A summer school on Monte Carlo radiation transfer techniques will be held in St Andrews from 23rd to 28th August 2015. The course is limited to thirty students with priority given to STFC-funded PhD students and postdocs. Students will be introduced to the basic techniques in Monte Carlo radiation transfer and their applications to scattered light, dust and gas radiative equilibrium, photoionization, and NLTE molecular line transfer. Several publicly available Monte Carlo codes will be introduced in detail with the goal that by the end of the school the students will have a toolbox of codes that they can use in their own astrophysical research projects. The program will comprise short introductory lectures to each topic, followed by detailed descriptions of individual codes. Lots of time will be set aside for students to become familiar with using the codes and interacting with the lecturers who developed them.
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Whisky Tasting
A flyer for the whisky tasting, scheduled for Wednesday 26th August, can be downloaded here.
Costs
STFC-funded PhD students and postdocs - travel by rail to St Andrews from within the UK, five nights accommodation, delegate fees, meals and events (breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee breaks, whisky tasting) will be covered by the STFC.
To download the STFC claim form, click here. Claims and scanned receipts should be sent directly to studentships@stfc.ac.uk.
Non-STFC students - the cost of five nights accommodation, delegate fees, meals and events will be £700. Payment can be made here.
Contact
Email Kenny Wood - kw25@st-andrews.ac.uk - with any questions or queries.
Previous Schools
The links below will take you to the webpages for previous Monte Carlo Summer Schools