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Thursday 29th March




Session: Large Scale Structure III (Chair: Shaun Cole)


09:00 – 09:15 R. Hofmann Planck scale axion and SU(2) Yang-Mills dynamics
09:15 – 09:30 H. Noh Relativistic-Newtonian correspondence of the zero-pressure but weakly nonlinear cosmology
09:30 – 09:45 D. Hutsemekers Large scale alignments of quasar polarization vectors: Observational evidence and possible implications for cosmology and fundamental physics
09:45 – 10:00 T. Okumura Anisotropic Correlation Function of Large-scale Galaxy Distribution from the SDSS LRG Sample
10:00 – 10:15 S. Bhattcharya Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Cluster Velocity Statistics
10:15 – 10:30 A. Nishizawa Evolution of large-scale matter distribution and the Rees-Sciama effect in a LCDM universe
10:30 – 10:45 H. Tashiro Primordial Magnetic Field Effects on the 21cm Line Fluctuations



10:45 – 11:15 Coffee




Session: The Early Universe (Chair: John Quenby)


11:15 – 11:30 D. Sudarsky The Problematic Quantum Aspects of the Origin of the Seeds of Cosmic Structure through Inflation.
11:30 – 11:45 I. Neupane Cosmological and Astrophysical Constraints on Gauss-Bonnet Cosmologies
11:45 – 12:00 B. Garbrecht Constraints on SUSY Hybrid Inflation with Strings
12:00 – 12:15 Y. Baryshev Constructive cosmology in astrophysics of the beginning of the 21st century
12:15 – 12:30 I. Musco Initial conditions for primordial black hole formation



12:30 – 14:00 Lunch




Concluding Remarks (Chair: John Quenby)


14:00 – 14:30 A. Stebbins Conference Summary I
14:30 – 15:00 R. Lieu Conference Summary II