2015: The Spacetime Odyssey Continues
from
Tuesday, 2 June 2015 (09:00)
to
Friday, 5 June 2015 (18:00)
Monday, 1 June 2015
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
09:00
Registration / Coffee
Registration / Coffee
09:00 - 10:00
10:00
Welcome
-
Katherine Freese
(
Nordita and Stockholm University
)
Welcome
Katherine Freese
(
Nordita and Stockholm University
)
10:00 - 10:10
10:10
Cosmology in the New Millennium
-
David Spergel
(
Princeton University
)
Cosmology in the New Millennium
David Spergel
(
Princeton University
)
10:10 - 10:50
10:50
Theoretical Cosmology in the 21st Century
-
Lisa Randall
Theoretical Cosmology in the 21st Century
Lisa Randall
10:50 - 11:30
11:30
Cosmic Microwave Background
-
Francois Bouchet
(
IAP (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris )
)
Cosmic Microwave Background
Francois Bouchet
(
IAP (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris )
)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
Dark Energy Theory
-
Mark Trodden
(
University of Pennsylvania
)
Dark Energy Theory
Mark Trodden
(
University of Pennsylvania
)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00
Dark Energy Observations: DES and beyond
-
Dragan Huterer
(
University of Michigan
)
Dark Energy Observations: DES and beyond
Dragan Huterer
(
University of Michigan
)
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Particle Theory, Cosmology, and the LHC
-
Pearl Sandick
(
University of Utah
)
Particle Theory, Cosmology, and the LHC
Pearl Sandick
(
University of Utah
)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Inflation
-
Will Kinney
(
University of Buffalo, the State University of New York
)
Inflation
Will Kinney
(
University of Buffalo, the State University of New York
)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Dark Matter Theory
-
Paolo Gondolo
(
University of Utah
)
Dark Matter Theory
Paolo Gondolo
(
University of Utah
)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Dark Matter Experiment
-
Bernard Sadoulet
(
University of California at Berkeley
)
Dark Matter Experiment
Bernard Sadoulet
(
University of California at Berkeley
)
16:30 - 17:00
19:00
Tour and Dinner, Stockholm City Hall
Tour and Dinner, Stockholm City Hall
19:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
10:00
Future Strategy of CRESST
-
Leo Stodolsky
(
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
)
Future Strategy of CRESST
Leo Stodolsky
(
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Highlights from the XENON dark matter search
-
Laura Baudis
(
University of Zurich
)
Highlights from the XENON dark matter search
Laura Baudis
(
University of Zurich
)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Smoking Guns of Supersymmetric Dark Matter
-
Leszek Roszkowski
Smoking Guns of Supersymmetric Dark Matter
Leszek Roszkowski
11:00 - 11:30
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Target element dependence of the annual modulation in direct searches
-
Graciela Gelmini
(
UCLA
)
Target element dependence of the annual modulation in direct searches
Graciela Gelmini
(
UCLA
)
13:00 - 13:30
13:30
Axions and ALP Searches with CUORE and Majorana
-
Frank Avignone
(
University of South Carolina
)
Axions and ALP Searches with CUORE and Majorana
Frank Avignone
(
University of South Carolina
)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00
Macroscopic Dark Matter
-
Glenn Starkman
(
Case Western Reserve University
)
Macroscopic Dark Matter
Glenn Starkman
(
Case Western Reserve University
)
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Planck
-
Graca Rocha
(
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Caltech
)
Planck
Graca Rocha
(
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Caltech
)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
The International Space Station
-
Christer Fuglesang
(
KTH, Physics Department
)
The International Space Station
Christer Fuglesang
(
KTH, Physics Department
)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
How to learn to love the BOSS: Dark Energy, Gravity and Beyond
-
Shirley Ho
(
Carnegie Mellon University
)
How to learn to love the BOSS: Dark Energy, Gravity and Beyond
Shirley Ho
(
Carnegie Mellon University
)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Probing Dark Energy With Galaxy Clustering
-
Yun Wang
(
IPAC, California Institute of Technology
)
Probing Dark Energy With Galaxy Clustering
Yun Wang
(
IPAC, California Institute of Technology
)
16:30 - 17:00
19:00
Dinner at the Grand Hotel
Dinner at the Grand Hotel
19:00 - 23:00
Thursday, 4 June 2015
10:00
Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse
-
Andy Albrecht
(
UC Davis
)
Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse
Andy Albrecht
(
UC Davis
)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Particle physics beyond the Higgs
-
Marcela Carena
(
Fermilab and University of Chicago
)
Particle physics beyond the Higgs
Marcela Carena
(
Fermilab and University of Chicago
)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
The return of Newton-Cartan spacetime
-
Niels Obers
(
Niels Bohr Institute
)
The return of Newton-Cartan spacetime
Niels Obers
(
Niels Bohr Institute
)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
The Initial Condition of the Universe
-
Laura Mersini-Houghton
(
UNC- Chapel Hill
)
The Initial Condition of the Universe
Laura Mersini-Houghton
(
UNC- Chapel Hill
)
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
Antiproton cosmic rays: Has dark matter been detected?
-
Pierre Salati
(
LAPTh and Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc
)
Antiproton cosmic rays: Has dark matter been detected?
Pierre Salati
(
LAPTh and Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc
)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00
From Planck scale M-theory to predictions of superpartners at LHC soon… and what about dark matter?
-
Gordon Kane
(
University of Michigan
)
From Planck scale M-theory to predictions of superpartners at LHC soon… and what about dark matter?
Gordon Kane
(
University of Michigan
)
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Puzzles of objects created very early in the Universe
-
Alexander Dolgov
(
Novosibirsk State University
)
Puzzles of objects created very early in the Universe
Alexander Dolgov
(
Novosibirsk State University
)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Free afternoon
Free afternoon
15:00 - 18:30
18:30
Boat Tour of the Archipelago including Dinner
Boat Tour of the Archipelago including Dinner
18:30 - 22:30
Friday, 5 June 2015
09:30
Gravitational Condensate Stars: The (Quantum) Matter with Black Holes
-
Emil Mottola
(
Los Alamos National Laboratory
)
Gravitational Condensate Stars: The (Quantum) Matter with Black Holes
Emil Mottola
(
Los Alamos National Laboratory
)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Constraints on the birth of the universe and cosmic dark flow
-
Grant Mathews
(
Center for Astrophysics at Notre Dame University
)
Constraints on the birth of the universe and cosmic dark flow
Grant Mathews
(
Center for Astrophysics at Notre Dame University
)
10:00 - 10:15
10:15
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:30
10:30
Neutrino Geology
-
Andrzej Drukier
(
BioTraces, Inc.
)
Neutrino Geology
Andrzej Drukier
(
BioTraces, Inc.
)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
High Energy Cosmic Rays
-
Angela V Olinto
(
The University of Chicago
)
High Energy Cosmic Rays
Angela V Olinto
(
The University of Chicago
)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Electroweak Baryogenesis
-
Kimmo Kainulainen
(
University of Jyvaskyla
)
Electroweak Baryogenesis
Kimmo Kainulainen
(
University of Jyvaskyla
)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Dark Stars
-
Tanja Rindler-Daller
(
University of Michigan
)
Dark Stars
Tanja Rindler-Daller
(
University of Michigan
)
13:00 - 13:30
13:30
Reionization in the Universe
-
Paul Shapiro
(
University of Texas at Austin
)
Reionization in the Universe
Paul Shapiro
(
University of Texas at Austin
)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00
The Great Collider in the Sky
-
Subir Sarkar
(
University of Oxford & NBI Copenhagen
)
The Great Collider in the Sky
Subir Sarkar
(
University of Oxford & NBI Copenhagen
)
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Lessons from Through the Wormhole: Communicating Science
-
Tony Lund
Lessons from Through the Wormhole: Communicating Science
Tony Lund
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Correlation Hunting
-
Frank Wilczek
(
MIT
)
Correlation Hunting
Frank Wilczek
(
MIT
)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Xenon for the Future
-
Elena Aprile
(
Columbia University
)
Xenon for the Future
Elena Aprile
(
Columbia University
)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Concluding Talk
-
Michael Turner
(
The University of Chicago
)
Concluding Talk
Michael Turner
(
The University of Chicago
)
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
End of Conference
End of Conference
17:00 - 17:30
18:00
Barbeque at Nordita followed by Dancing at Café Opera
Barbeque at Nordita followed by Dancing at Café Opera
18:00 - 20:00