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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for June 2014
by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. International Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics, Lahore, Pakistan 1.2. International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences 2014, Madrid 1.3. Mons Meeting 2014 on Multidisciplinary aspects of Compact Object Physics 1.4. International Conference on Quantum Gravity, Cosmology and String Theory, Giza, Egypt 1.5. LOOPS'15, Erlangen, Germany 1.6. Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE2014) Valencia 1-5 September 2014 (2nd announcement) 1.7. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the universe - Program 2. Jobs 2.1. Nominations for the position of Director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics 2.2. Tenure position in Cosmology, Campinas, Brasil 2.3. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Otago 3. News 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Evolution of Compact Binary Star Systems" 3.2. Awards Winners for Essays 2014 3.3. More than a 1000 ... ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. International Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics, Lahore, Pakistan --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9420 Starting: 2015-02-10 to 2015-02-15 Location: Lahore, Pakistan Additional Information: http://icra.pu.edu.pk/ Contact: icra.math[AT]pu.edu.pk The International Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics will be held in downtown area of Lahore-Pakistan during February 10-14, 2015. It is the first International Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics organized by Department of Mathematics, University of the Punjab, Lahore. There are two Nobel Laureates Dr. Har Gobind Khorana and Dr. Abdus Salam among the Universitys alumni and formal staff. University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam campus spread over 1800 acres of lush green landscape. A canal dividing the academic blocks from the student lodgings adds to the beauty of the campus. This conference is devoted to celebrate 100 years of General Relativity. This conference is aimed to provide an effective floor to researchers for presenting their research findings and share their knowledge as well as experience with each other. It will also provide a unique platform for young researchers, faculty and especially M.Phil./Ph.D. students to interact and collaborate with distinguished researchers from all over the world working in the area of relativity and astrophysics. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences 2014, Madrid --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9415 Starting: 2014-08-28 to 2014-08-31 Location: Madrid, Spain Additional Information: http://www.icmsquare.net/ Contact: secretariat[AT]icmsquare.net Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to circulate the announcement of the 3nd International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences, IC-MSQUARE 2014 (http://www.icmsquare.net) The conference is to be held in Madrid, Spain, from 28th of August till 31st of August 2014. Professor George Karniadakis (Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor of Applied Mathematics Brown University) will be the Keynote Speaker of IC-MSQUARE 2014, while the Invited Speakers are: 1) Prof. Ofer Lahav (Perren Chair of Astronomy, Astrophysics Group, University College London, UK) 2) Prof. Yamir Moreno (Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Spain), 3) Prof. Bernd Michael Rode (Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry University of Innsbruck, Austria) The conference aims to promote the knowledge and the development of high-quality research in mathematical fields that have to do with the applications of other scientific fields and the modern technological trends that appear in them, these fields being those of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Economics, Sociology, Environmental sciences etc. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Mons Meeting 2014 on Multidisciplinary aspects of Compact Object Physics --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9417 Starting: 2014-08-26 to 2014-08-29 Location: Belgium, Mons Additional Information: http://hosting.umons.ac.be/php/fitg-ns/index.php/en/mons-meeting-2014-b Contact: fitg-ns[AT]umons.ac.be The second edition of the Mons Meeting will be held at the University of Mons from Aug. 26 to Aug. 29 2014. The workshop will be organized over 4 days, the morning being devoted to plenary lectures from experts in Astroparticle detection, Gravity, Nuclear Physics, electromagnetic applications and QCD. Registration is free, however the number of participants is limited. Summary Compact objects are the endpoints of stellar evolution. They connect all the aspects of fundamental interactions. In particular, neutron stars are ideal labs for testing the unknown properties of strong interactions in a regime that cannot be approached in laboratories, namely the high density regime. In fact all four interactions interplay. For instance as very compact objects, neutron stars and black holes are described by General Relativity. On another hand current observations rely on atomic spectroscopic observations, described by the electromagnetic interaction. Neutron stars are made of nuclear matter, described by the strong interaction, while macroscopic quantities such as the mass, the spin, and so forth are dictated by gravity. The dynamics leading to the formation of these compact objects are known to involve weak interaction processes, which can be detected by neutrino observatories. The aim of this workshop is twofold. First, it brings together experts from all four interactions around the fascinating topic of compact object physics. The discussion sessions will be very instructive and will provide an opportunity for all communities to talk to each other. Secondly, this workshop is intended to be accessible to Ph. D. students, as part of the Doctoral School trainings (PandA). The afternoon presentation sessions will allow participants, in particular Ph.D. Students, to report on their research. This Workshop is the second edition of the Mons Meeting in Gravity, initiated in 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. International Conference on Quantum Gravity, Cosmology and String Theory, Giza, Egypt --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/05/07/international-conference-on-quantum… Starting: 2015-01-11 to 2015-01-15 Location: Giza, Egypt Additional Information: http://www.zewailcity.edu.eg/qgcs15/ Contact: afarag[AT]zewailcity.edu.eg The Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP) at Zewail City of Science and Technology is organizing its first international conference on Quantum Gravity, Cosmology and String Theory (QGCS15) in Giza, Egypt from 11 to 15 January 2015. The Conference will bring together theoretical physicists working on different approaches to quantum gravity, and its applications to cosmological models as well as in the early universe with the goal of getting a deeper understanding and fresh insights into some of the fundamental problems in cosmology and quantum gravity. Discussion topics will include: - Advances in various approaches to quantum gravity, including, but not limited to String Theory, Loop Quantum Gravity and Canonical Quantum Gravity. - Cosmological singularity resolution via quantum gravity. - Structure formation, inflation and alternative theories. - Dark energy and dark matter. - Phenomenological implications of quantum gravity in the early universe, in lab-based experiments. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. LOOPS'15, Erlangen, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/05/21/loops15/ Starting: 2015-07-06 to 2015-07-10 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/events/loops15/loops15.shtml Contact: loops15[AT]gravity.fau.de This is a preliminary announcement of LOOPS'15, the eighth conference with focus on Loop Quantum Gravity, which will take place in Erlangen, Germany from July 6th to July 10th in 2015. More details will soon be available from the url: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/events/loops15/loops15.shtml +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE2014) Valencia 1-5 September 2014 (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9455 Starting: 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-05 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: http://www.uv.es/ere2014 Contact: ere2014[AT]uv.es ERE2014: Spanish Relativity Meeting 2014 - Encuentros Relativistas Españoles 2014 "Almost 100 years after Einstein's revolution" Valencia, Spain, 1-5 September 2014 http://www.uv.es/ere2014 http://www.segre.es SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT The 2014 edition of the "Spanish Relativity Meeting" (ERE2014) will be held in Valencia from the 1st to the 5th of September 2014. The Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE) is an international conference devoted to Relativity and Gravitation which is organized every year by different members of the Spanish Society of Gravitation and Relativity (SEGRE). This year, it will be hosted by the University of Valencia. A brief historical background of the ERE can be found at http://www.segre.es/en/historia.shtml . The meeting will address the status of gravitation and general relativity one year before the centennial of the publication of Einstein's theory, which will be celebrated on November 25th 2015, as it was stablished by the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. In particular ERE2014 will focus on three research lines: relativistic astrophysics, mathematical relativity, and the interphase between gravitation and quantum theory. The meeting will take place at the ADEIT building and will consist of plenary talks given by invited speakers during the morning sessions and contributed talks during the afternoon. The latter will be distributed in topical parallel sessions. The interdisciplinary character of the meeting is reflected in the list of confirmed invited speakers: Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State University, USA. Vitor Cardoso, CENTRA/IST, Lisboa, Portugal. Christos Charmousis, Paris-Sud Orsay, Paris, France. Alessandro Fabbri, Centro Fermi, Italy and IFIC, Valencia, Spain. Eric Gourgoulhon, Observatoire de Paris, France. Javier Gorosabel, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, Spain. Philippe LeFloch, UPMC, Paris 6, France. Francisco Lobo, CAAUL, Lisboa, Portugal. Leonard Parker, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Miquel Portilla, Universitat de València, Spain. José María Martín Senovilla, UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain. Alberto Sesana, Albert Einstein Institute, Golm, Germany. Masaru Shibata, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan. Nikolaos Stergioulas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Jorge Zanelli, CEC, Chile. Information regarding registration, abstract submission, accommodation and travel can be found at the web page of the conference http://www.uv.es/ere2014 Important: The abstract submission deadline for the ERE2014 conference has been extended to June 20th 2014. Looking forward to meeting all interested participants in Valencia this September! With our best regards, The Local Organising Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the universe - Program --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/06/02/1st-scientific-icranet-meeting-in-a… Starting: 2014-06-30 to 2014-07-04 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/meetings/registration_armenia2014.htm Contact: annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org The Physics of Black Holes dominates some of the most energetic astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. The formation of a Black Holes appear to be related to the emission of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB), the most energetic transient phenomena in the Universe. The basic mechanism appear to be the creation of electron positron pairs plasma occurring by vacuum polarization process around a Kerr-Newman Black Hole by the Heisenberg-Euler-Schwinger mechanism. An effort of reaching such an extreme electromagnetic quantum regime is being currently approached also in MegaJoule Laser Projects in Europe, Russia, USA. In addition a prolonged emission appear to be related to rotating electromagnetic Black Holes in microquasars. The presence of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) of 10^8 and 10^9 solar masses appear to be related to active galactic nuclei, Blazars and Quasars. There is the possibility that, unlike the stellar mass Black Holes, which are formed by the gravitational collapse of ba ryonic matter, the SMBHs can originate from the gravitational collapse of Dark Matter. This meeting will address both observational/experimental and theoretical aspects. From an observational point of view results obtained from very high energy observatories from the ground such as HESS, MAGIC, AUGER and from next generation instruments will be reviewed. Similarly will be reviewed the observations from Space Observatories in X and Gamma Rays such as Agile, Fermi, Swift, MAXI and NuStar. The complementary observations in Microwave and infrared bands from Planck mission will be presented. Ongoing progress for experimental facilities to look for coincidence with Gravitational waves detectors and Neutrinos detectors will be also reviewed. From a theoretical point of view attention will be given to progress in understanding quantum and classical phenomena related to the physics of Black Holes and to the process of extraction of the Black Hole Energy. Before the 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the Universe from June 30 to July 4, an IRAP PhD School for graduate students will be organized from June 28 to June 29 in Aghveran. Registrations to both the meeting and the school are now possible at the web page http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/meetings/registration_armenia2014.htm The registration fee is 300 EUR including the admission to all sessions of the meeting and the school, coffee breaks and proceedings. The registration fee is 100 EUR for who attends ONLY the first two days (28-29 June IRAP school) which include transportation from the Yerevan airport, accommodation and meals. The registration fee for who attends ONLY the second week (30 June-4 July Meeting) is: 100 EUR for students, postdocs and participants from former Soviet Union countries and 200 EUR for other participants. A preliminary program of the meeting can be found here: http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/prelimina… Please download the poster from: http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/Poster_Ar… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Nominations for the position of Director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9429 Deadline: 2014-07-01 Location: Potsdam-Golm, Germany Additional Information: http://NewDirector.aei.mpg.de Contact: NewDirector[AT]aei.mpg.de NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam-Golm, Germany The Albert Einstein Institute (AEI), with approximately 400 scientists, employees, and students, is the world's largest research organization devoted to the study of the general theory of relativity (GR) and gravity. The AEI campus has three divisions (Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity, Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories, and Mathematical Relativity) located in Potsdam-Golm, near Berlin, and two divisions (Gravitational Wave Detection, Observational Relativity and Cosmology) located in Hannover. The AEI is seeking a new Director following the departure of Prof. Gerhard Huisken, former Director of the Mathematical Relativity division. The successful candidate will have established a record of original and creative research at the highest international level, and will have demonstrated the ability to inspire and lead a substantial group of younger scientists. The search will span the following areas: Mathematical Relativity, Classical General Relativity and Gravity, Theoretical Cosmology, and Quantum Gravity. Nominations can be submitted with a deadline of 1 July 2014 by registering at the following link: http://NewDirector.aei.mpg.de Upon registration nominators will receive an access code that will allow them to enter their nomination (multiple nominations are possible). Nominations must include a short description of the nominee's background and most significant scientific accomplishments. Self-nominations are not permitted. All nominations will be treated confidentially. The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer, and seeks to increase the percentage of female Directors. It is also committed to employing more individuals with disabilities. Nominations in these categories are particularly welcome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Tenure position in Cosmology, Campinas, Brasil ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9432 Deadline: 2014-06-06 Location: Campinas, Brasil Additional Information: http://portal.ifi.unicamp.br/avisosgeraismoderador/213-portal/1247-concurso… Contact: holanda[AT]ifi.unicamp.br The Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin (IFGW) OF UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS (UNICAMP) opens one position for tenure track in EXPERIMENTAL COSMOLOGY. UNICAMP is one of the top universities in South America with strong experimental activities in different areas of physics such as synthesis and characterization of novel materials and nanostructures, nanotechnology, optical communications, theoretical and experimental studies of biological, nanoscopic and self-assembled system, medical physics and theoretical and experimental high energy particle physics. The University is located in Campinas city. Campinas is the 10th richest city in Brazil, showing a gross domestic product (GDP) of 36.68 billion reais (2010), which represents almost 1% (0.998%) of all Brazilian GDP. Currently, the city concentrates around one third of industrial production of São Paulo state. The Campinas Metropolitan Region is home to many national and international high-tech industries, including IBM, Dell, Motorola, Freescale, Lucent, Nortel, Compaq, Celestica, Samsung, Alcatel, Bosch, 3M, Texas Instruments. A very nice description of Brazil Science is described in http://mag.digitalpc.co.uk/fvx/iop/physworld/brazil14/ IFGW started its activities in 1967 and became a center of excellence in research, teaching and extension, recognized as one of the best in Latin America. UNICAMP is ranked 17th in the World amongst the Universities younger than 50 years and is amongst the top 3 overall South American Universities (2013 QS Top Universities ranking). Exciting opportunities for graduate students, post-docs and researchers are continuously offered. The Institute of Physics consists of four departments: Quantum Electronics, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Cosmic Rays and Chronology. Grants from state and federal funding agencies are easily obtained for travel and research as well as for students and postdocs. A stronger program from the federal government, Science without Borders, allow to bring younger and senior people to Brazil for an extended stay. The deadline for this application is on 6th of June 2014. Initial Salary: R$ 122,161.83 Brazilian reais per year Documents necessary: Please ask the required documents in holanda[AT]ifi.unicamp.br, with the Dean of Cosmic Rays Departament or with the Secretary of Physics Institute, secgeral[AT]ifi.unicamp.br +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Otago ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/05/28/lecturersenior-lecturer-in-mathemat… Deadline: 2014-07-25 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand Additional Information: http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/home/department/vacancies Contact: joergf[AT]maths.otago.ac.nz DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS We are offering an opportunity for an academic appointment in Mathematics at the Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level. The U.S. equivalent level of appointment is Assistant Professor (Lecturer) and Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer). We welcome applications from candidates with research expertise in any area of Mathematics. Research areas of current Mathematics staff include algebra, complex analysis, fractional calculus with applications, functional analysis, graph theory, mathematical biology, mathematical physics, operator algebra, polar-marine physics, ring theory and stochastic PDE. Preference may be given to applicants with research interests in areas that are already represented or that suitably complement those that are. Interested candidates may find a more detailed job description and other relevant information on the department's home page at http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Evolution of Compact Binary Star Systems" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/05/06/living-reviews-in-relativity-the-ev… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-3 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a major update of the review "The Evolution of Compact Binary Star Systems" by Konstantin A. Postnov and Lev R. Yungelson on 5 May 2014. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2014-3 Postnov, Konstantin A. and Yungelson, Lev R. "The Evolution of Compact Binary Star Systems" ACCEPTED: 2014-03-17 PUBLISHED: 2014-05-05 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-3 ABSTRACT: We review the formation and evolution of compact binary stars consisting of white dwarfs (WDs), neutron stars (NSs), and black holes (BHs). Mergings of compact-star binaries are expected to be the most important sources for forthcoming gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy. In the first part of the review, we discuss observational manifestations of close binaries with NS and/or BH components and their merger rate, crucial points in the formation and evolution of compact stars in binary systems, including the treatment of the natal kicks, which NSs and BHs acquire during the core collapse of massive stars and the common envelope phase of binary evolution, which are most relevant to the merging rates of NS-NS, NS-BH and BH-BH binaries. The second part of the review is devoted mainly to the formation and evolution of binary WDs and their observational manifestations, including their role as progenitors of cosmologically-important thermonuclear SN Ia. We also consider AM CVn-stars, w hich are thought to be the best verification binary GW sources for future low-frequency GW space interferometers. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Awards Winners for Essays 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/05/17/awards-winners-for-essays-2014/ Additional Information: www.gravityresearchfoundation.org Gravity Research Foundation PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA Roger W. Babson George M. Rideout, Jr. FOUNDER President _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The trustees are pleased to announce the Awards for Essays for 2014. 1. $4,000 - From B-Modes to Quantum Gravity and Unification of Forces by Lawrence M. Krauss[1] and Frank Wilczek[2]; [1]Department of Physics and School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO BOX 871404 Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 and Mount Stromlo Observatory, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Weston, ACT, Australia 2611, [2]Department of Physics, MIT, Cambridge MA 02139; e-mail: krauss[AT]asu.edu, wilczek[AT]mit.edu 2. $1,250 - Black Holes as Gravitational Atoms by Cenalo Vaz, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0011; email: Cenalo.Vaz[AT]UC.Edu 3. $1,000 - What Drives the Time Evolution of the Spacetime Geometry? by T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India; e-mail: paddy[AT]iucaa.ernet.in 4. $750 - Schrödinger's Cat and the Firewall by Timothy J. Hollowood, Department of Physics, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK; e-mail: t.hollowood[AT]swansea.ac.uk 5. $500 - Gravitational Waves and the (Quantum) Nature of the Primordial Seed by Rafael A. Porto, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540 and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Theory Group, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany; e-mail: rporto[AT]ias.edu Selected for Honorable Mention this year were (listed in alphabetical order): F. D. Albareti, J. A. R. Cembranos, and A. L. Maroto; C. R. Argüelles and R. Ru?ni; Manjari Bagchi and Diego F. Torres; Shant Baghram, Saeed Tavasoli, Farhang Habibi, Roya Mohayaee, and Joseph Silk; Vijay Balasubramanian, Bartlomiej Czech, and Jan de Boer; Tom Banks and W. Fischler; Carlos Barceló, Raúl Carballo-Rubio, and Luis J. Garay; Spyros Basilakos, José Ademir Sales Lima, and Joan Solà; Christian G. Böhmer and Robert J. Downes; Marco Bruni, Juan Carlos Hidalgo, and David Wands; Saurya Das; John Bruce Davies; Laurent Freidel, Robert G. Leigh, and Djordje Minic; Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin; Zahra Haghani, Tiberiu Harko, Hamid Reza Sepangi, and Shahab Shahidi; Richard T. Hammond; Carlos A. R. Herdeiro and Eugen Radu; Shahar Hod; Kristan Jensen and Julian Sonner; Justin Khoury, Godfrey E. J. Miller, and Andrew J. Tolley; Huiquan Li; Samir D. Mathur; Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas; Fabrizio Pinto; D irk Puetzfeld and Yuri N. Obukhov; Mukund Rangamani and Massimilliano Rota; Carlo Rovelli and Francesca Vidotto; Varun Sahni and Yuri Shtanov; Jeremy Sakstein, Bhuvnesh Jain, and Vinu Vikram; P. Salucci, C. Frigerio Martins, and E. Karukes; Anushrut Sharma and Tejinder P. Singh; C. S. Unnikrishnan and George T. Gillies 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. Copyright © 2014 Gravity Research Foundation, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Gravity Research Foundation P.O. Box 81389 Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-0004 www.gravityresearchfoundation.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. More than a 1000 ... ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/05/27/more-than-a-1000/ Additional Information: Since October 2009, when the new blog interface was introduced for hyperspace, more than a 1000 announcements have been posted. We are pleased that hyperspace continues to remain the reference channel to provide information on activities in general relativity and gravitation. The hyperspace@aei team. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for May 2014
by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 May '14

02 May '14

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Frontiers of Fundamental Physics 14, Marseille 1.2. 1st Conference of the Polish Society of General Relativity, Spala, Poland 1.3. Astro-GR@Rome 1.4. COSMO-2014, Chicago 1.5. Growth and evolution of the Milky Ways nuclear star cluster and its central black hole, Alajar, Spain 1.6. 100 Years of General Relativity, Penn State 2. Jobs 2.1. Post-Doctoral Researcher or Research Associate in Experimental High Energy Physics - University of Kansas 2.2. Postdoc position in GR within Prague Relativity Group 2.3. M.Sc. and Ph.D. positions at the University of Lethbridge 2.4. Lectureship in Theoretical Cosmology at Queen Mary University of London 2.5. PhD positions in Gravitational Waves at the University of Birmingham 3. News 3.1. New book on Interferometric detectors ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. Frontiers of Fundamental Physics 14, Marseille --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/04/02/frontiers-of-fundamental-physics-14/ Starting: 2014-07-15 to 2014-07-18 Location: Marseille, France Additional Information: http://ffp14.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/index.php?page=home Contact: triay[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr FFP Symposium began in India in 1997 and it became itinerant in 2004, through Europe, Canada and Australia. It covers topics in fundamental physics with the objective to enable scholars working in related areas to meet on a single platform and exchange ideas. In addition to highlighting the progress in these areas, the symposium invites the top researchers to reflect on the educational aspects of our discipline. Moreover, the scientific concepts are also discussed through philosophical and epistemological viewpoints. Several eminent scientists, such as the laureates of prestigious awards (Nobel, Fields Medal,), have already participated in these meetings. FP14 develops around seven main themes, which are: Astroparticle Physics Cosmology High Energy Physic Quantum Gravity Mathematical Physics Physics Education Epistemology and Philosophy +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 1st Conference of the Polish Society of General Relativity, Spala, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9363 Starting: 2014-06-29 to 2014-07-04 Location: Spala, Poland Additional Information: http://www.spala2014.p.lodz.pl/en Contact: przan[AT]fis.cinvestav.mx The 1st Conference of the Polish Society of General Relativity will be held in Spala from the 29th of June to the 4th of July. The meeting will contain sessions on Inhomogeneous Cosmology, Twistors and Complex Methods, Gravitational Waves, Mathematical Relativity, Homogenous Cosmology, Non-Commutative Spacetimes, Loop Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmological Models. Spala is a small forest resort located in the centre of Poland by the Pilica river. http://www.staypoland.com/about_spala.htm The nearest international airport is in Lodz. Participants should register at the conference website http://www.spala2014.p.lodz.pl/en Invited Speakers are Bruce Allen, Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, Paolo Aschieri, Abhay Ashtekar, Michal Bejger, Marek Biesiada, Piotr Bizon, Arkadiusz Blaut, Martin Bojowald, Krzysztof Bolejko, Andrzej Borowiec, Tomasz Bulik, Salvatore Capozziello, Marie-Noelle Celerier, Adam Chudecki, Ewa Czuchry,Mariusz Dabrowski, Marek Demianski, Michal Dobrski, Maciej Dunajski, Laurent Freidel, Janusz Garecki, Gary Gibbons, Jan Gutt, Orest Hrycyna, Romuald Janik, Piotr Jaranowski,Jerzy Jurkiewicz Andrzej Krasinski, Wojciech Krynski, Izabela Kowalska-Leszczynska, Andrzej Krolak, Jerzy Kijowski, Wojciech Kaminski, Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman, Woei Chet Lim, Jerzy Lewandowski, Jerzy Lukierski, Yongge Ma, Shahn Majid, Edward Malec, Maciej Maliborski, Przemyslaw Malkiewicz, Jakub Mielczarek, Pawel Nurowski, Jan Ostrowski, Tomasz Pawlowlowski, Prim Plansangkate, Tania Regimbau, Dorota Rosinska, Boud Roukema, Andrzej Rostworowski, Hanno Sahlmann, Gerhard Schager, Jose M.M. Senovilla, Leszek Sokolowski, Adam Szereszewski, S ebastian Szybka, Marek Szydlowski, Thomas Thiemann, Paul Tod, Andrzej Woszczyna. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Astro-GR@Rome --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9369 Starting: 2014-07-14 to 2014-07-18 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://members.aei.mpg.de/amaro-seoane/astro-gr-rome Contact: Pau.Amaro-Seoane[AT]aei.mpg.de Dear all, We are happy to announce: What: Astro-GR/VESF-School@Rome Where: INAF- Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00040 Monteporzio-Catone (Roma), Italy When: 14-18 July 2014 This year's Astro-GR workshop will be run jointly with the Virgo EGO Science Forum (VESF) in order to provide also young scientists and student from the VESF community with an opportunity to listen to the presentation and participate in the discussion. Please visit this URL to register: http://members.aei.mpg.de/amaro-seoane/astro-gr-rome-application The meeting is co-sponsored by the Virgo EGO Science Forum (VESF), the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) and the Albert Einstein Institute (AEI). This workshop will bring together experts from the astrophysical community (in particular scientists working in the field of multiwavelength observations, evolution and dynamics of stellar systems and astrometry) and experts in gravitational wave (GW) research (both from the experiments and theory). The goal is to stimulate the interest and foster the collaboration across the GW and astrophysical communities in one of the most challenging and exciting scientific enterprises of the 2010's. Outstanding scientific issues will be outlighted which can only be addressed through the collaboration of these communities. The program that we are presently finalizing comprises reviews by a number of leading experts. The format and venue for Astro-GR/VESF-school@Rome will limit the number of attendees, to some 50-60. Please register soon to avoid disappointment. In keeping with the spirit of an informal workshop, the registration fee will be kept to a minimum of 150 that will include lunch and the social dinner. Looking forward to seeing you in Rome, Pau, Raffaella and Luigi +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. COSMO-2014, Chicago --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/04/23/cosmo-2014/ Starting: 2014-08-25 to 2014-08-29 Location: Chicago, IL, USA Additional Information: http://cosmo2014.uchicago.edu/index.php Contact: cosmo2014[AT]cosmo.uchicago.edu Dear Colleagues, The 18th annual International Conference on Particle Physics and Cosmology -- COSMO 2014 -- will be held in Chicago on August 25--29, 2014. The meeting is being hosted by the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) at the University of Chicago, and will be held at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago. The COSMO series is one of the major venues of interaction between cosmologists and particle physicists. Topics to be discussed include: Dark Matter Dark Energy Results from the Planck satellite, BICEP2, and other CMB experiments Results from the Large Hadron Collider The large-scale structure of the Universe Primordial cosmology Numerical cosmology String cosmology Particle astrophysics Plenary speakers include: Laura Baudis (University of Zurich) Ryan Foley (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Wendy Freedman (Carnegie Observatories) Daniel Green (Stanford University) Catherine Heymans (University of Edinburgh) Justin Khoury (University of Pennsylvania) Lloyd Knox (University of California, Davis) Nikhil Padmanabhan (Yale University) Hiranya Peiris (University College London) Antonio Riotto (University of Geneva) Sarah Shandera (Pennsylvania State University) Eva Silverstein (Stanford University ) Tracy Slatyer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Mark Trodden (University of Pennsylvania) More information can found at the meeting's website: http://cosmo2014.uchicago.edu/index.php The early registration deadline is May 31, 2014. On behalf of the COSMO-2014 LOC, we look forward to welcoming you to Chicago in August! Daniel Holz and Liantao Wang +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Growth and evolution of the Milky Ways nuclear star cluster and its central black hole, Alajar, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9390 Starting: 2014-09-20 to 2014-09-28 Location: Alajar, Spain Additional Information: http://members.aei.mpg.de/amaro-seoane/alm14 Contact: Pau.Amaro-Seoane[AT]aei.mpg.de The goal of the workshop is to review the current theoretical and observational state-of-the-art related to stellar kinematic and dynamics in the nuclear star cluster around the massive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy and to discuss in detail the open key questions and future observational possibilities. The workshop will serve to build new collaborative relationships and strengthening existing ones. We will focus on topics such as the growth history of the nuclear cluster and black hole, the apparently missing cusp of old stars around the central black hole, upcoming tests of general relativity, star formation in the nuclear cluster, and the Galactic centre as a source of gravitational radiation. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. 100 Years of General Relativity, Penn State --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/05/01/100-years-of-general-relativity/ Starting: 2015-06-08 to 2015-06-12 Location: Penn State, University Park, PA, USA Additional Information: http://igc.psu.edu/ Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu 100 Years of General Relativity First Announcement An international conference to celebrate 100 years of general relativity will be held at the University Park campus of Penn State from June 8th to 12th, 2015 under the auspices of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) and the Topical Group on Gravitation (GGR) of the American Physical Society. Please mark these dates in your calenders. The goal of the scientific program will be two-fold: To assess the current status of our field in broad terms, and discuss future directions. The plenary part of the conference will feature invited talks as well as "perspectives sessions". The plenary talks will review the current status of various areas. In the "perspective sessions" 3-4 experts will be invited to present their vision on a single theme (such as "the third generation gravitational wave detectors", or "the next decade of cosmology", or "when gravity meets the quantum", or, ....). Parallel sessions will be divided into four themes used traditionally in the ISGRG tri-annual conferences: i) Mathematical and numerical GR; ii) Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology; iii) Experimental and observational gravity; and iv) Quantum aspects of gravity. They will feature contributed talks, as well as a few invited talks, providing introductions to broad sub-areas. ISGRG has commissioned a volume to celebrate the centennial, to be published by the Cambridge University Press. This volume will be released at the conference. The conference will offer several opportunities for informal discussions through social gatherings and a banquet. Every effort will be made to keep the registration fee low, especially for younger researchers. The local airport at Penn State is University Park/State College (SCE), served by Delta, United, and US Airways with flights from Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington DC. More detailed information will be provided in the subsequent announcements. Abhay Ashtekar Beverly Berger James Isenberg Malcolm Maccallum +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Post-Doctoral Researcher or Research Associate in Experimental High Energy Physics - University of Kansas ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9359 Deadline: 2014-05-19 Location: CERN, Switzerland Additional Information: http://employment.ku.edu/staff/408BR Contact: gwwilson(a)ku.edu Applications are invited for a post-doctoral or research associate position in experimental high energy physics with the University of Kansas beginning as early as July 1, 2014. Post-doctoral researcher candidates are required to have a Ph.D. in physics by date of appointment and research experience in experimental high energy physics or a related experimental field. Candidates with three or more years of post doctoral experience may be eligible for initial appointment as research associate. The person would work with the University of Kansas group on physics data analysis and detector operation and development for the CMS experiment and would be located at CERN. Candidates with relevant interests and experience are sought. For more information and to apply go to http://employment.ku.edu/staff/408BR. Initial review of applications will begin May 19, 2014 and will continue until a qualified pool of applicants has been identified. Inquiries can be made by email to gwwilson(a)ku.edu. KU is an EO/AAE. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected Veteran status. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc position in GR within Prague Relativity Group ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/04/16/postdoc-position-in-gr-within-pragu… Deadline: 2014-05-30 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://utf.mff.cuni.cz Contact: oldrich.semerak[AT]mff.cuni.cz Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral position within the Prague Relativity Group to a motivated person working in the field of general relativity and/or its astrophysical applications. Priority will be given to candidates whose doctoral expertise and research plan focus primarily on the geometry and physics of compact objects. Specific topics include behaviour of particles and fields in black-hole space-times, relativistic models of discs as strong-field sources, black holes surrounded by massive discs or rings described by stationary axisymmetric metrics, physics of neutron stars, black-hole perturbations, or self-consistent many-particle dynamical systems in post-Newtonian and post-Minkowskian approximations. For more information please e-mail Dr. Oldrich Semerak (Oldrich.Semerak[AT]mff.cuni.cz). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. M.Sc. and Ph.D. positions at the University of Lethbridge ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9385 Deadline: 2014-07-31 Location: Lethbridge, AB, Canada Additional Information: http://directory.uleth.ca/users/saurya.das Contact: saurya.das[AT]uleth.ca Applications are invited from students interested in doing M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Saurya Das, to work on Quantum Gravity, Cosmology and related areas, starting January 2015. Applicants must have B.Sc., M.Sc. or equivalent in Physics/Theoretical Physics, and have an excellent grasp of its fundamental areas. Knowledge of advanced topics, such as general relativity and quantum field theory, and familiarity with computation and computational softwares such as Mathematica, Matlab, GRTensor etc will be an asset. Please send your Statement, CV, Transcripts (scanned/electronic copies are fine), and arrange to send at least three letters of reference directly to saurya.das[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, which is generally sufficient to cover tuition and living expenses. Information about Lethbridge, 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/physics-grad-students http://www.uleth.ca/graduatestudies/ For more information, please send an email to saurya.das[AT]uleth.ca Dr. Saurya Das Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Lethbridge 4401 University Drive Lethbridge, AB, CANADA T1K 3M4 Contact: Saurya Das Email: saurya.das[AT]uleth.ca http://directory.uleth.ca/users/saurya.das Letters of Reference should be sent to: saurya.das[AT]uleth.ca +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Lectureship in Theoretical Cosmology at Queen Mary University of London ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9395 Deadline: 2014-05-31 Location: London, UK Additional Information: https://ig24.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_QMUL01.asp?newms=rf&ID=QMUL3631 Contact: Pau.Amaro-Seoane[AT]aei.mpg.de Queen Mary, University of London is a leading university in the UK, with a breadth of excellence across Science and Engineering, Medicine, and Humanities and Social Sciences. The School of Physics and Astronomy maintains a tradition of outstanding research in ground-breaking fields. Research in the School is internationally excellent, with academic and research staff and students working in dedicated Research Centres in Astronomy, Condensed Matter Physics, Experimental Particle Physics and Theoretical Physics. The School is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in the area of Theoretical Cosmology within the Astronomy Unit (AU). The Astronomy Units current major activities cover cosmology, planetary formation and dynamics, space and solar plasma physics, helio/asteroseismology and survey astronomy. The AU has access to high quality computing resources in the form of local HPC facilities. The successful candidate will already have shown outstanding research achievements or potential, consistent with their current career point, and have an outstanding proven record of research in an area of Theoretical Cosmology that strengthens, complements and enhances existing research strengths within the Astronomy Unit. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the delivery of high-quality teaching, in the form of tutorials, and research within the School. The lectureship is full-time and permanent, subject to satisfactory 36-month probationary period. Starting salary will be in the range £38,579 - £44,225 per annum, depending on experience, inclusive of London Allowance. Benefits include 30 days annual leave, defined benefit pension scheme and interest-free season ticket loan. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme. Informal enquiries should be addressed to Prof Richard Nelson at r.p.nelson[AT]qmul.ac.uk or on +44 20 7882 3460. General information about the School can be found at http://www.ph.qmul.ac.uk and about the Astronomy Unit at http://www.astro.qmul.ac.uk. Further details and an application form can be found at https://ig24.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_QMUL01.asp?newms=rf&ID=QMUL3631 The closing date for applications is 31 May 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. PhD positions in Gravitational Waves at the University of Birmingham ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/04/30/phd-positions-in-gravitational-wave… Deadline: 2014-05-23 Location: Birmingham, UK Additional Information: http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup/ Contact: imandel[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk Applications are invited for two PhD positions in gravitational-wave related projects. The positions are funded by the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network GraWIToN (http://www.grawiton-gw.eu/) and provide very attractive salary and mobility opportunities. Only non-UK candidates are eligible, no previous experience with gravitation-wave projects is required. The closing date for applications is 23.05.2014. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Andreas Freise (a.freise[AT]bham.ac.uk) and Ilya Mandel (imandel[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk). For information about our group, see http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup/. To download the details and submit an electronic application online, please go to www.hr.bham.ac.uk/jobs and quote the Job References 52271 or 52272. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project 52271 Title: Computational modelling of advanced laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors Our research group at the University of Birmingham specialises in precision measurements with laser interferometers. We have leading roles in the optical design of large international projects and do tests of new optical technologies in our own laboratory experiments with small prototype laser interferometers. The largest and most precise laser interferometers today are ground-based gravitational wave detectors. The most advanced of these machines, Advanced LIGO, will start operation in 2015. Our group is involved with the installation of the instrument, using numerical simulations to understand unexpected problems with the optics. At the same time we are investigating new optical technologies for future detectors such as the Einstein Telescope. Our group investigates new optical designs to mitigate the effects of beam shape changes, and the quantum optical coupling between the light and the optics. We develop and provide one of the main simulation packages for the internati onal science community http://www.gwoptics.org/finesse. The specific objective of this project is to perform a new implementation of an optical simulation code that will enable accurate prediction of mirror surface effects as well as photon quantum effects. The model shall be implemented using GPU-based libraries making the software accessible to experimentalists and designers for rapid prototyping work patterns. In collaboration with Trii Technologies we will provide the student with the necessary knowledge and support to leverage the latest GPU-based technology. The student will work closely with experimentalists in Hannover, Glasgow and Pisa to develop and execute test plans for suspended, quantum-limited interferometers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project 52272 Title: Studying neutron-star and black-hole binaries with gravitational waves Gravitational waves will provide a unique way to explore the Universe --- to observe in detail a variety of astrophysical and relativistic phenomena. Advanced ground-based gravitational-wave detectors will go beyond just making the first detections of these elusive signals. They will allow us to expand our reach in space and time, and provide answers to deep questions about astrophysics and strong-field general relativity. Our group at the University of Birmingham leads the preparations for source analysis, data analysis, and astrophysical interpretation that will enable us to take full advantage of the wealth of information that will be available. Gravitational waves from mergers of compact binaries composed of neutron stars and black holes encode the parameters of the source: binary component masses and spins, as well as the binary's sky location, inclination, and the distance to the binary. Accessing this information is critical for enabling astrophysical inference, but is very challenging because of the multi-modal, multi-dimensional nature of the parameter space. Our group led the successful effort to enable parameter estimation for the initial generation of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors using sophisticated Bayesian techniques. However, parameter inference on signals from advanced and third-generation detectors will bring a new set of challenges. The in-band duration of gravitational sources will increase significantly, from tens of seconds for binary neutron stars in initial detectors to tens of minutes in advanced detectors to days in third-generation detectors. Analyzing such long data streams will b e prohibitively computationally expensive without innovative techniques. Methods will need to be developed to deal with potential data drop-outs, changes in noise properties, calibration changes, or glitches over the course of the long signals. The motion of the detectors on the sky as a result of the rotation of the Earth will need to be considered for the first time. The high signal-to-noise ratio that some sources are likely to have in advanced detectors will mean that proper handling of systematic biases from imperfect waveform models is critical. This project will address these challenges while providing an opportunity to explore binary astrophysics and learn sophisticated Bayesian data analysis techniques such as Markov-chain Monte Carlo and nested sampling. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New book on Interferometric detectors ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9352 Additional Information: http://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical%2C+mathematical+%26+computation… Springer has just published the book: "Advanced Interferometers and the Search for Gravitational Waves" Lectures from the First VESF School on Advanced Detectors for Gravitational Waves Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Vol. 404 Bassan, Massimo (Ed.) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 15th Russian Gravitational Conference - International Conference on Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics (RUSGRAV-15), Kazan, Russia 1.2. Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity, SISSA 1.3. Gravitation, Solitons and Symmetries, Tours, France 1.4. Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (MG14) 1.5. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the universe (3rd announcement) 1.6. Supernovae, Gamma-ray bursts and the induced gravitational collapse, Les Houches, France 1.7. 17th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Caltech 1.8. Conceptual and Technical Challenges for Quantum Gravity, Rome 2. Jobs 2.1. Max Planck Partner Group Post-doctoral Positions at IISER-TVM, India 2.2. Theory post-doc position at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 2.3. Lectureships in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (3 posts), Newcastle, UK 2.4. Postdoctoral researcher position, Warsaw 2.5. Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship at the University of Kansas 2.6. Post Doctoral position at Parma University, Italy 3. News 3.1. English translation of A. A. Friedmann, "The World as Space and Time" 3.2. Exclusive 30% discount on books from Oxford University Press ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. 15th Russian Gravitational Conference - International Conference on Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics (RUSGRAV-15), Kazan, Russia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/03/11/15th-russian-gravitational-conferen… Starting: 2014-06-30 to 2014-07-05 Location: Kazan, Russia Additional Information: http://www.rusgrav15.kpfu.ru Contact: arkady_popov[AT]mail.ru Dear colleagues, We are happy to inform you that the 15th Russian Gravitational Conference - International Conference on Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics (RUSGRAV-15) and the International School on Gravitation and Cosmology (GRACOS-2014) will be held in the city of Kazan, in one of the oldest Russian universities, Kazan Federal University, on June 30 - July 5, 2014. The conference program will include plenary and sectional talks, lectures, posters and informal discussions on the latest developments in gravitation and cosmology. Young scientists taking part in the conference will have a unique opportunity to present their talks at a large international meeting and to hear the lectures of leading specialists. The working languages are Russian and English. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity, SISSA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/03/06/experimental-search-for-quantum-gra… Starting: 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-05 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: http://www.sissa.it/app/esqg2014/ Contact: esqg2014[AT]sissa.it We are pleased to announce the fourth workshop in the series "Experimental search for quantum gravity", to be held at SISSA, Trieste, September 1-5, 2014. These workshops bring together experimentalists and theoreticians working on possible tests of the quantum/discrete structure of spacetime at very short distances. The aim is to review the status and prospects of the experiments and, on the theory side, of the phenomenological aspects and perspectives. Discounted early registrations are open till June the 1st. For more information and to register please visit http://www.sissa.it/app/esqg2014/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Gravitation, Solitons and Symmetries, Tours, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9313 Starting: 2014-05-20 to 2014-05-23 Location: Tours, France Additional Information: http://www.lestudium-ias.com/#!registration-conference-21-may-gibbons/ci2z Contact: solodukh[AT]lmpt.univ-tours.fr This workshop marks the first 3-months stay of Gary Gibbons as a LE STUDIUM (R)PROFESSOR at the Laboratoire de Mathématiques et de Physique Théorique (University of Tours). We want to organize a gathering of many leading experts in the field of classical and quantum gravity, symmetries and solitons -- the three directions which were in the focus of the research of G. Gibbons over the years. The scientific goal of the workshop is to discuss the recent progress and the future prospects in this very rapidly evolving field of research. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (MG14) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/03/24/fourteenth-marcel-grossmann-meeting… Starting: 2015-07-12 to 2015-07-18 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/MG/ Contact: robert.jantzen(a)villanova.edu Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (MG14), Rome 2015 This is a preliminary announcement of the dates of the Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics to be held on the campus of the University of Rome la Sapienza in Rome, Italy in the year 2015: Onsite registration Sunday July 12, Opening Monday July 13, Closing Saturday July 18, 2015. Further information will be updated here and available at the website. Remo Ruffini, University of Rome, Chair of the International Organizing Committee Robert Jantzen, Villanova University, Chair of the International Coordinating Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the universe (3rd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/03/24/1st-scientific-icranet-meeting-in-a… Starting: 2014-06-23 to 2014-07-04 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=752 Contact: armenia2014(a)icranet.org The Physics of Black Holes dominates some of the most energetic astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. The formation of a Black Holes appear to be related to the emission of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB), the most energetic transient phenomena in the Universe. The basic mechanism appear to be the creation of electron positron pairs plasma occurring by vacuum polarization process around a Kerr-Newman Black Hole by the Heisenberg-Euler-Schwinger mechanism. An effort of reaching such an extreme electromagnetic quantum regime is being currently approached also in MegaJoule Laser Projects in Europe, Russia, USA. In addition a prolonged emission appear to be related to rotating electromagnetic Black Holes in microquasars. The presence of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) of 108-109 solar masses appear to be related to active galactic nuclei, Blazars and Quasars. There is the possibility that, unlike the stellar mass Black Holes, which are formed by the gravitational collapse of baryonic matter, the SMBHs can originate from the gravitational collapse of Dark Matter. This meeting will address both observational/experimental and theoretical aspects. From an observational point of view results obtained from very high energy observatories from the ground such as HESS, MAGIC, AUGER and from next generation instruments will be reviewed. Similarly will be reviewed the observations from Space Observatories in X and Gamma Rays such as Agile, Fermi, Swift, MAXI and NuStar. The complementary observations in Microwave and infrared bands from Planck mission will be presented. Ongoing progress for experimental facilities to look for coincidence with Gravitational waves detectors and Neutrinos detectors will be also reviewed. From a theoretical point of view attention will be given to progress in understanding quantum and classical phenomena related to the physics of Black Holes and to the process of extraction of the Black Hole Energy. Before the 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the Universe from June 30 to July 4, an IRAP PhD School for graduate students will be organized from June 23 to June 27 at the National Academy of Science. Registrations to both the meeting and the school are now possible at the web page http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=752 The registration fee is 300 EUR including the admission to all sessions of the meeting and the school, coffee breaks and proceedings. Instead the registration fee is 100 EUR for who attends ONLY the first week (IRAP school) and 200 EUR for who attends ONLY the second week (Meeting). Please download the poster from http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/Poster_Ar… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Supernovae, Gamma-ray bursts and the induced gravitational collapse, Les Houches, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/03/24/supernovae-gamma-ray-bursts-and-the… Starting: 2014-05-11 to 2014-05-16 Location: Les Houches, France Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=784 Contact: secretariat[AT]icranet.org Ecole de Physique de Les Houches IRAP PhD and Erasmus Mundus Workshop Supernovae, Gamma-ray bursts and the induced gravitational collapse The workshop is promoted by ICRANet within the International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. Program (IRAP PhD) and the ERASMUS MUNDUS activities. The recent astrophysical data observed by the satellites Swift, Fermi, Agile as well as the observations of the largest telescopes: VLT, Canari Island and KEK in Hawaii give a clear evidence for a new scenario of understanding between Supernovae and the GRBs. The induced gravitational concept initially proposed in 2001 and then in 2006 revisited appear to give a complete explanation of the main observational data. The new concept of cosmic matrix has been recently proposed and will be discussed with special attention to GRBs 970828, 060218, 060614, 060729, 061007, 080319B, 090227B, 090510A, 090618, 091127, 101023, 110709B, 111228A, 130427A, 130925A. Invited lecturers include: Boer Michel, Della Valle Massimo, Izzo Luca, Meynet George, Muccino Marco, Nomoto Kenichi t.b.c., Penacchioni Ana Virginia, Pisani Giovanni Battista, Soderberg Alicia t.b.c., Xang-Yu Wang et al. Les Houches Physics School is affiliated with Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble I (UJF). The school is a joint interuniversity facility of UJF and Grenoble-INP, and the Direction des Sciences de la Matiere du Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique (CEA/DSM). Please download the poster from http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/les_houches_2014/poster.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. 17th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Caltech --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9321 Starting: 2014-06-23 to 2014-06-27 Location: Pasadena, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~capra17 Contact: capra17[AT]tapir.caltech.edu Since the inaugural meeting in 1998 (held at Caltechs Capra ranch near San Diego) Capra meetings have been bringing together relativists interested in the problem of radiation reaction in relativity and its application to extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) as astrophysical sources of gravitational waves. The meetings address an important open problem in gravitational theory, made particularly relevant by the exciting prospect of directly observing gravitational waves from EMRIs and other compact binaries in the near future. The 17th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity will be hosted by members of the Theoretical Astrophysics group (TAPIR) at the sunny California Institute of Technology. The meeting will run June 23-27, 2014 starting with three to four days of invited and contributed talks followed by one to two days of informal discussions. As usual, the program will focus on aspects of the self-force in general relativity but will also seek to explore the promise of a synergy with other approaches to the two-body problem. Following the Capra tradition, the meeting will be informal. There will be no registration fee and no proceedings. The program will include a few invited review talks, short contributed presentations, and open discussion sessions. Contributed talks on all aspects of the radiation reaction problem (including related topics such as EMRI astrophysics or data analysis) are welcome. Registration can be completed on the conference website at http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~capra17 where information about blocked hotel rooms (including booking deadlines, the earliest being May 5) is also available. The organizing committee gratefully acknowledges financial support from the National Science Foundation. Chad Galley Roland Haas Yanbei Chen Manuel Tiglio +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Conceptual and Technical Challenges for Quantum Gravity, Rome --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9336 Starting: 2014-09-08 to 2014-09-12 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://ctcqg2014.relativerest.org/ Contact: info[AT]relativerest.org This conference will provide an opportunity for an encounter between different approaches and different perspectives on the quantum-gravity problem. Its main goal is to contribute to a higher level of shared knowledge among the quantum-gravity communities pursuing each specific research program. We plan to have plenary talks on many different approaches, including in particular string theory, loop quantum gravity, spacetime noncommutativity, causal dynamical triangulations, asymptotic safety and causal sets. We shall also welcome contributions from the perspective of philosophy of science. In addition we shall have several shorter talks organized in parallel sessions labelled not by specific approaches, but rather by themes that can cross the boundaries between different approaches, such as black-hole information, locality, dimensional reduction and phenomenology. It is our intention to make this meeting particularly enjoyable for students and junior postdocs, since exposur e to different perspectives is most significant at early stages of ones path in quantum gravity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Max Planck Partner Group Post-doctoral Positions at IISER-TVM, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/04/01/max-planck-partner-group-post-docto… Deadline: 2014-04-21 Location: Trivandrum, India Additional Information: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~cosmograv Contact: shanki(a)iisertvm.ac.in Max Planck Partner Group on Cosmology and Gravity, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram intends to appoint up to two postdoctoral positions in the areas of early-universe cosmology, classical and quantum gravity. A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required for these posts. The positions can start as early as 1st June 2014. Both these posts are funded under the Max Planck Partner Group. Currently, the group has 4 post-doctorate fellows and 3 Ph.D. students. The fellows have the opportunity to visit and interact with the members of Albert Einstein Institute, Golm. The position is available for a period of up to two years. Informal enquiries can be made to S. Shankaranarayanan (shanki[AT] iisertvm.ac.in ). Tenure: 2 years Salary: INR 2,64,000 INR 4,20,000 per annum Group Page: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~cosmograv Deadline: 21 April 2014 To apply please send CV, research statement and have at least two letters of reference sent by email to: shanki[AT] iisertvm.ac.in with the subject Application for MP-PG positions Candidate name. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Theory post-doc position at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9290 Deadline: 2014-04-30 Location: Lethbridge, AB, Canada Additional Information: http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/physics-astronomy/about Contact: walton[AT]uleth.ca Applications are invited for a postdoctoral opening in Theoretical Physics/Mathematical Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, under the supervision of Professors Saurya Das and Mark Walton. A 1-year position is to be offered, renewable for a second year, subject to funding and satisfactory performance. The preferred (but not rigid) start date is September 2014. Candidates working in a number of research areas will be considered. These include conformal field theory and its string theory applications, black-hole physics, cosmology, deformation quantization, quantum gravity and its potential phenomenology, and quantum information. Please send your statement of interests, curriculum vitae, and arrange to have at least 3 letters of reference sent directly to saurya.das[AT]uleth.ca and walton[AT]uleth.ca. Complete applications will be reviewed as and when they are received, until the position is filled. Lethbridge is a small (pop.~ 100K) but vibrant city with a reasonable cost of living. It is located less than 1 1/2 hours from the beautiful Rocky Mountains and less than 2 1/2 hours from Calgary. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Lectureships in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (3 posts), Newcastle, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9306 Deadline: 2014-04-22 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Additional Information: https://www15.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_newcastle02.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&jobid=5… Contact: ian.moss[AT]ncl.ac.uk Lectureships in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (3 posts) Ref D1472A Faculty/Services Science, Agriculture and Engineering Department School of Mathematics & Statistics Job Type Academic (non-clinical) Hours of Work Full time The Applied Mathematics section currently consists of eleven permanent staff: six professors, one reader, one senior lecturer, and three lecturers. The section has a strong record of activity in a wide range of areas of theoretical physics, mathematical physics, and astrophysics, some in collaboration with experimentalists and observers. We have frequent visitors and a wide network of collaborators. Research interests of the group include radio astronomy, astrophysical fluid dynamics (in particular dynamo action and magneto convection), galactic, solar and geophysical magneto-hydrodynamics, quantum field theory, cosmology and quantum gravity, vortex dynamics, superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation in quantum fluids and gases including dipolar gases, finite-temperature effects and related aspects of quantum optics. Some staff in Applied Mathematics are also involved in population models of archaeology and prehistory. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral researcher position, Warsaw ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9298 Deadline: 2014-04-30 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: http://ktwig.fuw.edu.pl/pliki/position01.pdf Contact: malgorzata.trippenbach[AT]fuw.edu.pl University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics is searching for Postdoctoral Researcher for the International Interdisciplinary Project International PhD studies at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw founded and operated by the Foundation for Polish Science We offer : 1. Attractive stipend 5800 PLN/month 2. Contract length : 12 months ( July 2014 June 2015) Requirements for candidates must: 1. Have a PhD degree awarded no earlier than 4 years ago, 2. Be interested in research topics studied within the program "International PhD Projects at the Department of Physics, University of Warsaw" (More information about the topics can be found at http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~mpd/ ) Candidates are requested to send their application including: - A letter of motivation - CV - List of publications - 2 letters of recommendation To malgorzata.trippenbach[AT]fuw.edu.pl The deadline is April 30, 2014 Candidates, please include in your offer: "I consent to the processing of my personal data contained in the Institution for the needs of the recruitment process in accordance with the Act of 29.08.97, the Personal Data Protection Laws No. 133, item. 883". The granting institution reserves the right to contact selected candidates. The full announcement can be found at http://ktwig.fuw.edu.pl/pliki/position01.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship at the University of Kansas ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9299 Deadline: 2014-04-30 Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA Additional Information: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWebHost/jobdetails.aspx?SID=%5ezB7yBBRaDXE8_s… Contact: tatekris[AT]ku.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas announces the availability of a three year postdoctoral teaching fellowship. The department maintains a vibrant research program and seeks to apply the same intellectual rigor to pedagogy. The candidate will assist a team of faculty within the department who are charged with transforming the introductory courses into a blended online/in-class format. Eligibility is limited to applicants who have or will have completed their Ph.D in Physics, Astronomy or closely related field by the time of the appointment. Opportunities exist for the candidate to collaborate with one of the research groups within the department. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to https://employment.ku.edu and search under Faculty Jobs for the keyword "Teaching Postdoc" The following documents should be attached to your application: letter of application, curriculum vitae and a teaching statement that summarizes your teaching experience and philosophy for improving student engagement and learning in large physics and astronomy courses. Applicants should arrange to have three of the referees submit letters of recommendation that evaluate pedagogical potential/achievement and teaching sent to: Kristin Rennells, Department of Physics & Astronomy, 1082 Malott Hall, 1251 Wescoe Hall Dr., Lawrence, KS 66045, or via email: tatekris[AT]ku.edu with "Teaching Postdoc" in the subject line. Initial review of applications begins April 30, 2014, and continues as long as needed to identify a qualified pool. KU is an EO/AAE. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected Veteran status. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Post Doctoral position at Parma University, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/03/21/post-doctoral-position-at-parma-uni… Deadline: 2014-03-28 Location: Parma, Italy Additional Information: http://www.infn.it/job/dettagli_job.php?id=1286 Contact: roberto.depietri[AT]unipr.it The Gravitational Physics Group at the University of Parma (http://www.fis.unipr.it/gravity) announces an opening for a 1-year Post-Doctoral position involving research in Porting and developing of Algorithms to GPU Enhanced Parallel System". Main activity will be the porting of Numerical Relativity simulation programs to GPU architecture. The position is funded by the INFN SUMA project (https://web2.infn.it/SUMA/) and the activity of the project will be hosted at Parma University. The term of the contract is an "INFN Assegno di Ricerca" and the salary (after taxes) will be around 1600 Euro/month. Applications should be done following the indication of the official posting of the position http://www.infn.it/job/dettagli_job.php?id=1286. The dead line is March 28, 2014. For any enquire or help on how to apply for the position please contact by email Prof. Roberto De Pietri (roberto.depietri _at_ unipr.it). Please note that: "Le domande di partecipazione al concorso, redatte in carta semplice, secondo lo schema unito al presente bando (Allegato n. 1), sottoscritte dagli interessati, devono essere inoltrate, a mezzo raccomandata A.R., presso la sede della Sezione Milano Bicocca dell'I.N.F.N. entro e non oltre trenta giorni dalla data del bando di concorso" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. English translation of A. A. Friedmann, "The World as Space and Time" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9323 Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/friedmann1.html This is the first English translation of A. A. Friedmann's book "The World as Space and Time": http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/friedmann1.html The original Russian publication was in 1923. Vesselin Petkov ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Exclusive 30% discount on books from Oxford University Press ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/03/29/exclusive-30-discount-on-books-from… Additional Information: http://www.oup.com/uk Key Cosmology and Relativity titles, both new and established are now available with a 30% Discount from Oxford. To obtain your discount visit www.oup.com/uk add the book to your shopping basket and use promo code AAFLY6 at the checkout. Offer Expires 31/08/2014 Introduction to 3+1 Numerical Relativity Miguel Alcubierre http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199205677.do WAS £69.99 NOW £48.99 A First Course in Loop Quantum Gravity Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199590759.do WAS £36.50 NOW £25.55 Gravitational Waves Volume 1: Theory and Experiments Michele Maggiore http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198570745.do WAS £57.50 NOW £42.25 Relativistic Hydrodynamics Luciano Rezzolla and Olindo Zanotti WAS £55.00 NOW £38.50 http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198528906.do Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological Second Edition Wolfgang Rindler WAS £39.99 NOW £27.99 http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198567325.do Cosmology Steven Weinberg http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198526827.do WAS £52.50 NOW £36.75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. GR 100 - Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Jena 1.2. Frontiers of neutron star astrophysics, Cornell 1.3. The Chalonge School Meudon Workshop 2014 "From large to small scale structures in agreement with observations" 1.4. The Chalonge School 18th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2014 1.5. IX Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Aveiro, Portugal 1.6. IVth Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting, Granada 1.7. Spanish Relativity Meeting ERE2014, Valencia 1.8. XXI SIGRAV Conference, Alessandria, Italy 1.9. Gravitational-Wave Advanced Detector Workshop (GWADW 2014) 1.10. XXXIII Max Born Symposium: "Noncommutative geometry, quantum symmetries and quantum gravity" 1.11. NAM2014 session: "Neutron Star Behaviour: Multi-messenger Observations and Theory", Portsmouth (UK) 1.12. 569. Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar on Quantum Cosmology, Bad Honnef, Germany 1.13. Workshop: Fundamental Issues of the Standard Cosmological Model, Cargese 1.14. XIIth School of Cosmology: Structure Formation after Planck, Cargese 1.15. Asymptotic Analysis in General Relativity, Grenoble (2nd announcement) 1.16. Dark Side of the Universe 2014, Cape Town 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc/Scientist position available in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at UWA, Perth, Australia 2.2. Scientific Application Developer Positions (2) at UW-Milwaukee 2.3. Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Cosmology, Stavanger, Norway 2.4. Tenure-track position at UNAM, Mexico City 3. News 3.1. Membership of the Topical Group in Gravitation of the American Physical Society 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational Radiation from..." / "The Hole Argument and..." 3.3. CQG+ another great reason to publish in CQG! ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. GR 100 - Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Jena --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9281 Starting: 2014-12-01 to 2014-12-05 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/GWA2014 Contact: GWA2014[AT]uni-jena.de With Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity entering its 100th year since its inception in 1915, we are organizing a workshop on one of its most profound predictions - gravitational waves. The detection of gravitational waves is expected to launch a new era in general relativity and astrophysics. The workshop focuses on Gravitational Wave Astronomy - Methods, Sources, and Observation. Topics include mathematical relativity, numerical relativity, source modeling, astrophysical sources, data analysis, and detector development. It is sponsored by the SFB/TR7, a collaborative research center of the German Research Foundation. Details will be provided in future announcements and on the website. Bernd Bruegmann Chair of the Organizing Committee University of Jena, Germany +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Frontiers of neutron star astrophysics, Cornell --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9283 Starting: 2014-05-29 to 2014-05-30 Location: Ithaca, New York, USA Additional Information: http://www.astro.cornell.edu/events/special-events.html Contact: frontiers[AT]astro.cornell.edu First announcement A meeting on open problems and future directions in neutron star astrophyics will be at Cornell on May 29 and 30, 2014. The topics covered will include radio pulsars and magnetars, magnetic field evolution, models of neutron star interiors and equation of state, supernova explosion mechanisms, accreting neutron stars, binary neutron star mergers, gravitational waves and electromagnetic counterparts, tests of general relativity using pulsars, etc. The meeting will consist of 18 invited talks, a number of contributed talks and a panel discussion. There will also be a conference banquet at which we will celebrate the 65th birthday of Jim Cordes and the 60th birthday of Ira Wasserman. Scientific Organizing Committee Lars Bildsten (chair), Phil Arras, David Chernoff, Jim Cordes, Eanna Flanagan, Dong Lai, Saul Teukolsky, Ira Wasserman Invited Speakers Andrei Beloborodov (Columbia) Edo Berger (Harvard) Lars Bildsten (KITP) Adam Burrows (Princeton) Jim Cordes (Cornell) Andrew Cumming (McGill) Francois Foucart (CITA) David Kaplan (U. Wisconsin Milwaukee) Vicki Kaspi (McGill) Michael Kramer (MPIfR) Duncan Lorimer (West Virginia U.) Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia U.) Brian Metzger (Columbia) Scott Ransom (NRAO) Sanjay Reddy (U. Washington) Anatoly Spitkovsky (Princeton) Ira Wasserman (Cornell) Anna Watts (U. Amsterdam) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. The Chalonge School Meudon Workshop 2014 "From large to small scale structures in agreement with observations" --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/05/the-chalonge-school-meudon-workshop… Starting: 2014-06-04 to 2014-06-06 Location: Meudon Castle-CIAS, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2014.html Contact: Chalonge.Ecole[AT]obspm.fr The Chalonge School Meudon Workshop 2014 "From Large to Small scale structures in Agreement with Observations: CMB, WDM, Galaxies, Black holes, Neutrinos and Sterile Neutrinos" A Turning Point operated recently in the Dark Matter research: Warm Dark Matter (WDM) emerged impressively over Cold Dark Matter (CDM) as the leading Dark Matter candidate. WDM solves naturally the problems of CDM and CDM + baryons. LambdaWDM provides the same large scale and CMB results than LambdaCDM and agrees with the observations at the galactic and small scales. Warm Dark Matter (WDM) implies progresses in the astrophysical,cosmological, particle and nuclear physics context. This workshop addresses the last developements in WDM, including its distribution function and equation of state, the quantum mechanical framework to galaxy structure reproducing in particular the observed galaxy cores and their sizes and the dwarf galaxies. This workshop puts together astrophysical, cosmological, particle and nuclear WDM, astronomical observations, theory and WDM analytical and numerical frameworks which reproduce the observations. The Workshop addresses as well the theoretical and experimental search for the leading WDM particle candidate: keV sterile neutrinos. The New Dark Matter Situation Today: Warm Dark Matter in Agreement with Observations at all scales: small structures, galaxies, large, cosmological and CMB scales. The CDM crisis, CDM+ baryons crisis and WIMP crisis and their decline. http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2014.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. The Chalonge School 18th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/05/the-chalonge-school-18th-paris-cosm… Starting: 2014-07-23 to 2014-07-25 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2014.html Contact: Chalonge.Ecole[AT]obspm.fr The Chalonge School 18th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2014 "Latest News from the Universe: LambdaWDM, CMB, Warm Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Neutrinos and Sterile Neutrinos" The new concordance model in agreement with observations: ?WDM (Lambda-dark energy- Warm Dark Matter). Recently, Warm (keV scale) Dark Matter emerged impressively over CDM (Cold Dark Matter) as the leading Dark Matter candidate. Astronomical evidence that Cold Dark Matter (LambdaCDM) and its proposed tailored baryonic cures do not work at galactic and small scales is staggering. LambdaWDM solves naturally the problems of LambdaCDM and agrees remarkably well with the observations at galactic and small scales as well as large and cosmological scales. In contrast, LambdaCDM simulations only agree with observations at large scales. In the context of this new Dark Matter situation, which implies novelties in the astrophysical, cosmological, particle and nuclear physics context, the 18th Paris Colloquium 2014 is devoted to the Latest News from the Universe. 2. This Colloquium is within the astrofundamental physics spirit of the Chalonge School, focalised on recent observational and theoretical progress in the CMB, dark matter, dark energy, the new WDM framework to galaxy formation, and the effective theory of the early universe inflation with predictive power in the context of the LambdaWDM Standard Model of the Universe. The Colloquium addresses as well the theory and experimental search for the WDM particle physics candidates (keV sterile neutrinos). Astrophysical constraints including sterile neutrino decays points the sterile neutrino mass m around 2 keV or nearly larger. In summary, the aim of the meeting is to put together real data : cosmological, astrophysical, particle, nuclear physics data, and hard theory predictive approach connected to them in the framework of the LambdaWDM Standard Model of the Universe. Two observed quantities crucially constrain the DM nature in an inescapable way independently of the particle physics model: the average DM density rho and the phase space density Q. The observed values of rho and Q in galaxies today robustly point to a keV scale DM particle (WDM) and exclude CDM as well as axion Bose-Einstein condensate DM. The fermionic quantum pressure of WDM ensures the observed small scale structures as the cores of galaxies and their right sizes (including the dwarf galaxies). N-body simulations in classical (non-quantum) physics do not take into account the fermionic quantum pressure of WDM and produce unreliable results at small scales: That is the reason of the too small core size problem in classical (non quantum) Nbody WDM simulations and its similar dwarf galaxies problem. Lyman alpha bounds on the WDM particle mass apply only to specific sterile neutrino models and many sterile neutrino models are available today for which the Lyman alpha bounds are unknown. Therefore, WDM cannot be disfavoured in general on the grounds of the Lyman alpha bounds (only valid or specific models), as erroneously stated and propagated in the literature. Astrophysical constraints put the sterile neutrino mass m in the range 1< m <10 keV. Most of the constraints and last results points to m about 2 keV or nearly larger. MARE, KATRIN, ECHO and PTOLEMY experiments could detect such a keV sterile neutrino. It will be a fantastic discovery to detect dark matter in a beta decay or in electron capture. A exciting WDM work to perform is ahead of us. http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2014.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. IX Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Aveiro, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9203 Starting: 2014-04-28 to 2014-04-30 Location: Aveiro, Portugal Additional Information: http://gravitation.web.ua.pt/ibericos2014 Contact: fis-ibericos2014[AT]ua.pt Dear colleagues, This is the first announcement for the IX Iberian Cosmology meeting, which will take place in Aveiro, Portugal, from the 28th to the 30th of April 2014. Registration is now open at: http://gravitation.web.ua.pt/ibericos2014 where you may also find more details about the meeting, as well as about accommodation in Aveiro. 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. These meetings are informal and there will be no registration fee. There are also no parallel sessions or posters, and blackboard talks are encouraged. All participants wishing to give a talk will be able to do so, by naming a topic when they register. The deadline for abstract submission is the 5th of April 2014 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 theoretical particle and gravitational physics to observational astrophysics. They are also designed to encourage the presentation of work in progress. In addition, it is the aim of these meetings to promote interactions between theorists and observers. We look forward to seeing you in Aveiro! The local organizing committee Carlos Herdeiro Joao G. Rosa Marco Sampaio Flavio Coelho +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. IVth Iberian Gravitational Wave Meeting, Granada --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9206 Starting: 2014-02-26 to 2014-02-28 Location: Granada, Spain Additional Information: http://www.ugr.es/~iberiangw14 Contact: iberiangw14[AT]ugr.es The idea of the meeting is to bring together researchers with interest in the development of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, including researchers from related areas of Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics. Please, feel free to send this announcement to scientists that may be interested in attending. The meetings are informal, and there will be no registration fee. There are also no parallel sessions, or posters. And they are designed to encourage the presentation of work in progress (or even being started or planned). All participants wishing to speak can do so, by naming a topic when they register. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Spanish Relativity Meeting ERE2014, Valencia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9215 Starting: 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-05 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: http://www.uv.es/ere2014 Contact: j.antonio.font[AT]uv.es ERE2014: Spanish Relativity Meeting 2014 - Encuentros Relativistas Espanoles 2014 "Almost 100 years after Einstein's revolution" Valencia, Spain, 1-5 September 2014 http://www.uv.es/ere2014 http://www.segre.es FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT The 2014 edition of the "Spanish Relativity Meeting" (ERE2014) will be held in Valencia from the 1st to the 5th of September 2014. The Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE) is an international conference devoted to Relativity and Gravitation which is organized every year by different members of the Spanish Society of Gravitation and Relativity (SEGRE). This year, it will be hosted by the University of Valencia. A brief historical background of the ERE can be found at http://www.segre.es/en/historia.shtml . The meeting will address the status of gravitation and general relativity one year before the centennial of the publication of Einstein's theory, which will be celebrated on November 25th 2015, as it was stablished by the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. In particular ERE2014 will focus on three research lines: relativistic astrophysics, mathematical relativity, and the interphase between gravitation and quantum theory. The meeting will take place at the ADEIT building and will consist of plenary talks given by invited speakers during the morning sessions and contributed talks during the afternoon.The latter will be distributed in topical parallel sessions. The interdisciplinary character of the meeting is reflected in the list of confirmed invited speakers: Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State University, USA. Victor Cardoso, CENTRA/IST, Lisboa, Portugal. Christos Charmousis, Paris-Sud Orsay, Paris, France. Alessandro Fabbri, Centro Fermi, Italy and IFIC, Valencia, Spain. Eric Gourgoulhon, Observatoire de Paris, France. Javier Gorosabel, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, Spain. Philippe LeFloch, UPMC, Paris 6, France. Francisco Lobo, CAAUL, Lisboa, Portugal. Leonard Parker, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Miquel Portilla, Universitat de València, Spain. Jose Maria Martín Senovilla, UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain. Alberto Sesana, Albert Einstein Institute, Golm, Germany. Masaru Shibata, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan. Nikolaos Stergioulas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Jorge Zanelli, CEC, Chile. ERE2014 Scientific Advisory Board: Miguel Alcubierre (ICN, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State University). Robert Beig (Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Viena). Curt Cutler (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. of Technology). Thibault Damour (Institute des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Paris). Roy Maartens (Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth). Fernando Quevedo (DAMTP, University of Cambridge). Matt Visser (Victoria University of Wellington). ERE2014 Local Organising Committee: Jose Antonio Font, UVEG. Jose María Ibanez, UVEG. Pablo Cerda-Duran, UVEG. Jose Navarro-Salas, CSIC/UVEG. Gonzalo J. Olmo, CSIC/UVEG. Information regarding registration, abstract submission, accommodation and travel can be found at the web page of the conference http://www.uv.es/ere2014 Looking forward to meeting all interested participants in Valencia this September! With our best regards, The Local Organising Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. XXI SIGRAV Conference, Alessandria, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9219 Starting: 2014-09-15 to 2014-09-19 Location: Alessandria, Italy Additional Information: http://sigrav.na.infn.it/xxi-sigrav-conference-on-general-relativity-and-gr… Contact: felicia[AT]na.infn.it The biennial Conference of the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV) is devoted to all aspects of gravitation, such as Classical General Relativity (GR), Quantum Gravity, Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, as well as Experimental Gravity. A key and defining feature of the conference is the ability to present the state of the art of the wide variety of methods (experimental, theoretical, mathematical, computational) used to advance in the knowledge of gravity. The five day conference will host 20 invited plenary talks, 4 shorter invited talks and a dozen of contributed talks in four parallel workshops sessions: classical GR, quantum gravity, relativistic astrophysics, experimental gravity. The conference will review the status, and present the advances in the fields of classical GR, modified gravity theories, relativistic astrophysics, astroparticle physics, precision tests of GR, cosmology, gravitational waves, numerical relativity, quantum gravity, quantum field theory in curved spacetime, supergravity. The geometry of quantum spacetime will be discussed also from the experimental viewpoint of quantum metrology and experimental cosmology, as well as aspects of precision cosmology. A science popularization session will be organized. During the Conference, the AMALDI MEDAL will be awarded to an outstanding european senior scientist and the SIGRAV Prizes will be awarded to (two) outstanding Junior scientists. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Gravitational-Wave Advanced Detector Workshop (GWADW 2014) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/12/gwadw-2014/ Starting: 2014-05-25 to 2014-05-30 Location: Takayama, Japan Additional Information: http://www.gravity.ircs.titech.ac.jp/GWADW2014/ Contact: gwadw2014-loc[AT]gw.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp The last decade has produced pioneering demonstrations of the technologies to observe astrophysical gravitational waves across the frequency band from kilohertz to nanohertz. The construction of advanced interferometric detectors (Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO-HF) is progressing steadily, and will reach the sensitivity needed to yield first observations. The LISA Pathfinder mission is nearing launch and the LISA mission has been reformulated. The international pulsar timing effort is progressing in developing the instruments needed, while surveys continue to provide new sources. Several developments are ongoing and gaining momentum ensuring that the field of gravitational waves astrophysics will be able to fully deploy in the current and next decades. This workshop will address techniques that might be implemented towards the completion and commissioning of the almost completed second generation detectors. Ideas for the next generation of detectors will be explored, such as the ways of reducing thermal noise, the role of cryogenics, improving robustness, extending the frequency spectrum of observation and emphasizing the role of simulations. The registration starts on March 1st and the deadline is April 30th. For registration form and logistic information see the conference web site. Participants are expected to arrive on Sunday, May 25th and to leave on Saturday, May 31st. Chairs: Francesco Fidecaro, Syd Meshkov Local Organizers: Kazuaki Kuroda, Kentaro Somiya, Naoko Ohishi, Daisuke Tatsumi +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. XXXIII Max Born Symposium: "Noncommutative geometry, quantum symmetries and quantum gravity" --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9244 Starting: 2014-07-06 to 2014-07-10 Location: Wroclaw, Poland Additional Information: http://ift.uni.wroc.pl/~mborn33/ Contact: mborn33(a)ift.uni.wroc.pl The aim of the Symposium is to provide recent results related with noncommutative geometries and quantum groups as well as present some applications in quantum gravity models. Main topics: - noncommutative geometry - quantum groups - quantum gravity +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. NAM2014 session: "Neutron Star Behaviour: Multi-messenger Observations and Theory", Portsmouth (UK) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9252 Starting: 2014-06-23 to 2014-06-26 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: http://www.nam2014.org/ Contact: wynn.ho[AT]soton.ac.uk It is an exciting time for studying neutron stars, both observationally and theoretically. New and important discoveries are driving better understanding of these exotic stars, and the physics that governs them, thanks to instruments across the EM spectrum, including LOFAR, VLT, XMM-Newton, Swift, and Fermi. These include: constraints on the nuclear equation of state from measurements of the highest mass neutron stars, direct evidence for and constraints on superfluid and superconducting matter in neutron stars, discovery of discrete state switching in isolated and binary pulsars, and detection of gamma-rays from objects across the broad pulsar population. The advent of multi-messenger neutron star astronomy is on the immediate horizon with IceCube and Advanced LIGO/Virgo, and the more distant future is bright with SKA, Athena+, and LOFT. Submit an abstract and join us to discuss this fascinating topic. Session chairs: Wynn Ho (Southampton), Michael Keith (Manchester). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12. 569. Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar on Quantum Cosmology, Bad Honnef, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/25/569-wilhelm-and-else-heraeus-semina… Starting: 2014-07-28 to 2014-08-01 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/gravitation/qc14/ Contact: mairi.sakellariadou[AT]kcl.ac.uk It is our pleasure to announce the 569. Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar on Quantum Cosmology. The event will take place from July 28 to August 1, 2014 at the Physikzentrum in Bad Honnef, Germany. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together leading experts from different approaches to quantum cosmology. The programme includes invited lectures and plenty of time for discussions, with the main emphasis on exchanging ideas, learning from each other, and assessing the successes and open problems of the different approaches. Apart from the invited speakers, we will be able to accommodate additional participants, especially young scientists, and we will also give them the opportunity to present a poster at a dedicated poster session. Contact: kiefer[AT]thp.uni-koeln.de --- mairi.sakellariadou[AT]kcl.ac.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13. Workshop: Fundamental Issues of the Standard Cosmological Model, Cargese --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9262 Starting: 2014-09-21 to 2014-09-27 Location: Cargese (Corsica), France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/FISCM/FISCM.html Contact: triay[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr The Planck Satellite measurement have increased the accuracy of cosmological observations to a level which allows to constrain cosmological models with unprecedented precision. The aim of this workshop is to discuss the implications of these recent results combined with other (i.e. Planck, but also WMAP, galaxy surveys, SNIa data...) on models that aim at describing the primordial epochs and the origin and formation of large scale structures of the Universe. The standard model of cosmology, including a phase of early inflation, provides a very effective phenomenological approach to account for observations. It can however be argued to require clarifications at the fundamental level. One way to do that is by considering alternatives and deriving their consequences. This will lead either to either reaffirm the current inflationary paradigm on more solid theoretical foundations, or to introduce a new one (or both!). During the workshop, we aim at having a broad range of talks on the topics covered, also scheduling ample time for discussions and scientific exchanges. The programme will include a few selected talks per day, in addition to specific introductions on the relevant topics by members of the committees. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14. XIIth School of Cosmology: Structure Formation after Planck, Cargese --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9263 Starting: 2014-09-15 to 2014-09-20 Location: Cargese (Corsica), France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/EC2014/EcoleLuminy14_a.html Contact: triay[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr Structure Formation after Planck: their impact in the study of galaxies and cosmology The theme of the school is the formation of large scale structures after the results of the Planck mission. The aim of this school is, after an overview of the standard model containing the inflationary paradigm, to focus on alternatives. The model of inflation, although generally confirmed at phenomenological level with these new data, suffers from conceptual difficulties when we want to use it in the framework of a "realistic" theory (great unification theory string, for example). Indeed, as models at large field (Large Field Inflation) are now virtually eliminated, one has to consider models for which the potential of the inflation contains a plateau (Small Field Inflation) or several fields (Hybrid Inflation). And in the latter case, one must understand the reason why the non-local Gaussianity are so weak. Moreover, the "recent" history of the Universe, since the nucleosynthesis to the formation of structures, requires, so that the observations are consistent with the th eory to introduce two ingredients not yet well understood (Dark Matter and Dark Energy). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.15. Asymptotic Analysis in General Relativity, Grenoble (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9274 Starting: 2014-06-16 to 2014-07-04 Location: Grenoble, France Additional Information: http://if-summer2014.sciencesconf.org/ Contact: Dietrich.Hafner[AT]ujf-grenoble.fr SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT We are announcing a summer school and conference in Grenoble, France, entitled Asymptotic Analysis in General Relativity. The summer school will start on the 16th of June 2014 and last two weeks. It will be followed by a one week international conference from the 30th June to the 4th July. The summer school will consist of five mini-courses of eight hours each, given by Lars Andersson, Christian Gerard, Rod Gover, Jeremie Szeftel and Andras Vasy. The topics covered will be geometry and analysis in black hole spacetimes, quantum field theory on curved spacetimes, conformal geometry and tractor calculus with a view to applications in GR, the resolution of the bounded L2 curvature conjecture in General Relativity, microlocal analysis and wave propagation. All information can be found on the conference webpage. http://if-summer2014.sciencesconf.org/ To register, use the conference webpage. The deadline for registration to the mini-courses is 12th May 2014. The deadline for registration to the conference is 27th May 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.16. Dark Side of the Universe 2014, Cape Town --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/28/dark-side-of-the-universe-2014-cape… Starting: 2014-11-17 to 2014-11-21 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: http://dark.ft.uam.es/dsu/ Contact: dunsby[AT]gmail.com Dear Colleague, I would like to draw your attention to the following workshop Dark Side of the Universe 2014 X International Workshop Surveying the Dark Side of the Universe - Theory and Observations 17-21 November 2014 (Cape Town, South Africa) http://www.acgc.uct.ac.za/dsu2014/ Follow us on Twitter @dsu2014 Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dsu2014 The meeting is in the series of the DSU workshops previously held in Seoul (2005), Madrid (2006), Minnesota (2007), Cairo (2008), Melbourne (2009), Leon (2010), Beijing (2011), Buzios, Rio de Janeiro (2012) and Trieste (2013). For more information, see http://dark.ft.uam.es/dsu/ Topics of the workshop: Surveying the Dark Universe Dark Energy - beyond the Concordance Model Simulations of galaxies, clusters and the Universe Dark Matter candidates Modified Gravity International Committee Pyungwon Ko (KIAS, South Korea), Carlos Muñoz (UAM/IFT, Spain), Keith Olive (Minnesota University, USA), Shaaban Khalil (BUE, Egypt), Csaba Balazs (Monash University, Australia), David Delepine (Guanajuato University, Mexico), Yu-Feng Zhou (KITPC/ITP-CAS, China), Qaisar Shafi (Delaware University, USA), Christiane Frigerio Martins (UFF Brasil), Paolo Salucci (SISSA, Italy). Local Committee Vinicius Busti (UCT), Vincent Bouillot (UCT), Chris Clarkson (UCT), Sergio Colafrancesco (WITS), Peter Dunsby - Chair (UCT), Marc Lilley (UCT), Roy Maartens (UWC), Diego Saez Gomez (UCT), Amanda Weltman (UCT). Immediately after DSU2014, there will be a meeting hosted by the South African Gravity Society to celebrate the 75th birthday of George Ellis (24 November). Please contact Roy Maartens (roy.maartens[AT]gmail.com) if you are interested in attending this event. Important Dates: Deadline for talk submissions: 1st October 2014 Workshop: 17th-21st November 2014 George Ellis at 75 and the South African Gravity Society Meeting: 24-25 November 2014 Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone you think might be interested on DSU 2014. I apologise in advance if you receive this mail twice Yours Sincerely, Professor Peter Dunsby, Co-Director, Centre for Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701 Tel: +27 21 650 2344 Fax: +27 21 650 2334 Twitter: https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=peterdunsby WWW: http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/~peter +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc/Scientist position available in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at UWA, Perth, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9225 Deadline: 2014-02-10 Location: Perth, Australia Additional Information: http://www.gravity.uwa.edu.au Contact: linqing.wen[AT]uwa.edu.au The University of Western Australia (UWA) gravity group http://www.gravity.uwa.edu.au/ invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate or computer engineer position in the area of gravitational wave signal processing and multi-messenger astronomy for ground-based interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. The initial appointment will be for one year, renewable to two years and possibly longer depending on funding and performance. The position is available immediately but the start date is negotiable. We are looking for highly motivated applicants with interest in gravitational wave search pipeline development and its applications to multi-messenger astronomy. Background with astrophysics and/or supercomputing especially with the use of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) is a plus. The postdoc or scientist will have opportunities to develop their own research programs and obtain future funding support through competitive funding programs in Australia. Informal inquiries of the position can be made to Prof. Linqing Wen by email at linqing.wen AT uwa.edu.au or to Prof. David Blair by email at david.blair AT uwa.edu.au. A complete application should include a CV including a list of publications, a statement of research interests, and names and contact information of at least three references. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Scientific Application Developer Positions (2) at UW-Milwaukee ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/04/scientific-application-developer-po… Deadline: 2014-02-28 Location: Milwaukee, WI. USA Additional Information: http://www.gravity.phys.uwm.edu/positions.html Contact: patrick[AT]gravity.phys.uwm.edu The Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics (CGCA) at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is looking for two creative, energetic and talented individuals to join our scientific computing team. You will specialize in building and supporting software for the LIGO (http://www.ligo.org) project. LIGO is an ambitious project, funded by the National Science Foundation, to detect gravitational waves from astrophysical sources and is part of a worldwide network of gravitational-wave detectors. You will be working toward ground-breaking research, with cutting edge computing challenges, in collaboration with top scientists from around the world. Members of the CGCA play an important role in LIGO concentrating on data analysis and software infrastructure. The CGCA at UW-Milwaukee also offers an exciting and friendly environment in which to work and play. We have a world-class scientific computing team that works on software for LIGO and other astronomy projects. With almost forty faculty, staff, postdocs, and students, the center is a fun and vibrant place to work. Responsibilities Maintain, enhance and support LIGO data handling and analysis software including the LIGO Data Replicator and the Gravitational-wave Candidate Event Database. Take ownership of your projects and be responsible for the definition, architecture, and implementation of applications which enhance the scientific productivity of the LIGO collaboration. Keep current on big data trends to identify new technologies that can be effectively leveraged for LIGO data handling and analysis. Qualifications Have a PhD in Physics, Computing Science or a related field, a minimum of two years of related research experience beyond the PhD, demonstrated experience with large data sets, and strong analytical troubleshooting skills. Be proficient in at least one high-level scripting language, familiar with C/C++, and comfortable with Unix operating systems. Familiarity with Debian and/ or Redhat Linux administration and packaging tools would be a plus, as would knowledge of Globus tools. Experience developing web UIs with AJAX, json and related technologies is also desirable, but not required. Application Apply online via UWM Job Posting 17244. This recruitment will continue until a final candidate is selected. Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2014. Applications received after February 28, 2014 may not be considered. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Employment will require a criminal background check. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Cosmology, Stavanger, Norway ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/06/postdoctoral-fellow-in-theoretical-… Deadline: 2014-03-15 Location: Stavanger, Norway Additional Information: http://www.uis.no/job-opportunities/vacant-positions/postdoctoral-fellow-in… Contact: sigbjorn.hervik[AT]uis.no 3-year Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Cosmology Closing date for application is 15. Mar. 2014 (for full consideration). The University of Stavanger invites applications for a three-year position as Postdoctoral Fellow in theoretical physics, specifically theoretical cosmology at the Faculty of Science and Technology in the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, starting in the fall of 2014. Particularly relevant areas of research include mathematical cosmology, anisotropic space-times, observational consequences of non-standard cosmology, quantum fields in curved spaces, modified theories of gravity and cosmological perturbations. The fellow will be working within the group of Professors Sigbjorn Hervik and Anders Tranberg at the University of Stavanger. Further information about the position can be obtained from Prof. Anders Tranberg, email anders.tranberg[AT]uis.no or from Professor Sigbjorn Hervik, email sigbjorn.hervik[AT]uis.no . +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Tenure-track position at UNAM, Mexico City ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/15/tenure-track-position-at-unam/ Deadline: 2014-04-25 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Additional Information: http://www.nucleares.unam.mx/icn2/ Contact: chryss[AT]nucleares.unam.mx The Department of Gravitation and Field Theory of the Institute for Nuclear Sciences at UNAM is inviting applications for a tenure-track position at roughly the assistant professor level (either Asociado C or Titular A), the exact appointment depending on qualifications. The Department lines of research include classical and quantum aspects of gravitation, numerical relativity, cosmology, quantum field theory, mathematical physics, lattice QCD, biophysics, and complex systems. We invite applications from talented young researchers working in any of these fields, but also welcome novel profiles compatible with the Departments general direction. Current members include Miguel Alcubierre, Wolfgang Bietenholz, Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos, Jemal Guven, Darío Núñez, Hernando Quevedo, Marcos Rosenbaum, Marcelo Salgado, Christopher Stephens, Daniel Sudarsky, Roberto Sussman, Alexander Turbiner, and various postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. The Department participates actively in the Graduate Program in Physics of UNAM, a typical teaching load for its members being a graduate level course every other semester. Candidates for the position should have a PhD in Physics, or closely related fields, and should be under 37 (male) / 39 (female) years of age when starting the job (tentatively around September 2014, although adjustments are possible to suit particular needs). Persons interested in applying should submit a CV and short research plan, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly by email to Prof. Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos (chryss[AT]nucleares.unam.mx) with copy to Mrs. Trinidad Ramirez (fengari[AT]nucleares.unam.mx). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Membership of the Topical Group in Gravitation of the American Physical Society ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/11/on-the-topical-group-in-gravitation… Additional Information: Dear colleague, We warmly invite you to consider joining or re-joining the Topical Group in Gravitation (GGR) of the American Physical Society (APS). There are many good reasons to join GGR. But we know you are busy, so by simply sending an email to nyunes[AT]physics.montana.edu with a "yes" you will be re-enrolled for free and GGR will pay the $8 fee for your first year of GGR membership. In subsequent years, the annual renewal of your APS membership will include membership in GGR as a default choice. We hope that you find GGR membership valuable and choose to remain as a member in subsequent years. If you are unsure of your APS membership status, please respond to this email and we will clarify it for you. You probably already know about the APS---representing over 50,000 physicists from around the world. The APS sponsors meetings to promote the exchange of new results in physics, publishes some of the most prestigious journals in the field (including Physical Review and Physical Review Letters), advocates for physics education and science education in general, and is very active in promoting funding for physics research at NSF, DOE, and NASA. What may be less familiar to some of you is the role of the "units" within the APS. There are Sections (regional groups that foster a spirit of community), Forums (groups built to address broad issues such as graduate student education or international cooperation), and Technical Units (groups which coalesce around a common interest in physics). Technical groups are of two types, Divisions and Topical Groups, distinguished primarily by size. Divisions are larger and they have a more important role in the governance of the APS, but the missions are similar---to bring together scientists with overlapping interests in physics and foster cooperation and communication. You are receiving this email as part of a campaign to increase GGR membership. GGR is already the largest topical group in the APS, and it is approaching a size wherein it becomes eligible to become an APS Division. Your membership would help us achieve this goal. The main motivation for starting GGR was to provide a broad-based voice for the gravitational physics community. Divisional status will allow us to do this more effectively by giving our community substantial benefits: a permanent seat on the APS council with enhanced opportunity to advocate for our field, the ability to choose plenary speakers for the April Meetings, a larger budget allocation from the APS which would, for example, mean an increase in student travel support. You are in a position to help your community achieve Divisional status. In fact, as a member of the gravitational physics community, you already likely benefit directly from the activities of GGR. The APS April meeting (for which the GGR organizes a large number of sessions) has become one of our main forums for releasing new results. The journals of the APS are mainstays for publishing our papers. GGR sponsors and selects the winner of the APS Einstein Prize, awarded, for example, in 2007 to Rai Weiss and Ron Drever for their role in establishing LIGO. GGR has named fifty-five APS fellows, an important and distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers in the physics community. These activities don't just happen---it is the membership of GGR that make them happen. Growth in the membership of the APS and GGR is one of the best arguments for increased funding in physics and gravitation, and will lead directly to increased influence of GGR as an advocate for gravitational physics. If gravity is of interest to you, we urge you to join GGR. If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity, all you have to do is reply to this email within the next month. If you have any questions please contact Jon Burkin, the Units Coordinator for APS, at burkin[AT]aps.org. We look forward to welcoming you back into GGR. With kind regards, Nicolas Yunes (GGR Membership Committee Chair) Daniel Holz (GGR Chair) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational Radiation from..." / "The Hole Argument and..." ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/14/living-reviews-in-relativity-gravit… Additional Information: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/ Living Reviews in Relativity recently published two new articles: a major update of the review on "Gravitational Radiation from Post-Newtonian Sources and Inspiralling Compact Binaries" by Luc Blanchet and a new article on "The Hole Argument and Some Physical and Philosophical Implications" by John Stachel. Please find the abstracts and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2014-2 Blanchet, Luc "Gravitational Radiation from Post-Newtonian Sources and Inspiralling Compact Binaries" ACCEPTED: 2014-01-27 PUBLISHED: 2014-02-14 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-2 ABSTRACT: To be observed and analyzed by the network of gravitational wave detectors on ground (LIGO, VIRGO, etc.) and by the future detectors in space (eLISA, etc.), inspiralling compact binaries -- binary star systems composed of neutron stars and/or black holes in their late stage of evolution -- require high-accuracy templates predicted by general relativity theory. The gravitational waves emitted by these very relativistic systems can be accurately modelled using a high-order post-Newtonian gravitational wave generation formalism. In this article, we present the current state of the art on post-Newtonian methods as applied to the dynamics and gravitational radiation of general matter sources (including the radiation reaction back onto the source) and inspiralling compact binaries. We describe the post-Newtonian equations of motion of compact binaries and the associated Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, paying attention to the self-field regularizations at work in the calculat ions. Several notions of innermost circular orbits are discussed. We estimate the accuracy of the post-Newtonian approximation and make a comparison with numerical computations of the gravitational self-force for compact binaries in the small mass ratio limit. The gravitational waveform and energy flux are obtained to high post-Newtonian order and the binary's orbital phase evolution is deduced from an energy balance argument. Some landmark results are given in the case of eccentric compact binaries -- moving on quasi-elliptical orbits with non-negligible eccentricity. The spins of the two black holes play an important role in the definition of the gravitational wave templates. We investigate their imprint on the equations of motion and gravitational wave phasing up to high post-Newtonian order (restricting to spin-orbit effects which are linear in spins), and analyze the post-Newtonian spin precession equations as well as the induced precession of the orbital plane. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2014-1 Stachel, John "The Hole Argument and Some Physical and Philosophical Implications" ACCEPTED: 2013-11-17 PUBLISHED: 2014-02-06 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-1 ABSTRACT: This is a historical-critical study of the hole argument, concentrating on the interface between historical, philosophical and physical issues. Although it includes a review of its history, its primary aim is a discussion of the contemporary implications of the hole argument for physical theories based on dynamical, background-independent space-time structures. The historical review includes Einstein's formulations of the hole argument, Kretschmann's critique, as well as Hilbert's reformulation and Darmois' formulation of the general-relativistic Cauchy problem. The 1970s saw a revival of interest in the hole argument, growing out of attempts to answer the question: Why did three years elapse between Einstein's adoption of the metric tensor to represent the gravitational field and his adoption of the Einstein field equations? The main part presents some modern mathematical versions of the hole argument, including both coordinate-dependent and coordinate-independent definitions of covariance and general covariance; and the fiber bundle formulation of both natural and gauge natural theories. By abstraction from continuity and differentiability, these formulations can be extended from differentiable manifolds to any set; and the concepts of permutability and general permutability applied to theories based on relations between the elements of a set, such as elementary particle theories. We are closing with an overview of current discussions of philosophical and physical implications of the hole argument. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. CQG+ another great reason to publish in CQG! ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9250 Additional Information: http://www.CQGplus.com Dear Colleagues, I'm delighted to announce the formal launch of CQG+, CQG's companion website: CQGplus.com This is a great place to find out about the latest papers to be rated 'high quality' by your peers. I recommend signing up to follow CQG+. This will allow you to receive email alerts (at your desired frequency) of the best of the latest gravitational physics research. Publish your next great paper in CQG for the chance to benefit from promotion in CQG+ Best wishes Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity and CQG+ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. General Relativity @ 99, Bad Honnef, Germany 1.2. Cosmology and the Constants of Nature, DAMTP, Cambridge 1.3. Third Dutch National Gravitational Wave Meeting, Dwingeloo 1.4. Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics PHSP14, Jena, Germany 1.5. Gravity and the Quantum, Como, Italy 1.6. Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics. 2014 Session on Gravitational Wave Astrophysics (3rd announcement) 1.7. 17th Eastern Gravity Meeting, West Virginia University 1.8. Solvay Workshop on Holography for Black Holes and Cosmology, Brussels 1.9. IRAP PhD Winter School, Nice, France 1.10. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia - Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the universe (2nd announcement) 1.11. Subatomic particles, Nucleons, Atoms, Universe: Processes and Structure (3rd announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. Professor position at University of Vienna 2.2. CAPES - ICRANet Program 2.3. FAPERJ - ICRANet Program 2.4. Two faculty positions in Gravity at Florida Atlantic University 2.5. Max Planck Partner Group Research Associate Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at IISER-TVM, India 2.6. Two Lectureships in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield (UK) 2.7. Postdoctoral position in multimessenger Astrophysics at the University of Pisa 2.8. The Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Program for Summer Students (LEAPS) 2.9. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at West Virginia University 2.10. International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. Program 2.11. Postdoctoral Researcher in Space Physics at the University of Kansas 2.12. Postdoctoral Researcher in Ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics at the University of Kansas 2.13. Postdoctoral positions in cosmology, University of Szczecin 2.14. Ph.D. student positions in cosmology, University of Szczecin 2.15. PhD positions in gravity, cosmology, astrophysics at Fudan University 3. News 3.1. The Chalonge School Programme of the Year 2014 3.2. Buchalter Cosmology Prize 3.3. 2014 Awards for Essays on Gravitation 3.4. Book with A. A. Friedmanns papers on cosmology ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. General Relativity @ 99, Bad Honnef, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/09/general-relativity-99/ Starting: 2014-09-14 to 2014-09-19 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: http://www.dpg-physik.de/dpg/pbh/aktuelles/S214.html Contact: gos[AT]tpi.uni-jena.de General relativity (GR) is coming of age. The year 2015 will be its 100th anniversary. ?Just on the eve of this anniversary, the school aims at teaching GR with specific emphasis on its physical and astrophysical implications. The school is intended for graduate students in physics and astrophysics as well as for postdocs and scientists with some background in GR and astrophysics who are looking for more advanced treatments of the current problems in GR.? Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, is a delightful venue, housed in a 19th century mansion on the Rhine river just south of Bonn and Cologne.? Posters by the participants are welcome and discussions with the lecturers will be encouraged. Lecturers include Nils Andersson, Emanuele Berti, Luc Blanchet, Alessandra Buonanno, Bernd Brügmann, Karsten Danzmann, Pedro Ferreira, Sergei Klioner, Michael Kramer, Claus Laemmerzahl, Cole Miller, Ekkehard Peik, Roberto Peron, Eric Poisson, Juergen Renn, Sheila Rowan, Xavier Siemens, Norbert Wex, Clifford Will Organized by? Gerhard Schaefer and Clifford M. Will. Sponsored by the DPG and the Heraeus Foundation +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Cosmology and the Constants of Nature, DAMTP, Cambridge --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/09/cosmology-and-the-constants-of-natu… Starting: 2014-03-17 to 2014-03-19 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/events/constants2014/ Contact: mmp(a)maths.cam.ac.uk Cosmology and the Constants of Nature DAMTP, University of Cambridge Monday, 17 March 2014 at 09:00 - Wednesday, 19 March 2014 at 15:00 (GMT) The Constants of Nature are quantities, whose numerical values we know with the greatest experimental accuracy - but about the rationale for those values, we have the greatest ignorance. We might also ask if they are indeed constant in space and time, and investigate whether their values arise at random or are uniquely determined by some deep theory. This mini-series of talks is part of the joint Oxford-Cambridge programme on the Philosophy of Cosmology which aims to introduce philosophers of physics to fundamental problems in cosmology and associated areas of high-energy physics. The talks are aimed at philosophers of physics but should also be of interest to a wide range of cosmologists. Speakers will introduce the physical constants that define the standard model of particle physics and cosmology together with the data that determine them, describe observational programmes that test the constancy of traditional constants, including the cosmological constant, and discuss how self-consistent theories of varying constants can be formulated. Speakers: John Barrow, University of Cambridge John Ellis, King's College London Pedro Ferreira, University of Oxford Joao Magueijo, Imperial College, London Thanu Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Pune Martin Rees, University of Cambridge John Webb, University of New South Wales, Sydney Registration is free and includes morning coffee and lunch. Participants are requested to register at the conference website where the detailed programme of talks can be found: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/events/constants2014/ For enquiries about this event please contact the conference administrator, Margaret Bull, at mmp[AT]maths.cam.ac.uk John D. Barrow Jeremy Butterfield +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Third Dutch National Gravitational Wave Meeting, Dwingeloo --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9072 Starting: 2014-02-07 to 2014-02-07 Location: Dwingeloo, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://indico.astro.ru.nl//conferenceDisplay.py?confId=9 Contact: vdbroeck[AT]nikhef.nl Gravitational wave research in the Netherlands is rapidly taking shape and is becoming increasingly diverse. We organise the third Dutch National GW meeting, in order to bring together astronomers and physicists interested in gravitational wave science and inform each other of developments and new projects. The meeting will be held on Friday, February 7th 2014, at ASTRON in Dwingeloo. The day will start with a keynote lecture by dr. Joris Verbiest (Bielefeld) on detecting gravitational waves using a pulsar timing array. There will be overview talks on general topics as well as contributed talks on specific projects. The meeting is open to all interested researchers, also from outside the Netherlands. You can register and submit abstracts for contributed talks at http://indico.astro.ru.nl//conferenceDisplay.py?confId=9 We hope to see many of you there. Please forward this message to anyone who may be interested. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics PHSP14, Jena, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9106 Starting: 2014-07-14 to 2014-07-15 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: http://cse.mathe.uni-jena.de/phsp14 Contact: gerhard.zumbusch[AT]uni-jena.de Workshop Programming of Heterogeneous Systems in Physics PHSP14 Jena, Germany, 14-15 July 2014 http://cse.mathe.uni-jena.de/phsp14 This workshop will focus on aspects of heterogeneous computing systems, including GPU computing, accelerators offloading, vector instruction sets and the multi level hierarchy of distributed and shared memory resources found in large scale computing. The first day of the workshop is dedicated to an introduction to programming aspects. A tutorial including a hands-on session will give the opportunity for less experienced participants to learn about GPU computing. The next day of the workshop will discuss how physics applications, especially in relativity and quantum field theory, may benefit from the use of accelerators. The topics covered by this workshops are: - Programming techniques, library and language design for heterogeneous systems. Issues of portability and performance. - Parallel numerical algorithms and algorithms tailored or tuned for a specific system. - Optimization of computational kernels. Tools and techniques for high performance, energy efficiency, or effective code development. Abstracts should be submitted by end of April 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Gravity and the Quantum, Como, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9108 Starting: 2014-06-01 to 2014-06-06 Location: Como, Italy Additional Information: http://www.centrovolta.it/sigrav2014 Contact: grschool[AT]centrovolta.it GRAVITY AND THE QUANTUM Villa del Grumello (Como Italy), 1-6 June 2014 The problem of merging quantum mechanics and general relativity is yet unsolved. At a fundamental level, general relativity and quantum theory seem to be contradictory and the theoretical framework of physics is still unaccomplished. It is necessary to combine these two ways of thinking into a single, even more fundamental, theoretical paradigm; this has been called quantum gravity. This step is also necessary for understanding extreme situations such as near the Big Bang or the black hole singularities. The school will give a general overview of the field of Quantum Gravity, of its main and most recent achievements and will propose new challenges and open questions that are looking for answers. COURSES Abhay Ashtekar: Quantum cosmology John Barrett:Non-commutative geometry and quantum gravity Eugenio Bianchi: Black holes Laurent Freidel: Quantum space Roberto Percacci: Asymptotic safety Carlo Rovelli: Covariant loop quantum gravity Alain Connes, Thibault Damour and Lee Smolin have been invited to deliver special lectures. (Their presence is not yet confirmed). There will be room for short communications by the participants.Those who want to submit a communication proposal should send a short abstract to grschool(a)centrovolta.it Proponents will be informed about acceptance of their contribution in due time. Preparatory and follow-up lectures will be delivered at the University of Insubria. Registration: Participants will be accommodated in the hotels near Villa del Grumello and will be requested to pay an inclusive fee of EURO 750,00, covering part of the accommodation (in rooms to be shared), breakfast and lunch for the duration of the school. Alternatively, participants may arrange for their own accommodation and are requested to pay only the registration fee of EURO 400,00 also covering luncheons . Accommodation form can be downloaded from the School website: http://www.centrovolta.it/sigrav2014. Accommodation is not guaranteed after May 1st, 2014. Some support to cover local expenses is available; those who need support should mention it in their registration and send a short curriculum vitae and a summary of current research (maximum two pages A4). Please, note that no support to cover travel expenses will be available. Registration form is available on the web page http://www.centrovolta.it/sigrav2014 or at grschool(a)centrovolta.it For information also contact directly the Organizing Secretariat at Centro Volta: grschool(a)centrovolta.it or Chiara.stefanetti(a)centrovolta.it, ph. +39.031.579815, fax +39.031.573395 Scientific and Organizing Committee: Ugo Moschella, Vittorio Gorini, Sergio Cacciatori, Aldo Treves, Francesco Haardt SIGRAV Council: Salvatore Capozziello, Sabino Matarrese, Pietro Fre, Eugenio Coccia, Lorenzo Fatibene, Sergio Zerbini, Gaetano Vilasi, Luca Lusanna, Carlo Bradaschia, Luigi Stella, Valeria Ferrari, Augusto Sagnotti, Leopoldo Milano, Marco Bruni, Stefano Liberati +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics. 2014 Session on Gravitational Wave Astrophysics (3rd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9164 Starting: 2014-04-22 to 2014-04-25 Location: Sant Cugat (Barcelona, Spain) Additional Information: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014.html Contact: sopuerta[AT]ieec.uab.es This is the third and last circular for the 2014 edition of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics, devoted to Gravitational Wave Astrophysics. This Workshop will be the third meeting this biennial series and will be held in Sant Cugat (near Barcelona), from April 22nd (starting in the morning) to April 25th, 2014 (ending in the afternoon). The address of the website of the workshop is http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014.html The motivation for this meeting is the incremental progress made in different major efforts to use gravitational waves (GWs) for Astronomy: The new generation of advanced ground-based GW observatories (LIGO, VIRGO, KAGRA) is going to come online soon, and is expected to provide the first detections; on the other hand, we are entering a crucial moment for the European-led project eLISA for a space-based detector; in addition, pulsar timing arrays are approaching detection sensitivities. Then, it is an excellent moment to bring together experts on the different aspects of Astrophysics related to GW detection, from the mechanisms for source formation (including event rate estimations) to the impact that the observations may have on the different branches of Astrophysics, including the role of data analysis developments and source modelling techniques. The workshop will consists in a series of plenary talks plus contributed talks, with no more than hundred participants. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Nils Andersson (University of Southampton, UK) Pierre Binetruy (APC-Paris, France) Monica Colpi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) Enrique Garcia-Berro (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain) Philippe Jetzer (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Kostas Kokkotas (University of Tuebingen, Germany) Pablo Laguna (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Alicia M. Sintes (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain) Carlos F. Sopuerta (IEEC-CSIC, Spain) Alberto Vecchio (University of Birmingham, UK) PLENARY SPEAKERS Pau Amaro-Seoane (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) John Antoniadis (Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy, Germany) Tamara Bogdanovic (Georgia Tech, USA) Tomasz Bulik (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland) Laura Cadonati (University of Massachusetts, USA) Chiara Caprini (APC Paris, France) Pablo Cerdá Durán (University of Valencia, Spain) Thomas Dent (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) Zachariah B. Etienne (West Virginia University, USA) Jonathan Gair (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK) Bruno Giacomazzo (University of Trento, Italy) Brynmor Haskell ?(University of Melbourne, Australia) Sascha Husa (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain) Alessandro Nagar (IHES, France) Carlos Palenzuela (CITA, Canada) Edward Porter (APC Paris, France) Christian Reisswig (Caltech, USA) Alberto Sesana (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) Deirdre Shoemaker (Georgia Tech, USA) Ulrich Sperhake (DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK) LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Carlos F. Sopuerta (IEEC-CSIC, chair) Daniel Santos (IEEC-CSIC) Ivan LLoro (IEEC-CSIC) Anna Bertolín (IEEC-CSIC) Pilar Montes (IEEC-CSIC) Diego F. Torres (ICREA & IEEC-CSIC, Sant Cugat Forum) REGISTRATION The web registration for the 2014 Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on "Gravitational Wave Astrophysics" is open at the conference website http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014Registration.html Registration fees: 300 Euros up to February 28th, 2014 (350 Euros at the Registration Desk) The registration fee will cover: Access to the workshop & workshop materials, a copy of the Session Book (to be sent directly to the delegate address), welcome cocktail, workshop dinner, and coffee breaks. CONTRIBUTIONS Participants who would like to contribute a talk in the parallel sessions can apply by submitting a title and abstract in the registration website. The deadline for abstract submission is February 28, 2014. Participants will be informed shortly afterwards whether their contribution has been accepted. The program will be announced in the conference website. http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014AbstractSubmission.html AWARD FOR YOUNG SCIENTIST Sant Cugat Forum Award for Young Scientists: From all contributed works by graduate scientists or postdoctoral fellows within 2 years of their PhD that are willing to apply for the award, the Scientific Organizing Committee will choose the Best Work by a Young Scientist. There will be a symbolic cash amount (TBD), an Award certificate, and a token of recognition related to Sant Cugat (typically a local artist painting). If you would like to be considered for the Award, there will be a place to note so in your abstract submission. The deadline for paper submissions for the Young Scientist Award is March 24, 2014. See the guidelines here: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/Award/Entries/2022/3/28_Guidelines.ht… OUTREACH During the workshop there will be an outreach talk for the general public given by Prof. Alicia M. Sintes. The talk will be on Thursday, April 24th at 7pm. http://www.casadecultura.santcugat.cat/14385/agenda.detall/699/?img=2 PROCEEDINGS IN SPRINGER As an outcome of the workshop, an edited book will be published in the Springer-Verlags Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings series, as a hardcover; following on the tradition of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics series. The aim is to have a state-of-the-art summary of the workshop topic, i.e. Gravitational Wave Astrophysics. More details can be found at: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014Book.html VENUE The workshop will take place in the village of Sant Cugat, a small, vibrant city located a few kilometers away from Barcelona, across the mountain and the Collserola Natural Park. It can be easily reached from the city center of Barcelona, but the existence of the natural park in between has allowed it to maintain a completely independent character. The venue will be the Casa de Cultura (Culture House). In front of it there is one of the best-conserved Benedictine Monasteries in Europe, known to exist since 878, which is inside the villages nucleus with 60% of the streets begin pedestrian ones. ACCOMMODATION There is a 4 star hotel with affordable prices 300 meters from the meeting room (there are several other hotels nearby). There is also the possibility to be accommodated in Barcelona downtown since there are trains every 5-10 minutes going to and from Plaza Catalunya (at the very center of Barcelona) that take 25 minutes. For more details: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/Logistics/Entries/2012/8/29_Lodging.h… CONFERENCE COCKTAIL There will be a welcome cocktail on the first day of the conference (Tuesday, April 22nd) from 6pm to 8pm. CONFERENCE DINNER There will be a conference dinner on Thursday, April 24th. The dinner is covered by the conference fee. If you would like to bring additional people to the dinner, please indicate so at the registration. OTHER LOGISTICS Information about how to arrive, local restaurants, and maps is described here: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/Logistics/Logistics.html We look forward to seeing you in Sant Cugat. Best regards, Carlos F. Sopuerta on behalf of the Local Organizing Committee Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. 17th Eastern Gravity Meeting, West Virginia University --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/29/17th-eastern-gravity-meeting/ Starting: 2014-05-16 to 2014-05-17 Location: Morgantown, WV, USA Additional Information: http://astro.phys.wvu.edu/egm Contact: sean.mcwilliams[AT]mail.wvu.edu The 17th Eastern Gravity Meeting will be held May 16-17, 2014 at West Virginia University. The format of the meeting will follow previous regional meetings, where all participants may present a talk of approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the total number of talks. Registration and abstract submission are now open, please visit http://astro.phys.wvu.edu/egm for more information. There will be a strict limit of 60 attendees on a first come, first served basis, so early registration is encouraged. There is no registration fee, but an RSVP is required for meals (which are provided thanks to the generosity of the WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Eberly College of Science, and the Research Corporation), so we ask that attendees register no later than April 15, 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Solvay Workshop on Holography for Black Holes and Cosmology, Brussels --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9144 Starting: 2014-04-14 to 2014-04-18 Location: Brussels, Belgium Additional Information: http://www.solvayinstitutes.be/events/holography_for_black_holes/holography… Contact: gcompere[AT]ulb.ac.be Invited speakers: Dionysios Anninos, Alejandra Castro , Bin Chen , Thomas Faulkner, Matthias Gaberdiel, Gaston Giribet, Daniel Grumiller, Monica Guica, Thomas Hartman, Diego Hofman, Finn Larsen, Kyriakos Papadodimas, Eric Perlmutter, Andrew Strominger, Ricardo Troncoso Participation is free, but registration is required. Practical information on the webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. IRAP PhD Winter School, Nice, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/30/nice-winter-school/ Starting: 2014-02-23 to 2014-03-02 Location: Nice, France Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=794 Contact: secretariat-irapphd[AT]icra.it The International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD (IRAP PhD) School in Nice will take place from the 23 of February to 2nd of March. It is specially devoted to frontier topics in relativistic astrophysics and to the students of the IRAP PhD Program. Students from the EMJD, CAPES, FAPERJ Programs will participate. The meeting is open to all interested scientists and graduate students. The members of IOC are the following: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Vladimir Belinski ("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Carlo Luciano Bianco("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Donato Bini (CNR - Ist. per Applicaz. del Calcolo "M. Picone") Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) Pascal Chardonnet (Université de Savoie ) CO-CHAIRMAN Christian Cherubini (Università "Campus Biomedico" di Roma) Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques) Jann Einasto (Tartu Observatory) Simonetta Filippi (Università di Roma "Campus Biomedico" and ICRANet) Sergio Frasca ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Filippo Frontera (Università di Ferrara) Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China) Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin) Olivier Legrand (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Hermann Nicolai (Max Plank Institute for Gravitational Physics, Postdam) Mario Novello (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil) Elène Politano (Ecole Doctorale Nice) Kjell Rosquist (Stockolm University) Jorge Rueda (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Remo Ruffini ("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) CHAIRMAN Felix Ryde (Stockholm University) Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Gregory Vereshchagin (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) She-Sheng Xue (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science) The web site of the School is on http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=794. The major topics to be discussed are Neutron Stars and Black Holes, Gamma Ray Bursts, Supernovae, close binary systems, Active Galactic Nuclei, Cosmology, Dark Matter, strong fields in experiments on Earth and from space. Ample time for discussions will be granted. In the period of the meeting many social events, including the famous carnival of Nice, will take place; therefore an early registration will be necessary for the accommodation. Registration fees of 100 euros will be requested. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia - Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the universe (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/30/1st-scientific-icranet-meeting-in-a… Starting: 2014-06-23 to 2014-07-04 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=752 Contact: armenia2014[AT]icranet.org The Physics of Black Holes (BHs) dominates some of the most energetic astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. The formation of a ~10 Msun. BH appears to be related to the emission of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB), the most energetic transient phenomena in the Universe. The basic mechanism appears to be the creation of electron positron pairs plasma occurring by vacuum polarization process around a Kerr-Newman Black Hole by the Heisenberg-Euler-Schwinger mechanism. Current effort of reaching such an extreme electromagnetic quantum regime is being currently approached also in MegaJoule Laser Projects in Europe, Russia, USA. In addition a prolonged emission appears to be related to rotating electromagnetic BHs (~10 Msun). in microquasars. The presence of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) of 10^8-10^9 Msun appears to be related to active galactic nuclei, Blazars and Quasars. There is the possibility that unlike the 10 Msun. BHs, which are formed by the gravitational collapse of baryonic matter, the SMBHs can originate from the gravitational collapse of Dark Matter. This meeting will address both observational/experimental and theoretical aspects. From an observational point of view results obtained from very high energy (VHE) observatories: from the ground such as HESS, MAGIC, AUGER and from next generation instruments will be reviewed. Similarly will be reviewed the observations from Space Observatories in X and Gamma Rays such as Agile, Fermi, Swift, MAXI and NuStar. The complementary observations in Microwave and infrared bands from Planck mission will be presented. Ongoing progress for experimental facilities to look for coincidence with Gravitational waves detectors and Neutrinos detectors will be also reviewed. From a theoretical point of view attention will be given to progress in understanding quantum and classical phenomena related to the physics of BHs and to the process of extraction of the Black Holic Energy (BHE). Before the 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting "Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the Universe" from June 30 to July 4, an IRAP PhD School for graduate students will be organized from June 23 to June 27 at the National Academy of Science. Registrations to both the meeting and the school are now possible at the web page http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=752 Registration fee is 300 EUR including the admission to all sessions of the meeting and the school, coffee breaks and proceedings. Please download the poster from http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/Poster_Ar… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. Subatomic particles, Nucleons, Atoms, Universe: Processes and Structure (3rd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/30/subatomic-particles-nucleons-atoms-… Starting: 2014-03-10 to 2014-03-14 Location: Minsk, Belarus Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=747 Contact: zeldovich2014[AT]icranet.org Subatomic particles, Nucleons, Atoms, Universe: Processes and Structure An international conference in honor of Ya. B. Zeldovich 100th Anniversary in Minsk The 8th of March 2014 signs the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich in Minsk. In this occasion International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) together with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus organize an international conference to be held in National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus in March 10-14, 2014. Confirmed speakers: - Felix Aharonian: Exploring the Physics of Black Holes with Gamma-Rays - Gennady Bisnovatyi-Kogan: Outer parts of large galactic clusters in presence of a dark energy - Sandip Chakrabarti: Black Hole Astrophysics and the contribution of Zeldovich - Valery Chechetkin: History of modeling of supernovae explosion - Artur Chernin: Dark energy in galaxies systems - Andrey Doroshkevich: Zeldovich nonlinear approximation - Maxim Khlopov: Zeldovich's legacy in Cosmoparticle physics - Mario Novello: Perspectives of the Geometric Scalar Gravity - Nikolai Shakura: Wind Accretion: Theory and Observations - Alexei Starobinsky: Quantum-gravitational particle creation and generation of metric fluctuations in cosmology Registration fee: 200 euro (on site) Registration is open at the conference website: http://www.icranet.org/zeldovich2014 Please download the poster from http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/ZM2/poster2014.pdf University guest house for foreign participants will be available at reasonable price. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Professor position at University of Vienna ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/16/professor-position-at-university-of… Deadline: 2014-03-31 Location: Vienna, Austria Additional Information: http://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/fuer-mitarbeiterinnen/professorinnen/job/… Contact: piotr.chrusciel(a)univie.ac.at The Faculty of Physics of the University of Vienna announces the position of a Full Professor of Mathematical Physics We are searching for a researcher with high international standing in theoretical physics, with a particular emphasis on mathematical physics, a person with a record of research funding who participates in the teaching and supervision of students at all levels. The successful candidate should establish (and lead) a research group at the Faculty of Physics. A thematic overlap in the research interests of the successful candidate and other members of our faculty is welcome. For more information, see the external link provided +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. CAPES - ICRANet Program ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/28/capes-icranet-program-3/ Deadline: 2014-06-30 Location: Pescara, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/capes Contact: capes-icranet(a)icranet.org A teaching, research and outreach program in Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology 2013-2018 The Capes - ICRANet Program on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology promotes the Collaboration between scientists from Asia, Europe and USA with Brazilian scientists with five major actions: 1. Fellowships for Brazilian graduate students in the IRAP-PhD program. 2. Senior scientists from Asia, Europe and USA visiting Brazil for up to 3 months per year for three years within the "Ciencia sem fronteiras" program. 3. Senior Brazilian scientists visiting ICRANet seats in Asia, Europe and USA for up to 5 months in a year. 4. Postdoctoral Fellowships for International candidates in ICRANet seats, Scientific Institutions associated to ICRANet, and Institutions with Scientists associated to ICRANet, in Asia, Brazil Europe and USA. 5. Organization of workshops and outreach programs. www.icranet.org | www.capes.gov.br/cooperacao-internacional/italia/capes-icranet e-mail: capes-icranet[AT]icranet.org Please, download the poster from here: http://www.icranet.org/documents/posterCapes.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. FAPERJ - ICRANet Program ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/28/faperj-icranet-program/ Deadline: 2014-06-30 Location: Pescara, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/faperj Contact: faperj-icranet(a)icranet.org A teaching, research and outreach program in Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology 2013-2018 The FAPERJ - ICRANet Program on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology promotes the Collaboration between scientists from Asia, Europe and USA with scientists from the State of Rio de Janeiro with five major actions: 1. Fellowships for graduate students from the State of Rio de Janeiro in the IRAP-PhD program. 2. Senior scientists from Asia, Europe and USA visiting scientific institutions in the State of Rio de Janeiro. 3. Senior scientists from the State of Rio de Janeiro visiting ICRANet seats in Asia, Europe and USA. 4. Postdoctoral Fellowships for International candidates in ICRANet seats, Scientific Institutions associated to ICRANet, and Institutions with scientists associated to ICRANet in Asia, Europe, State fo Rio de Janeiro and USA. 5. Organization of workshops and outreach programs. www.icranet.org | www.faperj.br e-mail: faperj-icranet(a)icranet.org Please, download the poster from here: http://www.icranet.org/documents/posterFaperj.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Two faculty positions in Gravity at Florida Atlantic University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/03/two-faculty-positions-in-gravity-at… Deadline: 2014-02-15 Location: Boca Raton, FL, USA Additional Information: https://jobs.fau.edu Contact: search[AT]physics.fau.edu The Department of Physics and the Honors College at FAU invites applications for one senior faculty appointment (position #992458) and one junior faculty appointment (position #991350) in gravitational-wave astronomy and astrophysics with an emphasis on data analysis and/or source modeling for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and its international partners. These will be tenure/tenure-track appointments starting in August 2014. Our goal is to build a gravitational wave data analysis team that collaborates with LIGO. We are thus seeking highly qualified candidates who work on research connected to LIGO. However, we will also consider applications from candidates working in related areas such as numerical relativity, analytic gravitational wave source modeling, or cosmology. The Department currently has nine faculty members and we collaborate with the Honors College on our UG honors curriculum. Four of these work in areas such as numerical relativity, mathematical relativity and quantum gravity which are related to gravitational-wave research. The Department offers BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in physics and currently supports over 25 graduate students. We also offer a MS in medical physics degree. Successful candidates will be expected to teach, conduct a vigorous research program, and contribute to the development of the current research initiatives within the Physics Department and at the Honors College. All applicants must apply electronically to the currently posted position on the Office of Human Resources' job website https://jobs.fau.edu (reference the applicable position number above) by completing the Faculty, Administrative, Managerial and Professional Position Application and submitting the related documents. The site permits the attachment of required/requested documentation. In addition to completing the online application, please upload the following: a cover letter; curriculum vitae that includes a list of publications; copies of official transcripts scanned into an electronic format; and a statement of research and teaching interests. Applicants must also arrange for at least three letters of recommendation. These letters and any additional information or supplemental material that applicants would like to submit should be sent to search[AT]physics.fau.edu. Applicants must apply online in order to be considered for the position. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This position may close without prior notice. We encourage applications on or before February 15, 2014. For further details e-mail to search[AT]physics.fau.edu or visit our Web page (http://www.physics.fau.edu) Positions are subject to anticipated availability of funds. Florida Atlantic University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Institution. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation, please call 561-297-3057. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Max Planck Partner Group Research Associate Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at IISER-TVM, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/12/max-planck-partner-group-research-a… Deadline: 2014-02-15 Location: Trivandrum, India Additional Information: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/scientists/-archana-pai/personal-information.html Contact: archana[AT]iisertvm.ac.in Max Planck Partner Group Research Associate Position in Gravitational Wave Physics at IISER-TVM Institution: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, India (IISER-TVM) Deadline: February 15, 2014 Salary: Rs. 22,000 Rs. 35,000 per month plus 20% House Rent Allowance IISER-TVM seeks applicants for two Research Associate positions in the area of Gravitational Wave Physics. The positions are funded under the Max Planck Partner Group on Gravitational Wave Physics of Albert Einstein Institute (AEI). The positions will focus on Gravitational Wave detection and parameter estimation issues of binary systems for second generation and future interferometric detectors. The appointment is for two years and one of the two positions is expected to commence as soon as possible. Candidates with expertise in general relativity, gravitational wave physics, and statistical signal processing are encouraged to apply. Candidates is expected to hold a Ph.D. in Physics, Astrophysics or related areas. Candidate with Ph.D. in Engineering faculty with adequate experience in statistical signal processing may be considered. IISER-TVM is an active member of IndIGO (Indian Initiative in Gravitational Wave Observatories) and a member of LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC). The members of the Gravitational Wave Group are Archana Pai, Nairwita Mazumder and two graduate students. The selected candidates would get an opportunity to work closely with the AEI members as well as the members of LSC and IndIGO consortium. Please send via e-mail as a single PDF (1) CV with the list of publications, and (2) detailed research statement. Arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be sent to archana[at]iisertvm.ac.in with the subject Application for MP-PG positions Candidate name. To receive full consideration, applications should be received by February 15, 2014. Applications will continued to be screened until the positions are filled. Informal inquires may be directed to Archana Pai (e-mail: archana[at]iisertvm.ac.in, phone: +91-471-2599423) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Two Lectureships in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield (UK) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9083 Deadline: 2014-02-09 Location: Sheffield, UK Additional Information: https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG… Contact: s.dolan[AT]sheffield.ac.uk The School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield (UK) invites applications for two lectureships with a starting date of 1 September 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. The School has a strong research ethos and an international reputation in research, with clusters in Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Category Theory, Differential Geometry, Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical Biology and Environment, Number Theory, Particle Astrophysics and Gravitation, Probability, Solar Physics, Statistics, and Topology. We are looking for candidates with a strong record of high quality research linking to the existing strengths of the School, and able to teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level and to contribute to our Financial Mathematics Programme. You will have a PhD or equivalent experience and an established record of publishing work in high quality journals. An interest in spending two or more months of the year on concentrated teaching at the new campus in Nanjing (China) would be an advantage. Informal enquiries from candidates with an interest in gravitational physics/cosmology may be directed to Sam Dolan (s.dolan[at]sheffield.ac.uk). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Postdoctoral position in multimessenger Astrophysics at the University of Pisa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/18/postdoctoral-position-in-multimesse… Deadline: 2014-02-14 Location: Pisa, Italy Additional Information: http://virgopisa.df.unipi.it/content/postdoctoral-position-multimessenger-a… Contact: massimiliano.razzano[AT]pi.infn.it The Physics Department E. Fermi of the University of Pisa invites applications for a postdoctoral position in multimessenger astrophysics on: "study of the gravitational wave and high-energy eletromagnetic radiation from pulsars and other astrophysical sources". The successful candidate should have a research background in one or more of the following topics: high-energy astrophysics, neutron stars and pulsar physics, study of time series in astrophysics, gravitational wave astronomy. The candidate will work on data analysis of electromagnetic radiation (X and gamma rays) and gravitational wave radiation from periodic sources, mainly pulsars. The position is a fixed term appointment for 2 years. Funding for travel will be available. The successful candidate will work within an international collaboration involving scientists of the Fermi-LAT and Virgo-LSC collaborations. Annual gross salary is 24,000 euro, according to the Italian university postdoctoral level (Assegno di Ricerca). The appointment is expected to begin around the end of March 2014. Pisa, known worldwide for its famous leaning tower, is a pleasant, university-oriented city of about 100,000 people in the beautiful context of the Tuscany region. Home of many research institutions, it offers a vibrant cultural life. The University of Pisa has a strong, historical tradition in the mathematical and physical sciences, and the Physics Department hosts research groups working on many different fields, including astrophysics, astroparticle physics and gravitational wave physics. Applicants are required to follow the application procedure described at http://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/2014/fisica/15feb2014/ A interview session will be held on March 6, 2014. Applicants committed abroad can do the interview electronically, using a telecon system (see the announcement for more details) The University of Pisa is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from women and minorities. For more information, please visit: http://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/2014/fisica/15feb2014/ or send an email to: massimiliano.razzano[AT]pi.infn.it Related websites: Physics Department of the University of Pisa (Italian): http://www.df.unipi.it/ricerca/attività Fermi research group in Pisa: http://glast.pi.infn.it/ Virgo-EGO research group in Pisa: http://virgopisa.df.unipi.it/ Fermi mission: http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov Virgo homepage: http://www.ego-gw.it/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. The Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Program for Summer Students (LEAPS) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9101 Deadline: 2014-02-14 Location: Leiden, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/summerstudents/ Contact: leaps[AT]strw.leidenuniv.nl Leiden Observatory and ESA are pleased to welcome applications for the second edition of the LEAPS program. LEAPS is an opportunity for students with an interest in astronomy and astrophysics to perform a 10-12 week summer research project in collaboration with a research scientist from Leiden Observatory or ESA. The program is open to all students not currently engaged in a Ph.D. program, although we are most interested in students at the senior-undergraduate or masters level who are enthusiastic about research in astrophysics. Students will be selected for the program based on their academic achievements and research potential, and will be matched to staff projects based on what they indicate their scientific interests to be. Research at Leiden Observatory and ESA takes place on a diverse array of topics (see below), and student projects will likely consist of anything from the analysis of data from world-class telescopes, to large computer simulations, to hands-on work in the astrochemistry laboratories. Projects will begin in June 2014 and end before mid-September 2014. We expect to make as many as 20 appointments this year, depending on interest and the match of projects to students interests and skills. Details on the application process can be found below. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at West Virginia University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9113 Deadline: 2014-03-01 Location: Additional Information: http://astro.wvu.edu/ Contact: zetienne[AT]umd.edu We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate to conduct research in computational astrophysics, numerical relativity, computational hydrodynamics or MHD, and gravitational wave source modeling. A Ph.D. in Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy, or a related field is required, with research expertise in one or more of the areas listed above. Those with particularly strong backgrounds in numerical relativity, PDEs, mathematical relativity, and computational techniques related to the solution of PDEs are especially encouraged to apply. The candidate will work primarily with Prof. Zachariah Etienne on a number of possible research topics, with particular application to the science goals of pulsar timing arrays, particularly NANOGrav, as well as ground-based interferometric detectors, particularly Advanced LIGO. The preferred start date for the position is September 1, 2014, with an initial appointment of one year and possible renewal for up to two additional years contingent on performance and available funding. Interested applicants should email a CV and a brief statement of research experience and interests to zetienne[AT]umd.edu. In addition, they should arrange for three letters of reference to be emailed to the same address. Applications should be posted by March 1, 2013 for full consideration, though application reviews will continue until the position is filled. The Department of Mathematics consists of 27 tenured and tenure-track faculty, three postdoctoral researchers, and 55 graduate students. West Virginia University is a Doctoral/Research University-High Land Grant institution enrolling over 28,000 students. The University is located in Morgantown, WV, an award winning "small" city with a metropolitan population of about 100,000 within easy travel distance to Pittsburgh and Washington, DC. WVU is a major center for gravitational wave astronomy, with a theoretical, multidisciplinary gravitational wave astronomy program led by Profs. Zachariah Etienne and Sean McWilliams, and an observational pulsar timing program led by Profs. Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin. It is located a few hours drive from the National Radio Astronomy Observatorys Green Bank Telescope, where most of NANOGravs observations are conducted. WVU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. Program ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9117 Deadline: 2014-02-16 Location: Pescara, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=3… Contact: mariaelena.pirone[AT]icranet.org The coordinated effort of many international organizations such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), has led to an unprecedented amount of scientific information from the microphysical world all the way to the entire Universe. To harvest the results of these scientific missions, a specific Ph. D. program has been envisaged in order to involve the students in the analysis and modeling of the above observational data within the theory of general relativity and relativistic quantum and classical field theories. The students will also be involved in innovative experimental programs in relativistic astrophysics. The program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of experimental, mathematical and theoretical physics relevant to the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. These activities, being necessarily international, the scientific and academic ins titutions, indicated below, participate with their own specific scientific specialties and a joint degree is delivered, at the end of the program. A deadline of 16th February 2014 has been established for the nine positions sponsored by the Erasmus Mundus Program. Five additional positions sponsored by CAPES, for students from Brazil, and two by FAPERJ for students from the state of Rio de Janeiro, have deadline 30th June 2014. Five additional positions open internationally and directly sponsored by the participating institutions will have deadline 30th September 2014. For the application and more information see http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd . COURSES: DURING THE THREE YEARS 180 HOURS OF CLASSES WILL BE FOLLOWED, FROM THE COURSES INDICATED HERE, AS WELL AS FROM ADDITIONAL COURSES IN THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS. ICRANet Headquarters, Piazza della Repubblica, 10 | 65100 Pescara | Italy Phone: +39.085.23054.200 | Fax: +39.085.4219252 www.icranet.org Download the poster from here: http://www.icranet.org/documents/posterIrap.pdf secretariat-irapphd[AT]icra.it +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoctoral Researcher in Space Physics at the University of Kansas ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9121 Deadline: 2014-03-01 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: http://employment.ku.edu/jobs/4669 Contact: tizby[AT]ku.edu Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position in space physics at the University of Kansas beginning as early as March 24, 2014. Ph.D. in physics, astronomy, or a related field associated with space physics within six months of appointment and experience in space physics or astrophysics or related field. The initial appointment is for one year with probable renewal for another year subject to review and continued grant funding. Candidates with relevant interests and experience are sought. For complete position announcement and to apply on-line go http://employment.ku.edu/jobs/4669. A complete electronic application will include: letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research, list of publications and a list of 3 references. In addition, applicants should arrange for the three cited references to send letters of reference to: Thomas E. Cravens, Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Dr., 1082 Malott Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7582 or cravens[AT]ku.edu. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Postdoctoral Researcher in Ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics at the University of Kansas ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9140 Deadline: 2014-02-07 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: http://employment.ku.edu/jobs/4688 Contact: tatekris[AT]ku.edu The KU nuclear physics group seeks highly qualified candidates for an immediate opening for a post-doctoral position working on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The postdoctoral researcher is expected to be stationed at CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland. Ph.D. in nuclear science or particle physics by date of appointment and experience in data analysis and detector operation of particle and nuclear physics experiments are required. The KU nuclear physics group is playing a leading role in the physics analyses of long-range correlations in heavy-ions as well as in studies emphasizing physics in the forward region, including the study of ultra-peripheral heavy-ions collisions. Inquires about the physics program can be sent by email to Dr. Daniel Tapia Takaki (jdtt(a)ku.edu) The initial appointment is for one year with possibility of renewal annually for the subsequent two years subject to review and continued grant funding. Candidates with relevant interests and experience are sought. For complete position announcement and to apply on-line go to http://employment.ku.edu/jobs/4688. A complete electronic application will include: cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research, and a list of 3 references. In addition, applicants should arrange for the three cited references to send letters of reference via email to: Kristin Rennells (tatekris[AT]ku.edu) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Dr., 1082 Malott Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7582. Initial review of applications will begin February 7, 2014, and will continue until the position is filled. General inquiries can be made by email to tatekris[AT]ku.edu. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Postdoctoral positions in cosmology, University of Szczecin ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/01/postdoctoral-positions-in-cosmology… Deadline: 2014-02-14 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl Contact: mpdabfz[AT]wmf.univ.szczecin.pl Szczecin Cosmology Group at the Institute of Physics of the University of Szczecin invites applications for 2 postdoctoral positions cosmology, particle physics, and fundamental interactions. The positions are supposed to be filled after 1st of March 2014 and last for 2 years with a possibility to further extension for another 2 years. The positions are funded by the National Science Centre Maestro-3 grant "New consequences of the variability of the fundamental constants in physics and cosmology" led by prof. Mariusz P. Dabrowski (DEC-2012/06/A/ST2/00395). The gross monthly salary per a position is 6500 PLN, there is a possibility for a cheaper university supported accommodation, travel fund is available. The city of Szczecin is located near to polish border with Germany 130 km away from Berlin with good access to international airports. The research will deal with broad area of the particle physics and cosmology with the emphasis onto the theories with variable physical constants and their consequences onto the evolution of the universe. The project will refer to both theoretical as well as experimental and observational aspects of such theories. The deadline for applications is 14th February, 2014. Applications should include CV, list of publications, and a brief statement of research interests. Candidates should arrange for 3 letters of recommendation. Applications and recommendations should be sent by email to prof. M.P. Dabrowski: mpdabfz[AT]wmf.univ.szczecin.pl. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Ph.D. student positions in cosmology, University of Szczecin ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/02/01/ph-d-student-positions-in-cosmology… Deadline: 2014-02-14 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl Contact: mpdabfz[AT]wmf.univ.szczecin.pl Szczecin Cosmology Group at the Institute of Physics of the University of Szczecin invites applications for 2 Ph.D. student positions cosmology, particle physics, and fundamental interactions. The positions are supposed to be filled after 1st of March 2014 and last for 3 years. The positions are funded by the National Science Centre Maestro-3 grant "New consequences of the variability of the fundamental constants in physics and cosmology" led by prof. Mariusz P. Dabrowski (DEC-2012/06/A/ST2/00395). The gross monthly salary per a position is 2500 PLN, there is a possibility for a cheaper university supported accommodation, travel fund is available. The city of Szczecin is located near to polish border with Germany 130 km away from Berlin with good access to international airports. The research will deal with broad area of the particle physics and cosmology with the emphasis onto the theories with variable physical constants and their consequences onto the evolution of the universe. The project will refer to both theoretical as well as experimental and observational aspects of such theories. The deadline for applications is 14th February, 2014. Applications should include CV, list of publications, a brief statement of research interests, a copy of graduate studies diploma (M.Sc.) and a copy of the thesis. Candidates should arrange for at least 1 letter of recommendation. Applications and recommendations should be sent by email to prof. M.P. Dabrowski: mpdabfz[AT]wmf.univ.szczecin.pl. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. PhD positions in gravity, cosmology, astrophysics at Fudan University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9179 Deadline: 2014-01-31 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/Job_Opportunities.html Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The gravity/cosmology/astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has a few PhD positions for the next academic year (starting in September 2014) for non-Chinese students. The successful candidates must have a Master degree in Physics or in a related area before September 2014. Courses and research are conducted in English. The PhD program normally lasts for 3 years, but it can be extended to 4-5 years. Applications from candidates with interest/experience in any research area of gravity, cosmology, high energy astrophysics, and quantum field theory will be considered. The group currently consists of 3 faculty (Cosimo Bambi, Antonino Marciano, Leonardo Modesto), 4 postdocs (Stefano Giaccari, Daniele Malafarina, Leslaw Rachwal, Naoki Tsukamoto), and several graduate and undergraduate students. 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 January 31 will receive full consideration. Enquires can be sent to Cosimo Bambi (bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn), Antonino Marciano (marciano[AT]fudan.edu.cn), or Leonardo Modesto (lmodesto[AT]fudan.edu.cn). Some of the possible research projects can be found here: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/Job_Opportunities.html Further details: Shanghai is the most international city in China. It has been recently developing as a forefront for scientific research in Asia, and will continue in the next years. Fudan University is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China. The group joins the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah in the United States and as a Special Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. Housing: the successful candidates can live in the international student dormitory inside the campus at very convenient rental rates. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. The Chalonge School Programme of the Year 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/17/the-chalonge-school-programme-of-th… Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr THE CHALONGE SCHOOL PROGRAMME 2014 23 Years of Activity-Calling for Understanding. Welcome to the Chalonge School. A Laboratory of Ideas. Research, Training and Scientific Culture. Science with great intellectual endeavour and a Human Face. A beacon pioneering and developing research, projects and training. The Chalonge School offers unvaluable international current research view at the forefront of astrophysics and cosmology, international contacts at the highest level and a careful interdisciplinarity, with both Theory and Observations. The Programme is open to researchers, post-docs and advanced students of the different disciplines in the field, both theorists, experimentalists and observers. Advanced students, post-docs, young researchers are encouradged to participate. The Programme includes scientific culture events with the latest and anticipated results and exhibitions. All the Year 2014 with the topics and dates of the Chalonge Programme Colloquia, Workshops, Open Sessions and meetings are available at: URL: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2014.html URL: http://chalonge.obspm.fr --The Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2014 "From Large to Small Scale Structures in Agreement with Observations: CMB, WDM, Galaxies, Black Holes, Neutrinos and Sterile Neutrinos" URL:http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2014.html --The Chalonge 18th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2014 "Latest News from the Universe: LambdaWDM, CMB, Warm Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Neutrinos and Sterile Neutrinos" URL: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2014.html The Chalonge Medal The Chalonge Medal is coined exclusively for the Chalonge School by the Hôtel de la Monnaie de Paris (the French Mint). Only nine Chalonge medals have been awarded by the School in the 21 year school history: Subramanyan CHANDRASEKHAR, Nobel prize of physics. Bruno PONTECORVO. George SMOOT, Nobel prize of physics. Carlos FRENK. Anthony LASENBY. Bernard SADOULET, fellow of the USA Academy of Arts and Science. Peter BIERMANN. John MATHER, Nobel prize of physics. Brian SCHMIDT, Nobel prize of Physics. Gerard GILMORE, Fellow of the UK Royal Society The Chalonge School Team: Science Organizers: Norma G. SANCHEZ, Héctor J. DE VEGA, Maria C. FALVELLA, Alba ZANINI, Marina RAMON MEDRANO, Annalisa PERISSA, and other colleagues ..... Engineering and Technical Support : Djilali ZIDANI, François SEVRE, Nicole LETOURNEUR, Jean-Pierre MICHEL, Sylvain CNUDDE, and other colleagues.... School Courses, Lectures and available Lecturers, Album of Pictures are available at: URL http://chalonge.obspm.fr With Compliments and kind Regards Norma G. SANCHEZ, Hector J. DE VEGA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Buchalter Cosmology Prize ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9076 Additional Information: http://www.buchaltercosmologyprize.org The newly established Buchalter Cosmology Prize seeks to motivate and recognize innovative theoretical, observational, or experimental work in cosmology that has the potential to produce a breakthrough advance in our thinking. Submissions for the 2014 prize will be accepted through September 30th, 2014. Three prizes will be awarded, with $10,000 going to first place. Details can be found at http://www.buchaltercosmologyprize.org. (submitted by Robert Caldwell) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. 2014 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/14/2014-awards-for-essays-on-gravitati… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org In 2014, for our sixty-fifth competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for the purpose of stimulating thought and encouraging work on gravitation. The stipulations follow. (1) We will make these Awards on May 15, 2014 for the best well-written essays, 1500 words or fewer (excluding abstracts, diagrams, references and minimal equations), on the subject of gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects. (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) Essays must be in English and e-mailed in a single PDF file before April 1, 2014. 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 pages should include essay title; authors names, e-mail and complete mailing addresses; submission date; an abstract of 125 words or less; and the statement: Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2014 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: gravityresearchfoundation.org around May 15, 2014. 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: 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 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 2005 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, Kings College London and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A-and-M University 2004 - Maulik Parikh, Columbia University, New York 2003 - Martin Bojowald, The Pennsylvania State University 2002 - Steven B. Giddings, University of California at Santa Barbara and Stanford University 2001 - Csaba Csaki and Joshua Erlich, Los Alamos National Lab and Christophe Grojean, University of California at Berkeley 2000 - Arthur Lue and Erick J. Weinberg, Columbia University, New York 1999 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, University of Oxford and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Book with A. A. Friedmanns papers on cosmology ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9176 Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/friedmann2.html Alexander A. Friedmann, Papers On Curved Spaces and Cosmology (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal 2014), 74 pages http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/friedmann2.html This book contains three papers by Friedmann - "On the Curvature of Space" (1922), "On the Possibility of a World with a Constant Negative Curvature of Space" (1924), and "On the Geometry of Curved Spaces". The third paper is a 28-page manuscript (dated 15 April 1922) which has not been published even in Russian. Unlike the existing two English translations of Friedmann's 1922 and 1924 papers (done from the German publications), now these papers are translated directly from the original Russian texts. 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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Recent Developments in Gravity, Mykonos, Greece 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral position in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology, Beijing 2.2. Postdoctoral positions in numerical relativity at the Academy of Athens 2.3. PhD positions in gravity/cosmology/astrophysics at Fudan University 2.4. PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton 2.5. Postdoc position in numerical relativity at the University of Trento (Italy) 2.6. Postdoctoral positions in numerical relativity and computational astrophysics at the Rochester Institute of Technology 2.7. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy and Astrophysics, Syracuse 2.8. Max Planck Partner Group Post-doctoral Positions at IISER-TVM, India 2.9. Post-doctoral and Ph.D. positions in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy at the AEI 2.10. Postdoctoral positions in Relativistic and Computational Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany 2.11. Postdoc in Quantum Gravity at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.12. Two gravity postdocs at the University of Nottingham 3. News 3.1. GWIC Thesis Prize and Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize for 2013: Call for Nominations 3.2. REMINDER: The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. Recent Developments in Gravity, Mykonos, Greece --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/14/recent-developments-in-gravity/ Starting: 2014-09-17 to 2014-09-20 Location: Mykonos Island, Greece Additional Information: http://neb.hsrgc.gr/16/ Contact: gravitygreece[AT]gmail.com This is the 16th biennial Hellenic conference Recent Developments in Gravity (NEB 16). The purpose of the conference will be to discuss the present status and latest developments in relativity, gravitation and cosmology. The program will consist of invited, keynote, and contributed talks. Invited/Keynote Speakers: L. Amendola, L. Barack, M. Bojowald, A. Calder, V. Ferrari, V. Kalogera, J. Lattimer, D. Lust, M. Maggiore, D. Oriti, L. Rezzolla, B. Schutz, M. Shibata, T. Sotiriou Organizing Committee: T. Apostolatos [CHAIR], K. Kokkotas, M. Sakellariadou, N. Stergioulas, E.C. Vagenas +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral position in Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology, Beijing ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/01/01/postdoctoral-position-quantum-gravi… Deadline: 2014-03-01 Location: Beijing, China Additional Information: http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/application/research/gravity/english%20version/in… Contact: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn The Center for Relativity and Gravitation at Beijing Normal Univerisity has one post-doctoral position openning from fall 2014 in the areas of quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. The appointment will be for two years. The gravity group consists of Sijie Gao, Wenbiao Liu, Hong Lu, Yongge Ma, Bin Zhou and Jianyang Zhu. In addition, the retired professors Canbin Liang and Zheng Zhao join the academic activities frequently, and professors 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, supergravity, 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: Prof. Yongge Ma Department of Physics Beijing Normal Univeristy Beijing 100875 CHINA E-mail applications are also accepted. They should be sent to: mayg[AT]bnu.edu.cn, yonggema[AT]yahoo.com The deadline for receipt of all application material is March 1st, 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral positions in numerical relativity at the Academy of Athens ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/16/origin-of-astrophysical-magnetic-fi… Deadline: 2013-12-31 Location: Athens, Greece Additional Information: http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecHome.asp?lang=2 Contact: icontop[AT]academyofathens.gr Applications are now open for two postdoctoral research positions at the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens on the numerical study of magnetic fields around astrophysical black holes. Applicants with previous experience in numerical magnetohydrodynamics (preferentially in general relativity) are particularly encouraged to apply. Starting date: January 2014. Termination date: September 26, 2015. The positions will be funded by the Excellence program of the Greek secretariat of Research and Technology. Applications should be sent to the Research Commission of the Academy of Athens (Solonos 84 str. 3rd floor, Athens 10679, Greece) before December 31 2013, and should include a curriculum vitae, a brief statement of current and future research interests and up to three letters of recommendation. Questions and inquires: Dr. I. Contopoulos (e-mail: icontop[AT]academyofathens.gr; tel.: +30 2106597167; fax: +30 2106597602). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD positions in gravity/cosmology/astrophysics at Fudan University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/02/phd-positions-in-gravitycosmologyas… Deadline: 2014-01-10 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/Job_Opportunities.html Contact: bambi(a)fudan.edu.cn The gravity/cosmology/astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has a few PhD positions for the next academic year (starting in September 2014) for non-Chinese students. The successful candidates must have a Master degree in Physics or in a related area before September 2014. Courses and research are conducted in English. The PhD program normally lasts for 3 years, but it can be extended to 4-5 years. Applications from candidates with interest/experience in any research area of gravity, cosmology, high energy astrophysics, and quantum field theory will be considered. The group currently consists of 3 faculty (Cosimo Bambi, Antonino Marciano, Leonardo Modesto), 4 postdocs (Stefano Giaccari, Daniele Malafarina, Leslaw Rachwal, Naoki Tsukamoto), and several graduate and undergraduate students. 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 January 10 will receive full consideration. Enquires can be sent to Cosimo Bambi (bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn), Antonino Marciano (marciano[AT]fudan.edu.cn), or Leonardo Modesto (lmodesto[AT]fudan.edu.cn).Some of the possible research projects can be found here: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/Job_Opportunities.html Further details: Shanghai is the most international city in China. It has been recently developing as a forefront for scientific research in Asia, and will continue in the next years. Fudan University is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China. The group joins the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah in the United States and as a Special Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. Housing: the successful candidates can live in the international student dormitory inside the campus at very convenient rental rates. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8968 Deadline: 2014-02-28 Location: Southampton, UK Additional Information: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/stag Contact: leor[AT]soton.ac.uk Applications are invited for a PhD position within the Gravity group in the School of Mathematics at the university of Southampton, UK. The PhD position is funded by the European Research Council for a standard duration of 3 years, starting in October 2014. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Leor Barack on analytical and numerical approaches to the problem of radiative dynamics of orbits around black holes in General Relativity, with applications to gravitational-wave astronomy. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large Gravity research group. The group comprises 9 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Wynn Ho, Ian Jones, Kostas Skenderis, Marika Taylor and James Vickers), 9 postdocs and 15 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics, sources of gravitational waves and numerical relativity, as well as string-inspired gravity and holography. Students of any nationality are invited to apply, but full funding is guaranteed only for EU nationals. We prefer applications to arrive before February 28, 2014, although later applications will be considered until the position is filled. Applications should be made online, by following the link on http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/research_degrees/apply.page In the online application form please select Programme Type "Research", "FullTime" and type in "Mathematics" in the Search window. Then follow the link under "Apply online" and proceed as instructed. Make sure to indicate "Leor Barack" as the requested supervisor. Contact for enquiries: Prof. Leor Barack School of Mathematics University of Southampton United Kingdom email: leor[at]soton.ac.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoc position in numerical relativity at the University of Trento (Italy) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/03/postdoc-position-in-numerical-relat… Deadline: 2014-01-27 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/bando/32797/department-of-physics-call-for-th… Contact: bruno.giacomazzo[AT]unitn.it The Department of Physics at the University of Trento invites applications for a 2-year postdoc position starting on or around September 2014. The postdoc will work with Dr. Bruno Giacomazzo on numerical simulations in full general relativity of magnetized compact objects (such as neutron stars and black holes). Previous experience in general relativistic simulations of compact objects is required for this position. The net salary will be ~2500 EUR per month (the gross salary of this fellowship will be 33000 EUR per year). Travel funds are also available for the entire duration of the project. The deadline for applications is January 27 2014 at 12 pm Italian time. Applicants should have a PhD in Physics or related areas. Candidates that will obtain their PhD before the contract starts can also apply. Full details about the selection process (which may include also a Skype interview) can be found at http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/bando/32797/department-of-physics-call-for-th… Application and required documents: 1) application form to be downloaded at http://www.unitn.it/files/download/32796/domanda.pdf 2) a copy of the applicant's ID card or other form of identification 3) curriculum vitae (dated and signed by the applicant) 4) publication list (dated and signed by the applicant) 5) a research program 6) copy of PhD certificate or a declaration to certify that the title will be achieved by the starting date of the contract All documents must be sent in one of the following ways: 1. by fax to +39 0461 281699. Those using fax may send extended files containing only research program, curriculum vitae, list of publications, and PhD certificate in zipped form to ateneo[AT]pec.unitn.it (application form and ID cannot be sent via regular email). Please mention in the email "Application for Research Fellowship DFI Decree n. 148 02.12.2013" and that you sent the application form and ID via fax. 2. by courier service (e.g., DHL, FedEx, UPS, Italian "raccomandata con ricevuta di ritorno") to the following address (please write on the envelope "Application for Research Fellowship DFI Decree n. 148 02.12.2013"): Al Direttore del Dipartimento di Fisica, Ufficio Contratti Serv. Amm. per la Didattica e la Ricerca Polo Collina, Università degli Studi di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, 38123 TRENTO, ITALY 3. by Italian certified email to ateneo[AT]pec.unitn.it using ONLY an Italian PEC email address (e.g., see https://www.postacertificata.gov.it in Italian). Please mention in the subject "Application for Research Fellowship DFI Decree n. 148 02.12.2013". Applicants should also arrange to have three reference letters sent via email directly to bruno.giacomazzo[AT]unitn.it. Applicants are also encouraged to notify bruno.giacomazzo[AT]unitn.it once they have sent their applications. Please note that all the application material has to be received by the deadline (particularly important if you are applying via courier service). Any question about this position and the application process can be sent directly to bruno.giacomazzo[AT]unitn.it. The University of Trento is ranked among the top 5 universities in Italy (first for quality of research according to national rankings). The city of Trento is located on the Italian Dolomites and it is very well connected with several destinations in Italy and Europe. Moreover the city of Trento has been recently ranked as the best place to live in Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trento) More information about the Physics Department of the University of Trento can be found at: http://www.unitn.it/en/dphys +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoctoral positions in numerical relativity and computational astrophysics at the Rochester Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/03/postdoctoral-positions-in-numerical… Deadline: 2014-01-31 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu/spotlight/jobs Contact: ccrg-postdoc(a)ccrgweb.rit.edu The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) anticipates filling one postdoctoral positions in the area of numerical relativity and computational astrophysics in the coming year. We are looking for postdoctoral candidates interested in working on relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations of accretion disks around supermassive black hole mergers and jet dynamics. This work will have direct impact on electromagnetic observations of active galactic nuclei and is part of ongoing collaborative research effort with Johns Hopkins University. There are currently eleven senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. Six faculty members work in numerical relativity and/or gravitational-wave science: Manuela Campanelli, Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof (a visualization expert), plus a new faculty in the area of gravitational wave data analysis, as well as four postdoctoral fellows: Miguel Zilhao, Scott Noble, Jason Nordhaus, and James Healy, and several Ph.D. students. 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, a Petascale computing project with NCSA, the NINJA (Numerical Injection Analysis) project, and the NRAR (numerical relativity-analytical relativity) collaboration. The positions are for two 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 a dedicated 1600-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: ccrg-postdoc[AT]ccrgweb.rit.edu Enquiries can be addressed to the center's Director: Manuela Campanelli, manuela[AT]astro.rit.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. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy and Astrophysics, Syracuse ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9037 Deadline: 2013-12-17 Location: Syracuse, NY, USA Additional Information: http://www.gravity.phy.syr.edu/ Contact: psaulson[AT]syr.edu The Syracuse University Gravitational-Wave Group invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in gravitational-wave astronomy and astrophysics, starting September 1, 2014 or possibly earlier. The initial appointment will be for one year, renewable up to three years contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance. The Syracuse University Gravitational-Wave Group consists of faculty members Stefan Ballmer, Duncan Brown and Peter Saulson, senior scientist Peter Couvares, research assistant professor Ryan Fisher, 3 postdocs and 9 graduate students. The group is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and has a broad range of research interests in gravitational-wave astronomy including: searches for gravitational waves with Advanced LIGO, astrophysics of compact object binaries, detector characterization, and next-generation detector development. The Syracuse group has excellent computing and laboratory facilities and operates a 2000 CPU core cluster with 170 GPUs for gravitational-wave astrophysics and LIGO analysis. The successful candidates research will be focused on development of search and parameter estimation techniques for gravitational waves using the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (aLIGO), the interface between numerical relativity and gravitational-wave astronomy and the physics of gravitational-wave sources. For full consideration qualified candidates must complete an online management application at www.sujobopps.com (job #070925) and attach their curriculum vitae, list of publications and a statement of research interests. Application materials should be submitted by January 15, 2014 for full consideration, but the screening process will continue until filled. Syracuse University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Members of minority groups and women are especially encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Max Planck Partner Group Post-doctoral Positions at IISER-TVM, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/11/max-planck-partner-group-post-docto… Deadline: 2014-01-17 Location: Trivandrum, India Additional Information: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~cosmograv Contact: shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in Max Planck Partner Group on Cosmology and Gravity, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram intends to appoint up to two postdoctoral positions in the areas of early-universe cosmology, classical and quantum gravity. A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required for these posts. The positions can start as early as 1st April 2014. Both these posts are funded under the Max Planck Partner Group. Currently, the group has 4 post-doctorate fellows and 3 Ph.D. students. The fellows have the opportunity to visit and interact with the members of Albert Einstein Institute, Golm. The position is available for a period of up to two years. Informal enquiries can be made to S. Shankaranarayanan (shanki[AT] iisertvm.ac.in ). Tenure: 2 years Salary: INR 2,64,000 INR 4,20,000 per annum Group Page: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~cosmograv Deadline: 17 January 2014 To apply please send CV, research statement and have at least two letters of reference sent by email to: shanki[AT] iisertvm.ac.in with the subject Application for MP-PG positions Candidate name. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Post-doctoral and Ph.D. positions in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy at the AEI ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8998 Deadline: 2014-01-10 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/1121114/gwjobs2014 Contact: buonanno[AT]aei.mpg.de As a result of the recent appointment (starting in September 2014) of Prof. Alessandra Buonanno as director of the "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" division of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam, several postdoc appointments will be available beginning September 2014. The positions are available at different levels, depending on experience and seniority. Students who wish to pursue a Ph.D. in gravitational-wave astronomy are also invited to apply. The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" division will focus on several aspects of gravitational-wave astronomy, including (i) theoretical gravitational dynamics (post-Newtonian theory, gravitational self-force approach, perturbation theory and effective-one-body formalism), (ii) numerical simulations of gravitational-wave sources, (iii) source modeling and analysis of data from gravitational-wave detectors, and (iv) astrophysics of compact objects. Members of the division will have the opportunity to join the LIGO Scientific Collaboration through the group's membership. They could also be involved in Pulsar-Timing-Array projects and the eLISA mission, which was recently approved by ESA. A strong visitor program will be established to create a lively and vibrant research environment. In brief, the relevant research areas for these positions are: - Gravitation Theory - Analytical Relativity - Numerical Relativity - Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis and Phenomenology - Relativistic Astrophysics The gravitational-wave data-analysis research includes work on the detection of continuous gravitational-wave signals, led by Dr. Maria Alessandra Papa's group. Postdoctoral candidates interested in this research topic are also encouraged to apply. The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" division has high-performance clusters to run numerical-relativity simulations, and carry out source modeling and data-analysis studies. The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" division will have interactions with the "Observational Relativity and Cosmology" division led by Prof. Bruce Allen and the "Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy" division led by Prof. Karsten Danzmann, which are located at the Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover. The "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" division will have also ties with the Physics Department at the University of Maryland, notably the gravitation theory and experimental groups, and the Joint Space-Science Institute. To apply for a postdoctoral position please fill out this form: https://lotus1.aei.mpg.de/job-form.nsf/gwpostdocjobs.xsp and upload a curriculum vitae, list of publications and statement of past, current and future research interests. Applicants would need to indicate the names of three referees for recommendation letters. Referees will be notified by email on how to upload the letters (in case of problems referees could send the letters directly to gwjobs[AT]aei.mpg.de). If you are interested in doing a Ph.D. at the AEI please fill out this form: https://lotus1.aei.mpg.de/job-form.nsf/gwstudentjobs.xsp and upload a curriculum vitae, list of publications and statement of past, current and future research interests. Applicants would need to indicate the names of three referees for recommendation letters. Referees will be notified by email on how to upload the letters (in case of problems referees could send the letters directly to gwjobs[AT]aei.mpg.de). Contact: Mrs. Ute Schlichtung Max-Planck-Institut fur Gravitationsphysik Albert-Einstein-Institut Am Muehlenberg 1 D-14476 Golm Germany email gwjobs[AT]aei.mpg.de Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for full consideration is January 10, 2014. The search will continue until positions are filled. The Max Planck Institute encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented groups. For further information please send an email to Alessandra Buonanno (buonanno[AT]aei.mpg.de) This advertisement can also be found here: http://www.aei.mpg.de/1121114/gwjobs2014 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Postdoctoral positions in Relativistic and Computational Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/14/postdoctoral-positions-in-relativis… Deadline: 2014-01-31 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Additional Information: http://numrel.aei.mpg.de/jobs Contact: rezzolla[AT]th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de The Department of Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Frankfurt anticipates the opening of several postdoctoral positions to carry our research in Relativistic and Computational Astrophysics, at Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The newly founded department is chaired by L. Rezzolla and presently includes D. Alic, F. Galeazzi, F. Guercilena, B. Mundim, A. Tsokaros, and A. Zhydenko. Very close connections and collaborations are present with the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam. The candidates should have a PhD in astrophysics, physics or applied mathematics and research experience in numerical simulations in numerical relativity, relativistic hydrodynamics and MHD. Scientific-computing skills are essential, as well as a theoretical background in relativistic hydrodynamics and MHD. Candidates with knowledge in alternative theories of gravity and accretion flows onto compact objects are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidates will contribute to the modelling of the radiative emission from the galactic center and to the modelling of the multi-messenger emission from inspiralling binaries of compact objects. Applicants should upload a CV, a publication list, a research summary and proposal, and should arrange for 3 letters of reference to be sent to the address above. The deadline for applications is Jan. 31st, 2014 and appointments will begin in the fall of 2014. Applications should be made electronically and sent to: Fr. Astrid Steidl steidl[AT]th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de For further information please email Luciano Rezzolla (rezzolla[AT]th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoc in Quantum Gravity at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9016 Deadline: 2014-01-07 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.hef.ru.nl/~rloll/Web/jobs/jobs.html Contact: r.loll[AT]science.ru.nl A postdoctoral position in quantum gravity and quantum geometry will become available at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Radboud University Nijmegen, starting in autumn of 2014. See the website for more details and how to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Two gravity postdocs at the University of Nottingham ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9042 Deadline: 2014-01-15 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI1345 Contact: kirill.krasnov[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Two postdoctoral positions are available at the University of Nottingham, to work with Prof Kirill Krasnov on the ERC funded project Diffeomorphism invariant gauge theories, asymptotic safety and geometry. The successful applicants will be expected to contribute to the development of the gauge-theoretic approach to General Relativity and perturbative quantum gravity in this formalism. Two full-time posts are available from the 1 September 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 24 months. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Prof Kirill Krasnov email: kirill.krasnov[AT]nottingham.ac.uk. When applying, please arrange the letters of reference to be sent to this address. However, please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. See the link provided for more information on how to apply. For information about the research group that the postdocs will be joining see http://www.digt.org/. For information about the School of Mathematical Sciences and its other research groups, some of them in related areas, see: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/index.aspx. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. GWIC Thesis Prize and Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize for 2013: Call for Nominations ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/18/gwic-thesis-prize-and-stefano-bracc… Additional Information: https://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/ The Gravitational Wave International Committee is pleased to announce that nominations for the 2013 GWIC Thesis Prize and for the 2013 Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize are now open. Both prizes recognize outstanding PhD theses in the general area of gravitational waves. To better serve the community, GWIC and the Friends of Stefano Braccini have moved to coordinate the two Prizes. From now on, there will be a common call for nominations, and all theses submitted will be considered for both awards by a joint selection committee. Two winners will be selected, with the GWIC Thesis Prize emphasizing the impact of the research on the field of gravitational wave science, while the Braccini Thesis Prize will be awarded with an emphasis on innovation. Members of the gravitational wave community are invited to nominate students who have performed notable research on any aspect of gravitational wave science. Theses will be judged on 1) originality and creativity of the research, 2) importance to the field of gravitational waves and gravitational wave detection, broadly interpreted, and 3) clarity of presentation. Each winner will receive a certificate of recognition and a prize of US$1,000. Since 2010, GWIC has recommended the GWIC Prize Thesis for the book series Springer Theses. Subject to certain qualifications, Springer Theses publishes exceptional Ph.D. theses in the physical sciences in their entirety. Beginning in 2013, the Braccini Prize winner will also be recommended to Springer. If accepted, the winner will receive an additional 500 from Springer upon publication. Eligibility: Both prizes are award on a calendar year basis. Theses should have been accepted by their institutions between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013. It is expected that many of the nominations will come from the member projects of GWIC, but this is not a requirement. Nominated theses may be in any language. A committee selected from the gravitational wave community will evaluate the nominations and select the winner. The selection committee will make all determinations about eligibility. Nominations: Nominations should be submitted to the selection committee chair (Andrea Possenti) by 15 January 2014. The nomination package consists of (i) the thesis, (ii) a letter of nomination, preferably from the thesis advisor, and (iii) an optional supporting letter from another scientist familiar with the work. The nomination and supporting letters should describe the importance and novelty of the research and how it supports GWICs goal to support the development of gravitational-waves as an astronomical tool. Electronic submission of the the thesis and letters is strongly preferred. Electronic copies of the nomination materials may be sent to gwic-braccini-prize(a)oa-cagliari.inaf.it, with a copy to stan(a)ligo.caltech.edu. Please note the following two restrictions on the names of files which can be handled at these addresses: i) The filename cannot contain more than 1 dot (i.e "."). A file like mythesis.pdf is ok, while a file like my.thesis.pdf will be rejected. ii) The filename cannot contain blank spaces, i.e. a file like "my thesis.pdf" will be rejected. If electronic submission is impossible, please contact stan(a)ligo.caltech.edu for instructions concerning paper submission. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. REMINDER: The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/12/30/reminder-the-iupap-general-relativi… Additional Information: Nomination Deadline: 1 February 2014 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 2014, 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. 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. 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 2014. The winner will be announced on 14 March 2014 and the award made shortly thereafter. The official presentation of the award will be made at the GR21 conference in 2016. Through the generosity of Prof. Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U), an Ashtekar Travel Award of $1000 will be presented to the winner as partial support for travel to GR21. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Geometric Analysis and Relativity, Hefei, China 1.2. Asymptotic Analysis in General Relativity, Grenoble, France 1.3. 17th Eastern Gravity Meeting, West Virginia University 1.4. Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, Winnipeg 1.5. BritGrav 14, University of Cambridge, UK 1.6. 44th Saas-Fee course: Cosmology with wide-field surveys 1.7. From Classical to Quantum GR: Applications to cosmology, Brighton, UK 1.8. Hot topics in Modern Cosmology, Cargese, France 1.9. Supernovae, Gamma-ray bursts and the induced gravitational collapse, Les Houches, France 1.10. Subatomic particles, Nucleons, Atoms, Universe: Processes and Structure, Minsk, Belarus 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctroral Fellowships in Gravitational-Wave Physics at ICTS-TIFR, India 2.2. Postdoc in Gravity at the University of Nottingham 2.3. Master and Ph.D. in Physics at Osaka University, Japan: course in English 2.4. EADS Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships at ICTS-TIFR and TIFR-CAM, India 3. News 3.1. New CQG focus issue on Pulsar Timing Arrays edited by M A Bizouard, F Jenet, R Price and C M Will 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity with Ground-Based Detectors and Pulsar-Timing Arrays" 3.3. Chalonge School Autumn Open Session of Scientific Culture 2013 3.4. New CQG focus issue on Astrophysical Black Holes edited by David Merritt and Luciano Rezzolla ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. Geometric Analysis and Relativity, Hefei, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8918 Starting: 2014-07-06 to 2014-07-10 Location: Hefei, China Additional Information: http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~xinw09/ Contact: piotr.chrusciel[AT]univie.ac.at The University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, is hosting a conference entitled "Geometric Analysis and Relativity", which will be held July 6-10, 2014. The primary aim of the conference is to gather together leading experts in elliptic aspects of Mathematical Relativity and related areas of Geometric Analysis to discuss recent advances and new directions of research in these areas, and to expose graduate students and young mathematicians in China to these developments. The list of speakers includes Lan-Hsuang Huang (University of Connecticut), Marcus Khuri (Stony Brook), Dan Knopf (University of Texas), Marc Mars (Salamanca), David Maxwell (University of Alaska), Caleb Meier (UC San Diego), Lorenzo Mazzieri (Scuola Normale Superiore), Jan Metzger (Potsdam), Pengzi Miao (Miami), Ettore Minguzzi (Firenze), Jie Qing (Santa Cruz), Natasa Sesum (Rutgers), Yuguang Shi (Peking University), Mu-Tao Wang (Columbia). The meeeting is organized by Mingliang Cai, Xiuxiong Chen, Piotr Chrusciel, Greg Galloway, and Jim Isenberg. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Asymptotic Analysis in General Relativity, Grenoble, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8915 Starting: 2014-06-16 to 2014-07-04 Location: Grenoble, France Additional Information: http://if-summer2014.sciencesconf.org/ Contact: Dietrich.Hafner[AT]ujf-grenoble.fr We are announcing a summer school and conference in Grenoble, France, entitled "Asymptotic Analysis in General Relativity". The summer school will start on the 16th of June 2014 and last two weeks. It will be followed by a one week international conference from the 30th June to the 4th July. The summer school will consist of five mini-courses of eight hours each, given by Lars Andersson, Christian Gerard, Rod Gover, Jeremie Szeftel and Andras Vasy. The topics covered will be geometry and analysis in black hole spacetimes, quantum field theory on curved spacetimes, conformal geometry and tractor calculus with a view to applications in GR, the resolution of the bounded L2 curvature conjecture in General Relativity, microlocal analysis and wave propagation. All information can be found on the conference webpage. http://if-summer2014.sciencesconf.org/ Registration is now open. To register, use the conference webpage. The deadline for registration to the mini-courses is 12th May 2014. The deadline for registration to the conference is 27th May 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 17th Eastern Gravity Meeting, West Virginia University --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8913 Starting: 2014-05-17 to 2014-05-18 Location: Morgantown, WV, USA Additional Information: http://astro.wvu.edu/ Contact: sean.mcwilliams[AT]mail.wvu.edu The 17th Eastern Gravity Meeting will be held May 16-17, 2014 at West Virginia University. The format of the meeting will follow previous regional meetings, where all participants may present a talk of approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the total number of talks. A conference website will be open within a few months, at which time more details, registration information, and abstract submission will be available. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, Winnipeg --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8856 Starting: 2014-05-21 to 2014-05-23 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Additional Information: http://ccgrra15.uwinnipeg.ca Contact: g.kunstatter[AT]uwinnipeg.ca University of Winnipeg, May 21-23, 2014 The 15th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics (CCGRRA XV) will be the latest in a series of meetings bringing together Canadian and international researchers, including students, for scientific discussion and exchange of ideas. A wide range of closely related topics will be covered, including mathematical relativity, numerical approaches to general relativity, string theory, loop quantum gravity, cosmology, gravitational waves, and compact astrophysical objects. All of these areas have seen substantial progress in recent years, including the development of new techniques in numerical calculations relevant to gravitational wave observatories such as LIGO, new observations in astrophysics and cosmology, string-inspired models of cosmology, and theoretical insights into black hole information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. BritGrav 14, University of Cambridge, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/05/britgrav-14/ Starting: 2014-03-31 to 2014-04-01 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/meetings/2014/britgrav.14 Contact: BritGrav14[AT]ast.cam.ac.uk The 14th BritGrav (British Gravity) Meeting will be held on 31 March 1 April 2014 at the University of Cambridge in St Catharine's College. The meeting covers all areas of classical and quantum gravity, including astrophysics, cosmology, mathematical general relativity, gravitational wave data analysis and instrumentation. It is intended to bring together the entire gravitational research community to further collaboration and allow young researchers to showcase their work. We hope that all interested graduate students and post-docs will be able to give talks; there shall be talks by others if time allows. There will be a prize for the best student talk. There is no conference fee, but participants are responsible for their own accommodation, meals and travel. Tea and coffee will be provided in breaks. Accommodation will be available at St Catharine's College and limited funds have been provided by the IoP to assist with student participation. More details can be found on the conference website. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. 44th Saas-Fee course: Cosmology with wide-field surveys --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8889 Starting: 2014-03-02 to 2014-03-07 Location: Engelberg, Switzerland Additional Information: http://saasfee2014.epfl.ch Contact: saasfee2014[AT]listes.epfl.ch Dear Colleagues, This is to remind you that the registration for the 2014 Saas Fee lectures is open. Those interested in financial support should apply before 21st November 2013. Also the early-bird registration (CHF 250) will terminate on 13th December 2013, normal registration will be open until 23rd January 2014. The 2014 Saas Fee lectures will be on: COSMOLOGY WITH WIDE-FIELD SURVEYS The course will take place on 2-7 March 2014 in the Swiss mountain village and ski resort of Engelberg. The topics and lecturers are - Theory / Dark Energy: Prof. Luca Amendola (Institut fuer Theoretische Physik - Universitaet Heidelberg), - Galaxy Clustering: Dr. Camille Bonvin (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge), - Weak Lensing: Prof. Sarah Bridle (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester), - Bayesian Methods: Dr. Roberto Trotta (Astrophysics Group, Imperial College). SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE: With the advent of several current and future ground and space-based surveys, this advanced course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to wide-field cosmological surveys. It is aimed at PhD students and postdoctoral scientists from cosmology and astronomy backgrounds. More details can be found on the course website http://saasfee2014.epfl.ch. REGISTRATION: The number of participants is limited to about one hundred. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The registration is open from now until 23 January 2014 or until all places have been allocated. An early-bird discount for the registration fee is available until 2nd December 2013. The registration form can be found here: http://saasfee2014.epfl.ch. **Please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone interested** in future wide-field surveys. For enquiries please contact saasfee2014[AT]listes.epfl.ch. We are looking forward to seeing many of you in Engelberg next year! The organisers, ------------------------------ Ruth Durrer (UNIGE), Alexandre Refregier (ETHZ), Martin Kunz (UNIGE) and Anais Rassat (EPFL). contact: saasfee2014[AT]listes.epfl.ch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. From Classical to Quantum GR: Applications to cosmology, Brighton, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8954 Starting: 2014-04-23 to 2014-04-25 Location: Brighton, UK Additional Information: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/newsandevents/classicalquantumgr Contact: x.calmet[AT]sussex.ac.uk This short Graduate School which will take place on April 23-25 2014 will be the second of a series started in 2013 at the University of Sussex. From Classical to Quantum GR aims at bringing together students from high energy physics, cosmology and astrophysics to discuss the state of the art in classical and quantum gravity. The series started in 2013 as a COST school and focussed on applications to black holes. The 2014 edition will focus on applications to cosmology. Our sponsors this year are SEPnet and the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Sussex. We have planned the following lectures: - Inflation and Higgs inflation, Fedor Bezrukov (University of Connecticut) - Quantum Gravity imprints in the CMB, Claus Kiefer (University of Cologne) - Quantum Gravity Phenomenology, Sabine Hossenfelder (Nordita, Stockholm) - Review of LambdaCDM cosmology, David Seery (University of Sussex) - more speakers are currently being contacted We kindly ask you to register (below) as soon as possible, the deadline for registration will be April 4, 2014. The registration fees have been fixed at 50 GBP and will cover coffee breaks and a pub evening. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Hot topics in Modern Cosmology, Cargese, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/19/hot-topics-in-modern-cosmology/ Starting: 2014-05-12 to 2014-05-17 Location: IESC (Cargese, France) Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/SW_2014/SW8.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 debates on common topics in views of providing us with innovating ideas. The workshops organization is based on an optimal number of concise presentations and enough space for discussions on emergent problems in order to encourage interactions among participants. SW8 topics includes : - Cosmological parameters, Anomalies in CMB - Baryon and Lepton number violation, CP violation - LHC and Dark Matter, Astroparticle Physics - Neutrino Cosmology - Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis, Cosmic antimatter - Inflation, Dark Energy, Modified Gravity - Cosmological Large Scale Structures, Magnetic Fields - Gravitational waves of Cosmological and Astrophysical origin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Supernovae, Gamma-ray bursts and the induced gravitational collapse, Les Houches, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/29/supernovae-gamma-ray-bursts-and-the… Starting: 2014-05-11 to 2014-05-16 Location: Les Houches Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=784 Contact: mariaelena.pirone[AT]icranet.org Ecole de Physique de Les Houches IRAP PhD and Erasmus Mundus Workshop Supernovae, Gamma-ray bursts and the induced gravitational collapse The workshop is promoted by ICRANet within the International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. Program (IRAP PhD) and the ERASMUS MUNDUS activities. The recent astrophysical data observed by the satellites Swift, Fermi, Agile as well as the observations of the largest telescopes: VLT, Canari Island and KEK in Hawaii give a clear evidence for a new scenario of understanding between Supernovae and the GRBs. The induced gravitational concept initially proposed in 2001 and then in 2006 revisited appear to give a complete explanation of the main observational data. The new concept of cosmic matrix has been recently proposed and will be discussed with special attention to GRBs 970828, 060218, 060614, 060729, 061007, 080319B, 090227B, 090510A, 090618, 091127, 101023, 110709B, 111228A, 130427A, 130925A. Invited lecturers include: Boer Michel, Della Valle Massimo, Izzo Luca, Meynet George, Muccino Marco, Nomoto Kenichi t.b.c., Penacchioni Ana Virginia, Pisani Giovanni Battista, Soderberg Alicia t.b.c., Xang-Yu Wang et al. Les Houches Physics School is affiliated with Universite' Joseph Fourier Grenoble I (UJF). The school is a joint interuniversity facility of UJF and Grenoble-INP, and the Direction des Sciences de la Matiere du Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique (CEA/DSM). Please download the poster from http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/les_houches_2014/poster.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Subatomic particles, Nucleons, Atoms, Universe: Processes and Structure, Minsk, Belarus --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/29/subatomic-particles-nucleons-atoms-… Starting: 2014-03-10 to 2014-03-14 Location: Minsk, Belarus Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/zeldovich2014 Contact: mariaelena.pirone(a)icranet.org Subatomic particles, Nucleons, Atoms, Universe: Processes and Structure An international conference in honor of Ya. B. Zeldovich 100th Anniversary in Minsk (Second announcement) The 8 of March 2014 signs the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich in Minsk. In this occasion International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) together with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus organize an international conference to be held in National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus in March 10-14, 2014. Confirmed speakers: - Felix Aharonian: Exploring the Physics of Black Holes with Gamma-Rays - Gennady Bisnovatyi-Kogan: Outer parts of large galactic clusters in presence of a dark energy - Sandip Chakrabarti: Black Hole Astrophysics and the contribution of Zeldovich - Valery Chechetkin: History of modeling of supernovae explosion - Artur Chernin: Dark energy in galaxies systems - Andrey Doroshkevich: Zeldovich nonlinear approximation - Maxim Khlopov: Zeldovich's legacy in Cosmoparticle physics - Mario Novello: Perspectives of the Geometric Scalar Gravity - Nikolai Shakura: Wind Accretion: Theory and Observations Alexei Starobinsky Quantum-gravitational particle creation and generation of metric fluctuations in cosmology Registration fee: 200 euro (on site) Registration is now open at the conference website: http://www.icranet.org/zeldovich2014 Please download the preliminary poster from http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/ZM2/poster2014.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctroral Fellowships in Gravitational-Wave Physics at ICTS-TIFR, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/29/postdoctoral-fellowships-in-gravita… Deadline: 2014-01-15 Location: Bangalore, India Additional Information: http://icts.res.in/postdoctoral_fellowships/ Contact: ajith[AT]icts.res.in International Centre for Theoretical Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (ICTS-TIFR), Bangalore invites applications from highly motivated candidates for postdoctoral positions. Founded in 2007, ICTS is a new initiative in Indian science. It is conceived to contribute to the growth of excellence in the basic sciences through its programs, interactions and cross-fertilization between disciplines. ICTS provides a platform and infrastructure to organize various activities in theoretical and mathematical sciences. ICTS also has an active in-house research program. Current research spans the areas of astrophysical relativity, statistical physics and turbulence, data assimilation and dynamical systems, and string theory. Other areas under consideration are cosmology, multiscale and complex systems including interfaces with biology, theoretical biology, mathematics, computer science and computational sciences with strong interface to other areas at ICTS. Research interests of the Astrophysical Relativity group include gravitational-wave physics and astronomy, analytical and numerical relativity, relativistic astrophysics, high-performance computing, etc. Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Physics or Astrophysics with an excellent track record. Although PhDs in gravitational-wave physics, relativistic astrophysics, cosmology etc. are preferred, candidates from other areas with strong analytical and computational skills will also be considered. Two kinds of postdoctoral positions are offered: * Post Doctoral Fellow (3 years): Emoluments range from Rs 21,000-24,000 and a contingency grant of Rs 20,000 per annum. Initial appointments will be for a two year period, with an extension to a third year after an academic review. * Post Doctoral Visiting Scientist (2 years): Emoluments range from Rs 35,000-43,000 per month. This position is open to candidates with excellent record and requires minimum 1 year of postdoctoral experience. Post doctoral fellows in scheme 1 can also be considered for this position after they have completed the basic requirements. Medical benefits and institutional housing will be provided to all academic members. Optionally members may choose to receive a housing allowance that amounts to 30% of the fellowship. ICTS offers access to high-performance computing facilities, and to most scientific journals. Support for travel for participation in important international meetings is also available. Postdocs will have opportunities to participate in teaching of graduate courses at ICTS. Apart from the regular faculty members, ICTS has an extended associate faculty actively involved in the research and program activities. ICTS organizes around 10-25 programs every year, on diverse topics not restricted to the research interests of the ICTS faculty. The Centre also has an extensive visitor program. Research groups at ICTS are part of, amongst others, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Indian Initiative in Gravitational-Wave Observations, Mathematics and Climate Research Network, Indo-French Center for Applied Mathematics, etc. See http://icts.res.in/research/ for more information. Interested candidates should apply online at http://forms.icts.res.in/postdoc_app. Applicants should also arrange for (at least) two letters of recommendation to be sent directly to postdocapp(a)icts.res.in. Applications will be normally reviewed twice every year, once in January and once in July. The deadline for the current call is 15 January 2014. ASTROPHYSICAL RELATIVITY AT ICTS The Astrophysical Relativity group includes Parameswaran Ajith (faculty member), Bala Iyer, Tarun Souradeep, Rana Adhikari (adjunct faculty members), Manjari Bagchi, Chandra Kant Mishra, Archisman Ghosh (postdoctoral scholars) and several visiting students. K. G. Arun, Sascha Husa and Mark Hannam are visiting associates. Adjunct faculty members and visiting associates are expected to spend from several weeks to a few months every year at ICTS. The group has strong involvement in the IndIGO consortium and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. LIVING IN BANGALORE Bangalore, known as the Garden City of India, is the center of India's information technology sector, and is home to many distinguished educational and research institutions. It is among the most cosmopolitan and demographically diverse cities in India, with a pleasant and moderate climate. A permanent campus for ICTS is under construction at Hessarghatta in North Bangalore. USEFUL LINKS Astrophysical Relativity at ICTS: http://www.icts.res.in/research/astrorel Apply online: http://forms.icts.res.in/postdoc_app Upcoming ICTS Programs: http://www.icts.res.in/program/upcoming Bangalore (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc in Gravity at the University of Nottingham ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8902 Deadline: 2013-12-17 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI1336 Contact: Thomas.Sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Applications are invited for a Research Associate position, to work with Dr Thomas Sotiriou on the ERC funded project "Challenging General Relativity". The research is aimed at exploring the limits of General Relativity as a theory of the gravitational interaction. The main research areas of the research group are quantum gravity and phenomenology, alternative theories of gravity, and the strong gravity regime. More details about the group can be found here: http://thomassotiriou.wix.com/challenginggr Candidates must hold or be near completion of a PhD, or equivalent, in mathematics, physics or a closely related discipline. Research experience in the field of gravity and in one of the 3 aforementioned main research areas of the group is essential. This full-time post is available from 1 September 2014 and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 24 months. In recognition of its commitment to promoting women in science, The University of Nottingham is one of four universities to hold a Silver Athena SWAN Award. To apply please visit this link: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI1336 Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Thomas Sotiriou, email: thomas.sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. For information about the School of Mathematical Sciences, which has strong and active research groups, see: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/index.aspx. Closing date: 17 December 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Master and Ph.D. in Physics at Osaka University, Japan: course in English ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/22/master-and-ph-d-in-physics-at-osaka… Deadline: 2013-12-20 Location: Osaka, Japan Additional Information: http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~IPC/ Contact: IPCoffice[AT]ile.osaka-u.ac.jp The Department of Physics of Osaka University is calling for applications to its International Physics Course (IPC). It offers Master and Ph.D. courses on a wide range of research topics in Physics (see the webpage below for more details). Some successful applicants will receive a scholarship. Education and research is conducted in English (but students are welcome to learn a little of Japanese language and culture). Applications for admission to academic year 2014/15 (starting from October 1, 2014) are accepted until December 20, 2013. For further information see the website. Luca Baiotti Osaka University +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. EADS Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships at ICTS-TIFR and TIFR-CAM, India ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/29/eads-postdoctoral-prize-fellowships… Deadline: 2014-01-15 Location: Bangalore, India Additional Information: http://www.icts.res.in/news/details/146/ Contact: ajith[AT]icts.res.in International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (ICTS-TIFR) and TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics (TIFR-CAM) invite applications from highly motivated candidates for a number of EADS Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship positions. These fellowships are supported by the EADS Corporate Foundation through an International Teaching and Research Chair titled Mathematics of Complex Systems at ICTS-TIFR and TIFR-CAM. The EADS Chair is aimed to develop innovative research involving theoretical, applied, and computational work related to mathematics of complex systems. Fellowships are available in the following areas: - Numerical relativity, gravitational-wave physics and astrophysics (PI: Parameswaran Ajith ajith[AT]icts.res.in) - Dynamical systems, stochastic analysis, and data assimilation (PI: Amit Apte apte[]ATicts.res.in) - Homogenization and control of PDEs, inverse problems (PIs: M. Vanninathan vanni[AT]math.tifrbng.res.in, Mythily Ramaswamy mythily[AT]math.tifrbng.res.in, Venky Krishnan vkrishnan[AT]math.tifrbng.res.in) - Numerical methods for fluid flows and uncertainty quantification (PI: Praveen C. praveen[AT]math.tifrbng.res.in) - Inertial particles in turbulent fluid flows (PI: Samriddhi Sankar Ray ssray[AT]icts.res.in) The research themes are described in more detail at http://www.icts.res.in/eads_chair and http://math.tifrbng.res.in/eads-chair/. Fellows are expected to work closely with the research groups at ICTS and CAM in Bangalore. In addition, Fellows will have opportunity to interact with experts from all over the world through collaborative visits, workshops and conferences, funded by the program. Christopher K. R. T. Jones of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is currently the EADS Visiting Professor. ELIGIBILITY Applications are invited from candidates who have relevant experience in any of the above areas. Candidates must have a PhD degree in mathematics, physics or engineering. The ideal candidate must have an aptitude for applied mathematics and scientific computing. Prior research experience in the specific areas mentioned above is recommended, but not essential. SALARY AND BENEFITS The initial appointment will be for two years, with a possibility of extension up to four years. Renewal for the third year will depend on a comprehensive review of the scientific activity of the Fellow. The salary will be comparable to that of an assistant professor in India (Rs. 50,000 per month during the first year, with 10% increase in subsequent years). In addition, a research grant of Rs. 150,000 per annum can be availed, apart from relocation allowances and medical benefits. Fellows can also opt for Institute accommodation or a house rent allowance that amounts to 30% of the fellowship. HOW TO APPLY Interested candidates are requested to apply online at http://forms.icts.res.in/eads-fellowships/ with their CV, list of publications, a research proposal of not more than two pages, and a covering letter. The nominal deadline is 15 January 2014; but applications will be considered until the positions are filled. The nominal starting date of 1 September 2014 is negotiable. Applicants will also be considered for normal postdoctoral positions at ICTS. Informal queries may be addressed to the individual PIs listed above. LIVING IN BANGALORE Bangalore, known as the Garden City of India, is the center of India's information technology sector, and is home to many distinguished educational and research institutions. It is among the most cosmopolitan and demographically diverse cities in India, with a pleasant and moderate climate LINKS Application form: http://forms.icts.res.in/eads-fellowships/ TIFR-CAM, http://math.tifrbng.res.in ICTS-TIFR, http://www.icts.res.in EADS Foundation, http://www.fondation.eads.com/content/en Astrophysical relativity research at ICTS, http://www.icts.res.in/research/astrorel Turbulence research at ICTS: http://www.icts.res.in/research/statphys Dynamical systems and data assimilation research at ICTS, http://www.icts.res.in/research/dynamicdata +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New CQG focus issue on Pulsar Timing Arrays edited by M A Bizouard, F Jenet, R Price and C M Will ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8864 Additional Information: http://j.mp/1hHdeKK The latest CQG focus issue is titled: Pulsar Timing Arrays and is guest edited by M A Bizouard, F Jenet, R Price and C M Will. Gravitational-wave detection via a pulsar timing array (PTA) is now entering the realm of practicality. This focus issue includes an overview of the field and articles describing the various detection efforts that are currently underway. Other articles in the issue discuss the potential for astrophysics and tests of general relativity using PTAs. The full issue is available from IOPscience for free for the next 3 months. http://j.mp/1hHdeKK Best wishes Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity with Ground-Based Detectors and Pulsar-Timing Arrays" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/08/living-reviews-in-relativity-gravit… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-9 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity with Ground-Based Detectors and Pulsar-Timing Arrays" by Nicolas Yunes and Xavier Siemens on 6 November 2013. Please find the abstract and further details below. This publication also introduces a redesigned HTML article layout, which allows better indexing by search engines and improves usability (easy linking to sections and figures, replacement for popups): http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2013-9/fulltext.html ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-9 Yunes, Nicolas and Siemens, Xavier "Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity with Ground-Based Detectors and Pulsar-Timing Arrays" ACCEPTED: 2013-10-08 PUBLISHED: 2013-11-06 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-9 ABSTRACT: This review is focused on tests of Einstein's theory of general relativity with gravitational waves that are detectable by ground-based interferometers and pulsar-timing experiments. Einstein's theory has been greatly constrained in the quasi-linear, quasi-stationary regime, where gravity is weak and velocities are small. Gravitational waves will allow us to probe a complimentary, yet previously unexplored regime: the non-linear and dynamical strong-field regime. Such a regime is, for example, applicable to compact binaries coalescing, where characteristic velocities can reach fifty percent the speed of light and gravitational fields are large and dynamical. This review begins with the theoretical basis and the predicted gravitational-wave observables of modified gravity theories. The review continues with a brief description of the detectors, including both gravitational-wave interferometers and pulsar-timing arrays, leading to a discussion of the data analysis formalism tha t is applicable for such tests. The review ends with a discussion of gravitational-wave tests for compact binary systems. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Chalonge School Autumn Open Session of Scientific Culture 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/19/chalonge-school-autumn-open-session… Additional Information: http://www.obspm.fr/interdisciplinarity-and-latest-news-of-the.html?lang=en Chalonge School Autumn Open Session of Scientific Culture Title: "Interdisciplinarity and Latest news of the Universe anticipated" Thursday 28 November, at the Observatoire de Paris, in the historic Perrault building, will take place the Autumn session of scientific culture of the International Astrophysical School Daniel Chalonge. This session provides salient findings of the 2013 program and a preview of the program for the year 2014. It is open to all interested parties: specialists and non-specialists, students, mediators and journalists. It brings together researchers from different disciplines and various personalities. The program: - The statement of the standard model of the universe: what the data tell us and what they continue to tell: understanding the physics and the direction in which the data are pointing. - The latest scientific anticipated news of the universe, dark matter, galaxies, black holes, dark energy, sterile neutrinos. - Linguistic and epistemology in science communication - Missions in extreme environments - Science and technology: information, memory, history. - Daniel Chalonge (1897-1977): from the Observatoire de Paris to the IAP. - Jean Prouve' (1901-1984): from Nancy to the Observatoire de Paris and the OHP. - Man Ray (1890-1976) "at the time of the Observatory" - Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) at the Jeu de Paume. - The Blumenfeld family at the Ecole Daniel Chalonge. Speakers: Nadia Charbit Blumenfeld (medical doctor, doctor in sciences, grand daughter of Erwin Blumenfeld, Paris) and Henry Blumenfeld (CEA emerite physicist, son of Erwin Blumenfeld, Gif- sur-Yvette), Hector J. Vega (Director of Research at CNRS -UPMC LPTHE and LERMA , Observatoire de Paris, Paris), Jaime Helios (Linguist, epistemologist, doctor in comparative literature University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris), Norma G. Sanchez (Director of Research at CNRS, Observatoire de Paris LERMA, director of the International School Daniel Chalonge, Paris), François Sevre (Engineer at the IAP, Paris), Alba Zanini (physicist at the INFN-Turin, Ambassador of the City of Turin for science and culture, Turin) And others speakers .... URL: http://www.obspm.fr/interdisciplinarity-and-latest-news-of-the.html Download the Program: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html With compliments and kind regards Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. New CQG focus issue on Astrophysical Black Holes edited by David Merritt and Luciano Rezzolla ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/11/29/new-cqg-focus-issue-on-astrophysica… Additional Information: http://j.mp/180WQ6e Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to present this focus issue on Astrophysical Black Holes, guest edited by David Merritt and Luciano Rezzolla: http://j.mp/180WQ6e The issue features 10 articles which cover recent developments in the observational and theoretical understanding of black holes - both stellar mass and supermassive - as well as black holes in alternate theories of gravity. The context is astrophysical; that is: how black holes form in, and interact with, their stellar and galactic environments, and the observational consequences of that interaction. The full issue is available from IOPscience for free for the next 3 months. I hope you will enjoy reading the articles and that they will be useful references for your future research. Kind regards, Ben Sheard Publishing Editor Classical and Quantum Gravity IOP Publishing iopscience.org/cqg ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia - Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the Universe 1.2. International conference: "The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death", Florence, Italy 1.3. International Workshop "The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death" 1.4. VI Black Holes Workshop, Braga, Portugal 1.5. Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics. 2014 Session on "Gravitational Wave Astrophysics"; 2nd announcement 1.6. INT Program: Binary Neutron Star Coalescence as a Fundamental Physics Laboratory, Seattle 1.7. Subatomic particles, Nucleons, Atoms, Universe: Processes and Structure 1.8. The Strong Gravity Regime of Black Holes and Neutron Stars, Bad Honnef, Germany 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc position in quantum gravity at IQG, Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany 2.2. CAPES-ICRANet Program 2014 2.3. Postdoctoral position in quantum gravity and/or theoretical cosmology, Louisiana State University 2.4. Postdoctoral position at Saclay: Gravitational Waves as a New Probe of the Dark Side of the Universe 2.5. PhD and postdoctoral positions for space interferometry at the AEI Hannover 2.6. Postdoctoral positions in gravity/cosmology/astrophysics at Fudan University 2.7. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Mississippi 2.8. Faculty Position, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina 2.9. Postdoctoral fellowship in GW data analysis at Rhodes University 2.10. Faculty position in physics at Utah State University 2.11. Postdoc Position in Numerical Relativity at Cornell 2.12. Postdoctoral positions in Geometric Analysis and Gravitation, AEI, Potsdam 2.13. Tenure Track Faculty Position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis at Rochester Institute of Technology 2.14. Postdoctoral Position in Wave Power harvesting at Technion 2.15. Lagrange Fellows - Institut Lagrange de Paris 2.16. Postdoc Positions in Fundamental Gravitational Theory at Penn State 2.17. Postdoctoral Position at Georgia Tech 2.18. Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution, Lawrence, Kansas 2.19. Faculty Position in Physics at the University of Mississippi 2.20. Postdoctoral Position in Computational Gravitational Dynamics at IAP, Paris 2.21. Faculty position in Gravitation Theory and Theoretical Cosmology, UChicago 2.22. Postdoctoral positions in theoretical physics, DAMTP, Cambridge 3. News 3.1. New CQG focus issue on Scalars and Gravity edited by David Langlois 3.2. Death of Alex Harvey 3.3. Death of Sotirios Bonanos 3.4. GWIC Thesis Prize and Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize for 2013: 1st Announcement 3.5. Nominations open: 2014 IUPAP GRG Young Scientist Prize ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia - Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the Universe --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/05/31/1st-scientific-icranet-meeting-in-a… Starting: 2014-06-30 to 2014-07-04 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=752 Contact: mariaelena.pirone[At]icranet.org The Physics of Black Holes (BHs) dominates some of the most energetic astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. The formation of a ~10 Msun. BH appear to be related to the emission of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB), the most energetic transient phenomena in the Universe. The basic mechanism appear to be the creation of electron positron pairs plasma occurring by vacuum polarization process around a Kerr-Newman Black Hole by the Heisenberg-Euler-Schwinger mechanism. Current effort of reaching such an extreme electromagnetic quantum regime is being currently approached also in MegaJoule Laser Projects in Europe, Russia, USA. In addition a prolonged emission appears to be related to rotating electromagnetic BHs (~10 Msun). in microquasars. The presence of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) of 10^8-10^9 Msun. appear to be related to active galactic nuclei, Blazars and Quasars. There is the possibility that unlike the 10 Msun. BHs, which are formed by the gravitational collapse of baryonic matter, the SMBHs can originate from the gravitational collapse of Dark Matter. This meeting will address both observational/experimental and theoretical aspects. From an observational point of view results obtained from very high energy(VHE) observatories: from the ground such as HESS, MAGIC, AUGER and from next generation instruments will be reviewed. Similarly will be reviewed the observations from Space Observatories in X and Gamma Rays such as Agile, Fermi, Swift, MAXI and NuStar. The complementary observations in Microwave and infrared bands from Planck mission will be presented. Ongoing progress for experimental facilities to look for coincidence with Gravitational waves detectors and Neutrinos detectors will be also reviewed. From a theoretical point of view attention will be given to progress in understanding quantum and classical phenomena related to the physics of BHs and to the process of extraction of the Black Holic Energy (BHE). Before the 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting "Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the Universe" from June 30 to July 4, an IRAP Ph D School for graduate students will be organized from June 23 to June 27 at the National Academy of Science. Registrations to both the meeting and the school are now possible at the web page http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=752 Registration fee is 300 including the admission to all sessions of the meeting and the school, coffee breaks and proceedings. Please download the poster from http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/Poster_Ar…   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. International conference: "The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death", Florence, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8720 Starting: 2014-03-24 to 2014-03-28 Location: Florence, Italy Additional Information: http://indico.cern.ch/e/NS2014 Contact: drago[AT]fe.infn.it With great pleasure we announce the first circular for the international conference "The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death", to be held in Florence, Italy from March 24-28, 2014. The conference is part of a six-weeks workshop of the same title to be held at the Galileo Galilei Institute, also in Florence, from March 10-April 18, 2014. Support to the conference also comes from CompStar, a ESF COST Action. Registration is now open via the webpage link. The registration fee will be 200 euro until October 31, 2013 (Early registration). After that date, registration fee will be 250 euro (Late registration). The fee for students will be 100 euro and 130 euro, respectively, for Early and Late registration. Those planning to participate in the longer-term workshop should do apply to do so by filling out the relevant form that may be found linked to the Conference webpage. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. International Workshop "The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death" --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/10/international-workshop-the-structur… Starting: 2014-03-10 to 2014-04-18 Location: Florence, Italy Additional Information: http://www.ggi.fi.infn.it/index.php?p=events.inc&id=120 Contact: drago[AT]fe.infn.it With great pleasure we announce the six-week international workshop "The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death", to be held in Florence, Italy from March 10 to April 18, 2014. The workshop will include a one week conference of the same title, also in Florence, from March 24-28, 2014. Please visit the workshop website for more information, and to fill out the workshop application form. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. VI Black Holes Workshop, Braga, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8743 Starting: 2013-12-19 to 2013-12-20 Location: Braga, Portugal Additional Information: http://bhw2013.wikidot.com/ Contact: blackholes[AT]math.uminho.pt 19 - 20 December 2013, Braga, Portugal >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. This workshop, now at its sixth edition, aims at bringing together experts about black holes in all their aspects. The aim of these meetings is to gather researchers working on mathematical and physical problems of gravitation which have black holes as a common theme, both in their classical and quantum aspects, and to stimulate the interaction between them.   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics. 2014 Session on "Gravitational Wave Astrophysics"; 2nd announcement --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8818 Starting: 2014-04-22 to 2014-04-25 Location: Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain Additional Information: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014.html Contact: sopuerta[AT]ieec.uab.es We are pleased to inform you about the progress in the organization of the 2014 edition of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics, devoted to Gravitational Wave Astrophysics. This Workshop will be the third meeting this biennial series and will be held in Sant Cugat (near Barcelona), from April 22nd to April 25th, 2014. The address of the website of the workshop is http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014.html The motivation for this meeting is the incremental progress made in different major efforts to use gravitational waves (GWs) for Astronomy: The new generation of advanced ground-based GW observatories (LIGO, VIRGO, KAGRA) is going to come online soon, and is expected to provide the first detections; on the other hand, we are entering a crucial moment for the European-led project eLISA for a space-based detector; in addition, pulsar timing arrays are approaching detection sensitivities. Then, it is an excellent moment to bring together experts on the different aspects of Astrophysics related to GW detection, from the mechanisms for source formation (including event rate estimations) to the impact that the observations may have on the different branches of Astrophysics, including the role of data analysis developments and source modelling techniques. The workshop will consists in a series of plenary talks plus contributed talks, with no more than hundred participants. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Nils Andersson (University of Southampton, UK) Pierre Binetruy (APC-Paris, France) Monica Colpi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) Enrique Garcia-Berro (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain) Philippe Jetzer (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Kostas Kokkotas (University of Tuebingen, Germany) Pablo Laguna (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Alicia M. Sintes (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain) Carlos F. Sopuerta (IEEC-CSIC, Spain) Alberto Vecchio (University of Birmingham, UK) PLENARY SPEAKERS Pau Amaro-Seoane (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) John Antoniadis (Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy, Germany) Tamara Bogdanovic (Georgia Tech, USA) [*] Laura Cadonati (University of Massachusetts, USA) Chiara Caprini (APC Paris, France) Pablo Cerdá Durán (University of Valencia, Spain) Thomas Dent (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) [*] Zachariah B. Etienne (West Virginia University, USA) Jonathan Gair (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK) Bruno Giacomazzo (University of Trento, Italy) Brynmor Haskell ?(University of Melbourne, Australia) Alessandro Nagar (IHES, France) Carlos Palenzuela (CITA, Canada) Edward Porter (APC Paris, France) Christian Reisswig (Caltech, USA) Alberto Sesana (Albert Einstein Institute, Germany) Deirdre Shoemaker (Georgia Tech, USA) Ulrich Sperhake (DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK) [*] To be confirmed LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Carlos F. Sopuerta (IEEC-CSIC, chair) Daniel Santos (IEEC-CSIC) Ivan LLoro (IEEC-CSIC) Anna Bertolín (IEEC-CSIC) Pilar Montes (IEEC-CSIC) Diego F. Torres (ICREA & IEEC-CSIC, Sant Cugat Forum) REGISTRATION The web registration for the 2014 Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on "Gravitational Wave Astrophysics" is open at the conference website http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014Registration.html Registration fees: 300 Euros up to February 28th, 2014 (350 Euros at the Registration Desk) The registration fee will cover: Access to the workshop & workshop materials, a copy of the Session Book (to be sent directly to the delegate address), welcome cocktail, workshop dinner, and coffee breaks. CONTRIBUTIONS Participants who would like to contribute a talk in the parallel sessions can apply by submitting a title and abstract in the registration website. The deadline for abstract submission is February 28, 2014. Participants will be informed shortly afterwards whether their contribution has been accepted. http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014AbstractSubmission.html AWARD FOR YOUNG SCIENTIST Sant Cugat Forum Award for Young Scientists: From all contributed works by graduate scientists or postdoctoral fellows within 2 years of their PhD that are willing to apply for the award, the Scientific Organizing Committee will choose the Best Work by a Young Scientist. There will be a symbolic cash amount (TBD), an Award certificate, and a token of recognition related to Sant Cugat (typically a local artist painting). If you would like to be considered for the Award, there will be a place to note so in your abstract submission. The deadline for paper submissions for the Young Scientist Award is March 24, 2014. See the guidelines here: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/Award/Entries/2022/3/28_Guidelines.ht… OUTREACH During the workshop there will be an outreach talk for the general public given by Prof. Alicia M. Sintes. In the years in between workshops there is at least one relatively important outreach event. This year there is an itinerant exhibition on the evolution of the Universe, and all the 22 Sant Cugat schools will visit it. PROCEEDINGS IN SPRINGER As an outcome of the workshop, an edited book will be published in the Springer-Verlags Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings series, as a hardcover; following on the tradition of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics series. The aim is to have a state-of-the-art summary of the workshop topic, i.e. Gravitational Wave Astrophysics. More details can be found at: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014Book.html VENUE The workshop will take place in the village of Sant Cugat, a small, vibrant city located a few kilometers away from Barcelona, across the mountain and the Collserola Natural Park. It can be easily reached from the city center of Barcelona, but the existence of the natural park in between has allowed it to maintain a completely independent character. The venue will be the Casa de Cultura (Culture House). In front of it there is one of the best-conserved Benedictine Monasteries in Europe, known to exist since 878, which is inside the villages nucleus with 60% of the streets begin pedestrian ones. ACCOMMODATION There is a 4 star hotel with affordable prices 300 meters from the meeting room (there are several other hotels nearby). There is also the possibility to be accommodated in Barcelona downtown since there are trains every 5-10 minutes going to and from Plaza Catalunya (at the very center of Barcelona) that take 25 minutes. For more details: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/Logistics/Entries/2012/8/29_Lodging.h… OTHER LOGISTICS Information about how to arrive, local restaurants, and maps is described here: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/Logistics/Logistics.html We look forward to seeing you in Sant Cugat. Best regards, Carlos F. Sopuerta on behalf of the Local Organizing Committee Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. INT Program: Binary Neutron Star Coalescence as a Fundamental Physics Laboratory, Seattle --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8826 Starting: 2014-06-30 to 2014-08-01 Location: Seattle, WA. USA Additional Information: http://www.int.washington.edu/PROGRAMS/14-2a/ Contact: llee[AT]uw.edu The program will bring together nuclear physicists, astrophysicists, observational astronomers and gravitational-wave physicists to address key issues and identify new directions in the study of the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars. The focus will be on the theoretical modeling, with realistic nuclear and neutrino microphysics, of the late stages of binary coalescence and opportunities for multi-messenger observations. Large-scale numerical simulations of the merger and the dynamics of the remnant are now being pursued by several groups world-wide with a level of realism that was unthinkable a few years back. Meanwhile, the first direct detection of gravitational waves from inspiraling and merging binaries is expected once advanced detectors such as LIGO and Virgo stars taking data in their upgraded configurations in 2017. The intrinsically multi-physics and multi-messenger aspects of binary inspirals emphasize the need for better coordination between theoretical, experimental and observational efforts and provide the backbones of the program. The schedule for the 5 week program is designed to foster interactions among theorists, experimentalists and observers. Discussion topics include realistic numerical simulations, gravitational-wave waveforms modeling and searches, electromagnetic counterpart signals and gamma-ray bursts, nuclear physics including superfluidity, complex hydrodynamics, neutron star seismology and nucleosynthesis. During the last week a workshop will bring together experts working on nucleosynthesis of heavy elements and galactic chemical evolution. * Week 1: Gravitational waves: Modeling waveforms, parameter estimation, advanced detectors and extracting physics from merger signals. * Week 2: Numerical Relativity: Status and challenges, incorporating realistic nuclear and neutrino physics, magnetohydrodynamics, dissipative effects and contributions from the crust. * Week 3: Dense matter physics: Equation of state, neutrino interactions, neutron star seismology and superfluid dynamics, effects of temperature and magnetic fields on matter. * Week 4: Merger astrophysics: Modeling electromagnetic signals, crust and disk dynamics and connections to gamma-ray bursts and transients. Week 5: Joint workshop with the program on nucleosynthesis and chemical evolution. >From the perspective of both theory and observations, the diverse phenomena covered by the program have much in common. Simulations rely on the development of improved microphysics models, transport methods for radiation, heat, and neutrinos, hydrodynamics, and nuclear reaction networks. Gravitational-wave observations require reliable theoretical models to identify the signal and facilitate the extraction of physical parameters. Observers will also benefit greatly from deeper insights into key multi-messenger aspects. On the verge of the first gravitational-wave observations, we expect to make considerable progress by bringing together researchers with overlapping interests and expertise on issues that require interdisciplinary information, thus facilitating collaboration and discussion that might otherwise not take place. A link to the application form can be found at http://www.int.washington.edu/PROGRAMS/14-2a/ Organizers N. Andersson, University of Southampton S. Bose, Washington State University S. Reddy, University of Washington L. Rezzolla, University of Frankfurt Program Coordinator Laura Lee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Subatomic particles, Nucleons, Atoms, Universe: Processes and Structure --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/31/subatomic-particles-nucleons-atoms-… Starting: 2014-03-10 to 2014-03-14 Location: Minsk, Belarus Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=752 Contact: mariaelena.pirone[AT]icranet.org An international conference in honor of Ya. B. Zeldovich 100th Anniversary in Minsk. First announcement The 8 of March 2014 signs the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich in Minsk. In this occasion International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) together with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus organize an international conference to be held in Minsk, Belarus in March 10-14, 2014. The total number of participants of the conference is expected to be in the range of 100 scientists with the participation from neighboring countries such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, and of course Europe and the Americas. Exceptionally wide research interests of Ya. B. Zeldovich ranging from chemical physics, elementary particle and nuclear physics to astrophysics and cosmology are very difficult to cover within one conference. It will therefore be focused on several selected topics. This celebration will follow a very successful international conference in honor of Ya. B. Zeldovich 95th anniversary held in Minsk on 20-23 of April 2009. International Organizing Committee is co-chaired by prof. Vladimir Fortov, the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and prof. Remo Ruffini, director of ICRANet. Registration fee: 200 euro For further information visit: http://www.icranet.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. The Strong Gravity Regime of Black Holes and Neutron Stars, Bad Honnef, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8851 Starting: 2014-03-31 to 2014-04-04 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: http://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/sgr2014/ Contact: eva.hackmannn[AT]zarm.uni-bremen.de The 558th WE-Heraeus-Seminar on The Strong Gravity Regime of Black holes and Neutron stars will be held from March 31st to April 4th, 2014 at the Physikzentrum of the German Physical Society in Bad Honnef near Bonn and Cologne, Germany. The main theme of this seminar is the observation and theoretical description of systems where gravity is strong and non-linear, in particular systems containing black holes and neutron stars which are ideal gravitational laboratories. To cover the complete complexity of this field of research, experts and graduate students from the observational and theoretical community are invited to bring together their expertise. As a rough guideline, we have the following categories: Strong-field gravity in GR and its alternatives Black holes as strong field probes Neutron stars as strong field probes Gravitational wave observations and merger events The program consists of invited as well as contributed talks and posters. We particularly encourage female scientist to contribute to the seminar. For young scientists we award the best poster with a price. The number of participants is limited to about 70. All local costs (i.e., meals and accommodation) of the participants will be covered. The registration deadline is December 15th, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc position in quantum gravity at IQG, Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/14/postdoc-position-in-quantum-gravity… Deadline: 2013-11-15 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/opportunities/jobs/jobs.shtml Contact: application[AT]gravity.fau.de In autumn 2014, at least one postdoctoral position in the field of quantum physics of the gravitational field, in particular quantum gravity and quantum cosmology, will be available at the Institute for Quantum Gravity (IQG) (Theoretical Physics III) of the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. The position is for two years with a possibility of extension for one additional year, depending on funding. 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). The successful candidate will be part of the new international centre for quantum gravity at the FAU which just completed its building up phase. The centre currently hosts 5 professors, 2 postdocs plus guests, fellows, PhD and diploma/master students. Altogether, there is space for up to 30 scientists. Current staff includes professors Kristina Giesel, Hanno Sahlmann, Frederic Schuller (Interim professor), Michael Thies and Thomas Thiemann (Chair), Emeriti Frieder Lenz (former chair) and Hartmut Hofmann, postdocs Daniele Pranzetti and Derek Wise as well as 7 Phd and 4 master students. Former institute member and Humboldt Fellow Jonathan Engle recently accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at Florida Atlantic University and holds an affiliate position. Another affiliate professor position is held by Florian Girelli. 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. The University of Erlangen has identified the collaboration between the IQG, the chair for statistical physics and the chair for algebra and representation theory as one of its prestigious 'emerging field projects' which is generously supported. Finally, the IQG is in close contact with a network of international research centers focussing on quantum gravity such as the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, Germany; 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. Applicants must have a PhD in either physics or mathematics and should have prior research experience in general relativity and quantum field theory and 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 lastname, using the application form at http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/opportunities/jobs/jobs.shtml 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 before the deadline via the application form by the referees. 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 15th, 2013 but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date of the position is normally Oct. 1st 2014 but there is some flexibility. For further information about the University and the Institute please visit: http://www.uni-erlangen.de/einrichtungen/fakultaeten/nat/departments.shtml and http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de. For further information about the position please send an inquiry to application[AT]gravity.fau.de. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. CAPES-ICRANet Program 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/30/capes-icranet-program/ Deadline: Location: Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=721 Contact: ruffini[AT]icra.it; jorge.rueda[AT]ICRA.it Following the completion of the CAPES-ICRANet Program 2013, we are partucularly happy to announce the CAPES-ICRANet Program 2014. Following the entrance of Brazil into the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) in 2007, the many agreements between ICRANet and the universities and research centers in Brazil and Latin America, and the opening of the seat ICRANet-Rio, CAPES and ICRANet promoted a joint program. The aim is to foster the development of the research in Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology between Brazil and the academic centers and Member States of ICRANet. Within this agreement the CAPES-ICRANet Program has been established with the following actions: 1. IRAP PhD CAPES-ICRANet Program Five fellowships for Brazilian students will be granted each year in the IRAP PhD Program. Each fellowship will last for three years with the final PhD degree jointly delivered by the academic institutions participating in the program. The starting date of the application is December 2013 and the deadline is August 2014, the activities will start on September 2014. For the application: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013.htm 2. CAPES-ICRANet Visitors Program to Brazil A visitor program for senior scientists from ICRANet centers in Asia, Europe, and USA to Brazilian universities and research centers has been opened. This program is specially directed to senior scientists who have given fundamental worldwide recognized contributions to the field of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. During their stay in Brazil, scientists will visit universities and research centers associated with ICRANET. Each visitor can spend up to three years in Brazil and each year up to three months. Five positions will be available each year and the applications are opened during the entire year and for this year the starting date of the application is December 2013 and the deadline is August 2014. For the application: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013_visitors_brazil.htm 3. CAPES-ICRANet Visitors Program to Europe A program to promote scientific visits of university professors and research scientists from Brazil in ICRANet centers in Europe has been established. During their stay in the ICRANet centers, the scientists will be able to visit the universities and research centers associated to the IRAP PhD Program. Visits addressing both theoretical research and observational activities in ICRANet related centers are welcome. Particularly encouraged are research activities synergic with the IRAP PhD Program through the interaction with IRAP graduate students and Faculty Professors. Each year five positions are established, each one of the duration of five months per year. Applications are opened during the entire year and for this year they are going to open on December 2013 and the deadline is August 2014. For the application: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013_visitors_europe.htm 4. CAPES-ICRANet Postdoctoral Program Four two-year postdoctoral positions in ICRANet Centers in Europe and Asia, and five two-year postdoctoral positions in Brazilian universities and research centers with signed collaboration agreements with ICRANet and/or with associated scientists to ICRANet, will be opened every year. For this year the starting date of the applicaltion is December 2013 and the deadline is August 2014. All topics related to theoretical and observational activities or data analysis in relativistic astrophysics and cosmology are welcome. For the application to postdoc in Europe and Asia: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013_post_europe.htm For the application to postdoc in Brazil: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013_post_brazil.htm For further information: http://www.icranet.org (in Portuguese): http://cooperacaointernacional.capes.gov.br http://www.capes.gov.br/cooperacao-internacional/italia/capes-icranet +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral position in quantum gravity and/or theoretical cosmology, Louisiana State University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/08/postdoctoral-position-louisiana-sta… Deadline: 2013-12-15 Location: Baton Rouge, LA, USA Additional Information: https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.js… Contact: pullin[AT]lsu.edu Abridged ad: The theoretical relativity group expects to have, contingent on funding opening(s) for a postdoctoral researcher(s) or senior postdoctoral researcher(s) working in quantum gravity and/or theoretical cosmology. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another one or two years subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. The core relativity group at LSU consists of Ivan Agullo', Steve Brandt, Frank Loeffler, Peter Diener, Jorge Pullin and Parampreet Singh. In addition to that, LSU hosts a strong experimental gravity group with activity in 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. The postdoctoral researcher or senior postdoctoral researcher will perform research on cosmology, quantum gravity and/or quantum field theory in curved space-time. For the full ad view: <a href="https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56702">https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56702</a> THE LSU SYSTEM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL ACCESS EMPLOYER +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral position at Saclay: Gravitational Waves as a New Probe of the Dark Side of the Universe ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8714 Deadline: 2013-11-30 Location: CEA-Saclay near Paris, France Additional Information: http://ipht.cea.fr/en/Phocea/Vie_des_labos/Ast/ast_visu.php?id_ast=695 Contact: ipht-gb[AT]cea.fr The Institut de Physique Théorique (IPhT) of CEA-Saclay invites applications for a postdoctoral position on the subject "Gravitational Waves as a New Probe of the Dark Side of the Universe". The position is for 2 years, to start in autumn 2014. Description of the research: upcoming observations of gravitational waves have a high potential for cosmology. Gravitational waves carry unique information not only about the violent phenomena that produce them, but also about the expansion of the universe and the intervening matter as they propagate. In particular, gravitational wave sources such as binaries inspirals have been proposed as standard sirens, to measure the equation of state of dark energy. We will study gravitational wave propagation in the inhomogeneous universe, in order to quantify the various effects that determine the accuracy to which gravitational waves can probe dark energy. Candidates should have a research background in the fields of gravitational waves, gravitational lensing, cosmology. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. PhD and postdoctoral positions for space interferometry at the AEI Hannover ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8716 Deadline: 2013-11-17 Location: Hannover, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/638112/LISAGRACEFO2013 Contact: gerhard.heinzel[AT]aei.mpg.de The space interferometry working group of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Hannover invites applications for doctoral students and postdoctoral positions to support existing projects, as well as to set up new projects. Our general aim is the development of laser interferometers in space for the detection of gravitational waves (LISA) and surveying Earth's gravity field (GRACE Follow-On and successional missions). In this context we have close collaboration with the space industry, as well as ESA and NASA. Our working group currently has about 25 members from various countries, the working language is english. The main tasks are the planning and construction of prototypes, subsequent testing of the resulting industrial hardware, as well as numerical simulations. The methods comprise laser optics, electronics, numerical mathematics, digital signal processing (DSP) - e.g. with FPGAs and micro controllers - programming in C, C++, and MATLAB, development of algorithms for data filtering. It may also extend to include system engineering and project management. We offer outstanding working conditions in a highly motivated international environment, the possibility to gain knowledge and experience in the mentioned fields, a pleasant working atmosphere as well as high quality of life in a beautiful district of Hannover. We expect highly motivated candidates, with an enthusiastic approach to work, a good level of spoken and written english, knowledge in some of the topics mentioned above, and the willingness to gain missing knowledge. The salary is in accordance with general Max Planck regulations. The Max Planck Society aims to increase the number of women in fields in which they are under-represented. Women are therefore specifically encouraged to apply. The Max Planck Society aims to increase the number of disabled employees. People with disabilities are specifically encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoctoral positions in gravity/cosmology/astrophysics at Fudan University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/06/postdoctoral-positions-in-gravityco… Deadline: 2013-12-31 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://phys.fudan.edu.cn/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The gravity/cosmology/astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has a few postdoctoral positions to fill as soon as possible. Graduate students who expect to receive soon the Doctoral Degree are also encouraged to apply. Applications from candidates working in any research area of gravity, cosmology, high energy astrophysics, and quantum field theory will be considered, but preference may be given to the ones with experience/interest in the following topics: - Gravitational collapse (broadly defined, including both analytical and numerical approaches) - Stability of black holes and quasi-normal modes - Phenomenology of CMBR (including polarization and non-gaussianities) - Analysis of dark matter (from both theoretical and phenomenological side) The group currently consists of 3 faculty (Cosimo Bambi, Antonino Marciano, Leonardo Modesto), 4 postdocs (Stefano Giaccari, Daniele Malafarina, Leslaw Rachwal, Naoki Tsukamoto), and several graduate and undergraduate students. Interested candidates should send their CV (including, among other things, date of birth, contact details of 2-3 referees, and possible starting date), short statement of research interests and/or experience, and publication list to: Ms. Juan Wang E-mail: wangjuan[AT]fudan.edu.cn Please arrange also 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. Applications received by December 31 will receive full consideration. Enquires can be sent to Cosimo Bambi (bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn), Antonino Marciano (marciano[AT]fudan.edu.cn), or Leonardo Modesto (lmodesto[AT]fudan.edu.cn). Further details: Shanghai is the most international city in China. It has been recently developing as a forefront for scientific research in Asia, and will continue in the next years. Fudan University is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China. The group joins the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah in the United States and as a Special Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. Housing: Fudan can provide apartments of 50-80 square meters inside the campus at very convenient rental rates. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Mississippi ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/07/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Deadline: 2013-12-31 Location: Oxford, MS Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry131007-123804 Contact: grpostdoc[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The University of Mississippi invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. The applicant must have (or be close to completing) a Ph.D. in Physics or Astrophysics, with a good track record in one or more of the following research areas: gravitational-wave source modeling and astrophysics, numerical relativity, post-Newtonian theory, alternative theories of gravity, perturbation theory of stars and black holes. The Gravitational and High-Energy Theory Group at the University of Mississippi is active in various areas of theoretical and experimental gravity, and is part of the LIGO collaboration. Members of the group include Emanuele Berti, Luca Bombelli, Marco Cavaglia, Alakabha Datta and Tibor Torma, adjunct professors Vitor Cardoso and Ulrich Sperhake, three postdocs and several graduate students. The successful applicant is expected to engage in a collaborative research program involving several institutions, including Caltech and Princeton in the USA, Lisbon, Cambridge, Rome and Aveiro in Europe, and Para' University in Brazil (among others). A curriculum vitae (including a list of publications and a statement of research interests) should be sent to the following e-mail address: grpostdoc[AT]phy.olemiss.edu Please use the subject "Gravitational theory postdoc". Applicants must also arrange to have at least three recommendation letters to be sent to the same email address. Applications must be submitted as soon as possible, and no later than 12/31/2013. Late applications may be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Faculty Position, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8734 Deadline: 2013-12-15 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Additional Information: http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/32613 Contact: theorysearch2014[AT]listserv.unc.edu Assistant Professor Position in Fundamental Theory of Gravity, Cosmology, or High Energy Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill We invite applications for an assistant professor position in the fundamental theory of gravity, cosmology, or high energy physics. Candidates should have demonstrated an excellent record of achievements, have broad interests and thorough training in either cosmology, gravitational, or high energy theory, including string theory, and have a commitment to high quality research and teaching. The Department intends to fill several positions in theoretical physics in the next few years. These new colleagues will complement our existing strengths in theoretical physics and be expected to play a major role in subsequent recruitment. The appointment is a regular tenure-track position. Interested applicants should submit a completed application at http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/32613, along with a Curriculum Vitae/Resume (which includes a cv and publication list), Research Statement, and Teaching Philosophy. Please also provide the names of four (4) referees to the above site. F or timely consideration, please submit your application, and ensure your referees respond by December 15, 2013. Review of applicants will begin in December and continue until the position is filled. Address any inquires to theorysearch2014[AT]listserv.unc.edu. We particularly encourage applications from members of under-represented groups. If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the Universitys Equal Employment Opportunity office at (919) 966-3576 or send an email to equalopportunity[AT]unc.edu. Please note: The Equal Employment Opportunity office will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoctoral fellowship in GW data analysis at Rhodes University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/28/postdoctoral-fellowship-in-gw-data-… Deadline: 2013-12-02 Location: Grahamstown, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/mathematics Contact: n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za The Department of Mathematics at Rhodes University has two Faculty members, Prof NT Bishop and Dr D Pollney, working in numerical relativity and particularly black hole mergers. We would like to expand the interests of the group to include other aspects of gravitational wave astronomy, and as a first step we are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in data analysis. The position is not for a specific project, and we are interested in candidates with experience in any aspect of gravitational wave data analysis. Rhodes University is a small university (just over 7000 students), which emphasizes postgraduate training and research. It is located 60 km from the coast, between Port Elizabeth and East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. While the main focus of this appointment will be data analysis related to the detection of gravitational waves by laser interferometric facilities, there would also be an opportunity in terms of pulsar timing measurements building on the Universitys strong involvement in the SKA project. Applications should preferably be in the form of a single PDF file attached to an email to Prof NT Bishop (n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za) with a copy to Dr D Pollney (d.pollney[AT]ru.ac.za). Applications should include * Full CV * Contact details of three referees * A statement (about half a page) of the candidates research interests and proposed research work during the Fellowship. The closing date is 2 December 2013, although applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date will be as soon as possible thereafter. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Faculty position in physics at Utah State University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8760 Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Logan, UT, USA Additional Information: http://jobs.usu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=59391 Contact: GMPCA[AT]usu.edu The Department of Physics at Utah State University is seeking a mathematical physicist to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor opening in Fall 2014. The targeted research area for this position is one or more of: mathematical relativity, classical and quantum field theory, string theory, topological field theory, integrable systems, differential geometry, mechanics and dynamical systems, geometric methods in physics, or a closely related area. The department is looking for a scientist who can complement/support the efforts of the Geometry, Mathematical Physics and Computer Algebra (GMPCA) group, consisting of Charles Torre in the Department of Physics and Ian Anderson, Mark Fels, Zhaohu Nie, Nathan Geer, all in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Preference will be given to candidates with postdoctoral experience and a track record of publications in mathematical physics. Research activities which incorporate computer algebra techniques are desirable. Candidates should be able to teach a wide variety of physics courses - and possibly some mathematics courses - at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate will support development of a new interdisciplinary PhD program in mathematical physics. The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is also conducting a search for a mathematician to join the GMPCA group. Applicants must apply online at http://jobs.usu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=59391. Applicants must have a terminal degree in Physics or a closely related field. A complete application includes: a letter of application stating qualifications and fit to this position; a curriculum vitae; a statement of research interests; a statement of teaching philosophy; and at least three letters of reference. Requests for further information can be sent to the Search Committee at GMPCA[AT]usu.edu. Review of applications will begin December 1. The Department of Physics, one of five departments in the College of Science (http://www.usu.edu/science/) offers BS, BA, MS, and PhD degrees in Physics. The Department currently has 15 full-time faculty, about 100 undergraduate majors, and about 30, mostly PhD, graduate students. Utah State University is a 28,000-student, land grant, Space Grant, and Carnegie Doctoral/STEM-dominant/high research activity university. Based in Logan (perennially rated as one the safest communities in America), USU is surrounded by spectacular mountains offering a wide range of outdoor activities. Located eighty miles north of Salt Lake City, Logan is within an easy drive of five national parks and numerous other historical and recreational sites. Logan offers affordable housing, excellent health care facilities, and a family-friendly environment. USU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, dedicated to recruiting and retaining top candidates from a diverse pool including women an d minorities. The University provides spousal accommodation packages for dual career applicants, and offers competitive salaries and outstanding medical, retirement, and professional benefits (see http://www.usu.edu/hr/ for details). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoc Position in Numerical Relativity at Cornell ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/15/postdoc-position-in-numerical-relat… Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Ithaca, NY, USA Additional Information: https://www.hr.cornell.edu/jobs/positions.html Contact: lmk3[AT]cornell.edu Cornell University Center for Radiophysics and Space Research expects to have an opening for a Research Associate in numerical relativity starting in September, 2014. 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, research associate Mike Boyle, and several graduate students. 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, 106 Space Sciences Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; lmk3[AT]cornell.edu. Applicants can also apply online at: https://www.hr.cornell.edu/jobs/positions.html posting #21920 Completed applications should be received no later than December 1, 2013. Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Postdoctoral positions in Geometric Analysis and Gravitation, AEI, Potsdam ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/16/postdoctoral-positions-in-geometric… Deadline: 2013-12-15 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/755651/postdocGeometricAnalysis-and-Gravitation Contact: anne.lampe[AT]ei.mpg.de The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) will fill research positions in the areas General Relativity and Cosmology Geometric Analysis Geometric Measure Theory Numerical General Relativity Research programs concern the mathematical problems of general relativity and related physical theories, and are based in analysis, geometry and numerical analysis. In particular, non-linear partial differential equations are a common theme of our research. The Einstein field equations model both the behaviour of cosmological models and of isolated gravitating systems such as stars, black holes and galaxies. Our research addresses the qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions of the Einstein field equations with respect to their local and global behaviour. Other field equations of interest arise from string theory and the consideration of matter models including elasticity, fluids, electromagnetism and gauge theories. The central topic of the Max Planck research group "Geometric Measure Theory" is the study of geometrical variational problems involving models of generalised submanifolds of Riemannian manifolds such as varifolds, currents, sets, or multiple valued functions. This includes both regularity problems as well as structural questions. The study often benefits from its natural connection to elliptic partial differential equations. The numerical effort in our division seeks to provide quantitative insight into mathematical problems via a close combination of analytical and numerical methods. Topics of particular interest include conformal methods for the Einstein equations, nonlinear stability, cosmic censorship and critical phenomena in gravitational collapse, and geometric evolution equations such as Ricci flow. There are close interactions with the research sections "Astrophysical Relativity" and "Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories in the Albert Einstein Institute, as well as with the universities in Berlin and Potsdam. Postdoctoral appointments do not entail teaching duties and are typically for two years. The starting date is flexible and usually lies within the range April till October 2014. To apply please fill out this form: https://lotus1.aei.mpg.de/job-form.nsf/math-rel-jobs.xsp or submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications and statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to math-rel-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de Contact: Frau Anne Lampe Max-Planck-Institut fu?r Gravitationsphysik Albert-Einstein-Institut Am Muehlenberg 1 D-14476 Golm Germany email math-rel-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de The deadline for applications in the initial round of appointments is 15. December 2013. audit The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. 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 L. Andersson, U. Menne, or O. Rinne. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. Tenure Track Faculty Position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis at Rochester Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/17/tenure-track-faculty-position-in-gr… Deadline: 2013-11-17 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: http://careers.rit.edu/faculty Contact: smsjobs[AT]rit.edu Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level starting August 2014. Responsibilities include research, teaching, and service to the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS), the College of Science, and RIT. Successful applicants are expected to contribute to the scholarship of the SMS through externally funded research and peer-reviewed publications, teaching, mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, and participating in developing a new Ph.D. program in Mathematical Modeling. We are looking for candidates who can add to the Schools current strengths in gravitational wave data analysis. We are seeking individuals who have the ability and interest to contribute to a community committed to student-centeredness; professional development and scholarship; integrity and ethics; respect, diversity, and pluralism; innovation and flexibility; and teamwork and collaboration. Select to view links to RITs core values, honor code, and diversity commitment. DEPARTMENT/COLLEGE DESCRIPTION: The School of Mathematical Sciences has 64 faculty members and four administrative staff members. There are 169 undergraduate students in the schools three undergraduate programs: Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, and Applied Statistics. In addition, there are 35 students in its Masters degree program in Applied and Computational Mathematics. The school offers mathematics courses for students from every RIT program. SMS faculty members are also involved in the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology, Computing and Information Science, and Imaging Science. The School of Mathematical Sciences is a division of the College of Science that promotes both teaching and research. SMS faculty members are involved with two research centers within the College of Science: the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, http://ccrg.rit.edu/, and the Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics, http://www.rit.edu/cos/math/acm/, and some SMS faculty members participate in other research centers across the college and university. We have recently hired applied mathematicians in the fields of mathematical physiology, computational physics, general relativity, fluid dynamics, and mathematical imaging, and we are developing a Ph.D. program in Mathematical Modeling. REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: * A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in the mathematical sciences or in a related field completed by November 17, 2013. * Ability to communicate effectively in English. * Professional experience compatible with strengthening existing gravitational wave data analysis research in SMS and contributing to the development of a Ph.D. program in Mathematical Modeling. * Potential to collaborate with SMS and/or RIT faculty. * One or more years of postdoctoral research or college-level teaching after Ph.D. completed or equivalent experience by Fall 2014. * An ongoing record of peer-reviewed publications. * A commitment to obtaining external grants to support research. * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education, including the ability to teach advanced courses in statistics. * A commitment to mentoring graduate and undergraduate students in research. * Ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the colleges continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences. HOW TO APPLY: Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty. Enter requisition number 811BR for the position in gravitational wave data analysis. Please submit your cover letter addressing the listed qualifications; a vita including a list of publications and the names, addresses and phone numbers for three references; a description of research plans that also addresses efforts and/or plans to obtain external funding, potential to collaborate with SMS/RIT faculty, and commitment to mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research; a statement of teaching philosophy and any experience that also addresses commitment to undergraduate and graduate education, including the ability to teach advanced courses in statistics; up to three sample publications/preprints; and a "contribution to diversity" statement. Please arrange to have at least three letters of recommendation, one of which includes an assessment of teaching potential, sent directly via email to smsjobs(a)rit.edu. You can contact the search committee with questions about the position at smsjobs[AT]rit.edu. Application review will begin immediately and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Applicants are encouraged to apply by November 17, 2013. REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL: PhD REQUIRED APPLICATION DOCUMENTS: Curriculum Vitae or Resume Cover Letter Research Statement Statement of Diversity Contribution List of References Statement of Teaching Philosophy Letters of Recommendation ADDITIONAL DETAILS: RIT does not discriminate. RIT promotes and values diversity, pluralism and inclusion in the work place. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities. RIT provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, veterans or wounded warriors where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact the Human Resources office at 585-475-2424 or email your request to Careers[AT]rit.edu. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Postdoctoral Position in Wave Power harvesting at Technion ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8784 Deadline: 2013-12-18 Location: Haifa, Israel Additional Information: http://cee.technion.ac.il/eng/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=84… Contact: miky[AT]technion.ac.il A new postdoctoral position is available at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to work with Prof. Michael Stiassnie on a project entitled: "Harvesting wave power in deep stormy seas". The study involves the mutual interaction of wind, waves, and floating structures; and is a four years research initiative funded by the Israel Science foundation, started on Oct. 1st 2013. The suitable candidate must have a PhD degree in Science or Engineering, which was obtained within the last five years; as well as an extensive experience in the study of water waves. The chosen candidate will receive a scholarship of about 2000 euro per month, payable in Israeli Shekel. The initial appointment is for one year with possible extensions. Interested candidates should address their application to Miky Stiassnie at: miky[AT]technion.ac.il And include their CV. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Lagrange Fellows - Institut Lagrange de Paris ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8822 Deadline: 2013-11-30 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://ilp.upmc.fr Contact: contact[AT]ilp.upmc.fr The Lagrange Institute (Institut Lagrange de Paris, ILP) invites applications from scientists with recent PhDs for several Fellowships beginning in 2014. Lagrange Fellows will receive a salary according to experience, and generous travel, research, and visitor funds. The Lagrange Institute, established in 2011 for 10 years, unites research groups from the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, the Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et Hautes Energies, and the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies with internationally recognized research programs in theoretical and observational cosmology, (astro-)particle physics, and theoretical and experimental high energy physics. The Institutes mission is to advance foundational questions on the origin, constituents, dynamics and fate of the Universe through the interplay of theory, computation, and data. The Lagrange Institute will further expand its visitors program by the recently announced Lagrange Awards, enabling international leaders in the research themes of the Institute and their groups to spend extended periods of time collaborating with ILP fellows and members in Paris. In addition, the Lagrange Institute will host regular workshops and conferences. Successful candidates will have demonstrated outstanding research creativity and have the potential to develop and lead projects in collaboration with the member teams of the Lagrange Institute. Lagrange fellows will be immersed in an internationally visible research environment with rich intellectual and computational resources, and opportunities for involvement in the leading astronomical observations and (astro-)particle physics experiments of the decade. Research strengths include (but are not limited to) theoretical and observational cosmology, the cosmic beginning, dark matter and dark energy research, theoretical and experimental (astro-)particle physics, and recent advances in quantum field theory and quantum gravity. If desired, Fellows may attend short courses on emerging research methods. Members of the Lagrange Institute are involved in leading capacities in several international projects, including Planck, Herschel, Euclid, CFHTLS, TeraPix, BOSS, AUGER, CTA, VIPER, Square Kilometer Array, ATLAS at LHC and HESS. Detailed information about the Lagrange Institute, its members, its mission, and the Lagrange Fellow program can be found at http://ilp.upmc.fr. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. Postdoc Positions in Fundamental Gravitational Theory at Penn State ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8789 Deadline: 2013-11-30 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://www.gravity.psu.edu/ Contact: contact[AT]ilp.upmc.fr The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos expects openings for post-doctoral positions starting fall 2014 in the areas of general relativity, cosmology and quantum gravity. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another year subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. In exceptional cases it has been renewed also for a third year. The gravitational theory group faculty consists of Abhay Ashtekar, Eugenio Bianchi, Martin Bojowald, Murat Gunaydin, Radu Roiban and Sarah Shandera. In addition Professors Roger Penrose, Jerzy Lewandowski, Alejandro Corichi and Stephon Alexander hold visiting appointments at the Institute. 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 approximately 25 post-docs (including Drs. Thomas Cailleteau, Marc Gailler, Yaakov Nieman, Sohyun Park, Gabriel Santiago and Wolfgang Wieland in Fundamental Theory). For further information on the Institute, see http://www.gravity.psu.edu/ Current areas of research include loop quantum gravity, mathematical, conceptual and phenomenological issues in cosmology, black hole dynamics, interface of analytical and numerical quantum gravity, supergravity and gravitational aspects of string theory and non-commutative geometry. On the classical side, there is ongoing research on various projects that aim at extending the theoretical frameworks for investigating the global aspects and gravitational waves in asymptotically de Sitter space-times and non-linear aspects of black hole dynamics, with potential applications to numerical relativity. On the quantum side, ideas from loop quantum gravity are being applied to extend the cosmological perturbation theory to the Planck regime, analysis of singularity resolution due to quantum geometry, and the issue of information loss. In addition there is considerable work on theory and observations of the early universe. More generally, the Institute provides a rare forum for stimul ating exchanges of ideas between different approaches to quantum gravity and between theoretical and observational cosmologists. Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research interests/plans and arrange to have three recommendation letters sent directly to: Mrs. Randi Neshteruk IGC Post-Doc Applications, The Pennsylvania State University 104 Davey Lab #258 University Park, PA 16802-6300, USA E-mail applications and letters of reference are preferred provided the material is included as PDF file attachments. They should be sent to igc-applications[AT]gravity.psu.edu The deadline for receipt of all application material is December 7, 2013. Penn State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. Postdoctoral Position at Georgia Tech ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8791 Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Atlanta, USA Additional Information: http://www.cra.gatech.edu Contact: plaguna[AT]gatech.edu Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics The Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a postdoctoral appointment in its Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) with starting date September 2013. The focus areas are numerical relativity and computational astrophysics. The position is for two years, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The faculty at the CRA are David Ballantyne (astrophysics), Tamara Bogdanovic (astrophysics/cosmology), Pablo Laguna (gravitational physics), Nepomuk Otte (particle astrophysics), Deirdre Shoemaker (gravitational physics), Ignacio Taboada (particle astrophysics) and John Wise (cosmology). For more information visit www.cra.gatech.edu Please email applications to plaguna [at] gatech.edu. Complete applications must include CV, list of publications and statement of research interests. Please also arrange three letters of recommendation to be emailed to the same address. We will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2013. The Georgia Institute of Technology, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution, Lawrence, Kansas ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8803 Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Lawrence, KS, USA Additional Information: http://employment.ku.edu/jobs/3854 Contact: grudnick[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 one or more of the following topics: i) galaxy evolution in the infall regions of galaxy clusters at intermediate redshift or ii) molecular line observations of high redshift cluster galaxies. These projects make use of existing or approved observations with the VLT, Spitzer, HST, EVLA, CFHT, and Magellan. Previous experience with ground-based spectroscopy, HST Grism spectroscopy, or molecular line observations of galaxies is preferred. 50% of the successful candidates 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 ta ke part in collaborations with Prof. Rudnicks national and international collaborators. The hope is that the candidate can start in August 2014. The University of Kansas has a vibrant research atmosphere with 9 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 http://employment.ku.edu/jobs/3854. 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 Kristin Rennells . For questions, please contact grudnick[AT]ku.edu. Those applicants attending the Jan. 2014 AAS meeting should contact grudnick[AT]ku.edu to schedule an interview. Full consideration will be given to applicants whose materials are received by Dec. 1, 2013. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. Faculty Position in Physics at the University of Mississippi ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8806 Deadline: 2013-12-31 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/physics_and_astronomy/ Contact: bombelli[AT]olemiss.edu Assistant Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Mississippi The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi invites applications for a tenure-track position in physics at the rank of assistant professor for the Fall of 2014. The emphasis of this position is on developing an externally funded research program and laboratory capable of supporting and leading graduate students to a Ph.D. A competitive startup package is available in the first three years. The University currently has strong programs in atmospheric physics, biomedical ultrasonics, condensed matter physics, gravitation, high-energy physics, and physical acoustics. A Ph.D. in Physics or a related field and one year postdoctoral experience is required. Faculty members are expected to contribute to the teaching and service activities of the Department and the University. Teaching duties include three courses a year at the undergraduate and graduate level. Interested candidates should apply online at https://jobs.olemiss.edu. A curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, a statement of teaching philosophy, and a detailed proposal for developing their research program should be sent directly to: Search Committee Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677. Recommendation letters should address the candidates qualifications and assess the quality of the proposed research plan. The search will remain open until an adequate applicant pool is established, or until the position is filled. The University of Mississippi is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.20. Postdoctoral Position in Computational Gravitational Dynamics at IAP, Paris ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8808 Deadline: 2014-01-01 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://www.iap.fr Contact: vlasix[AT]iap.fr Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position at Institut dAstrophysique de Paris (IAP). The fellowship will begin on, or after, September 1st, 2014, for a maximum period of 2 years. The candidate should have a PhD in astrophysics, physics or applied mathematics and research experience in numerical simulations of collisionless self-gravitating systems. Additional experience in numerical hydrodynamics is welcome. Whereas computer science skills are essential, a theoretical background in the dynamics of galaxies or large-scale structures is desirable. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and applications of new Vlasov-Poisson solvers, as well as large N-body/hydrodynamical simulations of galaxies and large-scale structures in the Universe. Funding will be available for travel and research expenses. The successful candidate will also have access to the local and national computing resources of the numerical simulation team of IAP. Applications should be submitted by email to vlasix [AT] iap [DOT] fr as a single PDF file containing a cover letter, a CV including a publication list, a brief statement of past research (one page) and future aims (one page). Please also arrange for 3 reference letters to be sent to the same address. Applications completed by January 1st, 2014, will receive full consideration. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.21. Faculty position in Gravitation Theory and Theoretical Cosmology, UChicago ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/29/uchicago-faculty-position-in-gravit… Deadline: 2013-11-15 Location: Additional Information: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDeta… Contact: holz[AT]uchicago.edu The Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago invite applications for faculty positions in the areas of gravitation theory (such as numerical relativity and gravitational wave astronomy) and theoretical cosmology (especially connections with particle physics and gravitation). Candidates must have a doctoral degree in physics or a related field prior to appointment and are expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching programs while engaging in forefront research. Applicants must apply through the University's Academic Jobs website and upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae with list of publications, and a brief research statement. In addition, three recommendation letters are required as part of the application process. If applying for a position at more than one rank, separate applications are required. Review of applications will start in the fall of 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, applications and recommendation letters should be received no later than November 15, 2013. For a position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the field of gravitation theory and theoretical cosmology, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/bua5x63. To be considered for an Associate Professor position in this field, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/bvmb9cy. The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. (#1380/1381) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.22. Postdoctoral positions in theoretical physics, DAMTP, Cambridge ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8832 Deadline: 2013-12-12 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/ Contact: hsr1000[AT]cam.ac.uk Cambridge University, DAMTP Applications are invited for a number of postdoctoral positions from candidates qualified to undertake research in the following areas: theoretical cosmology, general relativity and black holes, numerical general relativity, string theory and AdS/CFT, gauge theories and scattering amplitudes. Applications should be submitted online at: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research/postapp/ Applicants should indicate their areas of interest but there is no need to submit multiple applications if more than one of the above positions are of interest. Applicants are expected to be in post by October 2014, but earlier start dates are possible. There is also funding available to support a postdoc in quantum field theory for a shorter period between January and September 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New CQG focus issue on Scalars and Gravity edited by David Langlois ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8723 Additional Information: http://j.mp/19mB7p0 I am very pleased to bring you this special issue on Scalars and Gravity guest edited by David Langlois. http://j.mp/19mB7p0 This issue presents several active directions of research where the interplay between scalar fields and gravity is essential. The issue features articles on a range of topics including inflationary models based on scalar fields, quintessence, chameleon fields, and generalized Galileon theories. We hope that these articles will offer offer a stimulating perspective on several recent and active research topics that mix scalar fields with gravity. Best wishes Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity cqg[AT]iop.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Death of Alex Harvey ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/21/death-of-alex-harvey/ Additional Information: I have recently become aware that Alex Harvey had passed away. (I don't recall an earlier post of this information). I spent a semester at Queens' in 1991-2 as a Visiting Distinguished Professor on Alex's invitation. It was a very happy time when, apart from our overlapping interests in relativity, he took time to be my 'dive buddy' on the College's scuba-diving course and introduced me to Thursday sailing races (on a 36ft boat named 'Moveable Feast', so not too serious...) at Port Washington. He was an engineer by original training and had, I believe, during his Army career, had a Presidential commendation for work on cryptography in the field (North Africa). Alex wrote a number of useful, if not outstanding, papers over many years, and also kept his friends and acquaintances supplied with frequent humorous emails... I'm sure I'm not the only relativist who will miss him NY Times. Sept 14 HARVEY--Alexander Dr., noted physics professor dies at 95. Dr. Harvey taught at Queens College for 25 years where he became chairman of the Physics Dept. until his retirement in 1988. He served as an Army Captain during WWII. Dr. Harvey was a visiting scholar at NYU. He continued publishing papers until 2011. He is survived by his wife of 60 years Rhea Harvey, a brother Robert Harvey and nieces Susan Giordano and Mickie Mandel. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Death of Sotirios Bonanos ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/22/death-of-sotirios-bonanos/ Additional Information: We are sorry to inform that Prof. Sotirios Bonanos, passed away on Tuesday, October 1st. He was a fine specialist in algebraic computer calculations and a scientist at the National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos. The sad news was given us by his daugther, Alceste Bonanos. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. GWIC Thesis Prize and Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize for 2013: 1st Announcement ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/10/28/gwic-thesis-prize-and-stefano-bracc… Additional Information: https://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/ The Gravitational Wave International Committee is pleased to announce that nominations for the 2013 GWIC Thesis Prize and for the 2013 Stefano Braccini Thesis Prize will soon be open. Both prizes recognize outstanding PhD theses in the general area of gravitational waves. To better serve the community, GWIC and the Friends of Stefano Braccini have moved to coordinate the two Prizes. From now on, there will be a common call for nominations, and all theses submitted will be considered for both awards by a joint selection committee. Two winners will be selected, with the GWIC Thesis Prize emphasizing the impact of the research on the field of gravitational wave science, while the Braccini Thesis Prize will be awarded with an emphasis on innovation. Members of the gravitational wave community are invited to nominate students who have performed notable research on any aspect of gravitational wave science. Theses will be judged on 1) originality and creativity of the research, 2) importance to the field of gravitational waves and gravitational wave detection, broadly interpreted, and 3) clarity of presentation. Each winner will receive a certificate of recognition and a prize of US$1,000. Since 2010, GWIC has recommended the GWIC Prize Thesis for the book series Springer Theses. Subject to certain qualifications, Springer Theses publishes exceptional Ph.D. theses in the physical sciences in their entirety. Beginning in 2013, the Braccini Prize winner will also be recommended to Springer. If accepted, the winner will receive an additional 500 from Springer upon publication. Eligibility: Both prizes are award on a calendar year basis. Theses should have been accepted by their institutions between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013. It is expected that many of the nominations will come from the member projects of GWIC, but this is not a requirement. Nominated theses may be in any language. A committee selected from the gravitational wave community will evaluate the nominations and select the winner. The selection committee will make all determinations about eligibility. A second announcement with instructions about how to submit nominations will be issued on December 1. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. Nominations open: 2014 IUPAP GRG Young Scientist Prize ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8844 Additional Information: http://www.isgrg.org/IUPAPprize.php Nomination Deadline 1 February 2014 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 2014, 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. 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. 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 2014. The winner will be announced on 14 March 2014 and the award made shortly thereafter. The official presentation of the award will be made at the GR21 conference in 2016. Through the generosity of Prof. Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U), an Ashtekar Travel Award of $1000 will be presented to the winner as partial support for travel to GR21. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Fudan Winter School on Astrophysical Black Holes, Shanghai, China (2nd circular) 1.2. CoCoNuT Meeting 2013, Meudon, Paris 1.3. 7th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation 1.4. Advances in Mathematical Relativity: A Conference in Honor of Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, IHES, France 2. Jobs 2.1. Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Network Postdoc at Georgia Tech 2.2. Faculty Position, School of Physics - Georgia Tech 2.3. Postdoctoral Position in Relativity at the University of Chicago 2.4. Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at the Univeristy of Illinois 2.5. Postdoc in Mathematical Relativity at Memorial University 2.6. PostDoc Position on Numerical MHD simulations of Accreting Neutron Stars at Leiden Observatory 2.7. PhD Position on the Spin Evolution of Neutron Stars at Leiden Observatory 2.8. Postdoctoral position in Black Hole Physics at CBPF, Rio de Janeiro 2.9. Postdoctoral position in gravitational physics at the University of New Brunswick 2.10. PhD and MSc positions in gravitational physics at the University of New Brunswick 3. News 3.1. New book: "Relativistic Hydrodynamics", by Luciano Rezzolla and Olindo Zanotti 3.2. New book: "Special Relativity in General Frames" by Eric Gourgoulhon 3.3. Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize 2014 edition 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: Cosmology with Euclid / Testing GR with Space-Based GW Detectors / Near-Horizon Geometries of Extremal Black Holes 3.5. New CQG focus issue on Massive Gravity edited by Shinji Mukohyama 3.6. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics announces BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. Fudan Winter School on Astrophysical Black Holes, Shanghai, China (2nd circular) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/10/fudan-winter-school-on-astrophysica… Starting: 2014-02-10 to 2014-02-15 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://bambi2014.fudan.edu.cn/school2014 Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Black holes are very fascinating and peculiar objects. According to General Relativity, uncharged black holes are completely specified by only two parameters, the mass M and the spin angular momentum J. In the last 40 years, we have discovered at least two classes of astrophysical black hole candidates: stellar-mass objects in X-ray binary systems and super-massive black hole candidates at the center of every normal galaxy. The mass of these objects can be inferred by robust dynamical measurements, by studying the orbital motion of gas or individual stars around them. The determination of the spin J is much more difficult and it is a hot topic of contemporary astrophysics. Then, there are still many open questions: What is the origin of the jets produced in the region around these objects? How could super-massive black holes become so heavy? Are these objects the Kerr black holes predicted by General Relativity? All our open questions may be addressed by studying the properti es of the electromagnetic radiation emitted in the accretion process and, hopefully in a not distant future, by observing the gravitational waves emitted by these systems. This school consists of series of lectures on specific topics given by experts in the field and some short research talks. It is mainly intended for Master/PhD students and young postdocs working on high energy astrophysics, both for theorists and for observers. We plan also to arrange a few sessions for short presentations given by young participants. Lecturers: Tomaso Belloni (INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) Black Hole Binaries Kostas Kokkotas (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) Gravitational Waves from Black Holes Jean-Pierre Lasota (Institut dAstrophysique de Paris) Black Hole Accretion Disks James Steiner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Measuring the Mass and the Spins of Black Holes Feng Yuan (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) Formation mechanisms of outflows and jets Organizers: Cosimo Bambi (Fudan, Shanghai), Chair Lingyao Kong (Fudan, Shanghai) Zilong Li (Fudan, Shanghai) Daniele Malafarina (Fudan, Shanghai) Naoki Tsukamoto (Fudan, Shanghai) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. CoCoNuT Meeting 2013, Meudon, Paris --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/18/coconut-meeting-2013/ Starting: 2013-12-04 to 2013-12-06 Location: Meudon, France Additional Information: http://www.uv.es/coconut/Meudon2013 Contact: jerome.novak[AT]obspm.fr 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. More information about the CoCoNuT code can be found in: http://www.uv.es/coconut/ The emphasis of the meeting this year shall be put on formulations of Einstein equations. Recent progress and future developments of these fields and of the CoCoNuT code shall be discussed, but not exclusively. Possible topics of the meeting are: · Gravitational waves. · Black hole excision techniques. · Numerical methods. Together with the usual suspects: · Core collapse simulations. · Magnetic fields. · Structure of neutron stars. · Microphysics and neutrino transport. The purpose of the CoCoNuT meeting is twofold: on the one hand it is intended as a regular (yearly so far) meeting of the CoCoNuT users, but it also serves as an opportunity to interchange ideas with users of similar numerical codes. Therefore the attendance to the meeting of anyone outside the CoCoNuT community is welcome. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 7th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/29/7th-australasian-conference-on-gene… Starting: 2013-12-08 to 2013-12-11 Location: Hamilton Island, QLD, Australia Additional Information: http://acgrg7.org/ Contact: daniel.shaddock[AT]anu.edu.au EXTENSION OF EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: The period for which the early bird fee may be paid has been extended by one week until TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER, 2013. ACGRG7, the next meeting in the biennial series of conferences organised by the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (ASGRG) will be held on Hamilton Island, Queensland in December. There will be a welcome reception in the evening of Sunday 8th December, and the scientific program will run from Monday 9th to the evening of Wednesday 11th December inclusive. Hamilton Island is situated in the Whitsunday Archipelago in the Great Barrier Reef and is famous for its azure waters, brilliant beaches and spectacular coral reefs. Direct flights to the island depart daily from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Cairns. Participants should register as soon as possible at http://acgrg7.org/ Abstracts are due by 18 October 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Advances in Mathematical Relativity: A Conference in Honor of Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, IHES, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8699 Starting: 2014-01-09 to 2014-01-10 Location: IHÉS (Bures-sur-Yvette, France) Additional Information: http://www.ihes.fr/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?document_id=3391&portlet_id=14 Contact: jasserand[AT]ihes.fr 9-10 January 2014, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - Le Bois-Marie 35, route de Chartres 91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat has made many deep and lasting contributions to mathematical and physical aspects of General Relativity, starting with her epoch-making 1952 proof of the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for Einstein's equations. On the occasion of her 90th birthday (29 December 2013), recent advances in mathematical relativity will be presented by leading experts. The invited speakers include: Demetrios Christodoulou (ETH, Zuerich) Piotr Chrusciel (University of Vienna) Helmut Friedrich (AEI, Golm) Jim Isenberg (University of Oregon) Sergiu Klainerman (Princeton University) Vincent Moncrief (Dpt of Physics and Mathematics, Yale University) Tommaso Ruggeri (University of Bologna) More information will be posted at http://www.ihes.fr/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?document_id=3391&portlet_id=14 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Network Postdoc at Georgia Tech ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/11/theoretical-and-computational-astro… Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Additional Information: http://www.cra.gatech.edu Contact: plaguna[AT]gatech.edu Applications are invited for a theoretical astrophysics postdoctoral position at the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This position is supported under the auspices of a NSF-funded Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Network (TCAN) spanning Yale University (PI Priya Natarajan); University of Maryland (PI Chris Reynolds) and Georgia Tech (PI Pablo Laguna, and David Ballantyne, Tamara Bogdanovic, John Wise Co-Is). The focus of this network is the multi-scale physics of massive black hole formation, fueling and feedback, including the dynamics and thermodynamics of hot baryons. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct theoretical and computational research in this focus area, collaborating closely with scientists at the other two nodes in the network. For this Georgia Tech position, candidates with a strong background in cosmology, structure formation, and black hole formation and fueling in the early universe are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Physics, Astronomy or a related field by the start date of the position (Sept-2014). The initial appointment will be for two years, renewable for a third year subject to performance and funding. To apply, please send a CV, bibliography, and statement of research interests/accomplishments (in the form of a single PDF file) to tcanpostdoc[AT]physics.gatech.edu by 1st December 2013. Please also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same email address by 1st December 2013. Georgia Tech is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and we particularly encourage applications from women and members of minority groups. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Faculty Position, School of Physics - Georgia Tech ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/12/faculty-position-school-of-physics-… Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Additional Information: http://www.physics.gatech.edu Contact: plaguna[AT]gatech.edu Tenure-Track Faculty Position School of Physics Georgia Institute of Technology The School of Physics of the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position beginning Fall 2014. Applications for an Associate or Full Professor level position may also be considered for exceptionally qualified individuals. Targeted research areas are: Experimental and Observational Astrophysics (including Astro-Particle and Gravitational-Wave Physics), and Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter (including Hard and Soft). Successful applicants are expected to direct an active program of funded research and to teach effectively at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants should email to faculty.search[AT]physics.gatech.edu the following documents in PDF format: 1) cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae including a full list of publications and relevant teaching experience, 3) a research plan for the next five years (maximum 3 pages), and 4) a statement of teaching philosophy and experience (maximum 1 page). In addition, junior applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference emailed separately to the same address. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2013. Georgia Tech is a unit of the University System of Georgia and an equal education/employment opportunity institution. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Position in Relativity at the University of Chicago ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/15/postdoctoral-position-in-relativity… Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Chicago, USA Additional Information: http://danielholz.com Contact: relativityPD[AT]uchicago.edu Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Scholar appointment in the Relativity Group at the University of Chicago. The position is expected to start on or around September 2014. The UChicago Relativity Group consists of Daniel Holz, Robert Wald, and Robert Geroch (emeritus). Particular areas of interest include mathematical aspects of general relativity and the interplay of general relativity with astrophysics and cosmology, although applications from all subfields of relativity are welcome. To apply, please send your CV, publication list, and statement of research interests to relativityPD[AT]uchicago.edu. Please also arrange for three letters of reference to be emailed to the same address. To be assured of full consideration, all application materials should be received by December 1, 2013. Priority will be given to those having received their Ph.D. in 2010 or later. The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at the Univeristy of Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8665 Deadline: 2013-11-01 Location: Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA Additional Information: https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/ Contact: cardaron[AT]illinois.edu Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate position in the Illinois Relativity Group. The candidate should have research experience in numerical relativity, computational hydrodynamics or computational MHD. A background in general relativity and relativistic astrophysics 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 Shannon Cardaronella at cardaron[AT]illinois.edu if you have any questions. Applications should be posted by NOV 1, 2013 for full consideration. The starting date of the position is AUG 16, 2014. The Illinois Relativity Group is developing the tools of numerical relativity, computational hydrodynamics and computational MHD to tackle diverse problems in general relativity and astrophysics. Recent topics include the inspiral and coalescence of compact binaries (binary black holes, binary neutron stars, binary black hole-neutron stars and binary white dwarf-neutron stars), the generation of gravitational waves, magnetorotational stellar collapse, gas accretion onto black holes and binary black holes, the formation and cosmological growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe, and the dynamics of self-interacting dark matter halos. Some of our work is geared to identifying astrophysically plausible, strong-field sources of gravitational waves and calculating gravitational waveforms for detection by laser interferometers, such as Advanced LIGO/VIRGO and eLISA. For these sources we are also exploring counterpart electromagnetic signals, where the later may inclu de optical, UV and X-ray emission and gamma-ray bursts. The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Postdoc in Mathematical Relativity at Memorial University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/20/postdoc-in-mathematical-relativity-… Deadline: 2013-11-15 Location: St. John's, NL, Canada Additional Information: http://www.math.mun.ca/~ibooth/ Contact: ibooth[AT]mun.ca The Gravity Group at Memorial University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in mathematical relativity to start in Fall 2014. The gravity group is made up of two professors (Ivan Booth and Hari Kunduri) along with three PhD students, three MSc students and several undergraduates. Our department also includes other (non-relativist) mathematical physicists and topologists with whom we have close ties. Applicants should send a CV and Statement of Research Interests and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to ibooth[AT]mun.ca Electronic versions in PDF format are strongly preferred but if you have to send physical copies, mail them to: Ivan Booth Department of Mathematics and Statistics Memorial University, St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 5S7 Canada Review of the applications will begin on November 15, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. PostDoc Position on Numerical MHD simulations of Accreting Neutron Stars at Leiden Observatory ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8678 Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Leiden, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://jobs.strw.leidenuniv.nl/2013/patrunoPD Contact: patruno[AT]strw.leidenuniv.nl Applications are invited for a 3-yr Postdoctoral Research Position at the Leiden Observatory (Leiden University) to work in the new Compact Objects group of Dr. Alessandro Patruno. The main target of this position is to integrate theoretical models with numerical computations to study the magnetic field evolution of accreting neutron stars. Candidates with previous experience of magneto-hydrodynamic simulations are particularly encouraged to apply, although we are interested in any motivated candidate working in a field related to theoretical and/or numerical astrophysics. Successful candidates will have access to our computing facilities at Leiden Observatory and will have also the opportunity to interact and collaborate with other leading groups in the field. In particular two visits are planned (within the 3 years): one at Cornell University with prof. Marina Romanova and her group and one at the University of Bonn with Dr. Jon Braithwaite and the stellar astrophysics gr oup. The nominal starting date is April 1, 2014, but different starting dates are possible and negotiable. The position is fully funded for three years. Please submit applications electronically at: http://jobs.strw.leidenuniv.nl/2013/patrunoPD by December 1, 2013. The application should include a CV, a brief research statement (max 3 pages), list of publications, a cover letter and the contact information of three referees. Further information about the Leiden Observatory can be found here: http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/research/ Leiden Observatory, founded in 1633, is the oldest university astronomy department in the world. With about 25 faculty, over 40 postdoctoral associates and about 75 PhD students it is the largest astronomy department in theNetherlands. Leiden is a charming university town with an international flair. Most Leiden researchers have an international background. English is the common language. For more information, dont hesitate to contact Alessandro Patruno at patruno[AT]strw.leidenuniv.nl and visit the website www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~patruno Included Benefits: Leiden University offers comprehensive benefits including paid vacation, sick leave, disability insurance, maternity and parental leave, and retirement benefits +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. PhD Position on the Spin Evolution of Neutron Stars at Leiden Observatory ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8679 Deadline: 2013-11-15 Location: Leiden, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://jobs.strw.leidenuniv.nl/2013/patrunoPhD Contact: patruno[AT]strw.leidenuniv.nl Applications are invited for a PhD research position (4-years) to work with Dr. Alessandro Patruno and his new Compact Objects research group at the Leiden Observatory. The position is fully funded by an NWO Vidi grant awarded to the project? Hints of New Physics in Pulsating Neutron Stars. The PhD researcher will carry out a comprehensive study of accreting neutron stars and radio pulsars to constrain the behaviour of the nuclear force at ultra-high densities and possible mechanisms for the emission of gravitational waves. This is achieved by understanding how the neutron star spin evolves with time and what is the maximum rotational frequency that neutron stars can reach in their lifetime. The PhD researcher will work on X-ray, optical and radio data collected with different space and ground based observatories. An intense interpretative work will also be conducted and some theoretical work is also expected. The PhD researcher will also have the opportunity to work and interact for a few months at the University of Southampton with prof. N. Andersson and his group. The position comes with a competitive salary and full benefits. The application review process will begin on November 15, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. The starting dates are negotiable with a preference for an early start (March/April 2014). Applicants are requested to upload a CV, a brief statement of research interests and experience, and contact information for two referees. Application forms are available at http://jobs.strw.leidenuniv.nl/2013/patrunoPhD For more information, dont hesitate to contact Alessandro Patruno at patruno[AT]strw.leidenuniv.nl and visit the website http://strw.leidenuniv.nl/~patruno More information about research at Leiden Observatory can be found at http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/research/. Leiden Observatory, founded in 1633, is the oldest university astronomy department in the world. With about 25 faculty, over 40 postdoctoral associates and about 75 PhD students it is the largest astronomy department in the Netherlands. Leiden is charming university town with an international flair. Most Leiden researchers have an international background. English is the common language. Included Benefits: Leiden University offers comprehensive benefits including paid vacation, sick leave, disability insurance, maternity and parental leave, and retirement benefits +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoctoral position in Black Hole Physics at CBPF, Rio de Janeiro ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/30/funding-for-postdoctoral-research-i… Deadline: 2013-11-01 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.cbpf.br/~mcasals/Postdoc.html Contact: mcasals[AT]cbpf.br Applications are now open for the "Young Talents" scholarships within the "Science without Borders" program, a recent joint effort of the Brazilian agencies CAPES and CNPq. These are generous postdoctoral scholarships for carrying out research in a Brazilian institution for a duration of 2 to 3 years with a starting date between February and April 2014. The application must be submitted by the host researcher in Brazil and the deadline is November 1, 2013. Another type of funding for postdoctoral research in Brazil is awarded by the agency CNPq alone. This funding has a duration of typically 1 year (some times extendable to 2 years), a starting date between June and September 2014 and a deadline of January 31, 2014. (Note that the call with this deadline is not open yet but it will very soon). If you wish to apply for funding for a postdoctoral position in Black Hole Physics in the Department of Cosmology, Relativity and Astrophysics (ICRA) at the research centre Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF) in Rio de Janeiro, please email a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and a statement of research interests to Marc Casals at mcasals[AT]cbpf.br. If you wish to apply for a "Young Talents" scholarship please do so as soon as possible before the deadline of November 1. For further information on the above and other funding possibilities for either postdoctoral research or postgraduate studies and on research activities at ICRA-CBPF, you may see http://www.cbpf.br/~mcasals/Postdoc.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoctoral position in gravitational physics at the University of New Brunswick ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8705 Deadline: 2013-12-01 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Additional Information: http://www.math.unb.ca/~gravity/positions.html Contact: gravity.unb[AT]unb.ca The gravity group at the University of New Brunswick (http://www.math.unb.ca/~gravity/) invites applications for a two year postdoctoral position starting in September 2014 (or sooner), subject to the availability of funds. The UNB gravity group consists of three faculty members: Jack Gegenberg, Viqar Husain and Sanjeev Seahra. Typically, the group also includes 1-2 postdoctoral researchers, 2-4 graduates students and 1-3 undergraduate student members. Our main areas of research are general relativity and its modifications, quantum gravity and cosmology. Group members have access to the ACEnet (http://www.ace-net.ca) high performance computing facility. Please send a complete CV and statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to gravity.unb[AT]unb.ca. Informal enquires may be directed to any gravity group faculty member. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2013 and continue until the position is filled. It is possible for exceptional candidates to be nominated for an Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) (http://www.aarms.math.ca) postdoctoral fellowship. If you wish to be considered for this award, we must receive a complete application package by December 1, 2013. (Please note that we must receive and process your application before it is sent to AARMS.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. PhD and MSc positions in gravitational physics at the University of New Brunswick ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8709 Deadline: 2014-02-01 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Additional Information: http://www.math.unb.ca/~gravity/positions.html Contact: gravity.unb[AT]unb.ca The gravity group at the University of New Brunswick (http://www.math.unb.ca/~gravity/) is seeking students to begin masters (MSc) or doctoral studies (PhD) in September 2014 (or sooner). Applicants should have a degree in physics or mathematics from a recognized university. The group consists of three faculty members: Jack Gegenberg, Viqar Husain and Sanjeev Seahra. Typically, the group also includes 1-2 postdoctoral researchers, 2-4 graduates students and 1-3 undergraduate student members. Our main areas of research are general relativity and its modifications, quantum gravity and cosmology. Group members have access to the ACEnet (http://www.ace-net.ca) high performance computing facility. Please send a complete CV and arrange for up to three letters of reference to be sent to gravity.unb[AT]unb.ca. Informal enquires may be directed to any gravity group faculty member. Complete application packages must be received by February 1, 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New book: "Relativistic Hydrodynamics", by Luciano Rezzolla and Olindo Zanotti ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/28/new-book-relativistic-hydrodynamics… Additional Information: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198528906.do Relativistic Hydrodynamics Luciano Rezzolla, Olindo Zanotti Oxford University Press, 2013 Hard back, 752 pages, 128 colour illustrations, available as ebook Contents and reviews at http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198528906.do Price: 55 GPB/70 EUR; 20% discount available for hyperspace readers. Enter the code AAFLY4 in the promotional code box when adding to the basket (offer valid till 30.11.13). Relativistic hydrodynamics is a very successful theoretical framework to describe the dynamics of matter from scales as small as those of colliding elementary particles, up to the largest scales in the universe. This book provides an up-to-date, lively, and approachable introduction to the mathematical formalism, numerical techniques, and applications of relativistic hydrodynamics. The topic is typically covered either by very formal or by very phenomenological books, but is instead presented here in a form that will be appreciated both by students and researchers in the field. The topics covered in the book are the results of work carried out over the last 40 years, which can be found in rather technical research articles with dissimilar notations and styles. The book is not just a collection of scattered information, but a well-organized description of relativistic hydrodynamics, from the basic principles of statistical kinetic theory, down to the technical aspects of numerical methods devised for the solution of the equations, and over to the applications in modern physics and astrophysics. Numerous figures, diagrams, and a variety of exercises aid the material in the book. The most obvious applications of this work range from astrophysics (black holes, neutron stars, gamma-ray bursts, and active galaxies) to cosmology (early-universe hydrodynamics and phase transitions) and particle physics (heavy-ion collisions). It is often said that fluids are either seen as solutions of partial differential equations or as "wet". Fluids in this book are definitely wet, but the mathematical beauty of differential equations is not washed out. Readership: Graduate and post-graduate students, professors, lecturers, and researchers in astrophysics, particle physics, and applied mathematics. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. New book: "Special Relativity in General Frames" by Eric Gourgoulhon ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/07/new-book-special-relativity-in-gene… Additional Information: http://relativite.obspm.fr/sperel/ Special Relativity in General Frames: From Particles to Astrophysics Eric Gourgoulhon Springer, 2013 784 pages Special relativity is presented by adopting a four-dimensional point of view from the start. A distinctive feature of the book is that it doesnt restrict itself to inertial frames and considers accelerated and rotating observers. It is thus possible to treat physical effects such as the Thomas precession or the Sagnac effect in a simple yet precise manner. In the final chapters, more advanced topics like tensorial fields in spacetime, exterior calculus, relativistic hydrodynamics and relativistic gravity are addressed. Illustrated by 178 figures and enriched by many historical notes, this book also presents many applications of special relativity, ranging from particle physics (accelerators, particle collisions, quark-gluon plasma) to astrophysics (relativistic jets, active galactic nuclei), and including practical applications (Sagnac gyrometers, synchrotron radiation, GPS). In addition, the book provides some mathematical developments, such as the detailed analysis of the Lorentz group and its Lie algebra. Contents: 1. Minkowski Spacetime 2. Worldlines and Proper Time 3. Observers 4. Kinematics 1: Motion with Respect to an Observer 5. Kinematics 2: Change of Observer 6. Lorentz Group 7. Lorentz Group as a Lie Group 8. Inertial Observers and Poincaré Group 9. Energy and Momentum 10. Angular Momentum 11. Principle of Least Action 12. Accelerated Observers 13. Rotating Observers 14. Tensors and Alternate Forms 15. Fields on Spacetime 16. Integration in Spacetime 17. Electromagnetic Field 18. Maxwell Equations 19. Energy-Momentum Tensor 20. Energy-Momentum of the Electromagnetic Field 21. Relativistic Hydrodynamics 22. What about Relativistic Gravitation? A. Basic Algebra B. Web Pages C. Special Relativity Books More details on http://relativite.obspm.fr/sperel/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize 2014 edition ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/10/giulio-rampa-thesis-prize-2014-edit… Additional Information: http://www-2.unipv.it/dottorati/scienzeetecnologie/fisica/n/web_PhD/index.p… The University of Pavia is glad to announce the 2014 edition of the Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize For Outstanding Research in Mathematical or Numerical General Relativity. This international prize is sponsored by the University of Pavia to honor the memory of the young physicist Giulio Rampa who, 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. The GRT prize is given, every two years, to a graduate student for outstanding research in mathematical or numerical general relativity. Call for nominations for the 2014 edition of The Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematical or Numerical Relativity The prize has been established in 2011, and is endowed under the terms of a bequest from Nadia and Giorgio Rampa. The GRT prize carries a certificate and a net check for 2,000 together with coverage of travel and local expenses for attending the award ceremony. Any student who graduated in a university or research centre in Europe is eligible to be considered for this prize. European citizenship is NOT required. The prize recipients Ph.D. Thesis must be submitted for consideration by a nominator, preferably via e-mail, to: Secretariat of The Rampa Prize Committee, c/o Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy e-mail: rampa.prize[AT]pv.infn.it Self nominations will not be considered. It is the nominator's responsibility to ensure that his/her candidate submits the required documentation. In particular, all nominated applicants must submit, preferably by e-mail, the application form, a copy of the thesis, a letter of recommendation from their thesis advisor, one or more letters of endorsement substantiating the candidate contributions, thesis reader comments, a one-page abstract of the thesis, and a C.V. to the above address. 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 standing joint committee of the Graduate School in Physics of The University of Pavia and of The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam. The decisions of the Committee are final and will be communicated by May the 31st, 2014. The 2014 prize will be awarded to a Ph. D. Thesis submitted for consideration no later than January 31, 2014, on behalf of students who graduated between January 2012- December 2013. The prize will be presented at the annual Honors Ceremony during the Inauguration of the Graduate Studies Academic Year in Pavia, in December 2014. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: Cosmology with Euclid / Testing GR with Space-Based GW Detectors / Near-Horizon Geometries of Extremal Black Holes ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/13/living-reviews-in-relativity-two-ne… Additional Information: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/ Living Reviews in Relativity has published three new review articles: "Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the Euclid Satellite" by Luca Amendola et al. (Euclid Theory Working Group), "Testing General Relativity with Low-Frequency, Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors" by Jonathan R. Gair et al., "Classification of Near-Horizon Geometries of Extremal Black Holes" by Hari K. Kunduri and James Lucietti. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-6 Luca Amendola et al. (Euclid Theory Working Group) "Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the Euclid Satellite" ACCEPTED: 2013-06-13 PUBLISHED: 2013-09-02 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-6 ABSTRACT: Euclid is a European Space Agency medium-class mission selected for launch in 2019 within the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. The main goal of Euclid is to understand the origin of the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Euclid will explore the expansion history of the Universe and the evolution of cosmic structures by measuring shapes and redshifts of galaxies as well as the distribution of clusters of galaxies over a large fraction of the sky. Although the main driver for Euclid is the nature of dark energy, Euclid science covers a vast range of topics, from cosmology to galaxy evolution to planetary research. In this review we focus on cosmology and fundamental physics, with a strong emphasis on science beyond the current standard models. We discuss five broad topics: dark energy and modified gravity, dark matter, initial conditions, basic assumptions and questions of methodology in the data analysis. This review has been planned and carried out within Euclid's Theory Working Group and is meant to provide a guide to the scientific themes that will underlie the activity of the group during the preparation of the Euclid mission. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-7 Jonathan R. Gair, Michele Vallisneri, Shane L. Larson and John G. Baker "Testing General Relativity with Low-Frequency, Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors" ACCEPTED: 2013-08-19 PUBLISHED: 2013-09-12 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-7 ABSTRACT: We review the tests of general relativity that will become possible with space-based gravitational-wave detectors operating in the $\sim 10^5 1$ Hz low-frequency band. The fundamental aspects of gravitation that can be tested include the presence of additional gravitational fields other than the metric; the number and tensorial nature of gravitational-wave polarization states; the velocity of propagation of gravitational waves; the binding energy and gravitational-wave radiation of binaries, and therefore the time evolution of binary inspirals; the strength and shape of the waves emitted from binary mergers and ringdowns; the true nature of astrophysical black holes; and much more. The strength of this science alone calls for the swift implementation of a space-based detector; the remarkable richness of astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology in the low-frequency gravitational-wave band make the case even stronger. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-8 Kunduri, Hari K. and Lucietti, James "Classification of Near-Horizon Geometries of Extremal Black Holes" ACCEPTED: 2013-09-11 PUBLISHED: 2013-09-25 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-8 ABSTRACT: Any spacetime containing a degenerate Killing horizon, such as an extremal black hole, possesses a well-defined notion of a near-horizon geometry. We review such near-horizon geometry solutions in a variety of dimensions and theories in a unified manner. We discuss various general results including horizon topology and near-horizon symmetry enhancement. We also discuss the status of the classification of near-horizon geometries in theories ranging from vacuum gravity to EinsteinMaxwell theory and supergravity theories. Finally, we discuss applications to the classification of extremal black holes and various related topics. Several new results are presented and open problems are highlighted throughout. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. New CQG focus issue on Massive Gravity edited by Shinji Mukohyama ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/09/13/new-cqg-focus-issue-on-massive-grav… Additional Information: http://j.mp/1daT1tF I am very pleased to bring you this focus issue on Massive Gravity guest edited by Shinji Mukohyama. http://j.mp/1daT1tF The aim of the issue is to highlight some of the recent developments in massive gravity and their phenomenological implications. We hope that these articles will be of interest and beneficial to your research. Best wishes Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity cqg[AT]iop.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics announces BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8656 Additional Information: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/brainstemfestival The BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival will connect remarkable technological innovations to the scientific breakthroughs that make them possible. The festival will feature highly interactive science-centre style exhibits, special presentations, public lectures, Science in the Club events and insider-tours of the world-class facilities of Perimeter Institute. Showcasing cutting edge technology and innovation, Your Future is Now Festival exhibits will deeply engage attendees, inspiring them with the wonders of science, technology and the fundamentals of physics, engineering and mathematics that make this progress possible. Live Webcast Public Lectures features: James Grime, Ray Laflamme and Lucy Hawking. Most tickets are FREE at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/brainstemfestival. ADDRESS: Perimeter Institute 31 Caroline Street North Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5 Event Start Date: September 30, 2013 Event End Date: October 6, 2013 Event Start Time: 8:30 AM (weekdays), 9:00 AM (Saturday), 10:00 AM (Sunday) Event End Time: 9:00 PM (weekdays), 6:00 PM (Saturday), 5:00 PM (Sunday) AGES: All ages TYPE: Festival (Science Festival) outdoor and indoor TICKET PRICE RANGES: FREE to $10 depending on event TICKET PURCHASE: Phone: 519-883-4480 Online: www.perimeterinstitute.ca/members ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 22nd Midwest Relativity Meeting / Compact Objects Meeting 1.2. Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at COSPAR-2014, Moscow 1.3. Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics. 2014 Session on "Gravitational Wave Astrophysics" 1.4. Multi-Messengers from Core-Collapse Supernovae (MMCOCOS) 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral Position in Fluid Mechanics 2.2. Postdoc position in theoretical and computational physics at the University of Trento 2.3. Postdoc at University of Zululand 2.4. PhD scholarships in Mathematical or Computational Relativity at Otago 3. News 3.1. SimulationTools for Mathematica 3.2. The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. 22nd Midwest Relativity Meeting / Compact Objects Meeting --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/08/20/22nd-midwest-relativity-meeting-com… Starting: 2013-10-25 to 2013-10-27 Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA Additional Information: http://www.gravity.phys.uwm.edu/conferences/mwrm2013/ Contact: mwrmco-loc[AT]gravity.phys.uwm.edu The 22nd Midwest Relativity Meeting will be held Friday and Saturday, October 25 and 26, 2013 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and will be followed by a Compact Objects meeting on Sunday October 27. Astrophysical talks on compact objects in the Relativity Meeting will be scheduled for Saturday to give a natural overlap. Each participant in the meetings may present a talk of approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the total number of talks, We intend the Midwest Relativity Meeting to cover a broad range of topics in gravitation physics, including classical and quantum gravity, numerical relativity, relativistic astrophysics, cosmology, gravitational waves and experimental gravity. The third day of science talks will focus on a wider range of topics relating to the astrophysics of compact objects: white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; we encourage submissions of observational and theoretical talks by students, postdocs, and faculty. As this is a regional meeting, many of the participants will be from the United States Midwest and Canada, but researchers and students from other areas are also welcome. A conference website will be open by early September, at which time further details, registration information and abstract submission will be available at http://www.gravity.phys.uwm.edu/conferences/mwrm2013/index.html. There is no conference fee. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at COSPAR-2014, Moscow --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/08/21/gravitational-wave-astrophysics-at-… Starting: 2014-08-02 to 2014-08-10 Location: Moscow, Russia Additional Information: https://www.cospar-assembly.org Contact: imandel[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk Dear colleagues: We would like to bring to your attention a meeting on Gravitational-wave Astrophysics at the next COSPAR assembly. The COSPAR assembly itself is scheduled for August 2-10, 2014, in Moscow, Russia. We don't yet know the exact dates of the GW event [E1.20], but it will take place over ~3 days during this time. Here is a brief event description: Gravitational-wave astronomy will provide us with a new probe of the Universe and enable us to answer deep questions about astrophysics and strong-field general relativity. As the first direct detections of gravitational waves from astrophysical sources are imminent, this is a perfect time to take stock of the available techniques for analyzing signals from gravitational-wave detectors across multiple frequency bands, including ground-based high-frequency detectors such as LIGO and Virgo, proposed space-borne low-frequency detectors such as LISA, and ultra-low frequency data from pulsar timing arrays. We will focus on the problems of inference from the data and the key issues that must be resolved to maximize the scientific payoff of gravitational waves, including multimessenger observations, for astrophysics and tests of general relativity. We invite participants from the LIGO/Virgo/GEO/KAGRA/INDIGO, LISA, and PTA communities, as well as participation from those interested i n binary astrophysics, massive black holes, measurements of gravitational-wave signatures in CMB polarization, tests of gravitation, and astrostatistics. Abstract submission has just opened, and will close on February 14, 2014. We look forward to seeing you in Moscow! Your Scientific Organizing Committee: Will Farr (deputy chair), Jonathan Gair, Ilya Mandel (chair), Cole Miller, Alberto Sesana +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics. 2014 Session on "Gravitational Wave Astrophysics" --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8615 Starting: 2014-04-22 to 2014-04-25 Location: Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain Additional Information: http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014.html Contact: sopuerta[AT]ieec.uab.es We are glad to announce the 2014 edition of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics, devoted to Gravitational Wave Astrophysics. This Workshop will be the third meeting this biennial series and will be held in Sant Cugat (near Barcelona), from April 22nd to April 25th, 2014. Below you will find more information about the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics. The motivation for this meeting is the incremental progress made in different major efforts to use gravitational waves (GWs) for Astronomy: The new generation of advanced ground-based GW observatories (LIGO, VIRGO, KAGRA) is going to come online soon, and is expected to provide the first detections; on the other hand, we are entering a crucial moment for the European-led project eLISA for a space-based detector; in addition, pulsar timing arrays are approaching detection sensitivities. Then, it is an excellent moment to bring together experts on the different aspects of Astrophysics related to GW detection, from the mechanisms for source formation (including event rate estimations) to the impact that the observations may have on the different branches of Astrophysics, including the role of data analysis developments and source modelling techniques. The workshop will consists in a series of plenary talks plus contributed talks, with no more than hundred participants. The list of plenary speaker will be announced soon. One of the outcomes of these meetings is a Springer monograph where the contributions from participants would become a state-of-the-art summary of the workshop topic, Gravitational Wave Astrophysics for the 2014 edition. The web registration for the 2014 Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on "Gravitational Wave Astrophysics" is open at the conference website http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum/2014.html Registration fees: 300 Euros up to February 28th, 2014 (300 Euros at the Registration Desk) The registration fee will cover: Access to the workshop & workshop materials, a copy of the Session Book (to be sent directly to the delegate address), welcome cocktail, workshop dinner, and coffee breaks. Participants who would like to contribute a talk in the parallel sessions can apply by submitting a title and abstract in the registration website. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 June 2013. Participants will be informed shortly afterwards whether their contribution has been accepted. Sant Cugat Forum Award for Young Scientists: From all contributed works by graduate scientists or postdoctoral fellows within 2 years of their PhD that are willing to apply for the award, the Scientific Organizing Committee will choose the Best Work by a Young Scientist. There will be a symbolic cash amount (TBD), an Award certificate, and a token of recognition related to Sant Cugat (typically a local artist painting). If you would like to be consider for the Award, there will be a place to note so in your abstract submission. International Scientific Organizing Committee: Nils Andersson (University of Southampton, UK) Pierre Binetruy (APC-Paris, France) Monica Colpi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) Enrique Garcia-Berro (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain) Philippe Jetzer (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Kostas Kokkotas (University of Tuebingen, Germany) Pablo Laguna (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Alicia M. Sintes (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain) Carlos F. Sopuerta (IEEC-CSIC, Spain) Alberto Vecchio (University of Birmingham, UK) Local Organizing Committee: Carlos F. Sopuerta (IEEC-CSIC, chair) Daniel Santos (IEEC-CSIC) Ivan LLoro (IEEC-CSIC) Anna Bertolín (IEEC-CSIC) Pilar Montes (IEEC-CSIC) Diego F. Torres (ICREA & IEEC-CSIC, Sant Cugat Forum) The Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics is a framework designed to host international meetings of scientists directed to analyze violent phenomena in the Universe. Together with the nice environment of the village of Sant Cugat, the Forum provides a stimulating environment for research. We look forward to seeing you in Sant Cugat. Best regards, Carlos F. Sopuerta on behalf of the Local Organizing Committee Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC) ---------- MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SANT CUGAT FORUM ON ASTROPHYSICS (http://www.ice.csic.es/research/forum) The Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics is a framework (contacts, infrastructure, format, make) to host international workshop-like meetings in a biennial basis. It was founded on April 2009 by Prof. Diego Torres (IEEC-CSIC and ICREA) motivated by the combination of the nice environment of the village together with its sensitivity to science and technology. In front of the venue there is the best preserved benedictine monastery, which is inside the villages nucleus with 60% of the streets begin pedestrian ones. There is a 4 star hotel with affordable prices 300 meters from the meeting room (there are several other hotels nearby). There is also the possibility to be accommodated in Barcelona downtown since there are trains every 5-10 minutes going to and from Plaza Catalunya (at the very center of Barcelona) that take 25 minutes. The two previous meetings were: * April 2010: Workshop on The High-Energy Emission from Pulsars and their Systems. * April 2012: Workshop on Cosmic-ray induced phenomenology in star-forming environments. This series of meeting have the following International Advisory Committee: Prof. X. Barcons (IFCA, Spain) Prof. C. Cesarsky (CEA, France) Prof. K.S. Cheng (Hong Kong, China) Prof. M. Longair (Cambridge U., UK) Prof. O. Reimer (Innsbruck U., Austria) Prof. S. Sarkar (Oxford U. & Bohr Institute, Denmark) In the years in between workshops there is at least one relatively important outreach event. This year there is an itinerant exhibition on the evolution of the Universe, and all the 22 Sant Cugat schools will visit it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Multi-Messengers from Core-Collapse Supernovae (MMCOCOS) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/08/29/multi-messengers-from-core-collapse… Starting: 2013-12-02 to 2013-12-06 Location: Fukuoka, Japan Additional Information: http://www.cis.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/~kkotake/sn_MM13.html Contact: kkotake[AT]fukuoka-u.ac.jp The aim of the workshop is to set an opportunity for specialists around the world who are now touching to 3D, general relativistic, Boltzmann neutrino transport to meet together and have exciting discussions with world-leading observers (including KAGRA, Super-Kamiokande, Subaru, Suzaku, etc) and their data-analyst on the SN multi messengers produced deep inside the central core. Such an exciting encounter that is intended to bridge theory and observation, will provide wonderful opportunities to start a future collaboration, only by which a great progress will be brought about on our understanding of time-honored puzzles about supernova mechanisms. Topics: - Explosion theory of core-collapse supernovae - How to detect neutrinos and gravitational waves from next nearby supernova event and what we can learn from them ? - Nucleosynthesis - Strategy toward multi-messenger astronomy of compact objects - Roles of magnetic fields - Weak interactions and equations of state for dense matter - Supernova Remnants - Efficient supercomputing algorithms for stellar core-collapse simulations Tentative Invited Speakers (* to be confirmed): M. Ando (U Tokyo) S. Couch (U Chicago) K. Hayama (Osaka-city U) S. Horiuchi (UCI) S. Katsuda (RIKEN) J. Kneller (NC state) Y. Koshio (U Okayama) Y. Masada (U Kobe) B. Messer (ORNL) K. Nakazato (TUS) M. Obergaulinger (U Valencia) C. Ott (Caltech) G. Shen (TU Darmstadt) F. Salemi (AEI)* T. Takiwaki (NAOJ) M. Tanaka (NAOJ) M. Vagins (IPMU) S. Wanajo (NAOJ) S. Yamada (Waseda U) Scientific Organizers: K. Sato (NINS), S. Yamada (Waseda U), Kohsuke Sumiyoshi (Numazu College),Tomoya Takiwaki (NAOJ),Yudai Suwa (YITP), Takami Kuroda (Basel U), Kei Kotake (Fukuoka U: co-ordinator) Contact: kkotake [at] fukuoka-u.ac.jp Supported by Grants-in-Aid for the Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan (Nos. 23540323, 23340069, and 24244036) and by HPCI Strategic Program of Japanese MEXT. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral Position in Fluid Mechanics ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8538 Deadline: 2013-10-01 Location: Haifa, Israel Additional Information: http://www1.technion.ac.il/en Contact: postdoc[AT]tx.technion.ac.il Field: fluid dynamics Contacts: (1) Professor Alex Oron; Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 ISRAEL (2) Professor Yehuda Agnon, Address: Department of Civil Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 ISRAEL Job description: This theoretical (analytical/numerical) research will be focused on modeling in the field of viscous flow in the presence of free surfaces including application to thermoacoustics. The position is for 2 years available from October 1, 2013. Prerequisite: PhD in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or Physics with an emphasis on Fluid Mechanics. Required language: English in a good level of speaking, writing, reading, comprehension and communication. Please submit curriculum vitae, transcripts (grades), degree certificate (s), a list of at least three references by e-mail to postdoc[AT]tx.technion.ac.il To be eligible the successful applicants should have less than 4 years of research experience, after PhD. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoc position in theoretical and computational physics at the University of Trento ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/08/04/postdoc-position-in-theoretical-and… Deadline: 2013-09-09 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/bando/30860/department-of-physics-call-for-th… Contact: bruno.giacomazzo[AT]jila.colorado.edu The laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Physics at the University of Trento (Italy) is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to join one of the ongoing activities on: Theory of fundamental interactions (Numerical Relativity; Relativistic theories of gravitation; Astroparticle physics; Phenomenology and collider physics), Nuclear and subnuclear physics (QCD, hadrons and parton dynamics; few-and many-body systems), Physics of Matter (Quantum gases; Physics of biomolecular systems). The position is for one year (starting no later than December 2nd 2013) and it is renewable for another year (subject to funds availability). The deadline for application is September 9th 2013. Applicants should have a PhD in an area pertinent to the research fields listed above. Application and required documents: 1) Completed application form to be downloaded at http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/bando/30860/department-of-physics-call-for-th… 2) Research program 3) Curriculum vitae 4) List of publications 5) Letters of reference (max. 3) All documents must be sent 1. by fax to +39 0461 281699 or 2. by email to ateneo[AT]pec.unitn.it from an institutional email address Those using fax may send extended files containing only research program, curriculum vitae, list of publications in zipped form to ateneo[AT]pec.unitn.it. The reference letters must be sent from the reference persons directly to Marco.Traini[AT]unitn.it. The University of Trento is ranked among the top 5 universities in Italy (first for quality of research according to national rankings). The city of Trento is located on the Italian Dolomites and it is very well connected with several destinations in Italy and Europe. More information about the Physics Department of the University of Trento can be found at: http://www.unitn.it/en/dphys +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoc at University of Zululand ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/08/12/postdoc-at-university-of-zululand/ Deadline: 2013-08-15 Location: Kwa-Dlangezwa, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.uzulu.ac.za Contact: beeshama[AT]unizulu.ac.za Several postdoc fellowships valued at R240 000 per annum are available on a competitive basis across the University tenable for 2 years. I would be happy to act as mentor for anyone interested in working in relativity and cosmology. Details are available at the URL below, and interested persons can contact me for the application and referee forms. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. PhD scholarships in Mathematical or Computational Relativity at Otago ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/08/29/phd-scholarships-in-mathematical-or… Deadline: 2014-02-28 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand Additional Information: http://www.otago.ac.nz/study/scholarships Contact: joergf[AT]maths.otago.ac.nz Applications are invited for 3-year PhD scholarships in Mathematical or Computational Relativity, at the University of Otago, New Zealand. The Relativity Group at the University of Otago consists of three permanent staff (F. Beyer, J. Frauendiener and J. Hennig) and, currently, two research fellows and three PhD students. The research interests include mathematical and numerical properties of the conformal field equations, gravitational waves, Fuchsian methods, cosmological space-times, exact solutions, transformation optics etc. A University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship provides an annual emolument of 25,000 NZD plus tuition fee waiver for 3 years. Applicants should have a First Class honours degree, Masters degree, or equivalent, specialising in an area of Applied Mathematics, preferably with some prior knowledge in General Relativity and numerical methods. The scholarships are available to both International and Domestic students. Interested? Then, you should apply for a University of Otago Postgraduate Scholarship by downloading the appropriate application form the Scholarships Office website at: Enquiries to: Prof. J. Frauendiener (Phone: +64 3 479 7770, Email: joergf[AT]maths.otago.ac.nz ) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. SimulationTools for Mathematica ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8574 Additional Information: http://simulationtools.org 15th August 2013 We present SimulationTools for Mathematica (http://simulationtools.org/) available as free software under the GNU General Public License. SimulationTools is a Mathematica application for analysing data from numerical simulations. It has a modular design applicable to general grid-based numerical simulations, and contains specific support for the Cactus code, with a focus on the field of Numerical Relativity and the Einstein Toolkit. SimulationTools provides a functional, programmable interface to simulation data. A highly-optimised HDF5 module can be used for reading HDF5 data from production simulations, including 1D, 2D and 3D grid data produced by the Carpet code. Simulation details such as filenames, file formats, and details of parallel I/O are hidden from the user. Numeric data with attached coordinate information is manipulated using new data types. Many useful new functions are defined on these types, and most built-in numerical Mathematica functions such as +, -, *, /, Abs, Sin, Log and Max can be used transparently. There is also support for testing numerical convergence, with automatic resampling onto a common grid if desired. SimulationTools has generic functionality useful for analysis of many types of data, as well as explicit support for codes including Cactus, Carpet, Llama, SimFactory and many other components of the Einstein Toolkit. It provides an overview of the state of a simulation, including speed, memory usage, and physics (e.g. trajectories and waveforms from a binary system). The design is modular, and support for output from other codes can be added. Specific functionality for Numerical Relativity is available. Gravitational waveforms can be read from simulations using natural function semantics, and the waveforms can be manipulated, for example converting between Psi4 and strain and extrapolation to infinity. An abstraction for binary systems provides a convenient interface to the trajectories of members of a binary system tracked with codes from the Einstein Toolkit. Support for reading black hole masses and spins is also included. Data in the Numerical Relativity Data Format (as used in the NINJA and NR-AR projects) can be read using the same functions that are used for normal simulation data. More details are available on the SimulationTools website (http://simulationtools.org) including an extensive feature summary, a list of capabilities and online documentation (http://simulationtools.org/Documentation/English/Tutorials/SimulationTools.…) Tutorials and reference documentation are also available within the standard Mathematica documentation system. Code quality is maintained to a high standard with ~400 unit tests. SimulationTools has been in production use for over 5 years and has been used at several research institutions worldwide. We invite you to try out the code (http://simulationtools.org/download) join the mailing list (http://simulationtools.org/mailman/listinfo/users) and freely use SimulationTools for your research. -- Ian Hinder and Barry Wardell http://numrel.aei.mpg.de/people/hinder http://barrywardell.net/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/08/28/the-daniel-chalonge-medal-2013/ Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge http://chalonge.obspm.fr The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 has been awarded to Professor Gerard F. GILMORE The International School of Astrophysics Daniel Chalonge has awarded the Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 to Professor Gerard F. Gilmore from the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge UK and Fellow of the Royal Society, for his relevant results in the study of our galaxy and dwarf galaxies with great scientific impact on the nature of dark matter, a major subject at the center of the Chalonge School programmes. His successful effort in promoting and leading key missions and collaborations is also highlighted. Gerard Gilmore is lecturer from many years in several colloquia of the School and contributes to it with scientific research, projects and formation of physicists and astrophysicists over the world. The Chalonge medal is a totally surprise award. The medal was presented to Gerard Gilmore on the 26th July 2013 during the open session of the 17th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2013 at the Paris Observatory in the presence of many distinguished scientists and very important personalities. Gerry Gilmore expressed I can confirm the medal was a totally surprise to me. We are then all happy the event successfully attained the objective. The Chalonge Medal is coined exclusively for the Chalonge School by the Hotel de la Monnaie de Paris (the French Mint) and only ten Chalonge medals have been awarded in the 22 year school history: 1991: Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel prize of physics. 1992: Bruno Pontecorvo. 2006: George Smoot, Nobel prize of physics. 2007: Carlos Frenk. 2008: Anthony Lasenby. 2008: Bernard Sadoulet. 2009: Peter Biermann. 2011: John Mather, Nobel prize of physics. 2012: Brian Schmidt, Nobel prize of Physics. 2013: Gerard F. Gilmore, Fellow of the Royal Society With the Chalonge Medal, the International School of Astrophysics Daniel Chalonge confirms its great appreciation to Professor Gerard Gilmore, his precision study of our galaxy and his contribution to the Chalonge School. Announcement, full history and photo gallery: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Medal_Chalonge2013.pdf Gerard Gilmore's Lecture 2013 http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Paris13_Gilmore.pdf Photo Gallery http://chalonge.obspm.fr/album2013/index.html The Chalonge Archives http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Archives_Daniel_Chalonge.html The Chalonge School http://chalonge.obspm.fr With compliments and kind regards Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for August 2013
by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (MG14), Rome 2015 1.2. 7th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation 1.3. Anisotropic Universe: From Microwaves to Ultrahigh Energies 1.4. 4th International Colloquium Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, Prague, CZ 2. Jobs 2.1. CAPES-ICRANet Program 2.2. Academic Program Director at PI 2.3. Postdoctoral position on the numerical study of magnetic fields around black holes 2.4. PhD Positions in Gravitational Physics in Germany 2.5. Associate professorship in applied mathematics or statistics 3. News 3.1. Chalonge School Summer Open Session ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (MG14), Rome 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/31/fourteenth-marcel-grossmann-meeting… Starting: 2015-07-12 to 2015-07-18 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/MG/ Contact: mg14[AT]icra.it This is a preliminary announcement of the dates of the Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics to be held on the campus of the University of Rome "la Sapienza" in Rome, Italy in the year 2015: Onsite registration Sunday July 12, Opening Monday July 13, Closing Saturday July 18, 2015. Further information will be updated here and available at the website. Remo Ruffini, University of Rome, Chair of the International Organizing Committee Robert Jantzen, Villanova University, Chair of the International Coordinating Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 7th Australasian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/31/7th-australasian-conference-on-gene… Starting: 2013-12-08 to 2013-12-11 Location: Hamilton Island, QLD, Australia Additional Information: http://acgrg7.org/ Contact: daniel.shaddock[AT]anu.edu.au The next meeting in the biennial series of conferences organised by the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (ASGRG) will be held on Hamilton Island, Queensland in December. There will be a welcome reception in the evening of Sunday 8th December, and the scientific program will run from Monday 9th to Wednesday 11th December inclusive. Hamilton Island is situated in the Whitsunday Archipelago in the Great Barrier Reef and is famous for its azure waters, brilliant beaches and spectacular coral reefs. Direct flights to the island depart daily from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Cairns. Registration is now open at http://acgrg7.org/ . Early registration closes on 1 October 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Anisotropic Universe: From Microwaves to Ultrahigh Energies --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8467 Starting: 2013-09-25 to 2013-09-27 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Additional Information: http://grappa.science.uva.nl/anisotropies Contact: f.zandanel[AT]uva.nl The study of anisotropies connects and unravels fundamental issues in various fields of astrophysics and cosmology. With the recent experimental progress, it is now possible to analyse, understand, and cross-correlate the anisotropic skies observed by Planck, 2MASS Redshift Survey, Chandra, Fermi, AMS-2, HAWC, IceCube, and Auger -- to cite but a few major instruments that scrutinize the Universe from microwaves to ultrahigh energies in photons, cosmic rays, and neutrinos. Anisotropic features can reveal key information on the structure and the nature of the components of the Universe, and provide hints on the origin of high energy emission. In this workshop, instead of focusing on one particular field, we aim at discussing an interdisciplinary science related to anisotropies and fluctuations in astrophysics and cosmology. Gathering researchers from various backgrounds, we put together our tools and our knowledge on anisotropies and fluctuations. Various methods and theories have been developed in parallel but their use has often been restricted to one particular area. In particular, we will be sharing our experience on: - theoretical predictions of anisotropy signatures, for given configurations of source populations and of the whole Universe; - anisotropy analysis and measurement techniques; - cross-correlation of data from various wavelengths and messengers, fluctuations in time. In particular, the following themes will be discussed: - cosmic microwave background: probing fluctuations of the content of the Universe through space and time; - large-scale structure: galaxy distribution and probes of cosmology; - warm hot intergalactic medium: soft x-rays tracers of the cosmic web, and the missing baryon problem; - dark matter: gamma-rays as tracers of dark matter distribution and signature of annihilation; - cosmic rays from low to ultrahigh energies: arrival directions and connections with magnetic fields. Confirmed invited speakers are: Elena Amato (Osservatorio di Arcetri) Aurelien Benoit-Levy (UCL London) Nico Cappelluti (INAF-Osservatorio Bologna) Erminia Calabrese (Oxford) Renyue Cen (Princeton University) Alessandro Cuoco (University of Turin) Carlos Delgado (CIEMAT Madrid) Elisabeth Fernandez (Kapteyn Groningen) Mattia Fornasa (University of Nottingham) Gwenael Giacinti (Oxford) Eiichiro Komatsu (MPA Garching) Kohta Murase (IAS Princeton) Christoph Pfrommer (HITS Heidelberg) Thomas Reiprich (Bonn University) Anne Schukraft (Aachen) Patrick Younk (Los Alamos National Lab) Besides the 40-minutes invited talks, we plan to have 20-minutes contributed talks. We invite you to register to the workshop through our webpage (http://grappa.science.uva.nl/anisotropies) where you will also find other details about the organisation of the event and accommodation. The number of participants will be limited to about 50. The deadline for registration is 15 August 2013, we will confirm your participation acceptance shortly after. We hope to see you in Amsterdam during 25-27 September 2013. THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Shin'ichiro Ando (GRAPPA Amsterdam) Kumiko Kotera (IAP Paris) Jacco Vink (API & GRAPPA Amsterdam) Fabio Zandanel (GRAPPA Amsterdam) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. 4th International Colloquium Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, Prague, CZ --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8428 Starting: 2013-12-04 to 2013-12-06 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://www.congrexprojects.com/13c15/ Contact: RPS.Galileo.ESA[AT]fmf.uni-lj.si Dear Colleague, We would like to invite you to submit a contribution to the Physics Session of the 4th International Colloquium "Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme". This colloquium intends to bring together leading members of the European scientific community and their international partners. One of its aims is to propose to those in charge of Galileo operations and development means of enhancing the scientific use of Galileo and to contribute to GNSS development based on scientific approaches. During this colloquium the various possibilities to use navigation satellites such as Galileo satellites for scientific purposes shall be reviewed and the question of how these scientific applications can contribute to make the most of the present systems, and define their future evolution will be discussed. The conference will be organized as a series of plenary talks and two parallel half day sessions. The colloquium will address three major areas of research: 1) The fundamental aspects of navigation via satellite signals, in particular those of Galileo: geodetic and temporal reference frames, on board and ground clocks, orbit determination, radiation environment in orbit, fundamental aspects of L-band signal propagation, tropospheric and ionospheric corrections, calibration / validation of time and position determination. 2) Scientific applications in meteorology, geodesy, geophysics, space physics, oceanography, land surface and ecosystem studies, using either direct or reflected signals, differential measurements, phase measurements, radio occultation measurements, using receivers placed on the ground, in airplanes or on satellites. 3) Scientific developments in physics, dealing with future GNSS, particularly in testing relativistic gravitation, in astronomy, in quantum communication; inter-satellite links as operational and scientific tool. Papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts of 600-800 words in length by session convener and the colloquium scientific committee. Abstracts should contain the following information: · Colloquium name (4th International Colloquium "Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme") and proposed topic for the paper · Topic Code(s) (see Topics section below) · Title of paper · Name and affiliation of author(s) · Addresses, e-mail, telephone and fax numbers · Abstract of the paper · Name of the principal author or contact person The author(s) should also indicate whether the paper is proposed for an oral or poster presentation. Abstracts should be submitted before the 30 of April 2013 to the ESA Conference Bureau. They may be submitted by using the form on the Web address: http://congrexprojects.com/13c15/abstract-submission Authors will be notified of the decision of the programme committee by the 1st of July 2013. Author(s) whose papers have been accepted will then receive instructions for the preparation of their full-length paper. The deadline for paper submission is 1 of August 2013. The proceedings (CD-ROM) will be distributed during the Colloquium. KEY DATES 30 April 2013 Abstract deadline (extended) 14 July 2013 (later abstract for the RPS session will be considered) Authors notification and preliminary programme 1 August 2013 Final papers due 15 October 2013 FURTHER CONTACTS AND INFORMATION General questions can be addressed to esa.conference.bureau[AT]esa.int Further information on the Physics session and in particular on the Relativistic frames and Relativistic positioning session can be addressed to RPS.Galileo.ESA[AT]fmf.uni-lj.si The following web address: http://www.congrexprojects.com/13c15/ provides detailed information on the colloquium. Topics Abstracts of original papers are solicited for inclusion in the colloquium programme. The following list of topics can be used as a guideline (please use the code relating to the topic of your paper when submitting your abstract): Earth Sciences The colloquium will address three major areas of research: E01 Geodesy E02 Geodynamics E03 Global Tectonics E04 Reference Frames E05 Ionosphere/Space weather E06 Troposphere E07 Climatology E08 Disaster monitoring E09 Gravity field E10 GNSS remote sensing E11 GNSS reflectometry Physics P01 Space-Time symmetries P02 Fundamental constants P03 Relativistic reference frames P04 Relativistic positioning P05 Equivalence Principle P06 General Relativity and beyond P07 Astrometry, VLBI, Pulsar Timing Metrology M01 Atomic Clocks (Optical and Microwave) M02 Galileo timing system M03 Time scales and time comparison M04 Inter-satellite links M05 Precise Orbit and gravity field determination M06 Signal propagation aspects M07 Positioning and navigation +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. CAPES-ICRANet Program ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/30/capes-icranet-program/ Deadline: Location: Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=721 Contact: ruffini[AT]icra.it; jorge.rueda[AT]ICRA.it Following the entrance of Brazil into the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) in 2007, the many agreements between ICRANet and the universities and research centers in Brazil and Latin America, and the opening of the seat ICRANet-Rio, CAPES and ICRANet promoted a joint program. The aim is to foster the development of the research in Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology between Brazil and the academic centers and Member States of ICRANet. Within this agreement the CAPES-ICRANet Program has been established with the following actions: 1. IRAP PhD CAPES-ICRANet Program: Five fellowships for Brazilian students will be granted each year in the IRAP Ph D Program. Each fellowship will last for three years with the final PhD degree jointly delivered by the academic institutions participating in the program. The starting date of appointment is beginning of September and the deadline for the application is August 20th. For the application: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013.htm 2. CAPES-ICRANet Visitors Program to Brazil A visitor program for senior scientists from ICRANet centers in Asia, Europe, and USA to Brazilian universities and research centers has been opened. This program is specially directed to senior scientists who have given fundamental worldwide recognized contributions to the field of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. During their stay in Brazil, scientists will visit universities and research centers associated with ICRANET. Each visitor can spend up to three years in Brazil and each year up to three months. Five positions will be available each year and the applications are opened during the entire year. For the application: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013_visitors_brazil.htm 3. CAPES-ICRANet Visitors Program to Europe A program to promote scientific visits of university professors and research scientists from Brazil in ICRANet centers in Europe has been established. During their stay in the ICRANet centers, the scientists will be able to visit the universities and research centers associated to the IRAP PhD Program. Visits addressing both theoretical research and observational activities in ICRANet related centers are welcome. Particularly encouraged are research activities synergic with the IRAP PhD Program through the interaction with IRAP graduate students and Faculty Professors. Each year five positions are established, each one of the duration of five months per year. Applications are opened during the entire year. For the application: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013_visitors_europe.htm 4. CAPES-ICRANet Postdoctoral Program Four two-year postdoctoral positions in ICRANet Centers in Europe and Asia, and five two-year postdoctoral positions in Brazilian universities and research centers with signed collaboration agreements with ICRANet and/or with associated scientists to ICRANet, will be opened every year. The deadline for the application is September 1st of each year. All topics related to theoretical and observational activities or data analysis in relativistic astrophysics and cosmology are welcome. For the application to postdoc in Europe and Asia: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013_post_europe.htm For the application to postdoc in Brazil: http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/irapphd/entry2013_post_brazil.htm For further information: http://www.icranet.org (in Portuguese): http://cooperacaointernacional.capes.gov.br http://www.capes.gov.br/cooperacao-internacional/italia/capes-icranet +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Academic Program Director at PI ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/31/academic-program-director/ Deadline: 2013-10-30 Location: Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: www.perimeterinstitute.ca/academic-program-director Contact: awoods[AT]perimeterinstitute.ca Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is a leading international research centre whose goal is to catalyze breakthroughs in our understanding of the physical universe. In keeping with its three pronged mandate of research, training and outreach, Perimeter Institute provides outstanding research training opportunities to students at various stages in their education, from Undergraduate to Master's and Doctoral levels. The Institute offers a dynamic environment and exceptional opportunities to talented students accepted into its programs. Perimeter Institute is currently seeking a dynamic, ambitious and visionary leader to assume the position of Academic Program Director in spring 2014. Working closely with Perimeter's Director, Neil Turok, and Perimeter Faculty, and in collaboration with partnering universities, the Academic Program Director is charged with building upon the institutes existing highly innovative training programs in theoretical physics, including: - Perimeter's Master's program, Perimeter Scholars International - The Perimeter Institute PhD program - Advanced undergraduate and graduate fellowships and internships at Perimeter Perimeter's competitive advantage in providing such training is that it is relatively unconstrained compared to other institutions, giving high flexibility and responsiveness to new developments. Perimeter has generated enormous goodwill and interest internationally, allowing it to recruit many of the best researchers and lecturers worldwide. This in turn helps to attract the best students globally and take them to the cutting edge of research as quickly as possible. Perimeter Scholars International Perimeter's Master's program, Perimeter Scholars International has recently completed its 4th year of operation. The program recruits outstanding students internationally and focuses on developing strong independent research skills. The program has an annual intake of 30 -40 students. Lectures are provided by leading international experts in a 10-month, highly intensive program bringing the students to the cutting edge of research in a wide range of areas of theoretical physics. Graduates receive a Master of Physics degree from the University of Waterloo and a Perimeter Scholars International Certificate. The program is currently being re-worked into a Master-PhD program PhD Studies Perimeter Institute accepts exceptional students wishing to pursue full-time PhD studies under the supervision of a Perimeter faculty member. Students are enrolled in a PhD program at a partnering university, depending on where the Perimeter Supervisor is affiliated. Undergraduate Research Perimeter accepts applications from outstanding undergraduate students to carry out research projects which run each summer from May to mid-August. Successful applicants work with Postdoctoral Fellows at Perimeter on preselected projects. Visiting Graduate Fellows Through the Visiting Graduate Fellowship program, Perimeter Institute offers a unique opportunity for international physics PhD students to expand their perspectives and participate in various research activities at Perimeter for 4 to 12 months. Outstanding students work within their research field, while gaining valuable exposure to other fields of study. Relationships with Academic Partners Perimeter Institute is a non-degree granting institute, working in a highly collaborative fashion with university partners on the delivery of its training programs. Perimeter aims to serve as a focal point for the Canadian and international theoretical physics community. The Institute continuously searches for ways to build mutually beneficial relationships with other institutions, both within Canada and worldwide. Further information on Perimeters training programs can be found at the following link: www.perimeterinstitute.ca/training Applicants for the position of Academic Program Director should have a commitment and passion for interactive, student-centred, discovery-based learning. They should hold a PhD in Theoretical Physics, have senior administrative experience at the university level, strong existing relationships in the academic community and a thorough knowledge of physics curriculum at the undergraduate, masters and PhD levels. A good knowledge of the Canadian academic community is a definite asset. Highly qualified applicants are invited to apply online at www.perimeterinstitute.ca/academic-program-director to submit a cover letter detailing their suitability for the position along with a CV and the names and contact information of three work related references. Applications should be received by October 30, 2013; however applications will be accepted until the position is filled. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority. Perimeter Institute encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples and persons with disabilities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral position on the numerical study of magnetic fields around black holes ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/15/postdoctoral-position-on-the-numeri… Deadline: 2013-08-16 Location: Athens, Greece Additional Information: http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecportal.asp?id=2986&nt=105&lang=1 Contact: icontop[AT]academyofathens.gr Applications are now open for one 1 to 2 year postdoctoral research position at the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens on the numerical study of magnetic fields around astrophysical black holes. Applicants with previous experience in numerical magnetohydrodynamics (preferentially in general relativity) are particularly encouraged to apply. The positions have a starting date in August-September 2013, and will be funded by the Excellence program of the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a photocopy of the PhD degree, a brief statement of current and future research interests and up to three letters of recommendation. Submission and inquires should be addressed to Dr. I. Contopoulos (e-mail: icontop[AT]academyofathens.gr; tel.: +30 2106597167; fax: +30 2106597602) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. PhD Positions in Gravitational Physics in Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8447 Deadline: 2013-09-01 Location: Bremen, Germany; Oldenburg, Germany Additional Information: http://www.models-of-gravity.org Contact: secretariat[AT]models-of-gravity.org The DFG Research Training Group Models of Gravity invites applications for two positions as Research Assistant, salary group (Entgeltgruppe) 13 TV-L 66%, to be appointed on January 1st, 2014. The positions are limited to three years. The Research Training Group consists of gravity groups working at the Universities of Bremen, Oldenburg, Bielefeld, Hannover, Copenhagen, as well as at the Jacobs University Bremen. We intend to obtain a better understanding of Einsteins General Relativity and of generalised theories of gravity as given by, e.g., string theory. These investigations are also related to observations. More information can be found on the website http://www.models-of-gravity.org Responsibilities and Duties: The successful applicants will have the opportunity to work towards a doctoral degree in Gravitational Physics. They are expected to contribute to the teaching programme of the Research Training Group. Employment conditions: To qualify for the position, applicants must hold a Masters degree or a Diploma in Physics, Mathematics or any other relevant discipline, with an above-average success in the present courses of studies. For qualified candidates with a Bachelors degree also a fast-track program is applicable. We expect high dedication and teamwork. All participating universities aim, in particular, to promote women within the scope of the statutory provisions and, hence, emphatically invite qualified women to apply for these positions. Severely disabled applicants are given preferential consideration in the event of equal qualification. Applicants with a migration background are highly welcome. For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl or Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz. Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl ZARM University Bremen claus.laemmerzahl[AT]zarm.uni-bremen.de http://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de or Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz Institute for Physics Carl von Ossietzky-University Oldenburg jutta.kunz[AT]uni-oldenburg.de http://www.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/ Application: The application with a curriculum vitae, certifications, a description of the scientific interest, a conception of the own career, two letters of reference and, if applicable, a list of publications should be sent as one single pdf document via e-mail to secretariat[AT]models-of-gravity.org. Closing date is September 01, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Associate professorship in applied mathematics or statistics ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/23/associate-prof-in-applied-mathemati… Deadline: 2013-09-21 Location: Stavanger, Norway Additional Information: http://www.uis.no/job-opportunities/vacant-positions/associate-professor-in… Contact: sigbjorn.hervik[AT]uis.no The University of Stavanger invites applications for a position as Associate Professor in Mathematics/Statistics at the Faculty of Science and Technology in the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The area of the position is: Applied mathematics or Statistics. The position requires a PhD in mathematics/statistics, or equivalent. The responsibilities comprise research, supervision, teaching, student assessment and administration related to the field above. Qualifications within the areas of creativity, innovation and commercialization of research will be given emphasis in appointments to academic positions at the university. Use of new teaching methods is a priority at the university. The appointee must be prepared to adopt new methods. Associate Professor will the first year participate in NyTi which is the universities guidance and integration program for new teachers. The appointee must be able to document extensive academic qualifications within central areas of the field and, through her/his work, to have demonstrated scientific competence within one or more areas of the discipline. The appointee must be able to document basic competence in teaching or, alternatively, accept to enter a program that provide such competence within a period of two years. The language of instruction is normally Norwegian. The appointee must have a good command of oral and written Norwegian or another Scandinavian language, or acquire such language competence within a period of two years. The appointees must also be prepared to teach classes in English. The position is salaried according to the State Salary Code. For associate professors, l.pl 17.510, code 1011, ltr 61 65, of NOK 508 700 - 548 700 per annum. In special cases higher salaries may apply. The position provides for automatic membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, which guarantees favorable retirement benefits. Members may also apply for housing loans at favorable interest rates. The job description (below) contains a more detailed account of academic responsibilities, duties, qualifications and other requirements considered essential for appointment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in its employment practices. The University currently employs few female professors or associate professors within this academic field and women are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. The application must contain the following documents and material and be submitted in three (3) hard copies: - CV - the form "Employment application form" (Information to be made available to the applicants) - certificates/diplomas - references - list of publications - up to 15 publications - any other documentation that the applicant considers relevant and be addressed to: University of Stavanger Faculty of Science and Technology N-4036 Stavanger The application should be marked st.id 30050837 Closing date for applications is September 21. 2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Chalonge School Summer Open Session ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/15/chalonge-school-summer-open-session/ Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html Summer open session of Scientific Culture of the International School Daniel Chalonge and award of the Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 Friday July 26, 2013 at the Observatory of Paris, Perrault building, Cassini Hall, 14:30 to 19:30 Open to experts and non-experts, students, mediators, journalists. Program: The Nobel laureate in physics and Chalonge medal George Smoot, the spokesman of the neutrino experiment KATRIN Guido Drexlin, the astronaut and Brigadier General of the French Air Force Michel Tognini, the presentation of the Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 "a Surprise Award" and many scientists from the world over present at the 17th Symposium of Cosmology Chalonge 2013. Exhibitions (conceived and composed by N.G. Sanchez, M.C. Falvella, A. Zanini, F Sevre): 22 years of activity of the International School Daniel Chalonge Archives and instruments Daniel Chalonge The High Mountain Observatories: past, present, future. Exhibition of the Observatoire de Paris: Jean-Dominique Cassini, the royal astronomer and the satellite Date and time: Friday, July 26, 2013 14:30 to 19:30 Place: Observatoire de Paris International School Daniel Chalonge Perrault building Entry: 77 avenue Denfert-Rochereau Paris 14th. Program and Invitation: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html Daniel Chalonge Medal: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Archives_Daniel_Chalonge.html International School Daniel Chalonge http://chalonge.obspm.fr ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for July 2013
by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. LISA Symposium X 1.2. School on Approaches to Quantum Gravity, Maresias, Brasil 1.3. Quantum Gravity in the Southern Cone VI, Maresias, Brasil 1.4. Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation: Cosmology on the Beach, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 1.5. School on Cosmology Tools, Madrid, Spain 2. Jobs 2.1. Simons Junior Professor of Mathematics or Mathematical Physics at ESI, Vienna 2.2. EADS Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy at ICTS-TIFR 2.3. PhD position in quantum gravity, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 2.4. PhD Fellowships in Physics at the University of Trento (Italy) 3. News 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: Quantum-Spacetime Phenomenology 3.2. Announcing Finesse 1.0 3.3. Presentations Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter 3.4. Obituary for Mauro Francaviglia ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. LISA Symposium X --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8396 Starting: 2014-05-18 to 2014-05-23 Location: Gainesville, FL, USA Additional Information: http://www.phys.ufl.edu/lisasymposiumx/ Contact: lisasymposium[AT]phys.ufl.edu The LISA Symposium is an open conference which is dedicated to the science and technology of space-based gravitational wave detectors targeting the 10uHz to 1Hz frequency range. The 10th International LISA Symposium will be held at the Hilton Conference Center in Gainesville from May 18-23, 2014. The registration website will open December 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. School on Approaches to Quantum Gravity, Maresias, Brasil --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/06/04/school-on-approaches-to-quantum-gra… Starting: 2013-09-02 to 2013-09-09 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.ictp-saifr.org/?page_id=2371 Contact: secretary[AT]ictp-saifr.org The school on Approaches to Quantum Gravity (http://www.ictp-saifr.org/qgschool) will take place in Sao Paulo, Brasil from September 2 to 9, 2013. It will discuss several approaches to resolving the complications of quantum gravity which involve different communities of physicists. In addition to lectures by leaders of the different approaches, there will be daily discussion sessions on selected topics. The school is intended for advanced graduate students and researchers and will be followed by the Quantum Gravity in the Southern Cone VI workshop in the Beach Hotel of Maresias from September 11-14. There will be financial assistance for participants from the region. Lecturers: Abhay Ashtekar (IGC, Penn State) The Very Early Universe Juan Maldacena (IAS Princeton) AdS-CFT Alejandro Perez (CPT, AMU Marseille) Loop Quantum Gravity Martin Reuter (Mainz) Asymptotic Safety John Schwarz (Caltech) String Theory Rafael Sorkin (Perimeter) Fundamentally Discrete Spacetime Erik Verlinde (Amsterdam) Entropic Gravity Deadline for application: 30 June 2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Quantum Gravity in the Southern Cone VI, Maresias, Brasil --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/06/04/quantum-gravity-in-the-southern-con… Starting: 2013-09-11 to 2013-09-14 Location: Maresias, near Sao Paulo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.ictp-saifr.org/?page_id=3519 Contact: secretary[AT]ictp-saifr.org Description: Quantum mechanics and general relativity are among the most successful theories ever constructed in physics. When they are combined to describe quantum gravity several problems arise. This meeting will provide a place for physicists from different communities to present their findings. Organizers: Rodolfo Gambini (Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo), Carmen Nunez (Universidade de Buenos Aires and IAFE, Buenos Aires), Jorge Pullin (Louisiana State University), Victor Rivelles (Universidade de Sao Paulo), Jorge Zanelli (CECS, Valdivia and Universidade Nacional Andres Bello) Speakers: Gerardo Aldazabal (CA Bariloche) Jorge Alfaro (PUC, Santiago) Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U.) Max Banãdos (PUC, Santiago) Nathan Berkovits (ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP) Steven Carlip (U. Calif. at Davis) Marc Casals (CBPF Rio de Janeiro) Diego Correa (U. La Plata) Bianca Dittrich (Perimeter & MPI Potsdam ) Jose Edelstein (Santiago de Compostela U.) Gaston Giribet (U. Buenos Aires) Alejandro Perez (CPT Marseille) Aleksandr Pinzul (U. Brasilia) Martin Reuter (I. Physics, U. Mainz) Jorge Russo (ICREA, Barcelona) Rafael Sorkin (Perimeter & Syracuse U.) to be confirmed Kelly Stelle (Imperial College) Daniel Sudarksy (UNAM, Mexico City) Diego Trancanelli (USP Sao Paulo) Breno Vallilo (Andres Bello U., Santiago) Erik Verlinde (U. Amsterdam) Registration deadline: June 30, 2013 Registration fee: R$ 30 for students and R$ 60 for all other participants. It must be paid in cash upon arrival at the conference. Financial help: We may be able to provide financial help for some Latin-American participants. After registering please send an email to rivelles[AT]fma.if.usp.br stating your needs. Participants from Sao Paulo state must apply until June 1, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation: Cosmology on the Beach, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8339 Starting: 2014-01-13 to 2014-01-17 Location: Los Cabos, Mexico Additional Information: http://bccp.berkeley.edu/beach_program/index2014.html Contact: bccpcotb[AT]lbl.gov A range of topics in cosmology will be covered at the conference by eminent scholars in the field, with elements of both a winter school and the latest research results. Students and postdocs will present posters and give short talks. We hope that the beauty of the natural and cultural environment will act as a catalyst for young researchers to interact and generate new ideas. We encourage a diverse group of advanced graduate students, postdocs, and researchers interested in attending to look for the Participant Application available around August. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. School on Cosmology Tools, Madrid, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8363 Starting: 2013-11-12 to 2013-11-15 Location: Madrid, Spain Additional Information: http://workshops.ift.uam-csic.es/iftw.php/inicio/congreso?id=150 Contact: savvas.nesseris[AT]uam.es The aim of the school is to bring young researchers closer to the state-of-the-art tools currently used in Cosmology and as result it is intended for master and fledgling PhD students. The focus will be mainly on the following programs: CosmoMC, CAMB, HEALPix, Recfast, CosmoRec. Lecturers: Jens Chluba, Wenjuang Fang, J.A. Rubiño-Martín, Licia Verde, Gong Bo Zhao Tutors: (Albert) Chia-Hsun Chuang, Savvas Nesseris, Claudia Scoccola. Organizers: Paco Prada, Savvas Nesseris, (Albert) Chia-Hsun Chuang +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Simons Junior Professor of Mathematics or Mathematical Physics at ESI, Vienna ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/06/28/mathematics-simons-junior-professor/ Deadline: 2013-07-31 Location: Vienna, Austria Additional Information: http://www.esi.ac.at Contact: piotr.chrusciel(a)univie.ac.at The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics (ESI) of the University of Vienna announces the position of a Simons Junior Professor of Mathematics or Mathematical Physics (full time position under private law, limited to a period of 5 years; funded by the Simons Foundation; the position is available as of January 1st, 2014). The University of Vienna intends to increase the number of women, particularly in high-level positions, and therefore specifically invites applications by women. Among equally qualified applicants women will receive preferential consideration. The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics (ESI) at the University of Vienna is an internationally leading research centre in the fields of mathematics and mathematical physics. Candidates for the Professorship have a PhD and several years of postdoctoral research experience. Teaching at the University of Vienna is expected. The appointed Professor will be affiliated with the Faculty of Mathematics or the Faculty of Physics of the University of Vienna. The administrative load of the appointed Professor will be moderate, while still allowing the Professor to provide a substantial contribution to the running of the ESI. The successful applicant is expected to work in an area of research which is central in the scientific activities of the ESI. Successful candidates will have the following qualifications: - PhD and post-doctoral experience at a university or other research institution (Austrian or equivalent international academic degree in the relevant field) - Outstanding research and publication record, with an excellent reputation as an active member in the international academic community - Experience in designing, procuring and directing major research projects - Experience in university teaching, and willingness and ability to teach at all curricular levels, preferably graduate level, and to further the work of junior academic colleagues The University of Vienna offers - an attractive and dynamic research location in a city with a high quality of life and in a country with excellent research funding provision - an attractive salary - Grant for relocation to Vienna, where appropriate Candidates should send an application containing at least the following documents: - Academic curriculum vitae - Brief description of current research interests and research plans for the immediate future - List of publications together with a) specification of five key publications judged by the applicant to be particularly relevant to the advertised professorship together with an explanation of their relevance b) PDF versions of these five publications provided either as email attachments or through URLs of downloadable copies - List of talks given, including detailed information about invited plenaries at international conferences - List of projects supported by third-party funds - Short survey of previous academic teaching and list of supervised PhD theses University professors will be classified according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff into the salary group A1. The salary may exceed the amount given in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Applications in English or German should be submitted per e-mail (preferably as PDF attachments) to the Director of the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Joachim Schwermer, Boltzmanngasse 9, 1090 Vienna, Austria (joachim.schwermer[AT]univie.ac.at) no later than July 31st, 2013 with reference 2013/1S/ESI. Further information about the ESI can be obtained at www.esi.ac.at. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. EADS Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy at ICTS-TIFR ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/07/01/eads-postdoctoral-prize-fellowship-… Deadline: 2013-07-31 Location: Bangalore, India Additional Information: http://www.icts.res.in/news/details/131/ Contact: ajith[AT]icts.res.in Applications are invited for one EADS Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship at the Astrophysical Relativity group of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (ICTS-TIFR) in Bangalore, India. The fellowship is part of the International Teaching and Research Chair titled "Mathematics of Complex Systems", funded by the EADS Foundation. ELIGIBILITY The fellowship is offered in the area of gravitational-wave- physics and astronomy, including analytical- and numerical relativity, high-performance computing, data analysis etc. Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Physics or Astrophysics with an excellent track record. Although PhDs in gravitational-wave physics, relativistic astrophysics, cosmology etc. are preferred, candidates from other areas with strong analytical and computational skills will also be considered. SALARY AND BENEFITS The initial appointment will be for two years, with a possibility of extension up to four years. Renewal for the third year will depend on a comprehensive review of the scientific activity of the Fellow. The salary will be comparable to that of an assistant professor in India (Rs. 50,000 per month during the first year, with 10% increase in subsequent years). In addition, a research grant of Rs. 150,000 per annum is also available, apart from relocation allowances and medical benefits. Fellows can also opt for Institute accommodation or a house rent allowance that amounts to 30% of the fellowship. HOW TO APPLY Interested candidates are requested to apply online (see link below) with their CV, list of publications, a research proposal of not more than two pages, and a covering letter. The nominal deadline is 31 July 2013; but applications will be considered until the positions are filled. The nominal starting date of 1 October 2013 is negotiable. Informal queries may be addressed to P. Ajith (ajith(a)icts.res.in) ASTROPHYSICAL RELATIVITY AT ICTS The Astrophysical Relativity group includes P. Ajith (faculty member), Bala Iyer, Tarun Souradeep, Rana Adhikari (adjunct faculty), Manjari Bagchi, Chandra Kant Mishra, Archisman Ghosh (senior postdoctoral scholars). K. G. Arun, Sascha Husa and Mark Hannam are visiting associates. Adjunct faculty members and visiting associates are expected to spend from several weeks to a few months every year at ICTS. Several undergraduate and graduate students are also expected to join the group this year. The group has strong involvement in the proposed LIGO-India project, the IndIGO consortium and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. In addition, the group expects to develop close collaborations with the astrophysics and gravitational physics groups of the neighboring Indian Institute of Science and Raman Research Institute, in addition to other research groups of ICTS. The group is organizing a one-month long ICTS program in numerical relativity during June-July 2013. Such programs are ex pected to be organized regularly. A high-performance computer cluster will be available at the Centre starting from June. In addition, group members will have access to several large clusters in India and abroad. LIVING IN BANGALORE Bangalore, known as the Garden City of India, is the center of India's information technology sector, and is home to many distinguished educational and research institutions. Bangalore is among the most cosmopolitan and demographically diverse cities in India. Due to its high elevation, Bangalore enjoys a pleasant and moderate climate. The city is well connected by road, rail and air to all major Indian cities. Bangalore also has excellent air connectivity to major international cities. A new analysis of faculty salaries at public universities worldwide designed to make comparisons possible by focusing on purchasing power, not pure salaries has found that Indian salaries are among the best in the world, as compared to the cost of living. LINKS Online application form: http://www.icts.res.in/news/details/131/ International Centre for Theoretical Sciences: http://icts.res.in/ Astrophysical Relativity Group at ICTS: http://www.icts.res.in/additional_page/594/ Bangalore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore Faculty Pay, Around the World: http://tinyurl.com/facultysalaries +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD position in quantum gravity, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/06/18/phd-position-in-quantum-gravity-uni… Deadline: 2013-07-15 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.algeo.math.uni-erlangen.de/meusburger Contact: catherine.meusburger(a)math.uni-erlangen.de A PhD position is available in the research group "Conceptual questions of quantum gravity and mathematical structures in three-dimensional gravity" in the Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The position is a three-year position funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and does not carry any teaching duties. The research group is part of the Algebra and Geometry Division, the Emmy-Noether Centre for Representation Theory and has close ties with the quantum gravity group in the physics department. In particular, it is part of the interdisciplinary Emerging Fields Project "Quantum Geometry". Applicants must have a European master degree in mathematics or physics or equivalent. They should be strongly motivated to work at the interface of mathematics and physics on topics related to quantum gravity, quantum geometry and representation theory. Applicants with a physics degree must demonstrate an excellent mathematics background. Applicants should send the following documents by email to catherine.meusburger(a)math.uni-erlangen.de: - Letter of motivation - Curriculum Vitae - List of courses taken, including marks - Summary of their Master thesis - Contact details of two referees . The deadline for applications is July 15 2013, but applications will be considered until the position is filled. Further information can be obtained from the group's website http://www.algeo.math.uni-erlangen.de/meusburger or by contacting catherine.meusburger(a)math.uni-erlangen.de. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. PhD Fellowships in Physics at the University of Trento (Italy) ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/06/19/phd-fellowships-in-physics-at-the-u… Deadline: 2013-09-10 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/2763/announcement-selection Contact: bruno.giacomazzo[AT]jila.colorado.edu The Physics department at the University of Trento invites applications for PhD fellowships starting in November 2013. The PhD fellowships have a duration of 3 years and a gross salary of 13638.47 EUR per year (about 1000 EUR per month after taxes). The PhD program covers several scientific areas, including also Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Theoretical Physics, and Astroparticle Physics. More details about the doctoral school in Physics can be found at http://www.unitn.it/en/drphys The Department of Physics includes faculty members working on computational astrophysics (Giacomazzo), gravitational wave detectors (Dolesi, Prodi, Vitale, Weber), theory of general relativity and cosmology (Cognola, Vanzo, Zerbini), and astroparticle physics (Battiston, Lazzizzera). Students with interests in one of these areas are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications for the doctoral positions are accepted from candidates, regardless of gender, age, and nationality, who have a Master's degree (equivalent to the Italian "laurea magistrale"). Any degree in Physics or related disciplines will be given preferential status. Applications are also accepted from students who expect to get their degree by October 31 2013. The University of Trento is ranked among the top 5 universities in Italy and it is characterized by an international and diverse student population. The city of Trento is located on the Italian Dolomites and it is very well connected with several destinations in Italy and Europe. The deadline for applications is September 10 2013. The selection will be based on the curriculum of the candidate and on an oral exam (candidates permanently residing abroad by the date of the oral exam may take the exam by phone or videoconference in their country of residence). More information about the application process can be found here: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/2763/announcement-selection +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: Quantum-Spacetime Phenomenology ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/06/14/living-reviews-in-relativity-quantu… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-5 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Quantum-Spacetime Phenomenology" by Giovanni Amelino-Camelia on 12 June 2013. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-5 Amelino-Camelia, Giovanni "Quantum-Spacetime Phenomenology" ACCEPTED: 2013-05-18 PUBLISHED: 2013-06-12 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-5 ABSTRACT: I review the current status of phenomenological programs inspired by quantum-spacetime research. I stress in particular the significance of results establishing that certain data analyses provide sensitivity to effects introduced genuinely at the Planck scale. My main focus is on phenomenological programs that managed to affect the directions taken by studies of quantum-spacetime theories. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Announcing Finesse 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8344 Additional Information: http://www.gwoptics.org/finesse After more than 13 years of work and 25 releases we are proud to announce version 1.0 of the interferometer simulation tool Finesse! http://www.gwoptics.org/finesse Finesse is a fast and relatively easy to use software to simulate laser interferometers. It can be used for detector commissioning, interferometer design, or simply for learning more about laser optics. It is freely available for many platforms and fully open source. We also provide simple examples and an extensive manual. Of course, we will continue to extend and improve Finesse. This version 1.0 completes the open source release of Finesse after a period of extensive testing and optimising the modeling of higher-order modes for beam shape changes and mirror surface distortions. The future of Finesse lies in the implementation of radiation pressure effects and quantum noise calculations; in fact, we have already started work on this. As always we want Finesse to be useful to the whole community, therefore we need your feedback and suggestions for features that you would find useful or you feel are missing. And if you apply Finesse to an interesting problem we would like to hear about it! Thank you, Daniel Brown, Charlotte Bond and Andreas Freise ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Presentations Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/06/18/warm-dark-matter-chalonge-online-co… Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2013.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Online presentations and photo album of the Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter Galaxies in Agreement with Observations at the Meudon campus of Observatoire de Paris, CIAS historic Chateau building, 5, 6 and 7 JUNE 2013 Greetings from Paris. We are pleased to inform you that the presentations by the lecturers during the Chalonge Meudon Warm Dark Matter Workshop 2013 are available on line (in pdf format) in "Programme and Lecturers .pdf " in the web site of this Workshop: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2013.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_CIAS2013.html Contents: Astronomical observations of galaxies and their evolution, the evidences for Warm Dark Matter (WDM) , cored profiles and the quantum effects in galaxies, cosmological observations, the last Planck results and their implications for neutrinos, structure formation theory, linear and non linear, WDM numerical simulations, particle and nuclear physics candidates of keV WDM, sterile neutrinos, neutrino experiments, MARE and KATRIN. The programmes for WDM detection. Peter BIERMANN, Jacques DELABROUILLE, Hector J. DE VEGA, Elena FERRI, Ayuki KAMADA, Andrea LAPI, Thierry LASSERRE, Alessandro MELCHIORRI, Alexander MERLE, Susanne MERTENS, Sinziana PADUROIU, Brigitte ROCCA-VOLMERANGE, Paolo SALUCCI, Norma G. SANCHEZ, Aurel SCHNEIDER, Nicholas STEINBRINK, Ignacio TRUJILLO The Photo Album of the Workshop capturing moments of the stimulating atmosphere created by all lecturers and participants are posted in the same web site: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2013.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr/albumCIAS2013/index.html We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Workshop and we look forward to seeing you again in the next meetings of this series With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Obituary for Mauro Francaviglia ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/06/26/obituary-for-mauro-francaviglia/ Additional Information: Mauro Francaviglia was born in Torino, on 22 june 1953 and passed away in Cosenza on 24 June 2013. He obtained his degree in Mathematics at the University of Torino in 1975 and he was a Full Professor at the University of Torino. He has held this position since 1980, when he was 27 years old. His scientific interests covered a wide range of topics, including the application of Differential Geometry in Mathematical Physics, Classical Mechanics, General Relativity and Field Theories, Calculus of Variations, Symmetries and Conservation Laws, Quantization and Thermodynamics. Over 300 lectures held at various Institutions in Italy and abroad. He directed several national and international research projects. Author of over 250 papers, three monographs, 11 encyclopaedia long entries, Editor of 19 volumes of Proceedings and Director of two CIME Courses. He organized 20 national and international conferences, among which several national conferences in General Relativity and the World Conference GR14 in Florence (1995). Member of the Scientific Council of CNR-GNFM (1980-1996). Co-founder (1984) and Managing Editor of "Journal of Geometry and Physics". Life member of the GRG Society, founder (1990) and President (1990-1996 and 2008-2012) of the Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV), he also served as a member of the Board of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG) for nine years (1986-1995). Associate Editor of the "Journal of General Relativity and Gravitation" since 1999 and Managing Editor of the "International Journal of Geometrical Methods in Modern Physics". ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1.2. 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting, Toronto, Canada (2nd circular) 1.3. Karl Schwarzschild Meeting 2013, Frankfurt, Germany (2nd circular) 1.4. 2nd Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry 1.5. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia - Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the Universe 1.6. The first URCA meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral position in General Relativity and Gravitation, at Charles University, Prague, CZ 2.2. Tenure-track position in theoretical physics at the University of Vienna 3. News 3.1. 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation: results 3.2. CQG Focus Issue on "Higher Spins and Holography" guest edited by Per Kraus and Simon F Ross ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/05/02/international-workshop-on-astronomy… Starting: 2013-09-29 to 2013-10-04 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Additional Information: http://mesonpi.cat.cbpf.br/iwara/ Contact: iwara13[AT]gmail.com The Sixth International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA 2013), will be held at the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (Rio de Janeiro), from September 29 to October 4. The IWARA meetings are devoted to Cosmology, Gravitation, Cosmic Rays, Compact Objects and Astroparticle Physics. The main subject of the IWARA in the last five editions was "New Phenomena and New States of Matter in the Universe". Contributions in the realms of General Relativity, Gravitation, Cosmology, Heavy Ion Collisions and the Quark-Gluon Plasma, White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Pulsars, Black Holes, Gamma Ray Bursts, High-Energy Cosmic Rays, Gravitational Waves, Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Strange Matter and Strange Stars, Antimatter and Ion Research and Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory, are traditionally included among the topics covered in the Workshop. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting, Toronto, Canada (2nd circular) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8223 Starting: 2013-06-07 to 2013-06-08 Location: Toronto, Canada Additional Information: http://cita.utoronto.ca/conferences/easterngravity13/ Contact: pfeiffer[AT]cita.utoronto.ca The 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting will be held June 7-8, 2013 at the University of Toronto. The format of the meeting will follow previous regional Gravity meetings, where all participants may present a talk of approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the total number of talks. Registration and abstract submission is now open at http://cita.utoronto.ca/conferences/easterngravity13/ This website also contains information about accommodation and general visitor information to Toronto. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Karl Schwarzschild Meeting 2013, Frankfurt, Germany (2nd circular) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/05/04/karl-schwarzschild-meeting-2013-fra… Starting: 2013-07-22 to 2013-07-26 Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Additional Information: https://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/ksm2013/ Contact: ksm2013[AT]fias.uni-frankfurt.de The first Karl Schwarzschild Meeting (KSM) on Gravitational Physics will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 22-26 July, 2013. The meeting will bring together both working specialists in the field of black holes and rising young researchers to foster new conversations and collaborations. Invited speakers will deliver plenary talks on a wide range of black hole theory, highlighting their applications to astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and strongly correlated systems. In addition to plenary talks, several sessions devoted to the next generation of gravitational physicists. The senior scientists will also serve as mentors to the attending younger generation of researchers. We invite abstracts from both senior researchers, postdocs and students pursuing research in the fields covered by the meeting. The early registration fee is 200 EUR (including the conference dinner) by June 15. After this date the fee is 350 EUR (including the conference dinner). For more information about the KSM follow the conference website and the related links about the program and registration or write ksm2013(a)fias.uni-frankfurt.de. The current list of confirmed key note speakers includes: Alfio Bonanno (Catania Astrophysical Observatory) Silke Britzen (MPI for Radioastronomy, Bonn) Bernard Carr (QMU, London) Georgi Dvali (LMU and MPI for Physics, Munich & NYU) Steven Gubser (Princeton U.) Andreas Karch (Washington U., Seattle) Claus Laemmerzahl (Bremen U. and ZARM, Bremen) Greg Landsberg, (Brown U. and CERN) Frank Linhard (Frankfurt U.) Reinhard Meinel (Jena U.) Robert Mann (Waterloo U. and Perimeter Institute) John Moffat (Waterloo U. and Perimeter Institute) Leonardo Modesto (Fudan U., Shanghai) Thanu Padmanabhan (IUCAA, Pune) Luciano Rezzolla (MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam) Kellog Stelle (Imperial College, London) Leonard Susskind (Stanford U.) Herman Verlinde (Princeton U.) Robert Wald (Chicago U. and EFI, Chicago) Clifford Will (Florida U., Gainesville and Washington U., Saint Louis) Scientific Advisory Board Jacob Bekenstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Ted Jacobson (University of Maryland, College Park) Joseph Polchinski (University of California and KITP, Santa Barbara) Martin Reuter (Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz) Carlo Rovelli (Aix-Marseille University and CPT Marseille) Dam T. Son (University of Chicago). Organizing Committee Marcus Bleicher (Goethe University Frankfurt) Matthias Kaminski (University of Washington, Seattle) Jonas Mureika (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles) Piero Nicolini (Goethe University Frankfurt) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. 2nd Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8268 Starting: 2013-10-07 to 2013-10-11 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/events/school2013/school_2013.shtml Contact: thomas.thiemann[AT]gravity.fau.de Second Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry 07.10.-11.10.2013 In 2011 the FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg initiated the Emerging Field Programme that supports research fields which have demonstrated a promising development but are just beginning to establish themselves in the scientific landscape. One of these "emerging fields" is "Quantum Geometry". In this Emerging Field Project, the expertise of both mathematicians and physicists are brought together in order to make progress in our understanding of Quantum Gravity. From the physics perspective, the task of combining the principles of General Relativity with those of Quantum Theory is one of the most important research problems in foundational physics. This requires novel mathematical input since the standard techniques of Quantum Field Theory fail in the case of the gravitational interaction. >From the mathematical perspective, the new mathematical structures that arise in this effort may trigger progress in various mathematical disciplines such as infinite dimensional geometry, representation theory and related areas of Mathematical Physics. The interaction between mathematicians and physicists is therefore quite natural in this research field but but it poses a challenge due to the different backgrounds that these two research communities have. It is therefore the aim of this school to introduce the concepts and techniques of the respective research programme in a "bilingual" form from which both mathematicians and physicists can profit and can start interacting with each other. The school will cover the following topics: Causal Dynamical Triangulations Conformal Quantum Field Theory Representation Theory of Lie Groups Hopf Algebras, Tensor Categories and Topological Field Theories Lecturers Renate Loll (Nijmengen U.) Bernd Orsted (Aarhus U.) Karl-Henning Rehren (Goettingen U.) Christoph Schweigert (Hamburg U.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia - Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the Universe --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/05/31/1st-scientific-icranet-meeting-in-a… Starting: 2014-07-01 to 2014-07-06 Location: Yerevan, Armenia, Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org Contact: annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org The Physics of Black Holes (BHs) dominates some of the most energetic astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. The formation of a ~10 Msun. BH appear to be related to the emission of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB), the most energetic transient phenomena in the Universe. The basic mechanism appear to be e creation of electron positron pairs plasma occurring by vacuum polarization process around a Kerr-Newman Black Hole by the Heisenberg-Euler-Schwinger mechanism. Current effort of reaching such an extreme electromagnetic quantum regime is being currently approached also in MegaJoule Laser Projects in Europe, Russia, USA. In addition a prolonged emission appear to be related to rotating electromagnetic BH (~10 Msun). in microquasars. The presence of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) of 10^8-10^9 Msun. appear to be related to active galactic nuclei, Blazars and Quasars. There is the possibility that unlike the 10 Msun BHs, which are formed by the gravitational collapse of baryonic matter, the SMBHs can originate from the gravitational collapse of Dark Matter. This meeting will address both observational/experimental and theoretical aspects. From an observational point of view results obtained from very high energy(VHE) observatories: from the ground such as HESS, MAGIC, AUGER and from next generation instruments will be reviewed. Similarly will be reviewed the observations from Space Observatories in X and Gamma Rays such as Agile, Fermi, Swift, MAXI and NuStar. The complementary observations in Microwave and infrared bands from Planck mission will be presented. Ongoing progress for experimental facilities to look for coincidence with Gravitational waves detectors and Neutrinos detectors will be also reviewed. From a theoretical point of view attention will be given to progress in understanding quantum and classical phenomena related to the physics of BHs and to the process of extraction of the Black Holic Energy (BHE). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. The first URCA meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/05/31/the-first-urca-meeting-on-relativis… Starting: 2013-06-24 to 2013-06-29 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org Contact: annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org Within the Cesare Lattes program approved by the ICRANet Board during the 10th Steering Committee Meeting held on February 25th 2013, we are organizing this meeting that aims at fostering the development of the research in Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology between Brazil and the academic centers and Member States of ICRANet. It follows the objectives of the CAPES-ICRANet and the FAPERJ-ICRANet Program, promoted by these organizations, and the other agreements signed between ICRANet and Brazilian Institutions: University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Instituto Tecnòlogico de Aeronàutica (ITA), Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Government of the State of Ceara'. It is directed to the students completing this year the Erasmus Mundus PhD program. International students and researchers are welcome to participate. The registration fee is 200 EUR. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral position in General Relativity and Gravitation, at Charles University, Prague, CZ ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8227 Deadline: 2013-06-10 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://www.mff.cuni.cz/fakulta/prace/2013postdoc.htm Contact: oldrich.semerak[AT]mff.cuni.cz The Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral position within Prague relativity group to a motivated person, working in the field of general relativity and/or its astrophysical or cosmological applications. More specifically, his/her doctoral expertise and research plan should include at least one of the following topics: solutions of Einstein's field equations and their interpretation, problems of energy and radiation in GR, asymptotic structure of space-times, particles and fields around black holes, dynamics of particles and extended bodies in GR, physics of neutron stars, black-hole perturbations, approximation methods and numerical relativity, gravitational lensing, contemporary cosmology (cosmological models and their perturbations, dark matter and dark energy, early universe). Please see http://www.mff.cuni.cz/fakulta/prace/2013postdoc.htm for more details. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Tenure-track position in theoretical physics at the University of Vienna ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/05/14/tenure-track-position-in-theoretica… Deadline: 2013-06-21 Location: Vienna, Austria Additional Information: http://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/fuer-bewerberinnen/laufbahnstellen/fakult… Contact: piotr.chrusciel[AT]univie.ac.at The Rectorate of the University of Vienna invites applications for a post-doc position (Universitätsassistentin, tenure track) at the Faculty of Physics. The position is available as of October 1st, 2013. The successful candidate is expected to the strengthen the research and teaching profile in either of the three fields Theoretical: - Particle physics/gravitational physics/mathematical physics/condensed matter physics Experimental: - Complex nanoscale matter/condensed matter physics/materials physics - Physics of the environment/aerosol physics/isotope and nuclear physics See the web link for more information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation: results ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/05/13/2013-awards-for-essays-on-gravitati… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA The trustees are pleased to announce the Awards for Essays for 2013. 1. $4,000 - Information Conservation Is Fundamental: Recovering the Lost Information in Hawking Radiation by Baocheng Zhang[1], Qing-yu Cai[1], Ming-sheng Zhan[1], and Li You[2]; [1]Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People's Republic of China, [2]Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; e-mail: zhangbc[AT]wipm.ac.cn, qycai[AT]wipm.ac.cn, mszhan[AT]wipm.ac.cn, lyou[AT]mail.tsinghua.edu.cn 2. $1,250 - What Is the Shape of the Initial State? by Nishant Agarwal[1], R. Holman[2], and Andrew J. Tolley[3]; [1]McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, [2]Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, [3]Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106; e-mail: nishanta[AT]andrew.cmu.edu, rh4a[AT]andrew.cmu.edu, andrew.j.tolley[AT]case.edu 3. $1,000 - What Happens at the Horizon? by Samir D. Mathur, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; e-mail: mathur.16[AT]osu.edu 4. $750 - On Negative Mass by Jonathan Belletete and M.B. Paranjape; Departement de Physique, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 3J7; e-mail: jonathan.belletete[AT]umontreal.ca, paranj[AT]lps.umontreal.ca 5. $500 - Dark Energy with Rigid Voids versus Relativistic Voids Alone by Boudewijn F. Roukema; Nicolaus Copernicus University, ul. Gagarina 11, 87-100 Torun, Poland; e-mail: boud[AT]astro.uni.torun.pl Selected for Honorable Mention this year were (listed in alphabetical order): A. Accioly, J. Helayel-Neto, E. Scatena, R. Turcati; S. L. Adler; H. Arponen; M. Arzano, S. Bianco, O. Dreyer; A. Bagchi, D. Grumiller; T. Banks; S. Basilakos, J. Ademir Sales Lima, J. Sola'; A. Bhattacharyya, A. Sinha; T. Biswas; X. Calmet; S. Capozziello, T. Harko, F. S.N. Lobo, G. J. Olmo; L. Nam Chang, Z. Lewis, D. Minic, T. Takeuchi; Bin Chen, Jia-ju Zhang; B. D. Chowdhury; U.a Das, B. Mukhopadhyay; P. Girdhar, A. Kobakhidze; H. M. Haggard, C. Rovelli; R. T. Hammond; S. Hod; T. Jacobson; A. Kaya; T. S. Koivisto, D. E. Wills; B. Majumder; J. Mielczarek; D. G. Moore, V. H. Satheeshkumar; S. Mukoyama, J.-P. Uzan; D. Neill, I. Z. Rothstein; Y. Jack Ng; H. Padmanabhan, T. Padmanabhan; K. Papadodimas, S. Raju; K. Ropotenko; P. A. Sanchez, M. Bellini; C. Sivaram; M. Smerlak; D. Stojkovic; H. Telkamp; Li Xiang, Yi Ling, You Gen Shen. 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 posted on our web site and published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. CQG Focus Issue on "Higher Spins and Holography" guest edited by Per Kraus and Simon F Ross ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/05/02/focus-issue-on-higher-spins-and-hol… Additional Information: http://j.mp/100eDpc I am very pleased to bring you this focus issue on Higher Spins and Holography guest edited by Per Kraus and Simon F Ross. http://j.mp/100eDpc Higher spin gravity has gained broader appeal in recent years due to its appearance in the AdS/CFT correspondence. I hope that you will find this focus issue of particular interest and encourage you to share and circulate this with your colleagues and peers. I hope that you will publish your next paper with CQG http://bit.ly/Wut54Y and I look forward to working with you soon. Best wishes, Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity cqg(a)iop.org P.S. Dont forget to read our Highlights of 2011-2012 http://bit.ly/vrrUyh selected by the Editorial Board, which are free to read until 31 December 2013. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop, Pune, India 1.2. Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis Meeting 2013, Mallorca, Spain 1.3. Reduced Order Modeling in General Relativity, Caltech, USA 1.4. ESI-EMS-IAMP Summer school on Mathematical Relativity, Vienna, Austria 1.5. Sixth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry (CPT'13), Bloomington, Indiana 1.6. Black Holes IX - Theory and Mathematical Aspects, Saskatchewan, Canada 1.7. Dark Side of the Universe 2013, Trieste, Italy 1.8. Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013) - Second Circular 1.9. 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Dublin, Ireland (2nd announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. Lectureship in Theoretical Physics, DAMTP, Cambridge 2.2. Postdoctoral position in General Relativistic MHD at RCAAM, Athens, Greece 2.3. Postdoctoral Position in General Relativity and Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetimes in Para', Brazil 3. News 3.1. New book: "Heart of Darkness-Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe" by Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton 3.2. New Book: "General Relativity: 1972 Lecture Notes" by Robert Geroch 3.3. Llama Multi-Block Infrastructure publicly available ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop, Pune, India --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8090 Starting: 2013-12-17 to 2013-12-20 Location: Pune, India Additional Information: http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~gwpaw/ Contact: gwpaw[AT]iucaa.ernet.in First Circular for GWPAW 2013 Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop 17-20 December, 2013, Pune, India Dear Colleagues, The next Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop (GWPAW) will be held in Pune, India from 17-20 December 2013. It will be hosted by the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune. GWPAW was formerly called GWDAW. It is a general meeting on the physics and astronomy of gravitational waves, techniques for their detection, and interpretation of data and results. The primary purpose of this early first circular is to apprise prospective attendees of the meeting dates so that they may take them into account, e.g., when they plan for their year-end travel. More information about this meeting will be posted soon at: http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~gwpaw Most participants that are not Indian Citizens or holders of the OCI / PIO card will require an Indian visa to visit Pune. The second circular, which will be announced this summer, will contain instructions on visa procurement. It will also contain important deadlines for registration, abstract submission, and accommodation. On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee I am looking forward to welcoming you in Pune in December 2013. Sincerely, Sukanta Bose Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Post Bag 4 Ganeshkhind, Pune University Campus Pune 411 007, India +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis Meeting 2013, Mallorca, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/28/numerical-relativity-and-data-analy… Starting: 2013-09-18 to 2013-09-21 Location: Pollentia Resort, Mallorca, Spain Additional Information: http://www.grg.uib.es/NRDA13 Contact: gravity.uib.contact[AT]gmail.com Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis Meeting 18-21 September, 2013, Club Pollentia Resort, Mallorca, Spain The next Numerical Relativity and Data Analysis Meeting (NRDA) will be held at the Club Pollentia Resort, Mallorca, Spain, from 18-21 September 2013, and hosted by the Gravitational Physics Group at the University of the Balearic Islands. The purpose of the meeting will be to bring together numerical relativists, gravitational wave data analysts, analytical relativists and a wider gravitational wave physics audience to advance the interface of numerical simulations of the Einstein equations with gravitational wave observations. The meeting program will start on September 18 in the morning, and conclude with lunch on September 21. Participants traveling to the LVC meeting will find several daily direct flights to Hannover available. For further information on the meeting see the website http://www.grg.uib.es/NRDA13/ Lodging: ====== The meeting will be held at a four-star resort located in a nature reserve on the coast of Mallorca. A block of 50 rooms has been reserved on an all inclusive board basis until ** May 28th **, afterwards we cannot guarantee hotel reservation or price. Cancellations before Sep 10, 2013 do not incur a cancellation fee [in case of last minute cancellations our travel agent will try to negotiate a full or partial waiver of standard hotel cancellation fees]. Note that there is no alternative accommodation available in the immediate vicinity - accommodation should therefore be booked ** before May 28 ** (further hotels are however available within a few km radius). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Reduced Order Modeling in General Relativity, Caltech, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8120 Starting: 2013-06-06 to 2013-06-07 Location: Pasadena, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~rom-gr/index.html Contact: rom-gr[AT]tapir.caltech.edu We are pleased to announce the first workshop on "Reduced Order Modeling in General Relativity" to be held at the sunny California Institute of Technology on June 6-7, 2013. The purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers from gravitation physics, numerical computing, and applied mathematics to foster interactions in an open environment of multi-disciplinary discussion and collaboration. There will be a series of accessible review talks aimed at non-experts about a number of topics including: gravitational wave physics, reduced order modeling, gravitational wave data analysis, approximation theory, numerical relativity, compressed sensing, and more. We invite contributions for posters in these and related areas. There will also be a workshop dinner event provided on June 6th. You may register through the workshop's website: http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~rom-gr Further information can be found at the website, which will be updated regularly. We look forward to seeing you at Caltech this June! Manuel Tiglio Jan Hesthaven Scott Field Chad Galley +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. ESI-EMS-IAMP Summer school on Mathematical Relativity, Vienna, Austria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/19/esi-ems-iamp-summer-school-on-mathe… Starting: 2014-07-28 to 2014-08-01 Location: Vienna, Austria Additional Information: http://homepage.univie.ac.at/piotr.chrusciel/SummerSchool2014/ Contact: SummerSchool2014.esi[AT]univie.ac.at Mathematical General Relativity is a timely topic, with outstanding recent progress in the field by many authors, with growing interest both in the physics and mathematical community. The aim of the school is to provide an introduction to the topics which are currently being studied. The target audience is graduate students and postdocs, both physicists and mathematicians, interested in mathematical general relativity. There will be 25 hours of lectures, as follows: "Crash course on differential geometry" (speaker to be determined); "Introduction to general relativity" by Helmut Friedrich (AEI Golm); "Lorentzian causality" by Gregory Galloway (Miami); "Constraint equations" by Justin Corvino (Lafayette); "The Evolution problem in General Relativity" by Hans Ringstroem (KTH Stockholm): "Wave equations on black hole space-times" by Gustav Holzegel (Imperial, London); The members of the scientific committee are Robert Beig (Vienna), Piotr T. Chrusciel (Vienna), Mihalis Dafermos (Princeton), Helmut Friedrich (AEI Golm), Gregory Galloway (Miami), and Richard Schoen (Stanford). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Sixth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry (CPT'13), Bloomington, Indiana --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/11/sixth-meeting-on-cpt-and-lorentz-sy… Starting: 2013-06-17 to 2013-06-21 Location: Bloomington, IN, U.S.A. Additional Information: http://www.indiana.edu/~lorentz/cpt13 Contact: kostelec[AT]indiana.edu The Sixth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry will be held in the Physics Department, Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, on June 17-21, 2013. 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: Experimental and observational searches for CPT and Lorentz violation involving - accelerator and collider experiments - atomic, nuclear, and particle decays - birefringence, dispersion, and anisotropy in cosmological sources - clock-comparison measurements - CMB polarization - electromagnetic resonant cavities and lasers - tests of the equivalence principle - gauge and Higgs particles - high-energy astrophysical observations - laboratory and gravimetric tests of gravity - matter interferometry - neutrino oscillations and propagation, neutrino-antineutrino mixing - oscillations and decays of K, B, D mesons - particle-antiparticle comparisons - post-newtonian gravity in the solar system and beyond - second- and third-generation particles - sidereal and annual time variations, compass asymmetries - space-based missions - spectroscopy of hydrogen and antihydrogen - spin-polarized matter - time-of-flight measurements Theoretical and phenomenological 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, particle physics, classical and quantum gravity, string theory - mathematical foundations, Finsler geometry Information about the meeting and online registration, including instructions on submitting a talk or poster, are available on the meeting web site. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Black Holes IX - Theory and Mathematical Aspects, Saskatchewan, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/19/black-holes-ix-theory-and-mathemati… Starting: 2013-05-12 to 2013-05-16 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Additional Information: https://ocs.usask.ca/conf/index.php/blackholes/blackholesix Contact: masoud.ghezelbash[AT]usask.ca Black Holes IX - Theory and Mathematical Aspects University of Saskatchewan, CANADA May 12, 2013 - May 16, 2013 Invited Speakers (in alphabetical order): Ivan Booth Ramin Daghigh Saurya Das Rainer Dick Valeri Frolov Jack Gegenberg David Hobill Viqar Husain Gabor Kunstatter Kayll Lake Robert Mann Don Page Kristin Schleich Rafael Sorkin William Unruh Ethan Vishniac Black Holes IX-Theory & Mathematical aspects will be held in Saskatoon, SK, Canada from May 12 (arrival date) to May 16 (departure time), 2013. This conference is the 9th conference on the Theory and Mathematical aspects of Black Holes held every two years in Canada. We are encouraging graduate students to attend and present their research in the meeting. The meeting covers a wide variety of topics such as exact black hole solutions of Einstein's equations in higher and lower dimensions, the search for and properties of astrophysical black holes, uniqueness theorems, black hole thermodynamics, dark matter and dark energy, loop-quantum gravity and string-theoretic approaches to black hole physics, gauge-gravity duality, numerical studies of black hole collisions, gravitational wave production in systems containing black holes, and critical gravitational collapse. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Dark Side of the Universe 2013, Trieste, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8169 Starting: 2013-10-14 to 2013-10-17 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information: http://www.sissa.it/ap/events/DarkSide/index.htm Contact: mariafelicia.delaurentis[AT]gmail.com DSU are a series of international workshops bringing together a wide range of theorists and experimentalists to discuss current ideas on models of the dark side and relate them to current and future experiments. Topics covered include: dark matter, dark energy, cosmic rays, neutrino physics, cosmology, astrophysical analysis of galactic halos, physics beyond the standard model, etc. Topics of the workshop: Observational Cosmology. Planck results. Dark Energy: origin, evolution and observational properties. Observational properties of Galaxies. Dark Matter in Galaxies, Groups and Clusters. Old and New Dark Matter candidates. Direct and Indirect Dark Matter searches. Simulations in Galaxy/Cluster Formation. Abandoning the LCDM Universe paradigm? Ultra high energy cosmic rays. Modifying Newton-Einstein Theory of Gravity? Scientific Organizing Committee: Pyungwon Ko (KIAS, South Korea) Carlos Muñoz (UAM/IFT, Spain) Christiane Frigerio Martins (UFF Brasil) Shaban Khalil (BUE, Egypt) Keith Olive (Minnesota University, USA) Csaba Balazs (Monash University, Australia) David Delepine (Guanajauato University, Mexico) Qaisar Shafi (Delaware University, USA) Yu-Feng Zhou (KITPC/ITP-CAS, China) Paolo Salucci (SISSA, Italy) Local Organizing Committee: Paolo Salucci (SISSA, Italy) Andrea Lapi (SISSA, Italy) Gigi Danese (SISSA, Italy) Piero Ullio (SISSA, Italy) Mariafelicia De Laurentis (SISSA, Italy) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013) - Second Circular --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8188 Starting: 2013-09-09 to 2013-09-12 Location: Benasque, Spain Additional Information: http://www.benasque.org/2013ere/ Contact: sopuerta[AT]ieec.uab.es Reminder: Application deadline is May 31 This is the second circular of the Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013), an international conference to be held at the Pedro Pascual Center of Science, Benasque, Spain, from September 9 to September 12, 2013. This year the conference is organized by the groups in Barcelona (Departament de Fisica Fonamental, Univ. Barcelona, Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Departament de Fisica and IFAE, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona). ERE 2013 will cover most of the areas of modern General Relativity - from cosmology and gravitational waves, to quantum gravity and the AdS/CFT correspondence and its applications. On Tuesday, September 10th, there will be a session dedicated to the memory of Jose Alberto Lobo, a much esteemed and sorely missed member of our group and of the Spanish relativity community, who passed away on 30 September 2012. Prof. Lobo played a major role in boosting the research on gravitational radiation in Spain. The program will run from the morning of 9 September until the evening of 12 September. Participants are expected to arrive in Benasque on 8 September and depart on 13 September. Please note that the Benasque Center will provide bus transportation from and to Barcelona for participants staying through the entire duration of the conference. The web registration for the workshop is open at the conference website http://www.benasque.org/2013ere/ Registration fees: SEGRE members: 200 Euros (250 Euros after 1 July 2013) Non SEGRE members: 250 Euros (300 Euros after 1 July 2013) The registration fee will cover bus transportation from and to Barcelona, refreshments, and a conference dinner. If you want to join the SEGRE society (http://www.segre.es/es/presentacion.shtml) you can do so by going to http://www.segre.es/docs/membership.pdf. The meeting will consist of plenary sessions with talks by invited speakers in the morning, and contributed talks in parallel sessions in the afternoon. The list of invited speakers is: Invited Speakers - Carlos Barcelo (IAA Granada) - Jose Juan Blanco-Pillado (U. Pais Vasco) - Diego Blas (CERN) - Karsten Danzmann (AEI and Hannover U.) - Oscar Dias (Saclay SPhT) - Cesar Gomez (IFT-U. Autonoma de Madrid) - Carlos Herdeiro (U. Aveiro) - Kyriakos Papadodimas (CERN & U. Groningen) - Bernard Schutz (AEI Golm) - Alicia Sintes (U. Illes Balears) - Licia Verde (ICREA & U. Barcelona) Participants who would like to contribute a talk in the parallel sessions can apply by submitting a title and abstract in the registration website. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 June 2013. Participants will be informed shortly afterwards whether their contribution has been accepted. There will not be a proceedings volume, but we are considering the possibility that the slides or write-ups of the talks be made available online. The SEGRE society has a limited number of grants to support expenses of some Ph.D. students. The grants can cover the registration fee and/or accommodation and/or travel expenses. The application for financial support can be made through the registration website. Participants will be informed of the decision by 20 June 2013. The Benasque Center for Science provides a stimulating environment for research. Benasque is a picturesque village nestled in the Spanish Pyrenees. The beautiful mountain atmosphere provides for many outdoor activities - for further information please consult http://www.benasque.org/ We look forward to seeing you in Benasque, The organizers of ERE2013 Roberto Emparan Jaume Garriga Josep Llosa Oriol Pujolas Carlos Sopuerta +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity, Dublin, Ireland (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/30/16th-capra-meeting-on-radiation-rea… Starting: 2013-07-15 to 2013-07-19 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: http://maths.ucd.ie/capra16/ Contact: capra16[AT]maths.ucd.ie The 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity will be hosted by the School of Mathematical Sciences at University College Dublin, marking its first return to Ireland since 1999 when the 2nd Capra Meeting was also held in UCD. The meeting will run from the 15th to 19th of July 2013, starting with three days of invited and contributed talks and followed by two days of informal discussions. A block of rooms have been reserved for Capra attendees at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin. There will be a free shuttle bus organised to bring attendees from the hotel to the conference venue and back each day. Half of the reserved rooms will be released on May 14th, so in order to guarantee availability attendees are strongly encouraged to book before then - booking details are available on the conference website: http://maths.ucd.ie/capra16/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Lectureship in Theoretical Physics, DAMTP, Cambridge ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8085 Deadline: 2013-04-30 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/ Contact: E.P.S.Shellard[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in Theoretical Physics to commence on 1 July 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Appointment will be made at an appropriate point on the scale for University Lecturers and will be for a probationary period of five years with appointment to the retiring age thereafter, subject to satisfactory performance. Candidates should hold a PhD in mathematics, physics or equivalent, and have an outstanding record of research in an area relevant to the research interests of the DAMTP theoretical physics groups the High Energy Physics Group and the General Relativity and Cosmology Group. For more information about these and other research groups in the Department see: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research. Informal enquiries about the post may be made to Professor Anne Davis (email: A.C.Davis[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk), Professor Paul Shellard (email: E.P.S.Shellard[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk) or Professor Nick Dorey (email: N.Dorey[AT]damtp.cam.ac.uk) Further details of the application procedure can be found here: www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral position in General Relativistic MHD at RCAAM, Athens, Greece ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/22/postdoctoral-position-in-general-re… Deadline: 2013-05-17 Location: Athens, Greece Additional Information http://astro.academyofathens.gr Contact: icontop[AT]academyofathens.gr Applications are now open for one 2 year postdoctoral research position at the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens on the study of the origin of astrophysical magnetic fields around accreting black holes. Applicants with previous experience in general relativistic numerical magnetohydrodynamics are particularly encouraged to apply. The position has a starting date in the Spring 2013, and will be funded by the Excellence program of the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a brief statement of current and future research interests and up to three letters of recommendation. Submission and inquires should be addressed to Dr. I. Contopoulos (e-mail: icontop[AT]academyofathens.gr; tel.: +30 2106597167; fax: +30 2106597602). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Position in General Relativity and Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetimes in Para', Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=8111 Deadline: 2013-05-31 Location: Belém, Pará, Brazil Additional Information http://www.ppgf.ufpa.br/ Contact: crispino[AT]ufpa.br The GRADUATE PROGRAM IN PHYSICS of the FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARA', in Brazil, invites applications for one postdoctoral position in the area of General Relativity and Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetimes, including Analog Models of Gravity. The appointment is for one year, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. The appointment can happen after 1st June 2013 (with details to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics, preferably in General Relativity and Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetimes. The Graduate Program in Physics is situated in the Belem Campus of the Federal University of Para', in Brazil. In the gateway to Amazonia, the Belem Campus is located on the shore of the river Guamá, one of the rivers which form the Guajara' bay, near the Marajo' Island. More information can be found at: http://www.ppgf.ufpa.br/ The General Relativity and Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetimes Group is currently focusing on black hole physics and analog models of gravity, and is composed of faculty Luís C. B. Crispino, Ednilton S. Oliveira, João Vital Cunha Jr., Jorge Castineiras and some Postdoctoral Fellows, including a Brazilian Science Without Borders Program Fellow. The postdoctoral research project is to be supervised by Luis C. B. Crispino (Graduate Program in Physics, Federal University of Para', Brazil) and Vitor Cardoso (Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal). The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and letter(s) of recommendation to the following e-mail address: crispino[AT]ufpa.br Please use the subject GR/QTCS postdoctoral position. Applications should be received by May 31st, 2013. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin promptly and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Luis C. B. Crispino (crispino[AT]ufpa.br). This position is supported by the Brazilian Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New book: "Heart of Darkness-Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe" by Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/12/new-book-heart-of-darkness-unraveli… Additional Informationhttp://press.princeton.edu/titles/9818.html Authors: Jeremiah P Ostriker and Simon Mitton Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691134307 Heart of Darkness is a popular science book (level of reader = college educated) that describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--comprise most of the known cosmos, explain the growth of all cosmic structure, and hold the key to the universe's fate. The story of how evidence for the so-called "Lambda-Cold Dark Matter" model of cosmology has been gathered by generations of scientists throughout the world is told here by one of the pioneers of the field, Jeremiah Ostriker, and his coauthor Simon Mitton. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. New Book: "General Relativity: 1972 Lecture Notes" by Robert Geroch ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/13/new-book-general-relativity-1972-le… Additional Informationhttp://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/geroch-gr.html Robert Geroch's lecture notes on general relativity are unique in three main respects. First, the physics of general relativity and the mathematics, which describes it, are masterfully intertwined in such a way that both reinforce each other to facilitate the understanding of the most abstract and subtle issues. Second, the physical phenomena are first properly explained in terms of spacetime and then it is shown how they can be decomposed into familiar quantities, expressed in terms of space and time, which are measured by an observer. Third, Geroch's successful pedagogical approach to teaching theoretical physics through visualization of even the most abstract concepts is fully applied in his lectures on general relativity by the use of around a hundred figures. Although the book contains lecture notes written in 1972, it is (and will remain) an excellent introduction to general relativity, which covers its physical foundations, its mathematical formalism, the classical tests of its predictions, its application to cosmology, a number of specific and important issues (such as the initial value formulation of general relativity, signal propagation, time orientation, causality violation, singularity theorems, conformal transformations, and asymptotic structure of spacetime), and the early approaches to quantization of the gravitational field. Robert Geroch, General Relativity: 1972 Lecture Notes (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal 2013) http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/geroch-gr.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Llama Multi-Block Infrastructure publicly available ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/04/30/announcement-llama-multi-block-infr… Additional Informationhttp://llamacode.org/ http://llamacode.org/ The Llama Multi-Block Infrastructure for Cactus is now publicly available under the GNU General Public License. Llama provides three-dimensional multi-block capability for Cactus-based simulations that can be combined with Carpet's adaptive mesh refinement functionality. Llama decomposes the domain into multiple (potentially overlapping) blocks with different local coordinate systems. This allows e.g. spherical domains, spherical excision, adaptive radial/angular resolution, etc., without incurring coordinate singularities. Llama provides several patch systems suitable for single and binary objects in relativistic astrophysics, and is well integrated with the Einstein Toolkit . Llama was already used for several publications , and we believe the code is ready to be used in other projects. We are seeking volunteers to help us add tutorials and documentation, improve error messages, and generally shake down and brush up the code for a future inclusion in the Einstein Toolkit. To aid others in getting started using Llama, we will be hosting a virtual workshop where we provide an overview of the code and answer questions. Details will be announced shortly. Llama constitutes the fruit of a significant effort of several people over several years. We make Llama public to help modernize the computational tools used in our community, and in the hope to boost Llama itself by inviting contributions from everybody. We ask you to acknowledge our effort by following the citation guidelines described on . The Llama groomers: R. Haas, I. Hinder, D. Pollney, C. Reisswig, E. Schnetter, B. Wardell ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 2nd ICRANet Bego Rencontres, Nice, France 1.2. Grav13 (2nd circular) 1.3. Karl Schwarzschild Meeting 2013, Frankfurt, Germany 1.4. The Chalonge School 17th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2013 "The New Standard Model of the Universe: Lambda Warm Dark Matter. Theory and Observations" 1.5. XIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Asia-Pacific Countries (ICGAC-11) 1.6. Workshop on Numerical General Relativity within IC-MSQUARE 2013, Prague, CZ 1.7. Chalonge School Open session Latest news from the Universe, Paris, France 1.8. Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter Galaxies 1.9. Loops 13, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo 1.10. Chalonge School Turin Colloquium "Latest News from the Universe", Turin, Italy 1.11. 13th Italian-Korean Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics, Seoul, South Korea 2. Jobs 2.1. PhD Fellowships in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2.2. Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Krakow, Poland 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Physics at Guanajuato University 2.4. Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Physics (Gravitation, Field Theory) at UNAM 3. News 3.1. Message to ISGRG members 3.2. New book: "Gauge Theories of Gravitation", M. Blagojevic and F.W. Hehl (eds.) 3.3. The 2013 Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters" (major update) ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. 2nd ICRANet Bego Rencontres, Nice, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/26/2nd-icranet-bego-rencontres/ Starting: 2013-05-13 to 2013-05-31 Location: University of Nice Sophia Antipolis - Nice (France) Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/2nd_bego Contact: annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org This second "BEGO Rencontre" meeting will take place from the 13 to the 31th of May. It is specially devoted to frontier topics in relativistic astrophysics and to the students of the IRAP PhD Program. Students from the EMJD Program will participate. The meeting is open to all interested scientists and graduate students. The members of IOC are the following: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Vladimir Belinski ("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Carlo Luciano Bianco("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Donato Bini (CNR - Ist. per Applicaz. del Calcolo "M. Picone") Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) Pascal Chardonnet (Université de Savoie ) CO-CHAIRMAN Christian Cherubini (Università "Campus Biomedico" di Roma) Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques) Jann Einasto (Tartu Observatory) Simonetta Filippi (Università di Roma "Campus Biomedico" and ICRANet) Sergio Frasca ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Filippo Frontera (Università di Ferrara) Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China) Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin) Olivier Legrand (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Hermann Nicolai (Max Plank Institute for Gravitational Physics, Postdam) Mario Novello (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil) Elène Politano (Ecole Doctorale Nice) Kjell Rosquist (Stockolm University) Jorge Rueda (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Remo Ruffini ("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) CHAIRMAN Felix Ryde (Stockholm University) Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Gregory Vereshchagin (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) She-Sheng Xue (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science) The program can be found at http://www.icranet.org/2nd_bego. Ample time for discussions will be granted. The major topics to be discussed are Neutron Stars and Black Holes, Cosmology, Gamma Ray Bursts, Dark Matter, Supernovae, strong fields in experiments on earth ground and from space. For information, please contact: Annapia Del Beato annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org Federica Di Berardino Federica.diberardino[AT]icranet.org In the period of the meeting many social events, including the Gran-Prix-Monaco, will occur in the Côte dAzur, therefore an early registration will be necessary for the accommodation. Registration fees of 150 euros will be requested. The deadline for early registration is April 15th, 2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Grav13 (2nd circular) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7951 Starting: 2013-04-15 to 2013-04-19 Location: Villa General Belgrano, Cordoba, Argentina Additional Information: http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~ortiz/grav13/ Contact: dain[AT]famaf.unc.edu.ar The Grav13 conference is the fifth meeting in a series of conferences organized by the General Relativity and Gravitation Group at FaMAF (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) since the year 2006. The Grav13 will be held in Villa General Belgrano, Córdoba (ARGENTINA), from April 15th through April 19th, 2013. The venue of the conference is the Howard Johnson hotel: http://www.hjlavilla.com.ar/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-31.99345&lon=-64.55739&zoom=17&a… The conference is intended to bring together specialists working on gravitation and closely related topics, including classical and quantum gravity, mathematical 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 to pay partial living expenses for students. The working languages of the conference will be Spanish and English. A list of invited speakers includes: Heinz O. Kreiss, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Juan Valiente Kroon, University of London, England. Alejandro Perez, Centre de Physique Theorique, Marseille. Jorge Pullin, Lousiana State University, USA. Walter Simon, University of Vienna, Austria. Manuel Tiglio, University of Maryland. Gabriela Vila, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. For registration, information on hotel reservation and rates, and updates on the Grav13 meeting please check the web page: http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/grav13/ We have extended the deadline for applications and abstract submissions until March 24th, 2013. Both the application form and abstract should be filed through the webform in the above page. A registration fee AR$300 will be required. The payment should be in cash and can be done upon arrival at the conference's hotel. For hotel booking please contact Mr. Lucas Emmanuel Medina at the Hotel's phone number (+54) (3546) 461 499 and mention that you will participate in the Grav13 conference to get the conference's special hotel rates. Alternatively you can write to the Hotel's special e-mail: eventos[AT]hjlavilla.com.ar Further information on the General Relativity and Gravitation group at FaMAF and the previous Grav meetings can be found at http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/index-en.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Karl Schwarzschild Meeting 2013, Frankfurt, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/15/karl-schwarzschild-meeting-2013/ Starting: 2013-07-22 to 2013-07-26 Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Additional Information: https://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/ksm2013/ Contact: nicolini[AT]fias.uni-frankfurt.de The first Karl Schwarzschild Meeting (KSM) on Gravitational Physics will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 22-26 July, 2013. The meeting will bring together both working specialists in the field of black holes and rising young researchers to foster new conversations and collaborations. Invited speakers will deliver plenary talks on a wide range of black hole theory, highlighting their applications to astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and strongly correlated systems. In addition to plenary talks, several sessions devoted to the next generation of gravitational physicists. The senior scientists will also serve as ``mentors'' to the attending younger generation of researchers. Karl Schwarzschild was a native of Frankfurt who published his first papers while attending the Gymnasium Frankfurt in the late 1880s. This year (2013) will mark the 140th anniversary of his birth. The conference will be held at at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and at the Goethe University's new Otto Stern Center, whose namesake was a member of the Physics Department where, along with Walther Gerlach, their 1922 groundbreaking quantum spin experiment was performed. The current list of confirmed key note speakers includes: Alfio Bonanno (Catania Astrophysical Observatory) Silke Britzen (MPI for Radioastronomy, Bonn) Georgi Dvali (LMU and MPI for Physics, Munich & NYU) Steven Gubser (Princeton U.) Andreas Karch (Washington U., Seattle) Claus Laemmerzahl (Bremen U. and ZARM, Bremen) Greg Landsberg, (Brown U. and CERN) Frank Linhard (Frankfurt U.) Reinhard Meinel (Jena U.) Robert Mann (Waterloo U. and Perimeter Institute) John Moffat (Waterloo U. and Perimeter Institute) Leonardo Modesto (Fudan U., Shanghai) Thanu Padmanabhan (IUCAA, Pune) Luciano Rezzolla (MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam) Kellog Stelle (Imperial College, London) Leonard Susskind (Stanford U.) Herman Verlinde (Princeton U.) Robert Wald (Chicago U. and EFI, Chicago) Clifford Will (Florida U., Gainesville and Washington U., Saint Louis) For more information about the KSM follow the link https://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/ksm2013/ or write to nicolini[AT]fias.uni-frankfurt.de. Scientific Advisory Board Jacob Bekenstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Ted Jacobson (University of Maryland, College Park) Joseph Polchinski (University of California and KITP, Santa Barbara) Martin Reuter (Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz) Carlo Rovelli (Aix-Marseille University and CPT Marseille) Dam T. Son (University of Chicago). Organizing Committee Marcus Bleicher (Goethe University Frankfurt) Matthias Kaminski (University of Washington, Seattle) Jonas Mureika (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles) Piero Nicolini (Goethe University Frankfurt) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. The Chalonge School 17th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2013 "The New Standard Model of the Universe: Lambda Warm Dark Matter. Theory and Observations" --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/19/the-chalonge-school-17th-paris-cosm… Starting: 2013-07-26 to 2013-03-19 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2013.html Contact: Chalonge.Ecole[AT]obspm.fr In the context of the new Warm Dark Matter situation, which implies novelties in the astrophysical, cosmological and keV particle physics context, this 17th Paris Colloquium 2013 is devoted to the New Standard Model of the Universe: LambdaWDM. Topics include: Observational and theoretical progress on the nature of dark matter: keV scale warm dark matter. Cored density profiles in agreement with observations. Large and small scale structure formation in agreement with observations at large scales and small (galactic) scales. Warm (keV scale) dark matter from theory and observations. The new quantum mechanical framework to galactic structure. WDM core sizes in agreement with observations. Supermassive Black Holes: Theory and Observations. The clarifing and unifying WDM framework for stars, galaxies and cosmology. Warm (keV scale) dark matter N-body simulations in agreement with observations at large and intermediate scales. Neutrinos in astrophysics and cosmology. The new serious dark matter candidate: Sterile neutrinos at the keV scale. Active neutrinos mass bounds from cosmological data and from high precision beta decay experiments. Dark energy: cosmological constant: the quantum energy of the cosmological vacuum. The analysis of the CMB + LSS + SN data with the effective (Ginsburg-Landau) effective theory of inflation: New Inflation (double well inflaton potential) strongly favored by the CMB + LSS + SN data. The lower bound for the primordial gravitons (non vanishing tensor to scalar ratio r) with the present CMB+LSS+SN data. CMB news and polarization. Forecasts and Planck results and other topics. Informations on the Colloquium are given at: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2013.html Early registration is strongly encouradged Informations on the previous Paris Cosmology Colloquia and of the School events are available at http://chalonge.obspm.fr (Lecturers, lists of participants, .pdf lecture files, Highlights and Conclusions and photos during the Colloquia). Looking forward to Welcome you in Paris. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. XIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Asia-Pacific Countries (ICGAC-11) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7924 Starting: 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-05 Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan Additional Information: http://conference.kaznu.kz/en/conferencies/15/ICGAC11 Contact: Nurzada.Beisen(a)kaznu.kz Dear colleagues, We are glad to inform you about the XIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology of Asia - Pacific Countries (ICGAC-11), which will take place at the Al Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 1-5, 2013. The program of conference includes original talks and poster communications, round tables and informal discussions on selected problems of gravitation, cosmology and relativistic astrophysics. ICGAC-11 is a part of series of biennial conferences on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology which takes place in Asia-Pacific region with the goal to promote cooperation among the member countries and within an international context, to promote high level studies on hot topics and to encourage young physicists on these fields. The first meeting was initiated by Prof. Yong Min Cho, one of the founders of the APCTP, in 1993. The previous meetings were held in : 1. Seoul, Korea (1993) at Seoul National University 2. Hsinchu, Taiwan (1995) at National Tsing Hua University 3. Tokyo, Japan (1997) at The Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Tokyo University 4. Beijing, China (1999) at Beijing Normal University 5. Moscow, Russia (2001) at The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology, Peoples Friendship University 6. Seoul, Korea (2003) at Ewha Women's University 7. Jhongli, Taiwan (2005) at National Central University 8. Nara, Japan (2007) at Nara Women's University 9. Wuhan, China (2009) at Huazhong University of Science and Technology 10. Qui-Nhon, Vietnam (2011) with assistence of Rencontre du Vietam ICGAC-11 topics include: - Relativistic Astrophysics - Classical and Quantum Cosmology - Quantum gravity - Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Variation of Constants - Post-Newtonian and Analytic Approximations of GR - Numerical Relativity - Experimental studies of gravity - Gravitational waves - White Dwarfs, Neutron stars and Gamma Ray Bursts - Strings, Branes and Extra dimensions - Black holes, Wormholes - Astroparticle Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmic rays Sincerely, Chair of LOC Abishev Medeu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Workshop on Numerical General Relativity within IC-MSQUARE 2013, Prague, CZ --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/10/workshop-on-numerical-general-relat… Starting: 2013-09-01 to 2013-09-05 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://www.icmsquare.net Contact: secretariat[AT]icmsquare.net The numerical solution of Einstein's field equation is one of the most important tools for understanding the physics of strong, dynamical gravitational fields. The numerical results obtained during the last decade for phenomena such as mergers of binary black holes and neutron stars have led to a significant improvement of our understanding of strong field gravity. The aim of the workshop is not only to give researchers in relativity the opportunity to discuss current issues of numerical relativity, but also to benefit from a variety of other topics in mathematical and numerical modeling in the framework of the IC-MSQUARE conference. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Chalonge School Open session Latest news from the Universe, Paris, France --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/11/chalonge-school-open-session-latest… Starting: 2013-03-15 to 2013-03-15 Location: Observatoire de Paris, historic Perrault building, France Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html Contact: Norma.Sanchez(a)obspm.fr The open session of scientific culture of the International School Daniel Chalonge will be held on Friday, March 15, 2013 from 14h30 to 19h at the Observatoire de Paris. In the presence of the astronaut Michel Ange Tognini, Brigadier General of the Air Force, Commander of the Legion of Honor. This event is open to all interested publics, scientists, post-docs, students and journalists. PROGRAM: Hector J. DE VEGA (Director of Research at CNRS, UPMC LPTHE, Paris) "Latest news of the universe, from its origins to the present day." Noël Dimarcq (Director of Research at CNRS and Director of the SIRTE Laboratory, Observatoire de Paris) "Measurement and Difussion of time, atoms and talking clock." Helios JAIME (Linguist, epistemologist, University of Sorbonne, Paris) "Ideo-semantics and epistemology in scientific culture" Norma G. SANCHEZ (Research Director at the CNRS, Observatoire de Paris LERMA Laboratory, Director of the International School of Astrophysics Daniel Chalonge) "The latest news from the universe from its origins to the present day and the 2013 program of the Chalonge School" Francois SEVRE (Engineer at CNRS, IAP Paris) and Norma G. SANCHEZ "Daniel Chalonge Archives and instruments from its origins to the present day" Michel Ange TOGNINI (Brigadier General of the Army Air Force, Astronaut, Commander of the Legion of Honor, France) "Highlights from my Space Missions" Alba ZANINI (INFN-Turin University, Turin City Ambassador for Culture Science) "The Chalonge School Programme at Turin in 2013." and "The Extreme Laboratories from High Mountain to Antarctica" URL: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter Galaxies --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/13/chalonge-meudon-workshop-2013-warm-… Starting: 2013-06-05 to 2013-06-07 Location: Meudon , France Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2013.html Contact: Chalonge.Ecole(a)obspm.fr Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter Galaxies in Agreement with Observations: Formation, Evolution and Supermassive Black Holes SUMMARY: The Workshop addresses the last and fast progresses made in Warm Dark Matter (WDM) Galaxies in agreement with Observations including the new quantum mechanical framework to galaxy structure reproducing in particular the observed galaxy density cores and their sizes. Warm Dark Matter solves naturally the serious problems of Cold Dark Matter Galaxies, (CDM + baryons), clarifies and simplifies the present galaxy model situation and agrees with the observations at small as well as large and cosmological scales. This turning point in the galaxy research and the new unifying WDM framework of stars, galaxies and cosmology will be discussed. The Workshop addresses as well the experimental search and astrophysical constraints for the WDM particle candidate keV sterile neutrino. In the tradition of the Chalonge School, an effort of clarification and synthesis is made by combining in a conceptual framework, predictive theory, analytical, observational and numerical simulation results. The Meeting is open to all scientists interested in the subject. Advanced students, post-docs, young scientists are encouradged to participate. The format of the Meeting is intended to allow easy and fruitful mutual contact and communication. Early Registration is strongly encouraged. URL: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2013.html We look forward to welcome you at Meudon With Compliments and kind regards Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Loops 13, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7979 Starting: 2013-07-22 to 2013-07-26 Location: Waterloo, Canada Additional Information: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13 Contact: sgielen[AT]perimeterinstitute.ca Loops is the core biannual conference of the quantum gravity community and focuses on current developments in loop quantum gravity and other background independent approaches to quantum gravity. These include causal dynamical triangulations, causal sets, emergent gravity, asymptotic safety and string theory. This years conference emphasizes the key recent results across the field and is meant to appeal to a broad range of theorists interested in diverse approaches to quantum gravity. The program features morning plenary talks complemented by contributed talks. Those wishing to give contributed talks are urged to register at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13 as early as possible. Some financial support will be available for PhD students, and postdocs who apply to give talks. The deadline to apply for financial support is Friday, April 12. Applications will be reviewed after the deadline and selected participants will be contacted if support is available. The plenary talks give an exciting and diverse overview of the field and are listed on the webpage and poster. A few talks will be selected closer to the date to report on breaking developments. The conference program will also feature panel discussions and debates. Review sessions will be available to orient non-experts to the different approaches featured in the conference. We very much hope that you will be able to take part in this exciting occasion and look forward to welcoming you this July in Waterloo! The scientific organizing committee: Bianca Dittrich Laurent Freidel Lee Smolin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Chalonge School Turin Colloquium "Latest News from the Universe", Turin, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/26/chalonge-school-turin-colloquium-la… Starting: 2013-04-06 to 2013-03-26 Location: Turin, Palazzo Lascaris, Regional Council hq of the Piamonte Region, Italy Additional Information: http://ecolechalongetorino.oato.inaf.it/ Contact: zanini[AT]to.infn.it Highlights and recent results in advanced physics, cosmology and astrophysics research are discussed in an unified scientific framework together with the future perspectives. The spirit of the Colloquium is in keeping with the Chalonge Schools emphasis on astro-fundamental physics, putting together real cosmological and astrophysical data and physical theory predictive approach in the framework of the New Standard Model of the Universe. Recent results in particle physics, neutrino physics and LHC are also presented. Topics: >From the WMAP9 results to the Planck and LHC results: Scientific lessons and scientific results. Status of the Standard Model of the Universe: inflation theory, warm dark matter and sterile neutrinos, dark energy: the quantum cosmological vacuum. High energy astrophysics and particle physics from Space. Neutrinos. Speakers: Roberto Battiston, Giovanni Bignami, Hector de Vega, Attilio Ferrari, Piero Galeotti, Nadia Pastrone, Norma G. Sanchez, and other lecturers. Open sessions will also take place in the framework of the Colloquium. Organized by INFN-Torino, INAF-OATo, Centro Unesco Torino +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. 13th Italian-Korean Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics, Seoul, South Korea --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/29/13th-italian-korean-meeting-on-rela… Starting: 2013-07-15 to 2013-07-19 Location: Ewha Womans University - Seoul (Korea) Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=… Contact: annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org This series of biannual symposia since 1987 has been boosting exchange of information and collaborations between Italian and Korean astrophysicists on new and hot issues in the field of Relativistic Astrophysics. These symposia cover relativistic field theories, astrophysics and cosmology, such topics 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. The organizers are confident that the symposium could deepen the understanding of not only astrophysics and cosmology but also Eastern and Western culture. The 13th Italian-Korean meeting has been organized by ICRANet, INJE University, Sogang University, Center for Quantum Space Time, National Research Foundation of Korea, Institute for the Early Universe, Korean astronomy & Space Science Institute, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, University of Rome Sapienza, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Stockholm University, Free University of Berlin, ICRA, ENEA, INFN, ICTP, Observatoire de la Côte dAzur, CBPF, the National Astronomical Observatory (Beijing), the Institutes of High Energy Physics, the Institute of Theoretical Physics, the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences. The previous meetings were held: IK12 - July 4-8, 2011 - Pescara, Italy IK11 - November 2-4, 2009 - Seoul, South Korea IK10 - June 25-30, 2007 Pescara IK 9 July 19-24, 2005 Sogang University, Seoul IK 8 - 18 August 2003 - 23 August 2003, Rome - Pescara, Italy IK 7 - July 23rd - 28th 2001 - Inje University, Kimhae, Korea and Kangwha Island IK 6 - July 12 - 24, 1999 - Rome and Pescara, Italy IK 5 - August 1997 - Korea IK 4 - July 1995, 10-15 - Rome University - Gran Sasso Laboratory - Pescara IK 3 - July 1991 - Ewha Woman's University - Seoul IK 2 - July 1989 - Rome University - Limone Piemonte IK 1 - September 1987 - Seoul - Sorak Montain The members of IOC are the following: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia home mail ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Vladimir Belinski ("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Carlo Luciano Bianco("Sapienza" Università di Roma and ICRANet) Donato Bini (CNR - Ist. per Applicaz. del Calcolo "M. Picone") Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) Pascal Chardonnet (Université de Savoie ) Christian Cherubini (Università "Campus Biomedico" di Roma) Yongmin Cho (UNIST) Thibault Damour (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques) Jann Einasto (Tartu Observatory) Simonetta Filippi (Università di Roma "Campus Biomedico" and ICRANet) Sergio Frasca ("Sapienza" Università di Roma) Filippo Frontera (Università di Ferrara) Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China) Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin) Hyeong-Chan Kim (Chungju National University) Hongsu Kim (KASI) Jin Young Kim Kunsan National University Sang Pyo Kim Kunsan National University Sung Won Kim Ewha Womans University Bumhoon Lee (C QUeST, Sogang University) Chang-Hwang Lee (Pusan National University) Hyungwon Lee (Inje University) CO-CHAIRMAN Hyun Lee Kyu (Hanyang University) Wonwoo LeeOlivier Legrand (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Hermann Nicolai (Max Plank Institute for Gravitational Physics, Postdam) Mario Novello (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil) Ilhung Park (Ewha Womans University) Myeong-Gu Park (Kyungpook National University) Elène Politano (Ecole Doctorale Nice) Kjell Rosquist (Stockholm University) Jorge Rueda (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Remo Ruffini (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) CO-CHAIRMAN Felix Ryde (Stockholm University) Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) Gregory Vereshchagin (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) She-Sheng Xue (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) Jongmann Yang (Ewha Womans University) Dong-Han Yeom (CQUeST, Sogang University) Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. PhD Fellowships in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7912 Deadline: 2013-06-24 Location: Trieste, Italy Additional Information http://www.sissa.it/administration/bandi-di-concorso/studenti/phd-announcem… Contact: sotiriou[AT]sissa.it The Astroparticle group at SISSA invites applications for PhD fellowships to start in the academic year 2013/2014. The PhD fellowships have a duration of 3 years, with a possible extension for a 4th year, and the net salary is about 1.135 euros/month. The Ph.D. program, entirely devoted to astroparticle physics, covers a wide spectrum of subjects, including quantum field theory, the standard model of particle interactions, cosmology, gravitation, particle and high energy astrophysics. The curriculum consists of 3-4 years of study and research. During the first year, students are offered a number of courses covering all of the aforementioned topics and undergo examination on a selection of them. By the beginning of the second year they undertake a research project under the supervision of one or more Astroparticle Physics staff members. These include, beyond those part of the SISSA faculty, staff from ICTP and the OAT (Trieste Astronomical Observatory). Students will benefit from interactions with the Astroparticle group, consisting of about 20 students, 3-4 postdocs and about 12 staff members, as well as with the rest of SISSA's research groups, including those in Astrophysics and Particle Physics. SISSA and the Astroparticle group in particular maintain also strong ties with nearby research institutes, such as ICTP, OAT and INFN. The combination of a broad scientific training and a stimulating research environment makes a PhD in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA an excellent stepping stone for those that wish to engage in research in some of the most exciting and puzzling questions of modern physics. The main research lines include: Classical and Quantum Gravity Particle Astrophysics The Dark Universe Theoretical Cosmology Additional information about the courses and the research activity can be found at:http://www.sissa.it/app/ The deadline for application is the 24th of June. More information about the selection procedure can be found here (please select the appropriate announcement - "Astroparticle Physics Ph.D Entrance Exam") http://www.sissa.it/administration/bandi-di-concorso/studenti/phd-announcem… The exams will take place at SISSA on the 4th-5th of July. For non-EU nationals only: Non-EU nationals can be awarded PhD fellowships on the basis of a "preselection" and without participating in the oral and written exams. The "preselection" will be based on submitted material and the procedure may include a phone interview and/or a offer to visit SISSA for an extended period prior to the selection (which would include financial support for the visit). Please see the link entitled "Spring preselection 2013/2014" on the website given above. Consideration for the preselection requires a separate application and the deadline is March 29th 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Krakow, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7905 Deadline: 2013-03-31 Location: Krakow, Poland Additional Information http://copernicuscenter.edu.pl/coll/ Contact: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl The Copernicus Center Scholarship for Postdoctoral Researchers, funded by The John Templeton Foundation, is offered to researchers in the fields of: mathematics, mathematical physics, astrophysics and cosmology. The topic of the proposed research should pertain to one of the following issues: - Noncommutative geometry and its application in physics; - Physical viability of metric nonlinear (higher derivative) gravity theories; - Cosmology (with focus on symbolic computation in cosmology); - Scientific method at its limit. Philosophical consequences of aspects theories and models. Copernicus Center offers one scholarship for a postdoctoral stay at the Jagiellonian University at the Institute chosen by the researcher (Mathematics, Physics or Astronomy). The scholarship in the amount of $2000 (gross amount before deductions which include: taxation and health insurance; the scholarship will be converted to PLN using current exchange rate) is awarded for 9 months (proposed starting date October 2013). Application deadline: March 31, 2013 Eligibility: all researchers who have a PhD (in physics or astronomy or mathematics) awarded after 01.01.2006 (or who will have it awarded before the beginning of the scholarship) and are fluent in English. Application: Please send CV including the list of publications and a short resume of your PhD Thesis, letter of motivation, and a short description of the research project to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl (with the title: CCPOSTDOC) The candidates should arrange the letter of recommendation to be sent directly to the above address. For further information concerning the research team see webpage: http://www.copernicuscenter.edu.pl/research/104 All questions should be addressed to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Positions in Physics at Guanajuato University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7963 Deadline: 2013-03-13 Location: Guanajuato, Mexico Additional Information http://www.dci.ugto.mx/images/images/pdf/secretaria_academica/posdocs_depfi… Contact: oloaiza[AT]fisica.ugto.mx Postdoctoral Positions starting in summer 2013 Department of Physics Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico The Department of Physics at the University of Guanajuato expects to offer one or more postdoctoral positions, to consolidate its research and graduate programs in physics. We expect the hired postdoc to teach one undergraduate course a year and conduct research in the following areas: Cosmology. String theory. Gravity. Particle Physics Phenomenology. Experimental Particle Physics (half-year in Fermi-Lab). Quantum Optics. The appointment is for one year with a possible renewal for a second year. For more details see the above link: http://www.dci.ugto.mx/images/images/pdf/secretaria_academica/posdocs_depfi… Although the deadline was March 10th, they are flexible about it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Physics (Gravitation, Field Theory) at UNAM ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/20/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Deadline: 2013-07-12 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Additional Information http://www.nucleares.unam.mx Contact: chryss[AT]nucleares.unam.mx The department of Gravitation and Field Theory at the Institute for Nuclear Sciences of UNAM, offers twice a year the possibility of postdoctoral fellowships for young researchers 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, quantum field theory, lattice QCD, various aspects of mathematical physics, biophysics, and complex systems. The permanent members are Miguel Alcubierre, Wolfgang Bietenholz, Chryssomalis Chryssomalakos, Jemal Guven, Darío Núñez, 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 February, for positions starting in September of the same year, and in late July, starting in March of 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, and should be no older than 36 when starting the position. We strongly encourage interested persons to apply throughout the year, by sending their cv, a research plan, and three letters of recommendation to chryss[AT]nucleares.unam.mx. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Message to ISGRG members ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/29/message-to-isgrg-members/ Additional Information To members of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) -- also known as the GRG. Between 1 April and 3 April, all ISGRG members should receive an email from me describing the ISGRG election to begin 11 April 2013 and to conclude during our General Assembly at GR20. If you did not receive this important email: 1. We may have an incorrect email address for you. Please send me an email from your preferred address; 2. Your mail program may have rejected it or placed it in your junk mail directory. If you can't find my email, please send me an email and I will reply with the original email; 3. Your dues may be sufficiently in arrears that you are no longer a member. If you wish to reinstate your membership, please let me know. (I hope you will do this!) I hope to see you at GR20 (http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=1) Best wishes to all, Beverly Beverly K. Berger Secretary, ISGRG beverlyberger[AT]me.com grgsocietymail[AT]gmail.com One of the above email addresses will appear on the message from me. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. New book: "Gauge Theories of Gravitation", M. Blagojevic and F.W. Hehl (eds.) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/14/new-book-gauge-theories-of-gravitat… Additional Information M. Blagojevic (Belgrade) and F.W. Hehl (Cologne and Columbia, MO), Editors, GAUGE THEORIES OF GRAVITATION: A Reader with Commentaries Foreword by T.W.B. Kibble, FRS Imperial College Press, London, April 2013 Part A The Rise of Gauge Theory of Gravity up to 1961 1. From Special to General Relativity Theory 2. Analyzing General Relativity Theory 3. A Fresh Start by YangMills and Utiyama Part B PoincarŽe Gauge Theory 4. EinsteinCartan(SciamaKibble) Theory as Viable Gravit. Theory 5. General Structure of Poincare Gauge Theory (Including Quadratic Lagrangians) 6. Translational Gauge Theory 7. Fallacies About Torsion 259 Part C Extending the Gauge Group of Gravity 8. Poincare Group Plus Scale Transformations: WeylCartan Gauge Theory of Gravity 9. From the Poincare to the Affine Group: Metric-Affine Gravity 10. Conformal Gauge Theory of Gravity 11. (Anti-)de Sitter Gauge Theory of Gravity 12. From the Square Root of Translations to the Super Poincare Group Part D Specific Subjects of Metric-Affine Gravity and Poincare Gauge Theory 13. Hamiltonian Structure 14. Equations of Motion for Matter 15. Cosmological Models 16. Exact Solutions 17. Poincare Gauge Theory in Three Dimensions 18. Dislocations and Torsion 19. The Yang Episode: A Historical Case Study Experts in gravity who want to purchase a copy of the book, can get presently a 25% discount on it. Please go to the link http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p781#t=toc and quote WSSPPK25 upon checking out your shopping cart. Then you will enjoy a 25% discount.   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. The 2013 Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/26/the-2013-bronstein-prize-in-loop-qu… Additional Informationhttp://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. See for example, the Golden Oldie article: Gen Relativity and Gravitation (2012) 44:267-283 Bronstein 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 2013 Bronstein Prize are invited. The nominee should have been a post-doc in loop quantum gravity (interpreted widely) for some period between the Loops11 and Loops13 conferences. The nomination packet should consist of: 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) 1-2 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 April 30th 2013. The prize consisting of a certificate and a monetary reward will be presented during the Loops 2013 conference, which will be held at the Perimeter Institute, Canada, during July 22-26. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Living Reviews in Relativity: "Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters" (major update) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/28/living-reviews-in-relativity-relati… Additional Informationhttp://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-4 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a major update of the review "Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters" by Matthew J. Benacquista and Jonathan M.B. Downing on 4 March 2013. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-4 Benacquista, Matthew J. and Downing, Jonathan M.B. "Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters" ACCEPTED: 2012-11-29 PUBLISHED: 2013-03-04 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-4 ABSTRACT: Galactic globular clusters are old, dense star systems typically containing 10^4 10^6 stars. As an old population of stars, globular clusters contain many collapsed and degenerate objects. As a dense population of stars, globular clusters are the scene of many interesting close dynamical interactions between stars. These dynamical interactions can alter the evolution of individual stars and can produce tight binary systems containing one or two compact objects. In this review, we discuss theoretical models of globular cluster evolution and binary evolution, techniques for simulating this evolution that leads to relativistic binaries, and current and possible future observational evidence for this population. Our discussion of globular cluster evolution will focus on the processes that boost the production of tight binary systems and the subsequent interaction of these binaries that can alter the properties of both bodies and can lead to exotic objects. Direct N-body integra tions and FokkerPlanck simulations of the evolution of globular clusters that incorporate tidal interactions and lead to predictions of relativistic binary populations are also discussed. We discuss the current observational evidence for cataclysmic variables, millisecond pulsars, and low-mass X-ray binaries as well as possible future detection of relativistic binaries with gravitational radiation. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 50 Years of the Kerr Metric, AEI, Potsdam 1.2. 7th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (last announcement) 1.3. Initial Data and Evolution Problems in General Relativity at MSRI, Berkeley 1.4. 3rd Central European Relativity Seminar at the AEI, Potsdam 1.5. Infinities and Cosmology, Cambridge, UK 1.6. Grav13, Cordoba, Argentina (1st circular) 1.7. Compact Object Summer Fest, Santander, Colombia 1.8. Hot Topics in General Relativity and Gravitation 1.9. Caltech Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics School (CGWAS 2013) 1.10. Third International Conference on Theoretical Physics and its Applications, Moscow 1.11. 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics 1.12. Workshop on Collapsing Objects, Shangai, China 1.13. IC-MSQUARE 2013, Prague, Czech Republic 1.14. Neutron Stars: nuclear physics, astronomy and gravitational waves, Guildford, UK 1.15. Fudan Winter School on Astrophysical Black Holes, Shangai, China 1.16. BritGrav 2013 (Second Announcement) 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc in gravitational waves at Penn State 2.2. Postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at West Virginia University 2.3. Postdoctoral research assistant in mathematical relativity at Edinburgh, UK 2.4. Postdoctoral position in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at the University of Birmingham, UK 3. News 3.1. 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation (reminder) 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: Spin Foams and Minimal Length in Quantum Gravity 3.3. New look for hyperspace! 3.4. IJMPD: Gravitational Wave Detection and Fundamental Physics in Space ============================================== 1. Conferenes ============================================== 1.1. 50 Years of the Kerr Metric, AEI, Potsdam --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/03/01/50-years-of-the-kerr-metric/ Starting: 2013-07-04 to 2013-07-05 Location: Potsdam, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de Contact: kerr50[AT]aei.mpg.de The Albert Einstein Institute will host a 1-1/2 day meeting to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Kerr metric. Speakers will include Roy Kerr and Reinhard Genzel. The meeting will take place 4-5 July 2013, immediately before the GR 20 - Amaldi conference in Warsaw, which begins on July 7. This makes it convenient for participants of the Warsaw meeting also to attend the Kerr commemoration. The meeting will survey the importance of the Kerr metric for modern physics and astronomy and the history of the black hole concept. This announcement is preliminary, to allow those interested to save the date and make travel plans. A further announcement will be made shortly when the website is available, at which time registration will be invited and hotel reservations will be possible. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. 7th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (last announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/02/7th-gulf-coast-gravity-meeting-last… Starting: 2013-04-19 to 2013-04-20 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GCGM7/ Contact: gcgm7[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Theoretical Physics group at the University of Mississippi will host the Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting on April 19-20, 2013. The GCGM is a regional meeting that brings together researchers in all areas of gravitational physics from the south-east region of the US. The past two editions were at Louisiana State University (GCGM5, 2009) and Florida Atlantic University (GCGM6, 2011). There is no registration fee. Students are warmly encouraged to participate. The Blue Apple Award, sponsored by the APS Topical Group in Gravitation, will be awarded to the best student presentation. To register, simply send your name and affiliation (as well as the title and abstract of your talk, if you wish to give a talk) to the following email address: gcgm7 [at] phy [dot] olemiss [dot] edu The same email address can be used for all inquiries related to the conference. We obtained financial support from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Events Sponsorship Program. Please say explicitly in your email if you are a student or postdoc and if you would like to have travel support; we will divide the available amount between all students who request it, and if funds are still available we may be able to provide partial support also for postdocs. Please book your hotel room as soon as possible. Most hotels are already partially or totally booked because of a tennis tournament, but we reserved two blocks of 30 rooms each at Super 8 and University Inn. More information is available at the conference website. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. Initial Data and Evolution Problems in General Relativity at MSRI, Berkeley --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/04/initial-data-and-evolution-problems… Starting: 2013-11-18 to 2013-11-22 Location: MSRI, Berkeley, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/show/-/event/Wm9554 Contact: gcgm7[AT]phy.olemiss.edu This workshop discusses recent developments both in the study of the properties of initial data for Einstein's equations, and in the study of solutions of the Einstein evolution problem. Cosmic censorship, the formation and stability of black holes, the role of mass and quasi-local mass, and the construction of solutions of the Einstein constraint equations are focus problems for the workshop. We highlight recent developments, and examine major areas in which future progress is likely. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. 3rd Central European Relativity Seminar at the AEI, Potsdam --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/04/relativity-seminar/ Starting: 2013-11-18 to 2013-02-09 Location: Potsdam-Golm, Germany Additional Information: http://smp.if.uj.edu.pl/~jalmuzna/seminar_golm/ Contact: gcgm7[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The 3rd Central European Seminar on Relativity will be held at the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam-Golm from 7 Feb, 2013 to 9 Feb, 2013. The series of seminars is focused on mathematical general relativity, and is designed as a forum for younger colleagues to present their work. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Infinities and Cosmology, Cambridge, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/06/infinities-and-cosmology-cambridge-… Starting: 2013-03-18 to 2013-03-21 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/events/infinities2013/ Contact: Dr David Sloan (djs228[AT]cam.ac.uk) The Infinities and Cosmology mini-series will be held in Cambridge from March 18-21. Talks will be aimed at a broad audience with interests in philosophy as well as physics. Confirmed speakers include: Anthony Aguirre, University of California Santa Cruz Mihalis Dafermos, University of Cambridge / Princeton University Michael R Douglas, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University George Ellis, University of Cape Town Mark Hogarth, University of Cambridge Simon Saunders, University of Oxford Three days of talks will be followed by a one-day workshop. Registration is open, and practical details can be found at the URL below. Posted on behalf of the organizing committee, John Barrow, Jeremy Butterfield and David Sloan, also on behalf of the rest of the joint Oxford-Cambridge Establishing the Philosophy of Cosmology project. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Grav13, Cordoba, Argentina (1st circular) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/06/grav13-cordoba-argentina-1st-circul… Starting: 2013-04-15 to 2013-04-19 Location: Villa General Belgrano, Córdoba, Argentina Additional Information: http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~ortiz/grav13/ Contact: dain[AT]famaf.unc.edu.ar We are pleased to announce that the conference Grav13 will be held in Villa General Belgrano, Cordoba (ARGENTINA), from April 15th through April 19th, 2013. This is the fifth in a new series ("GravYY") of conferences organized by the General Relativity and Gravitation Group at FaMAF (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba) since the year 2006. The conference is intended to bring together specialists working on gravitation and closely related topics, including classical and quantum gravity, mathematical relativity, gravity in arbitrary dimensions, astrophysics and astroparticle physics. Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to apply, limited funds will be available to pay partial living expenses for students.The working languages of the conference will be Spanish and English. A preliminary list of invited speakers includes: Piotr Bizon, Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. Helmut Friedrich, AEI, Germany. (*) Heinz O. Kreiss, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Juan Valiente Kroon, University of London, England. (*) Alejandro Perez, Centre de Physique Theorique, Marseille. Jorge Pullin, Lousiana State University, USA. Walter Simon, University of Vienna, Austria. Manuel Tiglio, University of Maryland. (*) (*) to be confirmed For registration, information on hotel reservation and rates, and updates on the Grav13 meeting please check the web page: http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/grav13/ Applications should be filed through the webform in the above page before March 3rd, 2013. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 17th, 2013. A registration fee AR$300 will be required, the method of payment will be informed in a second circular. The venue of the conference is the Howard Johnson hotel: http://www.hjlavilla.com.ar/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-31.99345&lon=-64.55739&zoom=17&a… For hotel booking please contact Mr. Lucas Emmanuel Medina at the Hotel's phone number (+54) (3546) 461 499 and mention that you will participate in the Grav13 conference to get the conference's special hotel rates. Alternatively you can write to the Hotel's special e-mail: eventos[AT]hjlavilla.com.ar Further information on the General Relativity and Gravitation group at FaMAF and the previous Grav meetings can be found at http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/index-en.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7. Compact Object Summer Fest, Santander, Colombia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/11/compact-object-summer-fest-santande… Starting: 2013-08-21 to 2013-08-23 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia Additional Information: http://www.redclara.net/indico/evento/CompactObjSummerFest Contact: jersonreina[AT]gmail.com The objective of this workshop is to present and discuss the cutting edge problems of the physics of compact objects, ranging from fundamental problems related to the formalism of General Relativity and Nuclear Physics Equation of State Theory to the present observational data available that should be contrasted to the theoretical predictions. It is also worth mentioning the inclusion of 4h hands-on lectures on computing tools to generate simulations of different scenarios. This short school is aimed essentially to early graduate students from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, however applications of students from others countries of Latin American (or South America) are welcome. Particular effort will be made in Peru and Bolivia, in order to promote the integration of the Regional Andean Node for Astronomy. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8. Hot Topics in General Relativity and Gravitation --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/12/hot-topics-in-general-relativity-an… Starting: 2013-07-28 to 2013-08-03 Location: Quy Nhon, Vietnam Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/GRG_2013/HTGRG.html Contact: Luc Blanchet (blanchet[AT]iap.fr) and Roland Triay (triay[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr) Our aims are to discuss and review many recent developments in 1. Astrophysics of compact objects 2. Gravitational waves (experimental and theoretical) 3. Experimental gravity and tests of general relativity 4. Alternative gravity theories motivated by cosmology At the same time of this conference and in the same place, there will be also another conference covering all experimental and observational aspects of Cosmology. The two conferences will be organized in such a way that there will be a large overlap between them, with common plenary sessions, and a lot of shared discussions. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9. Caltech Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics School (CGWAS 2013) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/12/caltech-gravitational-wave-astrophy… Starting: 2013-07-22 to 2013-07-26 Location: Pasadena, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.cgwas.org Contact: cgwas[AT]cgwas.org July 22 - 26, 2013 California Institute of Technology CGWAS is a summer school for senior undergraduates and graduate students interested in the astrophysics of gravitational-wave sources and their neutrino and electromagnetic counterparts. Application Deadline: March 31, 2013 Apply at http://www.cgwas.org . Limited support for accomodation is available. Topics covered include: - The physics of gravitational wave sources - Gravitational wave source populations - Gravitational wave detection and data analysis - Time-domain astronomy and electromagnetic counterparts - Neutrino counterparts and observation - Numerical relativity and The Einstein Toolkit Confirmed lecturers: D. Kasen (UCB/LBNL), M. Modjaz (NYU), S. Nissanke (Caltech), R. O'Shaughnessy (UWM), C. Ott (Caltech), A. Piro (Caltech), E. Schnetter (Perimeter), K. Scholberg (Duke), A. Weinstein (Caltech) Organizing Committee: L. Cadonati, C. Ott (chair), P. Moesta, S. Nissanke, A. Weinstein Poster download: http://www.cgwas.org/media/CGWAS_poster.pdf CGWAS is supported by NSF CAREER award PHY-1151197. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10. Third International Conference on Theoretical Physics and its Applications, Moscow --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/17/third-international-conference-on-t… Starting: 2013-06-24 to 2013-06-28 Location: Moscow, Russia Additional Information: http://www.timkamalov.narod.ru/Conference2013.html Contact: TimKamalov[AT]gmail.com June 24-28, 2013 Moscow State Open University Scientific Program of the Conference: - Foundations of Quantum Mechanics - Quantum Entanglement - Quantum Theory including Quantum Information (Quantum Computers, Quantum Cryptography, Teleportation of Quantum States) - Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics - General Physics - Condensed Matter - High Energy Physics - Nuclear Physics - Mathematical Physics +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11. 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/19/27th-texas-symposium-on-relativisti… Starting: 2013-12-08 to 2013-12-13 Location: Dallas, TX, USA Additional Information: http://nsm.utdallas.edu/texas2013/ Contact: texas2013[AT]utdallas.edu 50th Anniversary of the Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics: "Celebrating Fifty Years of Relativistic Astrophysics" The 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics will be held in downtown Dallas December 8 - 13, 2013. It is organized by the Department of Physics at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and is chaired by Wolfgang Rindler and Mustapha Ishak. The Symposium will include both invited and contributed talks and posters. This will be a special and historically meaningful Jubilee meeting, marking the 50th anniversary, almost to the day, of the very first of these Texas Symposia, held in Dallas in December 1963. We are excited to welcome hundreds of international astrophysicists back to Dallas fifty years later, both to celebrate the past 50 years of Texas Symposia and relativistic astrophysics and to kick off the next 50 years of remarkable discoveries. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12. Workshop on Collapsing Objects, Shangai, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/27/workshop-on-collapsing-objects/ Starting: 2013-10-21 to 2013-10-24 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://collapse2013.fudan.edu.cn/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Fudan University, Shangai, China 21-24 October 2013 During the gravitational collapse of a massive star, matter can reach extreme conditions, which are impossible to create in any laboratory on the Earth. In those cases in which nothing can stop the collapse, General Relativity predicts the formation of a spacetime singularity, where predictability is lost and standard physics breaks down. The study of collapsing objects is a fascinating area of research and can shed light on the behavior of matter at very high densities and of gravity in the strong field regime. Main topics: - Supernovae - Gamma Ray Bursts - Binary System Coalescences - Detection of Electromagnetic Radiation, Neutrinos, and Gravitational Waves from Collapsing Objects - Gravitational Collapse in General Relativity and in Alternative Theories of Gravity - Cosmic Censorship Conjecture Invited Speakers: Manuela Campanelli* (RIT, US) Vitor Cardoso (CENTRA/IST, Portugal) Pankaj Joshi (Tata Institute, India) Robert Mann* (Waterloo U & PI, Canada) Peter Meszaros* (Penn State, US) Kenichiro Nakazato (TUS, Japan) Tsvi Piran* (Hebrew U, Israel) Georg Raffelt* (MPP, Germany) Luciano Rezzolla* (AEI, Germany) * To be confirmed Organizers: Cosimo Bambi (Fudan, China), Chair Lingyao Kong (Fudan, China) Zilong Li (Fudan, China) Daniele Malafarina (Fudan, China) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13. IC-MSQUARE 2013, Prague, Czech Republic --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/21/ic-msquare-2013/ Starting: 2013-09-01 to 2013-09-05 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Additional Information: http://www.icmsquare.net Contact: secretariat[AT]icmsquare.net Dear colleague, It is our pleasure to circulate the announcement of the 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences, IC-MSQUARE 2013 (http://www.icmsquare.net ). The conference is to be held at Prague, Czech Republic during September 1-5, 2013. Professor Athanasios S. Fokas will be the keynote speaker of the IC-MSQUARE 2013. The conference aims to promote the knowledge and the development of high-quality research in mathematical fields that have to do with the applications of other scientific fields and the modern technological trends that appear in them, these fields being those of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Economics, Sociology, Environmental sciences etc. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14. Neutron Stars: nuclear physics, astronomy and gravitational waves, Guildford, UK --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/22/neutron-stars-nuclear-physics-astro… Starting: 2013-07-29 to 2013-07-30 Location: University of Surrey, UK Additional Information: http://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/workshops/neutstar/cfp.php Contact: a.rios[AT]surrey.ac.uk We are pleased to announce the workshop "Neutron Stars: nuclear physics, astronomy and gravitational waves", that will take place at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Surrey on 29-30 July 2013. Taking advantage of a multi-disciplinary environment, we plan to identify key issues in compact star physics and develop strategies to make the most of the new generation of astronomical observatories, gravitational wave detectors and nuclear experiments. The workshop will have approximately 60 participants. There will be a series of long review talks by 6 experts on different fields: - Prof. Mark Alford, Washington University in St Louis, USA - Prof. Nils Andersson, University of Southampton, UK - Prof. Pawel Danielewicz, Michigan State University and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, USA - Dr. Benjamin Stappers, University of Manchester, UK - Prof. Nikolaos Stergioulas, University of Thessalonika, Greece - Dr. Patrick Sutton, University of Cardiff, UK We invite contributions on topics related to neutron star and compact object physics in their widest sense. Abstracts for talks and posters can now be submitted through the website of the Institute of Advanced Studies: http://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/workshops/neutstar/cfp.php Young researchers are especially encouraged to apply. Due to the limited number of places available, participants will be asked to register online further into the year, once the submitted abstracts have been processed. On-campus accommodation has been arranged for most participants and reservations will be arranged during registration. There will be a main dinner event on the evening of the 29th. Guildford is 30 minutes southwest of London by train. It has direct connections to Gatwick and Heathrow airports. Stansted and Luton airports can be reached via London. Further information can be found at the workshop's website, which will be updated regularly. We apologize in advance if your receive this announcement from more than one source. Looking forward to seeing you all in Guildford this summer, Arnau Rios Ian Jones Paul Stevenson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.15. Fudan Winter School on Astrophysical Black Holes, Shangai, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/27/fudan-winter-school-on-astrophysica… Starting: 2014-02-10 to 2014-02-15 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://bambi2014.fudan.edu.cn/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Black holes are very fascinating and peculiar objects. According to General Relativity, uncharged black holes are completely specified by only two parameters, the mass M and the spin angular momentum J. In the last 40 years, we have discovered at least two classes of astrophysical black hole candidates: stellar-mass objects in X-ray binary systems and super-massive black hole candidates at the center of every normal galaxy. The mass of these objects can be inferred by robust dynamical measurements, by studying the orbital motion of gas or individual stars around them. The determination of the spin J is much more difficult and it is a hot topic of contemporary astrophysics. Then, there are still many open questions: What is the origin of the jets produced in the region around these objects? How could super-massive black holes become so heavy? Are these objects the Kerr black holes predicted by General Relativity? All our open questions may be addressed by studying the properti es of the electromagnetic radiation emitted in the accretion process and, hopefully in a not distant future, by observing the gravitational waves emitted by these systems. This school consists of series of lectures on specific topics given by experts in the field. It is mainly intended for PhD students and young postdocs working on high energy astrophysics, both for theorists and for observers. Lecturers: Tomaso Belloni (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) Black Hole Binaries Kostas Kokkotas (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) Gravitational Waves from Black Holes Jean-Pierre Lasota (Institut dAstrophysique de Paris) Black Hole Accretion Disks James Steiner* (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Measuring the Mass and the Spins of Black Holes Feng Yuan (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) Formation mechanisms of outflows and jets * To be confirmed Organizers: Cosimo Bambi (Fudan, Shanghai), Chair Lingyao Kong (Fudan, Shanghai) Zilong Li (Fudan, Shanghai) Daniele Malafarina (Fudan, Shanghai) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.16. BritGrav 2013 (Second Announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=7881 Starting: 2013-04-03 to 2013-04-04 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom Additional Information: http://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/britgrav2013/ Contact: britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk The 13th BritGrav (British Gravity) Meeting will be held on 3-4 April 2013 in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield. The meeting covers all areas of classical and quantum gravity including astrophysics, cosmology and experiments, and is intended to further collaborations and allow young researchers to showcase their work. The programme will begin with coffee at 10:30am on Wednesday 3rd April and will end at about 5pm on Thursday 4th April. The programme will include a reception generously sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity. There is no registration fee, and participants are responsible for their own accommodation, meals and travel. We hope that all PhD students and postdocs who wish to will be able to give a talk, and we will schedule talks by others if time allows. Faculty are reassured that by submitting an abstract they will not be depriving a student of the opportunity to talk. If you plan to participate, please register before Friday 15th March at the website: http://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/britgrav2013/ If you want to give a talk, please give a title and abstract when you register or by e-mail to britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk. The deadline for abstracts is Friday 15th March. A limited amount of funding will be available from the Gravitational Physics Group of the Institute of Physics to assist with travel and accommodation costs for research students, particularly those based in the UK. Please contact britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk if you would like to apply for such funding. More information will be posted on the above website. Please send any queries to britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk. Sam Dolan and Elizabeth Winstanley (University of Sheffield) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc in gravitational waves at Penn State ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/20/postdoc-in-gravitational-waves-at-p… Deadline: 2013-03-01 Location: White Oak, PA, USA Additional Information http://gravity.psu.edu Contact: bjo10[AT]psu.edu A postdoctoral position in gravitational waves is available at Penn State starting fall 2013, initially for one year, with renewal up to a third year possible depending on performance and funding. The postdoc will focus on searching LIGO data for continuous gravitational waves with Ben Owen, but is encouraged also to pursue independent projects and collaborations in data analysis and/or theory. The Penn State gravitational waves group consists of faculty Ben Owen and Sam Finn, three graduate students, and several undergraduates, with research interests in ground-based, space-based, and pulsar timing gravitational wave searches and related issues in relativistic astrophysics. The group is part of the Center for Particle and Gravitational Astrophysics, which consists of sixteen faculty and many postdocs and students from the departments of Physics and of Astronomy and Astrophysics whose research includes observations with high-energy photons (the Swift and Fermi satellites), the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory, and the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, as well as theoretical work on related topics. The Center is part of the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, together with the Center for Fundamental Theory and the Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. For further information see http://gravity.psu.edu or contact owen[AT]gravity.psu.edu. Applicants should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research interests as a single PDF to cgwp-applications[AT]gravity.psu.edu. They should also provide contact information for three or more references. The deadline for receipt of all application materials is March 1, 2013. Penn State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral position in Gravitational Wave Astronomy at West Virginia University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/18/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Deadline: 2013-03-15 Location: Morgantown, WV, USA Additional Information http://physics.wvu.edu/ Contact: stmcwill[AT]princeton.edu We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate to conduct research in theoretical gravitational wave astronomy, broadly defined. The candidate would work primarily with Prof. Sean McWilliams on a number of possible research topics, including gravitational wave source modeling, numerical relativity, and data analysis, with particular applications to the science goals of pulsar timing arrays, particularly NANOGrav, as well as the current and near-future generation of ground-based interferometric detectors, particularly Advanced LIGO. A Ph. D. in Physics or a related field is required, with research expertise in one or more of the areas listed above. The preferred start date for the position is September 1, 2013, with an initial appointment of one year and possible renewal for up to two additional years contingent on performance and available funding. If interested, please email your CV and a brief statement of research experience and interests and arrange for three letters of reference to be emailed to stmcwill[AT]princeton.edu. Review of applications will begin March 15 and will continue until the position is filled. WVU is a major center for gravitational wave astronomy, with a pulsar timing program led by Profs. Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin, and is a few hours drive from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Green Bank Telescope, where most of NANOGravs observations are conducted. The WVU Physics Department (http://physics.wvu.edu/) conducts approximately $5 million annually in externally sponsored research, with major research activities in the areas of astronomy/astrophysics, condensed matter physics, and plasma physics. WVU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral research assistant in mathematical relativity at Edinburgh, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/05/postdoctoral-research-assistant-in-… Deadline: 2013-02-12 Location: Edinburgh, Britain Additional Information https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs… Contact: Pieter Blue p.blue[AT]ed.ac.uk Applications are invited for a two-year post-doctoral research associate (PDRA) position. The position is primarily funded through an EPSRC grant, the subject of which is the black hole stability problem. The succesful applicant will be encouraged to contribute to work on this problem but also to develop their own research programme. Further details can be found at https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral position in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics at the University of Birmingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/15/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Deadline: 2013-02-27 Location: Birmingham, UK Additional Information http://tinyurl.com/gwjobbham27feb2013 Contact: postdoc-gwastro[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk The Gravitational-Wave Group at the University of Birmingham invites applications for a post-doctoral position in the area of gravitational-wave astrophysics and data analysis, with emphasis on compact-object binary systems. The position is available from 1st October 2013 for an initial period of two years and can be extended by a further year contingent to satisfactory performance and availability of funding. The starting salary is normally in the range 27,854 GBP to 36,298 GBP a year. Applicants with a background in gravitational-wave physics, astronomy/astrophysics, theoretical and/or numerical relativity and data analysis are welcome to apply. The Birmingham Gravitational-wave Group consists of faculty members Will Farr (from 1st October 2013), Andreas Freise, Ilya Mandel and Alberto Vecchio, four postdoctoral research associates and nine post-graduate students. The group has a broad range of research interests including compact object astrophysics, gravitational-wave observations and data analysis, instrumentation and advanced interferometry. The group is member of the GEO Collaboration, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and the European Pulsar Timing Array Collaboration. The group has excellent laboratory and computer facilities. For full consideration, candidates must apply online at: http://tinyurl.com/gwjobbham27feb2013 and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent by the closing date to: Mrs Joanne Cox School of Physics and Astronomy University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT United Kingdom E-mail: postdoc-gwastro[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk Interested applicants are encouraged to notify their intention to apply by sending an email to the above address. The deadline for application is Tuesday 27th February 2013. For further information and informal enquiries please contact: Dr. Ilya Mandel (imandel[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk) or Prof Alberto Vecchio (av[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation (reminder) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/05/2013-awards-for-essays-on-gravitati… Additional Informationhttp://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation In 2013, for our sixty-fourth competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for the purpose of stimulating thought and encouraging work on gravitation. The stipulations follow. (1) We will make these Awards on May 15, 2013 for the best well-written essays, 1500 words or less (excluding abstracts, diagrams, references and minimal equations), on the subject of gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects. (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) Essays must be in English and e-mailed in a single PDF file before April 1, 2013. Early submission is desirable. 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 pages should include essay title; authors names, complete mailing and e-mail addresses; submission date; an abstract of 125 words or less; and the statement: Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2013 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: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org around May 15, 2013. 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: 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 2005 John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, Kings College London and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 2004 Maulik Parikh, Columbia University, New York 2003 Martin Bojowald, The Pennsylvania State University 2002 Steven B. Giddings, University of California at Santa Barbara and Stanford University, Stanford, California 2001 Csaba Csaki and Joshua Erlich, Los Alamos National Lab and Christophe Grojean, University of California at Berkeley 2000 Arthur Lue and Erick J. Weinberg, Columbia University, New York 1999 John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, University of Oxford and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 1998 Viqar Husain, University of British Columbia, Vancouver ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Living Reviews in Relativity: Spin Foams and Minimal Length in Quantum Gravity ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/15/living-reviews-in-relativity-spin-f… Additional Informationhttp://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/ Living Reviews in Relativity has published two new review articles on Quantum Gravity: "The Spin-Foam Approach to Quantum Gravity" by Alejandro Perez and "Minimal Length Scale Scenarios for Quantum Gravity" by Sabine Hossenfelder. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-3 Perez, Alejandro "The Spin-Foam Approach to Quantum Gravity" ACCEPTED: 2012-06-11 PUBLISHED: 2012-02-14 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-3 ABSTRACT: This article reviews the present status of the spin-foam approach to the quantization of gravity. Special attention is payed to the pedagogical presentation of the recently-introduced new models for four-dimensional quantum gravity. The models are motivated by a suitable implementation of the path integral quantization of the Plebanski formulation of gravity on a simplicial regularization. The article also includes a self contained treatment of 2+1 gravity. The simple nature of the latter provides the basis and a perspective for the analysis of both conceptual and technical issues that remain open in four dimensions. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-2 Hossenfelder, Sabine "Minimal Length Scale Scenarios for Quantum Gravity" ACCEPTED: 2012-10-11 PUBLISHED: 2013-01-29 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-2 ABSTRACT: We review the question whether the fundamental laws of nature limit our ability to probe arbitrarily short distances. First, we examine what insights can be gained from thought experiments for probes of shortest distances, and summarize what can be learned from different approaches to a theory of quantum gravity. Then we discuss some models that have been developed to implement a minimal length scale into quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. These models have entered the literature under the names of generalized uncertainty principle or modified dispersion relation, and have allowed to study the effects of a minimal length scale in quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, thermodynamics, black hole physics and cosmology. Finally, we touch upon the question if there are ways to circumvent the manifestation of a minimal length scale in short-distance physics. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. New look for hyperspace! ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/18/new-look-for-hyperspace-2/ Additional Information Dear all, I am glad to announce hyperspace's new look! Behind what seems only an aesthetical restyle there is a major overhaul of hyperspace, which is now fully compatible with WordPress and less relying on purpose-made scripts. This will mean a higher level of security and the ability to continuosly improve the site as new versions of WordPress are released. Notable new changes are: - easier to use forms for posting job, conferences, etc. with a simple-to-use captcha filter. - the ability to browse all posts back in time (and not just in the future). - an easier management of the personal profiles. We have tested the site carefully but glitches are still possible. Should you encounter one, please be patient and report it immediately. As always we strive to give you the best service and as ever we will benefit from your input on how to improve hyperspace. Luciano Rezzolla and the hyperspace@aei team (Frank Schulz and Marcus Thienert) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. IJMPD: Gravitational Wave Detection and Fundamental Physics in Space ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/02/19/ijmpd-gravitational-wave-detection-… Additional Informationhttp://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijmpd Dear Colleagues, International Journal of Modern Physics D has published a new special issue on Gravitational Wave Detection and Fundamental Physics in Space [IJMPD Vol. 22, No. 1 (2013)]. Web address: http://www.worldscientific.com/toc/ijmpd/22/01 Visit and register with World Scientific website today to read the full text of these articles. With best wishes, Chee-Hok Lim Publishing Editor International Journal of Modern Physics D email: ijmpd[AT]wspc.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ===================================================== Living Reviews in Relativity MPI for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) Am Muehlenberg 1 14476 Golm | Germany Tel: +49 (0)331 567 7115 Email: livrev(a)aei.mpg.de http://www.livingreviews.org =====================================================

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Conferences 1.1 The 2013 yearly ICRANet Scientific Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics 1.2 PCGM 29 at University of California at Davis: registration open 1.3 School of Astroparticle Physics - Gravitational Waves, Observatoire de Haute Provence, France 1.4 VESF School, Gravitational waves, neutrinos and multiwavelenght observations: the new frontier of astronomy, Rome, Italy 1.5 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity (2nd MCCQG) 1.6 20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation and 10th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Warsaw, Poland 1.7 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting, Toronto, Canada 1.8 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relavitiy, Dublin, Ireland 1.9 The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 1.10 Quantum Fields, Gravity and Information, Nottingham, UK 1.11 IVth School of Astroparticle Physics: Gravitational Waves 1.12 Davis Cosmic Frontier Conferences, Davis, CA, USA 1.13 5th International Symposium on Experimental Gravitation in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China 1.14 Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013) 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral fellowship in GW data analysis at Rhodes University, South Africa 2.2 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Relativistic Astrophysics at Southampton 2.3 Max Planck Partner Group Post-doctoral Positions at IISER-TVM, India 2.4 Gravitational Wave Astronomy Research Associate, Cardiff, UK 2.5 PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton 2.6 Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Cosmology at Bilbao, Spain 2.7 Faculty position in theoretical gravitational physics at Guelph/PI 2.8 Postdoctoral Position in High Energy Theory and General Relativity at Beijing Normal University 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory" 3.2 New: IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize 3.3 The Chalonge School Programme 2013 ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 The 2013 yearly ICRANet Scientific Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/31/the-2013-yearly-icranet-scientific-… Starting Sat, Jun 01, 2013 to Wed, Jul 10, 2013 Location: Nice (France), Pescara (Italy), Rome (Italy); July 1-10 Rio de Janeiro Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/ The 2013 yearly ICRANet Scientific Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics (June 1-30 Nice, France, Pescara, Italy, Rome, Italy; July 1-10 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Kerr solution of the Einstein's equations, in presence of Roy Kerr and of the ICRANet Scientific Committee Organizing Committee: Felix Aharonian (Armenia), Lorenzo Amati (Italy), Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (Italy), David Arnett (USA), Vladimir Belinski (Italy), Carlo Luciano Bianco (Italy), Donato Bini (Italy), João Braga (Brazil), Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (India), Pascal Chardonnet (France), Valeri Chechetkin (Russia), Christian Cherubini (Italy), Thibault Damour (France), Massimo Della Valle (Italy), Jaan Einasto (Estonia), Francis Everitt (USA), Simonetta Filippi (Italy), Sergio Frasca (Italy), Filippo Frontera (Italy), Jean-Marc Gambaudo (France), Gabriele Gionti (USA), Robert Jantzen (USA), Yipeng Jing (P.R. China), Roy Kerr (New Zealand), Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (Russia), Hagen Kleinert (Germany), Hyung Won Lee (South Korea), Olivier Legrand (France), John Madey (USA), John Mester (USA), Francois Mignard (France), Charles Misner (USA), Hermann Nicolai (Germany), Mario Novello (Brazil), Alex Pelster (Germany), Elena Pian (Italy), Tsvi Piran (Israel), Elène Politano (Franc e), Vladimir Popov (Russia), Brian Matthew Punsly (USA), Hernando C. Quevedo (Mexico), Johann Rafelski (USA), Piero Rosati (Germany), Kjell Rosquist (Sweden), Jorge Rueda (Italy), Remo Ruffini (Chairman, Italy), Felix Ryde (Sweden), Gerard ’t Hooft (Holland), Marco Tavani (Italy), Lev Titarchuk (USA), Farrokh Vakili (France), Gregory Vereshchagin (Italy), She Sheng Xue (Italy), Shuangnan Zhang (P.R. China) ICRANet (http://www.icranet.org/) is an International Organization devoted to scientific researches in Relativistic Astrophysics. Current ICRANet Members are: Armenia, Brazil, Italy, Vatican, ICRA, University of Arizona, University of Stanford. Current ICRANet Seats are located in: Nice (France), Pescara (Italy, headquarters), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, including the Brazilian Science Data Center BSDC), Rome (Italy), Yerevan (Armenia). The Research Topics of ICRANet encompasses: Exact solutions of Einstein and Einstein – Maxwell equations, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Relativistic effects in Physics and Astrophysics, Cosmology and large scale structures, Theoretical Astroparticle Physics, Generalization of the Kerr-Newman solution, Black Holes and Quasars, Electron-positron pairs in physics and astrophysics, From heavy nuclei to black holes, From Nuclei to Compact Stars, Supernovae, Symmetries in General Relativity, Self Gravitating Systems, Galactic Structures and Galactic Dynamics, Interdisciplinary Complex Systems. Contributions are accepted on any of the above mentioned research topic. Participation is welcome both of Post-Doc and Researchers (registration fee 300.00 EUR) and of graduate and undergraduate students (registration fee 150.00 EUR). For information please contact secretariat[AT]icranet.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 PCGM 29 at University of California at Davis: registration open ------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/30/pcgm-29-2/ Starting Fri, Mar 29, 2013 to Sat, Mar 30, 2013 Location: Davis, CA, USA Additional Information: http://pcgm29.ucdavis.edu Registration is now open for PCGM 29, the 29th Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting, which will take place March 29-30 at the University of California at Davis. The conference website, http://pcgm29.ucdavis.edu, includes a registration form, as well as information about food, transportation, and lodging. The Pacific Coast Gravity Meetings are designed to be very open and informal, aimed at fostering communication among gravitational physicists with varied backgrounds. Students and postdocs are especially encouraged to give short, introductory talks about their research. A prize, sponsored by the APS Topical Group on Gravity, will be awarded for the best talk given by a student at the meeting. If you are interested in attending -- and especially if you would like to give a talk -- please register, to allow us to estimate the attendance and start planning the program. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 School of Astroparticle Physics - Gravitational Waves, Observatoire de Haute Provence, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/30/school-of-astroparticle-physics-gra… Starting Mon, May 27, 2013 to Sat, Jun 01, 2013 Location: Observatoire de Haute Provence, Saint Michel l'Observatoire, France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/WEB_EAP_13/EcoleAP-OHP13.html We are pleased to announce the IVth school of Astroparticle Physics, dedicated to Gravitational Waves, to be held during the week of 27 May 2013 on the site of the Observatoire de Haute Provence (France). The school will be focused on multi-messenger astronomy involving gravitational waves. Experts will cover a variety of topics relevant for this challenge of the near future. Besides training young researchers who consider joining this emerging field, the objective of the school is to bring together the various scientific communities, getting them to learn about common interests and building synergies. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 VESF School, Gravitational waves, neutrinos and multiwavelenght observations: the new frontier of astronomy, Rome, Italy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/28/gravitational-waves-neutrinos-and-m… Starting Mon, Apr 15, 2013 to Thu, Apr 18, 2013 Location: Rome, Italy Additional Information: http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/VESF/SCHOOL2013_WEBSITE/Vesf_School.html Dear Colleagues, the Virgo-EGO Science Forum (VESF) is organizing the 2013 School on "Gravitational waves, neutrinos and multiwavelenght observations: the new frontier of astronomy", to be held on April 15-18, 2013 at the Astronomical Observatory of Rome in Monteporzio Catone (Rome, Italy). In this year's program more emphasis is devoted to the search for the astrophysical counterparts of candidate gravitational wave events detected by Advanced Virgo and LIGO. The goal is to stimulate the interest and foster the collaboration of students and young researchers from both the GW and astrophysical communities in the one of the most challenging and exciting scientific enterprises of the 2010's. The deadline for application is March 10th, 2013. At the school website: http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/VESF/SCHOOL2013_WEBSITE/Vesf_School.html you can find the application form, the school program (also attached to this message), a list of hotels and directions on how to reach the observatory and the hotel. VESF will provide lunches and transportation from the center of Frascati to the Observatory and back every day. Travel, lodging and dinner expenses should be covered by the applicant or by his/her home institution. Participants are requested to make their own hotel reservation (please see the School web site), by March 10th, 2013 (mention that you are participating in the school). Please note that April is high season, and late reservations may be difficult. For any further assistance please contact Dr. Giuliana Giobbi e-mail: Giuliana.giobbi[AT]oa-roma.inaf.it INAF -Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma Via Frascati, 33 00040 Monte Porzio Catone (Roma) Italy With our best wishes Valeria Ferrari and Luigi Stella (School directors) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity (2nd MCCQG) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/27/2nd-mediterranean-conference-on-cla… Starting Sun, Jun 09, 2013 to Sat, Jun 15, 2013 Location: Veli Lošinj, Croatia Additional Information: http://umbriel.phy.hr/mccqg2 The Mediterranean Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity aims to bring together, in the attractive setting of the Mediterranean sea, leading experts in all aspect of gravitation, from classical to quantum and from theory to experiment. The first conference in this series took place in Crete in 2009. This conference is the second in the series and will be located in the picturesque town of Veli Lošinj on the island of Lošinj in the north of the Adriatic Sea. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation and 10th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, Warsaw, Poland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/26/20th-international-conference-on-ge… Starting Sun, Jul 07, 2013 to Sat, Jul 13, 2013 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/ IMPORTANT DATES Early registration: deadline April 1, 2013 Late registration: deadline May 1, 2013 Early abstract submission: deadline February 15, 2013 Decision on selected proposals: March 15, 2013 Late abstract submission: deadline May 1, 2013 Decision on selected proposals: May 31, 2013 Applying for financial support: deadline February 15, 2013 Decision on financial support: March 20, 2013 PARALLEL SESSIONS - Exact solutions and their interpretation - Mathematical relativity and other progress in classical gravity theory - Modified gravity theories - Complex and conformal methods in classical and quantum gravity - Relativistic astrophysics - Numerical relativity and astrophysical applications - Numerical relativity : methods, theoretical gravity and high energy applications - Analytic approximations, perturbation theory, effective field theory methods and their applications - Observational cosmology - Theoretical/mathematical cosmology - Pulsar Timing Arrays: Latest Developments and Future Directions - GWs: Search Results, Data Analysis and Parameter Estimation - Progress and Challenges in Advanced Ground Based Detectors - Concepts and Research for Future Detectors - Space Based Detectors - Q&A Everything you wanted to know about GWs but were afraid to ask - Multi-Messenger Astronomy of GW Sources - Education and Public Outreach on Gravitational Wave Astronomy - Experimental gravitation - Loop quantum gravity and spin foams - Strings, branes and M-theory - Causal sets, causal dynamical triangulations, non-commutative geometry, and other approaches to quantum gravity - Quantum fields in curved space-time, semiclassical gravity, quantum gravity phenomenology, and analog models PLENARY LECTURES - 51 years ago in Warszawa-Jabłonna (Opening, M. Demiański, Uniwersytet Warszawski) - 51 years after GR3 in Warszawa-Jabłonna (Opening, A. Ashtekar, Penn State University) - Planck results and consequences for cosmology (G. Efstathiou, University of Cambridge) - Present and future cosmological constraints on dark energy (T. Davis, University of Queensland) - Formation of the trapped surfaces (I. Rodnianski, MIT) - Approximate solution-finding methods in higher-dimensional GR (R. Emparan, Universitat de Barcelona) - Dynamics of asymptotically AdS spacetimes (P. Bizoń, Uniwersytet Jagielloński) - Loop Quantum Gravity - soluble theories of quantum gravity (T. Thiemann, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg) - Gravity and condensed matter correspondence focusing on Entanglement Entropy (T. Takayanagi, University of Kyoto) - Numerical Relativity and its applications to astrophysics and high energy physics (U. Sperhake, Caltech) - Neutron stars (J. Lattimer, Stony Brook University) - Formation of supermassive black holes (P. Natrajan, Yale University) - Modified gravity as alternatives to dark energy or dark matter (P. Ferreira, University of Oxford) - Black hole micro-states/entropy in string theory (A. Sen, Harish Chandra Research Institute) - Cold atoms for Equivalence Principle tests and GW detection (P. Wolf, Observatoire de Paris) - Event Horizon Telescope (A. Broderick, Perimeter Institute) - Black Hole Inequalities (S. Dain, Medina Allende s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Cordoba) - Status of Advanced (ground based) Gravitational Wave Detectors (M. Evans, MIT) - Space-based Gravitational Wave Detectors (S. Vitale, Universita degli Studi di Trento) - Observational Results from Ground-based Gravitational Wave Detectors (M. A. Bizouard, LAL Orsay / Carleton College) - Pulsar Timing Arrays (M. Mclaughlin, West Virginia University) - Effective field theory for gravitational wave computations (I. Rothstein, Carnegie Mellon University) SATELLITE SCHOOLS AND WORKSHOPS - Conformal Symmetry and Perspectives in Quantum and Mathematical Gravity, http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/ - School of Gravitational Waves, http://bcc.impan.pl/13Gravitational/ - GR Maple Workshop, http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=23 To register and find more visit our homepage http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/ ORGANIZERS Local organizing institutions: Polskie Towarzystwo Relatywistyczne and Uniwersytet Warszawski For Scientific Organising Committee GR20 (SOC GR20), Scientific Organising Committee Amaldi10 (SOC Amaldi10), Local Organising Committee (LOC GR20/Amaldi10), and Supporting Institutions, see: http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=13 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting, Toronto, Canada ------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/26/16th-eastern-gravity-meeting/ Starting Fri, Jun 07, 2013 to Sat, Jun 08, 2013 Location: Toronto, Canada The 16th Eastern Gravity Meeting will be held June 7-8, 2013 at the University of Toronto. The format of the meeting will follow previous regional meetings, where all participants may present a talk of approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the total number of talks. A conference website will be open in a few months, at which time more details, registration information and abstract submission will be available. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relavitiy, Dublin, Ireland ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/25/16th-capra-meeting-on-radiation-rea… Starting Mon, Jul 15, 2013 to Fri, Jul 19, 2013 Location: Dublin, Ireland Additional Information: http://maths.ucd.ie/capra16/ The 16th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity will be hosted by the School of Mathematical Sciences at University College Dublin, marking its first return to Ireland since 1999 when the 2nd Capra Meeting was also held in UCD. The meeting will run from the 15th to 19th of July 2013, starting with three days of invited and contributed talks and followed by two days of informal discussions. As usual, the programme will focus on aspects of the self-force in general relativity, but will also seek to explore the promise of a synergy with other approaches to the two-body problem. Following the Capra tradition, the meeting will be informal. There will be no registration fee and no proceedings. The programme will include a few invited review talks, short contributed presentations (20-30 minutes slots) and open discussion sessions. Contributed talks on all aspects of the radiation reaction problem (including related topics such as EMRI astrophysics or data analysis) are welcome. Interested colleagues are encouraged to <a title="Capra 16 registration" href="http://maths.ucd.ie/capra16/registration/">register</a> online at their earliest convenience. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9 The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/19/the-modern-physics-of-compact-stars… Starting Wed, Sep 18, 2013 to Sat, Sep 21, 2013 Location: Yerevan, Armenia Additional Information: http://indico.cern.ch/confRegistrantsDisplay.py/list?confId=215145 This conference is the second in a series whose aim is 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. As the first conference in 2008, it will take place in Yerevan, Armenia from 18-21 September 2013. Among the social events, there will be a co-memoration of 100th birthday of the founder of the Theoretical Physics Chair at the Department of Physics of Yerevan State University and prominent Armenian scientist Academician Gurgen Serobi Sahakyan. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10 Quantum Fields, Gravity and Information, Nottingham, UK ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/16/quantum-fields-gravity-and-informat… Starting Wed, Apr 03, 2013 to Fri, Apr 05, 2013 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: http://qfgi2013.weebly.com We are pleased to invite postgraduate researchers, from inside and outside the UK, to exchange ideas on the mathematical aspects of relativistic quantum physics. A special focus will be given to relativistic quantum information, a relatively young field which combines techniques from quantum field theory, quantum gravity, quantum information and quantum optics. Our invited speakers reflect the diversity of areas covered: Prof. Bob Coecke (Oxford) Dr. Ivette Fuentes (Nottingham) Dr. Etera Livine (Lyon) Prof. Tim Ralph (Brisbane) Funding is available to cover accommodation and travel for up to 30 participants. We expect to give all of them the opportunity to contribute either with a talk or a poster. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11 IVth School of Astroparticle Physics: Gravitational Waves -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/11/ivth-school-of-astroparticle-physic… Starting Mon, May 27, 2013 to Sat, Jun 01, 2013 Location: Saint Michel l'Observatoire Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/WEB_EAP_13/EcoleAP-OHP13-a.html Thanks to the advent of a second generation of instruments, we are at the dawn of the first direct detection of gravitational waves (GW). GW are expected to be emmitted in violent astrophysical events, possibly in connection with other types of emission, observable in the electromagnetic or neutrino spectra, such as, e.g., GRBs. This motivates correlating future GW observations with those of conventional astronomy. Developing such an multi-messenger astrophysics is a timely effort that can be achieved by bringing together the communities involved in both the observational and theoretical aspects. This school aims at bringing together experts from a wide range of disciplines, including specialists in GW sources and their modelling, high-energy physicists, phenomenologists or observers. The goal is to foster the exchange of expertise between the audience and the speakers representing their own scientific communities, and to contribute to training a new generation of young researchers in these fields. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.12 Davis Cosmic Frontier Conferences, Davis, CA, USA ------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/05/davis-cosmic-frontier-conferences/ Starting Mon, May 20, 2013 to Sat, May 25, 2013 Location: Davis, CA, USA Additional Information: http://www.cevs.ucdavis.edu/confreg/index.cfm?confid=606&webid=3120%20 This will be a week long event consisting of two back-to-back topical conferences, Mining the Cosmic Frontier in the Planck Era May 20 - 22, 2013 on interpreting Planck data and disucssing its implications for cosmology, and Fundamental Questions in Cosmology May 22 - 25, 2013 on the discussion of fundamentals of cosmic inflation, with a possible satelite workshop in between. The venue will be on UC Davis campus, at Davis, CA, USA. The invited speakers are among the world leaders in cosmology. More information, including the registration, will appear soon on the conference web page. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.13 5th International Symposium on Experimental Gravitation in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/03/5th-international-symposium-on-expe… Starting Sun, Jul 07, 2013 to Sat, Jul 13, 2013 Location: Nanchang, China Additional Information: http://sites.sjfc.edu/iseg5/ This symposium is the 5th in the series that commenced in 1986 in Guanghzhou, followed by Nathiagali (1993), Samarkand (1999) and Cochin (2009). The theme is experimental gravitation covering verifications, proposed experiments, interpretations and extensions of the General Theory of Relativity. Details available in the symposium webpage (http://sites.sjfc.edu/iseg5/) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.14 Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013) ---------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/02/spanish-portuguese-relativity-meeti… Starting Mon, Sep 09, 2013 to Thu, Sep 12, 2013 Location: Benasque, Spain Additional Information: http://www.benasque.org/2013ere/ We are glad to announce the Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meeting (ERE2013), an international conference to be held at the Pedro Pascual Center of Science, Benasque, Spain, from September 9 to September 12, 2013. This year the conference is organized by the groups in Barcelona (Departament de Física Fonamental, Univ. Barcelona, Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Departament de Física and IFAE, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona). ERE 2013 will cover most of the areas of modern General Relativity -- from cosmology and gravitational waves, to quantum gravity and the AdS/CFT correspondence and its applications. One of the sessions will be dedicated to the memory of José Alberto Lobo, a much esteemed and sorely missed member of our group and of the Spanish relativity community, who passed away on 30 September 2012. Prof. Lobo played a major role in boosting the research on gravitational radiation in Spain. Please note that the Benasque Center will provide bus transportation from and to Barcelona for participants staying through the entire duration of the conference. The web registration for the workshop is open at the conference website http://www.benasque.org/2013ere/ Registration fees: SEGRE members: 200€ (250€ after 1 July 2013) Non SEGRE members: 250€ (300€ after 1 July 2013) The registration fee will cover bus transportation from and to Barcelona, refreshments, and a conference dinner. If you want to join the SEGRE society (http://www.segre.es/es/presentacion.shtml) you can do so by going to http://www.segre.es/docs/membership.pdf. The meeting will consist of plenary sessions with talks by invited speakers in the morning, and contributed talks in parallel sessions in the afternoon. The list of invited speakers is: Invited Speakers - Carlos Barceló (IAA Granada) - José Juan Blanco-Pillado (U. País Vasco) - Diego Blas (CERN) - Paolo Creminelli (ICTP) * - Karsten Danzmann (Hannover) - Óscar Dias (Saclay SPhT) - César Gómez (IFT-U. Autónoma de Madrid) - Carlos Herdeiro (U. Aveiro) - Don Marolf (UC Santa Barbara) * - Bernard Schutz (AEI Golm) - Alicia Sintes (U. Illes Balears) * * : To be confirmed Participants who would like to contribute a talk in the parallel sessions can apply by submitting a title and abstract in the registration website. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 June 2013. Participants will be informed shortly afterwards whether their contribution has been accepted. There will not be a proceedings volume, but we are considering the possibility that the slides or write-ups of the talks be made available online. The SEGRE society has a limited number of grants to support expenses of some Ph.D. students. The grants can cover the registration fee and/or accommodation and/or travel expenses. The application for financial support can be made through the registration website. Participants will be informed of the decision by 20 June 2013. The Benasque Center for Science provides a stimulating environment for research. Benasque is a picturesque village nestled in the Spanish Pyrenees. The beautiful mountain atmosphere provides for many outdoor activities -- for further information please consult http://www.benasque.org/ We look forward to seeing you in Benasque, The organizers of ERE2013 Roberto Emparan Jaume Garriga Josep Llosa Oriol Pujolas Carlos Sopuerta Enric Verdaguer ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral fellowship in GW data analysis at Rhodes University, South Africa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/28/postdoctoral-fellowship-in-gw-data-… Institution: Grahamstown, South Africa Deadline: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 The Department of Mathematics at Rhodes University has two Faculty members, Prof NT Bishop and Dr D Pollney, working in numerical relativity and particularly black hole mergers. We would like to expand the interests of the group to include other aspects of gravitational wave astronomy, and as a first step we are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in data analysis. The position is not for a specific project, and we are interested in candidates with experience in any aspect of gravitational wave data analysis. Rhodes University is a small university (just over 7000 students), which emphasizes postgraduate training and research. It is located 60 km from the coast, between Port Elizabeth and East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. While the main focus of this appointment will be data analysis related to the detection of gravitational waves by laser interferometric facilities, there would also be an opportunity in terms of pulsar timing measurements building on the University’s strong involvement in the SKA project. The amount of the postdoctoral fellowship is R 180,000 per year, and is tax-free so the full amount will be paid out without any deductions. By local standards, this amounts to a good salary. An additional amount of R50,000 has been reserved for expenses, such as relocation costs, conferences, laptop, etc. The fellowship is for one year, renewable depending on performance and funding. Applications should preferably be in the form of a single PDF file attached to an email to Prof NT Bishop (n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za) with a copy to Dr D Pollney (d.pollney[AT]ru.ac.za). Applications should include * Full CV * Contact details of three referees * A statement (about half a page) of the candidate’s research interests and proposed research work during the Fellowship. The closing date is 15 February 2013, although applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date will be as soon as possible thereafter. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Relativistic Astrophysics at Southampton ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/22/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-rel… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 Additional Information: https://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=196813PJ The Southampton Gravity Group is offering a postdoctoral position in general relativistic astrophysics, starting in the spring or autumn of 2013. The post is initially for 2 years, with extension to 3 years possible subject to future funding. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake research within an STFC-funded project aimed at modelling the dynamics of neutron stars in the context of multimessenger astronomy. The emphasis of the project is on the implementation of realistic microphysics in fully relativistic numerical simulations. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large research group in gravitational physics. The Group currently comprises 9 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Wynn Ho, Ian Jones, Kostas Skenderis, Marika Taylor and James Vickers), 5 postdocs and 14 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black hole and neutron star physics, gravitational waves and numerical relativity, with additional expertise in string-inspired gravity and holography. In order to be considered for this post, the applicant must have a PhD or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline, and have a track record of original research in at least one of the following research areas: neutron-star astrophysics, gravitational-wave theory and numerical relativity. The closing date for applications is 22 February 2013 at 12.00 noon. Please visit www.jobs.soton.ac.uk to apply online, quoting reference number 196813PJ. A complete application should include (i) a Curriculum Vitae, including a list of publications; (ii) a brief (<1 page) statement of research interests; and (iii) the names and addresses of three referees. For informal inquiries contact Prof. Nils Andersson, na[AT]maths.soton.ac.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Max Planck Partner Group Post-doctoral Positions at IISER-TVM, India ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/22/max-planck-partner-group-post-docto… Institution: Trivandrum, India Deadline: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~cosmograv Max Planck Partner Group on Cosmology and Gravity, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram intends to appoint up to two postdoctoral positions in the areas of early-universe cosmology, classical and quantum gravity. A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required for these posts. The positions can start as early as 1st June 2013. Both these posts are funded under the Max Planck Partner. Currently, the group has 4 post-doctorate fellows and 3 Ph.D. students. The fellows have the opportunity to visit and interact with members of Albert Einstein Institute, Golm. Please see the URL http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/~cosmograv about the group and its activities. The position is available for a period of up to two years. Informal enquiries can be made to S. Shankaranarayanan (shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in). Salary: INR 2,64,000 – INR 2,88,000 per annum Deadline: 15 February 2013 To apply please send CV, research statement and have at least two letters of reference sent by email to: shanki[AT]iisertvm.ac.in with the subject “Application for MP-PG positions – Candidate name”. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Gravitational Wave Astronomy Research Associate, Cardiff, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/16/gravitational-wave-astronomy-resear… Institution: Cardiff, UK Deadline: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 Cardiff Gravitational Physics (http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/groups/gravity) is seeking applications to fill an STFC-funded research position. You will have the opportunity to take part in the exciting search for gravitational waves in data from the most sensitive interferometers built to date using state-of-the-art computational infrastructures. Group members play leading roles in efforts to search for signals from the coalescence of neutron star and black hole binaries, supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. They model astrophysical sources of gravitational waves using analytic and numerical relativity and develop search algorithms for their detection and interpretation with current and future detectors. The group is also interested in exploiting gravitational wave observation for strong field tests of general relativity, for cosmography and for understanding neutron star interiors. The emphasis of the post will be on developing search algorithms for the advanced detector era and in taking part in analysis of data from the first engineering and science runs of advanced detectors. The position is available initially for a period of two years and is at the Research Associate level of Grade 6, salary 30,122 - 35,938 GBP per annum. The position is available from March 2013, but the precise starting date is negotiable. Informal enquiries can be made to Professor B.S. Sathyaprakash by email at B.Sathyaprakash[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk The post may be closed early subject to suitable applicants. Further particulars and application forms can be obtained from: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/schoolsanddivisions/divisions/humrs/jobs/academicr… Closing Date: 15 February 2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton ----------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/13/phd-fellowship-in-relativity-at-sou… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/research_degrees/apply.page Applications are invited for a PhD position within the Gravity group in the School of Mathematics at the university of Southampton, UK. The PhD position is funded by the European Research Council for a standard duration of 3 years, starting in October 2013. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Leor Barack on analytical and numerical approaches to the problem of radiative dynamics of orbits around black holes in General Relativity, with applications to gravitational-wave astronomy. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large Gravity research group, comprising 8 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Ian Jones, Kostas Skenderis, Marika Taylor and James Vickers), 7 postdocs and 14 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics, sources of gravitational waves and numerical relativity, as well as string-inspired gravity and holography. Students of any nationality are invited to apply. We prefer applications to arrive before February 28, 2013, although later applications will be considered until the position is filled. Applications should be made online, by following the link on http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/research_degrees/apply.page In the online application form please select Programme Type "Research", "FullTime" and type in "Mathematics" in the Search window. Then follow the link under "Apply online" and proceed as instructed. Make sure to indicate "Leor Barack" as the requested supervisor. Contact for enquiries: Prof. Leor Barack School of Mathematics University of Southampton United Kingdom email: leor[AT]soton.ac.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral position in Theoretical Cosmology at Bilbao, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/08/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Institution: Bilbao, Spain Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral position in the area of Theoretical Cosmology beginning in September 2013. 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, Jose Juan Blanco Pillado, Juan Luis Mañes, Jon Urrestilla, Manuel Valle, Kepa Sousa and several graduate students. The group also benefits from close ties with other faculty members of the department which includes, Igor Bandos, Mariam Bouhmadi-Lopez, Iñigo Egusquiza, Alex Feinstein, Jesus Ibañez, Ruth Lazkoz, Jose Senovilla and Raul Vera. Our research interests focus on inflationary cosmology, topological defects, string theory cosmology and other fields. 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 Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Review of completed applications will begin on January 31, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Faculty position in theoretical gravitational physics at Guelph/PI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/08/faculty-position-in-theoretical-gra… Institution: Guelph, ON, Canada Deadline: Mon, Apr 01, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/ Joint Faculty Position in Theoretical Gravitational Physics Department of Physics, University of Guelph Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics The Department of Physics at the University of Guelph and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics invites applications for a joint position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in theoretical gravitational physics. This is a tenure-track faculty position at Guelph, combined with an Associate Membership at Perimeter Institute. We are looking for candidates who will complement and reinforce our strengths in this research area. All aspects of theoretical gravitational physics will be considered, but preference will be given to the following areas: numerical relativity, relativistic astrophysics, black-hole physics and astrophysics, applications of effective field theories to gravity, gravitational-wave source modeling and data analysis. Rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The successful candidate will be expected to spend time at both institutions, and will benefit from a reduction in teaching load. The Department of Physics counts 15 faculty members and offers strong undergraduate and graduate programs to the Ph.D. level. The graduate and research programs are enhanced by participation in the Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute (GWPI) and the Biophysics Interdepartmental Group (BIG). Guelph faculty members are users of many off-campus research facilities including the Canadian Light Source and TRIUMF. Experimental and theoretical research areas include astrophysics and gravitation, biophysics and medical physics, condensed matter physics and material nanoscience, physics education, planetary surface exploration, and subatomic physics. More information is available at http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca. Information about Perimeter Institute is available at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in theoretical physics or a closely related field, postdoctoral experience, and will have demonstrated exceptional strength in independent research. The candidate will also have a proven ability or demonstrated potential for teaching. To apply, submit electronic (PDF) versions of a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, publications list, and names and addresses of three professional references to Eric Poisson, Chair Department of Physics, University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 gravity[AT]uoguelph.ca Consideration of applications will begin on 1 April 2013 but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. The University of Guelph is committed to an Employment Equity Program that includes special measures to achieve diversity among its faculty and staff. We therefore particularly encourage applications from qualified aboriginal Canadians, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities and women. The appointment is subject to final budgetary approval. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Postdoctoral Position in High Energy Theory and General Relativity at Beijing Normal University ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/08/postdoctoral-position-at-beijing-no… Institution: Beijing, China Deadline: Fri, Mar 01, 2013 The Center for Relativity and Gravitation at Beijing Normal University has one post-doctoral position opening from fall 2013 in the general area of theoretical high energy physics, classical general relativity, and black hole thermodynamics. The appointment will be for two years. The salary is about 5,000-6,000 CN Y per month with possible supplement for housing, depending on funding. We will also offer 20,000 CNY research grant each year. The center consists of 6 faculties: Sijie Gao, Wenbiao Liu, Hong Lu, Yongge Ma, Bin Zhou and Jianyang Zhu. In addition, the retired professors Canbin Liang and Zheng Zhao join the academic activities frequently, and professors Abhay Ashtekar, Jerzy Lewandowski, Carlo Rovelli and Thomas Thiemann hold visiting professorships at the Institute. The research of the group covers the general area of classical and quantum gravity, black holes and the 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 directly to: sijie[AT]bnu.edu.cn The deadline for all application material is March 1st, 2013. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/16/living-reviews-in-relativity-founda… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-1 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory" by Marek A. Abramowicz and P. Chris Fragile on 14 January 2013. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2013-1 Abramowicz, Marek A. and Fragile, P. Chris "Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory" ACCEPTED: 2012-11-15 PUBLISHED: 2013-01-14 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-1 ABSTRACT: This review covers the main aspects of black hole accretion disk theory. We begin with the view that one of the main goals of the theory is to better understand the nature of black holes themselves. In this light we discuss how accretion disks might reveal some of the unique signatures of strong gravity: the event horizon, the innermost stable circular orbit, and the ergosphere. We then review, from a first-principles perspective, the physical processes at play in accretion disks. This leads us to the four primary accretion disk models that we review: Polish doughnuts (thick disks), Shakura–Sunyaev (thin) disks, slim disks, and advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAFs). After presenting the models we discuss issues of stability, oscillations, and jets. Following our review of the analytic work, we take a parallel approach in reviewing numerical studies of black hole accretion disks. We finish with a few select applications that highlight particular astrophysical applicati ons: measurements of black hole mass and spin, black hole vs. neutron star accretion disks, black hole accretion disk spectral states, and quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 New: IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/13/new-iupap-general-relativity-and-gr… Additional Information: http://www.isgrg.org Deadline for nominations: 15 February 2013 As an affiliated commission (AC2) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG Society) has been granted permission for an annual IUPAP Young Scientist Prize, to be offered first in 2013. The IUPAP Young Scientist Prizes (see http://www.iupap.org/youngscientist/page_50920.html) 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 15 February 2013, 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. Nominations may be made by any member of the GRG Society (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 a GRG member. The entire package should be bundled into a single PDF file and emailed to the President of the GRG Society (which is also Affiliated Commission 2 of IUPAP) at m.a.h.maccallum[AT]qmul.ac.uk by 15 February 2013. The award will be made at the GR20 conference. 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. Questions may be addressed to Beverly K. Berger, Secretary, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (beverlyberger[AT]me.com) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 The Chalonge School Programme 2013 -------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2013/01/09/the-chalonge-school-programme-2013/ Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr THE CHALONGE SCHOOL 22 Years of Activity-Calling for Understanding Science with great intellectual endeavour and a Human Face Welcome to the Chalonge School: A Laboratory of Ideas. Research, Training and Scientific Culture. A beacon pioneering and developping research, projects and training. The programme offers unvaluable international current research view at the forefront of astrophysics and cosmology, international contacts at the highest level and a careful interdisciplinarity, with both Theory and Observations. The programme is open to researchers, post-docs and advanced students of the different disciplines in the field, both theorists, experimentalists, observers. Advanced students, post-docs, young researchers are encouradged to participate. The programme includes scientific culture events and exhibitions. The Programme 2013 is available at http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2013.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr The Chalonge School Team Organizers: Norma G. SANCHEZ, Héctor J. DE VEGA, Maria C. FALVELLA, Alba ZANINI, Marina RAMON MEDRANO, Annalisa PERISSA and other colleagues ..... Technical Support: Djilali ZIDANI, François SEVRE, Nicole LETOURNEUR, Jean-Pierre MICHEL, Sylvain CNUDDE, Emmanuel VERGNAUD, Jèrome BERTHIER, and other colleagues.... The Chalonge School Medal: The Chalonge Medal is coined exclusively for the Chalonge School by the Hôtel de la Monnaie de Paris (the French Mint). Only nine Chalonge medals have been awarded in the 21 year school history. Awarded Daniel Chalonge Medals: Subramanyan CHANDRASEKHAR, Nobel prize of physics. Bruno PONTECORVO. George SMOOT, Nobel prize of physics. Carlos FRENK. Anthony LASENBY. Bernard SADOULET. Peter BIERMANN. John MATHER, Nobel prize of physics. Brian SCHMIDT, Nobel prize of Physics. School Courses, Lectures and Lecturers, Album of Pictures : http://chalonge.obspm.fr With compliments and kind regards

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Yukawa International Seminar 2013 and longterm workshop, Kyoto, Japan 1.2 PCGM 29 at the University of California at Davis (1st circ.) 1.3 The Alájar meeting: “Stellar dynamics and growth of massive black holes“ 1.4 NR/HEP 2 Spring School in Lisbon 1.5 Friedmann Readings, Perm, Russia 1.6 Second Dutch Gravitational Wave meeting in Nijmegen, NL 1.7 Strong gravity beyond GR: from theory to observations, Lisbon, Portugal 1.8 MICRA 2013: Microphysics in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics (1st circular) 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral position in Astrophysical Relativity at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany 2.2 Research associate in general relativity at Cornell 2.3 The International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. (IRAP PhD) - Joint Doctorate Program sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, CAPES, and ICRANet 2.4 Tenure Track Faculty Position in Computational Modeling and Scientific Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology 2.5 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves at La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy 2.6 Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA 2.7 Postdoctoral position in theoretical cosmology at UC Davis 3. News 3.1 IJMPD Special Issue: 2012 Gravity Research Foundation (GRF) Essays 3.2 Lectures of the Workshop SU Structure of the Universe 2012 - Observatoire de Paris 3.3 2012 GWIC Thesis Prize: Call for Nominations ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Yukawa International Seminar 2013 and longterm workshop, Kyoto, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/29/yukawa-international-seminar-2013-a… Starting Sun, May 19, 2013 to Sat, Jun 22, 2013 Location: Kyoto, Japan Additional Information: http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ykis2013/conference/conference.php Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce that the registration of Yukawa International Seminar 2013 (YKIS2013) entitled "Gravitational waves - Revolution in astronomy and astrophysics" is now open at http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ykis2013/conference/conference.php The registration of the associated longterm workshop of Gravitational waves and numerical relativity is also open at http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ykis2013/workshop/workshop.php YKIS2013 will be held from June 2 to 7 in 2013 and the longterm workshop will be held from May 19 to June 22 for five weeks. The venue is Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University. YKIS is a series of the conferences held at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics every year. The aim of YKIS2013 is to overview expanding frontiers in gravitational-wave physics and to discuss central issues to be pursued in the coming years. The conference will be composed of 20 lectures by invited speakers as well as contributed talks and poster presentations which are accepted in the registration page. The invited speakers are as follows: Bruce Allen (MPI) Fulvio Ricci (VIRGO) Krzystof Belczynski (Texas/Warsaw) Edo Berger (Harvard) Emanuele Berti (Mississippi) Patrick Brady (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Bernd Bruegmann (Jena) Alessandra Buonanno (Maryland) John Friedman (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Keita Kawabe (LIGO) Takaaki Kajita (ICRR) Nobuyuki Kawai (TITech) Kostas Kokkotas (Tubingen) Luis Lehner (Perimeter) Dick Manchester (CSIRO) Christian Ott (Caltech) Tsvi Piran (Hebrew) B. S. Sathyaprakash (Cardiff) Bernard Schutz (Albert-Einstein Institute) Patrick Sutton (Cardiff) The longterm workshop on gravitational waves and numerical relativity will be held as a part of the Yukawa International Program for Quark-Hadron Science (YIPQS) and as a pre and post workshop of YKIS2013. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an opportunity of discussing central issues to be pursued in the coming years around the field of gravitational waves and numerical relativity with a relatively small number of participants focusing primarily on the discussion with a limited number of seminars. More information for YKIS2013 and longterm workshop will be found in the web pages. Best wishes and a happy new year, Masaru Shibata and Takashi Hiramatsu, on behalf of LOC of YKIS2013 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 PCGM 29 at the University of California at Davis (1st circ.) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/20/pcgm-29/ Starting Fri, Mar 29, 2013 to Sat, Mar 30, 2013 Location: Davis, CA, USA The 29th Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting will be held at the University of California at Davis on March 29-30, 2013. The conference will cover all aspects of classical and quantum gravity, both theory and experiment. In keeping with tradition, the style will be very open and informal, with the aim of fostering communication among gravitational physicists with varied backgrounds. Students and postdocs are especially encouraged to give short, introductory talks about their research. As a regional meeting, the PCGM normally draws most of its participants from western North America, but all are welcome. There will no registration fee, and no financial support for travel. A prize, sponsored by the APS Topical Group on Gravity, will be awarded for the best talk given by a student at the meeting. Davis is located in California's Central Valley, about 15 miles west of Sacramento. The nearest airport is Sacramento International; a variety of shuttle services are available between the airport and Davis. We will reserve a block of nearby hotel rooms for participants. A second announcement, with website containing more information on registration, travel, and lodging, will appear in mid-January. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 The Alájar meeting: “Stellar dynamics and growth of massive black holes“ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/17/the-alajar-meeting-%e2%80%9cstellar… Starting Mon, Sep 16, 2013 to Fri, Sep 27, 2013 Location: Alájar, Spain Additional Information: http://members.aei.mpg.de/amaro-seoane/the-alajar-meeting-2013 We are organising a 2-weeks workshop with Roger Blandford, Julian Krolik, Tal Alexader, Bernard Schutz and Rainer Schoedel from Mon 16 September to Fri 27 September 2013 in Alajar (Andalusia), on "Stellar dynamics and growth of massive black holes" The goal of the workshop is to address in detail crucial questions related to stellar dynamics and growth of massive black holes, as well as to build new collaborative relationships and strengthening existing ones- focused on the interpretation of upcoming gravitational wave observations using electromagnetic astrophysics as a tool of astronomical discovery and a probe of the fundamental physics of gravity. The new information that is (and will be) obtained from current or future electromagnetic observations provides an opportunity to challenge and refine theoretical models of the growth of massive black holes and the environments in galactic nuclei and other dense clusters. Refinements in these models will have direct consequences for the expected science that can be done with gravitational wave observatories. This workshop will tie observations and theoretical models to future gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations. While Alajar is a perfect place to chill out and discuss about science, we unfortunately can offer right now a maximum of 30 places. We hope we will get more places, but this depends on how many people are willing to share a room. Also, since we will provide you with a very basic "office" (i.e. a table, chair, a socket and wifi), for the moment we will stick to 30 and will set a waiting list. If you are interested, please fill in the application form at http://members.aei.mpg.de/amaro-seoane/the-alajar-meeting-2013/the-alajar-m… Best regards, Pau, Roger, Julian, Tal, Bernard and Rainer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 NR/HEP 2 Spring School in Lisbon ------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/13/nrhep-2/ Starting Mon, Mar 11, 2013 to Thu, Mar 14, 2013 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/nrhep2/ The field lying at the interface between gravitational physics, high energy physics and numerical methods is experiencing a Golden Age. With various new numerical tools able to handle a variety of situations, a number of important problems can finally be addressed. The NR/HEP 2 Spring School intends to communicate in an accessible way the new developments in the field of Numerical Relativity and its connection to gravitational and high energy physics. The School will feature a small number of 2-3 hour talks by young leading experts in the field, in a manner appropriate for beginners in the field or anybody else wishing to understand how to perform a given numerical calculation. Extra material, such as routines and exercises will also be made available via the workshop webpage. The school is open to a limited number of participants, please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso[AT]ist.utl.pt) if you wish to attend. The NRHEP2 School will be held at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, from 11-14 March 2013. Organizers: Vitor Cardoso, Andrea Nerozzi, Hirotada Okawa, Helvi Witek. Editors of the write-up to be published in a special issue of IJMPA: Cardoso, Gualtieri, Herdeiro, Sperhake +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Friedmann Readings, Perm, Russia ------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/13/friedmann-readings-perm-russia/ Starting Mon, Jun 24, 2013 to Fri, Jun 28, 2013 Location: Perm, Russia Additional Information: http://cosmograv.ru/ Friedmann Readings -International Scientific Conference Perm State National Research University Perm Russia, 24-28 June 2013 Friedmann Readings, a scientific conference dedicated to the 125th birthday of Alexander Friedmann (who worked at Perm University in 1918-1920), will be held on 24-28 June 2013 at Perm State National Research University (PSNRU). The conference is organized by PSNRU, the Institute of Continuum Mechanics of the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Gravitational Society. The purpose of the conference is to discuss the latest achievements in the theory of gravity, cosmology, modern hydrodynamics, mechanics, and physical and mathematical problems of meteorology. The scientific program of the conference will consist of plenary and sectional talks as well as informal discussions. It is planned to publish the materials of the conference before its beginning. The working languages of the conference are Russian and English. The first Friedmann readings took place at Perm State University in 1988, the second ones in 1998. Organizing Committee of the conference Co-chaimen: Prof. V.N. Melnikov, President of Russian Gravitational Society (VNIIMS, Moscow; PFUR, Moscow) and Prof. V.V. Malanin, President of PSNRU (Perm). Deputy Chairman: Prof. V.F. Panov (PSNRU, Perm). Members: Academicians of RAS A.A. Starobinsky and V.P. Matveenko; Profs. Sadanand Pandey (India), M. Abishev (Kazakhstan), K.A. Bronnikov (Moscow), Yu.S. Vladimirov (Moscow), D.V. Gal'tsov (Moscow), A.A. Grib (St. Petersburg), A.I. Zhuk (Odessa, Ukraine), Yu.G. Ignatyev (Kazan), N.A. Kalinin (Perm), V.G. Krechet (Yaroslavl), E.V. Kuvshinova (Perm), V.N. Lukash (Moscow), A.V. Minkevich (Minsk, Belarus'), V.M. Mostepanenko (St. Petersburg), V.I. Noskov (Perm), V.N. Pavelkin (Perm), i.e. Poloskov (Perm), Yu.P. Rybakov (Moscow), O.V. Sandakova (Perm), S.V. Sushkov (Kazan), P.G. Frik (Perm), B.N. Frolov (Moscow), S.V. Chervon (Ulyanovsk), A.P. Shkaraputa (Perm). Three sections are planned at the Friedmann Readings: 1. Problems of cosmology and astrophysics. 2. Modern problems of classical and quantum gravity. 3. Dynamics of complex systems (In this section, it is planned to discuss the recent achievements in modern hydrodynamics, mechanics, physical and mathematical problems of meteorology.) Registration and deadlines To take part in the conference, it is necessary to fill the registration form (see below) and to send it to the e-mail cosmograv[AT]yandex.ru . Deadline for registration: 1 March, 2013. Registration fee: 500 rubles for participants from Russia and the former Soviet Union, and $20 for foreign participants. The registration fee is to be paid on arrival at the conference. Abstracts for publication Abstracts (within one page) should be prepared in LaTeX2e, \documentclass{article}; the page setup: А4; left margin 3 cm, right margin 1.5 cm, 2 cm at the top and at the bottom, font 12pt, figures in the eps (postscript) format. Deadline for sending the abstracts: 1 April, 2013. Any questions about the conference can be asked to Prof. Vyacheslav Panov at the e-mails cosmograv[AT]yandex.ru, panov[AT]psu.ru Registration form for participation in Friedmann Readings – International Scientific Conference. Perm, PSNRU, 24-28 June, 2013 Full name: Affiliation: Position: Title, scientific degree: Post address: Phone: E-mail: Talk title(s): Section: Research supervisor (for students, postgraduates and non-PhD young scientists): Arrival and departure dates (tentative): Excursions offered to the conference participants: To the famous Kungur ice cave To the architectural and ethnographic musium “Khokhlovka” To places of sightseeing in the Urals city of Perm The conference site: http://cosmograv.ru/ Our group in Vkontakte: http://vk.com/club17728687 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 Second Dutch Gravitational Wave meeting in Nijmegen, NL ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/11/second-dutch-gravitational-wave-mee… Starting Thu, Jan 31, 2013 to Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands Additional Information: http://indico.astro.ru.nl//conferenceDisplay.py?confId=7 Gravitational wave research in the Netherlands is rapidly taking shape and is becoming increasingly diverse. We organise the second Dutch National GW meeting, in order to bring together astronomers and physicists interested in gravitational wave science and inform each other of developments and new projects. The meeting will be held on Thursday January 31, 2013 at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The day will start with a keynote lecture by Prof. Alberto Vecchio (Birmingham) on the physics and astrophysics of gravitational wave sources. Following, there will be overview talks on Pulsar Timing Arrays, Advanced Virgo/LIGO, and the new eLISA mission, as well as contributed talks. The meeting is open to all interested researchers, also from outside the Netherlands. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 Strong gravity beyond GR: from theory to observations, Lisbon, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/07/strong-gravity-beyond-gr-from-theor… Starting Tue, Mar 05, 2013 to Fri, Mar 08, 2013 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/stronggravity/ In recent years, the field of alternative theories of gravity has been very active. The plethora of proposed modified theories, the challenge in conceiving new experiments, and the corresponding difficulty of probing unexplored regimes where new physics might be revealed, call for a joint effort within the community. We believe this is the ideal timing for organizing a workshop on these topics in Europe. The aim is to bring together leading experts in the area in a highly interactive workshop, with thorough presentations and plenty of time for discussion. Participation is limited to invited speakers only. The workshop “Strong Gravity beyond GR: from theory to observations” will be held at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, from 5-8 March 2013. Organizers: Vitor Cardoso, Leonardo Gualtieri, Paolo Pani, Thomas Sotiriou. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 MICRA 2013: Microphysics in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics (1st circular) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/01/micra-2013/ Starting Mon, Sep 23, 2013 to Fri, Sep 27, 2013 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://www.micra2013.org MICRA 2013: Microphysics in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics September 23-27, 2013 The MICRA 2013 workshop aims to bring together researchers in nuclear and neutrino physics, nuclear astrophysics, and in numerical modeling of relativistic astrophysical phenomena such as the mergers of neutron stars and core-collapse supernovae. MICRA 2013 will be focused on improvements in neutrino-matter interactions and heavy-element synthesis in mergers and core-collapse supernovae. Additional topics of MICRA 2013 will include recent developments in the nuclear equation of state, the role of light nuclei in neutrino interactions, and developments in neutrino transport methodology. Scientific Organizers: A. Arcones (TU Darmstadt/GSI) F. Galeazzi (U Valencia) H.-T. Janka (MPA Garching) C. D. Ott (Caltech) ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral position in Astrophysical Relativity at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/28/postdoctoral-position-in-astrophysi… Institution: Potsdam, Germany Deadline: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Additional Information: http://numrel.aei.mpg.de The Astrophysical Relativity division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam, Germany, anticipates the filling of one postdoctoral position within the "numerical-relativity" group. The numerical-relativity group is primarily but not exclusively concerned with the numerical solution of the Einstein equations and with the modelling of compact objects, such as neutron stars and black holes. The successful candidate is expected to have experience in the modelling of neutron stars and black holes, relativistic hydrodynamics and MHD. To learn more about the group, please visit: http://numrel.aei.mpg.de The position is for one year and renewable up to three depending on satisfactory progress. The appointments are expected to begin around July 1st, 2013, but a later date is also possible. The deadline for applications is Jan. 31st, 2013. Applications can be made online via the web interface at https://lotus1.aei.mpg.de/job-form.nsf/registrationNR.xsp Applicants should upload a CV, a publication list, a research summary, and indicate the names of at least 3 referees. The Albert Einstein Institute is an equal-opportunity employer and hires on the basis of merit. Applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, and women are encouraged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Research associate in general relativity at Cornell ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/20/research-associate-in-general-relat… Institution: Ithaca, NY, USA Additional Information: https://cornellu.taleo.net/careersection/10161/jobdetail.ftl?job=324009&amp… We expect to have an opening for a Research Associate starting as early as April 2013 and no later than August 2013. The position requires a Ph.D. and experience in general relativity, computational physics and astrophysics. The position is for one year, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The position is to work on astrophysical signatures of cosmic superstrings. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 The International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. (IRAP PhD) - Joint Doctorate Program sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, CAPES, and ICRANet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/19/the-international-relativistic-astr… Institution: Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice Deadline: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=586 Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have initiated a Ph.D. programme dedicated to create a pool of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. After taking full advantage of the observational and experimental facilities mentioned above, the students of our programme are expected to lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research: relativistic astrophysics. This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to analyse and model the observational data received from the above laboratories. This activity is necessarily international as no single university can have a scientific expertise in such a broad range of fields. At ICRANet-Rio the ICRANet Brazilian Science Data Centre (BSDC) has been started in 2012 and will be fully developed in 2013, bringing a novel multiwavelength data facility from the X-ray and gamma-ray telescopes all the way to the other bands and astroparticle domain. All this will be in line with the paradigms of the Virtual Observatory. The expertise of the BSDC will be available to all the students and the scientists of the program. We announce different calls: one with a deadline on 16 February 2013, sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, an additional one with a deadline on 30 June 2013 sponsored by CAPES, reserved to Brazilian students, and a last one with a deadline on 30 September 2013. The Erasmus Mundus program has a very competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits. The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam; the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF) and ICRA Brasil; the Free University of Berlin; Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata; Observatoire de la Cote D’Azur, Nice; Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China; University of Ferrara, Italy; University of Rome, la Sapienza, Italy; University of Savoie, Annecy, France; University of Stockolm, Sweden, Tartu Observatory , Estonia. The Final Ph.D. degree will be jointly delivered by the Academic Institutions participating in the program. We encourage applications from the best candidates worldwide, independent of nationality, gender or background. The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also a possibility to follow courses from other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the Faculty. Courses can be chosen from the following list: COSMOLOGY WITH GAMMA RAY BURSTS-Lorenzo AMATI; VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS-Felix AHARONIAN; COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY-Vladimir BELINSKI; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS-Carlo Luciano BIANCO; OBSERVERS AND OBSERVABLES IN BLACK HOLE SPACETIMES-Donato BINI; FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS IN RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES-Johannes BLUEMLEIN; ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES-Sandip Kumar CHAKRABARTI; PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ASTROPHYSICS-Pascal CHARDONNET; GENERAL RELATIVITY-Thibault DAMOUR; SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS-Massimo DELLA VALLE; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE-Jaan EINASTO; X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION-Filippo FRONTERA; MULTIWAVELENGTH DATA ANALYSIS IN ASTROPHYSICS-Paolo GIOMMI; ON THE KERR SOLUTION-Roy KERR; RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORY-Hagen KLEINERT; BOUNCING COSMOLOGY-Mario NOVELLO; BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES IN GRAVITY-Hermann NICOLAI; TIMING ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OF ASTROPHYSICAL DATA-Mauro ORLANDINI; GRB THEORIES-Tsvi PIRAN; SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY-Kj ell ROSQUIST; BLACKHOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS-Remo RUFFINI; PHOTOSPHERIC EMISSION IN GRBs-Felix RYDE; SOLAR ASTROMETRY-Costantino SIGISMONDI; THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE-Marco TAVANI; BLACK HOLE AND NEUTRONS STARS: OBSERVATIONS VS. THEORY-Lev TITARCHUK; RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY-Gregory VERESHCHAGIN; STRONG COUPLING QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA-She-Sheng XUE; THEORIES ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS-Bing ZHANG; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS Shuangnan ZHANG. THE FACULTY: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (SAPIENZA Università di Roma)- Vladimir Belinski (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet)- Carlo Luciano Bianco (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Donato Bini (CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone”) - Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) - Pascal Chardonnet (Erasmus Mundus Coordinator)Université de Savoie - Christian Cherubini (Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma) - Thibault Damour (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette) - Jaan Einasto (Tartu Observatory) - Simonetta Filippi (Univ.“Campus Biomedico” di Roma and ICRANet) - Sergio Frasca (SAPIENZA Università di Roma) - Filippo Frontera (Università di Ferrara) - Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis) - Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) - Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin) - Olivier Legrand (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis) - Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) - Hermann Nicolai (Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam) - Mario Novello (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil) - Elène Politano (Ecole Doctorale Nice) - Kjell Rosquist (Stockholm University) - orge Rueda (CAPES – ICRANet coordinator)(SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Remo Ruffini (Director)(SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Felix Ryde (Stockholm University) - Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) - Gregory Vereshchagin (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - She Sheng Xue (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) - Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics – Chinese Academy of Science) Applications and Fellowships: In the call of February 16th, 2013, nine fellowships will be available within the Erasmus Mundus Program, with full economical support. See http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd or http://www.irap-phd.eu. In the additional call of June 30th, 2013, ten additional fellowships will be available for Brazilian students within the CAPES-ICRANet agreement. In the call of September 30, 2013 four additional fellowships will be available: two with full financial support. See http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Tenure Track Faculty Position in Computational Modeling and Scientific Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/18/tenure-track-faculty-position-in-co… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for one or more tenure track positions at the Assistant Professor level, starting August 2013. Responsibilities include research, teaching, and service to the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS), the College of Science, and RIT. Successful applicants are expected to contribute to the scholarship of the SMS through externally funded research and peer-reviewed publications, teaching, mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, and helping in the creation of a new PhD program in Modeling and Computation. We are looking for candidates who can add to the School’s current strengths in computational modeling and scientific computing. The School has 63 faculty members, 180 undergraduate students in three undergraduate programs: Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, and Applied Statistics, and 25 students in its Master’s degree program in Applied and Computational Mathematics. SMS faculty members are also involved in the MS and PhD programs in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology and several are involved with two research centers within the College of Science: the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (http://ccrg.rit.edu/) and the Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics (http://www.rit.edu/cos/math/acm/) REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: * A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in the mathematical sciences or in a related field * A record of peer-reviewed publications * A commitment to establishing a strong externally funded research program * One or more years of university teaching experience in English-speaking environments or post-doctoral research experience * Ability to strengthen research areas of the SMS, especially computational modeling and scientific computing * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate research and mentoring programs * Ability to contribute to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences HOW TO APPLY: Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty. Enter requisition number 257BR for the position in computational modeling and scientific computing. Please submit a cover letter; a vita including a list of publications; a description of research plan, including efforts and/or plans to obtain external research funding and how it will contribute to SMS research; a statement of teaching philosophy and any experience; a “contribution to diversity” statement; and the names and contact information for three references. Please have at least three letters of recommendation, one of which includes an assessment of teaching potential, sent directly via email to smsjobs[AT]rit.edu or hardcopy to Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Search Committee, 85 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623-5603. You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at <smsjobs[AT]rit.edu>. Review of applications will begin January 1, 2013 and will continue until an acceptable candidate is found. RIT promotes and values diversity, pluralism and inclusion in the work place. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, gender, religion, sexual orientations, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves at La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/14/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Rome, Italy Deadline: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 The General Relativity and Gravitational Waves group at "Sapienza" University of Rome will shortly be advertising for a postdoctoral position, funded by the "Sapienza" University. The position will start in autumn 2013. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another year subject to performance and availability of funds. Applications are invited from theorists with research interests in the area of general relativity, with specific emphasis on the study of astrophysical sources of gravitational waves. The net salary is about 1500 euros (1900 USD) per month. Details of the application procedure, and the official advertising, will appear on our webpage, http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/ The General Relativity and Gravitational Waves group (http://www.roma1.infn.it/teongrav/) currently includes three faculty members (Prof. Valeria Ferrari, Dr. Omar Benhar and Dr. Leonardo Gualtieri) and two postdoctoral fellows (Dr Morgane Fortin and Dr Andrea Maselli). Send curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and two letters of reference via email to leonardo.gualtieri[AT]roma1.infn.it, before January 31th. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/13/postdoctoral-researcher-in-galaxy-e… Institution: Lawrence, KS, USA Deadline: Fri, Feb 01, 2013 Additional Information: http://recruiting.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 one or more of the following topics: i) galaxy evolution in the infall regions of galaxy clusters at intermediate redshift or ii) molecular line observations of high redshift cluster galaxies. These projects make use of existing or approved observations with the VLT, Spitzer, HST, EVLA, CFHT, and Magellan. Previous experience with ground-based spectroscopy, HST Grism spectroscopy, or molecular line observations of galaxies is preferred. 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 encour aged to take part in collaborations with Prof. Rudnick’s national and international collaborators. The hope is that the candidate can start in August 2013. The University of Kansas has a vibrant research atmosphere with 9 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 http://recruiting.ku.edu and search by keyword “00209338”. 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 Kristin Rennells, tatekris[AT]ku.edu. For questions, please contact grudnick[AT]ku.edu. Those applicants attending the Jan. 2013 AAS meeting should contact grudnick[AT]ku.edu to schedule an interview. Full consideration will be given to applicants whose materials are received by Feb. 1, 2013. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral position in theoretical cosmology at UC Davis -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/02/postdoctoral-position-in-theoretica… Institution: Davis, CA, USA Deadline: Sat, Jan 05, 2013 Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2389 We anticipate one or more postdoctoral research positions in theoretical cosmology beginning in the Fall 2013, with Albrecht and Kaloper. Our research interests include theoretical cosmology, astroparticle physics, and model building with variuos applications such as early universe theory, inflation, dark energy, dark matter, and other applications of field theory to early and late universe. We have close connections with other members of the cosmology and high energy groups, in particular Cheng, Knox, Luty, and Terning. See http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/Cosmology/Cosmology_Group.html http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/hefti/ for more information about our research. The appointment will be for two years, with a possible renewal for the third year, contingent upon performance and availability of funds. Applicants should send a CV, statement of research interests and publication list, and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be submitted, online, using the academicjobsonline service, with the web page https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2389 or by mail, to Mr. Bill Tuck (for Theoretical Cosmology Search) Department of Physics University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 USA To ensure full consideration, completed applications must be received by January 5, 2012. The University of California, Davis, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty and staff. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 IJMPD Special Issue: 2012 Gravity Research Foundation (GRF) Essays ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/19/ijmpd-special-issue-2012-gravity-re… Additional Information: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijmpd Dear Colleagues, International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD) takes great pleasure to announce that the 2012 Gravity Research Foundation (GRF) Essays are now published in the Special Issue: IJMPD Vol. 21, No. 11 (2012) http://www.worldscientific.com/toc/ijmpd/21/11 The contents, including the award-winning essays, selected honorable mention essays and invited papers, are free to read until May 2013. If you find the articles to be of particular interest, we hope that you will circulate them with your colleagues and peers. We also welcome any comments and suggestions from you. With best wishes, Chee-Hok Lim Publishing Editor International Journal of Modern Physics D email: ijmpd[AT]wspc.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Lectures of the Workshop SU Structure of the Universe 2012 - Observatoire de Paris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/18/on-line-lectures-of-the-workshop-su… Additional Information: http://luth.obspm.fr/~luthier/corasaniti/SU_MEETING_2012/Workshop_SU_2012.h… WORKSHOP SU-Structure of the Universe 2012 - Observatoire de Paris "Galaxy Formation & Large Scale Structures: Theory versus Observations", Paris Observatory, 29 and 30 November 2012 We are pleased to inform you that the presentations of the Workshop are available on line in .pdf format in the www site of the meeting http://luth.obspm.fr/~luthier/corasaniti/SU_MEETING_2012/Workshop_SU_2012.h… Contents: Adriano Agnello, Stéphane Colombi,Hélène Courtois,Héctor de Vega, Hervé Dole, Nicola Menci,Sinziana Paduroiu, Marguerite Pierre, Yann Rasera, Paolo Salucci, Norma G. Sanchez,Patrick Valageas. We thank all again, both speakers and participants for having contributed so much to this Workshop and we look forward to welcome you again in the next Workshop of this series With compliments and kind regards Pier-Stefano Corasaniti, Hector J. de Vega, Norma G. Sanchez , Djilali Zidani +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 2012 GWIC Thesis Prize: Call for Nominations ------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/12/12/2012-gwic-thesis-prize-call-for-nom… Additional Information: https://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/ The Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC) was formed to promote international collaboration and cooperation in the construction, operation and use of gravitational wave detection facilities world-wide. To this end, GWIC has established an annual prize for the outstanding Ph.D. thesis based on research in gravitational waves. Nominations for the 2012 Prize are now open. Members of the gravitational wave community are invited to nominate students who have performed notable research on any aspect of gravitational wave science. Theses will be judged on 1) originality and creativity of the research, 2) importance to the field of gravitational waves and gravitational wave detection, broadly interpreted, and 3) clarity of presentation. The recipient will receive a certificate of recognition and a prize of $1,000. Since 2010, GWIC has an arrangement with Springer. Subject to qualifying criteria, the prize-winning thesis will be nominated for Springer Theses, a new book series in which exceptional Ph.D. theses in the physical sciences are published in their entirety. The winner will receive an additional €500 from Springer upon publication. Eligibility: The award is made on a calendar year basis. Theses should have been accepted by their institutions between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012. It is expected that many of the nominations will come from the member projects of GWIC, but this is not a requirement. Nominated theses may be in any language. A committee selected from the gravitational wave community will evaluate the nominations and select the winner. The selection committee will make all determinations about eligibility. Nominations: Nominations should be submitted to the selection committee chair (Michele Vallisneri, Michele.Vallisneri[AT]jpl.nasa.gov, with a copy to gwic-exsec[AT]gravity.psu.edu>) by 15 January 2013. The nomination package consists of (i) the thesis, (ii) a letter of nomination, preferably from the thesis advisor, and (iii) an optional supporting letter from another scientist familiar with the work. The nomination and supporting letters should describe the importance of the research and how it supports GWIC’s goals to promote construction and exploitation of gravitational-wave detectors, foster development of new or enhanced gravitational-wave detectors, and support the development of gravitational-waves as an astronomical tool. The thesis and letters may be submitted in electronic form (strongly preferred); please contact gwic-exsec[AT]gravity.psu.edu for instructions concerning paper submission.

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 BritGrav 2013 at Sheffield 1.2 The Search for Quantum Gravity: CDT and Friends 2. Jobs 2.1 Tenure Track Faculty Position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis at Rochester Institute of Technology 2.2 Postdoctoral position in gravitational waves at NASA Goddard and University of Maryland 2.3 Postdoctoral research position within the LIGO group at the University of Mississippi 2.4 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves/Neutron Star Physics at Tuebingen, Germany (II) 2.5 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves/Neutron Star Physics at Tuebingen, Germany (I) 2.6 Postdoctoral Positions at University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee 2.7 Postdoctoral Positions in Geometric Analysis and Gravitation at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany 2.8 ESA/ESTEC Research Fellowship in Fundamental Physics 2.9 Postdoc in Quantum Gravity at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2.10 Postdoc position in mathematical or numerical relativity at the University of Vienna 2.11 Faculty and Postdoc Positions in Theoretical Physics at Fudan University 2.12 Postdoc Position in Quantum Gravity at the Institute for Quantum Gravity, Erlangen, Germany 3. News 3.1 New CQG focus section: Non-astrophysical numerical relativity 3.2 Read the latest CQG Highlights for free ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 BritGrav 2013 at Sheffield ------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/30/britgrav-2013-at-sheffield/ Starting Wed, Apr 03, 2013 to Thu, Apr 04, 2013 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom Additional Information: http://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/britgrav2013/ The 13th BritGrav (British Gravity) Meeting will be held on 3-4 April 2013 in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield. The meeting covers all areas of classical and quantum gravity including astrophysics, cosmology and experiments, and is intended to further collaborations and allow young researchers to showcase their work. There is no registration fee, and participants are responsible for their own accommodation, meals and travel. We hope that all PhD students and postdocs who wish to will be able to give a talk, and will schedule talks by others if time allows. If you plan to participate, please register at the website: http://sites.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/britgrav2013/ If you want to give a talk, please give a title and abstract when you register (which can be amended later). More information will be posted on the above website. Please send any queries to britgrav[AT]sheffield.ac.uk. Sam Dolan and Elizabeth Winstanley (University of Sheffield) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 The Search for Quantum Gravity: CDT and Friends --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/02/the-search-for-quantum-gravity-cdt-… Starting Tue, Dec 11, 2012 to Fri, Dec 14, 2012 Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://cdtandfriends.science.ru.nl The purpose of this meeting is to gather researchers who have contributed to our understanding of quantum gravity by using nonperturbative path integral methods, in one way or the other related to Causal Dynamical Triangulations (CDT). This covers a considerable range of results, from exact treatments in 1+1 dimensions (purely geometric, multicritical and matter-coupled models, relation with random trees, zero-dimensional string field etc.) to investigations in 3+1 dimensions using numerical and RG methods (phase structure and transitions, construction of effective theories, spectral dimension, emergence of macroscopic geometry etc.), as well as a number of interesting results in 2+1 dimensions. Scientific Organizers: J. Ambjørn (Niels Bohr I. and RU Nijmegen), J. Jurkiewicz (U. Krakow), R. Loll (RU Nijmegen) Invited speakers: M. Atkin (U. Bielefeld), D. Benedetti (Albert Einstein I.), V. Bonzom (Perimeter I.), T. Budd (Niels Bohr I.), Z. Burda (Jagiellonian U. Krakow), G. Calcagni (IEM-CSIC, Madrid), J. Cooperman (UC Davis), B. Dittrich (Perimeter I.), B. Durhuus (U. Copenhagen), A. Görlich (Niels Bohr I.), P. Horava (UC Berkeley), T. Jonsson (U. Iceland, Reykjavik), S. Jordan (Radboud U. Nijmegen), A. Kreienbühl (Radboud U. Nijmegen), J. Laiho (U. Glasgow), M.A. Martin Delgado (UC Madrid, tbc), F. Saueressig (U. Mainz), L. Smolin (Perimeter I., tbc), M. Visser (Victoria U., Wellington), S. Weinfurtner (SISSA, Trieste), J. Wheater (U. Oxford), S. Zohren (PCU Rio de Janeiro). More information will be available soon at the URL provided below. The meeting is open to all interested researchers. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Tenure Track Faculty Position in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis at Rochester Institute of Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/30/tenure-track-faculty-position-in-gr… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Deadline: Tue, Jan 01, 2013 Additional Information: http://careers.rit.edu/faculty Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for one or more tenure track positions at the Assistant Professor level, starting August 2013. Responsibilities include research, teaching, and service to the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS), the College of Science, and RIT. Successful applicants are expected to contribute to the scholarship of the SMS through externally funded research and peer-reviewed publications, teaching, mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, and helping in the creation of a new PhD program in Modeling and Computation. We are looking for candidates who can add to the School’s current strengths in gravitational wave data analysis. The School has 63 faculty members, 180 undergraduate students in three undergraduate programs: Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, and Applied Statistics, and 25 students in its Master’s degree program in Applied and Computational Mathematics. SMS faculty members are also involved in the MS and PhD programs in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology and several are involved with two research centers within the College of Science: the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (http://ccrg.rit.edu/) and the Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics (http://www.rit.edu/cos/math/acm/) REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: * A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in the mathematical sciences or in a related field * A record of peer-reviewed publications * A commitment to establishing a strong externally funded research program * One or more years of university teaching experience in English-speaking environments or post-doctoral research experience * Ability to strengthen research areas of the SMS, especially gravitational wave data analysis * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education * A commitment to undergraduate and graduate research and mentoring programs * Ability to contribute to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences HOW TO APPLY: Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty. Enter requisition number 259BR for the position in gravitational wave data analysis. Please submit a cover letter; a vita including a list of publications; a description of research plan, including efforts and/or plans to obtain external research funding and how it will contribute to SMS research; a statement of teaching philosophy and any experience; a "contribution to diversity" statement; and the names and contact information for three references. Please have at least three letters of recommendation, one of which includes an assessment of teaching potential, sent directly via email to smsjobs[AT]rit.edu or hardcopy to Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Search Committee, 85 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623-5603. You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at <smsjobs[AT]rit.edu>. Review of applications will begin January 1, 2013 and will continue until an acceptable candidate is found. RIT promotes and values diversity, pluralism and inclusion in the work place. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, gender, religion, sexual orientations, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral position in gravitational waves at NASA Goddard and University of Maryland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/30/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Goddard, MA, USA Deadline: Fri, Jan 04, 2013 Additional Information: http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/index.cfm?fuseAction=home.main&&navOrgCode… The Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the Maryland Gravitational Wave Theory Group at the University of Maryland-College Park (UMCP) are seeking applications for a joint postdoctoral position in gravitational waves, opening in the Fall of 2013. The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year. This position supports a joint project, led by John Baker (GSFC), and Alessandra Buonanno (UMCP), to study the performance of future space-based gravitational-wave instruments in observing binary black-hole mergers. Competitive applicants should have background in source modeling, instrument modeling and/or data analysis. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications, and a description of past research and future research plans, and should arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to gwt-postdocs[AT]physics.umd.edu It is requested that all application materials be sent as pdf files or as plain text. Please merge all application materials (other than letters of recommendation) into one pdf file if at all possible. The deadline for receipt of all application materials is January 4, 2013. Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral research position within the LIGO group at the University of Mississippi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/29/postdoctoral-research-position-with… Institution: University, MS and Livingston, LA, USA Deadline: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry121129-134715 The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi invites applications for a postdoctoral research position within the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) group. The initial appointment is for one year, with renewal for a second year contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance. The successful applicant will be expected to reside full-time at the LIGO Laboratory in Livingston, Louisiana. He/she will focus on detector characterization and commissioning of the Advanced LIGO (aLIGO) instruments, development of new analysis tools for use in future aLIGO science runs, as well as educational and public outreach activities within the LIGO Science Education Center. Interested applicants should send a C.V., publication list, and a brief statement of their research interests by email to: cavaglia[AT]phy.olemiss.edu or by ordinary mail to: Dr. Marco Cavaglia Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Mississippi University, MS 38677-1848 USA T/F +1(662)915-7642/5045 Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent by e-mail or to the above address. The deadline for applications will be January 14th, 2013 but early applications are encouraged. The University of Mississippi is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA Employer. Applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups are strongly encouraged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves/Neutron Star Physics at Tuebingen, Germany (II) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/27/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Tuebingen, Germany Deadline: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas/Welcome_files/2012_Adverti… The Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) at the University of Tuebingen has an opening for one postdoctoral research position (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) starting anytime from 1st of March 2013. The research activities of TAT are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars. The group is involved in the SFB/TR7 network on “Gravitational Wave Astronomy” (http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/) and successful applicant will carry out original research in projects regarding the study of the dynamics of neutron stars and/or magnetars 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 hours per week. 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 to: Prof. Kostas Kokkotas Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10 D-72076 Tübingen / Germany http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas E-mail: kostas.kokkotas[AT]uni-tuebingen.de Applications by e-mail are welcome. All applications will receive full consideration until the position is ﬁlled. The 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. For inquiries contact Prof. Kostas Kokkotas. Further information on the Theoretical Astrophysics Group may be found at http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/?id=3129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitational Waves/Neutron Star Physics at Tuebingen, Germany (I) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/27/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Tuebingen, Germany Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas/Welcome_files/2012_TAT_SFB… The Theoretical Astrophysics section (TAT) has an opening for one postdoctoral research position starting any time in 2013. The position will be funded via the SFB/TR7 network on “Gravitational Wave Astronomy” (http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/) The research activities of TAT are related to the study of sources of gravitational waves with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars. The successful applicant will carry out original research in projects regarding the study of the dynamics of neutron stars and/or magnetars in relation to the emission of gravitational waves. The position is limited to two years and the salary will be paid according to the German public service scale. Optionally, shorter duration contracts might also be considered. Applications, including a curriculum vita, a list of publications, and a statement of research interests and experience, and the names (address, email) of three potential referees should be sent to: Prof. Kostas Kokkotas Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10 D-72076 Tübingen / Germany http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~kokkotas E-mail: kostas.kokkotas[AT]uni-tuebingen.de Applications by e-mail are welcome. All applications will receive full consideration until the position is ﬁlled. The 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. For inquiries contact Prof. Kostas Kokkotas. Further information on the Theoretical Astrophysics Group may be found at http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/?id=3129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral Positions at University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/26/postdoctoral-positions-at-universit… Institution: Milwaukee, WI Deadline: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.gravity.phys.uwm.edu/positions.html The Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology, and Astrophysics (CGCA) at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for several postdoctoral research positions. The initial appointments are for one year, with renewal for a second (and, in some cases, a third) year contingent on continued funding and satisfactory performance. The CGCA at UWM is one of the nation's largest and most active research groups in gravity, cosmology, astronomy, and astrophysics with ten faculty members, Luis Anchordoqui, Patrick Brady, Philip Chang, Jolien Creighton, Dawn Erb, John Friedman, David Kaplan, Leonard Parker, Xavier Siemens, and Alan Wiseman, senior scientist Scott Koranda, visiting professor Warren Anderson, three scientists, ten postdoctoral fellows, and several graduate students. The group also maintains a close relationship with the Albert Einstein Institutes in Hannover and Golm through Bruce Allen and Maria Alessandra Papa who hold Adjunct appointments at UWM. More information about the people and the research can be found at the CGCA People page. The group conducts research that spans most aspects of LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) gravitational‐wave data analysis activities, including searches for binary neutron star and black hole inspirals, continuous waves from isolated neutron stars, development and support of Einstein@Home, bursts, and stochastic background. The group is also active in several scientific computing collaborations. The group is recruiting postdoctoral research associates to work in any of these areas, and we have one position specifically for Einstein@Home science development. Applicants with a background in gravitational‐wave physics, astronomy/astrophysics, theoretical and/or numerical relativity, cosmology, or high energy physics (theory and experiment) are welcome to apply. Applicants whose work overlaps any of the research interests of the group should send a C.V., publication list, and a brief statement of their research interests by email to cgcpd[AT]gravity.phys.uwm.edu, or by ordinary mail to: Ms. Stefanie Pinnow CGC Postdoc Search Committee Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA (Phone: 414‐229‐4474; Fax: 414‐229‐5589) Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent by e-mail or to the above address. The deadline for applications will be January 14th, 2013 but early applications are encouraged. The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral Positions in Geometric Analysis and Gravitation at the AEI, Potsdam, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/23/postdoctoral-positions-in-geometric… Institution: Potsdam, Germany Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/metanavi/jobs/index.html#math-rel-jobs The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) will fill research positions in the areas General Relativity and Cosmology Geometric Analysis Geometric Measure Theory Numerical General Relativity The division of Geometric Analysis and Gravitation includes research groups by U. Menne and O. Rinne. Research programs concern the mathematical problems of general relativity and related physical theories, and are based in analysis, geometry and numerical analysis. In particular, non-linear partial differential equations are a common theme of our research. The Einstein field equations model both the behaviour of cosmological models and of isolated gravitating systems such as stars, black holes and galaxies. Our research addresses the qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions of the Einstein field equations with respect to their local and global behaviour. Other field equations of interest arise from string theory and the consideration of matter models including elasticity, fluids, electromagnetism and gauge theories. Several mathematical projects involve geometrical variational problems arising in geometry and physics, as well as geometric evolution equations like the mean curvature flow of surfaces and the Ricci-flow of Riemannian metrics. The central topic of the Max Planck research group Geometric Measure Theory (http://gmt.aei.mpg.de) is the study of models of generalised submanifolds of Riemannian manifolds such as varifolds, currents, sets, or multiple valued functions. This includes both regularity problems as well as structural questions. The study often benefits from its natural connection to elliptic partial differential equations. The numerical effort in our division seeks to provide quantitative insight into mathematical problems via a close combination of analytical and numerical methods. Topics of particular interest include conformal methods for the Einstein equations, black hole stability, cosmic censorship and critical phenomena in gravitational collapse, and geometric evolution equations such as Ricci flow. There are close interactions with the research sections Astrophysical Relativity (http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/research/teams/astrophysicalRelativity/index.…) and Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories (http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/research/teams/quantumGravity/index.html) in the Albert Einstein Institute, as well as with the universities in Berlin and Potsdam. Postdoctoral appointments do not entail teaching duties and are typically for two years, starting September 2013 or earlier. A limited number of PhD scholarships is available, compare also the website of our International Max Planck Research School (http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/imprs/imprsI1/index.html) To apply please fill out this form: https://lotus1.aei.mpg.de/job-form.nsf/math-rel-jobs.xsp or submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications and statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to math-rel-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de Contact: Frau Anne Lampe Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik Albert-Einstein-Institut Am Mühlenberg 1 D-14476 Golm Germany E-Mail: math-rel-jobs[AT]aei.mpg.de The deadline for applications in the initial round of appointments is 15. December 2012. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. 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. The Max Planck Society is certified for its commitment to enhance compatibility of family and career by berufundfamilie (http://www.beruf-und-familie.de/index.php?c=21) For further information please contact L. Andersson (http://www.aei.mpg.de/~laan/) U. Menne (http://gmt.aei.mpg.de/menne/) or O. Rinne (http://www.aei.mpg.de/~rinne/) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 ESA/ESTEC Research Fellowship in Fundamental Physics -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/22/research-fellowship-in-fundamental-… Institution: Noordwijk, The Netherlands Deadline: Wed, Jan 09, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/opportunities/openRF.htm The European Space Agency's Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) is looking for highly motivated young researchers in the area of fundamental physics, with good analytical and communicational skills and an excellent aptitude for teamwork. The candidate should hold a degree in Physics, Mathematics or equivalent. He or she should also have completed (or be about to complete) a PhD in Physics (with the subject of the thesis being relevant to the description of the tasks outlined above) and aim at an academic/research career. The candidate is expected to bring to the team functioning links to universities and research institutes. The candidate should demonstrate an interest in space science and / or technology as well as the ability and interest to get actively involved in prospective interdisciplinary research. Applicants must be fluent in English and/or French, the working languages of the Agency. A good proficiency in English is required. Successful candidates are expected to show an aptitude to contextualise specialised areas of research and to quickly assess their potential with respect to other domains and applications. An avid, natural curiosity and a passion for new subjects and research areas are essential. As member of an interdisciplinary, multicultural team of peers, the candidate should have a natural aptitude to teamwork, while being able to set-up, follow, monitor and be responsible for his/her own personal research plans and directions. Good methodological and organisation skills are therefore a valuable asset. Information on the ESA Research Fellowship Programme and the application form are available at: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Careers_at_ESA/SEMICLRTJRG_0.html . Applicants should send their CV, a covering letter stating their research interests and the filled-out RF application form to: act[AT]esa.int as well as temp.htr[AT]esa.int. (if not possible by email, the reference letters can also be sent via normal mail to: ESTEC HR Division, HFI-HTR, ESA/ESTEC; Keplerlaan 1, PO Box 299, 2200AG Noordwijk ZH, The Netherlands). The general eligibility criteria of the ESA Research (Internal) Fellowship Programme apply. All applications will be considered until the available post is filled. Application deadline for this round of interviews: no later than January 9, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Postdoc in Quantum Gravity at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/16/postdoc-in-quantum-gravity-at-the-r… Institution: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Deadline: Fri, Dec 21, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.hef.ru.nl/~rloll/Web/jobs/jobs.html A postdoctoral position in quantum gravity will become available in the group headed by Prof. Renate Loll at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Radboud University Nijmegen, starting in autumn of 2013. Applicants should have a background in quantum gravity or related areas, and an active interest in contributing to the group's research in nonperturbative quantum gravity, in particular, the approach of Causal Dynamical Triangulations. The appointment will be for two years. See URL for additional information. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Postdoc position in mathematical or numerical relativity at the University of Vienna ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/13/postdoc-position-in-mathematical-ge… Institution: Vienna, Austria Deadline: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 Additional Information: http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at/ The Gravitational Physics group of the Department of Physics of University of Vienna (see http://gravity.univie.ac.at/) is seeking to fill a post-doctoral position (Universitätsassistent/in) in the field of mathematical general relativity and/or numerical general relativity; in the latter case candidates with strong interest in rigorous aspects of numerical analysis will be sought. The appointment will be up to four years, according to previous experience, without a possibility of extension. The employment will start on March 1, 2013, or a few months later if more convenient for the successful candidate. The list of members of the group at the start of the appointment, including scientifically active retired members, will include Peter Aichelburg, Robert Beig, Piotr Chrusciel, David Fajman, Helmut Rumpf, Walter Simon and Helmuth Urbantke. The gross (before taxes) salary is about EUR 3.380 fourteen times a year. The yearly teaching load averaged over two semesters is four hours/week, in English or in German, and the candidate will not be asked to teach for more than six hours a week in any given semester in any case. Applications should be made online between January 1st and January 31, 2013 at URL http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at/. The candidates should arrange to have three letters of recommendation to be received before January 31, 2013 by Mrs Karin Picek, Mathematical Physics, Faculty of Physics, Boltzmanngasse 5/5/3521, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Further enquiries can be directed to karin.picek[AT]univie.ac.at +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 Faculty and Postdoc Positions in Theoretical Physics at Fudan University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/13/faculty-and-postdoc-positions-in-th… Institution: Shanghai, China Deadline: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/english/index.php The Department of Physics at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have faculty and postdoc position openings in the areas of theoretical physics, including quantum field/string theory, particle theory/phenomenology/astrophysics and cosmology. The faculty positions can be either tenure-tracked at the level of associate professor or with tenure at the level of full professor, depending on the candidate experience and research record. Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree in physics, with a strong background and an excellent track record in research. The successful candidates are expected to spearhead world-class research programs, teach classes at both undergraduate and graduate level, and contribute to the development of first-class scientific capabilities in the Department of Physics. Annual salary for a regular faculty is in the range 150-350K RMB (US $23,400-54,700), plus housing compensation and other benefits. New faculty members will be provided with competitive startup resource. We also sponsor qualified candidates to apply for the national Thousand Young Talents Program, which would provide additional start-up research funds and benefits. For a qualified postdoc, a competitive package may be provided. Current research areas at Fudan include quantum field/gravity/string theory (Yong-Shi Wu, Leonardo Modesto), and relativistic astrophysics (Cosimo Bambi). The new faculty will have an independent research group, but they are expected to join the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah in the United States and as a Specially Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. Applicants should send their CV, statement of research and teaching interests and a publication list to Ms. Jin Miao, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China, or to jinmiao[AT]fudan.edu.cn and cc to shenj5494[AT]fudan.edu.cn. Please arrange also three or more recommendation letters to be sent separately to the above email addresses. Inquires can be sent to Ms. Jin Miao. Applications before Feb. 25, 2013 will receive immediate full consideration. Those after this deadline are welcome until the positions are filled. Further details: Shanghai is a very international city of more than 20 millions people and its economy is in fast expansion. Fudan University is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China and the Department of Physics is expected to grow quickly in next few years. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Postdoc Position in Quantum Gravity at the Institute for Quantum Gravity, Erlangen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/04/postdoc-position-in-quantum-gravity… Institution: Erlangen, Germany Deadline: Mon, Dec 17, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/opportunities/jobs/jobs.shtml In autumn 2013, at least one postdoctoral position in the field of non perturbative and background independent quantum gravity and related will be available at the Institute for Quantum Gravity (IQG), chair for Theoretical Physics III of the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. The position is for two years with a possibility of extension for one additional year, depending on funding. 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). The successful candidate will be part of the new international centre for quantum gravity at the FAU which just completed its building up phase. The centre currently hosts 5 professors, 2 postdocs plus guests, fellows, PhD and diploma/master students. Altogether, there is space for up to 30 scientists. Current staff includes professors Kristina Giesel, Hanno Sahlmann, Frederic Schuller (Interim Chair), Michael Thies and Thomas Thiemann (Chair), Emeriti Frieder Lenz (former chair) and Hartmut Hofmann, postdocs Maite Dupuis and Derek Wise as well as 7 Phd and 2 master students. Former institute member and Humboldt Fellow Jonathan Engle recently accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at Florida Atlantic University and holds an affiliate position. Another affiliate professor position is held by Florian Girelli. 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. The University of Erlangen has identified the collaboration between the IQG, the chair for statistical physics and the chair for algebra and representation theory as one of its prestigious 'emerging field projects' which is generously supported. Finally, the IQG is in close contact with a network of international research centers focussing on quantum gravity such as the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, Germany; the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos in State College, Pennsylvania, USA; Lousiana S tate University in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, USA; Institute for Theoretical Physics in Marseille, France; Institue for Theoretical Physics in Warsaw, Poland. Applicants must have a PhD in either physics or mathematics and should be interested in working in aspects of non perturbative and background independent quantum gravity. The following list of material should be sent by email to kristina.giesel[AT]gravity.fau.de, hanno.sahlmann[AT]gravity.fau.de, thomas.thiemann[AT]gravity.fau.de and the Institute secretary Mrs. Martina Gercke-Viertel martina.gercke-viertel[AT]gravity.fau.de: 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. Three letters of recommendation Applications will be reviewed starting December 17th, 2012 but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date of the position is normally Oct. 1st 2013 but there is some flexibility. For further information about the University and the Institute please visit: http://www.uni-erlangen.de/einrichtungen/fakultaeten/nat/departments.shtml and http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de For further information about the position please send an inquiry to all of the four email addresses to which you sent your application material. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 New CQG focus section: Non-astrophysical numerical relativity ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/22/new-cqg-focus-section-non-astrophys… Additional Information: http://j.mp/10tV85m Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to bring you this focus section on ‘Non-Astrophysical Numerical Relativity’ guest edited by David Garfinkle and Luis Lehner: http://j.mp/10tV85m This focus section covers some of the non-astrophysical applications of numerical relativity, with an emphasis on recent uses of numerical relativity in high energy physics and quantum gravity. I hope that you will find this focus section of particular interest, and encourage you to share and circulate this with your colleagues and peers. I invite you to publish your next paper with CQG: http://j.mp/Wut54Y Best wishes, Ben Sheard Publishing Editor Classical and Quantum Gravity iopscience.org/cqg cqg[AT]iop.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Read the latest CQG Highlights for free ------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/11/06/read-the-latest-cqg-highlights-for-… Additional Information: http://j.mp/vrrUyh Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce the publication of Classical and Quantum Gravity’s Highlights of 2011-2012: http://j.mp/vrrUyh . These articles were selected by the Editorial Board of Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) and represent some of the most interesting recent work in gravitational physics. Articles featured in past CQG Highlights have been highly cited and are frequently downloaded. All selected articles will be free to download until the end of 2013. The list includes fast-track communications, research papers, review articles and special issue contributions published between June 2012 and June 2013. Be sure to pick up a copy of the latest CQG Highlights Brochure which will be available at gravitational physics meetings throughout 2013. The brochure contains summaries of all the highlighted articles as well as details of the journal’s ongoing activities including prize sponsorships and forthcoming special issues. I invite you to publish with CQG (http://bit.ly/Wut54Y) and hope to see your work promoted as a CQG Highlight in the future. With best wishes Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (registration deadline) 1.2 Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (2nd circ.) 1.3 49th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics: Cosmology and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics 1.4 Workshop SU Structure of the Universe 2012 - Paris Observatory 1.5 GR20/Amaldi10: the satellite schools 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoc in Cosmology at Tufts University 2.2 Postdoctoral position in loop quantum gravity at UNAM, Morelia, Mexico 2.3 Postdoctoral position in gravitation at the Hebrew University 2.4 Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship (VCF) / Vice-Chancellor's Advanced Fellowship (VCAF) at the University of Sheffield 2.5 Postdoctoral position in numerical loop quantum cosmology at LSU 2.6 Postdoctoral position in General Relativity at Southampton 2.7 Postdoctoral position in high energy astrophysics at Fudan University 2.8 Postdoctoral position in loop quantum gravity at LSU 2.9 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitation Theory at the University of Florida 2.10 Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at Georgia Tech 2.11 Postdoctoral positions in gravitational-wave- physics and astronomy at ICTS, Bangalore, India 2.12 Postdoc position in GW data analysis at Rhodes University, South Africa 2.13 Faculty position in Physics at the University of Chicago 2.14 Postdoctoral Position in Relativity at the University of Chicago 2.15 Two postdoctoral positions in Quantum Gravity Theories at Fudan University 2.16 Postdoctoral positions in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2.17 Tenure-track astrophysics position at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2.18 Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship - Georgia Tech 2.19 Postdoc in Fundamental Gravitational Theory at Penn State 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Kerr/CFT Correspondence and its Extensions" 3.2 New CQG focus issue: Relativistic quantum information 3.3 LIGO magazine 3.4 Deadline extension to 15 Nov 2012 for Jurgen Ehlers Thesis Prize and Bergman-Wheeler Thesis Prize 3.5 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge: The Chalonge Medal 2012 3.6 Gravitational waves - Publication of a new review paper ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (registration deadline) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/31/26th-texas-symposium-on-relativisti… Starting Sat, Dec 15, 2012 to Thu, Dec 20, 2012 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp The 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (TEXAS 2012) will be held in Sao Paulo City, Brazil, from December 15-20, 2012. The registration deadline is approaching: November 12. You can see the program of the plenary talks at http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp/program.php Don't miss this exciting Texas Symposium! The Local Organizing Committee Texas 2012 - São Paulo - Brazil http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (2nd circ.) -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/29/seventh-gulf-coast-gravity-meeting-… Starting Fri, Apr 19, 2013 to Sat, Apr 20, 2013 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GCGM7/ The Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Theoretical Physics group at the University of Mississippi will host the Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting on April 19-20, 2013. For information on the group, please visit our webpage: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/ The GCGM is a regional meeting that brings together researchers in all areas of gravitational physics from the south-east region of the US. The past two editions were at Louisiana State University (GCGM5, 2009) and Florida Atlantic University (GCGM6, 2011). This is the second GCGM organized by Ole Miss (the first one was GCGM4, 2008). There is no registration fee. Students are warmly encouraged to participate. The Blue Apple Award, sponsored by the APS Topical Group in Gravitation, will be awarded to the best student presentation. To register, simply send your name, affiliation, talk title and a short abstract to the following email address: gcgm7[AT]phy.olemiss.edu The same email address can be used for all inquiries related to the conference. We obtained financial support from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Events Sponsorship Program. Please say explicitly in your email if you are a student or postdoc and if you would like to have travel support; we will divide the available amount (which is quite limited!) between all students who request it, and if funds are still available we may be able to provide partial support also for postdocs. We will post more information on this page as the meeting dates get closer. We are looking forward to seeing you in Oxford next Spring! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 49th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics: Cosmology and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/08/49-th-karpacz-winter-school-of-theo… Starting Sun, Feb 10, 2013 to Sat, Feb 16, 2013 Location: Ladek Zdroj, Poland Additional Information: http://www.ift.uni.wroc.pl/~karp49/ The recent studies of dark matter and dark energy problems rely on (independent) modifications of both sides of the Einstein equations in order to explain current cosmic acceleration. The winter school will concern with both sides of the Einstein equations. The Einstein tensor determines the energy-momentum tensor of a fluid. In general, the relativistic fluid is more complex than just an ideal fluid. At the conference the statistical mechanics of such fluids and their consequences for the large scale cosmic evolution will be discussed. The school will be held in the mountain resort in the south-west of Poland. This is a continuation of the tradition of the Karpacz Winter schools which were organized for almost half a century. Conference website: http://www.ift.uni.wroc.pl/~karp49/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 Workshop SU Structure of the Universe 2012 - Paris Observatory ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/08/workshop-su-structure-of-the-univer… Starting Thu, Nov 29, 2012 to Fri, Nov 30, 2012 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://luth.obspm.fr/~luthier/corasaniti/SU_MEETING_2012/Workshop_SU_2012.h… "Galaxy Formation and Large Scale Structures: Theory vs Observations" Historical Perrault building , Observatoire de Paris HQ, Paris Thursday 29 and Friday 30 November 2012 Entrance: 77 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris The goal of the meeting is to gather the community working on galaxy formation and cosmic structures to communicate and exchange ideas on the current progresses and their observational implications. This workshop is organized in the framework of the « Structure of the Universe » program of the Scientific Council of Observatoire de Paris. The meeting is open to students, post-docs, researchers, no registration fee is required. To facilitate the organization please register freely before November 15th at the registration page. Programme and informations at the URL: http://luth.obspm.fr/~luthier/corasaniti/SU_MEETING_2012/Workshop_SU_2012.h… We look forward to seeing you at the workshop. Best regards, The Organizers: Pier-Stefano Corasaniti, Hector J. de Vega, Norma G. Sanchez, Technical support: Djilali Zidani +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 GR20/Amaldi10: the satellite schools ---------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/03/gr20amaldi10-the-satellite-schools/ Starting Fri, Jun 28, 2013 to Sun, Jul 07, 2013 Location: Zakopane, Warsaw Additional Information: http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=19 Dear Relativists, Before GR20/Amaldi10 there will be organized two satellite schools: Conformal Symmetry and Perspectives in Quantum and Mathematical Gravity, in Zakopane: http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/ and School of Gravitational Waves, in Warsaw: http://bcc.impan.pl/13Gravitational/ Please pass this information to whoever may be interested. Warm Regards Jerzy Lewandowski Chair, GR20/Amaldi10 LOC ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoc in Cosmology at Tufts University -------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/31/postdoc-in-cosmology-at-tufts-unive… Institution: Medford, MA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/ We anticipate having a postdoctoral opening in the Tufts Institute of Cosmology starting September 2013, for two years, with a possibility of extension for a third. Our group includes Jose Blanco-Pillado, Larry Ford, Ken Olum, Alex Vilenkin and several postdocs and graduate students. Our research interest include inflationary cosmology, topological defects, quantum cosmology, and other fields. Applicants are invited to send their C.V. and a statement of research interests, and to arrange for three letters of reference, all to be sent to Prof. A. Vilenkin, c/o Gayle Grant, Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA or by e-mail to Gayle.Grant (at) Tufts.edu. Application deadline is December 15, 2012.a More information about our group is available at http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/. Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral position in loop quantum gravity at UNAM, Morelia, Mexico -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/29/postdoctoral-position-in-loop-quant… Institution: Morelia, Mexico Deadline: Tue, Jan 01, 2013 Additional Information: www.matmor.unam.mx/en/research The Quantum Gravity Group of the Center for Mathematical Sciences (Centro de Ciencias Matemáticas, CCM) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Morelia is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral fellowship to start on September 1st 2013. (The date is possibly flexible.) The fellowship is for an initial duration of one year, and extensible for a second year. We expect the candidate to collaborate with the members of the group in non-perturbative aspect of quantum gravity, aspects of quantum field theory on curved spacetime or lated topics. The quantum gravity group consists of three permanent members, A. Corichi, R. Oeckl and J.A. Zapata, a visiting faculty member, D. Colosi, a posdoctoral fellow (S. Rastgoo) and 5 PhD students. The CCM (http://www.matmor.unam.mx) has 21 faculty members working in the following areas (http://www.matmor.unam.mx/en/research) Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Combinatorics, Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, Group Theory, Number Theory, Set Theory, Topology, Representation Theory, Quantum Gravity. Being part of UNAM, we have access to reasonable computer and library facilities. We also share a building with UNAM's Center for Astrophysics and Radioastronomy. Nearby is the Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the local State University (http://www.ifm.umich.mx) with another 20 faculty members. Morelia is a moderate sized city with fair climate and a rich cultural life. In order to be considered, we request a CV, research statement and 3 reference letters to be submitted before January 1st 2013, to the following address: corichi[AT]matmor.unam.mx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral position in gravitation at the Hebrew University ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/28/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Jerusalem, Israel Deadline: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.phys.huji.ac.il/~bekenste/ There will be a postdoctoral opening in gravitation physics at the Hebrew University for the academic year 2013-2014 (preferred starting date of Oct. 1, 2013, but earlier starting dates will be considered) with an optional second year. This is intended only for a person who obtained the Ph. D on or after Oct. 1, 2008. For the general research interests in our gravity-astrophysics-cosmology group, please refer to http://www.phys.huji.ac.il/astro My own research is nowadays concerned mostly with entropy and information bounds, ideas for probing quantum gravity in the lab, and the quasi normal modes of black holes in connection with black hole quantization. The postdoctoral fellowships in question are the Lady Davis Fellowships or equivalent. No need to fill out Lady Davis forms, but you may want to look at their Web page http://ldft.huji.ac.il/upload/info/infoHU.html for information on what the fellowships are worth (the sums there need some updating). I supplement that basic fellowship stipend by 20%, and also pay for some travel to conferences while the fellow is here. These fellowships are tax free in Israel. I prefer the application materials [CV, list of publications, statement of past and planned research (the last restricted to 2 pages) and 3 letters of recommendation] to arrive by e-mail. My deadline this year is Dec. 10. Jacob D. Bekenstein Racah Institute of Physics The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904 ISRAEL Office Tel: 972-2-6584374 Home Tel: 972-2-6791485 Office fax: 972-2-5611519 E-mail: bekenste[AT]vms.huji.ac.il URL: http://www.phys.huji.ac.il/~bekenste/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship (VCF) / Vice-Chancellor's Advanced Fellowship (VCAF) at the University of Sheffield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/22/vice-chancellors-fellowship-vcf-vic… Institution: Sheffield, UK Deadline: Fri, Nov 09, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.leadingmindssheffield.com The University of Sheffield has an international reputation for the quality of its staff, students and for the contribution it makes to the world at large through high quality research and teaching. This reputation is reliant upon the recruitment, retention and development of talented staff of the highest quality. In order to maintain this position at the forefront of academia Professor Keith Burnett, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, has created up to 20 Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship positions. These positions are open to the candidates with a track record of the highest calibre research and who have the potential to be research leaders of the future in any academic area. The key criterion for success in these appointments is the personal capacity to make an outstanding contribution to the University, as a research-led academic. Applications are welcomed from those who will bring new fields of research activity to the University as well as those who strengthe n our existing portfolio. Fellows will have the potential to become academic leaders of the future who will engage and collaborate across disciplinary boundaries within and beyond the University. They will also have the ability to be inspirational to others and act as ambassadors for the University. We regard the creative mix of our people to be our greatest asset. We want to recruit from many different backgrounds, heritages and lifestyles. We want to lead in rebalancing the traditional makeup of certain subjects and build a collection of sufficiently diverse minds that can interrogate the challenges of the future with the greatest rigour. So we want to hear from leading minds which reflect the richness of the world around us. Establishing your research quickly will be a priority. To support you in achieving this, each Fellow will receive a range of exceptional benefits including access to a tailored mentoring and development scheme, a research support grant of at least 10,000 GBP and subject to satisfactory performance a permanent appointment will be made to at least Lecturer (VCF) Senior Lecturer (VCAF) level at the end of the Fellowship. Fellows will be appointed at one of two levels dependent upon experience. The successful applicants will hold a good first degree (or equivalent experience) and a PhD in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience). You will have an excellent research track record in the identified area of strength with potential to become a world leading researcher; you will also have with an aptitude for research leadership. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Postdoctoral position in numerical loop quantum cosmology at LSU -------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/21/postdoctoral-position-in-numerical-… Additional Information: https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55132 The theoretical relativity group at LSU aims to fill, contingent on funding, an opening for a postdoctoral researcher to work in numerical loop quantum cosmology starting January 2013 or earlier. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another year subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. The core relativity group at LSU consists of Ivan Agulló, Steve Brandt, Frank Loeffler, Peter Diener, Jorge Pullin and Parampreet Singh. In addition, LSU hosts a strong experimental gravity group with activity in LIGO, whose Livingston site is 30 miles away from Baton Rouge. LSU is also host to the Center for Computation and 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. It is desired that the postdoctoral researcher should have experience in development of numerical methods for HPCs in classical and/or quantum gravity. The application deadline is Oct 31, 2012. THE LSU SYSTEM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL ACCESS EMPLOYER See full ad and instructions for application at URL https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Postdoctoral position in General Relativity at Southampton -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/19/postdoctoral-position-in-general-re… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Wed, Nov 21, 2012 Postdoctoral position in General Relativity Salary: 27,578 to 37,012 GBP per annum Duration: 3 years Closing Date: 21 November 2012 Reference: 168412PJ The School of Mathematics at the University of Southampton is offering a 3-year postdoctoral position in General Relativity. The position is available from spring 2013, but a later start can be negotiated. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake research within an ERC-funded project on the self-force approach to the two-body problem in general relativity, with application to gravitational-wave astronomy. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large Gravity research group. The Group currently comprises 8 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Ian Jones, Kostas Skenderis, Marika Taylor and James Vickers), 5 postdocs and 10 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics, sources of gravitational waves and numerical relativity, as well as string-inspired gravity and holography. Applicants need to hold a PhD or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline, and have a track record of original research and publications in at least one of the following research areas: physics of classical black holes, gravitational-wave theory, numerical relativity, post-Newtonian theory. The closing date for applications is 21 November 2012. Please apply online via http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk (use the top-right search bar quoting Job number 168412PJ, and proceed as instructed). As part of your application you will be required to provide your full CV (including a list of publications), a brief (< 1 page) statement of research interests, and the contacts of 3 referees. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Leor Barack at leor[AT]soton.ac.uk. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral position in high energy astrophysics at Fudan University ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/19/postdoctoral-position-in-high-energ… Institution: Shanghai, China Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ The gravity and high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has one open postdoctoral position in high energy astrophysics. We are looking for candidates with interest/experience in X-ray astronomy, GRBs, and/or astrophysical codes. Preference may be given to candidates who have already worked with XSPEC. Graduated students who expect to receive soon the doctoral degree are also encouraged to apply. The position is available from as soon as possible and the initial appointment is for 2 years, with the possibility of an extension. Salary and benefits are negotiable. Interested candidates should send their CV (including, among other things, date of birth, contact details of 2-3 referees, and possible starting date), short statement of research interests and/or experience, and publication list to 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 bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Applications submitted by December 31 will receive full consideration. Further details: Fudan. Fudan University is located in Shanghai and it is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China. The group joins the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah in the United States and as a Special Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. Members of the group will be able also to interact with people at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. Salary. For this position, the net salary for a postdoc with overseas doctoral degree will be about 100,000 CNY/year (roughly corresponding to 1,000 EUR/month), but in exceptional cases it can be much higher. Housing. Fudan can provide apartments of 50-80 square meters inside the campus at very convenient rental rates (about 300 CNY/month, roughly 40 EUR/month). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Postdoctoral position in loop quantum gravity at LSU -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/18/postdoctoral-position-in-loop-quant… Institution: Baton Rouge, LA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http:// https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55133 The theoretical relativity group expects to have, contingent on funding, an opening for a postdoctoral researcher or senior postdoctoral researcher working in loop quantum gravity starting September 2013. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another one or two years subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. The core relativity group at LSU consists of Ivan Agullo', Steve Brandt, Frank Loeffler, Peter Diener, Jorge Pullin and Parampreet Singh. In addition to that LSU hosts a strong experimental gravity group with activity in LIGO, whose Livingston site is 30 miles away from Baton Rouge. LSU is also host to the Center for Computation and 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. The postdoctoral researcher or senior postdoctoral researcher will perform research on numerical loop quantum cosmology which includes but is not limited to the following: research development, writing scientific papers, presenting talks at scientific meetings, participating in other local, state, national and international developments in theoretical relativity physics. THE LSU SYSTEM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL ACCESS EMPLOYER See full ad at URL https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55133 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Postdoctoral Position in Gravitation Theory at the University of Florida ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/17/post-doctoral-position-in-gravitati… Institution: Gainesville, FL, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.phys.ufl.edu/ A postdoctoral position may be available in the Gravitation Group and the Department of Physics beginning in the fall of 2013. Applications are invited from theorists with research interests in the area of general relativity, with specific emphasis on theoretical aspects of gravitational radiation, post-Newtonian theory and other approximation methods, and strong-field tests of GR. The appointment is for one year, with renewal possible, subject to satisfactory performance and continued funding. The Department of Physics at the University of Florida has an active program of research in gravitational physics, including Professors Clifford Will, Steven Detweiler, Bernard Whiting and Richard Woodard in gravitational theory, along with a large experimental and data analysis group working on LIGO and a future space interferometer. We also have strong collaborations with the Institute of Astrophysics of Paris. Applications received before December 15, 2012 will receive full consideration. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution. Send curriculum vita, statement of research interests, and three letters of reference via email, to cmw[AT]physics.ufl.edu. If regular mail or FAX is the only means available, send to the address below. Professor Clifford M. Will University of Florida P.O. Box 118440 Gainesville FL 32611-8440 FAX: 352-846-0295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at Georgia Tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/16/postdoctoral-position-in-numerical-… Institution: Atlanta, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cra.gatech.edu/ Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a postdoctoral appointment in its Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) with starting date September 2013. The focus areas are numerical relativity and computational astrophysics. The position is for one year, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and the availability of funds. The faculty at the CRA are David Ballantyne (astrophysics), Tamara Bogdanovic (astrophysics/cosmology), Pablo Laguna (gravitational physics), Nepomuk Otte (particle astrophysics), Deirdre Shoemaker (gravitational physics), Ignacio Taboada (particle astrophysics) and John Wise (cosmology). Please email applications to plaguna [at] gatech.edu. Complete applications must include CV, list of publications and statement of research interests. Please also arrange three letters of recommendation to be emailed to the same address. We will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2012. The Georgia Institute of Technology, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 Postdoctoral positions in gravitational-wave- physics and astronomy at ICTS, Bangalore, India -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/15/postdoctoral-positions-in-gravitati… Institution: Bangalore, India Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.icts.res.in/news/details/111/ Two postdoctoral fellowships are being offered at the Astrophysical Relativity group of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) in Bangalore, India. The fellowships are offered in the area of gravitational-wave- physics and astronomy, including analytical- and numerical relativity. Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Physics or Astrophysics with an excellent track record. Although PhDs in gravitational-wave physics, relativistic astrophysics, general relativity etc. are preferred, candidates from other areas with strong analytical and computational skills will also be considered. Two kinds of positions are offered: * Post Doctoral Fellow (3 years): Emoluments range from Rs 21,000-24,000 plus 30% housing allowance per month (before taxes), and a contingency grant of Rs 20,000 per annum. * Post Doctoral Visiting Scientist (2 years): Emoluments range from Rs 35,000-43,000 plus 30% housing allowance per month (before taxes). This position requires minimum 1 year of postdoctoral experience. Post doctoral fellows in scheme 1 can be considered for this position after a year. The Astrophysical Relativity group includes P. Ajith (permanent faculty), Bala Iyer, Tarun Souradeep and Rana Adhikari (adjunct faculty). K. G. Arun, Sascha Husa and Mark Hannam are visiting associates. Adjunct faculty members and visiting associates are expected to spend from several weeks to a few months every year at ICTS. Several undergraduate and graduate students are also expected to join the group in the next year. The group will have a strong involvement in the proposed LIGO-India project, the IndIGO consortium and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. In addition, the group expects to develop close collaborations with the astrophysics- and gravitational-physics groups of the neighboring Indian Institute of Science and Raman Research Institute, in addition to other research groups of ICTS. The group is organizing a one-month long ICTS program in numerical relativity during June-July 2013. Such programs are expected to be organized regularly. In addition to a high-perform ance computer cluster that the Centre is in the process of purchasing, group members will have access to several large clusters in India and abroad. Interested candidates are requested send their CV, list of publications and a research proposal of not more than two pages by e-mail to gravity.postdocs[at]icts.res.in. Please also arrange at least three reference letters to be sent to the same e-mail. The nominal deadline is 1 December 2012; but applications will be considered until positions are filled. The nominal starting date of 1 September 2013 is negotiable. Informal queries may be addressed to ajith[at]caltech.edu. Download poster: http://tinyurl.com/ictspostdoc +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Postdoc position in GW data analysis at Rhodes University, South Africa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/15/postdoc-position-in-gw-data-analysi… Institution: Grahamstown, South Africa Deadline: Fri, Nov 23, 2012 Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship Subject: Gravitational wave data analysis Location: Department of Mathematics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Period: Available from 1 January 2013 for 1 year, renewable Deadline: 23 November 2012, and thereafter until the position is filled The Department of Mathematics at Rhodes University has two Faculty members, Prof NT Bishop and Dr D Pollney, working in numerical relativity and particularly black hole mergers. We would like to expand the interests of the group to include other aspects of gravitational wave astronomy, and as a first step we are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in data analysis. The position is not for a specific project, and we are interested in candidates with experience in any aspect of gravitational wave data analysis. Rhodes University is a small university (just over 7 000 students), which emphasizes postgraduate training and research. It is located 60km from the coast, between Port Elizabeth and East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. While the main focus of this appointment will be data analysis related to the detection of gravitational waves by laser interferometric facilities, there would also be an opportunity in terms of pulsar timing measurements building on the University's strong involvement in the SKA project. Applications should preferably be in the form of a single PDF file attached to an email to Prof NT Bishop (n.bishop[AT]ru.ac.za) with a copy to Dr D Pollney (d.pollney[AT]ru.ac.za). Applications should include * Full CV * Contact details of three referees * A statement (about half a page) of the candidate's research interests and proposed research work during the Fellowship. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13 Faculty position in Physics at the University of Chicago ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/14/faculty-position-in-physics-at-the-… Institution: Chicago, IL, USA Additional Information: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDeta… The Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago invite applications for faculty positions in the areas of: a) experimental gravitational wave physics and particle astrophysics; b) experimental elementary particle physics. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in physics or a related field prior to appointment and are expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching programs while engaging in forefront research. Appointments are expected to start in or after the fall of 2013. Applicants must apply through the University’s Academic Jobs website and upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae with list of publications, and a brief research statement. In addition, three recommendation letters are required as part of the application process. If applying for a position at more than one rank, separate applications are required. Consideration of applications will begin in the fall of 2012. a) For a position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the field of experimental gravitational wave physics and particle astrophysics, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/bua5x63 . To be considered for an Associate Professor position in this field, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/bvmb9cy . b) For a position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the field of experimental elementary particle physics, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/c7l96y9 . To be considered for an Associate Professor position in this field, please apply at: http://tinyurl.com/clfjd6b . The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Included Benefits: Please see http://hrservices.uchicago.edu/benefits for full description of available benefits. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14 Postdoctoral Position in Relativity at the University of Chicago --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/14/postdoctoral-position-in-relativity… Institution: Chicago, IL, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Scholar appointment in the Relativity Group at the University of Chicago. The position is expected to start on or around September 2013. The UChicago Relativity Group consists of Daniel Holz, Robert Wald, and Robert Geroch (emeritus). Particular areas of interest include mathematical aspects of general relativity and the interplay of general relativity with astrophysics and cosmology, although applications from all subfields of relativity are welcome. To apply, please send your CV, publication list, and statement of research interests to relativityPD[AT]uchicago.edu. Please also arrange for three letters of reference to be emailed to the same address. To be assured of full consideration, all application materials should be received by December 1, 2012. Priority will be given to those having received their Ph.D. in 2009 or later. The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15 Two postdoctoral positions in Quantum Gravity Theories at Fudan University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/13/two-postdoctoral-positions-in-quant… Institution: Shanghai, China Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 The newly established "Classical and Quantum Gravity Group" (spacetime structure from small to large scales) at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has several postdoctoral positions to fill as soon as possible. The group right now consists of two Faculty members, one postdoc and two students. We are looking for candidates with interest/experience in Quantum Gravity Theories. Priority will be given to expertise in: perturbative and non-perturbative quantum gravity, asymptotically safe quantum gravity, quantum field theory, but also candidates in extended/modified theories of gravity, Lorentz violating theories, string theory, supergravity, ADS/CFT correspondence, background independent quantum gravity, cosmology, classical and quantum black Holes will be considered as well. Preference may be given to candidates with no more than 2-3 years of postdoctoral experience. ABD (All But Dissertation) candidates are also encouraged to apply. The positions will start as soon as possible. The initial appointment is for 2 years, with the possibility of an extension for 1 year. Salary and benefits are negotiable. 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, and publication list by December 31 to lmodesto[AT]fudan.edu.cn. Please arrange also 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. If electronic submission is not possible, application materials may be sent via regular mail to: Prof. Leonardo Modesto Physics Department, Fudan University 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China Tel: +86 18721714036 (Mobile) Inquires can be sent to lmodesto[AT]fudan.edu.cn Review of applications will start immediately and shortlisted candidates will be contacted as soon as possible. The DEADLINE is December 31. Further details: FUDAN. Fudan University is located in Shanghai, one of the major cities in China, and it is one of the most selective and prestigious universities in China. THEORY CENTER: The "Classical and Quantum Gravity" group joins the effort of founding a new theoretical physics center at Fudan, led by Prof. Yong-Shi Wu, who holds a joint position as University Distinguished Professor at University of Utah in the U.S. and as a Specially Appointed Professor of Physics at Fudan. SALARY. The salary is negotiable and depends on the qualification of the candidate and it can be up to 150,000 CNY/year. Housing. Fudan can provide apartments of 50-80 square meters inside the campus at very convenient rental rates (about 300 CNY/month, roughly 40 EUR/month). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16 Postdoctoral positions in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/10/postdoctoral-positions-in-astropart… Institution: Trieste, Italy Deadline: Sun, Dec 02, 2012 The Astroparticle Physics group at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS) in Trieste, Italy, invites applications for postdoctoral research positions to be filled in the Fall of 2013. The positions are for 2+1 years. Applications in the area of Cosmology, Gravitation Theory, Particle Astrophysics and Phenomenology, and Neutrino Physics will be considered. SISSA is a multidisciplinary PhD school, unique in Italy, pursuing research in the areas of physics, mathematics and neuroscience http://www.sissa.it and is part of a network of nearby scientific institutions in the Trieste area (ICTP, Trieste University and the Trieste Astronomical Observatory). The Astroparticle Physics Group currently consists of about 12 staff members, 5 postdocs and 15 graduate students with a broad spectrum of research topics. More information on the Astroparticle Physics group can be found here: http://www.sissa.it/app/. Applicants should register with academicjobsonline.org and then submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and a statement of research interests, and at least two letters of reference from senior physicists. The online application form for these posts can be found at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2152 The selected candidates are expected to take part in the scientific activity of the group and to carry out their own independent research. There are no compulsory teaching duties. All of our scientific activity is carried out in English (as is the administrative support) and we provide local assistance for all members: a housing office, Italian classes, a nursery for children of SISSA members and a gym. Completed applications should be received no later than December 2nd, 2012. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17 Tenure-track astrophysics position at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/04/tenure-track-astrophysics-position-… Institution: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Deadline: Mon, Dec 17, 2012 Additional Information: http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/8662 The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites applications for a tenure-track astrophysics position in theory, observation, and/or instrumentation. We seek candidates with post-doctoral experience whose work will address fundamental problems in cosmology or astrophysics in collaboration with our strong groups in multi-wavelength observational astronomy, computational astrophysics and gravity, high-energy and cosmology theory, and neutrino and nuclear astrophysics. UNC-Chapel Hill has 60 nights guaranteed annually on the high-performance 4.1-m SOAR telescope atop Cerro Pachon, Chile, and operates a state-of-the-art remote observing center. We are also a partner with guaranteed nights on the 11-m SALT telescope operating in South Africa, and run a network of robotic telescopes (the PROMPT rapid response array in Chile and Skynet globally). Our instrumentation labs built SOAR's high-throughput facility spectrograph and are working on several other SOAR and large telescope inst rument projects. Campus computing clusters total more than 10,000 cores and support advanced visualization capabilities. The Chapel Hill area is a dynamic R&D and entrepreneurial environment including Research Triangle Park, Duke University, and NC State University. It is also only a few hours drive from NRAO Charlottesville and Green Bank. Applicants must apply online at: http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/8662 and upload their cover letter, CV, publication list, and separate research and teaching statements. The application review will begin on Monday December 17,2012. Applicants must also arrange for four letters of recommendation to be sent to astrosearch2012[AT]listserv.unc.edu for attention of Gerald Cecil. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18 Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship - Georgia Tech -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/01/center-for-relativistic-astrophysic… Institution: Atlanta, GA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cra.gatech.edu Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA) Postdoctoral Fellowship - Georgia Institute of Technology The CRA invites applications for the CRA Postdoctoral Fellowship, which will be awarded to an outstanding scientist in cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, particle astrophysics, or gravitational astrophysics. In addition to highly competitive benefits and salary, the CRA Fellow will receive support for travel, page charges, and access to a 2266-node computer cluster dedicated to astrophysics. The appointment will initially be for two years, renewable for a third year subject to availability of funds and satisfactory progress. Current research interests at the CRA include the formation of the first stars and galaxies, gravitational waves, accretion physics, the intercluster medium, galaxy and black hole evolution, pulsars, numerical relativity and gamma-ray bursts. Observational and experimental efforts include NuSTAR, HAWC, VERITAS, IceCube, LSST, and CTA. The CRA faculty are David Ballantyne, Tamara Bogdanovic, Pablo Laguna (director), Nepomuk Otte, Deirdre Shoemaker, Ignacio Taboada and John Wise. For more information visit http://www.cra.gatech.edu. Complete applications must include (1) a CV including a list of publications, (2) a maximum 2 page statement of research interests, and (3) three letters of recommendation sent directly to the CRA. Only e-mail applications will be accepted. The email should include the names of reference letter writers and the requested material included as PDF attachments. Inquires and application materials should be sent to cra[at]mail.gatech.edu. We will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2012. The expected starting date of the position is September 2013. The Georgia Institute of Technology, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19 Postdoc in Fundamental Gravitational Theory at Penn State -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/01/post-doc-in-fundamental-gravitation… Institution: University Park, PA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.gravity.psu.edu/ The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos expects openings for post-doctoral positions starting fall 2013 in the areas of general relativity, cosmology and quantum gravity. The initial appointment will be for one year and is expected to be renewed for another year subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. In exceptional cases it has been renewed also for a third year. The gravitational theory group faculty consists of Abhay Ashtekar, Martin Bojowald, Murat Gunaydin, Radu Roiban and Sarah Shandera. In addition Professors Roger Penrose, Jerzy Lewandowski, Alejandro Corichi and Stephon Alexander hold visiting appointments at the Institute. 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 will have approximately 20 post-docs (including Drs. Thomas Cailleteau, Marco Chiodaroli, Marc Gailler, William Nelson, Yakov Nieman, Sohyun Park, and Gabriel Santiago in Fundamental Theory). For further information on the Institute, see http://www.gravity.psu.edu/ Current areas of research include loop quantum gravity, mathematical, conceptual as well as phenomenological issues in cosmology, black hole dynamics, interface of analytical and numerical quantum gravity, supergravity and gravitational aspects of string theory and non-commutative geometry. In particular, ideas from loop quantum gravity are being applied to extend the cosmological perturbation theory to the Planck regime, analysis of singularity resolution due to quantum geometry, supergravity and the issue of information loss. More generally, the Institute provides a rare forum for stimulating exchanges of ideas between different approaches to quantum gravity and between theoretical and observational cosmologists. Interested candidates should send a CV, a publication list and a statement of research interests/plans and arrange to have three recommendation letters sent directly to: Mrs. Randi Neshteruk IGC Post-Doc Applications, The Pennsylvania State University 104 Davey Lab #258 University Park, PA 16802-6300, USA E-mail applications and letters of reference are preferred provided the material is included as PDF file attachments. They should be sent to igc-applications[AT]gravity.psu.edu The deadline for receipt of all application material is December 15, 2012. Penn State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Kerr/CFT Correspondence and its Extensions" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/23/living-reviews-in-relativity-the-ke… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-11 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "The Kerr/CFT Correspondence and its Extensions" by Geoffrey Compère on 22 October 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. NEW: Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/livrev_lrr PUB.NO. lrr-2012-11 Compère, Geoffrey "The Kerr/CFT Correspondence and its Extensions" ACCEPTED: 2012-06-13 PUBLISHED: 2012-10-22 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-11 ABSTRACT: We present a first-principles derivation of the main results of the Kerr/CFT correspondence and its extensions using only tools from gravity and quantum field theory, filling a few gaps in the literature when necessary. Firstly, we review properties of extremal black holes that imply, according to semi-classical quantization rules, that their near-horizon quantum states form a centrally-extended representation of the one-dimensional conformal group. This motivates the conjecture that the extremal Kerr and Reissner--Nordstr\"om black holes are dual to the chiral limit of a two-dimensional conformal field theory. We also motivate the existence of a $SL(2,\mathbb Z)$ family of two-dimensional conformal field theories which describe in their chiral limit the extremal Kerr--Newman black hole. We present generalizations in anti-de Sitter spacetime and discuss other matter coupling and higher derivative corrections. Secondly, we show how a near-chiral limit of these CFTs reproduces the dynamics of near-superradiant probes around near-extremal black holes in the semi-classical limit. Thirdly, we review how the hidden conformal symmetries of asymptotically flat black holes away from extremality combined with their properties at extremality allow for a microscopic accounting of the entropy of non-extremal asymptotically flat rotating or charged black holes. We conclude with a list of open problems. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 New CQG focus issue: Relativistic quantum information --------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/18/new-cqg-focus-issue-relativistic-qu… Additional Information: http://bit.ly/SYgzJU Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to bring you this special focus issue on ‘Relativistic Quantum Information ( http://bit.ly/SYgzJU )’ guest edited by R B Mann and T C Ralph. This focus issue provides a sample of the state of the art in research in RQI. Some of the articles in this issue review the subject while others provide interesting new results that will stimulate further research. The recent award of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems is indicative of the current high level of interest in quantum information; understanding and exploiting the role of relativity is the next frontier. RQI is beginning to enter the stage at which actual experiments can be contemplated. Some of the articles appearing in this issue discuss some of these exciting new developments. I hope that you will find this focus issue of particular interest and encourage you to share & circulate this with your colleagues and peers. I hope that you will publish your next paper with CQG ( http://bit.ly/Wut54Y ) and I look forward to working with you soon. Best wishes, Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity iopscience.org/cqg ( http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381 ) cqg(a)iop.org P.S. You may be interested in reading about one of the focus issue’s articles in New Scientist ( http://j.mp/QPTWoG ), Discovery ( http://bit.ly/V4uDis ) and Wired ( http://bit.ly/PzYVNj ). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 LIGO magazine ----------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/11/ligo-magazine/ Additional Information: http://www.ligo.org/magazine/ The US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is supported by an international group of more than 800 scientists from about 80 institutions, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC, http://www.ligo.org) Following the examples of other large science projects we decided to create the LIGO Magazine, a regular publication to exchange information, news and stories from and with the LSC community. The inaugural issue is now available, with more than 30 pages of entertaining stories and fascinating photos from the installation of the Advanced LIGO detectors. We believe that the magazine is also a good way to find out more about LIGO and the gravitational wave community, and to satisfy your general interest in science and technology. Therefore the magazine is available as a free download (pdf file) at: http://www.ligo.org/magazine/ We hope you find it inspiring and entertaining. Let us know what you think and do tell your friends and colleagues by forwarding this link to them. Gabriela Gonzalez, gonzalez[AT]lsu.edu (LSC spokesperson) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 Deadline extension to 15 Nov 2012 for Jurgen Ehlers Thesis Prize and Bergman-Wheeler Thesis Prize ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/09/deadline-extension-to-15-nov-2012-f… Additional Information: http://www.isgrg.org/ Dear Colleagues, The deadlines for submission of nomination for the Jürgen Ehlers Thesis Prize for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in mathematical and numerical relativity and the Bergman-Wheeler Thesis Prize for a outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the broad area of quantum gravity have been extended to 15 November 2012. Additional information on the prizes and directions for submission of nominations may be found at http://www.isgrg.org/ehlersprize.php and http://www.isgrg.org/bergwheelprize.php. For both prizes, the nominator must be a member of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) and can make at most one nomination. The nominee need not be a member of the Society but the official defense must have taken place between September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2012. Please direct any questions regarding ISGRG membership to me. Sincerely, Beverly K. Berger Secretary, ISGRG beverlyberger[AT]me.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge: The Chalonge Medal 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/03/ecole-internationale-dastrophysique… Additional Information: http:// http://chalonge.obspm.fr Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2012 has been awarded to Professor Brian SCHMIDT The International Astrophysics School Daniel Chalonge has awarded the Daniel Chalonge Medal 2012 to Professor Brian P. Schmidt, Nobel Laureate of physics 2011 for his outstanding contribution to the discovery of the present accelerated expansion of the Universe, deeply discussed in the framework of the Chalonge School. Brian Schmidt was lecturer in several courses of the School, and from the very beginning in the discovery of the acceleration of the Universe, which motivated the realization of very important projects in cosmology and the training and formation of young physicists and astrophysicists over the world. The medal was presented to Brian Schmidt during the Open Session of the 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 at the Observatoire de Paris HQ (historic Perrault building) in the Cassini Hall, on the meridian of Paris, which was attended by about hundred participants from the world over, among them four laureates of the Chalonge Medal: John Mather and George Smoot, Nobel laureates of physics, Anthony Lasenby and Peter Biermann. The Chalonge Medal, coined exclusively for the Chalonge School by the prestigious Hotel de la Monnaie de Paris (the French Mint), is a surprise award and only nine Chalonge medals have been awarded in the 21 year school history.The list of the awarded Chalonge Medals is the following: 1991:Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel prize of physics. 1992: Bruno Pontecorvo. 2006: George Smoot, Nobel prize of physics. 2007: Carlos Frenk. 2008: Anthony Lasenby. 2008: Bernard Sadoulet. 2009: Peter Biermann. 2011: John Mather, Nobel prize of physics. 2012: Brian Schmidt, Nobel prize of Physics. With the Chalonge Medal, the International School of Astrophysics Daniel Chalonge confirms its great appreciation to Dr. Brian Schmidt and his huge contribution to the construction of the Standard Model of the Universe, at the center of the Chalonge School programmes. This recognizes the outstanding scientific value and impact of the discovery of the dark energy component, compatible with the cosmological constant, which constitutes about three quarters of the content of the Universe. See the announcement, full history, photo gallery and links at: http://chalonge.obspm.fr http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Medal_Chalonge2012.pdf http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Archives_Daniel_Chalonge.html http://www.planetastronomy.com/special/2012-special/27jul/chalonge-cosmo.htm With compliments and kind regards Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J.de Vega Ecole Chalonge chalonge.ecole[at]obspm.fr http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6 Gravitational waves - Publication of a new review paper ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/10/03/gravitational-waves-publication-of-… Additional Information: http://www.sif.it/riviste/ncr/econtents/2012/035/08 M. Cerdonio, G. Losurdo - Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 35, 389, 2012 "The purpose of this review is to give an outlook on the initial crop of GW observations, on their impact in fundamental physics, in relativistic astrophysics and in cosmology, and give also an updated view of the methods and technologies, which are making possible the historical achievement of opening the era of GW astronomy." (From the abstract) "The review paper “Gravitational waves from discovery to astronomy” by M. Cerdonio and G. Losurdo is a remarkable piece of scientific work (…) Starting from first principles, the physics and technology involved in the contemporary search for gravitational wave is well described. In particular, some key physics issues, usually overlooked in other reviews, are here nicely analyzed. The perspectives of the field are clearly illustrated." (From the referee's report)

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 The Time Machine Factory, Turin, Italy (final circ.) 1.2 Workshop on holographic applications, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, gravity and analogue gravity, Paris 1.3 3rd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting, in Valencia, Spain 1.4 GR20 and Amaldi10 in Warsaw, Poland 1.5 Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity, at Bad Honnef 1.6 V Black Holes Workshop in Lisbon (2nd circ.) 2. Jobs 2.1 Faculty position in Theoretical Astrophysics/Nuclear Astrophysics at Indiana University 2.2 Postdoc Positions in Numerical Relativity, Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, and Gravitational-Wave Science, Caltech 2.3 CIFAR Cosmology and Gravity Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canada) 2.4 Department Head, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology 2.5 Faculty position at CITA 2.6 CITA National Fellowships 2.7 CITA Postdoctoral Fellowships and Senior Research Associates 2.8 Postdoc and PhD studentship in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics at Nijmegen, NL 2.9 Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology 2.10 Associate or full professor position in Applied Math at Waterloo 2.11 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Mississippi 2.12 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Southampton 3. News 3.1 Death of Alberto Lobo 3.2 Reminder to nominate Fellows of the GRG Society - Deadline 31 Dec 2012 3.3 Death of Leonid Grishchuk 3.4 "Relativistic Figures of Equilibrium", now in paperback edition (CUP) 3.5 New book: "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions", edited by Gary Horowitz 3.6 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)" 3.7 GGR Membership ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 The Time Machine Factory, Turin, Italy (final circ.) -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/28/the-time-machine-factory-final-anno… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Fri, Oct 19, 2012 Location: Turin, Italy Additional Information: http://timemachine.polito.it/ This is the final announcement of the conference “The Time Machine Factory”, that will be held in Torino (Italy), from October 14 to 19, 2012, and is organized by INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico of Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica and Politecnico di Torino. The Conference Program is available at http://tinyurl.com/TM2012Program. On behalf of the SOC, SOC Chairs, Mariateresa Crosta Marco Gramegna Matteo Luca Ruggiero SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE The conference focuses on causality and nonlocality in physics, with emphasis on its implications with time machines. In particular these issues will be dealt with from the viewpoints of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. The topological nature of spacetime in the framework of Quantum Mechanics suggests that both causality and locality need to be analyzed at a fundamental level, also by allowing the existence of entities that are more elementary than the spatial dimensions of everyday’s life. The interplay of these entities influences the very nature of time, and their dynamics could lead to understand the emergence of the arrow of time. Focusing on these issues would help to understand the ultimate nature of time, its role in fundamental physics and in the formation of the Universe, thus allowing for a better comprehension of its large scale structure, with apparent implications on the astronomical reference systems. INFORMATION Information about the conference, such as scientific program, venue, travel, accommodation, events and social activities, important deadlines and so on, are available at the web page http://timemachine.polito.it REGISTRATION *Participants Regular Registration, from June 2 to October 14, 350 euro. Registration fee includes registration kits, coffee breaks and conference dinner, as well as access to all satellite events. *Accompanying persons Regular registration, from June 2 to October 14, 150 euro. This fee includes only visitor registration kits, conference dinner, and access to all satellite events. *Students Students Registration Fee, up to October 14, 150 euro More information at the webpage http://tinyurl.com/TM2012reg SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mariateresa Crosta (chair, INAF,OATo); Marco Gramegna (co-chair, INRIM); Matteo Luca Ruggiero (co-chair, Politecnico di Torino, INFN); Orfeu Bertolami (Dep. Physics and Astronomy - Univ. Porto); Donato Bini (Ist. M. Picone - CNR, ICRA, INFN); Salvatore Capozziello (Dep. Phys. Sciences - Univ. Napoli, INFN); Mauro Francaviglia (President of SIGRAV, Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino); Sandro Coriasco (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino); Fernando de Felice (Dep. Physics - Univ. Padova); Marco Genovese (INRIM); Robert T. Janzen (Villanova University, ICRA); Christophe Leponcin-Lafitte (SYRTE, Obs. de Paris); Oldrich Semerak (Inst. Th. Physics - Charles University, Prague); Angelo Tartaglia (DISAT - Politecnico di Torino, INFN). LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Monica Capone (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino, INFN); Tullia Carriero (INAF,OATo); Sandro Coriasco (Dep. Mathematics - Univ. Torino); Mariateresa Crosta (INAF,OATo); Ummi Abbas (INAF, OATo); Stefano Bertone (INAF, OATo; SYRTE, Obs. de Paris); Marco Gramegna (INRIM); Paolo Traina (INRIM); Matteo Luca Ruggiero (DISAT - Politecnico di Torino, INFN); Enzo Obiso (PHOS). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Workshop on holographic applications, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, gravity and analogue gravity, Paris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/25/workshop-on-holographic-application… Starting Mon, Oct 29, 2012 to Wed, Oct 31, 2012 Location: Paris, France Additional Information: http://www.cpht.polytechnique.fr/spip.php?article547 In the framework of a collaborative program on holographic applications, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, gravity & analogue gravity, we organize a 3-day workshop in Paris, from October 29 to October 31. We plan a few 75-min pedagogical talks per day aiming at covering some aspects of the above fields and creating a good synergy among the participants. Participation is free, registration is recommended. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 3rd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting, in Valencia, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/13/3rd-iberian-gravitational-wave-meet… Starting Wed, Mar 20, 2013 to Fri, Mar 22, 2013 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: http://congresos.adeit-uv.es/congresos/ficha.en.html?cc=159 Dear Colleagues, it is a pleasure to announce that the 3rd Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting will be organized by the Relativistic Astrophysics Group of the Universitat de València (Spain). Following the format of the previous meetings we plan to organize a 3-day meeting starting on March 20th and ending on March 22th, 2013. The style of the meeting will be informal, with significant time for discussions, and there will be no registration fee. Please visit the meeting's website for further information on registration, paper submission, accommodation, venue of the meeting, etc: http://congresos.adeit-uv.es/congresos/ficha.en.html?cc=159 The idea of the meeting is to bring together researchers with interest in the development of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, including researchers from related areas of Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics. Please, feel free to send this announcement to scientists that may be interested in attending. Looking forward to seeing you in Valencia next March. The organizing committee: Pablo Cerda-Duran Jose A. Font Michael Gabler Jose M. Ibanez Martin Obergaulinger +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 GR20 and Amaldi10 in Warsaw, Poland --------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/07/the-20th-international-conference-o… Starting Sun, Jul 07, 2013 to Sat, Jul 13, 2013 Location: Warsaw, Poland Additional Information: http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/ Dear Relativists, it is a great pleasure to invite you to the 20th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR20) and the 10th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Amaldi10) which takes place from 7th - 13th July 2013 at Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warsaw, Poland. http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/ GR20 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 the 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. This time, in Warsaw, GR20 and Amaldi10 are organized as a joint event. The program of the conference, among many topics, includes: Planck Results, Dark Energy, Formation of the Trapped Surfaces, Dynamics of Asymptotically AdS spacetimes, Gravity and Condensed Matter Correspondence, Numerical Relativity and Its Applications to Astrophysics and High Energy Physics, Neutron Stars, Formation of Supermassive Black Holes, Modified Gravity as Alternatives to Dark Energy or Dark Matter, Cold Atoms for Equivalence Principle Tests and GW Detection, Quantum Fields in Curved Space-time, Higher-Dimensional Spacetimes, Loop Quantum Gravity, Strings and Branes. The conference venue is part of the prestigious historical Main Campus of the University, located in the touristic center of Warsaw, by the Royal Route. This puts it within walking distance of the Old Town, the Kings Castle and other anchor tourist attractions of the city of Fryderyk Chopin and Maria Sklodowska-Curie. We are planing to begin the reistration in mid October. We look forward to welcoming you to Warsaw 2013! Bala Iyer - Chair, GR20 Scientific Organizing Committee Sheila Rowan - Chair, Amaldi 10 Scientific Organizing Committee Jerzy Lewandowski - Chair, GR20/ Amaldi10 Local Organizing Committee, President, Polish Society on Relativity http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~potor/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity, at Bad Honnef -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/06/equations-of-motion-in-relativistic… Starting Sun, Feb 17, 2013 to Sat, Feb 23, 2013 Location: Bad Honnef, Germany Additional Information: http://puetzfeld.org/eom2013.html The scientific focus of the seminar will be on the equations of motion in General Relativity and in alternative gravity theories. In particular on the motion of extended test bodies, self-force calculations, the motion of self-gravitating/heavy bodies, as well as test bodies with microstructure. Different approximations methods linked to the derivation of the equations of motion (e.g. multipolar, post-Newtonian, and post-Minkowskian techniques) will be covered. Furthermore, there will be an overview of current and future observations (gravitational waves, pulsars, celestial mechanics, astrometry, satellite experiments). This 524. WE-Heraeus-Seminar will take place at the Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany. More details and contact information can be found on the seminar webpage, http://puetzfeld.org/eom2013.html. We particularly encourage students and young researchers to participate in this seminar. There are no conference fees. The living expenses (overnight costs and meals) for all selected participants will be covered by the WE-Heraeus foundation. Since the number of participants to this seminar is limited we encourage early registrations (registration deadline: 15 November 2012). This seminar is organized by D. Puetzfeld (ZARM, U Bremen), C. Laemmerzahl (ZARM, U Bremen), B.F. Schutz (AEI, Potsdam), and is generously funded by the WE-Heraeus-Foundation. In case you need assistance or have questions regarding the seminar please contact: Dirk Puetzfeld ZARM University of Bremen Am Fallturm 28359 Bremen, Germany Email: eom2013[AT]puetzfeld.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 V Black Holes Workshop in Lisbon (2nd circ.) --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/05/v-black-holes-worksh%e2%80%8bop-in-… Starting Mon, Dec 17, 2012 to Tue, Dec 18, 2012 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Additional Information: http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/blackholes5/ The fifth Black Holes Workshop will take place on 17-18 December 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal. The focus of the meeting will be on gravitational physics, with special emphasis on black hole physics. We remind that the deadline for registration and abstract submission is October 15. More details can be found in the official webpage, http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/blackholes5/. We look forward to seeing you in Lisbon. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Faculty position in Theoretical Astrophysics/Nuclear Astrophysics at Indiana University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/28/faculty-position-in-theoretical-ast… Institution: Bloomington, IN, USA Deadline: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 Additional Information: http://physics.indiana.edu The Department of Physics at Indiana University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, or nuclear astrophysics starting in the fall of 2013. We are interested in excellent candidates in several areas including neutrino astrophysics, gravitational wave astrophysics, supernova and neutron star merger simulations, gamma ray astronomy, dark matter, baryogenesis, nucleosynthesis, and properties of dense matter and neutron stars. The successful candidate will join astrophysics colleagues in both the Physics and Astronomy Departments at Indiana University and interact with very strong research groups in several related areas including neutrino physics, fundamental symmetries, high-energy physics, and nuclear physics. The candidate must have a Ph.D in physics or astrophysics and some postdoctoral experience. A commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level is essential. Candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae including a list of publications, statement of research, and a statement of teaching, and arrange for a minimum of three letters of reference. Applications should be submitted through the application portal located at http://indiana.peopleadmin.com. For questions please contact the Physics Department at 812-855-1247. Applications received by January 15, 2013 will be given full consideration. The position will remain open until filled. Further information about the IU Physics Department can be found at http://physics.indiana.edu. Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer strongly committed to excellence through diversity. Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged. The University is responsive to the needs of dual-career families. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoc Positions in Numerical Relativity, Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, and Gravitational-Wave Science, Caltech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/26/caltech-postdoc-positions-in-numeri… Institution: Pasadena, CA, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Caltech Postdoc Positions in Numerical Relativity, Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, and Gravitational-Wave Science The California Institute of Technology invites applications for postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral appointments in theoretical aspects of gravitational-wave science. These positions are for researchers in any of the three focus areas of our group: 1) NUMERICAL RELATIVITY and COMPUTATIONAL RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS [Christian Ott, Mark Scheel, Bela Szilagyi, Christian Reisswig, Luke Roberts, Nick Taylor, Ernazar Abdikamalov, Roland Haas, Phillip Moesta, Tony Piro, Anil Zenginoglu, and grad students], including a strong collaboration with the Cornell group led by Saul Teukolsky and Larry Kidder. Systems and phenomena studied include compact binaries (BH/BH, NS/BH, NS/NS) as well as stellar collapse and supernova explosions. 2) GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE SOURCE ANALYSIS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND ASTROPHYSICS [Yanbei Chen, Christian Ott, Sterl Phinney, Kip Thorne, and grad students]. This effort has close ties to the Caltech theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy programs, to the Caltech numerical relativity group, to the LIGO Laboratory, and to the JPL gravitational-wave group of Curt Cutler, Tom Prince, Massimo Tinto, Michele Vallisneri, John Armstrong, Frank Estabrook and postdocs Chad Galley, and Samaya Nissanke. 3) GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS [Yanbei Chen, Kip Thorne, Haixing Miao, and grad students.] This involves the application of quantum measurement and quantum control theory to advanced gravitational-wave detectors, as well as the formulation of experimental tests of quantum mechanics that can be performed on these detectors. This research is carried out in collaboration or interaction with members of the LIGO Lab, and other Caltech research groups, including those led by H. Jeff Kimble and Michael Roukes, and the Caltech Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM, an NSF Physics Frontier Center), http://www.iqim.caltech.edu, and the Moscow University research group of Vladimir Braginsky, Farid Khalili, Sergei Vyatchanin, Stefan Danilishin and Sergey Strigin. These three research programs are embedded in Caltech's TAPIR group (Theoretical Astrophysics Including Relativity), http://www.tapir.caltech.edu and are associated with the Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational Wave Research, http://www.its.caltech.edu/~cajagwr/. By a single application one can be considered for Caltech's Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, including Relativity [see http://www.pma.caltech.edu/GSR/fellowtheory.html] and for regular postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral positions. The application deadline is December 1, though late applications will continue to be considered until all positions are filled. PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS VIA THE WEB at the following website, until that website closes: http://www.beatricia.caltech.edu/astro-theoretical/apply.html Under Research Interests, please choose the button "Gravitational Physics" or "Astrophysics" Later applications should be sent to JoAnn Boyd, joann[AT]tapir.caltech.edu. Application materials should include curriculum vitae with email address and with citizenship indicated, bibliography of publications (with refereed articles identified), web locations of manuscripts not yet published, and a description of the desired research directions. Please ensure that at least three letters of recommendation are provided by the writers via the web at http://www.eas.caltech.edu/search/theo-astro/references before the website closes, or to joann[AT]tapir.caltech.edu afterwards. Caltech is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, Veterans, and Disabled Persons are encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 CIFAR Cosmology and Gravity Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canada) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/24/cifar-cosmology-gravity-postdoctora… Institution: one of several Canadian Universities Deadline: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cifar.ca/JFA The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research brings together top international researchers to tackle many of the most interesting and pressing questions of our time. Our Junior Fellow Academy offers gifted, early career researchers the unique opportunity to participate in CIFAR’s global research network and to closely collaborate, and be mentored by, some of Canada's and the world’s best researchers. Junior Fellows take part in one of CIFAR's innovative research programs, where researchers meet regularly to establish new frameworks for thinking about the world with the potential to improve human health and the environment, transform technology, build strong societies, understand human culture and even chart the universe. To enhance leadership skills within an interdisciplinary network of peers, CIFAR also brings together Junior Fellows from all twelve programs for separate Academy meetings. CIFAR's Cosmology and Gravity Program is seeking an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to fill a Junior Fellowship position beginning in or after July 2013. The Junior Fellowship will be held in conjunction with a university postdoctoral appointment supervised by one or more program Fellows or Scholars. The position is tenable at any of the Canadian institutions where Fellows or Scholars of the Program are based. A list of eligible supervisors is provided below. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the program member(s) they wish to work with prior to submitting an application. Topics: The Cosmology and Gravity Program studies a wide range of topics spanning five major areas of research: physical cosmology, early universe physics, high energy astrophysics, gravitational astrophysics and numerical relativity, and particle astrophysics. Who should apply: Individuals who have completed or will complete their PhD no more than three years prior to the anticipated Fellowship starting date are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will have an exceptional record of accomplishment, excellent communication skills, and strong potential to collaborate with program members. The candidate will also be interested in exploring the contributions of research to society in collaboration with their peers from other CIFAR programs. Duration: Junior Fellows become members of the Junior Fellow Academy for a period of five years. The first two years are fully funded by CIFAR. Candidates may be able to negotiate for an additional year of salary and/or research support from their designated supervisor. For the last three years of the Junior Fellowship, CIFAR covers the cost to attend Academy meetings. Value: CIFAR provides $70,000 CDN/year for salary and benefits, plus $5,000 CDN/year for research support, for two years. However, candidates may be able to negotiate for a salary and/or research support top-up from their designated supervisor. How to Apply: Applications will be submitted through an online application system to be launched on October 1, 2012. Instructions are posted at www.cifar.ca/JFA. The application deadline for the Cosmology & Gravity Junior Fellowship is November 30, 2012. Visit the website today for more information about CIFAR and its Junior Fellow Academy. CIFAR is strongly committed to diversity within its community, and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Department Head, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/22/department-head-school-of-mathemati… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://careers.insidehighered.com/rochester-institute-technology/department… The Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for the position of Head of the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS). As the chief academic, fiscal, and administrative officer of the School, the Head provides leadership, advocacy, oversight, and management. To be considered, an applicant must have a Ph.D., a record of publications and external grants, and qualifications consistent with the rank of tenured full professor. Preference will be given to candidates who have served as department chairpersons or who have had other administrative experience. Applicants should have scholarly expertise in applied mathematics, computational science, mathematical biology, or discrete mathematics. Candidates should be able to attract and retain top-tier faculty members; to obtain external funding; to promote research; and to maintain the SMS service mission of educating RIT students. The Head of SMS is responsible for maintaining the School’s well-established undergraduate and graduate degree programs, undergraduate research program, for guiding junior faculty members toward tenure, for supporting the Center of Applied and Computational Mathematics and the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, and for promoting publication and grant writing. The Head will also be responsible for helping to develop the School’s new Ph.D. program in Modeling and Computation, and for overseeing this program when it is in place. We seek an individual who is committed to the principles expressed in RIT’s core values, honor code, and statement of diversity. Required Minimum Qualifications • A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in the mathematical sciences or in a related field • Achievements consistent with the rank of tenured full professor • Leadership and administrative experience • A commitment to undergraduate and graduate education • Teaching experience at the collegiate level • A record of peer-reviewed publications • A record of externally funded research • A record of fostering interdisciplinary research • Experience in fostering growth of a research program • Research and teaching interests that align with focus areas of the SMS • The ability to contribute to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences Required Minimum Education Level: PhD Required Application Documents Curriculum Vitae or Resume Cover Letter Statement of Diversity Contribution List of References How To Apply Refers to Previous Requisition IRC60477. Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu. Please submit your cover letter addressing the listed qualifications; a vita; a contribution to diversity statement; and the names, addresses and phone numbers for three references. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Faculty position at CITA ---------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/faculty-position-at-cita/ Institution: Toronto, Canada Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), a national centre for theoretical astrophysics hosted by the University of Toronto, invites applications for a tenure-stream faculty position, to commence July 1, 2013. The search is open to candidates at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Applicants from any area of theoretical astrophysics, cosmology and early universe physics are encouraged to apply; we seek candidates with exceptionally strong and internationally recognized research records, and outstanding promise of future research accomplishments. Additional selection criteria include demonstrated excellence in teaching, in particular working with research fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and to assume a leadership role in administering CITA’s active postdoctoral and visitor programs. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in research and have a strong commitment to excellence in teaching. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. CITA is an institute within the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. The present complement of research staff includes six faculty and over 25 research fellows. The unique research environment at CITA is enhanced by close ties to the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Dunlap Institute, the Department of Physics, and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Cosmology and Gravity Program. We encourage applicants to apply online at http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/faculty-search. All enquiries should be sent to citadmin[AT]cita.utoronto.ca using the subject line “Faculty Search”. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a bibliography, a statement of research interests, and provide the names and contact information of three referees who will be contacted by us for letter of recommendation. The deadline for all materials and letters of recommendation is December 1, 2012. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. This is an international search. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 CITA National Fellowships ----------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/cita-national-fellowships/ Institution: Canada Deadline: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 As part of its mandate to promote research throughout Canada, CITA provides partial support for postdoctoral fellows working in theoretical astrophysics or closely related fields at Canadian universities other than the University of Toronto, through its National Fellows Program. The responsibility for identifying and nominating potential CITA National Fellows who will work at a given university lies with the faculty at that university. Only faculty at Canadian universities may submit nominations. The deadline for these nominations November 15, 2012 for fellowships to start in September 2013. Please check with the nominating institution for their internal deadlines. If you are interested in applying for National Fellowships at other universities in Canada, please contact any of the following faculty by email or check department websites for further research and application details: Professor Shantanu Basu, University of Western Ontario (basu[AT]uwo.ca) Professor Paul Charbonneau, Universite' de Montreal (paulchar[AT]astro.umontreal.ca>) Professor Alan Coley, Dalhouisie University (aac[AT]mathstat.dal.ca) Professor Andrew Cumming, McGill University (cumming[AT]physics.mcgill.ca) Professor Andrei Frolov, Simon Fraser University (frolov[AT]sfu.ca) Professor Mike Hudson, University of Waterloo (postdocjob[AT}astro.uwaterloo.ca) Professor Natasha Ivanova, University of Alberta (http://www.physics.ualberta.ca/en/Research/AstronomyAndAstrophysics.aspx) Professor Douglas Scott, University of British Columbia (http://www.astro.ubc.ca/citafellow.html) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 CITA Postdoctoral Fellowships and Senior Research Associates ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/cita-postdoctoral-fellowships-senio… Institution: Toronto, Canada Deadline: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Postdoctoral research fellowships beginning September 1, 2013 are being offered at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics. A Ph.D. in any field of theoretical astrophysics is required. Fellows are expected to carry out original research in theoretical astrophysics under the general supervision of the permanent faculty whose interests include: cosmology, interstellar matter, galaxy and planet formation, solar physics, high energy astrophysics, numerical relativity and gravitational waves. We only accept electronic submissions.Visit the CITA website at: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca for application instructions. Applicants will be asked to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and arrange for three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications and all letters of recommendation is November 15, 2012. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITIONS CITA expects to offer one or more Research Associate positions of three to five years duration. The start date will be September 1, 2013. Applicants should have an excellent research record in astrophysics and postdoctoral experience. Funds will be available for travel and other research expenses. The primary duty is to carry out original research in theoretical astrophysics, but Research Associates are also expected to work with postdoctoral fellows and to assist with the administration of the Institute. All applicants for these positions are also considered automatically for postdoctoral fellowships. We only accept electronic submissions.Visit the CITA website at: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca for application instructions. Applicants will be asked to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and arrange for three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications and all letters of recommendation is November 15, 2012. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. This is an international search. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Postdoc and PhD studentship in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics at Nijmegen, NL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/post-doc-and-phd-studentship-in-gra… Institution: Nijmegen, the Netherlands Deadline: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.asto.ru.nl Applications are invited for a (2+yr) postdoc and a (4yr) PhD position in GW Astrophysics at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The positions are funded through a large national program focusing on direct detection of GWs and GW Astrophysics. Our group recently joined the Virgo collaboration and will focus on enhancing the (astro)physics of GW detection using electro-magnetic data. The postdoctoral researcher must have a PhD in Physics or Astronomy and preferably have experience with GW data analysis. The post-doc will work on joint EM-GW data analysis and play a role in the supervision of PhD students. Part of the time can be spent on own research projects. The PhD project will focus on expected electro-magnetic signals and rates of compact binary star mergers and/or the design and use of a dedicated optical follow-up telescope array. The project can be more technically or more astronomically focused. Applications, consisting of a letter of interest and an extended CV should be submitted by e-mail, as well as details of three possible references. The Department of Astrophysics is a young, vibrant group (~10 faculty, ~10 postdocs, ~30 PhD students, ~10 Master students) working in the fields of astroparticle physics, compact binaries, stellar evolution, transients, radio astronomy, black holes, magnetic fields and extragalactic astronomy. It is located in the student town Nijmegen, an old (Roman) city, within easy reach of other places in the Netherlands. Included Benefits: University positions (including PhD positions) in the Netherlands include good medical and social benefits (including maternity and paternity leave and child care) plus holiday and end-of-year allowances. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/17/postdoctoral-positions-at-the-roche… Institution: Rochester, NY, USA Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu/ 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 on numerical relativity. Binary black hole simulations, relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations of coalescing astrophysical compact objects, such as black-hole and/or neutron star binaries, supermassive black hole mergers and their interactions with their surrounding accretion disks, and core-collapse supernovae. There are currently eleven senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. Six faculty members work in numerical relativity and/or gravitational wave science: Manuela Campanelli, Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof (a visualization expert), as well as five postdoctoral fellows: Miguel Zilhao, Bruno Mundim, Scott Noble, Jason Nordhaus, and Hiroyuki Nakano, and several graduate students. The successful postdoctoral candidates will be will have the possibility to collaborate on a broad range of research topics in computational astrophysics and gravitational physics. Our group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium, a petascale computing project with NCSA, the NINJA (Numerical Injection Analysis) project, and the NRAR (numerical relativity-analytical relativity) collaboration. Several group members also have an ongoing collaborative research project with Johns Hopkins University to study accretion disks around supermassive black holes and explore relativistic phenomena in active galactic nuclei such as jets in active galactic nuclei. The positions are for two 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 as well as a dedicated 1500-core cluster hosted in the Center. More information about the CCRG is available at http://ccrg.rit.edu/ And about Rochester in 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 Enquiries can be addressed to: Carlos Lousto, colsma[AT]rit.edu Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, and School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS) Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA Review of completed applications will begin December 31st, 2012 and will continue until February 1st, 2013 or until all positions are filled. RIT is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Associate or full professor position in Applied Math at Waterloo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/16/associate-or-full-professor-positio… Institution: Waterloo, Canada Deadline: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 Additional Information: https://math.uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathematics/faculty-positions/senior-facu… Associate or full professor position in Applied Math including all theoretical/mathematical physics: Applications are invited for a faculty position in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. The appointment is intended as a senior position at the Professor or Associate Professor level and includes a University Research Chair. Applicants should have a strong international reputation in a research area complementing current activity in the department. An enthusiasm for the supervision of graduate students and for teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level is expected. The Department of Applied Mathematics has 21 regular faculty and three lecturers. Research interests include computational mathematics/scientific computing, control theory, differential equations and dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, mathematical biology and medicine, and mathematical physics. The department has a substantial graduate program with over 60 graduate students pursuing Masters or PhD degrees and our undergraduate programs in applied mathematics and mathematical physics attract strong students. More information about the department can be found at http://math.uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathematics/ Candidates interested in this position should have a PhD or equivalent in Applied Mathematics, or a related field, and an outstanding record in research. The candidate's record in graduate supervision and in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level will be a factor. Rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. This appointment is expected to commence during the 2013 calendar year. To apply please email a curriculum vitae, including a statement of research interests, to amdept[AT]uwaterloo.ca. Names of referees are not required at this stage. Applications will be considered beginning November 15, 2012. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples, and persons with disabilities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Mississippi ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/05/postdoctoral-position-at-the-univer… Institution: Oxford, MS, USA Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry120905-184157 The University of Mississippi invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. The applicant must have a Ph.D. in Physics or Astrophysics and a good track record in one or more of the following research areas: gravitational-wave source modeling, numerical relativity, post-Newtonian theory, alternative theories of gravity, perturbation theory of stars and black holes. The Gravitational and High-Energy Theory Group at the University of Mississippi is active in various areas of theoretical and experimental gravity, and is part of the LIGO collaboration. Members of the group include Emanuele Berti, Luca Bombelli, Marco Cavaglia, Alakabha Datta and Tibor Torma, adjunct professors Vitor Cardoso and Ulrich Sperhake, postdoc Michael Horbatsch, and several graduate students. More information on the gravity group in Mississippi is available at the following URL: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/ The successful applicant is expected to engage in a collaborative research program involving several institutions, including Caltech and Princeton in the USA, Lisbon, Barcelona, Rome and Aveiro in Europe, and Para' University in Brazil (among others). A curriculum vitae (including a list of publications and a statement of research interests) should be sent to the following e-mail address: grpostdoc[AT]phy.olemiss.edu Please use the subject "Gravitational theory postdoc". Applicants must also arrange to have at least three recommendation letters to be sent to the same email address. Applications must be sent before 12/31/2012, and possibly earlier. Late applications may be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Southampton --------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/01/lecturer-in-applied-mathematics-at-… Institution: Southampton, UK Deadline: Sun, Oct 07, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk Lecturer in Applied Mathematics Salary: 34,895 to 44,166 GBP per annum Full Time Fixed Term Closing Date: Sunday 07 October 2012 Reference: 154612PJ The School of Mathematics at the University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a full-time, fixed-term lecturer to strengthen the General Relativity research group in Applied Mathematics. You will be expected to play a major role in further enhancing the research profile of the group, by conducting research of international status, applying for external grants, and supervising research students. You will also participate in developing and delivering our teaching programme in mathematics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The overall teaching load will be reduced in the first three years of the appointment. Applicants need to hold a PhD or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics or a related discipline, and have an excellent track record of original research and publications in the broad area of classical general relativity and/or associated theoretical astrophysics. To be considered, you must be able to demonstrate a potential for international leadership in your field of research. The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large research group in General Relativity. The Group currently comprises 6 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Ian Jones and James Vickers), 5 postdocs and 9 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics, gravitational waves and numerical relativity. In September 2012 the group will be joined by Kostas Skenderis and Marika Taylor, with expertise in string-inspired gravity and holography. The position is available from January 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter, initially for a fixed-term period of 5 years. It is anticipated that interviews will be held around the end of October 2012. The closing date for applications is 7 October 2012. Please apply online via www.jobs.soton.ac.uk (use the top-right search bar quoting Job Ref. 154612PJ, and proceed as instructed). As part of your application you will be required to provide your full CV, a statement of research interests, and the contacts of 3 referees. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Nils Andersson (na[AT]maths.soton.ac.uk) or to Leor Barack (leor[AT]soton.ac.uk). ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Death of Alberto Lobo ------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/30/death-of-alberto-lobo/ Additional Information: http://www.ice.csic.es/view_staff.php?MID=36 Dear colleagues, It is with our deepest sorrow that we must announce that Prof. Jose' Alberto Lobo Gutierrez passed away yesterday evening. He leaves behind a wife (Rosa Maria), a son (Albert), and a daughter (Montserrat). Prof. Lobo has been a pioneer of the field of Gravitational Wave Astronomy in Spain, devoting his life to resonant ground-based detectors and to space-based ones. His contributions range from theoretical studies to the development of instrumentation, including data analysis methods. Even in the final stages of his cancer, he has been mainly concerned and actively planning towards maintaining and promoting the Spanish team activities and involvement into LISA PathFinder and its successor mission LISA. The Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC) will honour such vision and dedication. Those who had the opportunity to work with Alberto know that he has always been a very close colleague and many times a friend. His dedication to research and to those who work with him has always been complete, transmitting his passion and joy to everybody. In case you would like to express your condolences to the family, please, send them to gwart[AT]ice.csic.es, where they will be collected and forwarded to the family. Sincerely, The LPF/LISA Spanish team (Lluis Gesa, Ferran Gibert, Victor Hernandez, Nikos Karnesis, Ivan Lloro, Ignacio Mateos, Miquel Nofrarias, Carlos F. Sopuerta, Ulrich Sperhake) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Reminder to nominate Fellows of the GRG Society - Deadline 31 Dec 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/19/reminder-to-nominate-fellows-of-the… The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation has instituted Fellowships to recognize its outstanding members. The primary criterion for election is excellence in research, especially the impact of candidate’s work on the development of our field. The candidate will be generally expected to have made additional contributions to the field, for example through service, and/or outreach, and/or books and monographs, etc. In exceptional cases such criteria could constitute the primary basis of nomination provided these activities have had influence on a significant portion of our community, not just the home institution of the candidate. Nominations are due by December 31st, 2012. Any member of the Society can make nominations but self-nominations will not be considered. The nomination packet will consist of: i) A letter summarizing the basis for nomination; ii) An up-to-date CV and publication list of the nominee; iii) 1 to 3 supporting letters from members of the Society, and, iv) A proposed citation. Once made, the nomination will remain active for two additional rounds. Further details can be found at http://www.isgrg.org/fellowrules.php Electronic nominations in the form of emailed PDF files are strongly preferred. The nomination PDF files should be sent to the Chair of the Fellowship committee, Clifford Will (cmw_AT_physics.ufl.edu) If an electronic nomination is not possible, a single paper copy of the nomination should be mailed or faxed to Clifford Will at Department of Physics University of Florida P.O. Box 118440 Gainesville FL 32611-8440 Fax: 1-352-392-0524 The elected Fellows will be inducted during the Business Meeting of the Society at GR 20 in Warsaw, 8 – 13 July, 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Death of Leonid Grishchuk ------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/14/death-of-leonid-grishchuk/ Additional Information: http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/pub/Leonid.Grishchuk/index.html Dear Friends, With deep sadness we inform you that our colleague Leonid Grishchuk passed away in his sleep, on13 September 2012, 2:25 am, after a brief battle with brain cancer. He leaves behind three daughters: Ekaterina Grishchuk, Alexandra Grishchuk, and Olga Grishchuk. One of us (Sathya) is collecting messages of condolence, which we will forward to them. Please send messages to B.Sathyaprakash[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk. You can read a brief scientific biography of Leonid at: http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/pub/Leonid.Grishchuk/index.html Kip Thorne Malcolm MacCallum B.S. Sathyaprakash +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 "Relativistic Figures of Equilibrium", now in paperback edition (CUP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/14/relativistic-figures-of-equilibrium… Additional Information: http://www.cambridge.org/9781107407350 A paperback edition of the book "Relativistic Figures of Equilibrium" by R. Meinel, M. Ansorg, A. Kleinwachter and G. Neugebauer has recently been published. For more information, see http://www.cambridge.org/9781107407350 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 New book: "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions", edited by Gary Horowitz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/11/new-book-black-holes-in-higher-dime… Additional Information: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6633780/?site_locale=en_GB A new book devoted to higher dimensional black holes has recently been published. This edited volume includes contributions from the leading experts in the field. "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions" Gary T. Horowitz, editor 422 pages Cambridge University Press For more information, see http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6633780/?site_locale=en_GB +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.6 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/07/living-reviews-in-relativity-modifi… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-10 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND): Observational Phenomenology and Relativistic Extensions" by Benoît Famaey and Stacy S. McGaugh on 7 September 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-10 Famaey, Benoît and McGaugh, Stacy S. "Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND): Observational Phenomenology and Relativistic Extensions" ACCEPTED: 2012-04-30 PUBLISHED: 2012-09-07 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-10 (incl. 518 references and 48 figures) ABSTRACT: A wealth of astronomical data indicate the presence of mass discrepancies in the Universe. The motions observed in a variety of classes of extragalactic systems exceed what can be explained by the mass visible in stars and gas. Either (i) there is a vast amount of unseen mass in some novel form -- dark matter -- or (ii) the data indicate a breakdown of our understanding of dynamics on the relevant scales, or (iii) both. Here, we first review a few outstanding challenges for the dark matter interpretation of mass discrepancies in galaxies, purely based on observations and independently of any alternative theoretical framework. We then show that many of these puzzling observations are predicted by one single relation -- Milgrom's law -- involving an acceleration constant $a_0$ (or a characteristic surface density $\Sigma_\dagger = a_0/G$) on the order of the square-root of the cosmological constant in natural units. This relation can at present most easily be interpreted a s the effect of a single universal force law resulting from a modification of Newtonian dynamics (MOND) on galactic scales. We exhaustively review the current observational successes and problems of this alternative paradigm at all astrophysical scales, and summarize the various theoretical attempts (TeVeS, GEA, BIMOND, and others) made to effectively embed this modification of Newtonian dynamics within a relativistic theory of gravity. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.7 GGR Membership ------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/09/05/ggr-membership/ Additional Information: http://www.aps.org/units/ggr/ Dear Colleague, This message is to invite you to join the Topical Group in Gravitation (GGR) of the American Physical Society (APS). The GGR is the community of physicists in the APS that specialize in anything related to Gravitation, from quantum gravity or string theory to analytical and numerical relativity, from gravitational wave theory, astrophysics, and data analysis to experimental relativity. The GGR is responsible for advocating and defending the interests of the Gravitation community in the APS and in the United States. This includes the sponsoring and organization of talks on Gravitation at the April APS meetings (20 sessions last year), sponsoring the student Travel Grants and issuing, the bi-annual newsletter, Matters of Gravity (http://www.phys.lsu.edu/mog/) The impact GGR has in APS is proportional to the number of members we have, and thus, we are asking here that you and your students and postdocs join the APS and become GGR members. Some of you may already be APS members, but not GGR members. If so, we encourage you to join GGR by following the “Join this unit” link at http://www.aps.org/units/ggr/. You can also become GGR members when you pay your yearly APS dues online, by checking the GGR box when asked about joining Divisions and Topical Groups. Notice that some students may not check the GGR box simply out of ignorance of what GGR is. Before listing the benefits of APS membership, we want to emphasize that for students and postdocs the cost to join is really very low: -Students: APS membership costs $33/yr, and the first year is actually free for students in North America. Students may join up to two Divisions and/or Topical Groups for free. -Postdocs: Within one year of receiving their Ph.D., postdocs can become Junior Members of the APS for $67/yr, and may remain Junior Members at this price for up to three years. Junior Members, like Regular Members, can add units for $8. Most of the dues charged for membership to GGR are expended in supporting the participation of both graduate and undergraduate students at APS Meetings, where no restriction is made on the nationality of the student. Needless to say, the larger the membership pool, the bigger the budget for these awards. But even for a modest financial cost, you deserve good reasons for joining. If you are a US physicist, perhaps the most important reason is to take your rightful place in the US physics community. The APS plays many essential roles in our community, including running the APS meetings, publishing journals such as the Physical Review, keeping members informed on news and community issues via the APS News, and taking the lead in Physics advocacy within the U.S government. Joining the APS is therefore part of being a good citizen in our community. (The alternative is to be a “free-rider,” relying on others to foot the bill for an institution that benefits all of us.) If you are a non-US physicist, you may wonder why joining the APS and the GGR is desirable. Statistically, a high percentage of APS and GGR members are non-US physicists. The GGR has worked hard in recent years to ensure that non-US members are given equal consideration for APS fellowships. Approximately 25% of APS fellows nominated by GGR in the past 4 years are non-US physicists. Of course, whether you are a US or a non-US physicist, there are tangible personal benefits to being an APS member. For example, members receive a free monthly issue of Physics Today and the APS news, discounted registration at APS meetings, and full access to the APS Physics Job Center. A more complete list of benefits can be found at http://aps.org/membership/student.cfm We are pushing to increase GGR membership now because one of our goals is to grow from a Topical Group to a Division, just like Astrophysics or Particle Physics communities have done in the past. The GGR is the largest topical group in the APS and it is getting close in size to being eligible to become a Division: we currently have ~1100 GGR members and need an additional ~400 to become a Division. We believe this is an achievable goal, given the size of our community. Achieving Division status would give substantial benefits to the gravity community: a permanent seat in the APS council, the ability to choose a plenary speaker for the April Meetings, a larger budget allocation from the APS, which in turn would mean an increase in student travel support and free food and wine at our business meetings, which are open to all GGR members. We look forward to welcoming you and your students and postdocs into the APS and the GGR. Best regards, Nicolas Yunes (GGR Membership Committee Chair) Curt Cutler (GGR Membership Committee Chair-Elect) Manuela Campanelli (GGR, Chair) Daniel Holz (GGR, Chair-Elect) Beverly Berger (GGR, Vice-Chair) James Isenberg (Secretary/Treasurer)

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[Hyperspace-list] Death of Leonid Grishchuk
by Luciano Rezzolla 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

Dear all, I do not use the mailing list to send messages different from the bulletin, which is broadcasted on the second of each month. However, given the exceptional loss of a colleague and friend, and to allow those who wish to participate to the ceremony, I am forwarding the message below. Best wishes, Luciano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends, With deep sadness we inform you that our colleague Leonid Grishchuk passed away in his sleep, on13 September 2012, 2:25 am, after a brief battle with brain cancer. He leaves behind three daughters: Ekaterina Grishchuk, Alexandra Grishchuk, and Olga Grishchuk. One of us (Sathya) is collecting messages of condolence, which we will forward to them. Please send messages to B.Sathyaprakash[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk. The cremation and short secular ceremony will be held at Thornhill crematorium, Cardiff, on Friday Sept 21st at 14.45, lasting 30 minutes. There will then be a reception at the School of Physics and Astronomy, 5, The Parade, Cardiff, Queens Buildings, Cardiff CF24 3AA, where we will celebrate Leonid's life starting 1545. You can read a brief scientific biography of Leonid at: http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/pub/Leonid.Grishchuk/index.html Kip Thorne Malcolm MacCallum B.S. Sathyaprakash

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[Hyperspace-list] Hyperspace Bulletin for September 2012
by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity (2nd circ.) 1.2 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), final announcement 1.3 STARS2013-SMFNS2013, Havana and Varadero, Cuba 1.4 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (2nd circ.) 1.5 ESLAB 2013: The Universe as seen by Planck, Noordwijk, The Netherlands 2. Jobs 2.1 Two postdoc positions in quantum gravity at CPT, Marseille, France 2.2 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at UIUC 2.3 Postdoctoral position in general relativity, high energy physics and black hole physics at CENTRA, Lisbon 2.4 Research Associate in Numerical Relativity at CENTRA, Lisbon 2.5 Research Associate position in Numerical Relativity 2.6 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position at Portsmouth, UK 2.7 Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave physics at the ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research 2.8 Instructor/Lecturer in Astronomy at the University of Mississippi-Oxford 2.9 Research Associate in Numerical Relativity at Cornell University 2.10 Postdoc and Advanced-Postdoc positions in Gravity at SISSA, Italy 3. News 3.1 New CQG focus issue: Applications of holography to condensed matter physics 3.2 Minkowski Institute Press and Minkowski's papers on relativity 3.3 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Continuum and Discrete Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Einstein's Field Equations" 3.4 New CQG focus issue: Tests of the weak equivalence principle 3.5 Presentations and Pictures of the Chalonge 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity (2nd circ.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/31/workshop-on-numerical-and-mathemati… Starting Thu, Oct 11, 2012 to Sat, Oct 13, 2012 Location: Oppurg, Germany Additional Information: http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/NRMR12/index.shtml The aim of the workshop is to give numerical relativists the opportunity to learn about topics in mathematical relativity beyond the level that they would typically be discussed by the numerical relativity community, and to inform the mathematical community about the current state of the art in numerical simulations. To this end talks will be presented over the following topics: 1.) Global results for numerical relativists. 2.) Formulations of general relativity. 3.) Boundary conditions and well-posedness of the initial boundary value problem. 4.) Accurate and stable discretizations of spacetime. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), final announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/29/conference-on-computational-physics… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Thu, Oct 18, 2012 Location: Kobe, Japan Additional Information: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/index.html The invited program is available at http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/scientific-program.html Deadline for registration: September 10, 2012. Registration fee: 35000 yen (5000 yen for students) Deadline for submission of the manuscript for the proceedings: November 19, 2012 Website: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/index.html Further information Venue: Nichii Gakkan Conference Center, Kobe, Japan http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/access.html Main purpose: This 24th edition of the CCP tries for the first time to put together in the same conference researchers interested in various fields of computational science, with focus on pure and applied Physics, but also on Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Climate, Weather, and Earth Science and so on. While single-field specialized international conferences abound, CCP2012 aims at stimulating interdisciplinary collaboration on frontier computational science (Physics etc.). Furthermore, it is the first time that the CCP is organized in Japan and this is done on the occasion of the opening of the K-computer (presently ranked first of the TOP500) for shared use (September 2012). Distinctive features: 1) Broad range of topics 2) 11 plenary talks with comprehensive reviews of different subjects 3) Half of the parallel session organized on the basis of numerical methods and the other half about special topics deemed of particular importance 4) The sessions based on numerical methods are meant to be meeting points of numerical specialists coming from different research fields, with the goal of expanding one’s horizons and to start new interactions 5) The above is thought to be especially useful for students 6) Speakers are invited to present: i) a comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of their research field, ii) the reasons why the selected numerical methods are useful or necessary for their computation, iii) the tricks of the trade (the best strategies to obtain numerical solutions in the specific research), and iv) future prospects. The CCP2012 is organized by: IUPAP Osaka University Kyoto University Kobe University University of Hyogo The Japan Physical Society (JPS) The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) The conference is also endorsed by: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology in Japan (MEXT) The Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) European Physical Society (EPS) American Physical Society (APS) The Asahi Shimbun (The Newspaper Co LTD) The Kobe Shimbun (The Newspaper Co LTD) The conference is supported by: The Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University The Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University The Earth Simulator Center (JAMSTEC) Chinese Physical Society (CSP) Further information and requests: Prof. Hideaki Takabe (Osaka University), tel. (+81) 06-6879-8731　fax (+81) 06-6879-8719 email: ccp2012[AT]ile.osaka-u.ac.jp URL: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/ CCP2012 Poster: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/CCP2012poster.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 STARS2013-SMFNS2013, Havana and Varadero, Cuba -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/18/stars2013-smfns2013-havana-and-vara… Starting Sat, May 04, 2013 to Fri, May 10, 2013 Location: Havana-Varadero, Cuba Additional Information: http://indico.cern.ch/event/stars2013 STARS2013 - Second Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics, 4 - 6 May 2013, Havana, Cuba SMFNS2013 - Third International Symposium on Strong Electromagnetic Fields and Neutron Stars, 7 - 10 May 2013, Varadero, Cuba FIRST CIRCULAR. Havana, 16 August 2012 Dear Colleague, The Second Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics (STARS2013) will be held from the 4th to the 6th of May 2013, in Havana, Cuba, followed by the Third International Symposium on Strong Electromagnetic Fields and Neutron Stars (SMFNS2013), to take place from the 7th to the 10th of May 2013 in Varadero, Cuba. The events are the second and third in a series of meetings gathering scientists working on astroparticle physics, cosmology, gravitation, nuclear physics, and related fields. As in previous years, the meeting sessions will consist of invited and contributed talks and will cover recent developments in the following topics: STARS2013 - new phenomena and new states of matter in the Universe, general relativity, gravitation, cosmology, heavy ion collisions and the formation of the plasma of quarks and gluons, white dwarfs, neutron stars and pulsars, black holes, gamma-ray emission in the Universe, high energy cosmic rays, gravitational waves, dark energy and dark matter, strange matter and strange stars, antimatter in the Universe, and topics related to these; SMFNS2013 - strong magnetic fields in the Universe, strong magnetic fields in compact stars and in galaxies, ultra-strong magnetic fields in neutron star mergers, quark stars and magnetars, strong magnetic fields and the cosmic microwave background, and topics related to these. Please notice that registration is required for all participants. The registration fees, to be charged as a single fee for both events, are 300 Euros for payments until 31 December 2012 and 330 Euros after 31 December 2012. The conference fees will cover lunches and coffee breaks during the meeting sessions. The payment of fees will additionally entitle each participant to receive the books of abstracts and other promotional materials. Local transportation (airport/hotel/airport and Havana/Varadero/Havana) is also included. We are currently making arrangements with international scientific publishers for the publication of the proceedings. More information will be announced in the second circular and posted in the website of the events http://indico.cern.ch/event/stars2013. Researchers that need an invitation letter for the participation in the events are kindly asked to require it when filling the registration form. In view of our limited financial resources, we strongly recommend that participants request financial support from their research institutions or any other agency for promotion of research. We cordially invite you to attend and contribute to the meetings. If you have any further question, please do not hesitate to contact us via the official e-mail 2013stars[AT]gmail.com. Best regards, Ricardo Gonzalez Felipe and Aurora Perez Martinez On behalf of the STARS2013/SMFNS2013 Organizing Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (2nd circ.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/17/26th-texas-symposium-on-relativisti… Starting Sat, Dec 15, 2012 to Thu, Dec 20, 2012 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Additional Information: http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp The 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (TEXAS 2012) will be held in Sao Paulo City, Brazil, from December 15-20, 2012. The registration and submission of abstracts for TEXAS 2012 is now open and can be done at http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp. The student registration fee is R$ 500 (~ USD 250); the early, till October 12th, regular registration fee is R$ 900 (~ USD 450); after October 12th the regular registration fee will be R$ 1,100 (~ USD 550). Accommodations: The conference will be held at the Bourbon Convention Ibirapuera. Take advantage of the special rates available to the conference attendees (http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp/accommodation.php) There are also special prices for other hotels, and we are negotiating additional options, in particular the more economical ones. Tours: there is a travel agency in charge of the city tour (http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp/attractions.php) Visa: Have a look at http://www.das.inpe.br/texas2012sp/deadlines_and_fees.php for important information. In the case of any problem regarding this or other issues. Do not hesitate to get in touch with the LOC (texas2012sp[AT]gmail.com) We look forward to seeing you in Sao Paulo City (also known as Sampa). LOC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 ESLAB 2013: The Universe as seen by Planck, Noordwijk, The Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/09/eslab-2013-the-universe-as-seen-by-… Starting Tue, Apr 02, 2013 to Fri, Apr 05, 2013 Location: Noordwijk, The Netherlands Additional Information: http://congrexprojects.com/13a11 An international conference dedicated to an in-depth look at the initial scientific results from the Planck mission. The objective of the conference is to present and discuss the initial science results from Planck, ESA's mission to map the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background. It is the first scientific forum where these results will be addressed, following Planck’s first major release of data products and scientific papers in early 2013. It will cover both cosmology (based on analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background) and astrophysics (based on analysis of foreground emission sources). ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Two postdoc positions in quantum gravity at CPT, Marseille, France ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/28/two-postdoc-positions-in-quantum-gr… Institution: Marseille, France Deadline: Tue, Nov 20, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~quantumgravity/ The quantum gravity group in Marseille opens two postdoctoral positions in quantum gravity, and calls for applications. We expect to fill one position soon, possibly this year, and the second in the fall 2013. Each position is for two years. No decision will be taken before September 20th for this year opening, and before November 20th for the fall 2013 opening. Applications after these deadlines will continue to be considered, until both positions are filled. The candidate is expected to have a solid interest and possibly a good competence in the research topics developed by the Marseille quantum gravity group, and to be willing to participate in the scientific activity of the group and collaborate with its members. She is also expected to assume some minor responsibility in scientific organization and possibly in graduate students supervision. Please send applications and support letters to the address: applications.qg.cpt[AT]gmail.com indicating the name of the candidate in the subject line. For question, please write to rovelli[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr. Please specify the date at which the candidate could start working in Marseille. A good application will include a concise summary of previous scientific work emphasizing its interesting results, and a statement or research interests. One or two reference letters from senior scientists can be mailed to the same address. The group supports affirmative action. Carlo Rovelli Simone Speziale Alejandro Perez Thomas Krajewski +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical Relativity or Computational Astrophysics at UIUC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/27/postdoctoral-research-associate-in-… Institution: Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA Deadline: Thu, Nov 01, 2012 Additional Information: https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/ Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate position in the Illinois Relativity Group. The candidate should have research experience in numerical relativity, computational hydrodynamics or computational MHD. A background in general relativity and relativistic astrophysics 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 Sue Berndt at sberndt[AT]illinois.edu if you have any questions. Applications should be posted by NOV 1, 2012 for full consideration. The starting date of the position is AUGUST 16, 2013, but earlier dates are possible. The Illinois Relativity Group is developing the tools of numerical relativity, computational hydrodynamics and computational MHD to tackle diverse problems in general relativity and astrophysics. Recent topics include the inspiral and coalescence of binary compact objects (binary black holes, binary neutron stars, binary black hole-neutron stars and binary white dwarf-neutron stars); the generation of gravitational waves; magnetorotational stellar collapse; gas accretion onto black holes and binary black holes; and the formation and cosmological growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe. Some of our work is geared to identifying astrophysically plausible, strong-field sources of gravitational waves and calculating gravitational waveforms for detection by laser interferometers, such as LIGO/VIRGO and eLISA/NGO. For these sources we are also exploring correlations between gravitational wave and electromagnetic signals, including optical, UV and X-ray emission and gamma-ray bursts, for possible simultaneous detections. The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral position in general relativity, high energy physics and black hole physics at CENTRA, Lisbon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/20/postdoctoral-position-in-general-re… Institution: Lisbon, Portugal Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. A tentative date for the appointment is 1st June 2013 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) is a research centre which is part of the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, a leading research Institution in Portugal. More information on the Center can be found at http://centra.ist.utl.pt/ The gravity group is currently focusing on phenomenology of black hole physics and high energy physics, and is composed of faculty Vitor Cardoso, José Lemos and several Postdoctoral Fellows, including three Marie Curie Fellows. More details can be found at http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/ The group has strong ties to teams in Aveiro, Barcelona, Cambridge (DAMTP), Olemiss, Pará and Rome (``La Sapienza'') The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to the following e-mail address: jobs_gravity[AT]ist.utl.pt Please use the subject "GR/HEP physics". Applications should be received by Nov 30, 2012. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on Dec 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso[AT]ist.utl.pt). These positions are supported by the European Research Council and by the FCT. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Research Associate in Numerical Relativity at CENTRA, Lisbon ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/20/research-associate-in-numerical-rel… Institution: Lisbon, Portugal Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. Funds for one additional (third) year are possible. A tentative date for the appointment is 1st June 2013 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) is a research centre which is part of the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, a leading research Institution in Portugal. More information on the Center can be found at http://centra.ist.utl.pt/ The gravity group is currently focusing on phenomenology of black hole physics and high energy physics, and is composed of faculty Vitor Cardoso, José Lemos and several Postdoctoral Fellows, including three Marie Curie Fellows. More details can be found at http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/ The group is extremely young and active and has strong ties to teams in Aveiro, Rome (``La Sapienza''), Cambridge (DAMTP), Olemiss and Pará. The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to the following e-mail address: jobs_gravity[AT]ist.utl.pt Please use the subject "Research Fellow". Applications should be received by Nov 30, 2012. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on Dec 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso[AT]ist.utl.pt). This position is supported by the European Research Council and by the FCT. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5 Research Associate position in Numerical Relativity ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/20/research-associate-position-in-nume… CENTRO MULTIDISCIPLINAR DE ASTROFISICA (CENTRA) The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. Funds for one additional (third) year are possible. A tentative date for the appointment is 1st June 2013 (with possible variations to be agreed upon with the successful applicant). All candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Physics. The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) is a research centre which is part of the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, a leading research Institution in Portugal. More information on the Center can be found at http://centra.ist.utl.pt/ The gravity group is currently focusing on phenomenology of black hole physics and high energy physics, and is composed of faculty Vitor Cardoso, José Lemos and several Postdoctoral Fellows, including three Marie Curie Fellows. More details can be found at http://blackholes.ist.utl.pt/ The group is extremely young and active and has strong ties to teams in Aveiro, Rome (``La Sapienza''), Cambridge (DAMTP), Olemiss and Pará. The applicant is expected to contribute to the efforts of the group and to the training of students. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to the following e-mail address: jobs_gravity(a)ist.utl.pt Please use the subject "Research Fellow". Applications should be received by Dec 31st, 2011. Incomplete applications shall not be considered. Screening of applicants will begin on Dec 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information please contact Vitor Cardoso (vitor.cardoso(a)ist.utl.pt) This position is supported by the European Research Council and by the FCT. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position at Portsmouth, UK ------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/20/lecturer-senior-lecturer-position-a… Institution: Portsmouth, UK Deadline: Fri, Oct 05, 2012 Additional Information: http://research.icg.port.ac.uk/node/2580 University of Portsmouth Faculty of Technology Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation Lecturer or Senior Lecturer Reference: 10002099/10006068 Closing date: 5th October 2012 A Lecturer or Senior Lecturer is required from 1st January 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter. The post is to enhance our programme of world-class research and high-quality teaching at the University of Portsmouth. The successful candidate will have an excellent research record, complementing the existing research interests and expertise of ICG staff in cosmology and astrophysics. They will be expected to develop new research opportunities and be able to attract external funding to support them. Holders of personal research fellowships are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will participate in the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate units across a range of subjects in mathematics and physics. The ICG consists of 11 academic staff, 14 postdoctoral researchers and 18 PhD students, and is a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III), the Dark Energy Survey, the UK Low Frequency Array (LOFAR:UK) and the UK National Cosmology Supercomputer Consortium (COSMOS). We have major roles in many other international collaborations (including GAMA, SERVS, and ESA’s Euclid satellite mission) and have an active international visitors programme. The University of Portsmouth is a member of the South-East Physics Network (SEPnet) and hosts the 1000-core SEPnet-ASTRO supercomputer (SCIAMA). More information is available at http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/ Applications (an application form, CV, research statement and names of 3 referees) should be sent by email to jobs[AT]port.ac.uk and copied to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk. Late applications may be considered until the post has been filled. To find out more about the University of Portsmouth and this role, visit http://www.port.ac.uk/vacancies and apply on-line. Alternatively telephone 023 9284 3421. Please quote the reference number on all communications. All applications for this position will be processed and conducted in compliance with UK legislation relevant at that time. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7 Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave physics at the ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/10/postdoctoral-position-in-gravitatio… Institution: Sao Paulo, Brasil Deadline: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.ictp-saifr.org Applications are invited for a two-year postdoctoral position (with possible renewal for a third year) in gravitational wave physics at the ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR) in Sao Paulo, Brasil. The ICTP-SAIFR is starting a group in gravitational wave physics to work on physics topics relevant for the search of gravitational waves as it is carried out by the LIGO experiments. The ICTP-SAIFR encourages applications from candidates interested in working on data analysis for gravitational wave detection, with particular emphasis on signals from coalescing binaries and/or theoretical modeling of the 2-body motion in gravity theories and/or theoretical modelling of gravitational waves from coalescing binaries. A PhD in Physics at the time the appointment begins is required. The annual salary (tax-free) is 66,000 reais with an additional 10,000 reais for travel and research expenses. Moving expenses to Brasil are also included. Candidates should fill the online application form for a postdoctoral postion at http://www.ictp-saifr.org as soon as possible, and select the subarea "Gravitational Wave Physics" in Step 4 of the postdoctoral application form. The position can begin anytime after the candidate has been chosen. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8 Instructor/Lecturer in Astronomy at the University of Mississippi-Oxford ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/09/instructorlecturer-in-astronomy-at-… Institution: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/physics_and_astronomy/ This position requires a master's degree in astronomy, physics, or a related field. Duties include teaching lower division astronomy courses, developing astronomy laboratories, and teaching some astronomy labs if the need arises. The position involves CCD astrophotography of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies with our Honors College students and B.S. physics majors. Good interpersonal and communication skills are essential, so is the ability to organize one's own work as well as to participate in teamwork. Candidates must demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate education. A minimum of one (1) year of demonstrated excellence in teaching undergraduate astronomy at least at community college level and experience as an amateur astronomer are preferred. Applicants must be familiar with telescopes, astrophotography, and computers. Candidates must be skilled in the troubleshooting of telescopes, cameras, and laboratory instrumentation Copies of applicant's transcripts (unofficial copies acceptable) and current curriculum vitae must be submitted with application. Names and addresses of three references should be provided. The position is available for the Fall or Spring 2012 term. The position is initially for one year with a possibility of being extended longer term. Send applications to Prof. Don Summers at summers[AT]phy.olemiss.edu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9 Research Associate in Numerical Relativity at Cornell University -------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/07/research-associate-in-numerical-rel… Institution: Ithaca, NY, USA Deadline: Sat, Dec 01, 2012 Cornell University expects to have an opening for a Research Associate in numerical relativity starting in September, 2013. 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 associate Mike Boyle. 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: Melanie Wetzel mks38[AT]cornell.edu. Applicants can apply on line at: https://www.hr.cornell.edu/jobs/positions.html and refer to posting # 18110 Completed applications should be received no later than December 1, 2012. Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10 Postdoc and Advanced-Postdoc positions in Gravity at SISSA, Italy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/02/postdocs-and-advanced-postdoc-in-gr… Institution: Trieste, Italy Deadline: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1681 The Astroparticle physics group (http://www.sissa.it/app) and the Astrophysics group (http://www.sissa.it/ap) of the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste (Italy) expect to have the following openings: -- Two Research Associate (postdoc) positions: These positions are for two years. One of them is available immediately and the other is expected to start in Fall 2013, -- One Advanced Fellow (senior postdoc) position: The position is for three years. It is available immediately and the successful applicant is expected to start no later than Fall 2013, to be funded by the ERC Starting Grant "Challenging General Relativity" (PI: Thomas Sotiriou). The grant will be used in order to put together an extended research group (excellence cluster) of young and more experienced researchers (students, postdocs, senior postdocs) and to foster and support a wide network of international collaborations. This group aims to conduct cutting-edge research on the limits of General Relativity as a theory for the gravitational interaction. Successful applicants are expected to conduct research in related research areas such as alternative theories of gravity, black hole physics, compact stars and strong gravity regime, and quantum gravity. Competitive salaries and ample research support (travel funds, visitor funds, etc.) will be offered. There are no compulsory teaching duties. SISSA is a multidisciplinary PhD school, unique in Italy, pursuing research in the areas of physics, mathematics and neuroscience and is located close to the main scientific institutions of the region (ICTP, Trieste University and the Trieste Observatory). SISSA offers good local computer facilities and access to regional supercomputing resources. All of our scientific activity is carried out in English (as is the administrative support) and we provide local assistance for all members: a housing office, Italian classes, a nursery for children of SISSA members and a gym. Applicants should register with http://academicjobsonline.org and then submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a research statement giving a brief description of past research and future plans and contact details for 3 referees. The online application form for these posts is at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1681. All applicants will be considered for all positions. For further information contact Thomas Sotiriou via email: sotiriou[AT]sissa.it Completed applications should be received no later than September 30th, 2012. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 New CQG focus issue: Applications of holography to condensed matter physics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/31/new-cqg-focus-issue-applications-of… Additional Information: http://j.mp/T2hgBc We are very pleased to bring you this focus issue on applications of holography to condensed matter systems. This focus issue strengthens the connections between holography and other gravitational research. We hope that you will find this focus issue of particular interest and encourage you to share this with your colleagues and peers. The articles in the focus issue will be free to download for 3 months from the date of publication. We hope that you will publish your next paper with CQG and look forward to working with you soon. Best wishes, Adam Day Publisher Classical and Quantum Gravity +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Minkowski Institute Press and Minkowski's papers on relativity ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/28/minkowski-institute-press-and-minko… Additional Information: http://www.minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/ Dear Colleagues, This message is to inform you of the launching of a new academic publisher - the Minkowski Institute Press (MIP): http://minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/ MIP's first book is: "Hermann Minkowski, Space and Time: Minkowski's papers on relativity" (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal 2012), 123 pages. Minkowski's three papers have never been published together either in German or English and Das Relativitätsprinzip has not been translated into English so far. More information about the book is available at: http://minkowskiinstitute.org/mip/books/minkowski.html Its free version is also available there as well as in Apple's iBookstore: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/space-and-time/id541844231?mt=11&ls=1 MIP will publish textbooks (and lecture notes), monographs, and introductory science and technology books for a wider audience. All books will be ebooks, but print on demand is available; we have received advanced orders for the first book and a week ago the first 110 softcover copies were printed, half of which are now already sold. Four distinct features of MIP are: (i) offering books at affordable prices as a means to reach more readers all over the world, (ii) authors receive 20-25% royalties based on the ebook price (royalties options are given in the publishing agreement the authors sign), (iii) rapid publication; once a book is accepted (after a reasonable review period) and the submitted manuscript is in LaTeX, MIP will try to publish the ebook within a month. (iv) most of the profit will be one of the steady sources of funding of a new institute (http://minkowskiinstitute.org/) so publishing with MIP will support the Minkowski Institute. If you would like to receive the MIP Newsletter (announcing new publications), send a blank email to info[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org. Best wishes, Vesselin Petkov vpetkov[AT]minkowskiinstitute.org http://spacetimecentre.org/vpetkov/ Institute for Foundational Studies "Hermann Minkowski" Montreal, Quebec, Canada http://minkowskiinstitute.org/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Continuum and Discrete Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Einstein's Field Equations" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/28/living-reviews-in-relativity-contin… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-9 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Continuum and Discrete Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Einstein's Field Equations" by Olivier Sarbach and Manuel Tiglio on 27 August 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-9 Sarbach, Olivier and Tiglio, Manuel "Continuum and Discrete Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Einstein's Field Equations" ACCEPTED: 2012-05-02 PUBLISHED: 2012-08-27 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-9 (incl. 457 references and 17 figures) ABSTRACT: Many evolution problems in physics are described by partial differential equations on an infinite domain; therefore, one is interested in the solutions to such problems for a given initial dataset. A prominent example is the binary black-hole problem within Einstein's theory of gravitation, in which one computes the gravitational radiation emitted from the inspiral of the two black holes, merger and ringdown. Powerful mathematical tools can be used to establish qualitative statements about the solutions, such as their existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence on the initial data, or their asymptotic behavior over large time scales. However, one is often interested in computing the solution itself, and unless the partial differential equation is very simple, or the initial data possesses a high degree of symmetry, this computation requires approximation by numerical discretization. When solving such discrete problems on a machine, one is faced with a finite limit to computa tional resources, which leads to the replacement of the infinite continuum domain with a finite computer grid. This, in turn, leads to a discrete initial-boundary value problem. The hope is to recover, with high accuracy, the exact solution in the limit where the grid spacing converges to zero with the boundary being pushed to infinity. The goal of this article is to review some of the theory necessary to understand the continuum and discrete initial boundary-value problems arising from hyperbolic partial differential equations and to discuss its applications to numerical relativity; in particular, we present well-posed initial and initial-boundary value formulations of Einstein's equations, and we discuss multi-domain high-order finite difference and spectral methods to solve them. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 New CQG focus issue: Tests of the weak equivalence principle ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/15/new-cqg-focus-issue-tests-of-the-we… Additional Information: http://j.mp/MywInA Dear colleagues, We are very pleased to bring you the latest CQG focus issue: tests of the weak equivalence principle, which is currently free to read on the CQG website. http://j.mp/MywInA This focus issue brings together a set of invited papers which explore the many aspects of testing the weak equivalence principle (WEP). An introductory article laying out the theoretical context is followed by articles on current laboratory experiments. Four articles describe the latest results from lunar laser ranging and binary pulsar timing, while two articles discuss progress toward testing the free fall of anti-Hydrogen. The final four articles address future experiments to be carried out in space on orbiting or sub-orbital platforms. We hope that you will find this focus issue to be of interest. We invite you to publish your next paper with CQG and look forward to working with you soon. Best wishes, Clifford M Will Clive C Speake Guest Editors Classical and Quantum Gravity +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 Presentations and Pictures of the Chalonge 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/08/06/presentations-and-pictures-of-the-c… Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge The 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium Chalonge 2012 THE NEW STANDARD MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE: LAMBDA WARM DARK MATTER: THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS Paris Observatory HQ, historic Perrault building, 25--27 JULY 2012 Greetings from Paris. We are pleased to inform you that the presentations by the lecturers during the 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2012 and its Open Session are available on line (in pdf format) in "Programme and Lecturers .pdf " in the URL: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2012.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_Paris2012.html CONTENTS: Peter Biermann (Chalonge Medal), Carlo Burigana, Christopher Conselice, Asantha Cooray, Sudeep Das, Hector de Vega, John Kormendy, Anthony Lasenby (Chalonge Medal), Marco Laveder and Carlo Giunti, Ernest Ma, John Mather (Nobel laureate and Chalonge Medal), Felix Mirabel, Lyman Page, Rafael Rebolo, Norma Sanchez, Brian Schmidt (Nobel laureate and Chalonge Medal), Aldo Serenelli, George Smoot (Nobel laureate and Chalonge Medal), Michel Tognini, Matthew Walker, Ingunn Wehus, Christian Weinheimer. OPEN SESSION DIFFUSION, PHOTO ALBUMS AND CHALONGE MEDAL 2012 : http://chalonge.obspm.fr/album2012/index.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/albumopensession2012/index.html http://www.planetastronomy.com/special/2012-special/27jul/chalonge-cosmo.htm http://www.grandpublic.obspm.fr/Session-d-ete-de-Culture We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Colloquium and we look forward to seeing you in the next Colloquium of this series of this series With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez, Hector J de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2012.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 Barcelona Postgrad Encounters on Fundamental Physics 1.2 Horizons of Quantum Physics: from Foundations to Quantum-Enabled Technologies, Taipei 1.3 AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session on Modern Relativity 1.4 XX SIGRAV Conference in Naples (Italy) 1.5 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity at Oppurg, Germany 1.6 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Summer Open Session of Scientific Culture 1.7 Hot topics in Modern Cosmology (Spontaneous Workshop VII), Cargese, France 1.8 Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Oxford, Mississippi 2. Jobs 2.1 Two lecturer positions in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University 3. News 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Binary Neutron Star Mergers" 3.2 New book: "Patterns in Physics, Toward a Unifying Theory" by Rejean Plamondon 3.3 New book: "Relativistic Astrophysics of the Transient Universe" by M.H.P.M. van Putten and A. Levinson ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 Barcelona Postgrad Encounters on Fundamental Physics -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/30/barcelona-postgrad-encounters-on-fu… Starting Wed, Oct 17, 2012 to Fri, Oct 19, 2012 Location: Barcelona, Spain Additional Information: http://ffn.ub.edu/bcn-encounters The “Barcelona Postgrad Encounters on Fundamental Physics” is conceived as a meeting of young researchers. We invite PhD students and young postdocs to participate in a friendly workshop intended to give them a unique opportunity to interact with each other, to present their own work and to get to know about the topics being developed in other institutions. The meeting has been conceived and is organized by students of our faculty. The speakers will be selected from the participants themselves, with no senior invited talks. The aim is to create an informal environment that promotes discussions and interaction. The topics covered by the talks are intended to range from mathematical studies such as string theory and QFT in curved spacetime to other grounded topics of condensed matter and strongly coupled systems, with an extra focus on holography and AdS/CFT. The talks will be selected to give a greater picture of how different fields of physics are interconnected with each other. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Horizons of Quantum Physics: from Foundations to Quantum-Enabled Technologies, Taipei ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/27/horizons-of-quantum-physics-from-fo… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Thu, Oct 18, 2012 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Additional Information: http://www.quantumhorizons.org/ Our workshop sits at the crossroads of cutting edge Theoretical Quantum Physics, Experimental Quantum Information Processing and Industrial Research. Its scope is to create a top level environment for discussion and confrontation where a common language between theorists, experimentalists and technologists might start to develop, with the ultimate goal to explore and enable the fascinating knowledge that will shape the world of tomorrow. Main Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: • Foundations of Quantum Physics • Gravity and Quantum Physics • Entropy, Information, Holography • Quantum Information Theory, Relativistic and Non-Relativistic • Experimental Quantum Information Processing • Quantum Optics and Photonics • Quantum Simulation and Quantum Algorythms Confirmed Keynote Speakers are: J. Bekenstein, G.'t Hooft, H. Kleinert, W. Unruh, A. Zeilinger, as well as a bunch of outstanding Invited Speakers. Registration Deadline: 1st October 2012 Poster Submission: 1st October 2012 For more detailed, updated information, direct contact, and to register, go to the website http://www.quantumhorizons.org On behalf of the Organizing Committee Fabio Scardigli (Academia Sinica, Taipei) (email: fabio[AT]phys.ntu.edu.tw) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session on Modern Relativity ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/26/ams-sectional-meeting-ams-special-s… Starting Sat, Sep 22, 2012 to Sun, Sep 23, 2012 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: http://www.ams.org/meetings/sectional/2198_program_ss6.html#title 2012 Eastern Sectional Meeting Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY September 22-23, 2012 (Saturday - Sunday) Meeting #1082 Organizers: Manuela Campanelli and Yosef Zlochower, Rochester Institute of Technology. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 XX SIGRAV Conference in Naples (Italy) ------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/21/xx-sigrav-conference-in-naples-ital… Starting Mon, Oct 22, 2012 to Fri, Oct 26, 2012 Location: Napoli, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte Additional Information: http://www.sigrav.org/Announcements/Napoli2012/Second.html The biennial Conference of the Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV) is devoted to all aspects of gravitational physics, such as Classical and Quantum Gravity, Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, as well as Experimental Gravity. The five day Conference will host about twenty invited plenary talks and shorter invited and contributed talks in three parallel workshops. A science divulgation/outreach session will be hosted during the Conference. The Conference will take place at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (Napoli), in the framework of the celebrations of 200 years since its foundation. During the Conference, the AMALDI MEDAL and the SIGRAV PRIZES will be awarded to outstanding Senior and Junior scientists. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity at Oppurg, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/10/workshop-on-numerical-and-mathemati… Starting Thu, Oct 11, 2012 to Sat, Oct 13, 2012 Location: Oppurg, Germany Additional Information: http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de/Events/NRMR12/index.shtml The aim of the workshop is to give numerical relativists the opportunity to learn about topics in mathematical relativity beyond the level that they would typically be discussed by the numerical relativity community, and to inform the mathematical community about the current state of the art in numerical simulations. To this end talks will be presented over the following topics: 1.) Global results for numerical relativists. 2.) Formulations of general relativity. 3.) Boundary conditions and well-posedness of the initial boundary value problem. 4.) Accurate and stable discretizations of spacetime. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Summer Open Session of Scientific Culture ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/09/ecole-internationale-dastrophysique… Location: Observatoire de Paris, historic Perrault building, Cassini Hall, France Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2012.html Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Summer Open Session of Scientific Culture Friday 27 July 2012 , Observatoire de Paris, historic Perrault building, Cassini Hall The summer open session of scientific culture 2012 of the Chalonge School in the framework of the 16th Paris Cosmology Colloquium will host the awarded cosmologists of the Nobel prize of Physics 2006, 2011 and awarded of the Daniel Chalonge Medal, and the ESA astronaut Michel Tognini, Brigadier General in the French Air Force. The Session will take place on Friday 27 July from 15h45 to 20h in the Cassini Hall, in the historic Perrault building. The welcome will take place in the Great Gallery. Programme: John Mather, George Smoot, Brian Schmidt, Michel Tognini and the Chalonge Medal Award 2012. Exhibitions: "21 years of activity of the Chalonge School: The golden days of Astrofundamental physics:". "High Mountain Scientific Stations and Observatories: Past, present and future". And the Paris Observatory exhibition "From Jean-Dominique Cassini (1625-1712) to the spacecraft Cassini-Huyggens" http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2012.html With compliments and kind regards Norma G. Sanchez, Hector J. de Vega http//chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 Hot topics in Modern Cosmology (Spontaneous Workshop VII), Cargese, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/03/hot-topics-in-modern-cosmology-spon… Starting Mon, May 06, 2013 to Sat, May 11, 2013 Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/SW_2013/SW7.html Spontaneous Workshop (SW) brings together specialists on recent insights in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology. The aim is to stimulate debates on common topics in views of providing us with innovating ideas. The workshop’s organization is based on an optimal number of concise presentations and enough space for discussions on emergent problems in order to favour interactions among participants. SW7 topics includes : * Cosmological parameters – Anomalies in CMB * Baryon and Lepton number violation, CP violation * LHC and Dark Matter - Astroparticle Physics * Neutrino Cosmology * Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis - Cosmic antimatter * Inflation - Dark Energy – Modified Gravity * Cosmological Large Scale Structures, Magnetic Fields * Gravitational waves of Cosmological and Astrophysical origin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Oxford, Mississippi ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/02/seventh-gulf-coast-gravity-meeting/ Starting Fri, Apr 19, 2013 to Sat, Apr 20, 2013 Location: Oxford, MS, USA Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GCGM7/ The Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Theoretical Physics group at the University of Mississippi will host the Seventh Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting (GCGM7) on April 19-20, 2013. The GCGM is a regional meeting that brings together researchers in all areas of gravitational physics from the south-east region of the United States. The past two editions were at Louisiana State University (GCGM5, 2009) and Florida Atlantic University (GCGM6, 2011). This is the second GCGM organized by Ole Miss (the first one was GCGM4, 2008). The workshop is meant to be informal and student presentations are welcome. There will be no registration fee. To register, simply send an email with your name and affiliation to the following address: gcgm7 [at] phy [dot] olemiss [dot] edu We don't have travel funding at the moment, but we are looking for ways to support students and postdocs. Please say explicitly in your email if you are a student or postdoc and if you would like to have travel support in case it becomes available. The email address listed above can be used for all inquiries related to the conference. More information is available on the conference webpage: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GCGM7/ We are looking forward to seeing you in Oxford next Spring. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Two lecturer positions in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/09/two-lecturer-positions-in-the-schoo… Institution: Melbourne, Australia Deadline: Fri, Aug 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=502376 The School of Mathematical Sciences is seeking two suitably qualified and enthusiastic Lecturers/Senior Lecturers in Mathematics to join a highly motivated team at Clayton campus. You will undertake research and teaching in the area of pure or applied mathematics. Priority will be given to applicants with expertise in functional analysis, differential geometry, algebra, partial differential equations, or numerical analysis. To be successful in this role, you will have a PhD, an outstanding research record and proven teaching ability. This role is a full-time position for a fixed term period of three years; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated, and the position may be converted to a permanent position subject to certain performance criteria. Appointment will be made at a level appropriate to the successful applicant's qualifications, experience and in accordance with classification standards for each level. Applications close on Friday 31 August 2012, 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time. Enquiries: Professor Kate Smith-Miles, Head of School, telephone +61 3 9905 3170 For further information please use the following link http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=502376 ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Living Reviews in Relativity: "Binary Neutron Star Mergers" --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/19/living-reviews-in-relativity-binary… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-8 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "Binary Neutron Star Mergers" by Joshua A. Faber and Frederic A. Rasio on July 4, 2012. Please find the abstract and further details below. We are also pleased to announce that Living Reviews in Relativity received an impact factor of 17.462 in Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Report 2011, again leading the category Physics, Particles & Fields. Special thanks to all our authors for writing such excellent reviews! ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2012-8 Faber, Joshua A. and Rasio, Frederic A. "Binary Neutron Star Mergers" ACCEPTED: 2012-05-22 PUBLISHED: 2012-07-04 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2012-8 ABSTRACT: We review the current status of studies of the coalescence of binary neutron star systems. We begin with a discussion of the channels by which merging binaries form, and discuss the most recent observational and theoretical predictions for observable merger rates. Next, we turn to the quasi-equilibrium formalisms that are used to study binaries prior to the merger phase and to generate initial data for dynamical simulations, including a discussion of our current understanding of the physics they can reveal in their own right and how they have shaped our view of the orbital instability processes that can drive binaries to merger at the end of their lifetimes. Afterwards, we turn to the techniques used in dynamical simulations, including relativistic formalisms, (magneto)hydrodynamics, gravitational wave extraction techniques, and nuclear-density microphysical treatments. This is followed by a discussion of the simulations performed across the field to date, including the most recent results from both fully relativistic and/or microphysically-oriented simulations. Finally, we discuss the likely directions for the field as we transition from the first generation of gravitational wave interferometers to the second while supercomputers enter the petascale regime. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 New book: "Patterns in Physics, Toward a Unifying Theory" by Rejean Plamondon --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/10/new-book-patterns-in-physics-toward… I am pleased to announce the recent publication of my book: “Patterns in Physics, Toward a Unifying Theory”, by Rejean Plamondon, 214 pages; 49 figures. Presses Internationales Polytechnique, June 2012. The main message conveyed throughout the book is that the four basic interactive forces of physics, which are considered to be empirical facts, can be seen as emergent phenomena described by specific mathematical patterns, when seen through the appropriate representation and interpretation schemes. Similarly, in such a model, once a coherent set of physical units is defined, the values of the fundamental constants can be seen as numerical parametric patterns that can be predicted after taking into account the various projections that are required to perform these measurements as well as the physical environment and the specific context in which these estimates are made. More specifically, in generalizing a statistical pattern recognition methodology, it is possible to point out some basic patterns that could contribute to bridging the gap between quantum mechanics and general relativity. The whole argument stems from two basic principles: the principle of interdependence and the principle of asymptotic congruence. It starts with an analogy between problem-solving methods in physics and the search for solutions in statistical pattern recognition. Based on this heuristic and analogical approach, a probabilistic version of the Einstein field equations is derived and a solution for the case of a weak-field symmetric massive object is proposed on the grounds of the central limit theorem and the Bayes' law. The model has only one emergent characteristic feature, a constant parameter which can be associated to the intrinsic proper length or the space-time response of the physical system. The resulting field and potential equations can be seen as ge neralizations of Newton’s empirical law. Once incorporated in the metric it leads to very chllenging predictions, regarding for example the dark matter and dark energy. Rejean Plamondon Professor Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Quebec, CANADA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 New book: "Relativistic Astrophysics of the Transient Universe" by M.H.P.M. van Putten and A. Levinson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/07/10/new-book-relativistic-astrophysics-… Additional Information: http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107010734 Relativistic Astrophysics of the Transient Universe: Gravitation, Hydrodynamics and Radiation by Maurice H. P. M. Van Putten and Amir Levinson Cambridge University Press, 2012 Advance praise: 'Van Putten and Levinson have made an enjoyable compilation of all those strange things that can happen in our Universe, not only providing detailed physical calculations to understand them, but also including descriptions of all the channels of radiation that we can use to receive as much information about them as we can.' Gerard 't Hooft, Utrecht University, from the Foreword

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################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 2012 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), Kobe, Japan (2nd circ.) 1.2 Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology (2nd circ.) 1.3 First Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry 1.4 CoCoNuT Meeting 2012, in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) 1.5 Black Hole Growth in the Universe, Beijing 2. Jobs 2.1 Assistant Research Faculty in M-String/Brane Theory at CASPER, Baylor University 2.2 Chair in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield, UK 2.3 Postdoctoral positions at Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2.4 Postdoc positions for 2013 at Rhodes University, South Africa 3. News 3.1 Presentations of the Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2012: "Warm Dark Matter galaxy formation in agreement with observations" 3.2 Thomas-Paul Hack awarded 2012 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize 3.3 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation 3.4 New Book: "The Geometry of Special Relativity" by Tevian Dray 3.5 New book: "The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition" by Anadijiban Das and Andrew DeBenedictis ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 2012 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2012), Kobe, Japan (2nd circ.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/21/conference-on-computational-physics… Starting Sun, Oct 14, 2012 to Thu, Oct 18, 2012 Location: Kobe, Japan Additional Information: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/index.html A unique international conference that integrates contributions from Physics and other fields. We are pleased to announce that registration and abstract and/or full paper submission are open on the conference website: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/index.html Dates: October 14 (Sunday) - 18 (Thursday), 2012 Venue: Nichii Gakkan Conference Center, Kobe, Japan (next to the K-computer site) http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/access.html Main purpose: This 24th CCP tries for the first time to put together the researchers interested in various fields of computational science, with focus on pure and applied Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Climate, Weather, Earth Science and so on. CCP2012 aims at stimulating interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration on computational science. Furthermore, it is the first time that the CCP is organized in Japan and this is done on the occasion of the opening of the K-computer for shared use (September 2012). Distinctive features: 1) Broad range of topics. 2) 11 plenary talks with comprehensive reviews from physics to industrial application. 3) Half of the parallel session organized on the basis of numerical methods and the other half about special topics deemed of particular importance 4) Speakers are invited to present: i) a comprehensive overview of their research field, ii) the reasons why the selected numerical methods are useful or necessary for their computation, iii) numerical scheme and results, and iv) future prospects. Invited talks: http://www.ile.osaka-u.ac.jp/CCP2012/invited.html Registration fee: 30000 yen (20000 yen for students) Deadline for registration: July 31, 2012; [late registrations will be accepted until September 10, at the increased fee of 35000 yen (25000 yen for students)] Deadline for abstract submission: August 31, 2012 A simple abstract or a full paper may be submitted, as long as the pdf file is less than 4Mb. The whole submitted file will be distributed to all participants as a flash memory. Deadline for submission of the manuscript for the proceedings: November 19, 2012 The CCP2012 is organized by: IUPAP, Osaka University, Kyoto University, Kobe University, University of Hyogo, The Japan Physical Society (JPS), The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) The conference is also endorsed by many organizations in the world such as APS, EPS, AAPPS, etc.: Contact: email: ccp2012[AT]ile.osaka-u.ac.jp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology (2nd circ.) ---------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/14/multiverse-and-fundamental-cosmolog… Starting Mon, Sep 10, 2012 to Fri, Sep 14, 2012 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional Information: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl Dear Collegues, We would like to remind you that the deadline for an early registration for the conference “Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology” (10-14.09.2012) is 30th of June 2012. Participants are kindly required to register through our conference server http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl by filling in a registration form and submitting it to the conference address: mcosmo12[AT]wmf.univ.szczecin.pl. Those who want to give a talk should send the title and the abstract together with the registration form. The talks selected to an oral presentation will be announced by the Organizing Committee soon after the registration deadline. It is planned that the invited lectures and short contributions will be published in a conference volume of the American Institute of Physics. The organizer of the conference is the Cosmology Group of the University of Szczecin and collaborators are the Polish Physical Society, the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Krakow, and the National Centre for Nuclear Research in Swierk. List of invited speakers includes: Martin Bojowald, Univ. Penn State, USA Robert R. Caldwell, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA Paul C.W. Davies, Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona St. Univ., USA Michael Heller, Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Kraków, Poland Jerzy Jurkiewicz, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Claus Kiefer, Univ. Cologne, Germany Renate Loll, Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands Carlos J.A.P. Martins, Univ. Porto, Portugal David Polarski, Univ. Montpellier, France Alexei Starobinsky, Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia Shinji Tsujikawa, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan Jean-Philippe Uzan, IAP, Paris, France Alexander Vilenkin, Tufts University, USA I am looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin. With compliments, Mariusz P. Dabrowski (Organizing Committee chair) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 First Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry -------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/07/fall-school-on-quantum-geometry-in-… Starting Mon, Oct 08, 2012 to Fri, Oct 12, 2012 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/school/school.shtml Dear Friends and Colleagues, the Emerging Field Project ``Quantum Geometry'' of the FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg is organising a fall school on Quantum Geometry. This a joint project between the departments of physics and mathematics. More details can be found at http://quantumgeometry.nat.uni-erlangen.de/school2012 More information about the EFP Quantum Geometry at http://quantumgeometry.nat.uni-erlangen.de/ More details on the Quantum Gravity Research performed in Erlangen can be found at http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de Please forward to interested colleagues and students at your convenience. Thank you very much and best wishes Thomas Thiemann +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 CoCoNuT Meeting 2012, in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) ------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/04/coconut-meeting-2012/ Starting Wed, Oct 24, 2012 to Fri, Oct 26, 2012 Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Additional Information: http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/hydro/COCONUT/Mallorca2012/ 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. The emphasis this year shall be put on gravitational waves as probes of new physics under extreme conditions. Recent progress and future developments of this field and of the CoCoNuT code shall be discussed, but not exclusively. Possible topics of the meeting are: • Gravitational wave theory and detection • Simulation and modeling of GW sources: black holes, neutron stars, supernovae • Multimessenger astronomy using GW • Science potential of present and future planed detectors The purpose of the CoCoNuT meeting is twofold: on the one hand it is intended as a regular (yearly so far) meeting of the CoCoNuT users, but it also serves as an opportunity to interchange ideas with users of similar numerical codes. Therefore the attendance to the meeting of anyone outside the CoCoNuT community is welcomed. This meeting in particular would be of interest to a wide community including cosmologists, high energy physicists, theoretical relativists, numerical relativists and nuclear astrophysicists. Invited speakers: • Patrick Sutton, Cardiff University (UK) • Chris Van Den Broeck, National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nederlands) • Reinhard Prix, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Hannover (Germany) Conference venue: The workshop shall take place at the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Palma de Mallorca - UIB Campus) Deadline for registration and abstract submission is 15th September. Deadline for hotel reservation is 20th September. Organizers: • Carles Bona, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma (Spain) • Sascha Husa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma (Spain) • Alicia Sintes, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma (Spain) • Jerome Novak, LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon (France). • Pablo Cerdá-Durán, DAA, Universidad de Valencia (Spain) • Isabel Cordero-Carrión, MPA, Garching bei München (Germany) You can find more information under: http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/hydro/COCONUT/Mallorca2012/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Black Hole Growth in the Universe, Beijing ---------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/03/black-hole-growth-in-the-universe-b… Starting Mon, Sep 03, 2012 to Fri, Sep 07, 2012 Location: Beijing, China Additional Information: http://astro-gr.aei.mpg.de/Astro-GR@Beijing-2012 Pau Amaro-Seoane, Rainer Spurzem, Yun-Kau Lau and Fukun Liu are planning a 5-day informal meeting on "Black Hole Growth in the Universe: Astrophysical Modelling of super- and massive black holes and their environment" to be held at the NAOC in Beijing from Monday 3 to Friday 7th September 2012. Again, as every year, "informal" means here no registration fee, nor poster presentation, nor proceedings. The meeting is thought to be run in the style of Aspen/ITP/Newton Institute/Modest meetings, with plenty of time for discussions, just as Astro-GR has always been run. The workshop will bring together astrophysicists (observers and theoreticians), cosmologists and relativists, with the goal of building new collaborative relationships -as well as strengthening existing ones- focused on the interpretation of gravitational wave observations as a tool of astronomical discovery and a probe of the fundamental physics of gravity. ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Assistant Research Faculty in M-String/Brane Theory at CASPER, Baylor University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/21/assistant-research-faculty-in-m-str… Institution: Waco, TX, USA Deadline: Sat, Jul 07, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.baylor.edu/casper/index.php?id=83893 This position will support joint research projects within two of CASPER's research groups, the Early Universe, Cosmology and Strings Group (EUCOS) and the Gravity, Cosmology and Astroparticle Group (GCAP). As such, the successful applicant will work primarily with four CASPER Professors. This position is a research position, and carries no teaching responsibilities. QUALIFICATIONS: The successful candidate should hold the Ph.D. and exhibit an exemplary research record in any aspect of Brane/String/M-theory cosmology or a related area. Research faculty and postdocs at all levels, along with recent Ph.D. graduates, are strongly encouraged to apply. SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Applications will be reviewed beginning May 1, 2012, and will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, complete applications must be submitted by July 1, 2012. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The following materials must be submitted for consideration as a complete application: 1) a list of refereed papers published and submitted, 2) a brief essay describing your research interests and a proposal for a research program to be carried out during your time at Baylor, and 3) current curriculum vitae, with names and contact information for three individuals from whom you have requested letters of recommendation. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2 Chair in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/15/chair-in-mathematics-and-statistics… Institution: Sheffield, United Kingdom Deadline: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEP355/chair-in-mathematics-and-statistics/ Following significant strategic investment the School of Mathematics and Statistics invites applications for a Chair in Mathematics and Statistics with a start date of 1 January 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointee will carry out top-quality research in an area of mathematics or statistics, will provide scientific leadership, in a broad sense, and will have demonstrated the ability to contribute at the highest level to the School's submission to the next REF. The successful candidate will have experience in successfully supervising postgraduate research students and will have demonstrated the ability to generate research funding at a high level for their particular discipline. The post-holder will be expected to contribute fully to the School's teaching and be willing to serve, in due course, in one of the senior positions in the School. Preference may be given to candidates with potential for interaction with current members of the School and whose research interests fit well with the School's present research profile, either by strengthening or complementing existing areas. Applicants are asked to make explicit comments in their application on the reasons why they fit with the School's present research profile and on their current view of their potential contribution to the School's REF submission. To view current vacancies and apply online please go to: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3 Postdoctoral positions at Fudan University, Shanghai, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/15/postdoctoral-positions-at-fudan-uni… Institution: Shanghai, China Deadline: Fri, Aug 31, 2012 The newly established gravity and high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has several postdoctoral positions to fill as soon as possible. We are looking for candidates with interest/experience in X-ray astronomy, black hole binaries, AGN, and any theoretical issue concerning astrophysical black holes. Preference may be given to candidates with not more than 2-3 years of postdoctoral experience. Graduated students who expect to receive soon the doctoral degree are also encouraged to apply. The positions are available from as soon as possible and the initial appointment can be for 1, 2 or 3 years, with the possibility of an extension. Salary and benefits are negotiable. Interested candidates should send their CV (including, among other things, date of birth, contact details of 2-3 referees, and possible starting date), short statement of research interests and/or experience, and publication list to cosimo.bambi[AT]lmu.de Please arrange also 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. If electronic submission is not possible, application material may be send via regular mail to: Cosimo Bambi Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Theresienstraße 37, 80333 Munich, Germany Inquires can be sent to cosimo.bambi[AT]lmu.de Review of applications will start immediately and shortlisted candidates will be contacted as soon as possible. There is no deadline and applications from outstanding candidates are welcome at any time. Further details: Fudan. Fudan University is located in Shanghai and it is one of the most selective and prestigious university in China. The Department of Physics is growing quickly and the members of the groups will be able also to interact with people at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. Salary. The salary is negotiable and depends on the qualification of the candidate. The net salary for postdocs with overseas doctoral degree is in the range 100,000-150,000 CNY/year (roughly corresponding to 1,000-1,500 EUR/month). Housing. Fudan can provide apartments of 50-80 square meters inside the campus at very convenient rental rates (about 300 CNY/month, roughly 40 EUR/month). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4 Postdoc positions for 2013 at Rhodes University, South Africa ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/12/post-doc-opportunity-for-2013-at-rh… Institution: Rhodes University, South Africa Deadline: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 Additional Information: http://www.ru.ac.za/research/funding/fellowships/rhodespost-doctoral/ Rhodes University offers postdoc opportunities for 2013. The postdoc positions are for 1 year renewable once. Candidates with a PhD and experience in theoretical cosmology and/or numerical simulations in cosmology are encouraged to apply. The deadline for application is the 31/07/2012, and candidates must contact Dr Larena (j.larena[AT]ru.ac.za) before applying. ================================================================= 3. News ================================================================= 3.1 Presentations of the Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2012: "Warm Dark Matter galaxy formation in agreement with observations" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/18/presentations-of-the-chalonge-meudo… Additional Information: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2012.html Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2012 "WARM DARK MATTER GALAXY FORMATION IN AGREEMENT WITH OBSERVATIONS" at the Meudon campus of Observatoire de Paris, CIAS in the historic Château building, 6, 7 and 8 JUNE 2012 http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2012.html Greetings from Paris. We are pleased to inform you that all the presentations by the lecturers during the Chalonge Meudon Warm Dark Matter Workshop 2012 are available on line (in pdf format) in "Programme and Lecturers .pdf " in the www site of this Workshop http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Cias_Meudon2012.html http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_CIAS2012.html Contents: Nicola C.AMORISCO, Peter BIERMANN, Pier-Stefano CORASANITI, Subinoy DAS, Hector DE VEGA, Elena FERRI, Ayuki KAMADA, Igor D.KARACHENTSEV, Wei LIAO, Marco LOMBARDI, Marc LOVELL, Manolis PAPASTERGIS, Jorge PENARRUBIA, Norma G. SANCHEZ, Patrick VALAGEAS, Casey WATSON, Jesús ZAVALA, He ZHANG . The Photo Album of the Workshop capturing moments of the stimulating atmosphere created by all lecturers and participants is posted in the same www site: http://www.chalonge.obspm.fr/albumCIAS2012/index.html We thank all again, both lecturers and participants, for having contributed so much to this Workshop and we look forward to seeing you again in the next meetings of this series With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez , Hector J. de Vega http://chalonge.obspm.fr +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2 Thomas-Paul Hack awarded 2012 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize ----------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/15/thomas-paul-hack-awarded-2012-giuli… Additional Information: http://www-2.unipv.it/dottorati/scienzeetecnologie/fisica/n/web_PhD/ We are pleased to announce that the 2012 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize for outstanding research in Mathematical or Numerical General Relativity will be presented to Dr. Thomas-Paul Hack. The committee consisting of Profs. Gerhard Huisken (Chair), Lars Andersson, Mauro Carfora, Luciano Rezzolla prepared the following citation: "Dr. Hack's thesis On the Backreaction of Scalar and Spinor Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetimes marks a breakthrough for a thorough evaluation of quantum effects of matter for cosmology. It provides a relevant contribution to the field and will constitute an extremely valuable reference in the area of quantum fields in curved spacetimes and its cosmological applications." The prize is sponsored by The University of Pavia to honor the memory of Giulio Rampa and is given, every two years, to a graduate student for outstanding research in mathematical or numerical general relativity. The prize has been established in 2011, and is endowed under the terms of a bequest from Nadia and Giorgio Rampa. See: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/10/06/giulio-rampa-thesis-prize-for-outst… and http://www-2.unipv.it/dottorati/scienzeetecnologie/fisica/n/web_PhD/ The GRT prize carries a certificate and a net check of 2,000 EUR. The prize will be presented at the annual Honors Ceremony during the Inauguration of the Graduate Studies Academic Year in Pavia, in December 2012. The next GRT prize will be awarded in 2014 to a Ph.D. Thesis submitted by a nominator no later than January 31, 2014, on behalf of students who graduated between January 2012 - December 2013. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation ----------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/13/2013-awards-for-essays-on-gravitati… Additional Information: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation In 2013, for our sixty-fourth competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research Foundation are offering five awards for short essays for the purpose of stimulating thought and encouraging work on gravitation. The stipulations follow. (1) We will make these Awards on May 15, 2013 for the best well-written essays, 1500 words or less (excluding abstracts, diagrams, references and minimal equations), on the subject of gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects. (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) Essays must be in English and e-mailed in a single PDF file before April 1, 2013. Early submission is desirable. 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 pages should include essay title; authors' names, complete mailing and e-mail addresses; submission date; an abstract of 125 words or less; and the statement: "Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2013 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: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org around May 15, 2013. 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: 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 2005 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, King's College London and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 2004 - Maulik Parikh, Columbia University, New York 2003 - Martin Bojowald, The Pennsylvania State University 2002 - Steven B. Giddings, University of California at Santa Barbara and Stanford University, Stanford, California 2001 - Csaba Csaki and Joshua Erlich, Los Alamos National Lab and Christophe Grojean, University of California at Berkeley 2000 - Arthur Lue and Erick J. Weinberg, Columbia University, New York 1999 - John Ellis, CERN; N. E. Mavromatos, University of Oxford and D. V. Nanopoulos, Texas A and M University 1998 - Viqar Husain, University of British Columbia, Vancouver +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4 New Book: "The Geometry of Special Relativity" by Tevian Dray ----------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/08/new-book-the-geometry-of-special-re… Additional Information: http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/bookinfo I am pleased to announce the imminent publication of my book: "The Geometry of Special Relativity", by Tevian Dray, 150 pages; 70 figures. A K Peters/CRC Press, 2012. Publication details are available at: http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466510470 This book emphasizes the use of hyperbolic triangle trigonometry to solve problems in special relativity. An online version of the book also exists in both wiki and PDF formats: http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR Please note that the online version does not contain all of the editorial changes in the print edition. Companion volumes on differential forms and general relativity are planned; early drafts are available at: http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GDF http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GGR Tevian Dray Professor of Mathematics Oregon State University http://www.math.oregonstate.edu/~tevian +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 New book: "The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition" by Anadijiban Das and Andrew DeBenedictis --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2012/06/03/book-the-general-theory-of-relativi… Additional Information: http://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical%2C+mathematical+%26+computation… Anadijiban Das and Andrew DeBenedictis "The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition" 705 pages, 105 figures. Springer (2012). "The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition" will serve readers as a modern mathematical introduction to the general theory of relativity. Throughout the book, examples, worked-out problems, and exercises (with hints and solutions) are furnished. Topics in this book include, but are not limited to: - tensor analysis, - the special theory of relativity, - the general theory of relativity and Einstein’s field equations, - spherically symmetric solutions and experimental confirmations, - static and stationary space-time domains, - black holes, - cosmological models, - algebraic classifications and the Newman-Penrose equations, - the coupled Einstein-Maxwell-Klein-Gordon equations, - appendices covering mathematical supplements and special topics, Mathematical rigor, yet very clear presentation of the topics make this book a unique text for both university students and research scholars. For full publication details please see: http://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical%2C+mathematical+%26+computation… or http://www.sfu.ca/~adebened/grbook/

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