School of Astrophysics "Francesco Lucchin"
XI Cycle, I Course - Madonna di Campiglio, June 27-July 2, 2010
Gravitational lenses and dark matter - Black holes in astrophysics
web page: http://sites.google.com/site/astroschool2010/
This is the first announcement of the School of Astrophysics
"F. Lucchin" for PhD to be held in Madonna di Campiglio (Trento)
during the week June 27-July 2, 2010.
AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
The School of Astrophysics "F. Lucchin" is adressed to PhD students in
Astronomy and Physics and it is open also to interested young
researchers. The aim of the school is to contribute to their
qualification and provide a common cultural baseline on hot topics of
international research, both observational and theoretical. The
school is two-years long, being comprised of 4 courses of 1 weak each,
for a total amount of 120 hours of lectures. Each course is about 2
topics, possibly not closely connected. The courses will be held in
centres placed in the neighbourhood of different Astronomical
Observatories and/or Universities to facilitate the interaction
between students and the local astronomical research groups.
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
Gravitational lenses and cosmology
(Director: Marco Lombardi)
Matthias Bartelmann: Weak and strong lensing in galaxy clusters
Claudio Grillo: Dark matter in early type galaxies
Charles Keeton: Strong lensing in galaxies
Marco Lombardi: Introduction to gravitational lensing
Schude Mao: Microlensing
Black holes in astrophysics
(Director: Monica Colpi)
Andrew King: Fueling of supermassive black holes through galaxy
evolution
Alessandro Marconi: Supermassive black holes through cosmic ages: an
observational perspective
Giorgio Matt: An introduction to astrophysical black holes
Bernard Schutz (TBD): Gravitational waves from coalescing black
holes: a new window onto the universe
There will be the possibility for the students to present their
scientific activity in short talks and to perform astronomical
observations using a small (40cm) telescope.
REGISTRATIONS AND DEADLINES
The deadline for the registration is *May 31st 2010*.
Participants will need to register to the school using the on-line
registration form at http://sites.google.com/site/astroschool2010;
additionally, participants will need to contact directly the hotel to
secure their room booking. Applicants will receive an email
confirming their registration.
The school fee is 375 euro, including accommodation in double room,
full board for the days of the conference, social dinner. The price
for a single room is 560 euro. The fee should be payed directly at
the hotel.
A few grants might be available to partially cover the school fee:
applicants should mark the request in the registration form and send a
short CV to the school organization.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
All details about the school site and organization are given in the
web page. For more information send an email to:
scuola.lucchin@gmail.com
or write to
School of Astrophysics "F. Lucchin"
c/o Dipartimento di Astronomia,
via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna - Italy
NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Giuseppe Bertin (University of Milano)
Giuseppe Bono (University of Roma Tor Vergata)
Annalisa Celotti (SISSA, Trieste)
Priscilla Cerroni (IASF Roma)
Cesare Chiosi (University of Padova)
Lauro Moscardini (University of Bologna)
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Claudio Grillo (Excellence Cluster, Garching)
Marco Lombardi (University of Milan, ESO)
Lauro Moscardini (University of Bologna)
