Relativity Research Center

The University of Texas in Austin has established a Center for Research in Relativity Theory as a joint project of the University’s Departments of Physics and Mathematics. The center has four permanent senior faculty positions, a visiting professorship for the coming academic year, and (contingent upon the availability of government support) four positions for postdoctoral research associates. Two faculty members, A. Schild, professor of mathematics, and E. L. Schucking, associate professor of physics and mathematics, are now on the staff; they will be joined in September by R. Penrose and R. K. Sachs, associate professors of physics and mathematics. For the present, the two open positions are occupied by R. P. Kerr of the US Air Force Aeronautical Research Laboratory and L. Bel from the Collège de France in Paris, who are serving as visiting lecturers at the center. In addition, J. Kristian from Yerkes Observatory, I. Ozsvath from the Hamburg Observatory, and A. H. Thompson from the University of London’s King’s College are doing postdoctoral research work at the center during the present year.