August 25, 2014 - Monday
CMB/Large Scale StructureRoom 621 Chairs: Brad Benson, Walt Ogburn | |
Christopher Sheehy, University of Chicago BICEP2 Instrumental Systematics [PDF, 2.7 MB] | |
Ryan Keisler, Stanford University CMB Polarization with SPTpol | |
Blake D Sherwin, University of California, Berkeley Mapping Mass at High Redshifts: CMB Lensing Measurements with ACTPol and POLARBEAR [PDF, 13.31 MB] | |
Joaquin D Vieira, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign High redshift starburst galaxies revealed by SPT, ALMA, and gravitational lensing | |
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Philipp Mertsch, KIPAC, Stanford University Fingerprints of Galactic Loop I on the Cosmic Microwave Background [PDF, 9.24 MB] | |
Daniel Grin, University of Chicago Some new sources of CMB spectral distortions [PDF, 14.92 MB] | |
Amanda Yoho, Case Western Reserve University Using B-modes in the CMB to Constrain the Lack of Large Angular Correlation [PDF, 1.15 MB] | |
Marius Millea, University of California, Davis Neutrino Physics with the Planck Satellite [PDF, 1.75 MB] | |
Formal/InflationRoom 200 Chairs: Mustafa Amin, Amjad Ashoorion | |
Gary Shiu, University of Wisconsin & HKUST New and Simpler Monodromy Inflation [PDF, 10.29 MB] | |
Clemens Wieck, DESY Hamburg Chaotic Inflation, Supersymmetry Breaking, and Moduli Stabilization [PDF, 2.62 MB] | |
Amjad Ashoorioon, Lancaster University M-flation after BICEP2 [PPTX, 1.41 MB] | |
Kai Schmitz, Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo Generating fractional power inflationary potentials [PDF, 2.06 MB] | |
Coffee break | |
Jonathan Frazer, UVP/EHU Multifield Inflation and the Many Field Limit [PDF, 7.58 MB] | |
Latham Boyle, Perimeter Institute On testing and reformulating the inflationary consistency relation $n_{t}=-r/8$ [PPTX, 0.94 MB] | |
Alexandra Terrana, York University and Perimeter Institute Time-dependence in massive gravity [PDF, 5.38 MB] | |
Raquel H Ribeiro, Case Western Reserve University Riding on irrelevant operators: applications to Cosmology | |
Dark EnergyRoom 300 Chairs: Richard Easther, Dragan Huterer | |
Clare Burrage, University of Nottingham Detecting dark energy in the laboratory [PDF, 0.76 MB] | |
Gianmassimo Tasinato, ICG, Portsmouth Cosmic Acceleration from Abelian Symmetry Breaking [PDF, 10.93 MB] | |
Amol Upadhye, University of Wisconsin, Madison Large-scale structure formation with dynamical dark energy and massive neutrinos [PDF, 1.32 MB] | |
Craig Hogan, KICP and Fermilab Cosmic Acceleration and the QCD scale [PDF, 1.37 MB] | |
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Andrew Matas, Case Western Reserve University Deconstructing Dimensions and Massive Gravity [PDF, 6.34 MB] | |
David Stefanyszyn, University of Nottingham Unitarity and the Vainshtein Mechanism [PDF, 0.18 MB] | |
Sohyun Park, Pennsylvania State University Nonlocal gravity and structure in the universe [PDF, 1.23 MB] | |
Marcelo Salgado, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, MEXICO The equation of state of geometric dark energy in f(R) cosmology |
August 26, 2014 - Tuesday
CMB/Large Scale StructureRoom 621 Chairs: Silvia Galli, Clarence Chang | |
Florent Leclercq, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris How did structure appear in the Universe? - A Bayesian approach [PDF, 3.74 MB] | |
Marilena Loverde, University of Chicago Neutrinos in large-scale structure [PDF, 2.04 MB] | |
L. Raul Abramo, University of Sao Paulo Future massive multi-tracer surveys: the case of J-PAS [PDF, 12.38 MB] | |
Elinore Roebber, McGill University A numerical calculation of the gravitational wave signal in the low frequency regime produced by binary supermassive black holes [PDF, 5.05 MB] | |
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Linda Blot, LUTH Observatoire de Paris, Meudon Matter Power Spectrum Covariance Matrix from the DEUS-PUR LCDM simulations: Mass Resolution and non-Gaussian Errors [PDF, 14.76 MB] | |
Sebastien Renaux-Petel, LPTHE, Paris Spectral distortions in the cosmic microwave background polarization [PDF, 8.36 MB] | |
Miguel Quartin, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro Measuring cosmic structure with supernovae [PDF, 2.67 MB] | |
Formal/InflationRoom 200 Chairs: Amol Upadhye, Latham Boyle | |
Andrei Lazanu, DAMTP, University of Cambridge The Power Spectrum of Nambu-Goto Cosmic Strings [PDF, 5.09 MB] | |
Ali Nayeri, Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University String Gas Cosmology and a Possible Explanation of the Blue Tilt in Gravitational Waves [PDF, 7.63 MB] | |
Emanuela Dimastrogiovanni, University of Minnesota Anisotropic signatures in cosmic structures from primordial tensor perturbations [PDF, 6.12 MB] | |
Jun'ichi Yokoyama, RESCEU, The University of Tokyo Prospects of determination of thermal history after inflation with DECIGO [PDF, 1.88 MB] | |
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Sebastian Mendizabal, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria Leptogenesis in a strong thermal bath [PDF, 2.47 MB] | |
Andrew J Long, Arizona State University Detecting non-relativistic cosmic neutrinos by capture on tritium [PDF, 21.92 MB] | |
Mustafa A Amin, University of Cambridge/ Kavli Institute for Cosmology Inflaton Fragmentation and Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry [PDF, 16.7 MB] | |
Dark MatterRoom 300 Chairs: Dan Hooper | |
Anthony Fradette, University of Victoria Cosmological Constraints on Very Dark Photons [PDF, 4.26 MB] | |
Tanja Rindler-Daller, University of Michigan Supermassive dark stars: improved models and first pulsation results [PDF, 0.73 MB] | |
Douglas Spolyar, University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA) GAIA searching for DM sub-halos | |
Nikita Blinov, TRIUMF/University of British Columbia Rescuing Light Moduli Cosmology from Indirect Detection [PDF, 0.79 MB] | |
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Jasper Hasenkamp, New York University Tight Bonds between Sterile Neutrinos and Dark Matter [PDF, 0.68 MB] | |
Francesc Ferrer, Washington University in St Louis Dark-matter distributions around massive black holes: A general relativistic Analysis [PDF, 1.06 MB] | |
Jeroen Franse, Leiden University An unidentified line in X-ray spectra of the Andromeda galaxy and Perseus galaxy cluster [PDF, 1.73 MB] |
August 27, 2014 - Wednesday
CMB/Large Scale StructureRoom 621 Chairs: Sebastien Renaux-Petel, Paul Shapiro | |
Nico Hamaus, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris A unique composition of emptiness - Cosmic voids as cosmological probes [PDF, 6.2 MB] | |
Roland de Putter, JPL/Caltech Constraining Fundamental Physics with Weak Lensing and Galaxy Clustering [PDF, 5.13 MB] | |
Paul R Shapiro, The University of Texas at Austin Simulating Cosmic Reionization and Its Observable Consequences | |
Cora Dvorkin, Institute for Advanced Study Probing Dark Matter with the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large-Scale Structure [PPTX, 4.51 MB] | |
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Chi-Ting Chiang, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics Position-dependent power spectrum of the large-scale structure: a novel method to measure the squeezed-limit bispectrum [PDF, 7.56 MB] | |
Boris Leistedt, University College London Primordial non-Gaussianity with photometric quasars [PDF, 11.06 MB] | |
Joyce Byun, Cornell University Non-Gaussian Shape Reconstruction from Future Galaxy Surveys [PDF, 6.36 MB] | |
Zhiqi Huang, CITA Stacking and CMB anomalies [PDF, 0.56 MB] | |
Dark MatterRoom 300 Chairs: Francesc Ferrer, Scott Dodelson | |
Yann Guardincerri, FermiLab DarkSide-50: performance and results from the first atmospheric argon run [PDF, 6.38 MB] | |
Ben Loer, Fermilab SuperCDMS SNOLAB: A G2 Dark Matter Search Experiment [PDF, 2.47 MB] | |
Adam J Anderson, MIT Low-Energy Analysis of Data from SuperCDMS Soudan [PDF, 8.74 MB] | |
Paolo Privitera, University of Chicago DAMIC - a novel experiment for low mass dark matter [PDF, 13.84 MB] | |
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Orin Harris, IUSB Update from PICO [PDF, 29.11 MB] | |
Katherine Freese, University of MIchigan Novel ideas for Dark Matter Detection [PDF, 2.81 MB] | |
Vera Gluscevic, Institute for Advanced Study Prospects for understanding WIMP-baryon interactions with direct detection [PDF, 1.36 MB] | |
Richard J Hill, University of Chicago Formalism and applications of Heavy WIMP Effective Theory [PDF, 12.04 MB] | |
Dark EnergyRoom 200 Chairs: Laura Newburgh, Brenna Flaugher | |
Marcelle Soares-Santos, Fermilab DES galaxy cluster science results [PDF, 7.36 MB] | |
Scott Dodelson, Fermilab/Chicago Combining Probes in the Dark Energy Survey [PDF, 4.09 MB] | |
Adrienne Erickcek, UNC Chapel Hill Challenges for Chameleon Gravity in the Early Universe [PDF, 5.04 MB] | |
Hao-Yi Wu, University of Michigan Probing growth of cosmic structure using galaxy dynamics: a converging picture of velocity bias [PDF, 8.08 MB] | |
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Eva-Maria Katar Mueller, Cornell Constraining gravity using the kinetic SZ effect [PDF, 2.33 MB] | |
Antonella Garzilli, Lorentz Instituut, Leiden University IGM: The broadening in the Lyman-alpha forest [PDF, 14.22 MB] | |
Masato Shirasaki, University of Tokyo Cross-Correlation of Cosmic Shear and Extragalactic Gamma-ray Background [PDF, 4.04 MB] | |
Albert Stebbins, Fermilab Fast Radio Bursts as Triggers for Neutrino and Gravitational Wave Telescopes [PDF, 7.68 MB] |
August 29, 2014 - Friday
Formal/InflationRoom 200 Chairs: Marilena Loverde, Kurt Hinterbichler | |
Ignacy Sawicki, University of Geneva Minimal parameterisation for general modifications of gravity | |
Johannes Noller, University of Oxford Multi-Gravity as an effective field theory [PDF, 2.37 MB] | |
George A Zahariade, UC Davis Massive gravity and caustics: a definitive covariant constraint analysis. [PDF, 0.26 MB] | |
Lasha Berezhiani, University of Pennsylvania On Consistency Conditions for Primordial Perturbations [PDF, 0.36 MB] | |
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Mehrdad Mirbabayi, Institute for Advanced Study Gravitational waves and the scale of Inflation [PDF, 0.54 MB] | |
Sebastian Trojanowski, National Center for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland Neutralino and gravitino dark matter with low reheating temperature [PDF, 2.83 MB] | |
Ruth Gregory, Durham University Catalysing vacuum decay [PDF, 6.85 MB] | |
Mark P Hertzberg, MIT Baryogenesis from the Inflaton Field [PDF, 3 MB] | |
Dark MatterRoom 300 Chairs: Douglas Spolyar, Adrienne Erickcek | |
Tim Linden, U Chicago / KICP The Characterization of the Gamma-Ray Signal from the Central Milky Way [ZIP, 46.51 MB] | |
Tongyan Lin, KICP Gamma Rays from the GC: Dark Matter Interpretations and Collider Signals [PDF, 4.95 MB] | |
Samuel D McDermott, Fermilab Simplified Dark Matter Models for the Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess [PDF, 1.25 MB] | |
Asher Berlin, University of Chicago Hidden Sector Dark Matter Models for the Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess [PDF, 4.58 MB] | |
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Koji Ichikawa, Kavli IPMU Current and Future constraints on wino dark matter from indirect detection of dwarf spheroidal galaxies [PDF, 1.84 MB] | |
Ilias Cholis, Fermilab Searching for signals of dark matter in the extragalactic gamma-ray background [PDF, 9.75 MB] | |
Meng Su, MIT Probing Dark Matter with Future Gamma-ray Space Telescopes | |
Alex Drlica-Wagner, Fermilab Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation in the Smith High-Velocity Cloud [PDF, 5.66 MB] | |
Dark EnergyRoom 621 Chairs: Marcelle Soares-Santos, Albert Stebbins | |
William Wester, Fermilab Status of Dark Energy Survey's Type IA Supernova Program [PDF, 5.68 MB] | |
Flavia Sobreira, Fermilab DES Large Scale Structure First Results [PDF, 8.72 MB] | |
Shahab Joudaki, Swinburne University 2dFLenS: Testing Gravity on Cosmic Scales [PDF, 12.66 MB] | |
Laura Newburgh, Dunlap Institute Measuring Dark Energy with CHIME [PDF, 2.88 MB] | |
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Constantinos Demetroullas, University of Manchester A Galaxy-Galaxy lensing measurement by cross correlating optical and radio data [PDF, 2.29 MB] | |
Adam Mantz, KICP/Chicago Weighing the Giants: Galaxy Cluster Cosmology Anchored by Weak Gravitational Lensing [PDF, 2.39 MB] | |
Matteo Cataneo, Dark Cosmology Centre New constraints on f(R) gravity from clusters of galaxies and the cosmic microwave background [PDF, 3.86 MB] | |
Daniel Shafer, University of Michigan Is There Evidence for Phantom Dark Energy? [PDF, 1.1 MB] |