******************************************************************* BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO SAB N. 444 - 15/10/2008 ******************************************************************* SEÇÃO: INFORMES - EVENTOS - OPORTUNIDADES Responsável: Vera Ap.F. Martin (vmartin1963@gmail.com) ******************************************************************* 1. LNA EM DIA - 4o. NÚMERO 2. LANÇAMENTO DO "NAS FRONTEIRAS DA INTOLERÂNCIA" 3. GGI CONFERENCE ON DARK MATTER IN FLORENCE 4. POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN AUTOMATIC STELLAR CLASSIFICATION 5. CENSO ASTRÔNOMOS (NOVO) ******************************************************************* 1. LNA EM DIA - 4o. NÚMERO (comunicado por Equipe Editorial do LNA em Dia) Já encontra-se disponível o quarto número do LNA em Dia, a revista eletrônica do LNA. Confira: http://www.lna.br/lna/LNA_em_dia/LNA_em_dia.html ==================================================== 2. LANÇAMENTO DO LIVRO "NAS FRONTEIRAS DA INTOLERÂNCIA" (comunicado por Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão) O Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (IHGB) e a editora A Girafa convidam para o lançamento do livro de Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão NAS FRONTEIRAS DA INTOLERÂNCIA Einstein, Hitler, a Bomba e o FBI Data: 15 de outubro de 2008, quarta-feira, às 17hs. Local: Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (IHGB) Endereço: Avenida Augusto Severo, 8 – Glória Rio de Janeiro – RJ – 20.021-040 Tel: (21) 2509-5107/2252-4430 =================================================== 3. GGI CONFERENCE ON DARK MATTER IN FLORENCE (comunicado por Luis Raul Weber Abramo) Dear Colleague, I am writing to inform you about the Galileo Galilei Institute Conference on Dark Matter that will be held from Feb 9 to Feb 11, '09 in Florence, Italy. The meeting will be organized by myself, Carlos Martins, Marc Kamionkowski, Licia Verde and Antonello Polosa. The conference title/description are as follows: GGI CONFERENCE ON DARK MATTER– FIRST BULLETIN 9-11 February 2009, Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence, Italy I. WEB PAGE http://ggi-www.fi.infn.it//index.php?p=events.inc&id=34 II. PURPOSE The conference will be devoted to the discussion of new data and ideas associated with astrophysical and cosmological evidence for Dark Matter. Several key questions on dark matter will be discussed: Does the dark matter match the appropriate relic density? Is it cold or hot ? Is it neutral? Is it consistent with Big Bang Nucleosynthesis ? Is it compatible with constraints on self-interactions ? Is it consistent with direct DM searches? Is it compatible with gamma-ray constraints? Is it compatible with other astrophysical bounds? Can it be probed experimentally? What is the mass of the neutrino and how many neutrinos or relativistic particles do we have in our universe ? More specifically, several talks will review the current status of cosmological and astrophysical evidence for dark matter. In particular, we will focus on new lensing observations, galaxy clustering, X-rays, gamma-rays, antimatter with space-borne detectors and direct DM detection in low background underground experiments. We plan to address the main theoretical extensions of the standard model which allow to explain dark matter and the corresponding predictions for future searches. Special attention will be given on the requirements for collider tests of dark matter candidates at LHC. Constraints on neutrino physics can be obtained from cosmological data. During the workshop, we aim to summarize the latest bounds on neutrino physics and discuss future experiments sensitive to neutrino masses into the sub-eV range. III. Organizers Marc Kamionkowski (Caltech, USA) Carlos Martins (CAUP, Porto, Portugal) Alessandro Melchiorri (University of Rome La Sapienza") Antonello Polosa (INFN, Rome) Licia Verde (ICE/CSIC Barcelona, Spain) IV. Preliminary List of Speakers Riccardo Barbieri (SNS, Pisa) Laura Baudis (Univ. of Zurich) Lars Bergstrom (Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Centre) Gianfranco Bertone (IAP, Paris) Marusa Bradac (Santa Barbara) Joakim Edsjo (Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Centre) Nicolao Fornengo (Univ. of Turin) Graciela Gelmini (UCLA) Steen Hannestad (University of Aarhus) Alan Heavens (Institute for Astronomy,University of Edinburgh) Wayne Hu (University of Chicago) Sabine Kraml (CERN) Julien Lesgourgues (CERN) Olga Mena (ICE/CSIC, Barcelona) Aldo Morselli (Tor Vergata University, Rome) Antonio Masiero (University of Padua) Igor Moskalenko (Stanford) Joseph Silk (University of Oxford) Louie Strigari (University of California Irvine) Alessandro Strumia (SNS, Pisa) Simon White (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik, Garching) ...and many others ! IV. VENUE The Galileo Galilei Institute (http://ggi-www.fi.infn.it/) is located within walking distance from the historic center of Florence, on the historic hill of Arcetri, near the house where Galileo lived. Participants can register at the GGI web site. We still have room for oral communications and posters. Requests should be sent to the conference organizers. A conference fee of 50 euros is requested to cover lunches and coffee breaks. ============================================================== 4. POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN AUTOMATIC STELLAR CLASSIFICATION (comunicado por Marcelo Borges e Alberto Martins) The Observatory of the Côte d'Azur (Nice, France) calls for applications to a postdoctoral position to work on the automatic classification of the stellar spectra collected by ESO instruments. The successful applicant will work in close collaboration with P. de Laverny, A. Recio-Blanco, V. Hill and A. Bijaoui, members of the Gaia group of the Côte d'Azur Observatory. Their main scientific interests are stellar evolution and chemical abundances, stellar populations, galactic archeology, automatic classification and the preparation of the ESA/Gaia mission. In this group, a specific algorithm is developed (MATISSE, Recio-Blanco et al., 2006, MNRAS, 370, 461) in order to automatically derive the stellar atmospheric parameters and chemical abundances from spectra collected with current instruments or future ones, such as the Gaia/RVS. In the framework of a collaborative work with ESO, this algorithm will be applied to the ESO stellar spectra in order to provide to the whole astronomical community the stellar parameters together with the reduced spectra directly from the ESO archives. We are particularly interested by applicants with previous experiences in the field of observational stellar astrophysics, stellar atmospheres, spectroscopic reduction/analysis and/or chemical analysis, but all applicants with experience in related areas will also be considered. Preference will also be given to candidates with strong independent research programs in these areas, as the applicant is expected to carry on his own research in parallel. The position is for one year renewable, subject to performance and (very likely) extended funding. The starting date has some flexibility within the first term of 2009. Funds for travel and research will be available, as well as easy access to computing facilities. Applicants are requested to send a CV, a list of publications, and a brief (3 pages) description of past/future research, accomplishments and relevant technical experiences. This material together with three letters of reference should be sent to Patrick de Laverny. The deadline to apply is 10 December 2008, and further information can be directly requested from: Patrick de Laverny email : laverny@oca.edu Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur BP4229 F-06304 Nice cedex 4 =========================================================== 5. CENSO ASTRÔNOMOS (NOVO) (comunicado por João Steiner) Em função da divulgação da semana passada (boletim no. 443), alguns números do recenseamento foram alterados. A versão corrigida está no seguinte endereço: http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/links/Censoastr.pdf **********************************************************************