for least three references who are willing to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The deadline for full consideration is 22 November 2019, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Further information can be obtained from Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck (vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoctoral positions in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics at Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16369 Deadline: 2019-12-09 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: https://www.aei.mpg.de/2306007/postdoctoral-positions-in-computational-rela… Contact: mshibata[AT]aei.mpg.de The "Computational Relativistic Astrophysics" division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (the Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam led by Masaru Shibata (director) announces the opening of several postdoc appointments. The postdoctoral position will be available at different levels, depending on experience and seniority, and can last for different number of years. The "Computational Relativistic Astrophysics" division is currently composed of one group leader (Dr. Kenta Kiuchi), one senior scientist (Shinya Wanajo), and 8 junior researchers, and focuses on several research topics in theoretical astrophysics, computational astrophysics, and general relativity. The members in this division are working in the following topics: (i) numerical relativity with matter fields for a variety of relativistic phenomena like mergers of neutron-star binaries (binary neutron stars and black hole-neutron star binaries), long-term evolution of the merger remnants, stellar collapse to a black hole/neutron star, and long-term evolution of accretion disks around a black hole/neutron star. (ii) deriving accurate gravitational waves from neutron-star binaries by numerical relativity simulation for a variety of neutron-star equations of state. (iii) modeling electromagnetic counterparts (kilonovae, short gamma-ray bursts, radio flare, precursors, etc) associated with neutron-star mergers. (iv) nucleosynthesis calculation associated with neutron-star mergers and stellar collapse. (v) modeling gravitational waves emitted in the supernova explosion/proto neutron star evolution. (vi) studies for the formation processes of a variety of black holes (stellar-mass, intermediate-mass, and supermassive black holes) and for gravitational-wave and electromagnetic signals associated with the formation processes. (vii) Stellar evolution calculation. Researching other topics (even for non-relativistic/non-computational astrophysics) is also encouraged. The researchers in the "Computational Relativistic Astrophysics" division can use high-performance computers at Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF: https://www.mpcdf.mpg.de) and several clusters (sakura and yamazaki) in this division. For more details, please visit https://www.aei.mpg.de/2306007/postdoctoral-positions-in-computational-rela… The deadline for full consideration is December 9th, 2019. The positions will be available from any time after April 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Four-year Postdoctoral Position in Scattering Amplitudes and Gravitational Waves at UCLA and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/15/four-year-postdoctoral-posit… Deadline: 2019-11-15 Location: Los Angeles, USA and Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15104 Contact: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de We invite applications for a four-year postdoctoral position jointly between the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam, and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). The successful candidate will work to advance the understanding of the two-body problem in General Relativity, taking advantage of modern techniques in scattering amplitudes, effective field theory and the double-copy paradigm, to carry out calculations in post-Newtonian and post-Minkowskian approximations for binaries of compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars. This program is timely and relevant to develop highly accurate waveform models to be used for gravitational-wave observations with the LIGO and Virgo detectors, and future experiments on the ground and in space. The postdoctoral position is funded at the AEI by the department "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity", led by Alessandra Buonanno, and at the UCLA, by the "Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics", led by Zvi Bern. The successful applicant will reside at the AEI for the first 2 years, and at the UCLA for the last 2 years. Visits to the other institution are expected to maintain collaborations with researchers at both institutes throughout. In order to apply, please visit AcademicJobsOnline.org: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15104 For the application submission you will be asked to upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, a 2-page summary of past research achievements, and a 2-page research proposal. Applicants will need to indicate the names of three referees for recommendation letters. Referees will receive an email with instructions on how to upload their letters. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is November 15, 2019. The position is available as early as Summer 2020. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and UCLA are equal opportunity employers, and are committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. For further information please contact Dr. Andre Schirotzek: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de Note that a similar advertisement for the joint postdoctoral appointment appears on AcademicsJobsOnline.org under the UCLA institution. It is sufficient for candidates to submit the application only to one of the two institutions. Applications will be reviewed jointly at the AEI and UCLA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Simons Postdoctoral Research Associate in Gravitation and Cosmology at Princeton University, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16376 Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Princeton, NJ (USA) Additional Information: https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/13861 Contact: steinh[AT]princeton.edu The Physics Department at Princeton University expects to have a postdoctoral position for a candidate working at the interface between theoretical cosmology and general relativity, nominally starting September 1, 2020. The initial appointment will be for one year, renewable up to three years contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance. A PhD in Physics, Astrophysics, Mathematics, or a related area is required. The postdoctoral fellow will be supported by a Simons Foundation targeted grant under the Initiative entitled New Directions in Gravitational Theory and Cosmology: Cosmological Bounces & Bouncing Cosmologies (see http://bouncingcosmology.com) The fellow will be part of an international collaboration pursuing a broad range of fundamental problems in cosmology and general relativity using a spectrum of techniques that include analytical and numerical relativity and field theory. Interested candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, which might include cosmology, general relativity or high energy physics, will be considered. Applications will begin to be reviewed on December 1, 2019. Under the link below, you may upload a recent CV, research statement and contact information for three referees who will be solicited to provide letters of support. For more information please contact Paul Steinhardt at steinh[AT]princeton.edu. Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This position is subject to the University's background check policy. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoc position in Loop Quantum Gravity at LSU, Baton Rouge, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/16/postdoc-position-in-loop-qua… Deadline: 2019-11-15 Location: Baton Rouge, USA Additional Information: https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/LSU---Baton-Rouge/Postdoctoral-Re… Contact: psingh[AT]lsu.edu The Theoretical General Relativity Group at LSU expects to have, contingent on funding, an opening for a postdoctoral researcher working in loop quantum gravity/cosmology and related areas. The initial appointment will be for one year and the selected applicant is expected to be renewed for another one, subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. The postdoctoral researcher will perform research on loop quantum gravity applications in cosmology and black hole physics and related areas. The core relativity group at LSU consists of Ivan Agullo, Steve Brandt, Peter Diener, Jorge Pullin and Parampreet Singh, and several graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. In addition to that, LSU hosts a strong experimental gravity group with activity in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), whose Livingston site is 30 miles away from Baton Rouge. LSU is also host to the Center for Computation & Technology (CCT), a multidisciplinary research center which includes computational groups in several areas of science, engineering and the humanities. Several researchers in the relativity group have joint appointments at CCT. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2019. For full advertisement and application instructions see https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/LSU---Baton-Rouge/Postdoctoral-Re… For further information please contact Parampreet Singh psingh[AT]lsu.edu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. PhD fellowship in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy, Valencia, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16385 Deadline: 2019-11-07 Location: Valencia (Spain) Additional Information: https://sede.micinn.gob.es/ayudaspredoctorales/ Contact: j.antonio.font[AT]uv.es PhD fellowship in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy, Valencia, Spain The Relativistic Astrophysics Group at the University of Valencia (Spain) invites applications for a four-year PhD fellowship in the field of gravitational-wave astronomy. The fellowship is funded by the R&D project "Computational Relativistic Astrophysics" (PGC2018-095984-B-I00) supported by the Spanish R+D+i Plan under the program "Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formacion de doctores 2019". The Valencia group is one of the largest groups in Spain working on relativistic astrophysics, has strong connections with a number of gravity groups worldwide, and is part of the Virgo Collaboration. The successful applicant will carry out research in topics such as the modelling of gravitational-wave sources through numerical-relativity techniques (compact binaries, core-collapse supernovae, exotic compact objects), data analysis, and parameter estimation. Call details: Spanish: http://www.ciencia.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/menuitem.dbc68b34d11ccbd5d52ff… English: http://www.ciencia.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/menuitem.dbc68b34d11ccbd5d52ff… Candidate requirements and documentation: Applicants must be enrolled or admitted to a doctoral program for the 2019/2020 academic year at the time the application is submitted or will be at the time of the signature of the contract (around May 2020, max). Applications can be submitted from October 17 to November 7, 2019. They have to be submitted online at the website of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades: https://sede.micinn.gob.es/ayudaspredoctorales/ Electronic signature of the application is mandatory for applicants residing in Spain. The following documents must be included in the online application: a) Copy of passport (only for non-Spanish citizens not living in Spain) b) Curriculum Vitae (either in Spanish or English) c) Academic degree certificate. It must list the qualifications obtained and the corresponding dates for all subjects. For certificates issued by foreign centers, it must also be stated which are the maximum and minimum qualifications within the corresponding evaluation system and what is the minimum qualification to pass. If the academic certification is issued in a language other than Spanish or English, it must be accompanied by the corresponding official translation into one of these two languages. d) Statement that no predoctoral training has been initiated with other grants from previous calls of the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades and of not being in possession of a PhD degree, issued by any Spanish or foreign university. e) Statement that the applicant has not been contracted as a PhD student for more than twelve months prior to the submission of his/her application. For further information, please contact Prof. Jose Antonio Font (j.antonio.font[AT]uv.es). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave data analysis at Utrecht University, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16390 Deadline: 2019-11-29 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?Po… Contact: c.f.f.vandenbroeck[AT]uu.nl The Institute for Subatomic Physics at Utrecht University invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in gravitational wave data analysis and phenomenology, covering all aspects of strong-field gravity, with an emphasis on studying gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars and black holes. This effort is led by Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck; it currently involves 4 postdocs and 4 PhD students and will grow significantly over the coming year. Apart from collaboration within the Institute for Subatomic Physics, the gravitational waves team of Utrecht University has close ties with researchers at universities and institutes across the Netherlands, which apart from instrumentalists includes astronomers, astrophysicists, and theorists. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. The successful candidate will become a member of the Virgo Collaboration and have access to all data from the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo interferometers. To apply, please upload your curriculum vitae, including a letter of motivation, using the link provided. Also, please separately arrange for least three references who are willing to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The deadline for full consideration is 29 November 2019, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Further information can be obtained from Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck (c.f.f.vandenbroeck[AT]uu.nl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Postdoctoral Positions at Center for Gravitation and Cosmology ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/19/postdoctoral-positions-at-ce… Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Yangzhou, China Additional Information: http://www.cgc-yzu.cn/ Contact: ycong(a)yzu.edu.cn The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology of Yangzhou University, China, is seeking qualified and talented postdoctoral researchers in the field of gravitation (general relativity or modified theories of gravity) and/or its applications in astrophysics, cosmology, or high energy physics. Special considerations will be given to candidates with strong background in gravitational wave physics, 21cm cosmology, numerical relativity, and black hole physics. Strong candidates with background in other closely related fields, such as holography or quantum gravity, will also be considered. Applicants should have (or expected to obtain by starting date) a Ph.D. in the relevant fields to receive full considerations. We offer a 2 year contract starting from September 2020. Successful applicants are expected to collaborate with members of the center, but they are otherwise also free to pursue their own research interest. There is no teaching duty. The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology (CGC) is a young and vibrant research center founded in 2017 at Yangzhou University. Yangzhou is a scenic city with rich history in the Jiangsu Province of China, primarily known for its former major role in the salt trade. It is the Southern capital of China under Emperor Yang of Sui. It is believed that Marco Polo had served as a governer in Yangzhou around 1282-1287. CGC is an initiative of the BRICS-Association of Gravity and Cosmology (BRICS-AGAC), with support from the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). CGC also initiates the United Center for Gravitational Wave Physics in China and participates the international BINGO collaboration on 21cm cosmology. Interested candidates should submit the following documents in a SINGLE PDF file to Prof. Yen Chin Ong at ycong[AT]yzu.edu.cn : (1) A full curriculum vitae. (2) A copy of PhD certificate (3) A publication list, with five most significant publications clearly highlighted. (4) A brief description of research interests, including future plans, not exceeding 2 pages. In addition, 2-3 recommendation letters should be arranged to be sent to the same E-mail address. Completed applications should be received no later than December 1, 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Postdoc Position at IAP in Primordial Cosmolog/Theoretical High-Energy Physics, Paris, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16405 Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7095-SEBREN-003/Default.aspx?lang=EN Contact: renaux[AT]iap.fr In connection with the ERC Starting Grant GEODESI (Principal Investigator: Sebastien Renaux-Petel), the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris invites applications for one postdoctoral position in primordial cosmology and theoretical high-energy physics, to start indicatively in Fall 2020. An earlier starting date is welcome and negotiable. The position is for two years, with the possibility of a third year extension based on performance and availability of resources. Applicants must have a PhD by the time the contact starts. The main scientific objective of the project is to determine the theoretical and observational consequences of the geometrical destabilization of inflation, and more generally of geometry-induced effects on inflation. Applicants with interests in the field of primordial cosmology broadly defined are encouraged to apply, including high-energy physicists with a strong interest in cosmological aspects. Research themes of the group include for instance: inflation and curved field space, constraints on high-energy physics, stochastic inflation, lattice field theory simulations, (p)reheating, swampland conjectures, inflation and random matrix theory, primordial non-Gaussianities, primordial black holes etc. The IAP maintains a lively visitor program and hosts regular workshops and conferences throughout the year. The successful candidate will be immersed in an internationally visible research environment with rich intellectual and computational resources. The members of the theory group are interested in a wide range of topics, including cosmology, gravitational waves, modifications of gravity and astroparticles. More generally, IAP plays a central role in several observational programs (notably Planck and Euclid). Further information can be found on the IAP website: http://www.iap.fr/?langue=en The postdoctoral researcher will also benefit from the very large cosmology/astrophysics and theoretical physics communities in the Paris region. The salary is competitive, depending on experience, and includes French social security benefits. Additional generous funding is available for conferences, collaborations, personal equipment and publications . Applications consisting of a CV, cover letter, publication list, and a brief statement of research interests should be submitted into one pdf file through the website: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7095-SEBREN-003/Default.aspx?lang=EN before December 1st, 2019. Applicants should also arrange for 3 recommendation letters to be sent directly to iap.erc.2019[AT]gmail.com by this date. Late applications may be considered until the positions have been filled. For informal enquiries about the position please contact Sebastien Renaux-Petel (renaux[AT]iap.fr). Included Benefits: French national medical insurance, Maternity/Paternity leave, Lunch subsidies, Family supplement for children, Participation to public transport fees, Pension contributions. Note that the school is free in France for all children above 3. In addition, the IAP/CNRS and the Cite' Universitaire de Paris (https://access.ciup.fr/en/welcome-desk-paris/) can provide support for settling in Paris and for French lessons. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. Perimeter Postdoctoral Program and Gravitational Waves Initiative 2020, Waterloo, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16406 Deadline: 2019-11-01 Location: Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/about/careers/positions/perimeter-postdoc… Contact: hyang[AT]perimeterinstitute.ca Each year Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics invites applications for postdoctoral positions, including named fellowships, from new and recent PhDs working in fundamental theoretical physics. This year, Perimeter Institute is launching the Gravitational Waves Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to take advantage of the unique insights gravitational wave astronomy can provide into gravity, particle physics, cosmological large-scale structure, and transient astronomy across the electromagnetic spectrum. In tackling these fundamental issues, the Gravitational Waves Initiative brings together expertise in analytical and numerical approaches to studying the nonlinear regime of gravity, data analysis for gravitational wave observations, and connections to particle physics and cosmology. Candidates interested in joining this effort, especially those with a strong background in data analysis, are encouraged. Most postdoctoral positions are offered for a period of three years. You may also be eligible for a named four-year postdoctoral fellowship including the Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Stephen Hawking, and Chien-Shiung Wu fellowships. Senior five-year fellowships are also available. Fellowships may, in addition, be offered jointly between Perimeter and partner institutes and universities. Perimeter Institute is now accepting applications for the 2020/2021 academic year. The following information will be required to complete the application: Curriculum Vitae, Publications List, Research Statement, and Contact Information for three (3) referees. Applications are due November 1, 2019, while later application may also be considered. Perimeter Institute is a member of the Simons Observatory (SO), Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), and Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) collaborations. Perimeter Institute is committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2 persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Applicants who require special accommodation in order to complete their application/interview are encouraged to contact accessibility[AT]perimeterinstitute.ca for assistance. For more information, including the online application, see: https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/about/careers/positions/perimeter-postdoc… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. PhD position in gravitational wave data analysis at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16415 Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.nikhef.nl/jobs/vacatures/ Contact: vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl The gravitational physics division at Nikhef, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, invites applications for a PhD studentship in gravitational wave astrophysics, with an emphasis on data analysis of signals from binary neutron star and neutron star-black hole coalescences. The successful candidate will be part of the team of data analysts and phenomenologists led by Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck and Dr. S. Caudill, which currently consists of 4 postdocs and 4 PhD students and will grow substantially over the next year. In addition, the gravitational physics division at Nikhef (led by Prof. F. Linde) has close ties with gravitational wave researchers at universities and institutes across the Netherlands, which apart from instrumentalists includes astronomers, astrophysicists, and theorists, such as Baumann, Bertone, Groot, Hinderer, Jonker, Levan, Moesta, Nelemans, and Nissanke. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. For more information and an application form, see the link provided. Please be prepared to upload a cover letter, publication list, and curriculum vitae including a brief description of your research interests. Also, please separately arrange for three references who are willing to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The deadline for full consideration is 15 January 2020, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Further information can be obtained from Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck (vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. Postdoctoral positions in theoretical physics, Wuhan, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16417 Deadline: 2020-03-01 Location: Wuhan, China Additional Information: http://english.phys.hust.edu.cn Contact: yggong[AT]mail.hust.edu.cn The Theoretical Group of School of Physics of Huazhong University of Science and Technology invites applications from outstanding candidates for several postdoctoral fellowships starting around September 2020 in the field of gravitational physics (including gravitational theory, gravitational waves, and cosmology), particle physics (including QCD theory and phenomenology, flavor physics, heavy ion collision, axion and dark matter), formal theoretic physics (including AdS/CFT correspondence, matrix model and quantum entanglement). The salary is competitive and negotiable. Interested applicants should submit a curriculum vita, a publication list, a brief statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to yggong[AT]mail.hust.edu.cn. The letters of recommendation should be sent directly by the referees. The deadline for application is 1/March/2020. Huazhong University of Science and Technology is a major higher education institution located in the central city Wuhan of China. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. Multiple short-term postdoc positions available, Providence, RI, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16421 Deadline: 2020-01-04 Location: Providence, RI, USA Additional Information: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/14009 Contact: gkhanna[AT]umassd.edu As part of a semester-long Fall 2020 program on "Advances in Computational Relativity" at ICERM, Brown University in Providence, multiple postdoc positions are available. Details appear below. Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship: ICERM has one opening for its 9-month appointment, commencing in September 2020. The Institute Postdoc will participate in the fall 2020 "Advances in Computational Relativity" semester program and remain as a researcher-in-residence during the spring 2021 semester. ICERM will match the Institute Postdoc with a faculty mentor for the entire academic year. The Institute Postdoc receives a nine-month salary of $60,000 with benefits, a $1,000 one-time taxable payment to offset travel costs, and up to $800 in reimbursable professional travel support. Semester Postdoctoral Fellowships: ICERM has five openings for its semester-long positions. These appointments are intended for those who would like to participate in the fall 2020 semester program: "Advances in Computational Relativity". ICERM will match Semester Postdocs with faculty mentors for the duration of the fall semester. ICERM Semester Postdocs receive a salary over four months of $30,000 with benefits, and a $1,000 one-time taxable payment to offset travel costs. Eligibility: applicants must have completed their Ph.D. within three years of the start of the appointment. The research statement must clearly indicate interest in the fall semester program, whether the application is for the Institute (9 month) or Semester (4 month) postdoctoral fellowship (or both), and how the applicant's research interests relate to the scientific goals of the "Advances in Computational Relativity" semester program topic. If applying for the Institute postdoc position, the research statement should also outline research plans for work to be done as "researcher-in-residence" during the spring 2021 semester. Documentation of completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree in mathematics or a related area by the start of the appointment is required. For full consideration, applicants must submit an AMS Standard Cover Sheet, cover letter, curriculum vitae (including publication list), research statement, and three letters of recommendation. Priority will be given to applications received before January 4, 2020. Please apply through the mathjobs link included. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and encourages applications from women and minorities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.20. Postdoctoral positions in the CGCA at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16422 Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA Additional Information: https://cgca.uwm.edu/positions.html Contact: jolien[AT]uwm.edu The Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology, and Astrophysics (CGCA) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for one or more postdoctoral research positions. The initial appointments are for one year, with renewal for a second (and, in most cases, a third) year contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance. Applicants should have a PhD in physics, astrophysics, or a related field. The CGCA at UWM has active research efforts in astronomy, astrophysics, gravity, and cosmology, with membership in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Zwicky Transient Facility, the GROWTH collaboration, the Murchison Widefield Array, and others. The CGCA also hosts the NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center. The core group is comprised of 7 faculty (Brady, Chang, Creighton, Erb, Kaplan, Vigeland and Wiseman), 8 scientists, 9 postdocs, and 14 graduate students. Profs. Allen and Papa (now at the Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) maintain partial adjunct appointments at UWM, and emeritus faculty Friedman and Parker participate broadly in the academic life of the Center. We are recruiting one or more postdoctoral research associates across gravity, cosmology, astronomy and astrophysics to enhance the existing team and to strengthen our efforts in multi-messenger observations/theory. Applicants with backgrounds in gravitational-wave physics, astronomy/astrophysics, theoretical and/or numerical relativity, or cosmology are encouraged to apply. The positions include competitive salary and excellent fringe benefits. Some of these positions have an explicit education/outreach component. Thus, we strongly encourage applicants with a strong interest in education/outreach. Applicants should send a C.V., publication list, and a brief statement of their research interests by email to cgca-postdoc-applications[AT]uwm.edu. Please include a brief statement of your education/outreach experience and interests if you are interested in a position with an explicit education/outreach component. Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent by e-mail to the above address. Review of applications will begin on January 15th, 2020. Questions should also be sent to the above address. The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.21. Full Professor (W3) of Mathematical Physics, Tuebingen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16428 Deadline: 2019-12-13 Location: Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/job-advertisements/newsfullview-job-… Contact: career[AT]mnf.uni-tuebingen.de The Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science at Tuebingen University, Germany, invites applications for the position of Full Professor (W3) of Mathematical Physics. The position is due to commence on April 1, 2020. The successful candidate has a proven international record of outstanding research in the field of mathematical physics, preferably with reference to mathematical quantum theory and/or mathematical statistical physics. The applicant will be expected to teach a broad variety of classes in mathematical physics and some of these classes should be taught in English. The successful candidate will be expected to secure external grants and to collaborate on department projects with other institutions as well as to fulfill teaching obligations, especially in the Bachelor and Master programs, and also to participate in faculty governance. Required qualifications include a PhD or equivalent international degree and postdoctoral qualifications equivalent to the requirements for tenure. This includes evidence of teaching effectiveness. The University of Tuebingen is particularly interested in increasing the number of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages women candidates to apply. In line with its internationalization agenda, the university welcomes applications from researchers outside Germany. Applications from equally qualified candidates with disabilities will be given preference. Applications with supporting documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications and teaching experience, diplomas/certificates), a research statement including collaboration plans as well as a teaching statement, along with the completed application form (see external link) should be sent by e-mail as a single PDF-file (max. 10 MB) to the Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Tuebingen, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel (see email address) by December 13, 2019. Enquiries may be directed to this address. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.22. Postdoc position in gravity/cosmology at USTC, Hefei, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16436 Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Hefei, China Additional Information: http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~zhoushy/index.html Contact: zhoushy[AT]ustc.edu.cn Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position at University of Science and Technology of China, expected to start in the autumn of 2020 or earlier. The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is a top university in China. The postdoctoral position is for 2 years and renewable for up to 3 additional years, contingent on funding and the postdoc's research performance. The successful candidate is expected primarily to work with Prof Shuang-Yong Zhou's group (http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~zhoushy/index.html) The information about other faculty members of the theoretical physics group at USTC, Interdisciplinary Center for Theoretical Study, can be found at (http://icts.ustc.edu.cn/english/index.html) with research interests including string and formal theory, gravity, cosmology, field theory, scattering amplitudes, particle and nuclear physics, etc. The postdoc will also benefit from the research programs and funding opportunities of the newly established Peng Hengwu Center of Fundamental Theory at USTC, as well as interactions with the gravity/cosmology groups in the Astronomy Department of USTC. The annual salary of the position is from 170,000 to 250,000 CNY, depending on qualifications. Generous international travel funding will be provided, and the postdoc is also entitled to various university benefits, including social and health insurances, housing and childcare subsidies, etc. (With the housing subsidies, it costs less than 1000 CNY/month to rent a 1-bedroom apartment just outside the campus.) Exceptional candidates will be also considered for the Distinguished University Fellowship, which carries a salary top-up of 50,000 to 150,000 CNY per year. Candidates are invited to send their CV, publication list, a short statement of research interests and to arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to Prof Shuang-Yong Zhou (zhoushy[AT]ustc.edu.cn). For enquiries, also contact (zhoushy[AT]ustc.edu.cn). The position is open until filled, but full considerations will be given to applications submitted before January 15, 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.23. Postdoc position at APC on "Early-universe cosmological simulations", Paris, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16441 Deadline: 2018-12-15 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15188 Contact: caprini[AT]apc.in2p3.fr POSTDOC POSITION at APC on "Opening new windows on the early universe with multi-messenger astronomy" Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position at the "Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC)" Institute in Paris, France. The appointment is for two-years (starting date fall 2020), in the context of the ANR-funded project "Opening new windows on the early universe with multi-messenger astronomy" in collaboration with Moscow and Novosibirsk Universities. In particular, the project focuses on four observables: cosmic magnetic fields, stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds, cosmic rays and dark matter in the form of primordial black holes. The successful candidate (preferably less than 3 years after Ph.D.), will ideally have expertise on early-universe cosmological simulations, and will concentrate on studying the magnetic field and gravitational wave production at cosmological phase transitions, with the final aim of assessing their present-day observational signatures. She/He will join the APC theory group and work in close collaboration with Chiara Caprini, Andrii Neronov and Dmitri Semikoz (APC). The successful candidate will be able to join the LISA Consortium. A Ph.D. in physics or astrophysics is required, and a demonstrated ability to carry out independent research is expected. The salary will depend on the candidate's track record, following CNRS hiring rules. Enquiries about this position can be addressed to Dmitri Semikoz: dmitri.semikoz[AT]apc.univ-paris7.fr Candidates may apply at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15188 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.24. Postdocs: ERC CoG 'Precision Gravity from LHC to LISA', Hamburg, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16443 Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Hamburg, Germany Additional Information: https://ias.desy.de/pls/apex/f?p=182:1:0: Contact: rafael.porto[AT]desy.de Postdocs (f/m/diverse) for ERC CoG "Precision Gravity from the LHC to LISA" The Astro-particle Physics division at DESY invites applications for several Postdoctoral Positions at DESY, Hamburg, funded by the ERC-consolidator grant "Precision Gravity: From the LHC to LISA". The appointments are two-year fixed-term positions starting in the fall of 2020, and they may be extended by one year depending on performance. Job Description: Implementation of the Effective Field Theory (EFT) approach to gravitational dynamics to compute the emission of Gravitational Waves (GW) from binary systems to fifth Post-Newtonian order. Develop new tools from the theory of scattering amplitudes to streamline the derivation of gravitational observables for the two-body problem in gravity. Use of 'GW Precision Data' to constrain the nature of the sources. Requirements: PhD in theoretical physics at the time of appointment, in an area related to: gravitational physics, Post-Newtonian theory. EFT approaches and/or the study of scattering amplitudes in gravity, broadly defined. Sufficient independence to manage their own academic research and associated activities. Applications can be submitted at the link below, by selecting the option 'Gravitational Waves' (Rafael Porto). The application should include a statement of research interests, CV, list of publications, as well as the names of three referees who will be asked to upload letters of recommendation. In case of technical problems, you may contact pd-app-desyt[AT]desy.de. The deadline for applications is 1 December, 2019. Salary and benefits are commensurate with those of public service organisations in Germany. Classification is based upon qualifications and assigned duties. Handicapped persons will be given preference to other equally qualified applicants. DESY operates flexible work schemes. DESY is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women. Vacant positions at DESY are in general open to part-time- work. During each application procedure DESY will assess whether the post can be filled with part-time employees. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.25. Four-year Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational-Wave Theory and Astrophysics at Northwestern University and the MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/28/four-year-postdoctoral-posit… Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Evanston, IL (USA) and Potsdam (Germany) Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15205 Contact: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de We invite applications for a four-year postdoctoral position joint between CIERA (Northwestern University) in Evanston, IL and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam, Germany. Candidates working on any aspect of gravitational-wave theory, source modeling, astrophysics, astrophysical inference, and data analysis are encouraged to apply. It is highly recommended that applicants propose research that will leverage interactions between researchers at the two institutions. The successful appointee will benefit from close interactions with the internationally-leading expertise in astrophysics and astrophysical inference at CIERA and in gravitational-wave theory, source modeling and data analysis at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Gravitational Physics. At CIERA the successful candidate will be part of the group led by Vicky Kalogera, while at the the MPI will be part of the department "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity", led by Alessandra Buonanno, both members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and LISA Consortium. During the four-year appointment, the successful applicant will reside for two years in each of the two institutions. Visits to the other institution are expected to maintain collaborations with researchers at both institutes throughout. In order to apply, please visit AcademicJobsOnline.org: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15205 For the application submission you will be asked to upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, and a research statement consisting of a 2-page summary of past research achievements and a 2-page research proposal. Applicants will need to indicate the names of three referees for recommendation letters. Referees will receive an email with instructions on how to upload their letters. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is December 1, 2019. The position is available as early as Summer 2020. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. CIERA and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics are an equal opportunity employer, and are committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. For further information please contact Dr. Kari Frank: ciera-jobs(a)northwestern.edu and Dr. Andre Schirotzek: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de Note that a similar advertisement for the joint postdoctoral appointment appears on Academics Jobs Online under the Northwestern University. It is sufficient for candidates to submit the application only to one of the two institutions. Applications will be reviewed jointly at CIERA and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.26. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Astrophysics at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/29/postdoctoral-fellowship-in-t… Deadline: 2019-11-30 Location: Melbourne, Australia Additional Information: http://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/599943/research-fellow-theore… Contact: ilya.mandel[AT]monash.edu Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research fellowship in the group of Prof. Ilya Mandel at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. We have a dynamic group and welcome candidates with broad interests in theoretical astrophysics, including any of the following areas: - Gravitational-wave astrophysics and the astrophysical interpretation of exciting new data on binary neutron star and black hole mergers - Modelling massive stellar and binary evolution - The interpretation of high-energy astrophysical transients, including tidal disruption events and gamma ray bursts - Stellar dynamics - Astrostatistics Please see http://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/599943/research-fellow-theore… for the full advertisement and application instructions. Applications should be submitted online via the above URL and should include a CV with a publication list and a statement of research interests. Applicants should also arrange for three reference letters to be sent directly to ilya.mandel[AT]monash.edu . The School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University is strongly committed to improving the diversity of our staff and students, and promoting a culture of equity, fairness, respect and openness. Applications from female candidates are highly encouraged. The application deadline is 30 November, 2019. Successful candidates may start in September 2020, but the start date is flexible. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.27. PhD position in theoretical gravitational physics and cosmology at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Hannover, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16467 Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Hannover, Germany Additional Information: https://anna-ijjas.com/assets/pdfs/ijjas_phd.pdf Contact: anna.ijjas[AT]aei.mpg.de The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Hannover, Germany, announces the opening of one PhD position in theoretical gravitational physics and cosmology, nominally starting as early as April 1, 2020. (A later start date is possible.) The successful candidate will pursue research in the recently established Lise Meitner Research Group "Gravitational Theory and Cosmology," led by Anna Ijjas. PhD theses may span topics ranging from mathematical relativity to theoretical and numerical cosmology. The PhD student will be associated with the joint AEI-Princeton Cosmology Initiative of the Simons Foundation and will participate in a wide range of activities (workshops, visits, seminars, journal clubs, special events) in Europe and the US. The successful applicant will enroll in the International Max Planck Research School on Gravitational Wave Astronomy and conduct their research at the AEI in Hannover, receiving their PhD degree from the Leibniz University Hannover. The expected duration of the PhD program is three years; it can be extended to four years in exceptional cases. Using the link below, applicants may upload a recent CV and a brief (1-page) research statement as a single pdf-file as well as the contact information for two referees who will be solicited to provide letters of support. (The research statement should describe past research experience and projects including publications, where applicable. No future research proposal is required.) Applicants are required to have a master's degree by the start of the PhD program. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The final deadline is Jan 15th, 2020. Please send all inquiries to Anna Ijjas at anna.ijjas[AT]aei.mpg.de The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Translation of Lobachevsky's papers on non-Euclidean geometry ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/03/translation-of-lobachevskys-… Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/lobachevsky.html Nikolai I. Lobachevsky, The Foundations of Geometry: Works on Non-Euclidean Geometry (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal 2019), 210 pages Description: Neither general relativity (which revealed that gravity is merely manifestation of the non-Euclidean geometry of spacetime) nor modern cosmology would have been possible without the almost simultaneous and independent discovery of non-Euclidean geometry in the 19th century by three great mathematicians - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Janos Bolyai and Carl Friedrich Gauss (whose ideas were later further developed by Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann). This volume contains three works by Lobachevsky on the foundations of geometry and non-Euclidean geometry: "Geometry", "Geometrical investigations on the theory of parallel lines" and "Pangeometry". It will be of interest not only to experts and students in mathematics, physics, history and philosophy of science, but also to anyone who is not intimidated by the magnitude of one of the greatest discoveries of our civilization and would attempt to follow (and learn from) Lobachevsky's line of thought, helpfully illustrated by over 130 figures, that led him to the discovery. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. SageMath 8.9 is out ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/06/sagemath-8-9-is-out/ Additional Information: https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/ SageMath 8.9 has just been released. It has new features regarding symbolic calculus on manifolds. In particular, some tutorials about vector calculus have been added and computations related to the extrinsic geometry of hypersurfaces have been improved. For more details, see https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/changelog.html SageMath is a Python-based free computer algebra system, with some differential geometry and tensor calculus capabilities implemented via the SageManifolds project (https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/) See https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/examples.html for examples of use, in particular in the context of general relativity. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Nominations for the 2020 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize are now open ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/28/nominations-for-the-2020-iup… Additional Information: http://www.isgrg.org/IUPAPprize.php The IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes recognize outstanding achievements of scientists at early stages of their career. Each prize consists of a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient, a medal and 1000 euros. The conditions for the prize are: The Prize can be for work in any area of relativity and gravitation, theoretical or experimental. On 1 February 2020, nominees must have a maximum of eight years of research experience (excluding career interruptions) following the Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree. They are expected to have displayed significant achievement and exceptional promise for future achievements in relativity and gravitation. The primary nominator MUST BE A MEMBER of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. Writers of support letters and candidates need not be members. The nomination deadline is 1 Feb 2020. Additional details may be found at http://www.isgrg.org/IUPAPprize.php. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Texas Symposium: early-bird deadline extended ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/29/texas-symposium-early-bird-d… Additional Information: http://texas2019.org/ 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Sunday 15th to Friday 20th December 2019, Portsmouth, UK Early-bird payment deadline extended to Friday 8th November The Texas meetings have covered topics such as black holes, gravitational waves, neutron stars, cosmic rays, dark matter and the early Universe since the first symposium, held in Dallas in 1963. Following the tradition of previous meetings, the 2019 Symposium will cover a broad range of subjects in relativistic astrophysics. To register online go to http://texas2019.org/ Once the online registration form is completed please pay via the University of Portsmouth online store: https://onlinestore.port.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/technology/icg/30th-t… We look forward to seeing you in Portsmouth this December! Marco Bruni and David Wands on behalf of the Scientific and Local Organising Committees texas2019[AT]port.ac.uk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. The Nineteenth Release of the Einstein Toolkit ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/30/the-nineteenth-release-of-th… Additional Information: https://einsteintoolkit.org/about/releases/ET_2019_10_announcement.html Release Announcement We are pleased to announce the nineteenth release (code name "Mayer") of the Einstein Toolkit, an open, community developed software infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics. The highlights of this release are: A new thorn has been added: * FishboneMoncriefID Also, for the first time, a new code has been added. * SelfForce-1D The ETK is embracing a new model of assigning credit: Until now, the 2012 Einstein Toolkit paper was the common way to cite the Einstein Toolkit (though we suggested citing the website itself). In this release, however, we will begin using https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3522086 to recognize the many contributers that have worked on the toolkit since that time. In principle, the Einstein Toolkit was always intended to be a collection of codes for exploring numerical relativity, not simply a collection of arrangements and thorns for the Cactus Framework. Going forward, SelfForce-1D will have regular releases using the same release tags as the Cactus-based codes, and will have a similar setup for the running of test-suites. While the new code will not download at the same time as the Cactus-based code, download instructions will appear in the same places. In addition, bug fixes accumulated since the previous release in March 2019 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 the spacetime evolution codes McLachlan and Lean, analysis codes to compute horizon characteristics and gravitational waves, 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 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 Fishbone Moncrief Initial Data thorn (FishboneMoncriefID) thorn has been added to the WVUThorns arrangement - This thorn solves the equations originally posed by Fishbone & Moncrief, describing a non-self-gravitating equilibrium disk of matter orbiting a spinning black hole in standard (spherical) Kerr-Schild coordinates. When the disk is seeded with initially dynamically unimportant poloidal magnetic fields, dramatic magnetic instabilities occur during the subsequent evolution, launching ultrarelativistic jets. Thus the Fishbone-Moncrief solution provides a standard testbed for GRMHD accretion disk codes. - From a code perspective, FishboneMoncriefID is notable in that it is the first ETK thorn entirely written and documented within pedagogical Jupyter notebooks. In these notebooks, the Fishbone-Moncrief equations are converted from Einstein-like notation into optimized C code using NRPy+, a Kranc analogue depending only on Python and its open-source SymPy computer algebra software. * The inclusion of the SelfForce-1D code in the Einstein Toolkit as the first non-Cactus code in the toolkit. - Evolves the sourced scalar wave equation on a Schwarzschild spacetime using the effective source approach to point particles. - The wave equation is decomposed into spherical harmonics and the resulting 1+1 dimensional equations are discretized in the radial direction using the discontinuous Galerkin method. * Update hwloc to 1.11.12 * Groups of vectors of vectors are now handled properly by RotatingSymmetry90 and RotatingSymmetry180 * Compilation of PAPI is faster and produces fewer warnings How to upgrade from Proca (ET_2019_03) 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.html) on the Einstein Toolkit website for download instructions. As the SelfForce-1D code was not present in the previous release, there is no need to upgrade. Just follow the download instructions. Machine notes Supported (tested) machines include: * Default Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS 7, Mint, OpenSUSE and MacOS Mojave (MacPorts) installations * Bluewaters * Comet * Cori * Stampede 2 * Mike * 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_10 marking this release. These release branches will be updated if severe errors are found. The "Mayer" Release Team on behalf of the Einstein Toolkit Consortium (2019-10-25) * Steven R. Brandt * Maria Babiuc-Hamilton * Peter Diener * Matthew Elley * Zachariah Etienne * Giuseppe Ficarra * Roland Haas * Helvi Witek Oct, 2019 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 10th Central European Relativity Seminar at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany 1.2. School on "Random Geometry and Quantum Gravity", Marseille, France 1.3. Random Geometry and Quantum Gravity - Latest developments in 2D, Paris, France 1.4. Random Geometry and Quantum Gravity - New developments in dimensions 3 and higher, Paris, France 1.5. Conference on the Foundations of Cosmology and Quantum Gravity, NYU, Abu Dhabi, UAE 1.6. Nordita Advanced Winter School on Theoretical Cosmology, Stockholm, Sweden 1.7. The next generation of analogue gravity experiments, London UK 1.8. BritGrav20, University College Dublin, Ireland 1.9. The Fourth Zeldovich meeting, Minsk, Belarus 1.10. 8th Tux Workshop on Quantum Gravity, Tux, Austria 1.11. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics: deadline extended 2. Jobs 2.1. Two ERC funded postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave astrophysics, Milan, Italy 2.2. Assistant/Associate Professor - Astrophysics, Pullman, WA, USA 2.3. Postdoctoral Research Position in Numerical Relativity and Computational Astrophysics, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA 2.4. Posdoctoral research position in numerical relativity, Cornell Unversity, USA 2.5. Research associate position in gravitational wave searches, Perth, Australia 2.6. Postdoc opportunities in General Relativity, Dublin City University, Ireland 2.7. Master/PhD positions in astrophysics at Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2.8. Postdoctoral positions in astrophysics at Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2.9. Visiting positions at Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2.10. Postdoctoral Fellow in Gravity, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA 2.11. Tenure Track Faculty Job at Montana State, Bozeman, USA 2.12. Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gravitational Waves & Multi-messenger Astrophysics, Nashville, USA 2.13. Postdoctoral position in theoretical cosmology and gravitation, Honolulu, USA 2.14. Gravitational Wave Astronomy Postdoc at Montana State, Bozeman, USA 2.15. Tenure-track assistant professor in gravitational physics and astrophysics at the University of Mississippi, USA 2.16. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 2.17. Faculty position in theoretical gravitational wave physics at Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2.18. Postdoc position at IGC, Penn State, USA 2.19. Postdoctoral positions in Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany 2.20. Postdoc position in theoretical particle physics, gravitational physics, and cosmology, Baltimore, USA 3. News 3.1. GRG Topical Collection "The Fuzzball Paradigm" 3.2. Hans-Peter Kuenzle 3.3. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "The causal set approach to quantum gravity" ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. 10th Central European Relativity Seminar at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/19/10th-central-european-relati… Starting: 2020-02-20 to 2020-02-22 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: https://www.univie.ac.at/cers/cers10/ Contact: piotr.chrusciel[AT]univie.ac.at The 10th Central European Relativity Seminar is part of a series of seminars designed to provide a forum for younger researchers to present their work, and to expand their research horizons, in all topics of research in general relativity. While the main geographical basin of attraction is Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Germany, we welcome researchers from all countries. See you in Golm in February! Organizers: Lars Andersson (Golm) Robert Beig (Vienna) Piotr Bizon (Krakow) Piotr T. Chrusciel (Vienna) Helmut Friedrich (Golm) Maciej Maliborski (Vienna) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. School on "Random Geometry and Quantum Gravity", Marseille, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16161 Starting: 2020-04-14 to 2020-04-17 Location: Marseille, France Additional Information: https://conferences.cirm-math.fr/2178.html Contact: olivia[AT]cirm-math.fr The governing idea is to bring together researchers from mathematics and physics which are working on these topics. The main aim of the event is to intensify the fruitful interactions between the researchers in these and related communities which have been more and more converging in the recent years in order to make significant progress on the outstanding problems at the interface of random geometry and quantum gravity. Lectures: Luigi Addario-Berry (McGill University, Montreal) - "Discrete random geometries and optimization" Jan Ambjorn (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen) - TBA Bruno Benedetti (University of Miami) - "Discrete Morse theory and the number of triangulated manifolds" Vincent Rivasseau (Universite' Paris-Saclay) - "Random Tensors and Applications" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Random Geometry and Quantum Gravity - Latest developments in 2D, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16162 Starting: 2020-05-11 to 2020-05-15 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/4621/overview Contact: Rgqg2020[AT]ihp.fr The governing idea is to bring together researchers from mathematics and physics which are working on these topics. The main aim of the event is to intensify the fruitful interactions between the researchers in these and related communities which have been more and more converging in the recent years in order to make significant progress on the outstanding problems at the interface of random geometry and quantum gravity. This workshop is part of the IHP trimester "Random Geometry and Quantum Gravity". If you wish to request financial aid from IHP, you need to register on the trimester website https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/4620/overview before September 30, 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Random Geometry and Quantum Gravity - New developments in dimensions 3 and higher, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16163 Starting: 2020-06-08 to 2020-06-12 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/4622/overview Contact: Rgqg2020[AT]ihp.fr The governing idea is to bring together researchers from mathematics and physics which are working on these topics. The main aim of the event is to intensify the fruitful interactions between the researchers in these and related communities which have been more and more converging in the recent years in order to make significant progress on the outstanding problems at the interface of random geometry and quantum gravity. This workshop is part of the IHP trimester "Random Geometry and Quantum Gravity". If you wish to request financial aid from IHP, you need to register on the trimester website https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/4620/overview before September 30, 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Conference on the Foundations of Cosmology and Quantum Gravity, NYU, Abu Dhabi, UAE --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/23/conference-on-the-foundation… Starting: 2020-01-19 to 2020-01-21 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE Additional Information: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fcqg2020 Contact: kevin.coffey[AT]nyu.edu Call for Papers: Conference on the Foundations of Cosmology and Quantum Gravity (FCQG 2020) At New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) on January 19-21, 2020. The conference is being jointly sponsored by the NYUAD Institute and two generous grants from the Templeton Foundation - one supporting the 'Beyond Spacetime' project based at Illinois-Chicago and Geneva, and the other supporting the 'New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology' based at UC-Irvine and Western University. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE Robert Brandenberger (Physics, McGill University) Karen Crowther (Philosophy, University of Oslo) Richard Dawid (Philosophy, Stockholm University) Daniele Oriti (Physics, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) Mairi Sakellariadou (Physics, Kings College London) Chris Smeenk (Philosophy, Western University) The problem of reconciling general relativity with quantum theory remains a persistent problem in theoretical physics. Competing approaches make salient deep conceptual disagreements that engage physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers alike. These disputes are particularly pressing in the cosmological context, both because the interaction between gravitational and quantum effects are likely to be pronounced in the early universe and because cosmology offers an arena in which one might conceivably adjudicate between competing approaches. Moreover, the 'ingredient theories' of modern and quantum cosmology: general relativity, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics - possess their own unique conceptual difficulties and puzzles. In general relativity, for example, there are significant questions about how to understand the nature of spacetime singularities, and in quantum theory there are persistent questions about how to understand measurements, observers, and the phenomenon of decoherence when the framework is extended to the universe as a whole. How do these issues interact and inform each other in the development of quantum gravity, and what new conceptual puzzles does quantum gravity engender? This conference explores the relationship between modern cosmology and theorizing about quantum gravity - in short, the foundations of quantum cosmology - with the aim of assessing recent proposals and exploring new directions for research. We anticipate bringing together philosophers and physicists whose work is at the forefront of foundational issues in these fields. We solicit papers on any topic in the philosophical foundations of cosmology and quantum gravity. We are particularly interested in work that addresses foundational issues involved in the interaction of quantum gravity with modern cosmology and astrophysics including blackholes. Please submit an extended abstract of around 500 words, together with the title of the talk. The abstract should be anonymized for blind refereeing. Advanced PhD students or recent PhDs are particularly invited to submit abstracts, as are women and underrepresented minorities. All sessions will be videoed for public distribution after the meeting. Accommodation and most meals will be covered for all selected speakers. In addition an honorarium of at least $600 if coming from Europe (or comparable distance) and at least $1200 if coming from North America (or comparable distance) will be provided for. (Contributing speakers will be responsible for their own travel costs.) Deadline: 20th Oct 2019, with decisions being communicated by the second week of November. Abstracts should be submitted to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fcqg2020 Organizing Committee: Kevin Coffey (NYUAD) Nick Huggett (University of Illinois at Chicago) Joshua Norton (University of California, Irvine) Chris Smeenk (Western University) Francesca Vidotto (Western University) Jim Weatherall (University of California, Irvine) Christian Wuthrich (University of Geneva) Please direct correspondence to: kevin.coffey[AT]nyu.edu and joshua.d.norton[AT]gmail.com Support for this conference is provided by the John Templeton Foundation and the NYUAD Institute. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Nordita Advanced Winter School on Theoretical Cosmology, Stockholm, Sweden --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16203 Starting: 2020-01-13 to 2020-01-24 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://www.nordita.org/events/winterschool2020 Contact: winterschool[AT]nordita.org Nordita, the Nordic institute of Theoretical Physics in Stockholm, is arranging a Winter School on January 13 - 24, 2020. The theme for this year's school is Theoretical Cosmology. The purpose of this winter school is to provide late PHD students and young postdocs with introductory and advanced courses in a range of the most important topics in the field of Theoretical Cosmology. More information and application is on the school's home page: http://www.nordita.org/events/winterschool2020 The deadline for application is 15 November 2019. Lecturers and themes include: - Lasha Berezhiani (MPP Munich) - Condensed Matter Methods for Cosmology - Robert Brandenberger (McGill U.) - Cosmological Perturbations; Inflation and alternatives - Valerie Domcke * (DESY) - Gravitational Waves in Cosmology - Ruth Durrer (Geneva U.) - From theory to data - Pedro Ferreira (U. of Oxford) - Dark Energy and Modified Gravity - Steffen Gielen (U. of Sheffield) - Cosmology and Quantum Gravity - Michele Maggiore (U. of Geneva) - Cosmology and Non-Local Gravity - David Marsh (Stockholm U.) - Axion Cosmology - Guilherme Pimentel (U. of Amsterdam) - Symmetries in Cosmology - Marjorie Schillo (Uppsala U.) - Cosmology and String Theory * To be confirmed. Contact: winterschool[AT]nordita.org We would be grateful if you could share this information with potentially interested PhD students and postdocs. Best regards, The Organizing Committee of the 2020 Nordita Advanced Winter School on Theoretical Cosmology +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. The next generation of analogue gravity experiments, London UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16228 Starting: 2019-12-09 to 2019-12-10 Location: London, UK Additional Information: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2019/12/analogue-gravi… Contact: scientific.meetings[AT]royalsociety.org Scientific discussion meeting organised by Dr Maxime Jacquet, Dr Silke Weinfurtner and Dr Friedrich Koenig. The discussion meeting brings together scientists who reproduce effects of the interplay between general relativity and quantum physics in the laboratory. From the foundational ideas of the research programme to its latest experimental breakthroughs and their philosophical implications, participants will discuss the present state of the field and possible routes to the future. There will be a poster session at 17.00 on Monday 9 December. If you would like to apply to present a poster, please submit your title, your abstract (no more than 200 words and in third person), author list, name of the proposed presenter and authors' institutions to the Scientific Programmes team (scientific.meetings[AT]royalsociety.org) no later than Friday 11 October 2019. Please include the text 'Poster abstract submission' and the meeting title in the subject heading. Please note that places are limited and are selected at the scientific organisers' discretion. Poster abstracts will only be considered if the proposed presenter is registered to attend the meeting. This meeting is free to attend but advance registration is essential. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. BritGrav20, University College Dublin, Ireland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/27/britgrav20/ Starting: 2020-04-27 to 2020-04-28 Location: University College Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: https://sites.google.com/view/britgrav20/home Contact: britgrav20(a)maths.ucd.ie The 20th BritGrav meeting will be hosted by the School of Mathematics and Statistics at University College Dublin. The aim of this two-day meeting, to be held on Monday 27 April and Tuesday 28 April 2020, is to bring together early-stage researchers working on all aspects of gravitational physics, including astrophysics, cosmology, general relativity, quantum gravity, gravitational-wave data analysis and instrumentation, in the spirit of collaboration and the free exchange of results and ideas. In keeping with BritGrav tradition, the meeting will consist of short talks with priority given to PhD students and early-career researchers. Participants are responsible for their own meals, travel and accommodation. Limited funding is provided by the IOP Gravitational Physics Group, to support travel for students. Registration is free, and the deadline for application for financial support and abstract submission is 15 March 2020. At the end of the meeting, we will award The Best Student Talk Prize, sponsored by the IOP Publishing Group. Local Organisers: Barry Wardell, Adrian Ottewill, Niels Warburton, Sarp Akcay, Conor O'Toole, Josh Mathews, Leanne Durkan, Benjamin Leather, Philip Lynch and Kevin Kiely. For inquiries please contact us at britgrav20[at]maths.ucd.ie. For further updates on this and other events, please consider signing up to the UK Gravity mailing list https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=IOP-GRAVITATIONAL&A=1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. The Fourth Zeldovich meeting, Minsk, Belarus --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/30/the-fourth-zeldovich-meeting/ Starting: 2020-04-20 to 2020-04-24 Location: Minsk, Belarus Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/zeldovich4 Contact: zeld4[AT]icranet.org The Fourth Zeldovich meeting, Minsk, Belarus An international conference in honor of Ya. B. Zeldovich in Minsk First announcement International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) together with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus announces an international conference to be held in Minsk, Belarus in April 20-24, 2020. This conference is a part of successful meetings in honor of Ya. B. Zeldovich, held in Minsk in 2009, 2014 and 2018. Exceptionally wide research interests of Ya. B. Zeldovich ranging from chemical physics, elementary particle and nuclear physics to astrophysics and cosmology provide the topics to be covered at the conference:��early cosmology, large scale structure, cosmic microwave background; neutron stars, black holes, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, hypernovae; ultra high energy particles; gravitational waves, astrobiology and exoplanets. Many speakers at the conference will be the members of the world-famous scientific school in astrophysics and cosmology, founded by Ya. B. Zeldovich. The international organizing committee: Sergei Kilin (Belarus) Malcolm Longair (United Kingdom) Shude Mao (China) Remo Ruffini (Italy, Chair) Varun Sahni (India) Nikolai Shakura (Russia) Alexei Starobinsky (Russia) Rashid Sunyaev (Germany, Russia) Alexander Szalay (USA) Gregory Vereshchagin (Italy) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. 8th Tux Workshop on Quantum Gravity, Tux, Austria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/01/8th-tux-workshop-on-quantum-… Starting: 2020-02-10 to 2020-02-14 Location: Tux, Austria Additional Information: https://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/events/tux8/ Contact: tuxworkshop[AT]fuw.edu.pl Dear Colleagues, we hope that you are doing well! We wanted to remind you that, as in 2013-2019, we will again organize a winter workshop in Tux. It will take place Feb 10 to 14, 2020. The aim is to bring together experts on loop quantum gravity and related topics, in the scenic village of Tux, in the Austrian alps. In general, the topics of the workshop include - All approaches to loop quantum gravity (e.g. canonical, covariant, GFT) - Other approaches to quantum gravity and their relation to LQG - LQG related quantum gravity phenomenology - Quantum gravity topics of general interest - GR and differential geometry topics of general interest Organizers of the conference are Norbert Bodendorfer, Universitaet Regensburg Christian Fleischhack, Universitaet Paderborn Jerzy Lewandowski, Universytet Warszawski Hanno Sahlmann, Friedrich-Alexander Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg Information regarding registration, support, and accommodation can be found on our website. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics: deadline extended --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/01/30th-texas-symposium-on-rela… Starting: 2019-12-15 to 2019-12-20 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: https://texas2019.org Contact: texas2019(a)port.ac.uk 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Sunday 15 to Friday 20 December 2019, Portsmouth, UK Deadline for abstract submission extended to 7th October We look forward to seeing you in Portsmouth this December! Marco Bruni and David Wands on behalf of the Scientific and Local Organising Committees +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Two ERC funded postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave astrophysics, Milan, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/03/two-erc-funded-postdoctoral-… Deadline: 2019-10-15 Location: Milan, Italy Additional Information: https://www.fisica.unimib.it/it/news/open-postdoc-positions-astrophysics Contact: alberto.sesana[AT]unimib.it Universita' di Milano Bicocca is currently seeking to fill at least two postdoctoral research positions with highly qualified individuals interested in pursuing research in the fields gravitational wave astrophysics, with a particular focus on massive black hole binaries. The successful candidates will join Prof. Alberto Sesana in forming the core team of 'B Massive', an ERC CoG funded project aimed at tackling all the facets of the astrophysics of massive black hole binaries. We are particularly looking for candidates with strong background either in numerical (N-body and/or hydro) simulations of massive black holes binaries and their galaxy hosts or in pulsar timing observations, data analysis and inference. But candidates with relevant expertise in all aspects of massive black hole binary theory and observations, gravitational wave data analysis at large and numerical simulations are warmly welcomed to apply. Appointments are expected to start as soon as possible but certainly no later than fall 2020. The ERC funding guarantees a generous salary, competitive with the highest European standards for this type of positions. The Bicocca astro group has a strong expertise in massive black hole astrophysics, dynamics and gravitational waves (Prof. Monica Colpi, Prof. Massimo Dotti, Prof. Alberto Sesana and visiting Prof. Francesco Haardt), relativistic numerical simulations of compact objects (Prof. Bruno Giacomazzo), observations of high redshift galaxies and black holes (Prof. Michele Fumagalli, to join the group in 2020). It is a lively group supporting a number of postdocs and PhD students. It also have tight connections with the observatories of Brera and Merate. It is located close to the centre of Milan, the most lively and international city in Italy, 1h away from the beautiful Como Lake and the stunning Alps. Candidates must have a PhD degree in physics, astronomy or a related discipline. Applications should consist of: -a cover letter, -a brief statement of research interests, -a curriculum vitae including publication list, -at least three letters of recommendation. All material should be sent electronically as soon as possible to the attention of Prof. Alberto Sesana to the email address alberto.sesana[AT]unimib.it, by October 22, 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Assistant/Associate Professor - Astrophysics, Pullman, WA, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16113 Deadline: 2019-10-16 Location: Pullman, WA Additional Information: https://physics.wsu.edu/open-positions Contact: physics[AT]wsu.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Washington State University, Pullman, WA invites applications for a permanent, full-time, tenure-track faculty position in astrophysics at the assistant or associate professor level beginning August 16, 2020. Candidates working in all areas of astronomy, astrophysics, and gravitational physics will be considered. The Department is especially interested in candidates whose research complements the work of existing faculty, for example on galaxy evolution, gravitational waves, or relativity. The successful applicant will be expected to establish a vigorous externally funded research program and to teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Additional information about the Department can be found at physics.wsu.edu. Candidates must have a PhD in physics/astronomy or a closely related field. Further information about the required and preferred qualifications, and the application process may be seen at https://physics.wsu.edu/open-positions. Applicants should apply online at https://www.wsujobs.com/postings/46905. Review of applications begins October 16, 2019. Complete applications received by this date are guaranteed full consideration, but review of applicants will continue until position is filled. Inquiries can be sent to physics[AT]wsu.edu or 509-335-9532. WSU is an EO/AA Educator and Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Research Position in Numerical Relativity and Computational Astrophysics, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/04/postdoctoral-research-positi… Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Urbana, Illinois USA Additional Information: https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join Contact: greifenk[aT]illinois.edu Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position in the Illinois Relativity Group. The candidate should have expertise in numerical relativity and relativistic astrophysics. Some experience in computational hydrodynamics and/or computational MHD would be desirable. Applicants should go online at https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/ to submit their application, which must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, brief description of research interests, and the names, mailing and email addresses of three references. Please contact Elisabeth Greifenkamp at greifenk(a)illinois.edu if you have any questions. Applications should be posted by DEC 1, 2019 for full consideration. The starting date of the position is AUG 15, 2020. The successful applicant will join Professor Stuart Shapiro in developing and applying the tools of numerical relativity and computational hydrodynamics, MHD, and stellar dynamics to tackle diverse problems in general relativity and astrophysics. Recent topics include the inspiral and coalescence of compact binaries, the generation of gravitational waves, magnetized neutron stars, magnetorotational stellar collapse, accretion onto isolated and binary black holes, the formation and cosmological growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe, and the dynamics of dark matter halos and spikes around black holes. Some of this work is geared to identifying astrophysically plausible, strong-field sources of gravitational waves and calculating gravitational waveforms detectable by LIGO/VIRGO, KAGRA, LISA and the PTA. For these "multimessenger" sources we are also exploring counterpart electromagnetic signals, including gamma-ray bursts and kilonovae, as well as neutrinos. In addition to Professor Shapiro, the Illinois Relativity Group includes Professors Nicolas Yunes and Helvi Witek, their postdocs, PhD and undergraduate research students. It maintains close interactions with colleagues in Physics, Astronomy and NCSA, in addition to several outside collaborators. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Posdoctoral research position in numerical relativity, Cornell Unversity, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16121 Deadline: 2019-11-01 Location: Ithaca, NY, USA Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14469 Contact: saul(a)astro.cornell.edu Cornell University expects to have an opening for a Research Associate in numerical relativity starting in September, 2020. The position requires a Ph.D. and experience in numerical relativity or computational physics. The position is for one year, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The Cornell Relativity Group consists of Saul Teukolsky and Eanna Flanagan, senior research associate Larry Kidder and research associates Mike Boyle and Prayush Kumar. There will also be opportunities to interact with the Theoretical Astrophysics Group, including Rachel Bean, David Chernoff, Dong Lai, Richard Lovelace, and Ira Wasserman. Applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV (including list of publications) and a brief (1-3 pages) description of research interests, and should arrange three letters of reference to be submitted through Academic Jobs Online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14469. Alternatively, applications may be sent by email to: Ms. Lynda Sovocool lmk3[AT]cornell.edu . (Please note "Teukolsky Research Associate" in the subject heading, and put the CV and research statement in a single PDF file.) Applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to this same email address. All materials should be received by November 1, 2019. Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Research associate position in gravitational wave searches, Perth, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16124 Deadline: 2019-10-02 Location: Perth, Australia Additional Information: http://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/503049?lApplicationSubSourceID= Contact: petrina.gomez[AT]uwa.edu.au Research Associate - Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia The UWA Gravitational Wave Astronomy group in the Department of Physics in the School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing is an active member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (http://www.ligo.org/) that aims to detect gravitational waves in the audio band and is a member of the 2017 ARC Center of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav,�� https://www.ozgrav.org).�� You will undertake research duties in the area of gravitational wave search pipeline development and testing, high-performance computing by smart algorithm design and hardware acceleration using Graphics Processing Units. You will also help develop strategies to enable prompt electromagnetic follow up observations and extract astrophysical information using data from detected gravitational wave events. To be considered for this role, you will demonstrate: 1. A Ph.D. in astrophysics, computer science, or engineering 2. Experience and demonstrated excellence in signal processing 3. Strong track record of research publication relative to opportunity 4. Highly developed written and verbal communication skills in the preparation of high-quality reports, presentations and publications 5. An ability and willingness to direct and supervise students 6. Demonstrated ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and conduct research Please visit http://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/503049?lApplicationSubSourceID= for full details of the position and "How to Apply" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoc opportunities in General Relativity, Dublin City University, Ireland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16130 Deadline: 2019-10-20 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: http://research.ie/funding/goipd/ Contact: brien.nolan[AT]dcu.ie The Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme is a competitive scheme funding 2-year research fellowships across all disciplines. The Relativity Group in Dublin City University (Abraham Harte, Brien Nolan, Ko Sanders, Peter Taylor and IRC Postdoc Aindriu Conroy) invites expressions of interest from potential applicants working in classical General Relativity (self-force/problem of motion, mathematical relativity, wave propagation in curved spacetimes, exact solutions) or in Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime (renormalisation, quantum aspects of black hole physics, algebraic QFT, mathematical aspects of QFT). The deadline for full applications to the IRC will fall at or around the end of November (date TBC). To allow time for the collaborative preparation of a competitive application, those interested in the scheme should contact one of those named below by Sunday 20th October 2019, including a short cv and a brief statement of research interests. Terms and conditions for the 2020 scheme have not been published yet, but will be similar to those of the 2019 scheme which are available by following the link under 'More Info' above. (Note in particular that prospective applicants who have not completed their PhD viva by 31st March 2020 (date TBC) are not eligible for the scheme.) Abraham Harte (abraham.harte[AT]dcu.ie) Brien Nolan (brien.nolan[AT]dcu.ie) Ko Sanders (jacobus.sanders[AT]dcu.ie) Peter Taylor (peter.taylor[AT]dcu.ie) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Master/PhD positions in astrophysics at Fudan University, Shanghai, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/13/master-phd-positions-in-astr… Deadline: 2019-11-30 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/RELXILL_NK.html Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has a few Master and PhD positions for the next academic year (starting in September 2020). For the Master Program, the candidates must have a Bachelor degree in Physics or in a related area before September 2020. For the PhD Program, the candidates must have a Master degree in Physics or in a related area before September 2020. Courses and research are conducted in English. Both the Master and the PhD Programs normally last 3 years. The scholarship covers: tuition fee, accommodation inside the campus, health insurance, salary (normally 3,000 CNY/month for Master students and 3,500 CNY/month for PhD students). We are looking for candidates interested in: 1) X-ray data analysis of black holes 2) Astrophysical codes (fortran, C/C++, python) The group is led by Prof. Cosimo Bambi and currently consists of 2 postdoctoral researchers and several graduate and undergraduate students. More details can be found on the group webpage. Interested candidates should send their CV (including, among other things, date of birth and nationality) and any additional material that can be useful for the selection process to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Please arrange also at least 2 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. Application deadline: 30 November 2019 (but earlier applications are strongly recommended). More details on our research group can be found at: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoctoral positions in astrophysics at Fudan University, Shanghai, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/13/postdoctoral-positions-in-as… Deadline: 2019-12-31 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) invites applications for postdoctoral positions to work on the development of astrophysical codes (models of accretion disks around black holes and calculation of disk's spectrum). The appointment is for 2 years. Applications received by December 31 will receive full consideration. Salary is in the range 150,000-200,000 CNY/year. Interested candidates should send standard application material (CV, publication list, and any additional material that can be useful for the selection process) to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Please arrange also 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. Inquires can be sent to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn More details on our research group can be found at: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Visiting positions at Fudan University, Shanghai, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/13/visiting-positions-at-fudan-… Deadline: 2019-12-31 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) invites applications for visiting scientists at any stage of their career (visiting PhD students, visiting postdoctoral researchers, visiting professors) of the duration of 1 to 6 months to collaborate on projects of interest in our group (development of astrophysical codes and X-ray data analysis of black holes). Salary depends on qualification and experience. Applications received by December 31 will receive full consideration. The positions are available from March to December 2020. In the application, please specify the possible period of the visit. Interested candidates should send standard application material (CV, publication list, and any additional material that can be useful for the selection process) to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Inquires can be sent to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn More details on our research group can be found at: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Postdoctoral Fellow in Gravity, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16139 Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Additional Information: https://my.physics.illinois.edu/submit/go.asp?id=1398 Contact: greifenk[AT]illinois.edu The Illinois Relativity Group at the Department of Physics of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a 2 to 3-year postdoctoral research fellow position (starting in 2020) with a focus on extreme gravity. The fellowship is intended for a person with a set of wide-ranging interests in extreme gravity and expertise in general relativity and gravitation, with an emphasis in analytical relativity (post-Newtonian, black hole perturbation theory, self-force), data analysis (Bayesian theory, parameter estimation, model selection) and theoretical physics (beyond-Einstein phenomenological models, high energy physics, cosmological modified gravity). In particular, the applicant must demonstrate research experience and creativity, breadth and depth of knowledge in extreme gravity, high productivity and high quality publications, and mastery of written and oral communication. A Ph.D in physics, astronomy, or a related discipline is required by the start of employment. The successful applicant will join Professor Nico Yunes in the study of eXtreme gravity topics related, such as neutron stars, black holes, compact binary systems, gravitational waves, and experimental tests of General Relativity. These topics can range from theoretical work (e.g. neutron star and black hole solutions in and outside General Relativity, gravitational-waves from inspiraling compact binaries, black hole shadows) to a combination of theory and data-analysis (e.g. Bayesian model selection and parameter estimation) associated with extreme gravity instruments, such as the ground-based (LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA) and space-based gravitational-wave detectors (LISA) and the Event Horizon Telescope. In addition to Professor Yunes, the Illinois Relativity Group includes Professors Stu Shapiro and Helvi Witek, their postdocs, PhD and undergraduate research students. The group is part of the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics at UIUC, which also includes Professors Charles Gammie, Gil Holder and Peter Adshead. The Illinois Relativity Group maintains close interactions with other UIUC colleagues in Physics, Astronomy and the NCSA, as well as collaborators across the globe. Interested candidates will submit an application at the link below, which must include the following separate documents: - A curriculum vitae, - A list of publications, with a summary of total papers published, number of citations to papers and h-index. - A list of presentations given outside of the candidate's local university. - A brief research statement (3-page limit, 1-inch margins, 12 pt font), - The names, mailing and email addresses of three references. Please contact Betsy Greifenkamp at greifenk[AT]illinois.edu if you have any questions. Applications should be posted by DEC 1, 2019 for full consideration. The starting date of the position is summer, 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Tenure Track Faculty Job at Montana State, Bozeman, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/20/tenure-track-faculty-job-at-… Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Bozeman, MT, USA Additional Information: https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/18201 Contact: ncornish[AT]montana.edu The Department of Physics at Montana State University invites applications for a tenure-track position with a research emphasis in Gravitational Physics, including the fields of General Relativity, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmology. Successful candidates will hold a Ph.D. in physics or related field and will have demonstrated the potential to develop and conduct a vigorous research program in areas related to the study, development, and application of gravitational physics. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to excellence in graduate and undergraduate teaching and research, and will complement current research collaborations in the Department of Physics. The appointment will be at the Assistant Professor level. Montana State University values a broad array of experiences and perspectives and is committed to continually supporting, promoting and building an inclusive, diverse and culturally rich campus environment. We hope to attract applicants who can teach effectively and have demonstrated ability in helping students succeed. In support of our strategic plan, which promotes access and respect, we enthusiastically encourage members of traditionally underrepresented groups to apply. MSU recognizes the importance of work-life integration and strives to be responsive to the needs of dual career couples Montana State University is located in beautiful Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman is surrounded by stunning mountain ranges, and close to Yellowstone National Park. The area is renowned for outdoor activities such as alpine and cross-country skiing, mountain climbing, hiking, mountain biking, fishing, hunting and camping. See https://www.visitmt.com/places-to-go/cities-and-towns/bozeman.html for more details. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gravitational Waves & Multi-messenger Astrophysics, Nashville, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/23/prize-postdoctoral-fellowshi… Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Nashville, USA Additional Information: https://gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/postdoctoral/opportunity-detail.php?id=436 Contact: stephen.r.taylor[AT]vanderbilt.edu The Vanderbilt Initiative in Data-Intensive Astrophysics (VIDA) announces the 2019 Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity in Multi-messenger Astrophysics (MMA). Successful VIDA Prize Fellows will be expected to conduct original research in theoretical, computational, or observational astrophysics and to disseminate this research through high-impact publications. Fellows are free to work on any of the diverse research efforts within VIDA. In the current cycle we expect to appoint at least one Fellow specifically in gravitational-wave astrophysics and data analysis in Professor Stephen Taylor's VIPER Group (Vanderbilt Initiative in Probes of Extreme Relativity); candidates in these areas are particularly encouraged to apply, although exceptional candidates in all areas will be considered. VIDA Prize Fellows are appointed to renewable one-year terms, up to a total of three years. The VIDA Fellowship comes with an attractive salary commensurate with other prestigious prize fellowships in astrophysics, full benefits, and a competitive research budget. VIDA operates within the vibrant Department of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University, and includes faculty at the forefront of research in Gravitational Waves (Taylor, Holley-Bockelmann), Supermassive Black Holes (Runnoe, Taylor, Holley-Bockelmann), Galaxies and Dark Matter (Berlind), Star Formation (Weintraub), and Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanets (Stassun). Faculty are world-leaders within MMA collaborations such as NANOGrav, the International Pulsar Timing Array, LISA, SDSS, and LSST. VIDA research is focused on the burgeoning arena of astro-informatics, which confronts the challenges of Big Data analytics, often employs simulation-based methods and machine learning, and lives at the interface of astrophysics, data science, and statistics. Vanderbilt (ranked 15th in 2020 US News & World Report Rankings) houses the state-of-the-art Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education (ACCRE) cluster with ~10,000 cores and bleeding-edge GPU resources, as well as a new Data Science Institute (DSI) with strong faculty connections in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Nashville is ranked amongst the top 20 cities to live in the US, with thriving scenes in music, art, entertainment, education, and technology. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in astronomy, physics, or equivalent, by the date of appointment. Applicants should ensure that all of the following are sent directly to vida.gravity[AT]gmail.com, with the subject line "VIDA Fellow 2019, LASTNAME FIRSTNAME", and received by 11.59pm Central US Time on November 30th 2019. -- A cover letter stating the applicant's overall goals, motivation for applying, and how their research aligns with the position (1 page; LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_Cover.pdf) -- A curriculum vitae including a list of publications and talks. (LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_CV.pdf) -- A description of research accomplishments and future plans (3 page limit, 1 inch margins, 12 pt font; LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_Research.pdf) -- Names and contact details of three professional references (LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_References.pdf) -- Three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to vida.gravity[AT]gmail.com. Candidates interested in further details are encouraged to contact Professor Stephen Taylor (stephen.r.taylor[AT]vanderbilt.edu, https://my.vanderbilt.edu/stephentaylor/) VIDA and Vanderbilt University engage in significant efforts to increase diversity and equity in STEM through the Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Program (http://fisk-vanderbilt-bridge.org) VIDA Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in these efforts. Vanderbilt University is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and underrepresented minority candidates are encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Postdoctoral position in theoretical cosmology and gravitation, Honolulu, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16208 Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Honolulu, USA Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14664 Contact: sakstein[AT]sas.upenn.edu The department of Physics at the University of Hawai'i invites applications for a postdoctoral position in theoretical cosmology and gravitation (broadly defined) in the research group of professor J. Sakstein. The start date is expected to be around September 2020. The position is initially for a period of one year with the possibility of renewal for up to two additional years, contingent on funding. The theory/cosmology group consists of faculty with interests in dark matter, dark energy, modified gravity, astrophysics, early universe cosmology, and high energy theory. Additionally, there is a close relationship with the Institute for Astronomy. Candidates with a broad range of overlapping interests are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates should hold (or be about to complete) a Ph.D. in theoretical physics, cosmology, gravitation, or any area related to those above, and compensation will be commensurate with experience. The application should consist of: - A cover letter - A curriculum vitae - A publication list - A statement of research interests - Three letters of recommendation (to be submitted through academic jobs online) Applications should be submitted via academic jobs online (see link below), and a review of applications will begin on December 1st. For more information please contact Jeremy Sakstein (sakstein[AT]sas.upenn.edu) The University of Hawaii is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, National Guard participation, breastfeeding, and arrest/court record (except as permissible under State law). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Gravitational Wave Astronomy Postdoc at Montana State, Bozeman, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/25/gravitational-wave-astronomy… Deadline: 2020-01-15 Location: Bozeman, USA Additional Information: https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/18272 Contact: ncornish[AT]montana.edu The Department of Physics of Montana State University invites applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Astronomy with an emphasis on Bayesian Inference and AstroStatistics. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Neil Cornish and his group in the eXtreme Gravity Institute (www.montana.edu/xgi/) at Montana State University. The eXtreme Gravity Institute (XGI) is composed of faculty members Neil Cornish, Bennett Link, Anne Lohfink, Amy Reines, Sachiko Tsuruta and David Nidever. The XGI hosts international workshops and summer schools on topics related to extreme gravity. The institute is also deeply involved in public outreach, formal and informal education. For the job announcement and application portal see: https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/18272 Members of the eXtreme Gravity Institute are leaders in the application of Bayesian Inference and machine learning to develop new tools for gravitational wave astronomy. The position is NASA funded, with the goal of developing a comprehensive science analysis approach for the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Prof. Cornish is a member of the LISA, LIGO and NANOGrav collaborations, and opportunities will be available to conduct research across the gravitational wave spectrum. Montana State University is located in beautiful Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman is surrounded by stunning mountain ranges, and is close to Yellowstone National Park. The area is renowned for outdoor activities such as alpine and cross-country skiing, mountain climbing, hiking, mountain biking, fishing, hunting and camping. See https://www.visitmt.com/places-to-go/cities-and-towns/bozeman.html for more details. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Tenure-track assistant professor in gravitational physics and astrophysics at the University of Mississippi, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/26/tenure-track-assistant-profe… Deadline: 2019-11-11 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Assistant-Professor-%28Physics%2… Contact: gravitysearch[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in gravitational physics and astrophysics for the Fall of 2020. We seek candidates from any area that complements or diversifies the research interests of our gravitational physics group (faculty members Bombelli, Gupta, and Stein) with expertise in gravitational-wave source modeling, tests of general relativity, quantum gravity, and cosmology, who are members of the LIGO and the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) collaborations. The successful candidate will also join the recently established Center for Multimessenger Astrophysics. Candidates are expected to develop a research program capable of supporting and leading graduate students to a Ph.D. A competitive startup package is available in the first three years. A Ph.D. in Physics or a related field is required. Faculty members are expected to contribute to the teaching and service activities of the Department and the University. Teaching duties include up to three courses a year at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. Interested candidates should apply online at https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Assistant-Professor-%28Physics%2… and submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, a detailed proposal for developing their research program, and the names of three references who can provide letters of recommendation. Inquiries can be sent to the email address gravitysearch(a)phy.olemiss.edu or to Gravity Search Committee Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677. Consideration of applications will begin on November 11, 2019, but applications will be accepted until an adequate applicant pool is established or until the position is filled. Applications from underrepresented groups in physics are strongly encouraged. The department is committed to increasing diversity in the field. The University of Mississippi complies with all applicable laws regarding equal opportunity and affirmative action and does not unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or genetic information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/30/postdoctoral-position-in-num… Deadline: 2019-10-21 Location: Grahamstown, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Contact: n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za The appointment is for up to two years with a starting date as soon as possible and a salary of R220 000 per year, to work on a project "Cauchy Characteristic Matching, and Other Uses of the Characteristic Method in Numerical Relativity". In particular, we are seeking to further develop our matching code, which uses the Cactus framework with a BSSN code in the interior and a characteristic code in the exterior. The faculty members involved in this project are Nigel Bishop - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=m8CpFJkAAAAJ&hl=en Denis Pollney - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=lOK_rucAAAAJ&hl=en Chris Stevens - see https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/people/staff/chrisstevens/ Background information about the Department and the University can be found at https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Please apply via e-mail attaching a single PDF file that contains a letter of application, and a CV with a list of publications and a statement of accomplished research. The application should include the date of award of the PhD degree; and if not yet formally awarded, please explain your current status and the expected date of formal award of the degree. Please also arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be sent in support of the application. All these items should be emailed to n.bishop[at]ru.ac.za with subject "Postdoc Application - Candidate name". This is a re-announcement of the position, and applications will be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. Faculty position in theoretical gravitational wave physics at Utrecht University, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16282 Deadline: 2019-11-15 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.eurosciencejobs.com/job_display/169394/Assistant_Professor_in_T… Contact: u.gursoy[AT]uu.nl The Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) is seeking highly motivated candidates for appointment to tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Theoretical Physics. The candidate is expected to work on theoretical studies of neutron stars, black holes, and/or the gravitational waves from the early universe. This position is part of a recruitment plan to promote gravitational-wave physics at Utrecht University and paired with a full professorship and a tenure-track position in experimental gravitational-wave physics at the Institute of Subatomic Physics and Gravitational Waves. Interdisciplinary cooperation within the Department of Physics, especially with the Institute of Subatomic Physics and Gravitational Waves, as well as with the ongoing (Virgo/LIGO) and and future (Einstein Telescope, LISA) gravitational wave experiments is expected. The successful candidate is also expected to teach and actively participate in fund acquisition. Teaching involves contributing to the curriculum of the Department of Physics at the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD levels. Qualifications The ideal candidate: * holds a PhD in Physics; * has an outstanding research record in theoretical high energy physics, especially in the field of gravitational-wave physics or in a related field; * is expected to develop an independent research group largely based on external funding, and is able to initiate and foster local, national, and international collaborations; * is committed to high-quality teaching at the BSc, MSc and PhD levels, for which the candidate is expected to meet the requirements for the basic teaching qualification (BKO) within two years after the start of the appointment. For more information about this position, please contact Umut Gursoy (Professor), via u.gursoy[AT]uu.nl or +31 30 253 59 03. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. Postdoc position at IGC, Penn State, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/01/postdoc-position-at-igc-penn… Deadline: 2019-12-08 Location: University Park, PA Additional Information: https://psu.jobs/job/91088 Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking to fill one or more Postdoctoral Scholar positions in the theoretical aspects of gravitational physics for the academic year 2020-2021. The successful candidate will participate in the research programs led by Professors Abhay Ashtekar and Eugenio Bianchi. These include projects in classical general relativity, especially gravitational waves and cosmology; loop quantum gravity with emphasis on semi-classical issues, spin foams and loop quantum cosmology; all aspects of quantum black holes with emphasis on entanglement entropy, singularity resolution and quantum evaporation; relation between loop quantum gravity and other approaches to quantum gravity; non-perturbative techniques in quantum field theory. We will also consider candidates for the project "The Quantum Information Structure of Spacetime" supported by the John Templeton Foundation. This is a cross-disciplinary project that aims to put the physics of quantum spacetime on an information theoretical basis. The larger gravity and cosmology group faculty will include Chad Hanna, Viktoriya Giryanskaya, Donghui Jeong, David Radice, Sarah Shandera and B. Sathyaprakash. Successful candidates will be encouraged to interact also with mathematicians in the Center for Fundamental Theory and with members of the Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. During the current academic year, the Institute has 22 post-docs (including Drs. Tommaso De Lorenzo, Anuradha Gupta, Rahul Kashyap, Juan Margalef, Debnandini Mukherjee, Javed Rana, Marc Schneider and Surabhi Sachdev in Gravitation.) For further information on the Institute, see the institute webpage under gravity.psu.edu. A Ph.D. in physics or a related field is required, with a research record showing a strong background in general relativity, and at least one of the other areas listed above. While the primary responsibility of the successful candidate(s) will be to carry out research in some of these areas, we also expect successful candidates to interact strongly with the other researchers in the gravity and cosmology group at Penn State. The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos offers significant additional resources for research expenses to exceptional candidates. They can be used for academic travel, computers, software, books, etc, entirely at the Postdoctoral Scholar's discretion. Applicants must submit the Penn State electronic application and upload a CV to the Penn State system at the URL given. A cover letter, statement of research interests and CV (including publication list) should be submitted to Academic Jobs Online using the tag 14866. Applicants should also arrange for at least three letters of reference to be submitted to AJO. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until all positions are filled. Applications received by December 8, 2019 are guaranteed full consideration. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with excellent possibility of re-funding. To review the Annual Security Report which contains information about crime statistics and other safety and security matters and policies, please go to the Penn State website for annual security reports which will also explain how to request a paper copy of the Annual Security Report. Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. Postdoctoral positions in Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/10/01/postdoctoral-positions-in-gr… Deadline: 2019-11-15 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: https://www.aei.mpg.de/2419655/postdoctoral-positions-acr-division Contact: andre.schirotzek(a)aei.mpg.de The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" (ACR) division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam announces the opening of several postdoc appointments. The postdoctoral positions will be available at different levels, depending on experience and seniority, and can last from 2 to 5 years. The ACR division, led by Alessandra Buonanno, is composed of about 30 scientists, including three permanent research group leaders, Jonathan Gair, Harald Pfeiffer, Jan Steinhoff, and the five-year research group leader Miguel Zumalacarregui (as of January 2020). The division also hosts several long and short-term visitors, and it has ties with the Physics Department at the University of Maryland, the Humboldt University in Berlin, and the University of Potsdam. The ACR division focuses on several aspects of gravitational-wave physics and astrophysics, including (i) theoretical gravitational dynamics and radiation (effective field theory, post-Newtonian and post-Minkowskian expansions, gravitational self-force approach, perturbation theory and effective-one-body formalism), (ii) numerical relativity, most notably simulations of binary black holes and binary neutron stars, (iii) interpretation��and analysis of data from gravitational-wave detectors on the ground (LIGO and Virgo) and in space (LISA), (iv) astrophysics of compact objects, (v) cosmography with gravitational waves from binary systems, (vi) cosmology beyond the standard paradigm (dark energy, dark matter, gravitational lensing), and (vii) tests of strong gravity within General Relativity and alternative gravity theories. Members of the division have the opportunity to join��the LIGO Scientific Collaboration through the group's membership, the LISA Consortium, and also participate to building the science case for third generation (3G) ground-based detectors (Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer). The ACR division has a high-performance computer cluster, Minerva with ~9,500 cores, and a high-throughput computer cluster, Hypatia with ~8,000 cores. Those clusters are used to run numerical-relativity simulations of gravitational-wave sources, and to carry out source modelling and data-analysis studies for current and future gravitational-wave detectors. To apply, please go to https://www.aei.mpg.de/2419655/postdoctoral-positions-acr-division and follow the instructions. The ACR division also offers Max Planck Fellowships to non-German scientists. Information on those fellowships and explanations on how to apply are summarized at https://www.aei.mpg.de/2248863/max-planck-fellowships Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is November 15, 2019. The positions are available as early as Spring 2020, but they can also start later, in Fall 2020. Applications will be considered until all positions are filled. The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. For further information please contact Dr. Andre Schirotzek: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.20. Postdoc position in theoretical particle physics, gravitational physics, and cosmology, Baltimore, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16295 Deadline: 2019-12-01 Location: Baltimore, USA Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14672 Contact: mhall64[AT]jhu.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for one or more postdoctoral research positions beginning September 2020 in theoretical particle physics, gravitational physics, and cosmology. The faculty in our group consists of Ibrahima Bah, Emanuele Berti, Marc Kamionkowski, David Kaplan, Jared Kaplan, and Surjeet Rajendran. A Ph.D. in physics is required. Applications should consist of a CV, list of publications, summary of research interests, and three letters of recommendation. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. GRG Topical Collection "The Fuzzball Paradigm" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/09/grg-topical-collection-the-f… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/news/grg-topical-colle… Call for papers contributing to special article collection We solicit manuscripts on "The Fuzzball Paradigm" for inclusion in a Topical Collection of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation. The fuzzball proposal is a paradigm for black holes. In the conventional picture of a black hole, the region around the horizon is in the vacuum state. In the fuzzball paradigm, string theory effects modify the interior of the black hole up to the horizon scale. The proposal posits that the radiation leaving from a non-extremal fuzzball carries information just like radiation from a piece of burning coal. In recent years, these ideas have been widely explored by a number of authors. This Topical Collection plans to explore the ideas and advances in this area. Topics to be included in this collection include, but are not limited to: - Fuzzball solutions and their properties - D1-D5 CFT - Smooth solutions of alternative theories of gravity - Black Hole information - AdS/CFT and the fuzzball proposal - Classical and quantum properties of black hole microstates Articles with possibly indirect implications for the fuzzball proposal are also welcome. Authors are invited to submit through the website https://www.editorialmanager.com/gerg/. Please indicate that your manuscript is intended for inclusion in the special issue "T.C. : The Fuzzball Paradigm". For preparation, please follow the instructions for authors available at https://www.springer.com/journal/10714 Papers will be published continuously and will appear (as soon as accepted) on the journal website. All submitted papers will be refereed according to the usual high standards of the journal. We look forward to receiving your submission! Samir D. Mathur (Guest Editor), David Turton (Guest Editor), or Amitabh Virmani (GRG Associate Editor). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Hans-Peter Kuenzle ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16158 Additional Information: It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of our mentor, colleague, and friend Hans-Peter Kuenzle. Hans passed away on September 12, 2019, in Edmonton, Canada. Hans was born in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, in 1940. After undergraduate studies at ETH (Zuerich), where one of his mentors was Heinz Hopf, he moved on to King's College London where he received his PhD in 1967 under the supervision of Prof Hermann Bondi. Hans held a postdoctoral appointment at UC Berkeley before joining the University of Alberta in 1970. He was promoted to Full Professor in 1980 and retired from the University of Alberta in 2006. Hans made important contributions in mathematical relativity. He was well-known for his work on the geometric formulation of the Newtonian limit, the uniqueness problem for the static fluid ball, and the Einstein-Yang-Mills equations. His co-discovery of the SU(2) coloured black hole solutions of the static Einstein-Yang-Mills equations was among his best-known and most influential results. Hans is survived by his wife Nicole and their four children. Todd Oliynyk and Eric Woolgar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/26/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: Shamik Banerjee, "Symmetries of free massless particles and soft theorems", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2609-z Pierre Martin-Dussaud, "A primer of group theory for Loop Quantum Gravity and spin-foams", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2583-5 Guillaume Bossard and Severin Luest, "Microstate geometries at a generic point in moduli space", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2584-4 Joan Garcia i Tormo and Marika Taylor, "One point functions for black hole microstates", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2566-6 Please, browse all Editor's Choice articles at: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice Frank Schulz Publishing Editor GRG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "The causal set approach to quantum gravity" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/27/living-reviews-in-relativity… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity The open-access journal Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on 27 September 2019: Sumati Surya, "The causal set approach to quantum gravity", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22:5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0023-1 Abstract: The causal set theory (CST) approach to quantum gravity postulates that at the most fundamental level, spacetime is discrete, with the spacetime continuum replaced by locally finite posets or "causal sets". The partial order on a causal set represents a proto-causality relation while local finiteness encodes an intrinsic discreteness. In the continuum approximation the former corresponds to the spacetime causality relation and the latter to a fundamental spacetime atomicity, so that finite volume regions in the continuum contain only a finite number of causal set elements. CST is deeply rooted in the Lorentzian character of spacetime, where a primary role is played by the causal structure poset. Importantly, the assumption of a fundamental discreteness in CST does not violate local Lorentz invariance in the continuum approximation. On the other hand, the combination of discreteness and Lorentz invariance gives rise to a characteristic non-locality which distinguishes CST from most other approaches to quantum gravity. In this review we give a broad, semi-pedagogical introduction to CST, highlighting key results as well as some of the key open questions. This review is intended both for the beginner student in quantum gravity as well as more seasoned researchers in the field. Please, visit frequently our relativity channel (https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity) at http://livingreviews.org for other news. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 10th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (ACGRG10), Wellington, New Zealand 1.2. Sixth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime, Albena, Bulgaria 1.3. School of Astroparticle Physics: "Physics and Astrophysics of Cosmic Rays", Saint Michel l'Observatoire, France 1.4. Minisymposium on Mathematical Perspectives on General Relativity at the Annual DMV meeting 2019, Karlsruhe Germany 1.5. XII Black Holes Workshop, Guimaraes, Portugal 1.6. The Semi-Classical Einstein Equation: Numerical and Analytical Challenges (2nd announcement), Dublin, Ireland 1.7. CoSyne: Cosmological Synergies in the upcoming decade, Paris, France 1.8. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (3rd announcement), Portsmouth, UK 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral positions in Numerical Relativity at the RIT, Rochester, NY, USA 2.2. M.Sc. and Ph.D Students in Theoretical Physics, Lethbridge, Canada 2.3. Full Professorship in Fundamental Physics from Strong Gravity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.4. Postdoc positions in Gravitational Waves and Numerical Relativity, Jena, Germany 2.5. Postdoctoral position in Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany 2.6. Permanent Research Scientist in Gravitational Wave Science at UCLouvain, Belgium 3. News 3.1. Stephen Siklos 3.2. COST GWverse: Exchange of researchers working on gravitational-wave and black hole physics ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. 10th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (ACGRG10), Wellington, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16002 Starting: 2019-12-09 to 2019-12-13 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Additional Information: http://www.asgrg.org/acgrg10/ Contact: asgrg[AT]hotmail.com The next meeting in the biennial series of conferences organised by the��Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (ASGRG) will be hosted by Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in the second week of December. There will be a welcome reception on the evening of Monday 9th December, and the scientific program will run from Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th December inclusive. The main campus of Victoria University of Wellington is situated on a hill with a prime view of central Wellington, New Zealand's administrative capital and a city with a population of just over 400,000 on the north coast of the Cook Strait. Popular tourist attractions include the Museum, Zoo, Art Gallery, the Zealandia ecosanctuary, the iconic Cable Car that runs close to the University, and the historic Carter Observatory in the Botanic Garden. The deadline for registration for ACGRG10 is Monday 2 September 2019. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Tuesday 1 October 2019. Further details regarding registration, accommodation, plenary speakers, submission of papers etc, will be available shortly. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Sixth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime, Albena, Bulgaria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/08/12/sixth-international-conferen… Starting: 2020-05-11 to 2020-05-14 Location: Albena, Bulgaria Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2020/ Contact: 2020conference[aT]minkowskiinstitute.org The Scientific Organizing Committee invites papers from physicists, philosophers of physics and philosophers on any topic related to the nature of spacetime. As there will be no main theme of the sixth spacetime conference the Committee also invites proposals for special session topics. The topics proposed so far are listed at http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2020/call.html Depending on the number of colleagues participating in a special session, we plan to publish a volume with the talks presented at the session, which will include constructive criticism and the replies of the authors. Contributed papers in the form of extended abstracts of between one and two pages should be emailed to 2020conference[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org by January 31, 2020. Submissions will be reviewed and notification of acceptance will be sent by February 17, 2020. Scientific Organizing Committee: Dennis Dieks (Utrecht University) Mauro Dorato (University of Rome Three) George F. R. Ellis (University of Cape Town) Robert Geroch (University of Chicago) Eleanor Knox (King's College London) Vesselin Petkov (Minkowski Institute, Montreal) Steven Savitt (University of British Columbia) Anguel Stefanov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) James Owen Weatherall (University of California, Irvine) Christian Wuethrich (University of Geneva) Local Organizing Committee: Temenuzhka Ivanova (Albena Congress Center) Milen Milev (Hotel Laguna Garden) Anguel Stefanov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) Svetla Petkova (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal) Vesselin Petkov (Minkowski Institute, Montreal) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. School of Astroparticle Physics: "Physics and Astrophysics of Cosmic Rays", Saint Michel l'Observatoire, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/08/24/physics-and-astrophysics-of-… Starting: 2019-11-25 to 2019-11-30 Location: Saint Michel l'Observatoire, France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/WEB_EAP_19/index.php Contact: triay[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr This is the VIth CNRS thematic School of Astroparticle Physics. It will present an observational and theoretical overview of the physics and astrophysics of cosmic rays, with hands-on training sessions on Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) data analysis as well as on CR propagation codes. Particular attention will be given to taking into account statistical and systematic errors in both measures and theoretical models. It will enable current and future actors in the field to understand the various transverse aspects, such as the very great importance of multi-messenger and multi-wavelength observations for understanding the key physical mechanisms in acceleration and transport. Opening up to a broader scientific community, this school aims at bringing together specialists on these topics with the aim of training the next generation of young researchers, in addition to transfer/share skills. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Minisymposium on Mathematical Perspectives on General Relativity at the Annual DMV meeting 2019, Karlsruhe Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/08/30/minisymposium-on-mathematica… Starting: 2019-09-24 to 2019-08-27 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Additional Information: https://dmv2019.math.kit.edu/programm/minisymposien/mathematical-perspectiv… Contact: jan.metzger[AT]uni-potsdam.de Dear all, We would like to announce the Minisymposium on Mathematical Perspectives on General Relativity, which will be held as part of the Annual DMV Meeting in Karlsruhe Germany from September 23- September 26 2019. The Minisymposium will take place on Tuesday, September 24 in the morning session from 10-12am and in the afternoon session from 4-6pm. The speakers are: Ye Sle Cha, David Fajman, Alexander Friedrich, Gregory J. Galloway, Melanie Graf, Sophia Jahns, David Maxwell, Martin Reiris Everyone is welcome! For registration refer to the main website of the DMV meeting. Best regards, Carla Cederbaum and Jan Metzger +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. XII Black Holes Workshop, Guimaraes, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16085 Starting: 2019-12-19 to 2019-12-20 Location: Guimaraes, Portugal Additional Information: http://w3.math.uminho.pt/bhw19 Contact: bhw2019[AT]math.uminho.pt This is the first announcement for the Black Holes Workshop XII, which will take place in Guimaraes, Portugal, in December 19-20, 2019. From astrophysics to high-energy physics, from information theory to quantum gravity, black holes have acquired an ever increasing role in fundamental physics, and are now part of the terminology of many important branches of observational, theoretical, and mathematical physics. The Black Holes Workshops gather researchers working on physical and mathematical problems of black holes, both in its classical and quantum aspects, as well as their connections to general relativity and gravitation, string theory, cosmology, and astrophysics, and stimulate the interaction between all these fields. The 2019 edition celebrates two decisive dates in the history of general relativity: First, the one hundred years of the deflection of light observations by Eddington, Dyson and collaborators; second, the eighty years of the paper by Oppenheimer and Snyder showing, for the first time, the formation of black holes through gravitational collapse. The Black Holes Workshops are informal meetings. They consist of contributed talks by the participants. There is no registration fee. There will be a social dinner on Thursday, December 19, evening. We kindly invite you to register and submit your contribution at the meeting's webpage http://w3.math.uminho.pt/bhw19. Please forward this message to all interested colleagues. We hope to see you in Guimaraes! On behalf of the organizing committee, A. Garcia-Parrado F. Mena M. P. Ramos +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. The Semi-Classical Einstein Equation: Numerical and Analytical Challenges (2nd announcement), Dublin, Ireland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16088 Starting: 2019-09-12 to 2019-09-13 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: https://www.dcu.ie/maths/sceenac.shtml Contact: jacobus.sanders[AT]dcu.ie This is the second (final) announcement for the two-day meeting on "The Semi-Classical Einstein Equation: Numerical and Analytical Challenges" taking place on 12 and 13 September 2019 at Dublin City University (IRE). List of speakers: Marc Casals (CBPF and University College Dublin) Chris Fewster (University of York) Markus Froeb (University of Leipzig) Hanno Gottschalk (University of Wuppertal) Igor Khavkine (Czech Academy of Sciences) Nicola Pinamonti (University of Genoa) Adam Pound (University of Southampton) Helvi Witek (King's College London) Noa Zilberman (Technion) Registration is open until 10 September 2019 on the meeting's website, https://www.dcu.ie/maths/sceenac.shtml . Description: Einstein's Equation is the corner stone of General Relativity, but in the presence of quantum matter it must be modified to make sense. Although the description of gravity as a quantum phenomenon remains very problematic, there is a wide consensus that any theory of quantum gravity should admit a semi-classical limit, where the dynamics is described by the Semi-Classical Einstein Equation (SCEE). Unfortunately this equation is fraught with mathematical difficulties and even the most basic questions about the existence and uniqueness of solutions are difficult to answer, let alone what those solutions might look like. The purpose of this two-day meeting is to bring together experts in relevant numerical and analytical methods, in order to discuss the state of the art and future prospects for solving the Semi-Classical Einstein Equation. A public lecture by Chris Fewster (University of York) will showcase some topics closely related to the theme of the meeting. Organisers: Ko Sanders (Dublin City University) Peter Taylor (Dublin City University) This meeting is funded by the Irish Research Council. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. CoSyne: Cosmological Synergies in the upcoming decade, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16090 Starting: 2019-12-09 to 2019-12-12 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/19402/overview Contact: mukherje[AT]iap.fr The coming decade of astrophysics and cosmology will be driven by a large number of missions which will explore the cosmos observing the sky through e.g. electromagnetic waves, cosmic and gamma rays, gravitational waves and neutrinos. This will make possible a multi-messenger approach, capitalizing on multiple probes that capture phenomena of the Universe in different observational channels over a large range of redshifts and will open the opportunity to study the synergies between different experiments. The conference will bring researchers working on theoretical aspects, statistical methods and observational cosmology and will discuss the new directions of fundamental physics and cosmological mysteries which can be addressed from these multi-messenger multi-frequency probes. Along with probing the fundamental aspect of gravity, nature of dark energy, properties of dark matter, primordial gravitational waves, neutrino masses and hierarchy, next-generation missions will also be powerful probes to learn about the astrophysical aspects such as the population of black holes, properties of first stars, reionization history of the Universe, galaxy evolution and the interplay between cosmological and astrophysical effects. The meeting will also discuss future statistical tools and machine learning techniques which will be required to make robust measurements from the data which will be available from the upcoming missions on astrophysical gravitational waves, cosmic microwave background, large scale structure, line intensity mapping, supernovae and many others. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (3rd announcement), Portsmouth, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/08/31/30th-texas-symposium-on-rela… Starting: 2019-12-15 to 2019-12-20 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://texas2019.org/ Contact: texas2019[AT]port.ac.uk 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Sunday 15 to Friday 20 December 2019 Portsmouth, UK Participants are invited to submit abstracts for presentations in parallel sessions covering topics listed below. Participants can each submit one abstract for consideration under one or more topics, to be selected by the convenor(s) named below for each session. We may create additional parallel sessions where there is sufficient demand. RELATIVITY AT WORK - DISKS, JETS AND MAGNETIC FIELDS - Matt Middleton RELATIVITY AT WORK - NEUTRON STARS - Vanessa Graber RELATIVITY AT WORK - SUPERMASSIVE BACKHOLES, AGN AND QUASARS - Elisa Costantini MESSENGERS - COSMIC RAYS - Gustavo Medina Tanco MESSENGERS - GAMMA RAYS - Emma de Ona-Wilhelmi MESSENGERS - X-RAYS - Paolo d'Avanzo MESSENGERS - NEUTRINOS - Anna Franckowiak GRAVITY - TESTS OF GRAVITY - Leonardo Gualitieri GRAVITY - MODIFIED GRAVITY - Thomas Sotiriou GRAVITY - QUANTUM GRAVITY - Mairi Sakellariadou GRAVITY - NUMERICAL RELATIVITY - Helvi Witek GRAVITATIONAL WAVES - MODELLING AND SOURCES - Matt Duez GRAVITATIONAL WAVES - GROUND BASED EXPERIMENTS - McIver GRAVITATIONAL WAVES - SPACE BASED EXPERIMENTS, PULSAR TIMING - Carlos Sopuerta COSMOLOGY - RE-IRONIZATION - tbc COSMOLOGY - COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND - Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni COSMOLOGY - EARLY UNIVERSE AND THE ORIGIN OF STRUCTURE - Matteo Fasiello COSMOLOGY - LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE THEORY - Matteo Viel COSMOLOGY - GALAXY SURVEYS, LENSING, SUPERNOVAE - Hendrik Hildebrandt COSMOLOGY - DARK ENERGY, COSMIC CONCORDANCE AND TENSIONS - Lucas Lombriser COSMOLOGY - RELATIVISTIC COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS - Christian Fidler and Jim Mertens Deadline for submission of abstracts is 27th September. We look forward to seeing you in Portsmouth this December! Marco Bruni and David Wands on behalf of the Scientific and Local Organising Committees +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral positions in Numerical Relativity at the RIT, Rochester, NY, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15991 Deadline: 2020-01-31 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: https://ccrg.rit.edu/career/postdoc Contact: manuela[AT]astro.rit.edu Postdoctoral positions in Numerical Relativity at the Rochester Institute of Technology The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) anticipates filling several postdoctoral positions in the coming year. We are looking for postdoctoral candidates interested in working in the areas of modeling and simulation of gravitational waves sources and their electromagnetic counterparts, including binary black holes and neutron stars, and their astrophysical interpretation in the context of the LIGO-Virgo observations. We are also interested in candidates working in relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics simulations of accretion disks around supermassive black hole mergers, and their jet dynamics. The successful postdoctoral candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate on a broad range of research topics in gravitational physics. Our group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium (http://einsteintoolkit.org) and a Petascale computing project with NCSA. There are many senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. This includes Manuela Campanelli (Director), Sukanya Chakrabarti, Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Jason Nordhaus, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof, several postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students (see http://ccrg.rit.edu/people for an overview on who is or has been at CCRG). The group also collaborates with many faculty, postdocs and graduate students in the larger astrophysics group (http://www.rit.edu/cos/astrophysics/) the school of Mathematical Sciences (http://www.rit.edu/cos/sms/) and the School of Physics and Astronomy (http://www.rit.edu/cos/physics/) The positions are for two or three years and renewable depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funds. CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers such as XSEDE and BlueWaters as well as two dedicated 1300 and 1600-core clusters hosted at the Center. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/ And about Rochester at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu For an overview of all job openings at CCRG please go to: https://ccrg.rit.edu/career Enquiries can be addressed to the center's Director: Manuela Campanelli, manuela[AT]astro[dot]rit[dot]edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, School of Mathematical Sciences, and School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin as soon as available and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Deadline for applications is January 31st, 2020. Starting date can be as early as September, 2020. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmativeaction. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. M.Sc. and Ph.D Students in Theoretical Physics, Lethbridge, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/08/07/master-and-ph-d-students-in-… Deadline: 2019-09-15 Location: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Additional Information: http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/physics-astronomy/meet-our-faculty-staff Contact: pasquale.bosso(a)uleth.ca Applications are invited from students interested in doing M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Saurya Das and Dr. Pasquale Bosso, starting January 2020. Potential research topics will be Quantum Gravity Theory and Phenomenology and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. Applicants for the M.sc. position must have a B.Sc. and those for the Ph.D. position must have an M.Sc. or equivalent in Physics/Theoretical Physics, and have a strong background in its fundamental areas, including General Relativity and basic Quantum Field Theory. Knowledge of advanced topics, such as Quantum Optics and familiarity with computational softwares will be an asset. Please send your Statement of Purpose, CV, Transcripts (scanned/electronic copies are fine), and arrange to send at least three letters of reference directly to: saurya.das[AT]uleth.ca or pasquale.bosso[AT]uleth.ca. Complete applications will be reviewed as and when they are received, until the positions are filled. Graduate students are supported by a combination of teaching and research assistantships and scholarships which is generally sufficient to cover tuition and living expenses. Information about the department, research areas and its graduate program and can be found in: http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/physics-astronomy http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/physics-astronomy/meet-our-faculty-staff http://www.uleth.ca/graduatestudies/ For more information, please send an email to: saurya.das[AT]uleth.ca or pasquale.bosso[AT]uleth.ca Dr. Saurya Das, Dr. Pasquale Bosso Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Lethbridge 4401 University Drive Lethbridge, AB, CANADA T1K 3M4 Email: saurya.das[AT]uleth.ca Equity: University of Lethbridge is committed to diversity and equity in employment. It welcomes applications from all minority and traditionally underrepresented groups. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Full Professorship in Fundamental Physics from Strong Gravity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16024 Deadline: 2019-09-16 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details-vacature-0/?recid=602093 Contact: r.loll[AT]science.ru.nl The High-Energy Physics Department at Radboud University is looking for a full professor in the area of "Fundamental Physics from Strong Gravity", to broaden its current research activities in theoretical particle physics and quantum gravity. The novel, theoretical research line will be dedicated to gravitational phenomena in extreme/nonperturbative regimes and how they elucidate our understanding of the foundations of gravity and spacetime. The successful candidate will complement and strengthen a dynamic and interactive group of (quantum) gravity researchers, consisting of permanent members Renate Loll, Frank Saueressig, Timothy Budd and (from Jan 2020) Beatrice Bonga, part-time members Jan Ambjorn and Bianca Dittrich, as well as postdocs and PhD students. Further gravity-related research is performed in the neighbouring mathematics and astrophysics departments. For more information and details on how to apply, please visit the accompanying URL. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoc positions in Gravitational Waves and Numerical Relativity, Jena, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/08/20/postdoc-positions-in-gravita… Deadline: 2019-10-01 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/~bernuzzi/news-jobs.html Contact: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Applications are invited for two postdoctoral positions in the field of gravitational waves and numerical relativity at the University of Jena. The positions are associated with the research group of Prof. Sebastiano Bernuzzi at the Theoretical Physics Institute Jena. One position is funded by ERC-StG grant "BinGraSp", the other by Jena FSU. The researchers are expected to work on the broad topic of compact binaries in general relativity, including computational aspects in numerical relativity, gravitational waveform modeling and data-analysis applications. The successful candidates have the opportunity to join the Virgo Collaboration and participate to the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave astronomy programme. The group is also part of the computational relativity (CoRe) collaboration. The appointment will be initially for one year with possible extension up to three years. 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, 2019, but will be considered until the positions are filled. Starting date can be as early as November 2019 and no later than Spring 2020. Please send applications to: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena Max Wien Platz 1 D-07743 Jena, Germany Office 209 Please use the string "Application for PD position - SURNAME NAME" in the email subject and use the PDF format for all your files. More info * Theoretical Physics Institute: https://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/HomePage * Research group: http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/~bernuzzi +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoctoral position in Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/08/21/postdoctoral-position-in-rel… Deadline: 2020-09-30 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Additional Information: https://relastro.uni-frankfurt.de Contact: rezzolla[AT]itp.uni-frankfurt.de The group of Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics in Frankfurt invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics. Candidates should have a PhD in astrophysics, physics or applied mathematics. Research experience with simulations in numerical relativity, relativistic hydrodynamics and MHD are favourably evaluated. Candidates with knowledge and experience in modelling the electromagnetic emission from merging binaries will be particularly favoured. The successful applicant will be part of an international research group at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Frankfurt, Germany. Interests of the group span from the modelling of the physics of neutron stars and black holes, to fundamental issues in gravitational physics (https://relastro.uni-frankfurt.de/) Frankfurt am Main is a lively and international city, and Europe's financial center. The application should comprise a CV, a publication list, and a research summary and proposal. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to the address below. Applications will have to be sent by 30.09.2018 for full consideration, but the search will remain open till the optimal candidate is found. The position is initially for two years and can be extended - depending on successful performance and availability of funds - for up to five years. The expected starting date is 01.04.2020, but earlier/later appointments can be negotiated. Applications should be made electronically and sent to: Fr. Astrid Steidl: steidl[AT]itp.uni-frankfurt.de and to rezzolla[AT]itp.uni-frankfurt.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Permanent Research Scientist in Gravitational Wave Science at UCLouvain, Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/08/23/permanent-research-scientist… Deadline: 2019-09-16 Location: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Additional Information: https://jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelscientifique/job/Logisticien-de-recherch… Contact: Giacomo.Bruno[AT]uclouvain.be The Research Institute in Mathematics and Physics (IRMP) at the Universite' catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) is searching for an outstanding research scientist to start a research program in instrumentation for gravitational wave experiments. The position is permanent from day one and is open to candidates of any nationality. The IRMP institute hosts, among others, research on fundamental interactions and cosmology equally strongly on the experimental and theoretical fronts. More than 100 physicists and mathematicians from all over the world currently work at the IRMP. Physicists of the IRMP have strong involvements in particle physics experiments, notably CMS and NA62 at the CERN international laboratory. They have recently joined the Virgo Collaboration at the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) and are launching a new research program in gravitational wave physics which includes important contributions to the Virgo computing and detection systems. The group will also participate in the construction of a research and development facility, funded by the EU through its Interreg Europe programme, aimed to prepare the construction of the Einstein Telescope project. In the short term, the selected candidate is mostly expected to take a leading role in current and future upgrade projects of the Virgo interferometer and to the activities related to the design and construction of the Einstein Telescope. In the longer term, (s)he will have the possibility to contribute more importantly also to the other instrumentation R&D activities at the institute, like experimental projects in particle physics. The selected candidate will be integrated locally within a group composed of academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and technicians. (S)he will benefit from the availability of electronics and optics laboratories as well as a drawing office, clean rooms and a large computing cluster. The selected candidate is expected to collaborate with Belgian and international partners and participate in the dissemination of scientific results. Required qualifications: - PhD degree in physics or engineering; - Minimum 2 years of postdoctoral scientific experience; - Wide experience in the development and use of electronic, optoelectronic and/or optical devices, including the associated controls, proven among others by authorship of scientific publications/presentations in the domain; - Experience in project writing/submission and management/reporting; - Very good knowledge of English; - Team player with excellent communication skills; - Readiness to travel abroad for extended periods. Additional assets: - Experience in laser interferometer gravitational wave experiments. - Good knowledge of French. Otherwise, the selected candidate will be asked to acquire this skill within three years after taking office. For more information, please contact : Prof. Giacomo Bruno : giacomo.bruno[AT]uclouvain.be ; tel: +32 (0)10 473215 To whom at least two letters of recommendation should be sent by email. Applications should be submitted online at the accompanying URL +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Stephen Siklos ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16022 Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/conferences/2020/ I have heard from his daughter Tabitha that Stephen Siklos died on 17 August 2019. He had been a postdoc with me and a co-author of papers and was a personal friend. He was for some years the Director of Studies in Mathematics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and later Senior Tutor at Jesus College, and played a key role in the University's Mathematics Department, coordinating its teaching quality assurance policies. Tabitha wrote "I am sorry to have to tell you the sad news that my father Stephen died peacefully in the early hours of this morning, while he was at home with his family. He had been ill for a few months and he bore his diagnosis and illness with stoicism and with his usual wry humour intact until the very end." ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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=16058 Additional Information: https://gwverse.tecnico.ulisboa.pt 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 Nov 1, 2019 and ending before Apr 30, 2020 (applications outside this timeframe will be discarded). This call starts on Sep 1 and closes Oct 15, 2019. All proposals will be reviewed and the results will be announced by Oct 31, 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Probing Effective Theories of Gravity in Strong Fields and Cosmology, Santa Barbara, USA 1.2. 9th International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC), Mohali, India 1.3. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (2nd announcement), Portsmouth, UK 1.4. The New Faces of Black Holes, Annapolis, Maryland, USA 1.5. SIGRAV International School 2020, Vietri sul Mare, Italy 1.6. 10th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (ACGRG10), Wellington, New Zealand 2. Jobs 2.1. Visiting Assistant Professor position in Physics/Astronomy at Montclair State University, NJ, USA 2.2. Tenure-track faculty position in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2.3. STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships, University of Sheffield, UK 2.4. Postdoctoral positions in Numerical Relativity at the RIT, Rochester, NY, USA 3. News 3.1. Special Issue "Quantum Group Symmetry and Quantum Geometry" 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Testing the nature of dark compact objects: a status report" ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Probing Effective Theories of Gravity in Strong Fields and Cosmology, Santa Barbara, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15931 Starting: 2020-08-10 to 2020-09-18 Location: Santa Barbara, CA, USA Additional Information: https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/greft20 Contact: thomas.sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Probing Effective Theories of Gravity in Strong Fields and Cosmology KITP, UC Santa Barbara Coordinators: Cora Dvorkin, Ira Rothstein, and Thomas Sotiriou Scientific Advisors: Alessandra Buonanno, Pedro Ferreira, and Steve Giddings There is strong evidence that General Relativity (GR) is only an effective field theory (EFT). While it is often assumed that the energy scale where the EFT breaks down is near the Planck scale and experimentally inaccessible, tantalizing arguments suggest that GR is not a canonical effective theory. In particular, the apparent hints of non-locality in black hole evaporation and the small scale associated with the vacuum energy motivate reconsidering EFT ideas in gravity. Given the wealth of data in current and future high precision cosmological surveys, it is necessary to develop a tool kit of theoretically consistent EFTs for analyzing potential deviations from the predictions of GR. The birth of gravitational wave astronomy opens up other avenues for testing gravity in previously unimaginable ways, enabling the study of higher curvature backgrounds as well as black hole horizon physics. This program is geared towards finding ways to push the boundaries of our knowledge of the EFT of GR by bringing together members of three distinct communities: strong gravity/relativistic astrophysics, cosmology, and EFT. Primary Application Deadline: August 11th 2019. After that date application will continue to be considered in a rolling basis until the program is filled. Please apply through the KITP website (link). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 9th International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC), Mohali, India --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15944 Starting: 2019-12-10 to 2019-12-13 Location: Mohali, India Additional Information: http://14.139.227.202/web/icgc2019/index.html Contact: ICGC2019[AT]iisermohali.ac.in International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC) IISER Mohali December 10-13, 2019 The 9th International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC) will be hosted by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISERM), during December 10 - 13, 2019. ICGC meetings are held once in four years and are organized by the Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation. This meeting aims at bringing together active scientists to take stock of present status in Gravitation and Cosmology and exchange ideas, as well as offer young researchers from Indian an opportunity for interaction with experts. The program will have a series of plenary lectures, with parallel workshops and poster sessions. The year 2019 also marks the centenary of Eddington's famous solar eclipse test of General Relativity and the conference will have special lectures to mark this milestone. Please refer to the web-page for information and updates. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (2nd announcement), Portsmouth, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/07/15/30th-texas-symposium-on-rela… Starting: 2019-12-15 to 2019-12-20 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://texas2019.org/ Contact: texas2019[AT]port.ac.uk 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Sunday 15 to Friday 20 December 2019 Portsmouth, UK Registration and Call for Abstracts is now open. Abstract submission deadline is 27th September 2019. Early-bird registration fee payment deadline is 25th October. Registration closes 22nd of November. The Texas meetings have covered topics such as black holes, gravitational waves, neutron stars, cosmic rays, dark matter and the early Universe since the first symposium, held in Dallas in 1963. Following the tradition of previous meetings, the 2019 Symposium will cover a broad range of subjects in relativistic astrophysics, including: Gravity: Test of Gravity, Modified Gravity, Quantum Gravity, Numerical Relativity Cosmology: CMB, Reionisation, Early Universe, LSS, Lensing, Supernovae, Dark Energy, Simulations Gravitational Waves: Modelling, Sources, Experiments, Pulsar timing Messengers: Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, X-Rays, Neutrinos Relativity At Work: Black holes, AGN, Quasars, Neutron stars, Discs, Jets & Magnetic Fields Invited Speakers Antony Lewis (University of Sussex, UK) Astrid Eichorn (University of Southern Denmark & Heidelberg University, Germany) Chris Reynolds (University of Cambridge, UK) Claudia De Rham (Imperial College London, UK) Dany Page (National Autonomous University, Mexico) Elena Gallo (University of Michigan, USA) Elena Rossi (Leiden University, Netherlands) Elisa Resconi (Technical University Munich, Germany) Elisabeth Krause (University of Arizona, USA) Giovanni Losurdo (INFN Pisa, Italy) Juan Garcia-Bellido (University of Madrid, Spain) Luciano Rezzolla (University of Frankfurt, Germany) Martin Lemoine (IAP, France) Rennan Barkana (Tel Aviv University, Israel) Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto University, Japan) Tanja Hinderer (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Tom Giblin (Kenyon College Ohio, USA) Ulisses Barres de Almeida (CBPF, Brazil) We look forward to seeing you in Portsmouth this December! Marco Bruni and David Wands on behalf of the Scientific and Local Organising Committees +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. The New Faces of Black Holes, Annapolis, Maryland, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/07/18/the-new-faces-of-black-holes/ Starting: 2019-11-11 to 2019-11-13 Location: Annapolis, Maryland, USA Additional Information: https://jsi.astro.umd.edu/conferences/2019-jsi-workshop Contact: suvi[AT]astro.umd.edu The Joint Space-Science Institute is pleased to announce the 2019 JSI Workshop: "The New Faces of Black Holes". The workshop will be held on November 11-13, 2019 in historic Annapolis, Maryland. Workshop topics will include: GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM BLACK HOLES * Ground-based; LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA O3 and beyond * Space-based; LISA * Pulsar timing arrays TIME DOMAIN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS * Tidal Disruption Events * Reverberation Mapping * LISA EM Counterparts, evidence for binary SMBHs * AGN Variability (changing-look quasars, QPOs, etc.) EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE AND HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING * What have we learned from current EHT analysis? * What will we learn from EHT in the future? * Gravity VLT results on SgrA* and 3C273 * Dynamical Black Hole Mass Measurements INVITED SPEAKERS: Aaron Barth (UC Irvine), Misty Bentz (Georgia State), Emanuele Berti (JHU), Laura Blecha (Florida), Jason Dexter (CU Boulder), Frank Eisenhauer (MPE), Mike Eracleous (Penn State), Ben Farr (Oregon), Vincent Fish (MIT/Haystack), Evan Hall (MIT), Michael Johnson (CfA), Chelsea MacLeod (CfA), Maura McLaughlin (WVU), Lia Medeiros (Princeton), Krista Smith (Stanford), Nick Stone (Hebrew U.), Sjoert van Velzen (NYU/UMD) The program will also feature contributed talks and posters. More information will be posted at the workshop web site, https://jsi.astro.umd.edu/conferences/2019-jsi-workshop, and registration will open soon. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. SIGRAV International School 2020, Vietri sul Mare, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15974 Starting: 2020-02-03 to 2020-02-07 Location: Vietri sul Mare, Italy Additional Information: https://agenda.infn.it/e/sigravschool2020 Contact: fulvio.ricci[AT]roma1.infn.it The school, organised by the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV), aims at providing robust and deep knowledge of General Relativity and its possible modifications, with particular attention to phenomenological consequences in astrophysics and in cosmology. The School is intended for PhD students and young post-docs and it is based on four courses: a) General Relativity and its Modifications - Lecturer: Lavinia Heisenberg (ETH, Zurich) b)Testing Gravity - Lecturer: Paolo Pani (Sapienza University of Rome) c) Cosmology beyond General Relativity - Lecturer: Tessa Baker (Oxford University) d) Cosmological Perturbation Theory and Structure Formation - Lecturer: Sabino Matarrese (University of Padova) Students are requested to attend all lectures and seminars. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. 10th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (ACGRG10), Wellington, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=16002 Starting: 2019-12-09 to 2019-12-13 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Additional Information: http://www.asgrg.org/acgrg10/ Contact: asgrg[AT]hotmail.com The next meeting in the biennial series of conferences organised by the��Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (ASGRG) will be hosted by Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in the second week of December. There will be a welcome reception on the evening of Monday 9th December, and the scientific program will run from Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th December inclusive. The main campus of Victoria University of Wellington is situated on a hill with a prime view of central Wellington, New Zealand's administrative capital and a city with a population of just over 400,000 on the north coast of the Cook Strait. Popular tourist attractions include the Museum, Zoo, Art Gallery, the Zealandia ecosanctuary, the iconic Cable Car that runs close to the University, and the historic Carter Observatory in the Botanic Garden. The deadline for registration for ACGRG10 is Monday 2 September 2019. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Tuesday 1 October 2019. Further details regarding registration, accommodation, plenary speakers, submission of papers etc, will be available shortly. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Visiting Assistant Professor position in Physics/Astronomy at Montclair State University, NJ, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/07/11/visiting-assistant-professor… Deadline: 2019-08-01 Location: Montclair, NJ, USA Additional Information: https://www.montclair.edu/physics-astronomy/2019/07/11/opening-for-visiting… Contact: marc.favata[AT]montclair.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Montclair State University has an opening for a 1-year Visiting Assistant Professor. The position is primarily instructional and must begin on September 1, 2019. We expect to conduct a tenure-track search in the fall, and we hope to attract a candidate who will also be competitive in that search. (In the past, we have made hires from our visiting faculty.) If interested, please submit your application by August 1, 2019 for full consideration. Full details can be found at the URL above. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Tenure-track faculty position in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/07/15/tenure-track-faculty-positio… Deadline: 2019-09-02 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14036 Contact: ullio[AT]sissa.it The Astroparticle Physics group at the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy, invites expressions of interest for a faculty position from outstanding candidates with a strong astroparticle theoretical research record on cosmological implications of beyond standard model physics, including research on baryogenesis/leptogenesis scenarios, phase transitions, axion physics, early universe tests of fundamental interactions. The appointment procedure will be activated at the assistant professor, tenure-track, level. The successful candidate is expected to work as an independent principal investigator, promoting and leading research activities to complement the current expertise of the SISSA groups in Particle Astrophysics, Gravitation Theory and Cosmology, as well as to attract external funds, take an active part in the SISSA PhD teaching programme and supervise graduate students. The deadline for receipt of the expressions of interest, in English and only via Academic Jobs Online, is September 2, 2019. They should include: - Curriculum Vitae with a complete publication list and the names of at least three referees. - Description of current research interests. - List of ten publications of greatest interest for the selection. The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) is a leading research and training institution (PhD School) based on the beautiful sea coast of Trieste in Italy. It offers first rate facilities (also for High Performance Computing) and has close relations with the other scientific institutions in the area. In particular, together with the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), SISSA is a founding member and supports the Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU), Trieste, a newly born institute aiming at hosting and promoting a vigorous and innovative multi-disciplinary research program focused on investigating the fundamental laws of Nature under a Cosmological and Astrophysical perspective. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships, University of Sheffield, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15977 Deadline: 2019-08-12 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom Additional Information: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/maths/about/jobs Contact: E.Winstanley[AT]sheffield.ac.uk The School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield is intending to support two applications for the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship in 2019/20. These are five-year fellowships awarded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. It is the current policy of the Faculty of Science at the University of Sheffield that all successful applicants will be offered an open-ended academic position at the end of their Fellowship. Details about the Ernest Rutherford Fellowships, and the Faculty of Science's policy on long-term Research Fellows can be found on the following websites: https://stfc.ukri.org/funding/fellowships/ernest-rutherford-fellowship/ https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/faculty/science/research/independent-research-f… Applications in the areas of Gravitation and Cosmology, and Solar and Solar-Terrestial Physics will be particularly welcomed. Expressions of interest should be sent before midday on Monday 12th August to Professor Tom Bridgeland at the address t.bridgeland[AT]sheffield.ac.uk. These should include a full CV (a research proposal is not necessary at this stage). The internal selection process will be completed by Monday 19 August, and the Fellowship application must be received by the STFC before Thursday 26 September. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral positions in Numerical Relativity at the RIT, Rochester, NY, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15991 Deadline: 2020-01-31 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: https://ccrg.rit.edu/career/postdoc Contact: manuela[AT]astro.rit.edu Postdoctoral positions in Numerical Relativity at the Rochester Institute of Technology The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) anticipates filling several postdoctoral positions in the coming year. We are looking for postdoctoral candidates interested in working in the areas of modeling and simulation of gravitational waves sources and their electromagnetic counterparts, including binary black holes and neutron stars, and their astrophysical interpretation in the context of the LIGO-Virgo observations. We are also interested in candidates working in relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics simulations of accretion disks around supermassive black hole mergers, and their jet dynamics. The successful postdoctoral candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate on a broad range of research topics in gravitational physics. Our group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium (http://einsteintoolkit.org) and a Petascale computing project with NCSA. There are many senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. This includes Manuela Campanelli (Director), Sukanya Chakrabarti, Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Jason Nordhaus, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof, several postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students (see http://ccrg.rit.edu/people for an overview on who is or has been at CCRG). The group also collaborates with many faculty, postdocs and graduate students in the larger astrophysics group (http://www.rit.edu/cos/astrophysics/) the school of Mathematical Sciences (http://www.rit.edu/cos/sms/) and the School of Physics and Astronomy (http://www.rit.edu/cos/physics/) The positions are for two or three years and renewable depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funds. CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers such as XSEDE and BlueWaters as well as two dedicated 1300 and 1600-core clusters hosted at the Center. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/ And about Rochester at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu For an overview of all job openings at CCRG please go to: https://ccrg.rit.edu/career Enquiries can be addressed to the center's Director: Manuela Campanelli, manuela[AT]astro[dot]rit[dot]edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, School of Mathematical Sciences, and School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin as soon as available and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Deadline for applications is January 31st, 2020. Starting date can be as early as September, 2020. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmativeaction. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Special Issue "Quantum Group Symmetry and Quantum Geometry" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/07/11/special-issue-quantum-group-… Additional Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/special_issues/Quantum_Group_Symmetry… Dear Colleagues, Quantum groups appeared during the eighties as the underlying algebraic symmetries of several two-dimensional integrable models. They are noncommutative generalizations of Lie groups endowed with a Hopf algebra structure, and the possibility of defining noncommutative spaces that are covariant under quantum group (co)actions soon provided a fruitful link with noncommutative geometry. At the same time, when quantum group analogues of the Lie groups of spacetime symmetries (Galilei, Poincare' and (anti-) de Sitter) were constructed, they attracted the attention of quantum gravity researchers. In fact, they provided a possible mathematical framework to model the "quantum" geometry of space-time and the quantum deformations of its kinematical symmetries at the Planck scale, where nontrivial features are expected to arise because of the interplay between gravity and quantum theory. This Special Issue is open to contributions dealing with any of the many facets of quantum group symmetry and their generalizations. On the more formal side, possible topics include the theory of Poisson-Lie groups and Poisson homogeneous spaces as the associated semiclassical objects; Hopf algebras; the classification of quantum groups and spaces, their representation theory and its connections with q-special functions; the construction of noncommutative differential calculi; and the theory of quantum bundles. On application side, possible topics are: classical and quantum integrable models with quantum group invariance; the applications of quantum groups in different (2+1) quantum gravity contexts (like combinatorial quantisation, state sum models or spin foams); and quantum kinematical groups and their noncommutative spacetimes in connection with deformed special relativity and quantum gravity phenomenology. Prof. Angel Ballesteros Dr. Giulia Gubitosi Prof. Francisco J. Herranz Guest Editors ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Testing the nature of dark compact objects: a status report" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/07/25/living-reviews-in-relativity… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity The open-access journal Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on 8 July 2019: Vitor Cardoso and Paolo Pani, "Testing the nature of dark compact objects: a status report", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22:4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0020-4 Abstract: Very compact objects probe extreme gravitational fields and may be the key to understand outstanding puzzles in fundamental physics. These include the nature of dark matter, the fate of spacetime singularities, or the loss of unitarity in Hawking evaporation. The standard astrophysical description of collapsing objects tells us that massive, dark and compact objects are black holes. Any observation suggesting otherwise would be an indication of beyond-the-standard-model physics. Null results strengthen and quantify the Kerr black hole paradigm. The advent of gravitational-wave astronomy and precise measurements with very long baseline interferometry allow one to finally probe into such foundational issues. We overview the physics of exotic dark compact objects and their observational status, including the observational evidence for black holes with current and future experiments. Please, visit frequently our relativity channel (https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity) at http://livingreviews.org for other news. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Hyperspace Bulletin for June 2019
by Luciano Rezzolla, Prof. Dr. 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Quantum Gravity 2020, Waterloo, Canada 1.2. 5th International Conference on Quantum and Particle Physics, London, UK 1.3. XXIX Astronomy and Astrophysics National Meeting of the Portuguese Astronomical Society, Lisbon, Portugal 1.4. Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and Fundamental Physics, Trieste, Italy 1.5. 56th Karpacz Winter School in Theoretical Physics 2020, Karpacz, Poland 1.6. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Portsmouth, UK 1.7. 2019 TGWG Conference, Taipei, Taiwan 2. Jobs 2.1. Post-Doctoral Researcher positions in "Gravity theory and gravitational wave phenomenology", Rome, Italy 2.2. Ph.D. student positions in quantum cosmology, Warsaw, Poland 2.3. Tier II Canada Research Chair in multi-messenger astrophysics at Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Canada 2.4. Faculty position in gravitational wave observation, Leuven, Belgium 2.5. Postdoctoral position in HEPCAT group at the University of Cape Town, South Africa 2.6. PhD position in the HEPCAT group at the University of Cape Town, South Africa 2.7. ESA Reserach Fellowships in Space Science, The Netherlands, Spain 2.8. Montalcini Fellowship in the University of Trento, Italy 2.9. STFC Rutherford Fellowship, Nottingham, UK 2.10. Nottingham Research and Anne McLaren Fellowships, Nottingham, UK 2.11. ICG postdoctoral research fellow, Portsmouth, UK 2.12. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at Rhodes University, South Africa 2.13. Postdoctoral position in relativistic astrophysics at Paris Observatory, France 2.14. Postdoc at Nottingham, UK 3. News 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Lorentzian causality theory" 3.2. International Master in Mathematical Physics at Leipzig University, Germany 3.3. News of the International School of Astrophysics Daniel Chalonge Hector de Vega, Paris, France 3.4. Death of Don Witt 3.5. GRG Editor's Choice free-to-read for GR22/Amaldi13 ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Quantum Gravity 2020, Waterloo, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15768 Starting: 2020-07-13 to 2020-07-17 Location: Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/quantum-gravity-2020 Contact: eichhorn[AT]sdu.dk This is the first announcement of the international conference "Quantum Gravity 2020" which will take place at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics from Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 17, 2020. The conference "Quantum Gravity 2020" has a deliberately broad scope. We aim to include participants from all current approaches to quantum gravity, as well as researchers working on the phenomenology of quantum gravity. The main goal of the meeting is to assess the progress made and to constructively and openly discuss open questions in our understanding of quantum gravity. A second goal is to work towards combining the insights gained in the various approaches. In its overall goal as well as the format, this conference will differ from more specialized meetings that focus on specific quantum-gravity approaches. We hope that this inaugural conference "Quantum Gravity" can make a contribution to bridging the gaps between quantum gravity approaches, and bring the entire community together for a constructive and fruitful exchange. Registration for this conference will open shortly. The list of scientific organizers and the scientific advisory committee can be found on the webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 5th International Conference on Quantum and Particle Physics, London, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15773 Starting: 2019-10-21 to 2019-10-22 Location: London, UK Additional Information: http://quantumphysics.alliedacademies.com/ Contact: quantumphysics[AT]mail.com Theme: Endorse and Engross the Impacts of Quantum and Particle Physics The 5th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Particle Physics a two-day gathering of prominent physicists, researchers, students and experts in the industry of quantum technology on October 21-22, 2019 at Zurich, Switzerland. Over the past 4 years, our Physics conferences attendees have enjoyed a sound technical program with a world of opportunities to explore the future. At this quantum physics conference let us celebrate what we, as a professional community, have achieved. In addition, the future vision of this meetings is to create even greater value to all corners of the globe. With keynotes, oral and poster presentations, to delegates and exhibitors from national and international, this quantum physics conference will be filled with the greatest minds to share your thoughts and exchange ideas on how to chart your journey forward to reach new heights. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. XXIX Astronomy and Astrophysics National Meeting of the Portuguese Astronomical Society, Lisbon, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/07/xxix-astronomy-and-astrophys… Starting: 2019-09-12 to 2019-09-13 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: https://centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/network/costar/enaa2019/ Contact: enaa2019[AT]tecnico.ulisboa.pt We are happy to announce the XXIX Astronomy and Astrophysics National Meeting on 12-13 September 2019 at the Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. This year's edition will celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the detection of gravitational light deflection by the F. W. Dyson, A. Eddington, A. C. de la C. Crommelin and C. R. Davidson expeditions to the island of Principe in San Tome and Sobral in Brasil during the total solar eclipse on May 29th 1919. If you are interested in attending the conference, please register and send an abstract before July 26th. Links to registration and abstract submission are now available on the conference website: https://centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/network/costar/enaa2019/ We would appreciate if you could share the information below to people who you think might be interested in participating. Local Organizing Committee: Ana Brito - CENTRA, IST, University of Lisbon/ISG - Business and Economics School Ana Mourao - CENTRA, IST, University of Lisbon Andre Moitinho - CENTRA, FCUL, University of Lisbon Ilidio Lopes - CENTRA, IST, University of Lisbon Ismael Tereno - IA, University of Lisbon Jose Lemos - CENTRA, IST, University of Lisbon Jose Lopes - CENTRA, IST, University of Lisbon Santiago Gonzalez - CENTRA, IST, University of Lisbon Violetta Sagun - CFisUC, University of Coimbra Feel free to contact us: enaa2019[AT]tecnico.ulisboa.pt We look forward to see you at ENNA! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and Fundamental Physics, Trieste, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/17/gravitational-waves-black-ho… Starting: 2020-01-13 to 2020-01-16 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: https://indico.sissa.it/event/37/ Contact: gwverse2020[AT]sissa.it Third meeting of the GWVerse COST action The long-held promise of gravitational-wave astronomy as a new window onto the universe has finally materialized. We have taken but the first steps along a new, exciting avenue that has now opened before us. The harvesting of useful information from gravitational-wave signals and the understanding of its broader implications demand a cross-disciplinary effort. How, when and in which environment were black holes formed? How fast do they spin and how have some of them grown to become supermassive? Can black hole mergers inform us on the nature and distribution of dark matter? Are there new fundamental degrees of freedom? Gravitational waves will allow for precise tests of General Relativity, and of the black hole paradigm itself. However, to be able to collect and interpret the information encoded in the GWs, one has to be equipped with faithful and accurate theoretical models of the predicted waveforms. To accomplish the far-reaching goals of gravitational-wave science it is of paramount importance to bring together expertise over a very broad range of topics, from astrophysics and cosmology, through general-relativistic source modelling to particle physics and other areas of fundamental science. In 2016, a short time before the announcement of the first gravitational-wave detection, a cross-disciplinary initiative in Europe led to the establishment of the new Marie Curie CA16104 COST networking Action on "Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics" ("GWverse"). GWverse aims to maintain and consolidate leadership in black-hole physics and gravitational-wave science. The Action supports the training of the next generation of leaders in the field, and the very first "native" GW/multi-messenger astronomers, ready to tackle the challenges of high-precision GW astronomy with ground and space-based detectors. The third global meeting of the Action will take place in Trieste, Jan 14-16 2020. Scientific Organising Committee: Leor Barack (University of Southampton, UK) Enrico Barausse (SISSA, Trieste) Vitor Cardoso (CENTRA/Departamento de Fisica, Lisbon) Valeria Ferrari (INFN, Rome) Stefano Liberati (SISSA, Trieste) Samaya Nissanke (Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen) Thomas Sotiriou (School of Mathematical Sciences & School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham) Local Organising Committee: Enrico Barausse, Alexandru Dima, Stefano Liberati, Giovanni Tambalo. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. 56th Karpacz Winter School in Theoretical Physics 2020, Karpacz, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15842 Starting: 2020-02-24 to 2020-02-28 Location: Karpacz, Poland Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/823088/overview Contact: karpacz2020[AT]ift.uni.wroc.pl The 56 Karpacz Winter School in Theoretical Physics will be held during the last week of February of 2020. This school is framed as a Ph.D. training school under the title "Superfluidity and Transport for Multimessenger Physics of Compact Stars." The venue of this meeting is the Artus Hotel Karpacz, Karpacz, Poland. Lecturers include: Mark Alford (Phys. Dept., Washington University St. Louis, USA) "Dissipation and transport in neutron stars and mergers" Danai Antonopoulou (Nikolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre, Warsaw, Poland) "Superfluid signatures in neutron star rotation" Aurel Bulgac (Phys. Dept., Washington State U., USA) "Density functional approach to superfluid systems" Nicolas Chamel (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) "Probing nuclear superfluidity with neutron stars" Eckhard Krotscheck (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria and SUNY, Buffalo, USA) "Many-body computations of pairing in neutron matter, EoS of nuclear matter from Correlated Basis Functions" Cristina Manuel (Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (IEEC-CSIC) of Barcelona, Spain) "Relativistic chiral kinetic theory, transport methods in quantum field theories" Adriana R. Raduta (Horia Hulubei National Institute, Bucharest, Romania) "Thermal evolution of neutron stars and the role of their superfluidity" Organizers: Armen Sedrakian (Chair), David Blaschke, Tobias Fischer, Ian Jones, Bryn Haskell, Constanca Providencia Sponsors: COST Action CA16214 "PHAROS" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Portsmouth, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/28/30th-texas-symposium-on-rela… Starting: 2019-12-15 to 2019-12-20 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://www.texas2019.org Contact: texas2019[AT]port.ac.uk 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Portsmouth, UK Sunday 15th to Friday 20th December 2019 Registration and Call for Abstracts opens on 15th July Invited speakers: Antony Lewis (University of Sussex, UK) Astrid Eichorn (University of Southern Denmark & Heidelberg University, Germany) Chris Reynolds (University of Cambridge, UK) Claudia De Rham (Imperial College London, UK) Dany Page (National Autonomous University, Mexico) Elena Gallo (University of Michigan, USA) Elena Rossi (Leiden University, Netherlands) Elisa Resconi (Technical University Munich, Germany) Elisabeth Krause (University of Arizona, USA) Giovanni Losurdo (INFN Pisa, Italy) Juan Garcia-Bellido (University of Madrid, Spain) Luciano Rezzolla (University of Frankfurt, Germany) Martin Lemoine (IAP, France) Rennan Barkana (Tel Aviv University, Israel) Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto University, Japan) Tanja Hinderer (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Tom Giblin (Kenyon College Ohio, USA) Ulisses Barres de Almeida (CBPF, Brazil) The symposium will be hosted by the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth and is sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and the Royal Astronomical Society. Any enquiries please contact the organisers at Texas2019[AT]port.ac.uk. We look forward to welcoming you to Portsmouth Marco Bruni and David Wands (chairs of the scientific and local organising committees) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. 2019 TGWG Conference, Taipei, Taiwan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15885 Starting: 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-04 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Additional Information: https://taipeigravitationalwavegroup.weebly.com/2019-tgwg-conference.html Contact: alessandro26[AT]live.it Due to the recent discoveries of gravitational wave from aLIGO/VIRGO observations, gravitational wave physics, and the related topics on black holes, neutron stars, quantum optics and dark matters have become the important portal to exploring the deep mysteries of our Universe. Regarding this, we hold this conference to bring local community in Taiwan both basics and advances of the topics, and hope to inspire the young generations to devote to gravitational wave physics. Invited Speakers: Luc Blanchet (IAP) Kostas Kokkotas (Tubingen University) James Lattimer (Stony Brook University) Yosuke Mizuno (Frankfurt University) Tsvi Piran (Hebrew University) Riccardo Sturani (IIP) John Veitch (University of Glasgow) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Post-Doctoral Researcher positions in "Gravity theory and gravitational wave phenomenology", Rome, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/05/post-doctoral-researcher-pos… Deadline: 2019-10-31 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: https://web.uniroma1.it/gmunu/jobs Contact: paolo.pani[AT]uniroma1.it We expect to open multiple Post-Doctoral Researcher positions at various seniority levels to work in the area of strong gravity (theory and phenomenology). The successful candidates will join the "Gravity theory and gravitational wave phenomenology" group at Sapienza University of Rome. The appointment is for two years, with a net salary (depending on seniority) competitive with international standards. All candidates must hold (or soon be completing) a Ph.D. in Physics. The positions are expected to start by September/October 2020, but earlier start dates (up to Fall 2019) will be considered. Screening of the applications will begin in September 2019 and will continue until the positions are filled. The research activity of the successful candidate will focus on gravitational-wave modelling and phenomenology, black-hole and neutron-star physics, tests of gravity and of the nature of compact objects, and strong-gravity tests of dark matter. The members of the group are also expected to get involved in other activities such as training of students. Staff members of the gravity theory group at Sapienza currently include Valeria Ferrari, Leonardo Gualtieri, Andrea Maselli, and Paolo Pani, as well as Marie Curie Fellow Richard Brito, postdoc Swetha Bhagwat, five PhD students, and several master students. The group is involved in the COST Actions "CA 16104 Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics (GWverse)" and "CA 16214 The multi-messenger physics and astrophysics of neutron stars (PHAROS)". It is part of the "Amaldi Research Center for gravitational physics and astrophysics" at Sapienza, of the RISE H2020-MC network "Strong gravity and high-energy physics (StronGrHEP)" and of the INFN Specific Initiative TEONGRAV - Gravitational Wave Sources. Members of the group are also part of the LISA Consortium, the GWIC-3G Science Case Team, and eXTP Science Team. The group has also strong connections with other local groups at Sapienza, with the gravity groups in Lisbon (IST), Johns Hopkins University, Tubingen, Nottingham, Baleares, Cambridge, Aveiro, SISSA, Milano Bicocca, and King's College London. The Department of Physics at Sapienza hosts renowned research groups in several areas of physics and is regularly included among the first 40 Physics & Astronomy institutes in the world according to various rankings. Sapienza University of Rome values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity. The selection will be done in agreement with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers, and particular attention will be paid to the gender balance of the group. These positions are funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR, PRIN 2017) and by the ERC Starting Grant DarkGRA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Ph.D. student positions in quantum cosmology, Warsaw, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15775 Deadline: 2019-07-31 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: http://gradschool.ncbj.gov.pl Contact: Przemyslaw.Malkiewicz[AT]ncbj.gov.pl Theory Group in National Centre for Nuclear Research invites applications for Ph.D. student positions in gravity and cosmology. The positions are supposed to be filled after 1st of October 2019 and last for up to 4 years. The positions are funded by the National Science Centre, Poland with decision 2018/30/E/ST2/00370. The successful candidates will work in the area of classical and quantum cosmology with emphasis on such aspects as perturbation theory in anisotropic cosmological backgrounds, singularity resolution, semiclassical methods and use of observational data. The goal of the funded project is to develop a novel model explaining the origin of the primordial Universe and its structures. The monthly stipend is 4500PLN (not subject to income tax, a small sum will be deducted to cover health insurance). Necessary resources including some travel funds will be available to the appointees. The deadline for applications is 31 July 2019. Applications should be submitted via the Doctoral School online application portal https://gs.ncbj.gov.pl. The applicant will need to provide CV, College diploma, College transcripts, a statement of research interests and achievements, and optionally other information that may strengthen his or her application. In the application form one should indicate either "Modelling the Evolution of the Primordial Universe" or "Quantum origin of the primordial structure in the Universe" as the research topic. For details please visit the Doctoral School webpage http://gradschool.ncbj.gov.pl or contact the PI, dr. Przemyslaw Malkiewicz Przemyslaw.Malkiewicz[at]ncbj.gov.pl. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Tier II Canada Research Chair in multi-messenger astrophysics at Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15784 Deadline: 2019-08-30 Location: Sherbrooke, Canada Additional Information: https://www.ubishops.ca Contact: researchoffice[AT]ubishops.ca TIER II CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec (www.ubishops.ca) has an opening for a tenure-stream Tier II Canada Research Chair position in multi-messenger astrophysics. The Department of Physics & Astronomy welcomes applications in this broad field, with specialization in one or more of the following areas: gravitational waves, compact objects, cosmology, and gravitational physics; astroparticle physics; radio, optical, and X-ray astronomy; big data and astronomical instrumentation. The CRC program was created by the Government of Canada to cultivate world-class research and development. The Tier II Chair will be awarded for a five year period, renewable once upon approval from the CRC program. Tier II Chairs are intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e., candidates must have been active researchers in their field for fewer than 10 years at the time of nomination). Applicants who completed their highest degree more than 10 years ago (and where career interruptions exist) may have their eligibility for a Tier II CRC assessed through the program's Tier II justification process. The legitimate impact that leaves (e.g., maternity leave, sick leave) can have on a candidate's record of research achievement will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process. Please contact Bishop's Research Office for eligibility details and consult the CRC Foundation for full program information, including further details on eligibility criteria (http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/program-programme/nomination-mise_en_candid…) Applicants for this position should possess a PhD (or equivalent) and have postdoctoral experience and a superior research profile in one of the proposed areas. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to obtain external funding and the potential to emerge as internationally recognized scholars. Teaching duties consist of two (3 credit hours each) semester-length courses per academic year. A strong teaching record is also beneficial. Bilingualism/multilingualism is an asset. The successful candidate will join a thriving research team comprised of faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students. Bishop's commits to building and enhancing an environment that supports outstanding research and creative activity. Astrophysics and Relativity are long-standing research strengths at Bishop's University and are prominent in its Strategic Research Plan (https://www.ubishops.ca/wp-content/uploads/Strategic-Research-Plan2017-2022…) Bishop's University welcomes diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified members of equity-seeking groups, including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people with diverse gender identities, and people with disabilities. Members of these groups are encouraged to identify themselves. Although, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, all qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Bishop's University implements an equal access employment / program under the Act respecting equal access to employment in public bodies for women, visible minorities, ethnic minority, Aboriginal and disabled people (including the possibility of accommodation during the selection process). Candidates who anticipate needing accomodation for any part of the process may contact Human Resources at HR(a)ubishops.ca. Application packages, including a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, statement of research achievements and future objectives, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and the names and contact of at least three referees, must be sent as PDF files to researchoffice[AT]ubishops.ca Review of the applications will begin on August 30, 2019 and will continue until a nominee is chosen. Ideally, a full application package will be submitted to the CRC program in April 2020. The start date is negotiable. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Faculty position in gravitational wave observation, Leuven, Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15793 Deadline: 2019-09-20 Location: Leuven, Belgium Additional Information: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55192386 Contact: thomas.hertog[AT]kuleuven.be KU Leuven invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position to strengthen its gravitational wave research program and to lead its efforts towards the development and scientific exploitation of the next generation of gravitational wave observatories. The Gravitational Wave Centre at KU Leuven currently includes gravity theorists and astrophysicists, and experimentalists working on the design of instrumentation for gravitational wave observations. In addition, KU Leuven is home to an extensive signal processing, data science and machine learning community. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoctoral position in HEPCAT group at the University of Cape Town, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15800 Deadline: 2019-07-15 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: http://hepcat.group Contact: amanda.weltman[AT]uct.ac.za Postdoctoral Fellowships in the High Energy Physics, Cosmology & Astrophysics Theory (HEPCAT) group at the University of Cape Town, South Africa The High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Astrophysics Theory group in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) seeks highly qualified postdoctoral candidates to start in 2019. The group has 2 core faculty members - Amanda Weltman and Shajid Haque and associate members include Jeff Murugan, Jon Shock, Julien Larena, Will Horowitz and Kurt van der Heyden. We will consider all eligible candidates, however the priority research areas will be 21 cm cosmology, FRBs and probing modified gravity theories with gravitational waves. The successful candidate(s) will have the opportunity to join and work on the Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX), a new radio telescope array currently under construction in South Africa, that has science goals of 21cm cosmology, transients, pulsars, and hydrogen absorbers. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on a combination of radio hardware design and integration, instrument characterisation, simulations and forecasting, and analysis techniques for large data sets. The position is for two years with the possibility of extension subject to progress and funding. Starting dates are negotiable and may begin as soon as possible in 2019. Applicants should please send 1 pdf file including your CV, publications and a brief statement of your research interests, and arrange to have three letters of reference e-mailed to Professor Amanda Weltman - Amanda.weltman[AT]uct.ac.za by 15 July, 2019, for full consideration. The position(s) will remain open until filled. Note that applicants should have obtained their PhD degree in a related field (Physics, Astronomy or Applied Mathematics) within the last five years and may not have held any prior permanent academic posts. The University of Cape Town: reserves the right to disqualify ineligible, incomplete and/or inappropriate applications, and reserves the right to change the conditions of award, and/or to make no awards at all. UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress. Our Employment Equity Policy is available http://www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/about/policies/eepolicy.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. PhD position in the HEPCAT group at the University of Cape Town, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15801 Deadline: 2019-07-15 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: http://hepcat.group Contact: amanda.weltman[AT]uct.ac.za PhD Fellowships in the High Energy Physics, Cosmology & Astrophysics Theory (HEPCAT) group at the University of Cape Town, South Africa The High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Astrophysics Theory group in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) seeks highly qualified postdoctoral candidates to start in 2019. The group has 2 core faculty members - Amanda Weltman and Shajid Haque and associate members include Jeff Murugan, Jon Shock, Julien Larena, Will Horowitz and Kurt van der Heyden. We will consider all eligible candidates, however the priority research areas will be 21 cm cosmology, FRBs, probing modified gravity theories with gravitational waves. The successful candidate(s) will have the opportunity to join and train on the Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX), a new radio telescope array currently under construction in South Africa, that has science goals of 21cm cosmology, transients, pulsars, and hydrogen absorbers. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on a combination of radio hardware design and integration, instrument characterisation, simulations and forecasting, and analysis techniques for large data sets. There are additional opportunities to perform joint work within other group research areas, including amplitudes in astrophysics, machine learning and theoretical cosmology more broadly. A Masters degree in a related field (physics, astronomy or applied mathematics) is a prerequisite. Applicants should please send 1 pdf file including your CV, publications if any, academic transcripts and a brief statement of your research interests, and arrange to have three letters of reference e-mailed to Professor Amanda Weltman - Amanda.weltman[AT]uct.ac.za by 15 July, 2019, for full consideration. The University of Cape Town: reserves the right to disqualify ineligible, incomplete and/or inappropriate applications, and reserves the right to change the conditions of award, and/or to make no awards at all. UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress. Our Employment Equity Policy is available http://www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/about/policies/eepolicy.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. ESA Reserach Fellowships in Space Science, The Netherlands, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15864 Deadline: 2019-10-01 Location: Noordwijk (NL) and Madrid (E) Additional Information: http://cosmos.esa.int/fellowship Contact: fellowship(a)cosmos.esa.int The European Space Agency awards several postdoctoral fellowships each year. The aim of these fellowships is to provide scientists in their early career, holding a PhD or the equivalent degree, with the means of performing research in fields related to the ESA Science Programme. Areas of research include planetary science, astronomy and astrophysics, solar and solar-terrestrial science, plasma physics and fundamental physics. The fellowships have a duration of two years, with the possible extension to three years, and are tenable at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, Netherlands, or at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Applications are now solicited for fellowships in space science to begin in the fall of 2020. Preference will be given to applications submitted by candidates in an early stage of their career. Candidates not holding a PhD yet are encouraged to apply, but they must provide evidence of receiving their degree before starting the fellowship. ESA fellows are enrolled in ESA's Social Security Scheme, which covers medical expenses. A monthly deduction covers these short-term and long-term risks. The deadline for applications is 1 October 2019. More information on the ESA Research Fellowship programme in Space Science, on the conditions and eligibility, as well as the application form can retrieved from the fellowship website (see link). Questions on the scientific aspects of the ESA Fellowship in Space Science not answered in the above pages can be sent by e-mail to the fellowship coordinators, Dr. Oliver Jennrich or Dr. Jan-Uwe Ness at the address fellowship[AT]cosmos.esa.int +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Montalcini Fellowship in the University of Trento, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15865 Deadline: 2019-07-18 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: https://bandomontalcini.cineca.it/ Contact: massimiliano.rinaldi(a)unitn.it The Laboratory of "Relativistic theory of gravity and cosmology" of the Physics Department of the University of Trento, Italy, encourages suitable candidates to apply for a "Rita Levi Montalcini" fellowship. The group is composed by Prof. L. Vanzo, Dr. M. Rinaldi, one postdoc, and few PhD students. The research interests span from the physics of black holes to inflation, dark energy, modified gravity, and quantum fields on curved space. The "Rita Levi Montalcini" is a very competitive program aimed to bring to Italy young researchers, of any nationality, who have worked at least three years outside Italy and have obtained their doctorate between Oct 31st 2012 and Oct 31st 2015. The online application form allows to choose up to 5 institutions in order of preference. If a candidate is willing to work in our lab, he/she should put Trento as first choice. The appointed candidates will be enrolled with a three-year tenure track contract that will turn into associate professorship upon satisfactory performance. To apply, go the url indicated below and click on "Presentazione domande". A description in English of the Montalcini Fellowship is available here: https://bandomontalcini.cineca.it/ProgGiovRic/dm241218_869_english_version.… The deadline for online submission is July 18th 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. STFC Rutherford Fellowship, Nottingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15872 Deadline: 2019-07-15 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/research/mathematical-physics.aspx Contact: Thomas.Sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk The School of Mathematical Sciences of the University of Nottingham plans to support a candidate for the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship awarded by the STFC. The duration of the fellowship is 5-years and the STFC deadline is September 19th 2019. More information about the fellowship can be found here: http://www.stfc.ac.uk/funding/fellowships/ernest-rutherford-fellowship/ The School of Mathematical Sciences can support only one candidate and we will review applications from interested candidates. Expressions of interest should be sent to Professor Thomas Sotiriou, email: Thomas.Sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk They should be received before July 15th in order to receive full consideration and should include a full CV (a research statement or proposal is not necessary at this stage). Successful applicants will be hosted by the Quantum Gravity Group that includes John Barrett, Steffen Gielen, Kirill Krasnov, Jorma Louko, Alex Schenkel, Thomas Sotiriou and Silke Weinfurtner. The current research interests of the group include: alternative theories of gravity, analogue gravity, black holes and compact stars (strong gravity), quantum field theory in curved spacetimes, quantum gravity Research proposals in topics that are complementary to the above are also very welcome. The group has close ties (including a joint STFC Consolidated Grant) with the Particle Theory Group in the School of Physics and Astronomy, which includes Tasos Avgoustidis, Clare Burrage, Ed Copeland, Anne Green, Adam Moss, Tony Padilla and Paul Saffin. Candidates who would like to be consider for other national fellowship schemes (e.g. Royal Society University Research Fellowship, EPSRC Early Career, etc.) or the Nottingham Research and Anne McLaren Fellowships are strongly encouraged to mention it in their expression of interest. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Nottingham Research and Anne McLaren Fellowships, Nottingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15877 Deadline: 2019-08-22 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI1897 Contact: Thomas.Sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Applications are invited for Nottingham Research and Anne McLaren Fellowships in the School of Mathematical Sciences. Our fellowships provide 3 years of independent research funding, and are linked to a permanent academic position. More information about the fellowship scheme can be found here (use other link to apply): https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/researchwithus/fellowships/nottingham… All queries regarding eligibility/details of the scheme should be directed to fellowships[AT]nottingham.ac.uk. Queries about a research project and its fit with School research priorities should be sent to Professor Thomas Sotiriou: thomas.sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk or David Hawker: david.hawker[AT]nottingham.ac.uk. Applications need to be submitted online though external link. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. ICG postdoctoral research fellow, Portsmouth, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/29/icg-postdoctoral-research-fe… Deadline: 2019-07-16 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/2019/06/postdoctoral-research-fellow/ Contact: david.wands[AT]port.ac.uk Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth Postdoctoral Research Fellow Employment type: Fixed-term (12 months) Salary: GBP: 35,211 - 38,460 per annum Post number: ZZ005407 Closing date: 16 July 2019 We announce a one-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) at the University of Portsmouth aimed at promising early-career researchers in cosmology. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence in research, complementing and extending the existing ICG research interests and expertise. During the fellowship, they will have the opportunity to develop their own programme of research and innovation, and help attract external funding to the ICG. The ICG consists of 14 academic staff, 18 postdoctoral researchers and 29 PhD students, with an active international visitors programme. Portsmouth is a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) and Dark Energy Survey and the Large Synpotic Survey Telescope (LSST) with involvement in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and other major international collaborations, including ESA's Euclid satellite mission and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The University of Portsmouth is a member of the South-East Physics Network (SEPnet) and hosts the 3704-core SCIAMA supercomputer. More information is available at http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/ We welcome applications from all qualified applicants, but applications are particularly encouraged from traditionally under-represented groups in science. The University of Portsmouth and the ICG hold Athena SWAN bronze awards which show a commitment to introduce organisational and cultural practices that promote diversity and equality and create a better working environment for women and men. Applications (application form, CV, publication list and research proposal for the fellowship) should be submitted via the online application system by the closing date. Applicants should also arrange for up to three reference letters to be sent by email to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk, to arrive by the same date. We expect the fellowship to start 1st October 2019 or as close to that date as feasible. To find out more about the University of Portsmouth and this role, visit https://port.engageats.co.uk and apply on-line. All applications for this position will be processed and conducted in compliance with UK legislation relevant at that time. The University of Portsmouth is an equal opportunities employer, fully committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at Rhodes University, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/30/postdoctoral-position-in-num… Deadline: 2019-07-29 Location: Grahamstown, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Contact: n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za The appointment is for up to two years with a starting date as soon as possible and a salary of R220 000 per year, to work on a project "Cauchy Characteristic Matching, and Other Uses of the Characteristic Method in Numerical Relativity". In particular, we are seeking to further develop our matching code, which uses the Cactus framework with a BSSN code in the interior and a characteristic code in the exterior. The faculty members involved in this project are Nigel Bishop - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=m8CpFJkAAAAJ&hl=en Denis Pollney - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=lOK_rucAAAAJ&hl=en Chris Stevens - see https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/people/staff/chrisstevens/ Background information about the Department and the University can be found at https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Please apply via e-mail attaching a single PDF file that contains a letter of application, and a CV with a list of publications and a statement of accomplished research. The application should include the date of award of the PhD degree; and if not yet formally awarded, please explain your current status and the expected date of formal award of the degree. Please also arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be sent in support of the application. All these items should be emailed to n.bishop[at]ru.ac.za with subject "Postdoc Application - Candidate name". This is a re-announcement of the position, and applications will be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Postdoctoral position in relativistic astrophysics at Paris Observatory, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/07/01/postdoctoral-position-in-rel… Deadline: 2019-08-15 Location: Meudon, France Additional Information: http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/-Emplois-stages-.html?id_emploi=112 Contact: guy.perrin[AT]obspm.fr Applications are solicited for a post-doctoral position at Paris Observatory/LESIA in collaboration with LUTh, IAP to work on the detection of the pericenter shift of the star S2 at the Galactic Center and on the detection of a potential extended mass around the super-massive black hole. The offer is for one year, renewable for a second year on the basis of satisfactory performance. The contract should start in fall 2019, an earlier start can be considered. GRAVITY has produced unprecedented results on the Galactic Center comprising the first ever direct detection of gravitational redshift around a super-massive black hole and the direct constrain of the size of a black hole down to a scale of 3.5 Schwarzschild radii. One of the next goals of the GRAVITY collaboration is the detection of the pericenter shift of S2 for a new test of general relativity and to explore invisible matter at the scale of the orbit and, later, the measurement of the spin of Sgr A*. The goals of the offer are (1) to build a Kerr metric perturbed by an extended mass component, (2) to test the orbit of S2 against this metrics and detect its relativistic pericenter advance, (3) to constrain the extended mass in the black hole vicinity, (4) to prepare for the measurement of the spin of Sgr A* with the orbit of S2. The PDRA will participate to observation campaigns and data reduction/analysis. Check the link at the LESIA website (given below) for a more detailed description. Applications are open to candidates of any nationality. Candidates should provide: a CV; a letter of motivation; a complete list of publications and a separate list of first-author publications; the PhD certificate or, if not yet earned, the date of defense; two reference letters. Applications must be submitted electronically to guy.perrin[AT]obspm.fr. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Postdoc at Nottingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15891 Deadline: 2019-07-30 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI228519 Contact: ed.copeland[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Applications are invited for the above STFC funded post to begin in October 2019, in which the candidate will have the opportunity to work with members of both the particle cosmology and quantum gravity groups. Candidates with research interests in any of the areas of Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Modified Gravity and Strong Gravity are encouraged to apply. They should have a PhD in physics or a related subject area. Because of the nature of the consolidated grant funding, the position is jointly held between the schools of physics and astronomy and mathematical sciences, the candidate will therefore have a unique opportunity to interact and collaborate with members of both schools. This full-time post will be offered on a fixed-term contract until 30 September 2020. Job share arrangements may be considered. Candidates are asked to attach a research proposal to their application along their CV. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Ed Copeland, tel: 0115 9515164 or email ed.copeland[AT]nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. Our University has always been a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs - indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe. For more information on the support we offer our international colleagues, visit https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/applyingfromoverseas/index2.aspx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Lorentzian causality theory" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/12/living-reviews-in-relativity… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity The open-access journal Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on 3 June 2019: Ettore Minguzzi, "Lorentzian causality theory" Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22:3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0019-x Abstract: I review Lorentzian causality theory paying particular attention to the optimality and generality of the presented results. I include complete proofs of some foundational results that are otherwise difficult to find in the literature (e.g. equivalence of some Lorentzian length definitions, upper semi-continuity of the length functional, corner regularization, etc.). The paper is almost self-contained thanks to a systematic logical exposition of the many different topics that compose the theory. It contains new results on classical concepts such as maximizing curves, achronal sets, edges, horismos, domains of dependence, Lorentzian distance. The treatment of causally pathological spacetimes requires the development of some new versatile causality notions, among which I found particularly convenient to introduce: biviability, chronal equivalence, araying sets, and causal versions of horismos and trapped sets. Their usefulness becomes apparent in the treatment of the classical singularity theorems, which is here considerably expanded in the exploration of some variations and alternatives. Please, visit frequently our relativity channel (https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity) at http://livingreviews.org for other news. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. International Master in Mathematical Physics at Leipzig University, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/18/international-master-in-math… Additional Information: http://www.uni-leipzig.de/mathematical-physics Following the footprints of famous former professors such as W. Heisenberg, F. Klein or F. Bloch in our new 2-year master course students learn general principles of mathematics and theoretical physics, in-depth knowledge on selected topics and do independent research under the guidance of a professor. By solving complex problems and transferring concepts to related fields, the students prepare for a job in academia or industry and economy. Special features: - international - English as course language - interdisciplinary - joint initiative of Mathematics and Physics departments - forefront research - supported by the local Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences - no tuition fees; semester fee of 220 EUR Students can shape the program along their own preferences! We offer a wide range of courses on: - Dynamical Systems - Differential Geometry - Stochastic Processes - Gravity and Cosmology - Condensed and Soft Matter - Partial Differential Equations - Particles and Quantum Fields We would be more than happy to welcome interested students in our vibrant city with a rich cultural scene, affordable housing and a lot of green spaces and nearby lakes. The course starts annually in October. Application deadlines (May 31st - September 15th) depend on the current degree of the applicant. For more details, please refer to our program website: www.uni-leipzig.de/mathematical-physics ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. News of the International School of Astrophysics Daniel Chalonge Hector de Vega, Paris, France ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/18/news-of-the-international-sc… Additional Information: https://chalonge-devega.fr Open Session on The New Universe, Dark Energy and the New Black Holes, on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at the College of Spain at Paris, International University City of Paris, 7 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris Addressed to specialists, non-specialists, teachers, students, post-docs, mediators, journalists. It brings together researchers from different disciplines and diverse personalities. On the Program: The Standard Model of the Universe beyond the Planck scale: The New Universe and the Quantum light-cone. The New Quantum Phase of the Universe. The New Black Holes. Dark energy = Vacuum energy = Cosmological constant = Temperature and Entropy of the Universe. -The scientific programs of the Italian Space Agency. -The image of the black hole explained by Norma Sanchez. The challenge today is to "see" the interior ... Chandrasekhar's triumph over Eddington ... Victor Hugo and the Observatoire de Paris ... "And that's not all ...." (Quote from Henri Poincare') Announcement and program: https://www.obspm.fr/ecole-internationale-d-4072.html Brochure and invitation: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Invitation27Juin2019.pdf To know more: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2019.html With compliments and kind regards, International School Daniel Chalonge Hector de Vega https://chalonge-devega.fr/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Death of Don Witt ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15870 Additional Information: It is with great sadness that I write to let you know that Don Witt passed away April 19th after a long battle with cancer. Don received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee under John Friedman. After positions at University of California, Santa Barbara and Syracuse University, he eventually became faculty at the University of British Columbia. He was best known for his discovery that homotopy was not equivalent to isotopy for homeomorphisms of 3-manifolds and for his work on topological censorship. He will be sorely missed by his family and colleagues. Kristin Schleich ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. GRG Editor's Choice free-to-read for GR22/Amaldi13 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/26/grg-editors-choice-free-to-r… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice On the occasion of the GR22/Amaldi13 conference, all recent GRG Editor's Choice articles will be free-to-read during July 2019! 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. This recent article deserves special attention: Alan A. Coley, "Mathematical general relativity", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2559-5 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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Hyperspace Bulletin for June 2019
by Luciano Rezzolla, Prof. Dr. 02 Jun '19

02 Jun '19

########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Future Science with Multi-Wavelength Data, Hsinchu, Taiwan 1.2. The Semi-Classical Einstein Equation: Numerical and Analytical Challenges, Dublin, Ireland 1.3. Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas and Applications, Gebze, Turkey 1.4. Gravitational Waves: New Challenges and Opportunities, Gebze, Turkey 1.5. 8th Belgian-Dutch Gravitational Waves Meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands 1.6. Lost in Gravity 2019, Saint Flour, France (2nd announcement) 1.7. Helmholtz International Summer School "Cosmology, Strings, New Physics", Dubna, Russia 1.8. School on Physics and Astrophysics of Gravitational Waves, Bad Honnef, Germany 2. Jobs 2.1. PhD fellowship in the Relativistic Astrophysics Group at the University of Valencia, Spain 2.2. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Multi-messenger Astrophysics at RIT, New York 2.3. PhD Positions in QFT and GR at Jena/Leipzig, Germany 3. News 3.1. Death of Chris Clarke 3.2. Gravity Research Foundation, Awards for Essays for 2019 3.3. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Advanced quantum techniques for future gravitational-wave detectors" 3.5. Master in Mathematical Physics, Tuebingen, Germany ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Future Science with Multi-Wavelength Data, Hsinchu, Taiwan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15667 Starting: 2019-06-24 to 2019-06-26 Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan Additional Information: https://seongini.wixsite.com/nepconf2 Contact: tomo[AT]phys.nthu.edu.tw We would like to invite you to this conference at the NTHU, Hsinchu, on 6/24(Mon) - 26(Wed). Detailed programs will be announced soon, but please mark your calendar first and make sure to register. The science on the NEP field with the AKARI space telescope is turning into a new era. Since the AKARI telescope carried out the NEP survey programs, we have obtained various observation data/results for about 10 years. Currently, our deep HSC imaging data covering the entire NEP-Wide field has become available. The SCUBA2 survey program to cover the same area is still going on. A collaboration to carry out a massive spectroscopic survey using the new Subaru/PFS is also on-going. From the space, Euclid, SPHEREx and eROSTA will cover the field in near-IR and X-ray. The AKARI's NEP legacy will remain the only survey having continuous mid-IR bands data until the new mid-IR telescope will be available. This legacy will continue to grow with a lot more multi-wavelengths data. Time is ripe for top scientists to meet again to pave the bright future of the NEP field science. We are looking forward to seeing you here, in Hsinchu! This conference is supported by the ministry of education (MoE) and the physics research promotion center (PRPC) of Taiwan, also supported partly by the ministry of science and technology (MoST). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. The Semi-Classical Einstein Equation: Numerical and Analytical Challenges, Dublin, Ireland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15672 Starting: 2019-09-12 to 2019-09-13 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: https://www.dcu.ie/maths/sceenac.shtml Contact: jacobus.sanders[AT]dcu.ie We are pleased to announce a two-day meeting on "The Semi-Classical Einstein Equation: Numerical and Analytical Challenges" to be held on 12 and 13 September 2019 at Dublin City University (IRE). Registration is open until 10 September 2019 on the meeting's website, https://www.dcu.ie/maths/sceenac.shtml . Einstein's Equation is the corner stone of General Relativity, but in the presence of quantum matter it must be modified to make sense. Although the description of gravity as a quantum phenomenon remains very problematic, there is a wide consensus that any theory of quantum gravity should admit a semi-classical limit, where the dynamics is described by the Semi-Classical Einstein Equation (SCEE). Unfortunately this equation is fraught with mathematical difficulties and even the most basic questions about the existence and uniqueness of solutions are difficult to answer, let alone what those solutions might look like. The purpose of this two-day meeting is to bring together experts in relevant numerical and analytical methods, in order to discuss the state of the art and future prospects for solving the Semi-Classical Einstein Equation. A public lecture by Chris Fewster (University of York) will showcase some topics closely related to the theme of the meeting. Tentative list of speakers: Leor Barack (University of Southampton) Marc Casals (CBPF and University College Dublin) Chris Fewster (University of York) Markus Froeb (University of Leipzig) Hanno Gottschalk (University of Wuppertal) Igor Khavkine (Czech Academy of Sciences) Nicola Pinamonti (University of Genoa) Noa Zilberman (Technion) Organisers: Ko Sanders (Dublin City University) Peter Taylor (Dublin City University) This meeting is funded by the Irish Research Council. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas and Applications, Gebze, Turkey --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/05/15/quantum-to-cosmos-ideas-and-… Starting: 2019-06-25 to 2019-07-04 Location: Gebze, TURKEY Additional Information: http://tbae.tubitak.gov.tr/en/haber/quantum-cosmos-ideas-and-applications-2… Contact: tbae.iletisim[AT]tubitak.gov.tr TUBITAK Research Institute for Fundamental Sciences, Summer Research School, June 25 - July 4 2019, Gebze, TURKEY Quantum designates the laws of physics, which govern the functioning of nature at atomic and subatomic scales and percolate into the giant scales of the cosmos. The powerful ideas ranging from quantum to cosmos continue unlocking the secrets of the universe, thereby ensuring its understanding at the deepest level and paving the way for advanced technologies of the future. The Research School will introduce graduate students and young researchers to a wide range of frontier topics from quantum to cosmos. Lecturers Amanda Cooper-Sarkar (University of Oxford, UK) Tansu Daylan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Cora Dvorkin (Harvard University, USA) Samir Mathur (Ohio State University, USA) Viatcheslav Mukhanov (University of Munich, Germany) Michael Peskin (Stanford University, USA) Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford, UK) Tracy Slatyer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Andrei Starinets (University of Oxford, UK) Topics Covered Standard Model: Developments and Challenges Precision Frontiers in High Energy Physics Quantum Perturbations in the Early Universe Holography, Finite-Temperature QFT and Hydrodynamics Information Paradox and the Universe Cosmic Microwave Background Dark Matter and Dark Energy Big Bang Nucleosynthesis +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Gravitational Waves: New Challenges and Opportunities, Gebze, Turkey --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/05/15/gravitational-waves-new-chal… Starting: 2019-07-07 to 2019-07-14 Location: Gebze, TURKEY Additional Information: http://tbae.tubitak.gov.tr/en/haber/gravitational-waves-new-challenges-and-… Contact: tbae.iletisim[AT]tubitak.gov.tr TUBITAK Research Institute for Fundamental Sciences, Summer Research School, July 7 - 14 2019, Gebze, TURKEY Gravitational waves were predicted by Albert Einstein more than a century ago within his theory of general relativity. The recent detection of gravitational waves from merging binary black holes and binary neutron stars can be considered one of the greatest triumphs of pure theoretical reasoning and mathematical construction of all times. Gravitational waves carry the signatures of the warped spacetime, thus opening a new window on the exploration of the universe. The detection of gravitational waves also represents frontier technological challenges, such as advanced laser interferometers, detectors and quantum metrology, information and control systems, modeling and simulations of violent events. The Research School aims at providing an occasion to introduce graduate students and young researchers to the developments in this newly emerging and fascinating area of modern science. Lecturers Scott A. Hughes (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Badri Krishnan (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany) Nergis Mavalvala (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Luciano Rezzolla (University of Frankfurt, Germany) Topics Covered Gravitational Waves in General Relativity Sources of Gravitational Waves in the Universe Modeling and Simulation of Gravitational Waveforms Numerical Relativity: Fundamentals and Advanced Techniques LIGO Detectors: Quantum Challenges and Squeezed Light Technologies Testing Fundamental Science with Gravitational Waves Multi Messenger Astronomy: Developments and Perspectives +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. 8th Belgian-Dutch Gravitational Waves Meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15696 Starting: 2019-06-28 to 2019-06-28 Location: Maastricht, the Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/8th-belgian-dutch-gravitational-… Contact: gideon.koekoek[AT]maastrichtuniversity.nl The 8th Belgian-Dutch Gravitational Waves Meeting will take place on June 28th, and will be hosted in the Karl Dittrich auditorium of Maastricht University. The event provides an opportunity for researchers in gravitational wave science to meet and update each other on the latest development in this exciting field. The meeting is open to all interested researchers, also from outside the Netherlands and Belgium. Apart from overview talks, there will be contributed talks. Titles and abstracts can be submitted by using the 'comments' field on the registration form. Please mention your current position; preference will be given to postdocs and PhD students. There is no registration fee. Tea, coffee, snacks, and lunch will be provided. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Lost in Gravity 2019, Saint Flour, France (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15716 Starting: 2019-08-28 to 2019-08-30 Location: Saint Flour, France Additional Information: https://centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/network/grit/lostingravity2019/ Contact: lostingravity2019[AT]centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt 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. Confirmed speakers include Vitor Cardoso (IST, Portugal) Helvi Witek (King's College, UK) David Hilditch (IST, Portugal) Michael Puerrer (MPI, Germany) Thomas Sotiriou (Nottingham University, UK) Silke Weinfurtner (Nottingham University, UK) Johannes Noller (Oxford University, UK) Michela Mapelli (University of Padova, Italy) Adam Pound (Southampton University, UK) Enrico Barausse (SISSA, Trieste, IT) The workshop is funded by the European COST action CA16104 GWverse : "Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics", and by the Observatoire de Paris through the "action federatrice PhyFOG". For people interested to participate, please register at https://indico.obspm.fr/event/75/overview Registration fee has a cost of 50 Euro. Looking forward to seeing you in Saint Flour, Laura Bernard, Andrea Maselli, Miguel Zilhao +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Helmholtz International Summer School "Cosmology, Strings, New Physics", Dubna, Russia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15723 Starting: 2019-08-04 to 2019-08-17 Location: Dubna, Russia Additional Information: http://indico.jinr.ru/event/736/ Contact: diastp[AT]theor.jinr.ru The Helmholtz International Summer School "Cosmology, Strings, New Physics" organized by the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, in the framework of the program DIAS-TH will be held in Dubna, Russia, 4-17 August, 2019. Topics: Inflation and reheating. Baryon asymmetry. Dark matter. Dark energy. Primordial black holes. Gravitational waves from black holes and neutron star mergers Inflation in supergravity and string theory. Branes and string cosmology Lecturers I. L. Buchbinder (Tomsk Pedagogical Univ.) D. S. Gorbunov (INR RAS, Moscow) D. I. Kazakov (BLTP JINR, Dubna) E. T. Musaev (MIPT, Dolgoprudny) K. A. Postnov (SAI MSU, Moscow) A. A. Starobinsky (Landau Inst. and BLTP JINR, Moscow) V. A. Rubakov (INR RAS, Moscow) V. P. Spiridonov (BLTP JINR, Dubna) A. Vikman (FZU, Prague) A. Westphal (DESY) The lectures will be supplemented by evening discussion sessions. Short reports of the students are encouraged as well. The total number of participants is expected to be about 70. Undergraduate, postgraduate students and young postdocs are invited to apply for participation. There is no registration fee. The accommodation of the invited participants is provided by the organizers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. School on Physics and Astrophysics of Gravitational Waves, Bad Honnef, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/06/01/school-on-physics-and-astrop… Starting: 2019-09-08 to 2019-09-13 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: https://www.dpg-physik.de/veranstaltungen/2019/physics-and-astrophysics-of-… Contact: gomer[AT]dpg-physik.de A Bad Honnef physics school on physics and astrophysics of gravitational waves will be held from 08 to 13 September 2019 at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef. The School is a theoretical school which teaches the physics and astrophysics of gravitational waves in view of full-fledged applications. Basic knowledge of general relativity and relativistic astrophysics on the level of a Bachelor curriculum is expected. Discussion and exercise sessions will allow the participants to deepen their understanding of the lectures. Advanced participants are invited to present posters or to give short talks. LECTURES/LECTURERS: * Theory of gravitational waves (Luc Blanchet, CNRS, Sorbonne Universite', Paris) * Stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds (Valerie Domcke, DESY, Hamburg) * Gravitational wave detection (Gabriela Gonzalez, Louisiana State University) * Gravitational waves from binary black holes (Mark Hannam, University of Cardiff) * Gravitational wave data analysis II (Piotr Jaranowski, University of Bialystok) * Gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars (Kostas Kokkotas, University of Tuebingen) * Gravitational wave data analysis I (Andrzej Krolak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw) * Gravitational waves from stellar core collapse (Ewald Mueller, MPI for Astrophysics, Garching) * Computational astrophysics of neutron stars (Luciano Rezzolla, Goethe University of Frankfurt) * Focussed introduction to general relativity (Gerhard Schaefer, University of Jena) * (Evening talk) Testing general relativity: 100 years of light deflection (Claus Laemmerzahl, ZARM, University of Bremen) For more details and for registration please visit https://www.dpg-physik.de/veranstaltungen/2019/physics-and-astrophysics-of-…. We are looking forward to meeting you in Bad Honnef, the organizers Bernd Bruegmann, Kostas Kokkotas, Gerhard Schaefer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. PhD fellowship in the Relativistic Astrophysics Group at the University of Valencia, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15670 Deadline: 2019-05-20 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: https://www.uv.es/uvweb/servicio-recursos-humanos-pas/es/personal-investiga… Contact: j.antonio.font[AT]uv.es The Relativistic Astrophysics group of the University of Valencia (Spain) offers a three-year PhD fellowship funded by the "Programa Santiago Grisolia - Generalitat Valenciana" to carry out research on gravitational-wave astronomy. The candidate is expected to work in the study of gravitational waves from fundamental bosonic fields and exotic compact objects. PhD supervisors will be Drs. Jose Antonio Font and Pablo Cerda-Duran. Candidates must hold a University Degree in Physics issued by a non-Spanish institution. The degree must have been obtained after January 1st 2015. Foreign degrees/diplomas must be recognised by the Spanish Higher Education system. Good knowledge of either Spanish or English is mandatory. Previous experience on numerical relativity is highly recommended, particularly in the context of the research topic. Deadline for application: May 20, 2019. Call details (in Spanish): https://www.uv.es/uvweb/servicio-recursos-humanos-pas/es/personal-investiga… For additional information please contact: Prof. Jose Antonio Font, j.antonio.font[AT]uv.es +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Multi-messenger Astrophysics at RIT, New York ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15700 Deadline: 2019-12-31 Location: Rochester, USA Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu/ Contact: ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu The recent observations of a binary neutron star merger using both gravitational wave interferometers as well as electromagnetic telescopes across the full spectrum have initiated the age of multi-messenger astronomy and astrophysics. As part of NSF collaborative projects, the RIT's Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) is currently seeking to fill a postdoctoral research position with highly qualified individuals interested pursuing research in the multimessenger analysis and interpretation of neutron star mergers. We are particularly interested in applicants with expertise in hydrodynamical simulations of binary merger, relativistic outflows, and nucleosynthesis. Expertise in detailed, self-consistent simulations of electromagnetic emission is also highly desired. We are interested in performing ``event-based'' simulations, using parameters informed by specific LIGO/Virgo detections, and thereby permitting much closer comparison with observables, in order to interpret current and future multi-messenger observations by a wide array of current and future detectors. Successful applicants will work closely with and regularly visit collaborators at the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics (CTA) at Los Alamos National Lab (LANL). Here, they will consult with the experts on nuclear equations of state, r-process nucleosynthesis, atomic opacities and detailed radiative transfer to produce realistic predictions which can be compared with observations. To ensure efficient and productive collaboration, successful applicants should be prepared to spend significant percentage of time at LANL during the year. Senior scientists in the CCRG include Manuela Campanelli (Director), Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Jason Nordhaus, Yosef Zlochower, Sukanya Chakrabarti, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof, several postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students (see http://ccrg.rit.edu/people for an overview on who is or has been at CCRG). The group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium (http://einsteintoolkit.org) and a NASA Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Network (TCAN) devoted to the simulation of neutron star mergers. CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers such as XSEDE and the NCSA's Blue Waters Supercomputer (with an allocation of over 160MSUs), as well as a dedicated over 3000-core cluster hosted at the Center. The Center for Theoretical Astrophysics at LANL is directed by Chris Fryer. Subject experts include Chris Fontes, Aimee Hungerford, Joshua Dolence, Wesley Even, Ryan Wollaeger, Matthew Mumpower, Jonas Lippuner, Jonah M. Miller, W. Thomas Vestrand, Przemek Wozniak, and others (see https://ccsweb.lanl.gov/astro/index.html#team) Experts at LANL CTA are involved in various large collaborations, including LIGO and LISA, several gamma-ray astronomy programs, and gravitational-wave counterparts search and follow-up campaigns. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/. And about Rochester at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: oshaughn[AT]main[dot]rit[dot]edu with a copy to ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu. For an overview of all job openings at CCRG please go to: http://ccrg.rit.edu/spotlight/jobs. Enquiries can be addressed to Richard O'Shaughnessy, oshaughn[AT]mail[dot]rit[dot]edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, School of Mathematical Sciences, and School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin as soon as available and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Starting date can be as early as September, 2019. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD Positions in QFT and GR at Jena/Leipzig, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15726 Deadline: 2019-07-01 Location: Jena/Leipzig, Germany Additional Information: http://rtg2522.gitpages.tpi.uni-jena.de/portfolio/ Contact: RTG2522[AT]uni-jena.de The new Research Training Group (RTG) 2522 "Strong Dynamics and Criticality in Quantum and Gravitational Systems" jointly hosted at the Institutes for Theoretical Physics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and at Leipzig University offers 12 PhD positions, available 1 October 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. The RTG 2522 offers a structured PhD program on the basis of a research program at the interface of quantum field theory and gravitational theory. Preferably, the candidates should have a strong background in quantum field theory and/or general relativity and corresponding theoretical, mathematical, and computational methods. Participating principal investigators of the RTG include M. Ammon, S. Bernuzzi, B. Bruegmann, D. Cadamuro, H. Gies, S. Hollands, R. Meinel, B. Rosenow, R. Verch, and A. Wipf. More information about the research program of RTG 2522 can be found on the website: http://RTG2522.gitpages.tpi.uni-jena.de/portfolio/, see also https://www.physik.uni-jena.de/tpi (TPI Jena) and http://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de (ITP Leipzig). Employment conditions: to qualify for the position, applicants must hold a Master's degree or a Diploma in Physics or Mathematics. Applicants should submit (preferably via E-mail and as a single PDF document) a curriculum vitae, a brief description of research interests, a transcript of records, a certificate of the master's degree (or a statement concerning when it is due), and arrange for 1-2 reference letters. Important: In your cover letter, please state your preferences for one or more principal investigators, acting as supervisors for the corresponding PhD projects. Selected candidates will receive a three-year position according to the German public service salary scale (E13 TV-L 65%). The RTG wants to promote women in science and is particularly looking forward to receiving applications by qualified female candidates. Applications of handicapped people will be given preference in the selection among equivalently qualified competitors. Correspondence address: Prof. Dr. Holger Gies, TPI, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany, E-mail: RTG2522[AT]uni-jena.de. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Death of Chris Clarke ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/05/08/death-of-chris-clarke/ Additional Information: I am sure that colleagues will be saddened to hear of the death of Chris Clarke who passed away on 16th April. Chris gained his PhD in General Relativity from the University of Cambridge as part of the group led by Dennis Sciama. After positions at Hamburg and York, Chris moved to Southampton in 1986 to take up the Chair in Applied Mathematics and lead the GR group. He was best known for his work on singularities summarised in his book "The analysis of space-time singularities". However his work was wide ranging and also covered topics in astrophysics, numerical relativity, the philosophy of quantum theory and the physics of the brain. He left the University of Southampton in 1999 to work free-lance and devote more time to support for environmental and spiritual causes but continued to publish scientific papers on relativity and quantum theory. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Gravity Research Foundation, Awards for Essays for 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/05/13/gravity-research-foundation-… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org Gravity Research Foundation, Awards for Essays for 2019 The trustees are pleased to announce the Awards for Essays for 2019. 1. $4,000 - Information Content of the Gravitational Field of a Quantum Superposition by Alessio Belenchia[1], Robert M. Wald[2], Flaminia Giacomini[3], Esteban Castro-Ruiz[3], Caslav Brukner[3], and Markus Aspelmeyer[3], [1]Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom, [2]Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Il 60637, [3]Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria; e-mail: a.belenchia(a)qub.ac.uk, rmwa(a)uchicago.edu, flaminia.giacomini(a)univie.ac.at, esteban.castro.ruiz(a)univie.ac.at, caslav.brukner(a)univie.ac.at, markus.aspelmeyer(a)univie.ac.at 2. $1,250 - Non-Perturbative de Sitter Vacua via alpha' Corrections by Olaf Hohm[1] and Barton Zwiebach[2], [1]Institute for Physics, Humboldt University Berlin, Zum Grossen Windkanal 6, D-12489 Berlin, Germany, [2]Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139; e-mail: ohohm(a)physik.hu-berlin.de, zwiebach(a)mit.edu 3. $1,000 - Can Fermionic Dark Matter Mimic Supermassive Black Holes? by C. R. Arguelles[1], A. Krut[2], J. A. Rueda[2][3], and R. Ruffini[2][4], [1]Instituto de Astrofisica de La Plata, (CCT La Plata, CONICET, UNLP), Paseo del Bosque, B1900FWA La Plata, Argentina, [2]ICRANet, Piazza della Repubblica 10, I-65122 Pescara, Italy, [3]INAF, Istituto de Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy, [4]INAF, Viale del Parco Mellini 84, 00136 Rome, Italy; e-mail: charly(a)carina.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar, andreas.krut(a)icranet.org, jorge.rueda(a)icra.it, ruffini(a)icra.it 4. $750 - How to Hide a Cosmological Constant by Steven Carlip, Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; e-mail: carlip(a)physics.ucdavis.edu 5. $500 - Einstein's Dream by Richard T. Hammond, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, 800 Park Offices Dr, Durham, NC 27703; e-mail: rhammond(a)email.unc.edu Selected for Honorable Mention this year were (listed in alphabetical order): Fotios K. Anagnostopoulos, Georgios Kofinas, and Vasilios Zarikas; Gustavo Arciniega, Pablo Bueno, Pablo A. Cano, Jose D. Edelstein, Robie A. Hennigar, and Luisa G. Jaime; Sebastian Bahamonde and Mir Faizal; Yang Bai and Nicholas Orlofsky; Spyros Basilakos, Nick E. Mavromatos, and Joan Sola' Peracaula; Per Berglund, Tristan Huebsch, and Djordje Minic; Alexander Burinskii; ChunJun Cao, Aidan Chatwin-Davies, and Ashmeet Singh; Man Ho Chan; Geoffrey Compere; Yogesh Dandekar; Shounak De, Tejinder P. Singh, and Abhinav Varma; Tevian Dray and Carlo Rovelli; Arthur E. Fischer; Yuan K. Ha; Dennis Hansen, Jelle Hartong, and Niels A. Obers; Shahar Hod; Ted Jacobson and Manus Visser; Jose Beltran Jimenez, Lavinia Heisenberg, and Tomi S. Koivisto; Nemanja Kaloper; Philip D. Mannheim; Samir D. Mathur; F. Melia; K. Narayan; T. Padmanabhan; Giandomenico Palumbo; Paolo Pani and Andrea Maselli; Tsvi Piran and Bernard F. Schutz; Marco Piva; Suvrat Raju; S. Shankaranarayanan; Martina Toscani, Giuseppe Lodato, and Elena Maria Rossi; Asher Yahalom; Ding-fang Zeng. This announcement and abstracts of award-winning and honorable mention essays will be posted when ready on our web site, http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org. The five award-winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). They will also be posted at a later date on our web site. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/05/27/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: Kastytis Zubovas, Andrew R. King, "The M--$\sigma$ relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2549-7 Sudipta Sarkar, "Black hole thermodynamics: general relativity and beyond", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2545-y Brian Allen, "Sobolev stability of the Positive Mass Theorem and Riemannian Penrose Inequality using inverse mean curvature flow", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2542-1 Please, browse all Editor's Choice articles at: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice Frank Schulz Publishing Editor GRG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Advanced quantum techniques for future gravitational-wave detectors" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/05/27/living-reviews-in-relativity… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity The open-access journal Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on 29 April 2019: Stefan L. Danilishin, Farid Ya. Khalili, Haixing Miao, "Advanced quantum techniques for future gravitational-wave detectors", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22: 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0018-y Abstract: Quantum fluctuation of light limits the sensitivity of advanced laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. It is one of the principal obstacles on the way towards the next-generation gravitational-wave observatories. The envisioned significant improvement of the detector sensitivity requires using quantum non-demolition measurement and back-action evasion techniques, which allow us to circumvent the sensitivity limit imposed by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. In our previous review article (Danilishin and Khalili in Living Rev Relativ 15:5, 2012), we laid down the basic principles of quantum measurement theory and provided the framework for analysing the quantum noise of interferometers. The scope of this paper is to review novel techniques for quantum noise suppression proposed in the recent years and put them in the same framework. Our delineation of interferometry schemes and topologies is intended as an aid in the process of selecting the design for the next-generation gravitational-wave observatories. Please, visit frequently our relativity channel (https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity) at http://livingreviews.org for other news. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. Master in Mathematical Physics, Tuebingen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/05/27/master-in-mathematical-physi… Additional Information: http://www.math.uni-tuebingen.de/mmp We are accepting applications for the international master program in Mathematical Physics for October 2019. It is a 2 year master program jointly run by the mathematics and the physics departments, the application deadline is 15th of July 2019. The program is centered around the core modules Geometry in Physics, Mathematical Relativity, Mathematical Quantum Mechanics, and Mathematical Statistical Physics. More information as well as a poster and a flyer can be found on the program website http://www.math.uni-tuebingen.de/mmp. We would be very thankful if you could forward this information to your colleagues and to any undergraduate students who might be interested in applying. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Inflation and Geometry, Paris, France 1.2. Workshop on gravitational-wave parameter estimation with PyCBC Inference, Portsmouth, UK 1.3. Summer school on Einstein Equations: Physical and Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity, Domodossola, Italy 1.4. International School on Gravity, Cosmology and Astrophysics, Moscow, Russia 1.5. Gravity and Other Fields Under the Volcano, Catania, Italy 1.6. 16th Italian-Korean Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Pescara, Italy 1.7. Armenian-Italian Science Day "Joint ICRANet activities in Relativistic Astrophysics", Yerevan, Armenia 1.8. The 29th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan, Kobe, Japan 1.9. POTOR-6: 6th Conference of the Polish Society on Relativity, Szczecin, Poland 1.10. European Einstein Toolkit Meeting, London, UK 1.11. 22nd Eastern Gravity Meeting, Dartmouth, USA 1.12. Inhomogeneous Cosmologies IV, Torun, Poland (2nd announcement) 1.13. Eddington Conference, Paris, France 1.14. CoCoNuT Meeting 2019, Astana, Kazakhstan 1.15. From Einstein and Eddington to LIGO: 100 years of gravitational light deflection, Principe Island (2nd announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc in Mathematical Physics, Dijon, France 2.2. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at Rhodes University, South Africa 2.3. Postdoctoral positions in Gravitation, Astrophysics, Cosmology and Fundamental Interactions at CBPF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2.4. Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational or Statistical Physics at the Institute for Physics and Mathematics, Morelia, Mexico 2.5. Post-Doctoral Researcher on cosmic rays, University of Kansas, USA 2.6. Postdoc positions in Multi-Messenger Modelling of GW+EM sources, Stockholm, Sweden 2.7. PhD position in Theoretical Astrophysics at GSI Darmstadt, Germany 2.8. Tenure track position in gravitational wave physics at UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 3. News 3.1. International Master in Mathematical Physics, Dijon, France 3.2. Important notice to members of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation 3.3. GRG Golden Oldie: The theoretical significance of experimental relativity by R.H. Dicke (1964) ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Inflation and Geometry, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15545 Starting: 2019-06-11 to 2019-06-13 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://sites.google.com/view/inflation-geometry-2019/home Contact: renaux[AT]iap.fr Dear colleagues, we are organizing a three-day workshop entitled Inflation and Geometry, in June at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris: https://sites.google.com/view/inflation-geometry-2019/home This workshop aims to explore the recent developments in the field of multifield inflation, with special emphasis on the role of the geometry of the field space manifold. There will be talks on selected topics and time for informal discussions, with the aim of favouring interactions and exchange of ideas amongst participants. The workshop is supported by the ERC grant GEODESI, there is no registration fee, and the event will take place during the full three days. Topics to be covered include: - Non-standard attractors in curved field space - Inflation with non-geodesic motion - Geometrical destabilization of inflation - Embeddings in high-energy physics - Implications of the swampland conjectures - (P)reheating in curved field space We decided to keep the number of participants limited to favour interactions. If you wish to give a talk, or simply to attend the workshop, please e-mail one of the organisers before the 5th of May 2019. Please feel free to circulate this announcement among your colleagues. Best regards, Sebastien Renaux-Petel, Jacopo Fumagalli, John Ronayne, Lucas Pinol, Chantal Le Vaillant +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Workshop on gravitational-wave parameter estimation with PyCBC Inference, Portsmouth, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/05/workshop-on-gravitational-wa… Starting: 2019-05-14 to 2019-05-16 Location: Portsmouth, United Kingdom Additional Information: http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/2019/04/workshop-on-gravitational-wave-bayesian-p… Contact: collin.capano[AT]aei.mpg.de This workshop will provide an introduction to Bayesian Inference and its application to gravitational-wave astronomy, with a specific focus on the PyCBC Inference toolkit. PyCBC Inference is an open-source, python-based parameter estimation tool for gravitational wave astronomy. It has been used in several publications to date, involving both multimessenger astrophysics, and tests of general relativity. The toolkit may be used either with proprietary LIGO/Virgo data, or with publicly available data at the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center (GWOSC). The goal of the workshop is to provide attendees with enough understanding of Bayesian inference and a practical knowledge of PyCBC Inference such that they can use the toolkit for a variety of analyses on gravitational-wave data. We will mix traditional presentations with hands-on tutorials, and will have time reserved for small-group projects. Topics covered will be: * Introduction to parameter estimation in gravitational-wave astronomy. * Overview of stochastic sampling techniques, including tests of convergence and practical considerations. * How to adapt the code for your project. * Parallelization and optimization techniques. The workshop is open to all students, postdocs, and faculty who have an interest in using gravitational wave parameter estimation for their own research projects. For more details and registration please visit http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/2019/04/workshop-on-gravitational-wave-bayesian-p…. There is no fee to attend. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Summer school on Einstein Equations: Physical and Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity, Domodossola, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15559 Starting: 2019-07-15 to 2019-07-19 Location: Domodossola, Italy Additional Information: http://www.univco.it/domoschool/edition-2019 Contact: domoschool[AT]univco.it The aim of the school is to provide a common ground to PhD students and young researchers in physics and mathematics to meet and learn different viewpoints on various aspects of Einstein equations. Lectures will be given by Lars Andersson - Albert Einstein Institute (Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), Potsdam, Germany Donato Bini - La Sapienza University (Rome) and C.N.R. Marco Giammarchi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (I.N.F.N.) - Sezione di Milano Pengzi Miao - University of Miami, Miami, Florida Alexei Starobinski - Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia & Russian Academy of Sciences. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. International School on Gravity, Cosmology and Astrophysics, Moscow, Russia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15562 Starting: 2019-07-01 to 2019-07-14 Location: Moscow, Russia Additional Information: http://fn.bmstu.ru/en/international-school-en Contact: dekan-fn[AT]mail.ru The Department of Physics of Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU) is organizing the International School on Gravity, Cosmology, and Astrophysics for undergraduate and graduate students, which will be held at BMSTU on July 1-14, 2019. Professor Vladislav I. Pustovoit, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Professor Vladimir O. Gladyshev of Bauman University will co-chair the work of the School. The School has invited well-known professors from different countries to do lectures on gravity, cosmology, and astrophysics. The main objective of the School being discussing advances in the exploration of the Universe focusing on the main issues, ideas and research methods in the theory of gravity and cosmology. On July 1, 2019 School participants will be invited to listen to plenary talks by world-famous scientists at the Conference on the Theory of Relativity (PIRT-2019). The School will host a competition of projects entitled A New Generation Gravitational Wave Detector. The winners of the competition will be awarded prizes while all School participants will be granted certificates of participation. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Gravity and Other Fields Under the Volcano, Catania, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/07/gravity-and-other-fields-und… Starting: 2019-06-10 to 2019-06-12 Location: Catania, Italy Additional Information: https://agenda.infn.it/event/18116/overview Contact: dario.benedetti[AT]th.u-psud.fr We are pleased to announce the workshop "Gravity and Other Fields Under the Volcano" which will take place on June 10-12 in Catania. The workshop aims at developing and strengthening connections between scientists working on the topics of beyond standard model and gravitational physics. Among several things, we want to bring together colleagues which are interested in developing extensions of the standard model, and eventually accommodate their unification with gravity through the mechanism of asymptotic safety. For additional information and for online registration please follow the link: https://agenda.infn.it/event/18116/overview Please note that the workshop will host a limited number of participants. Looking forward to seeing you in Catania, Dario Benedetti, Alfio Bonanno, Gian Paolo Vacca, Dario Zappala', Omar Zanusso +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. 16th Italian-Korean Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Pescara, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/08/16th-italian-korean-symposiu… Starting: 2019-07-01 to 2019-07-05 Location: Pescara, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1234 Contact: secretariat[AT]icranet.org The 16th Italian-Korean Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics will be held at ICRANet center in Pescara from July 1 - 5, 2019. The Italian-Korean Symposia on Relativistic Astrophysics is a series of biannual meetings, alternatively organized in Italy and in Korea since 1987. The symposia discussions cover topics in astrophysics and cosmology, such as gamma-ray bursts and compact stars, high energy cosmic rays, dark energy and dark matter, general relativity, black holes, and new physics related to cosmology. For the scientific program and the list of participant, please consult ICRANet webpage (http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12…) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Armenian-Italian Science Day "Joint ICRANet activities in Relativistic Astrophysics", Yerevan, Armenia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/08/armenian-italian-science-day… Starting: 2019-04-15 to 2019-04-15 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/Armenian-ItalianScienceDay Contact: secretariat[AT]icranet.org The Armenian-Italian Science Day event "Joint ICRANet activities in Relativistic Astrophysics" is a one day conference which will take place in Yerevan on April 15, 2019. The event will be held in the National Academy of Sciences both in Armenian and in English, and has been organized thanks to the collaboration among ICRANet, the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (NASRA) and the Italian Embassy in Yerevan. Institutional representatives from Armenia and from several other countries will be present and address the morning session. After lunch, there will be a series of conferences by eminent Professors and researchers, who will illustrate the most recent scientific developments on which ICRANet is working on. You can find more details about the event on our webpage: http://www.icranet.org/Armenian-ItalianScienceDay. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. The 29th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan, Kobe, Japan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15585 Starting: 2019-11-25 to 2019-11-29 Location: Kobe, Japan Additional Information: https://indico.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/event/1283/ Contact: jgrg29_loc[AT]org.kobe-u.ac.jp JGRG is a series of workshops held in Japan every year since 1991, which has provided a place where people can exchange ideas and pursue future trends of research. The workshop will cover a wide area of research related to general relativity and gravitation. A tentative list of invited speakers is given below. Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Institute of Technology) Cedric Deffayet (IHES) Hong Liu (MIT)* Sabino Matarrese (INFN) Kentaro Miuchi (Kobe U.) Alexei A. Starobinsky (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics) Alexander Vikman (Prague, Inst. Phys. ) Alexander Vilenkin (Tufts U.) [KAGRA]* [LIGO]* and more .... *=to be confirmed Important information is the following: Registration will be open from 10 July 2019. Registration Deadlines: Application for visa:15 September 2019 Participants who apply for travel expenses support: 15 September 2019 Participants who apply for presentation: 1 October 2019 All other participants: 15 October 2019 25 Novemner 2019: JGRG29 start Scientific Organizing Committee Hideki Asada (Hirosaki), Takeshi Chiba (Nihon U.), Tomohiro Harada (Rikkyo U.), Kunihito Ioka (YITP, Kyoto), Akihiro Ishibashi (KindaiU.), Hideki Ishihara (Osaka City U.), Sugumi Kanno (Osaka), Masahiro Kawasaki (ICRR, Tokyo), Tsutomu Kobayashi (Rikkyo U.), Yasufumi Kojima (Hiroshima), Kei-ichi Maeda (Waseda U.), Shinji Mukohyama (YITP,Kyoto), Takashi Nakamura (Kyoto), Ken-ichi Nakao (Osaka City U.) Yasusada Nambu (Nagoya), Toshifumi Noumi(Kobe), Ken-ichi Oohara (Niigata), Misao Sasaki (Kavli IPMU, Tokyo), Masaru Shibata (AEI & YITP, Kyoto), Tetsuya Shiromizu (Nagoya), Jiro Soda (Kobe), Naoshi Sugiyama (Nagoya), Teruaki Suyama (Tokyo Tech), Hideyuki Tagoshi (ICRR, Tokyo), Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto), Masahide Yamaguchi (Tokyo Tech), Kazuhiro Yamamoto (Kyusyu), Ryo Yamazaki (Aoyama Gakuin U.), Jun'ichi Yokoyama (RESCEU, Tokyo) ________________________________ Local Organizing Committee Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University Jiro Soda (Chair), Toshifumi Noumi, Daisuke Yoshida, Kazufumi Takahashi, Asuka Ito, Daiske Yoshida +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. POTOR-6: 6th Conference of the Polish Society on Relativity, Szczecin, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/16/6th-conference-of-the-polish… Starting: 2019-09-23 to 2019-09-26 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/773241/ Contact: potor6[AT]gmail.com Dear Colleagues, We invite you to register for our conference "6th Conference of the Polish Society on Relativity" - POTOR-6��which will take place in Szczecin, Poland from 23rd to 26th September 2019. The abstract submission deadline is June 30th, 2019. The registration deadline is 31st July 2019. Full information is available on our webpage: https://indico.cern.ch/event/773241/overview Conference email is: potor6[AT]gmail.com The 6th Conference of the of the Polish Society on Relativity is organised by the Szczecin Cosmology Group on behalf of Polish Society on Relativity. The conference is the regular annual meeting of the Society which is open to international invited speakers and participants. The conference covers all aspects of classical relativity as well as related fields including contemporary theories of unification and quantum gravity. Topics include: Theoretical and numerical relativity. Black holes: classical and quantum aspects. Relativistic cosmology. Early universe, dark matter, and dark energy problems. Gravitational waves. Approaches to quantum gravity. Quantum cosmology. Relation of relativity and superstring theory. Invited speakers are: Jan de Boer (University of Amsterdam, Holland) (TBC) Joseph Conlon (University of Oxford, UK) Salvatore Capozziello (Universita' di Napoli "Federico II" and INFN Napoli, Italy) Jacques Delabrouille (APC, Observatoire de Paris, France) Jose Antonio Font (University of Valencia, Spain) Yongee Ma (Beijing Normal University, China) Hermann Nicolai (AEI, Golm, Germany) Tsvi Piran (Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel) (TBC) Edward Porter (APC, Paris, France) Jorge Pullin (Lousiana State Univ., USA) Masaru Shibata (Yukawa Institute, Kyoto, Japan; Garching, Germany) Massimo Tinto (Univ. San Diego, USA) We are looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin. Yours faithfully, Adam Balcerzak (Organizing Committee chair) Mariusz P. Dabrowski (Scientific Committee chair) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. European Einstein Toolkit Meeting, London, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15609 Starting: 2019-09-02 to 2019-09-06 Location: London, UK Additional Information: https://sites.google.com/view/eetm2019/home Contact: eueinsteintoolkitmeeting2019[AT]gmail.com The next European Einstein Toolkit Workshop and School will take place from 2 - 6 September 2019 at King's College London, UK. The meeting will offer a school on the first two days introducing new users on how to install and run the Einstein Toolkit, and useful post-processing and visualizations tools. We furthermore provide a platform for ample discussion within the Einstein Toolkit community and with our friends in the broader numerical relativity community. In the second half of the week, the workshop will highlight exciting science cases and the latest developments in numerical relativity. The registration is now open. If you wish to give a talk, please submit a title+abstract together with your registration. The registration and abstract submission deadline is on 31 July 2019. There is no registration fee. Note, that we currently cannot offer any travel support. We are looking forward to welcoming you in London. Scientific Organizing Committee: Steve Brandt, Bruno Giacomazzo, Roland Haas, Bhavesh Khamesra, Helvi Witek and Miguel Zilhao Local Organizing Committee: Josu Aurrekoetxea, Matthew Elley, Giuseppe Ficarra, Eugene Lim and Helvi Witek +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. 22nd Eastern Gravity Meeting, Dartmouth, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/22/22nd-eastern-gravity-meeting/ Starting: 2019-05-31 to 2019-06-01 Location: Dartmouth, Massachusetts Additional Information: http://cscvr1.umassd.edu/events/EGM2019/ Contact: sfield[AT]umassd.edu This annual regional meeting is open to researchers of all levels, from undergraduate students to faculty, in all areas of gravitational physics, including classical, quantum, theory, observation, and computation. The purpose of the conference is to encourage the interaction of researchers in the Northeastern region, although participants from all regions are welcomed. The format of the meeting will follow the format of previous regional meetings where all participants may present a talk of approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Abstracts will be selected according to the order in which they are submitted. Therefore, to maximize chances of acceptance, it would be best to submit an abstract early. There is no registration fee but, for an accurate head count, registration is mandatory. A prize for the best talk by a student will be given and so please indicate in your registration if you are a student. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12. Inhomogeneous Cosmologies IV, Torun, Poland (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/25/inhomogeneous-cosmologies-iv… Starting: 2019-07-14 to 2019-07-19 Location: Torun, Poland Additional Information: https://cosmo.torun.pl/CosmoTorun19 Contact: cosmotorun19 [at] cosmo.torun.pl During 14-19 July 2019 we are gathering experts in inhomogeneous cosmology for a small workshop of about 30 participants at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, the town where Copernicus was born. We wish to map out the most promising directions for analytical, numerical and observational investigations aimed to take into account both structure formation and cosmological expansion within the constraints of general relativity. Can we clarify the physics present in the relativistic cosmology software now being developed? Are the calculations artificially constrained or are they fully relativistic? Can we achieve accurate postdiction of cosmological observations and follow up by making predictions for the upcoming decade of new major survey projects? We expect vigorous, constructive debate between "one-percenters" and "order-unity" proponents, and practical hands-on sessions of free-licensed inhomogeneous cosmology software packages. Feel free to redistribute this announcement. The deadline for early registration is **3 May 2019**. More info: https://cosmo.torun.pl/CosmoTorun19 Contact: cosmotorun19 at cosmo.torun.pl Scientific organising committee: Boud Roukema, Eloisa Bentivegna, Krzysztof Bolejko, Thomas Buchert, Mikolaj Korzynski, Hayley Macpherson, Jan Ostrowski, Sebastian Szybka, Eleonora Villa, David Wiltshire Local organising committee: Boud Roukema, Justyna Cembrzynska, Agnieszka Gorska-Pukownik, Justyna Borkowska, Matteo Cinus, Marius Peper Topics will include: * exact cosmological solutions of the Einstein equations * averaging and backreaction in cosmology * numerical cosmological relativity * observational tests +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13. Eddington Conference, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/26/eddington-conference/ Starting: 2019-05-27 to 2019-05-29 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://www.eddingtonstudies.org Contact: flaguens[AT]ipc-paris.fr Arthur S. Eddington: From Physics to Philosophy and Back Again The centenary of the 29 May 1919 eclipse is a great opportunity for specialists to gather in Paris from 27 to 29 May 2019. This international conference aims to bring together physicists, philosophers and historians, in order to discuss the works and achievements of Arthur S. Eddington. It is jointly organised by IPC-Facultes Libres de Philosophie et de Psychologie and Paris Observatory, in partnership with the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, the International Astronomical Union, the British Society for the History of Science, the Archives Henri-Poincare', and Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Chair of the Local Organising Committee : Dr Florian Laguens flaguens[AT]ipc-paris.fr Deadline for registration : 15 May 2019 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14. CoCoNuT Meeting 2019, Astana, Kazakhstan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/26/coconut-meeting-2019/ Starting: 2019-09-18 to 2019-09-20 Location: Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan Additional Information: https://www.uv.es/coconut/Astana2019/ Contact: coconutmeeting2019[AT]nu.edu.kz The CoCoNut meeting is a series of meetings that have been taking place every year since 2008. Originally intended to be a workshop for the users and developers of the CoCoNuT code, the meeting has attracted participation from a wider community. Each year the meeting is devoted to a different topic, related to the interests of the users of the CoCoNuT code. The CoCoNuT code is a general relativistic hydrodynamics code with dynamical spacetime evolution. The aim of this numerical code is the study of several astrophysical scenarios in which general relativity can play an important role, namely the collapse of rapidly rotating stellar cores and the evolution of isolated neutron stars. This year the meeting will focus on the phenomenon of turbulence in astrophysics. Characterized by chaotic changes in velocity, turbulence is one of the most ubiquitous phenomena in the Universe. It plays an important role in many scenarios, ranging from those involving compact objects to those occurring on cosmological scales. Despite its importance, many fundamental questions still remain unanswered. This meeting will discuss various aspects of astrophysical turbulence, including * Role of turbulence in forming supernova explosions * Angular momentum transport by hydromagnetic turbulence * Turbulent dynamos and magnetic field amplification in compact objects Invited speakers: * Thierry Foglizzo (CEA-Saclay) * Kenta Kiuchi (AEI) * Ilya Kovalenko (Volgograd State University) * Bernhard Mueller (Monash University) The meeting will be held at Nazarbayev University (NU) in the city of Nur-Sultan (formerly known as Astana) in Kazakhstan on September 18-20, 2019. Registration deadline: August 18, 2019. Organizing committee: Ernazar Abdikamalov, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) Dana Alina, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) Pablo Cerd��-Duran, Universitat de Valencia (Spain) Isabel Cordero-Carrion, Universitat de Valencia (Spain) Micaela Oertel, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (France) Zhanel Tagayeva, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.15. From Einstein and Eddington to LIGO: 100 years of gravitational light deflection, Principe Island (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15643 Starting: 2019-05-26 to 2019-05-30 Location: Principe Additional Information: https://science.esundy.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/ Contact: joselemos[AT]ist.utl.pt May 29th 1919, during a total solar eclipse, Einstein's theory of general relativity was confirmed to be correct. Stars behind the obscured Sun could be seen on Earth as the light rays they emitted were deflected by 1.7 arcseconds, due to the Sun's spacetime curvature, as predicted by the theory. The observations were carried out at the Principe Island, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa, and in the city of Sobral, in Brazil. Two expeditions, carefully planned by the Astronomer Royal Frank Dyson, left England in early March 1919 and sailed to Lisbon and then Funchal where they separated. Arthur Eddington, the renowned Cambridge astrophysicist, went off with his team to Principe and Andrew Crommelin and Charles Davidson, Greenwich Observatory astronomers, were bound for Sobral. This is one of the most acclaimed events in the history of science with Einstein being made instantaneously a worlwide figure. Science had demonstrated once again that people from different countries could be united in a common goal. At the time, the First World War had just ended and British and German scientists were eager to close hands looking towards a new future. Since then, general relativity has passed a large number of other impressive tests, the most recent and notable one being the LIGO first detection of gravitational waves generated by the collision of two 30 solar mass black holes. This conference will be held from May 26th to May 30th, 2019, precisely one hundred years after the 1919 eclipse, at Resort Bom Bom in Principe Island, 2.5 Km away from the site of Eddington's observations, which took place at Roca Sundy. The main aim of the conference is to celebrate such an important date with a gathering of experts to discuss the legacy left by Einstein and Eddington from the event itself and the subsequent startling developments in the field of general relativity and gravitation. The conference also aims at drawing the attention of the local population towards the historical importance of the 1919 observations and science in general and is included as the scientific component of the Eddington@Sundy project. Participation: Participation and presentation are by invitation only. The number of participants is limited in accordance with the capacity of the resort Bom Bom. Scientific and Organizing Committee: Jose Sande Lemos, Vitor Cardoso, and Carlos Herdeiro. Secretariat: Dulce Conceicao (dulce.conceicao[AT]tecnico.ulisboa.pt) and Rita Teixeira (ritat.sousa[AT]gmail.com) System network manager: Sergio Almeida Sponsors: CENTRA - Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, IST, FCT (UID/FIS/0009972013 & UID/FIS/0009972019), Eddington at Sundy, Resort Bom Bom, HBD. Credits for the text: Jose Sande Lemos, Vitor Cardoso, and Carlos Herdeiro. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc in Mathematical Physics, Dijon, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/09/postdoc-in-mathematical-phys… Deadline: 2019-06-30 Location: Dijon, France Additional Information: https://math.u-bourgogne.fr/IMB/klein/Welcome.html Contact: Christian.Klein[AT]u-bourgogne.fr Applications are invited for a post-doctoral researcher position in mathematical physics with the University of Burgundy beginning as early as September 1, 2019 or until the position is filled. This position will be at the Institute of Mathematics in Dijon. Post-doctoral researcher candidates are required to have a Ph.D. by date of appointment and research experience in mathematical physics. For more information contact Prof. C. Klein (Christian.Klein[AT]u-bourgogne.fr). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at Rhodes University, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/09/postdoctoral-position-in-num… Deadline: 2019-05-15 Location: Grahamstown, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Contact: n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za The appointment is for up to two years with a starting date as soon as possible and a salary of R220 000 per year, to work on a project "Cauchy Characteristic Matching, and Other Uses of the Characteristic Method in Numerical Relativity". In particular, we are seeking to further develop our matching code, which uses the Cactus framework with a BSSN code in the interior and a characteristic code in the exterior. The faculty members involved in this project are: Nigel Bishop - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=m8CpFJkAAAAJ&hl=en Denis Pollney - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=lOK_rucAAAAJ&hl=en Chris Stevens - see https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/people/staff/chrisstevens/ Background information about the Department and the University can be found at https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Please apply via e-mail attaching a single PDF file that contains a letter of application, and a CV with a list of publications and a statement of accomplished research. The application should include the date of award of the PhD degree; and if not yet formally awarded, please explain your current status and the expected date of formal award of the degree. Please also arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be sent in support of the application. All these items should be emailed to n.bishop[at]ru.ac.za with subject "Postdoc Application - Candidate name". This is a re-announcement of the position, and applications will be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral positions in Gravitation, Astrophysics, Cosmology and Fundamental Interactions at CBPF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/10/postdoctoral-positions-in-gr… Deadline: 2019-04-30 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.cbpf.br/~mcasals/Postdoc.html Contact: mcasals[AT]cbpf.br A call is now open for various postdoctoral positions at the Brazilian Center for Physics Research / Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro has a dynamic scientific atmosphere, with several research-intensive Universities and independent centres, like CBPF, which is one of the top research institutions in Physics in South America. In particular, CBPF recently created a new department of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Fundamental Interactions - COSMO, with 9 faculty members carrying out research comprising (but not limited to) the following areas: gravitational waves; gravitational lensing; theoretical and observational cosmology; black hole physics; quantum field theory; supersymmetry; nuclear astrophysics. We particularly encourage candidates with research interests in the above fields to apply for a postdoctoral position at COSMO. The available positions are: two "senior" ones��(with a monthly stipend of��Brazilian R$5,120 net), for candidates who finished a Ph.D. at least two years ago, and a "junior" one (with a monthly stipend of��R$4,160 net).��The starting date can be chosen among any of: July 1, August 1 and September 1, 2019, and the length of each position is 1 year, subject to renewal every year up to 5 years.��The application procedure consists of filling in the form in https://portal.cbpf.br/educacao-cientifica/pci/capacitacao-institucional/in… and emailing it to pci(a)cbpf.br with a deadline of 30/04/2019. However, since the form requires the signature of a CBPF professor who is to be the postdoc advisor, anyone interested should first get in touch with one of the professors in https://portal.cbpf.br/educacao-cientifica/pci/capacitacao-institucional/pr… es within "Pesquisa em Cosmologia, Astrofisica e Interacoes Fundamentais" (COSMO) as soon as possible - for details about the profiles of the COSMO researchers, please see http://www.cbpf.br/~mcasals/index.html. If in doubt, you may email Prof. Marc Casals at mcasals(a)cbpf.br for assistance. For further information, please see: http://www.cbpf.br/~mcasals/Postdoc.html https://portal.cbpf.br/educacao-cientifica/pci/capacitacao-institucional/pa… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational or Statistical Physics at the Institute for Physics and Mathematics, Morelia, Mexico ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15601 Deadline: 2019-05-15 Location: Morelia, Mexico Additional Information: http://www.ifm.umich.mx/ifm/ Contact: ulises[AT]ifm.umich.mx The Gravitation and Statistical Physics Group at the Institute of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico has a number of postdoctoral positions available, starting September 2019. The positions are funded by PRODEP or CONACyT and they are available for one year with a possible extension for another year. The Gravitation and Statistical Physics Group currently consists of five faculty members (F. Astorga, U. Nucamendi, O. Sarbach, L. Tessieri and T. Zannias), one associate professor (E. Tejeda), one postdoc (P. Sheroan) and several graduate students. The current research areas of the group include the following topics: Mathematical and Numerical Relativity Physics and Astrophysics of Black Holes and Compact Objects Gravitational Radiation Cosmology Relativistic Hydrodynamics and Thermodynamics Relativistic Kinetic Theory Disordered Systems and Anderson localization Interested candidates should send their current cv and a short research proposal of a maximum of two pages to Dr. Ulises Nucamendi (ulises[AT]ifm.umich.mx) before May 15th, 2019. Due to restrictions imposed by the funding agencies, this announcement is directed to candidates that have obtained their Ph.D degree within the past two years. We particularly encourage applications from women, minorities and indigenous candidates. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Post-Doctoral Researcher on cosmic rays, University of Kansas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15604 Deadline: 2019-04-25 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: https://employment.ku.edu/staff/14158BR Contact: christophe.royon[AT]ku.edu Applications are invited for a post-doctoral researcher position in high energy nuclear physics with the University of Kansas beginning as early as July 1, 2019 or until the position is filled. This position will be in residence at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Post-doctoral researcher candidates are required to have a Ph.D. in physics by date of appointment and research experience in detector development or a related experimental field. Successful candidates will contribute in several aspects of the nuclear group's research program in developing new Si detectors to measure cosmic rays in space in collaboration with NASA. The goal of the project is to define the best possible compact detector to be sent into space using a detailed simulation, to build the detector, and to test it. Candidates with relevant interests and experience are sought. For more information and to apply go to https://employment.ku.edu/staff/14158BR. A complete online application will include a Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae (including publications list), Statement of Research Interests and Skills. Also please have at least three letters of recommendation emailed to Prof. Christophe Royon (christophe.royon[AT]ku.edu) or mailed to Department of Physics & Astronomy, 1251 Wescoe Hall Drive, Room 1082, Malott Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA. Review of applications will begin April 25, 2019. For first consideration, please apply before this date. Inquiries can be made by email to christophe.royon[AT]ku.edu. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, retaliation, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University's programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and is the University's Title IX Coordinator: the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA[AT]ku.edu, Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoc positions in Multi-Messenger Modelling of GW+EM sources, Stockholm, Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15633 Deadline: 2019-05-31 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://compact-merger.astro.su.se/jobs.html Contact: stephan.rosswog[AT]astro.su.se Within the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics at Stockholm University a strong research environment has recently been established that focuses on the study of the electromagnetic signals from mergers of compact objects, G.R.E.A.T., see www.great.cosmoparticle.com. Within the G.R.E.A.T. research environment we study the electromagnetic signals from mergers of compact objects, both from a theoretical and an observational perspective. This research environment benefits from very close connections between Physics and Astronomy, between scientist working on theoretical, computational and observational aspects and access to data (e.g. ZTF, ENGRAVE). Within the G.R.E.A.T. initiative, we are currently searching for Postdoctoral Fellows working on multi-messenger astrophysics. Particular attention will be payed to the area of theory/modelling (up to three positions) of gravitational + electromagnetic wave sources. Postdoc Positions Postdoctoral openings will be available for outstanding individuals to work on the multi-messenger aspects of sources that produce both gravitational and electromagnetic waves. Expertise in any relevant multi-messenger aspect are of interest, expertise in relativistic (magneto-)hydrodynamics, nucleosynthesis and/or radiative transfer is particularly welcome. Postdoctoral associates are welcome to participate in Scientific Programs at Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, which bring together groups of leading experts to work on specific topics for extended periods. The postdoctoral associates will also have access to research and travel funds, excellent benefits as well as computing facilities. Closing date for the application is May 31, 2019, but application reviewing will start as soon as applications come in, therefore early applications are encouraged. Further details on how to apply can be found under this link. For questions concerning the positions please contact Stephan Rosswog. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. PhD position in Theoretical Astrophysics at GSI Darmstadt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15636 Deadline: 2019-05-24 Location: Darmstadt, Germany Additional Information: https://www.gsi.de/jobskarriere/stellenangebote/stellenangebote_details/pos… Contact: a.bauswein[AT]gsi.de GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates one of the leading particle accelerators for science. In the next few years, the new FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) one of the world's largest research projects, will be built in international cooperation. GSI and FAIR offer the opportunity to work together in this international environment with a team of employees committed to ensuring each day to conduct world-class science. In the division of "Theory" we are looking for a Physicist (m/f) in the field of Theoretical Astrophysics part time (66%) Posting ID:1840-19.53 to strengthen our team. The project is funded by the Collaborative Research Center 881 "The Milky Way System" (CRC881). The CRC881 aims at a better understanding of the evolution of the Milky Way components including their nucleosynthetic enrichment by heavy elements. The successful candidate will perform numerical simulations of neutron star mergers using a general relativistic hydrodynamics tool to understand the contribution of these events to the Galactic enrichment. The project offers collaborative work with other groups at GSI and other institutes in Europe and the possibility of preparing a PhD thesis. The group is closely connected to the Heidelberg University (https://www.uni-heidelberg.de) where the candidate will be offered to defend his/her doctoral work. Requirements: The candidate has successfully completed a scientific study of physics, diploma or Master of Science or equivalent. Verg good skills in programming and scientific computing are expected. Experience in neutrino physics, hydrodynamics, radiation transport, general relativity and/or nuclear physics is very desirable. The position is limited to a term of 3 years. Salary is equivalent to that for public employees as specified in the collective agreement for public employees (TVoeD Bund). In an international research environment, we offer competent supervision and contribution to a very interesting research field. GSI supports the vocational development of women. Therefore women are especially encouraged to apply for the position. Handicapped persons will be preferentially considered when equally qualified. For any questions please contact PD Dr. Andreas Bauswein (a.bauswein[at]gsi.de; Tel. 0 61 59 / 71 2693). Further information about FAIR and GSI is available at www.gsi.de and www.fair-center.eu. If you find this position interesting and challenging and would like to work in an exceptional, international, scientific environment, please submit your CV with two referee contacts, with information of your earliest possible starting date and the reference number above to the following address by 24.05.2019 to GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH ABTEILUNG PERSONAL PLANCKSTRASSE 1 64291 DARMSTADT or by email to: bewerbung[at]gsi.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Tenure track position in gravitational wave physics at UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/05/01/tenure-track-position-in-gra… Deadline: 2019-05-24 Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Additional Information: https://www.uib.cat/recerca/ajuts/beques_mobilitat/galindo_2019 Contact: sascha.husa[AT]uib.es The gravitational physics group (http://grg.uib.es) at the Balearic Islands University (UIB) is looking for candidates to apply for a distinguished researcher tenure track position, which has been granted in the framework of the Beatriz Galindo program. The successful candidate will be selected by an international panel. The position is initially funded for 4 years, and UIB has committed to open a permanent faculty position in order to integrate the successful candidate as a faculty member of the University into the department of physics once the grant has been completed. Candidates will be expected to carry out research that broadens the activities of the gravitational physics group within the IAC3 research institute for computational physics (http://iac3.uib.cat) in the field of gravitational wave physics, in particular with a view toward the science of next generation instruments, and to carry out teaching in computational physics. Requirements for candidates: - All or part of their professional career should have been developed outside of Spain, with a maximal professional experience outside of Spain (counted after obtaining the PhD) of seven years. - Candidates should have postdoctoral experience in the field of gravitational wave physics, including astrophysics from gravitational wave sources or cosmology with direct application in this field. In addition to a description of their research, teaching and transfer of knowledge plans, candidates will have to accredit their professional experience. The deadline for applications is 17:00 CEST, May 24 2019. Online submission requires of a valid electronic certificate The official announcement can be found at our University's web page at: https://www.uib.cat/recerca/ajuts/beques_mobilitat/galindo_2019 The main page is in Catalan, Spanish and English versions are linked from this page. The online application is available at: https://sede.educacion.gob.es/sede/login/inicio.jjsp?idConvocatoria=1174 For the full information on the web page of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities see: http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/mecd/servicios-al-ciudadano-mecd/catalogo/ge… Reference: BEAGAL18/00148 (junior modality). Universitat de les Illes Balears IAC3 Please address enquiries to Alicia Sintes (alicia.sintes[AT]uib.es) and Sascha Husa (sascha.husa[AT]uib.es). The application procedure will require filling an online form (in English), and to upload several documents, including certificates for contracts, teaching experience, etc. The certificates need to be uploaded in English or Spanish (translations, if necessary, need to be made by sworn translators). The curriculum vitae should follow the CVN format of FECyT: https://cvn.fecyt.es/editor/#HOME Applications will be evaluated by the panel as follows: 1. Teaching project on Computational Physics (up to 2.5 points): a. Quality of the teaching project, up to 1.25 points. b. Teaching plan of the teaching project, up to 1.25 points. 2. Research project (up to 2.5 points): a. Quality of the research project, up to 1.25 points. b. Work plan of the research project, up to 1.25 points. 3. Knowledge transfer project (up to 2.5 points): a. Quality of the knowledge transfer project, up to 1.25 points. b. Work plan of the knowledge transfer project, up to 1.25 points. 4. Benefits for the university of the teaching, research and knowledge transfer projects (up to 2.5 points): a. teaching up to 1.25 points. b. research up to 0.75 points. c. knowledge transfer up to 0.5 points. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. International Master in Mathematical Physics, Dijon, France ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/03/international-master-in-math… Additional Information: http://monge.u-bourgogne.fr/gdito/MP The Department of Mathematics of the Universite de Bourgogne offers a one- or two-year master program in Mathematical Physics. Advanced students may be admitted to the 2nd year of the Master. Students who will successfully complete the M.Sc. program will be encouraged to apply to one of the Ph.D. fellowships that will be available for pursuing their studied in Dijon at the doctorate level. The student will be integrated from the very beginning into the mathematical physics group of the IMB (Institut de Mathematiques de Bourgogne) and will have to prepare by the end of their 2nd year a master dissertation under the supervision of a member of the Institute. All the lectures will be given in English. We will also provide several mini courses by the research visitors of the IMB as well as by invited professors in the framework of the Erasmus program. *The tuition fees are of about 250 euros/year.* We expect to have up to 10 fellowships for students. The interested candidates are strongly advised to already get in touch with us, and send a cv to: For admission in M1: Giuseppe.Dito[AT]u-bourgogne.fr For admission in M2: Nikolai.Kitanine[AT]u-bourgogne.fr ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Important notice to members of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/29/important-notice-to-members-… Additional Information: Members in good standing of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation should have received (between 10 April 2019 and 12 April 2019) an email from simplyvoting.com with directions on how to vote in the ongoing ISGRG elections and an email from me alerting you to the election email and also including the Agenda of the ISGRG General Assembly to be held in Valencia on 11 July 2019. If you did not receive these emails, it may indicate one or more of the following: (1) I do not have your correct email address; (2) Your email service rejected these emails or classified them as "junk"; (3) You are not considered to be a member in good standing because your dues payments are not current in my records. In all cases, please contact me at beverlyberger(a)me.com. Beverly K. Berger Secretary, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. GRG Golden Oldie: The theoretical significance of experimental relativity by R.H. Dicke (1964) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/04/30/grg-golden-oldie-the-theoret… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/news/grg-golden-oldie-… The Golden Oldies series of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation reprints important papers in general relativity theory that were published 30 or more years ago and are either hard to get hold of, or were originally printed in a language other than English. The latest work has been republished on 30 April 2019: Dicke, R.H., Republication of: The theoretical significance of experimental relativity, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 51: 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2509-2�� An editorial note by P.J.E. Peebles and a a brief biography by M.A.H. MacCallum are freely available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2508-3 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for April 2019
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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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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 6th Conference of the Polish Society on Relativity, Szczecin, Poland 1.2. Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Bilbao, Spain 1.3. Eighth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry (CPT'19), Bloomington, Indiana, USA 1.4. Simulating gravitation and cosmology in condensed matter and optical systems, Trento, Italy 1.5. GRAV19, Cordoba, Argentina (2nd announcement) 1.6. LISA Waveform Working Group Meeting, Potsdam, Germany 1.7. The Time Machine Factory 2019, Turin, Italy 1.8. XVIII International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, Venice, Italy 1.9. Vacuum Fluctuations at Nanoscale and Gravitation: theory and experiments, Orosei, Italy 1.10. Cyprus Gravity and Cosmology Conference 2019, Kyrenia, Cyprus 1.11. 24th Itzykson Meeting: Effective Field Theorie in Cosmology, Gravitation and Particle Physics, Gif-sur-Yvette, France 1.12. IGC@25: Multimessenger Universe, Penn State, USA (3rd announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc in Gravitational-wave Physics at University of Portsmouth, UK 2.2. Astrophysics, Gravity and Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics Postdoctoral Positions in Department of Physics, IIT Bombay, India 2.3. PhD positions in gravitational wave physics and astrophysics, Trieste, Italy 2.4. PhD Position in Cosmology at Lancaster, UK 2.5. Assistant Teaching Professor in Physics/Physics Education, Lawrence, KS, USA 2.6. Faculty Position in Cosmology at ICN-UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico 2.7. PhD position in relativistic astrophysics in Paris, France 2.8. PhD position in Mathematical General Relativity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands 3. News 3.1. New Gravitational Wave Physics MSc at Cardiff University, UK 3.2. The Chalonge-De Vega Programme 2019: The New Universe and Dark Energy 3.3. RELXILL_NK is now public 3.4. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. 6th Conference of the Polish Society on Relativity, Szczecin, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/05/6th-conference-of-the-polish… Starting: 2019-09-23 to 2019-09-26 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/773241/overview Contact: potor6[AT]gmail.com Dear Colleagues, We invite you to register for our conference "6th Conference of the Polish Society on Relativity" - POTOR-6 which will take place in Szczecin, Poland from 23rd to 26th September 2019. The abstract submission deadline is June 30th, 2019. The registration deadline is 31st July 2019. Full information is available on our webpage: https://indico.cern.ch/event/773241/overview Conference email is: potor6[AT]gmail.com The 6th Conference of the of the Polish Society on Relativity is organised by the Szczecin Cosmology Group on behalf of Polish Society on Relativity. The conference is the regular annual meeting of the Society which is open to international invited speakers and participants. The conference covers all aspects of classical relativity as well as related fields including contemporary theories of unification and quantum gravity. Topics include: Theoretical and numerical relativity. Black holes: classical and quantum aspects. Relativistic cosmology. Early universe, dark matter, and dark energy problems. Gravitational waves. Approaches to quantum gravity. Quantum cosmology. Relation of relativity and superstring theory. Invited speakers are: Joseph Conlon (Oxford), Salvatore Capozziello (Napoli), Jacques Delabrouille (Paris), Jose Anthony Font (Valencia), Hermann Nicolai (AEI, Golm), Edward Porter (APC, Paris, France), Jorge Pullin (Lousiana State Univ., USA), Masaru Shibata (Yukawa Institute, Kyoto, Japan), Massimo Tinto (Univ. San Diego, USA). We are looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin. Yours faithfully, Adam Balcerzak (Organizing Committee chair) Mariusz P. Dabrowski (Scientific Committee chair) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Bilbao, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15302 Starting: 2019-04-15 to 2019-04-17 Location: Bilbao, Spain Additional Information: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/ibericos/ Contact: ibericos2019[AT]gmail.com Cosmology is the glue that binds the vocations of many researchers in Portugal and Spain. Women and men of different ages and backgrounds which pursue a wide range of topics: from theoretical particle physics to observational astrophysics. The traditional Iberian Cosmology Meeting (aka IberiCOS) is the event that every year provides a warm setting to stimulate ongoing collaborations and favour the emergence of new ones. Bold and provocative ideas and presentations are most welcome; at the end of the day we can boast about this being a gathering of old friends and new to come rather than a rigid sort of conference. The Cosmology and Gravitation Group of the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea will host the event from the 15th to the 17th of April of 2019. In the usual fashion painstaking efforts are made to allocate slots for everyone, but should it turn to be impossible to offer room to everyone then either PhD students or early career postdoctoral researchers will be given preference. We expect to be able to offer some financial support to some of the participants in those categories. As there will be no registration fee and we need to manage our resources, we therefore beg all participants to register before the 18th of March. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Eighth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry (CPT'19), Bloomington, Indiana, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/11/eighth-meeting-on-cpt-and-lo… Starting: 2019-05-12 to 2019-05-16 Location: Bloomington, Indiana, USA Additional Information: http://www.indiana.edu/~lorentz/cpt19/ Contact: kostelec[AT]indiana.edu The Eighth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry will be held in Bloomington, Indiana, on May 12-16, 2019. The meeting will focus on tests of these fundamental symmetries and on related theoretical issues, including scenarios for possible violations. You are cordially invited to attend and participate in this event. Topics to be covered include: (1) experimental and observational searches for CPT and Lorentz violation involving - accelerators and colliders - astrophysical birefringence, dispersion, and anisotropy - atomic and molecular spectroscopy - cavities, oscillators, resonators - Cherenkov radiation - clock-comparison measurements - CMB polarimetry - cosmic rays - decays of atoms, nuclei, and particles - equivalence-principle tests with matter and antimatter - exotic atoms, muonium, positronium - gauge bosons, the Higgs boson - gravimetry - gravitational waves - high-energy astrophysical observations - hydrogen and antihydrogen spectroscopy - lasers, masers - matter-wave interferometry - meson and baryon properties - neutral-meson interferometry - neutrino mixing and propagation, neutrino-antineutrino oscillations - particle-antiparticle comparisons - photon and particle scattering - post-Newton gravity in the solar system and beyond - second- and third-generation particles - short-range gravity - sidereal and annual time variations, compass asymmetries - single-top and top pair production - space-based missions - spin-gravity couplings - spin precession - time-of-flight measurements - torsion and nonmetricity - trapped particles, ions, and atoms (2) theoretical studies of CPT and Lorentz violation involving - physical effects at the level of the Standard Model, General Relativity, and beyond - origins and mechanisms for violations - classical and quantum field theory, gravitation, particle physics, and strings - mathematical foundations, Finsler geometry Information about the meeting and online registration, including instructions on requesting a talk or poster, are available on the meeting web site. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Simulating gravitation and cosmology in condensed matter and optical systems, Trento, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15317 Starting: 2019-07-22 to 2019-07-25 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://ectstar.fbk.eu/node/4445 Contact: bh2019[AT]unitn.it This interdisciplinary workshop gathers specialists from theoretical and experimental condensed matter physics and quantum optics and from theoretical cosmology, gravitation and astrophysics. The short term goal is to collectively explore the possibility of exploiting condensed matter analog models as experimental tools to study problems that arise in the context of gravitation, especially cosmology and astrophysics. First examples of such analog models have recently being realized in a few laboratories around the world. The next challenges will be to extend the range of configurations and observables that can be simulated and to identify key questions to be addressed in future experiments. The long-term goal is to bring analog models from being a scientific curiosity towards being a useful quantum simulation tool to experimentally explore intriguing new physics. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. GRAV19, Cordoba, Argentina (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15327 Starting: 2019-04-08 to 2019-04-12 Location: Cordoba, Argentina Additional Information: http://grg.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grav19/ Contact: gravconference[AT]gmail.com Grav19, 2nd Circular This is the second and final announcement of GRAV19 conference. Grav19 will be held in the city of Cordoba (Argentina), from April 8th through April 12nd, 2019. This is the eighth in a series ("GravYY") of conferences organized by the General Relativity and Gravitation Group at FaMAF (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba) since Year 2006. The venue be the auditorium of FaMAF. The conference is intended to bring together specialists working on gravitation and closely related topics, including classical and quantum gravity, data analysis, machine learning, mathematical relativity, numerical relativity, gravity in arbitrary dimensions, astrophysics and astro-particle physics. Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to apply, limited funds will be available for financial help for students. The conference languages will be Spanish and English. The list of invited speakers includes: Ivan Agullo, Louisiana State University, USA. Parameswaran Ajith, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, India. Lars Anderson, Albert Einstein Institute, Germany. Florian Beyer*, University of Otago, New Zealand. Fabrizio Canfora, CECS, Chile. Federico Carrasco, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Espana. Ana Laura Garcia Perciante, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico. Jose Jaramillo, Institut de Mathematiques de Bourgogne, France. Helmut Friedrich, Max Planck institute for gravitational Physics, Germany. Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada. Steven Liebling, Long Island University, USA. Carlos Palenzuela*, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Espana. Alejandro Perez, Universite' de Marseille, France. Frans Pretorius, Princeton University, USA. Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University, USA. Istvan Racz, Wigner RCP, Hungary. Martin Reiris, Centro de Matematica, Udelar, Montevideo, Uruguay. Adam Rogers, Brandon University, Canada. Olivier Sarbach*, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico. Daniel Siegel, Columbia University, USA. *To be confirmed. For registration and updates on the meeting please check the conference's web page. Applications should be filed through the webform in the above page by March 1st, 2019. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 10th, 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. LISA Waveform Working Group Meeting, Potsdam, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15337 Starting: 2019-05-13 to 2019-05-15 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: https://workshops.aei.mpg.de/lisawavwg Contact: wav-wg-chairs[AT]lisamission.org The LISA Waveform working group (WavWG) is dedicated to the development of waveform templates for the LISA mission and connects the broader scientific community to the LISA Consortium. As such, WavWG coordinates efforts to model a broad spectrum of gravitational wave sources, establishing links with LISA's astrophysics, cosmology, fundamental physics and simulation working groups, and bridge between communities employing different methodologies to prepare waveforms. This meeting is the first stand-alone meeting of WavWG and aims at getting together leading international experts and young scientists to identify pressing tasks concerning LISA waveform modelling in its broadest sense and to foster new international collaborations. The meeting will have few talks per day and provide ample time for discussions. While the WavWG is part of the LISA Consortium, you do not need to be in the Consortium to attend. We look forward to welcoming you at the AEI Potsdam, Deirdre Shoemaker, Maarten van de Meent, Niels Warburton, Helvi Witek (Co-chairs LISA Waveform Working Group) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. The Time Machine Factory 2019, Turin, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15341 Starting: 2019-09-23 to 2019-09-25 Location: Turin, Italy Additional Information: http://timemachine.inrim.it/ Contact: thetimemachinefactory.oato[AT]inaf.it In line with the previous editions, the Time Machine Factory 2019 (TM2019) conference focuses on causality and non-locality in physics, and the insurgence of situations where causality can potentially be violated and how this relates to the existence of "time machines". The conference has the following aims - Revive the interest in studying time travel, which poses new mathematical challenges and could not be prohibited by physics - Study the role of causality in fundamental physics including General Relativity and Quantum mechanics - Explore the mathematical, physical and logical consequences of closed timelike curves and other mechanisms which allow time travel - Contribute to a comprehensive vision of the underlying issues as well as exploring potential applications to relativistic and quantum metrology and space-time navigation. Although violations of chronology might seem to contradict common sense and lead to logical paradoxes, "time machines" are not ruled out by the current laws of physics. The conference will highlight new horizons in physics and astrophysics associated with the possible existence of a Time Machine. Examining these fundamental issues provides an opportunity to initiate new ideas and investigations which explore the role of causality and the interplay between General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, two theories that on their own have been extensively verified by experiment but have not yet been successfully combined into a single unified theory. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. XVIII International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, Venice, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15347 Starting: 2019-03-18 to 2019-03-22 Location: Venice, Italy Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/768000/overview Contact: salente[AT]pd.infn.it The Neutrino Telescopes Workshop is one of the most prestigious international event in the field of Physics. It takes place every two years and dates back to 1988 when Prof. Milla Baldo Ceolin conceived it and launched the first edition. It became soon a crucial event and it is now considered by the international community a consolidated appointment where to discuss the latest discoveries and the fascinating future scenarios in topics that range from Neutrinos to Astrophysics and Cosmology. The 2019 edition will focus to the original, at the time pioneering, argument of the workshop: Multimessenger Physics. The XVIII International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes is organized by the INFN Padova Unit and by the Physics and Astronomy Department of Padova University. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Vacuum Fluctuations at Nanoscale and Gravitation: theory and experiments, Orosei, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15349 Starting: 2019-04-19 to 2019-05-03 Location: Club Marina Beach, Orosei, Italy Additional Information: https://agenda.infn.it/event/17248/ Contact: enrico.calloni[AT]na.infn.it Vacuum fluctuations and macroscopic observables are amongst the most intriguing topics of the modern physics, particularly when considering the interaction with the gravitational field. The theoretical understanding and experimental evidences are still not completely satisfactory and require more efforts to reach a deeper consensus. The workshop is devoted to both the theory and experiments related to vacuum fluctuations and gravitation and also to high precision gravitational experiments working underground or in environments in which seismic noise needs to be reduced. It will be located on the seaside of Sardinia at half an hour by car to the Sos-Enattos mine, where an underground laboratory is in construction. The workshop will be also an occasion to give the community the knowledge of the laboratory and to promote future collaborations that can benefit of a low seismic underground site. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Cyprus Gravity and Cosmology Conference 2019, Kyrenia, Cyprus --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/24/cyprus-gravity-and-cosmology… Starting: 2019-08-19 to 2019-08-21 Location: Kyrenia, Cyprus Additional Information: https://cgc2019.weebly.com/ Contact: biasjournalofphysics[AT]gmail.com We are pleased to announce the Cyprus Gravity and Cosmology Conference 2019. This is a conference series co-organized by the BIAS. This year's conference will be co-organized and hosted by the BIAS and aims at bringing together active researchers and graduate students, interested in the area of gravitation and cosmology, to share their latest ideas and discuss the recent developments in the field. The focus topics of the conference are as follows, - Gravitational Waves, - Black hole Physics, - Dark matter and Dark Energy, - Wormholes, - Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, - Classical and Quantum Gravity, - The Early Universe and High Energy Physics, - Cosmic Structure Formation and Galaxies. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. 24th Itzykson Meeting: Effective Field Theorie in Cosmology, Gravitation and Particle Physics, Gif-sur-Yvette, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15359 Starting: 2019-06-05 to 2019-06-07 Location: Gif-sur-Yvette, France Additional Information: https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/18200 Contact: filippo.vernizzi[AT]ipht.fr 24th Itzykson Meeting: Effective Field Theorie in Cosmology, Gravitation and Particle Physics IPhT CEA-Saclay - Gif-sur-Yvette, France 5 Jun 2019 - 7 Jun 2019 Organizing commitee: Brando Bellazzini, John Joseph Carrasco and Filippo Vernizzi Effective field theory is one of the deepest and most useful guiding principles in physics. Its tools and methods allow one to study the universal aspects of entire classes of unknown microscopic models, with their main features being captured by symmetries and few relevant parameters of the effective degrees of freedom. Because of its universality, it finds applications across all scale in physics: from super-Hubble scales all the way to the Planck length. It is successfully applied to cosmology to describe the early cosmic inflation, the current cosmic acceleration, the dynamics of the large scale structure and the dark matter. Its methods have found recent applications in the theory of gravitational wave emission by binary inspirals, and in the new multimessanger astrophysics: new and conceptually compelling ways to perform calculations and predictions are being developed by making contact with the methods of scattering amplitudes of particle physicists. One of the goals of the conference is to bring together experts working with Effective Field Theories in all these fields, in order to exchange ideas and foster new insights and techniques. The workshops is supported by the Programmes Nationaux GRAM and PNCG of CNRS/INSU with INP and IN2P3 cofunded by CEA and CNES, by the IPhT of CEA-Saclay, by the Universite' Paris-Saclay, and by P2IO. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12. IGC@25: Multimessenger Universe, Penn State, USA (3rd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/27/igc25-multimessenger-univers… Starting: 2019-06-24 to 2019-06-27 Location: University Park, PA 16802, USA Additional Information: http://gravity.psu.edu/events/igc25/index_igc25.shtml Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu This international conference will be held at the University Park campus of Penn State from Monday, June 24 through Thursday, June 27, 2019 in celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (IGC). Registration is now open (See the external link given at the top of the page) It will close on May 24th, 2019, or earlier if the limited capacity of the main auditorium is reached. (In the past we have had to close registration early). The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 24th, 2019. Plenary Program: Speakers and Topics France Cordova : After Banquet speaker Nima Arkani-Hamed: Scattering Amplitudes and Their Applications Eugenio Bianchi: Loop Quantum Gravity Alessandra Buonanno: Gravitational Wave Source Modeling and Tests of GR Kipp Cannon: Gravitational Waves from Neutron Star Coalescences Tom Gaisser: Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos Gabriela Gonzalez: Gravitational Wave Detectors and Observations Donghui Jeong: Cosmic Microwave Background: Theoretical Aspects Badri Krishnan: Numerical and Analytical Approaches to Gravitational Waves Sri Kulkarni: Gamma Ray Transients and Multi-messengers David Weinberg: Galaxy Surveys Marc Kamionkowski The Early Universe Panel: Anne Kinney (Chair), Sheila Rowan, Bernard Schutz, Rainer Weiss Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Future Prospects Invited Panels: Chairs and Topics John Beacom Gamma Ray Transients and Multimessenger Astrophysics Bernd Bruegmann Numerical and Analytical Approaches to Gravitational Waves Caryl Gronwall Multiwavelength Observations of Galaxies Zeljko Ivesic Cosmological Surveys Mansi Kasiwal Multimessenger Observations Kumiko Kotera UHE Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos Charles Lawrence Cosmic Microwave Background: Observational Aspects David Reitze Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors Luciano Rezzolla Theory and Simulations of Binary Neutrons Stars Mark Trodden The Early Universe: Theoretical Aspects Parallel Sessions: Contributed Talks Loop Quantum Gravity: Foundations and Mathematical Aspects Loop Quantum Cosmology, Quantum Black Holes and Quantum Gravity Phenomenology Scattering Amplitudes and Applications Cosmology: Observational Aspects Cosmology: Theoretical Aspects Multimessenger Astrophysics Gravitational Waves: Observations Next Generation of Gravitational Wave Detectors The scientific program has a dual goal: to assess the current status of our field in broad terms, and to discuss future directions. The plenary talks will provide a broad overview of the field, with emphasis on developments that have occurred in the past ~25 years, and not concentrate only on the most recent advances, or research carried out by just one or two groups. Panels will focus on developments over the past decade and, especially, the vision for the next decade or two. The plenary talks and panels will set the stage for more specialized invited and contributed parallel sessions. The conference program is designed to provide ample opportunities for both formal and informal discussions. In addition to providing global, long-range perspectives and an opportunity for stimulating scientific exchange across traditional boundaries, the conference will also be a festive event celebrating the completion of 25 years of IGC. We hope it will bring together many of the several hundred researchers who have passed through IGC. The conference will take place immediately after the biannual Loops'19 conference on Loop Quantum Gravity, which is scheduled for the week of the 17th to 21st June 2019, also at Penn State. Further information, including the conference poster, can be found at the external link given at the top of this page. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc in Gravitational-wave Physics at University of Portsmouth, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15283 Deadline: 2019-02-11 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/2019/01/research-fellow-in-gravitational-wave-phy… Contact: andrew.lundgren[AT]port.ac.uk The Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation (ICG) intends to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in gravitational-wave physics, specifically in data analysis with current and near-future detectors like Advanced LIGO and Virgo. The researcher will work on a project "Preparing for the First Neutron Star-Black Hole Detection with LIGO" funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), supervised by Dr. Andrew Lundgren. A PhD degree and relevant research experience are required. This project will involve developing both search and parameter estimation methods for precessing compact binaries. The post is for three years, starting on 1st October 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Astrophysics, Gravity and Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics Postdoctoral Positions in Department of Physics, IIT Bombay, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/06/astrophysics-gravity-and-the… Deadline: 2019-03-15 Location: Mumbai, India Additional Information: http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/careers/institute-post-doctoral-fellows Contact: thep_acg_postdoc_app[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in Astronomy, Cosmology and Gravity, and High Energy Theory research groups, Department of Physics, IIT Bombay, intend to appoint several postdoctoral positions in all areas of Astrophysics, Dark Matter, Early Universe Cosmology, Elementary particle physics, Gravitational waves and Electromagnetic followup, Neutrino Physics, Physics beyond the Standard model, QCD, Quantum gravity and String theory. Currently, the groups have nine faculty members, and several Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students. Please visit the group pages to know more about the research activities: * http://www.phy.iitb.ac.in/en/research/high-energy-theory * http://www.phy.iitb.ac.in/en/research/astronomy-cosmology-gravity Candidates awarded PhD recently, or research scholars who have submitted their thesis and waiting for the examination are strongly encouraged to apply. More details about the position can be found at: http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/careers/institute-post-doctoral-fellows The positions are available for up to two years. Informal inquiries can be made to any faculty member in these groups. Tenure: 2 years Fellowship: INR 780000 - 852000 per year (House Rent Allowance 24% extra) Deadline: 15 March 2019 To apply, please send an up-to-date CV, research statement and have at least three letters of reference sent by email to: thep_acg_postdoc_app[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in with the subject "Application for Institute Post-doctoral Positions - ". Applications received after the deadline may still be considered subject to availability of positions. Email: thep_acg_postdoc_app[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in More Information: http://www.phy.iitb.ac.in/en/research Letters of Reference should be sent to: thep_acg_postdoc_app[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD positions in gravitational wave physics and astrophysics, Trieste, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/08/phd-positions-in-gravitation… Deadline: 2019-03-12 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: https://www.sissa.it/bandi/concorso-lammissione-ai-corsi-di-phd-della-sissa… Contact: enrico.barausse[AT]gmail.com SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy) invites applications for several PhD positions in astrophysics, cosmology and astroparticle physics. Application may be submitted here https://www.sissa.it/bandi/concorso-lammissione-ai-corsi-di-phd-della-sissa… See also announcement here: https://www.sissa.it/system/files/bandi/Bando%20English%20201920%20general%… Candidates interested in the astrophysics of LISA and pulsar timing arrays, in LISA data analysis, and more generally in gravitational wave physics are especially encouraged to apply for the ***Astroparticle physics*** positions. The deadline for applications is March 12, with oral and written exams on March 25-26, 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. PhD Position in Cosmology at Lancaster, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15298 Deadline: 2019-03-03 Location: Lancaster, UK Additional Information: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/theoretical-parti… Contact: d.sloan[AT]lancaster.ac.uk Cosmology models the behaviour of our universe in terms of a small set of descriptive variables; the scale factor, Hubble parameter, relative shear expansions etc. From Einstein's equations, we can calculate the equations of motion of these systems and find their evolution. The complete behaviour can be described in terms of dynamical systems arising from a Hamiltonian and expressed as a flow on phase space. All these descriptions rely upon factors which cannot be explicitly measured by an observer within the universe at all times. In recent work, I have shown that under certain conditions these can be extended beyond the initial singularity. One key aspect of your project will be to examine the nature of singularities in relational systems. The goal of this project will be to develop a complete description of cosmological systems which relies only upon relational measurements and find their cosmological completions. You will develop skills in differential geometry (particularly symplectic geometry) and numerical methods alongside a strong understanding of physical systems. You will gain significant insight into the nature of singularities in general relativity and the geometry of mathematical physics. The Physics Department is the holder of an Athena SWAN Silver award and JUNO Championship status and is strongly committed to fostering diversity within its community as a source of excellence, cultural enrichment, and social strength. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our department. The PhD starting date is 1 October 2019. Funding is for 3.5 years and is available to citizens of the UK and the European Union. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Assistant Teaching Professor in Physics/Physics Education, Lawrence, KS, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15310 Deadline: 2019-03-08 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/13615BR Contact: stcase[AT]ku.edu Nominations and applications are invited for a position at the University of Kansas (KU) as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Center for STEM Learning. The Assistant Teaching Professor is a three-year, non-tenure track appointment through May 2022. The Assistant Teaching Professor will be a part of the KU Comprehensive PhysTEC Program, teach introductory undergraduate physics courses, and work with the Center for STEM Learning, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Department of Mathematics , and other STEM units on the implementation and administration of undergraduate Secondary Physics teacher preparation within the UKanTeach program, with a particular emphasis on recruitment and advising. The successful candidate must have appropriate authorization to work in the U.S. before employment begins. The Center for STEM Learning (CSTEM), a Unit within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is an interdisciplinary collaborative venture to improve science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) education at KU and throughout Kansas, and contribute to scholarship in these areas. Center activities involve scientists, educators and education specialists from many units on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. The Center is the home of the nationally acclaimed UKanTeach program, which prepares highly qualified STEM teachers; graduates can be found in classrooms across Kansas and nationally. The KU Comprehensive PhysTEC program is a collaboration between CSTEM and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, which has an internationally recognized faculty, strong undergraduate and graduate programs, and a long tradition of excellence in teaching and research. The CSTEM , Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have a strong interest in candidates with demonstrated experience in constructing or contributing to a diverse and inclusive learning environment. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/13615BR. A complete online application includes 1) a statement of the candidate's goals and vision for the unit; 2) a curriculum vitae containing information on accomplishments in research, teaching, service, and administration; 3) a list of three references, and their contact information, who could speak to the qualifications and preparedness of the candidate to lead the unit. Only complete applications will be considered. For additional information about the position, please contact Dr. Steven Case, (785) 864-4471, stcase[AT]ku.edu. Initial review of applications will begin March 8, 2019 and will continue as long as needed to identify a qualified candidate. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, retaliation, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University's programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and is the University's Title IX Coordinator: the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA[aT]ku.edu, Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Faculty Position in Cosmology at ICN-UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15319 Deadline: 2019-03-11 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Additional Information: http://www.nucleares.unam.mx/ Contact: quevedo[AT]nucleares.unam.mx Faculty Position in Cosmology at ICN-UNAM, Mexico City The Department of Gravitation and Field Theory at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences (ICN) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, announces the opening of a tenure track Faculty Position in Cosmology. The position includes research, teaching and administrative duties. Interested candidates should have a PhD in Physics and extensive postdoctoral experience. The succesful candidate should be able to perform independent research in theoretical and observational cosmology and to use recent observational data to test theoretical cosmological models. Interested candidates should submit the following documents in a single PDF file to the Department Head, Prof. Hernando Quevedo (quevedo[AT]nucleares.unam.mx and fengari(a)nucleares.unam.mx) - full curriculum vitae; - publication list, with the two most significant publications clearly highlighted; - brief description of research interests. In addition, three recommendation letters should be arranged to be sent to the same email addresses. The selection process will start on March 11, 2019, but the review of applications will continue until the position is filled. The UNAM is an equal opportunity employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. PhD position in relativistic astrophysics in Paris, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/18/phd-position-in-relativistic… Deadline: 2019-04-26 Location: Meudon, France Additional Information: http://www.adum.fr/as/ed/voirproposition.pl?langue=fr&site=aaif&matricule_p… Contact: frederic.vincent[AT]obspm.fr The LESIA department of Paris Observatory is strongly involved in the GRAVITY project, aiming at observing the surroundings of the Galactic center black hole Sgr A* with exquisite astrometric precision by means of combining the infrared light collected by the 4 unit telescopes at the Very Large Telescope. The main scientific goal of this instrument is to explain the flares of Sgr A*, these bursts of radiation frequently observed in the vicinity of Sgr A*. Flares are certainly a perfect probe of the extreme astrophysics that takes place close to supermassive black holes, and might also be used as a probe of the strong curvature of spacetime close to Sgr A*. The GRAVITY team at LESIA is offering a PhD position for working on the development of models of Sgr A* flares that will be used for interpreting the current and near-future GRAVITY data. All details on the topic and how to apply can be found at this URL: http://www.adum.fr/as/ed/voirproposition.pl?langue=fr&site=aaif&matricule_p… Note that funding of this PhD topic is not yet secured, and depends on the quality of the candidates. The final choice depends on the Paris Doctoral School for Astronomy and Astrophysics. Deadline for application is April 26th 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. PhD position in Mathematical General Relativity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/26/phd-position-in-mathematical… Deadline: 2019-04-14 Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=601898 Contact: burtscher[AT]math.ru.nl The Department of Mathematics at Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands) is seeking an outstanding, highly motivated PhD candidate to work on a project in geometric analysis and mathematical general relativity. In particular, you will consider (weak) solutions of the Einstein equations and their global geometry. The position is part of a larger research programme and associated with Dr. Annegret Burtscher. You should hold an MSc in Mathematics (or a related discipline with a strong mathematical component) by the starting date. Applications from candidates with a suitable background in analysis, differential geometry and/or general relativity are particularly welcome. Proficiency in spoken and written English is essential. The duration of the contract is 4 years and includes a light teaching load. Upon successful completion you will be awarded a PhD from Radboud University. You will be encouraged to attend and contribute to international scientific meetings. The Department of Mathematics is part of the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP). IMAPP has a friendly and open atmosphere, and a strong expertise in mathematical physics and analysis. Please submit your application by April 14, 2019 through the online form on the webpage and include a letter of motivation, a CV, a transcript of records, an abstract of your Master's thesis (if applicable) and contact details of two academic reference writers: https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=601898 We encourage applications from underrepresented groups in STEM. The starting date of the position is expected in August 2019, but negotiable. Interviews are likely to be held in April 2019, but applications will be considered until the position is filled. For additional information: Dr. Annegret Burtscher, burtscher[AT]math.ru.nl IMAPP, https://www.ru.nl/imapp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New Gravitational Wave Physics MSc at Cardiff University, UK ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15308 Additional Information: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/gravitat… Dear colleagues, please share the announcement below with any undergraduate student interested in studying Gravitational-wave Physics: The Gravity Exploration Institute (cardiffgravity.org) at Cardiff University is happy to announce a new MSc program in Gravitational-wave Physics: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/gravitat… Gravitational-wave observations are now transforming our understanding of the universe, and the field will continue to grow in the next decades. The Gravitational Wave Physics MSc provides broad and comprehensive training in both theory and experiment in gravitational wave (GW) physics and astronomy: techniques in laser interferometry for GW detection, general relativity, astrophysics, modelling of GW sources, and data analysis for GW detection and source interpretation. Cardiff University staff are at the forefront of world-leading research in all of these areas, which span the core topics at the heart of the field, and which make this a unique degree programme. On completion of the programme you will have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to begin a research career in gravitational-wave physics, and be a competitive candidate for jobs in industry. Best, Vivien ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. The Chalonge-De Vega Programme 2019: The New Universe and Dark Energy ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/24/the-chalonge-de-vega-program… Additional Information: https://chalonge-devega.fr/ THE CHALONGE - DE VEGA PROGRAMME 2019: THE NEW UNIVERSE AND DARK ENERGY Post by Norma G. Sanchez - February 24 2019 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge - Hector de Vega -Programme of the Year 2019: The New Universe and its Implications on Dark Energy - Le Nouveau Univers et l'Energie Noire This year programme includes research, training and scientific culture on New Topics on Quantum Physics in the New Standard Model of the Universe in agreement with observations: (i) The New gravitational history of the Universe (ii) The Quantum origin of the Universe and quantum physics in cosmology, inflation, the CMB, primordial gravitational waves, dark energy, the quantum vacuum and the cosmological constant. (iii) Their impact on the deep universe survey programmes and next missions, theory for big data and other new subjects in the spirit of the Chalonge-de Vega School. Opening of the Programme 2019: The 28 March 2018, CIUP Paris 14e. The New gravity history of the Universe and Dark Energy. Open and free Science-Open and free access. The Session includes too: -The Universe "fractal tree" of Norma Sanchez and its roots. -Leonardo da Vinci universality. -Henri Poincare' and his pioneering work on general relativity and gravitational waves (Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 1906, Chapter 9). -Victor Hugo and the Observatoire de Paris, Jean Prouve' and astrophysics. -Sharing of scientific knowlodge and scientific communication: a problem of language? Programme open to researchers, post-docs, advanced students, theorists, experimentalists, observers. Also open to teachers, journalists, communicators. The informations on the Programme 2019 and on its Opening Session are available here: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2019.html The results of the Programme 2018, all conference presentations, scientific mediation and scientific support are available here: https://chalonge-devega.fr/Programme2018.html With compliments and kind regards https://chalonge-devega.fr/HdeV.html Norma G. Sanchez and the Chalonge de Vega Team ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. RELXILL_NK is now public ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/27/relxill_nk-is-now-public/ Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/RELXILL_NK.html RELXILL_NK is a relativistic reflection model for testing Einstein's theory of general relativity with black holes [1,2]. It is an extension of the RELXILL package [3,4] to non-Kerr spacetimes. The study of the reflection spectrum of accretion disks around black holes is potentially a powerful tool to probe the strong gravity region of these objects. RELXILL_NK can calculate the reflection spectrum of accretion disks in parametric black hole spacetimes. Some "deformation parameters" quantify possible deviations from the Kerr background. From the comparison of X-ray data of astrophysical black holes with the theoretical predictions of RELXILL_NK we can measure these deformation parameters and check whether they vanish, as it would be required by general relativity. The current public version of RELXILL_NK is 1.3.2 and employs the Johannsen metric with the deformation parameters alpha13 and alpha22 [5]. The model and the associated FITS files can be downloaded from one of the following servers: Server at Fudan University (China): http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/RELXILL_NK.html Server at the University of Tuebingen (Germany): http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~nampalliwar/relxill_nk/ Support: relxill_nk[at]fudan.edu.cn References: [1] Bambi et al., ApJ 842, 76 (2017) [2] Abdikamalov et al., arXiv:1902.09665 [3] Garcia et al., ApJ, 782, 76 (2014) [4] Dauser et al., MNRAS, 444, 100 (2014) [5] Johannsen, PRD 88, 044002 (2013) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight articles ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/27/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: Stone, N.C., Kesden, M., Cheng, R.M. et al., "Stellar tidal disruption events in general relativity", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2510-9 Osorio Morales, J. and Santillan, O.P., "The existence of smooth solutions in q-models" Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2507-4 Chakraborty, S. and Parattu, K., "Null boundary terms for Lanczos-Lovelock gravity", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2502-9 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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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Tenth International Conference on High Energy and Astroparticle Physics (TIC-HEAP), Constantine, Algeria 1.2. Jim Hartle: A man with no boundaries, Santa Barbara, USA 1.3. Quantum Gravity in Paris, France 1.4. Hot topics in Modern Cosmology - Spontaneous Workshop XIII, Cargese, France 1.5. Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Gravitational Wave Era, Kyoto, Japan 1.6. Loops'19, Penn State, USA (2nd announcement) 1.7. North American Einstein Toolkit Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA 1.8. ICTP School on Geometry and Gravity, Trieste, Italy 1.9. Kurt Goedel's Legacy: Does Future lie in the Past? Vienna, Austria 1.10. 22nd Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1.11. MICRA2019, Jena, Germany 1.12. Inhomogeneous Cosmologies IV, Torun, Poland 1.13. Second Hermann Minkowski Meeting on the Foundations of Spacetime Physics, Albena, Bulgaria 1.14. On the crest of a wave: a four-decade long scientific journey in honor of Valeria Ferrari, Rome, Italy 1.15. 9th Iberian Gravitational Waves Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical High Energy Physics at the University of Kansas, USA 2.2. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity (re-announcement), Rhodes University, South Africa 2.3. PhD position in Indirect Dark Matter searches at Tuebingen University, Germany 2.4. Postdoc position in gravitational waves and numerical relativity at Jena, Germany 2.5. PhD Position in Gravitational Waves and Data Science at University of Jena, Germany 2.6. Two postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave and multi-messenger astronomy at the University of Glasgow, UK 3. News 3.1. New book: The Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars 3.2. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight article ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Tenth International Conference on High Energy and Astroparticle Physics (TIC-HEAP), Constantine, Algeria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/02/tenth-international-conferen… Starting: 2019-03-30 to 2019-04-04 Location: Constantine, Algeria Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/776520/ Contact: tic.heap2019[AT]umc.edu.dz This Tenth edition of International Conference on High Energy and Astroparticle Physics (TIC-HEAP) is set to be held at Mentouri University, Constantine in Algeria during the period of 30th March to 2 April 2019 (Including the optional touristic trip on the 2nd of April). Held in close coordination with the DGRSDT (The Algerian General Direction of Scientific Research), it will focus on discussing the latest development on particle physics, astroparticle and cosmology, as well as strategically planning for Algeria to become an active participating member of the CERN. It is timely for the Algerian particle physics community to join some of the LHC collaborations as well as other international experiments in experimental particle physics and in particular Astroparticle physics ones like ANTARES experiment and the like. We are heartened in that endeavor by the fact that Algeria has become officially a member of the LHCb collaboration. It has already got the support of well known particle physicists who will be attending. This is why we wish to associate to this meeting to the fullest extent young researchers worldwide as well as our sprouting particle physics community both locally based and from the Diaspora. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Jim Hartle: A man with no boundaries, Santa Barbara, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15148 Starting: 2019-06-07 to 2019-06-07 Location: Santa Barbara, California, USA Additional Information: http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~HartleFest/ Contact: horowitz[AT]ucsb.edu We are pleased to invite you to attend a one day celebration of Jim Hartle's 80th birthday, which will be held at the KITP in Santa Barbara, California on June 7, 2019. Details can be found on the website. This conference will include talks from distinguished speakers covering many aspects of Jim's remarkable career. The deadline for registration is May 1, 2019. Unfortunately, we cannot reimburse (local or travel) expenses. We hope to see you in Santa Barbara on June 7. Best regards, Gary Horowitz Thomas Hertog +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Quantum Gravity in Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15153 Starting: 2019-04-15 to 2019-04-19 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://www.th.u-psud.fr/QGP19/ Contact: dario.benedetti[AT]th.u-psud.fr This conference is the 6th of a regular series, the Quantum Gravity in Paris meetings, that aims at allowing stimulating exchanges between different approaches to quantum gravity in all its aspects. The emphasis is on the fundamental definition of the theory but the conference will also include talks on possible applications to black holes, cosmology or particle physics. A characteristic feature of this series is to gather researchers from the many different approaches to quantum gravity, and to mix senior with younger invited speakers. The workshop will hopefully set the framework for new collaborations between researchers working on such fundamental issues, as well as strengthening the ties among research institutes involved. Invited speakers: L. F. Alday G. Bianconi G. Bossard S. Carrozza G. Chirco C. Deffayet J. Donoghue G. Dvali H. Erbin M. Guica I. Klebanov N. Klitgaard B. Le Floch J. Martin S. Massai S. Speziale S. Surya M. A. Vasiliev +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Hot topics in Modern Cosmology - Spontaneous Workshop XIII, Cargese, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/11/hot-topics-in-modern-cosmolo… Starting: 2019-05-05 to 2019-05-11 Location: Cargese, France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/SW_2019/SW13.html Contact: triay[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr Spontaneous Workshop (SW) brings together specialists on recent insights in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology. The aim is to stimulate debate on common topics in views of providing us with innovating ideas on emerging problems. The workshop's organization is based on an optimal number of concise presentations and with enough space for discussions in order to favour interactions among participants. Postdocs and PhD students are encouraged to attend. SW13 topics includes: Dark Energy - Inflation - Baryon and Lepton number violation - CP violation - LHC and Dark Matter - Astroparticle Physics - Neutrino Cosmology - Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis - cosmic Antimatter - Gravitational Waves of cosmological and astrophysical origin - Primordial black holes as a part of Dark Matter - PBH in binary systems and their detection through gravitational radiation - Cosmological parameters - Anomalies in CMB - Inhomogeneous Cosmology - Cosmological Large Scale Structures - Magnetic Fields in the Universe - Non-local UV completion of gravity - QFT in Curved Spacetime - Massive Gravity - Numerical Relativity - Black Hole formation - Modified Gravity - Inflation and curvature singularities in modified gravity, including its non-local variants +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Gravitational Wave Era, Kyoto, Japan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/15/multi-messenger-astrophysics… Starting: 2019-09-24 to 2019-10-25 Location: Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mmgw2019/index.php Contact: mmgw2019[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp We are pleased to announce that the YITP long-term workshop and the associated Yukawa International Seminar (YKIS) 2019 will take place in Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. We are looking forward to welcoming you to Kyoto. === YITP long-term workshop === "Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Gravitational Wave Era" September 24 - October 25, 2019 Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mmgw2019/index.php === YKIS 2019 === "Black Holes and Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves" October 7 - October 11, 2019, YITP, Kyoto Univ. http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mmgw2019/YKIS/index.php Invited Speakers: Tsvi Piran (Hebrew University) Bing Zhang (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Kenta Hotokezaka (Princeton University) Masahiro Teshima (ICRR, MPP) James Lattimer (Stony Brook University) Alessandra Buonanno (AEI) Thomas Tauris (Aarhus University) Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Rodrigo Fernandez (University of Alberta) Hiranya Peiris (University College London) Jennifer Barnes (Columbia University) Brian Metzger (Columbia University) Frederic Rasio (Northwestern University) Raffaella Margutti (Northwestern University) Francois Foucart (University of New Hampshire) ... and more Topics: - Compact star mergers and Gravitational waves - Gamma-ray bursts - R-process nucleosynthesis - Equation of state of compact stars - Binary formation and evolution - High-energy gamma-rays and neutrinos - Supernovae - Fast radio bursts - Chemical evolution - Population III stars - Related topics Scientific Organizing Committee: Kunihito Ioka (YITP, chair), Masaru Shibata (YITP/AEI), Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto), Tsvi Piran (Hebrew), Alessandra Buonanno (AEI), Masaomi Tanaka (Tohoku), Peter Meszaros (Penn State), Bing Zhang (UNLV), Samaya Nissanke (Amsterdam), James Lattimer (Stony Brook), Kohta Murase (Penn State), Brian Metzger (Colombia), Masahiro Teshima (MPP/ICRR) Local Organizing Committee: Kunihito Ioka (YITP, chair), Yudai Suwa (Kyoto Sangyo), Kenta Kiuchi (YITP), Shinji Mukohyama (YITP), Atsushi Taruya (YITP), Sho Fujibayashi (AEI), Kenta Hotokezaka (Princeton), Kazuya Takahashi (YITP), Kohta Murase (Penn State), Kazumi Kashiyama (Tokyo), Koutarou Kyutoku (KEK), Tatsuya Matsumoto (Hebrew/Kyoto) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Loops'19, Penn State, USA (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/15/loops19-penn-state-usa-2nd-a… Starting: 2019-06-17 to 2019-06-21 Location: University Park, PA, USA Additional Information: http://gravity.psu.edu/events/loops19/index-loops19.shtml Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu Registration for Loops'19 is now open. Abstracts for the parallel session talks can now be submitted for consideration. The deadline for abstract submission is March 17, 2019. The international conference Loops'19 will be held at the University Park campus of Penn State from Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21, 2019. Loops'19 is the most recent conference in a long tradition of biannual meetings focused on loop quantum gravity and background independent approaches to quantum gravity. Invited plenary speakers include: Ivan Agullo (LSU), Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State), Benjamin Bahr (DESY), Norbert Bodendorfer (U. Regensburg), Valentin Bonzom (U. Paris 13), Bianca Dittrich (Perimeter), Pietro Dona (Penn State), Netta Engelhardt (Princeton), Florian Girelli (U. Waterloo), Janet Ling-Yan Hung (Fudan U.), Jerzy Lewandowski (U. Warsaw), Beatriz Elizaga Navascues (FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg), Karim Noui (U. Tours), Javier Olmedo (LSU), Tomasz Pawlowski (U. Warsaw), Alejandro Perez (CPT Marseille), Alessia Platania (Heidelberg U.), Carlo Rovelli (CPT Marseille), Thomas Thiemann (FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg), Yidun Wan (Fudan U.). The scientific program of Loops'19 will highlight recent developments in quantum gravity research, structural and computational aspects of loop quantum gravity, applications to black hole physics and cosmology. The conference is preceded by the Loops'19 Summer School held at Bard College (NY) on June 10 - 14, 2019 and followed by the IGC@25 conference celebrating the 25 years of the Institute for Gravitation & the Cosmos, also held at Penn State on June 24 - 27, 2019. The linked page allows you to register to both Loops'19 and IGC@25 at a reduced bundled fee. While you can submit an abstract before registration, we encourage you to register at the same time as registration will close once the capacity of the auditorium is reached. Only registered participants will be able to make presentations at the conference. A welcome reception will be held on Sunday, June 16 and the conference banquet will be held on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Additional details will be posted on the conference website (see the external link). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. North American Einstein Toolkit Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15171 Starting: 2019-06-17 to 2019-06-19 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: https://ccrg.rit.edu/content/events/2019-06-17/north-american-einstein-tool… Contact: yosef[AT]astro.rit.edu We are pleased to announce the 2019 edition of the North American Einstein Toolkit workshop. The workshop to be held at the Rochester Institute of Technology will provide an opportunity for researchers and students to learn about the toolkit and discuss its future development. The Einstein Toolkit https://einsteintoolkit.org/ is a community-driven software platform of core computational tools to advance and support research in relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics. The workshop will be held on June 17 through June 19, with morning sessions on the first two days dedicated to discussing the status and future directions of the toolkit, and afternoon sessions dedicated to tutorials for new users. The final day will be dedicated to discussing codes and techniques used by other collaborations and the feasibility of importing those algorithms into the toolkit. More information can be found at https://ccrg.rit.edu/content/events/2019-06-17/north-american-einstein-tool… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. ICTP School on Geometry and Gravity, Trieste, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/17/ictp-school-on-geometry-and-… Starting: 2019-07-15 to 2019-07-26 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: http://indico.ictp.it/event/8700/ Contact: piotr.chrusciel[AT]univie.ac.at ICTP School on Geometry and Gravity | (smr 3311) Trieste (Italy) Starts 15 Jul 2019 Ends 26 Jul 2019 The purpose of the School is to expose graduate students and young researchers to a variety of topics, techniques and lines of research of common interest to geometers and physicists. The activity is intended for theoretical physicists and mathematicians with knowledge of Differential geometry and General Relativity. Topics: Black Holes, Modified Gravity Theories, AdS/CFT Correspondence, Einstein Constraint Equations, Mass in General Relativity, Cosmological Solutions. School Lectures: C. CEDERBAUM, University of Tubingen, Germany P.T. CHRUSCIEL, University of Vienna, Austria M. DAFERMOS, Princeton University, USA and University of Cambridge, UK H. REALL, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK R. SCHOEN, University of California Irvine, USA R. WALD, University of Chicago, USA T. WISEMAN, Imperial College London, UK N. YUNES, Montana State University, USA Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Kurt Goedel's Legacy: Does Future lie in the Past? Vienna, Austria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/18/kurt-godels-legacy-does-futu… Starting: 2019-07-25 to 2019-07-27 Location: Vienna, Austria Additional Information: https://kgs.logic.at/goedels-legacy/ Contact: piotr.chrusciel[AT]univie.ac.at The Kurt Goedel Society intends to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Goedel's seminal publication and the 100th anniversary of the decisive experimental verification of general relativity by organising a conference at the University of Vienna, Austria. This event will bring together prominent researchers from the fields of Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence. The conference will be accompanied by a special exhibition about the life and work of Kurt Goedel with emphasis on Goedel's solution. The list of physics speakers includes M. Aspelmeyer, J. Barrow, C. Bennett, D.Bennett, G.Ellis and R. Weiss. See the website of the conference for the list of all speakers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. 22nd Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15227 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. T he 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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. MICRA2019, Jena, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/31/micra2019/ Starting: 2019-08-12 to 2019-08-16 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://www.micra2019.org Contact: micra2019[AT]micra2019.org We are pleased to announce the 5th installment and the 10th anniversary of Microphysics in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, MICRA 2019. MICRA 2019 will take place at the Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut at the University of Jena from August 12-16, 2019. MICRA is a workshop that heavily focuses the microphysics needs of computational simulations of relativistic astrophysical systems: neutrinos, nucleosynthesis, and nuclear density equations of state. To intention is to bring together active nuclear and neutrino theorists and astrophysicists with computational modelers to achieve improvements in the modeling relativistic systems: stellar collapse, core-collapse supernovae, compact object mergers, and gamma-ray bursts. Further updates, a preliminary program, and critical dates will be available at the conference website at http://www.micra2019.org . Inquiries are welcomed at micra2019[AT]micra2019.org. We are looking forward to a productive workshop in Jena, see you there! MICRA2019 organizers +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12. Inhomogeneous Cosmologies IV, Torun, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/01/inhomogeneous-cosmologies-iv/ Starting: 2019-07-14 to 2019-07-19 Location: Torun, Poland Additional Information: https://cosmo.torun.pl/cosmotorun19.html Contact: cosmotorun19 [at] cosmo.torun.pl During 14-19 July 2019 we are gathering experts in inhomogeneous cosmology for a small workshop of about 30 participants at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, the town where Copernicus was born. We wish to map out the most promising directions for analytical, numerical and observational investigations aimed to take into account both structure formation and cosmological expansion within the constraints of general relativity. Can we clarify the physics present in the relativistic cosmology software now being developed? Are the calculations artificially constrained or are they fully relativistic? Can we achieve accurate postdiction of cosmological observations and follow up by making predictions for the upcoming decade of new major survey projects? We expect vigorous, constructive debate between "one-percenters" and "order-unity" proponents, and practical hands-on sessions of free-licensed inhomogeneous cosmology software packages. Feel free to redistribute this announcement. Check the CosmoTorun19 website or subscribe to the inhom newsletter to know when registration is open. More info: https://cosmo.torun.pl/CosmoTorun19 Newsletter 'inhom': https://cosmo.torun.pl/mailman/listinfo/inhom Contact: cosmotorun19 at cosmo.torun.pl Organising committee: Boud Roukema, Eloisa Bentivegna, Krzysztof Bolejko, Thomas Buchert, Mikolaj Korzynski, Hayley Macpherson, Jan Ostrowski, Sebastian Szybka, Eleonora Villa, David Wiltshire Topics will include: * exact cosmological solutions of the Einstein equations * averaging and backreaction in cosmology * numerical cosmological relativity * observational tests +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13. Second Hermann Minkowski Meeting on the Foundations of Spacetime Physics, Albena, Bulgaria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/01/2nd-cfp-second-hermann-minko… Starting: 2019-05-13 to 2019-05-16 Location: Albena (near Varna), Bulgaria Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/meetings/2019/ Contact: minkowski2019[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org The Second Hermann Minkowski Meeting on the Foundations of Spacetime Physics will commemorate the 110th anniversary of the publication of Minkowski's lecture "Space and Time" in 1909, which presented the novel ideas of the four-dimensional physics of spacetime. In addition to technical papers on areas related to Minkowski's contributions to the foundations of spacetime physics and on modern ramifications of his ideas, contributions on closely related topics will be also welcome. In addition to talks and poster sessions, special tea coffee hours will be included in the program to stimulate more informal discussions among the participants. For this reason we encourage interested colleagues to attend the meeting even if they do not plan to give a talk. Contributed papers in the form of extended abstracts from one to two standard pages should be emailed by Thursday, February 28, 2019 to minkowski2019[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org. Submissions will be reviewed and notification of acceptance will be given by Friday, March 15, 2019. Scientific Organizing Committee: Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State University) Dennis Dieks (Utrecht University) George F. R. Ellis (University of Cape Town) Valeria Ferrari (University of Rome "La Sapienza") David Garfinkle (Okland University) Robert Geroch (University of Chicago) James Isenberg (University of Oregon) Claus Kiefer (University of Cologne) Vesselin Petkov (Minkowski Institute, Montreal) Carlo Rovelli (Centre de Physique Theorique de Luminy) Mairi Sakellariadou (King's College London, University of London) James Owen Weatherall (University of California, Irvine) Nick Woodhouse (University of Oxford, Clay Mathematics Institute) Christian Wuethrich (University of Geneva) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14. On the crest of a wave: a four-decade long scientific journey in honor of Valeria Ferrari, Rome, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/01/on-the-crest-of-a-wave-a-fou… Starting: 2019-02-22 to 2019-02-22 Location: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/vfest.html Contact: paolo.pani[AT]uniroma1.it In her four-decade long career, Prof. Valeria Ferrari has given seminal contributions to the theory of General Relativity, to gravitational-wave phenomenology, and to the understanding of the physics of neutron stars and black holes. She has mentored several students who have achieved prestigious academic and institutional positions. This meeting will gather together her long-lasting collaborators and former students to celebrate Prof. Ferrari's career and the multi-faced aspects of her research activity, which is nowadays more timely than ever. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.15. 9th Iberian Gravitational Waves Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/01/9th-iberian-gravitational-wa… Starting: 2019-06-03 to 2019-06-05 Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Additional Information: http://igfae.usc.es/~iberianGW19/ Contact: iberianGW19[AT]igfae.usc.es The Iberian Gravitational Waves Meeting, (IberianGW2019) is an international conference organised yearly by different groups around the Iberian Peninsula with interests in Gravitational Waves. In 2019 it will take place in Santiago de Compostela, organized by the Instituto Galego de Fisica de Altas Enerxias, IGFAE. The meeting will consist of plenary sessions with talks by invited speakers and selected contributed talks by participants. The target is to bring together researchers working in Gravitational Waves in its different facets, including both theoretical and experimental. Another target aims at keeping track of the main developments achieved since the last meeting within the context of the Iberian GW community, in instrumentation, data analysis and theory. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical High Energy Physics at the University of Kansas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15196 Deadline: 2019-01-30 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: http://employment.ku.edu/staff/13547BR Contact: ian.lewis[AT]ku.edu The High Energy Theory Group at the University of Kansas invites applications for a position at the postdoctoral researcher level beginning on September 1, 2019. The group works on physics of the Standard Model and beyond, including QCD, collider physics, dark matter physics, neutrino physics, ultra-high energy cosmic rays, model-building, and astroparticle-cosmology. Preferred qualifications include experience in particle phenomenology with expertise in collider and/or dark matter physics. Exceptional applicants from other areas will be given careful consideration. The appointment will be for two years as evidenced by application material. Required qualifications for the postdoctoral researcher position include a Ph.D. in physics or related field by date of appointment and potential for and/or evidence of scientific productivity. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to https://employment.ku.edu/staff/13547BR. Applicants should submit a cover letter with the names and contact information of three references, their CV, publication list, and a statement of research interests. In addition, three reference letters should be sent by email to theorypostdoc[AT]ku.edu or mailed to Department of Physics & Astronomy, 1251 Wescoe Hall Drive, Room 1082, Malott Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA. The position is open until filled and the initial review of applications will begin January 30, 2019; please apply by this date for full consideration of your application. Inquiries can be made by email to ian.lewis[AT]ku.edu The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and are the Title IX coordinators for their respective campuses: Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity & Access, IOA[AT]ku.edu,, 1246 West Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY (for the Lawrence, Edwards, Parsons, Yoder, and Topeka campuses); Director, Equal Opportunity Office, Mail Stop 7004, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Fairway, KS 66205, 913-588-8011, 711 TTY (for the Wichita, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas medical center campuses). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity (re-announcement), Rhodes University, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/23/postdoctoral-position-in-num… Deadline: 2019-02-26 Location: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Contact: n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za The appointment is for up to two years with a starting date as soon as possible and a salary of R220 000 per year, to work on a project "Cauchy Characteristic Matching, and Other Uses of the Characteristic Method in Numerical Relativity". In particular, we are seeking to further develop our matching code, which uses the Cactus framework with a BSSN code in the interior and a characteristic code in the exterior. The faculty members involved in this project are Nigel Bishop - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=m8CpFJkAAAAJ&hl=en Denis Pollney - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=lOK_rucAAAAJ&hl=en Chris Stevens - see https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/people/staff/chrisstevens/ Background information about the Department and the University can be found at https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Please apply via e-mail attaching a single PDF file that contains a letter of application, and a CV with a list of publications and a statement of accomplished research. The application should include the date of award of the PhD degree; and if not yet formally awarded, please explain your current status and the expected date of formal award of the degree. Please also arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be sent in support of the application. All these items should be emailed to n.bishop[at]ru.ac.za with subject "Postdoc Application - Candidate name". This is a re-announcement of the position, and applications will be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD position in Indirect Dark Matter searches at Tuebingen University, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/24/phd-position-in-indirect-dar… Deadline: 2019-02-20 Location: Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fa… Contact: denys.malyshev[AT]astro.uni-tuebingen.de The High-Energy Astrophysics group of the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Tuebingen (IAAT) invites applications for a PhD position (3 years, starting date 01.05.2019) in the context of indirect dark matter search program performed at the University of Tuebingen. Within the program, we analyze all-sky searches for a signal from astrophysical decaying / annihilating dark matter in the X-ray and gamma-ray bands. The project is focused on searches of two main dark-matter candidate particles, namely sterile neutrino and massive WIMPs, and includes both, theoretical and data analysis aspects. The successful candidate is expected to participate in the development of the model of expected emission from decaying/annihilating dark matter. The project also includes the analysis of the data of modern X-ray and gamma-ray satellites (including XMM-Newton and Fermi/LAT) and the interpretation of obtained results. Applicants are required to have a diploma, master or equivalent university degree in astrophysics or physics. The position is available starting May, 1st, 2019, a later starting date can be negotiated. The salary is based upon the German federal public service scale (50% of E13 TV-L). The process of hiring the selected candidate is handled by the Central Administration of the University. The University seeks to raise the number of women in research and teaching and therefore urges qualified women to apply. Severely handicapped persons will be preferentially considered in case of equivalent qualifications. Please send your application before February, 20th, 2019 together with a CV, copies of diploma, M.A., or related certificates, and the names and email addresses of two references electronically to Prof. Andrea Santangelo (andrea.santangelo[at]uni-tuebingen.de ) and Dr. Denys Malyshev (denys.malyshev[at]astro.uni-tuebingen.de) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoc position in gravitational waves and numerical relativity at Jena, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15213 Deadline: 2019-01-04 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/Jobs Contact: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the field of gravitational waves and numerical relativity at the University of Jena. The position is associated with the research group of Prof. Sebastiano Bernuzzi at the Theoretical Physics Institute Jena. The candidate is expected to work on the topic of binary neutron star coalescence in general relativity, including computational aspects in numerical relativity, gravitational waveform modeling and data-analysis applications. The successful candidates have the opportunity to join the Virgo Collaboration and participate to the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave astronomy programme. The group is also part of the computational relativity (CoRe) collaboration. The appointment will be initially for one year with possible extension up to three years. 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 March 1st, 2019, but will be considered until the positions are filled. Starting date is expected in November 2019. Please send applications to: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena Max Wien Platz 1 D-07743 Jena, Germany Office 209 Please use the string "Application for PD position - SURNAME NAME" in the email subject and use the PDF format for all your files. More info * Job advertisement: https://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/Jobs * Theoretical Physics Institute: https://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/HomePage * Research group: http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/~bernuzzi +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. PhD Position in Gravitational Waves and Data Science at University of Jena, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15222 Deadline: 2019-02-15 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de Contact: lisann.schmidt(a)uni-jena.de The numerical relativity group at the University of Jena invites applications for a PhD position starting in April 2019. The position is associated with the research group of Prof. Bernd Bruegmann at the Theoretical Physics Institute. It is part of the recent research initiative of the Michael Stifel Center Jena (MSCJ) for Digitization in the Sciences. The candidate is expected to work on the topic of "Deep Learning for Gravitational Wave Data Analysis". There is the opportunity to participate in a wide range of research activities. Candidates with a background in gravitational wave science or associated computational and mathematical methods including machine learning are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a strong background in at least one of the above topics, and be strongly motivated to learn the others. Applications should consist of a single PDF file including: (i) a letter of interest and (ii) a brief CV. Please submit your application per email with Reg.-Nr. 029/2019-P6 as the subject until February 15th, 2019, to Lisann Schmidt, lisann.schmidt[AT]uni-jena.de Interviews are likely to be held in February 2019, but applications will be considered until the position is filled. For additional information: Theoretical Physics Institute http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de Michael Stifel Center Jena for Data-Driven and Simulation Science http://www.mscj.uni-jena.de/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Two postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave and multi-messenger astronomy at the University of Glasgow, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15223 Deadline: 2019-02-18 Location: Glasgow, UK Additional Information: https://www22.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_glasgow01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&jobid=980… Contact: ik.heng[AT]glasgow.ac.uk The Institute for Gravitational Research (IGR) at the University of Glasgow is seeking to fill two postdoctoral positions for projects entitled 'Exploring the frontiers of gravitational wave astronomy' and 'Probing the universe with multi-messenger observations'. Successful applicants will be working with John Veitch, Chris Messenger, Ik Siong Heng and others at the IGR to tackle challenges in gravitational wave and multi-messenger astronomy with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observations in O3 and beyond. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New book: The Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/01/22/new-book-the-physics-and-ast… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319976150 We would like to announce the publication of a new book in Springer's ASSL series: Luciano Rezzolla, Pierre Pizzochero, David Ian Jones, Nanda Rea & Isaac Vidana (eds): "The Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars". Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 457. Springer, Cham (2018) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97616-7 https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319976150 This book summarizes the recent progress in the physics and astrophysics of neutron stars and, most importantly, it identifies and develops effective strategies to explore, both theoretically and observationally, the many remaining open questions in the field. Because of its significance in the solution of many fundamental questions in nuclear physics, astrophysics and gravitational physics, the study of neutron stars has seen enormous progress over the last years and has been very successful in improving our understanding in these fascinating compact objects. The book addresses a wide spectrum of readers, from students to senior researchers. Thirteen chapters written by internationally renowned experts offer a thorough overview of the various facets of this interdisciplinary science, from neutron star formation in supernovae, pulsars, equations of state super dense matter, gravitational wave emission, to alternative theories of gravity. The book was initiated by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action MP1304 "Exploring fundamental physics with compact stars" (NewCompStar). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. GRG Editor's Choice: recent highlight article ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/02/01/grg-editors-choice-recent-hi… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/news/grg-editors-choic… 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. This recent article deserves special attention: Harte, Abraham I., "Gravitational lensing beyond geometric optics: I. Formalism and observables", Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2494-x Abstract: The laws of geometric optics and their corrections are derived for scalar, electromagnetic, and gravitational waves propagating in generic curved spacetimes. Local peeling-type results are obtained, where different components of high-frequency fields are shown to scale with different powers of their frequencies. Additionally, finite-frequency corrections are identified for a number of conservation laws and observables. Among these observables are a field's energy and momentum densities, as well as several candidates for its corrected "propagation directions". 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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########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Gravitational Wave Open Data Workshop #2, Paris, France 1.2. International school "Complex quantum systems out of equilibrium in many-body physics and beyond", Yerevan, Armenia 1.3. 1st European Physical Society Conference on Gravitation, Rome, Italy 1.4. Space Astrometry for Astrophysics, L'Aquila, Italy 1.5. Beyond General Relativity, Beyond Cosmological Standard Model, Warsaw, Poland 1.6. Twistors meet Loops in Marseille, France (2nd announcement) 1.7. Cosmology@Malta2019, Valletta, Malta 2. Jobs 2.1. Neil Gehrels Prize Postdoctoral Position in the Joint Space-Science Institute at the University of Maryland, USA 2.2. Postdoc position in gravitational wave astronomy at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2.3. Postdoc position in gravitational wave physics and modified gravity, Tuebingen, Germany 2.4. PhD position in gravitational wave physics and modified gravity, Tuebingen, Germany 2.5. 2-year postdoc position in quantum gravity and foundation of physics in Marseille, France 2.6. Postdoctoral Fellow in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the eXtreme Gravity Institute, Bozeman, USA 2.7. ERC-funded postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2.8. ERC-Funded Postdoctoral Research Positions in Computational Astrophysics, Prague, Czech Republic 2.9. Five-Year Postdoc in History and Philosophy of Gravitational Physics, Bonn, Germany 2.10. PhD Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Gravitational Physics, Bonn, Germany 2.11. Heinrich Hertz Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Physics, Bonn, Germany 2.12. Postdoc positions in continuous gravitational-wave searches at MPI for gravitational physics, Hannover, Germany 2.13. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity, Rhodes University, South Africa 2.14. Postdoctoral position at AEI Hannover, Germany 2.15. Postdoc position in gravitational waves modeling and numerical relativity at Jena, Germany 2.16. Multiple Postdoctoral Fellowships and Research Associate Scientists positions Available in Multi-messenger Astrophysics at RIT, New York, USA 2.17. ERC-funded postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave astrophysics at Milan, Italy 2.18. PhD position in GW research at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2.19. Group Leader in Theoretical Gravitational Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany 2.20. Postdoctoral research position at LIGO, USA 2.21. Postdoctoral positions in gravitation, quantum theory and related areas at Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China 3. News 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Testing general relativity in cosmology" 3.2. 2019 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Gravitational Wave Open Data Workshop #2, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/12/gravitational-wave-open-data… Starting: 2019-04-08 to 2019-04-10 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: https://indico.in2p3.fr/e/gw-odw2 Contact: ecm[AT]apc.in2p3.fr Gravitational-wave Open Data Workshop #2 (1st circular) -- Apr 8-10 2019, Paris Diderot University We are pleased to announce the second edition of the gravitational-wave open data workshop, which will be held on April 8-10 2019 at the Denis Diderot University in Paris, France. Observational data are made publicly available at http://www.gw-openscience.org, along with associated software libraries. This workshop is intended for students and more senior scientists that wish to learn about these data and softwares in order to conduct research in the field of gravitational wave astronomy. The workshop will offer participants a hands-on introduction to working with software tools that allow to access and process publicly available gravitational-wave data. More information is available on the workshop website at https://indico.in2p3.fr/e/gw-odw2 Registrations will open early 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. International school "Complex quantum systems out of equilibrium in many-body physics and beyond", Yerevan, Armenia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15017 Starting: 2019-05-27 to 2019-05-31 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: http://www.yerphi.am/TheoreticalPhysicsDivision/InternationalSchool/ Contact: complex.quantum2019[AT]gmail.com This one-week summer school will consist of introductory lectures aimed at graduate students, post-docs, and junior researchers. Topics include – far from equilibrium physics, many-body coherent dynamics, equilibration and thermalization, Anderson and many-body localization, quantum simulators and quantum information processing, computational statistical mechanics. Grants are available for supporting students from regional countries. The activity will take place in the conference center of Yerevan State University located in a calm and green part of Yerevan downtown. After this school, there will be an international conference on closely related topics. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 1st European Physical Society Conference on Gravitation, Rome, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/13/1st-european-physical-societ… Starting: 2019-02-19 to 2019-02-21 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: https://agenda.infn.it/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=15395 Contact: mairi.sakellariadou[AT]kcl.ac.uk This is the second announcement of the 1st European Physical Society Conference on Gravitation to be held at the Sapienza University (Rome, Italy) from February 19th to February 21st, 2019. The conference is organized by the Gravity Division of the European Physical Society and it is focused around key topics introduced by invited speakers and followed by contributed talks. It is divided in the following sessions: Gravity: Theory Gravity: Experiments Beyond Einstein's Gravity Gravitational Waves General Relativity and Cosmology Registration is now open and the submission of abstract for talks and posters is welcome on the session topics. The deadline for abstract submission is January 7th, 2019, the deadline for early registration and registration of students is January 11th, 2019. Invited Speakers: Gravity: Theory - Mathematical Relativity: Piotr T. Chrusciel -- University of Vienna - Numerical Relativity: Luciano Rezzolla -- Goethe University of Frankfurt - Quantum Gravity: Alejandro Perez -- Aix-Marseille University Gravity: Experiments - Geodesy: Juergen Mueller - Leibniz Universität Hannover - Gravity with cold atoms: Claus Lämmerzahl - University of Bremen - Gravity on antimatter: Michal Doser – CERN Beyond Einstein's gravity - String theory: Marika Taylor – University of Southampton - Modified gravity: Vitor Cardoso – Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa - Massive Gravity: Claudia de Rham – Imperial College London Gravitational Waves - GW - GWs on the Earth: Giovanni Losurdo – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sez. Pisa - GWs in the Space: Karsten Danzmann - Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik , Hannover - EPTA/SKA: Gemma Janssen - Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy General Relativity and Cosmology - Dark Energy Survey and weak-lensing: Hendrik Hildebrandt – University of Bonn - Measurement of PPN parameters with radio links in space: Luciano Iess – Sapienza University of Rome - Microscope satellite results: Joel Berge - ONERA, the French Aerospace Lab. The LOC and the SOC are looking forward to welcoming you in Rome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Space Astrometry for Astrophysics, L'Aquila, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15033 Starting: 2019-06-03 to 2019-06-07 Location: L'Aquila, Italy Additional Information: http://www.cifs-isss.org/ Contact: ssc[AT]aquila.infn.it The offered course is designed for PhD students, post-doctoral fellows and young researchers interested in understanding the scientific construction of the Gaia catalogue and its current and future scientific potential, in synergy with the large spectro-photometric surveys. With ESA’s Gaia mission the framework of relativistic astrometry is required to translate photons to astrometric quantities, thus the fields of “Fundamental Astronomy” and “Fundamental Physics” are unified under the perspective of a consistent use of the theory of General Relativity. General topics include fundamental astronomy and stellar surveys, global and differential relativistic astrometry, chemo-kinematics of the Milky Way and Galactic Archeology, and Galactic dynamics. Some specific topics include, stellar streams in the halo, stellar clusters, non-equilibrium dynamics in the disk of the Milky Way, inference of physical parameters and, one century after the famous experiment on the light deflection by the Sun in 1919, astrometric lensing. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Beyond General Relativity, Beyond Cosmological Standard Model, Warsaw, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/17/beyond-general-relativity-be… Starting: 2019-07-01 to 2019-07-05 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/778333/ Contact: beyond19[AT]fuw.edu.pl Cosmology provides us a unique arena where gravitation and quantum physics meet each other. It is also a unique probe of ultra-high energy physics beyond energies that can be achieved at colliders. This conference aims at bringing together top researchers in the field to present recent breakthroughs, discuss on what we have learnt and what challenges we are still facing. The focus of this event involves several interrelated areas, from fundamental gravity theory through cosmology to new physics beyond standard model of particle physics. It includes, but not limited to: (1) Physics of Primordial Universe; (2) Modified Gravity Theories; (3) Cosmological Constant Problem, Dark energy; (4) Dark matter, Baryon asymmetry; (5) Black Hole Physics; (6) CMB and Large Scale Structure; (7) Gravitational Waves; Open Registration: Feb. 2019 List of Invited speakers (alphabetical order, to be extended) Celine Boehm Yi-fu Cai Xingang Chen Marco Cirelli Claudia de Rham * Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni * Pedro Ferreira * Gregory Gabadadze Dumitru Ghilencea Hong-Jian He David Langlois * Andrei Linde * Viatcheslav Mukhanov Shinji Mukohyama Antonio Padilla Arttu Rajantie Subir Sarkar Misao Sasaki Glenn Starkman * Yi Wang Jure Zupan * (* to be confirmed) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Twistors meet Loops in Marseille, France (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15112 Starting: 2019-09-02 to 2019-09-06 Location: Marseille, France Additional Information: https://conferences.cirm-math.fr/2082.html Contact: simone.speziale[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr 2nd Announcement: We have some funding available to cover room and board at the conference venue. Priority for these fundings will be given to students and young postdocs. Accommodation and full board at CIRM is 93.70 euros per day for a single, 85.45 for a double. More info at the CIRM webpage, section `tarifs'. Please register on the conference webpage. Twistor theory was originally proposed by Roger Penrose as a geometric framework for physics that aims to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. In this approach, spacetime is secondary with events being derived objects that correspond to compact holomorphic curves in a complex three-fold, the twistor space. Loop quantum gravity is a background-independent approach to the quantization of general relativity. It provides a compelling picture of quantum spacetime in terms of a collection of `atoms’ with discrete spectra, and the possibility of resolving the singularities of general relativity. The communities working in these two theories share both technical and a conceptual pillars, however the fields have evolved independently for many years, with different methods and intermediate goals. The aim of the meeting is to bring together for the first time the two communities in a broad and comprehensive way, to strengthen this interdisciplinary overlap and foster new collaborations and developments, concentrating primarily on the geometric and general-relativistic aspects. Leading international researchers both in twistor theory and loop quantum gravity will have the opportunity to establish and consolidate the connections between the two areas of research, and to overcome problems at the forefront of both fields. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Cosmology@Malta2019, Valletta, Malta --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/27/cosmologymalta2019/ Starting: 2019-03-19 to 2019-03-22 Location: Valletta, Malta Additional Information: https://www.um.edu.mt/events/ca15117cost2019 Contact: jackson.said[AT]um.edu.mt The COST Action CA-15117 (CANTATA) is a research program that considers, in a coordinated and multidisciplinary way, the possibility to go beyond General Relativity (GR) at ultraviolet (quantum gravity) and infrared (cosmology) scales, scenarios on which Einstein’s theory fails. This is done by combining complementary aspects of theoretical physics, cosmology and astrophysics. The main goal of this initiative is to construct an effective theory of gravity capable of encompassing both the phenomenology related to the lack of a quantum field theory of gravity, and the phenomenology related to the various astrophysical scales (e.g self-gravitating systems, galaxies, large-scale structure) that cannot be explained within the framework of GR without including dark matter and dark energy. Cosmology@Malta2019 will bring together researchers on the topic to discuss recent advances in the field and potential ways forward over the coming years +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Neil Gehrels Prize Postdoctoral Position in the Joint Space-Science Institute at the University of Maryland, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14956 Deadline: 2018-12-15 Location: College Park, Maryland, USA Additional Information: https://jsi.astro.umd.edu/jsi-prize-postdoc-position Contact: slehr[AT]umd.edu Applications are invited for the Neil Gehrels Prize Postdoctoral Position in the Joint Space-Science Institute (JSI) at the University of Maryland (UMd), College Park. The JSI is a research partnership between UMd-Astronomy, UMd-Physics, and NASA-Goddard created in 2010 to foster interdisciplinary collaborations. This position, which was formerly the JSI Prize Postdoctoral Position, has been renamed to honor Dr. Neil Gehrels, who was a strong supporter of JSI. Current areas of interest to JSI include strong gravity, gravitational waves, black holes, high-energy and plasma astrophysics, particle astrophysics, and cosmology. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Physics, Astronomy or a related field by the start date of the position. The appointment will be for two years and will start Fall 2019. Applications should be submitted through Academic Jobs Online Job #12373. For best consideration upload a CV, bibliography, and statement of research interests/accomplishments by December 15, 2018. Please also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded to the same web site. The University of Maryland is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc position in gravitational wave astronomy at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14964 Deadline: 2019-01-11 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.nikhef.nl/jobs/vacatures/ Contact: S.Caudill[AT]nikhef.nl The gravitational physics division at Nikhef, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in gravitational wave astronomy, with emphasis on searches for coalescing binary neutron stars and black holes with LIGO and Virgo. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Sarah Caudill. The data analysis effort at Nikhef currently involves 2 senior scientists (Dr. Caudill and Prof. Van Den Broeck), 3 postdocs, and 3 PhD students; the group will expand significantly in the next few years. In addition to data analysts, the gravitational physics division at Nikhef (which is a member of the Virgo Collaboration) and its collaborators in the Netherlands consists of astronomers and astrophysicists, theorists, and instrumentalists. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. A PhD in physics, astronomy, or a closely related field is a prerequisite for the position; candidates who are close to finishing their PhD thesis are also encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be employed by the NWO-I foundation, whose employment conditions are excellent; these can be found on the website of the employer: www.nwo-i.nl. Candidates are expected to have good communications skills and be able to work in a large international team. The position is for two years, extendable by a third year. For more information and an online application form, see https://www.nikhef.nl/jobs/vacatures/. Please be prepared to upload a cover letter, research statement, publication list, and curriculum vitae. Also, please have the email addresses ready of at least three references who are willing to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The deadline for full consideration is January 11th, 2019, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Further information can be obtained from Dr. S. Caudill (S.Caudill[AT]nikhef.nl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoc position in gravitational wave physics and modified gravity, Tuebingen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/04/postdoc-position-in-gravitat… Deadline: 2019-02-15 Location: Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~doneva/Jobs/JobAnnouncement_Postdoc… Contact: daniela.doneva[AT]uni-tuebingen.de The newly formed Emmy Noether research group at the University of Tuebingen, is seeking applications for a postdoctoral research position starting in Fall 2019. The group is part of the Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) at Tuebingen. The research focus of the successful applicant will be on testing strong-field regime of gravity with gravitational waves; numerical relativity; models and dynamics of neutron stars and black holes in modified theories of gravity. Experience in nonlinear numerical simulations will be considered as an advantage. The position is initially for two years with the possibility of further extension for one more year that will be decided after the first year. The topic of the Emmy Noether research group is on “Gravitational waves from compact objects – a tool for testing strong gravity and nuclear matter at extreme densities ” with a group leader Dr. Daniela Doneva. In a broader perspective, the activities of TAT group, led by Prof. Kostas Kokkotas, are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars and black holes. The TAT group currently consists of four (4) post-doctoral researchers, three (3) PhD students and seven (7) MSc students. Further information on the Theoretical Astrophysics Group can be found here. The salary will be paid according to the German public service scale. Applications, including curriculum vitae, list of publications, statement of research interests and experience, and the names (address, e-mail) of three potential referees should be sent via email to Dr. Daniela Doneva E-mail: daniela.doneva[AT]uni-tuebingen.de The deadline for full consideration is February 15th, 2019, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. University of Tuebingen seeks to increase the fraction of female scientists in research and teaching and particularly encourages applications from women. Disabled candidates are given preference if equally qualified. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. PhD position in gravitational wave physics and modified gravity, Tuebingen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/04/phd-position-in-gravitationa… Deadline: 2019-02-15 Location: Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~doneva/Jobs/JobAnnouncement_PhD.pdf Contact: daniela.doneva[AT]uni-tuebingen.de The newly formed Emmy Noether research group at the University of Tuebingen, is seeking applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2019. The group is part of the Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) at Tuebingen. The research focus of the successful applicant will be on testing strong-field regime of gravity with gravitational waves; models and dynamics of neutron stars and black holes in modified theories of gravity. The position is for three years. The topic of the Emmy Noether research group is on “Gravitational waves from compact objects – a tool for testing strong gravity and nuclear matter at extreme densities ” with a group leader Dr. Daniela Doneva. In a broader perspective, the activities of TAT group, led by Prof. Kostas Kokkotas, are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars and black holes. The TAT group currently consists of four (4) post-doctoral researchers, three (3) PhD students and seven (7) MSc students. Further information on the Theoretical Astrophysics Group can be found here. The salary will be paid according to the German public service scale. Applications, including curriculum vitae, list of publications (if any), statement of research interests and experience, and the names (address, e-mail) of two potential referees should be sent via email to Dr. Daniela Doneva E-mail: daniela.doneva[AT]uni-tuebingen.de The deadline for full consideration is February 15th, 2019, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. University of Tuebingen seeks to increase the fraction of female scientists in research and teaching and particularly encourages applications from women. Disabled candidates are given preference if equally qualified. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. 2-year postdoc position in quantum gravity and foundation of physics in Marseille, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14982 Deadline: 2019-01-31 Location: Marseille, France Additional Information: http://inspirehep.net/record/1706139 Contact: applications.qg.cpt[AT]gmail.com The quantum gravity group at the Centre de Physique Theorique in Marseille opens a two-year postdoctoral position. The position can start on September 1st 2019 or anytime before that. The candidate is expected to collaborate with members of the group on the group projects, interact with the students and contribute to the organisation of the group's activities. The group focuses on quantum gravity and on foundational questions. Please contact us for details, if interested. Send application (CV, list of publications and motivational letter) and support letters to the address applications.qg.cpt[AT]gmail.com, preferably before December 31. Please indicate the name of the applicant in the subject line of all relevant mails. We encourage applications contributing to gender and origin diversity in our group. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoctoral Fellow in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the eXtreme Gravity Institute, Bozeman, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/06/postdoctoral-fellow-in-gravi… Deadline: 2019-01-15 Location: Bozeman, USA Additional Information: https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/14565 Contact: ncornish[AT]montana.edu The eXtreme Gravity Institute (www.montana.edu/xgi/) at the Department of Physics of Montana State University invites applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position in gravitational wave astronomy (starting in 2019). The eXtreme Gravity Institute (XGI) is composed of faculty members Neil Cornish, Nicolas Yunes, Anne Lohfink, Amy Reines, David Nidever, Bennett Link, and Sachiko Tsuruta. The gravity group at XGI is lead by Cornish and Yunes, and is currently made up of two postdocs and a large number of graduate and undergraduate students (approx. 20). The XGI hosts international workshops and summer schools on topics related to extreme gravity. The institute is also deeply involved in public outreach, formal and informal education. Research at the XGI covers the full specturm of gravitational wave astronomy, with topics ranging from astrophysical and waveform modeling to science data analysis. The XGI is part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), the LISA Consortium, and the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav). The XGI is located in Bozeman, Montana, a dynamic mountain town that is a mecca for outdoor sports enthusiast with world class skiing, climbing, hiking and mountain biking just minutes from main street. The successful candidate will work closely with faculty member Neil Cornish to develop a comprehensive science analysis approach for the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). No previous experience in LISA science is required. Opportunities will also exists to work on LIGO and NANOGrav related projects. The ideal candidate will be well versed in both gravitational wave science and Bayesian inference, but expertise in just one of these fields is sufficient - training will be provided to fill any gaps. Experience in developing computational algorithms will be considered paticulaly valuable. The successful candidate will demonstrate research experience and creativity, high productivity and proficiency in written and oral communication. A Ph.D in physics, astronomy, or a related discipline is required by the start of employment. Interested candidates will submit an application at https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/14565, which must include a resume/CV, a research statement, and contact information for three references. After submission of an application, our system will contact all references to request confidential letters of recommendation. The deadline for submission of an application is January 15th 2019. For more information, please refer to the job link or email Prof. Neil Cornish (ncornish[AT]montana.edu) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. ERC-funded postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/06/erc-funded-postdoctoral-posi… Deadline: 2019-01-06 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12928 Contact: enrico.barausse[AT]gmail.com SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy) invites applications for several ERC-funded postdoctoral positions in gravitational-wave physics, funded by the ERC Consolidator project GRAMS (GRavity from Astrophysical to Microscopic Scales), whose PI (Enrico Barausse) will join SISSA in the spring of 2019. Successful applicants are expected to work on themes relevant for GRAMS, including: gravitational-wave emission in theories extending/modifying general relativity; cosmological screening; numerical relativity simulations; gravitational-wave data analysis. Positions may be up to 4-year long according to performance and are expected to start in the fall of 2019 or earlier. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. ERC-Funded Postdoctoral Research Positions in Computational Astrophysics, Prague, Czech Republic ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15003 Deadline: 2019-01-26 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://utf.mff.cuni.cz/~pejcha Contact: pejcha[AT]utf.mff.cuni.cz We invite application for 1-2 postdoctoral positions in the area of computational astrophysics in the research group of Dr. Ondrej Pejcha at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. The successful candidates will lead development of new computational abilities to understand multi-dimensional evolution of catastrophic interactions of binary stars (mergers, common envelope, compact objects), and the associated radiation signatures (transients). The work will be performed within the project "Cat-In-hAT" funded by the ERC Starting Grant to our group. The research group will have access to a dedicated computer cluster and is connected to observational efforts in time-domain astronomy as part of the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae. Candidates interested in interacting with observers are welcome to apply. The position is initially for one year, renewable for up to three years, based on performance. Applicants must have a PhD in astronomy, computational physics, or a related field by the start date of the appointment. The position includes internationally competitive salary and research budget, full medical and dental benefits, and contributions to social security. Application instructions: Please submit CV, list of publications, statement on past research and future interests, and names and addresses of 3 references to pejcha[AT]utf.mff.cuni.cz. Applications will be reviewed starting January 26 2019, but the position will remain open until filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Five-Year Postdoc in History and Philosophy of Gravitational Physics, Bonn, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15009 Deadline: 2019-01-10 Location: Bonn, Germany Additional Information: https://www.history-and-philosophy-of-physics.com/jobs.html Contact: office.lehmkuhl[AT]uni-bonn.de The University of Bonn, Germany, invites applications for a five-year postdoctoral fellowship in history and philosophy of physics. The position will provide an outstanding early-career scholar with a unique opportunity to pursue research in collaboration with the other members of the new Lichtenberg group in integrated history and philosophy of physics. The focus of the group during these first five years will be an analysis of the history and conceptual foundations of gravitational physics since Einstein found the field equations of general relativity in 1915; a particular focus will be on black hole physics and gravitational wave physics. Applications from candidates with a suitable background in philosophy of physics, history of physics or indeed gravitational physics itself, would be particularly welcome. The position comes with a competitive salary that adjusts to the experience of the applicant, a comprehensive health and pension plan, funding for conference travel and other research expenses, as well as a (possibly shared) office in the Electoral palace of Bonn, which houses the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Bonn. The Palace is right in the city centre of Bonn, and only a five minute walk from the shores of the River Rhine with its vineyards and castles. Further particulars and details of how to apply can be found on the website +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. PhD Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Gravitational Physics, Bonn, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15010 Deadline: 2019-01-10 Location: Bonn, Germany Additional Information: https://www.history-and-philosophy-of-physics.com/jobs.html Contact: office.lehmkuhl[AT]uni-bonn.de The University of Bonn, Germany, invites applications for a PhD fellowship in history and philosophy of physics. The position will provide an outstanding early-career scholar with a unique opportunity to pursue research in collaboration with the other members of the new Lichtenberg group in integrated history and philosophy of physics. The focus of the group during the first five years will be an analysis of the history and conceptual foundations of gravitational physics since Einstein found the field equations of general relativity in 1915; a particular focus will be on black hole physics and gravitational wave physics. Applications from candidates with a suitable background in philosophy of physics, history of physics or indeed gravitational physics itself, would be particularly welcome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Heinrich Hertz Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Physics, Bonn, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15011 Deadline: 2019-01-10 Location: Bonn, Germany Additional Information: https://www.history-and-philosophy-of-physics.com/heinrich-hertz-fellowship… Contact: office.lehmkuhl[AT]uni-bonn.de The Heinrich Hertz Fellowship in History and Philosophy of physics is designed to allow PhD students and early-career scholars to spend 3 months, 6 months or an entire academic year (9 months) at the University of Bonn to work on any topic in history and philosophy of physics; though a focus of the group in Bonn for the next decade will be the history and philosophy of gravitational physics, especially since the 1950s. Thus, gravitational physicists who would like to try out history and philosophy of physics, whether to work on the foundations of Einstein's approach to GR, the singularity theorems, or the discovery and interpretation of recent LIGO data, to name just a few possibilities, are very much encouraged to apply. Fellows have no formal duties apart apart from following their own research agenda and interacting with the other historians and philosophers of physics in Bonn. Hertz fellows are provided with: - A (possibly shared) office at the Electoral Palace, which houses the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Bonn. - A monthly stipend of 2500 Euros to cover accommodation and maintenance during the stay in Bonn. Stipends are not generally taxable in Germany. Fellows have to show that they have sufficient (travel) health insurance for their stay in Bonn. - Reimbursements of some conference travel and similar expenses during the stay in Bonn. Starting times of the fellowships are flexible. However, the default would be to start on the 1st of October (beginning of the Winter Semester) or the 1st of April (beginning of the summer semester). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Postdoc positions in continuous gravitational-wave searches at MPI for gravitational physics, Hannover, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15022 Deadline: 2019-01-15 Location: Hannover, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/2318757/cwpostdoc2018 Contact: CW-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) is a leading research institute in the world specializing in gravitational physics. Around 200 international scientists work at the research labs and offices located in Potsdam-Golm and Hannover, Germany. The working language is English. The Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover plays a central role in the analysis and interpretation of the ground-breaking observations of gravitational waves. More information can be found at http://www.aei.mpg.de/obs-rel-cos and http://www.aei.mpg.de/continuouswaves. The institute prides itself of a very lively environment and world-class computing facilities. We are inviting applications for outstanding Post-Docs interested in joining our efforts to detect continuous gravitational waves. These are waves that have not yet been detected, expected from fast rotating compact objects. The detection problem is possibly one of the most challenging across the various types of GW signals, with the data analysis procedures effectively increasing the detector sensitivity by a significant amount. The permanent independent research group at AEI led by M. Alessandra Papa is the largest group world-wide devoted to this endeavour, designing and carrying out the deepest searches and deploying them on in-house computing resources and on the Einstein@Home volunteer computing project. The ideal candidate should have an excellent academic track record, programming experience, have worked with data, be creative, interested in astronomy and astrophysics, enthusiastic and should like to work in a team. Prior experience with gravitational wave data is not required. The initial appointment will be for two years with the possibility, upon satisfactory performance, of an extension. Applications should comprise a CV, publication list and a brief research statement. They should be submitted by email to CW-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de. Candidates should also arrange that three letters of reference be sent directly to CW-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de. Applications will be considered as they are received and until the positions are filled. Full consideration will be given to applications received by January 15th 2019. The start date is flexible. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity, Rhodes University, South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/14/postdoctoral-position-in-num… Deadline: 2019-01-16 Location: Grahamstown, South Africa Additional Information: https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Contact: n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za The appointment is for up to two years with a starting date of 1 February 2019 and a salary of R220 000 per year, to work on a project "Cauchy Characteristic Matching, and Other Uses of the Characteristic Method in Numerical Relativity". In particular, we are seeking to further develop our matching code, which uses the Cactus framework with a BSSN code in the interior and a characteristic code in the exterior. The faculty members involved in this project are Nigel Bishop - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=m8CpFJkAAAAJ&hl=en Denis Pollney - see https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=lOK_rucAAAAJ&hl=en Chris Stevens - see https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/people/staff/chrisstevens/ Background information about the Department and the University can be found at https://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics/ Please apply via e-mail attaching a single PDF file that contains a letter of application, and a CV with a list of publications and a statement of accomplished research. The application should include the date of award of the PhD degree; and if not yet formally awarded, please explain your current status and the expected date of formal award of the degree. Please also arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be sent in support of the application. All these items should be emailed to n.bishop[at]ru.ac.za with subject “Postdoc Application – Candidate name”. To receive full consideration, applications should be received by 16 January 2019. Late applications will be considered at our discretion. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Postdoctoral position at AEI Hannover, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15042 Deadline: 2019-01-01 Location: Hannover, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/obs-rel-cos Contact: jobs-gw-han[AT]aei.mpg.de The Division of Observational Relativity and Cosmology at the Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover invites applications from outstanding post-doctoral scientists interested in using open gravitational-wave data to further our understanding of astrophysics, gravity and the Universe. The division is led by Prof. Bruce Allen and senior scientist Dr. Badri Krishnan and works closely with the independent research groups "Searching for Continuous Gravitational Waves" led by Dr. Maria Alessandra Papa, and "Binary Merger Observations and Numerical Relativity" led by Dr. Frank Ohme. The Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover plays an active role in the analysis and interpretation of gravitational wave data, and provides a lively and friendly environment and world-class computing facilities. More information can be found at http://www.aei.mpg.de/obs-rel-cos and http://www.aei.mpg.de/continuouswaves. The ideal candidate should have an excellent academic track record. Prior experience in gravitational wave data analysis and/or computing would be helpful but is not a requirement. The initial appointment will be for two years with the expectation of an extension to a third year subject to satisfactory performance. Applications including a CV, publication list and a brief research statement should be submitted by email to jobs-gw-han[AT]aei.mpg.de by January 1st 2019. Candidates should also arrange that three letters of reference be sent to jobs-gw-han[AT]aei.mpg.de by the referees. Applications will be considered as they are received and the start date is flexible. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Postdoc position in gravitational waves modeling and numerical relativity at Jena, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/19/postdoc-position-in-gravitat… Deadline: 2019-02-01 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: https://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/Jobs Contact: sebastiano.bernuzzi[AT]uni-jena.de Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the field of gravitational waves and numerical relativity at the University of Jena. The position is associated with the research group of Prof. Sebastiano Bernuzzi at the Theoretical Physics Institute Jena and funded by ERC-StG grant “BinGraSp”. The project is about modeling binary neutron star coalescence in general relativity, including gravitational waveform modeling, computational aspects in numerical relativity, and gravitational-wave data-analysis applications. The successful candidate has the opportunity to join the Virgo Collaboration and participate to the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave astronomy programme. The appointment will be initially for one year with possible extension to the end of the project. Candidates with experience in analytical and numerical relativity, gravitational-wave modeling and data analysis, computational physics 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 February 1st, 2019, but will be considered until the positions are filled. Starting date is expected in August/September 2019. Please send applications to: sebastiano.bernuzzi(AT)uni-jena.de Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena Max Wien Platz 1 D-07743 Jena, Germany Office 209 Please use the string “Application for PD position – SURNAME NAME” in the email subject and use the PDF format for all your files. LINKS: * http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/~bernuzzi/group.html * https://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/Jobs +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. Multiple Postdoctoral Fellowships and Research Associate Scientists positions Available in Multi-messenger Astrophysics at RIT, New York, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/19/multiple-postdoctoral-fellow… Deadline: 2019-01-31 Location: Rochester, NY Additional Information: https://ccrg.rit.edu/content/news/2018-07-26/postdoctoral-fellowships-avail… Contact: manuela[AT]astro.rit.edu The recent observations of a binary neutron star merger using both gravitational wave interferometers as well as electromagnetic telescopes across the full spectrum have initiated the age of multi-messenger astronomy and astrophysics. As part of several NASA and NSF collaborative projects, the RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) is currently seeking to fill one or two postdoctoral research positions with highly qualified individuals interested in pursuing research in the fields of numerical relativity, theoretical and computational astrophysics, with an emphasis on general relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics simulations. We are particularly interested in relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics simulations of accretion disks around supermassive black hole mergers, and binary neutron star coalescences from prior to merger through to the formation of disks and/or collapse of the merged remnant, the production of jets, and launching of outflows. We are also interested perform “event-based” simulations, using parameters informed by specific LIGO/Virgo detections, and thereby permitting much closer comparison with observables, in order to interpret current and future multi-messenger observations by a wide array of current and future detectors. The successful postdoctoral candidates will be Fellows of a new prestigious “Frontier in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics” (FGWA) Program. Initially appointed for two or three years, the Fellows are renewable up to five years depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funds. Senior scientists in the group includes Manuela Campanelli (Director), Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Richard O’Shaughnessy, Jason Nordhaus, Yosef Zlochower, Sukanya Chakrabarti, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof, several postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students (see http://ccrg.rit.edu/people for an overview on who is or has been at CCRG). The group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium (http://einsteintoolkit.org) and a NASA Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Network (TCAN). CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers such as XSEDE and the NCSA’s Blue Waters Supercomputer (with an allocation of over 160 million core hours), as well as a dedicated over 3000-core cluster hosted at the Center. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/. And about Rochester at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: manuela[AT]astro[dot]rit[dot]edu with a copy to ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu. Application material should also be posted at: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25483&si… Enquiries can be addressed to the center’s Director: Manuela Campanelli, manuela[AT]astro[dot]rit[dot]edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, School of Mathematical Sciences, and School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin as soon as available and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Starting date can be as early as January and no later than September, 2019. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. ERC-funded postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave astrophysics at Milan, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15091 Deadline: 2019-01-18 Location: Milan, Italy Additional Information: https://www.fisica.unimib.it/it/ricerca/astrofisica/milano-bicocca-astrophy… Contact: asesana[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk Universita` di Milano Bicocca is currently seeking to filling at least two postdoctoral research positions with highly qualified individuals interested in pursuing research in the fields gravitational wave astrophysics, with a particular focus on massive black hole binaries. The successful candidates will join Prof. Alberto Sesana (moving to Milan in March) to form the core team of 'B Massive', an ERC CoG funded project aimed at tackling all the facets of the astrophysics of massive black hole binaries, including theory, N-body and hydro simulations, prediction of observational signatures and their search in observational data, pulsar timing array data analysis and astrophysical inference. Appointments are expected to start in the fall 2019. The ERC funding guarantees a generous salary, competitive with the highest European standards for this type of positions. The Bicocca astro group is leader in massive black hole astrophysics and dynamics, and is composed by faculty members Prof. Monica Colpi, Prof. Massimo Dotti, Prof. Giuseppe Gavazzi, Prof. Francesco Haardt, plus several postdocs and PhD students. It also has tight connections with the observatories of Brera and Merate. It is located close to the centre of Milan, the most lively and international city in Italy. Candidates must have a PhD degree in physics, astronomy or a related discipline. Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to asesana[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk, by January 18, 2019. For enquires and more information about the 'B Massive' project, please contact the PI at asesana[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. PhD position in GW research at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=15098 Deadline: 2019-01-24 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Additional Information: http://iop.uva.nl/shared/uva/en/vacancies/2018/12/18-790-phd-position-in-gr… Contact: t.hinderer[AT]uva.nl GRAPPA, the center of excellence in Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics of the University of Amsterdam has an opening for a PhD position in Gravitational Wave physics in Dr Samaya Nissanke’s group. The group is active in diverse sub-field including multi-messenger astronomy, data analysis, theory, and modeling, and is involved in the Virgo collaboration, the LISA consortium, and 3G science case, and several international electromagnetic follow-up groups. The successful candidate will work primarily on topics in source modeling with Drs. Tanja Hinderer and Samaya Nissanke, with the focus of the projects being open and depending on the candidate’s interests. Projects can range from theoretical perturbative approaches to relativistic two-body dynamics, waveform modeling through combining information from analytical and numerical relativity, tests of General Relativity, black holes, neutron-star matter, dark matter, exotic objects and physics beyond the standard model, multi-messenger astrophysics and cosmology. The successful applicant will also work in close collaboration with the groups of Dr Philipp Moesta (multimessenger astrophysics), Prof. Daniel Baumann (cosmology), Prof. Gianfranco Bertone (dark matter), and Prof. Anna Watts (neutron stars). We encourage applications from underrepresented groups in STEM. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. Group Leader in Theoretical Gravitational Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/20/group-leader-in-theoretical-… Deadline: 2019-01-20 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: https://www.aei.mpg.de/2261284/gwgroupleaderpotsdam Contact: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" (ACR) department at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam, announces the opening of a Group Leader position in theoretical gravitational physics. The position will be either for a fixed term (5 years) or a tenure-track with the possibility of becoming permanent after 5 years (or sooner). In exceptional cases, the position can be made permanent from the beginning. Scientists working on or interested in working on the below research areas are strongly encouraged to apply.: - probing the nature of gravity and compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, through gravitational waves, - solving analytically the two-body problem in General Relativity and alternative theories of gravity, employing methods such as post-Newtonian theory, post-Minkowskian theory, gravitational self-force, effective-one-body theory, etc. The successful candidate will lead a group of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, and will take advantage of interactions and collaborations with other members of the department. The ACR department, led by Alessandra Buonanno, is composed of about 20-25 scientists, including two research group leaders, Jonathan Gair (as of Spring 2019) and Harald Pfeiffer. The department also hosts several long and short-term visitors, and it has ties with the Physics Department at the University of Maryland, the Humboldt University in Berlin, and the University of Potsdam. The ACR division focuses on several aspects of gravitational-wave physics and astrophysics, including (i) theoretical gravitational dynamics and radiation (effective field theory, post-Newtonian theory, post-Minkowskian theory, gravitational self-force approach, perturbation theory and effective-one-body formalism), (ii) numerical relativity, most notably simulations of binary black holes and binary neutron stars, (iii) interpretation and analysis of data from gravitational-wave detectors on the ground (LIGO and Virgo) and in space (LISA), (iv) astrophysics of compact objects, (v) cosmography with gravitational waves from binary systems, and (vi) tests of strong gravity within General Relativity and alternative gravity theories. Members of the division have the opportunity to join the LIGO Scientific Collaboration through the group's membership, the LISA Consortium, and also participate to building the science case for third generation (3G) ground-based detectors (Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer). The ACR division has a high-performance computer cluster, Minerva with ~9,500 cores, and a high-throughput computer cluster Vulcan with ~2,000 cores (soon to be replaced by Hypatia with ~8,000 cores). Those clusters are used to run numerical-relativity simulations of gravitational-wave sources, and carry out source-modeling and data-analysis studies for current and future gravitational-wave detectors. For the application submission you will be asked to upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, a 2-page summary of past research achievements, and a 2-page research proposal. Applicants will need to indicate the names of three referees for recommendation letters. Referees will receive an email with instructions on how to upload their letters. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is January 20th, 2019. The position is available as early as Spring 2019, but it can also start later, in Fall 2019. Applications will be considered until all positions are filled. The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.20. Postdoctoral research position at LIGO, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/21/postdoctoral-research-positi… Deadline: 2019-01-11 Location: (various) USA Additional Information: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/postdocs Contact: hr[AT]ligo.caltech.edu The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has as its goal the development of gravitational wave physics and astronomy. The LIGO Laboratory is managed by Caltech and MIT, and is funded by the National Science Foundation. It operates observatory sites equipped with laser interferometric detectors at Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana, which recently made the first confirmed detection of gravitational waves. A vigorous LIGO Laboratory R&D program supports the development of enhancements to the LIGO detector as well as astrophysical data analysis, and development of future detectors and detector technologies. The LIGO Laboratory anticipates having one or possibly more postdoctoral research positions at one or more of the LIGO sites – Caltech, MIT and at the two LIGO Observatories in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA – beginning in Fall 2019. Hires will be made based on the availability of funding. Successful applicants will be involved in the operation of LIGO itself, analysis of LIGO data, both for diagnostic purposes and astrophysics searches, and/or the R&D program for future detector improvements. We seek candidates across a broad range of disciplines. Expertise related to astrophysics, modeling, data analysis, electronics, laser and quantum optics, vibration isolation and control systems is desirable. Most importantly, candidates should be broadly trained scientists, willing to learn new experimental and analytical techniques, and ready to share in the excitement of building, operating and observing with a gravitational-wave observatory. Appointments at the post-doctoral level will initially be for one-year with the possibility of renewal for up to two subsequent years. Applications for postdoctoral research positions with LIGO Laboratory should indicate which of the LIGO sites (Caltech, MIT, Hanford, or Livingston), if any, are preferred by the applicant, and which (if any) are likely to be unworkable. Applications should be sent to HR[AT]ligo.caltech.edu (Electronic Portable Document Format (PDF) submittals are preferred) and information provided is subject to LIGO privacy policy. Caltech and MIT are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. Women, minorities, veterans, and disabled persons are encouraged to apply. Applications should include curriculum vitae, list of publications (with refereed articles noted), and the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three or more references. Please attach a cover letter describing past experience and current and future research interests. Applicants should request that three or more letters of recommendations be sent directly to HR[AT]ligo.caltech.edu (Electronic Portable Document Format (PDF) submittals are preferred). Consideration of applications will begin December 15, 2018 and will continue until all positions have been filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.21. Postdoctoral positions in gravitation, quantum theory and related areas at Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/25/postdoctoral-positions-in-gr… Deadline: 2019-06-01 Location: Changsha, China Additional Information: http://english.hunnu.edu.cn/ Contact: jwhu[AT]hunnu.edu.cn Hunan Normal University (Changsha, Hunan China) invites applications for postdoctoral positions in gravitation, quantum theory and other related fields (such as quantum field theory in curved space-time, relativistic quantum information, quantum gravity, cosmology, black hole physics, gravitational wave physics). A competitive salary and a start-up fund are provided depending on the past research accomplishments. Annual bonuses for publications are provided and postdoc grants at both national and provincial levels are possible. The candidates should already have a Ph.D degree and are expected to collaborate with Prof. Hongwei Yu and other members of his research group. The initial appointment is for two years with a possibility of extension. Applicants should submit their CV, list of publications, summary of research accomplishments and interests and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be submitted to jwhu[AT]hunnu.edu.cn. The review of the applications will begin upon the receipt of the application. For any further inquiries, please contact Dr. Jiawei Hu at the above email. Changsha, as the capital of Hunan province, where Hunan Normal University is located between the scenic Xiang River and Yuelu Mountain, is famous for history of over 3,000 years. It is a beautiful, creative, historical and cultural city with comfortable climate, unique scenery and convenient transportation. It gives you a special experience on the colligation and integration of the Huxiang Culture with the modern civilization. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Testing general relativity in cosmology" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/19/living-reviews-in-relativity… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity The open-access journal Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on 18 December 2018: Ishak, Mustapha, "Testing general relativity in cosmology", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0017-4 Abstract: We review recent developments and results in testing general relativity (GR) at cosmological scales. The subject has witnessed rapid growth during the last two decades with the aim of addressing the question of cosmic acceleration and the dark energy associated with it. However, with the advent of precision cosmology, it has also become a well-motivated endeavor by itself to test gravitational physics at cosmic scales. We overview cosmological probes of gravity, formalisms and parameterizations for testing deviations from GR at cosmological scales, selected modified gravity (MG) theories, gravitational screening mechanisms, and computer codes developed for these tests. We then provide summaries of recent cosmological constraints on MG parameters and selected MG models. We supplement these cosmological constraints with a summary of implications from the recent binary neutron star merger event. Next, we summarize some results on MG parameter forecasts with and without astrophysical systematics that will dominate the uncertainties. The review aims at providing an overall picture of the subject and an entry point to students and researchers interested in joining the field. It can also serve as a quick reference to recent results and constraints on testing gravity at cosmological scales. Please, visit frequently our relativity channel (https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity) at http://livingreviews.org for other news. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. 2019 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/12/27/2019-awards-for-essays-on-gr… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org In 2019, for our seventieth competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for stimulating thought and encouraging work on the phenomenon of gravitation. The stipulations follow: (1) We will make these Awards on May 15, 2019 for the best and most well-written essays about gravitation, its theory, applications or effects. Essays should be 1500 words or fewer excluding abstracts and a small number of equations, diagrams, tables and references. The subject matter may or may not be original research. The essay competition is not intended to replace a research journal where the detailed results of original research are submitted. Essays should not give lengthy detailed mathematical calculations nor detailed descriptions of an experimental setup. Essay ideas should be self-contained and understandable - not dependent on reading other documents. (2) The First Award will be $4000.00 The Second Award will be $1250.00 The Third Award will be $1000.00 The Fourth Award will be $750.00 The Fifth Award will be $500.00 (3) Essay must be in English and e-mailed in a single PDF file before April 1, 2019. One essay only will be accepted from each author. Notify us within 24 hours if you do not receive an e-mail confirmation of your submission. (4) Title page should include all the following: essay title, authors' names (specify corresponding author), e-mail & complete mailing addresses, submission date, an abstract of 125 words or fewer, and the statement: "Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2019 Awards for Essays on Gravitation." Pages should be numbered. (5) The decision of the judges will be final, and no reviews or comments will be provided. (6) Please check the winners' announcement to be posted on our website: www.gravityresearchfoundation.org around May 15, 2019. We will also attempt to send all participants a general e-mail notification. (7) The five award-winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). Authors of essays designated Honorable Mention will be invited to submit their essays to the IJMPD where these may undergo additional refereeing at editorial discretion for possible publication. Authors of all other essays are free and encouraged to publish their essays after May 15th. Submission e-mail address: George M. Rideout, Jr., President, grideoutjr[AT]aol.com Recent First Award Winners: 2018 - Jessica Santiago & Matt Visser, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 2017 - Ivan Agullo, LSU; Adrian del Rio & Jose Navarro-Salas, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia-CSIC, Spain 2016 - Stephen L. Adler, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 2015 - Gerard 't Hooft, Utrecht University & Spinoza Institute, the Netherlands 2014 - Lawrence M. Krauss, Arizona State University & Frank Wilczek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2013 - Baocheng Zhang, Qing-yu Cai, Ming-sheng Zhan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan and Li You, Tsinghua University, Bejing, PR China 2012 - Claus Kiefer & Manuel Kraemer, University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany 2011 - Ivan Agullo, Penn State & Leonard Parker, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2010 - Mark Van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2009 - Alexander Burinskii, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia 2008 - T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Pune, India 2007 - S. Carlip, University of California at Davis 2006 - Vijay Balasubramanian, University of Pennsylvania; Donald Marolf, University of California at Santa Barbara & Moshe Rozali, University of British Columbia 2005 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, King's College London & D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A&M University ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for December 2018
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================ Important Note ================ Hyperspace is updating its information on the registered users so that it can offer caomplete description (name, affiliation, email, etc). Unfortunately, and for historical reasons, in most cases information on the affiliation is missing. To counter that, I encourage all registered users to update her/his institute information by logging-in on the website and filling-in the dedicated field. Thank you for your cooperation Luciano Rezzolla ########################################### Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. GRAV19, Cordoba, Argentina 1.2. Tests of Gravity workshop, Athens, Greece 1.3. GGI PhD School: "Theoretical Aspects of Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation", Florence, Italy 1.4. The 2nd Physics Days Meeting, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus 1.5. From Einstein and Eddington to LIGO: 100 years of gravitational light deflection, Principe Island, São Tomé 1.6. The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 2019, Yerevan, Armenia 1.7. Geometric Foundations of Gravity in Tartu, Estonia 2. Jobs 2.1. Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Geometry at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.2. Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution at the University of Kansas, USA 2.3. Postdoctoral positions in high-energy astrophysics and computational astrophysics – Bar Ilan University, Israel 2.4. Four post-doctoral and a computational Scientist Position at the Institute of Gravitation & the Cosmos, Penn State, USA 2.5. Postdoc position in quantum gravity or theoretical cosmology at the institute for quantum gravity, Erlangen, Germany 2.6. Louis-Hansen Foundation Assistant and Associate Professorships in Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, Denmark 2.7. Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, Denmark 2.8. Master/PhD Programs in Physics, Famagusta, Cyprus 2.9. Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK 2.10. Post-doc position in GW astrophysics at the Nicolaus Copernicus Center, Warsaw 2.11. Post-doc in gravitational-wave astronomy at AEI Hannover, Germany 2.12. Postdoc Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at KU Leuven, Belgium 2.13. Postdoctoral Research Assistant position at Queen Mary, London, United Kingdom 2.14. PhD position in gravitational waves at Nikhef, Amsterdam 2.15. Full Professor Position in Mathematical Physics, Tuebingen, Germany 2.16. PhD positions in "Extreme Gravity and Matter" at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany 2.17. Postodoctoral position in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology at Beijing Normal University, China 2.18. Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany (I) 2.19. Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany (II) 2.20. PhD Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany 2.21. Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy at Cardiff University, UK 2.22. Postdoctoral positions in gravitational-wave and multi-messenger astrophysics at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA 2.23. Postdoc position in gravity theory at the University of Tartu, Estonia 2.24. PhD position in gravity theory at the University of Tartu, Estonia 2.25. Postdoctoral position in gravity and cosmology at ICTS-USTC, Hefei, China 3. News 3.1. Nominations for IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize are now open 3.2. Testing Gravity 2019: early registration ending soon 3.3. GRG Editor’s Choice: recent highlight article 3.4. A Message to Members of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) on nominating ISGRG Fellows 3.5. General Relativity and Gravitation welcomes Pablo Laguna ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. GRAV19, Cordoba, Argentina --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14794 Starting: 2019-04-08 to 2019-04-12 Location: Cordoba, Argentina Additional Information: http://grg.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grav19 Contact: gravconference[AT]gmail.com We are pleased to announce that the conference Grav19 will be held in the city of Cordoba (Argentina), from April 8th through April 12nd, 2019. This is the eighth in a series ("GravYY") of conferences organized by the General Relativity and Gravitation Group at FaMAF (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) since Year 2006. The venue will be the auditorium of FaMAF. The conference is intended to bring together specialists working on gravitation and closely related topics, including classical and quantum gravity, data analysis, machine learning, mathematical relativity, numerical relativity, gravity in arbitrary dimensions, astrophysics and astro-particle physics. For more information, visit the conference's web page. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Tests of Gravity workshop, Athens, Greece --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/16/tests-of-gravity-workshop/ Starting: 2019-01-16 to 2019-01-18 Location: Athens, Greece Additional Information: https://gwverse.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/activities/test-gravity-workshop/ Contact: georgiospappasgr[AT]gmail.com The gravitational interaction is being tested over a vast range of length scales and with an impressive array of different methods. The hope is to uncover new physic and constrain existing models, in order to address long standing open problems related to gravity, such us the quantum gravity problem, the dark matter problem, the accelerated expansion of universe, etc. However, extracting information from the data and making it readily accessible to phenomenologists and theorists, so that it can further inform model building, is a significant challenge. Moreover, data-driven research in gravitation requires much stronger links between theorists and the experimentalists and between different research communities interested in gravitation, such as astrophysics, cosmology, particle theory, etc. The main goal of this workshop is to bring together leading researchers from these different communities and discuss the current status and the future prospects of testing gravity. This workshop is part of the Gravity Data Group initiation of the EU COST action "Gravitational Waves, black holes, and fundamental physics". The overarching goal of the initiative is to collect and comprehensively present all constraints on gravitation. For more details and to register, visit the workshop web page at https://gwverse.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/activities/test-gravity-workshop/ The registration deadline is December 15 2018. Seating is limited, so you are advised to apply as soon as possible. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. GGI PhD School: "Theoretical Aspects of Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation", Florence, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/26/ggi-ph-d-school-theoretical-… Starting: 2019-03-11 to 2019-03-22 Location: Florence, Italy Additional Information: http://www.ggi.infn.it/showevent.pl?id=310 Contact: apcg.school[AT]gmail.com We announce the first edition of the GGI PhD School on: Theoretical Aspects of Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation The Galileo Galilei Institute of Theoretical Physics Arcetri, Florence (Italy) >From March 11 to March 22, 2019 The maximum number of attendance is 40 students. This School aims at providing robust and detailed introductions on the basic theoretical concepts and main tools to work in the field of Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation. The courses are organized as lectures at the blackboard in the morning and are integrated with hands-on and discussion sessions with an instructor in the afternoon. The program of the 2019 edition is: "Neutrino physics", Ferruccio Feruglio (University of Padova) "Galactic cosmic rays and multimessenger astronomy", Fiorenza Donato (University of Torino) "Gravitational waves and compact binaries", Enrico Barausse (IAP, Paris) "Cosmological perturbation theory and structure formation", Vincent Desjacques (Technion, Haifa, Israel) The School will profit of the Galileo Galilei Institute facilities. Each student will have office space to study and discuss, with a lot of opportunities to interact with lecturers. Accommodation in shared apartments will be provided at the cost of about 300 Euros for the whole period. Scholarships to cover this expense are available upon request. Lunch will be provided during the weekdays on the GGI premises for students and lecturers, at no cost. All the dinners and the lunches during the weekends, instead, are to be paid by the participants. Please circulate this information to colleagues, collaborators and students that may be interested in attending the School (apologies if you receive this message more than once). Best regards, The Organizers Nicola Bartolo (University of Padova and INFN Padova) Nicolao Fornengo (University of Torino and INFN Torino) Dario Grasso (INFN Pisa and University of Pisa) Leonardo Gualtieri (University of Roma 1 and INFN Roma 1) Eligio Lisi (INFN Bari and University of Bari) Gennaro Miele (University of Napoli and INFN Napoli) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. The 2nd Physics Days Meeting, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14899 Starting: 2019-03-21 to 2019-03-22 Location: Famagusta, Northern Cyprus Additional Information: https://physicsdays.emu.edu.tr/en Contact: phys.chem[AT]emu.edu.tr The 2nd Physics Days Meeting will bring together researchers from across Cyprus and beyond to discuss broad range of topics in physics, including classical and quantum gravity, quantum mechanics, astrophysics, cosmology, experimental physics, optics, mathematical physics, quantum computing, high energy physics, education, and so on. Physics Days Meeting will be held in EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY (Famagusta, Northern Cyprus). The Meeting will start at the morning of Thursday, March 21st with talks and continue through the day of Friday, March 22. Each morning starts with a plenary talk. Take advantage of this happening to learn more and rediscover physics! All participants are welcome to register to give a talk and/or a lecture and present a poster (see the Registration). We encourage submissions of observational and theoretical talks. We strongly encourage the graduate students and postdocs to present talks on their research. The EMU Physics Days Prize will be awarded for the best talk by a student. (*Only those who want to participate as audience are also required to register). Free coffee, tea, and snacks. Lunches will be free of charge to the speakers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. From Einstein and Eddington to LIGO: 100 years of gravitational light deflection, Principe Island, São Tomé --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/29/from-einstein-and-eddington-… Starting: 2019-05-26 to 2019-05-30 Location: Principe Island Additional Information: https://science.esundy.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/ Contact: dulce.conceicao[AT]tecnico.ulisboa.pt On May 29th 1919, during a total solar eclipse, Einstein's theory of general relativity was confirmed to be correct. Stars behind the obscured Sun could be seen on Earth as the light rays they emitted were deflected by 1.7 arcseconds, due to the Sun's spacetime curvature, as predicted by the theory. The observations were carried out at the Príncipe Island, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa, and in the city of Sobral, in Brazil. The Principe expedition was led by the renowned Cambridge astrophysicist Arthur Eddington and the Sobral expedition by the Greenwich Observatory astronomer Andrew Crommelin. Both expeditions had been carefully planned by the Astronomer Royal Frank Dyson and Eddington himself. This is one of the most acclaimed events in the history of science with Einstein being made instantaneously a worlwide figure. Science had demonstrated once again that people from different countries could be united in a common goal. At the time, the First World War had just ended and British and German scientists were eager to close hands looking towards a new future. Since then, general relativity has passed a large number of other impressive tests, the most recent and notable one being the LIGO first detection of gravitational waves generated by the collision of two 30 solar mass black holes. This conference will be held from May 26th to May 30th, 2019, precisely one hundred years after the 1919 eclipse, at Resort Bom Bom in Principe Island, 2.5 Km away from the site of Eddington's observations, which took place at Roca Sundy. The main aim of the conference is to celebrate such an important date with a gathering of experts to discuss the legacy left by Einstein and Eddington from the event itself and the subsequent fantastic developments in the field of general relativity and gravitation. The conference also aims at drawing the attention of the local population towards the historical importance of the 1919 observations and science in general. Participation: Participation and presentation are by invitation only. The number of participants is limited in accordance with the capacity of the resort Bom Bom. Scientific and Organizing Committee: Jose' Sande Lemos, Vítor Cardoso, and Carlos Herdeiro. Secretariat: Dulce Conceicao (dulce.conceicao[AT]tecnico.ulisboa.pt) and Rita Teixeira (ritat.sousa[AT]gmail.com) Sponsors: CENTRA - Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, IST, FCT, Eddington at Sundy, Resort Bom Bom, HBD. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 2019, Yerevan, Armenia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14916 Starting: 2019-09-17 to 2019-09-21 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/769736/ Contact: sedrakian[AT]fias.uni-frankfurt.de We will hold the 5th edition of the conference series "The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity" in Yerevan, Armenia, during September 17-21, 2019. Its aim to bring together people working in astrophysics of compacts stars, physics of dense matter, gravitation and cosmology, observations of pulsars and binary neutron stars and related fields. It is devoted to the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the Yerevan State University and will be held at the University Campus in the city center. The focus of the conference will be on: . Gravitational waves from compact objects . Fundamental properties of superdense matter and equation of state . Numerical simulations of compact stars . Transport processes in heavy ion collisions and compact stars . Thermal, magnetic and rotational evolution of neutron stars . Alternative theories of gravity . Advances in cosmology Special sessions are planned on 21 September devoted to the celebration of 60th birthday of Prof. David Blaschke and 80th birthday of Prof. David Sedrakian. Invited speakers include: Jim Lattimer (Stony Brook), Sergei Odintsov (Barcelona), Horst Stoecker (Frankfurt), Dmitri Voskresensky (Moscow) The international advisory board consists of: M. Alford (St. Louis) N. Andersson (Southampton) E. R. Bezerra de Mello (Paraiba) D. Blaschke (Wroclaw) F. Burgio (Catania) K. Kokkotas (Tuebingen) D. Lai (Cornell) B. Link (Montana) J. Novak (Meudon) S.D. Odintsov (Barcelona) A. Potekhin (St. Petersburg) L. Rezzolla (Frankfurt) M. Sargsian (Miami) S.V. Sushkov (Kazan) D. N. Voskresensky (Moscow) F. Weber (San Diego) D. Yakovlev (St. Petersburg) Organizing Committee: • Anna Kontanjian (Chair of LOC) • Daniel Baghdasaryan • Arus Harutyunyan • Mekhak Hayrapetyan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Geometric Foundations of Gravity in Tartu, Estonia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/30/geometric-foundations-of-gra… Starting: 2019-06-17 to 2019-06-21 Location: Tartu, Estonia Additional Information: http://hexagon.fi.tartu.ee/~geomgrav2019/ Contact: geomgrav[AT]ut.ee Geometric Foundations of Gravity in Tartu is a conference dedicated to the geometric foundations of gravity theories that will take place June 17-21, 2019 in Tartu, Estonia. This conference is a continuation of series of conferences Geomgrav 2017 and Telegrav 2018. The aim of this conference is to gather experts on various alternative and modified approaches to gravity. The main topics include: -- Gauge theories of gravity (Poincare, teleparallel, ...) -- Extended field content & related theories ((multi)scalar-vector-tensor theories, Horndeski, f(R) gravity, generalized Proca, massive gravity and bimetric theories, ...) -- Beyond Lorentzian geometry (Finsler, modified dispersion relations,...) -- Dynamical systems in cosmology The conference is organized by the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia. An up to date list of invited speakers, the registration procedure, participants and all further details can be found on http://hexagon.fi.tartu.ee/~geomgrav2019/ We are looking forward to meet you in Tartu in June, the organizing committee: Sebastian Bahamonde Manuel Hohmann Laur Jarv Tomi Koivisto Martin Krssak Christian Pfeifer Margus Saal +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Geometry at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/02/tenure-track-assistant-assoc… Deadline: 2018-12-10 Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=601747 Contact: b.moonen[AT]science.ru.nl The Mathematics department of Radboud University (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) has a vacancy for a tenure track assistant/associate professorship in Geometry (broadly interpreted). Initially this concerns an employment for six years. There will be a final evaluation after at most five and a half years. If the final review is positive the position will be converted to a permanent one. For candidates who are already further in their career an earlier evaluation is possible. The department aims at increasing the number of female academic mathematicians employed by the institute. Female candidates are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution at the University of Kansas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14738 Deadline: 2019-01-15 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: https://employment.ku.edu/staff/13132BR Contact: agnpostdoc[AT]ku.edu Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. The successful applicant will work with Prof. Allison Kirkpatrick on analyzing the physics of active galactic nuclei (AGN) in galaxies at z=1-2. These projects make use of existing observations with HST and Spitzer. Previous experience analyzing HST grism observations, using GALFIT, and decomposing spectral energy distributions (SEDs) is preferred, though not required. The successful candidate will analyze the assembly of mass in AGN as a function of their host properties, using archival data while leading a campaign to obtain more observations. This work will be used to develop a Cycle 1 JWST proposal in the second year of the postdoc. 50% of the successful candidate’s time is expected to be devoted to the development of their own research program. The appointment is initially for 2 years. Further extension is contingent on additional funding and performance. The salary range is $48,000-53,000, depending on qualifications, and the post includes funds for travel and computers. The successful applicant will be encouraged to take part in collaborations with Prof. Kirkpatrick’s national and international collaborators. The hope is that the candidate can start in August 2019. The University of Kansas has a vibrant research atmosphere with 6 faculty working in the field of astrophysics ranging from galactic chemical evolution, cosmology, high energy astrophysics, space physics, and extragalactic astronomy. Lawrence, KS is an excellent place to live. It is and affordable and progressive city with a lively arts and music scene, excellent schools, high quality restaurants, affordable living, and a diverse cultural mix. For a complete job description and to apply go to https://employment.ku.edu/staff/13132BR . Applicants should submit a cover letter with the names and contact information of three references, their CV, publication list, a statement of past research, and a statement of research interests. In addition, three reference letters should be sent to agnpostdoc[AT]ku.edu. For questions, please email agnpostdoc[AT]ku.edu. Those applicants attending the January 2019 AAS meeting should contact agnpostdoc[AT]ku.edu if interested in meeting with Dr. Kirkpatrick. Full consideration will be given to applicants whose materials are received by Jan 15, 2019. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, retaliation, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and is the University’s Title IX Coordinator: the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA[AT]ku.edu, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785)864-6414, 711 TTY. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral positions in high-energy astrophysics and computational astrophysics – Bar Ilan University, Israel ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/07/postdoctoral-positions-in-hi… Deadline: 2018-12-03 Location: Bar Ilan University, Israel Additional Information: http://www.physics.ucc.ie/apeer Contact: asaf.peer[AT]biu.ac.il The newly formed astrophysics group within the physics department in Bar-Ilan University invites highly-qualified candidates to apply for several post-doctoral positions. We are particularly seeking candidates with expertise in general-relativistic, magneto-hydrodynamic (GR-MHD) simulations and / or radiative transfer simulations, however exceptional candidates with background in high-energy astrophysics are welcomed to apply as well. The selected candidate(s) will lead and participate in a joint effort of designing novel radiative transfer algorithms and implementing them within dynamical codes, in the study of emission from accreting objects such as AGNs and XRBs as well as the formation and properties of relativistic jets in GRBs. The positions are initially for two years, with the possibility of extension. The nominal starting date will be September 1, 2019, but an earlier or later start is negotiable depending on the applicant's availability. Applicants must have (or have fulfilled all the requirements for) a PhD in astronomy, astrophysics, physics, or equivalent by the time the contract starts. Strong programming skills are an advantage. Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, list of publications, and a statement explaining research interests and qualifications, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly. All materials and inquiries should be sent by email to asaf.peer[AT]biu.ac.il. Applications that are complete by Dec. 3, 2018 will receive full consideration, though the screening will continue until suitable candidates are found. Bar Ilan University is located in the city of Ramat-Gan, east of Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv district, Israel. Bar Ilan University is Israel’s second largest academic institute and its vibrant physics department is rapidly growing. The astrophysics group within the department is currently expanding. New post-doctoral and Ph.D. positions became available as part of the project "Origin and Magnetization of astronomical Jets", funded by the European Research Council (ERC) consolidating grant awarded to Prof. Asaf Pe'er. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Four post-doctoral and a computational Scientist Position at the Institute of Gravitation & the Cosmos, Penn State, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/09/four-post-doctoral-and-a-com… Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: University Park, PA 16802 Additional Information: http://igc.psu.edu/opportunities/index.shtml Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu IGC at Penn State has post-doctoral openings in four areas of gravitational science: (i) Fundamental Theory (Ashtekar & Bianchi): Classical general relativity, especially gravitational waves and cosmology; loop quantum gravity with emphasis on semi-classical issues and loop quantum cosmology; all aspects of quantum black holes with emphasis on entanglement entropy, singularity resolution and quantum evaporation; and relation between loop quantum gravity and other approaches to quantum gravity and non-perturbative techniques in quantum field theory. (ii) Gravitational Wave Physics (Hanna & Sathyaprakash): LIGO data analysis and applications to multi-messenger astronomy; real-time searches for compact binary mergers and to the real-time characterization of transient noise in LIGO detectors. The successful candidates will be part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and contribute to the analysis of LIGO and Virgo data and to the publication of search results. (iii) Multimessenger Astrophysics with Gravitational Waves (Radice, Hanna & Sathyaprakash): Numerical and analytical modeling of compact binary mergers in general relativity. (iv) Multimessenger Astrophysics with AMON (Cowen, Mostafa & Sathyaprakash) The successful candidate will work with the Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON), and will also have the possibility of joining one or more of the participating collaborations. AMON links the world`s leading high-energy neutrino, cosmic-ray, gamma-ray, and gravitational-wave observatories by performing real-time coincidence searches for multimessenger signals. The physics goals of AMON are to probe the high-energy universe via all four fundamental forces of nature, and identify new multimessenger astrophysical sources. The most important near-term effort will be to help incorporate gravitational-wave alerts into the network and into the real-time coincidence analyses. We began distributing prompt neutrino alerts in April 2016 in a collaborative effort with the IceCube Collaboration. In 2018 we will implement the first real-time neutrino-gamma alerts with subthreshold data from IceCube and HAWC. We are also proposing to add subthreshold triggers from gravitational-wave detections. This will open up a range of real-time coincidence analyses. Requirements for the position include a recent Ph.D. in physics or astrophysics. Experience in multimessenger astrophysics in general and gravitational waves in particular will be advantageous. IGC also has an opening for a computational scientist starting now. The Penn State gravitational wave group is seeking a computational scientist to work in the area of transient gravitational wave searches for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration in support of multi-messenger astrophysics. The ideal candidate would be expected to develop scalable cyberinfrastructure for real-time data analysis that covers areas such as: real-time data distribution, signal processing, streaming data processing, database design, web service design, job workflow design, and smart systems monitoring. Competency in C and Python is required. Competency in C++, Java, javascript, html, bash, SQL, and other common scripting languages is highly desired. Competency in some or all of the following software is highly desired: Apache HTTP server, Apache Kafka, Druid (and/or other event/time series databases), HTCondor, Gstreamer. The ideal candidate must have demonstrated experience in software development through the full cycle of prototyping, collaborative development, release, packaging, and maintenance using modern tools such as gitlab. Candidates will be considered at either of the following two levels. i) Computational Scientist 2: Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or higher in a field of study with focus on computational research methods or higher plus two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. ii) Computational Scientist 3: Typically requires a Master's degree or higher in a field of study with focus on computational research methods or higher plus four years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The candidate will have some supervisory responsibilities so experience supervising other team members is ideal. For further details on all five positions, including the application procedure, and application deadlines that vary from one position to another, see the external link at the top of the announcement. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoc position in quantum gravity or theoretical cosmology at the institute for quantum gravity, Erlangen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/10/postdoc-position-in-quantum-… Deadline: 2018-11-30 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: https://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/contact/open-positions/ Contact: thomas.thiemann[AT]gravity.fau.de In autumn 2019, at least one postdoctoral position in the fields of quantum gravity or theoretical cosmology will be available at the Institute for Quantum Gravity (IQG) (Theoretical Physics III) of the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany. The position is for two years with a possibility of extension for one additional year, depending on funding and performance. In exceptional cases, a five year contract may be negotiable. Salaries depend on seniority and follow the collective wage agreement for scientific employees in Germany (TVOeD). Current staff of the IQG includes professors Kristina Giesel, Hanno Sahlmann and Thomas Thiemann (Chair), Emeriti Frieder Lenz (former chair) and Hartmut Hofmann, postdoc Beatriz Elizag Navacues as well as 9 Phd and 4 master students. Former institute members and Humboldt Fellows Jonathan Engle and Muxin Han accepted positions as assistant professors at Florida Atlantic University and hold affiliate positions at the institute. Further affiliates are professors Wojciech Kaminski, Jerzy Lewandowski and Parampreet Singh. The Institute for Quantum Gravity (IQG) is part of the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) which has a strong expertise in experimental astroparticle physics. The IQG benefits from continuous exchange with the excellency cluster 'Universe' in Munich, especially with the groups working on (quantum) cosmology. The IQG fosters strong links with the Department of Mathematics in Erlangen. Finally, the IQG is in close contact with a network of international research centers focussing on quantum gravity such as the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos in State College, Pennsylvania, USA; Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Institute for Theoretical Physics in Marseille, France; Institute for Theoretical Physics in Warsaw, Poland and Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. Applicants must have a PhD in either physics or mathematics and should have prior research experience in general relativity and quantum field theory or theoretical cosmology as well as a strong interest in working on aspects of non perturbative and background independent quantum gravity. The following list of material should be uploaded in one pdf- or zip file, whose name should include your last name, using the application form at https://www.umfrageonline.com/s/8ea0774. 1. Curriculum vitae. 2. Research proposal including a summary of previous work and plans for future projects. 3. Teaching experience (if applicable). 4. List of seminars and conferences attended, detailing talks given (if applicable). 5. List of publications. 6. In addition we ask for three letters of recommendation, which should also be uploaded by the referees before the deadline via the application form at https://www.umfrageonline.com/s/0946d66. Recommendation letters sent by email will not be accepted. Referees are kindly asked to use the following format for their message text: Recommendation letter for FIRSTNAME AND LASTNAME OF THE APPLICANT. Applications will be reviewed starting November 30th, 2018 but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date of the position is normally Oct. 1st 2019 but there is some flexibility. For further information about the Department of Physics and the Institute please visit: https://www.physik.nat.fau.de/ and http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de. For further information about the position please send an inquiry to application[AT]gravity.fau.de. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Louis-Hansen Foundation Assistant and Associate Professorships in Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, Denmark ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14821 Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: Niels Bohr International Academy, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark Additional Information: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/4091ac2b Contact: mpessah[AT]nbi.dk The Niels Bohr International Academy (NBIA) invites applications for up to four fixed-term Louis-Hansen Foundation Assistant/Associate Professorships as part of a vigorous campaign to expand into new research areas, such as theoretical gravitational physics and quantum information theory, and to strengthen on-going programs, including Theoretical Astrophysics, Astroparticle Physics, Neutrino Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology, Condensed Matter Physics, and Quantum Devices. While these research areas are our preferred targets, NBIA will consider truly outstanding candidates in all areas of theoretical physics. Louis-Hansen Foundation Assistant/Associate Professors will be appointed for a period of 5 years, preferably starting during the fall of 2019. We are seeking internationally outstanding, highly motivated individuals who are eager to start their own groups with the potential to become leaders in their fields. The ideal candidates will play leading roles by contributing to the development of the Academy. Some of the areas NBIA is eager to expand into are theoretical gravitational physics (including gravitational waves, numerical relativity, compact objects, multi-messenger astrophysics, and cosmology) and quantum information theory (including quantum encryption and quantum computing). Outstanding applicants with a strong potential to enhance existing research programs will be considered on equal footing. Louis-Hansen Foundation Assistant and Associate Professors are expected to carry out an independent research program and interact with other NBIA members. They will have the opportunity to guide more junior fellows, teach courses at various levels, participate in outreach activities, and organize international meetings and PhD schools. The Niels Bohr International Academy, hosted by the Niels Bohr Institute, strives to attract the best and the brightest by providing the environment to enable curiosity-driven breakthrough research in the physical sciences and mathematics. The Academy hosts numerous workshops, symposia and PhD-schools every year, as well as a number of outreach activities, including an annual series of public lectures. Applicants are requested to express their interest by submitting their applications via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12564 (including a cover letter, CV, publication list, a research statement, and three letters of recommendation). Applicants should indicate in their cover letters whether they are applying for the Assistant or Associate Professor position. Exceptionally strong applicants for the Assistant Professorships will be considered for the Associate Professor appointment. In order to receive full consideration, complete applications should be received by December 1st, 2018. Assistant and Associate Professors at the Niels Bohr International Academy receive a competitive salary (including pension) and funds for travel and computing. Generous parental leave, state-subsidized childcare, 6 weeks of paid vacation, pension contribution, and full medical care are available to employees in Denmark. Copenhagen is a beautiful, family-friendly city with a large international community, a lively and diverse cultural scene, and a very high quality of life. Most international researchers are eligible for a favorable tax scheme. The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background. Included Benefits: Assistant and Associate Professors at the Niels Bohr International Academy receive a competitive salary (including pension) and funds for travel and computing. Generous parental leave, state-subsidized childcare, 6 weeks of paid vacation, pension contribution, and full medical care are available to employees in Denmark. Copenhagen is a beautiful, family-friendly city with a large international community, a lively and diverse cultural scene, and a very high quality of life. Most international researchers are eligible for a favorable tax scheme. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, Denmark ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14824 Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: Niels Bohr International Academy, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark Additional Information: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/1a31c7e5 Contact: mpessah[AT]nbi.dk The Niels Bohr International Academy (NBIA) invites applications for a newly established Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme as part of a vigorous campaign to expand into new research areas and to strengthen on-going programs. Outstanding candidates in all areas of Theoretical Physics are encouraged to apply. Fellows will be appointed for a period of 3 years and will receive generous funds for travel and computing. We are seeking internationally outstanding and highly motivated individuals who are driven to pursue their own research programs and eager to interact with current NBIA members. The ideal candidate will play a leading role by contributing to the intellectual atmosphere of the NBIA and will have the opportunity to guide more junior fellows, participate in outreach activities, and organize international meetings and PhD schools. The Niels Bohr International Academy, hosted by the Niels Bohr Institute, strives to attract the best and the brightest by providing the environment to enable curiosity-driven breakthrough research in the physical sciences and mathematics. The Academy hosts numerous workshops, symposia, and PhD-schools every year as well as a number of outreach activities, including an annual series of public lectures. Current research areas at NBIA include: Theoretical Astrophysics – encompassing plasma astrophysics, astrophysical dynamics and astrophysical fluid/magnetohydro-dynamics, including accretion onto compact objects, star and planet formation, as well as the inter-stellar and intra-cluster media. Astroparticle Physics and Neutrino Astrophysics – focusing on the nature of weakly interacting elementary particles in the framework of multi-messenger astrophysics to probe the engines behind the most energetic transients in our Universe, such as core-collapse supernovae, compact binary mergers, and extreme cosmic accelerators. Particle Physics and Cosmology – covering most areas of quantum field theory, including scattering amplitudes, general relativity from amplitudes, particle physics phenomenology, cosmology, and extensions of the Standard Model in terms of effective field theory. Condensed Matter Physics – spanning quantum condensed matter theory, including quantum dynamics, topological and hybrid systems, strongly correlated systems, non-equilibrium phases, and Floquet engineering. The group collaborates closely with experimentalists in the Center for Quantum Devices. Applicants are requested to express their interest by submitting their applications via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowship/12547 (including a cover letter, CV, publication list, a research statement, and three letters of recommendation). In order to receive full consideration, complete applications should be received by December 1st, 2018. The preferred starting date is September 2019 and is flexible within reason. Postdoctoral Fellows at the Niels Bohr International Academy receive a competitive salary (including pension). Generous parental leave, state-subsidized child care, 6 weeks of paid vacation, pension contribution, and full medical care are available to employees in Denmark. Copenhagen is a beautiful, family-friendly city with a large international community, a lively and diverse cultural scene, and a very high quality of life. Most international researchers are eligible for a favorable tax scheme. The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Master/PhD Programs in Physics, Famagusta, Cyprus ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/16/master-phd-programs-in-physi… Deadline: 2019-07-16 Location: Famagusta, Cyprus Additional Information: https://physics.emu.edu.tr/en Contact: phys.chem[AT]emu.edu.tr The objectives of the two-year MS program and four-year PhD program in physics are, within a physics curriculum, to provide the students with knowledge of the advanced methods of modern theoretical physics. The student will be integrated from the very beginning into the physics group of Eastern Mediterranean University, and are expected to MS/PhD thesis during the second/fourth year. All the lectures will be given in English. A limited number of fellowships is available. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/19/postdoctoral-prize-fellowshi… Deadline: 2018-12-17 Location: Birmingham, UK Additional Information: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/jobs/index.aspx Contact: dgerosa[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk The Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK, invites applications for Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships. The Institute's Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships provide top-caliber researchers with an opportunity to carry out an independent research programme in any area related to gravitational-wave astronomy in a diverse, dynamic and collaborative group. The Institute’s research activities cover experimental and theoretical physics with applications to present and future-generation detectors; gravitational-wave observations and transient astronomy; theoretical astrophysics and general relativity. Faculty members include Andreas Freise, Davide Gerosa (from March 2019), Denis Martynov, Haixing Miao, Christopher Moore (from January 2019), Conor Mow-Lowry, Matt Nicholl (from October 2019), Alberto Sesana, Patricia Schmidt (from January 2019) , Silvia Toonen (from March 2019), and Alberto Vecchio. Applications from top researchers in all areas related to gravitational-wave astronomy, including instrumentation, quantum measurement, data analysis, astrostatistics, transient astronomy, astrophysics theory and general relativity are encouraged. Applications from Ph.D. holders with strong interdisciplinary connections (e.g., to optics, computer science, theoretical physics) or those with backgrounds in adjoint fields are welcome. The appointment will be for a three-year term starting in 2019. The Prize Fellowship comes with a generous research and travel budget. Applications should be submitted online via the following URL (job reference number 80380): https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/jobs/index.aspx Applications should include a CV, a two-page statement of research interests and plans, and a list of publications. Complete applications should be received by 17 December 2018 for full consideration Applicants should also arrange for 3 reference letters to be sent by 17 December 2018 to Ms Joanne Cox at: J.S.Cox[AT]bham.ac.uk For further information and informal enquiries please contact Prof Andreas Freise (adf [AT] star.sr.bham.ac.uk) or Prof Alberto Vecchio (av [AT] star.sr.bham.ac.uk). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Post-doc position in GW astrophysics at the Nicolaus Copernicus Center, Warsaw ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/20/post-doc-position-in-gw-astr… Deadline: 2019-01-15 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: www.camk.edu.pl Contact: bejger[AT]camk.edu.pl Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CAMK PAN) announces the competition for the post-doc position. We are looking for a candidate with strong background in astrophysics for the modeling of gravitational-wave sources related to neutron stars. The knowledge of numerical methods in general relativity and scientific programming will be considered an advantage. The winner of the competition will conduct research within the Sonata-Bis project entitled ''Transient sources of gravitational waves associated with stars neutrons: models and data analysis'' in cooperation with dr. Michal Bejger. Detailed research tasks include astrophysics of transient gravitational waves from NS phenomena: dynamical collapses induced by the change in the equation of state, calculations of quasi-normal modes from ultra-compact stars, modeling the GW emission related to elasticity, magnetic field and accretion. The results will be immediately applied to the observations of LIGO and Virgo detectors via the collaboration within the Polish Virgo group. We seek candidates holding the PhD title in the field of physics or astronomy (or a related field), or PhD students at the last stages of their doctoral thesis. The contract should start not later than April 1, 2018 (the candidate should be in possession of the PhD title at this time). An employment contract on an adjunct's position is maximally up to three years. To apply for admission to the position please attach a copy of the PhD diploma (or the supervisor's statement about the advancement of the PhD thesis), CV, list of scientific publications, two recommendation letters from independent researchers, and a self-presentation statement (concise information on the candidate's previous achievements and experience, and scientific interests: the text should not exceed 3500 characters, including spaces). Documents should be submitted by January 15, 2019 at the CAMK secretary's office (ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, tel. 022 3296100), or by e-mail, in the pdf format, to the recruitment[AT]camk.edu.pl . The contest will be resolved before the end of January 2019. For additional information please contact Michal Bejger (bejger[AT]camk.edu.pl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Post-doc in gravitational-wave astronomy at AEI Hannover, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/20/post-doc-in-gravitational-wa… Deadline: 2018-12-15 Location: Hannover, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/2312123/post-doc-in-gravitational-wave-astronomy Contact: frank.ohme[AT]ligo.org The Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover is offering a position for a post-doctoral researcher in the Independent Research group led by Dr. Frank Ohme. The research focus is on the interpretation of gravitational-wave observations made by the Advanced LIGO+Virgo network with the help of Bayesian parameter estimation techniques, and the numerical and analytical modelling of colliding binaries. The start date is negotiable, but should preferentially lie between spring and autumn of 2019. We are looking for a highly motivated post-doctoral scientist to work in our Independent Research Group. You should have a PhD in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related fields, with experience in one or more of the following research areas: Gravitational-wave data analysis, Gravitational-wave theory, Numerical simulations of black hole or neutron star binaries, Bayesian parameter estimation methods, Astrophysics of binary formation and merger, Signal processing and signal reduction, Approximation theory. For more information and the full description of the position, please follow the external link above. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Postdoc Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at KU Leuven, Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/20/postdoc-position-in-gravitat… Deadline: 2018-12-15 Location: Leuven, Belgium Additional Information: https://fys.kuleuven.be/gwc/positions Contact: bert.vercnocke[AT]kuleuven.be The Institute for Theoretical Physics at KU Leuven invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of gravitational wave physics. The position is for two, and possibly three, years and is an integral part of the Centre for Gravitational Waves at KU Leuven, an initiative of the Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Institute of Astronomy at KU Leuven. Both Institutes are members of the LISA Science Consortium. The Centre stimulates nationwide collaboration on Gravitational Wave developments by its connections to several external partner universities in Belgium. Research at the Centre is aimed at the interface of theory, cosmology, and astrophysics. Besides staff instrumentalists, the gravity groups include astrophysicists and theorists (T. Hertog. T. Van Riet, B. Vercnocke, N. Bobev, A. Van Proeyen), together with a large number of students and postdocs, and they participate in a vibrant and extensive network of collaborations worldwide. Target areas of research on gravitational waves in Leuven in the next few years include the theory and modelling of gravitational wave patterns associated with the classical and quantum gravity dynamics of compact systems and in cosmology. These predictions will also be linked to existing and upcoming gravitational wave data. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is December 15, 2018. The start date for the position is in principle Fall 2019 (Sep-Oct), details can be discussed. In order to apply, interested candidates should email as a single pdf file a cover letter and their curriculum vitae, including a research statement and a publication list (preferably with a link to SPIRES), to Ms Anneleen Marcelis (anneleen.marcelis[AT]kuleuven.be), and ask three referees to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf, also to Ms Anneleen Marcelis. Further information about these positions can be obtained from Prof. T. Hertog (thomas.hertog[AT]kuleuven.be) or Prof. B. Vercnocke (bert.vercnocke[AT]kuleuven.be). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Postdoctoral Research Assistant position at Queen Mary, London, United Kingdom ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14859 Deadline: 2018-12-21 Location: London, United Kingdom Additional Information: https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=3859 Contact: p.figueras[AT]qmul.ac.uk Postdoctoral Research Assistant About us Queen Mary is one of London and the UK’s leading research-focused universities. With over 20,000 students, it is amongst the largest of the colleges of the University of London. Queen Mary’s 4,000 staff teach and research across a wide range of subjects in Science and Engineering, the Humanities, Social Sciences and Laws, and Medicine and Dentistry. The School of Mathematical Science has an exceptionally strong research presence across the spectrum of areas within Pure and Applied Mathematics, and is currently organised into six research groups, namely: Algebra, Combinatorics, Complex Systems and Networks, Dynamical Systems and Statistical Physics, Geometry and Analysis, Probability and Applications, Statistics and Data Analysis. The School also has large and popular undergraduate and graduate programmes. About the role We are looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work in the area of numerical holography within the General Relativity group, which is part of the Geometry and Analysis Research Group. A strong background in numerical general relativity and high performance computing is desirable but not essential. The research activity of the successful candidate will focus on the study of collisions of holes and black hole instabilities in general in anti-de Sitter spaces, with an emphasis on applications to holography in a broad sense. The group has strong links with the String Theory group at Queen Mary University of London and other research institutions in the area such as Imperial College London, King’s College London and the University of Cambridge. Duties include developing and conducting individual and collaborative research objectives, proposals and projects. The role holder will be expected to conduct high quality research and code development with the supervision of senior members of the group as well as being able to work autonomously. The successful candidate must be able to communicate material of a technical nature and be able to build internal and external contacts. The School and Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science The School holds a departmental Bronze Athena SWAN Award and is a registered supporter of the LMS Good Practice scheme. As part of the School’s commitment to the Athena SWAN and the LMS Good Practice principles we strongly encourage applications from women. Please visit our website for further information on the School and our family friendly policies and parental leave. Pay & Benefits The post is a full time, fixed term appointment for 1 year, with an expected start date of 1 January 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. The salary will be GBP33,615 per annum inclusive of London Allowance. Benefits include 30 days annual leave, pension and excellent travel and computing resources. Informal enquiries should be addressed to Dr Pau Figueras at p.figueras[AT]qmul.ac.uk Details about the school can be found at www.qmul.ac.uk/maths. To apply, visit www.jobs.qmul.ac.uk and search for reference QMUL16944. The closing date for applications is 21 December 2018. Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter. Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. PhD position in gravitational waves at Nikhef, Amsterdam ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14862 Deadline: 2019-01-15 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.nikhef.nl/jobs/vacatures/ Contact: vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl The Gravitational Waves research group at Nikhef, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics, invites applications for a PhD position in gravitational wave data analysis and phenomenology, covering all aspects of strong-field gravity, with an emphasis on studying gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars and black holes. The data analysis effort is led by Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck; it currently involves 3 postdocs and 3 PhD students. In addition to data analysts, Nikhef's gravitational physics division (led by Prof. Dr. F. Linde) and its collaborators in the Netherlands consists of astronomers and astrophysicists, theorists, and instrumentalists, including a significant number of junior scientists. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. The successful candidate will have a strong physics and/or astrophysics background, evidenced by course grades. An MSc degree (or equivalent) in the above field(s) is required. A basic knowledge of general relativity and experience in programming (e.g. Python and/or C) are desirable. The successful candidate will be employed by the NWO-I foundation and will obtain the status of junior scientist. He/she will receive a 4 year contract, with a competitive salary. The conditions of employment of the NWO-I foundation are excellent; they can be found on the website of the employer: www.nwo-i.nl. The educational programme of the Dutch research school for subatomic physics offers annual graduate schools for PhD students, as well as frequent series of lectures on advanced topics in (astro)particle physics. For more information, feel free to contact Prof. Dr. Chris Van Den Broeck (vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Full Professor Position in Mathematical Physics, Tuebingen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/23/full-professor-position-in-m… Deadline: 2019-01-04 Location: Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties/faculty-of-science/faculty/news/news-… Contact: cederbaum[AT]math.uni-tuebingen.de The Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science at Tuebingen University invites applications for the position of Professor (W3) of Mathematical Methods in the Natural Sciences The position is due to commence on April 1, 2019. The successful candidate pursues an internationally high-profile research agenda in the field of mathematical physics, which enables collaboration, for example, with the existing groups of mathematical quantum theory and statistical physics, as well as with colleagues from other areas of mathematics. He/She will be jointly responsible for the international master program "Mathematical Physics" and should be able to offer excellent teaching on a broad variety of topics in mathematical physics. The willingness to acquire research grants, also in collaborations, and to contribute to the teaching for the bachelor and master programs in “Mathematics” are expected. Formal requirements for appointment are the Habilitation or equivalent postdoctoral qualification, as well as proven teaching aptitude. Tuebingen University is particularly interested in applications from female candidates for this position and therefore, strongly encourages women to apply. In line with its internationalization agenda, the university welcomes applications from researchers outside Germany. Disabled candidates will be given preference over other equally qualified applicants. Applications with supporting documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications and teaching experience, diplomas/certificates) as well as a teaching statement and a research statement including collaboration plans, along with the completed application form (https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties/faculty-of-science/faculty/service/ap…) should be sent by e-mail as a single PDF-file to the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel, University of Tuebingen, Germany (career[AT]mnf.uni-tuebingen.de) by January 4, 2019. Enquiries may be directed to this address. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. PhD positions in "Extreme Gravity and Matter" at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14869 Deadline: 2019-01-14 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/2312963/phd-positions-in-extreme-gravity-and-matter-a… Contact: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de PhD positions in "Extreme Gravity and Matter" at AEI-Potsdam The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam, Germany, announces the opening of several PhD positions in "Extreme Gravity and Matter". Successful candidates will pursue research in the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” division, led by Alessandra Buonanno, and the newly established “Computational Relativistic Astrophysics” division, led by Masaru Shibata. Currently the two divisions are composed of about 30-35 scientists, including group leaders, Jonathan Gair (as of Spring 2019), Kenta Kiuchi (as of January 2019) and Harald Pfeiffer, about 22 postdoctoral scholars and 6 graduate students. The divisions also host several long and short-term visitors Given the breadth of research in those divisions, PhD theses will cover a variety of topics in gravitational-wave astrophysics and fundamental physics, such as: i) theoretical gravitational dynamics and radiation (within post-Newtonian theory, post-Minkowskian theory, gravitational self-force, black-hole perturbation theory, and effective-one-body theory), ii) compact-object binary simulations, iii) waveform modelling at the interface between analytical and numerical relativity, iv) gravitational-wave observations and astrostatistics, v) cosmological and astrophysical interpretation of gravitational waves, vi) tests of General Relativity, vii) neutron star mergers and high-energy astrophysics, viii) neutron-star equation of state, ix) formation of compact objects, and x) multi-messenger astronomy. The two divisions have close partnerships with the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland and the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics at Kyoto University. Members of the groups have the opportunity to join the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the LISA Consortium through Buonanno’s membership, and also participate to build the science case for third generation (3G) ground-based detectors (Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer). The two research divisions at the AEI operate three high-performance computer clusters to carry out source modeling and data-analysis studies, and to run numerical-relativity simulations of binary black holes, compact objects with matter, and the core collapse of massive stars. Successful applicants will conduct their research projects at the AEI in Potsdam, and they will have to enrol and receive their PhD degree from either the University of Potsdam or the Humboldt University in Berlin. The expected duration of the PhD program is three years, and can be extended to four years in cases of exception. Applicants are required to have a Masters degree by the start of the PhD program. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is January 14th , 2018. Applications will be considered until all positions are filled. The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. Postodoctoral position in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology at Beijing Normal University, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14882 Deadline: 2019-03-01 Location: Beijing, China Additional Information: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/index.html Contact: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn The Center for Relativity and Gravitation at Beijing Normal University has one post-doctoral position opening from September 2019 in the areas of quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. Successful candidate will work with Yongge Ma. The appointment will be for two years. The gravity group consists of Sijie Gao, Wenbiao Liu, Yongge Ma, Hongbao Zhang, and Bin Zhou. In addition, the retired professors Canbin Liang, Zheng Zhao and Jianyang Zhu join the academic activities frequently, and Abhay Ashtekar, Jerzy Lewandowski, Carlo Rovelli and Thomas Thiemann hold visiting professorships at the Institute. The areas of research in the group concern loop quantum gravity, black hole physics, general relativity, de Sitter spacetime, higher dimensional gravity and cosmology, AdS/CFT etc.. For further information on the group, see the webpage: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/index.html Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research proposal and arrange to have two recommendation letters (one from the PhD advisor of the applicant) sent directly to Yongge Ma by: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn, yonggema[AT]yahoo.com The deadline for receipt of all application material is March 1st, 2019. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany (I) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/27/postdoctoral-position-in-gra… Deadline: 2019-02-15 Location: Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas/Welcome_files/2018_Adverti… Contact: kostas.kokkotas[AT]uni-tuebingen.de The Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) at the University of Tuebingen has an opening for one postdoctoral research position (Wissenschaftlicher Assistant / Research Assistant) starting from 1st of October 2019. The successful applicant will carry out original research focusing on the dynamics of rotating and/or magnetized neutron stars in relation to the emission of gravitational waves. The position is initially for two years with the possibility of further extension that will be decided after the first year. The successful applicant is expected to assist teaching with a maximum of four (4) hours per week. The salary will be paid according to the German public service scale. The research activities of TAT are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars and black holes. Currently consists of four (4) post-doctoral researchers, three (3) PhD students and seven (7) MSc students. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany (II) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/27/postdoctoral-position-in-gra… Deadline: 2019-02-15 Location: Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas/Welcome_files/2018_Adverti… Contact: kostas.kokkotas[AT]uni-tuebingen.de The Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) at the University of Tuebingen has an opening for one postdoctoral research position funded by DFG starting from 1st of October 2019. Earlier starting dates can be considered as well. The successful applicant will carry out original research in projects focusing on the dynamics of rotating neutron stars in relation to the emission of gravitational waves. The research activities of TAT are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars and black holes. The group currently consists of four (4) post-doctoral researchers, three (3) PhD students and seven (7) MSc students. The position is initially for two years with the possibility of further extension for one more year that will be decided after the first year. The salary will be paid according to the German public service scale. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.20. PhD Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/27/phd-position-in-gravitationa… Deadline: 2019-02-15 Location: Tuebingen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas/Welcome_files/2018_Adverti… Contact: kostas.kokkotas[AT]uni-tuebingen.de The Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) at the University of Tuebingen has an opening for one PhD position starting from 1st of October 2019. The successful applicant will carry out original research focusing on the dynamics of rotating and/or magnetized neutron stars in relation to the emission of gravitational waves. The position is for three years. The salary will be paid according to the German public service scale. The research activities of TAT are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars and black holes. The group currently consists of four (4) post-doctoral researchers, three (3) PhD students and seven (7) MSc students. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.21. Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy at Cardiff University, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14903 Deadline: 2018-12-06 Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom Additional Information: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/academic-vacancies Contact: suttonpj1[AT]cardiff.ac.uk Dear colleagues, The Cardiff University Gravity Exploration Institute (http://www.astro.cardiff.ac.uk/research/gravity/) is seeking applications to fill the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate. Cardiff has a long history of involvement in ground-based gravitational-wave astronomy, particularly in source modelling, data analysis, and astrophysical and cosmological interpretations (Stephen Fairhurst, Mark Hannam, Vivien Raymond, B. Sathyaprakash, Bernard Schutz, Patrick Sutton), and education and public outreach (Chris North). Cardiff University has recently made significant investment in a new research programme in experimental gravitational-wave physics, led by Hartmut Grote and Katherine Dooley, and in parallel a programme of electromagnetic follow-up observations of gravitational-wave sources, led by Cosimo Inserra. Applications are invited for any of these areas. These posts are full-time with an initial term of 2 years, renewable subject to funding and performance. Salary: GBP 33,199 - 39,609 per annum (Grade 6) To apply: Please visit https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/academic-vacancies, click on "View our academic vacancies" and search for job number 7975. Informal enquiries about the role can be made by email to Prof. Patrick Sutton (suttonpj1[AT]cardiff.ac.uk). Informal enquiries about working at Cardiff University can be made to Glesni Lloyd (LloydGW[AT]cardiff.ac.uk). Closing date: Thursday, 6 December 2018 Cardiff University and the School of Physics and Astronomy are committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity. Our inclusive environment welcomes applications from talented people from diverse backgrounds. We strongly welcome female applicants and those from any ethnic minority group, as they are underrepresented in our School. The School of Physics & Astronomy has a Juno Practitioner accreditation that recognises good employment practice and a commitment to develop the careers of women working in science. The University is committed to ensuring that we sustain a positive working environment for all staff to flourish and achieve. As part of this commitment, the University has developed a flexible and responsive framework of procedures to support staff in managing their work and personal commitments wherever possible. Applications are welcome from individuals who wish to work part-time or full time. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.22. Postdoctoral positions in gravitational-wave and multi-messenger astrophysics at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14905 Deadline: 2019-02-01 Location: Rolla, MO, USA Additional Information: http://physics.mst.edu/ Contact: marco.cavaglia[AT]ligo.org The Missouri University of Science and Technology anticipates having one or more postdoctoral positions in the areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics. The position(s) are for one year, renewable for up to three years contingent on funding availability and satisfactory performance. The applicant must have (or be close to completing) a Ph.D. in physics or related fields and show a strong track record in gravitational-wave data analysis and instrumentation, experimental gravitational-wave science, and/or multi-messenger astrophysics. The new astrophysics group at Missouri University S&T is part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and is active in various areas of experimental and theoretical gravity, astrophysics and cosmology. Current faculty members in the group include Professor Marco Cavaglia and Assistant Professor Shun Saito, as well as several graduate students. The postdoctoral scholar(s) funded by this position will work in close collaboration with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration, as well as partner astrophysics collaborations. The successful applicant is expected to engage in a collaborative research program in the above areas, mentor undergraduate and graduate students, and contribute to the educational and outreach activities of the group. Depending on the research program and interests of the applicant, these activities may be carried out by residing full-time at one of the LIGO sites in Livingston, LA or Hanford, WA. Missouri S&T is one of the nation's leading research universities with 99 degree programs in 40 areas of study such as computer science, business, engineering, humanities, and liberal arts. It is located about 100 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri, in the multicultural community of Rolla, surrounded by Ozarks scenery. The physics department has recently opened a new research area with emphasis in gravitational physics, astrophysics and cosmology, which is expected to grow substantially in the next few years. A curriculum vitae (including a list of publications) and a statement of research interests should be sent in pdf format to Marco Cavaglia "marco.cavaglia[AT]ligo.org". Please use the subject "Gravitational physics and astrophysics post-doc application." Applicants must also arrange to have at least three recommendation letters to be sent to the same email address. Please direct questions about the position to "marco.cavaglia[AT]ligo.org". Consideration of applications will begin on February 1, 2019, but applications will be accepted until an adequate applicant pool is established, or until the position(s) are filled. The astrophysics group at Missouri University S&T is committed to increasing diversity in the sciences. Applications from under-represented groups in physics are particularly encouraged. The astrophysics group will strive to meet the needs of dual-career couples. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.23. Postdoc position in gravity theory at the University of Tartu, Estonia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/30/postdoc-position-in-gravity-… Deadline: 2019-01-15 Location: Tartu, Estonia Additional Information: http://hexagon.fi.tartu.ee/~jobs/ Contact: geomgrav[AT]ut.ee The Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at the Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu, Estonia is looking for candidates to apply for a 2-year postdoctoral position. The topics of interest focus upon extensions to general relativity and modified gravity, including: -- mathematical foundations of gravity, -- modifications to the geometry of spacetime, -- gravity theories based on Finsler, Cartan, Weizenboeck or Riemann-Cartan geometry, -- gravity theories including multiple metrics, -- gravity theories including torsion, -- (multi-)scalar-tensor and related gravity theories, -- phenomenology of modified gravity, including gravitational waves, black holes, galaxies, -- cosmological aspects of modified gravity. The position depends on external funding and the applications will be processed in two stages. In the first stage, all applications will be reviewed by the gravity research group at the University of Tartu. Then the selected candidates and the University of Tartu will apply for funding. The final decision on the funding will be made by the respective agencies. The position will be held in conjunction with the Estonian centre of excellence in research "The Dark Side of the Universe" (TK133) and the grants "Gauge gravity: unification, extensions and phenomenology" (PRG356) and Energy conditions and singularities in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (MOBJD423), and aligned with the "Cosmology and Astrophysics Network for Theoretical Advances and Training Actions" (CANTATA). The postdoctoral grant amounts to 40000 EUR per year (32000 EUR direct research costs and 8000 EUR overhead for the host institution). Applicants must have a PhD degree or equivalent, awarded not earlier than 01. February 2014, and not later than 31. August 2019. Applications for the postdoctoral position must include: -- curriculum vitae, -- diploma of PhD degree or equivalent, -- research proposal of up to five pages, -- list of publications, -- two letters of recommendation (to be sent separately). The deadline for the postdoctoral application is Monday, 15. January 2019, 05:59 GMT. All applications for the aforementioned position must be submitted electronically via the form on the linked homepage. All documents from the applicant, except for the recommendation letters, must be combined into a single PDF file of at most 8 MB size. The recommendation letters must be uploaded separately, and also in the PDF format. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.24. PhD position in gravity theory at the University of Tartu, Estonia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/30/phd-position-in-gravity-theo… Deadline: 2019-01-15 Location: Tartu, Estonia Additional Information: http://hexagon.fi.tartu.ee/~jobs/ Contact: geomgrav[AT]ut.ee The Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at the Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu, Estonia is looking for candidates to apply for a 4-year PhD / doctorate position. The topics of interest focus upon extensions to general relativity and modified gravity, including: — mathematical foundations of gravity, — modifications to the geometry of spacetime, — gravity theories based on Finsler, Cartan, Weizenboeck or Riemann-Cartan geometry, — gravity theories including multiple metrics, — gravity theories including torsion, — (multi-)scalar-tensor and related gravity theories, — phenomenology of modified gravity, including gravitational waves, black holes, galaxies, — cosmological aspects of modified gravity. The position depends on external funding and the applications will be processed in two stages. In the first stage, all applications will be reviewed by the gravity research group at the University of Tartu. Then the selected candidates and the University of Tartu will apply for funding. The final decision on the funding will be made by the respective agencies. The position will be held in conjunction with the Estonian centre of excellence in research "The Dark Side of the Universe" (TK133) and the grants "Gauge gravity: unification, extensions and phenomenology" (PRG356) and Energy conditions and singularities in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (MOBJD423), and aligned with the "Cosmology and Astrophysics Network for Theoretical Advances and Training Actions" (CANTATA). The PhD position is supported with a scholarship of 1100 EUR per month. The supervisor of the PhD position will be Tomi Koivisto. Applicants must have a masters degree or equivalent. Applications for the postdoctoral position must include: — curriculum vitae, — diploma of masters degree or equivalent, — summary of research experience and a statement of interests up to two pages, — one letter of recommendation (to be sent separately). The deadline for the PhD application is Monday, 15. January 2019, 05:59 GMT. All applications for the aforementioned position must be submitted electronically via the form on the linked homepage. All documents from the applicant, except for the recommendation letters, must be combined into a single PDF file of at most 8 MB size. The recommendation letters must be uploaded separately, and also in the PDF format. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.25. Postdoctoral position in gravity and cosmology at ICTS-USTC, Hefei, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14933 Deadline: 2019-03-01 Location: Hefei, China Additional Information: http://icts.ustc.edu.cn/english/index.html Contact: zhoushy[AT]ustc.edu.cn Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Interdisciplinary Center for Theoretical Study (ICTS) at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). The position is expected to start in the fall of 2019, or earlier. The postdoc will work with Shuang-Yong Zhou and other members of the ICTS on gravity and cosmology (broadly defined), including applications of effective field theories, gravitational wave physics, black holes, massive gravity, solitons and simulations in the early universe and strong gravity. The University of Science and Technology of China is a top university in China, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Staff members of the ICTS include Li-Ming Cao, Gui-Jun Ding, Dao-Neng Gao, Sen Hu, Min-Xin Huang, MingZhe Li, JianXin Lu, Yuji Sugimoto, Qun Wang, Zhi-Guang Xiao and Shuang-Yong Zhou, with interests ranging from string and formal theory, gravity, particle and nuclear physics to cosmology. See http://icts.ustc.edu.cn/english/index.html for more details. In addition, we have close ties with members of the Astronomy Department including Yi-Fu Cai, Wen-Juan Fang and Wen Zhao. The position is for two years with possible one year extension. The annual salary is from 100,000 CNY to 180,000 CNY depending on qualifications. Generous travel funding will be provided, allowing the postdoc to travel for international conferences and collaborations. In additional, the postdoc is also entitled to housing and food benefits, including renting an on-campus apartment for about 1000 CNY per month and using the subsidized University Canteens (including the Faculty Canteen) for all three meals. Candidates are invited to send their CV, publication list, a short statement of research interests and to arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to Shuang-Yong Zhou (zhoushy[AT]ustc.edu.cn). To receive full considerations, applications should be submitted before March 1, 2019. For further information, please contact Shuang-Yong Zhou (zhoushy[AT]ustc.edu.cn). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Nominations for IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize are now open ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/06/nominations-for-iupap-genera… Additional Information: http://isgrg.org/IUPAPprize.php Nominations for the 2019 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize opened 1 November 2018. The deadline for nominations is 1 February 2019. Information about eligibility and how to nominate may be found at http://isgrg.org/IUPAPprize.php and is reproduced below. The primary nominator must be a member of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) but neither the nominee nor those furnishing support letters need be members. For additional information contact Beverly K. Berger, Secretary, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, beverlyberger[at]me.com THE IUPAP GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION YOUNG SCIENTIST PRIZE As an affiliated commission (AC2) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) offers an annual IUPAP Young Scientist Prize. The IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes recognize outstanding achievements of scientists at early stages of their career. Each prize consists of a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient, a medal and 1000 euros. The conditions for the prize are: The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize can be for work in any area of relativity and gravitation, theoretical or experimental. On 1 February 2019, nominees must have a maximum of eight years of research experience (excluding career interruptions) following the Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree. They are expected to have displayed significant achievement and exceptional promise for future achievements in relativity and gravitation. The primary nominator must be a member of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. (Neither the nominee nor writers of support letters need be members.) Nominations may be made by any member of ISGRG (other than the nominee) and should be accompanied by a CV, a proposed citation of 30-50 words summarizing the reason for the nomination, a list of publications and a description (about one page long) of the specific achievements of the nominee, who need not be an ISGRG member. It is important that the selection committee has specific information that allows it to determine what the nominee has contributed and how this will impact the subject. Therefore it will be extremely helpful to the selection committee to receive at least two additional letters supporting the nomination that detail the expected significance of the contributions of the nominee. It is also appropriate to submit additional materials such as published articles. In the case of co-authored or multi-authored publications, it is essential for nominators and supporters to discuss the nominee's precise contributions, if known, in addition to the work's overall significance. The entire package should be bundled into a single PDF file and emailed to the Secretary of ISGRG, beverlyberger[at]me.com, by 1 February 2019. The winner will be announced on 14 March 2019 and the award made shortly thereafter. The official presentation of the award will be made at the GR22 conference in 2019. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Testing Gravity 2019: early registration ending soon ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/17/testing-gravity-2019-early-r… Additional Information: https://www.sfu.ca/physics/cosmology/TestingGravity2019/ The early registration deadline is approaching for the 3rd Testing Gravity conference in Vancouver, January 23-26, 2019. Register before November 30th to avoid paying higher fees. Like the 2015 and the 2017 meetings, TG2019 will feature the latest updates from the gravitational wave detectors, laboratory tests, cosmological surveys and other experiments, as well as discussions of recent theoretical advances. The TG conference series aims to provide theorists working on extensions of General Relativity with a realistic perspective on what aspects of their theories can be tested. On the other hand, the experimentalists and observers get a chance to learn about new ideas that their experiments can test. There will be a one-day “school” on Wednesday, January 23rd, featuring five review lectures covering the key topics of the conference. The main conference, January 24-26, will include invited and contributed talks, and a poster session. To register and for further information, including special accommodation rates, please visit the conference website. We are looking forward to seeing you in Vancouver. The Scientific Organizing Committee: Andrei Frolov, Makoto Fujiwara, Levon Pogosian, Maxim Pospelov, Dimitrios Psaltis, Douglas Scott and Alessandra Silvestri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. GRG Editor’s Choice: recent highlight article ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/23/grg-editors-choice-recent-hi… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/news/grg-editors-choic… 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. This recent article deserves special attention: Chiang-Mei Chen, Jian-Liang Liu, James M. Nester, “Quasi-local energy from a Minkowski reference” https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2484-z Abstract: The specification of energy for gravitating systems has been an unsettled issue since Einstein proposed his pseudotensor. It is now understood that energy-momentum is quasi-local (associated with a closed 2-surface). Here we consider quasi-local proposals (including pseudotensors) in the Lagrangian–Noether–Hamiltonian formulations. There are two ambiguities: (1) there are many possible expressions, (2) they depend on some non-dynamical structure, e.g., a reference frame. The Hamiltonian approach gives a handle on both problems. The Hamiltonian perspective helped us to make a remarkable discovery: with an isometric Minkowski reference a large class of expressions—namely all those that agree with the Einstein pseudotensor’s Freud superpotential to linear order—give a common quasi-local energy value. Moreover, with a best-matched reference on the boundary this is the Wang–Yau mass value. Please, browse all Editor’s Choice articles at: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice Frank Schulz Publishing Editor GRG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. A Message to Members of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) on nominating ISGRG Fellows ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/27/a-message-to-members-of-the-… Additional Information: http://www.isgrg.org/prizes.php The International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation instituted Fellowships in 2010 to recognize its outstanding members. Fellows were subsequently recognized in 2013 and 2016. See http://www.isgrg.org/fellows.php for the list of those so honored. Nominations for fellows to be inducted at GR22 in July 2019 are now open. THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS IS 31 DECEMBER 2018. Details of the criteria and how to submit a nomination may be found at http://www.isgrg.org/fellowrules.php. Nomination packages should be submitted electronically to Beverly K. Berger (beverlyberger[AT]me.com) If electronic submission is not possible, please mail to INTL SOC GEN REL GRAV, P.O. Box 3388, Livermore, CA 94551, USA. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. General Relativity and Gravitation welcomes Pablo Laguna ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/29/general-relativity-and-gravi… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/news/general-relativit… Introducing our new Editor-in-Chief to succeed Abhay Ashtekar Publisher and editors of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG) welcome Pablo Laguna who is taking over the responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief from Abhay Ashtekar, who served on this post from 2012–2018. We gratefully acknowledge Abhay Ashtekar’s contributions to GRG and the community as a whole. Roy Maartens will continue to jointly lead the journal together with Pablo Laguna, who has been an Editorial Board member since 2013. Pablo Laguna is Professor and Chair of the School of Physics and member of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics in the College of Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, U.S.A. His research is in computational astrophysics and numerical relativity. He is using computers to solve the Einstein’s equations of General Relativity to study astrophysical phenomena were the curvature of space-time plays a fundamental role. He is currently focusing on computer simulations to investigate 1) the merger of black holes and/or neutron stars binary systems and their emission of gravitational waves, and 2) the disruption of stars by tidal forces from massive black holes. General Relativity and Gravitation is led by a high-profile international editorial board and publishes carefully peer-reviewed research papers on all theoretical and experimental aspects of modern general relativity and gravitation research and its extensions. Its Golden Oldies series makes historically relevant seminal papers available to a wide readership. Published under the auspices of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 9th Central European Relativity Seminar, Cracow, Poland 1.2. XI Black Holes Workshop: The Black Hole 50 Years After, Lisbon, Portugal 1.3. Twistors meet Loops in Marseille, France 1.4. International Workshop on Dark Matter and Stars, Lisbon, Portugal 1.5. Accretion in Strong Gravity, Bad Honnef, Germany 1.6. GR22 and Amaldi13, Valencia, Spain 1.7. Computational Challenges in Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Los Angeles, USA 1.8. Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop: JSI-GWPAW 2018, College Park, USA (2nd announcement) 1.9. Particles, Gravitation and the Universe, Hanoi, Vietnam 1.10. Aotearoa Fundamental Physics 2018 Workshop - Observer-dependent entropy, Victoria, New Zealand 1.11. Recent Progress in Relativistic Astrophysics, Shanghai, China 1.12. Seventh Tux workshop on Quantum Gravity, Tux, Austria 1.13. IGC@25: Multimessenger Universe, Penn State, USA 1.14. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Portsmouth, UK (1st announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. CITA National / Canada Fellowship at the University of Alberta, Canada 2.2. Postdoc position in gravitational physics at University of Barcelona, Spain 2.3. Faculty position in theoretical gravitational physics and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA 2.4. Faculty position in Astrophysics at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 2.5. Several Postdoctoral Positions on multi-messenger signals from compact mergers, Stockholm, Sweden 2.6. Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Physics at the University of Virginia, USA 2.7. Tenure-track Faculty Position in General Relativity at the University of Virginia, USA 2.8. Postdoctoral positions at Fudan University, Shangai, China 2.9. Postdoctoral Research Associates – Computational Relativistic Astrophysics/Numerical Relativity, West Virginia University, USA 2.10. Assistant Level Faculty Position - Theoretical Astrophysics, UCSB, USA 2.11. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Theoretical Astrophysics at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 2.12. Kavli Institute Fellow in Gravitational Waves at the University of Cambridge, UK 2.13. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan 2.14. Postdoctoral positions in Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory at OIST, Okinawa, Japan 2.15. Visiting Professor / Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Vitoria, Brazil 2.16. Postdoctoral positions in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at the MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany 2.17. Postdoctoral positions in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany 2.18. Tenure-track assistant professor in gravitational physics and astrophysics at the University of Mississippi, USA 2.19. Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution at the University of Kansas, USA 2.20. Postdoctoral position in computational relativistic astrophysics / numerical relativity at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA 2.21. Postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2.22. ICTS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Bangalore, India 2.23. Two postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave data analysis at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2.24. Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Wave Cosmology, Leiden/Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2.25. Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Cosmology at Bilbao, Spain 2.26. Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Geometry at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3. News 3.1. GRG Golden Oldies by Lichnerowicz / Doroshkevich and Novikov 3.2. 2019 Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity 3.3. GRG Editor’s Choice: recent highlight article ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. 9th Central European Relativity Seminar, Cracow, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/03/9th-central-european-relativ… Starting: 2019-02-14 to 2019-02-16 Location: Cracow, Poland Additional Information: https://www.univie.ac.at/cers/cers9/ Contact: piotr.chrusciel[AT]univie.ac.at The 9th Central European Relativity Seminar will be the ninth of a series initiated at the Erwin Schroedinger Institute in Vienna in 2011. The series of seminars is designed to provide a forum for younger researchers to present their work, and to expand their research horizons, in all topics of research in general relativity. While the main geographical basin of attraction is Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Germany, we welcome researchers from all countries. See you in Krakow in February! Organizers: Lars Andersson (Golm) Robert Beig (Vienna) Piotr Bizon (Krakow) Piotr T. Chrusciel (Vienna) Helmut Friedrich (Golm) Maciej Maliborski (Vienna) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. XI Black Holes Workshop: The Black Hole 50 Years After, Lisbon, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14554 Starting: 2018-12-17 to 2018-12-18 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: https://centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/network/grit/bhw11/ Contact: rita.t.sousa[AT]ist.utl.pt >From astrophysics to high-energy physics, from information theory to quantum gravity, black holes have acquired an ever increasing role in fundamental physics, and are now part of the terminology of many important branches of observational, theoretical, and mathematical physics. The Black Holes Workshops gather researchers working on physical and mathematical problems of black holes, both in its classical and quantum aspects, as well as their connections to general relativity and gravitation, string theory, cosmology, and astrophysics, and stimulate the interaction between all these issues. The eleventh edition of the Black Holes Workshop celebrates the 50th anniversary of the name Black Hole. In 1968, in a paper with the title "Our Universe: The known and the unknown" published in the American Scientist, Wheeler called one of its sections "The Black Hole". From here onward the term spread through all fields of knowledge and has been used an astronomical number of times. It is truly appropriate to celebrate this date in 2018, fifty years after. Researchers on black holes in all their aspects are invited to participate. The workshop is organized by the Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation (CENTRA) and will be held at Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) in Lisbon, in December 17 and 18, 2018. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please register and send an abstract before November 15th. Organizing Commitee: Lorenzo Annulli, Laura Bernard, Vitor Cardoso, Jose Sande Lemos, Andrea Maselli, Christopher Moore, Rodrigo Vicente, Miguel Zilhao, Rita Sousa (secretary), Manuel Torrinha (sysadmin). Scientific Commitee: Vitor Cardoso, Carlos Herdeiro, Jose Sande Lemos, Filipe Mena, Jose Natario. Contacts: Rita Sousa (rita.t.sousa[AT]ist.utl.pt). Venue: Complexo Interdisciplinar, IST. Sponsors: The workshop is sponsored by CENTRA, IST, FCT, and BPI. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Twistors meet Loops in Marseille, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14564 Starting: 2019-09-02 to 2019-09-06 Location: Luminy, Marseille, France Additional Information: https://conferences.cirm-math.fr/2082.html Contact: m.dunajski[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk Twistor theory was originally proposed by Roger Penrose as a geometric framework for physics that aims to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. In this approach, spacetime is secondary with events being derived objects that correspond to compact holomorphic curves in a complex three--fold, the twistor space. Loop quantum gravity is a background-independent approach to the quantization of general relativity. It provides a compelling picture of quantum spacetime in terms of a collection of `atoms’ with discrete spectra, and the possibility of resolving the singularities of general relativity. The communities working in these two theories share both technical and a conceptual pillars, however the fields have evolved independently for many years, with different methods and intermediate goals. The aim of the meeting is to bring together for the first time the two communities in a broad and comprehensive way, to strengthen this interdisciplinary overlap and foster new collaborations and developments, concentrating primarily on the geometric and general– relativistic aspects. Leading international researchers both in twistor theory and loop quantum gravity will have the opportunity to establish and consolidate the connections between the two areas of research, and to overcome problems at the forefront of both fields. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. International Workshop on Dark Matter and Stars, Lisbon, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14584 Starting: 2018-12-11 to 2018-12-12 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/734467/ Contact: iwdms2018[AT]centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Stars scattered through the Milky Way and the Universe form a network of laboratories to test the nature of dark matter in unique and diverse conditions which are not within reach of dark matter experimental detectors. The high-quality data obtained from solar and astronomical observatories on Earth and space allows to use stars to study the nature of dark matter, and to put stringent constraints on their properties. The goal of the international workshop on “Dark Matter and Stars” is to bring together scientists working across different research fields of stellar astrophysics and dark matter to discuss the current status and the future prospects of dark matter research. This meeting aims to discuss the recent advances in dark matter particle candidates, solar and stellar astrophysics, including helioseismology and asteroseismology, as well as compact astrophysical objects like neutron stars and white dwarfs. Moreover, we will also discuss the possibilities open by the next generation of stellar space observatories to the research in dark matter. We seek to encourage dialogue between different research groups to enhance collaboration and help to improve our understanding of the dark matter. The workshop was also planned with the aim of introducing the dark matter research field to encourage attendance by young scientists including PhD students. The meeting will be held at the Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation (CENTRA) of the Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please register and send an abstract before November 15th. Participants: Oral presentations are by invitation only. The participants will be able to present posters during the workshop. The registration in the workshop is free. The number of participants is limited to ensure a manageable number of activities and create good opportunities for the participants to interact. The selection of the final participant list is the responsibility of the organising committee. The criteria to choose the participants is based on availability and also on the workshop goals, as described above. Local Organizing Committee: Ilidio Lopes, Jose Vargas Lopes, Violetta Sagun Scientific Committee: Riccardo Catena, Ilidio Lopes, Ana Mourao, Amaro Rica da Silva, Jose Sande Lemos, Joseph Silk Contacts: Violetta Sagun (iwdms2018[AT]centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt) Webpages: https://centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/events/?id=864 and https://indico.cern.ch/event/734467/ Venue: Complexo Interdisciplinar IST +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Accretion in Strong Gravity, Bad Honnef, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/10/accretion-in-strong-gravity/ Starting: 2018-02-05 to 2019-02-08 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: https://www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/veranstaltungen/seminare/2019/accretion-… Contact: eva.hackmann[AT]zarm.uni-bremen.de The guiding theme of this seminar is the observation, the modelling and the theoretical description of accretion processes in systems where gravity is strong and nonlinear. Accreting matter are the objects which most closely approach compact objects like black holes or neutron stars and, therefore, are an ideal laboratory to explore the effects of strong gravity. Recently technological developments in observation techniques lead to a strongly improved accuracy in observing accretion discs and related phenomena. This trend will be continued in the next years, for instance with observations of ALMA and the James-Webb telescope, but also with survey telescopes like PanSTARRS or LSST. This development has to be paralleled by the theoretical description and modelling. Basic open questions in accretion disc physics which will be discussed in this seminar include the description of viscosity and turbulence, in particular in the relativistic context, the effective equations of accretion, evolution of supermassive black holes, accretion discs in generalised theories of gravity, and GRMHD simulations. Summarized, the topics of this seminar are Observation of astrophysical accretion and related phenomena The basic equations of accretion and their structure Applications to accretion discs and the accretion process Numerical simulation of accretion in strong gravity Confirmed invited speakers are so far Prof. Dr. Axel Brandenburg Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Duschl Prof. Dr. Andreas Eckart Prof. Dr. Jose Antonio Font Prof. Dr. Domenico Giulini PD Dr. Rodion Groll Prof. Dr. John Hawley Dr. Eva Hackmann Dr. Tobias Illenseer Prof. Dr. Vladimir Karas Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl Prof. Dr. Shin Mineshige Dr. Monika Moscibrodzka PD Dr. Volker Perlick Dr. Daniela Pugliese Prof. Dr. Luciano Rezzolla Prof. Dr. Paul Romatschke Dr. Oldrich Semerak Dr. Odele Straub There is no conference fee. The Wilhelm and Else Heraeus-Foundation bears the cost of full-board accommodation for all participants. Up to 75 persons including invited speakers can participate in the seminar. To express your interest in the conference please fill the application form on our website, https://www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/veranstaltungen/seminare/2019/accretion-… or contact us directly. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. GR22 and Amaldi13, Valencia, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/12/gr22-and-amaldi13/ Starting: 2019-07-07 to 2019-07-12 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: http://gr22amaldi13.com Contact: vitor.cardoso[AT]ist.utl.pt Dear Relativists, It is a great pleasure to invite you to the 22nd International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR22) and the 13th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Amaldi13) which takes place from 7th – 12th July 2019 at the University of Valencia, Spain. Registration is now open! GR22 is the latest in the series of triennial international conferences held under the auspices of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. This conference series constitutes the principal international meetings for scientists working in all areas of relativity and gravitation. The Amaldi conferences are held under the auspices of the Gravitational Wave International Committee. Since 1997, they have been held every two years and are regarded as the most important international conferences for the gravitational-wave detection community. In Valencia, GR22 and Amaldi13 are organized as a joint event. The program of the conference, among many topics, includes a celebration of the Eddington expedition, the status of analogue experiments, tests on the nature of compact objects, superradiance and dark matter in strong-field gravity, progress in post-Newtonian expansions and effective field theory methods, progress in mathematical relativity, Numerical Relativity and its applications to astrophysics and high-energy physics, neutron stars, formation of supermassive black holes, Loop Quantum Gravity, the Event Horizon Telescope, the galactic center black hole, holography and quantum information, post-Planck cosmology, the LIGO-Virgo detections and multi-messenger astronomy, as well as the future of gravitational-wave detectors. The program will also include a public talk on gravitational waves, an award ceremony for the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize, and a tribute to Stephen Hawking. The conference venue is the Valencia Conference Centre (2010 World’s Best Convention Centre) designed by internationally renowned architect Norman Foster. Public transportation access is straightforward from all parts of the city by either bus, metro, or tram, or even using the environmentally friendly bicycles of Valenbisi. The venue is only ten minutes away from the city’s airport and from the high-speed train station, and it is surrounded by hotels, with circa 1,000 hotel rooms within two minutes’ walking distance. The venue is well connected with the Old Town where the visitor can enjoy a large monumental heritage comprising buildings dating to Roman and Arabic times and UNESCO heritage sites. We look forward to welcoming you to Valencia 2019! Vitor Cardoso – Chair, GR22 Scientific Organizing Committee Sheila Rowan – Chair, Amaldi 13 Scientific Organizing Committee Toni Font – Chair, GR22/ Amaldi13 Local Organizing Committee Eric Poisson - ISGRG President +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Computational Challenges in Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Los Angeles, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14618 Starting: 2019-01-28 to 2019-02-01 Location: Los Angeles, USA Additional Information: https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/workshops/computational-challenges-in-gr… Contact: dorsogna[AT]ipam.ucla.edu The Nobel-Prize-winning observations of gravitational waves by the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors have opened an entirely new window to study the universe. The detection of the first gravitational-wave signal, GW150914, on September 14th, 2015, can be considered one of the greatest scientific milestones of all time, confirming a century-old prediction of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. At present, gravitational waves have been detected from mergers of binary black holes and binary neutron stars. Different types of gravitational-wave signals from other sources await to be detected, as e.g. core-collapse supernovae, spinning neutron stars, white-dwarf binary mergers, and even stochastic backgrounds of astrophysical or cosmological origin. The detection of gravitational waves is, foremost, a technological challenge. In addition, there are significant mathematical and computational difficulties hampering the process of detection. One of them involves the solution of Einstein’s gravitational field equations, either through approximate methods or by fully numerical means, to generate waveform signals to aid the identification of the event types and the inference of their physical properties. Another major computational difficulty is the analysis of large volumes of non-Gaussian, non-stationary noisy data, aggravated by the presence of transient spurious signals (glitches) that may not only disturb astrophysical signals but also mimic true signals, increasing the false-alarm rate and producing a decrease in the detectors’ duty cycle. This workshop will bring together experts in the field of mathematical and numerical relativity, and researchers in gravitational-wave data analysis, who will discuss recent advances for the detection and reconstruction of gravitational-wave signals from advanced interferometers. It will cover aspects ranging from the formulation of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, including state-of-the-art numerical methodology for the generation of waveform templates from astrophysical systems, to gravitational-wave detector characterization, data analysis, and parameter estimation, with modern mathematical and numerical approaches. Organizing Committee Marco Cavaglia (University of Mississippi) Matt Choptuik (University of British Columbia) Elena Cuoco (Scuola Normale Superiore) Jose Antonio Font (University of Valencia) Antonio Marquina (University of Valencia) Stanley Osher (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop: JSI-GWPAW 2018, College Park, USA (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/15/gravitational-wave-physics-a… Starting: 2018-12-01 to 2018-12-04 Location: College Park, Maryland, USA Additional Information: https://jsi.astro.umd.edu/conferences/jsi-gwpaw-2018 Contact: pshawhan[AT]umd.edu Workshop details, including abstract submission categories and a tentative schedule for the scientific sessions, are now posted on the workshop web site, https://jsi.astro.umd.edu/conferences/jsi-gwpaw-2018 . October 31, the early registration deadline, is also the regular abstract deadline (for consideration for a talk, poster or planned verbal comments). The last day to obtain the excellent special rate at the hotel has been extended to November 5. Online registration and abstract submission for posters or verbal remarks will continue through November 18. For JSI-GWPAW 2018, we are planning a program with ample time for discussion and interaction, covering many of the hottest current and future topics enabled by the detection and detailed study of gravitational waves together with astrophysical modeling and other astronomical observations. Talks will be carefully selected to stimulate discussion and ideas for collaboration, and the workshop will also include tutorials on using data from different gravitational-wave detection projects. Posters will be on display for most of the workshop, and presenters will be able to give 2-minute "sparkler" talks to advertise their posters. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Particles, Gravitation and the Universe, Hanoi, Vietnam --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/15/particles-gravitation-and-th… Starting: 2018-12-10 to 2018-12-15 Location: Hanoi, Vietnam Additional Information: https://www.iop.vast.ac.vn/theor/conferences/pgu2018/index.php?p=293 Contact: anhky[AT]iop.vast.ac.vn Second international workshop : "Particles, Gravitation and the Universe" (PGU 2018) For the last decades physics has undergone great developments shedding new light on our understanding of the Universe in both microscopic and macroscopic scales. One of the purposes of this workshop is to review these developments, present new results and perspectives of particle physics and gravitational science as well as their interfaces and technological impact. Another purpose is to promote the education and the research of these sciences and their applications in Viet Nam and other countries in the region. All people interested in this workshop (in physics and/or technological aspects) are welcome to register for participation. After having an account one can login and apply for giving a contributed talk (by going to "Submit abstract" in his/her own profile.). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Aotearoa Fundamental Physics 2018 Workshop - Observer-dependent entropy, Victoria, New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14634 Starting: 2018-12-12 to 2018-12-14 Location: Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Additional Information: http://sms.victoria.ac.nz/Events/AotearoaFP18/WebHome Contact: sebastian.schuster[AT]sms.vuw.ac.nz The notions of entropy and information are recurring themes in vastly different areas of physics. With Bekenstein's work linking gravitational horizons to entropy, any quantum theory of gravity will have to account for the emergence of Bekenstein’s notion of entropy. In parallel, today's availability of quantum information experiments made the question of how quantum field theories in general cope with information and entropy increasingly pressing. At the conjunction of these two avenues of inquiry lies the fact that entropy encodes lack of knowledge. Observers now enter the formalism, either through an observer's method for coarse-graining encapsulating this ignorance, or directly through the observer's trajectory in space-time and resulting horizons hiding information. This workshop aims to bring both experts of the field and young researchers together to discuss and explore this exciting interplay of topics. There is no registration fee. We invite contributed talks. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. Recent Progress in Relativistic Astrophysics, Shanghai, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/22/recent-progress-in-relativis… Starting: 2019-05-06 to 2019-05-08 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/blackholes2019/Home.html Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn It is our great pleasure to announce the international conference "Recent Progress in Relativistic Astrophysics", which will be held at Jiangwan Campus of Fudan University (Shanghai, China) from May 6 to 8, 2019. We will discuss the latest observational and theoretical results on black holes, neutron stars, and gravitational waves. We will have both invited and contributed talks. There is no registration fee, but it is necessary to register in advance in order to attend the meeting. The registration deadline is April 15, 2019. More details can be found on the conference webpage. Current List of Invited Speakers: Enrico Barausse (IAP Paris, France) Edward Cackett (Wayne State, US) Andy Fabian (Cambridge, UK) Kostas Glampedakis (Murcia, Spain) ** Luis Ho (Peking, China) Erin Kara (MIT, US) Henric Krawczynski (Washington St. Louis, US) Xiang-Dong Li (Nanjing, China) Andrea Marinucci (Roma Tre, Italy) Sourabh Nampalliwar (Tübingen, Germany) Iossif Papadakis (Crete, Greece) Chris Reynolds (Cambridge, UK) Zdenek Stuchlik (Silesian Opava, Czech Republic) Jianfeng Wu (Xiamen, China) Renxin Xu (Peking, China) Kent Yagi (Virginia, US) ** Weimin Yuan (NAOC, China) Ye-Fei Yuan (USTC Hefei, China) ** To be confirmed Organizers: Dimitry Ayzenberg (Fudan, China) Cosimo Bambi (Fudan, China), Chair Jing Lu (Fudan, China), Secretary Sourabh Nampalliwar (Tuebingen, Germany), Co-Chair Menglei Zhou (Fudan, China) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12. Seventh Tux workshop on Quantum Gravity, Tux, Austria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/23/seventh-tux-workshop-on-quan… Starting: 2019-02-11 to 2019-02-15 Location: Tux, Austria Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/events/tux7/ Contact: tuxworkshop[AT]fuw.edu.pl As in 2013-2018, there will again a winter workshop in Tux. It will take place Feb 11 to 15, 2019. The aim is to bring together experts on loop quantum gravity and related topics, in the scenic village of Tux, in the Austrian alps. In general, the topics of the workshop include - All approaches to loop quantum gravity (e.g. canonical, covariant, GFT) - Other approaches to quantum gravity and their relation to LQG - LQG related quantum gravity phenomenology - Quantum gravity topics of general interest As opposed to previous years, there is no central topic. *Registration:* Please register your participation in the workshop by email to tuxworkshop(a)fuw.edu.pl as soon as possible, and before Dec 9, 2018. Please send title and abstract of your proposed talk to tuxworkshop(a)fuw.edu.pl The deadline for talk submission is Sunday, January 6, 2019, although earlier submission is strongly encouraged. Please also indicate your date of arrival and departure. *Financial support:* Unfortunately, this year we will very likely *not* have any financial support available for participants. *Accommodation:* Since most of the accommodation in Tux is in small guest houses and pensions, and the level of service - and prices - vary widely, it is impractical for us to book accommodation for everybody. Note that affordable accommodation tends to sell out quickly, it is advised to book soon. More information on accommodation and travel can be found on our website. *Visa:* Please note that we can not support visa applications in many cases. Please contact Hanno Sahlmann in case of doubt. We hope that you will join us in Tux! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13. IGC@25: Multimessenger Universe, Penn State, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/31/igc25-multimessenger-univers… Starting: 2019-06-24 to 2019-06-27 Location: University Park, PA USA Additional Information: http://gravity.psu.edu/events/igc25/index_igc25.shtml Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu This international conference will be held at the University Park campus of Penn State from Monday, June 24 through Thursday, June 27, 2019 in celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (IGC). The scientific program has a dual goal: to assess the current status of our field in broad terms, and to discuss future directions. The Invited portion of the program will feature plenary talks and panel discussions reflecting these goals. The plenary talks by leading experts will provide a broad overview of the field, with emphasis on developments that have occurred in the past ~25 years, and not concentrate only on the most recent advances, or research carried out by just one or two groups. Panels will focus on developments over the past decade and, especially, the vision for the next decade or two. Plenary Talks: Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS, Princeton); Eugenio Bianchi (Penn State); Alessandra Buonanno (AEI, Golm); Kipp Cannon (Resceu, Tokyo); Thomas Gaisser (Delaware); Gabriela Gonzalez (Louisiana State); Donghui Jeong (Penn State); Marc Kamionkowski (Johns Hopkins); Anne Kinney (NSF); Badri Krishnan (AEI, Hanover); Shrinivas Kulkarni (Caltech); Sheila Rowan (Glasgow); Bernard Schutz (AEI, Golm & Cardiff); David Weinberg (Ohio State); Rainer Weiss (MIT). France Cordova (NSF): Banquet speaker. Invited Panels and Chairs: Multimessenger observations (Mansi Kasliwal, Caltech); Multiwavelength Observations of Galaxies (David Alexander, Durham); Gamma Ray Transients and Multimessenger Astrophysics (John Beacom, Ohio State); UHE Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos (Kumiko Kotera; IAP, Paris); The LSST Impact on Cosmology (Zeljko Ivezic; Washington); The Cosmic Microwave Background (Charles Lawrence; JPL, Pasadena); Current Challenges in Theoretical Cosmology (Robert Brandenberger; McGill); Numerical and Analytical Approaches to Gravitational Waves (Bernd Bruegmann; Jena); Theory and Simulations of Binary Neutron Stars (Vicky Kalogera; Northwestern); Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors (David Reitze; Caltech). The plenary talks and panels will set the stage for more specialized invited and contributed parallel sessions. IGC has three Centers: Center for Fundamental Theory; Center for Particle and Gravitational Astrophysics and Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. There will be parallel sessions devoted to all these areas. The conference program is designed to provide ample opportunities for both formal and informal discussions. In addition to providing global, long-range perspectives and an opportunity for stimulating scientific exchange across traditional boundaries, the conference will also be a festive event celebrating the completion of 25 years of IGC. We hope it will bring together many of the several hundred researchers who have passed through IGC. The conference will take place immediately after the biannual Loops'19 conference on Loop Quantum Gravity, which is scheduled for the week of the 17th to 21st June 2019, also at Penn State. Registration is now open (See the external link given at the top of the page) It will close on May 24th, 2019, or earlier if the capacity of the main auditorium is reached. To submit abstracts for the parallel session talks go to the external link given at the top of the page This page also gives the list of sessions. You can choose just one session for your abstract, or specify your first and second choices. The deadline for submission is March 24th, 2019. While it is not necessary to register for the conference in order to submit the abstract, we encourage you to do so because registration will close once the capacity of the auditorium is reached. In any case only registered participants will be able to make presentations at the conference. Further information, including the conference poster, can be found at the external link given at the top of this page. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14. 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Portsmouth, UK (1st announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14715 Starting: 2019-12-15 to 2019-12-20 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://texas2019.org Contact: texas2019[AT]port.ac.uk We are pleased to announce that the 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics will take place from Sunday 15th to Friday 20th December 2019 in Portsmouth, UK. The Texas meetings have covered topics such as black holes, gravitational waves, neutron stars, cosmic rays, dark matter and the early Universe since the first symposium, held in Dallas in 1963. The Symposium will include both invited and contributed talks and posters. The 2019 meeting will be hosted by the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation. Conference information will be posted on the symposium website, where you can sign up for future announcements. For any queries please contact the organisers at texas2019[AT]port.ac.uk We look forward to welcoming you to Portsmouth, Marco Bruni and David Wands (chairs of the scientific and local organising committees) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. CITA National / Canada Fellowship at the University of Alberta, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/02/cita-national-canada-fellows… Deadline: 2018-11-10 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada Additional Information: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/c3f0003d Contact: rafernan[AT]ualberta.ca Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, AB, Canada, via the CITA National or Canada Fellowship, to be hosted by Prof. Rodrigo Fernandez. The CITA National Fellowship is 2 years long and can be held at a Canadian University. The CITA Canada Fellowship adds an additional 2 years to be spent at CITA in Toronto, ON. Applicants interested in holding the fellowship at the University of Alberta should have a PhD in Astronomy or Physics, and experience with time-dependent numerical (magneto)-hydrodynamic simulations in the context of nuclear astrophysics and/or numerical relativity. The position is expected to start in September 2019. Successful candidates will have part of their time available to develop their own independent research program during the first 2 years of the fellowship. To apply, please go to: https://icat.cita.utoronto.ca/pdf/ and upload a CV, List of Publication, Research Statement, and e-mail contact information of up to 3 reference letter writers. The application deadline is November 10, 2018. Interested applicants can contact Prof. Rodrigo Fernandez at [rafernan AT ualberta DOT ca] for information about research activities. More information about the CITA National Fellowship: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/c3f0003d https://www.cita.utoronto.ca/opportunities/national-fellows-programs/ And about the Astrophysics Group at the University of Alberta: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~rafernan/ https://www.ualberta.ca/physics/research/astronomy-and-astrophysics +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc position in gravitational physics at University of Barcelona, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14533 Deadline: 2018-11-30 Location: Barcelona, Spain Additional Information: http://icc.ub.edu/job/80 Contact: emparan[AT]ub.edu One postdoctoral position, funded by the European Research Council, is now open at the University of Barcelona. Selected candidates will work with Prof Roberto Emparan and other members of the group on theoretical aspects of black hole physics, broadly defined. Selected candidates will start work no later than October 1st, 2019 for a period of 2 years. The deadline for applications is November 30, 2018. Faculty members of our group working on black holes, gravitation and related areas include Bartomeu Fiol, Cristiano Germani, Jaume Garriga, David Mateos, Josep M. Pons, and Enric Verdaguer. For more information, visit our websitehttp://icc.ub.edu/ Application procedure The University of Barcelona is part of a group of European institutes with a centralized system of postdoctoral applications. Thus interested candidates should apply through the Joint European postdoc application website at KU Leuven, choosing Barcelona as one of their preferred institutes. Only applications submitted through that website will be considered. Please do not resubmit them in any other way. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Faculty position in theoretical gravitational physics and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/03/faculty-position-in-theoreti… Deadline: 2018-11-14 Location: Champaign, Illinois, USA Additional Information: https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=103120&job=c… Contact: mgamel[AT]illinois.edu The Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applicants for a full-time tenured or tenure-track position in theoretical gravitational physics beginning in August 2019. We seek individuals with a strong background in general relativity, numerical relativity, gravitational wave physics, physics of compact objects, relativistic astrophysics, or cosmology. The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO. To learn more about the University’s commitment to diversity, please visit http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu Salary will be competitive and rank will be commensurate with qualifications. A Ph.D., or equivalent, is required, along with the ability and commitment to teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels. A successful applicant will be expected to conduct a vigorous and significant research program. Ideal candidates include those who demonstrate evidence of a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through research, teaching, and/or service endeavors. Qualified senior candidates may also be considered for tenured full Professor positions as part of the Grainger Engineering Breakthroughs Initiative, which is backed by a $100-million gift from the Grainger Foundation. Over the next few years, more than 35 new endowed professorships and chairs will be established, which will provide incredible opportunities for world-renowned researchers. The two main research areas are Big Data and Bioengineering. More information regarding the Grainger Initiative can be found at: http://graingerinitiative.engineering.illinois.edu. To apply for this position, please create a candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload an application package. The application package should include a statement of teaching and research interests, statement on commitment to diversity, a curriculum vitae, a publication list, and names and contact information of four references (no letters) all in a single .pdf file. The statement on diversity should address past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through research, teaching, and/or service. Review of applications will begin on November 14, 2018. Please contact Margie Gamel at 217-333-3762 or mgamel[AT]illinois.edu for further inquiries or questions. We have an active and successful dual-career partner placement program and a strong commitment to work-life balance and family-friendly programs for faculty and staff (http://provost.illinois.edu/worklife/index.html) The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Faculty position in Astrophysics at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/05/faculty-position-in-astrophy… Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: Milwaukee, WI. USA Additional Information: http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/27894 Contact: prbrady[AT]uwm.edu The Department of Physics (https://uwm.edu/physics/) at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship, beginning fall 2019. Areas of interest include but are not limited to gravitational-wave science, observational astronomy, and theoretical astrophysics. The position is associated with the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics (https://cgca.uwm.edu) home to seven professors, one visiting professor, eleven post-doctoral researchers and staff scientists, and a number of graduate and undergraduate students. We seek candidates with an outstanding record of research, excellent teaching skills and a commitment to building a diverse educational environment. Candidates should submit a cover letter, a CV with a list of publications, statements of research and teaching interests, and arrange for submission of three letters of recommendation. Application material must be submitted electronically to http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/27894. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2018 and will continue until the position is filled. As an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, UWM promotes excellence through diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Several Postdoctoral Positions on multi-messenger signals from compact mergers, Stockholm, Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14551 Deadline: 2018-11-30 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/ec159e96 Contact: stephan.rosswog[aT]astro.su.se The Departments of Physics and Astronomy at Stockholm University are situated at AlbaNova in Stockholm, providing a vibrant international research environment. We are part of the Oskar Klein Centre, containing world-class research groups in cosmology and time domain astronomy, http://www.okc.albanova.se/. A strong research environment has recently been established that focuses on the study of the electromagnetic signals from mergers of compact objects, G.R.E.A.T., https://www.great.cosmoparticle.com. Within this initiative, we are currently searching for several qualified Postdoctoral Fellows, in particular in the area of Modelling (two positions) and Observations (two positions) of gravitational + electromagnetic wave sources. Modelling Positions Two Postdoctoral openings will be available for outstanding individuals to work on the multi-messenger aspects of sources that produce both gravitational and electromagnetic waves. We search in particular for expertise in relativistic (magneto-)hydrodynamics, nucleosynthesis, neutrino transport and/or radiative transfer to work with Prof. Stephan Rosswog. Observational Positions Up to two Postdoc positions will be open for researchers working on observational aspects of transients. Within GREAT, GROWTH and ENGRAVE we focus on preparations and follow-up of optical counterparts to GW sources. Within ZTF and ePESSTO we also have resources to study other kinds of transients, such as supernovae. For more information, please contact jesper.sollerman[AT]astro.su.se or Ariel.Goobar[AT]fysik.su.se +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Physics at the University of Virginia, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/06/postdoctoral-position-in-gra… Deadline: 2018-11-30 Location: Charlottesville, VA, USA Additional Information: https://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=85690 Contact: ky5t[AT]virginia.edu The Department of Physics at the University of Virginia invites applications for a post-doctoral Research Associate in Gravitational Physics. The successful applicant will work with Professor Kent Yagi and students in the group. Candidates are also encouraged to interact and collaborate with faculty members and students at the Department of Astronomy and National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The group's interests include (but are not restricted to) gravitational-wave physics, nuclear astrophysics, experimental tests of relativity and compact object modeling. Candidates must have a PhD degree in Physics or Astronomy by the appointment start date. Sufficient knowledge, skills and experience on research in classical gravity, astrophysics and/or cosmology is required. The anticipated start date for this position is September, 2019. An earlier or later start date could be considered if mutually desired. This is a one-year appointment; however, appointment may be renewed for an additional two, one-year increments, contingent upon available funding and satisfactory performance. To apply, visit https://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=85690. Complete a Candidate Profile online and attach the following: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests and the contact information for three individuals who can provide professional reference letters. Review of applications will begin on December 1 and the position will remain open until filled. For additional information about the position, please contact Kent Yagi (ky5t[AT]virginia.edu) For questions about the application process, please contact Rich Haverstrom (rkh6j[AT]virginia.edu) The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System and the University Physician's Group are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Tenure-track Faculty Position in General Relativity at the University of Virginia, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/07/tenure-track-faculty-positio… Deadline: 2018-10-31 Location: Charlottesville, VA, USA Additional Information: https://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=85227 Contact: skh7b[AT]virginia.edu The University of Virginia Department of Physics invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. We seek a theoretical physicist with a strong record of research in the area of general relativity including numerical relativity, gravitational waves and cosmology. In addition to their primary role in the Physics department, it is highly desirable that the successful candidate can engage with the department of Astronomy and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, whose headquarters are located on the grounds of the University of Virginia. We seek candidates who are dedicated to our educational mission and are passionate about teaching at a world-class, international university. Upon joining the faculty at the University of Virginia, the new faculty member will be expected to establish a vibrant and successful research program in physics; obtain external funding; teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels; provide service to the University, Department, and professional organizations; and mentor doctoral students. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2018; however, later applications may be considered until the position is filled. The appointment begins with the fall term of 2019, with an anticipated start date of July 25, 2019. Applicants must have earned a Ph.D. in physics or a related field at the time of application. To apply, visit jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=85227. Complete a candidate profile online; attach a cover letter of interest, a statement describing the proposed research agenda and teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, a publication list (as Other 1), and contact information for three references. Have the reference letter writers email letters directly to phys-astro-job[AT]virginia.edu. For questions about the application process, please contact Savanna Galambos at skh7b[AT]virginia.edu. The University will perform background checks on all new faculty hires prior to making a final offer of employment. UVA assists faculty spouses and partners seeking employment in the Charlottesville area. To learn more about these services, please visit http://provost.virginia.edu/dual-career. For more information about UVA and the surrounding area, please visit http://uvacharge.virginia.edu/guide.html. The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoctoral positions at Fudan University, Shangai, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/07/postdoctoral-positions-at-fu… Deadline: 2018-12-15 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/Home.html Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) invites applications for postdoctoral positions to work in one of the following projects: 1) Development of astrophysical codes: we are interested in models of accretion disks around black holes and calculation of disk's reflection spectra. 2) X-ray data analysis: we are interested in measurements of the spacetime metric around black holes using the iron line method. The appointment is for 2 years. Applications received by December 15 will receive full consideration. Interested candidates should send standard application material (CV, short statement of research interests, publication list) to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Please arrange also 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. Inquires can be sent to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn More details on our research group can be found here: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoctoral Research Associates – Computational Relativistic Astrophysics/Numerical Relativity, West Virginia University, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14572 Deadline: 2018-11-15 Location: Morgantown, WV, USA Additional Information: https://careers.wvu.edu Contact: zbetienne[AT]mail.wvu.edu Postdoctoral Research Associate – Computational Relativistic Astrophysics / Numerical Relativity Job Number: 10075 The Department of Mathematics at West Virginia University is seeking two postdoctoral researchers in the field of Computational Relativistic Astrophysics/Numerical Relativity. The positions require a Ph.D. in Physics or a related field; strong programming skills (C and Python, or closely related languages); experience in high-performance computing and large-scale data analysis; and an excellent ability to communicate research to both experts and non-experts. Successful candidates will work with a multi-institution network of collaborators on a variety of numerical relativity projects, including for example (1) supercomputer simulations of magnetized binary neutron star mergers with IllinoisGRMHD; and (2) a volunteer-computing / public-outreach project called BlackHoles@Home, which is aimed at unlocking the consumer-grade desktop computer as a core tool for numerical relativity simulations of black holes and black hole binaries. Applications: Preferred start date is September 2019, though earlier start dates are acceptable. These positions may be renewed in annualized increments for up to three years, contingent upon performance, need, and funding. The screening process will begin on November 15, 2018 and will continue until the positions are filled. To apply, please visit https://careers.wvu.edu and navigate to the position title listed above. Upload a letter of application, a CV, and the names and contact information of three referees. For additional information, contact Professor Zachariah B. Etienne at zbetienne[AT]mail.wvu.edu. Fostering diversity and inclusivity is part of WVU’s mission, and we welcome applications from minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. WVU is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Assistant Level Faculty Position - Theoretical Astrophysics, UCSB, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14601 Deadline: 2019-06-30 Location: Santa Barbara Additional Information: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01344 Contact: brittany[AT]physics.ucsb.edu The Department of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Theoretical Astrophysics at the level of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2019 . The department has close affiliations with the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, the University of California Observatories, and the Las Cumbres Observatory. Further information may be found at these websites: http://www.physics.ucsb.edu, http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~astrogroup. Responsibilities of faculty members include teaching at undergraduate and/or graduate levels, recruitment, supervision, and mentorship of graduate students, participation in university service and professional activities, and the development of an actively funded research program of the highest quality. Applicants must have completed all requirements for a Ph.D. in Physics, Astronomy, or a related field (or equivalent degree) except the dissertation at the time of application. PhD degree expected by appointment start date. A demonstrated record of excellence in research, and a record of (or potential for) outstanding teaching are desired. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service as appropriate to the position. Applications should be submitted electronically, and must include: • Cover letter • Curriculum vitae • Statement of research • Statement of teaching • Complete List of publications • Applicants will need to arrange for at least 3 references to submit letters of recommendation on their behalf via the recruitment website. A statement of contributions to outreach and diversity is also welcome, but not required. Applications received by Dec 1, 2018 will be given priority consideration, but the position will remain open until filled. To apply please visit https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01344. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Theoretical Astrophysics at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/13/postdoctoral-research-fellow… Deadline: 2018-11-30 Location: Melbourne, Australia Additional Information: http://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/582537/research-fellow-theore… Contact: ilya.mandel[AT]monash.edu Applications from candidates with broad interests connected to any of the following areas of theoretical astrophysics are invited for a 3-year postdoctoral research fellow to start in September, 2019 (the start date is flexible): * Gravitational-wave astrophysics and the astrophysical interpretation of exciting new data on binary neutron star and black hole mergers * Modelling massive stellar and binary evolution * The interpretation of high-energy astrophysical transients, including tidal disruption events and gamma ray bursts * Stellar dynamics * Astrostatistics Please follow the URL for the full advertisement and application instructions. Applications should be submitted online via the above URL and should include a CV with a publication list and a statement of research interests. Applicants should also arrange for three reference letters to be sent directly to Prof. Ilya Mandel at ilya.mandel AT monash.edu . The School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University is strongly committed to improving the diversity of our staff and students, and promoting a culture of equity, fairness, respect and openness. Applications from female candidates are highly encouraged. The application deadline is 30 November, 2018. P.S. Candidates interested in a PhD position in related areas should contact me directly. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Kavli Institute Fellow in Gravitational Waves at the University of Cambridge, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14627 Deadline: 2018-11-01 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: https://www.kicc.cam.ac.uk Contact: r.maiolino[AT]mrao.cam.ac.uk Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 5 years in the first instance. In a new collaborative initiative, three University of Cambridge departments conducting research activities related to 'Gravitational Waves', the Cavendish Laboratory, Institute of Astronomy (IoA ) and Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), are offering a senior Fellowship in Gravitational Wave theory and Astronomy, to be conducted within the Kavli Institute for Cosmology located within the IoA (West Cambridge). The senior Kavli Fellow will actively interface and foster collaboration between the three departments (DAMTP, IoA, Cavendish). Specific areas of research include multi messenger astrophysics with GW sources, tests of general relativity through GW observations, the use of LIGO observations to study the formation history of black holes, GW data analysis techniques and template construction, studies of the equation of state through electromagnetic and GW observations of neutron stars and GW source modeling including electromagnetic counterparts. Applicants must be experienced researchers and have a PhD in Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy or a related field and a proven track record of independent research in one, or more, of the above mentioned or related fields. The fellowship is targeted at researchers who have the potential to become leaders in their fields. The successful applicant will be expected to conduct a programme of independent research, prepare or contribute to proposals to secure research resources (for example access to high-performance computing), write scientific articles for publication in peer reviewed journals and contribute to the supervision of graduate students and outreach as requested by the Director of the Kavli Institute. Applicants must have excellent communication and computing skills. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14632 Deadline: 2018-12-26 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: https://www.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/n290?lang=en-GB Contact: shinji.mukohyama[AT]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp A post-doctoral position starting April 2019 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 17H02890 "Gravity and cosmology beyond general relativity" (PI: Shinji Mukohyama). The monthly salary will be approximately 300,000 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 April 1, 2019 or later, and end on March 31, 2021. The applicant should submit the following documents in PDF format by email to Shinji Mukohyama with the subject line "Postdoc application", by December 26, 2018: (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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Postdoctoral positions in Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory at OIST, Okinawa, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/17/postdoctoral-positions-in-gr… Deadline: 2018-12-21 Location: Okinawa, Japan Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12388 Contact: oist.qgqft[AT]gmail.com Applications are invited for one or two 2+1-year postdoc position(s) in the Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory group at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Japan, starting in the Fall of 2019 or earlier (earlier is encouraged). The successful applicant(s) will work in the group lead by Prof. Reiko Toriumi. At OIST, there are related research groups lead by Prof. Shinobu Hikami, Prof. Yasha Neiman and Prof. Anastasiia Tsvietkova, with each group supporting about 4 postdocs. The Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory group itself expects frequent research visitors in addition to hosting workshops, e.g., an example workshop can be found here: https://groups.oist.jp/cws/event/oist-mini-symposium-holographic-tensors. OIST is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer. Further details can be found at www.oist.jp. Responsibilities 1. The candidate must have a clear research plan, and be able to achieve research objectives. 2. The candidate must be willing to contribute to Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory group meetings and seminars, and to mentor student research. 3. The candidate is expected to be in residence for the time of appointment. Conference travel is encouraged and the travel support is provided. Qualifications 1. Applicants are required to have completed Ph.D. in Physics or Mathematics by the time of appointment and have a background in quantum gravity, quantum field theory, random geometry or related areas. 2. We are looking for motivated, active and responsible researchers. 3. Demonstrates excellent oral and written English. Term Full-time, fixed term appointment for 2 years, starting Fall 2019 or earlier (earlier is encouraged). There may be an opportunity to renew it for one more year. Compensation The salary is internationally competitive and complemented by allowances as below. Benefits 1. Relocation, housing and commuting allowances in addition to the salary. 2. Annual paid leave (10 days for the first year and 20 days for the second year) and summer holidays (7 days) 3. Health insurance, welfare pension insurance, and worker’s accident compensation insurance. Application documents in pdf (in English) 1. Cover letter 2. Research statement (includes future plan) 3. CV including publication list 4. Three reference letters to be submitted through Academic Jobs Online (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12388) The application materials 1, 2, and 3 should be in one pdf file and please send it to oist.qgqft(at)gmail.com. Please submit only the reference letters through Academic Jobs Online. Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Reiko Toriumi at oist.qgqft(at)gmail.com. Application Deadline The review of the applications will start on December 21st 2018, and will continue until the positions are filled. The applications received by December 21st 2018 are guaranteed full consideration. We encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Visiting Professor / Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Vitoria, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14657 Deadline: 2018-12-04 Location: Vitoria, Brazil Additional Information: http://cosmologia.ufes.br Contact: julio.fabris[AT]cosmo-ufes.org The PPGCosmo program anticipates having one 4-year senior postdoctoral position for non-Brazilian citizens (“professor visitante estrangeiro”) starting in February-June 2019. PPGCosmo is a Brazilian PhD program consisting of five institutions from Brazil and four institutions from outside Brazil. The research topics range from theoretical to observational aspects of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, including participation in collaborations such as DES, Euclid, J-PAS, Virgo and LIGO. Its staff comprises 18 faculty members - please see cosmologia.ufes.br and cosmo-ufes.org for details. We plan to fill this position with a researcher with a strong record in gravitational wave physics or a closely related field. Only candidates with 10 or more peer-reviewed publications will be considered. The salary is at the associate professor level (“associado IV”), roughly Brazilian R$13,000 per month after taxes, which is approximately three times the standard Brazilian postdoctoral fellowship. The successful candidate will have the possibility to supervise PhD students and will have to teach graduate courses (two courses per semester). The program is based at the Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES), in Vitoria, the capital of Espírito Santo State - it is a well-connected and pleasant human-sized city. Faculty members usually live at walking distance from both the University Campus and the seaside, in one of the most pleasant neighborhoods of Vitoria. Please note that living costs in Vitoria are moderate: near the campus a meal costs about R$20-30 and renting a small apartment about R$1,500-2,000. To apply, please email cover letter, CV and research statement to ppgcosmo[AT]cosmo-ufes.org and have at least three letters of reference sent to the same address, ppgcosmo[AT]cosmo-ufes.org. The candidate should also send scanned passport or ID card and fill out and sign the form available at: http://www.progep.ufes.br/sites/progep.ufes.br/files/field/anexo/anexo_i_-_… Use the subject "Application for VISEX fellowship - ”. The application deadline is December 4, 2018. Skype interviews will take place on December 17-21, 2018. The Portuguese version of the call was published on portal.imprensanacional.gov.br. For further information please contact Julio Fabris . +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. Postdoctoral positions in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at the MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/26/postdoctoral-positions-in-gr… Deadline: 2018-12-22 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/gwjobs2019 Contact: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" (ACR) division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam announces the opening of several postdoc appointments. The postdoctoral positions will be available at different levels, depending on experience and seniority, and can last from 2 to 5 years. The ACR division, led by Alessandra Buonanno, is composed of about 20-25 scientists, including two research group leaders, Jonathan Gair (as of Spring 2019) and Harald Pfeiffer. The division also hosts several long and short-term visitors, and it has ties with the Physics Department at the University of Maryland, the Humboldt University in Berlin, and the University of Potsdam. The ACR division focuses on several aspects of gravitational-wave physics and astrophysics, including (i) theoretical gravitational dynamics and radiation (effective field theory, post-Newtonian theory, gravitational self-force approach, perturbation theory and effective-one-body formalism), (ii) numerical relativity, most notably simulations of binary black holes and binary neutron stars, (iii) interpretation and analysis of data from gravitational-wave detectors on the ground (LIGO and Virgo) and in space (LISA), (iv) astrophysics of compact objects, (v) cosmography with gravitational waves from binary systems, and (vi) tests of strong gravity within General Relativity and alternative gravity theories. Members of the division have the opportunity to join the LIGO Scientific Collaboration through the group's membership, the LISA Consortium, and also participate to building the science case for third generation (3G) ground-based detectors (Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer). The ACR division has a high-performance computer cluster, Minerva with ~9,500 cores, and a high-throughput computer cluster Vulcan with ~2,000 cores (soon to be replaced by Hypatia with ~8,000 cores). Those clusters are used to run numerical-relativity simulations of gravitational-wave sources, and to carry out source modelling and data-analysis studies for current and future gravitational-wave detectors. You will be asked to upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications and statement of research interests. Applicants will need to indicate the names of three referees for recommendation letters. Referees will receive an email with instructions on how to upload their letters. If they encounter problems, referees may also send letters by email to gwjobs[AT]aei.mpg.de. The ACR division also offers Max Planck Fellowships to non-German scientists. For further information, please visit our website. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is December 22nd, 2018. The positions are available as early as Spring 2019, but they can also start later, in Fall 2019. Applications will be considered until all positions are filled. The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. Postdoctoral positions in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14671 Deadline: 2018-12-16 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/2306007/postdoctoral-positions-in-computational-relat… Contact: mshibata[AT]aei.mpg.de The "Computational Relativistic Astrophysics" division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (the Albert Einstein Institute) at Potsdam led by Masaru Shibata announces the opening of several postdoc appointments. The postdoctoral position will be available at different levels, depending on experience and seniority, and can last for different number of years. The "Computational Relativistic Astrophysics" division will be composed of director (Masaru Shibata), one group leader (Kenta Kiuchi), one senior scientist (Shinya Wanajo), and 4 postdocs in January 2019. Now, this division focuses primarily on several research topics including numerical relativity with matter, modeling of gravitational waveforms for neutron-star mergers and supernovae, modeling of electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational-wave sources, r-process nucleosynthesis, and studies for the formation processes of a variety of black holes. However, research for a variety of other topics in computational astrophysics (even for non-relativistic astrophysics) is also encouraged. For more information, a list of required documentation, and submission links, please visit our web site. The deadline for full consideration is December 16th, 2018. The positions are available from any time after April 2019. The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. For further information please contact Masaru Shibata: mshibata[at]aei.mpg.de . +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. Tenure-track assistant professor in gravitational physics and astrophysics at the University of Mississippi, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14681 Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: Oxford, MS USA Additional Information: https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Assistant-Professor-%28Physics%2… Contact: gdykes[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in gravitational physics and astrophysics for the Fall of 2019. Current faculty members working on gravitational physics (Bombelli, Cavaglia`, and Stein) have expertise in gravitational-wave source modeling, data analysis and instrumentation, quantum gravity, tests of general relativity, and cosmology. The University of Mississippi is part of the LIGO and the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) collaborations. We seek candidates from any area that complements or diversifies the group’s research interests, and who will join the newly established Center for Multimessenger Astrophysics. Candidates are expected to develop a research program capable of supporting and leading graduate students to a Ph.D. A competitive startup package is available in the first three years. A Ph.D. in Physics or a related field is required. Faculty members are expected to contribute to the teaching and service activities of the Department and the University. Teaching duties include up to three courses a year at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. Interested candidates should apply online at https://careers.olemiss.edu and provide a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, a statement of teaching philosophy, and a detailed proposal for developing their research program. Combine the documents into two individual documents and utilize the "cover letter" and "resume" upload feature. Inquiries can be sent to the email address gravitysearch[AT]phy.olemiss.edu or to Gravity Search Committee Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677. Consideration of applications will begin on December 1, 2018, but applications will be accepted until an adequate applicant pool is established or until the position is filled. In 2017, the University of Mississippi initiated Flagship Constellations, which are designed to bring together a wide range of faculty from across campus to address some of the most difficult and complex problems facing our nation and world. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates interested in working with cross-disciplinary researchers to solve key, grand challenges. Applications from underrepresented groups in physics are strongly encouraged. The department is committed to increasing diversity in the field. Salary/Wage Information To learn more about our pay structure and view our salary ranges, click here to visit the Compensation page of our Human Resources website. This link is provided for general pay information. Hourly rate or salary may vary depending on qualifications, experience, and departmental budget. Note: Unclassified positions (faculty, executives, researchers and coaches) do not have established salary ranges. EEO Statement The University of Mississippi complies with all applicable laws regarding equal opportunity and affirmative action and does not unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or genetic information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution at the University of Kansas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14683 Deadline: 2018-12-10 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: https://employment.ku.edu/staff/13095BR Contact: kgalpostdocsrch[AT]ku.edu Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. The successful applicant will work with Prof. Gregory Rudnick on the characterization of distant galaxy clusters. These projects make use of existing observations with HST, Spitzer, and with the world’s largest ground-based telescopes. Previous experience with HST imaging reduction and with the construction of galaxy luminosity and stellar mass functions is preferred, though not required. 50% of the successful candidate’s time is expected to be devoted to the development of their own research program. The appointment is initially for 2 years. Further extension is contingent on additional funding and performance. The salary is competitive and includes funds for travel and computers. The successful applicant will be encouraged to take part in collaborations with Prof. Rudnick’s national and international collaborators. The hope is that the candidate can start in July 2019. The University of Kansas has a vibrant research atmosphere with 6 faculty working in the field of astrophysics ranging from galactic chemical evolution, cosmology, high energy astrophysics, space physics, and extragalactic astronomy. Lawrence, KS is an excellent place to live. It is and affordable and progressive city with a lively arts and music scene, excellent schools, high quality restaurants, affordable living, and a diverse cultural mix. It has often been called the "Austin of Kansas." It is also only an hour from the many good things that Kansas City has to offer. For a complete job description and to apply go to https://employment.ku.edu/staff/13095BR. Applicants should submit a cover letter with the names and contact information of three references, CV, publication list, a statement of past research, and a statement of research interests. In addition, three reference letters should be sent to kgalpostdocsrch[AT]ku.edu. For questions, please email kgalpostdocsrch[AT]ku.edu. Full consideration will be given to applicants whose materials are received by Dec. 10, 2018. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university’s programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and are the Title IX coordinators for their respective campuses: Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity & Access, IOA[AT]ku.edu, Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY (for the Lawrence, Edwards, Parsons, Yoder, and Topeka campuses); Director, Equal Opportunity Office, Mail Stop 7004, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Fairway, KS 66205, 913-588-8011, 711 TTY (for the Wichita, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas medical center campuses). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.20. Postdoctoral position in computational relativistic astrophysics / numerical relativity at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/29/postdoctoral-position-in-com… Deadline: 2018-12-15 Location: Boca Raton, USA Additional Information: http://physics2.fau.edu/~wolf Contact: wolf[AT]fau.edu The Department of Physics (http://physics.fau.edu) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of numerical relativity and gravitational wave sources modeling in Wolfgang Tichy’s group. The current research focus of the group is on simulations of binary binary neutron stars and black holes. Thus the ideal candidate should have knowledge about general relativity, binary neutron stars or black holes, as well as strong programming skills. However, interested candidates with other backgrounds will be considered as well. The position is associated with a DFG and NSF funded collaboration between the numerical relativity groups at FAU and the University of Jena in Germany. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to visit Jena to strengthen the collaboration. The appointment will be for 2 years, but may be renewable depending on future funding. FAU researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers through XSEDE, as well as a dedicated cluster at FAU (https://hpc.fau.edu) Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and at least three letters of recommendation. The letter writers are asked to send the letters directly. All materials should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: wolf[AT]fau.edu Review of completed applications will begin on December 15, 2018 and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. The planned starting date is in September of 2019, but can be earlier if requested. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.21. Postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/30/postdoctoral-positions-in-gr… Deadline: 2018-12-09 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12597 Contact: enrico.barausse[AT]gmail.com The Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU, www.ifpu.it/) Trieste, Italy, invites applications for two postdoctoral research positions to start in the Fall of 2019. The positions are for two years, with a possible extension to a third year. The research fields supported by the Institute are connected to the areas of: astroparticle physics, astrophysical probes of fundamental interactions, early Universe, gravitational wave astrophysics, structures in the Universe, theory and phenomenology of gravity. For one of the two positions, particular consideration will be given to top level candidates with an expertise in one or more of the following topics: gravitational wave tests of gravity in the strong-field, highly relativistic regime; numerical relativity; gravitational-wave data analysis; LISA/PTA physics and astrophysics. IFPU is a newly born institute, starting its activities in the academic year 2018-2019. It is a joint initiative of International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA, www.sissa.it/) the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, http://www.ictp.it/) the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF; Observatory of Trieste, www.oats.inaf.it/index.php/en/) and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN; Trieste Section www.ts.infn.it/en/) The Institute aims at hosting and promoting a vigorous and innovative multi-disciplinary research program focused on investigating the fundamental laws of Nature under a Cosmological and Astrophysical perspective. While working in close connections with staff members from the supporting institutions, postdocs at IFPU will also benefit from the extended visitor and research programs the Institute will host. Besides these positions, several additional postdoctoral positions in gravitational theory and experiments (and specifically on numerical relativity, screening mechanisms in gravity, and gravitational wave based tests of gravitational theories) may become available soon. All applications may be sent via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12597 (deadline December 9th, 2018) Inquiries may be directed to Enrico Barausse enrico.barausse[AT]gmail.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.22. ICTS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Bangalore, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/31/cts-simons-postdoctoral-fell… Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: Bangalore, India Additional Information: https://www.icts.res.in/opportunities/simons-fall-2018 Contact: ajith[AT]icts.res.in The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), TIFR invites applications for the ICTS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships. This program, funded by a targeted grant to ICTS by the Simons Foundation, is aimed at attracting world-leading young researchers to ICTS as postdoctoral fellows. ICTS provides a stimulating intellectual atmosphere and state-of-the-art facilities for academic research. In addition to the vibrant in-house research program, fellows will also have opportunity to interact with leading scientists from all over the world through collaborative visits, workshops and conferences, funded by the program. ELIGIBILITY Applications are invited from highly qualified young scientists with proven track record. Candidates must have a PhD degree in physics, mathematics, astronomy, theoretical physical chemistry, theoretical physical biology and related fields. Individuals who have submitted their doctoral thesis can also apply. SALARY AND BENEFITS The salary will Rs. 60,000 per month and the fellows can also opt for free Institute accommodation or a house rent allowance of Rs. 15,000 per month. In addition, Fellows receive health insurance, travel support up to Rs. 200,000 per year and a research grant of Rs. 200,000 per year for computing services, publications, relocation, and other direct costs. Fellows will also have the opportunity to apply for additional travel and research grants offered by the national funding agencies.The initial appointment will be for two years, with possibility of extension up to a third year, depending on a review of the scientific activity of the Fellow. HOW TO APPLY Interested candidates should apply online (https://www.icts.res.in/opportunities/simons-fall-2018) with their curriculum vitae, list of publications, a research proposal (not more than two pages) and a covering letter. Three recommendation letters also have to be uploaded online by the referees. Nominal deadline is 1 December 2018, but applications will be considered until the positions are filled. The nominal starting date of 1 September 2019 is negotiable. These applicants will also be considered for other postdoc positions at ICTS. ABOUT ICTS ICTS is a new initiative in Indian science with a mandate to contribute to frontier research by providing a platform devoted to theoretical natural sciences and interdisciplinary and applied mathematics through its various programs. The current in-house research program focusses on astrophysical relativity, numerical linear algebra, computational science, data assimilation, dynamical systems, non-linear dynamics, fluid mechanics, mathematical physics and geometry, physical biology, statistical mechanics and turbulence, condensed matter physics, and string theory (www.icts.res.in/research) ICTS hosts strong visitors and associates driven programs, a highly competitive graduate school as well as a devoted postdoctoral program that forms an integral part of the in-house research. A state-of-the-art residential campus is ready to provide vibrant academic environment. Located in Bangalore, the garden city of India, with pleasant and moderate climate, ICTS maintains close ties with the world-class scholastic ambience of the city. ASTROPHYSICAL RELATIVITY AT ICTS The ICTS Astrophysical Relativity group (https://www.icts.res.in/research/astrorel) includes faculty members Parameswaran Ajith and Bala R Iyer, postdocs Haris M K, Rahul Kashyap and Gayathri Raman (postdocs) and several students. Rana Adhikari, K. G. Arun, Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa, Badri Krishnan, B.S. Sathyaprakash and Anand Sengupta are visiting associates. The group’s research interest include gravitational-wave source modeling, data analysis including parameter estimation, tests of general relativity using gravitational-wave observations and astrophysics. The group is an active member group in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the IndIGO consortium. The group hosts a 1500 core LIGO Tier-3 grid computing cluster and has access to other high-performance facilities at ICTS. We organize several ICTS programs every year, including the annual ICTS summer schools on gravitational wave astronomy. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.23. Two postdoctoral positions in gravitational wave data analysis at Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14703 Deadline: 2018-12-20 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.nikhef.nl/jobs/vacatures/ Contact: vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl The gravitational physics division at Nikhef, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, invites applications for two postdoctoral research positions in gravitational wave data analysis and phenomenology, covering all aspects of strong-field gravity, with an emphasis on studying signals from coalescing binary neutron stars and black holes. The data analysis effort is led by Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck and Dr. S. Caudill and currently involves 3 postdocs and 3 PhD students; the group is expected to expand significantly in the next few years. In addition to data analysts, the gravitational physics department at Nikhef and its collaborators in the Netherlands consists of astronomers and astrophysicists, theorists, and instrumentalists. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. The positions are for two years, extendable by a third year. For more information and an online application form, see https://www.nikhef.nl/jobs/vacatures/. Please be prepared to upload a cover letter, publication list and curriculum vitae including a brief description of your research interest. Also, please have the email addresses ready of at least three references who are willing to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The deadline for full consideration is December 20th, 2018, but applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Further information can be obtained from Prof. Dr. C. Van Den Broeck (vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.24. Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Wave Cosmology, Leiden/Amsterdam, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14712 Deadline: 2019-01-15 Location: Leiden/Amsterdam, The Netherlands Additional Information: https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/ApplicationFor… Contact: silvestri[AT]lorentz.leidenuniv.nl Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Cosmology within the Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics (www.d-itp.nl) a consortium of existing institutes for theoretical physics of the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, and Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The appointment will be based at the Instituut Lorentz, Leiden University, but the successful applicant will spend part of the time at the University of Amsterdam/GRAPPA, on weekly basis. The position will be embedded in the research groups of Dr. Samaya Nissanke (UvA, GRAPPA) and Dr. Alessandra Silvestri (Leiden University). The Delta ITP positions are intended for excellent physicists and offer a competitive salary with generous benefits. The appointment is for 2 years (with possible extensions upon available funding) and will preferably start in Fall 2019. The successful applicant is expected to work on gravitational wave cosmology, with focus on tests of modified gravity and synergies with large-scale structure surveys, especially EUCLID. The cosmology group in Leiden includes Prof. Ana Achucarro (inflation) and Dr. Alexey Boyarsky (dark matter), and has close ties with the research group of Prof. Koenraad Schalm (AdS/CFT), as well as steady collaborations with several scientists from Leiden Observatory (Prof. H. Hoekstra, Prof. K. Kujiken and Dr. Elena Maria Rossi). The University of Amsterdam has a strong profile in the natural sciences, and has expanded upon that role with the founding of the GRAPPA center for astroparticle physics in 2012. The successful applicant will also work in close collaboration with the groups of Dr. Philipp Moesta (multimessenger astrophysics) and Prof. Daniel Baumann (cosmology). The applicant will also be part of the Nikhef, the national institute for subatomic physics in the Netherlands, which is involved in LHC, KM3NeT and gravitational wave instrumentation and data analysis. Applicants are expected to have a PhD degree in physics, astronomy, or any other related area, or to be scheduled to obtain one before the starting date of this appointment. We encourage applications from under-represented groups in STEM. Application material should include a curriculum vitae, a publication list, a research statement, and the names of three academic staff members who agreed to write reference letters upon request. The material should be uploaded in one pdf file before JANUARY 15, 2019 at the below URL: https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/ApplicationFor… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.25. Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Cosmology at Bilbao, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/01/postdoctoral-position-in-the… Deadline: 2018-12-15 Location: Bilbao, Spain Additional Information: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/earlyuniverse/ Contact: josejuan.blanco(a)ehu.es Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral position in the area of Theoretical Cosmology beginning in September 2019. The position will be held in the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain. The successful candidates are required to hold a PhD at the starting date of the position. Our group includes Ana Achucarro, Igor Bandos, Jose Juan Blanco-Pillado, Joanes Lizarraga, Juan Luis Manes, Jon Urrestilla, Manuel Valle, Jeremy Wachter as well as several graduate students. The group also benefits from close ties with other faculty members of the department, which includes, Mariam Bouhmadi-Lopez, David Brizuela, Tom Broadhurst, Inaki Garay, Inigo Egusquiza, Alexander Feinstein, Jesus Ibanez, Ruth Lazkoz, Jose M. M. Senovilla and Raül Vera. Our research interests focus on inflationary cosmology, topological defects and other applications to cosmology within field theory as well as String Theory. For more information on the group see ( http://tp.lc.ehu.es/earlyuniverse/ ). The appointment will be for two years. Interested candidates should send a CV, statement of research interests and publication list, and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be submitted to: early-universe-cosmo[AT]ehu.es The deadline for applications is December 15th, 2018. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.26. Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Geometry at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/11/02/tenure-track-assistant-assoc… Deadline: 2018-12-10 Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands Additional Information: https://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=601747 Contact: b.moonen[AT]science.ru.nl The Mathematics department of Radboud University (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) has a vacancy for a tenure track assistant/associate professorship in Geometry (broadly interpreted). Initially this concerns an employment for six years. There will be a final evaluation after at most five and a half years. If the final review is positive the position will be converted to a permanent one. For candidates who are already further in their career an earlier evaluation is possible. The department aims at increasing the number of female academic mathematicians employed by the institute. Female candidates are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. GRG Golden Oldies by Lichnerowicz / Doroshkevich and Novikov ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/18/grg-golden-oldies-by-lichner… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-golden-oldies The Golden Oldies series of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation reprints important papers in general relativity theory that were published 30 or more years ago and are either hard to get hold of, or were originally printed in a language other than English. Two recent works have been republished in October 2018: Lichnerowicz, A., Republication of: Propagators, commutators and anti-commutators in general relativity, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2433-x Editorial note by Giampiero Esposito is freely available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2440-y Doroshkevich, A.G. and Novikov, I.D., Republication of: Mean density of radiation in the Metagalaxy and certain problems in relativistic cosmology, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2441-x Editorial note by Ruth Durrer is freely available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2440-y ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. 2019 Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/24/2019-bronstein-prize-in-loop… Additional Information: http://relativity.phys.lsu.edu/bronsteinprize.html During the celebration of 25 years of Loop Quantum Gravity at Madrid, a new prize for post-doctoral scholars in Loop Quantum gravity was created. It is named after Matvei Petrovich Bronstein, who was the first to emphasize that quantum gravity requires a deep revision of classical space-time concepts. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis on Quantization of Gravitational Waves in 1935. He clearly understood the limitation of applying the Bohr-Rosenfeld QED measurement analysis to gravity. He derived the quantum analog of Einstein's quadrupole formula but emphasized the need to go beyond linearized gravity. He was considered by many as the brightest of the young Soviet physicists in the mid-1930's. He was arrested on trumped-up charges in 1937 and executed in 1938. An account appears in http://www.chukfamily.ru/Lidia/Biblio/House.htm Nominations for the 2019 Bronstein Prize are invited. The nominee should hold a (non-faculty) post-doctoral position at the time of the nomination deadline. The primary criterion will be high quality of scientific results in loop quantum gravity, interpreted in the broadest sense, creativity and originality, and the significance of results to the field as a whole. The nomination packet should consist of a bundled PDF file containing: i) A ~1 page nomination letter summarizing the specific achievements to date of the nominee; ii) A complete CV and a publication list of the nominee; iii) 2 letters of support from experts emphasizing the broad significance of all research contributions to date of the nominee; and, iv) A proposed citation. Self-nominations will not be considered. The entire packet should be bundled into a single PDF file and e-mailed to Ms. Randi Neshteruk (rxh1[AT]psu.edu) by Thursday, January 30th 2019. The prize consisting of a certificate and a monetary reward will be presented during the Loops 2019 conference, which will be held at Penn State from June 17th to 21st, 2019. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. GRG Editor’s Choice: recent highlight article ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/30/grg-editors-choice-recent-hi… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/news/grg-editors-choic… 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. This recent article deserves special attention: Abhay Ashtekar, Miguel Campiglia and Alok Laddha, "Null infinity, the BMS group and infrared issues" https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2464-3 Abstract: There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the structure of the gravitational field at null infinity, sparked by new results on soft charges and infrared issues related to the S matrix theory in perturbative quantum gravity. We summarize these developments and put them in the broader context of research in the relativity community that dates back to several decades. In keeping with intent of this series, this overview is addressed to gravitational scientists who are not experts in this specific area. 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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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. IV Jose Plinio Baptista School on Gravitational Waves, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1.2. International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA 2018), Yangzhou, China 1.3. International workshop on “Dark Matter and Stars”, Lisbon, Portugal 1.4. Precision Gravity: From the LHC to LISA, MIAPP, Munich 1.5. Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory (PIRT-2019), Moscow, Russia 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc position in the field of nuclear theory or ultracold atomic gases, Warsaw, Poland 2.2. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Particle-Astrophysics/Cosmology/Gravitational-Wave Theory at Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA, 2.4. Postdoctoral Positions at Center for Gravitation and Cosmology, Yangzhou, China 2.5. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position in applied mathematics at the University of Waikato, New Zealand 2.6. Postdocs in Quantum Gravity at SUSTech, Shenzhen, China 2.7. Scientific Programmer in Gravitational-Wave Physics at the MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany 2.8. PhD position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.9. Postdoc position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.10. Faculty Position in Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA 2.11. Postdoc position in Gravitational-wave Astrophysics at California State University, Fullerton, CA 2.12. Assistant Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 2.13. Tenure-track faculty position in astronomy or gravitational physics at Montclair State University, NJ, USA 2.14. Tenure-track fellowships at Nottingham, UK 2.15. Perimeter Institute Postdoctoral Program 2018, Waterloo, Canada 2.16. Post-Doctoral Scholar Position in Multimessenger Astrophysics, Penn State, USA 2.17. Post-doc position at IGC, Penn State, USA 2.18. PhD positions in astrophysics/gravity at Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2.19. CITA National / Canada Fellowship at the University of Alberta, Canada 3. News 3.1. The Seventeenth Release of the Einstein Toolkit ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. IV Jose Plinio Baptista School on Gravitational Waves, Espirito Santo, Brazil --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14408 Starting: 2018-10-15 to 2018-10-19 Location: Pedra Azul, Espirito Santo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.cosmo-ufes.org/jpbcosmo4.html Contact: events[AT]cosmo-ufes.org We will hold the IV Jose Plinio Baptista School on Gravitational Waves in Pedra Azul, Espirito Santo, Brazil, during October 15-19, 2018. This school is aimed at postgraduate students, the registration fee is Brazilian R$200 and the registration deadline is October 5, 2018. The invited speakers for mini-courses are: • “Gravitational Wave Detection History” - Odylio D. Aguiar (INPE, Brazil) • “Fundamentals of Gravitational Wave Astronomy” - Scott Hughes (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) • “Observing and Interpreting Gravitational Waves From Black Holes and Neutron Stars” - Badri Krishnan (Max Planck Institute, Germany) • “Topics in Post-Newtonian Theory” - Alexandre Le Tiec (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) • “Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Gravity” - Ricardo Sturani (UFRN, Brazil) • “Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics” - Bernard Whiting (University of Florida, USA) The School will also consist of the following advanced seminars: • “Gravitational Waves: The Nobel Prize 2017” - Odylio Aguiar (INPE, Brazil) • “Self-Force and Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals” - Marc Casals (CBPF, Brazil) • “On the Bending of Light: from Newton Optics to the Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in the Vicinity of a Black Hole” - Luís Crispino (UFPA, Brazil) • “Stability of Black Holes” - Gustavo Dotti (Universidad de Cordoba, Argentina) • “The Gravitational Waves Background” - Jose Antonio de Freitas Pacheco (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, France) • “Inflationary Models and Primordial Gravitational Waves” - Alexey A. Starobinsky (Landau institute, Russia) • “Black Hole Physics” - Jorge Zanelli (Centro de Estudios Científicos, Chile) Some time is also allocated to short communications and poster presentations by participants. Organizing Committee: • Davi C. Rodrigues (UFES, Brazil) • Felipe M. Santos (UFES, Brazil) • Hermano E. S. Velten (UFES, Brazil) • Julio C. Fabris (Chair, UFES, Brazil) • Marc Casals (CBPF, Brazil) • Oliver F. Piattella (UFES, Brazil) • Riccardo Sturani (UFRN, Brazil) • Syrios Gomes (UFES, Brazil) • Valerio Marra (UFES, Brazil) • Winfried Zimdahl (UFES, Brazil) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA 2018), Yangzhou, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/11/international-symposium-on-c… Starting: 2018-11-19 to 2018-11-23 Location: Yangzhou, China Additional Information: http://cospa2018.cgc-yzu.cn/ Contact: GRcenter[AT]yzu.edu.cn The CosPA, International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, is a series of conferences which was initiated in Taiwan and has been organized in Asia Pacific region annually as an activity of the Asia Pacific Organization of Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (APCosPA). The purpose of the CosPA 2018 conference is to bring together theorists, experimentalists and observers working in the fields of cosmology, black hole physics and particle astrophysics, in order to discuss the latest observations, theoretical results, and upcoming prospects for progress. This year the event will be hosted by the Center for Gravitation and Cosmology at Yangzhou University from Nov. 19 (registration) till Nov.23 (departure) in Yangzhou, China, Online registration ends on Sep.30. We are looking forward to seeing you in Yangzhou! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. International workshop on “Dark Matter and Stars”, Lisbon, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14436 Starting: 2018-12-11 to 2018-12-12 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/734467/overview Contact: iwdms2018[AT]centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt The goal of the workshop is to bring together scientists working across different research fields of stellar astrophysics and dark matter to discuss the current status and the future prospects of dark matter research. This meeting aims to discuss the recent advances in dark matter particle candidates, solar and stellar astrophysics, including helioseismology and asteroseismology, as well as compact astrophysical objects like neutron stars and white dwarfs. Moreover, we will also discuss the possibilities open by the next generation of stellar space observatories to the research in dark matter. We seek to encourage dialogue between different research groups to enhance collaboration and help to improve our understanding of the dark matter. The workshop was also planned with the aim of introducing the dark matter research field to encourage attendance by young scientists including PhD students. Invited Speakers: Malcolm Fairbairn (King’s College London, London, UK) Katherine Freese (University of Michigan, USA and Stockholm University, Sweden) Anne Green (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK) Jordi Isern (Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Spain) Christoforos Kouvaris (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Ángeles Perez-García (Universidade de Salamanca, Spain) Pearl Sandick (University of Utah, USA) Aldo Serenelli (Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Spain) Pat Scott (Imperial College London, UK) Laura Tolos (Institute of Space Sciences, Spain and ITP & FIAS, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany) Aaron Vincent (Queen’s University, Canada) Kathryn Zurek (University of California, Berkeley, USA), to be confirm The meeting will be held on 11-12 December at the Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation of the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please register and send an abstract before November 15th. Workshop page: http://iwdms2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Precision Gravity: From the LHC to LISA, MIAPP, Munich --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14496 Starting: 2019-08-26 to 2019-09-20 Location: MIAPP, Munich Additional Information: http://www.munich-iapp.de/Precision_Gravity Contact: rporto[AT]ias.edu Dear colleagues, We would like announce that the registration for our program Precision Gravity: From the LHC to LISA — to take place from August 26th to September 20th 2019 at MIAPP — is now open. We encourage you to apply for participation before the deadline: November 26, 2018. We ask you also to forward this message to those in your group who may be interested to participate, especially students and postdocs. Note that MIAPP provides a per diem of 80 EUR/day to cover part of the local expenses for external participants, as well as additional support for families (40 EUR/day) and graduate students. Since space and funding is limited, keep in mind that MIAPP requires attendance for at least two weeks. More details can be found in the MIAPP webpage. We are looking forward to seeing you in Munich! best regards, John Joseph Carrasco Ilya Mandel Donal O’ Connell Rafael Porto Fabian Schmidt +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory (PIRT-2019), Moscow, Russia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/01/physical-interpretations-of-… Starting: 2019-07-01 to 2019-07-05 Location: Moscow, Russia Additional Information: http://www.pirt.info/?lang=eng Contact: dekan-fn[AT]mail.ru International Conference “Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory” (PIRT-2019), Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia, 1 – 5 July , 2019, organized by Bauman University (Russia) and University of Liverpool (Great Britain). The objectives of this conference are the same as those pursued in the Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory (PIRT) conferences which have been held in Imperial College, London, every two years since 1988. These objectives are the physical, geometrical, and mathematical interpretations of the formal structure of Relativity Theory, and to examine the questions concerning the various interpretations of the accepted mathematical expression of the Relativity Principle. The Conference Program of the Moscow PIRT-2019 will include papers dealing with the following major themes: – Gravitation, cosmology and large-scale structure; – Gravitational waves and experimental tests of the relativity theory; – Space-time, topology and differential geometry; – Relativistic electrodynamics; – High energy astrophysics; – Nature and models of physical vacuum. SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PIRT-2019 Anatoly Aleksandrov, Bauman University, Russia Barry Barish, California Institute of Technology, the United States Aroonkumar Beesham, University of Zululand, South Africa David Blair, University of South Western Australia, Australia Anatol Cherepashchuk, Sternberg Astronomical Institute Moscow University, Russia Alexander Chernikov, Bauman University, Russia Sergei Chervon, Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Russia Naresh Dadhich, IUCAA, PUNE, India John Dainton, Liverpool University, Great Britain Vladimir Gladyshev, Bauman University, Russia Georgii Izmailov, Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia Nikolay Kardashev, Astro Space Center of P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of RAS, Russia Louis Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago, the United States Richard Kerner, University Pierre et Marie Curie, France Vassily Manturov, Bauman University, Moscow State University, Russia Bivudutta Mishra, BITS-Pilani, India Andrey Morozov, Bauman University, Russia Nicola Napolitano, INAF Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Italy Guido Pizzella, University of Rome, Italy Konstantin Postnov, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia Vladislav Pustovoit, Russian Academy of Science, Bauman University, Russia Carlos Romero, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Departamento de Fisica, Brazil Peter Rowlands, University of Liverpool, the United Kingdom Valentin Rudenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia Mikhail Sazhin, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia Alexei Starobinsky, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia Sergey Sushkov, Kazan Federal University, Russia Roland Triay, Centre de Physique Theorique CNRS - Aix- Marseille University, France Nina Tyannikova, Bauman University, Russia Rainer Weiss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the United States Postal Communications may be sent to the Secretary of PIRT-2019 Organizing Committee preferably by e-mail to Dr. Nina D. Tyannikova (dekan-fn[AT]mail.ru). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc position in the field of nuclear theory or ultracold atomic gases, Warsaw, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14419 Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: http://nuclear.fizyka.pw.edu.pl/html/news.html Contact: piotrm[AT]uw.edu Nuclear Theory Group (Warsaw University of Technology) invites applications to fill one postdoc position in the field of nuclear theory or ultracold atomic gases. The successful candidate will be working on the description of dynamical properties of strongly interacting fermionic superfluids being far from equilibrium state. In particular, he/she is expected to pursue studies of dynamics of neutron star interiors and/or dynamics of quantum atomic gases (vortex and soliton dynamics, quantum turbulence) within the framework of the time-dependent density functional theory. As a result we expect to gain a comprehensive understanding of microscopic dynamics of vortices in neutron stars and ultracold atomic gases allowing for microscopic underpinning of hydrodynamic models. We offer a unique opportunity to work on the most challenging problems related to superfluid dynamics of Fermi systems. The complexity of the problem poses novel computational challenges. Inevitably, high performance computing (HPC) will be the essential part of the research. Presently we use the fastest computing systems available for open science, like Piz Daint (CSCS, Switzerland), Titan (ORNL, USA) and Tsubame3.0 (GSIC Center, Japan). The candidate will also be partly involved in the software development for such systems. The research will be conducted in collaboration with our partners from USA and Japan. The successful candidate will be employed as a Research Assistant Professor for a minimum period of 12 months, which can be extended to 30 months. Requirements: Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree, or foreign equivalent, and a strong record of published research in condensed matter theory or in nuclear theory. We are looking for a candidate with knowledge of methods of many body quantum mechanics and possessing programming skills in C or Fortran. Knowledge of MPI or CUDA as well as experience with supercomputing will be an advantage. Employment status: Full-time, position starts when a successful candidate is selected but not later than January 1, 2019. Salary: Depends on qualifications: 8000 - 10000 PLN per month (before tax). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral position in numerical relativity at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/11/postdoctoral-position-in-num… Deadline: 2018-11-15 Location: Ithaca, NY, USA Additional Information: http://astro.cornell.edu Contact: lmk3[AT]cornell.edu Cornell University expects to have an opening for a Research Associate in numerical relativity starting in September, 2019. The position requires a Ph.D. and experience in numerical relativity or computational physics. The position is for one year, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The Cornell Relativity Group consists of Saul Teukolsky and Eanna Flanagan, senior research associate Larry Kidder and research associates Mike Boyle and Prayush Kumar. There will also be opportunities to interact with the Theoretical Astrophysics Group, including Rachel Bean, David Chernoff, Dong Lai, Richard Lovelace, and Ira Wasserman. Applicants should submit a resume with a list of publications, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Lynda Sovocool, Finance and Human Resource Manager, lmk3[AT]cornell.edu. Completed applications should be received no later than November 15, 2018. Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Particle-Astrophysics/Cosmology/Gravitational-Wave Theory at Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA, ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/11/postdoctoral-positions-in-pa… Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: Baltimore, MD, USA, Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11923 Contact: mhall64[AT]jhu.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for one or more postdoctoral research positions beginning September 2019 (or possibly earlier) in theoretical cosmology, particle/nuclear/gravitational-wave astrophysics, numerical relativity and/or related areas. The successful applicant(s) will work with Prof. Emanuele Berti and Prof. Marc Kamionkowski, and with other postdocs and students in their groups. There will be opportunities for collaboration with other faculty, their students and postdocs. There are also opportunities to work with scientists at the Space Telescope Science Institute. A Ph.D. in physics or astronomy is required. Applications should consist of a CV, list of publications, a summary of research interests, and three letters of recommendation, submitted to AcademicJobsOnline, at www.academicjobsonline.org Applications will be due December 1st, 2018. Johns Hopkins is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and welcomes applications from women and members of underrepresented groups. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral Positions at Center for Gravitation and Cosmology, Yangzhou, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/13/postdoctoral-positions-at-ce… Deadline: 2018-11-30 Location: Yangzhou, China Additional Information: http://www.cgc-yzu.cn/ Contact: ycong[AT]yzu.edu.cn The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology of Yangzhou University, China, is seeking qualified and talented postdoctoral researchers 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), theoretical and observational cosmology, black hole physics, gravitational wave physics will also be considered. Applicants should have (or expected to obtain by starting date) a Ph.D. in the relevant fields to receive full considerations. We offer a 2+1 year contract starting from September 2019. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to collaborate with members of the center, but they are otherwise free to pursue their own research interest. There is no teaching duty. The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology (CGC) is a young research center founded in 2017 at Yangzhou University. Yangzhou is a scenic city with rich history in the Jiangsu Province of China, primarily known for its former major role in the salt trade. It is the Southern capital of China under Emperor Yang of Sui (r. 604-617). It is believed that Marco Polo had served as a governer in Yangzhou around 1282-1287. CGC is an initiative of the BRICS-Association of Gravity and Cosmology (BRICS-AGAC), with support from the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Interested candidates should submit the following documents in a SINGLE PDF file to Prof. Yen Chin Ong at ycong[AT]yzu.edu.cn : (1) A full curriculum vitae. (2) A copy of PhD certificate (3) A publication list, with five most significant publications clearly highlighted. (4) A brief description of research interests, including future plans, not exceeding 2 pages. In addition, 2-3 recommendation letters should be arranged to be sent to the same E-mail address. Completed applications should be received no later than November 30, 2018. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position in applied mathematics at the University of Waikato, New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/14/lecturer-senior-lecturer-pos… Deadline: 2018-10-19 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand Additional Information: http://www.jobs.waikato.ac.nz Contact: woeichet.lim[AT]waikato.ac.nz The Department of Mathematics and Statistics within the Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences has a strong research culture with ongoing research programmes in various areas of pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics. We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer who will contribute to teaching, postgraduate supervision, administration and research within the Department and Faculty. Applicants must have the ability to teach several areas of graduate level applied mathematics and preference will be given to applicants who also have research strengths in applied mathematics. A research record of sustained excellence and a recognised contribution to the academic field appropriate to the level of position applied for are essential. You will also have demonstrated success in undergraduate teaching including the ability to lecture to large numbers and conduct small group tutorials effectively, along with the ability to contribute to the graduate and postgraduate teaching programmes and to maintain an active research programme. A PhD in Mathematics or a relevant discipline is required. Further information about the Department of Mathematics & Statistics is available at http://www.math.waikato.ac.nz/ The research interests of staff in the Department are listed under each staff member's entry in the 'People' tab. Current salary range for Lecturers is NZ $74,034 to $89,163 per year, and for Senior Lecturers is NZ $91,710 to $120,752 per year, depending on qualifications, skills and experience. Enquiries of an academic nature should be directed to the Department Chairperson, Associate Professor Sean Oughton: email: sean.oughton[AT]waikato.ac.nz Closing date: 19 October 2018 (NZ time) Vacancy number: 380371 For more information and to apply, visit www.jobs.waikato.ac.nz +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdocs in Quantum Gravity at SUSTech, Shenzhen, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14452 Deadline: 2018-10-31 Location: Shenzhen, China Additional Information: https://lmodesto2.wixsite.com/lmodesto Contact: lmodesto[AT]sustc.edu.cn Postdoctoral positions in Quantum Gravity at SUSTech (Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen) The newly established "Classical and Quantum Gravity Group" (spacetime structure from small to large scales) at SUSTech (Shenzhen, China) is looking for very motivated candidates to fill up to three postdoctoral positions as soon as possible. Our research mainly focuses on: 1) Nonlocal Quantum Gravity (NLQG). 2) Local Lee-Wick Quantum Gravity (LWQG). 3) Super-renormalizable or Finite completion of the Standard Model of Particle Physics (SRSM or FSM). 4) Black hole physics. 5) Cosmology. Therefore, the interested candidates should submit a short research project highlighting the potential impact of their past research on NLQG, LWQG, SRSM or FSM. The group at the moment consists on 1 Research Associate Professor, 1 PhD student, and several undergraduate students. Priority will be given to experts in: quantum field theory, perturbative quantum gravity, asymptotically safe quantum gravity, string theory, black hole physics, and cosmology. Preference may be given to candidates with no more then 2 years of postdoctoral experience. ABD (All But Dissertation) candidates are also encouraged to apply. The positions will start as soon as possible and the appointment is for 2 years. The salary is about 200,000 RMB/year. Interested candidates should send their CV, including contact details of 2-3 referees, and expected starting date, short statement of research interests and/or experience, publication list. For full considerations all the material should be sent to lmodesto[AT]sustc.edu.cn by October 31, 2018. If electronic submission is not possible, application materials may be sent via regular mail to: Prof. Leonardo Modesto Physics Department, Southern University of Science and Technology No 1088, Xueyuan Rd., Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 518055 Tel: +86 150 2672 5795 (Mobile) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Scientific Programmer in Gravitational-Wave Physics at the MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14455 Deadline: 2018-10-31 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/2296918/scientific-programmer Contact: andre.schirotzek[AT]aei.mpg.de The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam is looking for a highly motivated, talented Scientific Programmer who will actively engage in the computational research activities carried out in the division. The position will be at the level of a staff scientist; the appointment will initially be for 3 years, with the possibility of becoming permanent afterwards. In exceptional cases, the position can be made permanent sooner, or from the beginning. The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" (ACR) division, led by Alessandra Buonanno, develops theoretical models of gravitational waves (GW) from astrophysical and cosmological sources. These models --- implemented by the ACR division in Language C (for production analyses in the LIGO Algorithm Library (LAL) “LALsuite” code package) and Mathematica (for development) --- are used to detect signals in the LIGO and Virgo data streams, and extract invaluable information about extreme gravity and matter. The ACR division is composed of about 20-25 scientists, including two research group leaders, Jonathan Gair (to arrive in Spring 2019) and Harald Pfeiffer. The division also hosts several long and short-term visitors. Many members of the division are part of international collaborations including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the LISA consortium. The ACR division has a high-performance computer cluster, Minerva with ~9,500 cores, and a high-throughput computer cluster Vulcan with ~2,000 cores (soon to be replaced by Hypatia with ~8,000 cores). Those clusters are used to run numerical-relativity simulations of gravitational-wave sources, and carry out source modeling and data-analysis studies for current and future gravitational-wave detectors. Key tasks/responsibilities: - Lead the development and maintenance of software packages used to generate waveform models, and to carry out statistical inference on the properties of observed gravitational-wave sources. - Work to ensure that the computational performance of the software meets the needs of the ACR’s scientists. - Ensure that software developed in the division is well documented to facilitate the easy use of the code by new members and external collaborators. - Consult and train scientists in the use of software, as needed. - Support research and publications conducted by scientists in the division. - Engage in visualization of results. Required education and experience: - Ph.D. in computer science, astronomy, physics or a related discipline. - At least 4 years of experience with high-performance computing (HPC) or high-throughput computing (HTC) resources. - Expert knowledge in computational languages used in the astrophysics and physics community (e.g., Python, C/C++, Mathematica, MatLab). - Experience using multiple computational platforms (e.g., OSX, Windows, Unix/Linux). - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. - Excellent knowledge of oral and written English. Preferred qualifications: - Background in gravitational-wave physics or astrophysics. - Familiarity with gravitational-wave software. - Familiarity with modern software development practices, such as version control system (Git) and continuous integration (CI). - Experience in numerical solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations. Salary and benefits follow the remuneration of public employees in Germany (“Tarifvertrag im Öffentlichen Dienst, TVöD”). Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is October 31st, 2018. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. PhD position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14462 Deadline: 2018-10-16 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://hef.ru.nl/~tbudd/vacancies/ Contact: T.Budd[AT]science.ru.nl Applications are invited for a PhD position in the Quantum Gravity group at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Dr. Timothy Budd and will be funded as part of the NWO START-UP project “New routes towards quantum gravity in the ultraviolet”, which aims at the study of spacetime geometry at the smallest of scales with the help of the latest mathematical techniques and numerical methods. The Quantum Gravity group, consisting of three full-time and two part-time faculty and several postdocs and PhD students, provides an active and stimulating environment for fundamental research in the quantum aspects of spacetime and gravity. Applicants must have a university degree in physics or mathematics at the masters level or equivalent, with proven abilities in theoretical physics and interests in quantum gravity. Affinity in any of the following topics is considered an advantage but not essential: computer simulations and Monte Carlo methods, statistical physics and critical phenomena, probability and stochastic processes, enumerative combinatorics. The PhD position is for four years, which is the expected time for obtaining a doctoral degree in the Netherlands, and is subject to review after one year. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the collective labour agreement (CAO) of the Dutch universities. Starting date of the position is to be agreed upon. Applications will be considered until the position is filled, but those received by October 16th, 2018 are guaranteed full consideration. To apply the following documents should be sent electronically in pdf-format to T. Budd (T.Budd[AT]science.ru.nl): cover letter; CV; transcript of university courses and grades; (brief) statement of research interests. We encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoc position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14464 Deadline: 2018-11-15 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://hef.ru.nl/~tbudd/vacancies/ Contact: T.Budd[AT]science.ru.nl Applications are invited for a 2-year postdoc position in the Quantum Gravity group at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, starting in the fall of 2019 or earlier. The successful applicant will work with Dr. Timothy Budd and will be funded as part of the NWO START-UP project “New routes towards quantum gravity in the ultraviolet”, which aims at the study of spacetime geometry at the smallest of scales with the help of the latest mathematical techniques and numerical methods. The Quantum Gravity group, consisting of three full-time and two part-time faculty and several postdocs and PhD students, provides an active and stimulating environment for fundamental research in the quantum aspects of spacetime and gravity. Applicants should hold a PhD degree in physics or mathematics and have a background in quantum gravity, random geometry, or related areas. Affinity in any of the following topics is considered an advantage but not essential: computer simulations and Monte Carlo methods, statistical physics and critical phenomena, probability and stochastic processes, enumerative combinatorics. The position is for two years. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with the collective labour agreement (CAO) of the Dutch universities. Applications will be considered until the position is filled, but those received by November 15th, 2018 are guaranteed full consideration. To apply the following documents should be sent electronically in pdf-format to T. Budd (T.Budd[AT]science.ru.nl): cover letter; CV; research statement; publication list. We encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Faculty Position in Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/20/faculty-position-in-theoreti… Deadline: 2018-10-31 Location: Dallas, USA Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11789 Contact: jobsearch[AT]physics.smu.edu The Department of Physics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor position in the broadly defined area of Theoretical Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitational Waves. The appointment will start in August 2019 or later. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in physics, astronomy or closely related field. Current research at the Department of Physics at SMU is concentrated in the fields of particle physics and astrophysics. The theory program is concentrated on the studies of CMB and Early Universe and on QCD and LHC related topics. The current experimental program includes ATLAS at the LHC, NOvA and DUNE at Fermilab, SuperCDMS and DESI. The department is expected to have an access to the Simons Observatory. The successful candidate is expected to develop a vigorous research program, supervise graduate students and to teach at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Applications may be submitted electronically (pdf format preferred) via the academic jobs online website and should include a research statement, statement of teaching interests, curriculum vitae and contact information for three references. To ensure full consideration, the application should be received by October 31, 2018, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Inquiries (but not applications) can be sent to: jobsearch[AT]physics.smu.edu Southern Methodist University will not discriminate in any program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression. The Executive Director for Access and Equity/Title IX Coordinator is designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies and may be reached at the Perkins Administration Building, Room 204, 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, 214-768-3601, accessequity[AT]smu.edu. Hiring is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background check. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoc position in Gravitational-wave Astrophysics at California State University, Fullerton, CA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14476 Deadline: 2018-10-31 Location: Fullerton, CA Additional Information: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/csufasc/jobs/2216601/post-doctoral-r… Contact: jread[AT]fullerton.edu The Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy Center (GWPAC) at California State University Fullerton welcomes applications for a Postdoctoral Associate in Gravitational-Wave Physics. GWPAC faculty members include Al Agnew, Geoffrey Lovelace, Jocelyn Read, and Director Joshua Smith. Its research projects include searches for binary systems with black holes and neutron stars with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), characterization of the LIGO detectors, waveform modeling including analytical solutions for neutron stars with realistic equations of state, modes and tides, numerical relativity simulations of binary black hole and black hole neutron star systems as part of the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration, optical characterization of LIGO optics, theoretical calculations of thermal noise and mathematical relativity. The successful applicant will establish and carry out a research program in gravitational-wave physics that complements the existing strengths in GWPAC and involves undergraduate and master's students. Contributions to the study of third-generation gravitational-wave science and/or detector development are expected as part of their research activities. Women and members of groups traditionally underrepresented in physics and astronomy are especially encouraged to apply. The application deadline is 31 October 2018 or until filled. To be considered for this position, please submit an application at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/csufasc/jobs/2216601/post-doctoral-r… On the application website, please submit the names and contact information of three references. We also ask that you attach a cover letter, a short statement of research interests, and a curriculum vita. If you have any questions, please email Jocelyn Read at jread[AT]fullerton.edu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Assistant Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14479 Deadline: 2018-11-10 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/12922BR Contact: kuastrosearch[AT]ku.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas (KU) seeks outstanding applicants for an Assistant Professorship in the area of Astronomy and Astrophysics (tenure track position) expected to begin as early as August 18, 2019. We are interested in individuals with a computational, theoretical, or observational background who work in the broad realm of extragalactic or galactic astrophysics, although all qualified applicants will be considered. Some preference will be given to applicants who will have synergy with the research interests of KU faculty members. These interests include observational extragalactic astronomy and theoretical high energy astrophysics. The qualifying candidates must have a Ph.D. in astronomy or physics or a closely related field by the time of appointment as well as at least six (6) months of postdoctoral experience in astronomy, astrophysics, or physics. A strong record of research and demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching are required. A successful applicant will be expected to conduct an active research program and teach astronomy and astrophysics classes at the undergraduate and graduate level. Our department and university are dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive working and learning environment. Individuals who are committed to furthering these causes are encouraged to apply. We especially welcome applicants from groups traditionally underrepresented in Physics and Astronomy. This includes, but is not limited to, women, racial and ethnic underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQIA individuals as well as those residing at the intersection of these axes. Lawrence, KS is an excellent place to live. It is an affordable and progressive city with a lively arts and music scene, excellent schools, high quality restaurants, economical living, and a diverse cultural mix. It has often been called the “Austin of Kansas.” It is also less than an hour drive from Kansas City. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/12922BR. A complete online application includes the following materials: cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, and the names and contact information for three professional references. The candidate should also arrange for the three reference letters to be sent to kuastrosearch[AT]ku.edu. For additional information about the position, please contact: Professors Gregory Rudnick and Mikhail Medvedev, Search Committee co-Chairs, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kansas, kuastrosearch[AT]ku.edu. The application deadline is November 10, 2018. All application materials should be received by this date for proper consideration. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, relation, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and is the University’s Title IX Coordinator: the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA[AT]ku.edu, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Tenure-track faculty position in astronomy or gravitational physics at Montclair State University, NJ, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/24/tenure-track-faculty-positio… Deadline: 2018-11-12 Location: Montclair, New Jersey, United States Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12051 Contact: physics-search[AT]montclair.edu Tenure-track position in Physics/Astronomy Department of Physics and Astronomy Montclair State University Applications are invited for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Physics. (Applications for exceptional applicants at the Associate Professor or Professor level will also be considered.) Priority will be given to a physicist or astronomer with expertise in data analysis, observation, or computing. We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in gravitational-wave physics (data analysis preferred), multi-messenger astronomy, exoplanets, solar system astronomy, neutrino astrophysics, radio astronomy, optical/IR astronomy, and x-ray/gamma-ray astronomy. Highly qualified applicants in other areas of physics and astronomy may be considered. Montclair State University is New Jersey’s second-largest university, with over 20,000 students. It is a Research Doctoral University under the Carnegie Classification of higher-education institutions. The University has a very diverse student body and has met the criteria to be a Federally-designated Hispanic-Serving Institution. It is located 15 miles west of New York City in the town of Montclair. Additional information about our department can be found on our website: https://www.montclair.edu/physics-astronomy/ . A Ph.D. in Physics or Astronomy is required; one or more years of postdoctoral experience is preferred. We are especially interested in candidates who can support and further develop the astronomy or computational-physics/data science component of our curriculum. Applicants of all genders, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, and nationalities are welcome in our department. A full search advertisement with more details and application instructions can be found at AcademicJobsOnline: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12051 . Applications should be submitted before November 12, 2018 to ensure full consideration. Contact Marc Favata with any questions or requests for information at physics-search[AT]montclair.edu. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Tenure-track fellowships at Nottingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14488 Deadline: 2018-10-12 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI1841 Contact: Thomas.Sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk This year’s Nottingham Research and Anne McLaren Fellowships are now open for expressions of interest. Deadline: 12/10/2018 What are the fellowships? Anne McLaren Fellowships – Our Anne McLaren Fellowships are aimed at outstanding female scholars in science, technology, engineering and medicine at the early stage of their academic careers. Nottingham Research Fellowships – The Nottingham Research Fellowships target outstanding early career researchers in all academic disciplines across the University. Each fellowship offers: . Three years independent funding, starting October 2019, to conduct research while based at the University of Nottingham . Extensive career development support, including participation in a mentoring scheme . Competitive salary set on the Research and Teaching Staff Scales Level 5 (GBP 38,833 and GBP 47,722) depending on experience . The linking of the Fellowship to an established academic post, subject to performance against a high quality threshold and the continued right to work in the UK. . Research expenses totalling GBP 75,000 . Additional childcare costs of up to GBP 5,000 per annum . Relocation expenses of up to GBP 1,500 . The opportunity to spend periods of time at University of Nottingham Campuses in China and Malaysia Link with further general info: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/researchwithus/fellowships/nottingham… Job advert for fellowships in Mathematical Sciences: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI1841 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Perimeter Institute Postdoctoral Program 2018, Waterloo, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/25/perimeter-institute-postdoct… Deadline: 2018-11-01 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Canada Additional Information: http://perimeterinstitute.ca/about/careers/positions/perimeter-postdoctoral… Contact: peopleandculture[AT]perimeterinstitute.ca Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics invites applications for postdoctoral positions, including named fellowships, from new and recent PhDs working in fundamental theoretical physics. Our areas of research include - particle physics - quantum condensed matter - cosmology - classical gravity - mathematical physics - quantum fields and strings - quantum foundations - quantum information - quantum gravity as well as connections and overlaps between these areas. Most postdoctoral positions are offered for a period of three years. You may also be eligible for a named 4 year postdoctoral fellowship including: the Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Stephen Hawking and Chien-Shiung Wu fellowships. Senior 5 year fellowships are also available. Fellowships may in addition be offered jointly between Perimeter and partner institutes and universities. Perimeter Institute offers a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment with maximum research freedom and opportunity to collaborate within and across fields. We welcome applications from highly creative and intellectually adventurous theorists. Perimeter offers you - comprehensive support including a generous research and travel fund, - opportunities to invite visiting collaborators, - help and support for organizing workshops and conferences. - a mentoring system that provides you with feedback and support to flourish as an independent researcher. As a postdoctoral researcher at PI you will be a welcome participant in a thriving research international community which includes 45 full-time and associate faculty members, 51 Distinguished Visiting Research Chairs, 58 Postdoctoral Researchers, 54 Graduate Students, and 35 master’s-level students participating in Perimeter Scholars International. Perimeter also welcomes around a thousand visitors and conference participants throughout the academic year. We are committed to building an inclusive community that promotes excellence. The due date for applications is November 1 2018; however, we will accept applications until all positions are filled. See link for details. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. Post-Doctoral Scholar Position in Multimessenger Astrophysics, Penn State, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/28/post-doctoral-scholar-positi… Deadline: 2018-12-01 Location: Penn State, University Park, PA, USA Additional Information: https://psu.jobs/job/83305 Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu The Department of Physics at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking to fill one or more Postdoctoral Scholar positions in multimessenger astrophysics with gravitational waves. The successful candidate will participate in the research program led by David Radice on the numerical and analytical modeling of compact binary mergers in general relativity. There will also be ample opportunity for collaboration with other faculty members at the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, which includes, among others, Abhay Ashtekar, Eugenio Bianchi, Chad Hanna, Sarah Shandera, and B.S. Sathyaprakash. These positions require a Ph.D. in physics, astronomy, or a closely related field. Applications must be submitted online at https://psu.jobs/job/83305 and include a cover letter, CV, and a statement of research interests. Applicants should arrange for three recommendation letters to be submitted to institute[AT]gravity.psu.edu indicating the appropriate job number in the subject line. Applications received before December 1, 2018 will be given full consideration. The expected start date is September 1, 2019, although alternative start dates will also be considered. For more information, please visit http://gravity.psu.edu. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with excellent possibility of re-funding. To review the Annual Security Report which contains information about crime statistics and other safety and security matters and policies, please go to https://police.psu.edu/annual-security-reports, which will also explain how to request a paper copy of the Annual Security Report. Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. Post-doc position at IGC, Penn State, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/30/post-doc-position-at-igc-pen… Deadline: 2018-12-07 Location: University Park, PA 16802, USA Additional Information: http://igc.psu.edu/opportunities/index.shtml Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking to fill one or more post-doctoral scholar positions in the theoretical aspects of gravitational physics for the academic year 2019-20 . The successful candidate will participate in the research programs led by Professors Abhay Ashtekar and Eugenio Bianchi. These include projects in classical general relativity, especially gravitational waves and cosmology; loop quantum gravity with emphasis on semi-classical issues and loop quantum cosmology; all aspects of quantum black holes with emphasis on entanglement entropy, singularity resolution and quantum eaporation; and relation between loop quantum gravity and other approaches to quantum gravity and non-perturbative techniques in quantum field theory. The larger gravitational theory group faculty will include Chad Hanna, Donghui Jeong, David Radice, Sarah Shandera and B. Sathyaprakash. Successful candidates will be encouraged to interact also with mathematicians in the Center for Fundamental Theory and with members of the Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. During the current academic year, the Institute has 22 post-docs (including Drs. Emmanuele Alesci, Sina Bahrami, Tommaso de Lorenzo, Pietro Dona, Anuradha Gupta, Marc Schneider and Surabhi Sachdev in Gravitation and Cosmology). For further information on the Institute, see http://www.gravity.psu.edu/. A Ph.D. in physics or a related field is required, with a research record showing a strong background in general relativity, and at least one of the other areas listed above. While the primary responsibility of the successful candidate(s) will be to carry out research in some of these areas, we also expect them to interact strongly with the other researchers in the gravity and cosmology group at Penn State. The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos offers significant additional resources for research expenses to exceptional candidates. They can be used for academic travel, computers, software, books, etc, entirely at the post-doctoral scholar’s discretion. Applications must be submitted electronically at https://psu.jobs/job/???? (the job number ???? will be posted in the very near future) and include a cover letter, CV and statement of research interests. Applicants should arrange for three reference letters to be submitted to Randi Neshteruk at rxh1[AT]psu.edu indicating the appropriate job number in the subject line. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire, with possibility of re-funding. Review of applications will begin on December 8th, 2018 and continue until suitable candidate(s) are found. CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS: For more about safety at Penn State, and to review the Annual Security Report which contains information about crime statistics and other safety and security matters, please go to http://www.police.psu.edu/clery , which will also provide you with detail on how to request a hard copy of the Annual Security Report. Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. PhD positions in astrophysics/gravity at Fudan University, Shanghai, China ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/01/phd-positions-in-astrophysic… Deadline: 2018-11-30 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/Home.html Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has a few PhD positions for the next academic year (starting in September 2019). The successful candidates must have a Master degree in Physics or in a related area before September 2019. Courses and research are conducted in English. The PhD program normally lasts for 3 years, but it can be extended to 4-5 years. We are looking for candidates interested in working on: 1) X-ray data analysis of black holes 2) Astrophysical codes (fortran, C/C++, python) The group is led by Prof. Cosimo Bambi and currently consists of 2 postdoctoral researchers and several graduate and undergraduate students. More details can be found on the group webpage. Interested candidates should send their CV (including, among other things, date of birth and nationality) and a short statement of research interests and/or experience to: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Please arrange also at least 2 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. Applications received by November 30 will receive full consideration. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. CITA National / Canada Fellowship at the University of Alberta, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/10/02/cita-national-canada-fellows… Deadline: 2018-11-10 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada Additional Information: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/c3f0003d Contact: rafernan[AT]ualberta.ca Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, AB, Canada, via the CITA National or Canada Fellowship, to be hosted by Prof. Rodrigo Fernandez. The CITA National Fellowship is 2 years long and can be held at a Canadian University. The CITA Canada Fellowship adds an additional 2 years to be spent at CITA in Toronto, ON. Applicants interested in holding the fellowship at the University of Alberta should have a PhD in Astronomy or Physics, and experience with time-dependent numerical (magneto)-hydrodynamic simulations in the context of nuclear astrophysics and/or numerical relativity. The position is expected to start in September 2019. Successful candidates will have part of their time available to develop their own independent research program during the first 2 years of the fellowship. To apply, please go to: https://icat.cita.utoronto.ca/pdf/ and upload a CV, List of Publication, Research Statement, and e-mail contact information of up to 3 reference letter writers. The application deadline is November 10, 2018. Interested applicants can contact Prof. Rodrigo Fernandez at [rafernan AT ualberta DOT ca] for information about research activities. More information about the CITA National Fellowship: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/c3f0003d https://www.cita.utoronto.ca/opportunities/national-fellows-programs/ And about the Astrophysics Group at the University of Alberta: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~rafernan/ https://www.ualberta.ca/physics/research/astronomy-and-astrophysics +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. The Seventeenth Release of the Einstein Toolkit ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/09/18/the-seventeenth-release-of-t… Additional Information: https://einsteintoolkit.org/index.html We are pleased to announce the seventeenth release (code name "Chien-Shiung Wu") of the Einstein Toolkit, an open, community developed software infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics. The highlights of this release are Five new thorns have been added: GiRaFFE GiRaFFEfood ShiftedKerrSchild GiRaFFE_to_HydroBase ID_converter_GiRaFFE In addition, bug fixes accumulated since the previous release in Feb 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 code GRHydro. 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 200 regression test cases. On a large portion of the tested machines, almost all of these tests pass, using both MPI and OpenMP parallelization. Additional information can be found at https://einsteintoolkit.org/about/releases/ET_2018_09_announcement.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for September 2018
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02 Sep '18

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Testing Gravity 2019, Vancouver, Canada 1.2. The New Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics, Groningen, The Netherlands 1.3. Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics with Populations, Aspen, Colorado, USA 1.4. PHAROS PhD training school on multi-messenger physics and astrophysics with compact binaries, Jena, Germany 2. Jobs 2.1. W1 (Tenure-Track) Faculty Position in Theoretical Gravitational-Wave Physics, Frankfurt, Germany 2.2. Postdoctoral position in gravitational physics, Lisbon, Portugal 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Department of Physics, IIT Bombay, India 2.4. Department Head, School of Mathematical Science, RIT, NY, USA 2.5. Postdoctoral Researcher or Associate Researcher in Theoretical High Energy Physics at the University of Kansas, USA 2.6. Postdoctoral Researcher in mathematical physics at the University of Burgundy, France 2.7. Junior Professorship (W1) for Theoretical Astrophysics (Tenure track), Potsdam, Germany 2.8. Two Tenure Track Faculty Positions in Physics, Wake Forest University, USA 2.9. Postdoctoral researcher in gravitational physics at the University of Mississippi, USA 2.10. Postdoc opportunities in General Relativity, Dublin City University, Ireland 3. News 3.1. SageManifolds 1.3 is out 3.2. GRG Editor’s Choice: recent highlight articles 3.3. COST GWverse: Exchange of researchers working on gravitational-wave and black hole physics 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: New articles on "Computer algebra" and "Hamiltonian formalisms" ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Testing Gravity 2019, Vancouver, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/07/testing-gravity-2019/ Starting: 2019-01-23 to 2019-01-26 Location: Vancouver, Canada Additional Information: https://www.sfu.ca/physics/cosmology/TestingGravity2019/ Contact: testing-gravity-2019[AT]sfu.ca The registration is currently open for the 3rd Testing Gravity conference at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver, January 23-26, 2019. Like the 2015 and the 2017 meetings, TG2019 will feature the latest updates from the gravitational wave detectors, laboratory tests, cosmological surveys and other experiments, as well as discussions of recent theoretical advances. Testing Gravity remains a topical theme because of the unexplained nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy and the long-standing failure to reconcile gravity with quantum physics. The Testing Gravity conference series aims to provide theorists working on extensions of General Relativity with a realistic perspective on what aspects of their theories can be tested. On the other hand, the experimentalists and observers get a chance to learn about new ideas that their experiments can test. There will be a one-day “school” on Wednesday, January 23rd, featuring five review lectures covering the key topics of the conference. The main conference, January 24-26, will include invited and contributed talks, and a poster session. To register and for further information, including special accommodation rates, please visit the conference website. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. The New Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics, Groningen, The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14368 Starting: 2019-03-25 to 2019-03-29 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://multi-messenger.asterics2020.eu/ Contact: locasterics[AT]astron.nl The ASTERICS collaboration is pleased to announce the symposium: "The New Era of Multi Messenger Astrophysics". We look forward to welcoming you to Groningen to discuss the recent developments in the fields of gravitational waves, astrophysical neutrinos, the highly energetic dynamic sky, and to explore new methods for multi-messenger science and the related research infrastructures. The past few years have been pivotal for multi-messenger astrophysics, with the first detection of gravitational waves from the merging of two neutron stars and the recent announcement of a high energy neutrino event detected by IceCube coincident in direction and time with a gamma-ray flare from a blazar detected by Fermi. Gravitational Wave and Neutrino sources and their electromagnetic counterparts, together with new developments in transient astronomy, are a vibrant field where the nature of many phenomena is still unknown or debated. Furthermore, the new generation of sensitive, wide-field instrumentation across the entire electromagnetic and astroparticle spectrum (SKA, CTA, KM3NeT, ELT, Athena) are set to radically change the way we perceive the Universe. In the next decade, space and ground-based detectors will jointly explore the Universe through all its messengers. Adequate e-infrastructures and algorithms will be needed to manage and analyse the data. The new era of multi-messenger astrophysics has dawned. The time is right to convene a meeting of international researchers to review recent scientific and technological progress and to continue planning the future of multi-messenger astrophysics. The conference will be held from 25 to 29 March 2019, hosted by the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) on behalf of the ASTERICS collaboration at Martini Plaza in Groningen, The Netherlands. ASTERICS is a Horizon 2020 funded project that collects knowledge and experiences from astronomy, astrophysics and particle physics and fosters synergies among existing research infrastructures and scientific communities, with the ambition of seeing them interoperate as an integrated, multi-wavelength and multi-messenger facility. Registration and abstract submissions are now open. General inquiries can be sent to locasterics[AT]astron.nl. Key themes are: * Electromagnetic transients in multi-messenger signals -- Explosive triggers -- Repeaters * Gravitational Wave Sources in multi-messenger signals -- Persistent sources -- NS mergers -- BH events * Sources of high-energy particles (neutrinos, CRs, VHE gamma-rays) -- Blazars and astrophysical neutrinos * Multi-messenger technology and interoperability -- Synoptic surveys and multi-messenger signals -- Interoperability of multi-messenger facilities -- Data access and Virtual Observatory * Alert mechanism systems and fast response of facilities -- Policies for multi-messenger astrophysics * The principles of Open Science Scientific Organising Committee (SOC): Gemma Anderson - Curtin University (Australia) Dipankar Bhattacharya - Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (India) Marica Branchesi - Gran Sasso Science Institute/INFN-LNGS (Italy) Eric Chassande-Mottin - CNRS (France) Alessandra Corsi - Texas Tech University (USA) Anna Franckowiak - Desy (Germany) Aart Heijboer - Nikhef (Netherlands) Mansi M. Kasliwal - California Institute of Technology (USA) Sera Markoff - University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Tara Murphy - University of Sydney (Australia) Zsolt Paragi - Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (Netherlands) Fabio Pasian - INAF (Italy) Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz University of California, Santa Cruz (USA) Patrick Woudt - University of Cape Town (South Africa) Feng Yuan - Shanghai Observatory (China) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics with Populations, Aspen, Colorado, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14393 Starting: 2019-02-09 to 2019-02-15 Location: Aspen, Colorado, USA Additional Information: https://sites.google.com/fullerton.edu/gwpop-aspen2019/ Contact: jread[AT]Fullerton.edu GWPop will explore new challenges in accommodating the (possible) oncoming deluge of transient detections, with implications across a diverse array of astrophysics including general relativity and fundamental physics, stellar populations and their history, cosmic nucleosynthesis, post-merger jets and kilonovae, and the neutron-star equation of state. Applications will open in mid-September 2018. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. PHAROS PhD training school on multi-messenger physics and astrophysics with compact binaries, Jena, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/28/pharos-phd-training-school-o… Starting: 2019-03-11 to 2019-03-15 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: https://indico.tpi.uni-jena.de/event/2/overview Contact: pharoschod2019[AT]uni-jena.de The first PHAROS COST action CA16214 [1] PhD training school on multi-messenger physics and astrophysics with compact binaries will be held in Jena (Germany) from Monday March 11 to Friday March 15 2019 [2]. The goal of the school is to contribute to the training of the next generation of scientists that will face the problem of interpreting multimessenger signals from compact binaries composed of neutron stars in the coming years. The school is aimed primarily at students and early career researchers and covers the following topics: * Observational aspects. - Current and future observatories, their operational mode, and the network organization. - Main observables and their connection to astrophysical phenomena and sources. - Relations between the sources and the emission mechanisms in the different bands and channels (gravitational, electromagnetic and neutrinos). - Observational constraints on neutron star and merger remnant properties, and on the dense matter equation of state. * Theoretical modeling. - Formation channels of compact binaries; masses distributions and rates. - Coalescence dynamics and gravitational signals from general and numerical relativity. - High-energy astrophysical phenomena; short gamma-ray burst and kilonova modeling and their connection to the strong-field dynamics. - Role of nuclear and weak interactions in the merger dynamics and remnant; status and challenges of physical input models for theory and simulations. * Data analysis. - Bayesian methods and standard tools employed by different communities. - Shared frameworks for multi-messenger data analysis: status and perspectives. - Data reduction and observational inputs. - Input from theoretical modeling: models requirements and interpretation challenges. Lecturers * ARCONES Almudena (Darmstadt U/GSI) * FORTIN Morgan (CAMK) * HINDERER Tanja (Radboud U) * MAPELLI Michela (Padova U) * MESSENGER Chris* (Glasgow) * OHME Frank (AEI Hannover) * PEREGO Albino (INFN) * SHIBATA Masaru (AEI/Kyoto) *TANVIR Nial (University of Leicester) There is no registration fee, but online registration before January 10, 2019 is required. Due to space limitations, attendance at the school is limited to approximately 100 people. Partial support for local housing and travel is available upon request. Participants desiring support should apply filling the online registration form [2]. Scientific Organizing Commitee * ANDERSSON Nils (Southampton U) * BERNUZZI Sebastiano (Jena U) * BRUEGMANN Bernd (Jena U) * HANNAM Mark (Cardiff U) * HASKELL Brynmor (CAMK) * MEINEL Reinhard (Jena U) * NISSANKE Samaya (UvA) * OERTEL Micaela (Meudon) * ROWLINSON Antonia (UvA) * REA Nanda (CSIC) * TOLOS Laura (Frankfurth Goethe U) [1] http://www.pharos.ice.csic.es/ [2] https://indico.tpi.uni-jena.de/event/2/overview +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. W1 (Tenure-Track) Faculty Position in Theoretical Gravitational-Wave Physics, Frankfurt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/02/w1-tenure-track-faculty-posi… Deadline: 2018-09-15 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Additional Information: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/73365231/721327_ENGL.pdf? Contact: rezzolla[AT]itp.uni-frankfurt.de he Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main invites applications for a Junior-Professor Faculty Position (W1) in Theoretical Gravitational-Wave Physics to be filled at the earliest possible date. The position is funded in the context of the DFG-funded CRC-TR 211 "Strong-interaction matter under extreme conditions" (https://th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~strongmatter) We are looking for an early-career researcher with an outstanding research record in the field of gravitational-wave physics and its connections to neutron stars and nuclear physics. Participation in current and future collaborative-research initiatives of the Department of Physics, as well as interdisciplinary cooperation within the Faculties of Science is expected. The ideal candidate has a PhD in Theoretical Physics and will be able to teach Theoretical Physics at all levels, including advanced courses in Theoretical Astrophysics and Gravitational Physics. The position is for 6 years, with an evaluation after the first three years, but tenure and promotion to W2 or W3 level is possible after successful evaluation. Details on the procedure to follow for the application are linked from the webpage of the ITP: http://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/66533451/ITP? The deadline for applications is set to 15.09.18 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral position in gravitational physics, Lisbon, Portugal ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/06/postdoctoral-position-in-gra… Deadline: 2018-09-15 Location: Lisbon, Portugal. Additional Information: https://centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/network/grit/ Contact: andrea.nerozzi[AT]ist.utl.pt The Gravity Group at Tecnico (GRIT), part of the Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation in Tecnico, Lisbon, invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Gravitational Physics, with focus on mathematical approaches to Einstein’s equations and applications to numerical relativity. Besides his/her research activities, the applicant is expected to contribute to an ongoing research effort aimed at using tetrad formulations of general relativity for numerical simulations. The appointment is for two years, with possible renewal for a third year. More details on the group can be found at https://centra.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/network/grit/ A tentative date for the appointment is Nov 1 2018 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The GRIT group is the largest group in the country working on gravitational physics, and has strong connections with the gravity groups in Cambridge, Mississippi, Osaka, Paris, Rome, and Perimeter Institute. Applicants should send a 2-page curriculum vitae, a list of publications and a statement of research interests. No letters of recommendation are necessary at this stage. Applications should be received by September 15th, 2018. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on September 15th, 2018 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information and for submission of applications please contact Andrea Nerozzi (andrea.nerozzi[AT]ist.utl.pt). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Department of Physics, IIT Bombay, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/07/postdoctoral-positions-in-de… Deadline: 2018-08-31 Location: Mumbai, India Additional Information: https://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/rnd/RecruitmentGenerateCircular.js… Contact: shanki[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in Department of Physics, IIT Bombay, intends to appoint two postdoctoral positions in areas of Early Universe Cosmology and particle physics model building. The positions are funded by an ISRO-RESPOND PROGRAMME grant on Magnetogenesis. The researchers are expected to have experience with inflation, particle physics model building, and astroparticle physics. A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required for these posts. Candidates awarded Ph.D. recently, or research scholars who have submitted their thesis and waiting for the examination are strongly encouraged to apply. Tenure: 1 year extendable for one more year Fellowship: Rs. 50000-70000/- +Rs.6000/- Out of Campus Allowance Deadline: 31 August 2018 Informal inquiries can be made to S. Shankaranarayanan (shanki[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in) and Urjit Yajnik (yajnik[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in). Interested candidates, please apply through the application portal https://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/rnd/RecruitmentGenerateCircular.js… Also, send CV (with the date), research statement and have at least two letters of reference sent by email to shanki[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in and yajnik[AT]phy.iitb.ac.in with the subject "Application for Post-doctoral Positions - Candidate name." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Department Head, School of Mathematical Science, RIT, NY, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14342 Deadline: 2018-11-01 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25483&siteid… Contact: nathan.cahill[AT]rit.edu The Rochester Institute of Technology seeks a visionary and dynamic leader to serve as the Head of the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS), an academic unit dedicated to advancing the frontiers of mathematical sciences. As the chief academic, fiscal, and administrative officer of the School, the Head provides leadership, advocacy, oversight, and management. The Head is responsible for overseeing the academic, student, faculty, and staff affairs and for leading the research and operational activities of the School. The daily operation of the School emphasizes an open and inclusive management style that inspires and supports the faculty, staff, and students in their individual and collaborative efforts. Responsibilities include: . Overseeing and continually improving the SMS undergraduate and graduate programs and the general education curriculum . Promoting research and encouraging discovery, entrepreneurship, and experiential learning opportunities for faculty, staff, and students . Fostering SMS participation in interdisciplinary projects and programs . Recruiting and retaining top-tier faculty . Developing, supporting, and advocating for faculty and staff at all levels . Facilitating the completion of drafting and implemention of a five-year SMS strategic plan . Cultivating existing and prospective donors and research partners . Managing the SMS financial resources SMS Head appointments are three-year renewable terms. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoctoral Researcher or Associate Researcher in Theoretical High Energy Physics at the University of Kansas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14344 Deadline: 2018-08-29 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: https://employment.ku.edu/staff/12569BR Contact: ian.lewis[AT]ku.edu The High Energy Theory Group at the University of Kansas invites applications for a position at the postdoctoral/ associate researcher level beginning on or before January 1, 2019. The group works on physics of the Standard Model and beyond, including QCD, collider physics, dark matter physics, neutrino physics, ultra-high energy cosmic rays, model-building, and astroparticle-cosmology. Preferred qualifications include experience in particle phenomenology with expertise in collider and/or dark matter physics. Exceptional applicants from other areas will be given careful consideration. The initial appointment will be until August 31, 2020, but is renewable up to one additional year contingent on performance and funding. Required qualifications for the postdoctoral researcher position include a Ph.D. in physics or related field by date of appointment and potential for and/or evidence of scientific productivity. Required qualifications for the associate researcher position include a Ph.D. in physics or related field by date of appointment, three or more years of relevant experience working in a research setting at the post-doctoral level. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to https://employment.ku.edu/staff/12569BR . Applicants should submit a cover letter with the names and contact information of three references, their CV, publication list, and a statement of research interests. In addition, three reference letters should be sent by email to theorypostdoc[AT]ku.edu or mailed to Department of Physics & Astronomy, 1251 Wescoe Hall Drive, Room 1082, Malott Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA. Applications deadline will be August 29, 2018. Inquiries can be made by email to ian.lewis[AT]ku.edu The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university’s programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and are the Title IX coordinators for their respective campuses: Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity & Access, IOA[AT]ku.edu, 1246 West Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY (for the Lawrence, Edwards, Parsons, Yoder, and Topeka campuses); Director, Equal Opportunity Office, Mail Stop 7004, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Fairway, KS 66205, 913-588-8011, 711 TTY (for the Wichita, Salina, and Kansas) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoctoral Researcher in mathematical physics at the University of Burgundy, France ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/10/postdoctoral-researcher-in-m… Deadline: 2018-08-28 Location: Dijon, France Additional Information: http://math.u-bourgogne.fr Contact: Guido.Carlet[AT]u-bourgogne.fr Applications are invited for a post-doctoral researcher position in mathematical physics with the University of Burgundy beginning as early as September 1, 2018 or until the position is filled. This position will be at the Institute of Mathematics in Dijon. Post-doctoral researcher candidates are required to have a Ph.D. by date of appointment and research experience in mathematical physics. For more information contact Prof. G. Carlet (Guido.Carlet[AT]u-bourgogne.fr). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Junior Professorship (W1) for Theoretical Astrophysics (Tenure track), Potsdam, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/24/junior-professorship-w1-for-… Deadline: 2018-08-31 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/fileadmin01/projects/verwaltung/docs/Dezernat3/A… Contact: sekretariat-vpl[AT]uni-potsdam.de The University is seeking a young researcher who already has a strong research record in theoretical astrophysics that supplements and/or complements current astrophysical research at the department. The department’s main research topics include the interstellar and intergalactic medium, stellar astrophysics, theoretical and observational astroparticle physics, planetology, and others. The department is closely connected with other local research institutes such as the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), Deutsches Elektronen Synchroton (DESY), Zeuthen, and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (AEI). In the context of this professorship, the department is particularly interested in strengthening its cooperation with the AEI, for which (among others) the topics of gravitational wave astronomy, compact objects, supernovas and cosmology are particularly suited. Applicants should have demonstrated early excellence in research, proven by a compelling publication record. Ideally, they already should have been successful in the acquisition of third-party funding. The position involves teaching duties as part of the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in Physics and Astrophysics (in German and English). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Two Tenure Track Faculty Positions in Physics, Wake Forest University, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/24/two-tenure-track-faculty-pos… Deadline: 2018-10-15 Location: Winston-Salem, U.S.A. Additional Information: https://wfu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Faculty_Career_Website_live/job/Win… Contact: anderson[AT]wfu.edu The Department of Physics at Wake Forest University is seeking applications for two tenure-track positions to begin July 2019. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Physics or a related area and are expected to have a strong commitment to both teaching and research. The Department is searching for candidates whose research is in the area of Condensed Matter Physics (particularly in materials-focused experimental or theoretical/computational research), Biophysics (including all areas of experimental or theoretical/computational biophysics but particularly in biomaterials, disease-focused biophysics, bio-electronics, or applications involving machine learning), or observational Astrophysics (particularly with a focus on either LIGO/LISA/Multi-messenger or exoplanets). Candidates with research interests complementary to those of current Wake Forest Physics faculty are especially encouraged to apply. We expect to fill these positions at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates may be considered at other ranks. The successful candidates will teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels and establish a vigorous, externally supported research program. Founded in 1834, the University is ranked among the top 30 national universities. The Physics Department is a Ph.D.-granting department whose mission is to perform internationally recognized research and to excel in undergraduate and graduate education. Opportunities for multi-disciplinary collaborations exist with several centers: the Translational Science Center, the Center for Functional Materials, the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, and the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. Opportunities are also available through the newly established Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in downtown Winston-Salem, one of the fastest-growing urban technology innovation districts in the United States. Also, many collaborations exist among our faculty and faculty at the Medical School (WFU Health Sciences). The application package should include a letter of application with the names and contact information of at least three references, curriculum vitae, a statement of research plans (maximum of 5 pages), and a statement of teaching philosophy (maximum of 3 pages). Please see the external link for information on submitting an application. Review of applications will begin on October 15th and continue until the position is filled. Wake Forest University welcomes and encourages diversity and inclusivity, and seeks applicants with demonstrated success in working with diverse populations. Wake Forest University is an AA/EO employer and values an inclusive and diverse learning community and campus climate. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoctoral researcher in gravitational physics at the University of Mississippi, USA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14388 Deadline: 2018-11-01 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: https://relativity.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry180827-143241 Contact: lcstein[AT]olemiss.edu The gravity group at the University of Mississippi invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in gravitational physics / astrophysics, with emphasis on: strong-field gravity, compact objects, gravitational waves, testing general relativity, numerical relativity, gravitational-wave data analysis, and related topics. A PhD in physics/mathematics/astronomy is required by the time of the initial appointment. Candidates should have expertise in analytical relativity and/or numerical computing, ideally both. The position is for two years, with potential for renewal for a third year contingent on performance and funding. The successful applicant will develop and advance their own independent research program, collaborate with UM gravity group faculty (Luca Bombelli, Marco Cavaglia, and Leo Stein) on their research, and help to train UM students. The nominal starting date for the position is Aug. 19, 2019; earlier start dates may be considered. Applicants should submit an application by sending an email to grpostdoc[AT]phy.olemiss.edu, including: a complete CV in PDF format (including publication list); a research proposal which covers research interests and experience; and contact information for three professional references who may provide letters. Letters are not requested at this time; these will be solicited later. Use the email subject "Gravity postdoc". Review of applications will begin Nov. 1, 2018 and will continue until the position is filled. Please direct questions about the position to Leo Stein. The University of Mississippi is an EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Title VI/Title VII/Title IX/504/ADA/ADEA employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Postdoc opportunities in General Relativity, Dublin City University, Ireland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14404 Deadline: 2018-09-30 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: http://research.ie/funding/goipd/?f=postdoctoral Contact: brien.nolan[AT]dcu.ie The Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme is a competitive scheme funding 2-year research fellowships across all disciplines. The Relativity Group in Dublin City University (Abraham Harte, Brien Nolan, Ko Sanders and Peter Taylor) invites expressions of interest from potential applicants working in classical General Relativity (self-force/problem of motion, mathematical relativity, wave propagation in curved spacetimes, exact solutions) or in Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime (renormalisation, quantum aspects of black hole physics, algebraic QFT, mathematical aspects of QFT). The deadline for full applications to the IRC will fall at or around the end of November (date TBC). To allow time for the collaborative preparation of a competitive application, those interested in the scheme should contact one of those named below by Sunday 30th September 2018, including a short cv and a brief statement of research interests. Terms and conditions for the 2019 scheme have not been published yet, but will be similar to those of the 2018 scheme which are available by following the link under 'More Info' above. (Note in particular that prospective applicants who have not completed their PhD viva by 31st March 2019 (date TBC) are not eligible for the scheme.) Abraham Harte (abraham.harte[AT]dcu.ie) Brien Nolan (brien.nolan[AT]dcu.ie) Ko Sanders (jacobus.sanders[AT]dcu.ie) Peter Taylor (peter.taylor[AT]dcu.ie) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. SageManifolds 1.3 is out ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/14/sagemanifolds-1-3-is-out/ Additional Information: https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr SageMath 8.3 has just been released and is shipped with version 1.3 of SageManifolds code. SageMath is a Python-based free computer algebra system, with some differential geometry and tensor calculus capabilities implemented via the SageManifolds project (https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/) See https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/examples.html for examples of use, in particular in the context of general relativity. The new features with respect to version 1.2 of SageManifolds are: - submanifolds and their geometry (induced metric, extrinsic curvature, etc.) - Euclidean spaces as Riemannian manifolds diffeomorphic to R^n and equipped with a flat metric, with predefined coordinate charts (Cartesian, spherical, cylindrical); this allows for elementary vector calculus in standard curvilinear coordinates, see https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/vector_calculus.html - tensor fields along a submanifold See https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/changelog.html for details and examples. It suffices to upgrade to SageMath 8.3 to benefit from these features. Binaries for Linux, MacOS X and Windows are available at http://www.sagemath.org/download.html. Another option is to run SageMath 8.3 remotely, by creating a free account in CoCalc (https://cocalc.com/) open a Jupyter notebook and select “SageMath 8.3” in the menu Kernel -> Change kernel. Eric Gourgoulhon, on behalf of SageManifolds team (https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/authors.html) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. GRG Editor’s Choice: recent highlight articles ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/24/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 deserve special attention: Jolin, Shan W. & Rosquist, Kjell "Analytic analysis of irregular discrete universes" https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2436-7 Newman, Ezra T. "Classical mechanics via general relativity and Maxwell's theory: a bit of magic" https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2424-y Please, browse all Editor’s Choice articles at: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity/grg-editors-choice Frank Schulz Publishing Editor GRG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. COST GWverse: Exchange of researchers working on gravitational-wave and black hole physics ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=14397 Additional Information: https://gwverse.tecnico.ulisboa.pt 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 Nov 1, 2018 and ending before April 30, 2019 (applications outside this timeframe will be discarded). This call starts on Sep 1 and closes Oct 15, 2018. All proposals will be reviewed and the results will be announced by Nov 1, 2018. 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: New articles on "Computer algebra" and "Hamiltonian formalisms" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2018/08/31/living-reviews-in-relativity… Additional Information: https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity The open-access journal Living Reviews in Relativity has published two new review articles in August 2018: MacCallum, M.A.H., "Computer algebra in gravity research", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21: 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0015-6 Schaefer, G. and Jaranowski, P., "Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity and post-Newtonian dynamics of compact binaries", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21: 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0016-5 Please, visit frequently our relativity channel (https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/relativity) at http://livingreviews.org for other news. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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