Constraining inflation (https://cerncourier.com/a/exploring-the-cmb-like-never-before/)

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Constraining inflation Current (light blue and purple) and anticipated (red) CMB-S4 constraints on the scalar-to-tensor ratio r compared with the predictions of various inflationary models that naturally explain the observed value of the spectral “tilt” of the power spectrum, ns = 0.965. The popular Starobinsky and Higgs inflation models are shown as grey and black circles. The lines show models with different masses of the inflaton in units of the Planck mass MP and N* is the number of e-folds. The corresponding inflation potentials φP all either polynomially or exponentially approach a plateau. Source: arXiv:1907.04473

Nb. If  CMB-S4 brings this to ~10^-4 ie 0,0001 or so wrt 'r', well seems inflation getting fragile and fragile as time goes by. So, play it Sam!

5th Edition of the call "Portugal – CERN PhD Grants Program" is open from ​1st April to 27th May 2022.

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Dear All, We are pleased to announce that the 5th Edition of the call "Portugal – CERN PhD Grants Program" is open from  ​1st April to 27th May 2022.      From now on, the supervisors will have permanent access to the following link https://idpasc.lip.pt/pt_cern_grants/phd_programme/my_thesis_proposals and will be able to update previous thesis proposals or submit a new one until the phase for students’ applications. During this phase, the thesis proposals that have been previously updated or submitted will be made available to the students who will contact the supervisors directly.   For the present call, supervisors are requested to update or submit their thesis proposals until 22nd April 2022, 17:00 (Lisbon time). (See Instructions in attachment).  The phase for students’ applications will be open from 26th April until 27th May 2022, 17:00 (Lisbon time). Two domains will be considered:        1) Particle and Astroparticle Physics and associated scientific domains;        2) Technologies associated to the Portuguese participation at CERN and their transfer to society. The maximum number of grants to be awarded in the present call will be 8 (eight), 6 (six) with priority in the first domain (Particle and Astroparticle Physics and associated scientific domains) and 2 (two) with priority in the second domain (Technologies associated to the Portuguese participation at CERN and their transfer to society). PhD studentships will be granted to applicants that fulfil the requirements to join a study cycle towards a PhD degree, and wish to develop research work in high energy physics or related domains at a Portuguese University, hosted at LIP or at any national R&D centre with a protocol previously established with LIP under the Portugal-CERN PhD Grants Program. These grants will be supervised by a researcher designated by the host institution and may be co-supervised by researchers from other institutions. In any case it is mandatory that one of the supervisors has a formal link to a Portuguese University granting the academic degree and, in case of mixed grants, one of the co-supervisors must have a link to the foreign host institution. The institutions that don’t have such a protocol should send an email to idpasc.pt-cern@lip.pt to express their interest in joining the doctoral grants program. A template of the protocol can be found at https://idpasc.lip.pt/files/pt_cern_grants/minute_agreement_PT-CERN-PhD-Grant.docx This program is integrated in the scope of the IDPASC Doctoral Program in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology. Further information about the call will be provided in the Terms of the Call (to be published soon). Should you need any other information, please send an e-mail to: idpasc.pt-cern@lip.pt Best regards, Natalia Antunes The IDPASC Team https://idpasc.lip.pt/

The International Doctorate Network in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology (IDPASC) is an interdisciplinary network whose purpose is to create new high-level experts in the fields of Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

And fitting within my next sabbatical range and scheduling...!

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And fitting within my next sabbatical range and scheduling...! 

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