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ESO-ESA working group on fundamental cosmology: report
by Boud Roukema 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

http://www.stecf.org/coordination/esa_eso/wg.php?working_group=cosmology ESA-ESO WG on Fundamental Cosmology Working Group Members: George Efstathiou John Ellis Bruno Leibundgut Simon Lilly Yannick Mellier John Peacock (chair) Peter Schneider (co-chair) Abstract of final report In September 2003, the executives of ESO and ESA agreed to establish a number of working groups to explore possible synergies between these two major European astronomical institutions on key scientific issues. The first two working group reports (on Extrasolar Planets and the Herschel--ALMA Synergies) were released in 2005 and 2006, and this third report covers the area of Fundamental Cosmology. The Working Group's mandate was to concentrate on fundamental issues in cosmology, as exemplified by the following questions: * What are the essential questions in fundamental cosmology? * Which of these questions can be tackled, perhaps exclusively, with astronomical techniques? * What are the appropriate methods with which these key questions can be answered? * Which of these methods appear promising for realization within Europe, or with strong European participation, over the next ~15 years? * Which of these methods has a broad range of applications and a high degree of versatility even outside the field of fundamental cosmology? >From the critical point of view of synergy between ESA and ESO, one major resulting recommendation concerns the provision of new generations of imaging survey, where the image quality and near-IR sensitivity that can be attained only in space are naturally matched by ground-based imaging and spectroscopy to yield massive datasets with well-understood photometric redshifts (photo-z's). Such information is essential for a range of new cosmological tests using gravitational lensing, large-scale structure, clusters of galaxies, and supernovae. All these methods can in principle deliver high accuracy, but a multiplicity of approaches is essential in order that potential systematics can be diagnosed -- or the possible need for new physics revealed. Great scope in future cosmology also exists for ELT studies of the intergalactic medium and space-based studies of the CMB and gravitational waves; here the synergy is less direct, but these areas will remain of the highest mutual interest to the agencies. All these recommended facilities will produce vast datasets of general applicability, which will have a tremendous impact on broad areas of astronomy. Full report (2.4Mb pdf): http://www.stecf.org/coordination/esa_eso/cosmology/report_cover.pdf

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Fw: spotkanie w celu utworzenia sieci przy okazji wizyty ApPEC SC (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

witam cosmo-pl, Wygląda jak zaczynamy się organizować w sieci :), ale część wygląda jak formalność - chyba aby moglibyśmy mieć pieniądze dla badania ? It looks like polish cosmologists and physicists are starting to organise a network. It seems to be a lot of administrative stuff - but my guess is that it's so that we can (finally) get money for research...? pozdr boud ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:47:29 +0200 > From: zralek marek małpa all pl > Subject: Fw: spotkanie w celu utworzenia sieci przy okazji wizyty ApPEC SC > > > Szanowni Państwo > > Pozwalam sobie przeslac wspolny list, ktory powstał na zakonczenie spotkania > ApPEC Steering Committee w Warszawia. Chciałbym aby informacja ta > dotarła do wszyskich osób zainteresowanych uczestnictwem w opisanych > ponizej sieciach naukowych. Przepraszam za nadgorliwosc jezeli juz ten list > dotarl > do Panstwa. > Prosze wszystkie osoby pragnace uczestniczyc w przyszłych pracach sieci > "POLSKA SIEC KOSMOLOGII I ODDZIAŁYWAŃ FUNDAMENTALNYCH " > o szybka odpowiedz (w miare mozliwosci jeszcze w tym tygodniu) > na moj adrese-mailowy. > > Marek Zrałek > > > > > > Szanowni Panstwo, > > > > chcielibysmy krotko podsumowac spotkanie inicjujace powstanie > > nowych krajowych sieci naukowych, jakie mialo miejsce > > przy okazji ApPEC Steering Committee Meeting w Warszawie > > 3.07.2006r. Uczestniczylo w nim 38 osob reprezentujacych > > 11 instytutow z calego kraju. W wyniku dyskusji postanowiono > > utworzyc 3 sieci o roboczych nazwach: > > > > 1. Polska Siec Fizyki Neutrin (prof.D.Kielczewska) > > 2. Polska Siec Astrofizyki Czastek (dr hab.G.Wrochna) > > 3. Polska Siec Kosmologii i Oddzialywan Fundamentalnych (prof.M.Zralek) > > > > (W nawiasach podane sa nazwiska "inicjatorow" - osob > > odpowiedzialnych na obecnym etapie za tworzenie sieci) > > > > Bardzo prosimy wszystkie instytucje zainteresowane przystapieniem > > do ktorejkolwiek z trzech wymienionych sieci o przeslanie informacji > > do odpowiedniego "inicjatora" i podanie swojego przedstawiciela > > do Rady Sieci do dnia 17.07.2006, godz. 18:00. > > > > Na spotkaniu, czesc obecnych zadeklarowala zainteresowanie > > przystapieniem do sieci (jednej lub wiecej) i juz wytypowala > > przedstawicieli swoich jednostek lub tez osoby odpowiedzalne > > za wylonienie przedstawicieli. > > > > Ustalono, ze Rade Sieci sieci tworza przedstawiciele poszczegolnych > > jednostek. Rada Sieci wybiera Koordynatora Sieci i Przewodniczacego > > Rady Sieci. (Podzial kompetencji jak miedzy premierem a prezydentem. > > W niektorych sieciach jest to jedno stanowisko.) Rada ustala tez > > kadencyjnosc Rady i Koordynatora i ustala szczegoly dzialania Sieci. > > > > Wybor Koordynatora jest jednoznaczny z wyborem jednostki koordynujacej. > > Jednostka koordynujaca bierze na siebie ciezar administracyjnej > > obslugi sieci i zapewnienia przeplywu informacji miedzy czlonkami > > (strony WWW, listy mailowe itp.) > > > > Za przeprowadzenie wyborow odpowiedzialni sa "inicjatorzy" sieci. > > Tryb przeprowadzenia wyborow zostanie ustalony po skompletowaniu > > Instytucji w kazdej sieci i wytypowaniu przedstawicieli do Rady Sieci. > > > > Pierwszym zadaniem Koordynatorow bedzie przygotowanie umow > > (deklaracji czlonkostwa) o ustanowieniu sieci oraz zorganizowanie > > ich podpisania. W przypadku instytutow uczelnianych strona umowy > > jest Wydzial lub Instytut (np. Wydzial Fizyki Uniwersytetu > > Warszawskiego), ale dokument podpisuje Rektor. > > > > Kolejnym zadaniem Koordynatorow bedzie przygotowanie wystapien > > do MNiSzW o finansowanie sieci. Termin skladania wnioskow > > uplywa 30 wrzesnia, wiec powyzsze akcje nalezy rozpoczac niezwlocznie. > > > > D.Kielczewska, G.Wrochna, M.Zralek > > > > P.S. Referaty podsumowujace badania w Polsce w powyzszych > > dziedzinach mozna znalezc na stronach: > > http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~krawczyk/appec/ > > http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~krawczyk/appec/nsession.php > > > > a zdjecia z imprezy: > > http://ipj.fuw.edu.pl/ApPEC06/

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CMB postdocs: APC Paris 2yr; Copenhagen 2+1yr
by Boud Roukema 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

Witam cosmo-pl, Chyba między nami nie wiemy wiele kandydaci, ale kto wie... Zobacz na dolu: 4) postdoc @APC 2yr CMB Analysis -> kontakt jest Radek Stompor :) 5) postdoc @Copenhagen CMB 2+1yr pozdr boud > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 23:26:01 +0200 (CEST) > From: Programme National de Cosmologie <pnc at iap.fr> > To: Programme National de Cosmologie <pnc at iap.fr> > Subject: Diffusion PNC > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > message # 273 9 juin 2006 > > > 1) Atelier PNG , 26 juin 2006 de 9h a 18h Paris-Jussieu > " L'évolution des galaxies ? l'?re des grands relevés" > 2) Workshop sur l'inflation , 03-13 juillet 2006 , IAP Paris > 3) CRAL-Conference Series I , 10-14 July 2006 , Lyon - FRANCE > CHEMODYNAMICS: from first stars to local galaxies > 4) Post-doctoral position in CMB data analysis - APC, Paris, France > 5) Post Doctoral position in CMB science, DNSC , Copenhagen, Denmark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1) Atelier PNG , 26 juin 2006 de 9h a 18h Paris-Jussieu > "L'évolution des galaxies ? l'?re des grands relevés" > > Cet atelier sera centré sur les problématiques actuelles concernant > l'évolution des galaxies sur une echelle de temps cosmologique. L'idée > est de passer en revue, lors de cette journée, différentes questions > "clé" qui peuvent etre testées actuellement par l'analyse des grands > relevés extragalactiques de l'univers proche et lointain ; en relation > bien sur avec les derniers développements concernant les simulations > numériques de la formation et de l'évolution des galaxies, ainsi que > les mod?les de synth?se de populations stellaires. > > Le programme préliminaire est accessible ? cette URL: > > http://www.ast.obs-mip.fr/users/contini/SF2A/SF2A_PNG_06/prog-PNG_2006.html > > Il comprend les exposés de revue suivants: > > * Models of galaxy formation and evolution : Julien Devriendt (CRAL - Lyon) > > * The local universe as seen by the SDSS : Jarle Brinchmann > (Université de Porto - Portugal/LA2T - Toulouse) > > * Dynamics of galaxies up to z~1 : François Hammer (GEPI - Paris) > > * Large spectroscopic surveys : Thierry Contini (LA2T - Toulouse) > > * Large infrared surveys : Jean-Loup Puget (IAS - Paris) > > * Physical properties of galaxies derived from SED fitting : > Stéphane Arnouts (LAM - Marseille) > > * The next generation of large surveys : Olivier Le F?vre (LAM - Marseille) > > Nous invitons les participants intéressés a venir presenter leurs travaux > sous forme de contributions orales et de posters. Les demandes de presentation > doivent etre envoyees avant le 10 juin sur le site des Journees de la SF2A: > > --> http://aramis.obspm.fr/~sf2a/2006 > > Notez que les resumes seront references dans ADS. Ils doivent etre ecrits en > anglais. Il est aussi recommande de présenter des transparents en anglais > meme pourles presentations en francais, pour faciliter l'acces aux > non-francophones. > > Pour plus de renseignements, contacter: > Thierry Contini - contini at ast.obs-mip.fr ou > Guilaine Lagache - guilaine.lagache at ias.u-psud.fr > > Le PNG soutiendra les missions des membres du PNG pour se rendre a la > SF2A s'ils participent a la journee PNG, jusqu'a un montant maximal de 400E > (dont 50E pour les frais d'inscription). Comme l'an dernier les missions > seront remboursees globalement, directement par l'INSU sur le budget 2006 > des laboratoires. Il est donc demande a tous les participants PNG > d'envoyer une copie de leur feuille de remboursement apres la mission, > indiquant le detail du remboursement payé par le laboratoire. Ces documents > devront parvenir a Annie Robin (Besancon) des que le remboursement est > effectué. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 2) Workshop sur l'inflation , 03-13 juillet 2006 , IAP Paris > > un workshop sur l'inflation suivra le colloque de l'IAP "Inflation+25" > (http://www.iap.fr/col2006/) Il se tiendra du 03/07/2006 au 13/07/2006 > ? l'IAP. A cette occasion, nous organisons deux ? trois séminaires de > 45 mn par jour sur ce th?me. Si vous souhaitez participer en tant qu'orateur, > veuillez nous contacter le plus vite possible (col2006 at iap.fr) car il reste > un nombre tres limite de places. > > Cordialement > Jerome Martin pour le LOC > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 3) CRAL-Conference Series I , 10-14 July 2006 , Lyon - FRANCE > CHEMODYNAMICS: from first stars to local galaxies > > Final ANNOUNCEMENT > The deadline for abstract submission is May 31 > The deadline for registration is June 9 > > > Dear colleague, > > we are pleased to announce the first > international conference in the CRAL Conference Series, > titled "Chemodynamics: from first stars to local galaxies" > to be held July 10-14 2006 in the beautiful city of Lyon, France. > > There will be five large sessions: > * First stars and early metal production > * Galaxy winds and inter galactic medium enrichment at intermediate > redshifts > * The intra cluster medium as a laboratory for galaxy chemodynamics > * Self-regulation processes in the interstellar medium of local and not > so local galaxies > * Detailed stellar feedback processes in the Milky Way > > Reviewers and invited speakers for these 5 sessions will include : > > * Andrea Ferrara, Vanessa Hill, Raffaella Schneider, Raphael Hirschi > * Anthony Aguirre, Dawn Erb, Philip Richter > * Sabine Schindler, Stefano Borgani, Brad Gibson > * Greg Bryan, Adrianne Slyz, Françoise Combes, Fabian Walter > * Nikos Prantzos, Kim Venn, Keiichi Wada, Julien Devriendt, Hervé Wozniak > * and Colin Norman for the summary talk. > > Registrations are opened, and we *encourage* you to apply *early*. > See our web site for information and registration: > http://cralconf.univ-lyon1.fr > > Looking forward to seeing you in Lyon! > > The Local Organizing Committee > ==================== > Scientific Rationale: > ==================== > Chemodynamical evolutionary models were invented to provide a global > dynamical description of the interplay between the major physical > components of galaxies: in a gravitational potential essentially dominated > by dark matter, stars structure the multi-phase ISM through radiation, > winds and supernovae and enrich it in heavy elements. From a cosmological > perspective, these models should begin with the formation of the first > structures. Heavy elements formed by the very first generation of stars > pollute the early IGM, thus allowing for more efficient radiative cooling > during the formation of the next astrophysical objects: galaxies are born. > > Chemodynamical models yield quantitative predictions for the observable > consequences of the violent physical mechanisms that occur within galaxies. > Perhaps the most remarkable one is that the ISM self-regulates which implies > that the star formation rate in galaxies is ultimately controlled by feedback > processes. In other words, they argue that observations over a wide range of > wave-lengths should be linked: X-ray emission of the relatively low density > supernova heated gas that permeates the entire ISM, impacts on the far > infrared cooling emission lines present in the densest molecular cores. > > Forthcoming instruments such as MUSE, JWST, ALMA and SKA will shed light on > the high redshift Universe population of proto-galaxies whereas XMM, > Chandra, GALEX and Spitzer are now probing galaxies panchromatically at > lower redshifts. On the other hand, current computational power allows > us to numerically explore the > first ages of structure formation. It also makes it possible to follow in > greater detail the chemodynamics of individual objects. As a consequence, we > now feel that we lie at a crossroad between two epochs, and the time > has come to review where chemodynamical models stand. > > Scientific Organising Committee > =============================== > Greg Bryan > Françoise Combes > Andrea Ferrara > Bruno Guiderdoni > Gerhard Hensler > Max Pettini > Eline Tolstoy (chair) > Keiichi Wada > > Local Organising Committee > ========================== > Nicolas Champavert, Hél?ne Courtois, Julien Devriendt, Eric Emsellem(chair), > Jean-François Gonzalez, Gérard Massacrier, Jimmy Paillet, Hervé Wozniak > > Practical Issues > ================ > We encourage you to register as soon as possible as we will limit the total > number of participants : > ** the deadline for submitting an abstract is May 31 > ** the deadline for registering is June 9. > > We also encourage you to reserve your hotel a.s.a.p. > since July is certainly a busy time in Lyon > (and a nice period for sight-seeing). > > Fees are 250 euros (including the conference dinner, and proceedings), and > 300 euros for late payment (after June 9). > The fees can be paid BEFORE June 9, via bank wiring > (a procedure to pay via Credit Card will soon be implemented): > see the registration section on the web site for details. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 4) Post-doctoral position in CMB data analysis - APC, Paris, France > > We are seeking a post-doctoral researcher to work in the area of data > analysis of next generation Cosmic Microwave Background polarization > data sets. > The post-holder is expected to share his/her time between a development > of general, experiment-non-specific methods and software tools, and > preparations for, and data analysis of, actual experimental data > sets. These will include the data sets produced by the balloon-borne > experiment, EBEx and the ground-based observation, PolarBear. The > possibility will also exist for the selected applicant to get involved > in other projects currently undertaken by the members of the CMB group > at APC, including work on Planck-HFI. > The successful candidate should have a PhD in astronomy or physics, > thorough knowledge of modern, physical cosmology, background in statistical > methods, and experience in computer programing. S/he will be associated with > the ADAMIS (http://www.apc.univ-paris7.fr/APC_CS/Recherche/Adamis/) group at > APC and is expected to be primarily working with dr. R. Stompor and others > members of this group. However, interactions with a broader scientific > community within APC and Paris will be also encouraged. > APC (http://www.apc.univ-paris7.fr) is a new, dynamic institute associated > with the Universite Paris-7 and soon to be located on a new campus of the > University within the city limits of Paris. The members of APC are > involved in a number of national and international projects, and play a > significant role in many of them. > The institute provides a friendly and lively place to work and a > scientifically exciting and stimulating environment to conduct research > in. > The post is for two years with a starting date preferably on or around > October, 01, 2006. The salary is around 2,200 Euros. A benefit package and > support for travel and other research expenses will be also provided. > The application deadline is on May, 31, but late applications will be > considered until the post is filled. Applications (preferably in electronic > form) and all > other correspondence should be sent to: > R. Stompor > 11, place M. Berthelot > 75231 Paris, Cedex 5 > France E-mail: radek at apc.univ-paris7.fr > In addition applicants should arrange for two letters of reference to be > sent directly to the above address. > Requests for any additional information as well as informal inquiries can > be made to: > radek at apc.univ-paris7.fr7 > The Laboratory is an Equal Opportunity Employer. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 5) Post Doctoral position in CMB science, DNSC, Copenhagen, Denmark > > The Danish National Space Center (DNSC) and the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) > announce a joint postdoctoral position in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) > research. Applicants must document a solid theoretical background in > cosmology, astrophysics or physics and well-developed computer skills. > The successful applicant is expected to participate in the scientific > preparation for and exploitation of the upcoming ESA Planck Surveyor Mission > aimed at measuring the anisotropy and polarization of the CMB, a mission in > which DNSC and NBI are participating. The main task of the postdoctoral > fellow will be to conduct and publish research in CMB-related science and to > participate in the development of methods for extraction of CMB signals from > the Planck data. The fellow is expected to work closely with people at > the DNSC (www.spacecenter.dk) and at the NBI (www.nbi.ku.dk) > Interaction with researchers at the new Dark Cosmology Center > (www.dark-cosmology.dk) is also foreseen. > > The postdoctoral fellowship is for 2 years with the possibility for > a 3-year extension. > A Ph.D. degree and relevant research experience are required. > > Terms of appointment and salary are set by agreement between the Ministry > of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional > Associations of Academics in the State). > > The applications must be in English and must include: > - Research Plan > - Curriculum Vitae > - A complete list of publications indicating a maximum of 5 papers of > particular interest > - 3 copies of each of the selected papers. In case of publications with more > than one author, a statement regarding the applicant's contribution shall > be provided > - Documentation for teaching experience and other qualifications > > The applications will be evaluated by an assessment committee. Applicants > may be summoned for an interview. Any potential applicant is invited to > apply irrespective of age, sex, race religion or ethnic background. Further > inquiries about research plans, facilities and staffs should be directed to > the Principal Investigator of the Planck Reflectors Hans Ulrik > N?rgaard- Nielsen, DNSC (hunn at spacecenter.dk). > The application (original plus 3 copies, all with enclosures and selected > papers) must be send to Director Eigil Friis- Christensen, DNSC, Juliane > Maries Vej 30, DK- 2100 Copenhagen , Denmark. > The deadline for application is August 1 2006 at noon. Material received > after this time will not be considered. > Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. > > >

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COSMO-PL SPRING MEETING 2006: FINAL REMINDER
by Boud Roukema 18 May '06

18 May '06

COSMO-PL SPRING MEETING 2006: FINAL REMINDER Hi everyone, This is the final announcement for the COSMO-PL SPRING MEETING 2006, Fri-Sat 19-20 May 2006 at the Toruń Centre for Astronomy, UMK. The Friday session will be held in the Radio Astronomy building in Piwnice, the Saturday session will be held in the Physics Institute. Atto-cosmology models (10^{-18}h^{-1}Gpc) predict 30% chance of rain in Toruń during the meeting. Details of how to get here and the program are below. Modification of the program to include people who have not yet confirmed their attendance is still possible. We hope to have internet access available during the meeting - bring your laptops! WHERE Friday 19 May @Piwnice: Katedra Radio Astronomii, Centrum Astronomii * PKS-Connex bus from "dworzec PKS" (Toruń centre) at 08.30g * http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl * return in evening 18.03 from Piwnice to Toruń Saturday 20 @Instytut Fizyki * sala XX, Instytut Fizyki, Grudziądzka 5 http://www.phys.uni.torun.pl * bus 22 or 27 from northside of the Toruń Główny train station takes about 3 minutes to town centre. * full path from station to Institute: http://www.fizyka.umk.pl/phys/DOJAZD/dojazd-w.html PROGRAM Friday 19 May 09:00-17:00 09:00 online cosmocoffee workshop moderator: Boud Roukema - http://www.cosmocoffee.info 11:00 real coffee/tea 11:30 A Big-Rip (phantom) scenario and an exotic future of the Universe Mariusz Dąbrowski (U Szczecin) 12:30 lunch 14:00 Strong lensing systems as a probe of dark energy in the Universe Marek Biesiada (U Śląski) 15:00 real coffee/tea 15:30 WMAP and cosmic topology Boud Roukema (UMK Toruń) Saturday 20 May 09:00-17:00 09:00 (title tbd) Roman Juszkiewicz (CAMK) 10:30 coffee 11:00 Claims of dark matter detection: DAMA/NaI and INTEGRAL Agnieszka Szaniewska (UMK Toruń) 12:30 lunch 14:00 DE - Chaplygin gas, vacuum decaying cosm constant, Cardassian models Włodek Godłowski (OA-UJagelloński) 15:00 coffee 15:30 AGN recycling - birth and death Andrzej Marecki (UMK Toruń) Looking forward to seeing you on Friday, Local Organising Committee http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006 http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006Program

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Reminder: COSMO-PL SPRING MEETING 2006
by Boud Roukema 09 May '06

09 May '06

Cześć wszystkim, Wygląda na to, że będzie ok. 10 plus/minus sqrt(10) kosmologów na spotkaniu: piątek-sobota 19-20 maja w Toruniu :), plus ewentualnie studenci i astronomowie toruńscy, co byłoby dobre by można było przeprowadzić szerszą dyskusję. Planujemy piątek w Piwnicach (budynek radioastronomii) + sobota w Instytucie Fizyki prawie w centrum miasta. Wyślemy więcej szczegółów jeszcze przed datą spotkania. PROGRAM aktualny: http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006Program - Dodaj twój tytuł/abstrakt na twiki albo wyślij do listy organizacyjnej cosmo-spotka malpa cosmo.torun.pl NOCLEG: http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006Nocleg - Jeszcze (4 maja) jest dostępnych 16 pokoi (ok. 50% pokoi) za 90-120 zł/noc w Hotelu Akademickim w czasie spotkania; ceny już są trochę wyższe niż miesiąc temu. pozdrawiam serdecznie Local Organising Committee http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006

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Kiev, Ukraine: May 24-26, 2006: Relativity/Gravity/Cosmo Conference
by Boud Roukema 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

witam cosmo-pl Just a few days after our cosmo-pl meeting http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006 Fri-Sat 19-20 May, there will be a meeting in Kiev: Annual International Conference "Relativistic Astrophysics, Gravitation and Cosmology" Wed-Fri May 24-26, 2006 Kyiv, Ukraine http://www.observ.univ.kiev.ua/grav2006/index.html pozdr boud

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Cosmo-pl Spring Meeting 2006 (announcement)
by Boud Roukema 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

COSMO-PL SPRING MEETING 2006 http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006 (in English below) _Serdecznie zapraszamy kolegów w/lub blisko Polski zainteresowanych badaniami kosmologicznymi na małe spotkanie w Centrum Astronomii UMK, w piątek i sobotę 19-20 maja br. Głownym celem spotkania jest, aby rozmaite grupy kosmologów w Polsce poznały się wzajemnie, wiedziały czym zajmują się inni i ewentualnie podjęły współpracę. Kolegów z innych krajów oraz tych, którzy zajmują się fizyką cząstek, serdecznie witamy. Jeśli będą obecne osoby nie mówiące po polsku, zalecanym na spotkaniu będzie język angielski._ _Potwierdzone są wykłady m.in.: Marka Biesiady (U Śląsk), Mariusza Dąbrowskiego (U Szczecin), Włodka Godłowskiego (OA-UJagelloński), Andrzeja Mareckiego (UMK Toruń), Bouda Roukemy (UMK Toruń), Agnieszki Szaniewskiej (UMK Toruń)_ _Proszę wysyłać ogłoszenie dalej do osób, które mogłyby byc zainteresowane uczestnictwem w spotkaniu._ (en) We warmly invite people in or near Poland interested in cosmology research to a small meeting organised at the Toruń Centre for Astronomy, UMK, Friday-Saturday 19-20 May 2006. The main aim is for people in the Polish cosmology community to become more familiar with each other's research. International colleagues and particle physicists are welcome to participate. If non-Polish speaking colleagues are present, then the use of English will be recommended. Confirmed speakers include: Marek Biesiada (Univ Silesia), Mariusz Dąbrowski (Univ Szczecin), Włodek Godłowski (OA-Jagellonian University, Krakow), Andrzej Marecki (UMK Torun), Boud Roukema (UMK Torun), Agnieszka Szaniewska (UMK Torun) Please redistribute this announcement as appropriate. Pozdrawiam serdecznie Local Organising Committee cosmo-spotka at cosmo torun pl (publicly archived mailing list) http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006 ---++ PROGRAMME See: http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006Program ---++ REGISTRATION We request all participants to register by Friday 5 May 2006. There is *no* registration cost. ---+++ Registration Step 1: Give us your basic information You may use *either* email *or* twiki. This applies to both speakers and other participants, except that non-speaking participants may omit title and abstract. ---++++ Either (1) email Send an email to *cosmo-spotka at cosmo.torun.pl* with name, institution, title, abstract. (This is a publicly archived mailing list.) ---++++ or (2) twiki Go to http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006Program, register as a twiki user, and add name, institution, title, abstract to the program. Non-speakers should add their information to the "other participants" section. ---+++ Registration Step 2: Subscribe to the announcement mailing list Go to http://cosmo.torun.pl/mailman/listinfo/cosmo-pl, choose a language, and follow the instructions to *subscribe yourself* to the cosmo-pl mailing list. Announcements concerning the meeting will be sent to this list. Following the conference you may unsubscribe yourself from the list or remain subscribed as you wish. ---++ ACCOMMODATION Many rooms are available at the University Hotel at 20-30 euro/night if you book early as a "university guest". See http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006Nocleg for more information, including information on other hotels in Toruń. ---++ SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE M. Biesiada, M. Dąbrowski, W. Godłowski, A. Marecki, B. Roukema, A. Szaniewska have participated so far in scientific organising. You are welcome to help organise by subscribing to and emailing on http://cosmo.torun.pl/mailman/listinfo/cosmo-spotka or by editing the twiki. Note the difference between the two lists: *cosmo-spotka* is for organising (lots of discussion), *cosmo-pl* is a *low-volume* list for brief announcements.

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Warsaw GR 90th anniversary meeting 12-13 May
by Boud Roukema 05 Apr '06

05 Apr '06

hi cosmo-pl 90th anniversary of GR 12-13 May 2006 Warsaw http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~mkorz/90thAnniversary/ (Thanks to Mariusz Dabrowski for this info.) pozdr boud

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ToK - cosmo-particle lectures 28-29.03, 4-5.04, 29.04-03.05 @Warsaw
by Boud Roukema 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

witam cosmo-pl According to a printout kindly provided by Mariusz Dąbrowski, there will be some cosmology + particle physics talks in the coming weeks/month in Warsaw, using european money - the name of the money is "ToK = Transfer of Knowledge". - lectures by W Mukhanov from Munich University 12.15g Mon 28.03.2006 + 04.04.2006 room SDT Inst Th.Physics UW 13.15g Tue 29.03.2006 + 05.04.2006 room SDT Inst Th.Physics UW - David Langlois from Paris VII "following weeks" of April 2006 - 29.04-03.05.2006 "Cząstki i Kosmologia" - "Particles and Cosmology" * lectures by Mukhanov, Binetruy and Langlois - inflation, dark energy * participants' presentations email contact: tok.warsaw at fuw edu pl web: http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~tok/ pozdr boud

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WMAP 3yr data - Omega_tot \approx 1.010-1.015 :)))))
by Boud Roukema 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Witam cosmo-pl, The 3-year WMAP data is now available: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/map/dr2/ilc_map_get.cfm As expected from the Poincare Dodecahedral Space analyses, e.g. http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310253 Luminet et al. http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0402608 Toruń http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412569 Aurich Lustig Steiner http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503014 Gundermann http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504656 Aurich Lustig Steiner the estimates of Omega_total remain in the range 1.010-1.020. :)))) Spergel et al find: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/map/dr2/pub_papers/threeyear/parameters… Omega_tot = 1.015 (+0.020,-0.016) WMAP-3yr + SNLS (supernova legacy survey) 1.010 (+0.016,-0.009) WMAP-3yr + HST key project on H_0 No matter how hard people try to combine different data sets, it seems that nobody can get Omega_tot much closer to 1.000 (except by assumption). In the conclusion, section 9, page 61 of Spergel et al., you'll see that after people like me have repeated ad infinitum in many, many seminars etc that WMAP does not imply a flat Universe, it only implies a "nearly flat Universe", finally, Spergel et al. have started using this expression: "The WMAP data are consistent with nearly flat universe". :) Anyway, hopefully in the next week, i and the other people who have volunteered ;) to help organise a small, "polish cosmology" workshop/meeting in Toruń, probably in May, will send out a "pre-registration" announcement... pozdr boud

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