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This advanced level school is second in the series of schools being jointly organized by RRI and ICTS, following the highly successful 1st joint school. The present series is an off-shoot of an earlier series of schools entitled RRI School On Statistical Physics started in 2010 at the Raman Research Institute. The present school will be held at the ICTS campus.This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level.List of topics to be covered and instructors:Introductory lectures on statistical physics - Abhishek Dhar (ICTS) and Sanjib Sabhapandit (RRI)Introduction to soft matter physics - D. Pine (NewYork)Directed percolation and Sandpile models - D. Dhar (TIFR)Statistical Mechanics of Systems with Long-Range Interactions - D. Mukamel (Weizmann Institute)Interac...

This advanced level school is second in the series of schools being jointly organized by RRI and ICTS, following the highly successful 1st joint school. The present series is an off-shoot of an earlier series of schools entitled RRI School On Statistical Physics started in 2010 at the Raman Research Institute. The present school will be held at the ICTS campus.This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level.List of topics to be covered and instructors:Introductory lectures on statistical physics - Abhishek Dhar (ICTS) and Sanjib Sabhapandit (RRI)Introduction to soft matter physics - D. Pine (NewYork)Directed percolation and Sandpile models - D. Dhar (TIFR)Statistical Mechanics of Systems with Long-Range Interactions - D. Mukamel (Weizmann Institute)Interac...

Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, which is celebrating its centenary this year, predicts the existence of gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are freely propagating oscillations in the spacetime. The first direct detection of gravitational waves is expected to happen in the next few years by large laser interferometric detectors. Apart from the upcoming detectors in USA, Europe and Japan, there is an ongoing proposal to build a gravitational-wave observatory in India.This summer school on Gravitational Wave Astronomy aims to train students and young researchers in the emerging area of gravitational-wave astronomy. The school will involve four graduate-level courses on different topics of gravitational-wave astronomy.  The lectures will be given by five leading experts on these topics. The school is mainly intended for graduate students working (or starting to work) on gravitational-wave astronomy, high-energy astrophysics, cosmology and related areas. The school can ...