Program

(Schedule to be confirmed)

It will start Monday afternoon and end by Friday noon.

Anna Nierenberg

Title: 

Strong gravitational lensing tests of dark matter.

Abstract: 

I will give an overview of our current understanding of dark matter and several major classes of dark matter candidates that are being studied. I will explain how these dark matter candidates can be distinguished via small-scale structure tests. I will provide an introduction to gravitational lensing formalism and demonstrate how strong gravitational lensing can be used as a tool to distinguish between different dark matter models. This series will include an overview of the current state of the field as well as hands on examples with widely used strong gravitational lensing software.

Otto Hannuksela

Title:

Lensing of gravitational waves

Abstract:

Gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime, can be gravitationally lensed by intervening massive objects. A growing scientific consensus suggests that gravitational-wave lensing will be observed soon as the planned detector upgrades are implemented. In this lecture I introduce the basics of gravitational-wave lensing searches, parameter estimation, and forecasts, with a focus on practical applications.

Paz Beniamini

Title:

TBA

Abstract:

TBA

Ryuichiro Kitano

Title:

Physics beyond the Standard Model

Abstract:

The Universe tells us that we need beyond the Standard Model physics. I will try to summarize what we need and what to look for.