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Gravitational-wave observations are providing a new view on the Universe: from the high-frequency observations by ground-based facilities, to the tantalising evidence of low-frequency gravitational waves reported by pulsar timing array collaborations in 2023. It is an exciting time for GW astronomy and the LISA space mission will bridge the gap between the high and low frequency. The LISA mission is led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with NASA partnership. Anticipated observations include black hole binaries (supermassive, intermediate mass), Galactic compact object binaries; extreme mass ratio inspirals, early inspiral of stellar-mass black hole binaries, cosmological sources as well as other possible unforeseen sources.

Last year, ESA formally adopted the LISA mission. This crucial milestone marks the transition from study phase to implementation phase. Launch is planned for the mid-2030s.

Why a LISA School?

LISA is a first-of-its-kind mission. The instrumentation and data analysis challenges will require a significant amount of development. Building expertise and tools to address these challenges is essential to ensure the success of the mission and maximise the scientific returns. This LISA School will gather young researchers interested in LISA science to foster collaborations, encourage interactions, and train them in the multidisciplinary aspects of the missions and its science. The recent ESA Adoption makes the coming years opportune time to bring the early career community of LISA together.
Scientific objectives

The key objectives of this LISA school are:

• broaden the knowledge of early-career scientists with lectures on LISA science;
• provide hands-on experience in some of the current LISA software tools;
• present the pioneering LISA instrumental design and methods;
• enable early-career scientists (the future research leaders by the launch of the mission) to meet in person, network, share ideas, and foster collaboration;
• inform early-career scientists on the LISA mission organisational structure and plans;
• develop general skills and a welcoming collaboration environment.

The school will welcome approximately 50 in-person participants. Sessions will be taught by LISA experts (we anticipate approximately 15 expert teachers). When inviting teachers for the school, we have favoured early-career experts and paid special attention to gender representation.

Registration and timeline

Pre-registrations are now open, and will close July 11th at midnight.

The school is limited to 50 students, and will be served on a first-come, first-serve basis. Your registration confirmation will be sent mid-July and payment is expected before end of July.

We do not allow for partial participation, i.e., students are expected to attend the 11 days of school.

Participation fees

Student participation fees for the whole school amounts to EUR 900.

This includes subsistence (from dinner on the day of arrival to lunch on the day of departure), accomodation, and other organization fees (coffee breaks, library, IT space, leisure facilities). It does not include transport to and from Les Houches, or any extra activities.

We plan to support students with limited financial resources; you can apply for this support by filling the “Support Request” field in the pre-registration form.

Les Houches School of Physics

Les Houches is a village located in Chamonix valley, in the French Alps. Established in 1951, the Physics School is situated at 1150 m above sea level in natural surroundings, with breathtaking views on the Mont-Blanc mountain range.

Les Houches Physics School is UAR 2002 run by Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA).

The 5 School Partners are

• UGA, the Institut National Polytechnique (Grenoble-INP),
• the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS),
• the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), and
• the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon).

School Website

On the theory and phenomenology tracks of PSI, we are organizing two schools in parallel—one on String Theory and the other on Gravitational Waves.

The aim: The schools aim to provide intensive and thorough courses on a broad range of topics in the fields of string theory and gravitational waves. The schools will not be limited to lectures but will also include daily discussion sessions, problem-solving, and independent work.

For whom: The school is intended for early graduate (MSc / junior PhD) students from all around the world. We will also consider motivated applications from senior undergraduates, as well as more senior PhD students. Students from the Balkans region/Southeast Europe are especially encouraged to apply.

By whom: Lectures will be given by postdocs and senior researchers, while problem-solving sessions and project work will be tutored by senior PhD students. The lecturers will come from various European institutions.

String Theory

Topics

• Why String Theory?
• Bosonic Strings
• Conformal Field Theory
• String Interactions
• D-branes and Dualities
• AdS/CFT
• Black Holes in String Theory

Lecturers

• Jose Calderon-Infante (CERN)
• Mihailo Čubrović (IPB, Belgrade)
• Vladan Đukić (IPB, Belgrade)
• Maurizio Firrotta (University of Crete)
• Alessandra Gnecchi (INFN, Padua)
• Ruben Monten (CERN)
• Danijel Obrić (IPB, Belgrade)
• Matthew Roberts (University of Iceland)
• Marko Simonović (University of Florence)
• Marija Tomašević (University of Amsterdam)

Gravitational Waves

Topics

• Review of General Relativity
• Black Holes
• Compact Objects
• GW Detection, Data Analysis and Astrophysics
• Cosmological Sources of GWs
• BH Perturbation Theory
• Effective Field Theory Methods in GW Physics

Lecturers

• Enrico Barausse (SISSA, Trieste)
• Mateja Bošković (DESY, Hamburg)
• Branislav Cvetković (IPB, Belgrade)
• Daniel Figueroa (IFIC, Valencia)
• Rafael Porto (DESY, Hamburg)
• Borna Salehian (ETH, Zürich)
• Nikola Savić (IPhT, Saclay)

School Website

The school is collaboratively organized by scientific communities involved in Gravitational Waves, from 3 French locations in Southern France, namely Marseille, Nice and Toulouse, thus the MaNiTou name for the school.

The school will take place in Marseille this year, on the Luminy Campus of Aix Marseille Université, in the beautiful Calanques National Park (see here). It will be held in English.

Goals of the school

The school will cover the emerging field of gravitational wave detection and of its scientific exploitation. Following their discovery by the LIGO/Virgo consortia, many other gravitational wave detections are expected at the existing and future gravitational antennas. They will open up a new window of exploration, sometimes unique and sometimes complementary to what other messengers such as electromagnetic radiation (radio, IR, visible, UV, X-rays, gamma rays) and neutrinos can reveal of the physics at work in our Universe. The objective of the school is to provide the students with a solid introduction to most aspects of this interdisciplinary field in accelerated expansion 🙂

The school is open in priority to Master and PhD students, and also to young or not so young scientists who would like to get better acquainted with Gravitational Waves.

For attendees to fully benefit from the school programme, it is highly recommended that they have had at least an introductory exposure to General Relativity before. We also strongly suggest that prior to attending the school, the participants read some of the references that can be found here.

School Programme

GR and GW Theorie
Panorama of possible GW sources
GW Data Analysis
GW Instruments
– On Earth (LIGO/Virgo/Kagra, ET)
– In Space (LISA)
Hands on data
GW to study the Universe
– Astrophysics
– Cosmology
– Fondamental Physics
– Multi-Messager Astronomy
Advanced seminars
– Latest news from LIGO/Virgo/Kagra
– GW and Nuclear Physics
– Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTA)
– AI techniques
Preliminary list of speakers

• Quentin Baghi – AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris
  Space-based GW detectors: LISA
• Oualid Chaibi – Artemis, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice
  Ground-based GW interferometers and current observations
• Francesca Gulminelli – Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire (LPC), Caen
  GWs and nuclear physics
• Natalia Korsakova – AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris
  Introduction to AI technique and AI applications to GWs
• Astrid Lamberts – Artemis et Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice
  Astrophysics of GW sources
• Frédérique Marion – Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Annecy
  Introduction to GW data analysis
• Sylvain Marsat – Laboratoire des 2 infinis – Toulouse (L2IT), Toulouse
  Hands on GW data analysis
• Simone Mastrogiovanni – Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Rome
  Cosmology with GWs
• Joseph Romano – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA
  Panorama of GW sources PTA science and stochastic background analysis
• Mairi Sakellariadou – King’s College London, London
  Fundamental physics with GWs
• Simone Speziale – Centre de Physique Théorique (CPT), Marseille
  GW Theory

School organization

In order to make the School efficient for the attendees in terms of knowledge transfer and training interaction with the scientists in charge of the different activities of the school, the attendance is limited to about 80 to 90 participants, not including organizers and teachers. If more than 90 people apply to the School, a selection will be applied based on the criteria outlined on the Registration page.

The School has no online attendance option. All participants are expected to attend in-presence.

No fee is required to attend the School.

The School will provide coffee breaks and lunches to all participants. Dinners, travel and accommodation expenses are not covered.

However, accommodation free of charge will be provided at CROUS at Luminy Campus for up to 50 master and PhD students who request it in the registration form. For more information about this opportunity and the selection, please see the Accommodation Section.

Moreover, since the school is labelled by CNRS as “Ecole Thématique”, the expenses to attend the school for CNRS employees (staff CNRS people and people with a CNRS term contract [PhD student, Postdoc,…]) will also be covered. Please do not forget to mention in the registration form if that case applies to you!

Apply to the school

To apply, please go to the Registration (Inscription) tab or directly follow the link here

Pre-registration will be open from March 4th to April 6th.
The pre-registered candidates will be informed of the result of the selection process during the first week of May.

School Website

Registration is now open for the ISAPP Summer School "GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: from theory to detection", scheduled from July 7 to July 18, 2025, at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics in Vienna.

This astroparticle physics graduate school will cover important and timely topics connected to gravitational waves taught by internationally renowned experts. The primary focus will be on understanding how gravitational waves emerge from the theory of general relativity and how these can be detected using modern technologies.

Core topics include:

Introduction to Gravitational Waves / Basic Theory
Sources of Gravitational Waves
Gravitational Wave Detectors
Data Analysis and Signal Processing
Gravitational Wave Cosmology
Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background
Tests of General Relativity
Multimessenger Astronomy
Quantum Sensing in Gravitational Wave Detection
Public Outreach and Education

Confirmed lecturers include:

Clifford M. Will (University of Florida)
Michela Mapelli (University of Heidelberg)
Tania Regimbau (Annecy, LAPP)
Costantino Pacilio (University of Milano Bicocca)
Jessica Steinlechner (University of Maastricht)
Elena Cuoco (Bologna University)
Lijing Shao (KAVLI – Peking University)
Noemi Frusciante (University of Napoli)
Chiara Mingarelli (Yale University)
Gideon Koekoek (University of Maastricht)
Haocun Yu (University of Vienna)

Key Details:

Event Dates: July 7–18, 2025
Location: Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics, Boltzmanngasse 9, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Registration: Now open at Indico Page
Registration Fee: None
Registration deadline: April 30th
Only up to 40 participants will be selected.

For inquiries, please contact the organising committee at isapp-2025-vienna(at)lists.oeaw.ac.at

We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna for an engaging and insightful school on gravitational waves.

School Website

The Schools are directed to PhD students and young Post-Docs in Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics who are interested in widening their knowledge in the fields of Physical Cosmology, Relativistic Astrophysics, General Relativity, Experimental Gravity and the Modern Quantum Theories of Gravitation. The Schools wish to introduce students to current problems, highlighting their importance and potential scientific impact. Lecturers will report on theoretical, observational and experimental aspects of the research, reviewing the latest achievements in the field.

This School

Today, cosmology and astrophysics are experiencing a dilemma: on one side, we have a very successful model, the ΛCDM model, able to adjust to almost all observations. On the other hand, such a model requires 96% of stuff about whose nature we have yet no certain knowledge: 26% of dark matter and 70% of dark energy, with only 4% left for the known matter, mostly in the form of hydrogen and helium nuclei. While dark matter seems to be necessary to explain the formation and the dynamics of galaxies and of larger structures, such as galaxy clusters and super clusters, dark energy is required to explain why our universe is in a state of accelerated expansion. The school aims at providing master’s and doctoral students and young post doctoral researchers with a perspective on the most important proposals on the nature of the dark components of the universe, not only from the theoretical point of view, but also from the experimental and observational one.

School Website

PiTP is an intensive two-week summer program designed for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. The program will be held from July 14-25, 2025 at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. The school will explore the field of gravitational wave physics and astrophysics, bridging the gap between theory and observation. Gravitational waves offer a unique window into the Universe, allowing us to probe extreme astrophysical environments and primordial cosmological epochs. Gravitational waves also allow for powerful tests of general relativity in the strong field regime.

Over the last decade, the direct detection of gravitational waves has opened up new avenues of research, driving rapid advancements in theoretical modeling, observational techniques, and data analysis. The school will provide a comprehensive overview of the field’s current state, covering key theoretical tools, the latest developments in modeling gravitational wave sources, and state-of-the-art methods in data analysis. These tools are essential for extracting physical insights from current observations and will be a critical foundation for interpreting data from more sensitive upcoming detectors.
PiTP Program Details

The APPLICATION deadline is Sunday, March 1, 2025 at 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard Time). If you have not received your PhD, one letter of recommendation from your thesis advisor is required and should be uploaded with the application or with this reference form.

For housing, travel, and other administrative PiTP information please see the FAQ page.

Topics will include:

Waveform models, Numerical Relativity, Gravitational Wave Searches, Parameter Estimation, Pulsar Timing Arrays, Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources and interpretation of current observational data.

Preliminary Program Lecturers

Bruce Allen (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
Emanuele Berti (Johns Hopkins University)
Neil Cornish (Montana State University)
Maya Fishbach (University of Toronto)
Luis Lehner (Perimeter Institute)
Chiara Mingarelli (Yale University)
Patricia Schmidt (University of Birmingham)
Tejaswi Venumadhav Nerella (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Barak Zackay (Weizmann Institute)
Matias Zaldarriaga (Institute for Advanced Study)

Organizing Committee

Maya Fishbach (Toronto); Tejaswi Venumadhav Nerella (UCSB); Frans Pretorius (Princeton); Barak Zackay (Weizmann); Matias Zaldarriaga (IAS)

If you have questions regarding the PiTP program, please send an email to: pitp(at)ias.edu.

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Centre for Strings, Gravitation and Cosmology (CSGC) - a research centre instituted as part of Institute of Excellence (IoE) initiative of the Government of India at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, India is organizing the  

2nd School on Black Holes and Gravitational Waves
Feb 10 (Mon) - Feb 14 (Fri), 2025

The proposed school is intended to introduce beginning Ph.D. students and Postdoctoral fellows to research themes of current interest in Black hole physics and Gravitational waves. The lectures will be complemented by tutorial sessions that will help provide hands-on experience to the participants in employing the tools and techniques discussed in the lectures directly in their research work. Topics that will be the focus of the lectures are:

1. Gravitational self-force and tidal effects in black hole dynamics
2. Numerical Relativity and its applications in cosmology, astrophysics and black hole physics
3. Observational aspects of black holes and gravitational waves, including experimental tests of GR

We invite the interested researchers to register for the school before Nov 30, 2024. For registration details and other relevant information, please follow the links on the top of the page.

Scientific Organising Committee:

• Guillaume Faye (IAP, Paris, France)
• B S Sathyaprakash (Penn State University, US & Cardiff University, UK)
• Dawood Kothawala, Chandra Kant Mishra, L Sriramkumar (IIT Madras, India)

Local Organising Committee:
Subhodeep Sarkar, Syed Naqvi, Dawood Kothawala & Chandra Kant Mishra (IIT Madras)

School Website

The School aims at providing robust and detailed introductions on the basic theoretical concepts and main tools to work in the field of Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation. Gravitational waves of astrophysical and cosmological origin, neutrino physics and astronomy, early universe physics, dark matter and dark energy, galactic and extra-galactic cosmic rays and gamma-rays will be some among the main topics, and will be alternated along the years. The courses are organised as lectures and are integrated with hands-on and discussion sessions with an instructor.

he School will start on Monday, March 11, at 9:00am and end on Friday, March 22, at 1:00pm.

Organizers
Nicola Bartolo (University of Padova and INFN/Padova)
Carmelo Evoli (Gran Sasso Science Institute/L’Aquila)
Nicolao Fornengo (University of Torino and INFN/Torino)
Dario Grasso (INFN Pisa and University of Pisa)
Leonardo Gualtieri (University of Pisa and INFN/Pisa)
Eligio Lisi (INFN Bari)
Ofelia Pisanti (University of Napoli and INFN/Napoli)

Email: apcg.school(at)gmail.com

School Website

The aim of the EMR GW PhD School is to provide beginning PhD students, primarily from the EMR countries (Belgium - Netherlands - Germany), with courses on all aspects of gravitational waves, and in particular in the context of the future Einstein Telescope and the space mission LISA.

Over the course of a week (Mon morning to Fri afternoon), the students will follow six courses taught by distinguished lecturers, with two topics each in theory, data analysis, and instrumentation.

Last but not least, participants get to meet their fellow students from the neighboring institutes and countries, who will be their peers and colleagues throughout (and possibly beyond) their PhD studies working on gravitational wave physics.
Students will have the opportunity to present their own work or research topic to each other in a brief, informal presentation (on Thursday). Thursday evening there will also be a social activity organized.

The target audience of this school is beginning PhD students (first or second year) and advanced Master students. Other young (or less young) researchers wanting to get acquainted with gravitational wave physics are also welcome to apply.

Students from all over the world are welcome to apply, although precedence will be given to students from the EMR region countries (Belgium – Netherlands – Germany)

Participation in the school is free, but participants are responsible for their own accommodation and local expenses. (Accommodations can be booked through the local organizers by indicating this on the application form.) Coffee breaks and lunch are provided for registered participants.

The lecturers and courses for this year are:

• (Theory) Maarten van de Meent (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen): “The Relativistic Two-Body Problem”
• (Theory) Sébastien Clesse (Université Libre Bruxelles): “Cosmology with Gravitational Waves”
• (Data analysis) Gregorio Carullo (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen/University of Birmingham): “Logic with incomplete information: data analysis foundations, and applications to gravitational-waves observations”
• (Data analysis) Henri Inchauspé (Universität Heidelberg / KU Leuven): “Data analysis for LISA”
• (Instrumentation) Joseph Martino (APC): “LISA Constellation Performance and Noise Budget”
• (Instrumentation) Joris van Heijningen (Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam/Nikhef): “How to create a freely falling test mass?”

Local scientific organizing commitee:

• Thomas Hertog
• Tjonnie Li
• Daniel Mayerson
• Jonathan Menu

School Website

Announcement: the 20th edition of the annual School for Astroparticle Physics, to be held from 7th to 15th October 2024 in Obertrubach-Bärnfels, close to Erlangen, Germany. The school is aimed at advanced graduate and PhD students from all fields of experimental and theoretical astroparticle physics. It will be held in English and is open for international participation.

The school covers topics from astrophysics to particle physics and cosmology.
Lectures are given by key scientists in the field, please find a list of speakers in the attached poster. The school combines education, discussion and contributions by the participants. The participation fee of 500 Euro covers accommodation and meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee breaks). Further information and the registration form can be found on

http://www.astroteilchenschule.nat.fau.de/

We would be delighted to welcome participants from your groups.

The deadline for registration is June 9, 2024, 12pm. If a visa letter is required, prospective participants should contact us as soon as possible, well before the registration deadline.