Charla de Tomislav Terzić : «Measuring Lorentz invariance violation with Cherenkov telescopes – from observations to setting constraints»

Cherenkov telescopes are instruments optimized for detection of very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma rays from astrophysics sources. They play a crucial role in testing possible consequences of Quantum Gravity (QG), such as violation or deformation of Lorentz symmetry. In both cases, the photon dispersion relation is modified, making the photon group velocity energy dependent, and possibly modifying kinematics and dynamics of electromagnetic interactions. These tiny effects are vastly below the sensitivity of present-day laboratories. However, if real, they could be measured using VHE gamma rays of astrophysical origin. Cosmological distances that they cross serve as a natural amplifier for the QG effects. While no deviations from the special relativistic predictions have been detected, strong constraints have been set on modified photon dispersion relations.
In this session we will explain the process of testing implications of modified photon dispersion relations on VHE gamma rays using Cherenkov telescopes. We will cover different stages from observations, Cherenkov telescopes’ data analysis, statistical methods employed, and finally setting constraints on the QG energy scale.

Jueves 12 mayo, 12 horas, seminario de Física Nuclear, on-line  (Google Meet)

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Charla de Diego Blas: «Soundscape of gravitational waves: a new tool to access the fundamental blocks of the Universe»

Diego Blas is a researcher at UAB (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) and IFAE (Instituto de Física de Altas Energías). His research interests are in theoretical physics, gravitation and cosmology.

Abstract: In this talk, current and future efforts to detect gravitational waves from Earth and space observatories will be reviewed. Diego will also emphasise the physical consequences of these searchers, in particular regarding fundamental physics (primordial cosmology, dark matter, modified gravity…)

Viernes 6 mayo, 12 horas, seminario de Física Nuclear. On-line (Google-meet)

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Phy6cool: Escuela de verano de Física de Partículas, Astropartículas y Cosmología

La Unidad CIEMAT – Física de Partículas convoca la segunda edición de phy6cool, escuela de verano de Física de Partículas, Astropartículas y Cosmología. La escuela se celebrará en formato mixto online del 13 al 15 de julio de 2022 y presencial en el CIEMAT (Madrid) del 18 al 22 de julio; está dirigida a estudiantes hispanohablantes cursando el grado de Físicas. La escuela estará compuesta de seminarios, prácticas de laboratorio, ejercicios prácticos y trabajos tutelados. El objetivo de phy6cool es proporcionar una visión general del campo de la física fundamental y una orientación sobre las diversas opciones existentes de desarrollo profesional.

El plazo de inscripción permanecerá abierto hasta 30 de abril.

Toda la información referente a la escuela se encuentra en el siguiente enlace: http://phy6cool.ciemat.es/

Convocatorias Erasmus+ KA107

Université Mohammed V de Rabat

2 grants are made available for a period of internship at the European university “Universidad de Zaragoza – UNIZAR”. This is based on the grant agreement signed between the mentioned university and SEPIE, and in accordance with the inter-institutional agreement signed between the University of Zaragoza – UNIZAR – and Mohammed V University in Rabat, within the framework of the ERASMUS+ Programme with partner countries.

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Charla de Carlos López Sanjuan: La evolución espectral de enanas blancas con J-PLUS

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Dr. Carlos López Sanjuan is a researcher at CEFCA (Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón).

Abstract: White dwarfs are the degenerate compact remnants of stars with masses below 8 Msun. They do not have an internal source of energy and just cool down with time. In addition, they show a diversity of atmospheric compositions in their spectra, with sources presenting hydrogen (H) lines (DA type), helium (He) lines (DO and DB type), metal lines (DZ type), and featureless spectra (DC type) among others. In this seminar we present our recent work about the spectral evolution of white dwarfs with effective temperature (i.e., their age) using the Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey (J-PLUS). We analysed 5926 white dwarfs with r <= 19.5 mag in common between the white dwarf catalogue presented in Gentile Fusillo et al. 2021, defined from Gaia EDR3, and J-PLUS DR2. We estimated their effective temperature (Teff), surface gravity, parallax, and spectral type; and the probability of having a H-dominated atmosphere (p_H) for each source. Our analysis yields a 21 +- 3% increase in the fraction of He-dominated white dwarfs from Teff = 20000 K to  Teff = 5000 K.

Horario: 12:00, del jueves 10 de marzo, en el seminario de Física Nuclear. On-line

 

2nd edition of the International INFN «School of Underground Physics: Theory and experiments» (SoUP2022)

The 2nd edition of the International INFN «School of Underground Physics: Theory and experiments» (SoUP2022) will  take place hopefully in person, at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy) from June 20th to June 24th, 2022. It is addressed to PhD students, post-docs and young researchers involved in the field from all over the world.
The School is organised with lectures + a hands-on session in Statistics. It also includes a poster session and a visit to the LNGS underground experiments and facilities.
Registration is now open, with deadline April 15th.
It is foreseen to have the school in person, with at most 50 attending people.
In case of increased restrictions due to COVID19 pandemic the School will be held fully online (no «mixed» solution is foreseen). The final decision will be taken by early May.
Topics and lecturers and all the details can be found at: https://soup2022.ca.infn.it

Feebly Interacting Sectors Impact on Cosmology & Astrophysics.

Virtual workshop (1st-4th March 2022)

Different types of astrophysical environments—such as horizontal branch stars, the sun, supernovae (SNe), neutron stars, black holes—offer different guises to explore fundamental physics, and in particular feebly interacting sectors.

A collaborative effort between particle physicists, astrophysicists and astronomers is highly desirable. This interaction can help refine existing ideas, identify the most promising candidate theories and come up with new possible signatures from astrophysical objects.

The goal of this workshop is to bring together the relevant communities, paving the way for a new decade in fundamental physics.

Registration open at https://indico.mitp.uni-mainz.de/event/288/

 

CONVOCATORIA 2021 DEL PREMIO DFTP A LAS MEJORES TESIS DOCTORALES EN FÍSICA TEÓRICA Y FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL

La División de Física Teórica y de Partículas (DFTP) de la Real Sociedad Española de Física (RSEF), queriendo reconocer el trabajo desarrollado en España por los investigadores jóvenes de su ámbito de conocimiento, convoca el III Premio DFTP para tesis doctorales presentadas oficialmente durante el año 2020 en cualquiera de las universidades españolas. El premio presenta dos modalidades independientes:  a la mejor tesis doctoral en Física Teórica y a la mejor tesis doctoral en Física Experimental. Los candidatos deberán ser miembros de la RSEF en el momento de presentar la solicitud (formulario de inscripción http://rsef.es/area-de-miembros/formulario-de-inscripcion-en-la-rsef).

Ambos premios consisten en un diploma acreditativo y un premio económico de 1.000 € cada uno, que se entregarán durante la Reunión Bienal de la RSEF del año 2022 en Murcia. Las solicitudes deberán enviarse, hasta el 11 de febrero de 2022 (inclusive).

Todos los detalles en: https://rsef.es/images/Fisica/ConvocatoriaPremiosTesisDFTP2021.pdf

Seminario CAPA: Bodo Schwabe on «Adaptive Mesh Refinement Simulations of Cosmological Scalar Fields» 🗺

This thursday 16th December 2021, 12:00 in the «Seminario de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear» and ONLINE we will have a new CAPA/theory seminar :

Speaker: Bodo schwabe (Dep. Física Teórica, Universidad de Zaragoza)

Title: Adaptive Mesh Refinement Simulations of Cosmological Scalar Fields

The talk will be given in person in the Seminar room and will be broadcasted via ZOOM in this link: https://rediris.zoom.us/j/86416862083

CAPA indico record: https://indico.capa.unizar.es/event/20/

Abstract: Over the past 15 months that I have had the please to be part of the Departamento de Física Teórica I continued my broad research on adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) simulations of cosmological scalar fields. In this seminar talk I will highlight the main scientific results that are the product of my stay at the Universidad de Zaragoza. This includes a new numerical method for ultra-deep zoom-in simulations of cosmological structure formation with fuzzy dark matter allowing numerical analyses of Milky Way-sized halos. Additionally, I will present preliminary results of cosmological structure formation suppression in scenarios where fuzzy dark matter is considered as an admixture to cold dark matter. The same numerical techniques are utilized for gravitational collapse simulations of the inflaton field in the post-inflationary, matter dominated Universe. Finally, I will highlight numerical results of QCD axion evolution assuming PQ-symmetry breaking after inflation using AMR techniques to better resolve axion strings and axitons for increasingly realistic simulations.

 

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