The Universe in light of Planck and BICEP2

12 may. 2014 10:30 → 16 may. 2014 12:30 Europe/Madrid

4-4-4426 - Seminari Física Teòrica (Campus Burjassot)

Nick E. Mavromatos (King's College London and CERN-TH-PH)

MASTER & DOCTORATE COURSE:

IVICFA and Universitat de Valencia organize this Master and Doctorate Course that will be given by Prof. Nick E. Mavromatos, of King's College London & CERN-TH-PH. It's programmed as a 5-day course (10 h) with open public Access. - Please Register (Address and Tf. are not required) - 

Contents of the Lectures

• PART I:
  • Fundamentals of Cosmology
• PART II:
  • Inflationary Models for the Universe:
  • Slow roll Parameters and Observables
  • Some Phenomenologically "successful" models
• PART III:
  • Cosmological Perturbations & Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies
• PART IV:
  • Connections with Observations:
    Possible explanations of the discrepancies between Planck and BICEP2 data
    • Models with extra-dimensions (DGP)
    • Massive gravity
    • Weyl geometry (scale invariance)