Theoretical Cosmology meetings
To actively encourage the field of theoretical cosmology and to set an informal stage for the exchange of ideas, the Dutch theoretical cosmology community organizes Friday afternoon meetings approximately 6 times a year — usually on the first Friday of the month. The meetings typically start in the afternoon with a main speaker, followed by a short break to continue with another seminar or journal club discussion on some topic of current interest. We end the afternoon with drinks. The supporting institutes in Leiden, Amsterdam, Groningen, Utrecht where recently joined by the strings and cosmology group in Leuven and take turns in hosting the event.
June 2016
Amsterdam Summer 2016
Schedule 12:30-13:30 Program lunch in room C4.250 14:00-15:00 Talk by Arthur Hebecker (University of Heidelberg) in room D1.116 Title: Large Field Inflation, the Weak Gravity Conjecture and Gravitational Instantons Abstract: The recent theoretical interest in large-field inflation is related in part to potential future observations, e.g. through primordial gravity waves, and in part to the structural simplicity of the corresponding models.…
Find out more »Utrecht Cosmology Symposium (UCoS) 2016
The Utrecht Cosmology Symposium (UCoS) will be hosted at Utrecht University during June 27 - July 1, 2016. It will be an international conference about theoretical cosmology with a broad range of topics and speakers. Please see the website http://web.science.uu.nl/ucos/ for the preliminary schedule, up-to-date information and registration. Topics & Keynote speakers: Primordial Universe: Eva Silverstein Inflation: David Wands Quantum Effects: Richard Woodard Cosmic Microwave Background: Marc Kamionkowski…
Find out more »September 2016
Leiden Fall 2016 cancelled
Note that the planned meeting in Leiden, September 2, 2016 has ben CANCELLED.
Find out more »Gerard ‘t Hooft Birthday event 2016
On occasion of Gerard 't Hooft's 70th birthday this year, a special event will take place Utrecht, September 14, 2016 Programme: 13:30 Erik Verlinde (UvA), “Black Holes with Strings Attached: from Quantum Mechanics to Gravity” – Boothzaal, Library Science Park 15:00 Rector Magnificus, Student Prices – Theatron, Educatorium, Science Park 15:30 Frank Wilczek (MIT), "The Materiality of Vacuum" - ’t Hooft lecture,…
Find out more »October 2016
Amsterdam Fall 2016
14:00-15:00 Talk by Oleg Lebedev (University of Helsinki)
Title: The Higgs and cosmology
15:30-16:30 Talk by Bobby Acharya (King's Coll. London & ICTP, Trieste)
Title: Dark Matter from a String/M theory Perspective
Find out more »November 2016
Utrecht Fall 2016
Utrecht, November 4, 2016 Place: Universiteit Utrecht, Buys Ballot Gebouw, room 712 For this meeting we will have two external speakers 14:00-15:00 Talk by Jose Espinosa (IFAE & ICREA Barcelona, Spain) Title: Higgs inflation as a mirage Abstract: After reviewing the nice properties of Higgs inflation and some of its problems, I will discuss a simple unitarization of the scenario that is genuinely…
Find out more »December 2016
Groningen Winter 2016
11:30-12:30 Talk by Timm Wrase (TU Vienna)
Title: dS vacua and inflation in supergravity
14:00-15:00 Talk by Gui Pimentel (UvA Amsterdam)
Title: Symmetries of Cosmological Fluctuations
15:30-16:30 Talk by David Stefanyszyn (RUG Groningen)
Title: TBA
February 2017
Leiden Winter 2017
Leiden University, February 3, 2017 Casimir room (Oort building, Room 276, the Institute Lorentz coffee room) 14:00-15:00 Talk by J. Magueijo (Imperial College) Title: The critical geometry of a thermal Big Bang Abstract: We explore the space of scalar-tensor theories containing two non-conformal metrics, and find a discontinuity pointing to a “critical” cosmological solution. Due to the different maximal speeds…
Find out more »March 2017
Amsterdam UvA Spring 2017
UvA Amsterdam, March 3, 2017 The meeting will take place in room C0.05 in the Science Park. 14:15-15:15 Talk by Jaume Garriga (Barcelona) Title: Primordial black holes from cosmic inflation 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee 15:45-16:45 Talk by Marjorie Schillo (Leuven) Title: A new top-down model of inflation Abstract: I will present recent work that has succeeded in embedding the mechanism…
Find out more »April 2017
Leuven Spring 2017
KU Leuven, April 7, 2017 Location: Arenberg Castle, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, 3001 Leuven (Heverlee) For organisational reasons (such as pre-meeting lunch and bus), please sign up for the meeting by clicking "I am coming" here: https://beta.doodle.com/poll/uaza39w2raxwafr2 Schedule 13.00-14.00 Talk by Kate Eckerle (Columbia University, USA) Title: Axions of Evil - a novel type of alignment that renders complex theories tractable…
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