Name: Parallel 3 - Dark Energy & Modified Gravity
Start: 2008-08-25T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2008-08-25T19:00:00-05:00
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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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? - 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 - 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 - 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