Name: Parallel 8 - Inflation
Start: 2008-08-26T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2008-08-26T21:40:00-05:00
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Parallel 8 - Inflation

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 2:00 PM

Monday, August 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
2:00 PM Curvature perturbation spectrum from false vacuum inflation - Jinn-Ouk Gong (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Curvature perturbation spectrum from false vacuum inflation
- Jinn-Ouk Gong (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
2:00 PM - 2:18 PM
2:20 PM Anisotropic Inflationary Scenario - Sugumi Kanno (IPMU)
Anisotropic Inflationary Scenario
- Sugumi Kanno (IPMU)
2:20 PM - 2:38 PM
2:40 PM N-flationary Reheating - Jonathan Braden (University of Toronto / CITA)
N-flationary Reheating
- Jonathan Braden (University of Toronto / CITA)
2:40 PM - 2:58 PM
3:00 PM Dissipative effects on MSSM inflation - Kohei Kamada (University of Tokyo, Research Center for the Early Universe)
Dissipative effects on MSSM inflation
- Kohei Kamada (University of Tokyo, Research Center for the Early Universe)
3:00 PM - 3:18 PM
3:20 PM Inflation Models After WMAP year 5 - Laila Alabidi (Queen Mary, University of London)
Inflation Models After WMAP year 5
- Laila Alabidi (Queen Mary, University of London)
3:20 PM - 3:38 PM
3:40 PM Break
Break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Outside Lecture Hall
4:00 PM Signatures of an anisotropic stage at the onset of inflation - Marco Peloso (University of Minnesota)
Signatures of an anisotropic stage at the onset of inflation
- Marco Peloso (University of Minnesota)
4:00 PM - 4:18 PM
4:20 PM Non-gaussianity, the curvaton, and possible consequences for the dark matter - Maria Beltran (University of Chicago)
Non-gaussianity, the curvaton, and possible consequences for the dark matter
- Maria Beltran (University of Chicago)
4:20 PM - 4:38 PM
4:40 PM From the Pioneer-flyby anomalies to an alternative cosmology - Mike McCulloch (University of Exeter)
From the Pioneer-flyby anomalies to an alternative cosmology
- Mike McCulloch (University of Exeter)
4:40 PM - 4:58 PM
5:00 PM Observational constraints on the general inflationary action - Nishant Agarwal (Cornell University)
Observational constraints on the general inflationary action
- Nishant Agarwal (Cornell University)
5:00 PM - 5:18 PM
5:20 PM MSSM inflation - Sami Nurmi (University of Helsinki)
MSSM inflation
- Sami Nurmi (University of Helsinki)
5:20 PM - 5:38 PM
7:00 PM Evening Plenary Session - See Plenary Schedule
Evening Plenary Session - See Plenary Schedule
7:00 PM - 9:40 PM
Room: Lecture Hall