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Dark Side of the Universe 2014, 17-21.XI.2014, Cape Town
by Boud Roukema 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Dark Side of the Universe 2014 X International Workshop Surveying the Dark Side of the Universe - Theory and Observations 17-21 November 2014 (Cape Town, South Africa) http://www.acgc.uct.ac.za/dsu2014/ Follow us on Twitter @dsu2014 Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dsu2014 The meeting is in the series of the DSU workshops previously held in Seoul (2005), Madrid (2006), Minnesota (2007), Cairo (2008), Melbourne (2009), Leon (2010), Beijing (2011), Buzios, Rio de Janeiro (2012) and Trieste (2013). For more information, see http://dark.ft.uam.es/dsu/ Topics of the workshop: Surveying the Dark Universe Dark Energy - beyond the Concordance Model Simulations of galaxies, clusters and the Universe Dark Matter candidates Modified Gravity Speakers include (this will be updated on the website). G. Bertone (University of Amsterdam), C. Bonvin (Cambridge University), C. de Rham (Case Western Reserve University), R. Dave (University of the Western Cape), R. Durrer (University of Geneva), G. Ellis (University of Cape Town), J. Kneib (EPFL), O. Lahav (University College London), S. Matarrese (Padova University) - TBC, T. Medupe (University of the North West), K. Moodley (University of KwaZulu Natal), P. Patel (University of the Western Cape), S. Razzaque (University of Johannesburg), G. Starkmann (Case Western Reserve University), J-P. Uzan (IHP, IAP), C. Wetterich (University of Heidelberg). International Committee Pyungwon Ko (KIAS, South Korea), Carlos Mu?oz (UAM/IFT, Spain), Keith Olive (Minnesota University, USA), Shaaban Khalil (BUE, Egypt), Csaba Balazs (Monash University, Australia), David Delepine (Guanajuato University, Mexico), Yu-Feng Zhou (KITPC/ITP-CAS, China), Qaisar Shafi (Delaware University, USA), Christiane Frigerio Martins (S?o Paulo University, Brasil), Paolo Salucci (SISSA, Italy). Local Committee Vinicius Busti (UCT), Vincent Bouillot (UCT), Chris Clarkson (UCT), Sergio Colafrancesco (WITS), Peter Dunsby - Chair (UCT), Marc Lilley (UCT), Roy Maartens (UWC), Diego Saez Gomez (UCT), Amanda Weltman (UCT). Immediately after DSU2014, there will be a meeting hosted by the South African Gravity Society (SAGS) to celebrate the 75th birthday of George Ellis (24 November). Please contact Roy Maartens (roy.maartens(a)gmail.com) if you are interested in attending this event. You can also register for SAGS at http://math.ukzn.ac.za/~sags2014 Important Dates: Deadline for talk submissions: 1st October 2014 Workshop: 17th-21st November 2014 George Ellis at 75 and the South African Gravity Society Meeting: 24-25 November 2014 Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone you think might be interested on DSU 2014.

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PoToR: First Conf Polish Relativity Society 29.VI-04.VII.2014 @Spala (near Warsaw)
by Boud Roukema 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

hi cosmo-pl, Most people on this list probably already know about the PoToR meeting ( http://www.spala2014.p.lodz.pl ), but some may not. pozdr Boud ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1st Conference of Polish Society on Relativity 29 June - 4 July 2014, Spała, Poland SESSIONS: Cosmology in Homogeneous Spacetime Cosmology in Quantum Homogeneous Spacetime Inhomogeneous Cosmology Twistors and Complex Methods Loop Quantum Gravity & Non-commutative Spacetimes Mathematical Relativity I Non-commutative Spacetimes Mathematical Relativity II Gravitational Waves SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: P. Bizoń, A. Borowiec, P. Chruściel, M. Demiański, M. Dunajski, J. Garecki, P. Jaranowski, J. Jezierski, J. Jurkiewicz, J. Kijowski, J. Kowalski-Glikman, A. Krasiński, A. Królak, J. Lewandowski (chairman), J. Lukierski, E. Malec, P. Nurowski, W. Piechocki, M. Przanowski, M. Rogatko, J. Tafel LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: A. Chudecki, M. Dobrski, M. Dunajski, S. Formański, P. Nurowski, A. Okołów, M. Przanowski (chairman), P. Sułkowski, J. Tosiek INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZERS & SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS: Polish Society on Relativity Ministry of Science and Higher Education Łódź University of Technology, Institute of Physics National Science Centre URL: http://www.spala2014.p.lodz.pl/ POSTER: http://spala2014.p.lodz.pl/images/drzewofinmale.jpg LOCATION: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa%C5%82a

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11:30 **TOMORROW** Wed 30 May @CAMK-Wawa: Doug Simons (CFHT) - new telescope MSE
by Boud Roukema 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

******************* The meeting with the Directore of the Canada-French Hawaii Telescope May 30th, 11:30, CAMK The present director of the CFHT (Canada-French Hawaii Telescope), Doug Simons, and the science director of CFHT, Daniel Devost will visit CAMK with the aim to show the plans of constructing a new telescope - Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE, earlier nCFHT, see: http://www.ngcfht.org/[www.ngcfht.org]). MSE will be a 10 m telescope devoted to multiobject spectroscopy, with planned repeated observations of a give field of view. This gives the possibility to study the variability of weak sources - mostly galaxies, but also stars and the interstellar/intergalactic medium. The meeting will be held at CAMK, May 30th, most likely at 11:30. If you are interested, please contact us (bcz camk.edu.pl). Polish Astronomical Society is the co-organizer of the meeting. Michał Chodorowski Bożena Czerny Agnieszka Pollo ********************** Spotkanie z Dyrektorami Canada-French Hawaii Telescope 30 maja, 11:30, CAMK, Warszawa 30 maja będą w Polsce z wizytą aktualny dyrektor CFHT (Canada-French Hawaii Telescope), Doug Simons, oraz dyrektor naukowy CFHT, Daniel Devost, żeby opowiedzieć nam o planach nowego planowanego teleskopu - Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE, wcześniej nCFHT, więcej informacji: http://www.ngcfht.org/[www.ngcfht.org]). MSE ma być 10 m teleskopem przeznaczonym do spektroskopii wieloobiektowej, na dużych obszarach nieba, z opcją prowadzenia przeglądów spektroskopowych powtarzanych w niedługich odstępach czasu (czyli daje możliwości badania zmienności widmowej słabych źródeł - przede wszystkim galaktyk, ale również gwiazd i materii międzygwiazdowej/międzygalaktycznej). Spotkanie odbędzie się prawdopodobnie 30 maja o godz. 11:30 w CAMK (możliwe zmiany). Zainteresowanych prosimy o kontakt (bcz camk.edu.pl). Spotkaniu patronuje PTA. Michał Chodorowski Bożena Czerny Agnieszka Pollo **********************

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PhD+postdoc positions @Szczecin; CMB school 22-26.04.2014 Italy
by Boud Roukema 21 Jan '14

21 Jan '14

---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. PhD positions in cosmology, Szczecin 2. Postdoc positions in cosmology, Szczecin 3. Observing the Universe with the CMB, 22-26.04.2014, L'Aquila, Italy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ph.D. student positions in cosmology and fundamental interactions Szczecin Cosmology Group at the Institute of Physics of the University of Szczecin invites applications for 2 Ph.D. student positions cosmology, particle physics, and fundamental interactions. The positions are supposed to be filled after 1st of March 2014 and last for 3 years. The positions are funded by the National Science Centre Maestro-3 grant ,,New consequences of the variability of the fundamental constants in physics and cosmology" led by prof. Mariusz P. Dąbrowski (DEC-2012/06/A/ST2/00395). The gross monthly salary per a position is 2500 PLN, there is a possibility for a cheaper university supported accommodation, travel fund is available. The city of Szczecin is located near to polish border with Germany 130 km away from Berlin with good access to international airports. The research will deal with broad area of the particle physics and cosmology with the emphasis onto the theories with variable physical constants and their consequences onto the evolution of the universe. The project will refer to both theoretical as well as experimental and observational aspects of such theories. The deadline for applications is 14th February, 2014. Applications should include CV, list of publications, a brief statement of research interests, a copy of graduate studies diploma (M.Sc.) and a copy of the thesis. Candidates should arrange for at least 1 letter of recommendation. Applications and recommendations should be sent by email to prof. M.P. Dąbrowski: mpdabfz wmf.univ.szczecin.pl. Szczecin Cosmology Group Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Szczecin ul. Wielkopolska 15, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland tel: (+48) 91 4441248; fax: (+48) 91 4441427; http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Postdoctoral positions in cosmology and fundamental interactions Szczecin Cosmology Group at the Institute of Physics of the University of Szczecin invites applications for 2 postdoctoral positions cosmology, particle physics, and fundamental interactions. The positions are supposed to be filled after 1 st of March 2014 and last for 2 years with a possibility to further extension for another 2 years. The positions are funded by the National Science Centre Maestro-3 grant ,,New consequences of the variability of the fundamental constants in physics and cosmology" led by prof. Mariusz P. Dąbrowski (DEC2012/06/A/ST2/00395). The gross monthly salary per a position is 6500 PLN, there is a possibility for a cheaper university supported accommodation, travel fund is available. The city of Szczecin is located near to polish border with Germany 130 km away from Berlin with good access to international airports. The research will deal with broad area of the particle physics and cosmology with the emphasis onto the theories with variable physical constants and their consequences onto the evolution of the universe. The project will refer to both theoretical as well as experimental and observational aspects of such theories. The deadline for applications is 14th February, 2014. Applications should include CV, list of publications, and a brief statement of research interests. Candidates should arrange for 3 letters of recommendation. Applications and recommendations should be sent by email to prof. M.P. Dąbrowski: mpdabfz wmf.univ.szczecin.pl. Szczecin Cosmology Group Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Szczecin ul. Wielkopolska 15, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland tel: (+48) 91 4441248; fax: (+48) 91 4441427; http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Observing the Universe with the CMB, 22-26.04.2014, L'Aquila, Italy IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT This is to inform you that the deadline for application to the Course on "Observing the Universe with the Cosmic Microwave Background" has been extended to February 22. Please visit the School website http://www.cifs-isss.org for any further information. Sincerely Paola Solini ------------------------- The International School of Space Science of the Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale organizes a Course on 'Observing the Universe with the Cosmic Microwave Background', to be held in L'Aquila, Italy, April 22-26, 2014, and directed by P. de Bernardis, M. Bersanelli, N. Mandolesi and J.-L. Puget. The aim of the School is to present the Planck satellite mission which has provided a multifrequency detailed view of the Universe at millimeter waves, exploring the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the relevant foregrounds with an unprecedented combination of sensitivity, angular resolution and frequency coverage. Meanwhile, a number of ground based and balloon-borne experiments are exploring the tiniest details of the CMB (anisotropy, polarization, spectral anisotropy, etc.) providing a wealth of new knowledge on our universe. New space mission concepts have also been proposed, involving significant technology improvements, and are actively investigated. This school will provide an up to date review of the latest results and of their impact on cosmology and on fundamental physics. Experimental, interpretation and theoretical activities will be weighted to provide a well balanced understanding of the current status and of the forthcoming efforts in this field. For further information visit http://www.cifs-isss.org/ or send an e-mail to ssc aquila.infn.it ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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IAU Symposium 308: The Zeldovich Universe: Genesis and Growth of the Cosmic Web @Tallinn (Estonia)
by Boud Roukema 19 Jan '14

19 Jan '14

IAU Symposium 308: The Zeldovich Universe: Genesis and Growth of the Cosmic Web We are happy to announce IAU Symposium 308 "The Zel'dovich' Universe: Genesis and Growth of the Cosmic Web", which will be held in Tallinn, Estonia, from June 23-28, 2014. 2014 is the centenary year of the birth of Yakov Zel'dovich. IAU symposium 308 pays tribute to his outstanding contributions to the understanding of the large scale matter distribution in the Universe by devoting its attention on the Cosmic Web and cosmic structure formation. The symposium will synthesize the large advances and insights obtained from many different observational and theoretical studies and set out the lines for the major upcoming scientific programs that will not only extend our view over a far larger fraction of the visible Universe but also allow the systematic investigation of the evolution of cosmic structure. Topics that will be addressed are: - Large Scale Galaxy Surveys - Simulations of Large Scale Structure formation - Structural Analysis of the Cosmic Web - Large Scale Structure at high redshift - the Zel'dovich Legacy: theory & dynamics - Gravitational Lensing and the Cosmic Web - Voids - the Local Universe (reconstruction, dynamics and velocity flows) - Dynamical Analysis of the Cosmic Web - the Gaseous Cosmic Web (Lyman alpha forest, WHIM, ...) - Cosmic Web as environment for galaxy formation - Galaxies in the Cosmic Web - Dark Ages -- Reionization - Primordial Signature of the Cosmic Web (BAOs, primordial non-Gaussianities, non-standard Gravity) - Future Surveys - Cosmology of Yakov Zel'dovich: historical and scientific perspective Registration, abstract submission and application for financial support are now possible. More information can be found in our conference webpage http://www.iau-zeldovich.org/

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Moriond Cosmology 22-29.03.2014
by Boud Roukema 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 00:21:35 +0100 (CET) > From: Jacques Dumarchez <...> > Subject: Moriond Cosmology 2014 Dear colleague, Let us remind you that the next Rencontres de Moriond meeting devoted to Cosmology will be organized in La Thuile (Valle d'Aosta, Italy), March 22-29, 2014. The topics covered will include: A. Cosmic Microwave Background B. Dark Energy C. Clusters / SZ D. Dark Matter: direct and indirect detection E. Neutrino Cosmology F. Theory G. Future programs in Cosmology Registration is open on the conference web site: http://moriond.in2p3.fr/J14 And more details can be found there including an abstract submission form. hoping to see you in La Thuile, best regards, the organizing committee

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Hot Topics Cosmo 12-17.05.2014, Cargese, FR; IAUS306 Statistics Cosmo 26-29.05.2014, Lisbon, PT
by Boud Roukema 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

hi cosmo-pl, Here are two 2014 FR-based cosmo meetings that you might find interesting. Announcement "3." below is in French, but if you paste the URL into a browser, you'll see that the program looks like it will very likely be in English. One PL-based participant is already listed in the preliminary program. pozdr Boud ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:52:10 +0100 > From: Secrétariat SF2A > Message SF2A No 584 - 25/11/13 > Cliquez sur ce lien si le message ne s'affiche pas correctement: > http://www.sf2a.eu/?article508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Hot topics in Modern Cosmology: Spontaneous Workshop VIII - 12-17 mai 2014, IESC Cargèse 4. IAUS306: statistical challenges in 21st century cosmology - 26-29 mai 2014, Lisbonne --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Hot topics in Modern Cosmology: Spontaneous Workshop VIII - 12-17 mai 2014, IESC Cargèse --------------------------------------------------------------------------- L'atelier SW8 se tiendra la semaine du 12 mai 2013 à l'institut d'études scientifiques de Cargèse. Il a pour objectif de rassembler des spécialistes en physique des particules, astrophysique et cosmologie pour débattre sur des problèmes émergents en vue de perspectives innovantes. Il se singularise des ateliers traditionnels par le fait que le programme est précisé seulement une semaine avant sa tenue, sur la base des conférences proposées par les participants. Le nombre de participants n'excède pas 30 et le nombre d'exposés est choisi de sorte à favoriser les échanges. Pour plus d'information se rendre sur ce site web : http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/SW_2014/SW8.html Transmis par Roland Triay --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. IAUS306: statistical challenges in 21st century cosmology - 26-29 mai 2014, Lisbonne --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The IAU Symposium 306 on Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology will take place in Lisbon, Portugal from 26-29 May 2014, with a tutorial day on 25 May. Full exploitation of the very large surveys of the Cosmic Microwave Background, Large-Scale Structure, weak gravitational lensing and future 21cm surveys will require use of the best statistical techniques to answer the major cosmological questions of the 21st century, such as the nature of Dark Energy and gravity. Thus it is timely to emphasise the importance of inference in cosmology, and to promote dialogue between astronomers and statisticians. This has been recognized by the creation of the IAU Working Group in Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics in 2012. IAU Symposium 306 will be devoted to problems of inference in cosmology, from data processing to methods and model selection, and will have an important element of cross-disciplinary involvement from the statistics communities. You are invited to submit an abstract for a contributed talk or poster for the meeting, via the meeting website (http://sccc21.sim.ul.pt). The deadline for abstract submission is 21st March 2014. Full information on the scientific rationale, programme, proceedings, critical dates, and local arrangements will be on the symposium web site. Transmis par Alberto Krone-Martins

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Postdoctoral fellowship at APC, Paris (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:43:40 -0800 > From: Jacques Delabrouille <...> > To: Jacques Delabrouille <...> > Subject: Postdoctoral fellowship at APC, Paris > > Dear Colleague, > > Please find below an announcement for a postdoctoral fellowship at APC > laboratory, Paris. Thank you for forwarding this information to > whomever might be interested. > > Best Regards > Jacques Delabrouille > > ======================================================================== > > Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral fellowship position at the > Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory (APC) in Paris. The primary > tasks of the position are the analysis of Planck polarization data, > the development of a multicomponent model of sky emission in the > Planck frequency range, and a participation to the definition and > optimization of a future space mission for CMB science after Planck. > > The successful applicant will work as a member of the APC CMB group > and interact primarily with Jacques Delabrouille. Current research > topics in the group include CMB temperature and polarization > anisotropies, galaxy clusters, CMB observations with Planck, > Polarbear, and QUBIC, and the preparation of a future space mission > (recent COrE and PRISM proposals). The postdoctoral fellow will have > the opportunity to join some of the existing projects of the group, > and will also be encouraged to develop and pursue his/her own projects > within the broad theme of the proposed research topic. > > The starting date for the position is March 1st, 2014 at the > latest. The initial appointment is for one year, with renewal for a > second year contingent on satisfactory progress. Extension for one or > two more years is possible depending on the availability of > funding. The salary will depend on the level of experience, and health > benefits are included. > > Each applicant should submit via email to Jacques Delabrouille > (delabrouille apc.univ-paris7.fr), as a single pdf file, a current CV > (max 2 pages), a list of publications, a research statement (max 3 > pages) that describes the applicant's qualifications and research > interests relevant of the proposed work. Applicants should also > arrange for two or three letters of recommendation to be emailed to > the same address. The review of applications will begin on Dec. 8th, > 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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LSST
by Boud Roukema 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Witam If anyone in a Polish institution is interested in potential LSST participation as a PI, please contact Agnieszka Pollo urgently if you have not already been in contact. pozdr Boud

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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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12 - 18 September 2011, Ustroń: Matter to the deepest
by Boud Roukema 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

******************************************************************************** "MATTER TO THE DEEPEST: Recent Developments in Physics of Fundamental Interactions" Ustroń '11 12 - 18 September 2011 ******************************************************************************** Every second year the Particle Physics and Field Theory Group of the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, organizes the International Conference on Theoretical Physics. The forthcoming XXXVth conference will be organized together with the Astrophysics and Cosmology Group and will take place in Ustroń, Poland from 12 to 18 September, 2011. Aimed at bringing together experts and active researchers in astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics, it will cover the following topics: * Gravity - fundamental or emergent * Dark energy - in quest of the solution * Dark matter - inspiration from and for astroparticle physics * High energy astrophysics - gamma ray bursts, cosmic rays, compact objects * Tests of the Standard Model at LHC and other colliders * Beyond the Standard Model: new and old directions * Neutrino physics * Prospects in particle physics: new colliders and new theoretical methods. Web page: http://prac.us.edu.pl/~us2011/ LOC Chairman: Marek Biesiada ********************************************************************************

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CAMK workshop this week: 12-17 July 2011: Cosmic web morphology and topology
by Boud Roukema 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

hi cosmo-pl, CAMK workshop *this* week: 12-17 July 2011: Cosmic web morphology and topology http://users.camk.edu.pl/pchela/workshop/ Once you click on the web site, it will be obvious that the topics are: Cosmic web (morphology and topology) not Cosmic (web morphology) and topology pozdr boud

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baryons @Marseille 20-24.VI.2011; cosmo @Princeton 18-29.VII.2011 (deadline 28.II.2011)
by Boud Roukema 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

witam cosmo-pl A conference and a school for the northern summer 2011: 6. VIIIth Marseille International Cosmology Conference, "The Cosmic Odyssey of baryons: accreting, outflowing and hiding" June 20-24, Marseille, France 7. 2011 "Frontiers of Physics in Cosmology," Princeton July 18-29 application deadline = 28 February. Details below. pozdr boud > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:14:14 +0100 > From: Programme National de Cosmologie et Galaxies <...> > Subject: Diffusion PNCG - mess n° 36 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. VIIIth Marseille International Cosmology Conference, "The Cosmic Odyssey of baryons: accreting, outflowing and hiding" June 20-24, Marseille, France More than a decade of deep spectroscopic surveys of galaxies, absorption line studies in quasar spectra and intensive numerical simulations have placed the interactions between galaxies and the intergalactic medium (IGM) at the center of our understanding of the formation and growth of galaxies. The IGM appears as the dominant reservoir of baryons at all epochs, provides fuel for star formation in galaxies and, in turn, is transformed by radiation, metal production and mechanical energy released through galaxy evolution. The conference aims at reviewing and studying this co-evolution of galaxies and the IGM, from the completion of reionization to the present epoch. A large place will be given to numerical simulations as providing the crucial link between the baryonic processes involved and the evolution observed. The main topics that will be addressed are: - the missing baryons problem and the development of the warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM), - the observational signatures of gas infall and outflows, and related phenomena observed at large scales (neutral hydrogen evolution, metallicity variations, etc), - the environment directly surrounding galaxies, the so-called circumgalactic medium (CGM). More detailed information on the conference (SOC, invited speakers, sessions) is available on the conference web site at: http://www.oamp.fr/mrs2011/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. 2011 "Frontiers of Physics in Cosmology," This is a reminder that the application deadline for this summer school, which is to take place at IAS from July 18-29, is February 28. Lecturers for PiTP 2011 include Nima Arkani-Hamed, Eva Silverstein, David Spergel, Paul Steinhardt, Leonard Susskind, Neil Turok, and Matias Zaldarriaga. The application can be accessed through the school website at http://www.sns.ias.edu/pitp/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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high z cosmo workshop @Marseille 3-8 May 2011: 50 participants only
by Boud Roukema 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

hi cosmo-pl, High z Cosmo workshop @Marseille 3-8 May 2011 URL: http://lamwws.oamp.fr/cosmowiki/WorkshopCosmoFirstObjects Brief unofficial translation: Informal meeting on high z (3 < z < 10) objects - formation, abundances from theoretical and observational points of view, reionisation, population III stars, implications for low z. Participation limited to 50 people! pozdr boud ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:47:34 +0100 > From: SF2A... Message SF2A No 458 - 07/02/11 Sur le web: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?rubrique7 http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?article297 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. CosmoFirstObjects - International Meeting on High-z Cosmology, 3-6 mai 2011, Marseille --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poursuivant la coutume débuté en 2008 des réunions internationales informelles de cosmologie à Marseille (CosmoTools en 2008, CosmoClusters en 2009, CosmoZsurveys en 2010), cette année la recontre se fera autour de la cosmologie à grand redshift. Notamment, nous aborderons la détection des premiers objets (3 < z < 10) à toutes les longueurs d'onde; la physique qui en decoule aux échelles cosmologiques : - formation et abondances des premier halos de matière noire ; - l'abondance et le clustering des LAE, LBG, QSO, GRB, etc. ; - la reionisation ; l'histoire de la formation stellaire à grand redshift ; - l'implication sur la cosmologie à bas redshift. Des revues ouvriront la discussion autour des différentes thématiques : First Light - CMB, First Halos and Primordial non-Gaussianities, First Galaxies, First AGN, First GRB, First Stars, First Black Holes, First Lensed, First Small-Scale-Structures and Reionization. Pour faciliter les interactions dans une atmosphère conviviale, le nombre de participants est limité à ~50. Pour plus d'information, voir cette page web : http://lamwws.oamp.fr/cosmowiki/WorkshopCosmoFirstObjects Pour participer: contacter carlo.schimd AT oamp.fr ou cucciati AT oats.inaf.it N'hesitez pas à me contacter si vous avez des questions. Transmis par Olga Cucciati SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A Pour toutes informations complémentaires, comme pour faire passer vos messages, envoyez un mail à Réza Samadi (sf2a ... ). Les messages (courts, maximum 20 lignes) doivent me parvenir impérativement sous forme de texte ASCII simple (les caractères speciaux doivent etre supprimés ; les accents sont autorisés). MERCI ! SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A----SF2A

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galactic + extragalactic foregrounds 23-27.05.2011, Zadar, Hrwacja
by Boud Roukema 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:47:50 +0100 > From: SF2A > Subject: sf2a : vos dernieres nouvelles Message SF2A No 450 - 06/12/10 Sur le web: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?rubrique7 http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?article286 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Foreground conference (FGC2011) - "Understanding Galactic and extragalactic foregrounds: A road to success for cosmological experiments", 23 - 27 May 2011, in Zadar, Croatia --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently, there are several cosmological experiments (planned and ongoing) that use low frequency radiation to study the structure, the evolution, and the origin of our Universe. Among those are cosmic microwave background radiation experiments (e.g. Planck satellite) and the redshifted 21cm line of neutral hydrogen from the epoch of reionization (e.g. LOFAR, GMRT, MWA & SKA). In addition to the main scientific goals of each experiment, they all have one more thing in common: prominent Galactic and extragalactic foreground emission that challenges the observations. Therefore, the success of these cosmological observations relies on our understanding of the foregrounds and development of good foreground removal techniques. Obviously, studying the physical origin of these foregrounds, whether Galactic or extra-galactic, constitute a very interesting and exciting field in its own right. The aim of this meeting is to bring together scientists interested in three main topics: - Physics and astrophysics of the low frequency Galactic and extra-galactic foregrounds; - influence of these foregrounds on the CMB and EoR observations; - foreground removal techniques. During the meeting the observational constraints of the Galactic and extragalactic foregrounds will be reviewed both in total and polarized intensity. We will discuss the physics of the foregrounds and their properties (e.g. Galactic magnetic field, ISM, Faraday rotation, cosmic ray distribution, disk-halo connections and source counts). Finally, we will discuss mathematical techniques to fit and remove spatial and spectral foreground structures. Registration is open now. Details about the conference, logistics and registration can be found at this URL : http://www.astron.nl/fgc2011 On behalf of the organizing committee, Vibor Jelic (ASTRON) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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cosmo confs: 2011-01-10 to -01-14: Planck; 2011-05-29 to -06-04: Blois
by Boud Roukema 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:52:21 +0100 Sur le web: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?rubrique7 http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?article283 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. RAPPEL - "The millimeter and submillimeter sky in the Planck mission era", 10-14 January 2011, Cité des Sciences, Paris 6. 23rd Rencontres de Blois, "Particle Physics and Cosmology", May 29-June 4, 2011, Château Royal de Blois, Blois, France --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. RAPPEL - "The millimeter and submillimeter sky in the Planck mission era", 10-14 January 2011, Cité des Sciences, Paris --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Planck satellite has been operated with outstanding success since its launch on May 14th 2009. The first results will be presented together with discussions of the foregrounds physics and methods for the separation of the cosmological background and these astrophysical foregrounds. Abstracts for contributed papers and posters can be submitted until *December 3rd 2010*. Conference website: http://www.planck2011.fr Transmis par Francois Pajot --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. 23rd Rencontres de Blois, "Particle Physics and Cosmology", May 29-June 4, 2011, Château Royal de Blois, Blois, France --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 indepth 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, (generally for short communications) are foreseen, and are being organized as the need arises. The meeting will be articulated around the results and their impact on current theories from the three major new experimental and observational facilities which are coming on line or have recently been commissioned: - CERN's LHC - the PLANCK satellite - the HERSCHEL satellite Topics will include: - the standard model in particle physics, in new data and new analyses, - the search for the Higgs boson, heavy flavour physics neutrino physics (astrophysical and laboratory) dark matter, dark energy and recent advances in astrophysics cosmology. The detailed scientific programme is currently under development. Scientific and administrative details are on the conference web site : http://confs.obspm.fr/Blois2011/index.htm You should login regularly, but if you urgently need information which is currently not available you may contact Boaz Klima, the coordinator of the conference, at the email address: klima at fnal.gov. Transmis par Ludwik Celnikier

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the Universe is old and old age caught up with Allan Sandage :(
by Boud Roukema 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

hi everyone, I think I heard at least one conference talk by Sandage. Some of the more senior people here may have known him better. I'll just quote the Wikipedia summary for the younger people among us: Allan Rex Sandage (born June 18, 1926 in Iowa City, Iowa, died November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He is best known for determining the first reasonably accurate value for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Sandage pozdr boud

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Postdoc & PhD positions: cosmocoffee many + Dark Cosmology Centre/Niels Bohr Institute
by Boud Roukema 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

hi cosmo-pl, There are a lot of cosmology postdoc/PhD announcements that have been recently posted at http://cosmocoffee.info/viewforum.php?f=8 and here's one for Copenhagen. Good luck to the younger generation! pozdr boud ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:43:23 +0100 > From: Michelle Cumming L?kkegaard <mcl ... > > Subject: Postdoc & PhD positions - Dark Cosmology Centre / Niels Bohr Institute > > > -- Please share widely with your students and colleagues -- > > The Dark Cosmology Centre (DARK), located at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, announces the following positions: > > Sophie and Tycho Brahe Fellow - prize postdoctoral fellowships, joint with the Texas Cosmology Center (deadline 01 December 2010) > http://dark.nbi.ku.dk/jobs/brahe-fellowships/ > > DARK Fellows - independent postdoctoral fellowships (deadline 01 December 2010) > http://dark.nbi.ku.dk/dark-fellowships/ > > DARK PhD Admissions and Funding - several positions starting in 2011 (deadline 20 December 2010) > http://dark.nbi.ku.dk/jobs/dark-phd/ > > Space Science Center also has post doc and PhD positions available: http://space.ku.dk/jobs > > > Regards, -- > Michelle Cumming L?kkegaard, Centre Coordinator > Dark Cosmology Centre > Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen > Juliane Maries Vej 30 > 2100 Copenhagen DENMARK > > mcl at dark-cosmology.dk > +45 3532 5933 > http://www.dark-cosmology.dk

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cosmo meetings northern summer 2010
by Boud Roukema 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

Witam cosmo-pl, As usual, there are many cosmo meetings in Europe this northern summer. :) This is slightly edited from two French cosmo/extragalactic mailing lists messages. pozdr boud > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:36:20 +0200 > Subject: Diffusion PNCG - mess n° 23 (fwd) > Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 18:59:46 +0200 > Subject: Diffusion PNCG - mess n° 25 1. X?me école de cosmologie 5 - 10 July 2010 in Cargese, Corsica http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/EC2010/EcoleLuminy10.html 2. symposium ?Fundamental Frontiers of Physics" 6 to 9 July, 2010, Paris http://ffp11.gie.im 3. The 14th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2010 - Chalonge Thursday 22, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 JULY 2010 http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2010.html 4. 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics 22 - 28 July, Paris. http://www.ichep2010.fr/ 5. 8th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter Montpellier, July 26-30th 2010. http://www.lpta.univ-montp2.fr/idm2010 6. New Directions in Modern Cosmology from 27 Sep 2010 through 1 Oct 2010 http://www.lc.leidenuniv.nl/lc/web/2010/412/info.php3?wsid=412 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. X?me école de cosmologie Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la tenue de la dixi?me école de cosmologie intitulée "Le fond diffus cosmologique ? haute résolution angulaire". Elle se déroulera la semaine du 5 au 10 juillet 2010 ? l'IESC (Carg?se). Avec le lancement réussi du satellite Planck, une nouvelle fen?tre d'?observation s?ouvre en cosmologie. L'objectif scientifique de cette école est de montrer comment cette nouvelle génération de données va permettre la recherche de signatures nouvelles caractérisant les mod?les d'univers primordial. Il ne s?agira pas de traiter les données de Planck, qui ne seront pas publiques ? cette époque, mais d?'explorer les avancés théoriques et phénoménologiques. On présentera la physique du fond diffus cosmologique, en insistant en particulier sur les aspects nouveaux, les plus pertinents pour la confrontation des théories aux observations. Les cours principaux seront assurés par N. Aghanim (IAS) - J.F. Cardoso (LTCI) - A.Challinor (DAMTP) - P. Creminelli (ICTP) - E. Komatsu (TCC) - J. Lesgourgues (LAPTH) - S. Prunet (IAP) - J.-P. Uzan (IAP). Ils seront enrichis par des séminaires/cours annexes, des discussions et des débats contradictoires. siteweb : http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/EC2010/EcoleLuminy10.html NB : Le nombre de places étant limité, les intéressés sont priés de s'y inscrire au plus vite pour que l'on puisse prévoir une logistique adéquate. Les organisateurs F. Bernardeau (CEA/DSM/IPhT) - R. Triay (CPT) - F. Vernizzi (CEA/DSM/IPhT) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. symposium ?Fundamental Frontiers of Physics" The 11th annual international meeting ?Fundamental Frontiers of Physics? will take place in Paris, France from 6 to 9 July, 2010. The deadline for submission of an abstract is the 15th of June and for early registration to ?Fundamental Frontiers of Physics? is the 25th of June, 2010. The Symposium develops around five themes: 1. Big Bang Cosmology / Dark Energy 2. Dark Matter/Astroparticles 3. Particle physics and Fundamental Interactions 4. From Intrication to Quantum Information and Quantum Gas 5. Epistemology, History of Physics Parallel sessions will be organized as mini-workshops consisting mostly of twenty minutes oral presentations. Scientific Committee A. Aspect, Institut d?Optique (Palaiseau) P. Binétruy, APC, Paris Diderot University E. Brezin, ENS (Paris) F. Combes, LERMA (Obs. Paris) J. Iliopoulos, ENS ( Paris) J. Kouneiher, University of Nice/IUFM and LUTH (Obs. Paris) M. Lachi?ze-Rey, APC, Paris Diderot University J. A. Madore, University of Orsay J.-J. Szczeciniarz, HPS, Paris Diderot University Please visit the website of the conference for all relevant information http://ffp11.gie.im ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The 14th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2010 Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge THE STANDARD MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE: THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS George Smoot Nobel Prize of Physics and Daniel Chalonge Medal Thursday 22, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 JULY 2010 at the parisian campus of Paris Observatory (HQ), in the historic Perrault building. The Conference is within the astrofundamental physics spirit of the Chalonge School, on recent observational and theoretical progress on the CMB, Inflation, astrophysical dark matter, dark ages, dark energy, and the theory of the early universe with predictive power. In summary, the aim of the meeting is to put together real cosmological data and hard theory predictive approach connected to them in the framework of the Standard Model of the Universe. Topics: Observational and theoretical progress in the CMB, astrophysical dark matter, dark energy, dark ages . Large and small scale structure formation. Inflation in connection with the CMB and LSS data, slow roll and fast roll inflation, quadrupole suppression and initial conditions, low CMB multipoles. CMB polarization. Neutrinos in cosmology. The Meeting is open to all scientists interested in the subject. All Informations about the meeting and registration to it are displayed at : http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2010.html Early Registration is strongly encouraged The format of the Meeting is intended to allow easy and fruitful mutual contact and communication. Sessions last for three full days in the beautiful parisian campus of Observatoire de Paris (built on orders from Colbert and to plans by Claude Perrault from 1667 to 1672). All sessions take place in the historic Perrault building ("Bâtiment Perrault") of Observatoire de Paris HQ, under the portraits of Laplace, Le Verrier, Lalande, Arago, Delambre and Louis XIV. An exhibition will retrace the 19 years of activity of the Chalonge School and George Smoot participation to the School along these 19 years. Informations on the previous Paris Cosmology Colloquia and of the school events are available athttp://chalonge.obspm.fr (lecturers, lists of participants, lecture pdf files and photos during the Colloquia). Chalonge.Ecole(a)obspm.fr http://chalonge.obspm.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics La 35?me Conférence Internationale de Physique des Hautes Energies, la plus importante au monde dans cette spécialité, aura lieu cet été en France, du 22 au 28 juillet ? Paris. A noter que les astroparticules et la cosmologie y seront largement représentées dans une session dédiée et dans les exposés pléniers. Site web : http://www.ichep2010.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. 8th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter This is the second circular announcing the *** 8th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter *** that will be held in Montpellier, July 26-30th 2010. We are glad to announce that we will extend abstract submission until MAY 30th 2010 Please refer to http://www.lpta.univ-montp2.fr/idm2010 for further information on travel and accommodation, registration, payments, and abstract submission. See also at the end of this email. We encourage abstract submission from graduate students and posdoctoral fellows. We would appreciate if you could bring this announcement to their attention, and diffuse it to your scientific communities and research departments. Looking forward to seeing you in Montpellier, The local organizing committee Please feel free to contact us if you have questions regarding IDM 2010 (idm2010com(a)lpta.univ-montp2.fr). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. New Directions in Modern Cosmology New Directions in Modern Cosmology from 27 Sep 2010 through 1 Oct 2010 Scientific organizers: T.M. Nieuwenhuizen, ITFA, UvA, R.E. Schild, Harvard CfA F. Sylos Labini, Enrico Fermi Center, Rome R. Durrer, Univ Geneva Aim and description This workshop concentrates on the discussion of recent cosmological observations which present challenges to the standard LCDM model. These observations include: the large scale flows, the sizes and amplitude of galaxy large scale structures, the systematic effects biasing the analysis of CMB data and the lack of large-angle correlations, the anisotropy of the Hubble flow, the evolution of galaxy size, and the failure to find the sub-halo building blocks left over from the primordial fluctuation spectrum. Last and not least, it is disturbing that in the LCDM model 95% of the Universe have not been observed 'directly'. While each of these observations can be seen as an anomaly that the model would possibly explain, the bulk of them calls for a more careful analysis of the model foundations, particularly the amount and role of dark substances. From the theoretical side it is known that the role of hydrodynamics can be more important that often assumed. Moreover recently there has been a considerable theoretical effort to develop a coherent picture in General Relativity which appropriately takes into account matter inhomogeneities. By connecting and discussing different approaches and results, this workshop, aims to advance our comprehension of the large scale universe. Progress can be hoped for by combining insights from various groups of researchers studying different observational and theoretical problems. The workshop offers a unique opportunity to discuss conceptual and methodological problems of the present cosmological paradigm. Central questions are posed from observational and theoretical perspectives: - Galaxy Structures on large scales: How large are galaxy fluctuations on 100 Mpc/h scale? Do we see the predicted anti-correlations in the two-point correlation function? - Is there a systematic problem in the CMB large angle correlations? Is there true evidence for a galaxy-CMB cross correlation? - Are large scale flows at odds with LCDM predictions? - What is the role of joint effects of gravity and hydrodynamics in the theory of structure formation? - What is the role of large density inhomogeneities in General Relativity? Which effects can be observed? We of course cannot expect to obtain answers to any of those questions during this workshop but we can discover how expertise from different fields can be combined to fruitfully address them. The diversity in the background of the participants guarantees that new questions will arise and new approaches will be formulated. The central role of the workshop will be to stimulate and coordinate this interaction. http://www.lc.leidenuniv.nl/lc/web/2010/412/info.php3?wsid=412 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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2 cosmo meetings lato 2010
by Boud Roukema 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

witam cosmo-pl Here are two northern summer 2010 cosmo meetings in Paris. The second one is Chalonge - which means you don't get to present your own work, at best you can ask questions/discuss. pozdr boud ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:35:31 +0100 > Message SF2A No 412 - 01/03/10 > > Sur le web: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?rubrique7 > http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?article226 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4. The 11th annual international meeting 'Fundamental Frontiers of > Physics', 6 - 9 July 2010, Paris > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Symposium develops around five themes: > - Big Bang Cosmology / Dark Energy > - Dark Matter/Astroparticles > - Particle physics and Fundamental Interactions > - From Intrication to Quantum Information and Quantum Gas > - Epistemology, History of Physics > > Parallel sessions will be organized as mini-workshops consisting > mostly of twenty minutes oral presentations. > > The deadline for submission of an abstract is the 15th of June and for > early registration to 'Fundamental Frontiers of Physics' is the 25th > of June, 2010. > > Please visit the website of the conference : http://ffp11.gie.im > for all relevant information. > > Transmis par Sarodia Vydelingum > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5. The 14th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2010: "The Standard Model of > the universe: theory and observations", 22 - 24 July 2010, Paris > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Conference is within the astrofundamental physics spirit of the > Chalonge School, on recent observational and theoretical progress on > the CMB, Inflation, astrophysical dark matter, dark ages, dark energy, > and the theory of the early universe with predictive power. > > In summary, the aim of the meeting is to put together real > cosmological data and hard theory predictive approach connected to > them in the framework of the Standard Model of the Universe. > > Topics: Observational and theoretical progress in the CMB, > astrophysical dark matter, dark energy, dark ages . Large and small > scale structure formation. Inflation in connection with the CMB and > LSS data, slow roll and fast roll inflation, quadrupole suppression > and initial conditions, low CMB multipoles. CMB > polarization. Neutrinos in cosmology. > > The Meeting is open to all scientists interested in the subject. All > Informations about the meeting and registration to it are displayed at > this URL : http://chalonge.obspm.fr/colloque2010.html. > > Early Registration is strongly encouraged. > > The format of the Meeting is intended to allow easy and fruitful > mutual contact and communication. > > Sessions last for three full days in the beautiful parisian campus of > Observatoire de Paris (built on orders from Colbert and to plans by > Claude Perrault from 1667 to 1672). All sessions take place in the > historic Perrault building ("Batiment Perrault") of Observatoire de > Paris HQ, under the portraits of Laplace, Le Verrier, Lalande, Arago, > Delambre and Louis XIV. > > An exhibition will retrace the 19 years of activity of the Chalonge > School and George Smoot participation to the School along these 19 > years > > Informations on the previous Paris Cosmology Colloquia and of the > school events are available at this URL : http://chalonge.obspm.fr > (lecturers, lists of participants, lecture pdf files and photos during > the Colloquia). > > Transmis par l'Ecole Daniel Chalonge (http://chalonge.obspm.fr/)

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Moriond 2010 Cosmology (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

Moriond 2010 Cosmology Dear colleague, The next Rencontres de Moriond meeting devoted to Cosmology will be organized in La Thuile (Valle d'Aosta, Italy), March 13-20, 2008. Registration is open on http://moriond.in2p3.fr/J10/ where more details can be found (including abstract submission) The main topics covered in the conference are summarized at the end of this message looking forward to welcom you in La Thuile, with our best regards, the organizing committee ------- 1. Clusters / SZ effect Cosmology with clusters Optical detection and self calibration methods X-ray clusters Hydrodynamical simulations SZ Clusters Radio galaxies clusters 2. CMB / Polarization WMAP Planck Polarization measurements 3. Reionization / Radio Numerical simulations LOFAR: foregrounds GMRT Other projects (MWA ...) 4. Dark Energy / Dark Matter SNLS BAO / SDSS Weak lensing Cluster Mass Profile 5. Dark Matter: accelerator searches Direct search at the LHC Direct search with underground detectors Indirect seraches (Fermi / Gamma-ray astronomy) 6. Theory Modified gravity Dark energy models Primordial universe / Inflation 7. Herschel Herschel Science Demonstration Phase Initial Results --

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Grasscosmofun'09, Szczecin (Poland), 14-19.09.2009
by mpdabfz＠wmf.univ.szczecin.pl 01 Jun '09

01 Jun '09

Dear Collegue, This is the second announcement for the GRASSMANNIAN CONFERENCE IN FUNDAMENTAL COSMOLOGY (Grasscosmofun'09), Szczecin (Poland), 14-19.09.2009 which is to celebrate a bicentennial of birth of Hermann Guenter Grassmann who used to live in Szczecin in the 19th century. Details: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl The early registration deadline is the 15th of June. Late registration is 31st of July. We encourage you to register and to submit abstracts for selection to oral presentations. Schedule: morning - plenary sessions; afternoon - 2 parallell sesions Preliminary programme see: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl/?q=node/77 Conference publication will be in a special volume of the "Annalen der Physik" (Berlin). Invited speakers include: John D. Barrow, Univ. Cambridge, UK Martin Bojowald, Univ. Penn State, USA Robert R. Caldwell, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA (to be confirmed) Michael Heller, Copernicus C. for Interdisciplinary Studies, Krakow, Poland Nemanja Kaloper, Univ. of California at Davis Claus Kiefer, Univ. Cologne, Germany Marek Kowalski, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Anthony Lasenby, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK Renate Loll, Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands Hermann Nicolai, Albert Einstein Institute, Golm, Germany David Polarski, Univ. Montpellier, France Alexei Starobinsky, Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia Alexander Zheltukhin, Kharkov Institute of Physics and technology Contact: gcosmo09(a)wmf.univ.szczecin.pl tel. +48 91 444 12 48 fax: +48 91 444 12 26 We are looking forward to seeing you in Szczecin! With best regards from the OC, Mariusz P. Dabrowski (chairman)

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Grassmanian Conference in Fundamental Cosmology
by mpdabfz＠wmf.univ.szczecin.pl 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Szanowni Panstwo, W imieniu Komitetu Organizacyjnego zapraszam do udzialu w konferencji "Grassmannian Conference in Fundamental Cosmology", ktora odbedzie sie w dniach 14-19 wrzesnia 2009 roku w Szczecinie. Pelna informacja na temat konferencji znajduje sie na stronie Szczecinskiej Grupy Kosmologicznej: http://cosmo.fiz.univ.szczecin.pl Na tej stronie otwarta jest tez rejestracja uczestnikow. Szczegolowe zapytania mozna kierowac na adres Komitetu Organizacyjnego: gcosmo09(a)wmf.univ.szczecin.pl Z powazaniem, Mariusz P. Dabrowski Tematyka konferencji: - Supersymmetry and superstrings. - String and M-theory cosmology. - Brane cosmology. - Inflation and large-scale structure. - Extra dimensions. - Supernovae. - Cosmic Microwave Background. - Early Universe. - Phantom cosmology and exotic singularities. - Dark energy. - Quantum gravity and cosmology. - Loop quantum gravity and cosmology. - Non-standard gravities and cosmology. - Dualities. - Nonperturbative structures Zaproszeni wykladowcy: John D. Barrow Univ. Cambridge, UK Martin Bojowald Univ. Penn State, USA Robert R. Caldwell Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA (to be confirmed) Ruth Dürrer Univ. Geneve, Switzerland Michael Heller Vatican Observatory & Copernicus C. for Interdisciplinary Studies, Kraków, Poland Nemanja Kaloper Univ. California at Davis, USA Claus Kiefer Univ. Cologne, Germany Marek Kowalski Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Anthony Lasenby Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK Renate Loll Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands Hermann Nicolai Albert Einstein Institute, Golm, Germany David Polarski Univ. Montpellier, France Alexei Starobinsky Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia David Wands Univ. Portsmouth, UK

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galaxy formation etc. WORKSHOP NOVICOSMO 2008, SISSA, Trieste, 20-22 October 2008
by Boud Roukema 05 May '08

05 May '08

witam cosmo-pl, A "late summer" extragalactic/cosmo meeting: galaxy formation etc. WORKSHOP NOVICOSMO 2008, SISSA, Trieste, 20-22 October 2008 http://www.novicosmo.org/ pozdr boud

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sf2a : vos dernieres nouvelles (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

hi cosmo-pl, A few interesting (last minute!) conference annoncements, and one (ASTRONET) which is for people willing to invest time in astropolitics (grants, long term big ground or space telescope projects). pozdr boud > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 18:25:10 +0200 > ... SF2A cesr fr > > Message SF2A No 337 - 8/04/08 > Sur le web: http://www.sf2a.asso.fr/spip.php?article108 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5. Rencontres de Blois: Challenges in Astroparticle Physics (18-23 mai) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sujet: Colloque international sur les derniers resultats et projets > dans le domaine d'Astroparticules. > > Le colloque sera un melange de papiers invites, et de contributions, > sur tout aspect, theorique et experimental, des astroparticules, de > l'astronomie gamma et de l'astronomie neutrino. > > Les contributions de jeunes chercheurs sont particulierement bienvenues. > > Transmis par Ludwik Celnikier international conference on the latest results and projects in astroparticles - a mix of invited papers, contributions on theoretical and experimental aspsects of astroparticles, gamma astronomy and neutrino astronomy http://blois.in2p3.fr/2008/ - deadline yesterday! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6. Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL) and Institut de > Physique Nucleaire de Lyon (IPNL) are making the second announcement > for the second international conference in the CRAL/IPNL Conference > Series: "Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and > Theories" to be held July 7-11, 2008 in the city of Lyon, France. > > Registration and abstract submission is open and the deadline has been > extended to April 25, 2008. The full scientific rational and many > more information are available on: http://cralconf.univ-lyon1.fr/2008 > > Transmis par Antoine Bouchard > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 8. The Early Phase of Star Formation (date limite 1er mai) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Second announcement of the conference EPoS 2008: The Early Phase of > Star Formation 2008 - The Future of the Field > > The Early Phase of Star Formation 2008 - The Future of the Field > July 28 - August 1, 2008 > Max-Planck Society Conference Center Ringberg Castle, Germany > Registration Deadline: ***** 1st of May, 2008 ***** > Organized by J. Steinacker & A. Bacmann > > The conference focuses on early low- and high-mass star formation. > > The topics covered are:triggered star formation, clustered star > formation, cores, chemistry, collapse, fragmentation, jets, > competitive accretion, giant molecular clouds, binarity, magnetic > fields, initial mass function, turbulence, and early phases of disks. > > EPoS 2008 aims to explore the future of the field. Special attention > will be paid to the observational and theoretical perspectives > promising substantial progress in the field. More information & > registration: http://www.mpia.de/homes/stein/EPoS2008/ > > Transmis par Aurore Bacmann > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 7. ASTRONET Symposium - Second Announcement > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Registration is now open for the ASTRONET Infrastructure Roadmap > Symposium to be held in Liverpool, U.K. on the dates of 16-19 June > 2008. > > Further information can be obtained at: http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~airs2008/ > > IMPORTANT DEADLINES > * Application for financial support: 30 April 2008 > * Abstract Submission: 23 May 2008 > * Registration: 29 May 2008 > > REGISTRATION > > Registration for the symposium can be made online through the > following website: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/93776.asp > Registration is free of charge and covers the cost of the venue, > coffee breaks and lunches, and the conference dinner and other social > events. Please note that the number of participants will be capped at > 400. Register early to avoid disappointment. > > FINANCIAL SUPPORT > > Limited funds will be available for supporting participants from less > privileged European countries and/or at the early stages of their > careers. More details on eligibility and how to apply are available > at: http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~airs2008/Support.html. > > ABSTRACTS > > This meeting will focus specifically on the first draft of the > ASTRONET Infrastructure Roadmap, which will be made publicly available > by the beginning of May 2008. We now invite short contributions on > facilities and infrastructures within the following themes related to > the Infrastructure Roadmap: > > * High energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics and gravitational waves > * UVOIR and radio/mm facilities > * Solar telescopes, solar system missions, laboratory studies > * Theory, computing facilities and networks, Virtual Observatory > * Education, recruitment and training, public outreach, industrial links > > The principal aim of this call is to obtain feedback on the ASTRONET > Infrastructure Roadmap prior to its final publication in the Autumn of > 2008. In order to submit an abstract you must register in the first > instance. You will then receive an email with further instructions. > > ACCOMMODATION > > Please book your accommodation as soon as possible after you have > registered. We are aware of at least one other large conference is > being held in the exact same venue and period of time. Thus, demand > for accommodation in the immediate vicinity of the Arena and > Convention Centre (ACC) Liverpool will almost certainly be very > high. Leaving your booking until late may result in a longer journey > to the ACC Liverpool each day. > > Transmis par Jean-Marie Hameury

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http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0530
by Bogusław Broda 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

Compilation of various pieces of original remarks and answers ============================================== REMARK: ... the cosmological constant with its usual Planck scale value is present in Eq. 11 of the manuscript. Then, in going on to Eq. 24, a subtraction is introduced (the square root of the metric determinant is replaced by the square root minus one). This constitutes the usual ad hoc subtraction of the bare cosmological constant. ANSWER: ... at first sight, the subtraction could seem ad hoc, but it is not quite so. (i) Standard argument: it follows from generally accepted rules of quantum field theory, e.g. in the path-integral formalism it corresponds to a normalization of measure; (ii) Our argument: the "one" (constant) corresponds to a contribution without any external lines, i.e. it does not influence external fields by construction, and therefore it should be excluded. REMARK: Following Eq. 24, the expression is expanded about the present time, and a residual is obtained which vanishes today but which has a similar time-dependence as that of dark energy. Hence, a connection with dark energy is postulated. However, the expansion about a fixed time does not make sense. There is nothing special about the present time which allows a subtraction to be linked with the present time. ANSWER: In principle, we could expand about any fixed time. It is only a technical assumption. But to obtain present experimental values (e.g. density) we should use present experimental data (e.g. the present Hubble constant). REMARK: The purpose of this paper is to derive the contribution to the vacuum energy of the universe from the single loop of a free quantum matter field, in order to achieve better understanding of the cosmological constant problems. Needless to say that this calculation has been approached previously in many different ways. Authors adopt a very simple approach and postulate that the mentioned quantum loop should be cut-off at the Planck scale. Then, using the Schwinger-DeWitt expansion and taking only the massless scalar field case they notice that only the a0 coefficient gives contribution to the proper cosmological constant. Furthermore, they notice that making the expansion of the metric around the flat background, the first order term can be eliminated by the coordinate transformation and therefore end up with the second order term which is a product of the squares of the Hubble parameter H and the cut-off parameter, that is the Planck mass. As a result they arrive at the induced cosmological constant which has a ”correct” order of magnitude. ANSWER: Ideologically, our work consists of two parts. The first part presents the very idea, whereas the second part presents a realization of that idea. We do not insist that the realization proposed is the best and final one. REMARK: Despite the above scheme looks appealing, it has obvious weak points. For instance, if authors incorporate the field with the mass M, the next Schwinger-DeWitt term a_1 will produce contribution which will be a product of the squares of the mass M and the Planck mass. Indeed, even for neutrino this contribution will be 60 orders of magnitude greater than the ”correct” value. The origin of this occurences is that the scheme suggested by the authors is not correct from the quantum field theory viewpoint. In fact, after the effective action is calculated, one can not perform the expansion around the flat background, because the cosmological constant term should be covariant, exactly as other terms in the effective action of gravity. The explanation of the coordinate dependence of the linear in H term is that the effective action of gravity is covariant and therefore can not include terms which are odd in metric derivatives. The discussion of this point has been given recently in gr-qc/0801.0216, where one can also find many other references on the subject. ANSWER: A massive field with the mass M poses a problem. We can propose the following two independent solutions of that problem: a “theoretical” and a “technical” one. The “theoretical” solution would assume, rather a widely accepted idea, that the mass of a particle is not a fundamental entity but rather a derived one. In principle, all masses in the standard model are generated via the Higgs mechanism. According to this point of view we could legitimately assume that all masses should be neglected at this stage. The “technical” solution instead would order us to treat the M^2 part of the a_1 coefficient analogously to the a_0 coefficient. In fact, functional dependence on metric field, and only metric dependence matters, in the both terms is identical. The only difference resides in coefficients and consists in different powers of M and s (UV cutoff), i.e. we have M^0 s^-2 and M^2 s^-1, respectively. Therefore, actually the contribution of M^2 part of a_1 would be even less than that of a_0. REMARK: ... the cosmological constant problem is much deeper than the conflict between the calculation based on the Planck cut-off and the observable value. At the first place this problem involves the fine-tuning between the induced and vacuum components of the cosmological constant, as it is explained, e.g., in [2]. ANSWER: Firstly, the huge value of the vacuum energy density is a very annoying feature in itself, and, it seems, it is desirable to explain it somehow, independently of the further issue of the cosmological constant. Secondly, there is an old and a bit controversial idea of induced gravity. Intriguingly, it appears that it also yields a correct order of magnitude of the coefficient in front of the Hilbert–Einstein gravitational action. But one of the arguments against that idea says that the huge value of the cosmological constant invalidates the very idea, at least in its Sakharov’s version (demand one-loop dominance in Visser’s classification [7]), i.e. when there are only induced terms, without bare ones. Now, the tamed cosmological term and the Hilbert–Einstein gravitational action with the purely induced coefficient (only) of a correct order of magnitude, both would fit the Sakharov’s version of induced gravity idea consistently.

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http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0530
by Bogusław Broda 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

Dear Colleagues, I have been suggested to comment on the paper http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0530 . Since I am one of the authors my opinion sounds: Had we have some doubts we would not have posted the paper. Anyway, it is not a conference proceedings, and we are going to publish it. I would be very glad to hear your opinion. All your comments are welcome. In the meantime, several persons have expressed their various opinions, positive as well as criticizing. Positive opinions, "an interesting idea" or something like that, are, as usual, short. A compilation of various original critical remarks and answers I will post shortly, and it is the only thing I can do at this moment. Regards, Bogusław Broda

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DE+DM conference in Lyon (France) 7-11 July 2008 [fwd from sf2a]
by Boud Roukema 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

witam >From the SF2A (French astro society). pozdr boud > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:05:27 +0100 > From: SF2A... > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 9. Dark Energy and Dark Matter: First announcement of the CRAL/IPNL 2008 > conference > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL) and Institut de > Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL) are proud to announce the second > international conference in the CRAL/IPNL Conference Series: > "Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Observations, Experiments and Theories" > to be held July 7-11, 2008 in the beautiful city of Lyon, France. > http://cralconf.univ-lyon1.fr > > The conference will cover the following main themes (see further for > the full rationale): > - Dark Energy: > * Cosmology by Distance > * CMB, Large Scale Structures and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations > * Cosmology by the Growth of Structure > * Relativistic Cosmology > - Dark Matter: > * Astrophysical Evidence for Dark Matter > * Theoretical Candidates and Models for Dark Matter > * Direct and Indirect Searches for Particle Dark Matter > > Reviewers and invited speakers include: > * Elena Aprile > * Alain Blanchard > * George Ellis > * Kathy Freese > * Syksy Rasanen > * Subir Sarkar > * Carlo Schimd > * Brian Schmidt > * Dominik Schwarz > > Registration will open on February 4 2008 and we encourage you to apply > early. See our web site : http://cralconf.univ-lyon1.fr for information > and registration. > > Transmis par The Local Organizing Committee > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >

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Spotkanie Sieci Cz-A-K (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

witam cosmo-pl, Zapomnia³em to forwardowaæ wcze¶niej do listy, przepraszam... pozdr boud > > ---------- forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:52:57 +0100 (CET) > From: Tok Warsaw ... > To: Boud Roukema: ; > Subject: Spotkanie Sieci Cz-A-K > > Szanowni Panstwo, > > serdecznie zapraszamy czlonkow naszej Sieci do udzialu w warsztatach ``Particles > and Cosmology'' organizowanych przez Katedre Teorii Czastek i Oddzialywan > Elementarnych UW w ramach projektu > Transfer of Knowledge (ToK): > ``Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Interface'' (strona web > http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~tok/). Warsztaty rozpoczna sie w srode 13go lutego 2008 a > zakonczy w sobote 16go lutego 2008. > W czwartek 14go lutego, w ramach warsztatow, poczawszy od > 14:30 planujemy 8-9 20-minutowych > wystapien przedstawicieli instytucji zrzeszonych w Sieci. > Tego dnia wieczorem, po wysluchaniu referatow, mogloby sie odbyc > spotkanie polskich uczestnikow warsztatow. > > Prosimy o pilne, do 15go stycznia 2008, przesylanie zgloszen, w tym tytulow > prezentacji (w jezyku angielskim). > > Trwa proces rozpatrywania naszej aplikacji. Zostala ona przyjeta pod wzgledem > formalnym bez zadnych zastrzezen ani poprawek. > > Serdecznie pozdrawiamy, > Stefan Pokorski, Krzysztof Meissner i Zygmunt Lalak >

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conferences: XMM kwietnia 2008, Moriond-Cosmo marzec 2008 (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:24:47 +0100 (CET) > From: Programme National de Cosmologie <pnc... > To: Programme National de Cosmologie <pnc... > Subject: [iso-8859-1] Diffusion PNC - mess. n° 303 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www2.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > message # 303 30 Nov. 2007 > > 1) Atelier XMM ? Paris du 14 au 16 avril 2008 > > 2) Moriond 2008 Cosmology > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www2.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1) Atelier XMM ? Paris du 14 au 16 avril 2008 > > Dans le cadre des projets de la 2eme decenie d'XMM, un atelier > international se tiendra a Paris du 14 au 16 avril 2008. > Le but de cette rencontre est d'examiner les arguments scientifiques > et la faisabilite d'un survey de ~ 100 deg2 avec XMM. > Une large place sera aussi faite a l'etude de surveys associes en > optique, SZ, IR, UV et radio. > - les propositions de contributions sont attendues pour le 15 janvier > 2008 - 2nd decade of XMM - workshop 14-16 April 2008 - Is a 200 sq.deg. survey with XMM feasible and scientifically worth it? - association with optical, SZ, IR, UV, radio surveys - deadline for contributions 15 Jan 2008 > Site web > http://www.astro.ulg.ac.be/RPub/Colloques/XXL/index.html > > Renseignements > marguerite.pierre at cea fr > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > PNC PNC PNC http://www2.iap.fr/pnc/ PNC PNC PNC PNC > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2) Moriond 2008 Cosmology > > The next Rencontres de Moriond meeting devoted to Cosmology > will be organized in La Thuile (Valle d'Aosta, Italy), > March 15-22, 2008. > > Registration is open on http://moriond.in2p3.fr/J08/ > where more details can be found (including abstract submission) > > The main topics covered in the conference will be : > > A. Dark Energy > + Cosmological probes (Reviews, experimental results > and/or new projects) > Type Ia Supernovae > Weak Lensing > Baryon Acoustic Oscillations > Galaxy Clusters: Deep Surveys > Future Projects > + Dark Energy Models and the Cosmological Constant > > B. Dark Matter > + Dark matter in galaxies and clusters of galaxies > + Gravitational lensing and dark matter > + Lyalpha forest > + Dark Matter: direct searches > + Dark Matter indirect detection with galactic gamma rays > > C. Structure Formation: prediction of simulations > + Evolution of baryonic structures in large cosmological simulations and > confrontation with observations > + Cluster simulations: Estimation of uncertainties in Dark Energy > projects > > D. CMB > + Present observations > + Combining CMB with other cosmological probes > + Polarization > + Foregrounds > + R&D > > E. Theoretical Perspectives > + Dark Energy models > + Modified gravity and alternatives (MOND) > + Inflationary Model and alternatives > + Brane Cosmology > + Back reaction > + Beyond the Standard Model: Dark Matter candidates >

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Zmiana godziny spotkania Sieci 05.09.2007 na 11.00
by Jerzy Król 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Szanowni Państwo, W związku z sugestiami niektórych z Państwa i w związku ze zgłoszonymi 4-ma referatami możemy rozpocząć nasze spotkanie o *godz. 11.00*. Zatem, plan Spotkania może być już sprecyzowany: 11.00 Powitanie (wzajemne) Uczestników Spotkania w Planetarium I. Referaty: 11.10 Pawel Maslanka UŁ Łódź, 'Kwantowanie teorii opisanych przez lagranżjany zawierające drugie pochodne - obszar perturbacyjny' 11.25 Janusz Garecki US Szczecin, 'Energia wszechswiatow friedmanowskich' 11.40 Boud Roukema UT Toruń, 'Do we live in a Poincare Dodecahedral Space?' 11.55 Marek Biesiada UŚ Katowice, 'Testy modeli ciemnej materii i ciemnej energii' 11.55-12.15 Przerwa na kawę II. 12.15 Dyskusja o organizacji i bieżacych sprawach Sieci- prof. Maria Krawczyk ok. 14.30 Zakończenie Obiad można zjeść na terenie Parku w jednej z pobliskich restauracji. Odnośnie dojazdu do Planetarium to, jeśli dobrze rozumiem, nikt z Państwa nie reflektuje na przejazd z IF UŚ do planetarium. Jeśli ktoś jednak chciałby skorzystać z tego dojazdu to proszę o informację. Wyjazd wtedy odbyłby się ok. godz. 10-tej. Spotkanie w sekretariacie Zakładów Fizyki Teoretycznej UŚ ul. Bankowa 14, 3-cie piętro (tel. 032 359 14 09). Dla pozostałych osób opis dojazdu z Katowic można znaleźć na stronie Planetarium http://www.planetarium.chorzow.net.pl/dojazd.html Serdecznie pozdrawiam i do zobaczenia, Jerzy Król IF UŚ Katowice

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Spotkanie Sieci Czastki-Astrofizyka 05.09.2007
by Jerzy Król 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Szanowni Panstwo, Na wszelki wypadek wklejam ponownie poprzednią wiadomość od organizatorów spotkania Sieci 05.09.2007 w Planetarium. Bardzo proszę o potwierdzenie przyjazdu lub potwierdzenie niepojawienia się reprezentanta z Państwa ośrodków- uczestników Sieci. Do tej pory wiemy o przyjezdzie reprezentantów Łodzi, Szczecina, Torunia i Warszawy. Szanowni Państwo, W związku z planowanym spotkaniem Sieci "Cząstki- Astrofizyka" (5-go 09.2007 o godz 10.00) w Planetarium Śląskim w Chorzowie bardzo proszę o informacje odnośnie ew. tematów wystąpień (15 min.; do tej pory mamy zgłoszenia tematów od prof. J. Gareckiego, prof. P. Maślanki i prof. B. Roukema). Jeśli ktoś jeszcze z Państwa chciałby przenocować w hotelu UŚ w pobliżu Planetarium, proszę również o informację. Po zebraniu danych odnośnie wystąpień będziemy mogli ustalić bardziej szczegółowy harmonogram naszego spotkania, którego głównym tematem jest oczywiście dyskusja związana z organizacją Sieci, pozyskiwaniem środków i szkołą doktorantów. Planujemy rozpocząć spotkanie o 10.00 już w Planetarium, zatem jeśli ktoś z Państwa przyjedzie pociągiem do Katowic to ok. godz. 9-tej zorganizujemy przewóz samochodami z Instututu Fizyki UŚ do Planetarium. Można wtedy spotkać się w sekretariacie Zakładów Fizyki Teoretycznej UŚ ul. Bankowa 14, 3-cie piętro (tel. 032 359 14 09). Jeśli ktoś z Państwa chciałby trafić samemu to opis dojazdu z Katowic można znaleźć na stronie Planetarium http://www.planetarium.chorzow.net.pl/dojazd.html. Bardzo proszę o informację kto z Państwa chciałby jechać spod IF UŚ a kto dojedzie sam. Serdecznie pozdrawiam i dziekuje, Jerzy Krol IF US Katowice

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Re: [Cosmo-pl] Spotkanie Sieci Czastki-Astrofizyka 05.09.2007
by soltan＠camk.edu.pl 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Szanowni Panstwo, z przykroscia informuje, ze nie bede mogl uczestniczyc w najblizszym spotkaniu Sieci w Planetarium. Serdecznie pozdrawiam, Andrzej Soltan CAMK

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Spotkanie Sieci Katowice 05.09.2007
by Jerzy Król 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Szanowni Państwo, W związku z planowanym spotkaniem Sieci "Cząstki- Astrofizyka" (5-go 09.2007 o godz 10.00) w Planetarium Śląskim w Chorzowie bardzo proszę o informacje odnośnie ew. tematów wystąpień (15 min.; do tej pory mamy zgłoszenia tematów od prof. M. Dąbrowskiego, prof. P. Maślanki i prof. B. Roukema). Jeśli ktoś jeszcze z Państwa chciałby przenocować w hotelu UŚ w pobliżu Planetarium, proszę również o informację. Po zebraniu danych odnośnie wystąpień będziemy mogli ustalić bardziej szczegółowy harmonogram naszego spotkania, którego głównym tematem jest oczywiście dyskusja związana z organizacją Sieci, pozyskiwaniem środków i szkołą doktorantów. Planujemy rozpocząć spotkanie o 10.00 już w Planetarium, zatem jeśli ktoś z Państwa przyjedzie pociągiem do Katowic to ok. godz. 9-tej zorganizujemy przewóz samochodami z Instututu Fizyki UŚ do Planetarium. Można wtedy spotkać się w sekretariacie Zakładów Fizyki Teoretycznej UŚ ul. Bankowa 14, 3-cie piętro (tel. 032 359 14 09). Jeśli ktoś z Państwa chciałby trafić samemu to opis dojazdu z Katowic można znaleźć na stronie Planetarium http://www.planetarium.chorzow.net.pl/dojazd.html. Bardzo proszę o informację kto z Państwa chciałby jechać spod IF UŚ a kto dojedzie sam. Serdecznie pozdrawiam i dziękuję, Jerzy Król IF UŚ Katowice

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Zjazd Fizykow Polskich i doktorat honoris causa dla J.D. Barrowa (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:03:32 +0200 (CEST) > From: Mariusz Dabrowski ... > To: ... > Subject: Zjazd Fizykow Polskich i doktorat honoris causa dla J.D. Barrowa > > Szanowni Panstwo, > > Z wielka przyjemnoscia w imieniu wlasnym oraz Wszystkich Kolegow chcialbym > Panstwa serdecznie zaprosic do uczestnictwa w XXXIX Zjezdzie Fizykow Polskich w > Szczecinie (9-14.09.2007). Informacje mozna znalezc na stronie: > > http://zjazdptf.ps.pl > > Zjazd bedzie zawieral watki kosmologiczne. W szczegolnosci w pierwszym dniu > zjazdu (10.09 o godzinie 12.00, aula uniwersytecka ul. Krakowska 71-79) > odbedzie sie uroczystosc wreczenia doktoratu honoris causa znakomitemu > kosmologowi profesorowi Johnowi D. Barrowowi z Uniwersytetu w Cambridge (patrz > zalaczona biografia). Profesor wyglosi tez wyklad pt. "Our place in the > Universe" i bedzie przebywal w Szczecinie kilka dni, takze promujac swoje > ksiazki. > > Poza tym odbedzie sie sesja z kosmologii we wtorek 11-go wrzesnia oraz wiele > innych ciekawych sesji specjalistycznych. > > Rejestracja uczestnikow odbywa sie poprzez strone internetowa zjazdu. > > Prosze rowniez o przekazanie powyzszej informacji Kolezankom i Kolegom, > doktorantom, studentom, milosnikom fizyki i astronomii - aula Uniwersytetu > Szczecinskiego jest w stanie pomiescic 700 osob a zatem nie powinno zabraknac > miejsca dla wszystkich zainteresowanych. > > Zapraszam serdecznie. > > Mariusz Dabrowski > > > Skrocona biografia prof. Johna D. Barrowa > > (Uniwerstytet Cambridge). > > John D. Barrow urodzil sie w Londynie w 1952 roku i uczeszczal do Szkoly > dla Uzdolnionej Mlodziezy w Ealing (Ealing Grammar School). Studia z > matematyki ukonczyl na Uniwersytecie w Durham w roku 1974 a doktorat z > astrofizyki uzyskal na Uniwersytecie w Oxford w 1977 roku (promotorem byl > Dennis Sciamia - rowniez promotor doktoratu Stephena Hawkinga i Rogera > Penrose'a). Po doktoracie pracowal najpierw na Uniwersytecie w Oxford a > nastepnie na Uniwersytecie Kalifornijskim w Berkeley. W roku 1981 > rozpoczal prace w Centrum Astronomii Uniwersytetu Sussex (Brighton, > Anglia), gdzie otrzymal posade profesora w roku 1989 sprawujac rowniez > funkcje Dyrektora Centrum. Jest autorem ponad 420 artykulow naukowych > (wiekszosc w czasopismach z tzw. listy filadelfijskiej). Wypromowal 23 > doktorow. Jest laureatem Nagrody Lockera z astronomii, Medalu Kelvina > Krolewskiego Towarzystwa Filozoficznego w Glasgow (1999), Nagrody > Lacciniego z astronomii (2005) oraz Nagrody Templetona (2006). > > W roku 1999 otrzymal posade profesora nauk matematycznych w Departemencie > Matematyki Stosowanej i Fizyki Teoretycznej na Uniwersytecie w Cambridge > oraz zostal dyrektorem Millenium Mathematics Project - nowej inicjatywy w > kierunku uzyskania lepszego zrozumienia i docenienia matematyki i jej > zastosowan wsrod mlodziezy i szerokiej rzeszy spoleczenstwa. Millenium > Mathematics Project uzyskal Jubileuszowa Nagrode Krolowej Angielskiej za > osiagniecia edukacyjne w roku 2005. John Barrow jest tez czlonkiem oraz > wice-prezydentem Clare Hall College w Cambridge. Otrzymal doktorat honoris > causa Uniwersytetu w Hertfordshire w roku 1999. Od roku 2003 jest > czlonkiem Krolewskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego. > > John Barrow napisal 17 ksiazek popularnonaukowych przetlumaczonych na 27 > jezykow. Ksiazki te poruszaja bardzo szeroka tematyke interdyscyplinarna. > Zawieraja watki matematyczne, fizyczne, biologiczne, artystyczne, > historyczne oraz filozoficzne. Oto ich tytuly: The left hand of creation > ("Lewa reka stworzenia" - wspolnie z J. Silkiem), The Anthropic > Cosmological Principle ("Kosmologiczna Zasada Antropiczna" - wspolnie z F. > Tiplerem), L'Homme et le Cosmos ("Czlowiek i Kosmos" - wspolnie z F. > Tiplerem), The World Within the World ("Swiat Wewnatrz Swiata"), Theories > of Everything (istnieje polski przeklad - "Teorie Wszystkiego"), Pi in the > Sky (istnieje polski przeklad - "Pi razy drzwi"), The Origin of the > Universe (istnieje przeklad polski - "Poczatek Wszechswiata" - Wydawnictwo > CIS i Oficyna Wydawnicza MOST, Warszawa 1995), The Artful Universe > (istnieje przeklad polski - "Wszechswiat a sztuka"), Between Inner Space > and Outer Space ("Miedzy Wewnetrzna a Zewnetrzna Przestrzenia"), The Book > of Nothing ("Ksiazka o Nicosci"), The Constants of Nature ("Stale > Natury"), The Artful Universe Expanded (wersja rozszerzona), The Infinite > Book ("Ksiazka o Nieskonczonosci"). John Barrow napisal tez sztuke > teatralna Infinities ("Nieskonczonosci"), ktora byla wystawiana w Teatro > La Scala w Mediolanie wiosna 2002 oraz 2003 oraz na Festiwalu w Walencji > (Hiszpania). Sztuka zostala uznana nagroda wloska Premi Ubu jako najlepsza > sztuka grana w teatrach wloskich w roku 2002. W roku 2003 zdobyla tez > Nagrode Italgas za promocje nauki. > > Profesor Barrow wyglasza dziesiatki wykladow dla bardzo zroznicowanej > publicznosci w wielu roznych miejscach na calym swiecie. Sposrod bardziej > prestizowych nalezy wymienic Wyklady Gifforda na Uniwersytecie Glasgow, > Wyklady G. Darwina i Withrowa w Krolewskim Towarzystwie Astronomicznym, > Wyklady o Nauce Amnesty International w Oxford, Wyklad Flamsteeda, Wyklad > Tyndalla, Wyklad Brashera, Wyklad Bozonarodzeniowy RSA dla Dzieci, Wyklad > Boyla, Wyklad Spinozy na Uniwersytecie w Amsterdamie. Niektore wyklady > mialy charakter szczegolny - byly to wyklady wygloszone na Weneckim > Festiwalu Filmowym, w siedzibie Premier Wielkiej Brytanii Margaret > Thatcher przy 10 Downing Street w Londynie, w Palacu Windsorskim oraz w > Palacu Watykanskim. > > Profesor John D. Barrow odbierze doktorat honoris causa Uniwersytetu > Szczecinskiego podczas Zjazdu Fizykow Polskich w Szczecinie w dniu 10 > wrzesnia 2007 roku o godzinie 12.00 w auli uniwersyteckiej przy ul. > Krakowskiej 71-79. Doktorat bedzie przyznany za caloksztalt osiagniec dla > nauki, a w szczegolnosci za podkreslanie jej interdyscyplinarnego > charakteru i wytyczanie zupelnie nowych interdyscyplinarnych kierunkow > badan naukowych w zakresie nauk przyrodniczych (matematyka, fizyka, > astronomia, biologia, chemia) oraz okreslanie ich relacji do nauk > teologicznych. > > Wiecej informacji: > > http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/about/members/barrow.html > > http://www.templetonprize.org/bios.html > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Barrow > > Prof. John D. Barrow - Laureat Nagrody Templetona 2006 > > Prof. Barrow jest osoba o szerokich zainteresowaniach naukowych, > wspanialym wykladowca i popularyzatorem nauki. W roku 2006 otrzymal > nagrode brytyjskiego potentata finansowego Sir Johna Templetona, ktora > jest najwyzsza na swiecie nagroda finansowa przyznawana indywidualnie > naukowcowi (wyzsza od Nagrody Nobla). Cytujac sentencje fundatora nagrody > Sir Johna Templetona ta nagroda jest celowo wyzsza "dla podkreslenia > faktu, ze szerokie badania interdyscyplinarne (wlaczajac w to przestrzen > duchowa czlowieka) sa jakosciowo bardziej znaczace dla ludzkosci niz > szczegolowe badania w dyscyplinach naukowych uznawanych w kategoriach > noblowskich". > > Nagroda Templetona jest przyznawana za "osiagniecia w zakresie badan i > odkrycia naukowe dotyczace przestrzeni duchowej czlowieka". Jak stwierdza > John Barrow w swoim oswiadczeniu dotyczacym nagrody: "nie chodzi tu o > przeksztalcenie nauki w kwestie czysto religijna" jednak "ludzie zwykle sa > zainteresowani tym, czy ich wyobrazenie o Wszechswiecie moze byc spojne z > ich pogladami religijnymi dotyczacymi Wszechswiata".

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Porozumienie Czastki i Kosmologia (fwd z 29.05.2007)
by Boud Roukema 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:27:35 +0200 (CEST) > From: Tok Warsaw <Tok.Warsaw(a)fuw.edu.pl> > To: ... > Subject: Porozumienie Czastki i Kosmologia > > Drodzy Panstwo, > > W dn. 9 maja Sejm przyjal nowelizacje ustawy o zasadach finansowania > nauki, zgodnie z nia jednostki uczelniane bede mogly uczestniczyc w > sieciach naukowych na pelnych prawach. Ustawa trafi teraz do > Senatu, po czym powroci do Sejmu i po rozpatrzeniu ewentualnych > poprawek > Senatu przez Sejm zostanie przekazane do podpisu Prezydenta RP. > Przewidywany termin wejscia w zycie ustawy to 1 lipca br. > > Jezeli tak sie stanie, bedziemy mogli przeksztalcic nasze POROZUMIENIE > w siec naukowa i wystapic o dofinasowanie (termin skladania wnioskow na > rok 2008 uplywa 30 wrzesnia 2007). > W czasie naszego spotkania w Katowicach > w dn 5 wrzesnia br bedziemy mogli jeszcze przedyskutowac szczegółowo > te kwestie. Bedzie tez konieczne zdobycia kolejnych podpisow > reprezentantow wszystkich instytucji > na skladanym wniosku. Nasi koledzy z sieci astrofizycznej zdobyli na > cele > badawcze sieci 550 tys zl., do wydania w roku 2007. Dla nas wazne bedzie > zdobycie wsparcia finansowego dla organizacji Szkoly "PoROZUM", która, > jak wspolnie ustalilimy, bedzie zorganizowana we wrzesniu 2008. > > Ponizej przesylam propozycje dt Szkoly "PoROZUM", opracowane przez > Jacka Pawelczyka, Romana Juszkiwicza, Marka Zralka i Marie Krawczyk, > do dalszej dyskusji. Prosimy o zglaszanie proponowanych > tematow wykladow i nazwisk wykladowcow do banku danych, ktory chcemy > zamiescic na stronie cosmo-pl. Ewentualne uwagi dotyczšce szkoly > prosimy przesylac na adres > Maria.Krawczyk(a)fuw.edu.pl lub Cosmo.Astroparticle(a)fuw.edu.pl. > > Z serdecznymi pozdrowieniami > Stefan Pokorski > ******************************************************** > Zalozenia Szkoly > > 1. Szkoly odbywalyby sie > - raz do roku (np. we wrzesniu) > - w ustronym miejscu > - przez 2 tygodnie > > 2. Szkola bedzie oferowac 6 wykladow w jezyku angielskim. > > Grupa A. 2 wyklady "dla wszystkich", latwiejsze, > Grupa B. 4 wyklady specjalistyczne > > 3. Organizacja zajec: > - wyklad 1,5 h + cwiczenia 1h - trwajacy ok. 6 dni > - kazdego dnia odbywalyby sie 2 wyklady A i dwa wyklady B. > (razem 3 x 1,5 h wykladow + cw. na studenta) > - wyklady przed poludniem a cwiczenia po poludniu > - dwa zajecia organizowane rownlegle > - zaliczenia (egzamin) > > 4. Z powodow organizacyjnych byloby korzystne gdyby, > - prowadzenie zajec spoczywaloby na wykladowcy (wyklad) i asystencie > (cwiczenia) > - prowadzenie zajec wliczaloby sie do pensum wykladowcy i asystenta > - studenci zaliczaliby zajecia, jesli mieliby taki obowiazek. > > Uwaga: plan szkoly znany bylby odpowiednio wczesniej aby zglosic > zajecia odpowiednim wladzom uczelnianom (wczesnie nalezy sie postarac > o wstepna zgode na takie rozwiazanie u Dziekana.) > > > 5. Tematyka wykladow (przyklady) > > -Grupa A. > Kosmologia wspolczesna (Inflacja, analiza CMB), > Fizyka czastek elementarnych (Model Standardowy), > Metody Statystyczne > > -Grupa B > Teoria czasek poza Modelem Standardowym, Supersymetria, Struny > Grawitacja > (czarne dziury, kwantowe pola a grawitacja) > Astrofizyka: fizyka plazmy, teoria procesow dyssypatywnych, > teoria stochastycznych rownan rozniczkowych. > Teoria Zaburzen kosmologicznych > > - Zakladamy bank tematow > > 6. Wykladowcy: > > Zakladamy bank wykladowcow > > 5. Liczba doktorantow (ogolem osob 29-39), w tym > > [osoba informujaca - miasto l. doktorantow] > > Jaranowski - Bialystok 1-2 > Roukema - Torun 1-2 > Woszczyna - KrakĂłw 5-8 > Maslanka - Lodz 2-4 > Rogatko - Lublin 2-3 > Piechocki - IPJ 1 > Krol - Katowice 5-6 > Pawelczyk - Warszawa 10 > Dabrowski - Szczecin 2-3 > > 7. Finansowanie - > wystapimy do MNiSW we wrzesniu 2007 r

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Spotkanie wrzesniowe, Porozumienie Czastki i Kosmologia (fwd z 30.05.07)
by Boud Roukema 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:44:00 +0200 > From: Jerzy Król <iriking... > To: Tok Warsaw <Tok.... > Subject: Spotkanie wrzesniowe, Porozumienie Czastki i Kosmologia > > Szanowni Państwo, > W związku z planowanym spotkaniem Porozumienia 05. 09. 2007 w Katowicach, a > dokładniej w Planetarium Śląskim w Chorzowie, uprzejmie proszę o informację kto > z Państwa jest zainteresowany noclegiem w hotelu uniwersyteckim. Hotel położony > jest w pobliżu Planetarium. Wynajęcie pokoju 1-osobowego to koszt 70 zł, > 2-osobowego - 105 zł. Przypominam, że termin spotkania to przeddzień > rozpoczęcia 31 Szkoły Fizyki Teoretycznej w Ustroniu, > http://www.us.edu.pl/~us2007/ , zatem osoby pragnące uczestniczyć w Szkole i > biorące udział w spotkaniu Porozumienia mogłyby, specjalnym autokarem, > pojechać na Szkołę wieczorem 5-go września, bez dodatkowego noclegu w > Katowicach. Proszę o informacje o Państwa decyzji co do noclegów bo miejsca w > hotelu należałoby rezerwować już teraz. > > Bardzo również proszę o przesyłanie propozycji tematów wystąpień (krótkich, tj. > ok. 15 min), które odbędą się, zgodnie z naszymi ustaleniami, podczas spotkania > 5-go września, a objęte byłyby tematyką Porozumienia. > > Serdecznie pozdrawiam, > Jerzy Król > Zakład Astrofizyki i Kosmologii > Uniwersytet Śląski > Katowice

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Termin spotkania w Katowicach-Ogolnopolskie Porozumienie Czastki-Astrofizyka (fwd)
by Boud Roukema 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Witam cosmo-pl, Na dolu jest ogłoszenie od Marka Zrałka dotyczączy spotkanie CAK w 05.09.2007r. przed konferencji w Ustroniu ( http://prac.us.edu.pl/~us2007/ ) Dodawałem informacji na wykładach na wiki: http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/PorozumienieCAK Trochę edytowałem - np usunąłem zajęcie ,,astrofizyki" trochę zadaleko od kosmologii/cząstki, bo inaczej będziemy mieć dużo więcej wykłądy dotyczącą całą astronomią/astrofizyką, ale to nie jest żadna decyzja oficjalna. To tylko mój wybór co napisałem na wiki. Macie dostęp do wiki i możecie dodawać ty wykłady do tablicy. Brakuje: * dzień zajęć Janusza Gareckiego (jest godzina, nie ma dzień...) * dzień/godzina/sala dla zajęć UJ + UŚ * zajęć kosmo/cząstki od Zielonej Góry (i innych środków?) Nie wiem ile jest ważny mieć dzień/godzina/sala dla całych zajęć - to zależe trochę jak często chcemy poprawić tablice. Już zaczyna widzieć trochę wizerunek na co jest dostępny dla osoby chętny do uczenie się w temacie - są już info od Wawy/Toruniu/Szczecina/Krakowa/Katowic. Błędy możesz poprawić bezpośrednie na wiki (Register - Nowe konto na góry na prawo, potem "Edit" na dolu). pozdr boud ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:05:48 +0200 From: Jerzy Król <... To: zralek <... Subject: Termin spotkania w Katowicach-Ogolnopolskie Porozumienie Czastki-Astrofizyka Szanowni Państwo, W związku z tym, że Międzynarodowa Konferencja Fizyki Teoretycznej w Ustroniu rozpoczyna się 06.09.2007 a 05.09.2007 jest dniem dojazdu, chcieliśmy zaproponować Państwu termin spotkania naszego Porozumienia w Katowicach właśnie na 05.09.. W ten sposób osoby, które planują uczestniczyć w Szkole i w Porozumieniu będą mogły pojechać wieczorem do Ustronia (bez konieczności dodatkowego noclegu w Katowicach). Przewidujemy przejazd z Katowic do Ustronia specjalnymi autokarami. Zachecamy Państwa do wzięcia udziału w Konferencji. Proponujemy zatem, aby spotkanie w ramach Porozumienia Cząstki, Astrofizyka, Kosmologia odbyło się 5-go września 2007 o godz 10.00. Planujemy zorganizowac to spotkanie w Planetarium Śląskim w Chorzowie (na terenie Wojewódzkiego Parku Kultury i Wypoczynku). Uprzejmie prosimy osoby, ktore chcą przyjechac do Katowic poprzedniego dnia, o informację. Będziemy mogli zarezerwowac hotel w pobliżu Planetarium. Równocześcnie prosimy także o propozycje krótkich 15 minutowych wystapień na tematy, które moga być przedmiotem naszych wspólnych zainteresowań i rozpocząć współprace naukowa w ramach sieci. Ponawiamy też prośbę do Instytutów, które jeszcze nie dały znać, o deklarację z Państwa strony, dotyczącą poparcia (względnie dezaprobaty) samej idei, a także liczby doktorantów z Państwa Instytutów, którzy byliby zainteresowani wzięciem udziału w najbliższej Szkole Fizyki. Przesyłamy również informacje o wszystkich zajęciach dydaktycznych prowadzonych w Instytucie Fizyki UŚ w Katowicach dla studentów i doktorantów z zakresu interesujacych nas zagadnień fizyki cząstek, astrofizyki i kosmologii: prof. Marek Zrałek "Fizyka Neutrin" wykład specjalistyczny IV/V prof. Marek Zrałek "Relatywistyczna Mechanika Kwantowa" wykład III/IV prof. Karol Kołodziej "Wstęp do Kwantowej Teorii Pola" wykład IV prof. Henryk Czyż/dr hab. Janusz Gluza "Model Standardowy Cząstek Elementarnych" wykład specjalistyczny IV/V prof. Henryk Czyż "Teoria Oddziaływań Eletrosłabych" wykład specjalistyczny IV/V dr hab. Janusz Gluza "Rozszerzenia Modelu Standardowego" wykład specjalistyczny IV/V dr hab. Janusz Gluza "Wstęp do teorii Cząstek Elementarnych" wykład III/IV dr Marek Biesiada "Ogólna Teoria Względności" wykład specjalistyczny III/IV dr Ilona Bednarek/dr Marek Biesiada "Wstęp do Astrofizyki" wykład III Serdecznie pozdrawiam, Jerzy Król Instytut Fizyki Uniwersytet Śląski

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witam osoby z ,,Porozumienia"
by Boud Roukema 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Witam cosmo-pl, 1. WITAM: 2. EWOLUCJA LISTY: 3. DYSKUSJA O SZKOŁY CZASTKI-ASTRO-KOSMO 4. ZAJĘĆ CAK W POLSCE 1. WITAM: Mamy nowy uczestników w grupie dyskusyjnym cosmo-pl: http://cosmo.torun.pl/mailman/listinfo/cosmo-pl po spotkaniu ,,Porozumienie CAK" - http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/PorozumienieCAK Tzn, że teraz jesteśmy 62 osoby na cosmo-pl. Chyba tylko 3 od Czechy, inny z adresami .pl i jeden na .edu. Jeśli chcesz wiedzieć, kto jest na liście, jest możliwe na dolu http://cosmo.torun.pl/mailman/listinfo/cosmo-pl Jeśli zapomniałeś twój hasło na liście, też są instrukcji na dolu tej sam strony. (,,wypisz się lub zmian parametry") Możesz zmienic język do angielski jeśli to łatwiejszy ;). (en) You can change the language for the mailman/listinfo interface to English (or Czech or Japanese or...) if you find that easier. 2. EWOLUCJA LISTY: Jak użycie listy będzie ewoluować zależy od nami. Między dwomi skrajnymi możliwości (całkowicie zamknięta lista vs całkowicie otwarta lista) mamy aktualny kompromis między nimi, np: - ktokolwiek z dostępem do internetu i konto mejla może, teoretycznie, się zapisywać na liście * w praktyce, jest mało prawdopodobnie (co zobaczyliśmy do tej pory), że osoby spamujący będą się zapisywać do listy - archiwum jest publiczny - jest filtr spamassassin - list z osoby wysyłają listy zadużo (więcej niż 40kb, np z zdjęciami), lub z adres email nie zapisany w liście, będzie czekać dla moderatora * inaczej, list jest automatycznie wysyłany natychmiast (oprócz w przypadku problem serwera cokolwiek w systemie) - w tej chwili jest tylko jeden moderator, tzn, dla sfiltrowanie listy spam i listy większy niż 40kb i od osoby nie napisany w liście - to ja. * jeśli ktoś inny chce też zostać moderatorem(ką), bardzo proszę - normalnie są coś jak 30-100 spam w miesiąc czy dwa, który ,,sprzątam", raz czy dwa w miesiąc, próbują weryfikować, że nie ma *prawdziwy* list między spamami :) Może być problemy jeśli zrobimy więcej zamknięty lub więcej otwarty parametry, ale jeśli wygląda, że jest mniej-więcej konsensus w publicznych dyskusji to zmienić, oczywiście, będę ich zmienić - robię poparcie techniczny i nie zastępuję decyzyji grupy. Jeśli w przyszłości, będzie zadużo dyskusja, zawsze możemy to podzielić do dwóch (czy więcej) grupy dyskusyjnych, np jeden dla rzadko ogłoszenie (cosmo-pl-announce), i jeden dla więcej częstotliwych, intensywnych dyskusji (cosmo-pl) (funkcja podobny do funkcji ,,komisji" w administracji z epoki przed-internetowej). DYSKUSJA O SZKOŁY KOSMO-ASTRO-CZASTKI Forwarduję od Marka Zrałka (ale w zasadzie, lepiej, że osoby wysyłają publiczny listy bezpośrednie do cosmo-pl at cosmo torun pl bo nigdy może być pewny, co osoby chcą traktować jak publiczny lub poufny. Osobiście, nie widzę, że organizowanie badania kosmo-astro-cząstki ma być szczególnie poufny, oprócz jeśli chodzi o sprawy osobistych.) > Szanowni Panstwo, > > Jak wiekszosc z Panstwa wie na ostatnim spotkaniu naszego > porozumienia 19 lutego w Warszawie zdecydowalismy, iz bedziemy > organizowac Szkoly fizyki teoretycznej dla doktorantow z fizyki > czastek, astrofizyki i kosmologii. Na takiej tygodniowej Szkole, > organizowanej cyklicznie przez wszystkie grupy naszego > porozumienia, odbywalyby sie serie wykladow specjalistycznych, ktore > trudno przeprowadzic w poszczegolnych osrodkach albo ze wzgledu na > mala liczbe sluchaczy albo brak kadry. Po pierwsze, prosze o > komentarz w tej sprawie wszystkich, ktorzy nie byli obecni w > Warszawie. I sprawa druga, zgodnie z naszymi ustaleniami urzejmie > prosze o podanie ilu doktorantow mogloby brac udzial w takiej Szkole > z kazdego Osrodka. > > Lacze serdeczne pozdrowienia, > Marek Zralek 4. ZAJĘĆ CAK W POLSCE > From Tok.Warsaw at ... Tue Mar 13 12:07:18 2007 > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:02:55 +0100 (CET) > From: Tok Warsaw <Tok.Warsaw at ... > To: ... > Subject: Porozumienie Czastki-Astrofizyka-Kosmologia > > Szanowni Panstwo, > > Materialy ze spotkania naszego Porozumienia znajduja sie juz w sieci pod adresem > http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~porozumienie/ . > Na stronie tej znajduje sie rowniez aktualna wersja dokumentow dotyczacych > Porozumienia. > > Przypominamy, ze w czasie spotkania zadecydowalismy, ze kolejne spotkanie > (konferencja) odbedzie sie 4go wrzesnia 2007 w Katowicach. > > Zainspirowany dyskutowanym w czasie spotkania pomyslem zorganizowania > szkoly fizyki teoretycznej dla doktorantow, Koordynator (w porozumieniu z > Przewodniczacym Rady) powolal czteroosobowy komitet > organizacyjny. W sklad komitetu weszli: Jacek Pawelczyk (UW), Roman > Juszkiewicz (CAMK i Zielona Gora), > Maria Krawczyk (UW) i Marek Zralek (USl). Przewodniczacy Rady > zaproponowal aby przewodnictwo komitetu powierzyc Marii Krawczyk (UW). > Komitet prosi wszystkie osrodki o oszacowanie ilosci doktorantow > zainteresowanych udzialem w szkole (dotychczas nadeszly odpowiedzi > z czterech miejsc). > > Proponujemy, aby w ramach Porozumienia osrodki wchodzace w jego sklad > informowaly o wykladach i seminariach zwiazanych z tematyka badan objetych > porozumieniem, uzywajac listy adresowej dolaczonej do tego listu (jesli jest > ona niekompletna, prosimy o dokonanie uzupelnien). > > W Instytucie Fizyki Teoretycznej UW (Hoza 69) odbywaja sie obecnie nastepujce > zajecia zwiazane z pograniczem fizyki czastek i kosmologii: > 1) cotygodniowe seminarium "Kosmologia i Fizyka Czastek", wtorek, godz. 13:30 > -15:00 w sali SDT (M. Demianski, B. Grzadkowski, Z. Lalak, S. Pokorski) > 2) wyklad "Wstep do Kosmologii", wtorek, godz. 12:00 - 13:30 w sali IPJ (M. > Olechowski) > 3) wyklad "Particles and Gravity", dotyczacy wybranych problemow kosmologii > czastek , piatek, godz. 10:00 - 11:30 w sali SDT (Z. Lalak) > 4) wyklad "Classical Field Theory", poniedzialek, sala IPJ, godz. 15:15-17:00 > (K. Meissner) > 5) wyklad "Teoria pola czastek elementarnych", piatek, godz. 14:15-16:00, sala > IPJ (P. Chankowski) > 6) warsztaty "Astroparticle and Collider Physics", sroda, godz. 12:30-14:00, > sala 118 IPJ (M. Krawczyk, A. F. Zarnecki) > > Serdecznie zapraszamy do udzialu w tych zajeciach, chetnie sluzyc bedziemy > pomoca przy zalatwianiu spraw organizacyjnych. > Prosimy inne osrodki o udostepnienie podobnych informacji! > > > Z najlepszymi zyczeniami i nadziejami na owocna wspolprace > > > Stefan Pokorski, > Marek Zralek, > > oraz Zygmunt Lalak, Krzysztof Meissner Toruń: wykład "Kosmologia" (wstęp), zimowy semestr wtorek 9:00-11:00 CAMK UMK B. Rudak wykład monograficzny "Kształt Wszechświata", zimowy semestr piątek 13:00-15:00 KRA, Piwnice UMK B. Roukema wykład+czw Kwantowa teoria pola, zimowy semestr czwartek+piątek 12:00-14:00 25+Klub, IF UMK A. Kossakowski wykład+czw Klasyczna teoria pola, letni semestr pon+wt+czwart 12-14, 12-14, 10-12 30, 479, 30 UMK R. Mrugała Wersja wiki UW+UMK: http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/PorozumienieCAK#CAK_wyk%B3ady pozdr boud

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TOK cosmo/particle physics meeting Warsaw 15.02 - 18.02.2007
by Boud Roukema 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

[cc: cosmo-pl list - since not everybody may know about the meeting] Dear Tok.Warsaw, The information page about the February workshop doesn't say details about how to register at the TOK meeting "TOK 2nd workshop 15.02 - 18.02.2007": http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~tok/ so i don't know if this is open to all cosmologists working in Poland or not. (My guess is there might be EU bureaucracy about trying to be formal about "who is a member and who is not a member", but i don't imagine any bureaucrats from Brussels will be at the meeting...) In any case, i would be interested in participating, so if possible, please add my name to the participants' list: Boud Roukema, Centrum Astronomii UMK Please tell me by when i would have to send a title/abstract. Most probably i would say something about cosmic topology. pozdrawiam serdecznie Boud Roukema http://cosmo.torun.pl/cosmo http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:roukema/0/1/0/all/0/1 [ PS: to cosmo-pl people: a meeting of the polish theoretical cosmo network seems to be planned for Monday 19 February. i would hope in fact it's open to all cosmologists including people who are not their "official local representative", but i'm coordinating it, so i'm not sure. ]

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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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