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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: Ana Acebron & in construction (previously Carlo Giocoli & Javier Marquez & Pedro Palmeirim)
Tea Time Chat every Wednesday, 16h00 - 17h00 - Informal meeting of students and postdocs to discuss science/life/etc. Event organizer: Anna Niemiec.
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)
Annual Events
GECO-day, GECO general meeting, 2016, june 28th
Marseille Cosmology Conference (every two years)
Hosted Exceptional Events
- VUDS and VIPERS collaboration meeting, 2016, October 10-14
FLARE meeting, 2016, March 14-15
- SERVS (Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey)/DEEPDRILL collaboration workshop, 2016, June 15-17
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
FileZ - 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
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
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
Past years (PastMeetings)
GECO wiki members & help
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