Inhomogeneous Cosmologies
During 2-7 July 2017 we are gathering experts in inhomogeneous
cosmology for a small workshop of about 30 participants at Nicolaus
Copernicus University in Torun, the town where Copernicus was born. We
wish to map out the most promising directions for analytical,
numerical and observational investigations aimed to take into account
both structure formation and cosmological expansion within the
constraints of general relativity. A key motivating theme will be to
discuss the claim, already investigated in numerous peer-reviewed
papers, that "dark energy" as inferred from observations is an
artefact of assuming an average Friedmannian expansion. New techniques
in numerical relativity are beginning to open new perspectives on
these questions. We expect talks on the latest developments, vigorous,
constructive debate between "one-percenters" and "order-unity"
proponents, and practical hands-on tutorials of the Einstein Toolkit
and other free-licensed inhomogeneous cosmology software packages. The
workshop sessions will start on the morning of Mon 3 July and continue
to late afternoon Fri 7 July.
Due to the limited number of places available, registration by the
early registration deadline of 7 April 2017, including a draft
abstract, is strongly recommended. If places remain available, late
registration will remain open until the late registration deadline of
9 June 2017 - see http://cosmo.torun.pl/CosmoTorun17 for details.
Contact: cosmotorun17 at cosmo.torun.pl
Organising committee: Boud Roukema, Eloisa Bentivegna, Krzysztof
Bolejko, Thomas Buchert, Mikolaj Korzyński, Hayley MacPherson, Jan
Ostrowski, Sebastian Szybka, David Wiltshire
Topics will include:
* exact cosmological solutions of the Einstein equations
* averaging and backreaction in cosmology
* numerical cosmological relativity
* observational tests
Feel free to redistribute this announcement.
Inhomogeneous Cosmologies
During 2-7 July 2017 we are gathering experts in inhomogeneous
cosmology for a small workshop of about 30 participants at Nicolaus
Copernicus University in Torun, the town where Copernicus was
born. We wish to map out the most promising directions for
analytical, numerical and observational investigations aimed to take
into account both structure formation and cosmological expansion
within the constraints of general relativity. A key motivating
theme will be to discuss the claim, already investigated in numerous
peer-reviewed papers, that "dark energy" as inferred from
observations is an artefact of assuming an average Friedmannian
expansion. We expect vigorous, constructive debate between
"one-percenters" and "order-unity" proponents, and practical
hands-on sessions of free-licensed inhomogeneous cosmology software
packages.
We will post a formal announcement and registration details by early
2017 at http://cosmo.torun.pl/CosmoTorun17.
Contact: cosmotorun17 at cosmo.torun.pl
Feel free to redistribute this pre-announcement.
Organising committee: Boud Roukema, Thomas Buchert, Krzysztof Bolejko,
Mikolaj Korzynski, Jan Ostrowski, Sebastian Szybka, David Wiltshire
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1. Lagrange Postdoctoral Fellowships
Web: http://ilp.upmc.fr/fellowships/postdoc-fellowships.php
The ILP invites applications from scientists with recent PhDs for
several Fellowships beginning in 2017. Lagrange Fellows will receive
a salary according to experience, and generous travel, research, and
visitor funds, for 2 years (+ 1).
The Lagrange Institute further expands its visitor's program by the
Lagrange Awards, enabling international leaders in the research
themes of the Institute and their groups to spend extended periods
of time collaborating with ILP fellows and members in Paris. In
addition, the ILP hosts regular workshops and conferences.
Successful candidates will have demonstrated outstanding research
creativity and have the potential to develop and lead projects in
collaboration with ILP members.
Lagrange fellows will perform their research activities at the ILP's
member laboratories (depending on research speciality), will be
immersed in an internationally visible research environment with
rich intellectual and computational resources, and opportunities for
involvement in the leading astronomical observations and
(astro-)particle physics experiments of the decade. Research
strengths include (but are not limited to) theoretical and
observational cosmology, the cosmic beginning, dark matter and dark
energy research, theoretical and experimental (astro-)particle
physics, and recent advances in quantum field theory and quantum
gravity. If desired, Fellows may attend short courses on emerging
research methods.
Members of the Lagrange Institute are involved in leading capacities
in several international projects, including Planck, Herschel,
Euclid, CFHTLS, TeraPix, BOSS, AUGER, CTA, VIPER, Square Kilometer
Array, ATLAS at LHC and HESS.
Applications should include a research proposal, a statement of past
research accomplishments, a curriculum vitae and a publication
list. Candidates should also arrange for 3 letters of reference to
be uploaded to the web application.
All application materials including reference letters will have to
be received by the 16th of November, 2016 to guarantee full
consideration.
Please note that the number of fellowships is conditional on
funding.
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2. 3-year postdoctoral positions in extragalactic / ISM astronomy at
LERMA (Paris)
The LERMA, Paris Observatory and IAP/CNRS are seeking candidates for
2 post-doctoral positions in (P1) photo-ionisation and shock
modelling and (P2) hydrodynamical simulations of Cool Core Galaxy
Clusters, starting at the earliest in Spring 2017.
The successful candidate will carry out research within the LYRICS
project (https://vm-wordpress-lerma01.obspm.fr/lyrics/), funded by
the french research agency (ANR). The goal of this project is to
study the life cycle of gas in galaxies in the presence of
AGN-feedback, by studying the filamentary network surrounding
Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs).
Applicants should have a PhD in physics or astronomy by the time of
the appointment. We encourage applications from candidates with
strong expertise in photo-ionisation, shock modelling
(e.g. Meudon-PDR, CLOUDY, MAPPINGs) for P1 or hydrodynamical
simulations of galaxies (e.g. RAMSES, Enzo, Gadget) for P2.
Experience with manipulating multi-wavelength extragalactic data will
also be considered.
The LERMA, Paris Observatory/IAP maintain a lively visitor program
and hosts regular workshops and conferences throughout the year. The
successful candidate will be immersed in an internationally visible
research environment in the Paris Campus, with rich intellectual and
computational resources.
The appointment is for 2+1 years with a salary including social
security benefits. Funding will also be allocated for travel.
Applicants should submit a CV (max. 2 pages), a publication list, a
short review of previous works (2 pages), a statement of research
interests (2 pages) and 2 reference letters. Applications should be
sent to philippe.salome at obspm.fr and dubois at iap.fr
For full consideration materials must be received before December
31st, 2016.
More details :
Postdoc 1 : https://vm-wordpress-lerma01.obspm.fr/lyrics/open-positions/
Postdoc 2 : https://vm-wordpress-lerma01.obspm.fr/lyrics/open-position-iap/
Included Benefits:
French national medical insurance, Maternity/Paternity leave, Lunch
subsidies, Family supplement for children, Participation to public
transport fees, Pension contributions
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3. Postdoctoral position in Cosmology at LAPP (Annecy)
The Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (CNRS/IN2P3
- LAPP) has an immediate opening for a post-doctoral research position
in cosmology in the framework of the Excellence Laboratory : ENIGMASS -
http://enigmass.in2p3.fr/
The postdoc will join a cosmology team based at both Annecy (LAPP) and
Grenoble (LPSC) and will work within the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
project (LSST) and the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC). The
successful applicant will focus their research on Weak Lensing applied
to Galaxy Clusters and Cosmic Shear. Code development and optimization
will be an important part of the work.
The candidate should have a strong background in cosmology, ideally with
experience in weak lensing studies. Prior experience with photometric
datasets and strong computational skills would also be significant
assets.
The position is available immediately for a period of three years. The
salary will depend on the working experience of the selected candidate.
The evaluation of the applications (a single pdf file with cover letter,
CV including publications, research statement, email addresses of three
people who can provide letters of recommendation) will start
immediately, and will continue until the position is filled.
The application documents as well as further questions shall be directed
to Dominique Boutigny, boutigny at in2p3.fr.
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Varying Constants and Fundamental Cosmology (VARCOSMOFUN'16) in Szczecin, Poland
When: Mon 12 Sep 2016 to Sat 17 Sep 2016
Location: Szczecin, Poland
Information and registration: https://indico.cern.ch/e/varcosmo16
Conference email: varcosmo16 wmf.univ.szczecin.pl
Dear Colleagues,
We promptly invite you to register for our conference
Varying Constants and Fundamental Cosmology VARCOSMOFUN16
which will take place in Szczecin, Poland from 12th to 17th September 2016.
Early registration and abstract submission deadline is June 30th, 2016. Full
information is available on our webpage:
https://indico.cern.ch/e/varcosmo16
Conference email is: varcosmo16 at wmf.univ.szczecin.pl
We have also a limited financial support (conference fee reduction or waiver)
for students and developing countries participants available on application
before 20th of June 2016:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/462870/page/7082-financial-support
The program of the conference will contain 5 plenary morning sessions with
invited lectures and 16 parallel afternoon sessions with contributed talks
(please send abstracts through our webpage or contact appropriate conveners of
the sessions for the details). On the last day of the conference there will
also be two philosophy and frontier of cosmology sessions.
Invited speakers are: J.D. Barrow, J. Berengut, C. van de Bruck, B. Carter,
P.C.W. Davies, M. Duff, V. Flambaum, M. Heller, H. Katori, A. Krolak, J.
Magueijo, C.J.A.P. Martins, J. Moffat, M. Murphy, W. Ubachs, T. Udem, J.-Ph.
Uzan, J. Webb.
Special topic are: Varying constants theory, laboratory experiments,
astronomical observations.
Further topics are: Modified gravity Quantum cosmology Quantum entanglement
Multiverse Anthropic principle Dark matter theory and experiment Dark energy
theory and observationsInflation and large-scale structure Early Universe
Gravitational waves Cosmic Microwave Background
There will be conference proceedings published in the MDPI journal ''Universe''
and by the Copernicus Center Press.
Yours faithfully,
Mariusz P. Dąbrowski (Organizing Committee chair)
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Cosmology School - Introduction to Cosmology
Kielce, Poland 15.07-25.07.2015
http://www.cosmology-school.ujk.edu.pl/deadlines.html
> The deadline for late registration is 1st July 2015. Payment of the
> registration fee (400 PLN) can be made via bank transfer to the
> following account until 30 June...
http://www.cosmology-school.ujk.edu.pl/
The general purpose of the First Cosmology School in Kielce is to give
an introduction to the current knowledge in cosmology, both in theory
and observations. This School is intended for undergraduate and PhD
students, as well as young postdoctoral researchers, interested in
these fields.
Topics: Cosmic Microwave Background - spectrum and anisotropies; Cosmological
parameters from Planck data; Galaxy formation; Galaxy evolution;
Introduction to Sloan Digital Sky Survey; Present and future deep
galaxy surveys; Cosmology from Gamma Ray Bursts; Magnetic fields in
the Universe; Dark matter and dark energy; Radio galaxies across the
Universe; Cosmic Web; Computer simulations; Cosmological Observations
Lecturers: Marek Biesiada (US, Katowice); Łukasz Bratek (IFJ, Krakow);
Veronique Buat (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille); Denis
Burgarella (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille); Guido
Chincarini (Milano); Gianfranco De Zotti (Padowa, Trieste); Michał
Hanasz (UMK, Torun); Wojciech Hellwing (Durham University); Joanna
Jałocha-Bratek (IFJ, Krakow); Marek Jamrozy (UJ, Krakow); Jacek
Krełowski (UMK, Torun); Jerzy Krzesiński (UP, Krakow); Elena Panko
(OA, Nikolaev); Agnieszka Pollo (UJ, Krakow and NCBJ, Warszawa);
Andrzej Sołtan (CAMK, Warszawa); Tsutomu Takeuchi (Nagoya University);
Rien van de Weijgaert (Greningen)
Organisers: PTA, UJK, UJ
SOC: P. Flin (UJK, Kielce), A. Pollo (UJ, Krakow and NCBJ, Warszawa)
LOC: M. Drabik, M. Biernacka, J. Krywult, P. Kankiewicz - UJK, Kielce
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Varying Constants and Fundamental Cosmology (VARCOSMOFUN'16) in Szczecin,
Poland
When: Mon 12 Sep 2016 to Sat 17 Sep 2016
Location: Szczecin, Poland
Information and registration: https://indico.cern.ch/e/varcosmo16
Conference email: varcosmo16 wmf.univ.szczecin.pl
Dear Collegues,
We invite you to take part in the conference ?Varying Constants and
Fundamental Cosmology? which will take place in Szczecin, Poland from 12th
to 17th of September 2016. This is the fourth of fundamental cosmology
conferences organized by the Cosmology Group, University of Szczecin
(after Cosmofun'2005, Grasscosmofun'09, Multicosmofun'12).
The task of the conference is to bring together specialists dealing with
the problem of varying (dynamical) physical constants, fundamental
cosmology (alternative gravities, superstring, brane, etc.) and multiverse
who want to exchange the current ideas in these topics. The program of the
conference will contain 5 plenary morning sessions and 4 afternoon
parallel sessions. The last day of the conference will be devoted to
philosophical aspects of variability of the physical constants and the
frontiers of physics and cosmology. There will also be a poster session if
the number of abstracts is above our talk time capabilities. The oral
presentations will be selected by the sessions conveners in collaboration
with the Organizing Committee.
Invited speakers:
Brett Altschul, University of South Carolina, USA (TBC)
John D. Barrow, Univ. Cambridge, UK
Julian Berengut, University of New South Wales, Australia
Brandon Carter, LuTh, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Paris
Paul C.W. Davies, Arizona State Univ., USA
Michael Duff, Imperial College, London, UK
Victor Flambaum, University of New South Wales, Australia
Michael Heller, Vatican Astronomical Observatory
Sabine Hossenfelder, Stockholm University, Sweden (TBC)
Joao Magueijo, Imperial College, London, UK
Carlos J.A.P. Martins, Univ. Porto, Portugal
John Moffat, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada
Wim Ubachs, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Udem, Max-Planck Institut fuer Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany
Jean-Philippe Uzan, IAP, Paris, France
Gabriele Veneziano, College de France (TBC)
John Webb, Univ. New South Wales, Australia
Topics - parallel sessions: I. Varying constants - theory; II. Varying
constants - laboratory experiments; III. Varying constants - astronomical
observations; IV. Quantum gravity and cosmology; V. Many-world
interpretation. Quantum entanglement; VI. Superstring landscape.
Multiverse; VII. Modifications of gravity; VIII. Dark matter - theory; IX.
Dark matter - experiment; X. Dark energy - theory; XI. Dark energy -
observations; XII. Inflation and large-scale structure; XIII. Early
universe; XIV. Gravitational waves; XV. Cosmic microwave background; XVI.
Future challenges and experiments.
Looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin.
With compliments,
Mariusz P. Dabrowski (Organizing Committee chair)
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 14:02:49 +0100
> From: Thomas Buchert buchert ens-lyon.fr
> Subject: postdoctoral position in Lyon "inhomogeneous relativistic cosmology"
Dear colleagues,
this is to inform you about a 2-year postdoc position in Lyon.
Please forward this info to people who might be interested in applying.
Here is the ad on AAS: https://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=53528
> Thank you and best wishes.
> Thomas
[message from Rolf Walder, Ecole Normale Superieure @Lyon]
Dear colleagues
I would like to announce an International School of Computational Astrophysics
at Les Houches, France, May 16-27 2016.
I would also like to distribute this information on your web-pages, bulletins,
within your community and, in particular, among your PhD-students and
young post-docs.
OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHOOL
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Contemporary astrophysics is unthinkable without numerical
simulations. Applications range from in-depth studies of individual
physical processes, like particle acceleration in magnetic
reconnection, to scrutinizing the multi-physics nature of an object
class, for example the relative role of gravity, hydrodynamics,
radiation, chemistry, and magnetic fields for molecular clouds and
star formation. This wide physical interest, together with ever
advancing compute architectures, entails an equally wide range of
numerical and computational techniques.
The school aims at promoting this broad, multi-physics,
multi-technique perspective. It will survey numerical techniques for
different physics, illustrate their combination, address their
implementation on high performance compute platforms, and exemplify
strengths and limitations of individual and combined approaches. The
goal of the school is to broaden the participants' knowledge on
multi-physics modeling in astrophysics and to sharpen their awareness
of pitfalls when physically interpretation corresponding simulation
data.
Please find more information at
http://comp-phys-2016.sciencesconf.org/
Alternatively you may contact me directly at
Rolf.Walder ens-lyon.fr
Yours sincerely
Rolf Walder
> Message SF2A No 677 - 07/12/15
> ... http://www.sf2a.eu/?article639
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2. Conférence "COSMO21" et "Astronomical Data Analysis summer school (ADA8)" - mai 2016, Chania, Crète
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Following the first IAU symposium devoted to astrostatistics (Lisbon
2014), we announce the Statistical Challenges in 21st Century
Cosmology Conference (COSMO21), to be held in Chania, Crete, Greece,
May 24-27, 2016. More information is available on
this web page :
http://cosmo21.cosmostat.org
A summer school on Astronomical Data Analysis (ADA8 - http://ada8.cosmostat.org)
will take place just before the conference (22-24 May), at the same
venue and the COSMO21 registration includes the possibility to
participate in the ADA8 Summer School.
Dear colleague,
A cosmology conference is organised as a
Rencontres du Vietnam on
Cosmology 50 years after CMB discovery
It will take place in Quy Nhon, Vietnam
in August, 16-22, 2015
Registration and abstract submission is still open on
http://vietnam.in2p3.fr/2015/Cosmology
It will review the most recent status of the field
but will include a session on its history.
The conference will consist of plenary sessions for
invited indepth oral presentations (review talks and
talks on specific specialised topics), and contributed
papers in half a day parallel sessions, in the form of
relatively short oral papers (sollicitated or selected
from abstract submission). Special emphasis is being
placed on active participation by young researchers
and post-docs.
The main topics of the conference are:
History of the CMB
CMB Polarization
Other CMB measurements
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Theory
hoping to see you in Quy Nhon, next August
best regards
The organizing committee