Welcome to the pages of the GECO group

The Galaxies, Etoiles et Cosmologie (GECO; Galaxies, Stars, and Cosmology) group covers a wide range of topics going from stars to cosmology. In particular it covers the study of:

• the interstellar and intergalactic media,
• the different phases of the formation of stars,
• the physical processes involved in the formation and the evolution of galaxies and their environment,
• the dynamics of galaxies,
• the large-scale structure of the Universe,
• the dark matter properties,
• the cosmological model.

People:

• Members of the group

• Visitors to the group

• Internships in the group

News

• On-going calls for telescope time, grants, travel money, positions, conf/workshop registrations (pertinent to the team).

Scientific life of the group

Discussion Circles - Scientific discussions around various topics.

Weekly Events

• Café Club every Tuesday at 13h30 in room Mistral - An informal seminar with presentations of ~20-25 minutes. Event organizers: Elena Sarpa & Carlo Schimd

• Tea Time Chat every Wednesday, 16h00 - 17h00 - Informal meeting of students and postdocs to discuss science/life/etc. Event organizer: Yana Khusanova.

• All Write every Wednesday, 16h00 - 17h00 - A quiet writing hour. Organizer: Cécile Gry (previously Janine Pforr).

• Discussion Circles meetings (subject to changes):

  • Monday, 11:00, Galaxy Evolution (first meeting Monday, January 25th)
  • Wednesday, 11:00, IGM (first meeting Wednesday, 20th)
  • Thursday, 14:00, Cosmology (first meeting, Wednesday, 28th)
  • Thursday, 14:00, Feedback(first meeting, Wednesday, 28th)
  • Friday, 10:00, Transients (first meeting, February, 5th)
  • Friday, 15:00, Clusters (every two weeks, alternating with Dark Matter)
  • Friday, 15:00, Dark Matter (every two weeks, alternating with Clusters)

Hosted Exceptional Events

• CosmoBack Workshop - From inhomogeneous gravity to cosmological back-reaction: Theoretical opportunity? Observational evidence?

• GRBs meet galaxies workshop.

• Galaxy Clusters Across Cosmic Time, 11th edition of the Marseille Cosmology Conference Cycle

• Past years (PastMeetings)

Annual Events

• Marseille Cosmology Conference Series

• GECO Transverse Science Workshops

• GECO-day 2018, GECO general meeting, 2018, September 27th

• GECO-day 2017, GECO general meeting, 2017, September 14th

• Past years (PastMeetings)

Projects of the group

• Funded projects - Funded projects led by GECO members

• Observational projects - Large observational programmes in which GECO members are involved

Teaching & Outreach

• Master SPaCE-Astrophysique at LAM/Aix-Marseille Université

• Master P3TMA at Luminy/Aix-Marseille Université

Useful information & links

• GestSup - Administrative support web-service

• DIRCOM page - Administrative information and forms

• Room booking - Book a room at LAM

• Directory - Find a name, an office, or a telephone number at LAM

• Service Informatique Pythéas - IT service information

• IT support - Submit a ticket for IT support

• WIFI Account - Create a WIFI account for your visitors

• Webmail - Webmail service

• Upload - Distribute files for a limited time

• Calendar - Calendar service

• Nuage - Cloud service

• Sympa - View and manage mailing lists

• Institutional Access to astronomy journals - A short reminder about how to access papers.

• Form to request a mission: Demande-mission.docx

• Form "Etat de Frais" to fill after a mission: on dircom, use your usual ldap login

• Travel portals for AMU, CNRS

• FORM to obtain an access key for your visitors (to be signed by the group head and the direction)

• Document concerning the arrival of interns at the laboratory. CONVENTIONS are absolutely needed, and may take up to 2 month to be signed by every party.

• Entry/Account Form - Form to be filled by new permanent staffs to get an account

• GECO office label template: Etiquette_geco.odt, Etiquette_geco.doc

• A template for your libre office presentations: gecotemplate.odp and powerpoint presentations: gecotemplate.pptx

GECO group meetings

• 2017 June, 14th. Staff Meeting.
• 2017, Feb, 3rd. Staff Meeting.
• GECO-day, GECO general meeting, 2016, june 28th

• March 2016, 22nd, Meeting of the GECO permanents 2016-03-22-titulaires.pdf

• March 2016, 9th, Meeting Direction- groups, Notes: CR_preparation_HCERES3.pdf

• January 2016, kickoff, GECO_2016_01_kickoff.pdf

GECO wiki members & help

• GecoGroup

• GecoAdminGroup

• WikiHelp

• HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax: quick access to wiki markup