From geometry to numerics workshop

General Relativity Trimester
Workshop
High Energy, Cosmology and Strings
IHP, Paris, 11-15 December 2006

Coordinator: Cédric Deffayet

The aim of the workshop is to promote scientific discussions

between (General) Relativists, String Theorists and Cosmologists with a

special emphasis on the issue of space-time singularities.

IHP page with practical informations (access, hotels, etc...)

List of speakers

· C. Bachas (ENS, Paris, France)

· M. Becker (Texas A&M University and Harvard, USA)

· F. Bernardeau (SPhT, Saclay, France)

· R. Brandenberger (McGill University, Montréal, Canada)

· B. Craps (Brussels)

· S. Das (University of Kentucky, USA)

· G. Gibbons (DAMTP, Cambridge, UK)

· D. Gorbunov (Moscow, Russia)

· J. Gray (APC/IAP, Paris, France)

· T. Hertog (APC, Paris, France)

· D. Israel (IAP, Paris, France)

· B. Julia (ENS, Paris, France)

· E. Kiritstis (École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)

· K. Maeda (Waseda University, Japan)

· J. Martin (IAP, Paris, France)

· S. Mukohyama (University of Tokyo, Japan)

· A. Papazoglou (APC/IAP, Paris, France)

· P. Peter (IAP, Paris, France)

· M. Petropoulos (École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)

· C. Pope (Texas A&M University, USA)

· O. Pujolas (NYU, New York, USA)

· P. Spindel (UMH, Mons, Belgium)

· A. Starobinsky (Landau Institute, Moscow, Russia)

· N. Turok (DAMTP, Cambridge, UK)

· P. Vanhove (SPhT, Saclay, France)

· G. Veneziano (Collège de France, Paris, France)

· A. Vikman (Munich)

Program

Monday 11 December

Tuesday 12 December

14:30 : M. Petropoulos « Axion-dilaton cosmology, Ricci flows and integrable structures » (NB: Two parts to download)
15:10 : P. Spindel « Geometric configuration and E-10 subalgebras of cosmological inspiration »
15:50 : coffee break
16:30 : S. Mukohyama « Higgs phase of gravity »
17:10 : P. Vanhove «Ultraviolet properties of maximal supergravity theories »
17:50 : end of session
18:00 : Cocktail at the IHP cafeteria

Wednesday 13 December

Thursday 14 December

11:00 : R. Brandenberger « String Gas Cosmology and Structure Formation »
11:40 : G. Veneziano « Transplanckian string collisions and the information paradox»
12:20 : lunch

14:30 : B. Julia « From self-dual gravity to dual gravity with dark energy »
15:10 : P. Peter « A non-inflationary model with scale invariant cosmological perturbations »
15:50 : coffee break
16:30 : N. Turok « The Big Bang as a brane collision in M-theory »
17:10 : D. Israel « Brane Annihilation in Curved Space-Time »
17:50 : end of session
19:00 : Conference dinner at « Le Bouillon racine »

Friday 15 December