Name: Parallel 10 - Dark Energy & Dark Matter
Start: 2008-08-28T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2008-08-28T21:15:00-05:00
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Parallel 10 - Dark Energy & Dark Matter

Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 2:00 PM

Monday, August 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
2:00 PM Probing the Dark Sector - Istvan Laszlo (Cornell University)
Probing the Dark Sector
- Istvan Laszlo (Cornell University)
2:00 PM - 2:18 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
2:20 PM Is living in a void compatible with observational cosmology? - Troels Haugbølle (University of Aarhus)
Is living in a void compatible with observational cosmology?
- Troels Haugbølle (University of Aarhus)
2:20 PM - 2:38 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
2:40 PM Effective field theory energy-momentum tensor and cosmological constant problem - Vincenzo Branchina (University of Catania)
Effective field theory energy-momentum tensor and cosmological constant problem
- Vincenzo Branchina (University of Catania)
2:40 PM - 2:58 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
3:00 PM Redshift Galaxy Surveys and the origin of cosmic acceleration - Viviana Acquaviva (Princeton University)
Redshift Galaxy Surveys and the origin of cosmic acceleration
- Viviana Acquaviva (Princeton University)
3:00 PM - 3:18 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
3:20 PM Sterile neutrino dark matter in warped extra dimensions - Kenji Kadota (University of Michigan)
Sterile neutrino dark matter in warped extra dimensions
- Kenji Kadota (University of Michigan)
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 Dark Matter Caustics - Leanne Duffy (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Dark Matter Caustics
- Leanne Duffy (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
4:00 PM - 4:18 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
4:20 PM Axions from the misalignment mechanism - Olivier Wantz (University of Cambridge)
Axions from the misalignment mechanism
- Olivier Wantz (University of Cambridge)
4:20 PM - 4:38 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
4:40 PM Spin Dependence of Dark Matter Scattering - Wai-Yee Keung (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Spin Dependence of Dark Matter Scattering
- Wai-Yee Keung (University of Illinois at Chicago)
4:40 PM - 4:58 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
5:00 PM Phenomenology of relic-density-consistent models with thermal neutralino dark matter - Xerxes R Tata (University of Hawaii)
Phenomenology of relic-density-consistent models with thermal neutralino dark matter
- Xerxes R Tata (University of Hawaii)
5:00 PM - 5:18 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
5:20 PM On a generally-covariant approach to the averaging problem in cosmology - Juliane Behrend (Universitaet Ulm)
On a generally-covariant approach to the averaging problem in cosmology
- Juliane Behrend (Universitaet Ulm)
5:20 PM - 5:38 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
5:40 PM DAMA and light dark matter - Kathryn Zurek (University of Wisconsin)
DAMA and light dark matter
- Kathryn Zurek (University of Wisconsin)
5:40 PM - 5:58 PM
Room: Hall of Ideas I
7:00 PM Banuqet - Lawrence Krauss, Speaker
Banuqet - Lawrence Krauss, Speaker
7:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Room: Community Terrace