The University of Stavanger is glad to announce the 2025 NPACT school (Stavanger, Nov. 24th - Dec. 5th).
This school is part of the activities of the Norwegian Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology Theory (NPACT) network and is open to Ph.D. students and early-career scientists worldwide who wish to broaden their understanding of topics within the NPACT scope.
Lectures and speakers:
- Dark matter — T. Bringman (U. of Oslo)
- Thermal history of the universe — H. Kolesova (U. of Stavanger)
- Cosmological phase transitions and thermal particle production — M. Laine (U. of Bern)
- Physics of neutron stars — A. Kurkela (U. of Stavanger)
- Mapping the theory space: Bayesian and frequentist global fit — A. Kvellestad (U. of Oslo)
- Gravitational waves and data analysis — A. Nielsen (U. of Stavanger)
- Effective field theories and applications in particle physics — A. E. Thomsen (U. of Bern)
Practical information:
No attendance fee is required.
The school provides free accommodation to a limited number of participants requesting financial support by Oct. 14th. Under similar circumstances, priority will be given to early applicants.
Participants enrolled in a Norwegian Ph.D. program can earn 5 or 10 ECTS credits. For non-Norwegian programs, the official ECTS accreditation must be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
For details and registration, see the school webpage