Modern Cosmology

2008, July 27-August 14

Monday, July 28 10:00h Modifying Gravity?   G. Starkman 11:00h Discussion & Break   12:00h Clusters as cosmological tools   A. Blanchard 17:30h Discussion   G. Starkman Tuesday, July 29 10:00h The problem of Cosmic Averages   D. Schwarz 11:00h Discussion & Break   12:00h QUIJOTE: A new experiment to measure the polarization of the CMB and foregrounds.   R. Rebolo 18:00h Discussion   D. Schwarz Wednesday, July 30 10:00h What more can we learn from the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect?   R. Crittenden 10:40h Discussion & Break   11:40h Measuring BAO along the Line of Sight with Photometric Redshifts: the PAU Survey   R Miquel 12:20h Topology of the universe   B. Roukema Thursday, July 31 10:00h Massive gravity   C. Deffayet 11:00h Discussion & Break   11:40h Bi-gravity and Lambda   J. Garriga 12:20h Gravitinos in brane cosmology   F. Urban 18:00h Discussion   Friday, August 01 10:00h A flat universe, two parameters, and a dark sector: constraints from WMAP5, SDSS and SNe data   M. Bruni 11:00h Discussion & Break   11:40h Mach's Principle: Exact Frame-Dragging by Energy-Currents in Perturbed FRW Universes   C. Schmid 12:20h Magnetic fields in the radiation era   L. Hollenstein 18:00h Discussion ?   Monday, August 04 10:00h Testing for modified gravity: old and new ideas   L. Amendola 11:00h Discussion & Break   12:00h Evolution of quasars and the mass function of nuclear black holes   J. Miralda Escude 18:00h Discussion: f(R) perturbation theory   L. Amendola Tuesday, August 05 10:00h Nonlinear Structure Formation from Theory and Simulations   M. Crocce 11:00h Discussion & Break   11:30h New nonlinear signatures of modifying gravity   R. Scoccimarro 12:30h Primordial Non-Gaussianity   C. Byrnes 18:00h DISCUSSION   Wednesday, August 06 10:00h Experimental techniques for measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background   P. De Bernardis 11:00h Discussion & Break   11:30h Is living in a void compatible with observational cosmology?   T.Haugboelle 12:30h Initial conditions for multifield inflation   J.Roche Thursday, August 07 10:00h What is the best way to measure acoustic oscillations? Extreme structures in the Universe   C. Baugh 11:30h Clustering of LRG in SDSS and a direct measurement of H(z)   E. Gaztanaga 12:30h Biasing and BAO   V. Desjacques 18:00h Discussion   Friday, August 08 10:00h Galaxy evolution with photometric redsihft surveys   R. Sheth 11:00h Discussion and Break   11:30h Diagnosis of the ISW effect in standard LambdaCDM   C. Hernandez-Monteagudo 12:30h Scale-dependent Bias   R. Smith Monday, August 11 10:30h Cosmic superstrings - some fun with junctions   E. Copeland 11:00h Break and Discussion   11:30h Lensing reconstruction in real space   M. Bucher 12:45h Gravitational wave production after inflation   D. G. Figueroa Tuesday, August 12 10:00h Galaxy clusters as scaled standard candles   G. Evrard 11:00h Break and Discussion   11:30h Statistics of the Galaxy Distribution   V. Martinez 12:45h Constraints on Inflation   W. Valkenburg Wednesday, August 13 10:00h Comparison of BAO experiments   F. Castander 11:00h Break and Discussion   11:30h Comparing different Photometric Redshift Surveys   A. Fernandez Soto