Full Technical Report 2012 THE ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS FULL TECHNICAL REPORT 2012 ISSN 2079-9187 Compiled by the ICTP Public Information Office May 2013 Cover design by Jordan Chatwin Public Information Office The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste Italy [email protected] www.ictp.it INTRODUCTION This document is the full technical report of ICTP for the year 2012. For the non-technical description of 2012 highlights, please see the printed “Summary of Activities 2012” book. ICTP Full Technical Report 2012 3= 4 ICTP Full Technical Report 2012= CONTENTS Research High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (HECAP) ................................................................ 11 Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics (CMSP) ...................................................................................... 21 Mathematics ............................................................................................................................................................ 31 Earth System Physics (ESP) ............................................................................................................................... 43 Structure and Nonlinear Dynamics of the Earth (hosted activity) ............................................... 69 Applied Physics Telecommunications/ICT for Development Laboratory (T/ICT4D) ........................................ 91 Physics of the Living State .................................................................................................................... 99 Medical Physics ..................................................................................................................................... 108 Fluid Dynamics ...................................................................................................................................... 110 Anchor Optics Research (AOR) Program ........................................................................................ 112 Synchrotron Radiation Related Theory ........................................................................................... 117 Multidisciplinary Laboratory (MLab) .............................................................................................. 119 New Research Areas Renewable Energy and Sustainability .............................................................................................. 133 Quantitative Biology ............................................................................................................................. 137 Computational Sciences ........................................................................................................................ 138 Director's Research Group – String Phenomenology and Cosmology ................................................. 139 Training and Education Programmes Pre-PhD Level Postgraduate Diploma Programme ................................................................................................................ 145 Joint Programmes in Higher Education ICTP-IAEA Sandwich Training Educational Programme (STEP) .......................................... 148 Laurea Magistralis ................................................................................................................................ 153 PhD Programme in Environmental and Industrial Fluid Mechanics ...................................... 154 Joint International ICTP/SISSA PhD (JIISP) Programme in Physics and Mathematics ............................................................................................................... 156 Joint ICTP/Collegio Carlo Alberto Program in Economics ...................................................... 157 Master’s in the Physics of Complex Systems ................................................................................. 158 Career Support Associateship Scheme ......................................................................................................................................... 159 Federation Arrangements Scheme ................................................................................................................. 166 Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) ............................................................................. 168 ICTP-ELETTRA Users Programme ............................................................................................................ 170 ICTP Full Technical Report 2012 5= SESAME Project ................................................................................................................................................. 172 Training and Education in Developing Countries Office of External Activities (OEA) ................................................................................................................ 174 Activities in Developing Countries ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR) ....................................... 178 Prizes and Awards ICTP Dirac Medal ............................................................................................................................................... 181 ICTP Prize ............................................................................................................................................................ 181 ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award ............................................................................................................. 182 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries ............................................................................................................................... 182 Scientific Support Services Marie Curie Library ............................................................................................................................................ 185 Science Dissemination Unit .............................................................................................................................. 188 Information and Communication Technology Section (ICTS) ................................................................ 198 Multimedia Publications Office ........................................................................................................................ 201 The African Review of Physics ............................................................................................................................. 202 Appendices Scientific Calendar 2012 .................................................................................................................................... 207 Scientific Papers: High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics .......................................................................... 217 Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics .............................................................................................. 227 Mathematics ................................................................................................................................................... 230 Earth System Physics .................................................................................................................................. 232 Structure and Nonlinear Dynamics of the Earth ............................................................................ 236 Applied Physics ............................................................................................................................................. 238 Telecommunications/ICT for Development Laboratory ............................................................. 238 Physics of the Living State ................................................................................................................... 239 Anchor Optics Research (AOR) Program ......................................................................................... 240 Synchrotron Radiation Related Theory ............................................................................................ 240 Multidisciplinary Laboratory .............................................................................................................. 240 New Research Areas ..................................................................................................................................... 243 Renewable Energy and Sustainability ............................................................................................... 243 String Phenomenology and Cosmology .................................................................................................. 243 Science Dissemination Unit ........................................................................................................................ 244 List of Financial Contributors .......................................................................................................................... 245 6 ICTP Full Technical Report 2012= ICTP Statistics 2012 .......................................................................................................................................... 247 Visits to Research and Training Activities, 2012 ................................................................................. 247 Summary of Research and Training Activities, 2012 ................................................................... 256 Visitors and Person-Months by Country, 2012 ...................................................................................