HIP NEWS November 24th 2014
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 25 November 2014 at 10.15 in A315
Ushoshi Maitra (HRI, India)
Status of additional scalar states at the LHC

Abstract: In this talk I’m going to explore a scenario where along with the observed scalar at 125 GeV we can still accommodate an additional scalar. I’ll be focusing on the scalar called radion, which is an artifact of stabilizing the moduli of Randall Sundrum model. I’ll also consider the mixing of radion with Higgs. I’ll show that this observed scalar cannot be an unmixed radion however, it can still be a mixed Higgs with mixed radion nearby. I’ll also discuss a search strategy that can be used to discover a very light radion at the LHC (1410.0396).

Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston avoimet koulutukset
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Tiedonhankinnan peruskurssi ma 24.11., RefWorks-viitteidenhallinnan koulutus to 27.11
Kumpulan kampuskirjaston koulutusilmoittautumislomake https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/12345/lomake.html

OPEN POSITIONS:
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Experimental particle physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95216

Space physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95215

Experimental Aerosol physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95214

Senior lecturer positions open in Jyväskylä:
Senior lecturer in theoretical particle physics, in the field of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions:
http://www.saimanet.com/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=13&id=0000491&lang=fi

Senior lecturer in cosmology:
http://www.saimanet.com/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=13&id=0000494&lang=fi

Fortcoming training for new international employees
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10.12.2014 Welcome Breakfast
More info on Henkka:
www.helsinki.fi/trainingcalendar

Visitors
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U. Maitra 15.11. – 23.12. (KH)

HIP NEWS November 18th 2014
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COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday 19 November at 14:15 in A315
David Weir (University of Stavanger)
TBA

Grants and scholarships available for undergraduates
– application time 30.10. – 19.11.2014
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More information https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/students/HY329294

OPEN POSITIONS:
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Experimental particle physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95216

Space physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95215

Experimental Aerosol physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95214

Senior lecturer positions open in Jyväskylä:
Senior lecturer in theoretical particle physics, in the field of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions:
http://www.saimanet.com/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=13&id=0000491&lang=fi

Senior lecturer in cosmology:
http://www.saimanet.com/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=13&id=0000494&lang=fi

Fortcoming training for new international employees
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10.12.2014 Welcome Breakfast
More info on Henkka:
www.helsinki.fi/trainingcalendar

HIP to host a Tekes FiDiPro research project

Among the 12 new FiDiPro research projects, which Tekes have decided to fund, is the “Novel instrumentation for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards” (NINS3)  project hosted by HIP. The FiDiPro – Finland Distinguished Professor  – Programme facilitates bringing highly merited scientists to Finland as visiting professors.
The NINS3 project is led by the FiDiPro Professor Peter Dendooven from the KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology (KVI-CART) at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Dendooven is a world-class expert on novel instrumentation for the detection of ionizing radiation. He will bring in new knowledge not available in Finland on advanced imaging and tomography techniques.

The project will perform top-level research and development in a few well-chosen and nationally important topics in nuclear safety, security and safeguards while strengthening the Finnish industry in this domain by transferring the knowledge gained to companies.
The topics cover tomography of spent nuclear fuel, radiation threat detection and imaging from a distance, and interrogation of unknown objects.
The complementary project partners are HIP, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority STUK, Tampere University of Technology TUT, the FiDiPro, and a consortium of companies in Finland involved in or in need of radiation measurements.

Tekes announcement:

Contact:
Peter Dendooven, KVI-CART, University of Groningen, dendooven [at] kvi.nl
Paula Eerola, HIP, University of Helsinki, paula.eerola [at] helsinki.fi

HIP NEWS November 10th 2014
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OPEN POSITIONS:
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Experimental particle physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95216

Space physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95215

Experimental Aerosol physics (tenure track)
http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=95214

Senior lecturer positions open in Jyväskylä:
Senior lecturer in theoretical particle physics, in the field of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions:
http://www.saimanet.com/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=13&id=0000491&lang=fi

Senior lecturer in cosmology:
http://www.saimanet.com/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=13&id=0000494&lang=fi

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 11 November 2014 at 10.15 in A315
Diego Aristizabal (University of Liege, Belgium)
From neutrino masses to dark matter

Abstract: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2014 at 10.15 in A315
Tomas Brauner (Wien)
Applications of Galilei invariance in condensed matter physics

Abstract: I will discuss two directions of my recent work, connected by the notion of Galilei invariance and both motivated by condensed matter physics phenomena. In the first half of the talk, I will give an introduction to nonrelativistic general coordinate invariance, a concept that appeared in the context of effective field theories for quantum Hall systems. I will explain in detail how a given (not necessarily Galilei-invariant) nonrelativistic field theory can be coupled to background spacetime geometry, and mention possible use of such a construction. The second half of the talk will be devoted to magneto-optical properties of the topological insulator Bi2Se3. Upon a brief introduction to the subject, I will discuss a recent experiment which suggests that, despite being described at low energies by the Dirac equation similarly to graphene, this system features an emergent Galilei symmetry. Only basic knowledge of field theory and differential geometry will be required, and ignorance of condensed matter physics desired.

COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday 12 November at 14:15 in A315
Alkistis Pourtsidou (University of Portsmouth)
TBA

Fortcoming training for new international employees
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10.12.2014 Welcome Breakfast
More info on Henkka:
www.helsinki.fi/trainingcalendar

Visitors
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T. Brauner 10.11. – 14.11. (AV)
A. Pourtsidou 11.11. – 13.11. (KE,SN)
O. Taanila 10.11. – 14.11. (AV)

HIP NEWS November 3rd 2014
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 4 November 2014 at 10.15 in A315
Per Osland (Bergen)
CP violation in the Higgs sector and LHC constraints

Abstract: I will describe CP violation in the Two-Higgs-Doublet model, and how it can be identified experimentally. Also, I will show that in spite of having a Standard-Model-like Higgs particle at the LHC, there could still be room for CP violation. One manifestation is a triple-Z vertex. In this model, this would however be accompanied by some flavour-changing interactions.

COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday 5 November at 14:15 in A315
Cornelis Rampf (University of Portsmouth)
TBA

Fortcoming training for new international employees
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5.11.2014 Finnish Working Culture
10.12.2014 Welcome Breakfast
More info on Henkka:
www.helsinki.fi/trainingcalendar

Visitors
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T. Brauner 10.11. – 15.11. (AV)
A. Pourtsidou 11.11. – 13.11. (KE,SN)
C. Rampf 4.11. – 6.11. (KE,SN)