This school will feature a set of advanced lecture courses around the theme of gravity given by experts in the field. The courses will be aimed at advanced graduate students and young postdocs with a strong interest in the theoretical aspect of gravity and applications of the theory to modelling the universe.
The school is co-organised by CEICO, a centre in the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences for research in cosmology, gravity and fundamental physics and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague. We are bringing together excellent lecturers from the global community and hope to foster a diverse audience. There will be limited space for the presentation of a poster, but no submitted talks by participants are planned.
There is no registration fee, and participants should arrange their own accommodation (see Venue).
| LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|
|
Enrico Barausse
SISSA, Trieste |
Compact Objects |
|
Chris van den Broeck
NIKHEF, Amsterdam & Utrecht U. |
Gravitational Waves |
|
Agnès Fienga
Côte d’Azur Observatory |
Tests of General Relativity |
|
Ruth Gregory
King's College London |
Overview of Black Holes |
|
Eugene Lim
King's College London |
Numerical Relativity |
|
Robert Mann
Perimeter Institute & U. Waterloo |
Approaches to Quantum Gravity |
|
Simone Speziale
CPT, Marseille |
Gravitational Charges and Isolated Horizons |
|
Neil Turok
Edinburgh U & Perimeter Institute |
Special Colloquium |
Lectures will be held at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Troja, Prague 8.
We will not be offering a hybrid component or remote presence during the school.
The closest bus stops are Pelc Tyrolka (bus line 112) and Kuchyňka (bus line 201). The closest station is Nádraží Holešovice, reached by the Metro Line C (red line) and several tram lines, from which one can take the bus 201 or walk about 1.5km across the Troja Bridge (Trojský Most) or the Bridge of the Barricade Fighters (Most Barikádníků). Google Maps has the Prague public transportation timetables and can be reliably used to gauge travel time when choosing accommodation.
Participants are expected to arrange their accommodation; we recommend to book your stay well in advance as September is still high season in Prague.
Tourist information about Prague and the Czech Republic can be found on many comprehensive resources online, such as Wikivoyage (Czech Republic and Prague) and the official Prague tourist website.
More about events and culture in Prague can be found on expats.cz and GoOut.
We are planning a social dinner on Wednesday 16 September.
