Recent Advances in Cosmology
Potsdam, Germany
September 21 - September 25, 2009*
Cosmology is one of the most active fields of astronomy. It inspires scientists in the neighboring fields as well as the general public. In the last decade, the discovery of cosmic acceleration (and thus the need for dark energy) fostered the attention of many scientists on this branch of astrophysics. Recent progress in studying the large-scale structure of the universe and the physics of the intergalactic medium is strongly driven by the advent of multi-object spectrographs on large aperture telescopes. Advances in cosmology in general will also build on wide-field imaging, as put in place in major upcoming surveys, as well as new space telescopes, covering the electromagnetic spectrum from radio to gamma-rays and more messengers.
In the International Year of Astronomy and with Planck having delivered first data by then, it is timely to hold a splinter meeting at the AG-Tagung on the recent progress and future perspectives in cosmology from observations, simulations and theory.
* The splinter meeting will be held on three days: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
The following invited speakers have confirmed their attendance:
- Steve Allen,
- Stephen Bailey,
- George Becker,
- Stefano Borgani,
- Yannick Mellier,
- Will Percival,
- Alexandre Refregier,
- Mark Sullivan.
This meeting is organized by
- Marek Kowalski,
- Björn Schäfer,
- Robert Schmidt,
and supported by the DFG Priority Program 1177.
For many more information, e.g., registration, abstract submission, travel and accommodation information, list of participants, scientific and social program, please click here. The deadline for registration and abstract submission was June 30, 2009.
Electronic versions of talks and posters
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