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Particle Cosmology and Gravity Seminar Valeriya Korol (Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany) - online Galactic Astrophysics with LISA The Milky Way, while extensively studied, still conceals much about its fossil population of stellar remnants, including white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, as these objects often remain out of reach for electromagnetic telescopes. Yet they become accessible when they form ultra-short-period binaries, which emit gravitational radiation. In my talk, I will showcase the potential of the upcoming Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) for Galactic studies, emphasising its ability to characterise ultra-short-period binary populations across the entire Milky Way. I will outline how the LISA mission could contribute to solving some of the persistent questions in our field, such as the nature of Type Ia supernova progenitors or the origin of the excess gamma-ray emission observed towards the Galactic Centre. Link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d --- Wednesday 11th February at 3.45pm, C4 Physics ? Astronomy Seminar Jessica Pilling (Sussex) Getting Ready for the Future of X-ray Astronomy In this talk, I will present recent results from the X-ray Cluster Science (XCS) collaboration, preparing for the X-ray support to upcoming cosmology surveys. First, I will present my project on the X-ray properties of galaxy clusters observed by XMM-Newton, eROSITA, and the Dark Energy Survey. I will describe the cross-calibration of galaxy cluster temperatures and luminosities enabled by the open-source XGA and DAXA software packages, applied to eROSITA data for the first time. I will then highlight complementary work , led by Paul Giles, characterising DES clusters in deep eROSITA survey regions. Finally, I will discuss the prospects for future X-ray?optical scaling relation studies with the upcoming 4MOST spectroscopic survey. --- Thursday 12th February at 1pm, A113 CAPT ? Astronomy Lunch Talk Marco Mirabile (ESO/INAF) Thursday 12th February at 2.45pm, A113 CAPT ? Particle Cosmology Journal Club --- Fridays at 4pm, CAPT Foyer ? CAPT Cakes --- If you have any events/visitors you would like included in next week?s bulletin, please let me know. 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Thanks, Joe From Joseph.Butler at nottingham.ac.uk Mon Feb 9 10:43:23 2026 From: Joseph.Butler at nottingham.ac.uk (Joseph Butler) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 10:43:23 +0000 Subject: [Astro] No lunch talk In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <414BDB73-FAC2-4FF6-8C7F-F7F6FB51F6A9@nottingham.ac.uk> Hi all, Just to clarify, the visitor listed to give the talk in the CAPT weekly bulletin, Marco Mirabile from ESO/INAF, is our speaker for next week. He was originally going to visit and give his talk this week, but this was recently rearranged - apologies for the confusion. I?ll send out more details about Marco?s visit later this week/early next week. Joe > On 9 Feb 2026, at 09:53, Joseph Butler wrote: > > Hi all, > > There is no lunch talk planned for this week. We will resume the lunch talk series next Thursday. > > Thanks, > Joe > -- > Astro mailing list > Astro at lists.nottingham.ac.uk > https://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/astro From Tutku.Kolcu at nottingham.ac.uk Tue Feb 10 13:18:04 2026 From: Tutku.Kolcu at nottingham.ac.uk (Tutku Kolcu (staff)) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:18:04 +0000 Subject: [Astro] FW: Astronomy Seminar - 11th February In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From Tutku.Kolcu at nottingham.ac.uk Tue Feb 10 16:31:10 2026 From: Tutku.Kolcu at nottingham.ac.uk (Tutku Kolcu (staff)) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:31:10 +0000 Subject: [Astro] [CAPT] Greenhouse clear out - Step 1 Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From alfonso.aragon at nottingham.ac.uk Thu Feb 12 16:15:42 2026 From: alfonso.aragon at nottingham.ac.uk (Alfonso Aragon-salamanca (staff)) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:15:42 +0000 Subject: [Astro] 6th Summer School "Galaxy Formation and Evolution in a Cosmological Context In-Reply-To: <9BE0DBF7-8AE7-4A69-A42D-51E2C0C750DA@obspm.fr> References: <9BE0DBF7-8AE7-4A69-A42D-51E2C0C750DA@obspm.fr> Message-ID: Dear all, Of possible interest to some PhD students. Best wishes, Alfonso Alfonso Arag?n-Salamanca Professor of Astronomy ? School of Physics and Astronomy University of Nottingham Room B106b, Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK ? +44 (0) 115 95 16230?|?alfonso.aragon at nottingham.ac.uk URL: http://nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/alfonso.aragon General teaching enquiries physics-teaching at nottingham.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: iau.galcosm-request at sympa.obspm.fr On Behalf Of Andrea Cattaneo Sent: 12 February 2026 14:53 To: iau.galcosm at sympa.obspm.fr Subject: [iau.galcosm] 6th Summer School "Galaxy Formation and Evolution in a Cosmological Context Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the 6th Summer School "Galaxy Formation and Evolution in a Cosmological Context", which will take place on the Greek island of Spetses on 30th August ? 5th September 2026: https://galaxyformationschool2026.obspm.fr This school has a similar format to the one organised in 2024 and is targeted to students that are at the beginning of their PhD work or about to start a PhD in galaxy formation and evolution. The topics covered by the school are: ? Models of galaxy formation in a cosmological context (Andrea Cattaneo, Observatoire de Paris) ? The formation of galaxies in cosmological simulations (Julien Devriendt/Adrianne Slyz, University of Oxford) ? Galaxy formation and evolution in deep surveys (Sandro Tacchella, University of Cambridge) ? Galaxy formation and evolution: the role of the environment (Benedetta Vulcani, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova) ? The first stars and cosmic reionisation (Andrea Ferrara, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) ? Galactic chemical evolution (Nicolas Prantzos, Institut d?Astrophysique de Paris) The programme is already online and the registration deadline is 10th April 2026. We kindly ask you to diffuse this announcement within your institution and/or to forward it to any students who may be interested in the school. 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Particle Cosmology and Gravity Seminar David Seery (Sussex) The probability of rare fluctuations during inflation with stochastic instantons In this talk, I will review why there has been recent interest in calculating the probability of extreme density perturbations produced during an inflationary phase, and briefly discuss the means by which such probabilities have been computed to date. I will the introduce a new approach, based on the use of "stochastic instantons". Such instantons have been widely applied in many other areas of physics, including turbulent fluid flow, reaction kinetics, climate modelling, and protein folding. The method has a number of advantages, including giving a spacetime picture for the assembly of a rare, extreme fluctuation. I will show how the method reproduces some known results but can also be applied to scenarios that were not previously accessible. Link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d --- Wednesday 18th February at 1.30pm, A113 CAPT ? Particle Cosmology and Gravity Whiteboard Talk Sadra Jazayeri (Imperial) Zooming Into the Ultraviolet with Primordial Features In the next few years, galaxy surveys like Euclid and DESI are anticipated to improve the current CMB-driven bounds on primordial features in the power spectrum by roughly an order of magnitude (e.g. 1906.08758). Motivated by this observational prospect, I show that massive sectors during inflation, with energy scales parametrically larger than the Hubble rate, can leave characteristic scale-breaking signatures in primordial non-Gaussianity, in the presence of non-shift-symmetric couplings to the inflaton sector. As a benchmark example, I will consider sinusoidal modulations of the species masses, as in axion monodromy scenarios, which would trigger particle productions with exponentially larger rates than the Boltzmann-suppressed case in pure de Sitter. In these models, without a closed-form solution for the free massive theory, finding analytic templates using the in-in formalism for exchange processes that contribute to primordial non-Gaussianity(PNG) is a formidable challenge. Circumventing the complexity of the corresponding in-in time integrals, I will build a novel bootstrap framework in which the exchange diagrams contributing to PNG can be solved using a set of integro-differential equations on the boundary implied by locality in the bulk of spacetime. Note added: This is going to be a very informal white/black board talk based on the recent work 2511.00152. Link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d Wednesday 18th February at 3.45pm, C4 Physics ? Astronomy Seminar Stephen Wilkins (Sussex) Exploring the formation of the first stars, black holes, and galaxies According to the Big Bang model, the Universe began in an extremely hot, dense state around 14 billion years ago. After a brief period of early evolution, it entered the cosmic dark ages, an era during which dark matter and gas slowly assembled into the first stars, black holes, and galaxies. We are now entering a transformative period in observational extragalactic astronomy. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has pushed our view of the cosmos to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang providing observations of thousands of galaxies within the early Universe. JWST has also revealed surprising populations of early galaxies with unusual chemical enrichment patterns, and enigmatic compact sources known as ?Little Red Dots?, which may offer new insight into the formation of the first supermassive black holes. JWST?s discoveries are being complemented by the wide-area Euclid mission, and will soon be augmented by the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and the Extremely Large Telescope. At the same time, cosmological simulations have become extraordinarily sophisticated, capable of modelling the growth of structure across cosmic time. Yet early JWST results reveal emerging tensions with these models, suggesting that key aspects of early galaxy formation may require revision. In this talk, I will present recent work from my group and collaborators and discuss how these observations and simulations together are reshaping our understanding of the first billion years of cosmic history. --- Thursday 19th February at 1pm, A113 CAPT ? Astronomy Lunch Talk Marco Mirabile (ESO/INAF) Globular Clusters as Probes of Galaxy Evolution: Insights from Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies Globular clusters (GCs), as old and simple stellar systems, serve as important tracers of galaxy formation and evolution. By studying their properties?such as color, luminosity, spatial distribution, and kinematics?we gain insight into galaxy history, interactions, and dark matter content. Recent deep imaging has revealed ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs), a class of low-surface-brightness galaxies with unclear origins. Analyzing the GC populations in UDGs can help distinguish between their possible formation scenarios. I will present our study of GCs in UDGs within the Hydra I cluster, using combined data from MUSE at VLT and VIRCAM at VISTA. Thursday 19th February at 2.45pm, A113 CAPT ? Particle Cosmology Journal Club --- Fridays at 4pm, CAPT Foyer ? CAPT Cakes --- If you have any events/visitors you would like included in next week?s bulletin, please let me know. Best wishes Ella Ella Batchelor (she/her) Administrator School of Physics & Astronomy University of Nottingham A112a Centre for Astronomy & Particle Theory University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD +44 (0) 115 74 86778 | nottingham.ac.uk [cid:image001.png at 01DC9A62.5B6488A0] Follow us facebook.com/uniofnottingham twitter.com/uniofnottingham youtube.com/nottmuniversity instagram.com/uniofnottingham linkedin.com/company/university-of-nottingham -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The seminar will be in C4, followed by wine and cheese. Timings are as usual: - lunch at Lakeside, leaving CAPT ~13:00 (subsidised for a limited number of students -- let me know before the end of the day tomorrow) - meet the speaker for postgrads at 15:00, finishing at 15:30 - seminar at 15:45 in C4 - post-seminar wine and cheese at 16:45 This seminar will be conducted in person only. Best, Jesse, Luke and Tutku == Exploring the formation of the first stars, black holes, and galaxies According to the Big Bang model, the Universe began in an extremely hot, dense state around 14 billion years ago. After a brief period of early evolution, it entered the cosmic dark ages, an era during which dark matter and gas slowly assembled into the first stars, black holes, and galaxies. We are now entering a transformative period in observational extragalactic astronomy. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has pushed our view of the cosmos to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang providing observations of thousands of galaxies within the early Universe. JWST has also revealed surprising populations of early galaxies with unusual chemical enrichment patterns, and enigmatic compact sources known as ?Little Red Dots?, which may offer new insight into the formation of the first supermassive black holes. JWST?s discoveries are being complemented by the wide-area Euclid mission, and will soon be augmented by the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and the Extremely Large Telescope. At the same time, cosmological simulations have become extraordinarily sophisticated, capable of modelling the growth of structure across cosmic time. Yet early JWST results reveal emerging tensions with these models, suggesting that key aspects of early galaxy formation may require revision. In this talk, I will present recent work from my group and collaborators and discuss how these observations and simulations together are reshaping our understanding of the first billion years of cosmic history. _______________________________________________ CAPT mailing list CAPT at lists.nottingham.ac.uk https://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/capt From Luke.Conaboy at nottingham.ac.uk Mon Feb 16 16:25:18 2026 From: Luke.Conaboy at nottingham.ac.uk (Luke Conaboy (staff)) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:25:18 +0000 Subject: [Astro] [CAPT] Astro seminar Stephen Wilkins (Sussex) -- Wed 18 Feb 15:45 C4 In-Reply-To: <1C3831A5-124A-4E4B-89E5-99527A8B4694@nottingham.ac.uk> References: <1C3831A5-124A-4E4B-89E5-99527A8B4694@nottingham.ac.uk> Message-ID: <46E9F635-B85A-4B7A-9CC9-92BCC078E5CC@nottingham.ac.uk> ps. we will go for dinner with Stephen in the evening, probably somewhere in town. Let me know if you'd like to join! > On 16 Feb 2026, at 13:14, Luke Conaboy (staff) wrote: > > Hi all, > > this week our seminar is given by Stephen Wilkins (Sussex), details below. The seminar will be in C4, followed by wine and cheese. > > Timings are as usual: > > - lunch at Lakeside, leaving CAPT ~13:00 (subsidised for a limited number of students -- let me know before the end of the day tomorrow) > - meet the speaker for postgrads at 15:00, finishing at 15:30 > - seminar at 15:45 in C4 > - post-seminar wine and cheese at 16:45 > > This seminar will be conducted in person only. > > Best, > Jesse, Luke and Tutku > > == > > Exploring the formation of the first stars, black holes, and galaxies > > According to the Big Bang model, the Universe began in an extremely hot, dense state around 14 billion years ago. After a brief period of early evolution, it entered the cosmic dark ages, an era during which dark matter and gas slowly assembled into the first stars, black holes, and galaxies. > We are now entering a transformative period in observational extragalactic astronomy. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has pushed our view of the cosmos to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang providing observations of thousands of galaxies within the early Universe. JWST has also revealed surprising populations of early galaxies with unusual chemical enrichment patterns, and enigmatic compact sources known as ?Little Red Dots?, which may offer new insight into the formation of the first supermassive black holes. JWST?s discoveries are being complemented by the wide-area Euclid mission, and will soon be augmented by the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and the Extremely Large Telescope. > > At the same time, cosmological simulations have become extraordinarily sophisticated, capable of modelling the growth of structure across cosmic time. Yet early JWST results reveal emerging tensions with these models, suggesting that key aspects of early galaxy formation may require revision. > > In this talk, I will present recent work from my group and collaborators and discuss how these observations and simulations together are reshaping our understanding of the first billion years of cosmic history. _______________________________________________ CAPT mailing list CAPT at lists.nottingham.ac.uk https://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/capt From Luke.Conaboy at nottingham.ac.uk Wed Feb 18 11:19:02 2026 From: Luke.Conaboy at nottingham.ac.uk (Luke Conaboy (staff)) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:19:02 +0000 Subject: [Astro] [CAPT] Astro seminar Stephen Wilkins (Sussex) -- Wed 18 Feb 15:45 C4 In-Reply-To: <1C3831A5-124A-4E4B-89E5-99527A8B4694@nottingham.ac.uk> References: <1C3831A5-124A-4E4B-89E5-99527A8B4694@nottingham.ac.uk> Message-ID: Reminder for our seminar today. We'll be going for dinner at Kayal this evening -- everyone welcome, let me know if you'd like to join. > On 16 Feb 2026, at 13:14, Luke Conaboy (staff) wrote: > > Hi all, > > this week our seminar is given by Stephen Wilkins (Sussex), details below. The seminar will be in C4, followed by wine and cheese. > > Timings are as usual: > > - lunch at Lakeside, leaving CAPT ~13:00 (subsidised for a limited number of students -- let me know before the end of the day tomorrow) > - meet the speaker for postgrads at 15:00, finishing at 15:30 > - seminar at 15:45 in C4 > - post-seminar wine and cheese at 16:45 > > This seminar will be conducted in person only. > > Best, > Jesse, Luke and Tutku > > == > > Exploring the formation of the first stars, black holes, and galaxies > > According to the Big Bang model, the Universe began in an extremely hot, dense state around 14 billion years ago. After a brief period of early evolution, it entered the cosmic dark ages, an era during which dark matter and gas slowly assembled into the first stars, black holes, and galaxies. > We are now entering a transformative period in observational extragalactic astronomy. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has pushed our view of the cosmos to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang providing observations of thousands of galaxies within the early Universe. JWST has also revealed surprising populations of early galaxies with unusual chemical enrichment patterns, and enigmatic compact sources known as ?Little Red Dots?, which may offer new insight into the formation of the first supermassive black holes. JWST?s discoveries are being complemented by the wide-area Euclid mission, and will soon be augmented by the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and the Extremely Large Telescope. > > At the same time, cosmological simulations have become extraordinarily sophisticated, capable of modelling the growth of structure across cosmic time. Yet early JWST results reveal emerging tensions with these models, suggesting that key aspects of early galaxy formation may require revision. > > In this talk, I will present recent work from my group and collaborators and discuss how these observations and simulations together are reshaping our understanding of the first billion years of cosmic history. _______________________________________________ CAPT mailing list CAPT at lists.nottingham.ac.uk https://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/capt From Emma.Chapman at nottingham.ac.uk Fri Feb 20 12:51:46 2026 From: Emma.Chapman at nottingham.ac.uk (Emma Chapman (staff)) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:51:46 +0000 Subject: [Astro] PhD Welcome Presentation Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Particle Cosmology and Gravity Seminar George Efstathiou (Cambridge) The Evidence for Dynamical Dark Energy The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration has measured baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) features over a wide range of redshifts with unprecedented precision. They argue that the data provide evidence for evolving dark energy, quoting 'significance' levels of 2.5-4.5 sigma depending on which additional data (CMB anisotropies and supernovae) are added to the BAO data. The favoured model of dynamical dark energy is unusual, requiring phantom-like behaviour at high redshift. I will present a different way of looking at the DESI data that provides simple and robust tests of consistency with the LCDM cosmology. I find no evidence for a deviation from LCDM and my analysis explains the degeneracy direction in the w_0-w_a plane found by the DESI collaborations. I will summarize some recent work on type Ia Supernova (SN) that supports my earlier claims that SN catalogues are not yet accurate enough to constrain models of dynamical dark energy. Link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d --- Wednesday 25th February at 3pm, B1 Physics ? EDI Colloquium Jenni Dyer (Royal Society) Taking an intersectional approach in STEM: Moving beyond the boxes In the current political climate?where public conversations about equality and diversity are increasingly polarised?adopting an intersectional approach within STEM is more critical than ever. Intersectionality offers a powerful lens for understanding how overlapping identities ? such as sex, ethnicity, gender identity, class, disability, and sexual orientation - shape experiences within science education and employment and how they then overlap with ?science identity?. This talk will highlight some of the structural barriers that persist in understanding how to take an intersectional approach and will look at how embedding intersectional thinking can be transformative when it comes to practices, policies, decision-making and culture. Refreshments are available in C10 following the colloquium. --- Thursday 26th February at 1pm, A113 CAPT ? Astronomy Lunch Talk Rhys Jordan Infalling groups revealed by machine learning Galaxy evolution is strongly influenced by its environment, as evidenced by the prevalence of blue, star-forming galaxies in the field compared to the red, quiescent populations that dominate galaxy clusters. Increasing evidence suggests that a significant fraction of this transformation occurs prior to cluster accretion, through so-called pre-processing in galaxy groups and filaments. Understanding where and when this pre-processing occurs is therefore essential for disentangling the environmental influence on galaxy evolution. In this talk, I present the current development of a new group-identification framework designed to detect galaxy groups in cluster infall regions. Our approach combines machine learning with an adapted Friends-of-Friends algorithm, optimised for application to spectroscopic surveys of galaxy clusters. Using mock observations from simulated data, we recover approximately 80% of the true groups across the infall region. When identifying galaxies belonging to specific groups, we achieve an average completeness of 60% and purity of 75%. This balance between completeness and purity enables robust identification of infalling groups along with their members. 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Best wishes, Alfonso Tuesday 24th February at 1pm, A113 CAPT - Particle Cosmology and Gravity Seminar George Efstathiou (Cambridge) The Evidence for Dynamical Dark Energy The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration has measured baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) features over a wide range of redshifts with unprecedented precision. They argue that the data provide evidence for evolving dark energy, quoting 'significance' levels of 2.5-4.5 sigma depending on which additional data (CMB anisotropies and supernovae) are added to the BAO data. The favoured model of dynamical dark energy is unusual, requiring phantom-like behaviour at high redshift. I will present a different way of looking at the DESI data that provides simple and robust tests of consistency with the LCDM cosmology. I find no evidence for a deviation from LCDM and my analysis explains the degeneracy direction in the w_0-w_a plane found by the DESI collaborations. I will summarize some recent work on type Ia Supernova (SN) that supports my earlier claims that SN catalogues are not yet accurate enough to constrain models of dynamical dark energy. Link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d Alfonso Arag?n-Salamanca Professor of Astronomy School of Physics and Astronomy University of Nottingham Room B106b, Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK +44 (0) 115 95 16230 | alfonso.aragon at nottingham.ac.uk URL: http://nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/alfonso.aragon General teaching enquiries physics-teaching at nottingham.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best wishes, Alfonso Alfonso Arag?n-Salamanca Professor of Astronomy School of Physics and Astronomy University of Nottingham Room B106b, Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK +44 (0) 115 95 16230 | alfonso.aragon at nottingham.ac.uk URL: http://nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/alfonso.aragon General teaching enquiries physics-teaching at nottingham.ac.uk Good afternoon, We have decided to extend the application deadline for the IAC Early Career Visitor program to March 15, 2026: https://www.iac.es/en/science-and-technology/early-career-programme Regards, Jonay ------------------------------------------ -- ===================================== Dr. Jonay I. Gonzalez Hernandez Coordinador de Investigacion / Head of Research Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias C/ Via Lactea s/n E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Phone: +34 922-605200 (Ext. 5262) Fax: +34 922-605210 ===================================== El 27 ene 2026, a las 10:30, Coordinador de Investigacion > escribi?: (Spanish below) ------------------------------------------ Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the opening of the next call for the IAC Early Career Visitor Program 2026. With this program, we aim to enhance the development of astronomers during the early stages of their scientific careers, leveraging the unparalleled scientific environment offered by the Instituto de Astrof?sica de Canarias. The IAC Early Career Visitor Program will finance stays of one to three months at the IAC for researchers with up to four years of postdoctoral experience. The application process for visits during the first half of 2026 (May - July 2026) will remain open until March 1st, 2026 (12pm Tenerife time). In the following link, you can find more information about the program as well as instructions for applying: https://www.iac.es/en/science-and-technology/early-career-programme We would kindly ask you to circulate this information to anyone who might be interested in the program. Best regards, IAC Research Committee ------------------------------------------ Estimadas/os colegas, Nos complace anunciar la apertura de la siguiente llamada del IAC Early Career Visitor Program. Con este programa buscamos potenciar el desarrollo del personal investigador durante las primeras etapas de la carrera cient?fica, apoy?ndonos en la condiciones inigualables que ofrece el Instituto de Astrof?sica de Canarias. El IAC Early Career Visitor Program financiar? estancias de uno a tres meses en el IAC para cient?ficas/os con hasta cuatro a?os de experiencia postdoctoral. El proceso de aplicaci?n para visitas durante la primera mitad de 2026 (Mayo - Julio 2026) permanecer? abierto hasta el d?a 1 de Marzo de 2026 (12:00, hora de Tenerife). En el siguiente enlace podr?n encontrar m?s informaci?n acerca del programa as? como instrucciones a la hora de aplicar: https://www.iac.es/es/ciencia-y-tecnologia/programa-early-career Nos gustar?a pedirles por favor que circularan esta informaci?n con toda aquella persona que pudiera estar interesada en el programa, Un saludo, Comisi?n de Investigaci?n del IAC ------------------------------------------ -- ===================================== Dr. Jonay I. 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School of Physics and Astronomy University of Nottingham Room B106b, Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK ? +44 (0) 115 95 16230?|?alfonso.aragon at nottingham.ac.uk URL: http://nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/alfonso.aragon General teaching enquiries physics-teaching at nottingham.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: INGNEWS On Behalf Of Chris Benn Sent: 26 February 2026 16:56 To: ingnews at ing.iac.es Subject: [INGNEWS] 2026-27 ING Studentship Programme STUDENTSHIP PROGRAMME AT THE ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES We welcome applications for four places on the ING studentship programme 2026/27. The deadline for applications is: Sunday 29th March 2026 Details of the programme can be found on: https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/science/studentship.html The programme provides a unique opportunity for PhD or MSc astronomy students to get hands-on experience of work at an international observatory. Successful applicants will spend one year on La Palma, participating in survey observations with the WEAVE multi-object spectrograph on the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope, and having the opportunity to work on projects supervised by ING staff. The studentship programme is open to anyone, but we particularly welcome applicants from our three partner countries: the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. We would be grateful if you would draw the attention of suitable candidates to this opportunity. Chris Benn Head of astronomy, ING _______________________________________________ [INGNEWS] mailing list is an important source of breaking news concerning the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING), Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, especially with regard to telescope time. More information can be found at http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/email_alerts.html. 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