THE CHALONGE SCHOOL ON ASTROFUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS

Director of the School: Professor N. G. Sanchez


http://www.obspm.fr/chalonge


PROGRAMME 2002
9th Course: THE EARLY UNIVERSE AND THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND:
THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS
PALERMO-SICILY, 7-18 SEPTEMBER 2002
NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE
Directors of the Course: Professors N. G. Sanchez and Yu. N. Parijskij
Location: at the magnificent Palazzo dei Normanni, Headquarters of the Sicilian Regional Government and of the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo.

PROGRAMME AND LECTURERS
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE
GENERAL INFORMATION AND EARLY APPLICATION
PREPRINT DISPLAYS AND BOOK EXHIBITION
HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC INFORMATION

PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

An updated understanding, from a fundamental and deep point of view, of the progress and key issues in the early universe, cosmic microwave background radiation, large scale structure, dark matter problem, and the interplay between them. The central focus is placed on the cosmic microwave background.
Emphasis is given to the precise inter-relation between fundamental physics and cosmology in these problems, both at theoretical and experimental-or observational-levels, within a deep and well defined programme, and a global unifying view, which provides in addition, a careful inter-disciplinarity.
Special sessions will be devoted to high energy cosmic rays, neutrinos in astrophysics, and high energy astrophysics.
In addition, each Course of this series introduces and promotes through special sessions, topics or subjects which, although not being of purely astrophysical or cosmological nature, are of relevant physical interest for astrophysics and cosmology. A special session is devoted to Fractals and Scaling Laws in astrophysics and cosmology.
Deep understanding, clarification, synthesis, a careful interdisciplinarity within a fundamental physics approach, are goals of this series.
By the nature of the domain itself, there are different aspects, approachs and points of view (sometimes complementary to each other, sometimes in contradiction), to a same topic or subject.
Special care is taken to provide the grounds of the different lines of research in competition (not only one approach). In this way, participants have an excellent opportunity to learn about the real state of the discipline, and to learn it in a critical way.
Lectures cover from a motivation and pedagogical introduction for students and participants not directly working in the field to the last developments and recent results.
All Lectures are plenary, have the same duration and are followed by a discussion.
The discussion part of this series is as important as the lectures themselves.
The Course provides an occasion to review achievements, to confront theory and models with observations and among themselves, to exchange information on the latest developments and to discuss future prospects.

PROGRAMME AND LECTURERS

THE EARLY UNIVERSE

  • Origin of Cosmic Magnetic Fields
    P. L. BIERMANN, Max-Planck-Institut, Bonn, Germany

  • Phase Transitions in the Early and Present Universe
    D. BOYANOVSKY, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  • Fields Out of Equilibrium and Inflation
    H.J. DE VEGA, Université de Paris VI, France

  • Cosmic Magnetic Fields and Gravitational Waves in the Early Universe
    A. DOLGOV, Università di Ferrara, Italy

  • The Qualitative Cosmology. Landau, Kapitza and the Creation of Landau Institute.
    I. M. KHALATNIKOV, Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia

  • The Alarming Phenomenon of Particle Creation in the Expanding Universe
    E.W. KOLB, FNAL, Batavia, IL, USA

  • The Internal Structure of Black Holes and their Astrophysics
    I. NOVIKOV, TAC, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Inflation in String Theory. Black Hole Evaporation in String Theory
    N. SANCHEZ, Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France

THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND

  • Cosmic Microwave Background and Topology of the Universe
    M. DEMIANSKI, Warsaw University, Poland

  • Observations and Theory of the Cosmic Microwave Background.
    A. LASENBY, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK

  • Missing Parameters in the CMB Physics
    P. NASELSKY, Theoretical Astrophysical Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Window to the Very Early Universe and some Problems of Micro-K Astrophysics
    Y. N. PARIJSKIJ, Special Astrophysical Observatory, Karachai-Cherkess Republic, Russia

  • The Sunayev-Zeldovich Effect.Review and Cosmological Results
    Y. REPHAELI,Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

  • Theory and Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Anisotropies and Polarization
    G. SMOOT, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA, USA

LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE, DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY

  • The Wave Mechanics of Large-scale Structure. Statistical Properties of Cosmological Fluctuations
    P. COLES, University of Nottingham, U.K.

  • The Cold Dark Matter Paradigm
    C. FRENK, University of Durham, U.K.

  • Cosmic Backgrounds and Fundamental Physics
    C. HOGAN, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

  • Measuring the Universe with Supernovae.
    B.P. SCHMIDT, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia

  • Galaxy Formation and CMB Constraints on Large Scale Structure
    J. SILK, University of Oxford, UK

  • Astronomy with Very Large Data Sets: Virtual Observatories
    A.S. SZALAY, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Dark Matter and the Dark Side of the Universe
    B. SADOULET, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

FRACTALS AND SCALING IN ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

  • The Statistical Mechanics of the Self Gravitating Gas
    H.J. DE VEGA, Université de Paris VI, France

  • Fractals in Nature.
    B.B. MANDELBROT, Yale Univ, New Haven, CO, USA

  • Statistical Mechanics of Galaxy Clustering and the Cool Local Hubble Flow
    W.C. SASLAW, Virginia Univ, Charlottesville, VA, USA

  • Scaling and Cosmological N Body Simulations
    F. SYLOS LABINI, Paris and Univ. Roma I, France

HIGH ENERGY AND NEUTRINO ASTROPHYSICS

  • High Energy Cosmic Rays from Pev to ZeV
    P. L. BIERMANN, Max-Planck-Institut, Bonn,Germany

  • High Energy Neutrino Astronomy
    F. HALZEN, University of Wiscosin, Madison, WI, USA

  • Acceleration of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
    T.W. JONES, University of Minnesota, MN, USA

  • Current Status of High Energy Particle Astrophysics Experiments in the USA: High Energy Cosmic Ray and High Energy Neutrino Experiments
    E.C. LOH, University of Utah & NSF, USA

  • Which Theoretical Predictions for the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays?
    N. SANCHEZ, Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France

  • EUSO: An Innovative Space Mission dedicated to the Extreme Energy Cosmic Radiation and Neutrino Astronomy
    L. SCARSI, I FCAI-CNR, Palermo, Italy

  • The Status of Space Borne Gamma Ray Astronomy at the End of the Compton Era
    V. SCHOENFELDER, Max Planck Institut, Garching, Germany

  • Astrophysics at the Highest Energy Frontiers
    F.W. STECKER, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    • GENERAL INFORMATION
    The Course brings together experimentalists and theoreticians, -physicists, astrophysicists and astronomers- from a variety of backgrounds, young scientists at post-doctoral level, senior scientists and advanced graduate students as well. Persons wishing to attend the Course should write to:
    Professor N. G. SANCHEZ
    Observatoire de Paris LERMA
    Avenue de l'Observatoire
    75014 PARIS, France
    Tel: ++33.1. 40 51 22 21
    Fax: ++33.1. 40 51 20 02
    Advanced students, graduate students and post docs should specify: date and place of birth, together with present nationality; degree and other academic qualifications; list of publications; present position and place of work. complete adress (institution adress) Young persons with only a few years of experience should enclose a letter of recommendation from their research group leader or from another senior scientist active in the field. The total fee, which includes full board and lodging (arranged by the School), is US $ 1000. The fee include accomodation, breakfast and meals (including one drink), coffee breaks, transportation from and to Palermo airport (or the train station), the school excursion and social dinner of the school.
    EARLY APPLICATION IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
    Closing date for application: JUNE 15th, 2002
    No special application form is required
    A letter will be sent to successful applicants by
    June, 30th 2002.
    Admission to the Course will be decided on the basis of scientific excellency, in consultation with the Advisory Committee of the Course consisting of Professors Y.Parisjkij, I. Novikov, N. Sanchez and G. Smoot.
    Arrival day is SEPTEMBER 7th, 2002
    Departure day is SEPTEMBER 18th, 2002
    SCHOLARSHIPS
    A number of Scholarships is available for covering totally or partially the local school fees (including full board and lodging arranged by the school).
    A limited amount of travel funds for applicants from Greece, Portugal and Turkey can be obtained under request (this must be specified in the application).

    National Science Foundation Travel Awards
    The National Science Foundation generously offer travel support for a limited number of U.S. young student participants in this NATO Advanced Study Institute.
    Each NSF Travel Award will cover the major portion of the recipient's airfare between United States and Palermo. The round-trip airline tickets will be issued and provided directly to the selected participants by NSF.
    The NSF conditions for elegibility are: The applicants for this travel award must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien, and must be a Ph D student or a post doc not having earned a Ph.D earlier than three years prior to this ASI.
    PREPRINT DISPLAYS AND BOOK EXHIBITION
    Preprint displays of participants and Lecturers are arranged during the Courses.
    Lecturers and participants are kindly invited to send their recent preprints, reprints and reports for display during the Course .
    And/or
    Upon arrival, after registration, Participants and Lecturers are kindly invited to bring to the Course Secretariat their late reprints, reports, books, and to handle them to the scientific secretaries who will collect the material for the arrangement in the Preprint Display.
    Book exhibitions are arranged during the Courses.
    Lecturers and participants who are authors of books are kindly invited to bring or to send to the School (in advance enough) an issue of their books for display.
    HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC INFORMATION
    The School will takes place in the Palazzo dei Normanni (The Norman Palace), also known as Palazzo Reale (the Royal Palace), one of the monuments of major artistic-historical interest of the city of Palermo. It is located at the heart of the old city, across the Piazza della Vittoria and the gardens from the Cathedral.
    Built by the Arabs in the 9th century, the Palace was enlarged and provided with four towers under the Normans, and restructured by the Hohenstaufens. It became a magnificent royal palace, political and administrative seat of the state. With the artistic-cultural flourish of Fredrick II's period, the edifice became a center of European importance. In the 16th century, the Spanish viceroys established their residence there. It is now the site of Sicily's regional government.
    Among the places enclosed in the building, there are : the powerful Pisan tower, now the site of the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo, and in which the room of treasures was situated; the splendid Palatine Chapel, extraordinary example of Arab-Norman architecture and figurative arts, with mosaics of Byzantine influence; the princely royal apartments, Sala di Ruggero (King Roger's room) finely decorated with12th century mosaics, and the Hall of the Parliament, also known as the Hall of Hercules, magnificently frescoed.
    Close by, just south of the Palazzo dei Normanni, is the imposing San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St. John of the Hermits), topped by five red domes and sed in a pretty, tree filled garden with cloisters, and which bears full witness to all cultures that passed through this fascinating place.

    Directors of the Course: Professors N. G. Sanchez and Yu. N. Parijskij

    Director of the School: Professor N. G. Sanchez

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