university of ferrara 600 YEARS OF LOOKING FORWARD.
IRAP PhD the International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. y v
INVITATION FOR APPLICANTS 2010 o l o
Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency t S .
(ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high- S / C
energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have created a Ph.D. program S S /
dedicated to the formation of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. The h c e t students of such a program will lead the theoretical developments of one of the most l a C active fields of research, based on the above observational and experimental facilities. - L P J
This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and / A theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, S A N
astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to model the observational data : R I
received from the above facilities. This activity is necessarily international, no single ; . l a
university can cover the broad expertises. t e
The proposed program of the IRAP Ph.D. enjoys the collaboration of some of the g n most famous European Universities with one of the youngest and most dynamical a W .
French universities, the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Also it benefits from the D / I c
presence of the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and the presence of the ICRANet S T S
Center at Villa Ratti in Nice, where the coordination of the IRAP Ph.D. will take / A S
place. The astronomical aspects of the large scale of the Universe will be illustrated E / A
by the teaching by the Tartu Observatory. The activities at ICRANet Centers, at the S A
ETH of Zurich, at the University of Rome, at Stockholm University offer teaching N : l
programs in all the fields of relativistic astrophysics, including cosmology, the physics a c i t
of gravitational collapse, gamma-ray bursts, and black hole physics. The participation p O ;
of the Freie Universität Berlin and of the Einstein Institute in Potsdam offers the . l a
possibility of teaching in relativistic field theories at the highest level. The University t e g
of Savoie offers the link to the particle physics at CERN. The University of Ferrara n a
will be present with lectures and researches in the topics they have pioneered such W . D
as instrumentations developments and data analysis for X and Gamma ray astrophysics / s s
and observational cosmology. a M
Through ICRANet the extra-European connections with Brazil, China and India will U / C
be guaranteed: in China, with the Shanghai Observatory of the Chinese Academy X C of Science, studying the formation and evolution of large-scale structure and galaxies; / A S A in India, with the Indian Centre for Space Physics (ICSP), renowned for its research 0 1 N 0 : 2 on compact objects as well as on solar physics and astrochemistry; in Brazil, with y o a i r g - g
ICRABR at CBPF and the Rio de Janeiro brach of ICRANet, where a successful X a : M t i program of research and teaching in relativistic astrophysics has been established - d a e m r
in recent years. o C R . - r r e e t n t n r e a
The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the P C & c i three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also the possibility to follow courses i t b c m a
from the other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs o l l a a P
in each participating institution, after approval by the faculty. G a p e h
Courses can be chosen from the following list: m a T t S
VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN GENERAL RELATIVITY FORMATION OF GALAXIES SPECTRAL TIMING FROM BLACK HOLE The Host Institution for the call of 2010-2011 The Faculty ASTROPHYSICS Thibault DAMOUR Ypeng JING SOURCES is the Université de Nice Giovanni Amelino-Camelia Filippo Frontera Felix AHARONIAN IHES & ICRANet Shanghai Observatory Lev TITARCHUK Sophia Antipolis Grand Château “Sapienza” Università di Roma Università di Ferrara Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and Max University of Ferrara 28 Avenue Valrose 21 - B.P. 2135 Jean Arnaud Hagen Kleinert Planck Institute fur Kernphysik SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS ON THE KERR SOLUTION 06103 NICE CEDEX 2 Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis Freie Universität Berlin Massimo DELLA VALLE Roy KERR SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY Carlo Luciano Bianco Gianluca Lippi COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY ICRANet ICRANet Kjell ROSQUIST Applications and Fellowship: “Sapienza” Università di Roma and ICRANet Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis Vladimir BELINSKI Stockholm University In 2010-2011 ten positions will be available, Donato Bini Francois Mignard six with fellowship support. ICRANet LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE RELATIVISTIC FIELD THEORY CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone” Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur The application deadline is Pascal Chardonnet Giovanni Montani Jaan EINASTO Hagen KLEINERT BLACK HOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL September 30 th , 2010. RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS Tartu Observatory & ICRANet Freie Universitat Berlin PHYSICS Université de Savoie ENEA and ICRANet See http://www.icra.it and Christian Cherubini Hermann Nicolai Carlo Luciano BIANCO Remo RUFFINI http://www.icranet.org ICRANet X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION BOUNCING COSMOLOGY ICRANet & University Roma La Sapienza Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma Max Plank Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Postdam Filippo FRONTERA Mario NOVELLO Information: Demetrios Christodoulou José Pacheco ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES University of Ferrara CBPF Brazil and ICRANet COLLECTIVE EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS Dr. Carlo Luciano Bianco ETH Zurich Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur Sandip CHAKRABARTI Gregory VERESHCHAGIN tel. + 39 06 4991 4 397 Pierre Coullet Kjell Rosquist Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis Stockolm University S.N. Bose Centre and Indian Centre for Space HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS: DEVELOPMENT ON BKL WORK ICRANet e-mail: [email protected] Physics Thibault Damour Remo Ruffini (Director) X-RAYS CLUSTERS Hermann NICOLAI IHES Bures-sur-Yvette “Sapienza” Università di Roma and ICRANet Riccardo GIACCONI Einstein Institute Postdam ULTRA RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON POSITRON Jann Einasto Farrokh Vakili PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ICRANet PLASMA Tartu Observatory Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur ASTROPHYSICS THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE She-Sheng XUE ICRANet and Simonetta Filippi She-Sheng Xue Pascal CHARDONNET OBSERVATIONS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS Marco TAVANI ICRANet Campus Biomedico Roma and ICRANet ICRANet University of Savoie ICRA Cristiano GUIDORZI INAF Sergio Frasca University of Ferrara “Sapienza” Università di Roma