CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DE BENASQUE "PEDRO PASCUAL"
Modern Cosmology
2008, July 27-August 14
Monday, July 28
Tuesday, July 29
Wednesday, July 30
Thursday, July 31
Friday, August 01
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10:00h
| A flat universe, two parameters, and a dark sector: constraints from WMAP5, SDSS and SNe data |
| M. Bruni
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11:00h
| Discussion & Break |
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11:40h
| Mach's Principle: Exact Frame-Dragging by Energy-Currents in Perturbed FRW Universes |
| C. Schmid
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12:20h
| Magnetic fields in the radiation era |
| L. Hollenstein
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18:00h
| Discussion ? |
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Monday, August 04
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10:00h
| Testing for modified gravity: old and new ideas |
| L. Amendola
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11:00h
| Discussion & Break |
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12:00h
| Evolution of quasars and the mass function of nuclear black holes |
| J. Miralda Escude
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18:00h
| Discussion: f(R) perturbation theory |
| L. Amendola
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Tuesday, August 05
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10:00h
| Nonlinear Structure Formation from Theory and Simulations |
| M. Crocce
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11:00h
| Discussion & Break |
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11:30h
| New nonlinear signatures of modifying gravity |
| R. Scoccimarro
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12:30h
| Primordial Non-Gaussianity |
| C. Byrnes
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18:00h
| DISCUSSION |
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Wednesday, August 06
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10:00h
| Experimental techniques for measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background |
| P. De Bernardis
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11:00h
| Discussion & Break |
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11:30h
| Is living in a void compatible with observational cosmology? |
| T.Haugboelle
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12:30h
| Initial conditions for multifield inflation |
| J.Roche
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Thursday, August 07
Friday, August 08
Monday, August 11
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10:30h
| Cosmic superstrings - some fun with junctions |
| E. Copeland
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11:00h
| Break and Discussion |
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11:30h
| Lensing reconstruction in real space |
| M. Bucher
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12:45h
| Gravitational wave production after inflation |
| D. G. Figueroa
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Tuesday, August 12
Wednesday, August 13
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