Workshop on Infrared Modifications of Gravity | (smr 2264) (26-30 September 2011)

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TOPICS:

- Theoretical aspects of IR modified gravity
- Tests of gravity

The purpose of the workshop is to foster the discussion about all aspects of IR modifications of gravity (massive gravity, scalar-tensor theories, brane induced gravity, Galileon theories, cosmological and astrophysical tests of modified gravity...) through a small number of talks and discussion sessions.

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Workshop on Infrared Modifications of Gravity | (smr 2264)

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Monday, 26 September 2011

08:30 - 09:25 REGISTRATION FORMALITIES

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
- 08:30 REGISTRATION FORMALITIES 55'
09:25 - 09:30 Opening Remarks
- 09:25 Opening Remarks 5'
09:30 - 10:00 Massive gravity on Curved Background
- 09:30 Massive gravity on Curved Background 30'
  
  Speaker: L. Alberte (LMU Munich)
10:00 - 10:30 On the consistency of massive gravity
- 10:00 On the consistency of massive gravity 30'
  
  Speaker: F. Hassan (Stockholm University)
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 10:30 Coffee Break 45'
11:15 - 11:45 On ghosts in theories of self-interacting massive spin-2 particles
- 11:15 On ghosts in theories of self-interacting massive spin-2 particles 30'
  
  Speaker: S. Folkerts (LMU Munich)
11:45 - 12:15 Bimetric gravity from ghost-free massive gravity
- 11:45 Bimetric gravity from ghost-free massive gravity 30'
  
  Speaker: R.A. Rosen (Columbia University)
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
- 12:15 Lunch Break 1h45'
14:00 - 14:30 Ghost-free Massive Gravity in the Stückelberg and helicity languages
- 14:00 Ghost-free Massive Gravity in the Stückelberg and helicity languages 30'
  
  Speaker: C.A. de Rham (University of Geneva)

14:30 - 15:00 A Paradise Island for Deformed Gravity

14:30 A Paradise Island for Deformed Gravity 30'

Speaker:	F. Berkhahn (LMU Munich)
Material:	lecture notes

15:00 - 15:45 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 15:00 Coffee Break 45'

15:45 - 16:15 Self-accelerating universe in massive gravity

15:45 Self-accelerating universe in massive gravity 30'

Speaker:	K. Koyama (University of Portsmouth)
Material:	lecture notes

16:15 - 16:45 Massive Cosmologies

16:15 Massive Cosmologies 30'

Speaker:	G. D'Amico (New York University)
Material:	lecture notes

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

09:30 - 10:00 Stellar and galactic astrophysical tests of modified gravity

09:30 Stellar and galactic astrophysical tests of modified gravity 30'

Speaker:	E.A.J. Lim (University of Cambridge)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 10:30 Solar System Tests of Relativistic Gravity: Recent Progress and Possible Future Directions

10:00 Solar System Tests of Relativistic Gravity: Recent Progress and Possible Future Directions 30'

Speaker:	S.G. Turyshev (CALTECH)
Material:	lecture notes

10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 10:30 Coffee Break 45'
11:15 - 11:45 Experimental tests of screening mechanisms
- 11:15 Experimental tests of screening mechanisms 30'
  
  Speaker: L. Hui (Columbia University)
11:45 - 12:15 Variation of the Newton constant in scalar- tensor theories with a Vainshtein mechanism
- 11:45 Variation of the Newton constant in scalar- tensor theories with a Vainshtein mechanism 30'
  
  Speaker: E. Babichev (Université Paris Sud 11)
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
- 12:15 Lunch Break 1h45'

14:00 - 14:30 The MOND paradigm

14:00 The MOND paradigm 30'

Speaker:	M. Milgrom (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Material:	lecture notes

14:30 - 15:00 Nonlocal metric formulations of MOND with sufficient lensing

14:30 Nonlocal metric formulations of MOND with sufficient lensing 30'

Speaker:	R. Woodard (University of Florida)
Material:	lecture notes

19:00 - 21:00 Reception

Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
- 19:00 Reception 2h0'

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

09:30 - 10:00 Cosmology and GR limit of Horava-Lifshitz gravity

09:30 Cosmology and GR limit of Horava-Lifshitz gravity 30'

Speaker:	S. Mukohyama (University of Tokyo)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 10:30 Emergent Lorentz Invariance
- 10:00 Emergent Lorentz Invariance 30'
  
  Speaker: O. Pujolas (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 10:30 Coffee Break 45'

11:15 - 11:45 Emergent low-energy Lorentz invariance in theories with dynamical preferred frame

11:15 Emergent low-energy Lorentz invariance in theories with dynamical preferred frame 30'

Speaker:	S.M. Sibiryakov (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Material:	lecture notes

11:45 - 12:15 Black holes is Einstein-aether and Horava-Lifshitz gravity

11:45 Black holes is Einstein-aether and Horava-Lifshitz gravity 30'

Speaker:	T. Sotiriou (SISSA)
Material:	lecture notes

12:15 - 12:45 On the existence of black holes in Horava gravity

12:15 On the existence of black holes in Horava gravity 30'

Speaker:	D. Blas (EPFL)
Material:	lecture notes

12:45 - 14:30 Lunch Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
- 12:45 Lunch Break 1h45'
14:30 - 15:30 Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam
- 14:30 Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam 1h0'
  
  Speaker: A. Bertolin (INFN, Padova)

Thursday, 29 September 2011

09:30 - 10:00 Subluminal Galilean Genesis
- 09:30 Subluminal Galilean Genesis 30'
  
  Speaker: E. Trincherini (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
10:00 - 10:30 Galileons on curved space
- 10:00 Galileons on curved space 30'
  
  Speaker: K. Hinterbichler (University of Pennsylvania)
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 10:30 Coffee Break 45'

11:15 - 11:45 Galileons on curved backgrounds

11:15 Galileons on curved backgrounds 30'

Speaker:	M. Trodden (University of Pennsylvania)
Material:	lecture notes

11:45 - 12:15 Some thoughts on Superluminaities in Massive Gravity and Galileon Theories
- 11:45 Some thoughts on Superluminaities in Massive Gravity and Galileon Theories 30'
  
  Speaker: A.J. Tolley (Case Western Reserve University)
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
- 12:15 Lunch Break 1h45'

14:00 - 14:30 Laboratory searches for dark energy

14:00 Laboratory searches for dark energy 30'

Speaker:	C. Burrage (University of Geneva)
Material:	lecture notes

14:30 - 15:00 Vainshtein's Coiffure
- 14:30 Vainshtein's Coiffure 30'
  
  Speaker: N. Kaloper (University of California at Davis)
15:00 - 15:45 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 15:00 Coffee Break 45'
15:45 - 16:15 Coupled Dark Energy and Large-Scale Structure
- 15:45 Coupled Dark Energy and Large-Scale Structure 30'
  
  Speaker: V. Pettorino (SISSA)
16:15 - 16:45 Clustering quintessence and structure formation
- 16:15 Clustering quintessence and structure formation 30'
  
  Speaker: F. Vernizzi (CEA Saclay)

Friday, 30 September 2011

09:30 - 10:00 Quantum corrections to gravity and their implications for cosmology and astrophysics

09:30 Quantum corrections to gravity and their implications for cosmology and astrophysics 30'

Speaker:	I.L. Shapiro (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 10:30 Massive graviton, bigravity and torsion
- 10:00 Massive graviton, bigravity and torsion 30'
  
  Speaker: S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
- 10:30 Coffee Break 45'

11:15 - 11:45 Bigravity as a tool in massive gravity

11:15 Bigravity as a tool in massive gravity 30'

Speaker:	L. Pilo (University of L'Aquila)
Material:	lecture notes

11:45 - 12:15 On the Vainshtein mechanism around stars and black holes
- 11:45 On the Vainshtein mechanism around stars and black holes 30'
  
  Speaker: C. Deffayet (Université Paris 7 Diderot)