HIP NEWS, 20 December 2021

Posted on December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 by Tarja Heikkilä

HIP NEWS, 20 December 2021

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 21 December 2021 at 10:15

Karapet Mkrtchyan (Imperial College)

“Democratic formulation for non-linear electrodynamics and manifest electric-magnetic duality”

The Finnish Physics Society MSc thesis prize 2021 call open

The Finnish Physical Society awards an annual prize for an excellent Master’s thesis in the field of physical sciences. The purpose of this prize is to support early career researchers and acknowledge them for the exceptional work.

The call is now open. The deadline is on Monday 10.1.2022 at 23:59.

https://www.fyysikkoseura.fi/language/en/grants-prizes/young-physists-prize/

The Finna.fi search service provides shortcuts to research-based knowledge

The website is intended for anyone who needs information and wants to find new and up-to-date research data. In addition to the general public, it helps students, researchers and the media to find reliable sources of information.

Finnish scientific journals are Finna’s most recent arrivals.

Browse research-based knowledge: finna.fi/researched-knowledge

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/s/77XUG

Astronomy & Astrophysics moves to a Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) model

Astronomy & Astrophysics will adopt a Subscribe-to-open model in 2022. If enough libraries renew their subscriptions, the journal will become open access.

Astronomy & Astrophysics is a community journal which is sponsored by member countries (Finland is a member). Authors from member countries will not have to pay any charges for publishing in the journal.

Official announcement: https://www.aanda.org/2021-press-releases/2350-open-access-transformation-for-astronomy-astrophysics

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation accepts grant applications every day of the year. There are no separate application times.

https://jaes.fi/en/applying-for-donation-2/

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters: Mathematics Fund

There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Olli Martio (olli.martio [at] helsinki.fi).

https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/mathematics-fund.html

(In Finnish) Marjatta ja Eino Kollin Säätiö

Säätiön tehtävänä on tukea tieteellistä sekä soveltavaa tutkimusta ja kehitystyötä myöntämällä apurahoja hankkeiden toteuttajille. Säätiö tarjoaa mahdollisuuksia yksittäisille tutkijoille ja kehittäjille sekä tutkimus-/ kehittäjäryhmille. Haasteena on ruokkia nimenomaan sellaista kehitystä, jolla olisi elinympäristömme kannalta positiivista vaikutusta pitkällä tähtäimellä. Apurahojen hakuaika on jatkuva.

https://www.kollinsaatio.com/

(På svenska) Svenska tekniska vetenskapsakademien i Finland (STV)

Stipendier till stöd för vetenskapen

Akademien utdelar stipendier för verksamhet vars syfte sammanfaller med Akademiens. Stipendier kan beviljas enskild sökande med avlagd akademisk slutexamen. Stipendier kan sökas kontinuerligt under året och beslut görs kvartalsvis.

https://www.stvif.fi/forskarstipendier/

EDUFI Fellowship

The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.

Applicant: a Finnish university department

Who: a doctoral student or a young researcher from outside Finland

Purpose: initial funding for completing a doctoral research project in Finland, completion of a double degree or a study visit on exceptionally compelling reasons

Application deadline: rolling deadline. You should apply for the grant five months before the start of the fellowship.

Duration of fellowship: 3–12 months, visits 3–6 months

https://www.oph.fi/en/development/edufi-fellowship

Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation

Post doc scholarships

Persons who recently have obtained their PhD may apply for a postdoctoral scholarship. The purpose of a postdoctoral scholarship is to enable the grantee to further develop as a researcher. Applicants for a postdoctoral scholarship may also apply for support for research related costs and travel. A separate application for these purposes must be made.

Graduate student scholarships

The graduate student stipend can be awarded for a period of one year or a half year, preferably for the period 1.7. – 31.12. to a student who has been accepted by the university as a doctoral student. The stipend can be awarded conditionally to a student about to graduate.

https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/en/grants/

(In Finnish) Metsämiesten Säätiö

Metsämiesten Säätiö rahoittaa alla olevien painopistealueidensa mukaisia koulutushankkeita, tutkimushankkeita, selvityksiä, kehittämis-, markkinointi- ja viestintähankkeita, opiskelijoiden ulkomaan opintoja ja opintomatkoja sekä opinnäytetöitä. Lisäksi Säätiö tukee painopistealueiden mukaista muuta toimintaa.

Hakuaika: 1.12.2021 – 31.1.2022

https://www.mmsaatio.fi/apurahat/apurahan-hakijalle/apurahat-vuodelle-2022

(In Finnish) Osk. Huttunen Fellowship -apuraha lukuvuodelle 2022–2023 on haettavana.

Osk. Huttusen säätiö ja Cambridgen yliopiston Clare Hall College ovat perustaneet Osk. Huttunen Fellowship -nimisen apurahan.

Lukuvuoden 2022-2023 Fellowship-kauden hakuaika on 1.12.2021-15.1.2022.

http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/fellowship.html

The Post Doc Pool’s Spring Call in January 2022

The Post Doc Pool’s Spring Application Round will be open from 1 January until 31 January 2022.

https://postdocpooli.fi/en/

HIP NEWS, 13 December 2021

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by Tarja Heikkilä

HIP NEWS, 13 December 2021

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 14 December 2021 at 10:15

Jani Kastikainen (Helsinki & APC Paris)

“Quantum Information Geometry of Virasoro States”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

HIP SEMINAR

Thursday 16 December 2021 at 10:15

Oleg Komoltsev (Stavanger)

“How perturbative QCD constrains the Equation of State at Neutron-Star densities”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 21 December 2021 at 14:15

Karapet Mkrtchyan (Imperial College)

“Democratic formulation for non-linear electrodynamics and manifest electric-magnetic duality”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

Nordic HET seminar

Tuesday 14 December 2021 at 14:15

Jakub Vošmera (ETH)

“D-branes in AdS_3 x S^3 x T^4 at k = 1 and their holographic duals”

Abstract: Following the recent work of Eberhardt, Gaberdiel and Gopakumar, exact comparison between various quantities living on the two sides of the AdS/CFT duality has become a possibility. The goal of this talk will be to extend the existing holographic dictionary to include some non-perturbative vacua on both sides. I will start by reviewing the original, purely closed-string setup, giving arguments that string theory on AdS_3 x S^3 x T^4 with minimal k=1 NS-NS flux is exactly dual to the symmetric-product orbifold CFT with the T^4 as the seed. I will then construct various D-branes of this string theory and calculate their associated cylinder amplitudes. We will observe that these amplitudes match with the cylinder correlators of certain boundary states of the dual CFT, thus suggesting a direct correspondence between these boundary conditions. I will also show that the disk amplitudes of these D-branes localise to those points in the worldsheet moduli space where the worldsheet disk holomorphically covers the spacetime disk. This talk is based on https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.05509.

COSMOLOGY SEMINAR

Wednesday 15 December 2021 at 14.15

Luca Visinelli (Shanghai Jiao Tong U.)

“Axion Miniclusters in the Milky Way”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/

Materials Physics zoominar

Friday 17 December 2021 at 14.15

Feliks Kivela

“Probing specific crystal lattice sites with X-ray standing waves ”

Abstract: The crystal structure of magnetite (Fe3O4) involves Fe2+ ions in sites with octahedral (Oh) symmetry and Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions in sites with tetrahedral (Td) symmetry. Magnetite exhibits several interesting physical phenomena that are not yet fully understood, such as the Verwey transition, in which the roles of the different Fe sites are an active subject of research. The X-ray standing wave (XSW) technique uses the combination of an incoming and a Bragg reflected X-ray beam to create a standing X-ray wave inside the crystal. The nodes and antinodes of the radiation field can be tuned to different crystallographic planes. In the dipole approximation, the absorption cross section is proportional to the intensity of the X-ray field, while for quadrupolar terms, it’s proportional to the field’s gradient. Changing the phase of the radiation field thus allows us to selectively vary the contributions of different atoms and absorption types (dipolar vs quadrupolar) to the total absorption spectrum. This will aid in studying the elusive physical properties of magnetite in a site-selective manner.

The Finnish Physics Society MSc thesis prize 2021 call open

The call is now open. The deadline is on Monday 10.1.2022 at 23:59.

https://www.fyysikkoseura.fi/language/en/grants-prizes/young-physists-prize/

(In Finnish) Yliopiston avoimet julkaisukanavat esittäytyvät Helda Open Booksin pikkujouluwebinaarissa

Millaisia maksuttomia julkaisumahdollisuuksia Helsingin yliopiston tutkijoilla, opettajilla ja opiskelijoilla on käytössään? Vastauksia kysymyksiin on tarjolla Helda Open Booksin pikkujouluwebinaarissa torstaina 16.12. kello 14–15. Lue lisää: https://bit.ly/hobwebinaari2021

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation accepts grant applications every day of the year. There are no separate application times.

https://jaes.fi/en/applying-for-donation-2/

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters: Mathematics Fund

There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Olli Martio (olli.martio [at] helsinki.fi).

https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/mathematics-fund.html

(In Finnish) Marjatta ja Eino Kollin Säätiö

https://www.kollinsaatio.com/

(På svenska) Svenska tekniska vetenskapsakademien i Finland (STV)

Stipendier till stöd för vetenskapen

https://www.stvif.fi/forskarstipendier/

EDUFI Fellowship

The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.

Applicant: a Finnish university department

Who: a doctoral student or a young researcher from outside Finland

Purpose: initial funding for completing a doctoral research project in Finland, completion of a double degree or a study visit on exceptionally compelling reasons

Application deadline: rolling deadline. You should apply for the grant five months before the start of the fellowship.

Duration of fellowship: 3–12 months, visits 3–6 months

https://www.oph.fi/en/development/edufi-fellowship

Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation

Post doc scholarships

Graduate student scholarships

https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/en/grants/

The Runar Bäckström Foundation

The aim of the Runar Bäckström foundation is to encourage and support inventions that are beneficial to Finnish businesses and thereby strengthen their global competitiveness. The foundation assigns grants once a year. Individuals, work groups, companies or associations can apply for the grants.

Application period: The application period is open from 1 October to 15 December 2021.

https://runarbackstrominsaatio.fi/en/

(In Finnish) Metsämiesten Säätiö

Hakuaika: 1.12.2021 – 31.1.2022

https://www.mmsaatio.fi/apurahat/apurahan-hakijalle/apurahat-vuodelle-2022

(In Finnish) Osk. Huttunen Fellowship -apuraha lukuvuodelle 2022–2023 on haettavana

Osk. Huttusen säätiö ja Cambridgen yliopiston Clare Hall College ovat perustaneet Osk. Huttunen Fellowship -nimisen apurahan.

Lukuvuoden 2022-2023 Fellowship-kauden hakuaika on 1.12.2021-15.1.2022.

http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/fellowship.html

The Post Doc Pool’s Spring Call in January 2022

The Post Doc Pool’s Spring Application Round will be open from 1 January until 31 January 2022.

https://postdocpooli.fi/en/

HIP NEWS, 7 December 2021

Posted on December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 by Tarja Heikkilä

HIP NEWS, 7 December 2021

NEW HIP BLOG POST (IN FINNISH)

There is a new HIP Blog post out by Mikko Voutilainen on jet physics (in Finnish):

Jetit hiukkasfysiikan eturintamalla.

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 7 December 2021 at 10:15

Francesco Nitti (APC Paris)

“Curved holographic RG flows, quantum phase transitions and AdS vacuum decay”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 14 December 2021 at 10:15

Jani Kastikainen (Helsinki & APC Paris)

“Quantum Information Geometry of Virasoro States”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

HIP SEMINAR

Thursday 16 December 2021 at 10:15

Oleg Komoltsev (Stavanger)

“How perturbative QCD constrains the Equation of State at Neutron-Star densities”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

HIP SEMINAR

Tuesday 21 December 2021 at 14:15

Karapet Mkrtchyan (Imperial College)

“Democratic formulation for non-linear electrodynamics and manifest electric-magnetic duality”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/

COSMOLOGY SEMINAR

Wednesday 8 December 2021 at 10.15

Ariel Megevand (Mar del Plata U.)

“Gravitational waves from bubble walls”

Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/cosmoseminars/

ATMOSPHERIC MATHEMATICS SEMINAR

Wednesday 8 December 2021 at 14 on-line

Christian Webb (University of Helsinki)

“What are fermions and why should probabilists care about them?”

More info https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/mathematical-physics/seminars-and-workshops

Kumpula Physics Colloquium online, Friday 10.12.2021

The next Kumpula Physics Colloquium in the autumn series will take place on Friday (10.12.2021) at 14:15 on the University Zoom meeting:

Our speaker is Hannu Kurki-Suonio, who recently got promoted to Full Professor in our department. The title of his talk is ”Euclid space mission: Is the acceleration of the expansion of the universe caused by dark energy?”. Hannu will tell us about this upcoming cosmology mission and the scientific objectives it aims to address. The talk will last about 30 minutes, after which there will be time for questions.

For more information, please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/

(In Finnish) Yliopiston avoimet julkaisukanavat esittäytyvät Helda Open Booksin pikkujouluwebinaarissa

UniPID Webinar 2021: How to foster responsible and fair global academic partnerships: concepts, good practices, and tools for building collaboration

Date: Thursday 16th of December 2021

Place: Online

Time: 13-15 (UTC+2)

The webinar is organized by the Finnish University Partnership for International Development, UniPID, a network of Finnish universities that aims to advance universities’ global responsibility and to strengthen their response to global challenges. With this event, we aim to contribute to the wider discussions around decolonizing Finland’s partnership with the Global South, especially in the context of academic collaborations. The webinar will be held in English.

The outcomes of this webinar will contribute to the development of training modules and toolkits for HEIs related to ethical considerations of global academic partnerships.

Registration: The event is completely online and is free of charge, registration is required by Wednesday 14^th of December 2021. Link to access the event will be shared on the 15^th of December.

For the programme and more information on the webinar, please visit: https://www.unipid.fi/for-society/events-1/unipid-webinar-2021/

For questions, please contact Meeri Tiensuu, meeri.tiensuu [at] helsinki.fi

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation accepts grant applications every day of the year. There are no separate application times.

https://jaes.fi/en/applying-for-donation-2/

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters: Mathematics Fund

There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Olli Martio (olli.martio (at] helsinki.fi).

https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/mathematics-fund.html

(In Finnish) Marjatta ja Eino Kollin Säätiö

https://www.kollinsaatio.com/

(På svenska) Svenska tekniska vetenskapsakademien i Finland (STV)

Stipendier till stöd för vetenskapen

https://www.stvif.fi/forskarstipendier/

EDUFI Fellowship

The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.

Applicant: a Finnish university department

Who: a doctoral student or a young researcher from outside Finland

Purpose: initial funding for completing a doctoral research project in Finland, completion of a double degree or a study visit on exceptionally compelling reasons

Application deadline: rolling deadline. You should apply for the grant five months before the start of the fellowship.

Duration of fellowship: 3–12 months, visits 3–6 months

https://www.oph.fi/en/development/edufi-fellowship

Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation

Post doc scholarships

Graduate student scholarships

https://www.magnusehrnroothinsaatio.fi/en/grants/

The Runar Bäckström Foundation

Application period: The application period is open from 1 October to 15 December 2021.

https://runarbackstrominsaatio.fi/en/

Young Physicist Prize 2021 (FPS Master’s Thesis Prize)

The call is now open. The deadline is on Monday 10.1.2022 at 23:59.

https://www.fyysikkoseura.fi/language/en/grants-prizes/young-physists-prize/

(In Finnish) Metsämiesten Säätiö

Hakuaika: 1.12.2021 – 31.1.2022

https://www.mmsaatio.fi/apurahat/apurahan-hakijalle/apurahat-vuodelle-2022

(In Finnish) Osk. Huttunen Fellowship -apuraha lukuvuodelle 2022–2023 on haettavana.

Osk. Huttusen säätiö ja Cambridgen yliopiston Clare Hall College ovat perustaneet Osk. Huttunen Fellowship -nimisen apurahan.

Lukuvuoden 2022-2023 Fellowship-kauden hakuaika on 1.12.2021-15.1.2022.

http://www.oskhuttusensaatio.net/fellowship.html

The Post Doc Pool’s Spring Call in January 2022

The Post Doc Pool’s Spring Application Round will be open from 1 January until 31 January 2022.

https://postdocpooli.fi/en/