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Workshop: Eternal Inflation | (smr 2040)
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  • Monday, 8 June 2009
    • 08:30 - 09:30 --Registration and administrative formalities--
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:30 --Registration and administrative formalities-- 1h0'
    • 10:00 - 10:50 A new measure for eternal inflation
      • 10:00 A new measure for eternal inflation 50'
        Speaker: S. Winitzki (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:50 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 10:50 Coffee break 40'
    • 11:30 - 12:20 A CFT for Eternal Inflation
      • 11:30 A CFT for Eternal Inflation 50'
        Speaker: M. Kleban (New York University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:20 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:20 Lunch break 2h10'
    • 14:30 - 15:20 Global/Local Duality in the Measure Problem
      • 14:30 Global/Local Duality in the Measure Problem 50'
        Speaker: I. Yang (University of California At Berkeley, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:20 - 16:10 The No-Boundary Measure in the Regime of Eternal Inflation
      • 15:20 The No-Boundary Measure in the Regime of Eternal Inflation 50'
        Speaker: T. Hertog (Laboratoire AstroParticules et Cosmologie APC, France)
    • 16:10 - 17:10 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 16:10 Coffee break 1h0'
  • Tuesday, 9 June 2009
    • 10:00 - 10:50 Predictions in the Multiverse
      • 10:00 Predictions in the Multiverse 50'
        Speaker: R. Bousso (University of California At Berkeley, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:50 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 10:50 Coffee break 40'
    • 11:30 - 12:20 Anthropic Explanation of the Dark Matter Abundance
      • 11:30 Anthropic Explanation of the Dark Matter Abundance 50'
        Speaker: B. Freivogel (University of California At Berkeley, U.S.A.)
    • 12:20 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:20 Lunch break 2h10'
    • 14:30 - 15:20 The cosmological constant as a lens on the measure problem
      • 14:30 The cosmological constant as a lens on the measure problem 50'
        Speaker: M. Salem (Tufts University, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:20 - 16:10 Predictions from Star Formation in the Multiverse
      • 15:20 Predictions from Star Formation in the Multiverse 50'
        Speaker: S. Leichenauer (University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:10 - 17:10 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 16:10 Coffee break 1h0'
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Get-together Drink 
      To be held at the Sticco Bar Terrace
      • 18:30 Get-together Drink 1h0'
  • Wednesday, 10 June 2009
    • 09:30 - 10:20 To the local beginning of inflation - and beyond
      • 09:30 To the local beginning of inflation - and beyond 50'
        Speaker: A. Starobinsky (L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Federation)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:20 - 11:10 The volume of the Universe after inflation and de Sitter entropy
      • 10:20 The volume of the Universe after inflation and de Sitter entropy 50'
        Speaker: L. Senatore (Institute For Advanced Study, U.S.A.)
    • 11:10 - 11:50 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 11:10 Coffee break 40'
    • 11:50 - 12:40 A bit about de Sitter
      • 11:50 A bit about de Sitter 50'
        Speaker: J.P. Van de Schaar (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Thursday, 11 June 2009
    • 10:00 - 10:50 The Lifetime of Stringy de Sitter
      • 10:00 The Lifetime of Stringy de Sitter 50'
        Speaker: M. Lippert (Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:50 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 10:50 Coffee break 40'
    • 11:30 - 12:20 Dynamical compacti?cation from higher dimensional de Sitter space
      • 11:30 Dynamical compacti?cation from higher dimensional de Sitter space 50'
        Speaker: M. Johnson (California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:20 - 14:30 Lunch break
      • 12:20 Lunch break 2h10'
    • 14:30 - 15:20 Resumming large infra red effects in de Sitter space
      • 14:30 Resumming large infra red effects in de Sitter space 50'
        Speaker: D. Seery (University of Cambridge, U.K.)
    • 15:20 - 16:10 Non-Gaussianity, loops and the stability of de Sitter space
      • 15:20 Non-Gaussianity, loops and the stability of de Sitter space 50'
        Speaker: M.S. Sloth (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:10 - 17:10 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 16:10 Coffee break 1h0'
    • 18:00 - 23:00 Official Dinner - Ristorante l'Antica Diga 
      Meeting at 6 pm by the bust stop n.36 by the sea, in front of the Adriatico Guest House
      • 18:00 Official Dinner - Ristorante l'Antica Diga 5h0'
  • Friday, 12 June 2009
    • 09:30 - 10:20 Precision Simulations of Bubble Collisions in Eternal Inflation
      • 09:30 Precision Simulations of Bubble Collisions in Eternal Inflation 50'
        Speaker: T. Giblin (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:20 - 11:10 Observing the string axiverse
      • 10:20 Observing the string axiverse 50'
        Speaker: S.L. Dubovsky (Stanford University, U.S.A.)
    • 11:10 - 11:50 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 11:10 Coffee break 40'
    • 11:50 - 12:40 (No) Eternal Inflation and Precision Higgs Physics
      • 11:50 (No) Eternal Inflation and Precision Higgs Physics 50'
        Speaker: G. Villadoro (CERN European Organization For Nuclear Research, Switzerland)
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