Curs: The Universe in light of Planck and BICEP2

dt., 06/05/2014 - 12:46

IVICFA i la Universitat de València organitzen aquest curs de Master i Doctorat, impartit pel Prof. Nick E. Mavromatos, King's College London i CERN-TH-PH.

Dies: 12 à 16 (10:30 à 12:30 h), à la Facultat de Física, Campus Burjassot. Incripcions: http://indico.ific.uv.es/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2182

IVICFA and Universitat de Valencia organize this Master and Doctorate Course that will be given by Prof. Nick E. Mavromatos of King's College London & CERN-TH-PH.

Dates: 12,13,14,15,16 May (10:30 to 12:30 h)
Held at: Theoretical Physics Department's SEMINAR Room.
UV Burjassot Campus (Block D, 4th floor)

Registration at: http://indico.ific.uv.es/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2182

Contents of the Lectures:
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PART I:
Fundamentals of Cosmology.

PART II:
Inflationary Models for the Universe
Slow roll Parameters and Observables.
Some Phenomenologically "successful" models.

PART III:
Cosmological Perturbations & Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies.

PART IV:
Connections with Observations:
Possible explanations of the discrepancies between Planck and BICEP2 data
-Models with extra-dimensions (DGP)
-Massive gravity
-Weyl geometry (scale invariance)