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This Conference will bring together an international group of experts to review the current state of the art in the study of dark energy and dark matter and discuss how best to use giant telescopes to learn about their fundamental nature. It is the third of a series of three conferences: more information can be found at https://conferences.pa.ucla.edu/dark-universe/index.html
Invited Speakers include: Mariangela Bernardi (UPenn) Rebecca A. Bernstein (Carnegie Observatories) Simon Birrer (UCLA) Stefano Borgani (Trieste Observatory) Marusa Bradac (UCDavis) Tirthankar Roy Choudhury (TIFR) Michele Cirasuolo (European Southern Observatory) Stefano Cristiani (Trieste Observatory) Arianna di Cintio (IAC - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) Christophe J. Dumas (TMT International Observatory) Isobel Hook (Lancaster U.) Lucas Macri (Texas A&M U.) John McKean (ASTRON/Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) Stefano Profumo (UCSC) Piero Rosati (UNIFE) Robyn Sanderson (Caltech) Anze Slosar (Brookhaven) Tommaso Treu (UCLA) Simona Vegetti (MPA, Garching) Matteo Viel (SISSA) Mark Vogelsberger (MIT) John K. Webb (U. of New South Wales) NOTE: The Conference will be preceded by the Summer School on Cosmology 2018 (smr3213, 18 - 29 June). There is no registration fee for this activity. |
Conference on Shedding Light on the Dark Universe with Extremely Large Telescopes | (smr 3218)
Go to day
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08:30 - 14:15
Introduction and ELTs overview
Convener: Paolo Creminelli (ICTP) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall - 08:30 Registration & Administative Formalities 30' ( Leonardo Building - Lobby )
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09:00
Welcome
15'
Speaker: Paolo Creminelli (ICTP) -
09:15
The Dark Universe from UCLA
40'
Speaker: Tommaso Treu (UCLA) Material: Slides -
09:55
The Extremely Large Telescope: the future of European ground-based astronomy.
40'
Speaker: Michele Cirasuolo (European Southern Observatory) - 10:35 Coffee Break 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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11:20
TMT Status and Promise for Dark Universe Investigations
40'
Speaker: Christophe J. Dumas (TMT International Observatory) -
12:00
GMT's Science Capabilities
40'
Speaker: Rebecca A. Bernstein (Carnegie Observatories) - 12:40 Lunch Break 1h35' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
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14:15 - 17:00
Dark Matter I
Convener: Tommaso Treu (UCLA) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall -
14:15
Past, Present and Future of milli-lensing
40'
Speaker: Simona Vegetti (MPA, Garching) Material: Slides -
14:55
Dark Matter Lost and Found
20'
Speaker: Adriano Agnello (European Southern Observatory) Material: Slides -
15:15
The bimodal formation time distribution of infall dark matter halos and its effect on galaxies
20'
Speaker: Jingjing Shi (KIAA, Peking University) Material: Slides - 15:35 Coffee Break 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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16:20
Constraints on the Dark Matter mass function with strong gravitational lensing
20'
Speaker: Elisa Ritondale (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) -
16:40
Constraining the nature of dark matter with substructure lensing: predictions from theory and simulations
20'
Speaker: Giulia Despali (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) Material: Slides
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14:15
Past, Present and Future of milli-lensing
40'
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18:30 - 19:30
Get Together
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08:30 - 14:15
Introduction and ELTs overview
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09:15 - 14:15
Dark Energy I
Convener: Simona Vegetti (MPA, Garching) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall -
09:15
Constraining Dark Energy with Distant Supernovae in the ELT Era
40'
Speaker: Isobel Hook (Lancaster University) -
09:55
Status and prospects for the Extragalactic Distance Scale with ELTs
40'
Speaker: Lucas Macri (Texas A&M University) Material: Slides -
10:35
Rapid poster session (1 minute 1 slide)
20'
Material: Details - 10:55 Coffee Break & Poster Session 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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11:40
Measuring the Hubble constant with time-delay cosmography: The present and the future
40'
Speaker: Simon Birrer (UCLA) Material: Slides -
12:20
Constraining cosmic curvature by using age of galaxies and gravitational Lenses
20'
Speaker: Deepak Jain (University of Delhi) Material: Slides - 12:40 Lunch Break 1h35' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
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09:15
Constraining Dark Energy with Distant Supernovae in the ELT Era
40'
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14:15 - 17:00
Lyman Alpha and Fundamental Constants
Convener: Isobel Hook (Lancaster University) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall -
14:15
Fundamental physics with intergalactic medium
40'
Speaker: Matteo Viel (SISSA) Material: Slides -
14:55
Brave New World: Cosmology with a Small Field of View
40'
Speaker: Anze Slosar (Brookhaven) -
15:35
Illuminating the Cosmic Web
20'
Speaker: Michael Rauch (Carnegie Observatories) -
15:55
Galactic Rotation Curves vs. Ultra-Light Dark Matter
20'
Speaker: Kfir Blum (CERN/Wiezman Institute) Material: Slides - 16:15 Coffee Break & Poster Session 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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14:15
Fundamental physics with intergalactic medium
40'
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20:00 - 22:00
Outside Dinner
Location: Restaurant "LE TERRAZZE" c/o Hotel Riviera -
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Restaurant "LE TERRAZZE" c/o Hotel Riviera (Confirmation is mandatory - email: smr3218@ictp.it)
2h0' (
Restaurant "LE TERRAZZE" c/o Hotel Riviera
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Material: Map
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20:00
Restaurant "LE TERRAZZE" c/o Hotel Riviera (Confirmation is mandatory - email: smr3218@ictp.it)
2h0' (
Restaurant "LE TERRAZZE" c/o Hotel Riviera
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09:15 - 14:15
Dark Energy I
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09:15 - 14:15
Theory
Convener: John McKean (ASTRON/Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall -
09:15
Opportunities for dark matter searches with extremely large telescopes
40'
Speaker: Stefano Profumo (UCSC) Material: Slides -
09:55
Theoretical challenges to the LCDM paradigm
40'
Speaker: Arianna di Cintio (IAC - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) Material: Slides - 10:35 Coffee Break 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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11:20
Simulating Galaxy Formation: Illustris, IllustrisTNG and beyond
40'
Speaker: Mark Vogelsberger (MIT) Material: Slides -
12:00
Constraining galaxy evolution scenarios from strong lens simulations with EAGLE
20'
Speaker: Sampath Mukherjee (University of Groningen) Material: Slides -
12:20
The past of the Local Group in MOND
20'
Speaker: Michal Bilek (Czech Academy of Sciences) - 12:40 Lunch Break 1h35' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
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09:15
Opportunities for dark matter searches with extremely large telescopes
40'
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14:15 - 17:40
Synergies
Convener: Matteo Viel (SISSA) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall -
14:15
The dark universe and synergies with the SKA
40'
Speaker: John McKean (ASTRON/Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) -
14:55
Bounds on Graviton mass using weak lensing and SZ effect in Galaxy Clusters
20'
Speaker: Akshay Rana (University of Delhi) Material: Slides -
15:15
Imprints of relativistic effects on the asymmetry of the halo cross-correlation function: from linear to non-linear scales
20'
Speaker: Yann Rasera (LUTH, Paris Observatory) Material: Slides - 15:35 Coffee Break 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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16:20
Probing the First Stars with Upcoming Facilities
40'
Speaker: Tirthankar Roy Choudhury (TIFR) Material: Slides -
17:00
Towards measuring the expansion history of the Universe
20'
Speaker: Dinko Milakovic (European Southern Observatory) Material: Slides -
17:20
Measuring the Small-Scale Matter Power Spectrum with Ultra-High-Resolution CMB Lensing
20'
Speaker: Neelima Sehgal (Stony Brook University) Material: Slides
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14:15
The dark universe and synergies with the SKA
40'
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09:15 - 14:15
Theory
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09:15 - 14:15
Dark Matter II
Convener: Arianna di Cintio (IAC - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall -
09:15
Towards high-precision lensing models: illuminating dark matter and dark ages
40'
Speaker: Piero Rosati (UNIFE) Material: Slides -
09:55
Insights into dark matter from the stellar halos of galaxies
40'
Speaker: Robyn Sanderson (Caltech) - 10:35 Coffee Break 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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11:20
Searching for New Physics using Quasar Spectroscopy
40'
Speaker: John K. Webb (University of New South Wales) Material: Slides -
12:00
Dark Matter from Lyman-alpha forest
20'
Speaker: Vid Irsic (University of Washington) Material: Slides -
12:20
Determining dark matter content of Milky Way satellite galaxies with current and future facilities
20'
Speaker: Mei-Yu Wang (Carnegie Mellon University) Material: Slides - 12:40 Lunch Break 1h35' ( Leonardo Building - Cafeteria )
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09:15
Towards high-precision lensing models: illuminating dark matter and dark ages
40'
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14:15 - 17:00
Synergies and Instrumentation
Convener: Marusa Bradac (UCDavis) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall -
14:15
Prospects for lensed supernovae behind galaxy clusters with the James Webb Space Telescope
20'
Speaker: Tanja Petrushevska (University of Nova Gorica) Material: Slides -
14:35
Detection of z~2.3 voids from 3D Lyman-alpha forest tomography in the COSMOS field
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Speaker: Alexander Krolewski (UC Berkeley) Material: Slides - 14:55 Coffee Break 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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15:40
From CASPEC @ La Silla to the ELT, trends and future directions of high-resolution spectroscopy for cosmological studies of the IGM
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Speaker: Stefano Cristiani (Trieste Observatory) -
16:20
The high resolution spectrograph for the ESO ELT: scientific and technological challenges
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Speaker: Valentina D'Odorico (Trieste Observatory) -
16:40
Towards the ELT era: a data treatment outlook
20'
Speaker: Guido Cupani (Trieste Observatory) Material: Slides
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14:15
Prospects for lensed supernovae behind galaxy clusters with the James Webb Space Telescope
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09:15 - 14:15
Dark Matter II
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09:15 - 13:00
Dark Matter III
Convener: Piero Rosati (UNIFE) Location: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall -
09:15
Extremely Large Clusters in the Era of Extremely Large Telescopes
40'
Speaker: Marusa Bradac (UCDavis) Material: Slides -
09:55
Stellar and Dark Masses: IMF gradients in the era of big telescopes
40'
Speaker: Mariangela Bernardi (UPenn) Material: Slides - 10:35 Coffee Break 45' ( Leonardo Building - Terrace )
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11:20
What Giant Telescopes can do for Lensing Studies of Galaxy Clusters
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Speaker: Ian Dell'Antonio (Brown University) -
11:40
Cluster mass profiles as powerful tests of cosmological models and struture formation scenarios
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Speaker: Barbara Sartoris (University of Trieste) -
12:00
Summary
1h0'
Speaker: Stefano Borgani (Trieste Observatory)
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09:15
Extremely Large Clusters in the Era of Extremely Large Telescopes
40'
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09:15 - 13:00
Dark Matter III