November 2009 - Cosmo-torun

(1) workshop 15.00 Fri 20.11.2009 - another way to select comoving 3-space; (2) Festiwal 2010
by Boud Roukema 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

witam cosmo-torun (1) Research workshop! title: Another way to select comoving 3-space speaker: boud when/where: Friday 15.00 godz. 20.11.2009 @KRA. This topic will be different to my Monday KRA seminar. My Monday talk is about stuff on ArXiv.org and already peer-reviewed. Friday is for research-under-progress presentation/discussion - that's the idea, after all. (2) We have to announce FNiS2010 (science festival) proposals by Monday 23 Nov!!! Anyone interested in us doing something together, please speak up quickly, and we can briefly discuss it on Friday face-to-face (or tomorrow Thurs @KRA). Here's my proposal for what i'd like to talk about: http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/FestiwalNauki2010 pozdr boud

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textbook by Paddy: "Gravitation" (CUP)
by Boud Roukema 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

hi Cfalib, cosmo-torun, i think that Cfalib should order Paddy's new book on gravitation for our library, depending on when there's money available. Often at the end of the year there's budget money that needs to be spent, and the book doesn't seem very expensive anyway (though "c." probably means "circa" = $\sim$, which maybe means they'll increase the price if the book gets good reviews or if people pre-order it?). See the summary at GRTOC.pdf - link below. Any thoughts? pozdr boud > Gravitation: Foundations and Frontiers > T. Padmanabhan > > [To be published by Cambridge University Press, January 2010.] > > The book can be ordered from this site: > http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521882231 > > DESCRIPTION: > > This is a comprehensive advanced level textbook on Gravitation. The front > matter (table of contents etc.) is available as a pdf file here: > > http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~paddy/books/GRTOC.pdf > > Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced > textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers in all areas of > theoretical physics. The 'Foundation' section develops the formalism in six > chapters, and uses it in the next four chapters to discuss four key > applications - spherical spacetimes, black holes, gravitational waves and > cosmology. The six chapters in the 'Frontier' section describe cosmological > perturbation theory, quantum fields in curved spacetime, and the Hamiltonian > structure of general relativity, among several other advanced topics, some of > which are covered in-depth for the first time in a textbook. The modular > structure of the book allows different sections to be combined to suit a > variety of courses. Over 200 exercises are included to test and develop the > reader's understanding. There are also over 30 projects, which help readers > make the transition from the book to their own original research. > > HIGHLIGHTS: > > * Develops the formalism and uses it to discuss four key applications - > spherical spacetimes, black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology. > > * Describes several advanced topics, some of which are covered in-depth for the > first time in a textbook. > > * Different sections can be easily combined to meet the needs of a variety of > courses.

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workshop next week Fri 20.11.2009
by Boud Roukema 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

hi all, i forgot to announce a research workshop yesterday (2 days before Friday), so IMHO the best is to wait till Fri next week. i'll do my best to announce something by Wednesday... Any volunteers? Please volunteer directly on the list :) or at least tell me by another method. pozdr boud

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