Third TRR33 Winter School
Passo del Tonale (Italy) 6 - 11 December 2009
The aim of the school
The school will cover topics relevant to the
research topics of the TRR33 network, ranging from observational to theoretical subjects. The aim is to bring together observation and theory:
"Theory for observers & Observations for theorists".
Previous schools: information about previous editions of the school is available
here (2007) and
here (2008).
Program
Overview Lecture
Alan Heavens, University of Edinburgh
Observational Lectures
BAO,
Enrique Gaztaņaga, Bellaterra, IEEC
ISW,
Bjoern Schaefer, Heidelberg
Theoretical Lectures
SUSY and Dark Matter,
Antonio Masiero, University of Padova
CMB and Clusters,
Raul Abramo, University of São Paulo
Registration & School fee
There will be a registration fee of 60.- Euro per person, to be paid in cash at the conference site.
The Registration deadline was November 1st, 2009
Location & Accommodation
The school takes place in Passo del Tonale, Italy.
Accomodation:
- Prices:
| Single rooms: | 47 Euro/day (half board) |
| Double: | 41,00 Euros per person/day (half board) |
| 3rd and 4th bed in the room: | -10% |
| full board supplement: | Euro 6,00 per day |
- Wireless LAN
- One internet point
Travel information
Suggested solutions
In order to reach Tonale, we will provide a
bus from Trento train station at about 7pm on Sunday, Dec 6th. You can reach Trento by train from Verona (about 1h) or Venezia Marco Polo (about 2.30 h), Innsbruck (about 3.00 h).
After the school on Friday, Dec 11th, there will be a
bus transfer Tonale-Trento, arriving at the train station at about 1pm.
NOTE: the cost of the bus transfer is
NOT included in the registration fee. The actual cost will depend on how many people will need the bus transfer.
In order to find whether there are low cost connections to Venezia Marco Polo you can visit the websites:
http://www.kayak.co.uk,
http://www.zingarate.com/ (in Italian).
By plane:
- The suggested solution is strongly suggested so that we can organize a comfortable transfer via bus, but in any case the nearest airports are
- Orio al Serio, Milano-Bergamo, about 130 km from Tonale;
- Montichiari (Bs), about 140 km from Tonale;
- Milano Linate, about 200 km from Tonale;
- Valerio Catullo, Verona, about 160 km from Tonale,
- Marco Polo Venezia about 325 km from Tonale;
- Flying companies you can start to look at are
By car:
- Both from south or north, take the Statale 12 del Brennero or Highway A22 until San Michele all´Adige.
- From there (80 km to Passo del Tonale) take SS 43 and then SS 42 direction Passo del Tonale;
- From east/west: take the highway Milano-Venezia until Ospitaletto.
- Then follow Lago d'Iseo - Valle Camonica;
Or
- In alternative highway Milano-Venezia until Seriate direction SS 42, follow Lovere - Valle Camonica.
Organizing committee
Marco Baldi, Tommaso Giannantonio, Matteo Maturi, Nelson Nunes, Sami Nurmi, Florian Pacaud, Valeria Pettorino, Miguel Quartin, Georg Robbers, Lily Schrempp
Contact:
TRR33WinterSchool@ita.uni-heidelberg.de
Funding
For TRR-33 people:
- The TRR-33 will cover all travel expenses including hotels and the subscription fee, through the normal TRR33 travel funding of your group.
- TRR-33 will NOT cover the Food&Beverage expenses (outside the hotel) because of the DFG regulations. The only chance to account for these expenses is through your local institute (University) funds. Ask your PI!
For TRR-33 collaborators:
- Ask your PI whether your expenses can be covered through your local institute funds.
Schedule
- A coherent series of lessons, from the basics to the details
- One general overview lecture, two observationally oriented and two theoretical lectures
- 24 hours of lectures + ~2 hours of discussion:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 8:30 - 9:20 | 8:30 - 9:20 | 8:30 - 9:20 | 8:30 - 9:20 | 8:30 - 9:20 |
| 9:30 - 10:20 | 9:30 - 10:20 | 9:30 - 10:20 | 9:30 - 10:20 | 9:30 - 10:20 |
| Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Departure |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | 11:00 - 11:50 | 11:00 - 11:50 | 11:00 - 11:50 | |
| Break | Break | Break | Break | |
| Break | Break | Break | Break | |
| 17:00 - 17:50 | 17:00 - 17:50 | 17:00 - 17:50 | 17:00 - 17:50 | |
| 18:00 - 18:50 | 18:00 - 18:50 | 18:00 - 18:50 | 18:00 - 18:50 | |
| |
| | 21:00 Students Talks | 21:00 Discussion Session | | |
Lectures Presentations
The lectures presentations of the school can be found
here.
School Pictures
Some pictures from the school can be found
here.
Student Talks
There will be a special student session in which students will be given the
possibility to give a short talk on the topic they are working on. Should
you be interested, you will be asked to provide the title of your talk during registration.
Please note that this is facultative and reserved to students (graduate and PhD); in the case in which a high number of people apply, a selection will
become necessary.
Skiing
The hotel offers 5-day packages including a skipass, if you would like to go skiing during breaks:
Euro 275/255 (half board/bed & breakfast) per person/5 days
3rd/4th bed in the room: Euro 255/235 (half board/bed & breakfast) per person/5 days
skipass includes: local ski area Passo Tonale - Pontedilegno -
Presena Glacier = 100 km pistes
Wild adventure
- If you want, just help yourself by visiting this page
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