Programme National de Planétologie (PNP)

Détails: 2 mai 2020

1) Atelier sur la science du système solaire avec l’ELT --- 14 mai 2020 --- LAM, Mareille

https://atelier-elt.sciencesconf.org

L'ELT est actuellement en phase de construction et devrait être opérationnel en 2025. Trois instruments de première génération sont en cours de réalisation : MICADO, HARMONI, et METIS. Un quatrième instrument de première génération est en cours de définition : MAORY. La France est impliquée dans tous ces instruments, que ce soit sur le plan technique ou scientifique.

L’intérêt de la communauté française de planétologie pour l’ELT est grand, mais nous devons nous organiser pour maximiser le retour scientifique. L’objectif de cet atelier est donc d’échanger autour de la thématique de la science du système solaire avec l'ELT, afin d'informer, de coordonner, et de préparer au mieux notre communauté de planétologues à l’arrivée de l'ELT.

L’atelier aura lieu sur une journée, le jeudi 14 mai 2020 au Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), de 10h à 17h pour permettre au plus grand nombre de faire l’aller-retour dans la journée. L’atelier est limité à 80 places, la capacité de l’amphithéâtre du LAM. Les présentations et les discussions se feront de préférence en français.

Olivier Groussin, au nom du comité d’organisation

2) James Webb Space Telescope | Cycle 1 Call for Proposals | Proposal Deadline: May 01, 2020

We are pleased to announce the release of the Cycle 1 Call for Proposals for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Observations and funding for Archival Research and Theoretical Research programs.

Participation in this program is open to all categories of organizations, both domestic and foreign, including educational institutions, profit and nonprofit organizations, NASA Centers, and other Government agencies.

This solicitation for proposals will be open through May 01, 2020 8:00pm EDT. The current release of the Astronomer's Proposal Tools (APT), required for Proposal Submission, can be used to prepare proposals. We encourage prospective investigators to start preparing their proposals as soon as possible. The final version for Cycle 1 use will be released in early March. Results of the selection will be announced in late August.

All programmatic and technical information, as well as specific guidelines for proposal preparation, are available electronically from the STScI Announcement Web Page: https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-opportunities-and-policies/jwst-call-for-proposals-for-cycle-1 also see http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-planning.

Proposals must be submitted for review using the dual anonymous format.

Questions can be addressed to the STScI Help Desk (web: jwsthelp.stsci.edu).

To stay tuned to JWST News go to: http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/news-events/news.

3) Atelier "New Developments in High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy and outreach to modern applications" --- Les Houches --- May 31st - June 5th

L'inscription au workshop: "New Developments in High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy and outreach to modern applications" à l'école de physique des Houches est maintenant ouverte !

Organized around lectures, exercises and practical work on modern developments in high resolution molecular spectroscopy and its applications in various fields, this international workshop aims to build and sustain strong bridges between PhD/Postdocs currently in academia and the socio-economic world. It will focus on existing and future connections between fundamental and applied spectroscopy in the context of current developments and scientific challenges. The workshop is especially dedicated to the young researchers in the field.

https://spectro-houches.sciencesconf.org/

https://spectro-houches.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/Affiche_Spectro_Houches_2020.pdf

4) Atelier scientifique BlueMuse --- Lyon --- 30 Mars - 1er Avril

We welcome the participation of the astronomical community to the BlueMUSE science workshop, which will happen between March 30th and April 1st in Lyon, France
REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION (no registration fees)

BlueMUSE is one of the instrument concepts presented at the VLT2030 workshop, for which ESO is requesting white papers in its long-term implementation plan. It is an optical seeing-limited, blue-optimised, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral-field-spectrograph, to be installed on one of the telescopes of the VLT on Cerro Paranal (Chile).

This workshop aims at bringing together the scientific community and discuss the key science cases in relation with the top level requirements and capabilities of BlueMUSE. It is an opportunity to engage the community and push forward the BlueMUSE project. We are specifically seeking input from the community on specific science cases where BlueMUSE will have a strong impact due to its uniqueness.

The workshop program will include a few overview and invited talks but the large majority will be dedicated to individual contributions and scientific discussions.

The topics we aim to cover are the following:

Solar system

Galactic (including stars and ISM)

Nearby galaxies

Distant galaxies and cosmology

Discussions on synergies with current and future facilities

We are looking forward to see you in Lyon!

The SOC and the LOC

5) FROM CLOUDS TO PLANETS II: THE ASTROCHEMICAL LINK --- Harnack Haus, Berlin --- 28.09-02.10, 2020

https://events.mpe.mpg.de/event/12/overview

In 2015, we gathered at the Harnack Haus in Berlin to discuss about star and planet formation
and the crucial role played by Astrochemistry in our understanding of the various steps that
transform an interstellar cloud in stellar systems like our own. It is now time to meet again and
present the exciting results that have been achieved in recent years, thanks to ALMA, IRAM,
JVLA, GBT, APEX, SOFIA and other facilities, as well as thanks to coordinated efforts in the
laboratory and theory (in particular, quantum chemistry and chemical-dynamical models of
evolving clouds and disks). This will be important to cast a fresh look into the future, which we
already know is going to be bright, thanks to revolutionary telescopes coming up in the next
few years (such as JWST and ELT) and next decades (SKA and ngVLA).

During the conference, we will make a journey through space and time, starting from interstellar
clouds and then moving to cloud filaments and dense cores on the verge of star formation, to
protostars and their embedded disks, to planet-forming disks to exoplanet and finally landing in
our Solar System, while delving into laboratory facilities and theoretical calculations and
simulations. Each evening, before dinner, there will be a general talk on each topic of the
conference (the “aperitive talk”), to allow all communities to understand better the “big picture”
and to facilitate finding links across disciplines, which always provide fertile ground in our
journey towards understanding our astrochemical origins.

Students and young researchers are encouraged to attend and interact with all participants,
to present their work and broaden their horizons. Some financial help will be available for them
upon request.

The total number of participants is limited to less than or equal to 120.

If you are interested in attending and present an oral contribution or poster, please follow
instructions at https://events.mpe.mpg.de/event/12/abstracts/

We hope to see you at the Harnack Haus later this year!

Paola Caselli and Dima Semenov
(on behalf of the SOC)

6) Encore quelques places pour la session 2020 des Rencontres Exobiologiques pour Doctorants | 8 au 14 mars 2020 | Réserve Ornithologique du Teich (33)

Bonjour,

La session 2020 des Rencontres Exobiologiques pour Doctorants (RED’20/Astrobiology Introductory Course) se déroulera du 8 au 14 mars 2020 à la Réserve Ornithologique du Teich (33).

Ces rencontres s’adressent :
– A tout étudiant préparant une thèse en Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, Sciences Chimiques, Sciences de la Vie, Bio-informatique ou Histoire/philosophie des Sciences en France ou dans tout autre pays.

- L'école est aussi ouverte aux jeunes chercheurs et chercheurs s'intéressant à l'exobiologie.

Les cours auront lieu en anglais.

Les inscriptions sont ouvertes jusqu'au 31 Janvier 2020. Il reste encore quelques places.

Découvrez le programme et les intervenants de cette session sur le site de l'école :

http://www.exobiologie.fr/red/index.php/fr/

Muriel Gargaud & Hervé Cottin

7) LSST@Europe4 --- Shaping the European Contribution to LSST | Rome, Italy | 8 —12 June 2020

https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/lssteurope4
This conference follows the very successful LSST@Europe1 (Cambridge), 2 (Belgrade) and 3 (Lyon) workshops organized in 2013, 2016 and 2018 to foster the European participation in the LSST project, as well as the analogous LSST@ASIA organized in 2019 by and for the Asian, Australian and African communities.

The LSST project is moving forward in the construction phase, and activities in the LSST Science Collaborations are vibrant and involve a significant European participation.
The recent adoption of an “in-kind” contribution to regulate the access of International participants to the LSST data clearly represents a major paradigm shift for the participation of the European astronomical community, with existing agreements that need to be re-negotiated by mid-2021.
The LSST@Europe4 conference, right in the middle of this path, provides the community with a perfect opportunity to discuss proposals and plans.

In this framework, the main objectives of LSST@Europe4 are to:
- provide an update of the status of the LSST Project;
- foster and promote the participation of European scientists to the activities of the Science Collaborations;
- discuss opportunities and proposals to help European participants shape the “in-kind” contributions for the development of the LSST project;
- discuss potential common initiatives at the European level to support the participation of European scientists to LSST;
- provide an update description of the LSST data products of different levels;
- discuss the LSST science drivers: current perspectives and future developments;
- explore synergies with other facilities, with a special emphasis on the European ones.

Registration will open in early 2020

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8) Journée LSST "INSU-IN2P3 | LPNHE, Paris | 23 Mars

Les directions de l’INSU et de l’IN2P3 se sont mises d’accord pour l’organisation d’un journée conjointe INSU-IN2P3 autour du LSST. L’ordre du jour exacte est en cours d'élaboration, mais il devrait se développer selon les trois axes suivants :

Présentation de certains projets scientifiques intéressant la communauté INSU-IN2P3 (autour des Science Collaborations)
Point sur les collaborations IN2P3-INSU à l’intérieur de LSST France
Point sur les projets de contribution INSU à LSST

9) AOGS2020 - Extension de la date limite
While we are receiving a great number of abstracts at this last minute,
we've decided to extend the abstract submission period for two more weeks till 4th February by considering the impacts from the Lunar New Year holidays. Therefore, the door is still open for all members' abstract submission.
Conveners have last chance to encourage your colleagues to make exciting sessions! We look forward to seeing you at AOGS2020.

10) EPSC2020 --- Granada, Spain --- 27 September to 2 October 2020

The Europlanet Science Congress 2020 (EPSC2020) will take place at the Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Granada, Spain, from 27 September to 2 October 2020.

The Europlanet Science Congress (formerly the European Planetary Science Congress) is the annual meeting place of the Europlanet Society. With a track record of 14 years and regularly attracting around 1,000 participants, the Europlanet Science Congress is the largest planetary science meeting in Europe. It covers the entire range of planetary sciences with an extensive mix of talks, workshops and poster sessions while providing a unique space for networking and exchange of experiences.

The success of this meeting is founded on the excellence of its sessions and conveners. So, we encourage you to make session proposals on the conference website by 12 February 2020:

https://www.epsc2020.eu

The meeting will cover the whole scope of planetary science and you can propose sessions for the following programme groups:

TP – Terrestrial Planets
OPS – Outer Planet Systems
MITM – Missions, Instrumentation, Techniques, Modelling
SB – Small Bodies (comets, KBOs, rings, asteroids, meteorites, dust)
EXO – Exoplanets and Origins of Planetary Systems
ODAA – Outreach, Diversity, Amateur Astronomy

We look forward to many good proposals for exciting sessions.

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Best regards,

Maria Cristina De Sanctis
Scientific organizing committee chair

11) MOOC sur la spectroscopie

Chères, Chers, Collègues,

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous une annonce d'école thématique sur la spectroscopie émanant de la Subdivision Spectroscopies Optique et Neutronique.

Cette école est en français et s'adresse principalement à des M1-M2 généralistes.

https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/course-v1:univ-orleans+178001+session01/about

Cordialement,

Stéphane Coussan

Président de la Division de Chimie-Physique

12) Post-Doc "Contribution à la réalisation d’une détection hétérodyne spécifiquement dédiée à la ligne AILES du synchrotron SOLEIL"
Le sujet propose d’accompagner certains développements techniques, encore inédit, du programme HEROES1 retenu par l’Agence Nationale pour la Recherche. L’objectif est de développer une détection hétérodyne spécifique à l’analyse spectrale haute résolution du rayonnement synchrotron dans l’InfraRouge Lointain (1 à 5 THz dans ce projet) dans son mode de stockage dit « classique ». Pour atteindre ce but, nous disposons d’un oscillateur local de nouvelle génération. Il s’agit d’un laser moléculaire breveté par l’un de nos partenaires et qui a bénéficié d’un programme de maturation de la SATT Nord2. Une première démonstration expérimentale a été réalisée autour de 1 THz3 et le défi consiste à adapter ce premier prototype pour atteindre des fréquences de travail beaucoup plus importante. L’un des verrous technologiques réside dans la métrologie de fréquences qui se doit d’être compatible avec les applications de spectroscopie à résolution sub-MHz. La stabilité en fréquence (sur plusieurs échelles de temps), la pureté spectrale, la précision absolue en fréquence de chaque nouvelles raies d’émissions laser seront étudiées en bénéficiant d’un instrument unique développé au LPCA: il s’agit d’un synthétiseur THz basé sur la technique de photomélange et verrouillé sur un peigne de fréquences (« frequency comb »). Une tâche particulière sera d’étendre le nombre de transitions laser accessibles afin de couvrir le plus efficacement possible la bande spectrale comprise entre1 et 4 THz. Une dernière difficulté est d’adapter cet ensemble (mélangeur et oscillateurs locaux) à l’environnement du centre de rayonnement synchrotron dans un souci de « convivialité » compatible avec une exploitation en routine par de futurs utilisateurs.

Les travaux auront lieux au Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l’Atmosphère situé à Dunkerque à proximité immédiate de grandes villes Européennes (Bruxelles, Lille, Londres, Gand, Rotterdam et Paris). Des campagnes de mesures et de tests seront également programmées sur la ligne AILES du Synchrotron SOLEIL

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13) 15 new PhD positions in exoplanet and planet formation research in a new joint European network Chameleon

Dear microlensers,

We are opening 15 new PhD positions in exoplanet and planet formation research in a new joint European network Chameleon (http://chameleon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/), with application deadline February 3 and starting date in September 2020. Please, find attached a detailed description of the 3 PhD positions that will open at the Niels Bohr Institute with me as supervisor, and information about the 12 other positions available under the network, too, and about how to apply.

Fellowship 1: “Irradiation and impact of stellar variability on exoplanet atmospheres”.
Aim: Development of self-consist models for stellar and irradiated exoplanet atmospheric systems and synthetic spectra. Using these models for studying the effect of stellar variability and activity on the exoplanet’s atmosphere and its potential habitability.
Double degree with University of Leuven, Belgium.

Fellowship 2: “Low-temperature chemistry for DRIFT-MARCS”.
Aim: Combining the experience from cool star modelling by the MARCS code with surface interaction and low-temperature gas- and cloud chemistry from the DRIFT code. Comparing model computations with existing and coming observations of a wide range of exoplanets.
Double degree with University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Fellowship 3: “Connecting the atmosphere and the interior in extrasolar gas planets”.
Aim: Connecting the interior of exoplanets with observations of the atmosphere (i.e. spectra, colours etc), and compare results from 1D and 3D computations. Using these models to study inflated close-in planets (i.e. solving “the hot jupiter radius anomaly”).
Double degree with University of Leuven, Belgium.

Application material is to be uploaded via the Niels Bohr Institute home page. Follow the links under vacancies at https://www.nbi.ku.dk

Best wishes, Uffe.
Uffe Gråe Jørgensen
Professor in astrophysics at the Niels Bohr Institute,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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14) TWO-YEARS POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER POSITION IN NUMERICAL MODELLING OF THE IONOSPHERE --- IRAP, Toulouse, France - from 1st of March 2020

Following call to tender SU-SPACE-22-SEC-2019: Space Weather, in the frame Horizon2020, EUHFORIA 2.0 project (PI: S. Poedts, KU Leuven, Belgium) has been recently selected. It aims at developing the world’s most advanced space weather forecasting tool and will address geoeffectiveness, impacts and mitigation, including extreme events, related to solar eruptions, solar wind streams and Solar Energetic Particles, with particular emphasis on its application to forecast Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) and radiation on geospace. In this context, IRAP-CNRS (Toulouse France) is involved in the development of the GICs forecasting work package by providing forecasts of geomagnetic variations at any point on the ground. The main points of this work package are first the coupling of IPIM ionosphere model and IMM electrodynamics model, already developed in the group at IRAP, and then the development of a Biot-Savart module, which will use the output for the coupled models to calculate the ionospheric horizontal currents responsible for the GICs. IRAP ionosphere group is seeking a post-doctoral researcher to lead the aforementioned developments.

More info: http://transplanet.cdpp.eu/job.html

Inquiries:
Dr. Aurélie Marchaudon and Dr. Pierre-Louis Blelly
IRAP/CNRS, 9 avenue du Colonel Roche, 31400 Toulouse, France
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Détails: 2 mai 2020

1) EGU 2020 --- Vienna --- 3-8 May

Session PS4.2 : Mars Science and Exploration

We would like you to invite to submit an abstract to the session PS4.2 "Mars Science and Exploration" of the EGU2020 to be held in Vienna on 3–8 May 2020.

The deadline for the abstract submission is 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET, or, for those applying for EGU Roland Schlich travel support, 1 December 2019, 13:00 CET.

With three rover launches scheduled in 2020, another giant leap in Mars exploration is expected in the next decade. In this session, we welcome contributions about lessons learnedfrom past/current missions, terrestrial analog studies, as well as future exploration and prospects.

If you consider submitting an abstract in this session, you can use the following link: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/36513

Hope to see you in Vienna!

Best regards,

The conveners
Jessica Flahaut, Benjamin Bultel, Xiao Long, Arianna Piccialli

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PS1.4-ST4: Planetary Space Weather
Convener: Valeria Mangano
Co-conveners: Philippe Garnier, Markus Fränz, Zhonghua Yao
Deadline for abstract submission is 15 Jan 2020, 13:00 CET.

As conveners we would like to invite researchers in the planetary space weather community and in the planetary environments to submit abstracts.

In the present session, we welcome abstracts from all planets’ upstream solar wind activities and their relation to planetary space weather, including especially magnetized bodies (like Mercury, the Earth, Saturn and Jupiter) as well as comparisons with unmagnetized bodies (Mars and Venus), with a special focus of this session on the planet Mercury whose environment in a few years will be the main goal of the dual ESA/JAXA mission BepiColombo.

In this frame, we welcome studies on:
-       magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling dynamics (and auroras where present);
-       the solar wind interaction with planets and moons;
-       inter-comparisons of planetary environments;
-       observations of space weather effects from space probes and Earth-based instrumentation;
-       theoretical modeling and simulations, especially in view of measurement analysis and interpretation;
-       potential impacts of space weathering on technological space systems.

For detailed information, see:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/37324

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PS3.6/AS4.21/ST3.5 Atmospheres and exospheres of terrestrial planets, satellites, and exoplanets

Dear colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce that the abstract submission is open for EGU 2020, held in Vienna on 3-8 May.

The deadline for the abstract submission is 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET or, for those applying for EGU travel support, 1 December 2019.

I would like to draw your attention to our session: Atmospheres and exospheres of terrestrial planets, satellites, and exoplanets

"This session primarily focuses on the neutral atmospheres of terrestrial bodies other than the Earth. This includes not only Venus and Mars, but also exoplanets with comparable envelopes and satellites carrying dense atmospheres such as Titan or exospheres such as Ganymede. We welcome contributions dealing with processes affecting the atmospheres of these bodies, from the surface to the exosphere. We invite abstracts concerning observations, both from Earth or from space, modeling and theoretical studies, or laboratory work. Comparative planetology abstracts will be particularly appreciated.”

If you consider submitting an abstract in this session, you can use the following link
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/abstractsubmission/36525

Hope to see you in Vienna!

Best regards,

The conveners
Arnaud Beth, Francisco González-Galindo, Arianna Piccialli

2) Appel à « Participating scientist » pour la mission Mars 2020 de la NASA

Un nouvel appel à « Participating scientist » pour la mission Mars 2020 de la NASA est sorti: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/funding/mars-2020-participating-scientist-program/
Un lettre d'intention est due pour le 13 janvier, le dossier complet pour le 12 mars. Cet appel est particulièrement à l'intention des européens, aucun n'ayant été sélectionné lors du premier appel.

Transmis par Michel Viso

3) [Second announcement] JWST France Workshop: preparing for GO Cycle 1 call for proposals

The call for proposals for the GO Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope will be released on January 23rd 2020, with an expected deadline on May 1st 2020. To prepare the community for the proposal submission process, we are organizing a workshop on Feb 24-25 2020 to be held at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris:

https://jwstfrance.sciencesconf.org/

The program will include overview presentations of the JWST status and the scientific landscape that will be covered by JWST observations. Most of the time will be dedicated to hands-on sessions where participants will familiarize themselves with the proposal tools (ETC, APT) through a series of guided demonstrations and exercises. In the registration form, participants can select the observing modes they would like to see covered by the hands-on sessions.

The workshop will be limited to 50 participants. We strongly encourage participants to register as soon as possible on the workshop webpage. There is no registration fees. Limited financial support will be available for a few participants.

4) Atelier "Transport and Mixing of Tracers in Geophysics and Astrophysics" --- May 24-June 14 --- Aspen, Colorado

Dear colleague --

We just wanted to encourage you to apply for the Aspen Center for Physics workshop on "Transport and Mixing of Tracers in Geophysics and Astrophysics”, which will take place from May 24-June 14. Our goal is to bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers in the earth and planetary sciences, astrophysics, as well as applied mathematicians and theoretical physicists, to advance the study of fluid transport, in an informal but intellectually intense environment.

A description of the Summer 2020 workshops, including this one, can be found here:

http://aspenphys.org/physicists/summer/program/index.html

and a link to the application form can be found here:

http://aspenphys.org/physicists/summer/program/index.html

The application deadline is January 31. We also encourage postdocs to apply (and we encourage faculty to encourage good postdocs to apply). We hope to see you in Aspen!

Best regards,

Ryan Abernathy
Paul Kushner
Albion Lawrence
Heloise Meheut

5) Cometary Science: from Rosetta to Comet Interceptor and beyond --- 23-27 November 2020 --- Nice, France.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Conference "Cometary Science: from Rosetta to Comet Interceptor and beyond” to be held 23-27 November 2020 in Nice, France.

The conference will focus on the various scientific aspects of cometary science, including both the current state of knowledge and the prospects for future endeavours. Practical details will be provided on the conference website in February 2020, together with a call for contributions. Registration will open in March 2020.

Please, mark now your calendar for 23-27 November 2020 and forward this information to those who are interested in comet-related science.

Sincerely,
Pierre Henri, on behalf of the SOC

SOC:
Pierre Henri (Lagrange, OCA, UCA, CNRS, Nice, France & LPC2E, CNRS, Orléans, France),
Chrysa Avdellidou (Lagrange, OCA, UCA, CNRS, Nice, France),
Christelle Briois (LPC2E, Univ. Orléans, Orléans, France),
Guilbert-Lepoutre Aurélie (LGL-TPE, ENS Lyon, CNRS, Lyon, France)
Marco Delbo (Lagrange, OCA, UCA, CNRS, Nice, France),
Uwe Meierhenrich (ICN, UCA, Nice, France),
Patrick Michel (Lagrange, OCA, UCA, CNRS, Nice, France),
Alessandro Morbidelli (Lagrange, OCA, UCA, CNRS, Nice, France),
Colin Snodgrass (Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, United Kingdom).
Matt Taylor (ESTEC, ESA, The Netherlands),
Cecilia Tubiana (MPG, Göttingen, Germany),

Détails: 16 décembre 2019

1) EGU 2020 --- Vienna --- 3-8 May

Session PS4.2 : Mars Science and Exploration

We would like you to invite to submit an abstract to the session PS4.2 "Mars Science and Exploration" of the EGU2020 to be held in Vienna on 3–8 May 2020.

The deadline for the abstract submission is 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET, or, for those applying for EGU Roland Schlich travel support, 1 December 2019, 13:00 CET.

If you consider submitting an abstract in this session, you can use the following link: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/36513

Hope to see you in Vienna!

Best regards,

The conveners
Jessica Flahaut, Benjamin Bultel, Xiao Long, Arianna Piccialli

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PS1.4-ST4: Planetary Space Weather
Convener: Valeria Mangano
Co-conveners: Philippe Garnier, Markus Fränz, Zhonghua Yao
Deadline for abstract submission is 15 Jan 2020, 13:00 CET.

As conveners we would like to invite researchers in the planetary space weather community and in the planetary environments to submit abstracts.

For detailed information, see:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/37324

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PS3.6/AS4.21/ST3.5 Atmospheres and exospheres of terrestrial planets, satellites, and exoplanets

Dear colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce that the abstract submission is open for EGU 2020, held in Vienna on 3-8 May.

The deadline for the abstract submission is 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET or, for those applying for EGU travel support, 1 December 2019.

I would like to draw your attention to our session: Atmospheres and exospheres of terrestrial planets, satellites, and exoplanets

If you consider submitting an abstract in this session, you can use the following link
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/abstractsubmission/36525

Hope to see you in Vienna!

Best regards,

The conveners
Arnaud Beth, Francisco González-Galindo, Arianna Piccialli

2) Second International Conference on Spectroscopy and Applications --- April 17-19, 2020 --- Sousse, Tunisia

Topics
1.    Infrared and Raman spectroscopy
2.    VUV and UV- Visible spectroscopy
3.    Luminescence spectroscopy
4.    X ray spectroscopy
5.    Nuclear spectroscopy
6.    NMR, EPR, and Mossbauer spectroscopy
7.    Terahertz spectroscopy
8.    Impedance spectroscopy
9.    Molecular dynamics
10. Theoretical methods and simulations on spectroscopy
11. Applied spectroscopy: material science, astrophysics, environment, biology, imaging,…
Paper publication
Selected lectures and poster communications will be published in a special volume of an internationally renowned journal.

Registration Fees
Details will be given in: www.edition2-icsa2020.org

Wish to participate
Researchers wishing to participate in this conference are invited to respond as soon as possible to this message stating their research laboratory and if possible the title of their lectures or posters.
Deadlines
·   Deadline for abstract submission: 10/01/2020
·   Notification of participation: 10/02/2020
·   Deadline for registration: 28/03/2020

Contact
Prof. Hassen AROUI
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3) OHP - 2020 Colloquium : Planets of red dwarf stars --- 27 Sept. - 2 Oct. 2020 --- Observatoire de Haute-Provence (France)

Conference website : https://ohp2020.sciencesconf.org/
Planets orbiting low-mass M-dwarf stars have been among the prime targets of exoplanet research for many years. The well-known reasons include an increased transit depth, radial velocity signal, and contrast with respect to planets orbiting hotter stars. With the upcoming telescopes and observatories such as JWST and the E-ELT, the characterisation of the atmospheres of rocky planets around low-mass stars is going to become feasible, and will open new avenues of research.

The Colloquium "OHP-2020: planets of red dwarf stars" will review the last years of observational and theoretical advances in the research of planets around low-mass stars, including their detection and the characterisation of their interior structure and atmospheres. We hope to identify ways to advance the key questions and solve the most pressing issues regarding the study of these systems, exploring the synergies between current and new facilities, and theoretical advances.

The colloquium will focus on:
detection of exoplanets around low-mass stars by radial-velocity, transit, and imaging surveys
characterisation of M-dwarf planets (e.g. atmospheres, interiors, obliquity, host multiplicity, etc.
interior and atmospheric modelling (including habitability around red dwarfs)
stellar variability for the lowest-mass stars (granulation, rotation, activity cycles, etc.
theories of formation and evolution
future instrumentation and observatories
The Observatoire de Haute Provence is located in Southern France, near the village of Saint Michel l’Observatoire. It is place of discovery of 51 Peg b --an achievement that earned Mayor & Queloz the Nobel prize in Physics in 2019-- and of the co-discovery of Gl876 b, the first planet detected around an M-dwarf star. The 193-cm telescope is now equipped with the SOPHIE spectrograph, which produces a steady contribution to exoplanet studies. Up to 80 participants are expected. Accommodation will be provided inside and close to the Observatory for the duration of the Colloquium. Students and post-docs are particularly encouraged to register and contribute their work. Limited financial support to cover travel and lodging expenses will be available for students/young researchers that submit abstract.

4) Exoplanets in Our Backyard; 5-7 février 2020 à Houston.
We are happy to announce the Exoplanets in Our Backyard: Solar System and Exoplanet Synergies on Planetary Formation, Evolution, and Habitability workshop scheduled for February 5–7, 2020 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, Texas. The Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) meeting is scheduled at the LPI two days prior to the Exoplanets workshop. More information regarding the OPAG meeting, as it becomes available, will be posted to the OPAG website.

Purpose and Scope

Exoplanets in Our Backyard is a workshop hosted by the Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG), the Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG), and the Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) to examine and discuss exoplanet-solar system synergies on planetary properties, formation, evolution, and habitability. Topics to be covered include comparative planetology on worlds near and far; solar system studies as a baseline to inform studies of extrasolar planetary properties and evolution; and lessons learned on planetary statistics, demographics, and system architectures from extrasolar planetary systems. This workshop aims to foster and build new collaborations among scientists in the solar system and exoplanet communities and to help guide the direction of future exploration and observations of worlds in the solar system and beyond.
Registration: January 6th, 2020
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/exoplanets2020/

5) Towards Other Earths III: from Solar System to Exoplanets; 01-05 Juin 2020, Lamego, Portugal.

http://www.iastro.pt/research/conferences/toe3/

Atmosphere, Interior, formation and evolution of planets and planetary systems. The Solar System Planets and Exoplanets communities aim at answering similar questions, but seldom interact due to the different datasets they have access to.
Nevertheless, exchanges between these two communities are bringing essential contributions to Planetary Science: migration theories and impact of dynamical interactions on planet formation are just a few examples.

Our main goal is to foster future collaborations between these two communities by confer about a non-exhaustive list of science questions:
What do we learn from terrestrial planets in the Solar System about the diversity of Super-Earths internal structure and atmospheres?
What are the insights and context that Super-Earths population provide regarding the formation and history of the rocky planets in the Solar System?
What do we learn from Uranus and Neptune about the formation, structure and composition of ice-giants planets?
What do we know about ice-giant exoplanet atmospheres and can it help us understand the composition of the deep atmosphere of Uranus and Neptune?
What can the analysis of evaporating hot Jupiter tell us about the deep atmosphere composition of Jupiter and Saturn?
What do we learn from Cassini and Juno about the composition and formation of exoplanetary gas giant?
What can we learn from the distribution of known exoplanets about the population of undetected Solar System analogs?
Can the architecture of exoplanetary systems teach us more about the history of the Solar System?
How the future missions and instruments (PLATO, ARIEL, JUICE, ExoMars, …) will change our understanding of planetary sciences?
We aim to discuss how the detailed and in situ datasets from Solar System planets can inform the often under constrained exoplanetary models. We will try to uncover how the diversity and large sample offered by exoplanets can put in context and inform our understanding of Solar System planets, focusing on each of these categories:
Super-Earths, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth
Ice giants, Uranus and Neptune
Gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn
Planetary System architecture

6) ENVISION CONFERENCE --- 12-14 FEB 2020 --- PARIS, FRANCE

You are warmly invited to join the first international conference to discuss the scientific investigations of the EnVision mission at CNES headquarters in central Paris, France from 12-14 February 2020. The conference will welcome all presentations related to the EnVision mission’s payload and its science investigations. Full details can be found on our website: http://bit.ly/venus2020

EnVision is a proposed orbiter mission aiming at determining the level and nature of the geological activity and the sequence of events that generated the surface features of Venus, assessing whether Venus once had oceans (and was thus perhaps hospitable for life) and understanding the geodynamics framework that controls the release of internal heat over Venus’ history. EnVision will use a number of different techniques to search for active geological processes, measure changes in surface temperature associated with active volcanism, characterise regional and local geological features, determine crustal support mechanisms and constrain mantle and core properties. The mission is currently in its concept study phase for a selection expected in 2021.

The deadline for abstract submission is Saturday 14 December 12:00 noon CET (UTC+1). For abstract format and thematic areas, please see the guidance on the conference page. There will be six plenary sessions: EnVision Mission Overview; Surface; Interior Structure; Activity Detection; Atmosphere; Evolution. Abstracts for contributed oral presentations are encouraged. Template form for abstract submission is available on our website, to be completed and emailed to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. before the deadline.

We encourage early career scientists, as well as qualified scientists from groups underrepresented in gender, ethnicity, and disability to submit.

The Scientific Organising Committee is looking forward to welcoming you in Paris!

The EnVision Conference SOC

7) Rappel: Atelier ExoSystèmes I --- 28-30 janvier --- Paris

L'atelier se tiendra du 28 au 30 janvier 2020 au Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur de la Recherche à Paris.

Le site Web de l’atelier est : https://exosystemes1.sciencesconf.org

Les inscriptions sont ouvertes dès aujourd’hui, et les abstracts pour presentations et/ou posters sont acceptés jusqu’au 1 décembre 2019. Un support financier est offert sur demande pour les doctorants de province.

Transmis par Rafael Garcia et Antoine Strugarek, pour le SOC d’Exosystèmes I

8) Oxford University: Positions in Planetary Geology APNTF in Earth Sciences

A search in Earth Sciences to fill three APNTFs is now open: Geology of Planetary Processes, Climate and Earth Surface Processes and Geobiology. All with potential overlap with exoplanet interests.

https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=142831

https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=144124

https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=144125

The application closing dates for these are 12:00 midday on 20 December, 9 January, and 6 January for Geobiology, Climate and Earth Surface Processes and Planetary Geology respectively. Lectures in Earth Sciences by the shortlisted candidates will be on 11 Feb, 27 Feb and 24 Feb – all welcome.

Please pass on these links as appropriate.

Best wishes,

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Chris Ballentine
Dept. Earth Sciences
The University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3AN

9) IRAM Postdoctoral Research Position in Millimeter Astronomy

Posting date: Oct 07, 2019
https://www.iram-institute.org/EN/job-offer.php?id=59

IRAM is seeking a qualified candidate for a position in the NOEMA Science Operations Group (SOG). The candidate is expected to invest 50% of the time on z-GAL, an international project aimed at investigating the nature and physical properties of the brightest submillimeter galaxies in the Herschel surveys (H-ATLAS and HerMES). As a member of the z-GAL consortium, the candidate will be fully involved in the scientific exploitation, analysis and modeling of the data collected with the NOEMA interferometer, and collaborate on follow-up research activities conducted in the frame of the z-GAL project.

The candidate will also spend 50% of the time in a range of activities of the SOG to support the integration and science verification of NOEMA subsystems, provide assistance to the scientific operation of NOEMA as an astronomer on duty, support the broader user community in the preparation of proposals and observations, and provide technical expertise to visiting astronomers in the analysis and interpretation of data obtained with the NOEMA interferometer. Depending on experience and skills, the successful candidate may also take part in software developments aimed at extending NOEMA's capabilities.

We are seeking qualified candidates with a PhD, preferably with a demonstrated observational experience and a strong interest in (sub)millimeter wave interferometry. Good English communication skills and a strong sense of team spirit are essential attributes. Aptitude and interest in developing software applications and working experience in an international research environment are assets. Applicants must possess a driver's license.

Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae, bibliography, a brief statement of research interests, an outline of future plans, and arrange for three letters of reference. Applications received before Dec 06, 2019 will be given full consideration, but will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. The appointment is for two years with the possibility of extension, and could start as early as possible. Applications and reference letters are to be submitted by email to the IRAM personnel department. Questions should be directed to the head of the astronomy and science support group (Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.) and to the scientific coordinator of the z-GAL project (Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.).

2019-10-00 | Ref: VN2019-07
Job offer

Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique
300 rue de la Piscine, F – 38406 St-Martin d’Hères
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Détails: 25 novembre 2019

1) EGU 2020 --- Vienna --- 3-8 May

Session PS4.2 : Mars Science and Exploration

We would like you to invite to submit an abstract to the session PS4.2 "Mars Science and Exploration" of the EGU2020 to be held in Vienna on 3–8 May 2020.

The deadline for the abstract submission is 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET, or, for those applying for EGU Roland Schlich travel support, 1 December 2019, 13:00 CET.

If you consider submitting an abstract in this session, you can use the following link: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/36513

Hope to see you in Vienna!

Best regards,

The conveners
Jessica Flahaut, Benjamin Bultel, Xiao Long, Arianna Piccialli

2) Rencontres Exobiologiques pour Doctorants --- 8-14 mars 2020 --- Réserve Ornithologique du Teich (33)

La session 2020 des Rencontres Exobiologiques pour Doctorants (RED’20/Astrobiology Introductory Course) se déroulera du 8 au 14 mars 2020 à la Réserve Ornithologique du Teich (33).

Ces rencontres s’adressent :
A tout étudiant préparant une thèse en Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, Sciences Chimiques, Sciences de la Vie, Bio-informatique ou Histoire/philosophie des Sciences en France ou dans tout autre pays.
L'école est aussi ouverte aux jeunes chercheurs et chercheurs s'intéressant à l'exobiologie.

Les cours auront lieu en anglais.

Les inscriptions sont ouvertes jusqu'au 31 Janvier 2020.

Découvrez le programme et les intervenants de cette session sur le site de l'école :

http://www.exobiologie.fr/red/index.php/fr/

Muriel Gargaud & Hervé Cottin

3) Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy with the ELTs --- 21 au 24 Septembre 2020 --- Oxford, UK

Bonjour,

Dans la continuité de l'atelier SF2A de cette année, "Demain l'ELT", et des comités de suivi des instruments ELTs, je vous transmets une annonce pour une conférence/worshop intitulée "Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy with the ELTs", qui aura lieu l'année prochaine, du 21 au 24 Septembre 2020, à Oxford.

Cet événement sera principalement orienté autour d'HARMONI, mais des contributions plus larges sont aussi attendues.

Une pré-inscription est possible au lien suivant: https://forms.gle/rdha7VDjtRdUYMUN8
N'hésitez pas à transmettre l'information !

Merci,

Benoit Neichel

4) Ice Giants System 2020, 3rd announcement --- January 20th - 22nd --- London

Dear Colleagues,

The Ice Giant Systems 2020 workshop will be held in London between January 20th-22nd 2020, consisting of two days of plenary review talks at the Royal Society, and a day of parallel splinter meetings at Burlington House. Numbers are limited, and the deadline for registration and abstract submission is December 10th (23:00UTC). Full details can be found on our website: https://ice-giants.github.io/

Plenaries: The plenary sessions on Monday and Tuesday are free to attend (with a small optional charge for meals), but registration is mandatory. Monday will cover the Ice Giant planets (interiors, atmospheres, magnetospheres) and their systems (satellites and rings); Tuesday will cover interdisciplinary connections, a celebration of Voyager’s discoveries, future mission opportunities and hardware developments, and ample time for discussion. See the website for a full list of our invited speakers.

Splinters: There will be three broad themes for the splinters, depending on demand: Ice Giant Atmospheres, Origins and Interiors; Ice Giant Magnetospheres and Auroras; Ice Giant Rings and Satellites. A small fee will be levied to cover venue hire (Linnean Society, Royal Astronomical Society, and Royal Geological Society) and catering for the splinter sessions on Wednesday, which can be paid via this link. Abstracts for contributed oral presentations are encouraged, and template form for abstract submission is available here, to be completed and emailed to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser..

FAQs:

    Instructions on finding the venue, and reasonably-priced nearby hotels, are available on our website.
    The plenaries will start at 09:00 and finish at 17:00 on Monday and Tuesday. The splinter meetings will begin at 10:00 and finish by 16:30 on the Wednesday.
    Unfortunately the workshop cannot be livestreamed.
    Posters are welcome for display on the Monday evening – please use the same form to submit an abstract before December 10th.
    Accepted posters and oral contributions will be notified shortly after December 10th.
    Plenaries and splinter workshops will be summarised in a special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any queries, please do pass on this message to interested colleagues, and we look forward to welcoming you to London in January.

Best Wishes,

The Ice Giant Systems 2020 SOC

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Ice Giant Systems 2020
Royal Society, London
January 20-22, 2020
Social Media: @IcyGiants
Website: http://ice-giants.github.io
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5) JWST France Workshop: preparing for GO Cycle 1 call for proposals --- Feb 24-25 2020 --- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris

The call for proposals for the GO Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope will open next January, with an expected deadline in May 2020. To prepare the community for the proposal submission process, we are organizing a workshop on Feb 24-25 2020 to be held at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris:

https://jwstfrance.sciencesconf.org/

The workshop will be limited to 45 participants. We strongly encourage participants to register as soon as possible, and before January 15th 2020, on the workshop webpage . There is no registration fees. Limited financial support might be available for a few participants (subject to confirmation in December).

6) Journée du Labex Exploration Spatiale des Environnements Planétaires --- 29 novembre --- Paris, CNES

Ce message pour vous informer que le site web de la journée ESEP du 29/11 (salle de l'Espace au CNES) est ouvert
http://esep.pro/-8eme-Journee-ESEP-la-journee-des-.html

Merci de diffuser l'information et d'inciter vos collègues à vous inscrire (je devrai pour des raisons de logistique fournir une liste de participants au CNES) - une affiche est téléchargeable sur le site

A bientôt

Pierre Drossart

7) Rappel: Atelier ExoSystèmes I --- 28-30 janvier --- Paris

L'atelier se tiendra du 28 au 30 janvier 2020 au Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur de la Recherche à Paris.

Le site Web de l’atelier est : https://exosystemes1.sciencesconf.org

Transmis par Rafael Garcia et Antoine Strugarek, pour le SOC d’Exosystèmes I

8) Cours de l'Ecole doctorale du MNHN : METEORITES ET FORMATION PLANETAIRE
Semaine du 20 janvier 2020

Cours de M Gounelle, B Zanda, E Jacquet, F Pignatale, C Burkhardt, M Roskosz, L Bonal, A Morbidelli, J Gattacceca, N Carrasco, C Engrand, L Piani

Programme complet sur www.matthieugounelle.eu/actualites/

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9) Postes d'astronomes résidents français au Télescope Canada-France-Hawaï

Chères toutes et chers tous,

Deux postes d'astronomes résidents français seront vacants au Télescope Canada-France-Hawaï (TCFH) à partir du 1er septembre 2020. Les postes sont ouverts pour une durée de trois ans, renouvelable. La date butoir de l’appel à candidatures est fixée au 15 janvier 2019.

L’appel à candidatures est accessible à l’adresse :
http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/fr/appel-candidature-astronomes-residents-francais-au-tcfh

Bien à vous,
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Daniel Devost
Director of Science Operations/Directeur des opérations scientifiques
Télescope Canada-France-Hawaï Telescope
http://cfht.hawaii.edu
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10 ) Vacancy Full Professor (New Chair) Spaceborne Instrumentation at TU Delft

Please see the following advertisement:
https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/287614/full-professor-spaceborne-instrumentation/

Regards

Olivier