HIP NEWS March 27th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 28 March 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Brandon DiNunno (Austin)
Relaxation of non-local probes in AdS/CFT

Abstract: I will discuss the late-time evolution of non-local observables in an expanding, boost-invariant strongly coupled plasma via Holography. Focusing on first and second order dissipative Bjorken hydrodynamics, we compute the late-time behavior of two-point functions, Wilson loops and entanglement entropies analytically. We find universal formulae for the relaxation of such probes in conformal field theories with a gravity dual in the limit of infinite coupling. We then generalize our findings to finite coupling by studying Gauss-Bonnet gravity as well as alpha’ corrections.

COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday 29 March 2017 at 14.15 in A315
Thomas Tram (ICG, Portsmouth)
Structure formation under the spell of General Relativity.

Abstract: Upcoming large scale structure surveys will map the structure of the Universe on very large scales where General Relativistic effects become important. In order to take full advantage of upcoming Large Scale Structure datasets, we must be able to make accurate theoretical predictions for all observational scales. This is well known on small scales where the precision of Newtonian N-body codes is constantly being pushed, but it is equally true at large scales. In this talk I will first present numerical and analytic computations of the matter bispectrum generated from Gaussian initial conditions at second order in perturbation theory, and I will then discuss a set of recently discovered methods for including GR effects and radiation in Newtonian N-body simulations.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO CLIPS ON HIP YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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There are new video clips out on HIP Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXaM_Ny_1jVKWt7re-IHcg

Feel free to share, like and click them. Special thanks to the volunteers appearing on the video and to everyone who has contributed.

Visitors
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J. Chuba 4.4. – 7.4. (FM)
P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
B. DiNunno 26.3. – 1.4. (NJ, E K-V)
T. Tram 27.3. – 30.3. (FM)

HIP NEWS March 20th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 21 March 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Blagoje Oblak (ETH, Zürich)
BMS Particles in Three Dimensions

Abstract: In this talk I will sketch the relation between unitary representations of the BMS3 (Bondi-Metzner-Sachs) group and three-dimensional, asymptotically flat gravity. After defining BMS in 3D, I will argue that its unitary representations are classified by orbits of CFT (conformal field theory) stress tensors under conformal transformations. This will provide a natural relation between BMS particles and 3D quantum gravity. I will also show how one can compute BMS characters, which coincide with gravitational one-loop partition functions in thermal 3D flat space.

RESEARCHGUIDES: OPEN ACCESS POP UP
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More information Helsinki University Library http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/oa/eng
Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY362671

PHYSICS DAYS
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Physics Days 2017 – Fysiikan päivät 2017 will be held at the Aalto University Töölö Campus in Helsinki, March 22-24, 2017.
The event is jointly organized by the Finnish Physical Society and Aalto University.
More information in http://fp2017.physics.aalto.fi/

NEW BILATERAL FUNDING PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND FINLAND
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the Institut Français in Helsinki, the Embassy of France in Finland and the French Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research have partnered with the Finnish Society for Science and Letters and the Finnish Academy for Science and Letters in Finland to launch a new seed funding program to initiate and strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, innovation and higher education in fields of excellence.
Application deadline: March, 31st 2017

More information and applications here: http://www.france.fi/uncategorized/events/science-and-universities/new-bilateral-funding-program-for-scientific-cooperation-between-france-and-finland/?lang=en

EXPERIENCING FINLAND EVENT
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Aalto University and University of Helsinki invite the newly arrived international staff and their family members to the next Experiencing Finland event. The event is an opportunity to get some practical hints about forthcoming spring and summer, Finnish people and Finland.
More information: https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY362037

VIDEO CLIPS – HIP AND CERN ROADSHOW IN FINLAND
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There are new video clips out on HIP Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXaM_Ny_1jVKWt7re-IHcg

Feel free to share, like and click them. Special thanks to the volunteers appearing on the video and to everyone who has contributed.

Visitors
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P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
B. Oblak 20.3. – 24.3. (NJ)
T. Tram 27.3. – 30.3. (FM)
Y. Zhu 21.3. – 25.3. (AV)

HIP NEWS March 13th 2017
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ACADEMY PROFESSOR MARKKU KULMALA NEW ACADEMICIAN OF SCIENCE
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Academy professor Markku Kulmala has been awarded the honorary title of Academician of Science. Among his numerous achievements and duties professor Kulmala leads the CLOUD project at HIP.

HIP congratulates professor Kulmala and two other new Academicians: Academy professor Eva-Mari Aro and professor emeritus Ilkka Niiniluoto.

http://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/media/press-releases/2017/title-of-academician-of-science-granted-to-eva-mari-aro-markku-kulmala-and-ilkka-niiniluoto/

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 14 March 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Najmul Haque (Giessen)
Resummed QCD thermodynamics at finite temperature and chemical potential

Abstract: The thermodynamics of QCD at finite temperature and density is of great interest for the heavy ion collision experiments. In this talk I will discuss about the various thermodynamic quantities calculated within Hard thermal Loop approximation at finite temperature and finite chemical potential. I will also discuss about the possible extensions of the current results to make it more reliable in heavy-ion collision experiments.

COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday 15 March 2017 at 14.15 in A315
Jose Beltrán (CPT Marseille)
Dusty inflation in Born-Infeldized gravity.

Abstract: In order to regularize the energy of point-like charged particles, Born and Infeld introduced a modification of the Maxwell Lagrangian that naturally imposes an upper bound on electromagnetic fields. Similar ideas can be applied to gravity to resolve the GR singularities. I will discuss a class of theories based on this scheme and present a scenario where inflation can be supported by a dust component within the context of these theories.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Thursday 16 March 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Risto Paatelainen (Jyväskylä)
Towards higher order accuracy in LCPT

Abstract: Hamiltonian perturbation theory in the light cone form (LCPT) has become a standard tool in understanding hadronic scattering processes within a first principles QCD approach. The calculational inconvenience of LCPT compared to standard covariant perturbation theory is balanced by several features that make its physical interpretation more transparent. Due to the more complicated mathematical structure resulting from the breaking of explicit rotational symmetry, LCPT has never been the formulation of choice for higher order loop calculations. More recently, however, calculations of small-x dilute-dense scattering processes in the Color Glass Condensate (CGC) picture have been approaching the NLO level, for example in the small-x evolution equation and inclusive deep inelastic scattering cross sections. In this talk I will discuss our latest work (T. Lappi, R. Paatelainen arXiv:1611.00497), in which we formulate the LCPT rules in helicity space, independently of the spinor representation. This presents a major technological improvement for loop calculations by replacing the Dirac algebra by simple helicity sums. I also demonstrate how to apply this framework to other LCPT calculations.

New bilateral funding program for scientific cooperation between France and Finland
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the Institut Français in Helsinki, the Embassy of France in Finland and the French Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research have partnered with the Finnish Society for Science and Letters and the Finnish Academy for Science and Letters in Finland to launch a new seed funding program to initiate and strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, innovation and higher education in fields of excellence.
Application deadline: March, 31st 2017

More information and applications here: http://www.france.fi/uncategorized/events/science-and-universities/new-bilateral-funding-program-for-scientific-cooperation-between-france-and-finland/?lang=en

Experiencing Finland Event
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Aalto University and University of Helsinki invite the newly arrived international staff and their family members to the next Experiencing Finland event. The event is an opportunity to get some practical hints about forthcoming spring and summer, Finnish people and Finland.
More information: https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY362037

Visitors
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J. Beltran 14.3. – 16.3. (FM)
P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
N. Haquel 13.3. – 15.3. (AV)
B. Oblak 19.3. – 26.3. (NJ)
R. Paatelainen 15.3. – 17.3. (AV)
T. Tram 27.3. – 30.3. (FM)
Y. Zhu 21.3. – 25.3. (AV)

HIP NEWS March 6th 2017
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COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday 8 March 2017 at 14.15 in A315
Tommi Tenkanen (Queen Mary U. London)
The many faces of the inflaton field.

Abstract: The minimal requirements for every inflationary model are that the inflaton field gives a long enough period of exponential expansion and subsequently reheats the universe, so that thermal equilibrium is attained prior to the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. But could the inflaton be responsible for something else as well, namely the generation of dark matter or the electroweak phase transition? As a representative model example, we study these aspects in a scenario where the inflaton is a real singlet scalar. Requiring the model to describe inflation successfully, be compatible with the LHC data, and yield a) the correct dark matter abundance or b) a strong first order electroweak phase transition, we identify the regions of the parameter space where the model is viable.

New bilateral funding program for scientific cooperation between France and Finland
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the Institut Français in Helsinki, the Embassy of France in Finland and the French Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research have partnered with the Finnish Society for Science and Letters and the Finnish Academy for Science and Letters in Finland to launch a new seed funding program to initiate and strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, innovation and higher education in fields of excellence.

Application deadline: March, 31st 2017

More information and applications here: http://www.france.fi/uncategorized/events/science-and-universities/new-bilateral-funding-program-for-scientific-cooperation-between-france-and-finland/?lang=en

Researchers / Research funding / Tekes
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New knowledge and business from research ideas – call for research funding applications 1/2017

Through the “New knowledge and business from research ideas” application process, Tekes funds projects in which a project team is preparing to commercialise a research idea. Tekes funding will constitute 70% of the eligible costs.

Application period: Thu 15.12.2016 – Thu 09.03.2017

Online services https://www.tekes.fi/en/online-services/

More information https://www.tekes.fi/en/whats-going-on/application-schedules-2017/new-knowledge-and-business-from-research-ideas–call-for-research-funding-applications-12017/

The Maikki Friberg equality award: Suggest a candidate
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The Maikki Friberg Award is granted annually for notable work towards the promotion of equality at the University of Helsinki. All members of the University community may suggest a candidate. Communities and units may also propose themselves for the award.

Submit your suggestions by 10th March 2017.

Instructions can be found in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360853

Experiencing Finland Event
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Aalto University and University of Helsinki invite the newly arrived international staff and their family members to the next Experiencing Finland event. The event is an opportunity to get some practical hints about forthcoming spring and summer, Finnish people and Finland.
More information: https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY362037

Visitors
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P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
N. Haquel 12.3. – 14.3. (AV)
B. Oblak 19.3. – 26.3. (NJ)
T. Tenkanen 3.3. – 10.3. (FM).
T. Tram 27.3. – 30.3. (FM)
Y. Zhu 21.3. – 25.3. (AV)

HIP NEWS February 27th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Monday 27 February 2017 at 14.15 in E206
Nora Brambilla (TU München)
Quarkonium with Effective field theories

Abstract: Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the sector of the Standard Model of particle physics that describes the strong interaction, deceptively simple to formulate but notoriously difficult to solve. Heavy quarkonium is a multiscale system that probes the different energy regimes of QCD, from the high-energy region, where an expansion in the coupling constant is possible and precision studies may be done, to the low-energy region, dominated by confinement and the many manifestations of the nonperturbative strong dynamics. Properties of production and absorption of quarkonium in a medium are also crucial for the study of QCD at high density and temperature. On the theoretical side, the construction of new nonrelativistic effective field theories for quarkonium has recently revolutionized the field providing both a conceptual framework and a powerful calculational tool. On the experimental side, the diversity, quantity and accuracy of the data collected in the last few years at B and tau-charm factories and at RHIC and LHC experiments is impressive, featuring the observation of new states and new unexpected processes. I will discuss these theoretical and experimental advancements and their implications for our understanding of strong interactions.

Tuesday 28 February 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Antonio Vairo (TU München)
Heavy Majorana neutrino production and decay in the hot early universe

Abstract: We compute thermal corrections to the production rate and CP asymmetry of heavy Majorana neutrinos in leptogenesis models of the early universe. We consider temperatures larger than the electroweak scale but smaller than the neutrino masses so that the computation may be performed in a non-relativistic effective field theory framework. We discuss different arrangements of the Majorana neutrino masses.

COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday 1 March 2017 at 14.15 in A315
Alexandre Barreira (MPA Garching)
Observational signatures of non-GR theories of gravity in cosmology.

Abstract: In this talk, I will use cosmological simulations to look into a few of the imprints that departures from GR can leave on cosmological observables. By using the simulation results we can construct controlled galaxy mock catalogues, which we can/should use to validate current data analysis methods, as well as to investigate the merits of new ways to constrain gravity. Specifically, I will test the validity of current redshift space distortion analysis pipelines in estimating the growth rate of structure in non-GR cosmologies. I will also show how departures from GR affect the lensing signal along underdense lines-of-sight (called troughs), for which the Dark Energy Survey has already provided the first measurements.

GRANTS FOR UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI RESEARCHERS
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Grants for three-year research projects for funding period 2018–2020 are intended for promising researchers of the University of Helsinki. The funding is aimed to support future research leaders who are starting to conduct independent research and establishing a research group at the University of Helsinki.

The deadline for letters of intent is Tuesday, 28 February 2017 at 3:00 pm.
More information and application instructions: https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360971

Visitors
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A. Barreira 28.2. – 3.3. (FM)
N Brambilla 26.2. – 28.2. (AV)
P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
A. Vairo 26.2. – 28.2. (AV)

HIP NEWS February 20th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 21 February 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Anupam Mazumdar (Lancaster)
Infinite derivative ghost free and singularity free theory of gravity

Abstract: I will discuss how to construct ghost free and singularity free theory of gravity which can also ameliorate quantum aspects of ultraviolet gravity.

COSMO-Seminar
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Wednesday 22 February 2017 at 14.15 in A315
22.02.2017 Ruth Durrer (University of Geneva)
TBA

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Thursday 23 February 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Jorma Louko (Nottingham)
Waiting for Unruh

Abstract: How long does a uniformly accelerated observer need to interact with a quantum field in order to record thermality in the Unruh temperature? In the limit of large excitation energy, the answer turns out to be sensitive to whether (i) the switch-on and switch-off periods are stretched proportionally to the total interaction time T, or whether (ii) T grows by stretching a plateau in which the interaction remains at constant strength but keeping the switch-on and switch-off intervals of fixed duration. For a pointlike Unruh-DeWitt detector, coupled linearly to a massless scalar field in four spacetime dimensions and treated within first order perturbation theory, we show that letting T grow polynomially in the detector’s energy gap E suffices in case (i) but not in case (ii), under mild technical conditions. These results limit the utility of the large E regime as a probe of thermality in time-dependent versions of the Hawking and Unruh effects, such as an observer falling into a radiating black hole. They may also have implications on the design of prospective experimental tests of the Unruh effect. Based on arXiv:1605.01316.

LUT HONORARY DOCTORATE TO PAULA EEROLA
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Professor Paula Eerola will receive Lappeenranta University of Technology’s (LUT) honorary doctorate in technology. LUT’s new honorary doctors include also other notable figures. The conferment ceremony will be held in Lappeenranta on June 2017.

http://www.lut.fi/web/en/news/-/asset_publisher/lGh4SAywhcPu/content/lut-s-new-honorary-doctors-include-academic-scholars-business-leaders-and-mythbuster-jamie-hyneman

University’s own funding: Grants for three-year research projects for 2018-2020 / application period February 14-28, 2017
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The application period for grants for three-year research projects for funding period 2018-2020 began on 14 February 2017. More information and application instructions here: https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360971

The dead line for letters of intent is Tuesday, 28 February 2017 at 3:00 pm.

Regards,
Nina Saris, PhD
Senior Adviser in Research Administration

hy-threeyeargrants@helsinki.fi

Researchers / Research funding / Tekes
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New knowledge and business from research ideas – call for research funding applications 1/2017
Through the “New knowledge and business from research ideas” application process, Tekes funds projects in which a project team is preparing to commercialise a research idea. Tekes funding will constitute 70% of the eligible costs.

Application period: Thu 15.12.2016 – Thu 09.03.2017

Online services https://www.tekes.fi/en/online-services/
More information https://www.tekes.fi/en/whats-going-on/application-schedules-2017/new-knowledge-and-business-from-research-ideas–call-for-research-funding-applications-12017/

Tekes / New business from digitalization
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Call for applications aimed at research organisations and companies – New business from digitalization.
Application period: Tue 17.01.2017 – Thu 30.03.2017

This call is directed at joint projects between companies and research organisations, as well as multidisciplinary, networked projects between research organisations and the business community, grouped around the theme of digitalisation. The aim is to speed up the efficient utilisation of new knowledge and thereby boost the competitiveness of Finnish industry.

https://www.tekes.fi/en/whats-going-on/application-schedules-2017/call-for-applications-aimed-at-research-organisations-and-companies–new-business-from-digitalisation/

Visitors
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Barreira 28.2. – 3.3. (FM)
N Brambilla 26.2. – 28.2. (AV)
Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
Durrer 22.2. – 23.2. (FM)
Louko 22.2. – 27.2. (E K-V, KJ)
Mazumdar 21.2. – 23.2. (FM)
A. Vairo 26.2. – 28.2. (AV)

HIP NEWS February 13th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 14 February 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Blaise Goutéraux (Nordita)
Bad Metals from Density Waves

Abstract: So-called ‘bad metals’ present a long-standing conundrum to theory. In particular, their electric resistivity is too high to be accounted for by weakly coupled quasiparticles as in conventional metals. In this talk, I will present a theory of hydrodynamic transport with spontaneous translation symmetry breaking, applicable to density waves and Wigner crystals, which have been detected in regions in close proximity to the bad metallic regime. I will argue that melting of these states by proliferating defects allows to reproduce bad metallic phenomenology and suggests that quantum fluctuations play an important role. I’ll conclude by mentioning how gauge/gravity duality can be used to efficiently perform calculations in the quantum critical regime.

CERN Roadshow in Finland
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6 April 2017 @ Aalto Design Factory

CERN Roadshow in Finland is an all-day event on the 6th of April 2017, organised by Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) and CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The event brings CERN and HIP management, and experts of CERN procurement, knowledge transfer and human resources to Aalto University Design Factory in Otaniemi. The event is targeted to potential CERN business and R&D&I partners, career service professionals, and Finnish stakeholders for CERN relations and strategies.

Event will also be streamed online. For more information, visit the event website https://events.hip.fi/cernroadshowinfinland/

Visitors
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P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
B. Goutéraux 13.2. – 14.2. (NJ)
R. Durrer 22.2. – 23.2. (FM)
A. Mazumdar 21.2. – 22.2. (FM)

HIP NEWS February 6th 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Thursday 9 February 2017 at 10.15 in A315
Timo Alho (Reykjavik)
Monopole correlation functions and holographic phases of matter in 2+1 dimensions

Abstract: The strong coupling dynamics of a 2+1 dimensional U(1) gauge theory coupled to charged matter can be holographically modeled via a top-down construction with intersecting D3- and D5-branes. I will talk about our recent paper 1607.04059, where we calculate the correlation functions of monopole operators, dual to magnetically charged particles in the bulk theory, in such a model. We explore the resulting phase diagram when the model is taken to a finite temperature and charge density.

J.V. Snellman Award: Nominate your candidate
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Suggestions for the recipient of the J.V. Snellman Public Information Award are invited from the University community. More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360676

Visitors
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P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
R. Durrer 22.2. – 23.2. (FM)
A. Mazumdar 21.2. – 22.2. (FM)

HIP NEWS January 30th 2017
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COSMO-seminar
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Wednesday 1 February 2017 at 14.15 in A315
Guillermo Ballesteros (IPhT, Saclay)
TBA

J.V. Snellman Award: Nominate your candidate
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Suggestions for the recipient of the J.V. Snellman Public Information Award are invited from the University community. More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360676

The Maikki Friberg equality award: Suggest a candidate
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The Maikki Friberg Award is granted annually for notable work towards the promotion of equality at the University of Helsinki. Instructions can be found in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360853

Annual reporting on research
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Remember to update your research activities on TUHAT database. Pay attention to information which is not centrally collected, especially international mobility and other publications than refereed journal articles. The library collects information on refereed journal articles and it will be checked in preparing the HIP Annual Report.

Reporting is requested by January 31, 2017.
More instructions in Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/reporting

In January 2017, offered support and TUHATin ORCIDin use
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On line: The sessions will be held at https://connect.funet.fi/tuhat.
Online guide http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/tuhat
More instructions in Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360190

Funding opportunities
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Emil Aaltosen säätiö. Vuorineuvos Emil Aaltosen vuonna 1937 perustama Emil Aaltosen Säätiö tukee suomenkielisten tutkijoiden luovaa tieteellistä tutkimustyötä myöntämällä apurahoja.
Apurahojen hakuaika on vuosittain 15.1. – 15.2.2017. Lisätietoja: http://www.emilaaltonen.fi/

University of Helsinki Funds.
The application time for the year 2017 is 24.1.2017 – 9.2.2017.
More information https://www.helsinki.fi/en/studying/during-your-studies/apply-for-a-grant

Researchers / Research funding / Tekes
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New knowledge and business from research ideas – call for research funding applications 1/2017
Through the “New knowledge and business from research ideas” application process, Tekes funds projects in which a project team is preparing to commercialise a research idea. Tekes funding will constitute 70% of the eligible costs.

Application period: Thu 15.12.2016 – Thu 09.03.2017

Online services https://www.tekes.fi/en/online-services/

More information https://www.tekes.fi/en/whats-going-on/application-schedules-2017/new-knowledge-and-business-from-research-ideas–call-for-research-funding-applications-12017/

Visitors
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G. Ballesteros 30.1. – 3.2. (FM)
P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
T. Takahashi 28.1. – 4.2. (KE)

HIP NEWS January 23rd 2017
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COSMO-seminar
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Wednesday 25 January 2017 at 14.15 in A315
Massimiliano Rinaldi (University of Trento)
The scale-invariant inflationary Universe.

Cosmological observations seem to reveal that the Universe evolved through a highly symmetric state during its inflationary phase. One possibility is that the inflationary Universe is fundamentally scale-invariant. In this talk, I will entertain the idea that the inflationary Universe is indeed described by a classically and manifestly scale-invariant scalar-tensor theory of gravitation. As I will show, there are ways to naturally break the symmetry and to generate physical fundamental masses. I will also show how these theories can be connected to other popular models, such as \alpha-attractors and Higgs inflation.

Annual reporting on research
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Remember to update your research activities on TUHAT database. Pay attention to information which is not centrally collected, especially international mobility and other publications than refereed journal articles. The library collects information on refereed journal articles and it will be checked in preparing the HIP Annual Report.

Reporting is requested by January 31, 2017.
More instructions in Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/reporting

In January 2017, offered support and TUHATin ORCIDin use
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More instructions in Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360190

International training for new staff
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Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY360583

Funding opportunities
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Emil Aaltosen säätiö. Vuorineuvos Emil Aaltosen vuonna 1937 perustama Emil Aaltosen Säätiö tukee suomenkielisten tutkijoiden luovaa tieteellistä tutkimustyötä myöntämällä apurahoja.
Apurahojen hakuaika on vuosittain 15.1. – 15.2.2017. Lisätietoja: http://www.emilaaltonen.fi/

University of Helsinki Funds.
The application time for the year 2017 is 24.1.2017 – 9.2.2017.
More information https://www.helsinki.fi/en/studying/during-your-studies/apply-for-a-grant

Researchers / Research funding / Tekes
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New knowledge and business from research ideas – call for research funding applications 1/2017
Through the “New knowledge and business from research ideas” application process, Tekes funds projects in which a project team is preparing to commercialise a research idea. Tekes funding will constitute 70% of the eligible costs.

Application period: Thu 15.12.2016 – Thu 09.03.2017

Online services https://www.tekes.fi/en/online-services/

More information https://www.tekes.fi/en/whats-going-on/application-schedules-2017/new-knowledge-and-business-from-research-ideas–call-for-research-funding-applications-12017/

Visitors
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P. Dendooven 7.2. – 7.4.
M. Rinaldi 23.1. – 27.1. (FM)
T. Takahashi 28.1. – 4.2. (KE)