Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum
2016, Sep 04 -- Sep 10
Organizers:
M. Asorey (U. Zaragoza)
E. Elizalde (ICE/CSIC, Barcelona)
S. Odintsov (ICE/CSIC, Barcelona)
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III Workshop on COSMOLOGY AND THE QUANTUM VACUUM
This Third Edition of the Workshop will focus, as the preceding ones which
took place in Benasque and Rhodes, on aspects of Theoretical Cosmology
which are related with properties of the Quantum Vacuum. The longstanding
question: Why we do not see vacuum fluctuations at cosmological scale? is
still without answer. Now we have indeed detected an acceleration in the
cosmic expansion which could be most easily understood as a vacuum effect
(dark energy), but the numbers still do not match by many orders of
magnitude. Alternative approaches to this problem involve cosmological
models which modify the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian by adding terms of
higher order in the curvature. Terms of this kind should probably be
there, since they appear in most attempts of calculating quantum
corrections to General Relativity. At this stage, however, modified
gravity models should be confronted both with fundamental theories and
with the most recent astronomical data.
The Workshop is open to related topics. This includes:
1. Cosmological models: modified gravities, f(R) and similar theories, non-local models.
2. Quantum vacuum effects and its implications in cosmology. Casimir effect in brane models.
3. The cosmological constant problem and quantum vacuum fluctuations.
4. Mathematical physics techniques for quantum vacuum effects.
Call for participations
Abstract submission should be done through here.
* Abstracts files should be in pdf format
* The use of graphics in the abstract is optional.
* You have to be registered before abstract submission
Registration fee information
The registration fee for this conference is 250 eur.
The registration fee includes transportation from/to Barcelona and conference dinner
Pay by bank transfer
The registration fee must be paid to the account of the Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual after your application has been accepted.
Ibercaja (account number): 2085 2310 3803 3004 4193
IBAN: ES44 2085 2310 3803 3004 4193
BIC: CAZRES2Z
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*Cancellation Policy*
A 30 euro charge will be applied for cancellations made up to 10 days before the conference start date.
A no refund policy will be applied to cancellations made after this date.
Further Information.
This session has received financial support from the following institutions:
