Message SF2A No 1024 - 20/02/23
Message SF2A No 1024 - 20/02/23
1. CNES - APR - Appel annuel à Propositions de Recherche 2024
2. Message important pour les participants à l’EAS
3. Deux motions de la Section 34
4. PRIMA Science Community Workshop, March 21-22, Online
5. Hot CGM session at EAS 2023
6. First announcement workshop GasFlows on the CGM & IGM, May 15-16 2023, Lyon, France
7. MOND at 40 : Celebrating 40 years of Milgromian dynamics and charting the road ahead", Saint Andrews, June 5-9 2023, UK
8. The PLATO Stellar Science Conference, June 26-30 2023, Milazzo, Italy
9. Spectral fidelity, September 4-8 2023, Firenze, Italy
1. CNES - APR - Appel annuel à Propositions de Recherche 2024
L’appel annuel à propositions de recherche, pour préparer le programme de recherche scientifique spatiale du CNES pour l’année 2024, est ouvert ! L’APR s’applique aussi bien à des propositions nouvelles qu’à la poursuite de projets APR engagés. Tout projet engagé doit faire l’objet, chaque année, d’une mise à jour de la proposition (en mettant en exergue la prise en compte des recommandations et l’état d’avancement du projet) et de la demande de financement.
Les équipes de recherche des laboratoires sont invitées à soumettre leurs propositions jusqu’au 6 avril 2023 minuit sur la nouvelle plateforme dédiée :
https://appels-sciences.cnes.fr/fr
Vous y retrouverez le texte de l’appel à propositions, ainsi que les modalités pour répondre à cet appel. Nous attirons votre attention sur l’importance de lire ces modalités pour prendre en compte les changements et recommandations.
L’ancien site APR devenant très obsolète, nous avons choisi cette plateforme en tenant compte des retours d’expérience des différents acteurs.
Ce qui change :
La proposition sera constituée d’un seul dossier technique + 1 dossier économique et si besoin complété d’un dossier économique pour chaque coproposant ayant une demande financière (le coproposant n’a plus besoin de constituer de dossier technique)
Le proposant devra associer son directeur ainsi que les coproposants éventuels ; ils pourront ainsi consulter voire compléter la proposition – Il est indispensable que les aspects RH et financiers soient portés à la connaissances des directeurs (dossier économique)
Le proposant reste le leader pour vérifier la complétude de la proposition, il lui appartient de soumettre définitivement sa proposition (transmission au CNES pour examen).
L’ancien site https://apr.cnes.fr/ reste accessible pour consulter les archives des années précédentes.
Transmis par Olivier La Marle
2. Message important pour les participants à l’EAS
La conférence annuelle de l’EAS (European Astronomical Society, https://eas.unige.ch) se tiendra cette année à Cracovie du 10 au 14 Juillet :
https://eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/
Les membres de l’EAS bénéficient de frais d’inscriptions réduits.
Tout membre de la SF2A (à jour de sa cotisation sur l’année 2023), peut devenir gratuitement membre de l’EAS, s’il en manifeste le souhait (et uniquement dans ce cas).
Nous insistons sur le fait que l’adhésion n’est pas automatique. En pratique, vous devez mettre à jour votre profil dans l’annuaire SF2A (http://annuaire.sf2a.eu) et vous devez répondre aux questions suivantes :
Souhaitez vous être membre (gratuitement) de l’EAS (European Astronomical Society) ?
Etes vous doctorant (information demandée par l’EAS) ?
Année de soutenance de votre doctorat le cas échéant.
Pour cela il suffit de vous connecter sur l’annuaire et de cliquer sur “Modification” dans le menu.
Pour pouvoir profiter du tarif “membre EAS” lors de l’inscription à l’EAS 2023, il faut que vous soyez à jour de votre cotisation SF2A et ayez mis à jour l’annuaire avant le 1er Mars. Au-delà de cette date, nous ne pouvons garantir que la mise à jour sera prise en compte côté EAS.
Le conseil de la SF2A
3. Deux motions de la Section 34
La section 34 du CNU a voté 2 motions à propos des CRCT et de la plateforme GALAXIE.
Les textes se trouvent ici : https://cnu34.osug.fr/Deux-motions-de-la-Section-34
Transmis par Laurence Rezeau
4. PRIMA Science Community Workshop, March 21-22, Online
We are pleased to announce the Second PRIMA Community Workshop https://prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/2023-workshop on Tuesday-Wednesday, March 21-22, 2023. It will be held virtually, 11am-3pm Eastern Time, 16-20h CET, both days.
PRIMA (https://prima.ipac.caltech.edu/) is a concept for a space telescope mission in the far infrared (25-260 µm), to be submitted later this year to the NASA Announcement of Opportunity for an Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX, https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/2023APPROBE/pdf_files/NNH22ZDA008L.pdf) mission. In overall observing time allocation, PRIMA will be primarily a General Observer mission, and we welcome all astronomers interested in science enabled by far-infrared observations to participate.
We invite you to join us ! You will have an opportunity to present your science case by showing a couple of slides in a breakout session. Following the workshop, we invite you to expand it into a brief (2-3 pages) contribution with a due date in June. Your contribution, and others from the community, will be assembled into a PRIMA Science Book to be published on astro-ph arXiv in the fall, with authorship credit for each science case. The goal is to highlight the rich diversity of research topics that the PRIMA GO Program will enable.
Detailed information and a link for registration are available on the Workshop page https://prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/2023-workshop on the PRIMA https://prima.ipac.caltech.edu/ website. Be sure to register to receive the Zoom connection information and further details. If you can’t attend the Workshop but would like to contribute to the Science Book, please register anyway to receive these details.
Transmis par Arielle Moullet
5. Hot CGM session at EAS 2023
It is our pleasure to announce an upcoming lunch session (LS16) https://eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/session.jsp ?id=LS16 on the hot circum-galactic medium at EAS in Krakov, Poland on July 11th 2023.
Please submit your abstract before March 1st (2 weeks from now) here : https://eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/abstract_submission.jsp
Aims and scope of the session :
The interactions between gas and galaxies are of paramount importance to our understanding of structure formation. The galactic baryon cycle takes place in the immediate surroundings of galaxies, named the circumgalactic medium (CGM). More than a decade of deep spectroscopic surveys of galaxies, absorption line studies in quasar spectra and sophisticated numerical simulations have placed interactions between galaxies and the CGM at the centre of our quest to understand the formation of galaxies and the growth of the cosmic web. However, until very recently, the hot phase of the CGM was the least known of the gas phases surrounding galaxies despite being most likely the dominant share of CGM gas by mass.
The goal of the session is to establish new inter-disciplinary, multi-wavelength collaborations to build a better understanding of the physics of the hot phase of the CGM and its role in holistic views of galaxy formation and evolution. In this EAS lunch session, we will discuss new observational advances on the hot phase of the CGM in our Milky Way, nearby galaxies and in the general galaxy population and how they relate to other phases of the CGM. We will then discuss the implication of these observations in the multi-phase CGM paradigm and in the light of current and upcoming hydrodynamical cosmological simulations.
Transmis par Céline Peroux
6. First announcement workshop GasFlows on the CGM & IGM, May 15-16 2023, Lyon, France
The circum-galactic medium (CGM) and inter-galactic medium (IGM) are both difficult to observe directly owing to their low densities, but their presence can easily be detected with background quasars. In 2023, we are entering a new era with a large number of surveys with wide field IFUs (MUSE,KCWI) and numerous multi-object spectrographs (4MOST, WEAVE-QSO, DESI, etc.) and correspond also to the start of new ANR funded projects using targeting background quasars (Hz-3D-MAP ; WEAVEQSO). Specifically, a the moment when these new observational campaigns are starting, this workshop aims at bringing experts in observations and simulators in order to discuss the latest results and foster new synergies. The workshop will take place over 2 days, on May 15 & 16 2023 at CRAL (Lyon).
Registration and details can be found here : https://3dgasflows.sciencesconf.org
Deadline for registration : March 31
Transmis par Nicolas Bouche
7. MOND at 40 : Celebrating 40 years of Milgromian dynamics and charting the road ahead", Saint Andrews, June 5-9 2023, UK
La conference "MOND at 40 : Celebrating 40 years of Milgromian dynamics and charting the road ahead" se tiendra à Saint Andrews (UK) les 5-9 Juin 2023 :
http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/ hz4/MOND40Conf2023/index.html
Date limite pour envoyer un Abstract : Vendredi 31 Mars 2023
Transmis par Françoise Combes
8. The PLATO Stellar Science Conference, June 26-30 2023, Milazzo, Italy)
The ESA mission PLATO is expected to be launched by the end of 2026. In this context, the PLATO Stellar Science Conference (PSSC23) is part of the overall effort to prepare the mission, the exploitation of the forthcoming data, and thus to optimize the scientific return of the mission. The conference will be focused on the mission’s core program, namely on F7 to M dwarfs main-sequence and sub-giant stars. The program addresses also the scientific calibration stars of the core program, in particular, red-giant stars, gamma Dor stars, and eclipsing binary stars.
The program and practical details can be found on the conference webpage https://plato-stesci2023.sciencesconf.org
The registration is now open until April 30th 2023. Note that the preferred payment method for the registration fees is the online payment. Payment by bank transfer is also possible but to be used only when online payment is not an option.
Abstract for contributed talks and posters can be submitted until March 31st 2023
Transmis par Rhita-Maria Ouazzani
9. Spectral fidelity, September 4-8 2023, Firenze, Italy
Spectroscopy is the main tool to peer into the physics of the Universe. Precise and accurate spectroscopy is going to produce some of the most spectacular results in the coming years, from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, the chemistry of stars and interstellar medium, the measurement of the acceleration of the Universe, the variability of physical constants, the age of the Universe and the nature of gravitation, the detection of terrestrial exo-planets and the analysis of their atmospheres. Yet, spectroscopic observations, data reduction, and analysis methods still suffer from shortcomings and limitations. Installing 20 years ago HARPS at the 3.6m telescope in La Silla, ESO community has a central role in this research. HARPS has been transformational, paving the way to the new generations of planet hunters. Innovative ideas are being developed to use these instrumental capabilities beyond the exoplanet search, and this research is rapidly expanding to the IR domain. In addition to Doppler shifts precision and accuracy, other aspects of spectral fidelity include : how well are the spectra characterized for noise, scattered light, detector effects, instrumental profile ? And, when moving to abundances, what are abundance realistic uncertainties ? Is precision enough or is accuracy required ? Which are the limits of precise and accurate spectroscopy and which exciting science will new performances enable ? Which science require spectral fidelity and how can we enable it ? What is its present status and future perspective ?
The aim of the conference is to discuss all the above topics, some of which were addressed in an ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro conference in 2006 (“Precision Spectroscopy”). It seems very timely to address them again after 17 years, with a view to the long heritage of HARPS, the first 5 years of operations of ESPRESSO, the new results from NIR spectrographs, ANDES and the ELTs.
Important Deadlines : Abstract Submission Deadline : May 15, 2023 Confirmation Abstract Selection : June 15 In presence participation Deadline for Registration and Payment : July 15 Remote participation Deadline for registration and Payment : September 1
More information :
https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2023/fidelity.html
Mail : spectralfidelity@eso.org
Transmis par Céline Peroux
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