Summer Courses 2013

60th Anniversary of the School

Course 186 - New Horizons for Observational Cosmology [ pdf ]

1 - 6 July 2013

Directors of the Course:
A. Cooray - Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA (USA)
E. Komatsu - Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching (Germany)
A. Melchiorri - Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza” (Italy)

Program

15.30-15.45    Di Cintio
15.45-16.00    Salvatelli
16.00-16.15    Pisani
16.15-16.30    Choyer
17.00-17.15    Remi
17.15-17.30    Noumi
17.30-17.45    Helgason
17.45-18.00    Sanchez Alonso
18.00-18.15    Adam

Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
Luca Lamagna
Dipartimento di Fisica
Università di Roma “La Sapienza”
Piazzale A. Moro 2
00185 Roma (Italy)
Tel.: ++39-06-49914201 Fax: ++39-06-4957697/++39-06-49914690
luca.lamagna@roma1.infn.it

Deadline for application: 15 April 2013

Participation fee: € 900,00 (for attendance, full board, lodging and Proceedings)

Course 187 - Water: Fundamentals as the Basis for Understanding the Environment and Promoting Technology [ pdf ]

8 - 13 July 2013

Directors of the Course:
P. G. Debenedetti - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, NJ (USA)
M. A. Ricci - Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre (Italy)

Program:

Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
Fabio Bruni
Dipartimento di Scienze
Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Via della Vasca Navale 84
00146 Roma (Italy)
Tel.: ++39-06-57337223 Fax: ++39-06-57337102
bruni@fis.uniroma3.it

NEW deadline for application: 3 June 2013

Participation fee: € 900,00 (for attendance, full board, lodging and Proceedings)

Course 188 - Atom Interferometry [ pdf ]

15 - 20 July 2013

Directors of the Course:
G. M. Tino - Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, LENS, Firenze and INFN, Sezione di Firenze (Italy)
M. A. Kasevich - Department of Physics, Stanford University, CA (USA)

Program:

Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
Fiodor Sorrentino
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia
Università di Firenze
INFN, Sezione di Firenze
Via G. Sansone 1
50019 Sesto Fiorentino FI (Italy)
Tel.: ++39-055-4572039 Fax: ++39-055-4572346
sorrentino@fi.infn.it

Deadline for application: 29 April 2013

Participation fee: € 900,00 (for attendance, full board, lodging and Proceedings)

Course 189 - Ion Traps for Tomorrow's Applications [ pdf ]

22 - 30 July 2013

Directors of the Course:
M. Knoop - Université d’Aix-Marseille/CNRS, Marseille (France)
I. Marzoli - Scuola di Scienze e Tecnologie, Sezione di Fisica, Università di Camerino (Italy)
G. Morigi - Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken (Germany)

Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:
Martina Knoop
Université d’Aix-Marseille/CNRS
Centre de St Jerome
Case C21
13397 Marseille (France)
Tel.: ++33-491288026 Fax: ++33-491288745
Martina.Knoop@univ-amu.fr

Deadline for application: 15 May 2013

Participation fee: € 1.300,00 (for attendance, full board, lodging and Proceedings)

GENERAL INFORMATION

A) – In addition to the official lectures, several seminars on related subjects will be held by visiting scientists.
B) – The scientific organization and direction of the Course are entrusted to the Directors.
C) – The number of students at each Course is limited to about 60. Students are requested to attend all lectures and seminars.
D) – Whoever may be interested in attending the Course and is not entitled – for his age or other reasons – to be considered a student, may follow the Course as observer. Registration fee charged to observers is € 500,00. Observers should provide for their board and lodging; if required, the School may take care of their hotel accommodation.
E) – Applicants will be informed of the decision on their admittance within 30 days from the beginning of each Course.
F) – Owing to the limited number of places available in the lecture hall, it will not be possible to allow any person not selected by the Committee of the School to follow the Courses.
G) – Students are requested to arrive at Varenna respectively on Sunday, 30 June (1st Course), Sunday, 7 July (2nd Course), Sunday, 14 July (3rd Course), Sunday, 21 July (4th Course). Accommodation for the students will be provided in shared rooms with 2 beds in hotels at Varenna. Meals will be served at the hotels.
H) – Fees should be paid by students and observers following the instruction and within the date indicated in the letter of admittance.
I) – Scholarships may be granted to deserving students who need financial help. Such requests must be specified in the application and justified in the recommendation letter. Some of the Scholarships will be granted to SIF and/or EPS Members. Scholarships will be assigned by the President of the Italian Physical Society.
J) – Students should avoid being accompanied by relatives. In view of the holiday season local accommodation is very limited. Quite exceptionally the School could see to the accommodation of members of students’ families in local hotels. Hotel expenditure for students’ relatives will be payable separately and directly to the hotel management.