Parallel sessions
August 25 - 29, 2014

August 25, 2014 - Monday
  
 CMB/Large Scale StructureRoom 621
Chairs: Brad Benson, Walt Ogburn
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMChristopher Sheehy, University of Chicago
BICEP2 Instrumental Systematics [PDF, 2.7 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMRyan Keisler, Stanford University
CMB Polarization with SPTpol
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMBlake D Sherwin, University of California, Berkeley
Mapping Mass at High Redshifts: CMB Lensing Measurements with ACTPol and POLARBEAR [PDF, 13.31 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMJoaquin D Vieira, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
High redshift starburst galaxies revealed by SPT, ALMA, and gravitational lensing
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMPhilipp Mertsch, KIPAC, Stanford University
Fingerprints of Galactic Loop I on the Cosmic Microwave Background [PDF, 9.24 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMDaniel Grin, University of Chicago
Some new sources of CMB spectral distortions [PDF, 14.92 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMAmanda Yoho, Case Western Reserve University
Using B-modes in the CMB to Constrain the Lack of Large Angular Correlation [PDF, 1.15 MB]
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMMarius Millea, University of California, Davis
Neutrino Physics with the Planck Satellite [PDF, 1.75 MB]
  
 Formal/InflationRoom 200
Chairs: Mustafa Amin, Amjad Ashoorion
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMGary Shiu, University of Wisconsin & HKUST
New and Simpler Monodromy Inflation [PDF, 10.29 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMClemens Wieck, DESY Hamburg
Chaotic Inflation, Supersymmetry Breaking, and Moduli Stabilization [PDF, 2.62 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMAmjad Ashoorioon, Lancaster University
M-flation after BICEP2 [PPTX, 1.41 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMKai Schmitz, Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo
Generating fractional power inflationary potentials [PDF, 2.06 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMJonathan Frazer, UVP/EHU
Multifield Inflation and the Many Field Limit [PDF, 7.58 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMLatham Boyle, Perimeter Institute
On testing and reformulating the inflationary consistency relation $n_{t}=-r/8$ [PPTX, 0.94 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMAlexandra Terrana, York University and Perimeter Institute
Time-dependence in massive gravity [PDF, 5.38 MB]
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMRaquel H Ribeiro, Case Western Reserve University
Riding on irrelevant operators: applications to Cosmology
  
 Dark EnergyRoom 300
Chairs: Richard Easther, Dragan Huterer
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMClare Burrage, University of Nottingham
Detecting dark energy in the laboratory [PDF, 0.76 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMGianmassimo Tasinato, ICG, Portsmouth
Cosmic Acceleration from Abelian Symmetry Breaking [PDF, 10.93 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMAmol Upadhye, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Large-scale structure formation with dynamical dark energy and massive neutrinos [PDF, 1.32 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMCraig Hogan, KICP and Fermilab
Cosmic Acceleration and the QCD scale [PDF, 1.37 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMAndrew Matas, Case Western Reserve University
Deconstructing Dimensions and Massive Gravity [PDF, 6.34 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMDavid Stefanyszyn, University of Nottingham
Unitarity and the Vainshtein Mechanism [PDF, 0.18 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMSohyun Park, Pennsylvania State University
Nonlocal gravity and structure in the universe [PDF, 1.23 MB]
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMMarcelo 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
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMFlorent Leclercq, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
How did structure appear in the Universe? - A Bayesian approach [PDF, 3.74 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMMarilena Loverde, University of Chicago
Neutrinos in large-scale structure [PDF, 2.04 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PML. Raul Abramo, University of Sao Paulo
Future massive multi-tracer surveys: the case of J-PAS [PDF, 12.38 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMElinore 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]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMLinda 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]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMSebastien Renaux-Petel, LPTHE, Paris
Spectral distortions in the cosmic microwave background polarization [PDF, 8.36 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMMiguel Quartin, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro
Measuring cosmic structure with supernovae [PDF, 2.67 MB]
  
 Formal/InflationRoom 200
Chairs: Amol Upadhye, Latham Boyle
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMAndrei Lazanu, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
The Power Spectrum of Nambu-Goto Cosmic Strings [PDF, 5.09 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMAli 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]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMEmanuela Dimastrogiovanni, University of Minnesota
Anisotropic signatures in cosmic structures from primordial tensor perturbations [PDF, 6.12 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMJun'ichi Yokoyama, RESCEU, The University of Tokyo
Prospects of determination of thermal history after inflation with DECIGO [PDF, 1.88 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMSebastian Mendizabal, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Leptogenesis in a strong thermal bath [PDF, 2.47 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMAndrew J Long, Arizona State University
Detecting non-relativistic cosmic neutrinos by capture on tritium [PDF, 21.92 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMMustafa 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
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMAnthony Fradette, University of Victoria
Cosmological Constraints on Very Dark Photons [PDF, 4.26 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMTanja Rindler-Daller, University of Michigan
Supermassive dark stars: improved models and first pulsation results [PDF, 0.73 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMDouglas Spolyar, University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA)
GAIA searching for DM sub-halos
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMNikita Blinov, TRIUMF/University of British Columbia
Rescuing Light Moduli Cosmology from Indirect Detection [PDF, 0.79 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMJasper Hasenkamp, New York University
Tight Bonds between Sterile Neutrinos and Dark Matter [PDF, 0.68 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMFrancesc Ferrer, Washington University in St Louis
Dark-matter distributions around massive black holes: A general relativistic Analysis [PDF, 1.06 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMJeroen 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
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMNico Hamaus, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
A unique composition of emptiness - Cosmic voids as cosmological probes [PDF, 6.2 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMRoland de Putter, JPL/Caltech
Constraining Fundamental Physics with Weak Lensing and Galaxy Clustering [PDF, 5.13 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMPaul R Shapiro, The University of Texas at Austin
Simulating Cosmic Reionization and Its Observable Consequences
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMCora Dvorkin, Institute for Advanced Study
Probing Dark Matter with the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large-Scale Structure [PPTX, 4.51 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMChi-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]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMBoris Leistedt, University College London
Primordial non-Gaussianity with photometric quasars [PDF, 11.06 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMJoyce Byun, Cornell University
Non-Gaussian Shape Reconstruction from Future Galaxy Surveys [PDF, 6.36 MB]
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMZhiqi Huang, CITA
Stacking and CMB anomalies [PDF, 0.56 MB]
  
 Dark MatterRoom 300
Chairs: Francesc Ferrer, Scott Dodelson
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMYann Guardincerri, FermiLab
DarkSide-50: performance and results from the first atmospheric argon run [PDF, 6.38 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMBen Loer, Fermilab
SuperCDMS SNOLAB: A G2 Dark Matter Search Experiment [PDF, 2.47 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMAdam J Anderson, MIT
Low-Energy Analysis of Data from SuperCDMS Soudan [PDF, 8.74 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMPaolo Privitera, University of Chicago
DAMIC - a novel experiment for low mass dark matter [PDF, 13.84 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMOrin Harris, IUSB
Update from PICO [PDF, 29.11 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMKatherine Freese, University of MIchigan
Novel ideas for Dark Matter Detection [PDF, 2.81 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMVera Gluscevic, Institute for Advanced Study
Prospects for understanding WIMP-baryon interactions with direct detection [PDF, 1.36 MB]
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMRichard 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
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMMarcelle Soares-Santos, Fermilab
DES galaxy cluster science results [PDF, 7.36 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMScott Dodelson, Fermilab/Chicago
Combining Probes in the Dark Energy Survey [PDF, 4.09 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMAdrienne Erickcek, UNC Chapel Hill
Challenges for Chameleon Gravity in the Early Universe [PDF, 5.04 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMHao-Yi Wu, University of Michigan
Probing growth of cosmic structure using galaxy dynamics: a converging picture of velocity bias [PDF, 8.08 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMEva-Maria Katar Mueller, Cornell
Constraining gravity using the kinetic SZ effect [PDF, 2.33 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMAntonella Garzilli, Lorentz Instituut, Leiden University
IGM: The broadening in the Lyman-alpha forest [PDF, 14.22 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMMasato Shirasaki, University of Tokyo
Cross-Correlation of Cosmic Shear and Extragalactic Gamma-ray Background [PDF, 4.04 MB]
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMAlbert 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
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMIgnacy Sawicki, University of Geneva
Minimal parameterisation for general modifications of gravity
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMJohannes Noller, University of Oxford
Multi-Gravity as an effective field theory [PDF, 2.37 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMGeorge A Zahariade, UC Davis
Massive gravity and caustics: a definitive covariant constraint analysis. [PDF, 0.26 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMLasha Berezhiani, University of Pennsylvania
On Consistency Conditions for Primordial Perturbations [PDF, 0.36 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMMehrdad Mirbabayi, Institute for Advanced Study
Gravitational waves and the scale of Inflation [PDF, 0.54 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMSebastian Trojanowski, National Center for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
Neutralino and gravitino dark matter with low reheating temperature [PDF, 2.83 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMRuth Gregory, Durham University
Catalysing vacuum decay [PDF, 6.85 MB]
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMMark P Hertzberg, MIT
Baryogenesis from the Inflaton Field [PDF, 3 MB]
  
 Dark MatterRoom 300
Chairs: Douglas Spolyar, Adrienne Erickcek
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMTim Linden, U Chicago / KICP
The Characterization of the Gamma-Ray Signal from the Central Milky Way [ZIP, 46.51 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMTongyan Lin, KICP
Gamma Rays from the GC: Dark Matter Interpretations and Collider Signals [PDF, 4.95 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMSamuel D McDermott, Fermilab
Simplified Dark Matter Models for the Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess [PDF, 1.25 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMAsher Berlin, University of Chicago
Hidden Sector Dark Matter Models for the Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess [PDF, 4.58 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMKoji Ichikawa, Kavli IPMU
Current and Future constraints on wino dark matter from indirect detection of dwarf spheroidal galaxies [PDF, 1.84 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMIlias Cholis, Fermilab
Searching for signals of dark matter in the extragalactic gamma-ray background [PDF, 9.75 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMMeng Su, MIT
Probing Dark Matter with Future Gamma-ray Space Telescopes
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMAlex 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
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMWilliam Wester, Fermilab
Status of Dark Energy Survey's Type IA Supernova Program [PDF, 5.68 MB]
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMFlavia Sobreira, Fermilab
DES Large Scale Structure First Results [PDF, 8.72 MB]
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMShahab Joudaki, Swinburne University
2dFLenS: Testing Gravity on Cosmic Scales [PDF, 12.66 MB]
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMLaura Newburgh, Dunlap Institute
Measuring Dark Energy with CHIME [PDF, 2.88 MB]
3:20 PM - 3:40 PMCoffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PMConstantinos Demetroullas, University of Manchester
A Galaxy-Galaxy lensing measurement by cross correlating optical and radio data [PDF, 2.29 MB]
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMAdam Mantz, KICP/Chicago
Weighing the Giants: Galaxy Cluster Cosmology Anchored by Weak Gravitational Lensing [PDF, 2.39 MB]
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMMatteo Cataneo, Dark Cosmology Centre
New constraints on f(R) gravity from clusters of galaxies and the cosmic microwave background [PDF, 3.86 MB]
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMDaniel Shafer, University of Michigan
Is There Evidence for Phantom Dark Energy? [PDF, 1.1 MB]