A UniverseNet Cosmology Workshop: Confronting theory with observations

Workshop lectures

Workshop lectures
This page lists the speakers at the workshop together with the titles and the dates of their talks.  You can download a copy of a talk by clicking on one of the images to the right.  The default format is pdf, although powerpoint versions of the talks are available when indicated.
Lars Bergström Stockholm University Dark matter detection: Complementarity of methods Thursday, August 19, 2:00 pm                   Alexander Dolgov ITEP, Moscow & Ferrara University Primordial black holes and contomporary gravitational waves Tuesday, August 17, 10:00 am                   Steen Hannestad Aarhus University Neutrino physics and precision cosmology—status and prospects Tuesday, August 17, 11:45 am [powerpoint version]                   Steen Hansen Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute What do cosmological dark matter structures look like, and why? Tuesday, August 17, 2:00 pm                   Alan Heavens University of Edinburgh Confronting theory with observations of weak gravitational lensing Monday, August 16, 2:00 pm                   Sabino Matarrese University of Padua Primordial non-Gaussianity:  Models and observational constraints Thursday, August 19, 11:45 am                 Anupam Mazumdar Lancaster University How to falsify inflation Monday, August 16, 11:45 am                 Viatcheslav Mukhanov Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Quantum Origin of the Structure of the Universe Mondy, August 16, 10:15 am                   Hiranya Peiris University College London Fingerprints of the early universe Thursday, August 19, 10:00 am                   Will Percival University of Portsmouth Confronting dark energy with galaxy survey data Friday, August 20, 11:45 am                   Leandros Perivolaropoulos University of Ioannina ΛCDM:  Triumphs, Puzzles and Remedies Wednesday, August 18, 10:00 am [powerpoint version (pptx)] [older powerpoint version (ppt)]                   Syksy Räsänen University of Helsinki Analyzing the CMB in a model-independent manner Wednesday, August 18, 11:45 am [powerpoint version]                   Subir Sarkar University of Oxford Asymmetric dark matter Wednesday, August 18, 2:00 pm                   Shinji Tsujikawa Tokyo University of Science Dark energy and modified gravity Friday, August 20, 10:00 am