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Cosmo-ufes

It is the Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology of the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil. It is a center for scientific research and  outreach. In Portuguese it is known as Núcleo de Astrofísica e Cosmologia. It was founded as a Center in 2017, but before that it worked as a research group since 2012, and the latter was based on the Gravitation and Cosmology  group of UFES, which was founded by Prof. José Plinio Batista and Prof. Antônio Brasil Baptista.

Mailing lists:
i) cosmo-ufes announcements (open for anyone interested)
ii) internal list for the Cosmo-ufes members.

Scientific research

The research done by us is mostly on data analysis and theoretical developments related to astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation. Main topics: dark matter, dark energy, black holes, general relativity, extended gravity, cosmic microwave background, large scale structure, galaxies and galaxy clusters, supernovae, gravitational lensing, tests of homogeneity and isotropy... Some of our members also work on some aspects of  mathematical physics, quantum field theory and quantum gravity. See also this automatic list of publications and the books section.

Cosmological surveys. Cosmo-ufes participates in large scale cosmological data acquisition such as Euclid, J-PAS, J-PLUS and LSST.

Research grants: Besides by UFES, the Center's research and outreach activities are funded by the Brazilian research agencies CAPES, CNPq and FAPES. For some specific events, we also receive support from private companies.

Scientific meetings

We organize, co-organize and participate on several national and international meetings on our research areas. We organize at least one meeting per year, commonly more than two. The main recurrent events are:

• Verão Quântico ("Quantum Summer"). An international meeting held once in two years, during the summer, and with a broad spectrum within theoretical physics and astrophysics.
• José Plínio Baptista School of Cosmology (JPBCosmo).  It is held once in two years and brings a few foreigner experts on the fields of cosmology and astrophysics to present minicourses. It is specially devoted for PhD students.
• Inverno Astrofísico ("Astrophysical Winter") -- It is a national meeting that happens every year during winter and it is focused on undergraduate students.

See also the Events webpage.

Advising, teaching and the new Phd program: PPGCosmo

The professors from Cosmo-ufes give classes and advise undegratuate and graduate students at UFES. Our expertise on research is also valuable for the students, which have direct contact with current and international level scientic research topics.

PPGCosmo. Cosmo-ufes members are among the founders of the new PPGCosmo program, a PhD program on astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation that gathers several Brazilian and foreigner institutes and which is based at UFES. The current Cosmo-ufes coordinator, Prof. Júlio Fabris, is also the PPGCosmo coordinator.

Outreach

There are several outreach activities either organized by Cosmo-ufes or with the participation of Cosmo-ufes members. The main organized are:

• Universo no parque
• Universo nas escolas
• Mostra Estadual de Astronomia -   III Mostra Estadual de Astronomia

Vitória/ES, Brazil. The main campus of UFES is located in the large green area at the bottom.

Inside UFES, in front of the PPGFis building.

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