Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting - MG13
on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Relativistic Field Theories
MG13 Scientific Committees
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MONDAY 2nd July
09:00 - 09:35 Marcel Grossmann Awards
Mathematics and Relativity
Chairperson: Vladimir Belinski
09:35 - 10:10 Hermann Nicolai (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik):
Hidden symmetries: from BKL to Kac-Moody
10:10 - 10:45 Claes Uggla (Karlstadt Universitet):
Spacetime singularities: Recent developments
11:05 - 11:40 Sergiu Klainerman (Princeton university):
Recent developments in mathematical GR
11:40 - 12:15 Harvey Reall (Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge):
Black holes in higher dimensions
Monday evening Public Lecture Mario Livio (Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore):
The greatest scientific achievements of the Hubble space telescope
TUESDAY 3rd July: Quantum and Gravity
Chairperson: Hagen Kleinert
09:00 - 09:35 Frederik Denef (Harvard University):
String Glasses
09:35 - 10:10 Jan Ambjorn (Copenhagen University):
Lattice gravity: overview and recent progress
10:30 - 11:05 Petr Horava (Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics):
Gravity with Anisotropic Scaling and the Multicritical Universe
11:05 - 11:40 Martin Reuter (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität):
QEG: Towards an Asymptotically Safe Quantum Theory of Gravity
11:40 - 12:15 Zvi Bern (UCLA):
Perturbative Quantum Gravity as a Double Copy of Gauge Theory and Implication for UV Properties
Tuesday evening Reception city hall
WEDNESDAY 4th July:
Supernovae and their outcomes
Chairperson: David Blair
09:00 - 09:35 Ariel Goobar (Stockholm University)
Supernova Cosmology: Past and future
09:35 - 10:10 Robert Kirshner (Harvard University):
The accelerating universe: a Nobel surprise
10:10 - 10:45 David Arnett (University of Arizona):
Stellar turbolence and why we should care
11:05 - 11:40 Jorge Rueda (ICRANet and University of Rome Sapienza):
Strong, Weak, Electromagnetic and Gravitational Interactions in Neutron Stars
11:40 - 12:15 Luciano Rezzolla (Albert Einstein Institute):
Using numerical relativity to explore fundamental physics and astrophysics
12:15 - 12:50 David Reitze (California Institute of Technology):
Ground-based Gravitational-wave Astronomy Using Interferometers: Past and Future
Wednesday evening Banquet
THURSDAY 5th July:
Cosmology and Gamma Ray Bursts: Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Chairperson: Roy Kerr
Tsvi Piran (The Hebrew University):
Electromagnetic Signals from Neutron Star Mergers
09:35 - 10:10 Bing Zhang (University of Nevada):
Open Questions in GRB Physics
10:10 - 10:45 Remo Ruffini (University of Rome Sapienza):
GRBs and the Supernova-Neutron-Star-Black-Hole Sequence
11:05 - 11:40 Michael Kramer (University of Manchester):
Precisions tests of theories of gravity using pulsars
11:40 - 12:15 Piero Madau (University of California Santa Cruz):
Connecting the Dark and Light Side of Galaxy Formation
Thursday evening Fang Li Zhi and Relativistic Astrophysics
FRIDAY 6th July: Cosmic Background Radiation
Chairperson: Paolo De Bernardis
09:00 - 09:35 Charles Bennett (Johns Hopkins University):
WMAP
09:35 - 10:10 Nazzareno Mandolesi (INAF IASF Bologna):
Planck and fundamental Physics
10:10 - 10:45 Jean-Loup Puget (Académie des sciences):
High energy Planck Mission
11:05 - 11:40 Sunyaev Rashid (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik and IKI, Moscow):
Unavoidable CMB spectral features and Black Body Photosphere of our Universe
11:40 - 12:15 John Carlstrom (KAVLI Institute for Cosmological Physics):
Cosmology with the thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects
12:15 - 12:50 David Spergel (Princeton University):
The cosmic microwave background and the hidden universe
Friday evening Carlos Frenk (Durham University):
Everything from nothing: how our universe was made
SATURDAY 7th July: The Frontiers
Chairperson: Kjell Rosquist
09:00 - 09:35 Roy Kerr (University of Canterbury)
09:35 - 10:10 Everitt Francis (Stanford University)
10:10 - 10:45 De Bernardis Paolo (University of Rome Sapienza)
11:05 - 11:25 Chiara Mariotti (INFN Torino and CERN)
Recent searches of the Standard Model Higgs within CMS
11:25 - 11:45 Domizia Orestano (University of Rome 3)
Search for the Standard Model Higgs with the ATLAS detector
11:45 - 12:05 Luciano Maiani
LHC High-lights
12:05 - 12:40 Ruffini Remo (University of Rome Sapienza):
MG13 - Marcel Grossmann Meeting - Stockholm 1-7 July, 2012