First Circular

First Announcement

This is the first announcement of the School of Astrophysics "Francesco Lucchin" for PhD students to be held in Bertinoro (FC) during the week May 8-13, 2011.

Aims of the School

The School of Astrophysics "Francesco Lucchin" is addressed to PhD students in Astronomy and Physics and it is open also to interested young researchers. The aim of the school is to contribute to their qualification and provide a common cultural baseline on hot topics of international research, both observational and theoretical. 

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Topics and Speaker

The scientific organizing committee has chosen for the school the following topics:

Dark Energy probes (director: Lauro Moscardini, Università di Bologna):

Luca Amendola (Institut für Theoretische Physik - Universität Heidelberg, Germany):
Introduction to Dark Energy
Carlo Baccigalupi (SISSA - Trieste, Italy):
Analysis and physics of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies: a dark energy perspective
Stefano Ettori (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy):
Galaxy clusters as probes of the Dark Energy
Luigi Guzzo (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy):
Large-scale Structure as a Probe of Dark Energy
Thomas D. Kitching (University of Edinburgh, UK):
Weak Gravitational Lensing: From Theory to Practice




Dynamical evolution of globular clusters (director: Enrico Vesperini, Drexel University)

Melvyn Davies (Institutionen för Astronomi - Lunds Universitet, Sweden):
Dynamical Evolution and Stellar Collisions in Globular Clusters
Francesco Ferraro (Università di Bologna, Italy):
Tracing the Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters with Exotic Stellar Populations
Barbara Lanzoni (Università di Bologna, Italy):
Tracing the Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters with Exotic Stellar Populations
Douglas Heggie (University of Edinburgh, UK):
Long-term Evolution of Globular Clusters
Steve McMillan (Drexel University, USA):
Early Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters and Numerical Techniques
Giampaolo Piotto (Università di Padova, Italy):
Observational study of the structure and stellar content of globular clusters




Registration and Deadlines

The deadline for the registration is 1st April 2011. It is possible to apply using the on-line registration form at this page. Applicants will receive an email confirming their registration.
For practical reasons the maximum number of participants will be 60. In case more people apply, priority will be given to PhD students. The final list of participants will be given by 8th April 2011. Participants will have to confirm by 15th April 2011 that they will attend the school.
The school fee is 300 euro, including accommodation, breakfast and lunch at the Centro Congressi, social dinner, meal-tickets to have dinner in Bertinoro's restaurants and trattorie and bus transport from/to Bologna. Extra 70 euro are required for single room accommodation (notice that the number of single rooms is limited). For an extra night (for people leaving on Saturday) the cost will be 50 euro for the double and 70 euro for the single room. The fee can be paid cash or by credit card at the reception desk of the school.
A few grants might be available to partially cover the school fee: applicants should mark the request in the registration form and send a short CV to the school organization.

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