11th School on Astrophysics and Gravitation
The Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation (CENTRA) is organizing the 11th edition of its Summer School on Astrophysics and Gravitation, SAG11. The school is open to international applications and the official language of the classes is English. This school takes place every two years and its main objective is to encourage young talents to develop their knowledge in the areas of Astrophysics and Gravitation. This summer school is mainly aimed at university level students of Physics, Mathematics, and Engineering.
The main selection criterion is the course average grade, and priority will be given to students that desire to continue their studies in these areas of research. The applicant should mention its interest in these areas in the section "General Comments" of the application form. Applications received earlier will be given priority in case of a tie between candidates. There is no fee.
Important dates:
School: September 1-6, 2023 (Friday-Wednesday)
Application deadline: July 25, 2023 (Tuesday)
Organizing Committee:
Ana Mourão (CENTRA/IST)
Ilídio Lopes (CENTRA/IST)
José Sande Lemos (CENTRA/IST)
Violetta Sagun (CFis/UCoimbra)
Academic management support:
Christoph Gärtlein (CENTRA/IST and CFis/UCoimbra)
Informatic System Manager:
Tomás Martins (CENTRA/IST)
Webpage designer and poster designer:
Dário Passos (UAlgarve)
Funding institutions: CENTRA, IST, FCT project UIDB/00099/2020, ERC, CIGeoE
Courses:
Observational Astronomy - Ana Mourão (CENTRA/IST)
Astrophysics of the Solar System - Ilídio Lopes (CENTRA/IST)
Astrophysics of Stars - Koraljka Mužić (IA/FCUL)
Extragalactic Astronomy - Santiago Gonzalez (CENTRA/IST)
Cosmology - Carlos Herdeiro (CIDMA, UAveiro)
Fundamental Interactions - Ivo Varzielas (CFTP/IST)
Newtonian Gravitation, General Relativity, and Quantum Gravity - José Sande Lemos (CENTRA/IST)
Advanced Courses:
Astronomy and Astrophysics of Disks - Paulo Garcia (CENTRA, FEUP)
Black Holes - Tiago Fernandes (CENTRA/IST)
Gravitational Waves - David Hilditch (CENTRA/IST)
String Theory and the AdS/CFT Conjecture - Robertus Potting (CENTRA, UAlgarve) and Miguel Zilhão (CIDMA, UAveiro)
Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars - Violetta Sagun (CFis/UCoimbra)
Cosmic Background Radiation - Sante Carloni (UPrague)
Mini Courses:
Instrumentation in Astrophysics - António Amorim (CENTRA, FCUL)
Multi Messenger Astrophysics - Violetta Sagun (CFis/UCoimbra)
Inflationary Universe - Jorge Rocha (CENTRA and ISCTE)
The Wave Equation on Curved Spacetimes - Alex Vaño-Viñuales (CENTRA/IST)
LISA: The gravitational wave antenna of the future - Richard Brito (CENTRA/IST)
Acceleration in Special Relativity and Mach's Principle - Edgar Gasperin (CENTRA/IST)
The lectures are held at amphitheater PA1 in the basement of the Mathematics Building IST.
The sessions observations at the telescope are carried out in the CIGeoE Observatory's dome.
Program SAG11
Friday, September 1
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:10 Opening Session - Organizing Committee: Profs. Ana Mourão, Violetta Sagun, José Sande Lemos, Ilídio Lopes
09:10 - 10:00 Observational Astronomy - Ana Mourão (C)
10:00 - 10:50 Astrophysics of the Solar System - Ilídio Lopes (C)
10:50 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:10 Astrophysics of Stars - Koraljka Mužić (C)
12:10 - 13:00 Extragalactic Astronomy - Santiago Gonzalez (C)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:20 Newtonian Gravitation, General Relativity, and Quantum Gravity - José Sande Lemos (C)
15:20 - 16:10 Acceleration in Special Relativity and Mach's Principle (MC) - Edgar Gasperin
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 Newtonian Gravitation, General Relativity, and Quantum Gravity - José Sande Lemos (C)
17:30 - 18:20 Black Holes - Tiago Fernandes (AC)
18:20 - 21:00 Break
21:00 - 23:00 Observations at Telescope (OC)
Saturday, September 2
09:10 - 10:00 Observational Astronomy - Ana Mourão (C)
10:00 - 10:50 Astrophysics of the Solar System - Ilídio Lopes (C)
10:50 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:10 Astrophysics of Stars - Koraljka Mužić (C)
12:10 - 13:00 Extragalactic Astronomy - Santiago Gonzalez (C)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:20 Newtonian Gravitation, General Relativity, and Quantum Gravity - José Sande Lemos (C)
15:20 - 16:10 Black Holes - Tiago Fernandes (AC)
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 Fundamental Interactions - Ivo Varzielas (C)
17:30 - 18:20 Fundamental Interactions - Ivo Varzielas (C)
18:20 - 21:00 Break
21:00 - 23:00 Frre
Sunday, September 3
09:10 - 21:00 Free Day
Monday, September 4
09:10 - 10:00 Observational Astronomy - Ana Mourão (C)
10:00 - 10:50 Astrophysics of the Solar System - Ilídio Lopes (C)
10:50 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:10 Astrophysics of Stars - Koraljka Mužić (C)
12:10 - 13:00 Extragalactic Astronomy - Santiago Gonzalez (C)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:20 Cosmology - Carlos Herdeiro (C)
15:20 - 16:10 String Theory and the AdS/CFT Conjecture - Robertus Potting (AC)
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 Cosmology - Carlos Herdeiro (C)
17:30 - 18:20 LISA: The Gravitatinal Wave Antenna of the Future - Richard Brito (MC)
18:20 - 21:00 Break
21:00 - 23:00 Observations at Telescope (OC)
Tuesday, September 5
09:10 - 10:00 Astronomy and Astrophysics of Disks - Paulo Garcia (AC)
10:00 - 10:50 Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars - Violetta Sagun (AC)
10:50 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:10 Cosmology - Carlos Herdeiro (C)
12:10 - 13:00 Astronomy and Astrophysics of Disks - Paulo Garcia (AC)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:20 Gravitational Waves - David Hilditch (AC)
15:20 - 16:10 Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars - Violetta Sagun (AC)
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 Cosmic Background Radiation - Sante Carloni (AC)
17:30 - 18:20 Instrumentation in Astrophysics - António Amorim (MC)
18:20 - 21:00 Break
21:00 - 23:00 Observations at Telescope (OC)
Wednesday, September 6
09:10 - 10:00 Cosmic Background Radiation - Sante Carloni (AC)
10:00 - 10:50 Multi Messenger Astrophysics - Violetta Sagun (MC)
10:50 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:10 Gravitational Waves - David Hilditch (AC)
12:10 - 13:00 The Wave Equation in Curved Spacetime - Alex Vaño-Viñuales (MC)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:20 String Theory and the AdS/CFT Conjecture - Miguel Zilhão (AC)
15:20 - 16:10 Fundamental Interactions - Ivo Varzielas (C)
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 Inflationary Universe - Jorge Rocha (MC)
17:30 - 18:20 Closing Session and delivery of the participation certificates
C = Course (3 lectures)
OC = Observation at the Telescope Course (3 sessions)
MC = Mini Course (1 lecture)
AC = Advanced Course (2 lectures)
The lectures are held at amphitheater PA1 in the basement of the Mathematics Building IST.
The sessions Observations at the Telescope are carried out in the CIGeoE Observatory's dome.
List of the 47 selected students:
Afonso Alves - Instituto Superior Técnico
Afonso Ávila - Universidade de Coimbra
Afonso Azenha - Instituto Superior Técnico
Afonso Guerreiro - Instituto Superior Técnico
Alexandre Veiga - Instituto Superior Técnico
André Morais - Instituto Superior Técnico
Beatriz Varela - Instituto Superior Técnico
Carolina Antunes - Instituto Superior Técnico
Carolina Lopes - Instituto Superior Técnico
Carolina Machado - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
Carolina Miranda - Instituto Superior Técnico
Daniel Capela - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
David Lopes - Instituto Superior Técnico
David Pereira - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
Duarte Tavares - Instituto Superior Técnico
Estêvão Gomes - Instituto Superior Técnico
Filipe Ficalho - Instituto Superior Técnico
Filipe Santos - Instituto Superior Técnico
Gabriel Almeida - Instituto Superior Técnico
Gabriel Róis - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
Guilherme Garcia - University of Edinburgh
Guilherme Simplício - Instituto Superior Técnico
Hanna Tamm - University of Tartu
Henrique Costa - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
Inês Martins - Instituto Superior Técnico
Inês Ponte - Instituto Superior Técnico
Inês Sequeira - Universidade de Coimbra
Inês Serra - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
Iuna Dreyer - Instituto Superior Técnico
Joana Yao - Instituto Superior Técnico
João Camacho - Instituto Superior Técnico
João Chaveiro - Instituto Superior Técnico
João Cunha - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade do Porto
João Santos - Instituto Superior Técnico
João Tavares - Instituto Superior Técnico
Jorge Costa - Instituto superior técnico
José Rodrigues - Universidade de Coimbra
Leonor Gonçalves - Instituto Superior Técnico
Manuel Marques - Instituto Superior Técnico
Miguel Brito - Instituto Superior Técnico
Nailya Ganiyeva - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
Pablo Paim - Instituto Superior Técnico
Paul Kull - University of Tartu
Pedro Gamito - Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
Tiago Pereira - Universidade de Coimbra
Tiago Valente -Instituto Superior Técnico
Vasco Pires - Instituto Superior Técnico
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