smr1149/Announcement
COSMO-99
International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe
27 September - 2 October 1999
Miramare, Trieste, Italy
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Abdus
Salam ICTP) is organizing COSMO-99. This will be the third in the
COSMO series following the original meeting in Ambleside, Lake
District, England and last year's event at Asilomar, California. Both
conferences turned out to be extremely successful in bringing together
a large number of particle physicists, cosmologists and
astrophysicists, and providing a format to discuss the new results in
the exciting and fast-moving field of astroparticle physics.
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
R. Arnowitt, V. Barger, R. Barbieri, A. Bottino, D. Caldwell, A. De
Rujula, S. Dimopoulos, M. Dine, A. Dolgov, J. Ellis, J.
Frieman, F. Halzen, A. Guth, S. Hawking, G. Kane, T. W. Kibble, J.
E. Kim, H. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, V. Kuzmin, P. Langacker, D. Lyth,
R. Mohapatra, H. P. Nilles, G. G. Ross, L. Roszkowski, V. Rubakov,
A. Starobinsky, G. Veneziano, A. Vilenkin, S. Weinberg.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
G. Dvali (NYU and Abdus Salam ICTP), E. Kolb (Fermilab), G. Senjanovic
(Abdus Salam ICTP), M. Shaposhnikov (Lausanne), A. Smirnov (Abdus Salam
ICTP) and N. Turok (Cambridge)
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
U. Cotti (SISSA and Cinvestav) and R. Jeannerot (Abdus Salam ICTP)
The conference will last six days, from Monday to Saturday. It will
consist of both plenary sessions with review talks on the status of the
field, and parallel sessions to discuss the newest developments. Time
will be made available, as much as possible, for young people and
newcomers in the field to present their ideas. After the previous
COSMO events, this conference will be devoted to the interplay of
particle physics and cosmology of the early universe.
The following topics will be covered:
DARK MATTER
BARYOGENESIS
NEUTRINO PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS
INFLATION
TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS
COSMIC RAY PHYSICS
COSMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF:
- GRAND UNIFICATION - SUPERSYMMETRY
- SUPERSTRINGS - HIGHER DIMENSIONS
The conference is open to research workers from all member countries of
the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA. Although the main purpose of the
Abdus Salam ICTP is to help researchers from developing countries
through a programme based on international co-operation, students and
post-doctoral scientists from developed countries are also welcome to
attend. The activity will be conducted in English.
As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should
be covered by the home institutions. However, some funds are available
which permit the Centre to grant a subsistence allowance to a limited
number of people from developing countries who will be selected by the
Organizers. As scarcity of funds allows travel to be granted only in a
few exceptional cases, every effort should be made by candidates to
secure support for their fares from their home country. Such financial
support is available only to those who attend the entire conference.
Scientists from developed countries are welcome to join on their own
funds. There is no registration fee for attending the conference.
Those wishing to participate should complete and return the "Request
for Participation" form (available via e-mail:
smr1149@ictp.trieste.it by typing on the subject line "get
announcement", or via the WWW server which will be constantly updated:
http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~cosmo99), before 15 June 1999, to:
COSMO-99
High Energy Section, Abdus Salam ICTP
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste, Italy
Email: passarel@ictp.trieste.it Ph: +39-040-2240231 Fax:
+39-040-2240304
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COSMO-99
27 September - 2 October 1999
e-mail address: smr1149@ictp.trieste.it
WWW server: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~cosmo99
REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION
(Please note that unless all requested personal data are provided, the
ICTP cannot process any visa request)
To be completed (typed or in block letters) and returned to:
COSMO-99, Abdus Salam I.C.T.P., Strada Costiera 11, I-34014 Trieste,
Italy, before 15 June 1999
Name:
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Please also indicate SURNAME, NAME, on passport if different from
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(Important: Please note that very few grants are available, and
preference in selecting participants will be given to eligible
candidates who can guarantee travel coverage by own local sources.)
Please tick as appropriate:
- I can definitely find complete travel funds from local sources [ ]
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