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5th Gravi-Gamma-Nu workshop, October 9-11, 2024 in Bari

Fifth edition of the Gravi-Gamma-Nu workshop to be held in the historic city center of Bari in the Puglia region of Italy from October 9-11, 2024.

This year’s workshop will be dedicated to covering the latest multi-messenger observational results on AGN and black holes combined with highlights on novel simulation techniques and analysis methods.

The format of the workshop consists of invited and contributed talks. Information regarding the workshop, including the list of confirmed invited speakers can be found on the webpage.

Registration and abstract submission opened on May 1st. We strongly encourage the participation of PhD and early career researchers.

Workshop Website

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Erlangen School for Astroparticle Physics 2024, October 7-15, in Obertrubach-Bärnfels

Announcement: the 20th edition of the annual School for Astroparticle Physics, to be held from 7th to 15th October 2024 in Obertrubach-Bärnfels, close to Erlangen, Germany. The school is aimed at advanced graduate and PhD students from all fields of experimental and theoretical astroparticle physics. It will be held in English and is open for international participation.

The school covers topics from astrophysics to particle physics and cosmology.
Lectures are given by key scientists in the field, please find a list of speakers in the attached poster. The school combines education, discussion and contributions by the participants. The participation fee of 500 Euro covers accommodation and meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee breaks). Further information and the registration form can be found on

http://www.astroteilchenschule.nat.fau.de/

We would be delighted to welcome participants from your groups.

The deadline for registration is June 9, 2024, 12pm. If a visa letter is required, prospective participants should contact us as soon as possible, well before the registration deadline.

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LISA Precision Measurement Scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center

The Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is seeking a research astrophysicist with expertise in metrology, precision measurement, and/or instrumentation for gravitational wave detection to support NASA’s participation in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. Application Deadline: May 31st 2024.

This position is for a Research Astrophysicist (civil service scientist) Term Hire not to exceed 2 years with the option to extend to a maximum of 6 years, and the option to be made permanent without further competition.

LISA is a mission led by the European Space Agency to build and operate the first space-based observatory of gravitational waves with sensitivity in the millihertz band and a wide variety of applications in astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. NASA’s contributions to LISA, which are being led by the Goddard Space Flight Center, include the delivery of critical instrument systems of telescopes and precision laser light sources.

The selected individual will work with the existing LISA team at Goddard, including scientists, engineers, project managers, and support staff to contribute to the successful delivery of the instrument systems. Duties will include designing and conducting verification and validation of instrument prototypes and flight models; contributing to system-level models of instrument performance; and interfacing with precision measurement scientists at ESA and other European partners. While support for LISA is the primary focus for this position, the employee will also have opportunities to propose self-directed research to study gravitational waves or other areas of astrophysics.

This will be a 2-step process. The first phase, through May 31, 2024, seeks declarations of interest in this position via a submitted letter of interest and other documents (see below). The second phase will be a USAJOBS posting, anticipated in June 2024. Those who respond during phase 1 will receive additional notification when the respective USAJOBS opportunity opens. Note that phase 1 is the ‘strongly encouraged’ phase and phase 2 is the ‘required’ phase.

The position will reside at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, a suburb of Washington, DC.

US citizenship is required at the time of the Phase 2/USAJOBS application. Those who are expecting U.S. citizenship by the time of the Phase 2 opportunity are encouraged to submit materials during Phase 1, even if they do not yet have their U.S. citizenship. A Ph.D. degree is preferred. This is an early to mid-career position that will be posted at the GS-13 and GS-14 levels.

Interested applicants should contact Diana Elben (diana.m.elben(at)nasa.gov) by 5/31/2024. Please use the subject line “2024 LISA Precision Measurement Scientist”. Inquiries about the position may be addressed to Dr. John Baker at john.g.baker(at)nasa.gov. Additional application material will be required in Phase 2 via the USAJobs website; the USAJobs posting is anticipated sometime in June 2024.

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11th International Fermi Symposium, September 9-13, 2024, College Park, Maryland

This symposium follows previous Fermi Symposia at Stanford, CA (February 2007), Washington, DC (November 2009), Rome, Italy (May 2011), Monterey, CA (November 2012), Nagoya, Japan (October 2014), Arlington, VA (November 2015), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (October 2017), Baltimore, MD (October 2018), virtual (April 2021), and Johannesburg, South Africa (October 2022).

The two Fermi instruments have been surveying the high-energy sky since August 2008. The Large Area Telescope (LAT) has discovered more than seven thousand new sources and many new source classes, bringing the importance of gamma-ray astrophysics to an ever-broadening community. The LAT catalog includes supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, pulsars, binary systems, novae, several classes of active galaxies, starburst galaxies, normal galaxies, and a large number of unidentified sources. Continuous monitoring of the high-energy gamma-ray sky has uncovered numerous outbursts from a wide range of transients. Fermi LAT’s study of diffuse gamma-ray emission in our galaxy revealed giant bubbles shining in gamma rays. The direct measurement of a harder-than-expected cosmic-ray electron spectrum may imply the presence of nearby cosmic-ray accelerators. LAT data have provided stringent constraints on new phenomena such as supersymmetric dark-matter annihilations as well as tests of fundamental physics. The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) continues to be a prolific detector of gamma-ray transients: magnetars, solar flares, terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and gamma-ray bursts at keV to MeV energies, and complementing gravitational wave observations by LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA and the higher energy LAT observations of those sources.

All gamma-ray data are made immediately available at the Fermi Science Support Center. These publicly available data and Fermi analysis tools have enabled a large number of important studies. We especially encourage guest investigators worldwide to participate in this symposium to share results and to learn about upcoming opportunities.

This meeting will focus on the new scientific investigations and results enabled by Fermi, the mission and instrument characteristics, future opportunities, and coordinated observations and analyses.

Symposium Website

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DTP/TALENT 2024, Nuclear Theory for Astrophysics, July 15 – August 2 2024, Trento

Nuclear physics and astrophysics are strongly linked through neutron stars, compact objects that represent the densest form of matter in the universe. Neutron stars also have strong synergies to nucleosynthesis and the origin of the heaviest elements in the cosmos. This TALENT school will cover: 1) the equation of state of neutron-rich matter and new constraints inferred from nuclear theory, experiment and observations, 2) core-collapse supernova as the birthplace of neutron stars, and 3) neutron star mergers and gravitational waves to probe the neutron-star interior. In the last years, there has been an enormous progress in theory, experiments, and observation and we aim to bring to the students a broad overview combined with concrete and practical exercises to achieve a comprehensive understanding of neutron stars from the nuclear and astrophysics perspectives.

TOPICS and SCHEDULING
Week one: Nuclear physics of neutron stars

The lectures will explain how to build an equation of state for neutron rich matter that is consistent with known properties of finite nuclei and neutron stars. The students will learn how to build a TOV solver in order to compute the mass-radius relation for a small sample of realistic equations of state. The lectures will conclude with some of the important open questions in the field.

Week two: Birth of neutron stars in core-collapse supernovae.

We will briefly review the stellar evolution of massive stars and discuss in detail their collapse and explosions as supernovae. The students will gain a deep understanding of the explosions and the role of the equation of state on the supernova dynamics, neutrino emission and nucleosynthesis. The seminars will cover neutrino astrophysics and the role of magnetic fields in supernovae.

Week three: Neutron star mergers

Lectures and tutorials will focus on numerical relativity simulations of neutron star mergers where the students will also familiarize themselves with some open source codes used in the community. The lectures will also cover our current understanding of the gravitational and
electromagnetic emission that can be produced by these systems, including r-process/kilonova and short gamma ray bursts.

Organizers
Almudena Arcones (TU Darmstadt)
Bruno Giacomazzo (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)
Jorge Piekarewicz (Florida State University)

Registration
Registration available until 10/05/2024.

Application for the ECT* DTP/TALENT 2024 should be made electronically through the webform.

Application should include:

  • Curriculum vitae
  • Description of academic and scientific achievements
  • Short letter expressing the applicant’s personal motivation for participating in the programme

In addition a reference letter from the candidate’s supervisor, addressed to “The Director of ECT*”, should be sent by email to – gazzoli(at)ectstar.eu

Students are welcome to arrive on July, 14th. The checkout time is fixed in August, 3rd.

Collection of applications will end on May 10, when registration closes.
Applicants will be notified of the selection results within the next two weeks.

The selection of participants will be made by a committee composed of the scientific Organizers and the Director of ECT*.

The selection criteria will cover both formal and merit aspects:

  • compliance with the submission date
  • completeness of the required documentation
  • evaluation of merit measured on the basis of the CV, documentented scientiftic achievements and letter of support

In order to promote the participation from under-represented groups in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas ECT* may provide modular scholarships as a contribution to facilitate the attendance of selected candidates.

An additional requirement for this possible subsequent selection will be consideration of participants based in underrepresented countries and with a certifiable lack of access to research funds at affiliating institutions.

PhD students and ECRs based in Trento are allowed to apply for DTP/TALENT programs, but are not eligible for financial support.

School Website

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SoUP2024, October 14-18 at the Bertinoro University Center

SoUP is an advanced school for PhD students, post-docs and young researchers willing to gain deeper knowledge in topics related to underground physics. The 2024 edition is organized by INFN-Bologna at the Bertinoro University Center (CEUB) in the MiddleAge village of Bertinoro (FC – Italy). Lectures start on Monday 14th October and end at noon on Friday 18th October. The school includes lectures and hands-on sessions on Physics Phenomenology, Detection Techniques, Instrumentation Technologies.

A Speed-talk event and a Poster session are also foreseen.

Here the list of Topics and Lecturers:

  • Dark Matter Phenomenology. Lecturer: Marco Cirelli (LPTHE Paris)
  • Neutrino Phenomenology. Lecturer: Marco Pallavicini (University & INFN Genova) Axion Phenomenology and Detection. Lecturer: Gianni Carugno (INFN Padova)
  • Liquid Scintillators and Water Cherenkov Detectors. Lecturers: Barbara Caccianiga (INFN Milano), Giorgio Riccobene (INFN LNS)
  • Noble Liquid Detectors. Lecturer: Giuliana Fiorillo (University & INFN Naples)
  • Solid State Detectors. Lecturer: Marco Vignati (University & INFN Roma La Sapienza)
  • Statistics (Principles and Hands-on session). Lecturer: Knut Mora (Columbia University)
  • Novel Photodetectors. Lecturer: Alberto Gola (FBK Trento)
  • Material Screening. Lecturer: Monica Sisti (INFN Milano Bicocca)

Final Registration and Fee Payment are now open:

  • deadline for the Early registration fee of 650 euro: June 15
  • deadline for the Standard registration fee of 700 euro: July 31.

The fee covers:

admission to all lectures;
lodging in a double room for 5 nights, from Sunday evening to Friday morning (+50 euro for single room, if available);
breakfast, lunch, and two coffee breaks per day (Mon-Fri);
the social dinner;
welcome party;
shuttle from/to the railway station in Forlì.

We invite all Undergrad, PhD students and PostDoc to register asap.

School Website

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GEMMA2, September 16-19, 2024, Rome

Announcement of the International GEMMA2 (G ravitational-waves, E lectro M agnetic and dark MA tter) Physics Workshop to be held in Rome (Italy) from September 16th to September 19th, 2024.

The aim of the GEMMA2 workshop is to discuss on gravitational waves, multimessenger astrophysics and dark matter physics at these especially exciting times, bringing together mainly the theoretical and data-analysis aspects of such apparently heterogeneous fields. Registration is now open and Abstract Submission on these topics is welcome.

GEMMA2 is organised into days focused on key topics introduced by invited speakers (who will be announced soon) and followed by contributed talks.

There will also be a poster session, along with two Young Scientist GEMMA2 Awards for the best poster contributions by skilled young researchers.

The deadline for abstract submission is June 16th, 2024, and the deadline for early registration is June 28th, 2024. The LOC and the SOC are looking forward to welcoming you to Rome.

Workshop Website

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Postdoctoral Researcher Quantum Information Science and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at LSU

Louisiana State University is seeking outstanding candidates for the role of a Postdoctoral Researcher or Senior Postdoctoral Researcher for the theoretical modeling of superconducting qubit devices and hybrid quantum material systems with applications to quantum information science.

The postdoctoral researcher responsibilities will include conducting theoretical research on novel superconducting quantum information devices and material platforms, as well as numerical modeling of device data obtained from collaborations with experimental groups. Additionally, the researcher will assist in the mentoring graduate students, publish papers and present at conferences.

The Senior postdoctoral researcher responsibilities will also include leading theoretical research on novel superconducting quantum information devices and material platforms, as well as mentoring graduate students.

Minimum qualifications: (Both) Ph.D. in physics (Senior level) three years of related experience.

The position will be a part of the “Theory of Quantum Circuits & Materials“ group led by Professor Constantin Schrade. Applicants are encouraged to visit our group’s website (www.constantinschrade.com) for more information on our research focus and directions. For any inquiries about the position, please contact Professor Constantin Schrade directly at cschrade(at)lsu.edu.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The position is for up to two years, with a possibility to extending the contract further.

Additional Information:

The “Theory of Quantum Circuits & Materials“ at LSU is a newly established theoretical research group that works at the exciting intersection of superconducting quantum devices and quantum materials. As a senior member of the group, you will have the unique opportunity to contribute to shape a welcoming group culture and you will significantly contribute to our overarching of goals developing new applications of quantum circuits and materials for quantum information applications. Moreover, you will also have the opportunity to acquire co-supervision experience for graduate students and other junior researchers.

Our group is part of the LSU’s Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Hearne Institute of Theoretical Physics, which focuses on cutting-edge research across many domains relevant to quantum information and material science. Moreover, through the group of Professor Jim Sauls (Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics), LSU’s Department of Physics & Astronomy is closely linked to the DOE’s Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center.

LSU is situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s vibrant capital, known for its rich cultural and culinary scene, mild winters, and proximity to the New Orleans metropolitan area.

Please find here full details.

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1st TEONGRAV international workshop on theory of gravitational waves, September 16-20, 2024, Rome

Announcement of the first TEONGRAV international workshop on the theory of gravitational waves, to be held at Sapienza University of Rome on Sep, 16-20 2024.
TEONGRAV is a large INFN (National Institute for Nuclear Physics) initiative comprising 10 research units across Italy, with the aim to explore different aspects of the theory of gravitational-wave sources.

Topics of the workshop will include GW modeling, tests of gravity, neutron-star equations of state, astrophysical black-hole formation channels, and EM counterparts to GW events.

List of invited speakers:

  • Floor Broekgaarden (USA)*
  • Gregorio Carullo (DK/UK)
  • Pau Figueras (UK)*
  • Rossella Gamba (USA)
  • Michaela Ortel (FR)*
  • Geraint Pratten (UK)*
  • Raffaella Schneider (IT)
  • Daniel Siegel (DE)
  • Eleonora Troja (IT)
  • Chris Van Der Broek (NL)
  • Niels Warburton (IRE)
    (* to be confirmed)

We will have slots for contributed talks, round tables, and discussion.

Scientific Secretariat: Alessandra Curto
TEONGRAV Organizing Committee: Enrico Barausse, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Luca Del Zanna, Bruno Giacomazzo, Leonardo Gualtieri, Giuliano Iorio, Andrea Maselli, Alessandro Nagar, Paolo Pani, Albino Perego

Workshop Website

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Gravitational Wave Orchestra in the Alps, September 17 – 19, 2024, Annecy

The second edition of the "Gravitational Wave Orchestra" in Annecy, following a first event in Louvain-la-Neuve in September 2022.

The idea of this series of workshops is to bring together international experts on the stochastic gravitational background. This background is the gravitational signal created by the ensemble of all sources, from the earliest instants of the Universe, that are too distant or too faint to be detected individually. We can think of an orchestra in which each instrument plays its own melody, and together form a symphony.

This conference aims to highlight the most recent advances and discoveries in this rather specialized field, with an emphasis on theory and data analysis. The format, which leaves plenty of time for discussion, encourages exchange. We are also planning tutorial sessions on the data analysis methods used by the various gravitational wave collaborations, LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA, LISA, Pulsar Timing Arrays and cosmic microwave background experiments.

The social events will be a conference by the artist Jan de Coninck on his project “the triangle”, which remind the Einstein Telescope and LISA, and a dinner cruise on the beautiful Annecy lake.

Invited speakers/Panel members/Tutors
Anirban Ain (University of Antwerp)
Quentin Baghi (APC, Paris)
Simon Biquard (APC, Paris)
Chiara Caprini (University of Geneva)
Giulia Cusin (IAP, Paris)
Irina Dvorkin (IAP, Paris)
Vuk Mandic (University of Minnessota, Mineapolis)
Sanjit Mitra (IUCAA, Pune)
Martina Muratore (AEI, Postdam)
Arianna Renzini (Milan University)
Joseph Romano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Alba Romero (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Surabhi Sachdev (Georgia Tech University)
Mairi Sakellariadou (King’s College London)
Golam Shaifullah (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Conference Website