KEK-Cosmo 2017 Workshop
Fundamental Physics in the Universe
20th — 22nd February 2017
Theory Center, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
Experiments at the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC) of CERN have revealed the existence of the Higgs boson. This discovery
marks the completion of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, making the
search for theories beyond the SM more compelling than ever. Notably, the need
for such extensions is linked to the failure of the SM to explain a number of
astrophysical and cosmological observations: 1) the origin of matter-antimatter
asymmetry, 2) the origin of neutrino masses, 3) the nature of dark matter, 4)
the nature of the inflaton field, and 5) the nature
of dark energy. In addition, quite recently "the Higgs stabilization
problem” has been identified: fluctuations of the Higgs field produced during
the cosmic evolution may destabilize the Higgs field itself.
In order to elucidate the
above issues, interdisciplinary research combining elements of particle physics,
astrophysics and cosmology will be of great importance. In this school, we
invite experts of research in these fields and ask them to give a series of
lectures.
We ask each lecturer to cover
both basic topics and cutting-edge research. The audience will be fewer than 30
people due to the limited size of lecture rooms. The lecturers can use white
boards as well as projectors, although we may ask the lecturers to mainly give
white-board lectures, as these are easier for audience members to digest, in particular
with regard to equations.
Topics to be discussed
l
Cosmological perturbations and future
observations
l
New physics in neutrino cosmology
l Dark matter and future
experiments
l Gravitational wave
http://research.kek.jp/people/kohri/project2016E.html
Invited speakers
l Steen Hannestad (Aarhus, DK),“Neutrino cosmology”
l Ayuki Kamada (IBS,
Korea),“Dark matter theory”
l David Seery
(Sussex U., UK),“Cosmological
perturbations in the inflationary Universe”
l Pasquale D. Serpico (LAPTH, France),“Dark matter and cosmic
rays”
l Alberto
Sesana (U. of Birmingham, UK),“Gravitational wave from astrophysical sources”
Program
http://cosmophysics.kek.jp/program2017.pdf
Workshop attendees:
Aimed at graduate
students, postdocs and junior faculties
Workshop fees
Reception: 1,000 yen
Drinks and snacks: 300 yen
Dead
line for the registration
20th January 2017
Registration form and application form for wifi
http://cosmophysics.kek.jp/registrationKEKCosmo2017.pdf
Covering travel expenses
We cover travel
expenses only for some participants. If you need the support, email to the
secretary with writing your detailed schedule, please.
Inquiries:
Ms. Michiyo Sakurai, Secretary, Theory Center, IPNS, KEK
Venue:
Room
3 on the ground floor at Kenkyu-Honkan on the KEK
Tsukuba campus.
http://www.kek.jp/en/CometoKEK/
SOC
Kazunori Kohri (KEK,
Chair), Motoi Endo (KEK), Satoshi Iso (KEK),
Ryuichiro Kitano (KEK), Koutarou Kyutoku
(RIKEN, Vice-chair), Mihoko M. Nojiri
(KEK), Jonathan White (KEK)
LOC
Kazunori Kohri (KEK,
Chair), Takuya Hasegawa (KEK) , Nagisa
Hiroshima (KEK / U. Tokyo), Koutarou Kyutoku (RIKEN, Vice-chair), Taro Mori (KEK), Jonathan
White (KEK)
http://www2.kek.jp/theory-center/theory_e/
Sponsor:
The MEXT grant “Leading
Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers(LEADER)’’ (文科省卓越研究員事業),The KEK Project Research Grant,The
H28 Sokendai International Cooperation Grant (H28総研大国際連携推進事業),The MEXT grant 新学術領域研究公募研究「宇宙観測によるニュートリノの絶対質量の決定」(JP16H00877),
The MEXT grant 新学術領域研究「なぜ宇宙は加速するのか? – 徹底的究明と将来への挑戦 -」(JP15H05889)