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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 18th Eastern Gravity Meeting and Beyond the First Century of General Relativity School, RIT 1.2. Compact Objects as Astrophysical and Gravitational Probes, Leiden, NL 1.3. 15th British Gravity Meeting, University of Birmingham 1.4. 8th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Gainesville FL 1.5. Third Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics, Cuba 1.6. Spanish Relativity Meeting 2015, 1st circular 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoctoral positions in GRMHD at the Rochester Institute of Technology 2.2. Postdoctoral position in gravitational theory at the University of Florida 2.3. Postdoctoral positions in gravity and high energy astrophysics at Fudan 2.4. Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Cosmology at University of Portsmouth, UK 2.5. Georgia Tech: Postdoctoral Positions 2.6. Postdoc position in AdS gravity, Krakow, PL 2.7. Post-doctoral position in gravitation theory at the University of Maryland 2.8. Postdoctoral position in Quantum Gravity in Marseille 2.9. Postdoc position in theoretical gravity at LSU 2.10. Faculty Position in Astronomy at Cardiff 2.11. Postdoctoral Position in Black Hole Accretion and Strong Gravity at MPE, Germany 2.12. Postdoc in gravity at Nottingham 2.13. PhD Positions in Black Hole Accretion and Strong Gravity at MPE, Germany 2.14. Post-doctoral Scholar Position at IGC, Penn State 2.15. Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave physics at UIB, Spain 2.16. Master and Ph.D. in Physics at Osaka University, Japan: courses in English 2.17. Postdoctoral positions at CITA, University of Toronto 2.18. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical General Relativity or Relativistic Astrophysics at the University of Arizona 2.19. Postdoc Position at the Institute for Quantum Gravity, Erlangen-Nuernberg 2.20. Tenure Track position in cosmology or astrophysics at UNAM 3. News 3.1. New CQG focus issue on Entanglement and Quantum Gravity edited by Eugenio Bianchi and Carlo Rovelli 3.2. 2015 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize 3.3. Living Reviews in Relativity 3.4. Death of Tullio Regge 3.5. Publication of the MG13 proceedings and first parallel sessions of the next MG14 (Rome, 2015) ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. 18th Eastern Gravity Meeting and Beyond the First Century of General Relativity School, RIT --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/03/18th-eastern-gravity-meeting-… Starting: 2015-05-28 to 2015-05-30 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu/~EGM2015/ Contact: EGM2015[AT]ccrg.rit.edu The 18th Eastern Gravity Meeting will be held at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, hosted by the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation and the School of Mathematical Sciences. Participation is encouraged by researchers *especially students* in all areas of gravitational physics, including classical, quantum, theory, observation, computation and experiment. Since this is a regional meeting, most participants are expected to be from the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, but all are welcome. An extra day of conference will be dedicated to invited presentations on the future of Gravitational research: Beyond the First Century of General Relativity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Compact Objects as Astrophysical and Gravitational Probes, Leiden, NL --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9854 Starting: 2015-02-02 to 2015-02-06 Location: Lorentz center, Leiden, Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2015/675/info.php3?wsid=675&venue=Oort Contact: barausse[AT]iap.fr This workshop aims at bringing together leading experts and young researchers in these areas. The goal is to stimulate new collaborations and discuss the potential of GW detectors such as Advanced Virgo/LIGO and eLISA, and EM ones such as Athena+, GRAVITY and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), for the following specific themes: a) The spin of compact objects b) Jets and outflows c) The nature of compact objects and tests of gravity in the strong-field regime Please be aware that the number of participants is limited. The registration deadline is December 15 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 15th British Gravity Meeting, University of Birmingham --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9861 Starting: 2015-04-20 to 2015-04-21 Location: Birmingham, UK Additional Information: http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/britgrav15/ Contact: britgrav[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk The 15th British Gravity (BritGrav) Meeting shall be on 2021 April 2015 at the University of Birmingham, organised by the Gravitational Physics Group. The meeting covers all areas of gravity, classical and quantum, 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 is a prize for the best student talk sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity. There is no conference fee, but participants are responsible for their own accommodation, meals and travel. Financial support for students is available courtesy of the IOP. Tea and coffee will be provided in breaks. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. 8th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting, Gainesville FL --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/23/8th-gulf-coast-gravity-meetin… Starting: 2015-02-27 to 2015-02-28 Location: Gainesville FL USA Additional Information: http://www.phys.ufl.edu/events/gcgm8/index.html Contact: cmw[AT]physics.ufl.edu 8th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting Gainesville FL February 27 28, 2015 The ``Florida Gravity group at the University of Florida will host the 8th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting in Gainesville FL on February 27 28, 2015. The GCGM is a regional meeting that brings together researchers in all areas of gravitational physics from the southeast region of the US. Even you are not from this region, you are still welcome! GCGM8 will consist of contributed talks in an informal atmosphere, with time for discussion. Students are especially encouraged to participate and give talks. The Blue Apple Award, sponsored by the APS Topical Group in Gravitation, will be awarded to the best student presentation. Click on the conference URL for details about registration, submitting an abstract, accommodations, etc. There is no registration fee; if you are a student, please indicate if you could use travel support. We have obtained financial support from various sources, and 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Third Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics, Cuba --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/28/third-caribbean-symposium-on-… Starting: 2015-05-10 to 2015-05-16 Location: Havana, Cuba Additional Information: http://indico.cern.ch/event/stars2015 Contact: cesarzen[AT]cesarzen.com FIRST CIRCULAR Dear Colleague The Third Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics (STARS2015) will be held from the 10th to the 13th of May 2015, in Havana, Cuba, followed by the Fourth International Symposium on Strong Electromagnetic Fields and Neutron Stars (SMFNS2015), to take place from the 13th to the 16th of May 2015 in Varadero, Cuba. The events are the third and the fourth 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: STARS2015 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; SMFNS2015 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 320 Euros. The conference fees will cover lunches and coffee breaks during the meeting sessions for Cubans and foreign participants. 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) for the participants is also included into the fees. The fees will also allow the Cuban participants to become lodged in the conference hotel in Varadero during the event SMFNS2015. 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/stars2015. Researchers that need an invitation letter for the participation in the events are kindly asked to require it when filling the registration form which will be soon available to the participants. 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. STARS2015 Third Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics 10 13 May 2015, Havana, Cuba SMFNS2015 Fourth International Symposium on Strong Electromagnetic Fields and Neutron Stars 13 16 May 2015, Varadero, Cuba 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 stars2015smfns[AT]gmail.com. Best regards, Rodrigo Picanco, Ricardo Gonzalez Felipe, Aurora Pe?rez Martinez, Cesar Zen Vasconcellos On behalf of the STARS2015/SMFNS2015 Organizing Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. Spanish Relativity Meeting 2015, 1st circular --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/29/spanish-relativity-meeting-20… Starting: 2015-09-07 to 2015-09-11 Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Additional Information: http://grg.uib.es Contact: sascha.husa[AT]uib.es The Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE) 2015 will be hosted by the Gravitational Physics Group at the University of the Balearic Islands, and take place in Mallorca, Spain from Monday September 7 until Friday September 11, 2015. The conference will follow the format of previous editions of the Spanish Relativity Meeting. Further details will be announced in late 2014, and include a call for contributed talks on all topic related to relativity and gravitational physics. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoctoral positions in GRMHD at the Rochester Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/03/postdoctoral-positions-in-grm… Deadline: 2015-01-05 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Additional Information: http://ccrg.rit.edu/spotlight/jobs Contact: manuela[AT]astro.rit.edu Postdoctoral positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) anticipates filling several postdoctoral positions in the coming year. We are looking for postdoctoral candidates in the following areas: computational astrophysics, astrophysical numerical relativity, gravitational-wave astronomy and gravitational-wave data analysis. In the area of computational astrophysics and astrophysical numerical relativity we are particularly interested in candidates who are interested in 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 an ongoing long-term collaborative research effort with Julian Krolik at Johns Hopkins University, Scott Noble at the University of Tulsa, as well as other collaborators. In the area of gravitational-wave astronomy, we are particularly interested in candidates who are interested in the data analysis challenges involved in the detection of astrophysical gravitational wave sources, including LMXBs and merging compact binaries; in the parameter estimation of binary compact objects, particularly binary black holes; and in the opportunities afforded by multimessenger astrophysics. The successful postdoctoral candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate on a broad range of research topics in gravitational physics. Our group is involved in several large collaborations, including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein Toolkit Consortium (http://einsteintoolkit.org) a Petascale computing project with NCSA, the NINJA (Numerical Injection Analysis) project, and the NRAR (numerical relativity-analytical relativity) collaboration. There are many senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. This includes Manuela Campanelli (Director), Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Richard O'Shaughnessy, Jason Nordhaus, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and Hans-Peter Bischof (a visualization expert), several postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students (see http://ccrg.rit.edu/people for an overview on who is or has been at CCRG). The group also collaborates with many faculty, postdocs and graduate students in the larger astrophysics group (http://www.rit.edu/cos/astrophysics/) the school of Mathematical Sciences (http://www.rit.edu/cos/sms/) and the School of Physics and Astronomy (http://www.rit.edu/cos/physics/) The positions are for two or three years and renewable depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funds. CCRG researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at national computing centers such as XSEDE and BlueWaters as well as 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 For an overview of all job openings at CCRG please go to: http://ccrg.rit.edu/spotlight/jobs. 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral position in gravitational theory at the University of Florida ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/06/postdoctoral-position-in-grav… Deadline: 2014-12-15 Location: Gainesville FL USA Additional Information: http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~cmw/ Contact: cmw[AT]physics.ufl.edu POSTDOCTORAL POSITION Gravity Group, Department of Physics University of Florida A postdoctoral position will be available in the Florida Gravity Group of the Department of Physics at the University of Florida, Gainesville, starting in the fall of 2015. Applications are invited from theorists with research interests in the area of general relativity, with specific emphasis on the observable aspects of the theory in gravitational waves, astrophysics, or experiment. The appointment is for one year, with renewal possible, subject to satisfactory performance and continued funding. The Florida Gravity group consists of Clifford Will, Steven Detweiler, Bernard Whiting, Richard Woodard, Guenakh Mitselmakher, David Tanner, Guido Mueller, Sergei Klimenko, Steve Eikenberry (Astronomy) and John Conklin (Aerospace Engineering). The main research interests of the group are the study of inspiralling binary systems using post-Newtonian and self-force methods, strong-field and gravity-wave tests of GR, quantum gravity, LIGO optical systems and LIGO data analysis, and development of instrumentation for space-based gravitational wave detectors. We have strong collaborations with the Institute of Astrophysics of Paris. Contact Clifford Will for further information. Send curriculum vita, statement of research interests, and three letters of reference via email to Tessie Colson . Applications received before December 15, 2014 will receive full consideration. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral positions in gravity and high energy astrophysics at Fudan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/13/postdoctoral-positions-in-gra… Deadline: 2014-12-31 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn The gravity and high energy astrophysics group at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) has 1-2 postdoctoral positions for the next academic year. Applications from candidates working in any research area of gravity and high energy astrophysics will be considered, but preference may be given to those with interest/experience in: 1) Physics and astrophysics of black holes 2) X-ray astronomy (theory or data analysis) 3) Alternative theories of gravity 4) Gravitational waves (theory) The group is led by Cosimo Bambi and currently consists of 3 postdocs (Priti Mishra, Diego Rubiera-Garcia, Naoki Tsukamoto), a long-term visitor (Ivan Arraut), and several graduate and undergraduate students. Additional details about projects and activities can be found here: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/ The group has also interactions with other groups at Fudan, in particular the ones of particle cosmology (Antonino Marciano) and quantum gravity (Leonardo Modesto). 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: Prof. Cosimo Bambi E-mail: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn Please arrange also at least 2-3 recommendation letters to be sent separately to the same email address. Applications received by December 31 will receive full consideration. Further details: Salary: The salary starts from 100,000 CNY/year (about 1,000 EUR/month, tax-free for non-Chinese researchers). Candidates with a PhD from an overseas top university may be eligible to apply for fellowships from the Central Government of 200,000 CNY/year. Housing: Fudan can provide apartments of 50-80 square meters inside the campus at very convenient rental rates. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Cosmology at University of Portsmouth, UK ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9836 Deadline: 2015-01-02 Location: Portsmouth, UK Additional Information: https://port.engageats.co.uk Contact: kazuya.koyama[AT]port.ac.uk University of Portsmouth Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Cosmology Fixed term contract for two years Salary: 28,695 - 32,277 GBP per annum Position number: 10013084 Closing date: 02 January 2015 The Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) intends to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in theoretical cosmology. The researcher will work on projects funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), in particular models of modified gravity and dark energy. A PhD degree and relevant research experience are required. The post is for two years, with an anticipated start date of 1 October 2015. The ICG consists of 11 academic staff, 17 postdoctoral researchers and 19 PhD students, and is a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS-III and SDSS-IV), the Dark Energy Survey, the UK Low Frequency Array (LOFAR:UK) and the Euclid Consortium. The University of Portsmouth is a member of the South-East Physics Network (SEPnet)2 and hosts the 1520-core SEPnet-ASTRO supercomputer (SCIAMA-II). For further information, please visit the ICG website at www.icg.port.ac.uk. Applications (application form, CV, publication list and research statement) should be submitted via the online application system at https://port.engageats.co.uk by the closing date, 2nd January 2015. Applicants should also arrange for up to three reference letters and application materials to be sent by email to icg-admin[AT]port.ac.uk, to arrive by the same date. Late applications may be considered; please contact the HR Recruitment team via hrrecruitment[AT]port.ac.uk for details on how to apply. We welcome applications from all qualified applicants, but applications are particularly encouraged from traditionally under-represented groups in science. The University of Portsmouth is member of the Athena SWAN charter and an Institute of Physics Project Juno Supporter; these projects show a commitment to introduce organisational and cultural practices that promote gender equality in science and create a better working environment for men and women. For informal enquiries about particular projects please contact Kazuya Koyama by email: kazuya.koyama[AT]port.ac.uk or phone +44 (0)23 9284 5151. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Georgia Tech: Postdoctoral Positions ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/14/georgia-tech-postdoctoral-pos… Deadline: 2014-12-01 Location: Atlanta, USA Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4884 Contact: laura.cadonati[AT]physics.gatech.edu Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics The Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for several postdoctoral appointments in gravitational wave physics within its Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (CRA). The areas of interest are: searches and astrophysics of gravitational wave transients in Advanced LIGO, detector characterization of Advanced LIGO data, numerical relativity and computational astrophysics. Appointments will be for two years, with subsequent renewals depending on performance and availability of funds. The starting date could be as early as January 2015, and positions will remain open until filled. Successful candidates will join an energetic team with a strong program in gravitational wave and multi messenger astrophysics. Faculty members at the CRA (http://www.cra.gatech.edu) are David Ballantyne (high energy astrophysics), Tamara Bogdanovic (astrophysics and cosmology), Laura Cadonati (gravitational wave physics), Pablo Laguna (computational astrophysics and numerical relativity), Nepomuk Otte (particle astrophysics), Deirdre Shoemaker (gravitational wave physics and numerical relativity), Ignacio Taboada (particle astrophysics) and John Wise (cosmology). Application materials will be accepted electronically at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4884 Applicants should upload 1) a cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications, and 3) a research statement. Information on the submission of three letters of reference is provided during the on-line application process. Review of complete applications will begin December 1st, 2014. Inquires may be addressed by email to laura.cadonati[AT]physics.gatech.edu The Georgia Institute of Technology, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoc position in AdS gravity, Krakow, PL ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9853 Deadline: 2014-11-15 Location: Krakow (Poland) Additional Information: http://www.fais.uj.edu.pl/wydzial/zatrudnienie/-/journal_content/56_INSTANC… Contact: piotr.bizon[AT]aei.mpg.de A postdoc position is available at the Jagiellonian University (Krakow) to work within the NCN funded project "Asymptotically AdS spacetimes and turbulence". The post is available for a period of 2 years, starting as soon as possible. The gross monthly salary is 7500 PLN. Applicants are expected to have experience in numerical relativity and massive parallel numerical simulations on clusters. Interested candidates should send their cv, list of publications, and a short description of research interests to prof. Piotr Bizon (email: piotr.bizon[AT]aei.mpg.de) and arrange two recommendation letters to be sent to the same address. The deadline for applications is November 15, 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Post-doctoral position in gravitation theory at the University of Maryland ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9867 Deadline: 2014-12-15 Location: College Park, Maryland, USA Additional Information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4943 Contact: jacobson[AT]physics.umd.edu The Maryland Gravitation Theory Group announces an opening for a postdoctoral position, starting in the Fall of 2015. The position is for one year, with renewal for a second year expected, depending on the continuation of funding and satisfactory progress. A broad range of potential research areas for this position will be considered. These include, but are not limited to, phenomenology of general relativity and modified gravity theories, black hole thermodynamics, quantum field theory in curved spacetime, quantum gravity, and ideal MHD (especially analytic methods in general relativistic force-free electrodynamics). The Maryland Gravitation Theory Group (http://www.physics.umd.edu/rgroups/grt) overlaps with the Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics (MCFP, http://mcfp.physics.umd.edu/) which also includes particle and nuclear theory groups, and with the Joint Space Science Institute (JSI, http://jsi.astro.umd.edu/) which includes members from physics, astronomy, and NASA/Goddard. Applications should be submitted via Academic Jobs Online, at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4943. Candidates should include a CV, publication list, and statement of research experience, plans, and interests, and arrange for at least three letters of reference to be submitted as well. Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Deadline for full consideration: December 15, 2014 Contact: Ted Jacobson Email: jacobson[AT]physics.umd.edu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoctoral position in Quantum Gravity in Marseille ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9872 Deadline: 2014-11-15 Location: Marseille, France Additional Information: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~quantumgravity Contact: gravity[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr The Quantum Gravity équipe of the 'Centre de Physique Theorique de Luminy' in Marseille, France, offers a postdoctoral position for the duration of one year. The position must start before October 1st 2015; earlier start is welcome. Candidates are requested to have knowledge in quantum gravity and be interested in collaborating with the group. The group (http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~quantumgravity/) is currently formed by four faculties, four postdocs, four graduate students and two long term visitors. Current research interests include: loop quantum gravity, singularity free black holes (from various quantum gravity theories), black hole thermodynamics, spin networks and twisted geometries, spinfoams, twistors, loop quantum cosmology, fast radio bursts and gamma ray bursts, generally covariant statistical mechanics. The group is associated to the Samy Maroun Center for Time Space and the Quantum (http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~gravity/CenterEN.html) Candidates can send an application by email at the address: gravity[AT]cpt.univ-mrs.fr. Please include your name in the subject line. Please include a letter stating clearly the reasons for your interest in the Marseille group. Support letters from senior scientists are welcome. The selection of the applications starts November 15th. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Postdoc position in theoretical gravity at LSU ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9877 Deadline: 2014-12-01 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Additional Information: https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=58360 Contact: agullo[AT]lsu.edu The theoretical relativity group of Louisiana State University invites applications for a postdoctoral position working in quantum gravity and/or theoretical cosmology and/or quantum field theory in curved space-times. 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Faculty Position in Astronomy at Cardiff ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9883 Deadline: 2014-11-17 Location: Cardiff University, UK Additional Information: https://krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGWebHost/jobdetails.aspx?SID=%5e_slp_rhc_q… Contact: Matt.Griffin[AT]astro.cf.ac.uk The School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University has an immediate vacancy for an academic appointment at Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/ Reader level, in the area of astronomical research. We are seeking to make an appointment that will strengthen our research programme in extragalactic astronomy/cosmology, star formation, exoplanets or transient astronomy, and contribute to our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes. We would also be interested in candidates whose research programme (theory or observational) would make use of the UK involvement in facilities such as ALMA, PLATO, Euclid and E-ELT and the major UK investment in the Square Kilometre Array. Our main criterion, however, is research excellence. For details please visit the job advert page. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. Postdoctoral Position in Black Hole Accretion and Strong Gravity at MPE, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9889 Deadline: 2014-12-15 Location: Garching, Germany Additional Information: http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~jdexter Contact: jdexter[AT]mpe.mpg.de Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in black hole astrophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics starting summer or fall 2015. The successful applicant will work with Dr. Jason Dexter and other members of the Infrared/Submillimeter group on topics related to black hole accretion physics and strong gravity, including the Event Horizon Telescope and VLTI GRAVITY experiments. Applicants with expertise in theory, computation, or observation are all welcome to apply. The MPE and the neighboring MPA offer a vibrant science environment with expertise in a broad spectrum of research topics and access to world class facilities. A PhD in astronomy, physics, or a related field is required by the date of employment. The initial appointment is for two years, with an extension for the third year depending on satisfactory performance and the availability of funding. The position comes with a generous travel budget and the opportunity to spend time at UC Berkeley as part of an international exchange program in astrophysics between the Max Planck Society and UCB. Qualified applicants should send a cover letter, CV, publication list, and statement of research interests (3 pages or less) to irjobs(a)mpe.mpg.de, and arrange for 3 letters of reference to be sent to the same e-mail address. Applications received by December 15, 2014 will receive full consideration. Later applications will be considered until the position is filled. The Max-Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.12. Postdoc in gravity at Nottingham ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9892 Deadline: 2014-11-25 Location: Nottingham, UK Additional Information: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI316914 Contact: Thomas.Sotiriou[AT]nottingham.ac.uk Applications are invited for the above post 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 June 2015 and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 24 months. To apply please visit this link: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI316914 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. For information about the School of Mathematical Sciences, which has strong and active research groups, see: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/index.aspx 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.13. PhD Positions in Black Hole Accretion and Strong Gravity at MPE, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/28/phd-positions-in-black-hole-a… Deadline: 2014-11-15 Location: Garching, Germany Additional Information: http://www.imprs-astro.mpg.de/content/application Contact: jdexter[AT]mpe.mpg.de Applications are invited for PhD positions in black hole astrophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics starting summer or fall 2015. The successful applicants will work with Dr. Jason Dexter and other members of the Infrared/Submillimeter group on topics related to black hole accretion physics and strong gravity, including the Event Horizon Telescope and VLTI GRAVITY experiments. Applicants with interests in theory, computation, or observation are all welcome to apply. The MPE and the neighboring MPA offer a vibrant science environment with expertise in a broad spectrum of research topics and access to world class facilities. Qualified applicants should apply through the IMPRS program (see link). Please state in the application that you are interested in working with the IR group at MPE. The IMPRS application deadline is November 15, 2014. For later applications or inquiries about the positions, please e-mail jdexter[AT]mpe.mpg.de The Max-Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.14. Post-doctoral Scholar Position at IGC, Penn State ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/29/post-doctoral-scholar-positio… Deadline: 2014-12-15 Location: Penn State, University Park, PA, USA Additional Information: http://gravity.psu.edu/opportunities/postdoc_fall2015.shtml Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking to fill one or more post-doctoral scholar positions in the theoretical aspects of gravitational physics. The initial appointment is for one year, and is expected to be renewed for a second year subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds. In exceptional cases it has been renewed also for a third year. The successful candidate will participate in the research programs led by Professors Abhay Ashtekar and Eugenio Bianchi. These include projects in classical general relativity, geometric analysis and cosmology; loop quantum gravity with emphasis on spin foams and loop quantum cosmology; all aspects of quantum black holes with emphasis on entanglement entropy and singularity resolution; and relation between loop quantum gravity and other approaches to quantum gravity and non-perturbative techniques in quantum field theory. The larger gravitational theory group faculty includes Murat Gunaydin, Radu Roiban and Sarah Shandera. In addition Professor Alejandro Corichi holds a visiting appointment 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 22 post-docs (including Drs. Nishant Agarwal, Marc Geiller, Brajesh Gupt, Sohyun Park, Wolfgang Wieland and Nelson Yokomizo in Fundamental Theory and Cosmology). For further information on the Institute, see http://www.gravity.psu.edu/ A Ph.D. in physics or a related field is required, with a research record showing a strong background in general relativity, and at least one of the other areas listed above. While the primary responsibility of the successful candidate(s) will be to carry out research in some of these areas, we also expect them to interact strongly with the other researchers in the gravity and cosmology group at Penn State. There may be opportunities to teach one course during their two years at Penn State. The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos offers significant additional resources for research expenses to exceptional candidates. They can be used for academic travel, computers, software, books, etc, entirely at the post-doctoral scholar's discretion. Applications must be submitted electronically at <a href="https://app2.ohr.psu.edu/Jobs/External/EVMS2_External/currentap1.cfm#54344" title="Post-doctoral Scholar, IGC, Penn State " target="_blank">https://app2.ohr.psu.edu/Jobs/External/EVMS2_External/currentap1.cfm#54344</a> and include a cover letter, CV and statement of research interests. Applicants should arrange for three reference letters to be submitted to Randi Neshteruk at rxh1[AT]psu.edu indicating the appropriate job number in the subject line. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire, with possibility of re-funding. Review of applications will begin on December 15th and continue until suitable candidate(s) are found. CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS: For more about safety at Penn State, and to review the Annual Security Report which contains information about crime statistics and other safety and security matters, please go to http://www.police.psu.edu/clery/, which will also provide you with detail on how to request a hard copy of the Annual Security Report. Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, women, veterans, disabled individuals, and other protected groups. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.15. Postdoctoral position in gravitational wave physics at UIB, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/29/postdoctoral-position-in-grav… Deadline: 2014-12-15 Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Additional Information: http://grg.uib.es Contact: sascha.husa[AT]uib.es The gravity group at the Balearic Islands University (UIB) is seeking applications for a postdoctoral position in the areas of gravitational wave physics and astrophysics, including data analysis, modeling of gravitational-wave sources, numerical relativity, and related astrophysical topics. Our group is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the GEO600 project, and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), and consists of faculty members Carles Bona, Jaume Carot, Sascha Husa, Joan Masso, Carlos Palenzuela and Alicia Sintes, as well as several graduate students. The position is funded by MIMECO grant FPA2013-41042-P (Data analysis of gravitational waves and source simulations for the advanced detector era) to Alicia Sintes and Sascha Husa. The position is available in 2015 with negotiable starting date. Initial appointment is for 1 year, with renewal for a second year expected, depending on satisfactory progress. Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, brief description of research interests and achievements, as well as arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to gravity.uib.contact[AT]gmail.com. Please address enquiries to Alicia Sintes (alicia.sintes[AT]uib.es) and Sascha Husa (sascha.husa[AT]uib.es). Review of applications will begin on December 15, and applications will be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.16. Master and Ph.D. in Physics at Osaka University, Japan: courses in English ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/30/master-and-ph-d-in-physics-at… Deadline: 2014-12-12 Location: Osaka, Japan Additional Information: http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~ipc/index.html Contact: ipc-office[AT]ipc.phys.sci.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 2015/16 (starting from April 1 or October 1, 2015) are accepted until December 12, 2014, but applicants should contact the staff of Osaka University at least one month before the deadline, in order to work out details of the research plan and financial support. For further information see the website. Luca Baiotti Osaka University +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.17. Postdoctoral positions at CITA, University of Toronto ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/30/postdoctoral-positions-at-cit… Deadline: 2014-11-15 Location: Toronto, Canada Additional Information: http://www.cita.utoronto.ca Contact: office[AT]cita.utoronto.ca CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS (CITA) POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS CITA is a national centre for theoretical astrophysics located at the University of Toronto. The Institute expects to offer several postdoctoral fellowships of two to three years. The starting date will be September 1, 2015. Funds will be available for travel and other research expenses. 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, star and planet formation, solar physics, high energy astrophysics, numerical relativity and gravitational waves. Visit the CITA website at www.cita.utoronto.ca for application instructions. We only accept electronic submissions. 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, 2014. The University of Toronto 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 the further diversification of ideas. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.18. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical General Relativity or Relativistic Astrophysics at the University of Arizona ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/30/postdoctoral-position-in-theo… Deadline: 2014-12-01 Location: Tucson, AZ Additional Information: http://www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=214071 Contact: sgralla[AT]email.arizona.edu The Department of Physics and the Theoretical Astrophysics Program at the University of Arizona invite applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in the area of theoretical general relativity or relativistic astrophysics. Particular areas of interest are gravitational-wave astrophysics, pulsar and black hole magnetospheres, and the motion of bodies in general relativity and alternative theories. Applications from those with related or complimentary interests are encouraged, and candidates specializing in both analytical and numerical techniques will be considered. The successful candidate will be a member of the physics department as well as the Theoretical Astrophysics Program, a partnership between the departments of physics, astronomy, and planetary sciences that supports a colloquium series, small grants, and regular interaction events. For more information about the position, contact Prof. Sam Gralla at sgralla[AT]email.arizona.edu. To apply, visit www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=214071 and apply for job number 56750. A complete application requires a CV including a full list of publications, a research statement, and at least three letters of recommendation. Please arrange for the letters to be sent to Prof. Gralla at sgralla[AT]email.arizona.edu. For technical assistance regarding the application procedure, contact Carmen Montijo at montijoc[AT]email.arizona.edu. The deadline for full consideration is December 1, 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.19. Postdoc Position at the Institute for Quantum Gravity, Erlangen-Nuernberg ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/31/postdoc-position-at-the-insti… Deadline: 2014-12-07 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: http://www.gravity.physik.fau.de/opportunities/jobs/jobs.shtml Contact: application[AT]gravity.fau.de Postdoctoral Positions in Erlangen-Nuernberg In autumn 2015, 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-Nuernberg, 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 centre for quantum gravity at the FAU. The centre currently hosts 4 professors, 3 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) and Thomas Thiemann (Chair), Emeriti Frieder Lenz (former chair), Michael Thies and Hartmut Hofmann, postdocs Daniele Pranzetti, Marcin Kisielowski and Muxin Han as well as 7 Phd and 5 master students. Former institute members Prof. Jonathan Engle (Florida Atlantic University) and Florian Girelli (University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) hold affiliate positions. 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/or quantum field theory and a strong interest in working on aspects of non perturbative and background independent quantum gravity. The following list of materials should be uploaded in one pdf- or zip file, whose name should include your lastname, using the application form below. 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 prior to the deadline by the referees via the electronic form available at this link: Referee Upload . Recommendation letters sent by email will not be accepted. Please note that after successful submission you will receive a confirmation email regarding your application. In case you do not receive a confirmation email your upload was not successful and you can contact us at application[AT]gravity.fau.de. Applications will be reviewed starting December 7th, 2014 but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. The starting date of the position is normally Oct. 1st 2015 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.20. Tenure Track position in cosmology or astrophysics at UNAM ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9942 Deadline: 2014-11-30 Location: Cuernavaca, Mexico Additional Information: http://www.fis.unam.mx/noticias_ver.php?ID=284 Contact: hidalgo[AT]fis.unam.mx The Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (ICF-UNAM), at the Morelos campus in the city of Cuernavaca, invites applications for an Associate Professorship (Tenure Track) in the area of cosmology and/or computational astrophysics. We seek a candidate with a strong, internationally recognized record in one of the above subjects, including co-authorship of a simulation code of astrophysical or cosmological interest, and/or proficiency in public simulation codes, as well as the ability to get supercomputing resources at national and international levels. Strong candidates in other areas of cosmology are also encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be collaborating with local researchers, in particular Luis Benet, Gabriel German, Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Gloria Koenigsberger and Frederic Masset. Current research areas of this group at the ICF include: planetary formation and studies of protoplanetary disks, early universe cosmology and relativistic corrections to Large Scale Structure formation. Local computational facilities include a 5320 core cluster (at UNAM) and a 24 K20 GPUs cluster in the Institute premises. Starting salary, including supplements, ranks between 31,500 and 32,500 USD, per annum after taxes. Interested researchers should submit an application consisting of Curriculum Vitae, a list of publications and a statement of research interests as well as three letters of recommendation. Applications will be accepted in electronic form until the 30th of November of 2014. For further information please write to masset[AT]fis.unam.mx or hidalgo[AT]fis.unam.mx . +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. New CQG focus issue on Entanglement and Quantum Gravity edited by Eugenio Bianchi and Carlo Rovelli ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9885 Additional Information: http://j.mp/1pxgJ8z Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to present this focus issue on Entanglement and Quantum Gravity, guest edited by Eugenio Bianchi and Carlo Rovelli: http://j.mp/1pxgJ8z Recent years have seen a flourishing of interest in the role that entanglement entropy plays in the physics of spacetime. Insights have been obtained into the role of entanglement for the entropy for black hole thermodynamics, and new ideas have been explored connecting entanglement to holography, wormholes, to the structure itself of semiclassical spacetime and others. This special issue collects a number of articles on this topic, offering a partial overview of these new developments. The full issue is available from IOPscience for free for the next 3 months. I hope you enjoy reading the collection. Kind regards, Ben Sheard Publishing Editor Classical and Quantum Gravity IOP Publishing iopscience.org/cqg ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. 2015 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9904 Additional Information: http://indico.cern.ch/event/stars2015 The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize is now open for nominations: 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 2015, 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. It is important that the selection committee has specific information that allows it to determine what the nominee has contributed and how this will impact the subject. Therefore it will be extremely helpful to the selection committee to receive at least two additional letters supporting the nomination that detail the expected significance of the contributions of the nominee. It is also appropriate to submit additional materials such as published articles. In the case of co-authored or multi-authored publications, it is essential for nominators and supporters to discuss the nominee's precise contributions, if known, in addition to the work's overall significance. The entire package should be bundled into a single PDF file and emailed to the Secretary of ISGRG, beverlyberger[AT]me.com, by 1 February 2015. The winner will be announced on 14 March 2015 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Living Reviews in Relativity ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/31/living-reviews-in-relativity/ Additional Information: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/ Living Reviews in Relativity is a pioneer open-access journal project, which started operations in 1998. The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) is no longer able to operate Living Reviews in Relativity, but will continue to host the web site while the search for a long term solution for the journal is underway. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Death of Tullio Regge ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/31/death-of-tullio-regge/ Additional Information: http://sigrav.na.infn.it/tullio-regge Tullio Regge, a theoretical and mathematical physicist who made fundamental contributions to science worldwide, died on October 23, 2014, at the age of 83. A longer obituary can be found at http://sigrav.na.infn.it/tullio-regge. Regge graduated from Turin, Italy, and received his PhD from Rochester, USA. He was at the Max Planck Institute for Physics where he worked with Werner Heisenberg. Then he was appointed to the chair of Relativity at Turin University. He also was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, and a staff member at CERN. He returned to Italy to Turin University then to Turin Polytecnico. Regge has worked in and across the two main revolutions in theoretical physics of the last century: general relativity and quantum mechanics. In quantum mechanics, at the end of the 1950's Regge proposed a truly innovative theory, using complex angular momenta in scattering theory to describe strong nuclear forces among elementary particles, known as the theory of Regge poles. This led to the model of Veneziano, which in turn promoted the development of String Theory. In general relativity, in 1961 he proposed a new way to solve Einstein's equations with his theory of discrete gravity, based on the `discretization' of spacetime. This theory, known as Regge calculus was the first discrete gauge theory suitable for numerical simulation, and an early relative of lattice gauge theory. He and Ponzano developed a quantum version now known as the Ponzano-Regge model. This was the first of a series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models. In mathematics, the model also developed into the Turaev-Viro model, an example of a quantum invariant. While at Princeton, Regge and Wheeler made fundamental contributions to the study of black holes, especially through what is known as the Regge-Wheeler equation. He also worked on numerous other problems in general relativity, e.g. in quantum constrained systems, in quantum vortices and supergravity, and lower dimensional gravity. He had many students and collaborators, who gratefully look back to his contributions and keep his memory alive. Italian physics in particular, and world theoretical physics has lost one of its most important characters. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. Publication of the MG13 proceedings and first parallel sessions of the next MG14 (Rome, 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9936 Additional Information: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9194 The proceedings of the MG13 Meeting on General Relativity (Stockholm University, Sweden, 1 7 July 2012), edited by: Kjell Rosquist (Stockholm University, Sweden), Robert T Jantzen (Villanova University, USA) and Remo Ruffini (International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet), Italy & University of Rome Sapienza, Italy) are ready and will be printed and distributed by the end of 2014. The three volumes of the proceedings of MG13 (see http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9194) give a broad view of all aspects of gravitational physics and astrophysics, from mathematical issues to recent observations and experiments. The scientific program of the meeting included 33 morning plenary talks during 6 days, and 75 parallel sessions over 4 afternoons. Meanwhile, continues the organizers work on the program of the next MG14 of Rome, 2015. We can anticipate the first confirmed parallel sessions: Self-forces and small-mass-ratio binaries (Adam Pound) Post-Newtonian and Analytic Approximations (Alexandre Le Tiec) Binary Black Holes as Sources of Multi-messenger Astronomy (Pablo Laguna) Numerical Analysis of Coalescing Binaries (Masaru Shibata) Results and Strategies in Dark Matter Detection (Rita Bernabei) Blazar (Paolo Giommi, Paolo Padovani) Extended Theories of Gravity (Salvatore Capozziello) Gravitational fields with sources: From compact objects to black holes (José P. S. Lemos, Paolo Pani) Black holes in binary stellar systems and galactic nuclei (Anatoly M. Cherepaschuck, Stanislav O.Alexeyev) Cosmic Microwave Background measurements (Silvia Masi, Paolo de Bernardis) Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave Background: Implications of Planck and Other Experiments in Temperature and Polarization (Carlo Burigana, Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen) Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe (Alexei Starobinski, David Polarski) Theoretical and Mathematical Cosmology (Alan Coley, David Wiltshire) Semiclassical and Quantum Cosmology (Paulo Vargas Moniz) Experimental Gravitation (Claus Laemmerzahl) Variation of Fundamental Constants (Victor Flambaum, Julian Berengut) Compact Binaries and Strong-Field Tests of Gravity (Michael Kramer) Photospheric Emission in GRBs (Gregory Vereshchagin, J Michael Burgess) The energy compositions and acceleration processes of GRB jets (Shiho Kobayashi, Stefano Covino) Exact Solutions in Four and Higher Dimensions: Mathematical Aspects (Georgy Alekseev) Cosmological Singularities and Asymptotics (Spiros Cotsakis) Theoretical Issues in GR (Dieter Brill) Exact Solutions (Physical Aspects) (Susan Scott) Quantum Fields (Vladimir Belinski) Sources of Gravitational Waves (Andrew Melatos) Status of the Gravitational Wave Detectors (Jean-Yves Vinet) History of Relativity and Cosmology (Christian Bracco) Observational Gravitational Lensing [Microlensing] (Philippe Jetzer) Cosmology from GRBs (Lorenzo Amati) Loop Quantum Gravity, Quantum Geometry, Spin Foams (Jerzy Lewandowski) Quantum Gravity Phenomenology (Giovanni Amelino-Camelia) Loop quantum gravity: cosmology and black holes (Jorge Pullin, Parampreet Singh) Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics (Jorge Rueda, Rodrigo Negreiros) Strong (EM) Field Physics and Astrophysics (Sang Pyo Kim, She-Sheng Xue) Ground experiments and astrophysical observations in Strong Field Physics (Sang Pyo Kim, She-Sheng Xue) Strong Fields and High Energy Astrophysical events (Yu-Qing Lou) Supernova Explosions and Neutron Stars Dynamics (Kostas Kokkotas) Accretion Processes onto Black Holes: Observation and Modeling (Sandip Chakrabarti) Future prospects in high energy astrophysics (Filippo Frontera, Aldo Morselli) New States of Matter and Strong Electromagnetico Fields in the Universe (Cesar Zen) QCD phase diagram: from nuclear astrophysics to heavy ion collisons (Debora Peres Menezes) Stellar Black Holes (Microquasars) (Felix Mirabel) Experimental tests of fundamental physics with high energy gamma rays (Alessandro De Angelis) Tests of gravity with atom interferometers and clocks (Gugliemo Tino) Numerical simulations, SN, and GRB, connecting with massive SN (Valeri Chechetkin, Alexey Aksenov, Pascal Chardonnet) Theory of light propagation in gravitation fields (lensing, shadows, etc.) (Volker Perlick) Hairy Black Holes (Jutta Kunz) Scalar fields in cosmology (Alfredo Macias) Quantum Spacetime(chair Gherardo Piacitelli, general 40 minute talk by Sergio Doplicher) Statistics and Geometry of Weak Lensing Data (Domenico Marinucci) Future Experiments and Missions in X and Gamma Ray (Shuang-Nan Zhang, Oscar Adriani) Branes and Instantons in String Theory (Alberto Lerda) Black Holes in String Theory (Gianguido Dall'Agata) Gauge/gravity and related correspondences (Rubik Poghossian) String Pheno and Cosmo (Gianfranco Pradisi) The Status of Magnetic White Dwarfs (Enrique Garcia-Berro) Geometric approaches to the thermodynamics of black holes (Hernando Quevedo) Double Neutron Stars and Neutron Star-White Dwarf Binaries (Thomas Tauris) Interacting Dark Matter (Nikolaos Mavromatos) A preliminary list of chairpersons and parallel sessions can be seen at: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg14/par_sessions_chairs.htm The complete and detailed list will be published on the site: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg14/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. XII International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (ICGAC-12), Moscow 1.2. Orange Pulsar Meeting, Melbourne, Australia 1.3. 8th TRR33 Winter School on Cosmology, Tonale, Italy 1.4. VII Black Holes Workshop 2014, Aveiro, Portugal 1.5. Black Holes and Friends, Shanghai, China 1.6. CoCoNuT Meeting 2014, Valencia, Spain 2. Jobs 2.1. Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Baylor University, Waco, Texas 2.2. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Mississippi 2.3. Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Theoretical Cosmology at Queen Mary University of London 2.4. Postdoc in Mathematical Relativity at Memorial University 2.5. Assistant Professor of Theoretical Cosmology (Tenure Track), Tufts University 2.6. PhD positions in gravity/cosmology/astrophysics at Fudan 2.7. Postdoctoral position in Relativistic Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany 2.8. Postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational physics, Bologna, Italy 2.9. Faculty Position in High Energy Theory at the University of Kansas 2.10. Lagrange Postdoc Fellowships - Institut Lagrange de Paris 2.11. PhD position in general relativity at the University of Jena 3. News 3.1. Hyperspace has moved to Frankfurt 3.2. New books: Two Volumes from the Prague conference "Relativity and Gravitation---100 years after Einstein in Prague" 3.3. New book: "An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry: With Applications to Mechanics and Relativity", by L. Godinho and J. Natario 3.4. Major new reference work: Springer Handbook of Spacetime 3.5. Read the NEW CQG Highlights of 2013-14 ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. XII International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (ICGAC-12), Moscow --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9710 Starting: 2015-06-28 to 2015-07-05 Location: Moscow, Russia Additional Information: http://rgs.vniims.ru/confers.htm Contact: rusgs[AT]phys.msu.ru XIIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (ICGAC-12), Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), Moscow, Russia, June 28 - July 5, 2015, organized by the Russian Gravitational Society, Institute for Gravitation and Cosmology, PFUR, Center for Gravitation and Fundamental Metrology, VNIIMS and Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Dubna. The Conference is devoted to 100 years of Einsteins General Theory of Relativity. ICGAC-12 is a part of the series of biennial conferences on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology which takes place in the 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, Korea, one of the founders of the APCTP, in 1993. The 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 Institute of Gravitation and Cosmology, Peoples Friendship University of Russia 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 11. Almaty, Kazakhstan (2013) at Al Farabi Kazakh National University ICGAC-12 topics: Classical Gravity, GR Extensions Classical and Quantum Cosmology Dark Matter and Dark Energy Black Holes, Wormholes Strings, Branes, Higher Spin Fields and Quantum Gravity Extra Dimensions and Variation of Constants Experimental Studies of Gravity, GW and Fundamental Physics Space Projects Relativistic Astrophysics White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Gamma Ray Bursts International Organizing Committee Vitaly Melnikov (Russia) Chair, A. Efremov (Russia) Co-Chair, Sang-Pyo Kim (Korea) Co-Chair and Alexei Starobinsky Co-Chair (Russia) Medeu Abishev (Kazakhstan), Gennadii Bisnovaty-Kogan (Russia), Yong Min Cho (Korea), D. Fursaev (Russia), Rong-Gen Cai and Jun Luo (China), Masakatsu Kenmoku (Japan), ), Kei-ichi Maeda (Japan), Sung-Won Kim (Korea), Remo Ruffini (Italy), Misao Sasaki (Japan), Roland Triay (France) Scientific secretary: Sergey V. Bolokhov (Russia) bol-rgs[AT]yandex.ru Further details will be at the page of Russian Gravitational Society: http://rgs.vniims.ru/confers.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Orange Pulsar Meeting, Melbourne, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9738 Starting: 2014-11-26 to 2014-11-28 Location: Melbourne, Australia Additional Information: http://ph.unimelb.edu.au/~pwc/orange2014/index.html Contact: brynmor.haskell[AT]unimelb.edu.au The 2014 Orange Pulsar Meeting will be held at the University of Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday 26th, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th November, 2014. The meeting gathers a broad range of people interested in pulsar astrophysics, including both observational and theoretical aspects. This year, topics will include audio band and nanohertz gravitational waves and neutron star interior modelling. All welcome! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. 8th TRR33 Winter School on Cosmology, Tonale, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9740 Starting: 2014-12-07 to 2014-12-12 Location: Passo del Tonale - Italy Additional Information: http://darkuniverse.uni-hd.de/view/Main/WinterSchool14 Contact: rigopoulos[AT]thphys.uni-heidelberg.de The Transregional Collaborative Research Centre TRR33 is glad to announce the Eighth TRR33 Winter School on Cosmology. The school is aimed at Master/PhD students and postdocs and will cover both theoretical and observational aspects of modern cosmology. The lecture series will be delivered by Julien Lesgourgues (CERN/EPFL) Overview Lectures Stefano Ettori (INAF - Bologna Observatory) Galaxy Clusters Gabriella De Lucia (INAF - Trieste Observatory) Galaxy Formation and Evolution Paul Shellard (DAMTP, University of Cambridge) The Early Universe and the CMB Massimo Pietroni (University of Padova) Structure Formation in the Universe Registration is OPEN: the deadline is 6th October 2014. To register, please visit our website: http://darkuniverse.uni-hd.de/view/Main/WinterSchool14 Given the large number of applications we strongly suggest an early registration, well in advance of the deadline. Note that we will accept a maximum of 40 participants. Please email us with any further questions at winter.school[AT]thphys.uni-heidelberg.de Follow us on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/trr.winter.school or on twitter using the hashtag #trr33tonale for announcements and reminders Please check the homepage of the school for more information: http://darkuniverse.uni-hd.de/view/Main/WinterSchool14 See you in Tonale! the Organizing Committee Luisa Jaime, Matteo Maturi, Gerasimos Rigopoulos, Eduard Thommes, Georg Wolschin, Miguel Zumalacarregui +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. VII Black Holes Workshop 2014, Aveiro, Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9743 Starting: 2014-12-18 to 2014-12-19 Location: Aveiro, Portugal Additional Information: http://gravitation.web.ua.pt/bhw7/ Contact: fis-bhw7[AT]ua.pt >From astrophysics to high-energy physics, from information theory to quantum gravity, black holes have acquired an ever increasing role in fundamental physics, and are now part of the terminology of many important branches of observational, theoretical and mathematical physics. The Black Holes Workshops gather researchers working on mathematical and physical problems of gravitation, both in its classical and quantum aspects, as well as on superstrings, cosmology and astrophysics, and stimulate the interaction between them. The seventh edition of the Black Holes Workshop invites researchers on black holes in all their aspects to participate, and will be held at the University of Aveiro from 18-19 December 2014. These meetings are informal, involving typically around 50 participants and there is no registration fee. The workshop will consist of contributed talks by the participants. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Black Holes and Friends, Shanghai, China --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/09/24/black-holes-and-friends/ Starting: 2015-03-30 to 2015-04-01 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://blackholes2015.fudan.edu.cn/ Contact: bambi[AT]fudan.edu.cn First Announcement Black holes and relativistic stars are among the most fascinating objects in the Universe and they attract the interest of both physicists and astrophysicists. The workshop will bring together theorists, observers, and experimentalists. The program will include invited talks, contributed talks, and time for free discussions. Invited Speakers: Mitchell Begelman (Colorado) * Heino Falcke (Nijmegen) Lijun Gou (NAOC) Matteo Guainazzi (ESA) * Michiel van der Klis (Amsterdam) * Jian-Min Wang (IHEP) Qingwen Wu (HUST) Renxin Xu (PKU) Wenfei Yu (SHAO) Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP) * * To be confirmed +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. CoCoNuT Meeting 2014, Valencia, Spain --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9785 Starting: 2014-11-26 to 2014-11-28 Location: Valencia, Spain Additional Information: http://www.uv.es/coconut/valencia2014 Contact: pablo.cerda[AT]uv.es 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 of the meeting this year shall be put on Numerical Methods. 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: · Hyperbolic and elliptic systems. · Magnetohydrodynamics. · Radiation transport. · Turbulence. 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Baylor University, Waco, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9730 Deadline: 2014-11-01 Location: Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA Additional Information: http://www.baylor.edu/hr/index.php?id=81294 Contact: physicsjob[AT]baylor.edu QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in physics or closely related field with teaching and research experience. RESPONSIBILITIES: Establish strong, externally sponsored research program complementing existing research groups at Baylor in astrophysics, condensed matter physics, or high energy physics, though exceptional candidates in other research areas may be considered. Commit to excellent teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Mississippi ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9732 Deadline: 2014-12-31 Location: Oxford, MS (USA) Additional Information: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/?x=entry:entry140917-043737 Contact: grpostdoc[AT]phy.olemiss.edu Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics 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, several postdocs and 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, 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 possibly no later than 12/31/2014, but late applications may be considered until the position is filled. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Theoretical Cosmology at Queen Mary University of London ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9734 Deadline: 2014-10-17 Location: London Additional Information: http://www.jobs.qmul.ac.uk/5127 Contact: d.mulryne[AT]qmul.ac.uk The Astronomy Unit (AU) in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London has a vacancy for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work in any area of Theoretical Cosmology with members of the Astronomy Unit engaged in research in Cosmology. This includes Drs. Karim Malik, Timothy Clifton and David Mulryne, and Profs. Jim Lidsey and Reza Tavakol. Applicants should have, or be about to gain, a PhD in Astronomy/Astrophysics or related field with experience in theoretical cosmology. The post is full time and fixed term, for six months and starting on or before 1 April 2015. The starting salary will be 31,735 (sterling) per annum inclusive of London Allowance. Benefits include 30 days paid 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 Dr David Mulryne by email to D.Mulryne[AT]qmul.ac.uk. Further details about the AU can be found at astro.qmul.ac.uk . Completed online application forms, cover letter, CV (which should include a list of publications), a statement of research interests should be submitted online. Please note only shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide 3 academic references. The closing date for applications is 17th October 2014. Interviews are expected to be held soon after. QMUL values diversity and is committed to equality. The University holds an Athena SWAN bronze award and the School of Physics and Astronomy holds IoP JUNO Practitioner status and is actively working towards the JUNO Champion Award. As part of the School's participation in the JUNO programme we strongly encourage applications from women. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. Postdoc in Mathematical Relativity at Memorial University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9736 Deadline: 2014-11-28 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 Summer or Fall 2015. The gravity group is made up of two professors (Ivan Booth and Hari Kunduri) along with several graduate students. 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 Review of the applications will begin on November 28, 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Assistant Professor of Theoretical Cosmology (Tenure Track), Tufts University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9759 Deadline: 2014-12-01 Location: Medford, MA Additional Information: http://apply.interfolio.com/26416 Contact: shannon.landis[AT]tufts.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tufts University invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in theoretical cosmology, starting September 1, 2015. We seek candidates with a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in physics and relevant postdoctoral experience who have an outstanding record of research at the interface of cosmology and fundamental physics, including particle physics and general relativity. Preference will be given to applicants who would enhance our existing research program in cosmology. Current areas of research in the program include topological defects, inflationary cosmology, and quantum effects in gravitational fields. The new hire will be expected to teach at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, to develop a vigorous independent program of research including the guidance of Ph.D. students, and to secure research funding. Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent and relevant postdoctoral experience, outstanding record of innovative research at the interface of fundamental physics and cosmology. Application Instructions: Candidates can apply at: apply.interfolio.com/26416. Applications should include a CV, a statement of research interests, a description of teaching experience, and three confidential references. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, all materials should be submitted by December 1, 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. PhD positions in gravity/cosmology/astrophysics at Fudan ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/09/26/phd-positions-in-gravitycosmo… Deadline: 2014-12-01 Location: Shanghai, China Additional Information: http://www.physics.fudan.edu.cn/tps/people/bambi/Site/Join_Us.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 2015) for non-Chinese students. The successful candidates must have a Master degree in Physics or in a related area before September 2015. 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), 8 postdocs (Claudia Antonini, Pietro Dona', Stefano Giaccari, Priti Mishra, Leslaw Rachwal, Diego Rubiera-Garcia, Naoki Tsukamoto, Mingyi Zhang), 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 December 1 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/Join_Us.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. The rental rate is covered by the student scholarship. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.7. Postdoctoral position in Relativistic Astrophysics, Frankfurt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/09/27/postdoctoral-position-in-rela… Deadline: 2014-11-30 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Additional Information: http://astro.uni-frankfurt.de/relastro/jobs/ Contact: rezzolla[AT]th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de The group of Relativistic Theoretical Astrophysics invites applications for one postdoctoral position to carry our research in Relativistic and Computational Astrophysics, at Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The candidates should have a PhD in astrophysics, physics or applied mathematics and research experience with simulations in numerical relativity, relativistic hydrodynamics and MHD. Scientific-computing skills are important, as well as a solid theoretical background in relativistic hydrodynamics and MHD. Candidates with knowledge and experience in modelling the dynamics of binary systems of neutron stars are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will be part of an international research group recently set-up at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Frankfurt am Main. Interests of the group span from the modelling of the physics of neutron stars and black holes, to fundamental issues in gravitational physics (http://astro.uni-frankfurt.de/relastro/) Frankfurt am Main is a lively and international city, and Europe's financial center. The application should comprise a CV, a publication list, and a research summary and proposal. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to the address below. Applications will be have to be sent by 30.11.2014 for full consideration. The position is expected to start on 01.09.2015, but earlier or later appointments can be negotiated. 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) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.8. Postdoctoral position in theoretical gravitational physics, Bologna, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/09/29/postdoctoral-position-in-theo… Deadline: 2014-11-15 Location: Bologna, Italy Additional Information: http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/theo_fellowships/ Contact: casadio[AT]bo.infn.it The INFN-FieLdsAndGravity (FLAG) group invites applications for one postdoctoral fellowship in Theoretical Physics to carry our research in Quantum Fields of Gravity, Cosmology and Black holes in Bologna, Italy. FLAG is an Italian research network (Iniziativa Specifica) sponsored by INFN and devoted to studying theoretical gravitational physics, with units in the Physics and Astronomy Department of Bologna University, University of Insubria in Como, TIFPA and University of Trento, SISSA and University of Trieste. Eligible candidates may be non-Italian citizens or Italian citizens who hold a position in a foreign institution and have been continuously abroad for at least three years. The candidates should have a PhD in physics and research experience in relativity and quantum field theory, cosmology and black hole physics. The fellowship is provided by INFN and all details can be found in the official announcement (www.ac.infn.it/personale/borsedistudio/pdf/getfile.php?filename=16726.pdf) The application must be uploaded on the INFN web site at www.ac.infn.it/personale/theo_fellowships/ and should comprise a CV, a publication list, and the names and e-mail addresses of three referees. Candidates must also specify they are applying for the position with the Bologna group (www-th.bo.infn.it/activities/bo11/bo11/). Applications will have to be sent by 15.11.2014, no exception allowed, and the position shall start no later than 01.11.2015. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.9. Faculty Position in High Energy Theory at the University of Kansas ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9780 Deadline: 2014-10-31 Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA Additional Information: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/1702BR Contact: kuheptheoryprof[AT]ku.edu The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas seeks applicants for a position in the field of theoretical high energy physics. Both tenure-track Assistant Professor and tenured Associate Professor levels will be considered. Qualifying candidates must have a Ph.D. in Physics or a closely related field and relevant postdoctoral experience. A strong record of research and commitment to excellence in teaching are required. A substantial start-up package is included. Candidates with research interests compatible with the existing high energy theory program are particularly encouraged to apply. The University of Kansas is especially interested in hiring faculty members who can contribute to four key campus-wide strategic initiatives: (1) Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World; (2) Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures; (3) Building Communities, Expanding Opportunities; and (4) Harnessing Information, Multiplying Knowledge. For more information, see http://www.provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan/initiatives. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to https://employment.ku.edu/academic/1702BR or https://employment.ku.edu/academic-jobs and search by key word [THEORY]. A complete online application includes the following materials: cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, and the names, e-mail addresses, and contact information for three references. Applicants should arrange for electronic letters of reference to be sent to Professor H. Feldman, Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, kuheptheoryprof[AT]ku.edu. Initial review of applications will begin October 31, 2014 and will continue as long as needed to identify a qualified pool. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, retaliation, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the Universitys programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and is the Universitys Title IX Coordinator: the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA[AT]ku.edu, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.10. Lagrange Postdoc Fellowships - Institut Lagrange de Paris ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9786 Deadline: 2014-11-16 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 2015. The Lagrange Fellows will receive a salary according to experience, and generous travel, research, and visitor funds, for 2+1 years. The ILP unites research groups from the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, the Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et Hautes Energies, and the Laboratoire de Physique Theorique 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 maintains a lively visitors program and hosts regular workshops and conferences throughout the year. 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 ILP. The Lagrange fellows are 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, quantum field theory and quantum gravity. Detailed information about the Lagrange Institute, its members, its mission, and instructions on how to apply for a Lagrange Postdoc Fellowship can be found on the ILP website. All application materials including reference letters have to be received by the 16th of November, 2014 to guarantee full consideration. Included Benefits: The positions include comprehensive benefits packages such as transportation and lunch subsidies, medical insurance, maternity leave and retirement benefits. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.11. PhD position in general relativity at the University of Jena ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9791 Deadline: 2015-02-28 Location: Jena, Germany Additional Information: https://www.uni-jena.de/Universit%C3%A4t/Stellenmarkt/Wissenschaftliche+Mit… Contact: meinel[AT]tpi.uni-jena.de A PhD position in general relativity at the relativistic astrophysics group of the University of Jena (www.tpi.uni-jena.de/tiki-index.php?page=Relativistic%20Astrophysics) will be available from 1 April 2015. The research will focus on the rigorous solution of boundary and/or initial value problems of the Einstein and Einstein-Maxwell equations. Details of the job announcement can be found at www.uni-jena.de/Stellenmarkt.html (146/2014). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Hyperspace has moved to Frankfurt ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/09/25/hyperspace-has-moved-to-frank… Additional Information: The transfer over to Frankfurt has been completed and we have managed to avoid a downtime of the service. Two important changes have taken place. First, all members of the *mailing list* have been moved to a new list hosted at Frankfurt; all users have received information about the new passwords and will be unsubscribed from the old one in the near future. Second, for security reasons all members of the *web service* will need to update their passwords; this is easily done at http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword Again, sorry for any inconvenience this may have produced. Luciano Rezzolla ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. New books: Two Volumes from the Prague conference "Relativity and Gravitation---100 years after Einstein in Prague" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/09/25/new-books-two-volumes-from-th… Additional Information: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ax0qBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR5&lpg=PR5&… Relativity and Gravitation100 years after Einstein in Prague, was the name of the conference held in Prague on June 25-29, 2012, inspired by the title, date, and significance of the last of Einsteins Prague papers. The aim of the conference was to review the present status of the general theory of relativity (both classical and quantum) and its applications in cosmology and astrophysics from a broad perspective. The second aim was to present the newest results in each of these fields. The first volume "General Relativity, Cosmology and Astrophysics--Perspectives 100 years after Einstein's stay in Prague" (J. Bicak and T. Ledvinka eds.) is included in the Springer series Fundamental Theories of Physics, No. 177. The articles included in this Volume represent a broad and highly qualified view on the present state of general relativity, quantum gravity, and their cosmological and astrophysical implications. As such, it may serve as a valuable source of knowledge and inspiration for experts in these fields, as well as an advanced source of information for young researchers. The contents are divided into four broad parts: (i) Gravity and Prague, (ii) Classical General Relativity, (iii) Cosmology and Quantum Gravity, and (iv) Numerical Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics. Approaching soon the centenary of Einstein's famous theory, this volume offers a precious overview of the path done by the scientific community in this field in the last century, defining the challenges of the next 100 years. The second volume "Relativity and Gravitation--100 Years After Einstein in Prague", (J. Bicak and T. Ledvinka eds.) is included in the Springer Proceedings in Physics, No. 157. This volume includes abstracts of the plenary talks (contained in the first volume) and 82 full texts of contributed talks and articles based on the posters presented at the conference. These describe primarily original results of the authors from 31 countries. The contents are divided into three broad parts: (i) Classical General Relativity, (ii) Cosmology and Relativistic Astrophysics, and (iii) Quantum Fields and Quantum Gravity. The tables of contents, some sample pages and further information can be obtained from the following links: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ax0qBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR5&lpg=PR5&… http://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical,+mathematical+%26+computational… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. New book: "An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry: With Applications to Mechanics and Relativity", by L. Godinho and J. Natario ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9794 Additional Information: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Riemannian-Geometry-Applications-Univers… An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry: With Applications to Mechanics and Relativity (Universitext), by Leonor Godinho, Jose Natario Unlike many other texts on differential geometry, this textbook also offers interesting applications to geometric mechanics and general relativity. The first part is a concise and self-contained introduction to the basics of manifolds, differential forms, metrics and curvature. The second part studies applications to mechanics and relativity including the proofs of the Hawking and Penrose singularity theorems. It can be independently used for one-semester courses in either of these subjects. The main ideas are illustrated and further developed by numerous examples and over 300 exercises. Detailed solutions are provided for many of these exercises, making An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry ideal for self-study. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Major new reference work: Springer Handbook of Spacetime ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=9797 Additional Information: http://www.springer.com/physics/theoretical%2C+mathematical+%26+computation… Edited by Abhay Ashtekar and Vesselin Petkov, the long-awaited Springer Handbook of Spacetime is now available, also as an eBook. It is dedicated to the ground-breaking paradigm shifts embodied in the two relativity theories, and describes in detail the profound reshaping of physical sciences they ushered in. In a single volume it includes chapters on foundations, on the underlying mathematics, on physical and astrophysical implications, experimental evidence and cosmological predictions, as well as discussing efforts to unify general relativity and quantum physics. The Handbook can be used as a desk reference by researchers in a wide variety of fields, not only by specialists in relativity but also by researchers in related areas that either grew out of, or are deeply influenced by, the two relativity theories: cosmology, astronomy and astrophysics, high energy physics, quantum field theory, mathematics, and philosophy of science. It should also serve as a valuable resource for graduate students and young researchers entering these areas, and for instructors who teach courses on these subjects. The Handbook is divided into six parts: Part A: Introduction to Spacetime Structure. Part B: Foundational Issues. Part C: Spacetime Structure and Mathematics. Part D: Confronting Relativity theories with observations. Part E: General relativity and the universe. Part F: Spacetime beyond Einstein. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5. Read the NEW CQG Highlights of 2013-14 ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@GU: http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2014/10/01/read-the-new-cqg-highlights-o… Additional Information: http://j.mp/vrrUyh Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to present the Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) Highlights of 2013-14: http://j.mp/vrrUyh The Highlights articles are chosen by the Editorial Board as a selection of some of the best work published in the journal, based on criteria of interest, significance and novelty. The articles span the whole of CQGs subject scope and include focus issue articles and topical reviews in addition to regular papers. All of the Highlights articles are free to download until the end of 2015. As part of the promotion of the Highlights we produce an annual Highlights brochure which contains further information about journal activity including forthcoming special issues and prize sponsorships. The brochure will be available at several gravitational physics conferences in 2015 so be sure to pick up a copy. I hope you enjoy browsing this collection of articles and I invite you to submit your next article to CQG: http://j.mp/1f1k9Ks Kind regards, Ben Sheard Publishing Editor, Classical and Quantum Gravity P.S. Follow CQGs companion website, CQG+, for insights into the latest high quality content in the journal: http://j.mp/1m1pyGZ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Hyperspace-list] move of the hyperspace mailing list to a server in Frankfurt
by Luciano Rezzolla 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Dear all, as a result of the move of hyperspace to the University of Frankfurt (see http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/) you have received an email notifying that you have been subscribed to a new mailing list. The mailing list, despite the text in the email, is actually operating in Frankfurt. The message wa genuine and not spam. Please save this email for future access to the list; in the coming days you will also receive an email from the server at the AEI unsubscribing you from the old list. As always, on October 2nd you will receive the monthly bulletin from hyperspace. Sorry for any inconvenience that the move may have created. Luciano

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

02 Sep '14

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Dark Side of the Universe 2014 (DSU2014), 2nd announcement 1.2. Jerusalem winter school - 100 Years to General Relativity 1.3. The Fourteenth Marcel Grossman Meeting Rome, Italy, July 12-18, 2015 1.4. Mini-Workshop on Relativistic Positioning Systems, Noordwijk, Netherlands 1.5. Towards gravitational wave astronomy: data analysis techniques and challenges, London 2. Jobs 2.1. Research Fellow in Fundamental Physics in Advanced Concepts Team, ESA 2.2. ESA Research Fellowships in Space Science 2.3. Burke Fellows in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Caltech 3. News 3.1. Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge, summer highlights, online presentations and pictures 3.2. LIGO Laboratory and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration release 2 years of data from their Fifth Science Run 3.3. Living Reviews in Relativity: Massive Gravity / "Time-Delay Interferometry" 3.4. Hyperspace moves to Frankfurt ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Dark Side of the Universe 2014 (DSU2014), 2nd announcement --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9578 Starting: 2014-11-17 to 2014-11-21 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Additional Information: www.acgc.uct.ac.za/dsu2014 Contact: peter.dunsby[AT]uct.ac.za Dear Colleague, Here is the second announcement for the 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 Speakers include (this will be updated on the website). G. Bertone (University of Amsterdam), C. Bonvin (Cambridge University), C. de Rham (Case Western Reserve University), R. Dave (University of the Western Cape), R. Durrer (University of Geneva), G. Ellis (University of Cape Town), J. Kneib (EPFL), O. Lahav (University College London), S. Matarrese (Padova University) - TBC, T. Medupe (University of the North West), K. Moodley (University of KwaZulu Natal), P. Patel (University of the Western Cape), S. Razzaque (University of Johannesburg), G. Starkmann (Case Western Reserve University), J-P. Uzan (IHP, IAP), C. Wetterich (University of Heidelberg). 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 (São Paulo University, 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 (SAGS) 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. You can also register for SAGS at http://math.ukzn.ac.za/~sags2014 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Jerusalem winter school - 100 Years to General Relativity --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9586 Starting: 2014-12-28 to 2015-01-07 Location: Jerusalem Additional Information: http://www.as.huji.ac.il/schools/phys32 Contact: barak_kol[AT]phys.huji.ac.il The 32nd Winter School in Theoretical Physics is titled "100 Years to General Relativity: From Theory to Experiment and Back." Speakers include: Arkani-Hamed, Bekenstein*, Damour, Gibbons, Gross, Maldacena, Mukhanov, Nicolai, Peebles, Polchinski, Thorne and Van Raamsdonk*. * to be confirmed +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. The Fourteenth Marcel Grossman Meeting Rome, Italy, July 12-18, 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9605 Starting: 2014-07-12 to 2014-07-18 Location: Jerusalem Additional Information: http://www.icra.it/MG/mg14/ Contact: barak_kol[AT]phys.huji.ac.il The Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting will be held in Rome, Italy, at the University of Rome La Sapienza, July 12-18, 2015.Since 1975, the Marcel Grossman Meetings have been organized in order to provide opportunities for discussing recent advances in gravitation, general relativity and relativistic field theories, emphasizing mathematical foundations, physical predictions and experimental tests. The objective of these meetings is to elicit exchange among scientists that may deepen our understanding of space-time structures as well as to review the status of ongoing experiments aimed at testing Einsteins theory of gravitation either from the ground or from space. Previous meetings have been held in Trieste (1975) and (1979), Shanghai (1982), Rome (1985), Perth (1988), Kyoto (1991), Stanford (1994), Jerusalem (1997), Rome (2000), Rio (2003), Berlin (2006), Paris (2009) and Stockholm (2012). Interested scientists should address a member from any one of the organizing commi ttees or the conference secretariat. This edition of the Marcel Grossmann Meeting marks the 100th anniversary of the Einstein equations and celebrates the International Year of Light 2015 organized by UNESCO and with the Golden Jubilee of Relativistic Astrophysics, all of which will be celebrated by MG14 and other satellite meetings (soon announced). The meeting poster is ready and can be downloaded at: http://www.icra.it/mg/mg14/MG14_poster.pdf The planning of the scientific program is in progress, with the renewal of selected past parallel sessions and the introduction of new ones. Website: http://www.icra.it/MG/mg14/ email: mg14(a)icra.it +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. Mini-Workshop on Relativistic Positioning Systems, Noordwijk, Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9613 Starting: 2014-09-25 to 2014-09-25 Location: ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/events/workshops/ws_2014_Sept_25.html Contact: anna.heffernan[AT]esa.int The Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency is organising a mini-workshop on relativistic positioning systems at ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands. The workshop will showcase the recent results of the ESA PECS project as well as those of the RPS research community and their applications to space. There is no registration fee and participants are invited to give presentations on their current research. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Towards gravitational wave astronomy: data analysis techniques and challenges, London --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9618 Starting: 2014-12-12 to 2014-12-12 Location: Royal Astronomical Society, London, UK Additional Information: http://tinyurl.com/RAS-Towards-GW-Astronomy Contact: matthew.pitkin[AT]glasgow.ac.uk The next few years promise to be exciting ones for the field of gravitational wave astronomy: ground-based gravitational wave detectors will begin taking data at unprecedented sensitivities; pulsar timing arrays are continuing to improve their timing accuracy; and several experiments are studying the cosmic microwave background polarisation in great detail. Together, these methods are probing a huge range of the gravitational wave spectrum, and detections will offer a wealth of new information on compact binaries, supermassive black holes, and general relativity in extreme environments from the early universe to black hole mergers. Exploiting the datasets provided by these cutting edge observations has spurred the development of novel data analysis methods to understand gravitational wave sources. This Royal Astronomical Society discussion meeting will bring together researchers from these diverse areas to encourage the sharing of techniques and foster further collaboration within the data analysis community. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Research Fellow in Fundamental Physics in Advanced Concepts Team, ESA ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9593 Deadline: 2014-09-09 Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands Additional Information: http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/opportunities/open_rf.html Contact: act[AT]esa.int Internal Research Fellow (Post-doc) in Fundamental Physics ESA - European Space Agency Noordwijk, Netherlands The European Space Agency's Advanced Concepts Team is looking for a highly motivated young researcher in the field of Fundamental Physics. TEAM The Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) is a group of research fellows (post-docs) and young graduates who originate from a broad variety of academic fields and aim at an academic career. Its task is to monitor, perform and foster research on advanced space systems, innovative concepts and working methods. It interacts externally almost exclusively with academia and operates as a truly interdisciplinary team bound to high scientific standards. Via its research, the team acts as a cross-departmental pathfinder to explore novel, potentially promising areas for ESA and the space sector, ranging from applied to basic fundamental research topics. An important task of the team is to communicate scientific trends and results, as input to the strategic planning of the Agency. RESEARCH FIELD The team has been active in the field of fundamental physics since 2004 with the overall objective to assess the impact of new ideas in physics on the space sector. The scope of its research spans from relativity (testing Einstein gravity,? relativistic positioning systems, black hole physics,?non negligible relativistic effects, metamaterial design (optical, acoustic), quantum theories (entanglement and other quantum paradoxes, vacuum energy, Casimir effect) to advanced propulsion concepts. Candidates are highly encouraged to get familiar with the research done in this field by the team as well as on the overall research of the ACT and the main activities lines of ESA. DUTIES AND TASKS The successful candidate will carry out research in the field of fundamental physics. Areas of research are partly chosen by the successful candidate based on his/her own expert judgements and insight into trends and developments, partly chosen by the team as to follow strategic directions of the Agency. Scientifically she/he will in particular: Propose and perform research in the field of physics, where appropriate together with universities of ESA Member States (in particular through the Ariadna programme); Assess and investigate concepts and effects, either current or foreseen, derived from novel theoretical or experimental discoveries in physics for their potential application and use in space systems; Follow and monitor the progress of research in areas of physics of interest to the team in order to derive and report strategic trends; Critically assess ideas and concepts for space systems relying on methods or phenomena of the area of fundamental physics that are brought to the attention of the ACT. As ACT researcher, she/he will: Publish results in peer-reviewed publications and use modern communication tools to communicate with broader audience inside and outside ESA; Lead and assist interdisciplinary projects with other ACT Research Fellows and Young Graduate Trainees; Participate together with the team in the assessment of proposed space system concepts - these not being restricted only to advanced energy systems - and propose new concepts and assessment studies; and Perform and participate in assessments on subjects of strategic interest of ESA, provide in-house expertise to strategy development and ESAs General Studies Programme. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Required academic qualifications: a degree in physics, mathematics or equivalent; PhD (completed before take up of duty) in Physics, subject of the thesis being relevant to the description of the tasks outlined above and aim at an academic/research career. Additional Requirements: interest in space science and technology; ability for and interest in prospective interdisciplinary research; aptitude to contextualise specialised areas of research and quickly assess their potential with respect to other domains and applications; academic networking to add functioning links to universities and research institutes; ability to work in a team, while being able to work individually and autonomously regarding his/her own personal research plans and directions; natural curiosity and a passion for new subjects and research areas; good methodological and organisation skills. knowledge of English and/or French, the working languages of the Agency. A good proficiency in English is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset. More information: http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/opportunities/open_rf.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. ESA Research Fellowships in Space Science ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9597 Deadline: 2014-10-01 Location: Noordwijk, NL and Madrid, Spain Additional Information: http://cosmos.esa.int/fellowship Contact: fellowship[AT]cosmos.esa.int ESA Postdoctoral Fellowships in Space Science The European Space Agency awards several postdoctoral fellowships each year. The aim of these fellowships is to provide young scientists, holding a PhD or the equivalent degree, with the means of performing space science research in fields related to the ESA Science and Robotic Exploration Programmes. Areas of research include planetary science, astronomy and astrophysics, solar and solar-terrestrial science, plasma physics and fundamental physics. The fellowships have a duration of two years and are tenable at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, Netherlands, or at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Applications are now solicited for fellowships in space science to begin in the fall of 2015. Preference will be given to applications submitted by candidates within five years of receiving their PhD. Candidates not holding a PhD yet are encouraged to apply, but they must provide evidence of receiving their degree before starting the fellowship. ESA fellows are enrolled in ESA's Social Security Scheme, which covers medical expenses, invalidity and death benefits. A monthly deduction covers these short-term and long-term risks. The deadline for applications is 1 October 2014. More information on the ESA Research Fellowship programme in Space Science, on the conditions and eligibility, as well as the application form can be found on the world-wide web at this address: http://cosmos.esa.int/fellowship Questions on the scientific aspects of the ESA Fellowship in Space Science not answered in the above pages can be sent by e-mail to the fellowship coordinators, Dr. Oliver Jennrich or Dr. Matteo Guianazzi, at the address fellowship[AT]cosmos.esa.int +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. Burke Fellows in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Caltech ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/08/19/burke-fellows-in-theoretical-physic… Deadline: 2014-11-15 Location: Pasadena, CA, USA Additional Information: http://burkeinstitute.caltech.edu/Apply/BurkeFellowship Contact: cott[AT]tapir.caltech.edu The Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) solicits applications for its inaugural Burke Fellowship program. The Burke Fellowship offers an opportunity for outstanding recent and new Ph.D. recipients to perform research at Caltech for three years. They are selected by a faculty committee representing all areas of theoretical physics and astrophysics at Caltech and are provided with: * Independence in research direction within theoretical physics and astrophysics (including but not limited to theoretical astrophysics/cosmology, condensed matter theory, general relativity, particle/string theory, physical mathematics, and quantum information), * faculty mentorship and activities organized by the Burke Institute to promote scientific exchanges and professional growth, and * a competitive annual stipend/salary and an annual research fund. The Burke Fellowship program significantly expands and strengthens the existing Prize Fellowship program at Caltech. The Prize Fellowship program has been successful with over 95 percent of the more than 120 former fellows holding distinguished academic positions. We encourage all candidates to apply by November 15, 2014. Applicants should submit curriculum vitae (with email address and citizenship), a statement of research interests, and a list of publications at http://burkeinstitute.caltech.edu/Apply/BurkeFellowship. Applicants should also ensure that at least three letters of reference are submitted on their behalf to the website. Burke Fellowship applicants will automatically be considered for other available postdoctoral positions. Caltech is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, Veterans and Disabled Persons are encouraged to apply. Email inquiries regarding the application process may be sent to nell_at_caltech.edu. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge, summer highlights, online presentations and pictures ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/08/04/ecole-internationale-dastrophysique… Additional Information: http://chalonge.obspm.fr Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge HIGHLIGHTS of the COLLOQUIUM OF THE 18TH PARIS COSMOLOGY COLLOQUIUM CHALONGE 2014: CMB Observations and its implications for Cosmology: A Status Report . Polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background: Toward an Observational Proof of Cosmic Inflation. Beyond the Power Spectrum: Cosmology with Spectral Distortions and the PIXIE mission. Fermionic Warm Dark Matter and the Thomas-Fermi galaxy structure theory. Cosmological and astrophysical signatures of Warm Dark Matter. Galaxy Structure Observations and Cored Density Profiles. Changing Direction It is Time for Warm Dark Matter X-ray and Phase Space Density Constraints on the Properties of the Dark Matter Particle. The Fertile Phenomenology of Sterile Neutrinos. Gravitational lensing in Warm Dark Matter cosmology: the cross section for giant arcs. Cosmology with Gaia. The dusty universe unveiled by Herschel. High energy sources in the epoch of reionization of the Universe Synergies between CMB and SKA radio observations. Observational overview on galaxy formation and evolution. Neutrino masses, phases and m ixings: Theory vs. Experiments. A Status Report. Absolute scale of the active neutrino mass and the search of sterile neutrinos at the KATRIN experiment The tensor to scalar ratio and large scale power suppression from fast- roll initial conditions Warm Dark Matter Cosmology and Galaxy Theory in agreement with observations. New Results. Open Session. Panel Discussion on BICEP2. Cosmology Now and Tomorrow. The James Webb Space Telescope and the First Light . ON LINE PRESENTATIONS and POSTER presented by student Hareth Mahdi are available here: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme_Paris2014.html Peter BIERMANN, Daniel BOYANOVSKY, Carlo BURIGANA, Christopher CONSELICE, Asantha COORAY, Hector DE VEGA, Gianluigi FOGLI, Gerard GILMORE, Alan KOGUT, Eiichiro KOMATSU, Anthony LASENBY, Hareh MAHDI, Felix MIRABEL, Paolo SALUCCI, Norma SANCHEZ, George SMOOT, Casey WATSON, Christian WEINHEIMER, Rogier WINDHORST ALBUM of PICTURES capturing moments of the stimulating atmosphere created by all lecturers and participants is available here: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/album2014/index.html ON LINE PROGRAMME 2014 and SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND is available here: http://chalonge.obspm.fr/Programme2014.html http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2014.html PRE VIEW 2014-2015: - 27-28 November 2014: Concluding Session and Chalonge Programme 2015 - The Chalonge WDM Meudon Workshop 2015 - The 19th Paris Cosmology Colloquium Chalonge 2015 and more events ------------------------------------------------------------ We look forward to welcome you in the next meetings of this series With Compliments and kind regards Norma G Sanchez , Hector J. de Vega and the Chalonge School Team http://chalonge.obspm.fr ------------------------------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. LIGO Laboratory and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration release 2 years of data from their Fifth Science Run ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9620 Additional Information: http://www.ligo.org/news/s5-data-release.php The LIGO Laboratory and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) announces the public release of two years of data taken by the three LIGO gravitational-wave detectors the during its fifth science run, 2005-2007 (S5). The full announcement is at http://www.ligo.org/news/s5-data-release.php and the data is released at https://losc.ligo.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Living Reviews in Relativity: Massive Gravity / "Time-Delay Interferometry" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/08/25/living-reviews-in-relativity-massiv… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-7 Living Reviews in Relativity recently published two new articles: a major update of the review on Time-Delay Interferometry by Massimo Tinto and Sanjeev V. Dhurandhar and a new article on Massive Gravity by Claudia de Rham. Please find the abstracts and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2014-7 de Rham, Claudia "Massive Gravity" ACCEPTED: 2014-07-18 PUBLISHED: 2014-08-25 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-7 ABSTRACT: We review recent progress in massive gravity. We start by showing how different theories of massive gravity emerge from a higher-dimensional theory of general relativity, leading to the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati model (DGP), cascading gravity and ghost-free massive gravity. We then explore their theoretical and phenomenological consistency, proving the absence of Boulware-Deser ghosts and reviewing the Vainshtein mechanism and the cosmological solutions in these models. Finally, we present alternative and related models of massive gravity such as new massive gravity, Lorentz-violating massive gravity and non-local massive gravity. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2014-6 Tinto, Massimo and Dhurandhar, Sanjeev V. "Time-Delay Interferometry" ACCEPTED: 2014-07-28 PUBLISHED: 2014-08-05 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-6 ABSTRACT: Equal-arm detectors of gravitational radiation allow phase measurements many orders of magnitude below the intrinsic phase stability of the laser injecting light into their arms. This is because the noise in the laser light is common to both arms, experiencing exactly the same delay, and thus cancels when it is differenced at the photo detector. In this situation, much lower level secondary noises then set the overall performance. If, however, the two arms have different lengths (as will necessarily be the case with space-borne interferometers), the laser noise experiences different delays in the two arms and will hence not directly cancel at the detector. In order to solve this problem, a technique involving heterodyne interferometry with unequal arm lengths and independent phase-difference readouts has been proposed. It relies on properly time-shifting and linearly combining independent Doppler measurements, and for this reason it has been called time-delay interferometry ( TDI). This article provides an overview of the theory, mathematical foundations, and experimental aspects associated with the implementation of TDI. Although emphasis on the application of TDI to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission appears throughout this article, TDI can be incorporated into the design of any future space-based mission aiming to search for gravitational waves via interferometric measurements. We have purposely left out all theoretical aspects that data analysts will need to account for when analyzing the TDI data combinations. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. Hyperspace moves to Frankfurt ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/09/02/hyperspace-move-to-frankfurt/ Additional Information: Hyperspace will move to Frankfurt as a result of my move to the Goethe University. Users will not see any difference in behaviour or use, but the service may be suspended for one day or two as the move takes place (likely in one week time). Any pending post or subscription will be made public as soon as the new server is online. The next bulletin will be sent as usual (Oct. 2nd). I apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Luciano Rezzolla ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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

02 Aug '14

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. Testing Gravity 2015, Vancouver 1.2. Third Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry 1.3. A Century of General Relativity, Berlin 1.4. 24th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan (JGRG24) 1.5. 100 Years of General Relativity, Penn State 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc at Univ of Zululand 2.2. Academic Opportunities in the School of Mathematical Sciences - Level B/C/D/E Monash University 2.3. PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton 2.4. PhD Fellowships in Physics at the University of Trento 2.5. Riemann Fellowship at Leibniz Universitaet Hannover 2.6. Postdoctoral position in multimessenger astrophysics at the University of Pisa 3. News 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: "On the History of Unified Field Theories. Part II" ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. Testing Gravity 2015, Vancouver --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9530 Starting: 2015-01-15 to 2015-01-17 Location: Vancouver, Canada Additional Information: http://www.sfu.ca/physics/cosmology/TestingGravity2015/ Contact: testing-gravity-2015[AT]sfu.ca We are organizing a 3 day workshop at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver, January 15-17, 2015, on various ways of testing gravity - cosmological, astrophysical and terrestrial. The workshop will bring together experimentalists, observers and theorists, with a mixture of invited and contributed talks, and plenty of time for discussions. Topics will include - Pulsars, black holes and other astrophysical tests - Gravitational wave detectors - Terrestrial tests, gravity on short distances - Cosmological probes - CMB, 21cm, redshift surveys, weak lensing - Modified gravity theories - Model-independent frameworks for testing gravity Because the meeting deals with the overlap between all these different research areas, we plan a 1-day school on Wednesday, January 14, as an option for people who would like to catch up to speed on areas outside their normal research focus. Testing Gravity is a topical theme, in part because of the growing interest in modified gravity theories motivated by the unexplained nature of dark matter and dark energy, and in part by improving technologies that open opportunities for new types of tests. We hope that you will consider coming to our workshop and will appreciate if you forward this announcement to your colleagues, including postdocs and graduate students. The registration for the workshop and the school is now open and available via the workshop website: http://www.sfu.ca/physics/cosmology/TestingGravity2015/ Travel advice and local information will appear soon. Sincerely, The Scientific Organizing Committee: Andrei Frolov, Makoto Fujiwara, Ruediger Picker, Levon Pogosian, Maxim Pospelov, Dimitrios Psaltis and Douglas Scott +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. Third Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/07/09/third-erlangen-fall-school-on-quant… Starting: 2014-09-15 to 2014-09-18 Location: Erlangen, Germany Additional Information: https://www.algeo.math.fau.de/people/kulzer-johanna/tft0/fall-school.html Contact: kulzer[AT]math.fau.de The Erlangen Fall Schools on Quantum Geometry are a series of interdisciplinary schools on mathematical physics topics surrounding geometry and quantisation. They address postdocs and PhD students from both subjects and aim to provide an overview as well as an in-depth understanding of current research topics at the interface of mathematics and physics. The Third Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry involves three intensive lecture series on: Teichmüller Theory (Vladimir Fock, Université de Strasbourg, IRMA) Deformations of Operator Algebras and the Construction of Quantum Field Theories (Gandalf Lechner, Universität Leipzig) Geometric Quantization (Gijs Tuynman, Université Lille 1) Each lecture series consists of approximately 6 hours of lectures as well as problem and discussion sessions. They are aimed at a mixed audience of mathematicians and physicists and are accessible to PhD students and postdocs. Participants should register on the school's registration page https://www.algeo.math.fau.de/people/kulzer-johanna/tft0/registration.html by July 31 2014. There is a limited amount of funding to provide financial support to PhD students and young researchers. If you require funding to cover your travel and/or acomodation cost, please indicate so on the registration form. Conference secretary: Johanna Kulzer, Department Mathematik, FAU, Cauerstrasse 11, 91058 Erlangen, Germany, Tel: 0049 9131 85 67035, Fax: 0049 9131 85 67036, For more details see: https://www.algeo.math.fau.de/people/kulzer-johanna/tft0/fall-school.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. A Century of General Relativity, Berlin --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/07/18/a-century-of-general-relativity/ Starting: 2015-11-30 to 2015-12-05 Location: Berlin, Germany Additional Information: http://www.aei.mpg.de/1569589/A_Century_of_General_Relativity Contact: ute.schlichting[AT]aei.mpg.de The Max Planck Institutes for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) and the History of Science, along with the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation, jointly announce a meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein's full formulation of the theory of general relativity. The meeting will take place from Monday November 30 until Saturday December 5, 2015, and it will be held at the Harnack House in Berlin. The first part of the meeting will consist of reviews of current research frontiers in physics and astronomy that are impacted by general relativity. The second part will consist of an historical examination of the development of the theory and its integration into mainstream physics. Further details will be announced in the Autumn of 2014. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. 24th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan (JGRG24) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9543 Starting: 2014-11-10 to 2014-11-14 Location: Kashiwa City, Japan Additional Information: http://indico.ipmu.jp/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=36 Contact: jgrg24-loc[AT]ipmu.jp Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce that the 24th workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation (JGRG24) will be held at Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo. This is one of a series of JGRG workshops held in Japan every year since 1991, which has provided a place where people can exchange new ideas and pursue future trends in our research. The workshop will cover a wide area of research related to general relativity. The list of invited speakers: Francois Bouchet (IAP, Planck) Claudia de Rham (Case Western) Raffaele Flaminio (NAOJ, KAGRA) Steven Gubser (Princeton) Jonathan C McKinney (Maryland) Hitoshi Murayama (Berkeley/Kavli IPMU, SuMIRe) Andrzej Rostworowski (Jagiellonian) Leonardo Senatore (Stanford) Mark Vagins (Kavli IPMU, Super-Kamiokande) Shigeru Yoshida (Chiba, IceCube) The registration is open at the conference web site. The deadline is the 21st of Sep, 2014. If you would like to make either oral or poster presentation, please send us the title and the abstract by email to jgrg24-loc(at)ipmu.jp after registration. Unfortunately, we will be able to provide financial support to only a limited number of applicants. Priority may be given to Ph.D students and researchers who do not have their own research grant. For further information, please visit our web site at: URL: http://indico.ipmu.jp/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=36 SOC: H. Asada, T. Chiba, T. Harada, K. Ioka, H. Ishihara, M. Kawasaki, H. Kodama, Y. Kojima, K. Maeda, S. Mukohyama, T. Nakamura, K. Nakao, Y. Nambu, K. Oohara, M. Sasaki, M. Shibata, T. Shiromizu, J. Soda, N. Sugiyama, T. Tanaka, M. Yamaguchi, J. Yokoyama LOC: T. Fujita, S. Mukohyama, R. Namba, R. Saitou Inquiries to: jgrg24-loc(at)ipmu.jp Shinji Mukohyama +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. 100 Years of General Relativity, Penn State --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/07/31/100-yeats-of-general-relativity/ Starting: 2015-06-07 to 2015-06-12 Location: University Park, PA, USA Additional Information: http://event.gravity.psu.edu/index.shtml Contact: rxh1[AT]psu.edu Second Announcement An international conference to celebrate 100 years of general relativity, entitled General Relativity and Gravitation: A Centennial Perspective will be held at the University Park campus of Penn State from Sunday, June 7 through Friday, June 12, 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. 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. Registration is now open at the conference website: http://event.gravity.psu.edu/index.shtml The regular registration fee is $150 with a student rate of $75 and the accompanying guest rate of $50. This fee includes all social events including the banquet. Early registration is strongly recommended since the total number of participants is limited because of the capacity of the main auditorium. Scientific Structure of the Conference The scientific program has a dual goal: To assess the current status of our field in broad terms, and discuss future directions. Therefore the plenary part of the conference will feature invited talks on various areas as well as perspective sessions in which 3-4 panelists will share their vision on a single theme. The invited talks will consist of broad overviews summarizing major developments over the past 2-3 decades. The perspective sessions will feature topics such as Future Technologies in Gravitational Wave Physics; Frontiers of Relativistic Astrophysics; The Next Decade in Cosmology; Future Directions in Computational Gravity; and, Gravity Meets the Quantum. Parallel sessions will be divided into four themes following the tradition of the GRn conferences of the ISGRG: 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. Some sessions will be dedicated to the interface between these areas. There will also be a special Poster Session one afternoon featuring not only contributed presentations but also posters summarizing the invited talks at parallel sessions for the benefit of the participants who could not attend those specific sessions. General Information The conference will offer ample opportunities for informal discussions and social interactions. There will be a welcome reception in the evening on Sunday, June 7, a poster session (with refreshments) in the afternoon on Tuesday, June 9 and a conference banquet on Thursday, June 11. The conference will end late afternoon on Friday, June 12. 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. University Park/State College is also within easy driving distance (approximately 2-4 hours) from Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington DC. A block of rooms has been reserved at local hotels and again, early reservations are strongly recommended. Please see the conference web-page for further information. Local Organization Committee: Eugenio Bianchi (Co-Chair), Chad Hanna (Co-Chair), Abhay Ashtekar, Martin Bojowald, Randi Neshteruk, Ben Owen Scientific Organization Committee: Abhay Ashtekar (Chair), Beverly Berger, John Friedman, James Isenberg, Malcolm MaCCallum, Peter Saulson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc at Univ of Zululand ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9516 Deadline: 2014-08-15 Location: Kwa-Dlangezwa, South Africa Additional Information: http://www.unizulu.ac.za/call-for-applications-postdoctoral-research-fellow… Contact: BeeshamA[AT]unizulu.ac.za The University of Zululand invites applications for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships positions in any of its academic departments with suitable mentorship expertise. The Fellowships are valued at R240 000 pa and will be tenable for a period of TWO years, starting as soon as possible. The Fellowships are intended to enhance the intellectual environment at the University and to provide opportunities in diverse fields for recent doctoral graduates to develop their research skills and prepare them for an academic career. The University is located north of the uTugela River in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. The region provides diverse research opportunities and the University is in close proximity to people in rural areas, commercial farmers, an industrial hub, a world heritage site and two countries in the SADC region. Although this invitation extends to all research fields, and an attempt will be made to ensure intellectual diversity in the appointments, the University particularly interested in attracting persons whose research could impact upon the region in which it is situated. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Academic Opportunities in the School of Mathematical Sciences - Level B/C/D/E Monash University ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9519 Deadline: 2014-08-24 Location: Melbourne, Australia Additional Information: http://jobs.monash.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=524967&sReferrer=home&lApp… Contact: sci-maths-jobs[AT]monash.edu Over the years Monash has built a strong reputation in Mathematics and, following the relocation of some of the more applied research areas, the School of Mathematics is embarking on a unique expansion across broad areas of Mathematics. The 15 appointments to be made in the next two years will be at all levels with at least four of the positions at Level E. Outstanding candidates in all areas of Mathematics are invited to apply for the posts. We expect to make appointments in algebra, analysis, applied analysis, and pde's (theoretical and computational), but appointments in other areas will be made. Some of the appointments will further build our research in mathematical biology, mathematical finance, and nonlinear dynamics with engineering applications. Appointments that consolidate our existing strength in combinatorics, operations research, mathematical statistics and hydrodynamics will be considered. Successful candidates at Level E will be expected to take a leadership role and be involved with recruitment at lower levels. All candidates will be expected to have outstanding research records and help our drive for excellence across the school. The school recognises the need for a strong Mathematical underpinning of research in many schools across the campus and is committed to delivering outstanding Mathematics teaching across the campus. These roles are full-time positions; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated. Your application must address the selection criteria. Enquiries: sci-maths-jobs[AT]monash.edu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.3. PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9520 Deadline: 2014-08-31 Location: Southampton, UK Additional Information: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/research_degrees/apply.page Contact: leor[AT]soton.ac.uk Applications are invited for a PhD Fellowship 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 duration of 3 years, starting in October 2014. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Leor Barack on the problem of orbital dynamics 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 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 31 August 2014, but 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", "Full Time" 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. Please also email a copy of your CV directly to leor[at]soton.ac.uk. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.4. PhD Fellowships in Physics at the University of Trento ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/07/20/phd-fellowships-in-physics-at-the-u… Deadline: 2014-09-11 Location: Trento, Italy Additional Information: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/1940/announcement-of-selection Contact: bruno.giacomazzo[AT]unitn.it The Physics department at the University of Trento invites applications for PhD fellowships starting in November 2014. 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://web.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 Masters 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 2014. 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 11 2014 at 4 pm Italian time. The selection will be based on the curriculum of the candidate and on an oral exam (candidates permanently residing abroad by the date of the oral exam may take the exam by phone or videoconference in their country of residence). More information about the application process can be found here: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/1940/announcement-of-selection +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.5. Riemann Fellowship at Leibniz Universitaet Hannover ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/07/22/riemann-fellowship-at-leibniz-unive… Deadline: 2014-12-31 Location: Hannover, Germany Additional Information: http://riemanncenter.de/fellowships.html Contact: riemann[AT]maphy.uni-hannover.de We are offering several Riemann Fellowships to mathematicians and theoretical physicists early in their postdoctoral career who are interested in participating in the research activities of any of the groups involved in the Riemann Center, for a period of up to four months. Salaries amount to about 2000 Euro per month after deductions and may require some mild teaching duties. The Riemann Center will assist with housing and other organizational issues concerning the visit. Applications can be sent at any time and will be considered as fellowships become available. Please send your application including a CV, publication list and a cover letter stating the intended period of stay and research group preference either electronically to riemann(at)maphy.uni-hannover.de or by mail to Riemann Center for Geometry and Physics Leibniz Universitaet Hannover Appelstrasse 2 30167 Hannover Germany +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.6. Postdoctoral position in multimessenger astrophysics at the University of Pisa ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/08/01/postdoctoral-position-in-multimesse… Deadline: 2014-08-29 Location: Pisa, Italy Additional Information: http://www.df.unipi.it/~razzano/firb2012/postdocgwpi2014.pdf Contact: massimiliano.razzano[AT]pi.infn.it A two-year postdoctoral position at the University of Pisa on multimessenger astrophysics is avilable. This position has been opened in the context of the 2012 FIRB Grant `New perspectives on the violent Universe: unveiling the physics of compact objects with joint observations of gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation' awarded to Marica Branchesi (University of Urbino), Michela Mapelli (INAF Padova) and Massimiliano Razzano (University of Pisa). We invite applications in the area of multimessenger astrophysics, focusing on the study of the gravitational waves from pulsars and other astrophysical sources. The position is expected to begin in October/November 2014, and the deadline for the application is August 29th, 2014. More information can be found at: http://www.df.unipi.it/~razzano/firb2012/postdocgwpi2014.pdf and the details on the application procedure at: http://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/2014/fisica/29ago2014/index.htm http://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/2014/fisica/29ago2014/inglese.r... (announcement in english) Title: "Study and development of data analysis techniques for gravitational wave signals from pulsars and other sources of astrophysical interest" For more details you are very welcome to contact massimiliano.razzano[AT]pi.infn.it +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Living Reviews in Relativity: "On the History of Unified Field Theories. Part II" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/07/11/living-reviews-in-relativity-on-the… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-5 Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on "On the History of Unified Field Theories. Part II (ca. 1930 - ca. 1965)" by Hubert F. M. Goenner on 23 June 2014. Please find the abstract and further details below. ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2014-5 Goenner, Hubert F. M. "On the History of Unified Field Theories. Part II (ca. 1930 - ca. 1965)" ACCEPTED: 2014-05-13 PUBLISHED: 2014-06-23 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-5 ABSTRACT: The present review intends to provide an overall picture of the research concerning classical unified field theory, worldwide, in the decades between the mid-1930 and mid-1960. Main themes are the conceptual and methodical development of the field, the interaction among the scientists working in it, their opinions and interpretations. Next to the most prominent players, A. Einstein and E. Schrodinger, V. Hlavaty and the French groups around A. Lichnerowicz, M.-A. Tonnelat, and Y. Thiry are presented. It is shown that they have given contributions of comparable importance. The review also includes a few sections on the fringes of the central topic like Born-Infeld electromagnetic theory or scalar-tensor theory. Some comments on the structure and organization of research-groups are also made. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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by hyperspace＠aei.mpg.de 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

########################################## Table of Contents ########################################### 1. Conferences 1.1. 1st Scientific ICRANet Meeting in Armenia Black Holes: the largest energy sources in the universe - Program 1.2. NARDA 2014, Fullerton 1.3. NEB16: Recent Developments in Gravity - GR@GR (2nd announcement) 1.4. XXI SIGRAV Conference on General Relativity and Gravitational Physics, Alessandria 1.5. Probing the fundamental nature of spacetime with the Renormalization Group, Stockholm 1.6. IUCSS Workshop on Gravitational Tests of Lorentz Invariance, Bloomington 2. Jobs 2.1. Postdoc Position in Theoretical Physics, Oldenburg 2.2. Post-doctoral Fellowship at School of Physics, IISER-TVM 3. News 3.1. Galaxies: Special Issue "Advances in Gravitational Research" 3.2. Nominations open for the 2015 Einstein Prize 3.3. Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment" 3.4. David Radice awarded 2014 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize ============================================== 1. Conferences ============================================== 1.1. 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: marziomaria.cimini[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 <a href="http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/meetings/registration_armenia2014.htm">http://ntsrvg9-2.icra.it/meetings/registration_armenia2014.htm</a> 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: <a href="http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/prelimina…">http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/prelimina…</a> Please download the poster from: <a href="http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/Poster_Ar…">http://www.icranet.org/images/stories/Meetings/meetingArmenia2014/Poster_Ar…</a> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2. NARDA 2014, Fullerton --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9485 Starting: 2014-08-21 to 2014-08-22 Location: Fullerton, CA, USA Additional Information: http://physics.fullerton.edu/gwpac/news/169-narda-2014 Contact: jread[AT]fullerton.edu The 2014 Numerical and Analytical Relativity and Data Analysis (NARDA) Meeting will take place at California State University, Fullerton on August 21, 2014 - Friday, August 22, 2014. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together numerical relativists, analytic relativists, and gravitational-wave astronomers to discuss progress and challenges in gravitational-wave source modeling and data analysis in the advanced detector era. While there is no fee for the meeting, we ask that participants register so that we can allocate limited space for contributed talks. For more information, including travel, lodging, and registration, please see the meeting web page at http://physics.fullerton.edu/gwpac/news/169-narda-2014 Please email any questions to the organizers (glovelace at fullerton dot edu or jread at fullerton dot edu). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3. NEB16: Recent Developments in Gravity - GR@GR (2nd announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9489 Starting: 2014-09-17 to 2014-09-20 Location: Mykonos, Greece Additional Information: http://neb.hsrgc.gr/16/ Contact: gravitygreece[AT]gmail.com NEB16: Recent Developments in Gravity - GR@GR Mykonos, Greece 17-20 September 2014 http://neb.hsrgc.gr/16/ SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT The 16th NEB conference on Recent Developments in Gravity will be held in Mykonos, Greece, from the 17th to the 20th of September 2014. NEB16 is an international conference devoted to all aspects of Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology, which is organized every two years by the Hellenic Society for Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology. A list of previous conferences in the NEB series can be found at http://www.hsrgc.gr/activities.html. NEB16 will focus on recent developments in several areas: gravitational waves, relativistic astrophysics, alternative theories of gravity, mathematical relativity, relativistic cosmology and quantum gravity. The interdisciplinary character of the meeting is reflected in the list of confirmed invited speakers: L. Amendola (Heidelberg) L. Barack (Southampton) E. Bergshoeff (Groningen) M. Bojowald (Penn State) A. Calder (Stony Brook) V. Ferrari (Roma) V. Kalogera (Northwestern) J. Lattimer (Stony Brook) D. Lüst (LMU München) M. Maggiore (Geneva) D. Oriti (AEI) J. Pullin (Louisiana State) L. Rezzolla (Frankfurt/AEI) B. Schutz (AEI) M. Shibata (Kyoto) T. Sotiriou (Nottingham) The venue of the conference is Saint John Mykonos Hotel, a beach resort at Agios Ioannis bay, located 4 km from Mykonos Town. The organizing committee has arranged for special conference rates at Saint John Mykonos Hotel as well as at the nearby Petinos Hotel (there will be a shuttle taking conference participants to the main venue at the beginning and end of sessions). Further information on accommodation and travel can be found here: http://neb.hsrgc.gr/16/INFO/info.html. Please note that due to a high demand in accommodation and airline tickets, you are advised to book both the hotel and airline tickets as soon as possible. Registration and abstract submission can be done through: http://neb.hsrgc.gr/16/REGISTRATION/registration.html. The final abstract submission deadline for NEB16 is June 30th 2014. Soon after that, the official program will be announced. We are looking forward to meeting all interested participants in Mykonos this September! With our best regards, The Organising Committee T. Apostolatos (University of Athens) K. Kokkotas (University of Tuebingen) M. Sakellariadou (Kings College London, University of London) N. Stergioulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) E. Vagenas (Kuwait University) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4. XXI SIGRAV Conference on General Relativity and Gravitational Physics, Alessandria --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9493 Starting: 2014-09-15 to 2014-09-19 Location: Alessandria, Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy Additional Information: http://sigrav.na.infn.it/attivita/congresso-nazionale/xxi-congresso-sigrav-… Contact: mfdelaurentis[AT]tspu.edu.ru 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 25 invited plenary talks, and 4 shorter invited talks and a dozen of contributed talks for each of the three parallel workshops sessions: classical and quantum gravity, relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, 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 evening 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. Parallel Sessions During the scientific program the following parallel sessions will be organised Workshop A: Classical and quantum gravity Chairmen: Roberto Casadio, Lorenzo Fatibene Contact: WorkShopA[AT]sigrav.org Workshop B: Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology Chairmen: Antonaldo Diaferio, Alberto Vecchiato Contact: WorkShopB[AT]sigrav.org WorkShop C: Experimental Gravity Enrico Calloni, Giancarlo Cella Contact: WorkShowC[AT]sigrav.org Candidate contributors to workshops should contact organization at the above links. Fees and Deadlines: Fees include lunches, coffee breaks and welcome refreshment. Regular Eur 200, Students Eur. 100. Fees after July 31 Eur. 230. The registration fee is to be paid via bank transfer to: Società Italiana di Relatività Generale e Fisica della Gravitazione (SIGRAV) IBAN: IT84 S030 6901 0241 0000 0015 035 Istituto Bancario San Paolo-IMI di Torino, Ag. 24, Cso Turati 18, 10128 Torino Specifying: Registration fees for XXI SIGRAV, Alessandria Then send the payment receipt via mail to secretariat[AT]sigrav.org Only late registration fees can be paid cash on site in Alessandria. For information send an email to secretariat . Local Organizing Committee Paolo Aschieri (chair), Salvatore Capozziello, Leonardo Castellani (chair), Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Antonaldo Diaferio, Lorenzo Fatibene, Pietro Antonio Grassi. Scientific Committee Paolo Aschieri (chair), Carlo Bradaschia, Marco Bruni, Salvatore Capozziello, Mauro Carfora, Leonardo Castellani (chair), Eugenio Coccia, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Antonaldo Diaferio, Mariateresa Crosta, Lorenzo Fatibene, Valeria Ferrari, Pietro Fre, Alberto Lerda, Stefano Liberati, Luca Lusanna, Sabino Matarrese, Augusto Sagnotti, Luigi Stella, Leopoldo Milano, Gaetano Vilasi, Sergio Zerbini +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5. Probing the fundamental nature of spacetime with the Renormalization Group, Stockholm --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9508 Starting: 2015-03-23 to 2015-03-27 Location: Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden Additional Information: http://www.nordita.org/spacetime2015/ Contact: aeichhorn[AT]perimeterinstitute.ca Renormalization group methods are a key element of theoretical particle physics and may also be central for constructing a fundamental theory of gravity, e.g., based on Weinbergs asymptotic safety conjecture. The aim of this program is to bring together theorists and phenomenologists in order to discuss ideas related to the application of the renormalization group in quantum gravity and the consequences of asymptotic safety for cosmology, black holes and a possible ultraviolet completion of the standard model of particle physics including gravity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6. IUCSS Workshop on Gravitational Tests of Lorentz Invariance, Bloomington --------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9511 Starting: 2014-08-09 to 2014-08-10 Location: Bloomington, Indiana, USA Additional Information: http://www.indiana.edu/~lorentz/lvgr14/ Contact: kostelec[AT]indiana.edu An IUCSS Workshop on Gravitational Tests of Lorentz Invariance will be held in the Physics Department, Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. on August 9-10, 2014. The Workshop focus will be on the search for local Lorentz violation using gravitational experiments, in the context of realistic field-theoretic models and the gravitational SME. Experimentalists and theorists will review existing and forthcoming gravitational studies and discuss prospects and strategies for future searches. The Workshop format is expected to be short talks with time for discussion. A poster session will also be held. Topics in gravitational searches for Lorentz violation that may be discussed include: - experiments on short-range gravity - interferometry with atoms and other particles - investigations of the equivalence principle - lunar and satellite laser ranging - measurements with free-fall and force-comparison gravimeters - observations in astrophysics/cosmology: pulsars, lensing, gravity waves, CMB - solar-system measurements - space-based missions - studies with antihydrogen and other exotic species - tests using gravitational Doppler shift and redshift - phenomenology of Lorentz violation in gravity There is no registration fee for this Workshop, but online registration on or before July 15 is required. Due to space limitations the total attendance is likely to be capped, so early registration is advised to avoid disappointment. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 2. Jobs ============================================== 2.1. Postdoc Position in Theoretical Physics, Oldenburg ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/?p=9501 Deadline: 2014-07-06 Location: 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 a Postdoc position in Theoretical Physics, salary group (Entgeltgruppe) 13 TV-L, to be appointed on September 1st, 2014. The position which is located at the University Oldenburg is limited up to two 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 www.models-of-gravity.org Responsibilities and Duties: The successful applicant will have the opportunity to continue her/his academic career in theoretical physics in the area of gravitational physics. She/he is expected to contribute to the teaching programme of the Research Training Group. Employment conditions: The applicant is required to have a Master degree and a PhD in Mathematics or Physics and should have strong expertise in General Relativity and numerical solutions of the Einstein field equations. The University Oldenburg aims, in particular, to promote women within the scope of the statutory provisions and, hence, emphatically invites qualified women to apply for this position. Severely disabled applicants are given preferential consideration in the event of equal qualification. Applicants with a migration background are highly welcome. Application: The application with a curriculum vitae, certifications, a description of the scientific interest, a conception of the own career, a list of publications, and two letters of reference should be sent as one single pdf document preferred via e-mail to: RTG Models of Gravity, Am Fallturm, 28359 Bremen, Germany, secretariat(at)models-of-gravity.org, http://www.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2.2. Post-doctoral Fellowship at School of Physics, IISER-TVM ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/06/16/the-institute-post-doctoral-fellows… Deadline: 2014-07-04 Location: Trivandrum, India Additional Information: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IPF-advertisement.pdf Contact: ipf[AT]iisertvm.ac.in The School of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvanathapuram (IISER-TVM) invites applications from highly qualified young scientists holding Ph.D. in the area of Physial Sciences/Engineering/Technology for the Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships for the year 2014. The duration is for 2 years, extendable by up to one more year on the basis of performance. The Fellowship carries a remuneration of INR 40,000/- per month for the first two years and INR 45,000/- per month in the third year, with no other allowances. There will be a contingency grant of INR 75,000/- per year that may be used for consumables and attending conferences/workshops. The application must be submitted via email to ipf[AT]iisertvm.ac.in on or before 4 July 2014. For more details, please visit the IISER website: http://www.iisertvm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IPF-advertisement.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================== 3. News ============================================== 3.1. Galaxies: Special Issue "Advances in Gravitational Research" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/06/11/galaxies-special-issue-advances-in-… Additional Information: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/galaxies/special_issues/gravitational-research Dear Colleagues, Gravitation is one of the known fundamental interactions shaping the fabric of the natural world. Although we have been familiar with it since the remote past, our knowledge of it is far less accurate than that of electromagnetism and of the nuclear interactions because of its comparatively feebler intensity. To date, the General Theory of Relativity (GTR) represents the best theoretical description of gravitation at our disposal. As such, GTR is one of the pillars of our knowledge of Nature; intense experimental and observational scrutiny is required not only to gain an ever-increasing confidence about it, but also to explore the borders of the realm of its validity at different regimes ranging from the shortest distances to extragalactic scales. To this aim, a variety of different theoretical, experimental and observational approaches are required to extend the frontiers of our knowledge of the gravitational phenomena. What are the possibilities opened up by forthcoming space-based missions? What is the status of some long-lasting experimental endeavors aimed to test certain relativistic predictions? Are there some founded hopes to testing newly predicted gravitational effects in the near future in some suitable astronomical and astrophysical laboratories? Might observations collected in the past for various purposes hide some surprises? Do Earth-based laboratory experiments have nothing new to say about gravitation? What is the role of alternative models of the gravitational interaction? These are just some of the questions that the present special issue will try to address. Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Iorio Guest Editor Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.2. Nominations open for the 2015 Einstein Prize ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/06/05/nominations-open-for-the-2015-einst… Additional Information: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/einstein.cfm Dear Colleagues, The next American Physical Society (APS) Einstein Prize will be awarded in 2015. This Prize, established by the APS Topical Group in Gravitation (GGR) in 1999, is given to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. The prize consists of $10,000 and a certificate citing the contributions of the recipient. It also includes an allowance for the recipient to travel to a meeting of the Society to receive the award and deliver a lecture. It is awarded biennially in odd-numbered years. The award, usually to a single individual, is for outstanding achievement in theory, experiment or observation in the area of gravitational physics. It is open to any scientist, worldwide. The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2015 prize is July 1, 2014. For additional information about the prize including the nomination procedure and past winners, see http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/einstein.cfm. I encourage you to consider nominating outstanding gravitational physicists for this prize. Regards, Beverly K. Berger Chair, APS Topical Group in Gravitation ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.3. Living Reviews in Relativity: "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment" ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/06/12/living-reviews-in-relativity-the-co… Additional Information: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-4 Living Reviews in Relativity has published an update of the review "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment" by Clifford M. Will on 11 June 2014. Please find the abstract and further details below. This new edition of one of our most read reviews also marks a new milestone the journal's history: as of this day, Living Reviews has published 130 articles on 90 topics! ------------------ PUB.NO. lrr-2014-4 Will, Clifford M. "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment" ACCEPTED: 2014-06-06 PUBLISHED: 2014-06-11 FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2014-4 ABSTRACT: The status of experimental tests of general relativity and of theoretical frameworks for analyzing them are reviewed and updated. Einstein's equivalence principle (EEP) is well supported by experiments such as the Eötvös experiment, tests of local Lorentz invariance and clock experiments. Ongoing tests of EEP and of the inverse square law are searching for new interactions arising from unification or quantum gravity. Tests of general relativity at the post-Newtonian level have reached high precision, including the light deflection, the Shapiro time delay, the perihelion advance of Mercury, the Nordtvedt effect in lunar motion, and frame-dragging. Gravitational wave damping has been detected in an amount that agrees with general relativity to better than half a percent using the Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar, and a growing family of other binary pulsar systems is yielding new tests, especially of strong-field effects. Current and future tests of relativity will center on strong g ravity and gravitational waves. UPDATE NOTE: Major revision, updated and expanded. Added new Section 2.3.3 on the Pioneer anomaly; split former Section 3 into new 3 and 4, and extended Section 3.3 on competing theories of gravity; added new Sections 5.3 and 5.4 on compact binary systems; added a new Section 8 on astrophysical and cosmological tests. The number of references increased from 299 to 454. Added two figures (8, 9) and updated Figures 1, 3, 5, and 7. UPCOMING ARTICLES AT: http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/upcoming.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3.4. David Radice awarded 2014 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize ------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2014/06/15/david-radice-awarded-2014-giulio-ra… Additional Information: http://www-2.unipv.it/dottorati/scienzeetecnologie/fisica/n/web_PhD/index.p… We are pleased to announce that the 2014 Giulio Rampa Thesis Prize for outstanding research in Mathematical or Numerical General Relativity will be presented to Dr. David Radice. The committee consisting of Profs. Gerhard Huisken (Chair), Lars Andersson, and Mauro Carfora, prepared the following citation: Dr. Radice's Thesis on "Advanced Numerical Approaches in the Dynamics of Relativistic Flows" discusses a number of novel numerical approaches dedicated to the solution of the hydrodynamic equations in relativistic regimes. The research initiated by Dr. Radice in so many different areas has enormously pushed forward the state-of-the-art in that field, providing new insight and resolving long-standing questions. Dr. Radice's work has not been restricted to the construction of new and advanced numerical codes; rather, his work has been all about making use of these sophisticated tools to advance gravitational physics, probing with more precision and fewer resources new physical scenarios. The large impact that the work of Dr. Radice has already can only continue to grow in the future. 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. The GRT prize carries a certificate and a net check for 2,000. The prize will be presented at the annual Honors Ceremony during the Inauguration of the Graduate Studies Academic Year in Pavia, on November the 28th 2014. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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########################################## 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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########################################## 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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