Conferences and Meetings on Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Phone: [+302107723034];     Email: CorfuSI@gmail.com

Standard Model precision tests and tools, QCD and Electroweak physics, Higgs physics, Flavour Physics, Neutrino Physics, Beyond the Standard Model, SUSY, Supersymmetry, Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, Dark matter, Dark energy, Gravitational Waves, Heavy Ions, Quark Gluon Plasma, ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb, CLIC, ILC, FCC, LHC upgrade, Extended field theory, non-geometric string backgrounds, exotic branes, Non-commutative and non-associative structures, string theory, M theory, T-duality, U-duality, Integrability, Deconfinement, chiral symmetry restoration, Critical point of strongly interacting matter, Strongly interacting matter in the crossover regime, Hadronization, Lattice QCD, SIS, SPS, RHIC, LHC, QCD matter, Finite Temperature QCD, Finite Density QCD

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Mathematical Physics

Nuclear Physics,    High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

16-20 September 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany will take place the 2019 Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society. "It's a German version of AAS meeting", with different plenary talks and splinter sessions; plus this year Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will visit us, and tours for the participants will be provided.

Email: barthel@dsi.uni-stuttgart.de

AG2019

The purpose of the meeting is to bring together experts and young researchers in the areas of nuclear, particle and astro-physics as well as cosmology and the pertinent interrelations among these fields. The aim is to discuss the current status of the field and to explore future directions, both in experiment and theory. With the recent observation of gravitational-wave signals of black-hole and neutron-star mergers - for the latter in coincidence with electromagnetic signals -, the meeting is particularly timely. The aim is to cover a broad range of topics to elucidate synergies and identify areas of future progress. This should be especially beneficial to the younger participants of the meeting.

Binary Star Mergers - the observations of gravitational waves, Binary Star Mergers – simulations, Binary Star Mergers – nucleosynthesis, Direct and indirect Dark Matter Searches, Axions - Dark Matter?, Dark Matter Searches at the LHC, Neutrino Mass from Tritium Decay, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (Majorana versus Dirac Neutrino), Neutrino Mass from electron Capture, Elastic Neutrino scattering – COHERENT, The Reactor Neutrino Spectrum Anomaly, Search for the Cosmic Neutrino Background, Neutrinos and Cosmology

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

The rich taxonomy of galaxies we observe today is understood to be regulated by two competing processes: accretion and feedback. Understanding the intricate exchange of regular matter between star-forming regions and the intergalactic space and its impact on subsequent galaxy growth remains a primary goal in astrophysics research. This meeting will bring together leading theorists and observers to discuss the latest progress in studying baryonic flows in and out of galaxies with an outlook towards key growth areas in the era of giant telescopes.

galaxies, accretion, feedback, giant telescopes

Gravitational waves promise a new window into the highest-energy events in the evolution of the universe. The recent LIGO/Virgo detections of gravitational waves from the mergers of binary black holes and binary neutron stars and have ignited interest in the future direction of gravitational wave astronomy. A space-based laser interferometer, pioneered by NASA's LISA concept and the European Space Agency's eLISA program and ESA's recent spectacularly successful LISA Pathfinder mission, would enable direct detection of gravitational waves in the milliHertz range. A lower frequency range would allow detection of supermassive black hole mergers, tracing the galaxy merger history and serving as cosmic sirens to probe the universe's expansion history, as well as precursors for the LIGO sources. A space-based detector would also be sensitive to stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds produced by unknown physics operating in the very early universe, including an electroweak phase transition. This Nordita program will bring scientists together to engage in an effort to characterize and detect sources contributing to the gravitational wave background from the early universe, and the implications for new physics at the TeV scale and beyond.

theoretical and numerical relativity ; classical and quantum black holes ; relativistic cosmology ; early universe ; dark matter ; dark energy ; gravitational waves ; approaches to quantum gravity ; quantum cosmology ; relation of relativity and superstring theory

One of the greatest current unsolved problems in physics is whether gravity, which is the least understood of the fundamental "forces", is universally Newtonian in the classical limit. The nature of gravitation is even unclear, but whatever the physical origin of gravitation, the empirical formulation of how a body is accelerated as a result of the mass-distribution around it can be applied to study the formation and evolution of galaxies.

With this meeting we aim to foster a discussion between the scientists who have been studying galaxies and cosmology in the dark matter and Milgromian frameworks which constitute two fundamentally different hypotheses. The aim is to achieve an exchange notably also on the technical challenges in applying both hypothesis to computational astrophysics problems in view of recent advances in understanding stellar populations, which are important for quantifying feedback processes.

Phone: [+4915789091309];     Email: pkroupa@uni-bonn.de

Dark matter, MOND, galaxies, cosmology, computational astrophysics

NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)

This workshop will bring together world-leading experts on observational and theoretical studies of supernovae of all types, and transients in general, including kilonovae, gamma-ray bursts, fast radio bursts and tidal disruption events. The scientific focus will cover all aspects of these phenomena, including the explosion mechanisms, progenitor evolution channels, nucleosynthesis, remnants, radiation over all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays, and plus neutrinos and gravitational waves.

Phone: [5203028009];     Email: sukhbold.1@osu.edu

transients, multi-messenger, supernovae, massive stars, compact objects, remnants

Ten years after the celebration of the First Workshop on robotic autonomous observatories in Málaga, the number of automatic astronomical facilities worldwide has significantly grown, as well as the level of robotisation, autonomy, and networking, with many recent developments motivated by the search of new electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves in the next months. This has a strong impact in many other astrophysical fields, like fireballs detection, minor planet studies, the search for extra-solar planets, the monitoring of variable stars in our Galaxy, the study of active galactic nuclei, the detection and monitoring of supernovae, and the immediate follow-up of high-energy transients such as cosmic gamma-ray bursts, besides the search of neutrino and gravitational waves electromagnetic counterparts. Last, but not least, space debris surveillance and tracking is another field of increasing interest. Educational aspects will be also covered.

Thus, the main focus of the workshop will be on the new and existing astronomical facilities whose goal is to observe a wide variety of astrophysical targets with no (or very little) human interaction. As in the past 10 years, we expect the workshop will continue as an international forum for researchers to summarize the most recent developments and ideas in the field, with a special emphasis given to the Technical and Scientific results obtained within the last two years and future developments, with specific sessions on Educational Activities and Space Surveillance and Tracking.

Email: astrorob@iaa.es

Following the tradition of the previous NuSYM symposia, NuSYM2019 is aimed to host synergies between the studies of nuclear structure, of nuclear reactions and of astrophysics, including new exciting ideas and all possible breakthroughs. The nuclear symmetry energy and its density dependence are known to govern to a large extent the physics of nuclear masses and radii, the collective excitations at moderate excitation energies, up to the dynamics and observables of the high-energy heavy-ion collisions that explore regimes characterized by higher densities and isospin asymmetry of nuclear matter, especially, with radioactive beams. Last but not least, the understanding of the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy is of paramount importance in the context of the forefront research related to the astrophysical modelling of the stellar and explosive nucleosynthesis, of supernovae and kilonovae (first observed in the aftermath of GW170817), as well as of the properties of neutron stars and their mergers.

The goal of this meeting is to bring together a focused group of experts (~40, see below) who are actively working on the circumgalactic medium, from both the theoretical and observational perspectives.

One of the challenges of the LSST community is to optimize the scientific return of observations by preparing participants to source separation (i.e. de-blending) for different science cases. The purpose of the workshop is to study in detail the application of the Scarlet pipeline for de-blending sources in different astrophysical contexts of interest for the LSST community.

Email: loc-lsst-scarlet-2019@inaf.it

LSST, Photometry, Scarlet pipeline

IVOA The meeting of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) will take place in DOT on October 11-13, 2019 in Groningen. Please note that registration for IVOA is separate from registration for ADASS. The IVOA maintains an IVOA Interoperability meeting wiki page where you can find up to date information.

The main theme of the conference is to develop the concept of New Zealand as the World’s First Dark Sky Nation. We will do this by bringing together all the numerous groups in Aotearoa who already have dark sky accreditation from the International Dark Sky Association, or who aspire to do so in the near future.

Phone: [+64 3 3484369];     Email: john.hearnshaw@canterbury.ac.nz

Astrotourism, astrophotography, astronomy, lighting technology, artificial light at night, health impact of blue light, environmental impact of blue light, light pollution, LEDs, aesthetics of night sky

From October 21 – 22nd 2019 we will hold the third brown dwarf to exoplanet connection conference on the campus of the University of Delaware. We invite scientists who focus on atmospheres, fundamental parameters, formation mechanisms and beyond of brown dwarfs, exoplanets, and solar system objects to gather for a two day conference. Our aim is to build upon the first two meetings which engaged attendees in lively discussions of the current, future, and overlap status of the fields.

The Mesoamerican Centre for Theoretical Physics (MCTP) and the Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares (ICN-UNAM) are pleased to announce the III Mesoamerican Workshop on Cosmology and Gravity (III-MCTPCosmoGrav) to be held in Mexico City from October 28th to 29th, 2019. The workshop is a short two-day meeting aimed at students in their final bachelor studies, postgraduate students, and researchers already familiar with General Relativity and Cosmology. The main lectures will be complemented with seminars and poster session. In this third edition the invited countries are Scotland and Italy. The main objective of III-MCTPCosmoGrav is to promote discussions centering on the themes of the invited lectures and talks focused on recent developments in areas related to Gravitation and Cosmology, in topics such as: Gravitational Waves (observations and data analysis) and Dark Matter (nature and distribution). This third meeting is designed to bring together experts in different areas of Cosmology and Gravitation in order to complement the specialized education of advanced students and to promote National/Mesoamerican and International collaboration among participants.

Email: celia.escamilla@nucleares.unam.mx

Gravitational waves, Dark Matter

We are happy to announce “Modelling Galaxies: the Synergies of Chemical and Panchromatic Models”, a workshop sponsored by the China-Chile Joint Research Fund through a collaboration program between the University of Antofagasta and the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. It will be held from October 28th to November 1st, 2019 in Antofagasta, Chile.

The TMT Science Forum is the prime opportunity to learn about the Thirty-Meter-Telescope, get an update on its design and construction, discuss its science capabilities, and become involved in shaping the observatory's future.

The 1st IAA-CSIC Severo Ochoa School on Statistics, Data Mining and Machine Learning will be held at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, from Monday 4th to Thursday 7th of November. It is an introductory school oriented at students and researchers of all levels. It is the first of its kind and will be followed by a School on Advanced Data Mining, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Fall 2020.

Gravity drives the evolution of the universe, but the gas dissipative dynamics is a central, yet unsolved, issue in the theory of galaxy formation. Current theories succeed in reproducing the observed mass distribution of galaxies only by introducing powerful stellar and black hole feedback that alleviate the rapid gas cooling and condensation into stars. An emergent alternative is that a large fraction of the gas internal energy is stored in turbulent motions instead of being radiated away and lost. Turbulence however adds a huge level of complexity to the physics of baryonic matter because cosmic turbulence involves magnetic fields and the plasma nature of the gas and because it pervades all the thermal phases from the hottest at more than one million Kelvin to the coldest at about 10 Kelvin in which stars form. The prodigious development of new facilities on the observational side, and the fast increase of computing power on the modeling side are opening up the field, calling for new multi-disciplinary approaches. The meeting will gather astrophysicists, observers and theorists of the local and high-redshift universe, with experts of turbulence and plasma physics to trigger cross-pollination between research fields usually discussed separately.

Phone: [+33679170204];     Email: francois.boulanger@ens.fr

galaxy formation, star formation, interstellar matter, interstellar turbulence, magnetic fields, plasma physics

The Network for Young Researchers in Instrumentation for Astrophysics (NYRIA) is organising its 5th annual workshop from 4th - 8th November 2019 at the faculty of sciences of University of Lisbon, Portugal. NYRIA is an organisation founded and run by PhD students and post-doctoral researchers with the goal to create a network amongst early career researchers in VIS/IR ground based astronomical instrumentation.

The Joint Space-Science Institute (JSI), a partnership between the University of Maryland and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, will be holding the 2019 JSI Workshop on The New Faces of Black Holes, November 11-13, 2019. The workshop will take place at The Hotel Annapolis in Annapolis, Maryland.

As well as exposing participants to VLBI technique and analysis, this workshop also provides an excellent opportunity to identify core items, discuss about the role of Malaysia and future directions in the VLBI community, build up new collaborations among East Asia and worldwide astronomers, and increase the VLBI activities in the region. The format of the workshop will include not only reports but also a series of lectures and several special sessions for discussion and hands-off.

Phone: [+603-79674299];     Email: algaba@um.edu.my

Astronomy, Astrophysics, Radio Astronomy, Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)

Institut Fizik Malaysia (Malaysian Institute of Physics)

The Institut Fizik Malaysia (Malaysian Institute of Physics) is the local host of the 14th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference (APPC14) in November 2019. This is the 14th in the series of APPC organized by the AAPPS. For the 1st time this is organized together with the divisions of Plasma Physics (DPP), Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravity (DACG), Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) and other divisions . The Conference is organized in cooperation with various Physics Departments in Malaysia. The scientific objective of the Conference is to provide a forum for interaction involving world-renowned researchers as to stimulate and enhance interest in Physics around the Asia Pacific region.

The school offers a broad training program including: - the theoretical aspects of the acceleration and propagation of non-thermal particles, - direct and indirect measurements of cosmic rays, - the role of cosmic rays in astrophysics and its place in multi-messenger astronomy and the understanding of dark matter, - two practical sessions on propagation models and their comparison to direct measurements, and data analysis with the future Cherenkov Telescope Array.

The school is aimed primarily at students and young researchers wishing to build or perfect their knowledge of cosmic rays. Financial support is available for PhD students and CNRS staff can benefit from a support for the stay.

Phone: [+33 4 91269519];     Email: triay@cpt.univ-mrs.fr

Physics of acceleration and transport — Direct measures — Indirect measures — Cosmic rays and interstellar medium — Cosmic rays and dark matter

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Courses and Events for Physics Students

The school/workshop is an event of the APCTP cooperative external activity program. The main purpose is to provide a good opportunity for young scientists, master and PhD students coming from universities and institutes in the Asia-Pacific region to develop regional exchange activities, mutual understanding and cooperation, as well as stimulate scientific training and education.

Phone: [886-2-27898386];     Email: samcy@phys.sinica.edu.tw

The 2019 TeV Particle Astrophysics conference (TeVPA 2019) will be hosted by the University of Sydney from December 2 to December 6, 2019, at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub, located on the University's Camperdown Campus. TeVPA 2019 aims to bring together leading scientists in the field to discuss the latest results and ideas, and prospects for progress in Astroparticle Physics. The conference will feature invited plenary talks covering the topics of recent interest. A number of parallel and poster sessions will provide an opportunity for junior scientists to present their work.

Email: tevpa.conference@sydney.edu.au

cosmic rays, cosmology, dark matter, extragalactic sources, galactic sources, gravitational waves and followup, neutrinos, particle physics.

Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, USA

The coming decade of astrophysics and cosmology will be driven by a large number of missions which will explore the cosmos observing the sky through e.g. electromagnetic waves, cosmic and gamma rays, gravitational waves and neutrinos. This will make possible a multi-messenger approach, capitalizing on multiple probes that capture phenomena of the Universe in different observational channels over a large range of redshifts and will open the opportunity to study the synergies between different experiments.

The conference will bring researchers working on theoretical aspects, statistical methods and observational cosmology and will discuss the new directions of fundamental physics and cosmological mysteries which can be addressed from these multi-messenger multi-frequency probes. Along with probing the fundamental aspect of gravity, nature of dark energy, properties of dark matter, primordial gravitational waves, neutrino masses and hierarchy, next-generation missions will also be powerful probes to learn about the astrophysical aspects such as the population of black holes, properties of first stars, reionization history of the Universe, galaxy evolution and the interplay between cosmological and astrophysical effects. The meeting will also discuss future statistical tools and machine learning techniques which will be required to make robust measurements from the data which will be available from the upcoming missions on astrophysical gravitational waves, cosmic microwave background, large scale structure, line intensity mapping, supernovae and many others.

Cosmic microwave background, gravitational waves, large scale structure, line intensity mapping, standard candles.

The School will cover topics relevant to theoretical and observational cosmology. The aim is to bring together observation and theory: "Theory for Observers & Observations for Theorists". The School is addressed to advanced masters students, graduate students enrolled in a PhD program, and postdocs. The School takes place in the ski resort Passo del Tonale (Italy) 9-13 December 2019. A limited amount of financial help to attend the School is available (see registration page).

Neutrino Cosmology, Non-linear perturbation theory, Testing dark energy with current and future observations, CMB polarisation and spectral distortions.

Non-vanishing neutrino masses and the existence of non-baryonic Dark Matter (DM) represent the only two firm observational evidences of new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). Proposed neutrino species can also in principle constitute the bulk of the dark matter. They may moreover leave different signatures on astrophysical scales than the hitherto standard WIMP-based cold dark matter. As the parameter space for the latter is increasingly constrained experimentally, such alternates become more relevant, along with others such as the lately topical ultra-light axions.

The NDM-2020 aims to be a forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas regarding the particle phenomenology, astrophysical signatures and experimental constraints related to those two fundamental and actively studied issues in particle and astroparticle physics, namely neutrinos and dark matter, and their possible connections.

The Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP), Zewail City of Science and Technology. cfp@zewailcity.edu.eg

Neutrinos masses and mixing, Neutrinos and cosmology, Heavy neutrinos, Sterile neutrinos, Neutrino oscillation experiments, Neutrinoless double beta decay experiments, New ideas on lepton number conservation, WIMP phenomenology, Light DM, Direct detection of DM, Indirect detection of DM and DM searches at the LHC.

We are pleased to announce the 2020 Sun-Climate Symposium, which is sponsored by the Sun-Climate Research Center, a joint venture between NASA GSFC and LASP at the University of Colorado. The format for this symposium consists of invited and contributed oral and poster presentations in several themed sessions. We encourage your participation and hope that you will share this announcement with colleagues.

Geophysics and Geology,    Meteorology and Climate Change

This conference will bring together experts in cosmology, particle physics, and fundamental theory to address how and when the universe thermalizes following inflation, and the associated particle physics and dark matter phenomenology. Important topics that will be covered include hidden sector model building in the LHC era, thermalization of the universe following inflation, possibilities of post-inflation cosmic history prior to nucleosynthesis, and associated experimental signatures. The conference aims to attract researchers in different areas to develop new directions in model building and establish new experimental paths for probing early universe cosmology and dark matter phenomenology.

Mathematical Physics,    High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

The objective of this workshop is to explore the challenges in making international multi-messenger collaborations function and to draft a white paper with recommended best practice. If this is to succeed it will require the active participation of the major projects and observatories around the world.

This international conference is part of a series of conferences that have been dedicated to the topic of Cosmic Flows over the last two decades: most recently 2012 in Queensland, Australia, 2013 in Marseille, France and 2016 in Quy Nhon, Vietnam.

To share state-of-the-art research on dust delivered to Earth and its parent bodies in a multidisciplinary approach of planetary science and astronomy in light of the DESTINY+ mission

Flyby observations and related sciences, Onboard instruments with a special emphasis on cameras

NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)

Astrostatistics is developing fast as astronomy is confronted to huge volumes of data. This constitutes undoubtly a new era through a move from object- to data-driven astrophysics. We can distinguish two types of challenges: the first one is related to the exploration of the data space and the second one is the physical interpretation of the results of this exploration. Astrostatistics cannot be reduced to the technical issues brought by methods and algorithms required to analyse the data. Despite these tools are not part of the cursus of astronomers, things are changing rapidly through schools, training sessions, collaborations with experts (statisticians) as well as developments of specific tools adapted to astronomical data. The use of new techniques pervades the astronomical literature. To convince more and more astronomers to switch to this new approach to do science, it is important to demonstrate the relevance of astrostatistics results.

Phone: [+39-049-8278233];     Email: mauro.donofrio@unipd.it

The two Fermi instruments have been surveying the high-energy sky since August 2008. The Large Area Telescope (LAT) has discovered more than a thousand new sources and many new source classes, bringing the importance of gamma-ray astrophysics to an ever-broadening community.

The interplay between ubiquitous dust, ice and gas in space knits an interesting tale from collapsing interstellar clouds to the formation of new stars, planets, moons and comets. Along this path, the formation of complex organic molecules necessary to construct the building blocks of life brings us a step closer to the understanding of the evolution of life. The advancement in the understanding of these vast intricacies of space lies in the development of varied laboratory techniques and astrophysical modelling in close connection with space exploration and astronomical observations. We are living a very exciting time at the interplay between current and future missions/facilities. Return of extra-terrestrial samples is one of the drivers of these missions (e.g. Hayabusa 2, OSIRIS-Rex) together with a more and more detailed exploration of the Solar System planets, moons and other bodies (e.g. Martian rovers ExoMars and Mars 2020, BepiColumbo for Mercury, the future JUICE and Europa Clipper missions for Jupiter and its moon Europa). From the astronomical side, new perspectives arise from progress in high angular resolution observations from the optical/infrared (VLT and the coming JWST and ELT) to the sub-mm/mm range (ALMA, NOEMA) to the mid-radio frequencies (SKA) together with a better coverage of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. ATHENA for X-rays) and the discovery of new exo-worlds (e.g. PLATO, ARIEL). The ECLA 2020 conference will provide the opportunity for interdisciplinary exchanges between scientists active in different research fields, which range from astronomy to geology and from chemistry to instrumentation. These interactions will foster collaborations that will result in better scientific exploitation of missions/facilities in planetology and astronomy in relation with the major questions on our origins.

Email: vito.mennella@inaf.it

As general structure for the programme, we aim at discussing probes of cosmic expansion, tests of structure growth and at understanding the implications of combining them. Different competing theoretical scenarios, both of the “modified matter” and “modified gravity” kinds, will be compared against each another. Both the theoretical and experimental/observational viewpoints will be represented and discussed.

This conference will synthesize recent observational discoveries of massive star clusters in nearby galaxies and the high-redshift universe. It will connect the observations to theoretical modeling of galaxy formation on large scales and star formation on small scales. The topics for discussion will include the efficiency of star cluster formation as a function of environment, and the origins of the cluster age and metallicity distributions. The meeting will aim to highlight the similarities and differences in star formation in low-redshift and high-redshift galaxies.

The magnetized Galactic interstellar medium has become a main hindrance in the analysis of cosmological data. Galactic foregrounds are an issue in different observational contexts for the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the HI 21cm signal from the epoch of reionization (EoR), line intensity mapping and lensing surveys. Galactic magnetic fields also upset the identification of sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and the measurement of extragalactic magnetic fields. In each context, cosmology is tied to Galactic astrophysics, and from a methodological point of view, to mathematics, because novel methods are required to model and reproduce the statistical properties of Galactic foregrounds and account for their complexity in the statistical inference of cosmological parameters. The meeting aims at bringing together scientists from Cosmology, Galactic Astrophysics and Mathematics for cross-fertilization. These three themes will be developed in parallel along the week in the context of CMB, large scale structure, EoR, cosmic magnetism and cosmic-ray science and experiments.

Phone: [+33679170204];     Email: francois.boulanger@ens.fr

Cosmic microwave background, Large scale structure, Cosmic magnetism, Galactic astrophysics, Interstellar matter, Computational cosmology, component separation methods

The Transient High-Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS) is a space mission concept currently under Phase A study by the European Space Agency (ESA) as candidate M5 mission, in view of a launch opportunity in 2032.

This programme will bring together experts with complementary expertise in observation, theory, solar system and extrasolar planets to assess the current status of planet formation models, highlight problems in each formation stage, and explore the possibility of developing comprehensive models that can be applied to different planetary systems.

The LSST project is moving forward in the construction phase, and activities in the LSST Science Collaborations (Solar System; Stars, the Milky Way and Local Volume; Transients and Variable Stars; Galaxies; AGN; Strong Lensing; Dark Energy and Informatics and Statistics) are vibrant and involve a significant European participation.

The ICSLS (InternationaI Conference on Spectral Line Shapes) bi-annual conference series started in Paris, France in 1973, and it is held alternating European and North-American locations. The last three editions were held in Tullahoma, Tennessee, USA (2014), Torun, Poland (2016) and Dublin, Ireland (2018). The 25th ICSLS conference is organized by the Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. It will be held inside the wonderful Monumental Complex of Belvedere di San Leucio, in Caserta (Italy). Also known as Ferdinandopoli, its construction is due to king Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, who wished to create a small village around the silk factory, in the eighteenth century. The ICSLS 2020 conference covers a broad range of topics related to spectral line shape studies, including: line shapes of atomic and molecular transitions in neutral gaseous mixtures, fundamental metrology, single and multi-photoionisation processes, high and low temperature plasmas, clusters and helium droplets, nanophotonic processes, spectroscopy of stellar atmospheres and interstellar media, spectroscopy of planetary atmospheres and exoplanets, cold atoms and molecules, collision-induced spectra, processes in laser fields, innovative techniques of line shape applications for diagnostic purposes and fundamental studies with narrow optical resonances, along with applications in e.g., industrial, environmental, medical and all other potential domains of interest. The conference will include a mix of invited lectures, contributed talks and poster presentations.

Phone: [+390823274632];     Email: livio.gianfrani@unicampania.it

Atomic and molecular spectra, spectral lineshapes, fundamental metrology, astronomical spectroscopy, spectroscopy of planetary atmospheres, collision-induced spectra

Atomic and Molecular Physics,    Plasma and Gas-discharge Physics, Nuclear Fusion

Email: benoit.commercon@ans-lyon.fr

star formation, protostellar disk, Initial Mass Function, Star formation Rate, feedback, galactic evolution

Scientific topics will range from the origin of galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays to the physics and astrophysics of compact objects (Pulsars, Microquasars, AGN) and their relativistic outflows, as well as to cosmological issues related to Dark Matter, Intergalactic radiation and magnetic fields, and topics relevant to fundamental physics.

We will organize an international conference with the main focus on hot stars showing effects of the presence of circumstellar material such asspectral line emission, excess radiation in the visual and infrared regions, stellar spectrum veiling, nebulocities, brightness and spectrum variations. The classes of object include pre-main-sequence Herbig Ae/Be stars, Be stars, objects with the B[e] phenomenon, hot supergiants, Wolf-Rayet stars, Luminous Blue Variables, and planetary nebulae.

Theoretical aspects of applied mathematical research on nonlinear waves and coherent structures are relevant to subjects as diverse as general relativity, high-energy particle and plasma physics, fluid and solid mechanics, nonlinear electrical circuits, Bose-Einstein condensation, nonlinear optics, random media, atmosphere and ocean dynamics, chemical reactions, and biology. Remarkable agreement between theory and experiments can be claimed in many of these fields. The goals of the conference are to provide a forum for the development of mathematical methods and tools, to foster cross-fertilization among different fields of application, and most crucially to enable communication between the mathematicians who build the theory and the scientists who use it. The conference program will consist of presentations on subjects ranging from basic mathematical research to concrete applications.

The Symposium will bring together solar and stellar physicists investigating the dynamics of convection zones and lower atmospheres. It will be dedicated to observational and theoretical aspects of the hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics of the solar and stellar convection zones and lower atmospheres, both global and local, with the inclusion of numerical simulations as a particular branch of theoretical research.

Email: iaus365@sinp.msu.ru

Convection (solar – on different scales – and stellar), Differential rotation and meridional circulation (both solar and stellar), Global dynamo (in the Sun and stars; solar-cycle observed patterns and predictions), Helioseismology and asteroseismology (both global and local; probing subsurface structure and dynamics), Local processes of magnetic-flux emergence, sunspot and starspot formation (observed patterns of sunspot evolution, small-scale motions, local dynamo)

The event is the ninth in a series of meetings gathering scientists working on astroparticle physics, cosmology, gravitation, nuclear physics, and related fields. As in previous years, the IWARA2020 meeting sessions will consist of invited and contributed talks, poster sessions.

Phone: [+52 1 55 2736 3988];     Email: hess@nucleares.unam.mx

IWARA2020 will cover recent developments in the following topics: New phenomena and new states of matter in the Universe, General relativity, gravitation, cosmology, New directions for general relativity: past, present and future of general relativity, FRW cosmologies, Cosmic microwave background radiation, First stars, hypernovae, and faint supernovae in the early Universe, Quantum gravity and quantum cosmology, Gravity and the unification of fundamental interactions, Supersymmetry and Inflation, String theory, White dwarfs, neutron stars and pulsars, Black hole physics and astrophysics, Gamma-ray emission in the Universe, High energy cosmic rays, Gravitational waves, Dark energy and dark matter, Strange matter and strange stars, Antimatter in the Universe, High-energy cosmic neutrinos, Blazars, Quantum chromodynamics, nuclear and particle physics and new states of matter in the Universe, Heavy ion collisions and the formation of the quark-gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions and in the first instants of the Universe, Strong magnetic fields in the Universe, strong magnetic fields in compact stars and in galaxies, ultra-strong magnetic fields in neutron star mergers, quark stars and magnetars, strong magnetic fields and the cosmic microwave background, Laboratories, observatories, telescopes and other experimental and observational facilities that will define the future directions of astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, nuclear and astroparticle physics as well as the future of physics at the energy frontiers, and topics related to these.

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Nuclear Physics

For decades scientific researchers have wondered how the solar system formed and evolved. This active field of research is populated with cosmochemists, planetary scientists, geologists, geophysicists and astronomers, among others, who all try to unravel what happened over 4.5 billion years ago. Yet despite all these international efforts the nature of the formation and evolution of the young solar system and the proclivity of the terrestrial planets to support a (long-term) biosphere remains obscure. It makes sense at this time to synthesis what we know, highlight key points of agreement and contention, and to provide recommendations for scientific progress.

This kick-off workshop will seek to provide an overview of both the state-of-the-art and open challenges drawing from multiple themes (theory, analysis of the equations, computation, and data analysis) within the broad context of Einstein's general relativity theory.

A conference to gather an overview of the status and future prospects of astrophysics and cosmology with a multimessanger approach. The conference will feature only plenary sessions on the following topics: astrophysics with electromagnetic waves, astrophysics with gravitational waves, astroparticle physics and neutrino astrophysics, nuclear astrophysics, cosmology.

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) can be viewed as an atmosphere that surrounds a galaxy and sustains star formation within it. Much of what we know about the CGM has come from absorption-line spectroscopy, mainly in the UV band, of gas at temperatures below the galaxy's virial temperature. A comparable amount of hotter gas, closer to the virial temperature, may also be present but has been harder to detect. If it is there, then the properties of the cooler clouds and the hotter ambient medium are likely to be complementary, deeply interwoven, and physically complex. It follows that the physics of cosmic rays, magnetic fields, turbulent mixing layers, conductive interfaces, and shocks may then play a leading role in setting the fate of the multiphase CGM. This conference will examine the evidence for a virial-temperature component along with the observations capable of revealing its properties and its relationship to the cooler components. Probes that complement UV absorption-line observations will be emphasized, including X-ray emission and absorption, UV and optical emission, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich probes, Fast Radio Bursts, and signposts of non-thermal particle acceleration.

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

Astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic all-sky surveys provide the first complete, unbiased view of the Galactic population of the most abundant type of stellar remnants: white dwarfs. This wealth of observational data provides an array of opportunities to use white dwarfs as probes of a wide range of astrophysics, including the formation and evolution of stars and planets, the star formation rate of the Galaxy, and the populations of low-frequency gravitational wave sources and progenitors of thermonuclear supernovae. These applications require improved models of these electron-degenerate stars, which in turn rely on developments in the relevant input physics, including equations of state and opacities. This conference will provide a joint platform for experts in the observational and theoretical study of white dwarfs, scientists working on the underlying fundamental physics, and astronomers using white dwarfs as diagnostic tools to gain a panoramic overview of the state-of-the-art, to identify remaining limitations of the current models, and to explore novel scientific opportunities arising from the new data.