Nordita Advanced Winter School on Theoretical Cosmology

13 Jan 2020, 08:30 → 24 Jan 2020, 18:00 Europe/Stockholm

122:026 (Nordita, Stockholm)

Elisa Ferreira (MPA-Garching), Guilherme Franzmann (Nordita), Jerome Quintin (AEI-Potsdam), Ricardo Zambujal Ferreira (Nordita)

Group Picture

Venue

Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden

Scope

The purpose of this winter school is to provide late PHD students and young postdocs with introductory and advanced courses in a range of the most important topics in the field of Theoretical Cosmology. Furthermore, the school will provide a way to bring together students and young postdocs across different fields, research institutions and countries.

Format

There will be three one-and-a-half-hour lectures per day, two in the morning and one after lunch. Late in the afternoon there will be time for work on problems, discussion sessions or short talks.

The first week of the school will cover mostly basic topics in Theoretical Cosmology, while the second week of the school will cover contemporary research topics.

Lecturers and Topics

Lasha Berezhiani (MPP Munich)	Condensed Matter Methods for Cosmology
Robert Brandenberger (McGill U.)	Cosmological Perturbations; Inflation and alternatives
Valerie Domcke (DESY)	Gravitational Waves in Cosmology
Ruth Durrer (Geneva U.)	From theory to data
Pedro Ferreira (U. of Oxford)	Dark Energy and Modified Gravity
Steffen Gielen (U. of Sheffield)	Cosmology and Quantum Gravity
Michele Maggiore (U. of Geneva)	Cosmology and Non-Local Gravity
David Marsh (Stockholm U.)	Axion Cosmology
Guilherme Pimentel (U. of Amsterdam)	Cosmological Fluctuations from Symmetries
Marjorie Schillo (Uppsala U.)	Cosmology and String Theory

Social Events

For the first week, we will have a dinner at the restaurant Aifur (theme) on Thursday, 16th of January at 20.30. During the second week, we will have a boat trip and dinner in the Stockholm archipelago on Thursday 23rd of January (time and place to be confirmed). 

Application

The school is primarily intended for late PhD students and young postdocs. Nordic and Baltic PhD students can apply for financial support for hotel expenses.

You apply to the Nordita winter school in two steps:

1. Fill in the form in the menu to the left
2. Send your CV as an attachment to winterschool@nordita.org

Note that all two steps must be completed by 15 November 2019. There is no registration fee.

Organizers

• Elisa Ferreira (MPA-Garching)
• Guilherme Franzmann (Nordita)
• Jerome Quintin (AEI-Potsdam)
• Ricardo Zambujal Ferreira (Nordita)

Scientific Advisory Committee

• Robert Brandenberger (McGill University)
• Eiichiro Komatsu (MPA & IPMU)
• Jean-Luc Lehners (AEI-Potsdam)
• Niels A. Obers (Nordita)

Sponsored by:

Guilherme Pimentel: Cosmological Fluctuations from Symmetries Exercises.pdf LecceLectures.pdf

Marjorie Schillo - String Cosmology string_cosmology.pdf

Robert Brandenberger: Cosmological Perturbations

• Homework_Robert_2.pdf
• Homework_Robert.pdf
• Lectures on Cosmological Perturbations.pdf
• roberts_notes.pdf

Ruth Durrer: From Theory to Data TheoDat2.pdf

Steffen Gielen - Quantum Gravity and Cosmology qg_cosmo.pdf

Monday 13 January

1 Registration

2 Cosmological Perturbations

Speaker: Robert Brandenberger

3 Coffee break

4 Dark energy and modified gravity

Speaker: Pedro Ferreira

5 Lunch

6 Cosmological Fluctuations from Symmetries

Speaker: Guilherme Pimentel

7 Coffee break

8 Work/Discussion

Tuesday 14 January

9 Cosmological Perturbations

Speaker: Robert Brandenberger

10 Coffee break

11 Dark energy and modified gravity

Speaker: Pedro Ferreira

12 Lunch

13 Gravitational waves in Cosmology

Speaker: Valerie Domcke

14 Coffee break

15 Cosmological Fluctuations from Symmetries

Speaker: Guilherme Pimentel

Wednesday 15 January

16 Cosmological Perturbations

Speaker: Robert Brandenberger

17 Coffee break

18 Dark energy and modified gravity

Speaker: Pedro Ferreira

19 Lunch

20 From theory to data

Speaker: Ruth Durrer

21 Coffee break

22 Work/Discussion

Thursday 16 January

23 Cosmological Fluctuations from Symmetries

Speaker: Guilherme Pimentel

24 Group picture

25 Lunch

26 From theory to data

Speaker: Ruth Durrer

27 Coffee break

28 Gravitational waves in Cosmology

Speaker: Valerie Domcke

29 Alternatives to Inflation

Speaker: Robert Brandenberger

30 Robert Brandenberger's Tribute

31 Dinner at Aifur Restaurant

Friday 17 January

32 Cosmological Fluctuations from Symmetries

Speaker: Guilherme Pimentel

33 Lunch

34 From theory to data

Speaker: Ruth Durrer

35 Coffee break

36 Gravitational waves in Cosmology

Speaker: Valerie Domcke

37 Work/Discussion

Monday 20 January

38 Condensed Matter Methods for Cosmology

Speaker: Lasha Berezhiani

39 Coffee break

40 Quantum gravity and cosmology

Speaker: Steffen Gielen

41 Lunch

42 Work/Discussion

43 String theory and Cosmology

Speaker: Marjorie Schillo

44 Coffee break

45 Work/Discussion

Tuesday 21 January

46 Condensed Matter Methods for Cosmology

Speaker: Lasha Berezhiani

47 Coffee break

48 Quantum gravity and Cosmology

Speaker: Steffen Gielen

49 Lunch

50 String theory and Cosmology

Speaker: Marjorie Schillo

51 Coffee break

52 Work/Discussion

Wednesday 22 January

53 Condensed Matter Methods for Cosmology

Speaker: Lasha Berezhiani

54 Coffee break

55 Quantum gravity and Cosmology

Speaker: Steffen Gielen

56 Lunch

57 String theory and Cosmology

Speaker: Marjorie Schillo

58 Coffee break

59 Work/Discussion

Thursday 23 January

60 Axion Cosmology

Speaker: David Marsh

61 Lunch

62 Work/Discussion

63 Coffee break

64 The Albanova Colloquium - Prof. Tsutomu Yanagida

65 Non-local gravity and Cosmology

Speaker: Michele Maggiore

66 Social Event

Friday 24 January

67 Axion Cosmology

Speaker: David Marsh

68 Coffee break

69 Non-local gravity and Cosmology

Speaker: Michele Maggiore

70 Lunch

71 Work/Discussion