The Particle Cosmology Frontier

Date:	May 14-15, 2009
Location:	University of California Davis
Building:	University Club, UC Davis

Abstract:

We will explore the latest ideas in particle cosmology.

To contact the organizers, please send email to
particlecosmo@particle.physics.ucdavis.edu.

Thursday

9:15-9:30 Dean Winston Ko: Welcome
9:30-10:30 Raphael Bousso Think Global Act Causal: Complementarity in the Multiverse mp3
10:30-11:00 Discussion/Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Ben Freivogel Anthropic Explanation of the Dark Matter Abundance mp3
12:00-12:30 Discussion
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Spencer Chang Cosmological Observables When Worlds Collide
3:00-3:30 Coffee break
3:30-4:30 Matt Kleban A Conformal Field Theory for Eternal Inflation
4:30-5:00 Discussion/Coffee Break
6:00 Dinner

Friday

9:30 -10:30 Sergei Dubovsky Observing the String Axiverse with CMB polarization, CDM power spectrum and astrophysical black holes mp3 mp4
10:30-11:00 Discussion/Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Alex Westphal Monodromy Inflation mp3 mp4
12:00-12:30 Discussion
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Marco Peloso Breaking Statistical Isotropy mp3 mp4
3:00-3:30 Coffee break
3:30-4:30 Knox TBA
4:30-5:00 Discussion/Coffee Break
5:00 Meeting concludes