Dark 2009

http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/Conferences/Dark2009/

Seventh International Heidelberg Conference on
Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
18 - 24 January 2009
After the Sixth International Heidelberg Conference on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics (Dark 2007) held in Sydney, Australia, we have been strongly encouraged to continue this series.

The Seventh International Heidelberg Conference on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics (Dark 2009) will be held from the 18th to the 24th January 2009 at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Call for papers

MAJOR CONFERENCE TOPICS

Evidence, status, and perspectives of direct dark matter searches
Cosmological parameters from cosmic microwave background, Supernovae 1a and large scale structure
Dark matter in galaxies and clusters of galaxies
Gravitational lensing, microlensing, and dark matter
Cosmic clocks, cosmic variance and cosmic averages
Gravitational energy and cosmic acceleration
Local fermionic dark matter with mass dimension one
Structure on large and subgalactic scales and properties of dark matter
Dark matter candidates beyond the standard model
Direct and Indirect WIMP searches
Axion dark matter theory and searches
Supermassive compact dark objects at the galactic centers
Antimatter search
Dark energy

N-Body 2008

http://www.astro.utu.fi/conf/NBody2008/

N-body problem: numerical methods and applications
Turku, Finland, 10-14 August 2008
Supported by:

ESF (via ASTROSIM)
Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation (Magnus Ehrnroothin säätiö)
University of Turku Foundation (Turun yliopistosäätiö)

The N-body technique is a powerful tool for investigating a diverse range of astrophysical phenomena from the formation and evolution of planetary systems to the origin of galaxies and large-scale structure of the universe. We invite astrophysicists and mathematicians working on N-body problem to attend to the meeting.

The meeting will combine a workshop and a school for young researchers. It will consist of invited lectures and a limited number of oral presentations.

Topics to be discussed are:

Numerical methods; symplectic methods; regularisation
New techniques and methods in the three-body problem; triple black holes; post-Newtonian terms
Stellar clusters
Small bodies in the Solar system
Galactic nuclei

Invited talks

Regularisation of Motion in the N-Body Problem by S. Mikkola
Relativistic terms by A. Gopakumar
Special-purpose hardware / Parallel computing by S. Portegies Zwart
The three-body problem by K. Tanikawa
Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters by H. Baumgardt
Galactic nuclei (including MW) by D. Merritt
N-Body Algorithms by S. Aarseth

Cosmo 08

http://www.physics.wisc.edu/cosmo08/

Cosmo 08 will be held at the Frank Lloyd Wright Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. The conference begins August 25, 2008 and runs through August 29, 2008.
Cosmo is a leading forum where particle physicists, cosmologists and astrophysicists worldwide meet and exchange ideas in one of the most active areas in physics. The conference typically attracts more than two hundred researchers.

The 2008 conference is hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Physics Department.

TeV Astrophysics

http://tevpa08.ihep.ac.cn/

In 2008, the Large Hadron Collider will begin taking data and start its exploration of the TeV scale and physics beyond the Standard Model. The gamma-ray telescope GLAST will also be launched in 2008. Meanwhile ground-based telescopes including HESS, MAGIC, VERITAS, MILAGRO and ARGO have been observing gamma-rays at the TeV scale and higher with unprecented accuracy for years. Neutrino experiments such as Antares and IceCube are starting to run at similar and higher energies.

Therefore it is timely to focus on the interplay between astrophysical observations and fundamental physics at the TeV scale. This workshop aims to understand what we can learn from the present and upcoming observational results from both the LHC and astrophysical searches.

The workshop will provide an occasion for theorists and experimentalists to discuss the latest and upcoming results in these fields, to consider new strategies, technologies and collaborative efforts to address some of the most pressing questions in physics today, including the nature of dark matter and the origin of cosmic rays.

Poster [ jpg (615 Kb) ]

Conference secretary: Shu-Mei Jia (jiasm@ihep.ac.cn)

Dark Energy

http://www.mpe.mpg.de/events/dark-energy-2008/

A Joint Conference of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the DFG Transregional Research Center TRR33 'The Dark Universe' with support from the Munich Excellence Cluster 'Origin and Structure of the Universe' and the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung.

Motivation
During the last decade a consistent quantitative picture of the universe has emerged from a wide range of observations, including the microwave background, distant supernovae and the large-scale distribution of galaxies. In this standard model of the universe, normal baryonic matter contributes only 4% to the overall density, 96% are dark components in the form of dark matter (26%) and dark energy (70%). Particularly, the existence and amount of dark energy is completely unexpected and raises fundamental questions about the foundations of modern physics. Is dark energy merely a cosmological constant, as first discussed by Einstein, is it a new kind of field that evolves dynamically with the expansion of the universe, or is a new law of gravity needed?

Observers are intensely analysing current surveys or design new ones that will illucidate the properties of Dark Energy. At the same time, theoreticians are producing new ideas about its nature and possible origin. The conference aims to bring together observers, modelers and theoreticians from particle physics and astrophysics to present and discuss latest results and explore possible routes for future research.

Invited Speakers
Luca Amendola, Pierre Astier, Hans Böhringer, John Carlstrom, Ed Copeland, Ruth Durrer, Georgi Dvali, Daniel Eisenstein, August Evrard, Carlos Frenk, Joshua Frieman, Günther Hasinger, Wolfgang Hillebrandt, Wayne Hu, Bruno Leibundgut, Roy Maartens, Yannick Mellier, Joe Mohr, Slava Mukhanov, Hans-Peter Nilles, John Peacock, Jean-Loup Puget, Adam Riess, Brian Schmidt, Peter Schneider, Roman Scoccimarro, Uros Seljak, Andy Taylor, and Christof Wetterich.

Topical talks will be selected from among the applicants. Ample space for posters close to the conference hall is available.

The conference talks and posters (in full length) will be published on a maintained webpage, no formal proceedings are planned.

WORKSHOP NOVICOSMO 2008

WORKSHOP NOVICOSMO 2008

http://www.novicosmo.org/

The Impact of Simulations in Cosmology and Galaxy Formation
with associated exhibition: “Space Art” at IS

SISSA, Trieste, 20- 22 October 2008

SOC Stefano Borgani (Università di Trieste), Annalisa Celotti (SISSA), Carlos Frenk (University of Durham), Lauro Moscardini (Università di Bologna, INAF), Paolo Salucci (SISSA), Riccardo Valdarnini (SISSA), Matteo Viel (OATS INAF).
SPONSORS S.I.S.S.A., Università degli Studi di Trieste, INAF-Trieste, ICC- University of Durham, Astrosim-ESF

SCIENTIFIC MOTIVATION
In astrophysics numerical simulations are nowadays considered crucial tools to interface observational data to theoretical models. This is particularly true in the study of the process of cosmic structure formation, where enourmous advances have been achieved in the last years thanks to the availability of sophisticated simulations

The ever improving performances of large supercomputing facilities and efficiency of simulation codes are now allowing to tackle the problem of cosmic structure formation by covering larger and larger dynamical ranges, while providing a progressively more realistic account of a number of complex astrophysical and cosmological processes. Moreover, computational cosmology is providing the ideal interpretative framework for the overwhelming amount of new data from Present and future extragalactic surveys.

The meeting is aimed at providing the state-of-the-art on the latest numerical simulations in cosmology and galaxy formation. Particular emphasis will be given to issues related to the implementation of new physical processes in simulation codes, on the comparison between different codes and numerical schemes and on how to best using supercomputing facilities of the next generation. Finally, the impact on the physics of the Universe brought by this new channel of investigation will be focussed.

INVITED SPEAKERS TOM ABEL* Stanford University
GREG BRYAN Columbia University
MARCUS BRUEGGEN Universisty of Bremen
ANDREAS BURKERT* University of Munich
BENEDETTA CIARDI MPA Garching
ROMEEL DAVE' University of Arizona
KLAUS DOLAG MPA Garching
JOHN DUBINSKI (CITA, Toronto)
OLEG GNEDIN University of Michigan
CARLOS FRENK ICC-Durham
ANDREY KRAVTSOV University of Chicago
LUCIO MAYER University of Zurich
KENTARO NAGAMINE University of Nevada
CHRIS REYNOLDS University of Maryland
JOOP SCHAYE University of Leiden
TOM THEUNS ICC Durham

SDSS

http://sdss2008.uchicago.edu/overview.html

Over eight years of observations, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-I, 2000 - 2005; SDSS-II, 2005 - 2008) has transformed many fields of astronomy, from the identification of asteroid families to the discovery of the most distant quasars, from substructure in the outer Galaxy to the large-scale structure of the Universe.

This broad-ranging symposium will review progress and prospects in these fields, including observational contributions from the SDSS and from other major surveys, theoretical interpretation of the results, and plans for the next generation of large astronomical survey projects. The program will include invited reviews, contributed talks, posters, and a symposium banquet on a cruise boat on Lake Michigan.

The symposium will take place in downtown Chicago at the historic Merchandise Mart Conference Center (2nd Floor), 350 West Mart Center Drive, Chicago IL 60654.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ASTROPHYSICS

Jul 17-19 Paris

"DANIEL CHALONGE"

http://chalonge.obspm.fr

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Prof. Dr. N. SÁNCHEZ, Director of the School,
Director of the Museum

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STRING GRAVITY AND PLANCK ENERGY PHYSICS
SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME OF COSMOLOGY DANIEL CHALONGE
"THIRD MILLENNIUM"

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