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PhD Fellowships in Physics at the University of Trento (Italy)

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The Physics department at the University of Trento invites applications for PhD fellowships starting in November 2013.

The PhD fellowships have a duration of 3 years and a gross salary of 13638.47 EUR per year (about 1000 EUR per month after taxes).

The PhD program covers several scientific areas, including also Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Theoretical Physics, and Astroparticle Physics. More details about the doctoral school in Physics can be found at http://www.unitn.it/en/drphys

The Department of Physics includes faculty members working on computational astrophysics (Giacomazzo), gravitational wave detectors (Dolesi, Prodi, Vitale, Weber), theory of general relativity and cosmology (Cognola, Vanzo, Zerbini), and astroparticle physics (Battiston, Lazzizzera). Students with interests in one of these areas are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applications for the doctoral positions are accepted from candidates, regardless of gender, age, and nationality, who have a Master’s degree (equivalent to the Italian “laurea magistrale”). Any degree in Physics or related disciplines will be given preferential status. Applications are also accepted from students who expect to get their degree by October 31 2013.

The University of Trento is ranked among the top 5 universities in Italy and it is characterized by an international and diverse student population. The city of Trento is located on the Italian Dolomites and it is very well connected with several destinations in Italy and Europe.

The deadline for applications is September 10 2013. The selection will be based on the curriculum of the candidate and on an oral exam (candidates permanently residing abroad by the date of the oral exam may take the exam by phone or videoconference in their country of residence).

More information about the application process can be found here: http://www.unitn.it/en/ateneo/2763/announcement-selection

PhD position in quantum gravity, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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A PhD position is available in the research group “Conceptual questions of quantum gravity and mathematical structures in three-dimensional gravity” in the Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The position is a three-year position funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and does not carry any teaching duties.

The research group is part of the Algebra and Geometry Division, the Emmy-Noether Centre for Representation Theory and has close ties with the quantum gravity group in the physics department. In particular, it is part of the interdisciplinary Emerging Fields Project “Quantum Geometry”.

Applicants must have a European master degree in mathematics or physics or equivalent. They should be strongly motivated to work at the interface of mathematics and physics on topics related to quantum gravity, quantum geometry and representation theory. Applicants with a physics degree must demonstrate an excellent mathematics background.

Applicants should send the following documents by email to catherine.meusburger@math.uni-erlangen.de:

- Letter of motivation
- Curriculum Vitae
- List of courses taken, including marks
- Summary of their Master thesis
- Contact details of two referees .

The deadline for applications is July 15 2013, but applications will be considered until the position is filled.

Further information can be obtained from the group’s website http://www.algeo.math.uni-erlangen.de/meusburger or by contacting catherine.meusburger@math.uni-erlangen.de.

Postdoctoral Positions in Physics at Guanajuato University

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Postdoctoral Positions starting in summer 2013
Department of Physics
Universidad de Guanajuato,
Mexico

The Department of Physics at the University of Guanajuato expects to offer one or more postdoctoral positions, to consolidate its research and graduate programs in physics. We expect the hired postdoc to teach one undergraduate course a year and conduct research in the following areas:
Cosmology.
String theory.
Gravity.
Particle Physics Phenomenology.
Experimental Particle Physics (half-year in Fermi-Lab).
Quantum Optics.

The appointment is for one year with a possible renewal for a second year. For more details see the above link:

http://www.dci.ugto.mx/images/images/pdf/secretaria_academica/posdocs_depfis.pdf

Although the deadline was March 10th, they are flexible about it.

PhD Fellowships in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA, Trieste, Italy

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The Astroparticle group at SISSA invites applications for PhD fellowships to start in the academic year 2013/2014.

The PhD fellowships have a duration of 3 years, with a possible extension for a 4th year, and the net salary is about 1.135 euros/month.

The Ph.D. program, entirely devoted to astroparticle physics, covers a wide spectrum of subjects, including quantum field theory, the standard model of particle interactions, cosmology, gravitation, particle and high energy astrophysics. The curriculum consists of 3-4 years of study and research. During the first year, students are offered a number of courses covering all of the aforementioned topics and undergo examination on a selection of them. By the beginning of the second year they undertake a research project under the supervision of one or more Astroparticle Physics staff members. These include, beyond those part of the SISSA faculty, staff from ICTP and the OAT (Trieste Astronomical Observatory).

Students will benefit from interactions with the Astroparticle group, consisting of about 20 students, 3-4 postdocs and about 12 staff members, as well as with the rest of SISSA’s research groups, including those in Astrophysics and Particle Physics. SISSA and the Astroparticle group in particular maintain also strong ties with nearby research institutes, such as ICTP, OAT and INFN. The combination of a broad scientific training and a stimulating research environment makes a PhD in Astroparticle Physics at SISSA an excellent stepping stone for those that wish to engage in research in some of the most exciting and puzzling questions of modern physics.

The main research lines include:

Classical and Quantum Gravity
Particle Astrophysics
The Dark Universe
Theoretical Cosmology

Additional information about the courses and the research activity can be found at:http://www.sissa.it/app/

The deadline for application is the 24th of June. More information about the selection procedure can be found here (please select the appropriate announcement – “Astroparticle Physics Ph.D Entrance Exam”)

http://www.sissa.it/administration/bandi-di-concorso/studenti/phd-announcements-and-deadlines

The exams will take place at SISSA on the 4th-5th of July.

For non-EU nationals only: Non-EU nationals can be awarded PhD fellowships on the basis of a “preselection” and without participating in the oral and written exams. The “preselection” will be based on submitted material and the procedure may include a phone interview and/or a offer to visit SISSA for an extended period prior to the selection (which would include financial support for the visit). Please see the link entitled “Spring preselection 2013/2014″ on the website given above. Consideration for the preselection requires a separate application and the deadline is March 29th 2013.

PhD Fellowship in Relativity at Southampton

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Applications are invited for a PhD position within the Gravity group in the School of Mathematics at the university of Southampton, UK. The PhD position is funded by the European Research Council for a standard duration of 3 years, starting in October 2013. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Leor Barack on analytical and numerical approaches to the problem of radiative dynamics of orbits around black holes in General Relativity, with applications to gravitational-wave astronomy.

The University of Southampton (UK) is home to a large Gravity research group, comprising 8 staff members (Nils Andersson, Leor Barack, Carsten Gundlach, Ian Hawke, Ian Jones, Kostas Skenderis, Marika Taylor and James Vickers), 7 postdocs and 14 research students. Research in the group covers topics in black-hole and neutron-star astrophysics, sources of gravitational waves and numerical relativity, as well as string-inspired gravity and holography.

Students of any nationality are invited to apply. We prefer applications to arrive before February 28, 2013, although later applications will be considered until the position is filled.

Applications should be made online, by following the link on

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/research_degrees/apply.page

In the online application form please select Programme Type “Research”, “FullTime” and type in “Mathematics” in the Search window. Then follow the link under “Apply online” and proceed as instructed. Make sure to indicate “Leor Barack” as the requested supervisor.

Contact for enquiries:

Prof. Leor Barack
School of Mathematics
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
email: leor[AT]soton.ac.uk

The International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. (IRAP PhD) – Joint Doctorate Program sponsored by ICRANet and Erasmus Mundus, CAPES, FAPERJ

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We call attention to the deadline of the 20th of August 2013

5 fellowships for Brazilian Students within the CAPES-ICRANet agreement

Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have initiated a Ph.D. programme dedicated to create a pool of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. After taking full advantage of the observational and experimental facilities mentioned above, the students of our programme are expected to lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research: relativistic astrophysics.
This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to analyse and model the observational data received from the above laboratories. This activity is necessarily international as no single university can have a scientific expertise in such a broad range of fields.
At ICRANet-Rio the ICRANet Brazilian Science Data Centre (BSDC) has been started in 2012 and will be fully developed in 2013, bringing a novel multiwavelength data facility from the X-ray and gamma-ray telescopes all the way to the other bands and astroparticle domain. All this will be in line with the paradigms of the Virtual Observatory. The expertise of the BSDC will be available to all the students and the scientists of the program.
We announce different calls: one with a deadline on 16 February 2013, sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, an additional one with a deadline on 20 August 2013 sponsored by CAPES, reserved to Brazilian students, and a last one with a deadline on 30 September 2013. The Erasmus Mundus program has a very competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits.
The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet (Pescara, Rio de Janeiro and Rome) as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam (Germany); the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF); the Free University of Berlin (Germany); Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata (India); Observatoire de la Cote D’Azur, Nice (France); Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China; University of Ferrara (Italy); University of Rome, la Sapienza (Italy); University of Savoie, Annecy (France); University of Stockolm (Sweden); Tartu Observatory (Estonia). The Final Ph.D. degree will be jointly delivered by the Academic Institutions participating in the program.
We encourage applications from the best candidates worldwide, independent of nationality, gender or background.
The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also a possibility to follow courses from other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the Faculty.
Courses can be chosen from the following list:
COSMOLOGY WITH GAMMA RAY BURSTS-Lorenzo AMATI; VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS-Felix AHARONIAN; COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY-Vladimir BELINSKI; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS-Carlo Luciano BIANCO; OBSERVERS AND OBSERVABLES IN BLACK HOLE SPACETIMES-Donato BINI; FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS IN RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES-Johannes BLUEMLEIN; ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES-Sandip Kumar CHAKRABARTI; PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ASTROPHYSICS-Pascal CHARDONNET; GENERAL RELATIVITY-Thibault DAMOUR; SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS-Massimo DELLA VALLE; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE-Jaan EINASTO; X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION-Filippo FRONTERA; MULTIWAVELENGTH DATA ANALYSIS IN ASTROPHYSICS-Paolo GIOMMI; ON THE KERR SOLUTION-Roy KERR; RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORY-Hagen KLEINERT; BOUNCING COSMOLOGY-Mario NOVELLO; BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES IN GRAVITY-Hermann NICOLAI; TIMING ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OF ASTROPHYSICAL DATA-Mauro ORLANDINI; GRB THEORIES-Tsvi PIRAN; SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY-Kjell ROSQUIST; BLACKHOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS-Remo RUFFINI; PHOTOSPHERIC EMISSION IN GRBs-Felix RYDE; SOLAR ASTROMETRY-Costantino SIGISMONDI; THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE-Marco TAVANI; BLACK HOLE AND NEUTRONS STARS: OBSERVATIONS VS. THEORY-Lev TITARCHUK; RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY-Gregory VERESHCHAGIN; STRONG COUPLING QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA-She-Sheng XUE; THEORIES ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS-Bing ZHANG; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS
Shuangnan ZHANG.
THE FACULTY: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (SAPIENZA Università di Roma)- Vladimir Belinski (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet)- Carlo Luciano Bianco (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) – Donato Bini (CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone”) – Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) – Pascal Chardonnet (Erasmus Mundus Coordinator)Université de Savoie – Christian Cherubini (Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma) – Thibault Damour (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette) – Jaan Einasto (Tartu Observatory) – Simonetta Filippi (Univ.“Campus Biomedico” di Roma and ICRANet) – Sergio Frasca (SAPIENZA Università di Roma) – Filippo Frontera (Università di Ferrara) – Jean-Marc Gambaudo (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis) – Yipeng Jing (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) – Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universitat Berlin) – Olivier Legrand (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis) – Francois Mignard (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) – Hermann Nicolai (Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam) – Mario Novello (Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil) – Elène Politano (Ecole Doctorale Nice) – Kjell Rosquist (Stockholm University) – Jorge Rueda (CAPES – ICRANet coordinator) (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) – Remo Ruffini (Director)(SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) – Felix Ryde (Stockholm University) – Farrokh Vakili (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) – Gregory Vereshchagin (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) – She Sheng Xue (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) – Shuangnan Zhang (Institute of High Energy Physics – Chinese Academy of Science)

Applications and Fellowships: In the call of February 16th, 2013, nine fellowships will be available within the Erasmus Mundus Program, with a full and specially attractive economical support. See http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd or http://www.irap-phd.eu. In the additional call of August 20th, 2013, five additional fellowships will be available for Brazilian students within the CAPES-ICRANet agreement. In the call of September 30, 2013 four additional fellowships will be available: two with full financial support. See http://www.icranet.org/irap-phd.

Postdoc and PhD studentship in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics at Nijmegen, NL

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Applications are invited for a (2+yr) postdoc and a (4yr) PhD position in GW Astrophysics at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The positions are funded through a large national program focusing on direct detection of GWs and GW Astrophysics. Our group recently joined the Virgo collaboration and will focus on enhancing the (astro)physics of GW detection using electro-magnetic data.

The postdoctoral researcher must have a PhD in Physics or Astronomy and preferably have experience with GW data analysis. The post-doc will work on joint EM-GW data analysis and play a role in the supervision of PhD students. Part of the time can be spent on own research projects. The PhD project will focus on expected electro-magnetic signals and rates of compact binary star mergers and/or the design and use of a dedicated optical follow-up telescope array. The project can be more technically or more astronomically focused.

Applications, consisting of a letter of interest and an extended CV should be submitted by e-mail, as well as details of three possible references.
The Department of Astrophysics is a young, vibrant group (~10 faculty, ~10 postdocs, ~30 PhD students, ~10 Master students) working in the fields of astroparticle physics, compact binaries, stellar evolution, transients, radio astronomy, black holes, magnetic fields and extragalactic astronomy. It is located in the student town Nijmegen, an old (Roman) city, within easy reach of other places in the Netherlands.

Included Benefits:
University positions (including PhD positions) in the Netherlands include good medical and social benefits (including maternity and paternity leave and child care) plus holiday and end-of-year allowances.

PhD Position in Analytical and Numerical Methods in General Relativity at the AEI

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The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) invites applications for a DFG-funded PhD position in the division of Geometric Analysis and Gravitation. The position will be part of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS).

The successful candidate will work with Dr. Oliver Rinne on a combination of analytical and numerical methods applied to partial differential equations arising in general relativity and related branches of applied mathematics and theoretical physics. Topics include but are not limited to: global methods for the Einstein equations, gravitational collapse, critical phenomena, black hole stability, and Ricci flow.

Applicants should hold or be about to complete a degree in mathematics, physics or a closely related discipline. Some previous exposure to or keen interest in relativity as well as numerical work is desirable. The starting date of the position is flexible and could be as early as the autumn of 2012. Funding is for three years and is according to the German federal employee scale TVoeD E13 (75%). Details of the application procedure and an online application form can be found at http://www.aei.mpg.de/english/imprs/imprsI1/application/index.html

Evaluation of applications will begin on 1 June 2012 and will continue until the position is filled.

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. For questions about the position please contact oliver.rinne[AT]aei.mpg.de.

PhD Position in Quantum Gravity at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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One or more PhD positions in quantum gravity will become available in the autumn of 2012 in the new research group headed by Prof. Renate Loll at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The successful applicants will work under the supervision of Loll in a group consisting of several postdocs and PhD students, an assistant professor (to be appointed) and international visitors. This activity forms part of a new research focus on “Quantum Gravity” at the IMAPP, aimed at uncovering the fundamental quantum dynamics of space and time, and their interaction with matter. The IMAPP provides an attractive working environment for foundational, front-line research. Besides Theoretical High-Energy Physics, of which the new group forms a part, Mathematical Physics, Astrophysics and Experimental High-Energy Physics are all strongly represented.

Applicants must have a university degree in (theoretical) physics at masters level or equivalent and proven abilities in theoretical physics and mathematics. Prior to applying, candidates should inform themselves about the research done in Loll’s group by consulting her webpage (see URL) and the publications of group members. The PhD positions are for four years, which is the expected time for obtaining a doctoral degree in the Netherlands, and are subject to a review after one year. Applications should be sent electronically as a single pdf-file to R. Loll at the contact email address given and consist of a cover letter, CV, transcripts of university grades and degrees, a statement of research interests and reasons for undertaking doctoral research in quantum gravity, as well as the names of at least two senior scientists who are in a position to judge the applicant’s suitability for a PhD in theoretical physics.

Review of applications will start on May 16 and will continue until the positions are filled.

Copernicus Center Scholarship for PhD Researchers, Krakow, Poland

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The Copernicus Center Scholarship for PhD Researchers, funded by The John Templeton Foundation, is offered to individuals who hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in the fields of: physics, cosmology, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy of science, history of science. The dissertations should be written in English and pertain to one of the following topics:
(1) Noncommutative geometry and its application in physics;
(2) Physical viability of metric nonlinear (higher derivative) gravity theories;
(3) Scientific method at its limit. Philosophical consequences of aspects theories and models.

The Copernicus Center offers two scholarships. The candidates should either already be PhD students (for no longer than 2 years before the deadline of the contest) or should begin PhD studies (alternately obtain the status of a visiting graduate student) before the start of the scholarship. The place of the PhD studies can be negotiated with the Copernicus Center, preferably at one of the Institutes with which the members of the group are affiliated. The scholarship in the amount of $1000 (gross amount before deductions which include: taxation,social security and health insurance; the scholarship will be converted to PLN using current exchange rate) is awarded for 18 months (proposed starting date October 2012).

Eligibility: individuals who hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in the fields of: physics, cosmology, astronomy, mathematics, philosophy of science, history of science (adequate to the proposed research project) and are fluent in English.

Obligations:
(1) Preparation of 2 research papers and 4 talks during the scholarship.
(2) Preparation of the first draft of the PhD dissertation.

The applications should include:
(1) Motivation letter
(2) CV + the list of academic achievements (courses and marks, transcript of records)
(3) A scanned copy of the MA/MS diploma(s) or information on the expected date of their acquisition
(4) Research project (dissertation outline)

Apply to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl (with the title: CCPHD)

Application deadline: May, 15, 2012

For further information concerning the research team see webpage:

http://www.copernicuscenter.edu.pl/research/104

All questions should be addressed to: info[AT]copernicuscenter.edu.pl

EDECS-PhD position in Cosmology at LUTH (Paris)

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Applications are invited for a three-year PhD scholarship at the “Laboratoire Univers et Theorie” of the Astronomical Observatory of Paris funded by the ERC-Starting Grant “EDECS: Exploring Dark Energy through Cosmic Structures”, coordinated by P.S. Corasaniti. Candidates strongly motivated to pursue a rigorous research program in cosmology and with expertise in numerical scientific computing are preferred, but all outstanding candidates will be considered. The research will focus on cosmic structure formation in non-standard cosmological scenarios using numerical cosmological simulations. The successful candidate will develop and analyze large volume high-resolution simulations, and test model predictions against astrophysical data.

The appointment begins Fall 2012. Candidates should have a Master in Physics/Astronomy by the starting date. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2012. Candidates should send a CV, a list of publications (if any), a statement of research interests and arrange for two letters of recommendations to be sent to Pier Stefano Corasaniti via e-mail to EDECS.PHD2012[AT]obspm.fr. For further information contact EDECS.ERC[AT]obspm.fr.

Ph.D. Fellowships in Gravitational-Wave Science at the University of Birmingham

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The Birmingham Gravitational Wave Group expects to fill several Ph.D. positions starting in Autumn 2012. We encourage applications to pursue projects in any of the research areas of the group (experiments, astrophysics and observations). Studentships are assigned on a competitive basis within the School of Physics and Astronomy and, where relevant, the University of Birmingham. In addition to studentships funded by research councils, this year additional funding opportunities are available for outstanding candidates through the following programs:

(a) Ten Elite Researcher Scholarships, for students of any nationality;
(b) Ten Birmingham Brazil Scholarships, for applicants that are Brazilian residents at the time of the application;
(c) Partial scholarships available for students from China, which are meant to supplement awards from the China Scholarship Council.

Students of any nationality are encouraged to apply. We are seeking Ph.D. students to work with Dr. Andreas Freise, Dr. Ilya Mandel, and Prof. Alberto Vecchio. The group currently consists of 17 people, with staff, post-docs and students from around the world.

Further information about the group is available at http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup

Applications should be submitted in electronic form to gwave-phd[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk and must include:

- A cover letter briefly stating the research area(s) of interest. A concise description of the research areas is provided at http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup/research.php
- A Curriculum vitae;
- University transcripts (scanned versions are acceptable);
- Applicants should also arrange for two reference letters to be sent to the above address.

The deadline for application, including reference letters, is Friday 6th January 2012 at 2pm (GMT).
We encourage non-UK residents to notify us at gwave-phd[AT]star.sr.bham.ac.uk as early as possible of their intent to apply.

Further details are available at http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/gwgroup/jobs.php

PhD Position in Relativity at Jena

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Applications are invited for a PhD position within the SFB/Transregio 7 Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. The successful candidate will work on analytical and numerical methods for solving Einstein’s field equations of general relativity.

The gravity group at Jena includes Marcus Ansorg, Bernd Brügmann, Reinhard Meinel, and Gerhard Schäfer, and also involves applied mathematician Gerhard Zumbusch. There is the opportunity to participate in a wide range of research activities offered by the SFB/Transregio grant on “Gravitational Wave Astronomy”, see http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de.

As an equal opportunities employer, the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena wishes to support women in the context of statutory requirements. For this reason suitably qualified women are specifically invited to apply. Equally qualified applicants with disabilities will be given preferential treatment.

Please send your application with a curriculum vitae and a description of your research interests compiled in one single pdf document to Marcus.Ansorg[at]uni-jena.de. In addition, we request two letters of recommendation.

Applications are invited to arrive before February 1, 2012, although later applications will be considered until the position is filled.

For further questions please contact:
Professor Marcus Ansorg
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut
Max-Wien-Platz 1
07743 Jena, Germany
Marcus.Ansorg[at]uni-jena.de

International Relativistic Astrophysics Ph.D. Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program

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Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have initiated a Ph.D. programme dedicated to create a pool of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. After taking full advantage of the observational and experimental facilities mentioned above, the students of our programme are expected to lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research: relativistic astrophysics.

This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to model the observational data received from the above laboratories. This activity is necessarily international as no single university can have a scientific expertise in such a broad range of fields.

We announce two calls: one with a deadline on 19 February 2012, sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, and the other with a deadline on 30 September 2012. The Erasmus Mundus program has a very competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits.

The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam; the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF) and ICRA Brasil; the Free University of Berlin; Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata; Observatoire de la Cote D’Azur, Nice; Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China; University of Ferrara, Italy; University of Rome, la Sapienza, Italy; University of Savoie, Annecy, France; University of Stockolm, Sweden, Tartu Observatory, Estonia. The Final Ph.D. degree will be jointly delivered by the Academic Institutions participating in the program.

We encourage applications from the best candidates worldwide, independent of nationality, gender or background. The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also a possibility to follow courses from other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the Faculty. Courses can be chosen from the following list:
VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS – Felix AHARONIAN; COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY – Vladimir BELINSKI; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS – Carlo Luciano BIANCO; OBSERVERS AND OBSERVABLES IN BLACK HOLE SPACETIMES – Donato BINI; ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES – Sandip Kumar CHAKRABARTI; PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ASTROPHYSICS – Pascal CHARDONNET; GENERAL RELATIVITY – Thibault DAMOUR; SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS – Massimo DELLA VALLE; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE – Jaan EINASTO; TOPICS IN COSMOLOGY AND PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS – Li Zhi FANG; X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION – Filippo FRONTERA; HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS: X-RAYS CLUSTERS – Riccardo GIACCONI; ON THE KERR SOLUTION – Roy KERR; RELATIVISTIC FIELD THEORY – Hagen KLEINERT; BOUNCING COSMOLOGY – Mario NOVELLO; BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES IN GRAVITY – Hermann NICOLAI; THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE – Marco TAVANI; SPECTRAL TIMING FROM BLACK HOLE SOURCES – Lev TITARCHUK; SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY – Kjell ROSQUIST; BLACK HOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS – Remo RUFFINI; RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY – Gregory VERESHCHAGIN; STRONG COUPLING QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA – She-Sheng XUE; THEORIES ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS – Bing ZHANG; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS – Shuangnan ZHANG

The Faculty: Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (SAPIENZA Università di Roma) – Vladimir Belinski (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) – Carlo Luciano Bianco (SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet) – Donato Bini (CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone”) – Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti (Indian Centre For Space Physics, India) – Pascal Chardonnet (Erasmus Mundus Coordinator) – Université de Savoie; Christian Cherubini – Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma; Pierre Coullet – Université de Nice – Sophie Antipolis; Thibault Damour – IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette; Jaan Einasto – Tartu Observatory; Simonetta Filippi – Univ.“Campus Biomedico” di Roma and ICRANet; Sergio Frasca – SAPIENZA Università di Roma; Filippo Frontera – Università di Ferrara; Yipeng Jing – Shanghai Astronomical Observatory; Hagen Kleinert – Freie Universitat Berlin; Gian Luca Lippi – Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis; Francois Mignard – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur; Hermann Nicolai – Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam; Mario Novello – Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil; José Pacheco – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur; Kjell Rosquist – Stockolm University; Remo Ruffini (Director) – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet; FarrokhVakili – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur; Gregory Vereshchagin – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet; She Sheng Xue – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet; Shuangnan Zhang – Institute of High Energy Physics – Chinese Academy of Science

The Host Institution for the call of 2012-2015 is the Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis; Grand Château 28 Avenue Valrose 21 – B.P. 2135 – 06103 NICE CEDEX 2

International Physics Course at Osaka University (master and Ph.D.)

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The Department of Physics of Osaka University is calling for applications to its International Physics Course (IPC).

It offers Master and Ph.D. courses on a wide range of research topics in Physics (see also the webpage below for more details). The most successful applicants will receive a scholarship.

Education and research is conducted in English (but students are welcome to learn a little of Japanese language and culture).

Applications for the admission to the academic year 2012/13 (starting from October 1, 2012) are open from November 1 to December 10, 2011.

More information at: http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~IPC/

PhD positions in gravitational physics in Germany and Denmark

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The DFG Research Training Group “Models of Gravity” invites applications for 11 positions

Research Assistant, Salary Group (Entgeltgruppe) 13 TV-L – 66%, to be appointed on April 1st 2012. The positions are limited up to three years.

The Research Training Group consists of gravity groups working at the Universities of Bremen, Oldenburg, Bielefeld, Hannover, Copenhagen, as well as at the Jacobs University Bremen. We intend to obtain a better understanding of Einstein’s General Relativity and of generalised theories of gravity as given by, e.g., string theory. These investigations are also related to observations. More information can be found on the website http://www.models-of-gravity.org

Responsibilities and Duties:
The successful applicants will have the opportunity to work towards a doctoral degree in Gravitational Physics. They are expected to contribute to the teaching programme of the Research Training Group.

Employment conditions:
To qualify for the position, applicants must hold a Master’s degree or a Diploma in Physics, Mathematics or any other relevant discipline, with an above-average success in the present courses of studies. For qualified candidates with a Bachelor’s degree also a fast-track program is applicable. We expect high dedication and teamwork.

All participating universities aim, in particular, to promote women within the scope of the statutory provisions and, hence, emphatically invite qualified women to apply for these positions. Severely disabled applicants are given preferential consideration in the event of equal qualification. Applicants with a migration background are highly welcome.

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl or Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz.

Application:
The application with a curriculum vitae, certifications, a description of the scientific interest, a conception of the own career, and, if applicable, a list of publications should be sent as one single pdf document via e-mail to

Prof. Dr. Claus Laemmerzahl
ZARM
University Bremen
Phone: 0421-218-8687
claus.laemmerzahl[AT]zarm.uni-bremen.de

http://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de

or

Prof. Dr. Jutta Kunz
Institute for Physics
Carl von Ossietzky-University Oldenburg
Phone: 0441-798-3184
jutta.kunz[AT]uni-oldenburg.de

http://www.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/

Also two letters of reference should be sent. Closing date is November 15, 2011.

Post-doc position and PhD studentships in cosmology at University of Auckland

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Richard Easther is moving to the University of Auckland at the end of 2011. He is setting up an early universe cosmology programme there, and is recruiting a post-doc and PhD student(s), commencing at any point in 2012.

The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s largest university, and Auckland is a fantastic place to live.

Interested PhD candidates should contact Richard Easther directly (richard.easther[AT]yale.edu) — note that New Zealand universities offer a “British style” research-based PhD, so candidates should either be ready for research, or prepared to undertake the necessary coursework before enrolling for the PhD.

Applications for the post-doc positions should be made at the following URL: http://bit.ly/qn63Lw

International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD: 2nd call for 2011-2012

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9 Erasmus Mundus funded positions available (3 for European students, 5 for non-European students, 1 for “Western Balkans and Turkey Window” candidates)

Deadlines: 30 September 2011

Additional Information: http://www.irap-phd.org – http://www.icranet.org – http://www.icra.it

Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have initiated a Ph.D. programme dedicated to create a pool of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. After taking full advantage of the observational and experimental facilities mentioned above, the students of our programme are expected to lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research: relativistic astrophysics. This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to model the observational data received from the above laboratories. This activity is necessarily international as no single university can have a scientific expertise in such a broad range of fields.

The Erasmus Mundus program has a very competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits.

The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam; the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF) and ICRA Brasil; the Free University of Berlin; Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata; Observatoire de la Cote D’Azur, Nice; Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China; University of Ferrara, Italy; University of Rome, la Sapienza, Italy; University of Savoie, Annecy, France; University of Stockolm, Sweden, Tartu Observatory , Estonia. The Final Ph.D. degree will be jointly delivered by the Academic Institutions participating in the program. We encourage applications from the most qualified and motivated candidates worldwide, independent of nationality, gender or background. Special attention will be given to applicants originating from or planning to move to countries where ICRANet activities are in action or being planned.

The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also a possibility to follow courses from other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the Faculty. Courses can be chosen from the following list:

VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS Felix AHARONIAN
COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY Vladimir BELINSKI
RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS Carlo Luciano BIANCO
OBSERVERS AND OBSERVABLES IN BLACK HOLES SPACETIME Donato BINI
ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES Sandip Kumar CHAKRABARTI
PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ASTROPHYSICS Pascal CHARDONNET
GENERAL RELATIVITY Thibault DAMOUR
SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS Massimo DELLA VALLE
LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE Jaan EINASTO
TOPICS IN COSMOLOGY AND PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS Li Zhi FANG
X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION Filippo FRONTERA
HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS: X-RAYS CLUSTERS Riccardo GIACCONI
OBSERVATIONS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS Cristiano GUIDORZI
FORMATION OF GALAXIES Yipeng JING
ON THE KERR SOLUTION Roy KERR
RELATIVISTIC FIELD THEORIES Hagen KLEINERT
HOLOGRAPHY, ENTROPIC GRAVITY AND COSMOLOGY Li MIAO
BOUNCING COSMOLOGY Mario NOVELLO
BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES Hermann NICOLAI
THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE Marco TAVANI
SPECTRAL TIMING FROM BLACK HOLE SOURCES Lev TITARCHUK
SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY – Kjell ROSQUIST
BLACK HOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS Remo RUFFINI
RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY Gregory VERESHCHAGIN
QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA She-Sheng XUE

The Host Institution for the call of 2011-2012 is the Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis; Grand Château 28 Avenue Valrose 21 – B.P. 2135 – 06103 NICE CEDEX 2

Applications and Fellowships:
In the call of September 30, 2011 nine additional fellowships will be available: six with full financial support. See http://www.icra.it and http://www.icranet.org. For further Information please contact: Dr. Carlo Luciano Bianco tel. + 39 06 4991 4 397, secretariat-irapphd[at]icra.it; Dr. Pina Barbaro Université de Nice- Parc Valrose 06108 Nice Cedex, Pina.Barbaro[at]unice.fr

The Faculty

Giovanni Amelino-Camelia – SAPIENZA Università di Roma
Vladimir Belinski – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet
Carlo Luciano Bianco – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet
Donato Bini – CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone”
Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti – Indian Centre For Space Physics, India
Pascal Chardonnet (Erasmus Mundus Coordinator) – Université de Savoie
Christian Cherubini – Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma
Pierre Coullet – Université de Nice – Sophie Antipolis
Thibault Damour – IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette
Jaan Einasto – Tartu Observatory
Simonetta Filippi – Univ.“Campus Biomedico” di Roma and ICRANet
Sergio Frasca – SAPIENZA Università di Roma
Filippo Frontera – Università di Ferrara
Yipeng Jing – Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China
Hagen Kleinert – Freie Universitat Berlin
Gian Luca Lippi – Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Francois Mignard – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Hermann Nicolai – Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
Mario Novello – Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil
José Pacheco – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Kjell Rosquist – Stockolm University
Remo Ruffini (Director) – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet
Farrokh Vakili – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Gregory Vereshchagin – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet
Xue She Sheng – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet

PhD Position in Theoretical Physics at Stockholm University

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This position is within one of the research subjects Physics, Theoretical Physics, Chemical Physics or Medical Radiation Physics and is directed towards theoretical activity. The applicant may freely choose the research area and supervisor. For research in “Relativistic astrophysics” (within the subject Theoretical Physics) you may select myself (Kjell Rosquist) as supervisor. For an example of a possible thesis subject, see http://www.irap-phd.org/page17/page17.html

Note the tight deadline for applicatons: 2 May 2011.

For any questions, please contact:
Prof. Kjell Rosquist
kr[at]fysik.su.se
Tel: +4670 755 7649

PhD position in gravitational theory at the University of Jena

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Applications are invited for a PhD position starting from October 1, 2011 within the DFG Research Training Group 1523/1 “Quantum- and Gravitational Fields” at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
The successful candidate will work on analytical methods for solving Einstein’s field equations of general relativity.
Please send your application with a curriculum vitae and a description of your research interests compiled in one single pdf document to meinel[at]tpi.uni-jena.de. In addition, we request two letters of recommendation.

For further questions please contact:
Professor Reinhard Meinel
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut
Max-Wien-Platz 1
07743 Jena, Germany

PhD position in Gravitational Wave Physics in Rome (Tor Vergata)

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The University of Roma Tor Vergata is starting a pre-selection process for non-Italian students applying for a position in a PhD Program for the Academic Year 2011/12.

All the information can be found at:

http://dottorati.uniroma2.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27 3&catid=275&Itemid=259

For any question regarding the research proposal to be submitted, please contact me at:

viviana.fafone[at]roma2.infn.it

Prof. Viviana Fafone
University of Rome Tor Vergata and INFN Rome Tor Vergata
Via della ricerca scientifica, 1 – 00133 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0694038135 / 0672594563
Fax: +39 0694032605

PhD position at Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland

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Ph.D. program “High-luminosity black hole accretion disks – unsolved problems” at Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland

advisor: Prof. Marek A. Abramowicz (NCAC, Poland; Göteborg University, Sweden)
co-advisor: Prof. Ramesh Narayan (Harvard University, USA)
co-advisor: Dr. Aleksander Sądowski (Harvard University, USA)

Applications are invited for a four-year stipend to conduct work on the above mentioned doctorate thesis at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center in Warsaw.

The project goal is to develop accurate hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic numerical codes to calculate physically realistic “Slim Disk” models for black hole accretion with luminosities in the Eddington range. The problem is considered to be one of the most interesting and challenging in today’s high energy astrophysics. Slim disk models are applied to explain the observed properties of quasars, microquasars, and similar astronomical objects, which contain accreting black holes in their high luminosity states. By fitting the observed X-ray spectra (continuum and line) to those calculated from state-of-art slim disk models, and by fitting the observed variability Fourier spectra to the calculated model’s oscillatory behaviour, one can deduce fundamental properties of the accreting system, and of the black hole itself.

The student(s) will use numerical methods that have been developed by our scientific team in the last few years. The student(s) will improve and expand these methods. Initial projects include the following, which will naturally lead to other topics:
* The alpha viscosity prescription at high luminosities,
* The vertical structure of slim disks at high luminosities.

The student(s) will collaborate not only with our colleagues at the Copernicus Centre (Włodek Kluźniak, Agata Różańska) and at Harvard and MIT (Jeff McClintock, Ron Remillard), but possibly also with our collaborators at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Astronomy Institute in Prague and Silesian University in Opava in the Czech Republic, Paris Observatory and Institute d’Astrophysique in France, Göteborg University and NORDITA in Sweden, Xiamen and Peking universities in China, Kyoto University in Japan, and University of California in USA. The studies will be conducted in Warsaw, but the student(s) should be prepared for one or two long stays at Harvard University (up to a few months). The candidate should have some experience in serious numerical simulations.

Literature:
Relativistic slim disks with vertical structure A. Sądowski et al., A&A, (http://arxiv.org/abs/1006.4309)
Slim disks around Kerr black holes revisited A. Sądowski, ApjS, (http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0355)

Deadline for applications is on 16th May 2011. Decision about admission will be made in June. Studies start on 1st October 2011. The stipend fully covers all living expenses in Warsaw.

More information, and announcements about other Ph.D. projects at NCAC, at http://www.camk.edu.pl/studok/studokeng2011.html

9 PhD positions in Relativistic Astrophysics – International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD Program

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PhD Admissions and Funding at the International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD Program Consortium (IRAP PhD). The coordinating Institution is the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis located in the French Riviera. The IRAP PhD program intends to create the condition of high level education in Relativistic Astrophysics to create a new generation of leading scientists. Each student admitted to the Ph.D. program will be part of a team inside one of the laboratories of the consortium. They will have the opportunity to work in the laboratories of the consortium and be introduced to new topics in the forefront research by internationally recognized experts. In this way the students will come in direct contact with some of the leading scientists in the world working in the theoretical fields of general relativity, relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and in quantum field theories. They will also have access to observations from the leading observatories in space missions in infrared, x and gamma rays wavelengths, as well as to the new generation of large optical telescopes on the ground and ino’s underground observatories. This research is by its nature international and we have identified for this collaborative effort some of the leading European Universities in these fields linked to a vast international collaboration worldwide. The Degree will be a joint one of all the participating Academic institutions.

Students strongly motivated in the study of relativistic astrophysics and fundamental physics and mathematics are encouraged to apply.

The Partners of the Consortium are:
UNIVERSITE DE NICE – SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France (Co-ordinating institution) – SHANGHAI ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, China – FREE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, Germany – AEI – POTSDAM, Germany – TARTU OBSERVATORY, Estonia – STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY, Sweden – UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA, Italy – UNIVERSITY OF ROME – LA SAPIENZA, Italy – BRAZILIAN CENTRE FOR PHYSICS RESEARCH, Brazil – OBSERVATORY OF THE CÔTE D’AZUR, France – INDIAN CENTRE FOR SPACE PHYSICS, India – ICRA and ICRANet – UNIVERSITY OF SAVOIE, France
Director of the course: Prof. Remo Ruffini

PhD students will receive a very competitive salary (gross salary 2800 Euros per month and a 7500 Euro installation grant for non-European students), computing facilities and support for travel, and comprehensive benefits including paid vacation, health care insurance and retirement benefits. To be eligible, applicants should have obtained a Masters degree in astronomy, astrophysics, theoretical physics or a related field. We encourage applications from the best candidates irrespective of nationality, gender or background. Student research will be carried out in the framework of the IRAP PhD Consortium. They will obtain a joint PhD diploma.

Consult the web page: http://www.irap-phd.org for details and application instructions. All inquiries should be directed to Prof. Pascal Chardonnet: chardonnet[at]lapp.in2p3.fr.

Applicants are requested send a curriculum vitae, an application form, a list of all university courses taken and transcripts of grades obtained, brief statements of research interests and experience, and the contact information for at least two referees. Applications received by the deadline of February 28, 2011 will receive full consideration.

Postdoc and PhD Position in Numerical Relativity at Jena

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The numerical relativity group at the University of Jena anticipates the availability of a postdoc position starting September 2011, and a PhD position in April 2011.

The gravity group at Jena includes Marcus Ansorg, Bernd Bruegmann, Reinhard Meinel, and Gerhard Schaefer, and also involves applied mathematician Gerhard Zumbusch. There is the opportunity to participate in a wide range of research activities offered by the SFB/Transregio grant on “Gravitational Wave Astronomy”, see http://wwwsfb.tpi.uni-jena.de. Applicants with a background in numerical relativity, but also in the area of gravitational wave science or associated computational methods are especially encouraged to apply.

For the postdoc position, please submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae with a list of publications, a brief description of research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation. For the PhD position, please submit the same except that instead of the letters only a list of potential references is requested. Submission of PDF files is preferred.

Applications should be received no later than January 5, 2011, but applications will be considered until the positions are filled. In a situation where two candidates have otherwise equal qualifications, preference will be given to women, minorities, and handicapped applicants.

Please send applications to:

Renate Wagner, Email: r.wagner X tpi.uni-jena.de
Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Jena
Max Wien Platz 1
D-07743 Jena
Germany

http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de

International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD: 2011 Announcement

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9 Erasmus Mundus funded positions available (3 for European students, 5 for non-European students, 1 for “Western Balkans and Turkey Window” candidates)

Deadlines:
28 February 2011- Erasmus Mundus program full economical support is provided
30 September 2011- nine additional fellowships

Additional Information: http://www.irap-phd.org – http://www.icranet.org – http://www.icra.it

Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have initiated a Ph.D. programme dedicated to create a pool of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. After taking full advantage of the observational and experimental facilities mentioned above, the students of our programme are expected to lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research: relativistic astrophysics. This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. It provides the ability to model the observational data received from the above laboratories. This activity is necessarily international as no single university can have a scientific expertise in such a broad range of fields.

We announce two calls: one with a deadline on 28 February 2011, sponsored by Erasmus Mundus, and the other with a deadline on 30 September 2011. The Erasmus Mundus program has a very competitive salary as well as comprehensive benefits.

The Institutions participating in the IRAP PhD are: the international organization ICRANet as coordinating institution and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis as the host Institution; the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam; the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF) and ICRA Brasil; the Free University of Berlin; Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata; Observatoire de la Cote D’Azur, Nice; Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China; University of Ferrara, Italy; University of Rome, la Sapienza, Italy; University of Savoie, Annecy, France; University of Stockolm, Sweden, Tartu Observatory , Estonia. The Final Ph.D. degree will be jointly delivered by the Academic Institutions participating in the program. We encourage applications from the most qualified and motivated candidates worldwide, independent of nationality, gender or background. Special attention will be given to applicants originating from or planning to move to countries where ICRANet activities are in action or being planned.

The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also a possibility to follow courses from other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the Faculty. Courses can be chosen from the following list:

VERY HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA IN ASTROPHYSICS Felix AHARONIAN
COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY Vladimir BELINSKI
RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS Carlo Luciano BIANCO
OBSERVERS AND OBSERVABLES IN BLACK HOLES SPACETIME Donato BINI
ACCRETIONS ON BLACK HOLES Sandip Kumar CHAKRABARTI
PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO ASTROPHYSICS Pascal CHARDONNET
GENERAL RELATIVITY Thibault DAMOUR
SUPERNOVAE AND GRBS Massimo DELLA VALLE
LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE Jaan EINASTO
TOPICS IN COSMOLOGY AND PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS Li Zhi FANG
X/GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION Filippo FRONTERA
HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS: X-RAYS CLUSTERS Riccardo GIACCONI
OBSERVATIONS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS Cristiano GUIDORZI
FORMATION OF GALAXIES Yipeng JING
ON THE KERR SOLUTION Roy KERR
RELATIVISTIC FIELD THEORIES Hagen KLEINERT
HOLOGRAPHY, ENTROPIC GRAVITY AND COSMOLOGY Li MIAO
BOUNCING COSMOLOGY Mario NOVELLO
BKL COSMOLOGY AND HIDDEN SYMMETRIES Hermann NICOLAI
THE HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE Marco TAVANI
SPECTRAL TIMING FROM BLACK HOLE SOURCES Lev TITARCHUK
SINGULARITIES AND GENERAL RELATIVITY – Kjell ROSQUIST
BLACK HOLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS Remo RUFFINI
RELATIVISTIC KINETIC THEORY Gregory VERESHCHAGIN
QED AND ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA She-Sheng XUE

The Host Institution for the call of 2011-2012 is the Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis; Grand Château 28 Avenue Valrose 21 – B.P. 2135 – 06103 NICE CEDEX 2

Applications and Fellowships:

In 2011-2012, nine positions will be available. In the call of February 28, 2011, within the ERASMUS MUNDUS program, full economical support is provided. See http://www.irap-phd.org. In the call of September 30, 2011 nine additional fellowships will be available: six with full financial support. See http://www.icra.it and http://www.icranet.org. For further Information please contact: Dr. Carlo Luciano Bianco tel. + 39 06 4991 4 397, secretariat-irapphd[at]icra.it; Dr. Pina Barbaro Université de Nice- Parc Valrose 06108 Nice Cedex, Pina.Barbaro[at]unice.fr

The Faculty

Giovanni Amelino-Camelia – SAPIENZA Università di Roma
Vladimir Belinski – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet
Carlo Luciano Bianco – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet
Donato Bini – CNR – Istit. per Applicaz. del Calcolo “M. Picone”
Sandip Kumar Chakrabarti – Indian Centre For Space Physics, India
Pascal Chardonnet (Erasmus Mundus Coordinator) – Université de Savoie
Christian Cherubini – Università “Campus Biomedico” di Roma
Pierre Coullet – Université de Nice – Sophie Antipolis
Thibault Damour – IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette
Jaan Einasto – Tartu Observatory
Simonetta Filippi – Univ.“Campus Biomedico” di Roma and ICRANet
Sergio Frasca – SAPIENZA Università di Roma
Filippo Frontera – Università di Ferrara
Yipeng Jing – Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China
Hagen Kleinert – Freie Universitat Berlin
Gian Luca Lippi – Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Francois Mignard – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Hermann Nicolai – Max Planck Inst. for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
Mario Novello – Brazilian Centre For Physics Research, Brazil
José Pacheco – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Kjell Rosquist – Stockolm University
Remo Ruffini (Director) – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet
Farrokh Vakili – Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Gregory Vereshchagin – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet
Xue She Sheng – SAPIENZA Università di Roma and ICRANet

Research positions in Geometric Analysis and Gravitation at the AEI

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The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) will fill research positions in the areas

Mathematical Relativity
Geometric Analysis

Research programs concern the mathematical foundations of general relativity and related physical theories, they are based in analysis, geometry and numerical analysis. In particular, nonlinear partial differential equations are a common theme of our research.

The Einstein field equations model both the behavior of global cosmological models and of isolated gravitating systems such as stars, black holes and galaxies. Our research addresses the qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions with respect to their local and global behavior, singularity formation and numerical simulation and investigates the close correspondence between geometrical structures and physical concepts. Other field equations arise from string theory and the consideration of matter in modern mathematical models in elasticity, fluids, electromagnetism and gauge theories.

Several mathematical projects are concerned with the geometrical structure of space and time. They involve geometrical variational principles characterizing specific models in geometry and physics as well as geometric evolution equations like the mean curvature flow of surfaces and the Ricci-flow of Riemannian metrics.

There are close interactions with the research sections “Astrophysical Relativity” and “Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories” in the Albert Einstein Institute, as well as with the universities in Berlin and Potsdam.

Postdoctoral appointments typically are for two years, starting September 2011 or earlier.

A limited number of PhD-scholarships is available, compare also the website of our “International-Max-Planck-Research-School”, http://www.aei.mpg.de/imprs/index.html .

To apply please submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications and statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to <anne.lampe[AT]aei.mpg.de>

PhD Position in Scientific Computing at Jena University

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PhD research position on Numerical Methods within the Collaborative Research Center SFB/Transregio 7 “Gravitational Wave Astronomy” is available from January 2011 at Jena University.

The PhD project will focus on the development and implementation of numerical methods for second order wave equations, including Finite Element and discontinuous Galerkin methods. A background in one or more of the following is considered advantageous: numerical methods for PDEs, differential geometry, exterior calculus, general relativity, working experience in high-level programming languages, parallel computing.

PhD Scholarships in Computational/Mathematical Relativity at Otago

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Applications are invited for 3-year PhD scholarships in Applied Mathematics, in particular in mathematical or computational relativity, at the University of Otago. A University of Otago Prestigious Scholarship provides an annual emolument of $25,000, plus tuition fee waiver for 3 years. A normal University of Otago Postgraduate Scholarship provides an annual emolument of $20,000, plus tuition fee waiver for 3 years: exceptional applicants who are awarded a Prestigious Scholarship may be eligible for additional support offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Applicants should have a First Class honours degree, or Masters degree, or equivalent, specialising in an area of Applied Mathematics.The scholarships are available to both International and Domestic students. There is no deadline for applications.

Interested? Then, you should apply for a University of Otago Postgraduate Scholarship by downloading the appropriate application form the Scholarships Office website at:

http://www.otago.ac.nz/study/scholarships

Successful applicants will be considered for a departmental supplement.

Enquiries to: Professor J. Frauendiener
(Phone: +64 3 479 7770, Email: joergf[at]maths.otago.ac.nz )

PhD positions in GW data analysis at Nikhef, Amsterdam

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The gravitational physics group at Nikhef in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, invites applications for one or more PhD positions in the detection and interpretation of gravitational waves, particularly from coalescing compact binaries. The group is a member of the Virgo collaboration, is active in the LISA effort, and plays an important role in the Einstein Telescope design study. It is led by Prof. dr. J.F.J. van den Brand and currently consists of 9 staff members in instrumentation, theory, and data analysis, 3 postdocs, and 5 students. There is also vibrant collaboration with individuals and groups around the world. The Nikhef group itself will expand significantly over the next several years. More information about our activities can be found at http://www.nikhef.nl/en/for-nikhef-users/departments/scientific-departments/gw/.

The PhD positions are for 4 years. Applicants should send a CV and a brief statement of research interests, preferably by e-mail, before January 1st 2011, to Dr. Chris Van Den Broeck (vdbroeck[at]nikhef.nl) with a c.c. to Teus van Egdom (pz[at]nikhef.nl). Please also arrange to have two letters of recommendation sent to these addresses. Applications may also be sent by regular mail to: Nikhef Personnel Department, Science Park 105, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam. Please quote the vacancy number 100995. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD Program 2010-2011

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In 2010-2011 ten positions will be available, six with fellowship support.

The application deadline is September 30th, 2010.

Application Forms:
http://www.icra.it and http://www.icranet.org

Information:
Dr. Carlo Luciano Bianco
tel. + 39 06 4991 4 397
e-mail: bianco[AT]icra.it

Following the successful scientific space missions by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern observatory (ESO) in Chile, as well as the high-energy particle activities at CERN in Genève, we have created a Ph.D. program dedicated to the formation of scientists in the field of relativistic astrophysics. The students of such a program will lead the theoretical developments of one of the most active fields of research, based on the above observational and experimental facilities. This program provides expertise in the most advanced topics of mathematical and theoretical physics, and in relativistic field theories, in the context of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.It provides the ability to model the observational data received from the above facilities. This activity is necessarily international, no single university can cover the broad expertises.

The proposed program of the IRAP Ph.D. enjoys the collaboration of some of the most famous European Universities with one of the youngest and most dynamical French universities, the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Also it benefits from the presence of the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and the presence of the ICRANet Center at Villa Ratti in Nice, where the coordination of the IRAP Ph.D. will take place. The astronomical aspects of the large scale of the Universe will be illustrated by the teaching by the Tartu Observatory. The activities at ICRANet Centers, at the ETH of Zurich, at the University of Rome, at Stockholm University offer teaching programs in all the fields of relativistic astrophysics, including cosmology, the physics of gravitational collapse, gamma-ray bursts, and black hole physics.

The participation of the Freie Universität Berlin and of the Einstein Institute in Potsdam offers the possibility of teaching in relativistic field theories at the highest level. The University of Savoie offers the link to the particle physics at CERN. The University of Ferrara will be present with lectures and researches in the topics they have pioneered such as instrumentations developments and data analysis for X and Gamma ray astrophysics and observational cosmology.Through ICRANet the extra-European connections with Brazil, China and India will be guaranteed: in China, with the Shanghai Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Science, studying the formation and evolution of large-scale structure and galaxies; in India, with the Indian Centre for Space Physics (ICSP), renowned for its research on compact objects as well as on solar physics and astrochemistry; in Brazil, with ICRABR at CBPF and the Rio de Janeiro brach of ICRANet, where a successful program of research and teaching in relativistic astrophysics has been established in recent years.

The Courses: Each student will have to follow 180 hours of courses during the three years of the Ph.D. program. There is also the possibility to follow courses from the other Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs in each participating institution, after approval by the faculty.

A list of courses and faculty is available at http://www.icra.it/IRAPPhD/2010/

The Host Institution for the call of 2010-2011
is the Université de Nice
Sophia Antipolis Grand Château
28 Avenue Valrose 21 – B.P. 2135
06103 NICE CEDEX 2