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Proposed PRISM space mission (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 11 Jul '13

11 Jul '13

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:38:22 +0200 > From: Jacques Delabrouille ... > To: boud ... > Subject: Proposed PRISM space mission > > Dear Boud, > As you may have heard, we have answered the recent call for science themes for future ESA missions with a concept called PRISM (Polarised Radiation > Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) -- The name was given before we heard of the NSA's version of PRISM... > As this mission might be of interest to you and your colleagues in Torun, I am sending you this information, which I encourage you to send to the > Polish community susceptible to be interested in this science, either on the theoretical or the experimental side, and/or involved in the project. > > The main idea of the mission is an ultra-sensitive spectro-polarimetric survey of the entire sky from about 30 GHz to about 6 THz. > > The science case is as broad as possible to serve a very large scientific community. The main themes for cosmology and fundamental physics are: > - A complete census of the Dark Matter, hot gas, dusty galaxies in our Hubble volume, and corresponding constraints on cosmology, dark energy, > cluster physics, structure formation, star formation, etc. > - The ultimate measurement of CMB polarization, to constrain primordial GW and inflationary scenarios > - The measurement of the CMB frequency spectrum, to explore energy injection at z<10^6 by processes such as reionization, decay of DM particles, > evaporation of mini black holes, etc. > > Details are in http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013arXiv1306.2259P and on our website (http://www.prism-mission.org) > > Do not hesitate to ask questions if you have any. Support (by signing-up and encouraging people to sign-up on our web site) would be very useful > (there are already a small number of Polish scientists who expressed interest, but I am sure many more still have not received this information). > > Best, > > Jacques > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Jacques Delabrouille > CNRS, Laboratoire APC, > Université Paris Diderot, Bâtiment Condorcet > 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet > 75205 Paris cedex 13, FRANCE > Telephone: +33 1 57 27 60 40 > Fax: +33 1 57 27 60 71 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.apc.univ-paris7.fr/~delabrou/ > -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology (Multicosmofun'12) in Szczecin, Poland 2nd announcement
by Boud Roukema 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology (Multicosmofun'12) in Szczecin, Poland 2nd announcement Starting Mon, Sept 10, 2012 to Fri, Sept 14, 2012 Location: Szczecin, Poland Additional information: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl Dear Colleagues, We would like to remind you that the deadline for an early registration for the conference "Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology" is 30th of June 2012. Participants are kindly required to register through our conference server http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl by filling in a registration form and submitting it to the conference address: mcosmo12 at wmf.univ.szczecin.pl. Those who want to give a talk should send the title and the abstract together with the registration form. The talks selected for an oral presentation will be announced by the Organizing Committee soon after the registration deadline. It is planned that the invited lectures and short contributions will be published in a conference volume of the American Institute of Physics. The organizer of the conference is the Cosmology Group of the University of Szczecin and collaborators are the Polish Physical Society, the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Krakow, and the National Centre for Nuclear Research in Swierk. The list of invited speakers includes: Martin Bojowald, Univ. Penn State, USA Robert R. Caldwell, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA Paul C.W. Davies, Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona St. Univ., USA Michael Heller, Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Kraków, Poland Jerzy Jurkiewicz, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Claus Kiefer, Univ. Cologne, Germany Renate Loll, Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands Carlos J.A.P. Martins Univ. Porto, Portugal David Polarski, Univ. Montpellier, France Alexei Starobinsky, Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia Shinji Tsujikawa Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan Jean-Philippe Uzan, IAP, Paris, France Alexander Vilenkin, Tufts University, USA I am looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin. With compliments, Mariusz P. Dabrowski (Organizing Committee chair) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Polish Relativity Association (Polskie Towarzystwo Relatywistyczne)
by Boud Roukema 30 May '12

30 May '12

Witam cosmo-pl Polish relativists have organised in an association: http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~potor/ "Celem Towarzystwa jest konsolidacja znakomitych polskich relatywistów w prężnie działające środowisko, propagowanie na świecie informacji o osiągnięciach polskiej relatywistyki, sprowadzanie do Polski wiedzy o dokonaniach innych środowisk w dziedzinie teorii względności, zapewnianie polskim studentom, doktorantom i młodym uczonym jak najlepszych warunków ułatwiających rozpoczęcie własnej pracy badawczej na najwyższym poziomie w nowoczesnych dziedzinach relatywistycznej fizyki i matematyki czasoprzestrzeni." pozdr boud

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Multicosmofun'12, 10-14.09.2012 @Szczecin
by Boud Roukema 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

hi cosmo-pl This northern summer we'll have another Szczecin cosmo meeting. See below. pozdr boud MCOSMO'12 - 10-14.09.2012 Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology Szczecin, Poland http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl The task of the conference is to bring together specialists in fundamental cosmology (superstring, brane and M-theory), quantum cosmology and dark energy with the specialists in Multiverse concept such as e.g. variation of fundamental constants, decoherent histories, superstring landscape. It is planned that the invited lectures and short contributions will be published in a conference proceedings. Main speakers include: Martin Bojowald (Penn State), Robert R. Caldwell (Dartmouth), Paul C.W. Davies (BEYOND, Arizona), Michael Heller (Copernicus Center, Krakow), Claus Kiefer (Cologne), Anthony Lasenby (Cambridge), Carlos J.A.P. Martins (Porto), David Polarski (Montpellier), Alexei Starobinsky (Moscow), Shinji Tsujikawa (Tokyo), Jean-Philippe Uzan (IAP, Paris), Alexander Vilenkin (Tufts).

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(1) MG XIII, 1-7.07.2012 Stockholm; (2) Grav+Cosmo @QQQ, 10-14 July Tallinn
by Boud Roukema 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

hi cosmo-pl (1) Marcel Grossmann XIII, 1-7 July 2012 Stockholm http://www.icra.it/mg/mg13/ (2) Gravitation and cosmology session at QQQ 2012, 10-14 July 2012 Tallinn http://www.agmp.eu/qqq/ pozdr boud ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:34:13 -0000 > Subject: 1st announcement: Gravitation and cosmology session at QQQ 2012 > conference in Tallinn, Estonia Dear Colleague, This is the first announcement of the topical session "Gravitation and cosmology" to be held on 10-14 July 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia in the framework of the conference "3Q: Algebra, Geometry, Information". The topics of the session include but are not limited to: - mathematical aspects of classical general relativity theory and its modifications, - quantum properties of the gravitational interaction, - cosmological models in modified theories of gravity and their observational consequences. The session is dedicated to the centenary of Professor Harald Keres (1912-2010) who initiated studies in general relativity in Estonia. As our current research aims at explaining dark energy with modifications that extend Einstein's theory, we are especially looking forward for talks on this and related topics. The Tallinn conference is a satellite meeting to MG13, the Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, held on 1-7 July 2012 in Stockholm, conveniently just across the Baltic sea. For more information and registration please visit the website http://www.agmp.eu/qqq/ Looking forward to meet you in Tallinn, Best regards, Piret Kuusk, Organizer Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia Phone: +372 7374621, Fax: +372 7383033 E-mail: piret fi tartu ee

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Astronomical Data Analysis 7th conf, 14-18 May 2012, Cargese, Corsica, France
by Boud Roukema 02 Jan '12

02 Jan '12

hi cosmo-pl, The following should be a good conference for almost anyone doing observational work. People with teaching duties would need to get replacements for the week of the conference. pozdr boud > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:28:56 +0100 > From: SF2A... > Message SF2A No 495 - 27/12/11 > > Sur le web: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?rubrique7 > http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?article364 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Astronomical Data Analysis (ADA) - 7th conference, 14-18 May 2012, Cargese, Corsica, France --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Held regularly since 2001, the ADA conference series is focused on algorithms and information extraction from astrophysical data sets. The conference program includes keynote, invited and contributed talks, as well as posters. This conference series has been characterized by a range of innovative themes, including multiscale geometric transforms such as the curvelet transform, compressed sensing and clustering in cosmology, while at the same time remaining closely linked to front-line open problems and issues in astrophysics and cosmology. This year the conference will be proceded by a full week of Tutorials (7 - 11 May 2012) on various topics of advanced data processing. During ADA-VII one session will be dedicated to advanced algorithms in the astronomical project pipeline. Other sessions will include asteroseismology, exoplanet detection, large scale structures (weak lensing, galaxy catalogs), CMB (source separation, polarization), restoration (map-making, deconvolution, modeling), hyperspectral data analysis, compressed sensing. The ADA conference is a strongly interdisciplinary conference allowing researchers coming from different fields to interact. We generally have 5 or 6 keynote speakers, who are leaders in their respective fields, half being astronomers and the other half being mathematicians, statisticians or electrical engineering researchers. Each session has at least one invited speaker, and half of the talks are contributed talks. A full poster session is included in the program, where each researcher with a poster will have a 2 minutes oral talk, allowing for a presentation of himself or herself, presentation of results and an invitation to view the poster. Note: The Cargese conference center can host 80 participants during the conference week and 40 participants during the tutorial week. For more details, please visite the conference website : http://ada7.cosmostat.org/ Pre-registration is open at this URL : http://dr12.azur-colloque.cnrs.fr/pre-inscription.php?colloque=106 Contact: ada7.cargese gmail.com. Transmis par Christian Surace SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A

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Moriond Cosmology 10-17.03.2012
by Boud Roukema 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Dear colleague, The next Rencontres de Moriond meeting devoted to Cosmology will be organized in La Thuile (Valle d'Aosta, Italy), March 10-17, 2012. The topics covered will include: A. Methodology B. Dark Matter: direct and indirect detection C. Neutrinos and Cosmology D. CMB, Clusters / SZ E. Dark Energy F. Lensing G. Theory (inflation, modified gravity, scalar/tensor X-dim ...) Registration is now open. And more details can be found on the web site of the conference: http://moriond.in2p3.fr/ (including an abstract submission form) best regards, the organizing committee

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27.05-01.06.2012 24th Rencontres de Blois - physics/cosmo
by Boud Roukema 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

hi cosmo-pl, Rencontres de Blois 2012. pozdr boud ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:12:06 +0200 > From: SF2A... > Message SF2A No 487 - 17/10/11 > > Sur le web: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?rubrique7 > http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?article352 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. 24th Rencontres de Blois, Particle Physics and Cosmology, May 27th-June 1st, 2012, Château de Blois --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an announcement and call for papers for an international conference which will be held in the Château of Blois, in France's Loire Valley. Particle Physics and Cosmology will emphasize the increasing interplay between high energy accelerator based physics and cosmology. The conference will consist of plenary sessions for invited in depth oral presentations (review talks and talks on specific specialised topics), and contributed papers, in the form of relatively short oral papers or posters. We will aim to achieve a balance between review talks, provocative talks given by recognized specialists, and shorter contributions, special emphasis being placed on active participation by younger researchers and post-docs. Parallel sessions are foreseen, and are being organised as the need arises. This will be the 24th meeting in this series of annual international multidisciplinary meetings, created in 1989 by Jean Tran Thân Van and which has in the past covered many topics in physics, astronomy and biology. All sessions take place in the Château of Blois, a beautiful renaissance castle which has housed many French kings, and notably François 1st. Meals are served in the castle to all participants, in order to encourage interaction between scientists at all levels. Participation is limited to about 150 persons. The web site for this year's meeting is at this URL : http://confs.obspm.fr/Blois2012/index.htm The meeting will be articulated around the results and their impact on current theories from the three major new experimental and observational facilities which have recently been commissioned and are producing new and exciting results: - CERN's LHC - the PLANCK satellite - the HERSCHEL satellite Topics will include: - the Standard Model in particle physics, in new data and analyses - the search for the Higgs boson - theories of and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model - heavy flavour physics - neutrino physics (astrophysical and laboratory) - dark matter, dark energy and recent advances in cosmology. The detailed scientific programme is currently under development; if you urgently need information which is currently not available on this site, you may contact Boaz Klima, at the email address: klima(a)fnal.gov The conference site (http://confs.obspm.fr/Blois2012/index.htm) will be updated regularly, as new information becomes available. Please login regularly. For administrative and organizational questions, you may contact the conference secretary, Ms Hady Schenten, 33 (0)1 69 28 51 35; Fax : 33 (0)1 69288659, hady.schen Transmis par Ludwik Celnikier

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ICGAC10 @Quy-Nhon 17-22 December 2011; compact objects/ASTROSAT @Mysore 14-22 July 2012
by Boud Roukema 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

hi cosmo-pl Two conference announcements - a general cosmo/gravity meeting in Vietnam, and a compact objects + ASTROSAT (Indian project) meeting in India. pozdr boud > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:52:45 +0200 > Message SF2A No 483 - 19/09/11 > Sur le web: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?rubrique7 > http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?article347 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Les Rencontres du Vietnam - Xth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology (ICGAC10), December 17-22, 2011 , Quy-Nhon, Vietnam --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICGAC10 is part of a series of biennial conferences on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology which take place in the Asia-Pacific area with the following goals: - to encourage cooperation among the member countries within an international context - to promote advanced studies on emerging topics - to encourage young physicists to enter these fields. The first meeting was initiated by Prof. Yong Min Cho, one of the founders of the APCTP at SNU in 1993. This conference is organized in Vietnam with the help of "Les Rencontres du Vietnam"(*), whose aim is to promote scientific education and research in Vietnam. The ICGAC10 program will consist of oral presentations in plenary and parallel sessions, with review talks on specific topics given by leading researchers. Debates on controversial issues will be programmed during the conference. Poster contributions are welcome, and will be posted up during the entire week. Topics include: - Experimental studies of gravity - Quantum gravity - Gravitational waves - Black holes, Wormholes - Strings, Branes and Extra dimensions - Numerical Relativity - Cosmology, Dark matter, Dark energy - Relativistic Astrophysics - Astroparticle Physics, Cosmic rays - Astronomical and space-research instrumentation More details can be found on the conference website: http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/ICGAC10/ICGAC10.html (*) The "Rencontres du Vietnam" association have organized at infrequent intervals during the last 10 years meetings in Vietnam on various scientific topics, ranging from particle physics to biology and astrophysics. These meetings take the form of high profile international conferences, and have in the past brought together some of the world's leading specialists on the subjects treated. Transmis par Ludwik Celnikier --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. 9th COSPAR Scientific Assembly: "Multi-wavelength Studies of Compact Objects with Focus on ASTROSAT", 14-22 July, 2012, Mysore, India --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first announcement for an event (E1.3) of the 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly to be held in Mysore, India during 14-22 July, 2012. Abstract submission period: 19 August 2011 to 10 February 2012. X-ray binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei provide us a unique opportunity to explore the properties of matter in extreme conditions and test fundamental physical theories in extreme environments. These objects emit across the wavelengths, and hence multi-wavelength studies of them will be useful to probe, among other things, high-density degenerate matter, theories of gravitation in the strong field regime and the inflow-outflow (disk-jet-wind) mechanism. The Indian astronomy satellite ASTROSAT will perform simultaneous observations from optical to hard X-ray, monitor the sky for X-ray transient activities, and detect and study the rapid variability of these sources. This session aims to include the new theoretical and observational results, as well as reviews, related to accreting neutron stars and black holes (stellar-mass and super-massive) at wavelengths relevant to ASTROSAT, and complementary studies in other wavelengths. The session will also include presentations on the effective ways to use ASTROSAT, including joint observations with other space-based and ground instruments. Duration: 3 half-days Website: http://www.cospar-assembly.org/ Invited speakers: To be announced soon. The precise dates of the event will be announced as soon as they are fixed. Transmis par Didier Barret

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potential Post doctoral position at IAS-CEA/SAP&SPP
by Boud Roukema 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 15:19:07 +0200 > From: Programme National de Cosmologie et Galaxies <...> 1. Potential Post doctoral position at IAS-CEA/SAP&SPP Post doctoral funding is available in the framework of P2IO, an association of french laboratories including IAS, CEA/SAp and CEA/SPP. The allocation is competitive between projects within P2IO, with applications due Sept 20 and decision on selected projects by Oct 15. The position is for a period of two years, starting no later than January 1, 2012. We seek potential candidates who would be interested to work with people from IAS/SAP/SPP on aspects of astrophysics and cosmology with clusters of galaxies in the framework of Planck. Interested candidates are invited to send a CV and publication list by September 15th. Nabila Aghanim, Monique Arnaud, Jean Baptiste Melin contact: Monique.Arnaud cea.fr -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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