2015: The Spacetime Odyssey Continues
from
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 (9:00 AM)
to
Friday, June 5, 2015 (6:00 PM)
Monday, June 1, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
9:00 AM
Registration / Coffee
Registration / Coffee
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Welcome
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Katherine Freese
(Nordita and Stockholm University)
Welcome
Katherine Freese
(Nordita and Stockholm University)
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Cosmology in the New Millennium
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David Spergel
(Princeton University)
Cosmology in the New Millennium
David Spergel
(Princeton University)
10:10 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Theoretical Cosmology in the 21st Century
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Lisa Randall
Theoretical Cosmology in the 21st Century
Lisa Randall
10:50 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Cosmic Microwave Background
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Francois Bouchet
(IAP (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris ))
Cosmic Microwave Background
Francois Bouchet
(IAP (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris ))
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Dark Energy Theory
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Mark Trodden
(University of Pennsylvania)
Dark Energy Theory
Mark Trodden
(University of Pennsylvania)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Dark Energy Observations: DES and beyond
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Dragan Huterer
(University of Michigan)
Dark Energy Observations: DES and beyond
Dragan Huterer
(University of Michigan)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Particle Theory, Cosmology, and the LHC
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Pearl Sandick
(University of Utah)
Particle Theory, Cosmology, and the LHC
Pearl Sandick
(University of Utah)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Inflation
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Will Kinney
(University of Buffalo, the State University of New York)
Inflation
Will Kinney
(University of Buffalo, the State University of New York)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Dark Matter Theory
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Paolo Gondolo
(University of Utah)
Dark Matter Theory
Paolo Gondolo
(University of Utah)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Dark Matter Experiment
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Bernard Sadoulet
(University of California at Berkeley)
Dark Matter Experiment
Bernard Sadoulet
(University of California at Berkeley)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Tour and Dinner, Stockholm City Hall
Tour and Dinner, Stockholm City Hall
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
10:00 AM
Future Strategy of CRESST
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Leo Stodolsky
(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)
Future Strategy of CRESST
Leo Stodolsky
(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Highlights from the XENON dark matter search
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Laura Baudis
(University of Zurich)
Highlights from the XENON dark matter search
Laura Baudis
(University of Zurich)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Smoking Guns of Supersymmetric Dark Matter
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Leszek Roszkowski
Smoking Guns of Supersymmetric Dark Matter
Leszek Roszkowski
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Target element dependence of the annual modulation in direct searches
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Graciela Gelmini
(UCLA)
Target element dependence of the annual modulation in direct searches
Graciela Gelmini
(UCLA)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Axions and ALP Searches with CUORE and Majorana
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Frank Avignone
(University of South Carolina)
Axions and ALP Searches with CUORE and Majorana
Frank Avignone
(University of South Carolina)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Macroscopic Dark Matter
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Glenn Starkman
(Case Western Reserve University)
Macroscopic Dark Matter
Glenn Starkman
(Case Western Reserve University)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Planck
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Graca Rocha
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Caltech)
Planck
Graca Rocha
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Caltech)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
The International Space Station
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Christer Fuglesang
(KTH, Physics Department)
The International Space Station
Christer Fuglesang
(KTH, Physics Department)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
How to learn to love the BOSS: Dark Energy, Gravity and Beyond
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Shirley Ho
(Carnegie Mellon University)
How to learn to love the BOSS: Dark Energy, Gravity and Beyond
Shirley Ho
(Carnegie Mellon University)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Probing Dark Energy With Galaxy Clustering
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Yun Wang
(IPAC, California Institute of Technology)
Probing Dark Energy With Galaxy Clustering
Yun Wang
(IPAC, California Institute of Technology)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Dinner at the Grand Hotel
Dinner at the Grand Hotel
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Thursday, June 4, 2015
10:00 AM
Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse
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Andy Albrecht
(UC Davis)
Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse
Andy Albrecht
(UC Davis)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Particle physics beyond the Higgs
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Marcela Carena
(Fermilab and University of Chicago)
Particle physics beyond the Higgs
Marcela Carena
(Fermilab and University of Chicago)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
The return of Newton-Cartan spacetime
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Niels Obers
(Niels Bohr Institute)
The return of Newton-Cartan spacetime
Niels Obers
(Niels Bohr Institute)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
The Initial Condition of the Universe
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Laura Mersini-Houghton
(UNC- Chapel Hill)
The Initial Condition of the Universe
Laura Mersini-Houghton
(UNC- Chapel Hill)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Antiproton cosmic rays: Has dark matter been detected?
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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)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
From Planck scale M-theory to predictions of superpartners at LHC soon… and what about dark matter?
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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)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Puzzles of objects created very early in the Universe
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Alexander Dolgov
(Novosibirsk State University)
Puzzles of objects created very early in the Universe
Alexander Dolgov
(Novosibirsk State University)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Free afternoon
Free afternoon
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Boat Tour of the Archipelago including Dinner
Boat Tour of the Archipelago including Dinner
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Friday, June 5, 2015
9:30 AM
Gravitational Condensate Stars: The (Quantum) Matter with Black Holes
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Emil Mottola
(Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Gravitational Condensate Stars: The (Quantum) Matter with Black Holes
Emil Mottola
(Los Alamos National Laboratory)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Constraints on the birth of the universe and cosmic dark flow
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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 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Neutrino Geology
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Andrzej Drukier
(BioTraces, Inc.)
Neutrino Geology
Andrzej Drukier
(BioTraces, Inc.)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
High Energy Cosmic Rays
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Angela V Olinto
(The University of Chicago)
High Energy Cosmic Rays
Angela V Olinto
(The University of Chicago)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Electroweak Baryogenesis
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Kimmo Kainulainen
(University of Jyvaskyla)
Electroweak Baryogenesis
Kimmo Kainulainen
(University of Jyvaskyla)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Dark Stars
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Tanja Rindler-Daller
(University of Michigan)
Dark Stars
Tanja Rindler-Daller
(University of Michigan)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Reionization in the Universe
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Paul Shapiro
(University of Texas at Austin)
Reionization in the Universe
Paul Shapiro
(University of Texas at Austin)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The Great Collider in the Sky
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Subir Sarkar
(University of Oxford & NBI Copenhagen)
The Great Collider in the Sky
Subir Sarkar
(University of Oxford & NBI Copenhagen)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Lessons from Through the Wormhole: Communicating Science
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Tony Lund
Lessons from Through the Wormhole: Communicating Science
Tony Lund
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Correlation Hunting
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Frank Wilczek
(MIT)
Correlation Hunting
Frank Wilczek
(MIT)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Xenon for the Future
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Elena Aprile
(Columbia University)
Xenon for the Future
Elena Aprile
(Columbia University)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Concluding Talk
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Michael Turner
(The University of Chicago)
Concluding Talk
Michael Turner
(The University of Chicago)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
End of Conference
End of Conference
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM
Barbeque at Nordita followed by Dancing at Café Opera
Barbeque at Nordita followed by Dancing at Café Opera
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM