Curso: The Universe in light of Planck and BICEP2
IVICFA y la U. de València organizan este Curso de Master y Doctorado que será impartido por el Prof. Nick E. Mavromatos, King's College London & CERN-TH-PH.
Días: 12 al 16 de mayo (10:30 a 12:30 h) en la Facultat de Física, Burjassot. Inscripciones en: 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)