Workshop celebrates 100 years of General relativity

Published Fri, Nov 27, 2015
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the GTH, a special event will be hosted in Natal, from December 16 to 17. The workshop “Celebrating 100 years of General Relativity” is organized by a group of researchers from different institutions in Brazil and will be presented in Portuguese,...

ICTP-SAIFR host school on Effective Field Theory

Published Wed, Nov 18, 2015
Constructing an effective field theory (EFT) to exploit the hierarchy of length scales in a physical system has become an essential skill to be mastered by the modern theoretical physicist. EFTs play a prominent role in almost all branches of modern theoretical physics including particle physics,...

Position opportunities at the PCS in South Korea

Published Tue, Nov 17, 2015
The Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems (PCS – click here), newly established in December 2014 as part of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS – click here) in Daejeon, South Korea, has recently published job announcements and a call for workshop and advanced study group...

Physicists meet in Natal for North-Northeast Summit

Published Mon, Nov 16, 2015
Last week, November 09 to 13, physicists from the north and northeastern regions of Brazil were gathered in Natal, during the 33º North-Northeast Physicists Meeting, an event organized by the Brazilian Physics Society (SBF). The program was dedicated both to the teaching and the research in...

Workshop on Applied and Computational Complex Analysis in Recife

Published Thu, Nov 12, 2015
The Federal University of Pernambuco will host from December 09 to 11 a Workshop on Applied and Computational Complex Analysis, at UFPE’s Physics Department, in Recife-PE. Professors Giovani Lopes Vasconcelos (UFPE, Recife, Brazil); Darren Crowdy (Imperial College London, UK); Bruno Carneiro...

North-Northeastern Physics Meeting in Natal

Published Wed, Nov 11, 2015
The Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte is hosting this week a regional meeting that is gathering physicists from all the states of the North and Northeastern region of Brazil. The event is dedicated both to the teaching (From...