Parallel 3 - Dark Energy & Modified Gravity
Monday, August 25, 2008 -
2:00 PM
Monday, August 25, 2008
2:00 PM
K-Essence, superluminal propagation, causality and emergent geometry
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Alexander Vikman
(
New York University
)
K-Essence, superluminal propagation, causality and emergent geometry
Alexander Vikman
(
New York University
)
2:00 PM - 2:18 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
2:20 PM
Regular DGP in the core of a hyper-monopole
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Antonio De Felice
(
Louvain University
)
Regular DGP in the core of a hyper-monopole
Antonio De Felice
(
Louvain University
)
2:20 PM - 2:38 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
2:40 PM
Stars and Solar System constraints in extended gravity theories
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Daniel Sunhede
(
University of Jyväskylä
)
Stars and Solar System constraints in extended gravity theories
Daniel Sunhede
(
University of Jyväskylä
)
2:40 PM - 2:58 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
3:00 PM
Precision Probes of Modified Gravity with Weak Lensing
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Fabian Schmidt
(
University of Chicago
)
Precision Probes of Modified Gravity with Weak Lensing
Fabian Schmidt
(
University of Chicago
)
3:00 PM - 3:18 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
3:20 PM
Searching for modified growth patterns with tomographic surveys
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Gong-Bo Zhao
(
Simon Fraser University
)
Searching for modified growth patterns with tomographic surveys
Gong-Bo Zhao
(
Simon Fraser University
)
3:20 PM - 3:38 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
3:40 PM
Break
Break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Outside Lecture Hall
4:00 PM
Cosmological Backreaction from Scalar Fields and Perturbations
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Iain Brown
(
ITP, Heidelberg
)
Cosmological Backreaction from Scalar Fields and Perturbations
Iain Brown
(
ITP, Heidelberg
)
4:00 PM - 4:18 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
4:20 PM
Structure Formation in f(R) Gravity Consistent with Solar-System Tests
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Ignacy Sawicki
(
New York University / CCPP
)
Structure Formation in f(R) Gravity Consistent with Solar-System Tests
Ignacy Sawicki
(
New York University / CCPP
)
4:20 PM - 4:38 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
4:40 PM
Can dark energy have a color?
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Dejan Stojkovic
(
SUNY at Buffalo
)
Can dark energy have a color?
Dejan Stojkovic
(
SUNY at Buffalo
)
4:40 PM - 4:58 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
5:00 PM
Restraining void models for acceleration
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James Zibin
(
University of British Columbia
)
Restraining void models for acceleration
James Zibin
(
University of British Columbia
)
5:00 PM - 5:18 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
5:20 PM
Overview of the Dark Energy Survey
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K. Wyatt Merritt
(
Fermilab
)
Overview of the Dark Energy Survey
K. Wyatt Merritt
(
Fermilab
)
5:20 PM - 5:38 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
6:00 PM
Reception & Poster Session
Reception & Poster Session
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Grand Terrace