Quantum Vacuum and Gravitation
from
Monday, June 22, 2015 (8:00 AM)
to
Friday, June 26, 2015 (6:10 PM)
Monday, June 22, 2015
8:45 AM
Welcome and Opening Address
Welcome and Opening Address
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: 02.430
9:00 AM
C. Wetterich: Quantum vacuum and cosmology
C. Wetterich: Quantum vacuum and cosmology
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: 02.430
10:10 AM
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 02.430
10:30 AM
I. Antoniadis: Scale hierarchies in particle physics and cosmology
I. Antoniadis: Scale hierarchies in particle physics and cosmology
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: 02.430
11:10 AM
P. Anderson: Particle production, backreaction, and the validity of the semiclassical approximation
P. Anderson: Particle production, backreaction, and the validity of the semiclassical approximation
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 02.430
11:50 AM
I. Buchbinder: Quantum Equivalence of Massive Antisymmetric Tensor Field Models in Curved Space- Time
I. Buchbinder: Quantum Equivalence of Massive Antisymmetric Tensor Field Models in Curved Space- Time
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 02.430
12:30 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 02.430
2:00 PM
A. Zhitnitsky: The dynamics of the topological gauge sectors in a time-dependent curved background
A. Zhitnitsky: The dynamics of the topological gauge sectors in a time-dependent curved background
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Room: 02.430
2:40 PM
D. Glavan: Quantum backreaction of a very light non-minimally coupled scalar and Dark Energy
D. Glavan: Quantum backreaction of a very light non-minimally coupled scalar and Dark Energy
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: 02.430
3:10 PM
Coffee break
Coffee break
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: 02.430
3:40 PM
Discussion on Inflation and Vacuum Energy
Discussion on Inflation and Vacuum Energy
3:40 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: 02.430
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
9:00 AM
W. Unruh: Analog Gravity
W. Unruh: Analog Gravity
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: 02.430
10:10 AM
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 02.430
10:30 AM
A. Fabbri: Analog Hawking radiation in Bose-Einstein condensates
A. Fabbri: Analog Hawking radiation in Bose-Einstein condensates
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: 02.430
11:10 AM
R. Schuetzhold: On the partner particles for black hole evaporation
R. Schuetzhold: On the partner particles for black hole evaporation
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 02.430
11:50 AM
S. Reynaud: Inertia of mirrors in vacuum
S. Reynaud: Inertia of mirrors in vacuum
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 02.430
12:30 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 02.430
2:00 PM
M. Visser: Why are Casimir energy differences so often finite?
M. Visser: Why are Casimir energy differences so often finite?
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Room: 02.430
2:40 PM
E. Elizalde: Zeta functions, the Chowla-Selberg formula, and the Casimir effect
E. Elizalde: Zeta functions, the Chowla-Selberg formula, and the Casimir effect
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: 02.430
3:20 PM
Coffee break
Coffee break
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: 02.430
3:40 PM
F. Michel: Hawking radiation in the presence of high energy dispersion and application to universal horizons
F. Michel: Hawking radiation in the presence of high energy dispersion and application to universal horizons
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
Room: 02.430
4:10 PM
Discussion on Analog Gravity and the Hawking Effect
Discussion on Analog Gravity and the Hawking Effect
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: 02.430
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
9:00 AM
A. Starobinsky: Inflation: present status and perspectives of future discoveries
A. Starobinsky: Inflation: present status and perspectives of future discoveries
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: 02.430
10:10 AM
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 02.430
10:30 AM
R. Durrer: The Cosmic Microwave Background and Quantum Physics
R. Durrer: The Cosmic Microwave Background and Quantum Physics
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: 02.430
11:10 AM
C. Kiefer: Can effects of quantum gravity be observed in the cosmic microwave background?
C. Kiefer: Can effects of quantum gravity be observed in the cosmic microwave background?
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
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11:50 AM
I. Agullo: Loop quantum cosmology and the CMB
I. Agullo: Loop quantum cosmology and the CMB
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 02.430
12:30 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 02.430
2:00 PM
M. Maggiore: Dark energy and nonlocal gravity
M. Maggiore: Dark energy and nonlocal gravity
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Room: 02.430
2:40 PM
P. Mazur: Model independent constraints on correlation functions in CMB and on the early galaxy distribution from CFT
P. Mazur: Model independent constraints on correlation functions in CMB and on the early galaxy distribution from CFT
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: 02.430
3:20 PM
Coffee breack
Coffee breack
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: 02.430
3:40 PM
R. Carballo-Rubio: Using the cosmological constant to learn about spacetime
R. Carballo-Rubio: Using the cosmological constant to learn about spacetime
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
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4:10 PM
Discussion on Cosmological Term and Quantum Corrections in the CMB
Discussion on Cosmological Term and Quantum Corrections in the CMB
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: 02.430
Thursday, June 25, 2015
9:00 AM
V. Frolov: Non-singular models of black holes
V. Frolov: Non-singular models of black holes
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: 02.430
10:10 AM
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 02.430
10:30 AM
E. Mottola: Dark Energy and Condensate Stars: Surface Tension and Negative Pressure in Gravitational Collapse
E. Mottola: Dark Energy and Condensate Stars: Surface Tension and Negative Pressure in Gravitational Collapse
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: 02.430
11:10 AM
J. Serreau: Infrared dynamics of interacting scalar fields in de Sitter space
J. Serreau: Infrared dynamics of interacting scalar fields in de Sitter space
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
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11:50 AM
E. Akhmedov: On strong quantum corrections in strong background fields, in general, and in de Sitter space, in particular
E. Akhmedov: On strong quantum corrections in strong background fields, in general, and in de Sitter space, in particular
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 02.430
12:30 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 02.430
2:00 PM
T. Prokopec: De Sitter breaking from gravitons at the one loop level
T. Prokopec: De Sitter breaking from gravitons at the one loop level
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
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2:40 PM
D. Grumiller: Holography in flat space
D. Grumiller: Holography in flat space
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
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3:20 PM
Coffee break
Coffee break
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: 02.430
3:40 PM
Discussion on Quantum Effects in Gravitational Collapse and in de Sitter Space
Discussion on Quantum Effects in Gravitational Collapse and in de Sitter Space
3:40 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: 02.430
Friday, June 26, 2015
9:00 AM
M. Reuter: Functional Renormalization Group
M. Reuter: Functional Renormalization Group
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: 02.430
10:10 AM
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
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10:30 AM
A. Mazumdar: Ground State of Gravity
A. Mazumdar: Ground State of Gravity
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: 02.430
11:10 AM
P. Lavrov: Remarks on the average effective action in Functional Renormalization Group approach
P. Lavrov: Remarks on the average effective action in Functional Renormalization Group approach
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
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11:50 AM
I. Shapiro: Renormalization and stability in higher derivative models of quantum gravity
I. Shapiro: Renormalization and stability in higher derivative models of quantum gravity
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
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12:30 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 02.430
2:00 PM
D. Litim: Asymptotic safety - from gauge theories to quantum gravity
D. Litim: Asymptotic safety - from gauge theories to quantum gravity
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
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2:40 PM
T. Turgut: Interacting bosons in a static background metric
T. Turgut: Interacting bosons in a static background metric
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
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3:20 PM
Coffee break
Coffee break
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: 02.430
3:40 PM
General Discussion on Quantum Gravity and Concluding Remarks
General Discussion on Quantum Gravity and Concluding Remarks
3:40 PM - 4:40 PM
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