################################################################# Table of Contents ################################################################# 1. Conferences 1.1 12th Italian-Korean Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics 1.2 IRAP PhD and Erasmus Mundus Workshop on: Recent News from the GeV and TeV Gamma-Ray Domains: Results and Interpretations 1.3 IRAP PhD and Erasmus Mundus Workshop: From Nuclei to White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars (2nd announcement) 1.4 3rd Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meeting 1.5 Seventh International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (2nd announcement) 1.6 PASCOS 2011 - Registration now open 1.7 Grav11 (Second Circular) 1.8 8th Constantine International Conference on Progress in Theoretical Physics 1.9 14th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity 1.10 2011 Numerical Relativity - Data Analysis (NRDA) meeting 1.11 INT program announcement - Astrophysical Transients 2. Jobs 2.1 Postdoctoral positions in theoretical cosmology at IISER-TVM 3. News ================================================================= 1. Conferences ================================================================= 1.1 12th Italian-Korean Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics -------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/25/12th-italian-korean-symposium-on-rel... Starting Mon, Jul 04, 2011 to Fri, Jul 08, 2011 Location: Pescara, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=635 This series of biannual symposia since 1987 has been boosting exchange of information and collaborations between Italian and Korean astrophysicists on new and hot issues in the field of Relativistic Astrophysics. The symposium will cover astrophysics and cosmology, such as gamma ray bursts and compact stars, high energy cosmic rays, dark energy and dark matter, general relativity, black holes, and new physics related to cosmology. The organizers wish this symposium to deepen understanding not only astrophysics and cosmology but also Eastern and Western culture. The 12th Italian-Korean meeting is organized by ICRAnet, Sogang University, Center for Quantum Space Time, National Research Foundation of Korea, Institute for the Early Universe, Korean astronomy & Space Science Institute, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, University of Rome “Sapienza”, University of Nice “Sophia Antipolis”, Stockholm University, Free University of Berlin, ICRA, ENEA, INFN, ICTP, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CBPF, the National Astronomical Observatory (Beijing), the Institutes of High Energy Physics, the Institute of Theoretical Physics, the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.2 IRAP PhD and Erasmus Mundus Workshop on: Recent News from the GeV and TeV Gamma-Ray Domains: Results and Interpretations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/25/irap-phd-and-erasmus-mundus-workshop... Starting Mon, Mar 21, 2011 to Sat, Mar 26, 2011 Location: Pescara, Italy Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=574 This workshop is jointly organized by ICRANet, the Universities of Rome “Sapienza” and “Tor Vergata” and the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik (Heidelberg), within the Erasmus Mundus Doctorate Program. The main topics discussed will be UHE, Extreme Astrophysical Accelerators, AGN, Galactic Center, Black Holes, Blazars, Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Signatures, Supermassive Black Holes, FERMI LAT data, SNRs, Cyg X-3 and Cyg X-1, Big Surprises from the Crab Nebula, AGILE data on SNRs, SNR Gamma-Cygni. Lecturers include: Aharonian Felix - The Nature's perfectly designed Extreme Accelerators, Barkov Maxim - Particle acceleration and gamma-ray production in AGN initiated by the jet-star interactions, Jones Dave - Multiwavelength studies of the Galactic Center, Kafexhiu Ervin - Excitation and destruction of nuclei in hot astrophysical plasmas around black holes, Lefa Eva - Time-dependent modeling of the energy spectra of gamma-ray blazars, Prosekin Anton - Gamma-ray and neutrino signatures of sources of 1020 eV cosmic rays, Rieger Frank - Particle acceleration and gamma-ray production in the vicinity of supermassive black holes. The case of M87, Ruizhi Yang - The study of extended gamma-ray sources based on the FERMI LAT data Ruffini Remo - GRBs and Supernovae: common conceptual issues, Benedetti Alberto - On the frequency of plasma oscillations in the pair plasma generated by a strong electric field, Bianco Carlo Luciano - The canonical GRB scenario, Caito Letizia - The case of disguised short GRBs, De Barros Gustavo - The case of GRB 050509B, Fraga Machado De Oliveira Bernardo - Cosmological Constraints on inos masses and quantum statistic, Han Wenbiao - Electron-positron pair oscillation in spatially inhomogeneous electric fields and radiation, Izzo Luca - on a Nova undergoing outburst, Malheiro Manuel - Magnetized White Dwarfs, Penacchioni Ana V. - The case of Multiple GRBs, Rueda Jorge A. - Thomas Fermi in Relativistic Field Theories, Siutsou Ivan - Self Gravitating inos and constant surface density, Vereshchagin Gregory - Transparency of an extended relativistic shell along the line of sight and application to GRBs, Xue She-Sheng - Space-time evolution of electric fields in compact stars Tavani Marco - On SNR RX 1713.7, Discussion of particle acceleration in SNRs, Overview of galactic microquasars and focus on Cyg X-3 and Cyg X-1, Big surprises from the Crab Nebula: variability and theory, Cardillo Martina - on SNR W44, Giuliani Andrea - Overview of AGILE data on SNRs, On SNR W28, Piano Giovanni - On SNR Gamma-Cygni, Striani Edoardo - The mysterious Galactic gamma-ray sources, Vercellone Stefano - The brightest gamma-ray blazar: 3C 454.3 ("Crazy Diamond"), Vittorini Valerio - Theoretical models of 3C 454.3 and similar monsters All interested scientists and students are invited to register themselves using the form that can be found on the website: http://www.icranet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=574 The registration fee is 300€. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.3 IRAP PhD and Erasmus Mundus Workshop: From Nuclei to White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars (2nd announcement) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/25/irap-phd-and-erasmus-mundus-workshop... Starting Sun, Apr 03, 2011 to Fri, Apr 08, 2011 Location: Les Houches, France Additional Information: http://astro-les-houches.in2p3.fr/ The workshop is promoted by ICRANet within the International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph. D. Program (IRAP Ph D) and the ERASMUS MUNDUS activities. Lectures will be presented by leading Physicists and Astrophysicists working in the interface of Nuclear Physics, White Dwarfs, Neutron Star Physics and Black Holes Physics. Special attention is being devoted to the new scenarios presented by the observations of X-ray bursters, Gamma Ray Bursts and Supernovae. Lecturers include: Aksenov Aleksey, Arnett David, Baym Gordon, Bianco Carlo Luciano, Bisnovaty-Kogan Gennady, Casey Meakin (TBC), Chardonnet Pascal, Chechetkin Valery, Della Valle Massimo, Fuller George (TBC), Izzo Luca, Lattimer Jim, Meynet George, Mezzacappa Anthony, Nadyozhin Dmitrij K., Ott Christian, Pelletier Guy, Pethick Chris, Psaltis Dimitrios(TBC), Rotondo Michael, Rueda Jorge A., Ruffini Remo, Vereshchagin Gregory, Xue She-Sheng All interested scientists and students can register themselves using the form on the webpages: http://astro-les-houches.in2p3.fr/index.html or http://www.icranet.org The registration fee is 350€ and it includes accommodation, lunches, coffee breaks and the proceedings publication. You can find information on how to reach Les Houches on the website: the nearest airport is the Geneva one, that is 1 hour drive, then there are many public and private shuttle services from the airport to the conference location. As regards accommodation, there are 70 chalets in the school: they are single-rooms with toilet facilities. If you are interested in booking one of them, please send a mail to annapia.delbeato[AT]icranet.org with information on your name, surname, age and sex. You can settle into your room from 6pm on Sunday evening; you should leave your room on Friday morning, after the breakfast. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.4 3rd Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meeting ---------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/25/3rd-galileo-xu-guangqi-meeting-2/ Starting Wed, Oct 12, 2011 to Sun, Oct 16, 2011 Location: Beijing, China Additional Information: http://www.icranet.org/3gx This 3rd “Galileo – Xu Guanqi meeting” will be held in Beijing from Oct. 12th to 16thth 2011. It represents a collaboration between ICRANet, University of Roma “Sapienza”, University of Nice “Sophia Antipolis”, Stockholm University, Free University of Berlin, ICRA, ENEA, INFN, ICTP, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CBPF, the National Astronomical Observatory (Beijing), the Institutes of High Energy Physics, the Institute of Theoretical Physics, the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Tsinghua University, the Peking University, the Beijing Normal University, the Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University, the Beijing Planetarium. The meeting is particularly dedicated to recall the roots of the modern scientific research in the East and the West and revie w the recent progress in Physics and Astrophysics with special attention to one of the most advanced fields of scientific research: relativistic astrophysics. We will review current progress in the theoretical fields made possible by astronomical observations of the Sun, of the Stars and of the Universe. These results have been achieved thanks to the theories of Albert Einstein and to the unprecedented numbers of observational techniques: in X-ray, Gamma-ray, optical wave-lengths from space based observatories, in radio telescopes wavelengths from telescopes on the ground as well as in particle physics from underground observatories. We are looking for an international meeting of 274 participants, 137 from Asia and 137 from the rest of the Planet. The meeting is organized by an international organizing committee and a local organizing committee. Interested scientists and students can register themselves and submit title and abstract of their contributions on the webpage http://www.icranet.org/3gx The registration fee for non-Chinese participants is 300€ (students 150€) before the deadline, 30th August, 2011. After the deadline, it is 400€ (students 200€). Participants who didn’t pay their fee in advance can pay cash upon their arrival at the registration desk. For Chinese participants (including participants from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) the registration fee is RMB 800 Yuan (students RMB 400 Yuan) and should be paid upon their arrival at the registration desk. The registration fee will include 5 lunches, coffee breaks and the proceedings publication. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.5 Seventh International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (2nd announcement) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/25/seventh-international-conference-on-... Starting Wed, Dec 14, 2011 to Mon, Dec 19, 2011 Location: Goa, India Additional Information: http://www.tifr.res.in/~icgc2011 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE for THEORETICAL SCIENCES TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH This is the second announcement for the Seventh International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology [ICGC 2011], to be held in Goa, India during 14-19 December, 2011. Pre-registration opens on 1st March, 2011 and closes on 30th June, 2011. Abstracts for contributed talks in parallel sessions can be submitted during this period. Apart from plenary talks, there will be invited talks in three mini-sessions on: Gravity as an Emergent Phenomenon; Dark Energy; Gravitational Wave Astronomy. ICGC is a four yearly conference series held in India under the auspices of the Indian Association for General relativity and Gravitation. ICGC 2011 is the Silver Jubilee conference of the series, and is being held as part of the programme "Frontiers of Cosmology and Gravitation". This programme will run from December 1-23, 2011 and is an activity of the newly formed International Centre of Theoretical Sciences of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. The programme consists of a school on Cosmology and Gravitational Waves; ICGC 2011; and a workshop on Gravitational Wave astronomy. More information about the programme will become available at http://www.icts.res.in/program/focg2011 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.6 PASCOS 2011 - Registration now open --------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/21/pascos-2011-registration-now-open/ Starting Sun, Jul 03, 2011 to Fri, Jul 08, 2011 Location: Cambridge, UK Additional Information: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research/gr/workshops/PASCOS/2011/ Registration for PASCOS 2011, the 17th International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology, is now open. This conference will be held in the University of Cambridge, UK, in their award-winning Centre for Mathematical Sciences from 3rd to 8th July 2011. The aim of the conference is to explore and develop synergies between particle physics, string theory and cosmology. This is a particularly timely meeting given ongoing flagship experiments like the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the Planck satellite. We have booked an international line-up of 26 speakers, all of them leaders in these fields. Registration for PASCOS 2011 costs GBP 160 (a discounted rate of GBP 100 applies to PhD students); this includes all talks, the Sunday evening reception and lunches. Accommodation and the conference banquet are charged separately. If you wish to attend PASCOS 2011, you may register online by going to: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research/gr/workshops/PASCOS/2011/ Select the section marked 'Registration', then click on the link 'PASCOS 2011 Online Booking'. The PASCOS website gives further information on speakers, accommodation and where to find us. Any problems, please e-mail: pascos[at]damtp.cam.ac.uk. Please note that places are strictly limited and the meeting is expected to be over-subscribed, so register early. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.7 Grav11 (Second Circular) ---------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/17/grav11/ Starting Mon, Apr 11, 2011 to Fri, Apr 15, 2011 Location: La Cumbre, Argentina Additional Information: http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/grav11/ Grav11 is the fourth meeting in a series of conferences on general relativity and gravitation organized starting the year 2006 by the GRG group at FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba: http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/grge.html This year the conference will be held at the hostal Cruz Chica in the city of La Cumbre, 90kms from Córdoba, the week starting on April 11th. A partial list of speakers is: * Andrés Aceña, AEI, Germany. * Florian Beyer, University of Otago, New Zealand. * Mario Díaz, The Unversity of Texas at Brownsville, USA. * Helmut Friedrichs, AEI, Germany * Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute, Canada. * Jorge Pullin, LSU, USA. * Martin Reiris, AEI, Germany. * Daniel Sudarsky, UNAM, México. * Robert Wald, Universty of Chicago, USA. For updated information on the conference please check the web page at http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/grav11/ Please note the following deadlines: registration: March 4th, 2011 abstract submission: March 18th, 2011 If you do not speak Spanish we suggest that, after registering, you contact any of the organizers (see below) to assist you with travel arrangements and hotel booking. If you do speak Spanish, you should book your hotel room by calling any of the numbers +54-3548-452780 / 452743, or by e-mail to reservas[at]hostalcruzchica.com.ar When making the reservation please mention that you are attending the Grav11 meeting. The hotel special fare for the meeting is $225/day including all meals (one person, sharing a double room), $282 (one person, single room). The exchange rate is 1$=0.25 US dollars. Students and young researchers may apply for financial help to cover their living expenses. Please note that due to organizational procedures, no request of financial help will be considered for late applications. We look forward to seeing you in La Cumbre. The organizing committee: Sergio Dain, Gustavo Dotti, Omar Ortiz +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.8 8th Constantine International Conference on Progress in Theoretical Physics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/15/8th-constantine-international-confer... Starting Sun, Oct 23, 2011 to Tue, Oct 25, 2011 Location: Constantine, Algeria Additional Information: http://highenergy2011.com This 8th International Conference on Progress in Theoretical Physics at Mentouri University of Constantine (Algeria) is pursuing the tradition of the previous ones as being a meeting ground for exchange and for keeping updated on the latest advances in theoretical physics. The conference will take place from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.9 14th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity ------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/09/14th-capra-meeting-on-radiation-reac... Starting Mon, Jul 04, 2011 to Fri, Jul 08, 2011 Location: Southampton, UK Additional Information: http://www.soton.ac.uk/capra Registration is now open for the 2011 Capra Meeting, to be held at the University of Southampton (UK) on 4-8 July 2011. For more information, and a registration form, please visit http://www.soton.ac.uk/capra Early registration is advised! Best wishes, Sam Dolan Niels Warburton Sarp Akcay Leor Barack +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.10 2011 Numerical Relativity - Data Analysis (NRDA) meeting ------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/08/numerical-relativity-data-analysis-n... Starting Sun, Jul 10, 2011 to Tue, Jul 12, 2011 Location: Cardiff, UK Additional Information: http://www.nrda2011.org The 2011 Numerical Relativity - Data Analysis (NRDA) meeting will be held in Cardiff from July 10-12. The NRDA meetings bring together numerical relativists who simulate sources of gravitational radiation, and data analysts who search for these signals in gravitational-wave detector data. This years' meeting will be held in conjunction with the 9th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves, which will run from July 11-15. Registration will open soon, with options for registration to either NRDA (Sunday to Tuesday), Amaldi (Monday to Friday) or both meetings (Sunday to Friday). More information can be found at http://www.nrda2011.org . +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.11 INT program announcement - Astrophysical Transients -------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/02/int-program-announcement-astrophysic... Starting Mon, Jul 11, 2011 to Fri, Aug 05, 2011 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Additional Information: http://www.int.washington.edu/PROGRAMS/11-2b/ We are glad to announce the upcoming INT Program, "Astrophysical Transients: Multi-Messenger Probes of Nuclear Physics", to take place at the Institute for Nuclear Theory in Seattle, July 11 to August 5, 2011. The program will bring together nuclear physicists, astrophysicists, and observational astronomers to address current issues and identify new directions in the study of explosive and transient astrophysical phenomena. The program will emphasize study of astrophysical phenomena through their multi-messenger and multi-wavelength signals, and will bring together observations in the optical band, x-rays, gamma rays, gravitational waves, and neutrinos. Lodging and per diem for participants will be covered by the INT. Due to space restrictions, attendance will be limited to about 20 participants during each week of the four-week program. More details about the program and an application form can be found at: http://www.int.washington.edu/PROGRAMS/11-2b/ If you are interested in attending, please fill out the on-line registration form. We hope to see you in Seattle! Ed Brown - Michigan State University Chris Fryer - Los Alamos National Laboratory Bennett Link - Montana State University Sanjay Reddy - Los Alamos National Laboratory ================================================================= 2. Jobs ================================================================= 2.1 Postdoctoral positions in theoretical cosmology at IISER-TVM ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement on Hyperspace@AEI: http://hyperspace.aei.mpg.de/2011/02/14/post-doctoral-positions-in-theoretic... Institution: Thiruvananthapuram, India Deadline: Sun, May 15, 2011 Additional Information: http://iisertvm.ac.in/~shanki IISER-Thiruvananthapuram intends to appoint two postdoctoral positions in the areas of early-universe cosmology and quantum gravity. A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required for these posts, which are expected to start on or before 1st August 2011. Both these posts are funded under the Max Planck Partner group on cosmology, and the researcher will work on projects which include inflation, reheating, baryogenesis, modified gravity and quantum gravity phenomenology. The positions are available for a period of up to two years. Informal enquiries can be made to S. Shankaranarayanan . Salary: Rs. 2,64,000 - Rs. 2,88,000 per annum Deadline: 15 May 2011 To apply please send CV, research statement and have at least two letters of reference sent by email to S. Shankaranarayanan with the subject "Application for MP-PG positions - Candidate name". ================================================================= 3. News =================================================================