A summer school on Monte Carlo radiation transfer techniques for use in astronomy will be held in St Andrews from 18th to 23rd August 2013. 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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Arrival Information
The summer school is rapidly approaching and we are very much looking forward to welcoming you all to St Andrews on Sunday.
For travel information to St Andrews please click here. Once in St Andrews, please make your way to Agnes Blackadder Hall which is located on the North Haugh. Click here for a map of the town. Agnes Blackadder Hall is building 4 (sqaure D3) on the map.
The lectures will all take place in the Gateway building, also located on the North Haugh. It is building 18 on the map and is highly distinguishable due to it's cylyndrical shape.
Claiming expenses: Please find the claim form here.
Confirmed Lecturers:
Barbara Ercolano, Tim Harries, Michiel Hogerheijde, Tom Robitaille, Jon Bjorkman, Kenny Wood
Costs:
STFC-funded PhD students and postdocs - travel by rail to St Andrews from within the UK, course fees, meals, and accommodation for five nights will be paid by STFC.
Non-STFC students - course fees, meals and accommodation for five nights will cost £450.
Payment for Non-STFC students
Please click here to make the payment.
Deadline:
The deadline for application is: Friday 12th July 2013
Contact
Email Kenny Wood ( kw25@st-andrews.ac.uk) with any questions / queries.