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【Astronomy Winter School: High-Energy Astrophysics】

台灣國立清華大學將於 2021 年 1 月 18 至 22 日舉辦天文研究學習營，歡迎碩、博班或博士後研究員參加。名額 50 人，費用全免。請各位轉告有興趣的同學或朋友。詳情：

NTHU/NCTS Astronomy Winter School: High-Energy Astrophysics
Jan 18th – 22nd
Online, and NCTS, Hsinchu

We are pleased to announce the NTHU/NCTS Winter School on High-Energy Astrophysics, to be held both online and at the National Center for Theoretical Science, Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 18th – 22nd, 2021.
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Registration is now open. Please complete registration here: http://phys.cts.nthu.edu.tw/actnews/intro.php?Sn=505&OSn=1349
You can indicate whether you will attend on-site or remotely.
Registration deadline: 20th December 2020.
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We cordially invite your participation.
The purpose of this winter school is to present an overview of the progress in major areas of cosmic ray astrophysics and gamma-ray astronomy in recent years, and to provide an introduction to the essential physics and concepts. It will also be an opportunity to bring together both new and established researchers in the field for discussion and exchange of ideas.
The programme will cover a broad range of topics within cosmic ray astrophysics and gamma-ray astronomy, ranging from theory/modelling & simulation to instrumentation & observation.

The school is intended for graduate research (PhD and Masters) students and post-docs with an interest in becoming involved in high energy astrophysics (in particular, topics relating to cosmic rays and gamma-rays), as well as early-career scientists already active in the field looking to broaden their understanding. It will comprise of a keynote lecture and six primary lecture series from international experts, plus five highlight science talks to complement the programme. The keynote lecture will be given by Prof Werner Hofmann (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany).

Please see our website for detailed information about the lecturers, courses and highlight talks: http://phys.cts.nthu.edu.tw/actnews/content.php?Sn=505
Remote attendance is encouraged, particularly for those wishing to attend from outside of Taiwan.

Due to limited availability of seats, those wishing to attend in person should register as early as possible to ensure on-site participation. After on-site spaces are filled, online registration will remain open until 20th December 2020.

Topics
Cosmic rays, gamma-ray astronomy, particle acceleration and interactions, instrumentation

Keynote talk
Werner Hofmann (MPIK)

Invited lecturers
Jim Hinton (MPIK)
Yoshiyuki Inoue (Osaka)
Albert Kong (NTHU)
Frank Rieger (ZAH, Heidelberg/MPIK)
Kinwah Wu (UCL/MSSL)
Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang (NTHU)

Highlight speakers
Hsiang-Kuang Chang (NTHU)
Kwan Lok Li (NCKU)
Alison Mitchell (Adelaide/Zurich)
Ellis Owen (NTHU)
Pooja Surajbali (MPIK)

There is no registration fee. Registration is open now. The registration deadline will be 20th December 2020. Note that on-site participation will be limited to 50 people. Due to the limited availability of seats, interested parties wishing to attend on-site please visit our website and sign up to register as early as possible to ensure your participation. There will be no limitation on the number of people wishing to join remotely.

Financial support for transportation and accommodation expenses is available for the on-site attendees who have no other means of funding support. Please visit our website for more relevant details.

We look forward to seeing you at the winter school.

Organising committee
Dr Ellis Owen
Prof Albert Kong
Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University

【新聞英文】

Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76
英國物理學家霍金逝世

British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, the Press Association reported, citing a spokesman for his family.
美聯社引用史蒂芬•霍金(Stephen Hawking)家庭發言人的說詞報導，這位英國理論物理學家已去世，享年76歲。

Hawking - who lived with motor neurone disease since his 20s, leaving him in a wheelchair and using a computer to speak and write - was a former professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge and author of international best-seller A Brief History of Time.
霍金20歲多時罹患了運動神經元疾病，只能坐輪椅，借助電腦來講話和寫作。他曾是劍橋大學(University of Cambridge)的數學教授，同時也是國際暢銷書「時間簡史」(A Brief History of Time)的作者。

He was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 1963 and told he had two years to live.
1963年，他被診斷出患有運動神經元疾病，並被告知只能再活兩年。

Hawking’s self-proclaimed intellectual goal was strikingly ambitious: “Complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” He made important contributions to many of the big issues in cosmology, particularly the unification of the two great theories of 20th-century physics: relativity and quantum mechanics.
霍金自稱的學術目標是非常有野心的，他認為：「要完全理解宇宙，理解它為何是現在的樣子，以及它為何會存在。」他對宇宙學的許多重大問題（尤其是20世紀物理學的兩個偉大理論──相對論和量子力學的統一）做出了重大貢獻。

His most original research concerned black holes — concentrations of matter so dense that light cannot escape from their gravitational pull. He showed that black holes are not just a bizarre theoretical concept but play an important role in the development of the universe. Indeed, they are not even quite black; they can emit radiation — known as Hawking radiation — and eventually they can even evaporate and disappear.
霍金最具獨創性的研究跟黑洞有關——物質密度達到很高的程度，以至於光無法脫離其引力。他證明，黑洞不只是一個奇異的理論概念，而且在宇宙發展中扮演著重要角色。事實上，黑洞甚至不是很黑；黑洞會釋放出輻射——被稱為「霍金輻射」——最終黑洞甚至會蒸發和消失。

In recent years Hawking had warned that artificial intelligence could “outsmart us all” but said he appreciated the benefits brought by the technology, such as the upgrades to communications devices that allowed him to write and speak twice as fast as before.
最近幾年，霍金曾警告稱，人工智慧可能「比我們所有人都聰明」。但他表示，他很欣賞這種技術帶來的好處，比如通訊設備的升級，讓他能以比過去快一倍的速度寫作和說話。

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