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The purpose of this informal workshop is to discuss and exchange ideas on recent developments at the interface of modern cosmology and fundamental physics. This workshop is the seventh in a series organized jointly by the International Solvay Institutes, APC (Université Paris VII, Paris) and the Perimeter Institute (Waterloo, Canada). The previous edition was held in Brussels in May, 2012.
Sponsorship for this conference has been provided by:
- James Bardeen, University of Washington
- Richard Bond, University of Toronto
- Martin Bucher, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique d'Orsay
- Ben Craps, VUB & Solvay Institutes
- Neal Dalal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Ben Freivogel, Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Daniel Green, Stanford University
- Fawad Hassan, Stockholm University
- Marc Henneaux, Solvay Institute
- Kurt Hinterbichler, Perimeter Institute
- Renee Hlozek, Princeton University
- David Langlois, APC Paris
- Paul McFadden, Perimeter Institute
- Sean McWilliams, Princeton University
- Shinji Mukohyama, Kavli IPMU
- Alberto Nicolis, Columbia University
- Hiranya Peiris, University College London
- Ue-Li Pen, CITA
- Suvrat Raju, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
- Claudia de Rham, Case Western Reserve University
- Kris Sigurdson, University of British Columbia
- Kendrick Smith, Perimeter Institute & Princeton University
- Neil Turok, Perimeter Institute
- Tanmay Vachaspati, Arizona State University
- Erick Weinberg, Columbia University
- Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute
- Tibra Ali, Perimeter Institute
- Melinda Andrews, University of Pennsylvania
- Latham Boyle, Perimeter Institute
- Jonathan Braden, CITA
- Nora Breton, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados
- Cliff Burgess, Perimeter Institute & McMaster University
- Vladimir Buzek, John Templeton Foundation
- Freddy Cachazo, Perimeter Institute
- Liam Connor, CITA
- Guido D'Amico, New York University
- Ema Dimastrgiovanni, UMN
- Francis Duplessis, McGill University
- Adrienne Erickcek, CITA
- Matteo Fasiello, Case Western Reserve University
- Anthony Fradette, University of Victoria
- Ghazal Geshnizjani, Perimeter Institute
- Steffen Gielen, Perimeter Institute
- Garrett Goon, University of Pennsylvania
- Pierre Gratia, University of Chicago
- Amir Hajian, CITA
- Shajid Haque, University of the Witwatersrand
- Alireza Hojjati, Institute for the Early Universe
- Bart Horn, Columbia University
- Luca Iliesiu, Princeton University
- Shenglin Jing, University of Toronto
- Matt Johnson, Perimeter Institute
- Ronald Kashuba, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Nima Khosravi, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
- Takeshi Kobayashi, Perimeter Institute
- Anna Kostouki, Perimeter Institute
- Gordon Krnjaic, Perimeter Institute
- David Kubizniak, Perimeter Institute
- Keith Lee, Perimeter Institute
- Tonjuan Lin, University of Chicago
- Robert Mann, Perimeter Institute & University of Waterloo
- David Marsh, Perimeter Institute
- Mercedes Martin-Benito, Perimeter Institute
- Flavio Mercati, Perimeter Institute
- Joel Meyers, CITA
- Audrey Mithani, Tufts University
- John Moffat, Perimeter Institute
- Rob Myers, Perimeter Institute
- Riccardo Penco, Columbia University
- Andrea Petri, Columbia University
- Sohrab Rahvar, Perimeter Institute
- Dan Reynolds, York University
- Mohamad Shalaby, Perimeter Institute
- Brian Shuve, Perimeter Institute
- Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute
- James Stokes, University of Pennsylvania
- Alexandra Terrana, Perimeter Institute
- Andrew Tolley, Case Western Reserve University
- Dan Wohns, Perimeter Institute
- I-Sheng Yang, University of Amsterdam
Time |
Event |
Location |
9:00-9:30am |
Registration |
Reception |
9:30-9:35am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Theater |
9:35-10:20am |
Richard Bond, University of Toronto Intermittent non-Gaussianity & Anomalies: rare patchy subdominants from Modulated Heating, Bubble Collisions & Oscillons |
Theater |
10:20-10:50am |
Coffee Break |
Bistro |
10:50-11:40am |
Paul McFadden, Perimeter Institute Precision Holographic Cosmology |
Theater |
11:40-12:30pm |
Shinji Mukohyama, Kavli IPMU Massive gravity and cosmology |
Theater |
12:30-3:00pm |
Lunch |
Bistro - 2nd Floor |
3:00-3:50pm |
Claudia de Rham, Case Western Reserve University TBA |
Theater |
3:50-4:40pm |
Erick Weinberg, Columbia University Tumbling through a landscape |
Theater |
4:40-5:30pm |
Kendrick Smith, Perimeter Institute & Princeton University Primordial non-Gaussianity in the CMB and large-scale structure |
Theater |
Time |
Event |
Location |
9:00-9:50am | Kris Sigurdson, University of British Columbia Cosmological Limits on Neutrino-Neutrino Scattering and Particle Physics in the Early Universe | Theater |
9:50-10:40am |
Alberto Nicolis, Columbia University Solid Inflation |
Theater |
10:40-11:10am |
Coffee Break |
Bistro |
11:10-12:00pm |
Fawad Hassan, Stockholm University Bimetric theory, Conformal Gravity and Partial Masslessness |
Theater |
12:00-12:50pm |
Marc Henneaux, Solvay Institute Remarks on Gravitational Duality |
Theater |
12:50-3:00pm |
Lunch |
Bistro - 2nd Floor |
3:00-3:50pm |
Tanmay Vachaspati, Arizona State University Cosmological Magnetic Fields |
Theater |
3:50-4:40pm |
Neil Turok, Perimeter Institute Resolution of Cosmic Singularities and Bounces |
Theater |
4:40-5:30pm |
David Langlois, APC Paris A unifying approach to dark energy models |
Theater |
5:30pm |
BBQ |
Bistro |
Time |
Event |
Location |
9:30-10:20am |
Ue-Li Pen, CITA 21cm cosmology |
Theater |
10:20-10:30am |
Conference Photo |
TBA |
10:30-10:50am |
Coffee Break |
Bistro |
10:50-11:40am |
Martin Bucher, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique d'Orsay Planck and beyond |
Theater |
11:40-12:30pm |
Hiranya Peiris, University College London Testing inflation with combined power - and bispectrum |
Theater |
12:30-3:00pm |
Lunch |
Bistro - 2nd Floor |
3:00-3:50pm |
James Bardeen, University of Washington Black hole evaporation and unitarity: a semi-classical resolution? |
Theater |
3:50-4:40pm |
Suvrat Raju, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences The Information Paradox and an an Infalling Observer in AdS/CFT |
Theater |
4:40-5:30pm |
Renee Hlozek, Princeton University The Microwave Background on small scales: Cosmological parameters from three seasons of data of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). |
Theater |
Time |
Event |
Location |
9:30-10:20am |
Ben Freivogel, Universiteit van Amsterdam TBA |
Theater |
10:20-10:50am |
Coffee Break |
Bistro |
10:50-11:40am |
Sean McWilliams, Princeton University Gravitational waves and stalled satellites from massive galaxy mergers at z < 1 |
Theater |
11:40-12:30pm |
Neal Dalal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Probing small-scale structure with dusty galaxies in the CMB |
Theater |
12:30-3:00pm |
Lunch |
Bistro - 2nd Floor |
3:00-3:50pm |
Daniel Green, Stanford University How much information is there in large scale structure? |
Theater |
3:50-4:40pm |
Ben Craps, VUB & Solvay Institutes |
Theater |
4:40-5:30pm |
Kurt Hinterbichler, Perimeter Institute Cosmological Consistency Relations as Ward Identities |
Theater |
James Bardeen, University of Washington Black hole evaporation and unitarity: a semi-classical resolution? I explore the possibility that semi-classical back-reaction, due to the partners of the Hawking radiation quanta accumulating over the time for the black hole to lose about one half of its mass (the Page time), might cause the trapped surfaces to disappear, permitting unitary evolution without any cloning of quantum information. Richard Bond, University of Toronto Intermittent non-Gaussianity & Anomalies: rare patchy subdominants from Modulated Heating, Bubble Collisions & Oscillons Martin Bucher, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique d'Orsay Planck and beyond After reviewing some of the highlights of the implications of the Planck results for cosmic inflation (presentation to be coordinated with Hiranya Peiris), I will discuss some recent developments regarding future searches for B modes and other new science resulting from an ultra-precise characterization of the microwave and far-infrared sky in polarization. I will outline ideas for a recently proposed large-class European Space Agency mission called PRISM. Ben Craps, VUB & Solvay Institutes Strings in Compact Cosmological Spaces A formalism is proposed for perturbative string theory in spacetimes with totally compact space (and non-compact time). Neal Dalal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Probing small-scale structure with dusty galaxies in the CMB Daniel Green, Stanford University How much information is there in large scale structure? Large scale structure contains vastly more Fourier modes than the CMB, and is therefore a promising arena for studying the early universe. One obstacle to using these modes is the non-linearity of structure formation. The amount of weakly coupled information available is therefore very sensitive to scale at which non-linear effects become important and simulations become necessary. Using effective field theory techniques, I will present evidence that the perturbative description of dark matter is much better behaved than previously thought. I will discuss the implications for improving constraints on non-gaussian initial conditions. Fawad Hassan, Stockholm University Bimetric theory, Conformal Gravity and Partial Masslessness Ghost-free bimetric theories can be used to describe gravitational interactions in the presence of an extra neutral massive spin-2 field that can modify gravity in non-trivial ways. They also provide a natural framework for a possible non-linear extension of partially masslessness known to arise in linear Fierz-Pauli theory. This talk will describe bimetric theories and a procedure that identifies a unique bimetric action as a candidate for a nonlinear partially massless theory. We then show that in the low curvature limit, the candidate partial massless theory is related to Conformal Gravity. Marc Henneaux, Solvay Institute Remarks on Gravitational Duality Kurt Hinterbichler, Perimeter Institute Cosmological Consistency Relations as Ward Identities Renee Hlozek, Princeton Unviersity The Microwave Background on small scales: Cosmological parameters from three seasons of data of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT).
21cm cosmology
I will overview the progress of 21cm cosmology, with emphasis on intensity mapping. Current and future experiments have the potential for precision measurements of dark energy, neutrino mass, and gravitational waves.
A unifying approach to dark energy models
This talk will present an effective description of single field dark energy/modified gravity models, which encompasses most existing proposals. The starting point is a generic Lagrangian expressed in terms of the lapse and of the extrinsic and intrinsic curvature tensors of the uniform scalar field hypersurfaces. By expanding this Lagrangian up to quadratic order, one can describe the homogeneous background and the dynamics of linear perturbations.
Resolution of Cosmic Singularities and Bounces
The AdS/CFT correspondence provides new insights and tools to answer
previously inaccessible questions in quantum gravity. Among the most
interesting is whether it is possible to describe a cosmological
"bounce" in a mathematically complete and consistent way. In the
talk, I'll discuss joint work with M. Smolkin, developing the dual description
of the simplest possible 4d M-theory cosmology in the stringy regime, employing
the full quantum dynamics of its dual CFT. I'll also present evidence that the
Cosmological Magnetic Fields
Remarks on Gravitational Duality
Bimetric theory, Conformal Gravity and Partial Masslessness
Ghost-free bimetric theories can be used to describe gravitational interactions in the presence of an extra neutral massive
spin-2 field that can modify gravity in non-trivial ways. They also
provide a natural framework for a possible non-linear extension of
partially masslessness known to arise in linear Fierz-Pauli theory.
This talk will describe bimetric theories and a procedure that
identifies a unique bimetric action as a candidate for a nonlinear
partially massless theory. We then show that in the low curvature
Solid Inflation
I will describe a cosmological model where primordial inflation is driven by a 'solid', defined as a system of three derivatively coupled scalar fields obeying certain symmetries and spontaneously breaking a certain subgroup of these. The symmetry breaking pattern differs drastically from that of standard inflationary models: time translations are unbroken. This prevents our model from fitting into the standard effective field theory description of adiabatic perturbations, with crucial consequences for the dynamics of cosmological perturbations.
Cosmological Limits on Neutrino-Neutrino Scattering and Particle Physics in the Early Universe
In the standard model neutrinos are assumed to have streamed across the Universe since they last scattered at the weak decoupling epoch when the temperature of the standard-model plasma was ~MeV. The shear stress of free-streaming neutrinos imprints itself gravitationally on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and makes the CMB a sensitive probe of neutrino scattering. Yet, the presence of nonstandard physics in the neutrino sector may alter this standard chronology and delay neutrino free-streaming until a much later epoch.
Primordial non-Gaussianity in the CMB and large-scale structure
Tumbling through a landscape
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Organizers
- Latham Boyle, Perimeter Institute
- Ben Craps, VUB & Solvay Institutes
- Thomas Hertog, KU Leuven
- Matthew Johnson, Perimeter Institute
- Kendrick Smith, Perimeter Institute & Princeton University