Outstanding questions for the
standard cosmological model
An international conference
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Program: coming
soon
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Introductory Talk by Roger Blandford (Stanford). |
Invited speakers
include:
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Alain Blanchard ( |
Lawrence Krauss (CWRU) |
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Max Bonamente
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Ofer Lahav
(UCL |
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Shaun Cole ( |
Kate Land ( |
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Francoise Combes (Obs. Paris) |
Fabrizio Nicastro
(Harvard CfA) |
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Carlo Contaldi (Imperial) |
Bob Nichol ( |
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John Cowan ( |
Reynald Pain (Paris) |
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Marc Davis ( |
Subir Sarkar
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Pedro Ferreira ( |
Ryan Scranton ( |
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Gary Hinshaw
(Goddard) |
Douglas Scott (UBC) [TBD] |
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Christine Jones (Harvard CfA) |
Tom Shanks ( |
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Lloyd Knox (UC
Davis) |
Yoh Takei (ISAS |
Conference
Description:
Since the launch of
HST, COBE,
WMAP, and with the advent of large ground based telescopes, the Sloan
Digital
Sky Survey, and various balloon missions, cosmology has finally become
an
observational science in full force. Ensuing from this advance is the
large
body of evidence which, at the present stage, appear to favor
the `standard model' of a Universe consisting principally of dark
matter and
dark (vacuum) energy, having undergone a phase of inflation. Although a
good
fraction of the data gathered so far can be explained by invoking these
three
tenets, inconsistencies do manifest themselves in many and varied ways.
As a
result, alternative theories have been proposed.
The purpose of this conference is to overview the evidence for and
against the
standard cosmological model. We aim to invite review speakers to
summarize the
status of key pieces of evidence in both categories, followed by
highlight and
contributed talks to look at the outstanding questions, ways of
addressing them
(including alternative competing models), and future scientific and techological prospects.
The following areas of broad classifications define the framework of
the
conference;
- CMB anisotropy,
polarization and foregrounds
- Baryon acoustic peak from
the SDSS.
- Matter power spectrum
from, e.g. the 2dFGRS and Lyman-alpha survey.
- Predictive elements of
inflationary models.
- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis.
- The Hubble Constant and
the Local Hubble Flow
- Evidence for and possible
explanations of the `dark matter' and `dark energy' phenomena.
- Gravitational Clustering
and the Evolution and Properties of Galaxies,
Groups, and Clusters.
- The cosmic matter and
baryon budget from observations and theory.
- The question of
mass-to-light ratio and galaxies as tracers of mass.
- The age of the universe.
- Prospects for laboratory
detection of dark matter.
- Alternative theories of
gravity and their phenomonology from the
solar system to the horizon.
We
encourage applications from women and minorities. Registration fees
will be
waived for any senior citizen 70 and above,
Venue:
- All sessions take place in Lecture Theatre 1, level 3, Blackett Laboratory (Physics)
Conference
Events:
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Registration reception, buffet and wine: Sunday 25th, Level 8 Blackett, 18:30
For those arriving on the Sunday we will be holding a reception in the physics common room where registration will also be available.
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Conference Dinner: Monday 26th, 170 Queen's Gate, 7pm
Dinner includes 3 course meal and wine: £35
Dinner speaker: Prof. Lawrence Krauss, Case
Scientific
Organizing
Committee:
N. Bahcall, A.
Blanchard, C. Contaldi, F. Durret,
T. Kibble, R. Lieu (co-chair), L. Page, P. J. E. Peebles, J. Quenby, T.
Shanks,
and A. Stebbins (co-chair).
Contact Details:
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Mrs Graziela DeNadai-Sowrey |
email : g.denadai@imperial.ac.uk |
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Tel. +44 (0)20 7594 7843 |
Fax. +44 (0)20 7594 7844 |