9th School on Astrophysics and Gravitation
The Centre for Astrophysics and Gravitation (CENTRA) is organizing the 9th edition of its Summer School on Astrphysics and Gravitation. This year the school is officially open to international applications and the official language of the classes is English. This school takes place every two years and its mains objective it to incentivate young talents in the pursue of knowledge in the areas of Astrophysics and Gravitation. This summer school is mainly aimed at university level students of Physics, Mathematics and Engineerings (STEMs).
The main selection criterium is the course average grade, and priority will be given to students that desire to continiue their studies in theses areas of research. The applicant should mention its interest in these areas in the section "General Comments" of the application form.
Important dates:
School: September 3 - 7 (Monday to Friday)
Application deadline: July 15 (Sunday)
Organizing Committee:
José Sande Lemos (CENTRA/IST)
Ana Mourão (CENTRA/IST)
Dário Passos (CEOT/UAlg)
Miguel Zilhão (CENTRA(IST)
Funding institutions: CENTRA, IST, FCT UID/FIS/00099/2013, CIGeoE
Courses:
Observational Astronomy - Ana Mourão (CENTRA/IST)
Astrophysics of the Solar System - Ilídio Lopes (CENTRA/IST)
Astrophysics of Stars - Koraljka Mužić (CENTRA/FCUL)
Extragalactic Astronomy - Santiago Gonzalez (CENTRA/IST)
Observational and Theoretical Cosmology - Sante Carloni (CENTRA/IST)
Fundamental Interactions - António Amorim (CENTRA/FCUL)
Newtonian Gravitation, General Relativity and Quantum Gravity - José Sande Lemos (CENTRA/IST)
Special Courses:
Gravitational Waves I: Theory - David Hilditch (CENTRA/IST)
Gravitational Waves II: Experiments - Chris Moore (CENTRA/IST)
Advanced Courses:
The Milky Way - André Moitinho (CENTRA/FCUL)
Black Holes - Vitor Cardoso (CENTRA/IST) and Miguel Zilhão (CENTRA/IST)
Causality - Thomas Sotiriou (UNottingham and CENTRA/IST)
String Theory and the AdS/CFT Conjecture - Robertus Potting (CENTRA/UAlgarve) and Jorge Rocha (UBarcelona)
Mini Courses:
Celestial Mechanics and Applications - Amaro Rica da Silva (CENTRA/IST)
Baryogenesis - Daniele Vernieri (CENTRA/IST)
Inflation - Masato Minamitsuji (CENTRA/IST)
Bimetric Theories of Gravity - Laura Bernard (CENTRA/IST)
Compact Objects - Andrea Maselli (CENTRA/IST)
Wormholes - João Luis Rosa (CENTRA/IST)
Program EAG9
Monday, September 3
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:10 Opening Session - Profs. José Sande Lemos, Ana Mourão, Dário Passos and Miguel Zilhão from the
Organizing Committee
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 Observational and Theoretical Cosmology - Sante Carloni (C)
15:20 - 16:10 Fundamental Interactions - Antonio Amorim (C)
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 - Vítor Cardoso (AC)
18:20 - 21:00 Break
21:00 - 23:00 Observations at the Telescope (OC)
Tuesday, 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 Observational and Theoretical Cosmology - Sante Carloni (C)
15:20 - 16:10 Observational and Theoretical Cosmology - Sante Carloni (C)
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 Newtonian Gravitation, General Relativity and Quantum Gravity - José Sande Lemos (C)
17:30 - 18:20 Celestial Mechanics and Applications - Amaro Rica da Silva (MC)
18:20 - 21:00 Break
21:00 - 23:00 Observations at the Telescope (OC)
Wednesday, September 5
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 Fundamental Interactions - Antonio Amorim (C)
15:20 - 16:10 Fundamental Interactions - Antonio Amorim (C)
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 Newtonian Gravitation, General Relativity and Quantum Gravity - José Sande Lemos (C)
17:30 - 18:20 Inflation - Masato Minamitsuji (MC)
18:20 - 21:00 Break
21:00 - 23:00 Observations at the Telescope (OC)
Thursday, September 6
09:10 - 10:00 Gravitational Waves I: Theory - David Hilditch (SC)
10:00 - 10:50 Gravitational Waves I: Theory - David Hilditch (SC)
10:50 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:10 Bimetric Theories of Gravity - Laura Bernard (MC)
12:10 - 13:00 Causality - Thomas Sotiriou (AC)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:20 String Theory and the AdS/CFT Conjecture - Robertus Potting (AC)
15:20 - 16:10 The Milky Way - André Moitinho (AC)
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 The Milky Way - André Moitinho (AC)
17:30 - 18:20 Baryogenesis - Daniele Vernieri (MC)
18:20 - 21:00 Break
21:00 - 23:00 Observations at the Telescope (OC)
Friday, September 7
09:10 - 10:00 Gravitational Waves II: Experiments - Chris Moore (SC)
10:00 - 10:50 Gravitational Waves II: Experiments - Chris Moore (SC)
10:50 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:10 Compact Objects - Andrea Maselli (MC)
12:10 - 13:00 Causality - Thomas Sotiriou (AC)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:20 String Theory and the AdS/CFT Conjecture - Jorge Rocha (AC)
15:20 - 16:10 Wormholes - João Luis Rosa (MC)
16:10 - 16:40 Break
16:40 - 17:30 Black Holes - Miguel Zilhão (AC)
17:30 - 18:20 Closing Session with certificates handed out
C = Course (3 lectures)
OC = Observational Course (4 sessions)
SC = Special Course (2 lectures)
AC = Advanced Course (2 lectures)
MC = Mini Course (1 lecture)
The lectures are held at amphitheater PA1 in the basement of the Mathematics Building IST.
The sessions Observations at the Telescope are carried out at CIGeoE's dome.
List of selected students:
Afonso do Vale (FC U Lisboa)
Ângelo Ferreira (U Coimbra)
Ben Hastings (University of Bonn)
Bruno Barros (FC U Lisboa)
Carlos Cunha (IST)
Carolina Costa (IST)
Clara Severino (IST)
Dinis Bruno (U Aveiro)
Diogo Ribeiro (IST)
Diogo Silva (IST)
Elena De Paoli (University of Roma Tre)
Elisa Cardoso (U Évora)
Francisco Brasil (FCT U Nova de Lisboa)
Gonçalo Andrade (IST)
Inês Vieira (IST)
João Lourenço (FC U Lisboa)
João Nuno Cruz (IST)
João Pedro Novo (U Minho)
João Pedro Rato (IST)
João Pedro Rodrigues (U Aveiro)
Leonardo Hügens (FC U Porto)
Mariana Brás (U Aveiro)
Oleksandra Pyata (IST)
Pedro Gomes (IST)
Pedro Ildefonso (U Aveiro)
Rita Franco (IST)
Sara Marques (IST)
Tânia Machado (University of Lancaster)
Tiago Gonçalves (FC U Porto)
Vladlen Galetsky (IST)