Cosmology, Strings, and Phenomenology Conference
from
Monday 11 June 2007 (08:00)
to
Wednesday 20 June 2007 (18:00)
Monday 11 June 2007
Tuesday 12 June 2007
Wednesday 13 June 2007
Thursday 14 June 2007
Friday 15 June 2007
Saturday 16 June 2007
Sunday 17 June 2007
14:00
Welcome
-
Lars Bergström
(
Stockholm
)
Welcome
Lars Bergström
(
Stockholm
)
14:00 - 14:15
14:15
An Experimentalist's Perspective on Testing Field Theories with the CMB
-
Lyman Page
(
Princeton
)
An Experimentalist's Perspective on Testing Field Theories with the CMB
Lyman Page
(
Princeton
)
14:15 - 14:55
14:55
Status of the Super Nova Legacy Survey
-
Reynald Pain
Status of the Super Nova Legacy Survey
Reynald Pain
14:55 - 15:35
15:35
break
break
15:35 - 16:05
16:05
Update from SDSS: Wiggles and Bangs
-
Bob Nichol
(
Portsmouth
)
Update from SDSS: Wiggles and Bangs
Bob Nichol
(
Portsmouth
)
16:05 - 16:45
16:45
Neutrino properties from cosmological observations
-
Steen Hannestad
Neutrino properties from cosmological observations
Steen Hannestad
16:45 - 17:25
Monday 18 June 2007
09:00
New Cosmic Maps & Measurements
-
Max Tegmark
New Cosmic Maps & Measurements
Max Tegmark
09:00 - 09:40
09:40
Does Dark Energy exist?
-
Subir Sarkar
Does Dark Energy exist?
Subir Sarkar
09:40 - 10:20
10:20
Cofee break
Cofee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
Graviton production in braneworlds by the dynamical Casimir effect
-
Ruth Durrer
(
Geneva
)
Graviton production in braneworlds by the dynamical Casimir effect
Ruth Durrer
(
Geneva
)
10:50 - 11:30
11:30
Astrophysical constraints to dark-matter properties
-
Marc Kamionkowski
Astrophysical constraints to dark-matter properties
Marc Kamionkowski
11:30 - 12:10
12:10
Tachyon Condensation, String Gases and Structure Formation
-
Robert Brandenberger
Tachyon Condensation, String Gases and Structure Formation
Robert Brandenberger
12:10 - 12:50
12:50
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:50 - 14:20
14:20
Inflationary Cosmology
-
Andrei Linde
(
Stanford
)
Inflationary Cosmology
Andrei Linde
(
Stanford
)
14:20 - 15:00
15:00
MSSM Inflation
-
Kari Enqvist
MSSM Inflation
Kari Enqvist
15:00 - 15:40
15:40
k-Essense, superluminal propagation and causality causality
-
Slava Mukhanov
k-Essense, superluminal propagation and causality causality
Slava Mukhanov
15:40 - 16:25
19:00
Conference dinner - BOAT TRIP
Conference dinner - BOAT TRIP
19:00 - 23:00
Tuesday 19 June 2007
09:00
Dark matter's X-files
-
Alexander Kusenko
(
UCLA
)
Dark matter's X-files
Alexander Kusenko
(
UCLA
)
09:00 - 09:40
09:40
UV modes on co-dimension 2 branes and the vacuum energy
-
Cliff Burgess
UV modes on co-dimension 2 branes and the vacuum energy
Cliff Burgess
09:40 - 10:20
10:20
coffe break
coffe break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
Thermodynamics of Large AdS Black Holes
-
Larus Thorlacius
Thermodynamics of Large AdS Black Holes
Larus Thorlacius
10:50 - 11:30
11:30
Black Holes and Hierarchies
-
Gia Dvali
(
NYU
)
Black Holes and Hierarchies
Gia Dvali
(
NYU
)
11:30 - 12:10
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:40
13:40
cosmological and astrophysical implications of large volume string models
-
Fernando Quevedo
cosmological and astrophysical implications of large volume string models
Fernando Quevedo
13:40 - 14:20
14:20
Particle physics from string theory with D-branes--New non-perturbative effects
-
Mirjam cvetic
Particle physics from string theory with D-branes--New non-perturbative effects
Mirjam cvetic
14:20 - 15:00
15:00
Coffe break
Coffe break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
The 2007 Klein Lecture: String theory, gravity, and cosmology
-
Gabriele Veneziano
(
CERN
)
The 2007 Klein Lecture: String theory, gravity, and cosmology
Gabriele Veneziano
(
CERN
)
15:30 - 16:30
Wednesday 20 June 2007
09:00
Strings, gravity, and nonlocality
-
Steve Giddings
(
UC Santa Barbara
)
Strings, gravity, and nonlocality
Steve Giddings
(
UC Santa Barbara
)
09:00 - 09:40
09:40
Metastable supersymmetry breaking in string theory
-
Shamit Kachru
Metastable supersymmetry breaking in string theory
Shamit Kachru
09:40 - 10:20
10:20
coffee break
coffee break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50
String cosmology
-
Renata Kallosh
(
Stanford
)
String cosmology
Renata Kallosh
(
Stanford
)
10:50 - 11:30
11:30
Challenging the Cosmological Constant
-
Nemanja Kaloper
(
UC Davis
)
Challenging the Cosmological Constant
Nemanja Kaloper
(
UC Davis
)
11:30 - 12:10
12:10
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:10 - 13:45
13:45
Where is Supersymmetry ?
-
Savas Dimopoulos
Where is Supersymmetry ?
Savas Dimopoulos
13:45 - 14:25
14:25
coffee - end of conference
coffee - end of conference
14:25 - 14:55
18:00
Reception at City Hall
Reception at City Hall
18:00 - 20:00