ANGLES School Santander

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ANGLES School Santander

• What is ANGLES?

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ANGLES

• Astrophysical Network for Gravitational LEnsing
  Studies
• Marie Curie Research Training Network
• (Successor to CERES and to be funded by the EU)

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ANGLES Partners

• JBO (Co-ordinator)
• Cambridge
• JIVE Groningen Astron
• Bonn MPI University
• Heidelberg Rechen Potsdam
• Copenhagen
• Valencia IACCantabria
• UC Davis
• Shanghai

• Ian Browne, Neal Jackson, Shude Mao, Peter
  Wilkinson
• Wyn Evans, Lindsay King
• Mike Garrett, Leon Koopmans
• Richard Porcas, Peter Schneider
• Joachim Wamsganss, Olaf Wucknitz
• Jens Hjorth
• Jose Munoz, Evencio Mediavilla
• Chris Fassnacht, Lori Lubin
• Yipeng Jing

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ANGLES Science

• CDM sub-structure in lensing galaxies
• Lens radial mass profiles
• Evolution of lensing galaxies
• Microlensing to study compact objects in the dark
  haloes of galaxies.
• N-body simulations of lensing galaxies to compare
  with observations.
• Microlensing in our Galaxy and galactic dynamics
• The Hubble constant from time delays, plus mass
  modelling
• Propagation effects scattering, free-free
  absorption, Faraday rotation/depolarization,
  absorption lines.
• Develop an optical/IR spectrograph for VLT and
  explore techniques for future lens searches

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What do we get from the EU?

• Seven 3-year studentships 2 for JBO
• Six 2-year postdocs
• 4-years money for networking, organizing
  workshops and summer schools, etc.
• Networking funds are for all the collaborating
  individuals, not just the students and postdocs
  paid by the Network.

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Status of ANGLES

• Started April 1, 2004 and formally ends March 31,
  2008.
• We have been allocated 2.42 million.
• Have appointed 5 of the 7 students (tell your
  friends that there may be places going in Bonn
  and Heidelberg).
• We are advertising for postdocs. Closing date
  December 15.
• There will be 3 more schools and several
  workshops/network meetings

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Golden Rules

• Do good science and enjoy it the network is
  yours.
• Never refuse an opportunity to buy a drink for
  the coordinator.
• Acknowledge ANGLES on any paper you write.