COSMO'24
Oct 21 - 25, 2024|Kyoto University
COSMO'24
Oct 21 - 25, 2024|Kyoto University
*The scientific sessions will start in the morning of October 21 (Mon) and will close in the late afternoon of October 25 (Fri).
*The dates and times listed in the timetable are all in Japan Standard Time (JST).
*Plenary sessions will be held in the Centennial Hall in the Clock Tower.
9:00-10:00 Registration
Chair: Atsushi Taruya (YITP)
10:00-10:10 (10min) Opening address by Shinji Mukohyama (YITP)
10:10-10:50 (30min+10min) Francis Bernardeau (Saclay/IAP) “The Euclid mission and the quest for dark energy”
10:50-11:20 (30min) Break
Chair: Kiyotomo Ichiki (Nagoya)
11:20-12:00 (30min+10min) Cullan Howlett (U. of Queensland) “DESI collaboration results”
12:00-12:40 (30min+10min) Maria Charisi (Vanderbilt U.) “Pulsar timing array”
12:40-14:00 (80min) Lunch
14:00-16:00 (120min) Parallel Sessions
・Inflation and the Primordial Universe I
・Statistical Methods and Tensions in Cosmology I
・Modified Gravity and Dark Energy I
・Dark Matter, Neutrinos and Astroparticle Physics I
16:00-16:30 (30min) Break
Chair: Matthew C. Johnson (Perimeter)
16:30-17:10 (30min+10min) Keiko Kokeyama (Cardiff/Nagoya) “An overview of LVK's gravitational-wave observations”
17:10-17:30 (15min+5min) Gabriela Sato-Polito (IAS) “Gravitational-wave signatures of supermassive black holes”
17:30-17:50 (15min+5min) Enrico Trincherini (SNS) “A Tale of Three Black Holes”
17:50-18:10 (15min+5min) Valeri Frolov (U of Alberta) “Gravitational and electromagnetic spin-optics in a curved spacetime”
18:10-18:30 (15min+5min) Teruaki Suyama (Institute of Science Tokyo) “Weak lensing of gravitational waves as a probe of small-scale matter inhomogeneities”
18:30-20:30 Welcome Reception
[18:30-20:00 Geiko and Maiko (Japanese dance, Photo and Chat)]
*Plenary sessions will be held in the Centennial Hall in the Clock Tower.
Chair: Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto)
9:30-10:10 (30min+10min) Adam Riess (Johns Hopkins U.) “Results from the SH0ES and Pantheon+ collaborations”
10:10-10:50 (30min+10min) Wendy Freedman (UChicago) “Recent JWST Results and Implications for the Hubble Tension”
10:50-11:20 (30min) Break
Chair: Glenn Starkman (Case Western)
11:20-12:00 (30min+10min) Laura Herold (Johns Hopkins U.) “Cosmological Tensions & Statistics: Insights from Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches”
12:00-12:20 (15min+5min) Tanvi Karwal (UChicago) “Profiles of cosmological likelihoods”
12:20-12:40 (15min+5min) Nickolas Kokron (IAS) “Structure formation combining perturbation theory and simulations”
12:40-14:00 (80min) Lunch
[12:40-12:50 Group photo]
Chair: Kazunori Kohri (NAOJ)
14:00-14:40 (30min+10min) Mark Trodden (UPenn) “Coupled Early Dark Energy”
14:40-15:20 (30min+10min) Elisabeth Krause (Arizona) “Large-Scale Structure Beyond the Power Spectrum”
15:20-15:40 (15min+5min) Fuminobu Takahashi (Tohoku) “Fate of topological defects in multiple axion models”
15:40-16:00 (15min+5min) Anamaria Hell (Kavli IPMU) “The two approaches to R2 gravity”
16:00-16:30 (30min) Break
Chair: Jiro Soda (Kobe)
16:30-17:10 (30min+10min) Kathryn M. Zurek (Caltech) “The quantum mechanics of causal diamonds and their observational signatures”
17:20-19:20 (120min) Main Poster Session (Poster and Beer) [Poster List] [Poster Map]
*Plenary sessions will be held in the Centennial Hall in the Clock Tower.
Chair: Masao Sako (Pennsylvania)
9:30-10:10 (30min+10min) Hiranya Peiris (Cambridge U.) “Decoding the Cosmos”
10:10-10:50 (30min+10min) Linda Blot (Kavli IPMU) “Numerical cosmology”
10:50-11:20 (30min) Break
Chair: Masahide Yamaguchi (IBS)
11:20-12:00 (30min+10min) Pedro Ferreira (Oxford U.) “On the limits of cosmology”
12:00-12:40 (30min+10min) Scott Melville (QMUL) “Effective field theories for cosmology and modified gravity”
12:40-12:45 (5min) Announcement of COSMO'25 by Leszek Roszkowski
12:45- Free time
16:50-18:20 Public lecture by Adam Riess (Johns Hopkins U.) [including introduction and Q&A]
18:30-20:30 Banquet (Doors open 18:00)
*Plenary sessions will be held in the Centennial Hall in the Clock Tower.
Chair: Jun'ichi Yokoyama (Kavli IPMU)
9:30-10:10 (30min+10min) Kei Ieki (ICRR, U. of Tokyo) “Status and prospects of Hyper-Kamiokande”
10:10-10:30 (15min+5min) Erin Healy (KICP) “The Simons Observatory: Overview and Status”
10:30-10:50 (15min + 5min) Julien Lesgourgues (RWTH Aachen) “Probing neutrino and dark matter properties with stage IV surveys”
10:50-11:20 (30min) Break
Chair: Shigeki Matsumoto (Kavli IPMU)
11:20-12:00 (30min+10min) Alexander Kusenko (UCLA) “The many miracles of dark matter”
12:00-12:20 (15min+5min) Alejandro Ibarra (Technical U. of Munich) “Connecting the baryons to the dark matter of the Universe”
12:20-12:40 (15min+5min) Tom Melia (Kavli IPMU) "Cosmological consequences of unconstrained gravity and electromagnetism"
12:40-14:00 (80min) Lunch & Backup Poster Session 1a [Poster List] [Poster Map]
14:00-16:00 (120min) Parallel Sessions
・Dark Matter, Neutrinos and Astroparticle Physics II
・Radio Astronomy, CMB and 21cm I
・Gravitational Waves and Black Holes I
・Inflation and the Primordial Universe II
16:00-16:30 (30min) Break & Backup Poster Session 1b [Poster List] [Poster Map]
16:30-18:30 (120min) Parallel Sessions
・Dark Matter, Neutrinos and Astroparticle Physics III
・Modified Gravity and Dark Energy II
・Gravitational Waves and Black Holes II
・Inflation and the Primordial Universe III
19:20-20:50 Public lecture by Pedro Ferreira (Oxford U.) [including introduction and Q&A]
*Plenary sessions will be held in the Centennial Hall in the Clock Tower.
Chair: Ana Achucarro (Leiden)
9:30-10:10 (30min+10min) Ignatios Antoniadis (Chulalongkorn/LPTHE) “Large extra dimensions from higher-dimensional inflation”
10:10-10:50 (30min+10min) Yi Wang (HKUST) “Probing Particle Physics with the Cosmological Collider”
10:50-11:20 (30min) Break & Backup Poster Session 2a [Poster List] [Poster Map]
Chair: Elisa Ferreira (Kavli IPMU)
11:20-12:00 (30min+10min) Adriaan Duivenvoorden (Flatiron Institute) “Cosmology from the small-scale CMB with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope”
12:00-12:40 (30min+10min) Keitaro Takahashi (Kumamoto U.) “Opening the door to 21cm cosmology”
12:40-14:00 (80min) Lunch & Backup Poster Session 2b [Poster List] [Poster Map]
14:00-16:00 (120min) Parallel Sessions
・Dark Matter, Neutrinos and Astroparticle Physics IV
・Gravitational Waves and Black Holes III
・Inflation and the Primordial Universe IV
・Radio Astronomy, CMB and 21cm II
・Statistical Methods and Tensions in Cosmology II
16:00-16:30 (30min) Break
Chair: Fumihiro Takayama (YITP)
16:30-17:10 (30min+10min) Leszek Roszkowski (AstroCeNT CAMK PAN/NCBJ) “What Lies Ahead?”
17:10-17:15 (5min) Closing by Shinji Mukohyama (YITP)