Quantum Vacuum and Gravitation
from
Monday 22 June 2015 (08:00)
to
Friday 26 June 2015 (18:10)
Monday 22 June 2015
08:45
Welcome and Opening Address
Welcome and Opening Address
08:45 - 09:00
Room: 02.430
09:00
C. Wetterich: Quantum vacuum and cosmology
C. Wetterich: Quantum vacuum and cosmology
09:00 - 10:10
Room: 02.430
10:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 - 10:30
Room: 02.430
10:30
I. Antoniadis: Scale hierarchies in particle physics and cosmology
I. Antoniadis: Scale hierarchies in particle physics and cosmology
10:30 - 11:10
Room: 02.430
11:10
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 - 11:50
Room: 02.430
11:50
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 - 12:30
Room: 02.430
12:30
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 02.430
14:00
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
14:00 - 14:40
Room: 02.430
14:40
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
14:40 - 15:10
Room: 02.430
15:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:10 - 15:40
Room: 02.430
15:40
Discussion on Inflation and Vacuum Energy
Discussion on Inflation and Vacuum Energy
15:40 - 17:10
Room: 02.430
Tuesday 23 June 2015
09:00
W. Unruh: Analog Gravity
W. Unruh: Analog Gravity
09:00 - 10:10
Room: 02.430
10:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 - 10:30
Room: 02.430
10:30
A. Fabbri: Analog Hawking radiation in Bose-Einstein condensates
A. Fabbri: Analog Hawking radiation in Bose-Einstein condensates
10:30 - 11:10
Room: 02.430
11:10
R. Schuetzhold: On the partner particles for black hole evaporation
R. Schuetzhold: On the partner particles for black hole evaporation
11:10 - 11:50
Room: 02.430
11:50
S. Reynaud: Inertia of mirrors in vacuum
S. Reynaud: Inertia of mirrors in vacuum
11:50 - 12:30
Room: 02.430
12:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 02.430
14:00
M. Visser: Why are Casimir energy differences so often finite?
M. Visser: Why are Casimir energy differences so often finite?
14:00 - 14:40
Room: 02.430
14:40
E. Elizalde: Zeta functions, the Chowla-Selberg formula, and the Casimir effect
E. Elizalde: Zeta functions, the Chowla-Selberg formula, and the Casimir effect
14:40 - 15:20
Room: 02.430
15:20
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:20 - 15:40
Room: 02.430
15:40
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
15:40 - 16:10
Room: 02.430
16:10
Discussion on Analog Gravity and the Hawking Effect
Discussion on Analog Gravity and the Hawking Effect
16:10 - 17:10
Room: 02.430
Wednesday 24 June 2015
09:00
A. Starobinsky: Inflation: present status and perspectives of future discoveries
A. Starobinsky: Inflation: present status and perspectives of future discoveries
09:00 - 10:10
Room: 02.430
10:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 - 10:30
Room: 02.430
10:30
R. Durrer: The Cosmic Microwave Background and Quantum Physics
R. Durrer: The Cosmic Microwave Background and Quantum Physics
10:30 - 11:10
Room: 02.430
11:10
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 - 11:50
Room: 02.430
11:50
I. Agullo: Loop quantum cosmology and the CMB
I. Agullo: Loop quantum cosmology and the CMB
11:50 - 12:30
Room: 02.430
12:30
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 02.430
14:00
M. Maggiore: Dark energy and nonlocal gravity
M. Maggiore: Dark energy and nonlocal gravity
14:00 - 14:40
Room: 02.430
14:40
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
14:40 - 15:20
Room: 02.430
15:20
Coffee breack
Coffee breack
15:20 - 15:40
Room: 02.430
15:40
R. Carballo-Rubio: Using the cosmological constant to learn about spacetime
R. Carballo-Rubio: Using the cosmological constant to learn about spacetime
15:40 - 16:10
Room: 02.430
16:10
Discussion on Cosmological Term and Quantum Corrections in the CMB
Discussion on Cosmological Term and Quantum Corrections in the CMB
16:10 - 17:10
Room: 02.430
Thursday 25 June 2015
09:00
V. Frolov: Non-singular models of black holes
V. Frolov: Non-singular models of black holes
09:00 - 10:10
Room: 02.430
10:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 - 10:30
Room: 02.430
10:30
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 - 11:10
Room: 02.430
11:10
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 - 11:50
Room: 02.430
11:50
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 - 12:30
Room: 02.430
12:30
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 02.430
14:00
T. Prokopec: De Sitter breaking from gravitons at the one loop level
T. Prokopec: De Sitter breaking from gravitons at the one loop level
14:00 - 14:40
Room: 02.430
14:40
D. Grumiller: Holography in flat space
D. Grumiller: Holography in flat space
14:40 - 15:20
Room: 02.430
15:20
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:20 - 15:40
Room: 02.430
15:40
Discussion on Quantum Effects in Gravitational Collapse and in de Sitter Space
Discussion on Quantum Effects in Gravitational Collapse and in de Sitter Space
15:40 - 17:10
Room: 02.430
Friday 26 June 2015
09:00
M. Reuter: Functional Renormalization Group
M. Reuter: Functional Renormalization Group
09:00 - 10:10
Room: 02.430
10:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 - 10:30
Room: 02.430
10:30
A. Mazumdar: Ground State of Gravity
A. Mazumdar: Ground State of Gravity
10:30 - 11:10
Room: 02.430
11:10
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 - 11:50
Room: 02.430
11:50
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 - 12:30
Room: 02.430
12:30
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 02.430
14:00
D. Litim: Asymptotic safety - from gauge theories to quantum gravity
D. Litim: Asymptotic safety - from gauge theories to quantum gravity
14:00 - 14:40
Room: 02.430
14:40
T. Turgut: Interacting bosons in a static background metric
T. Turgut: Interacting bosons in a static background metric
14:40 - 15:20
Room: 02.430
15:20
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:20 - 15:40
Room: 02.430
15:40
General Discussion on Quantum Gravity and Concluding Remarks
General Discussion on Quantum Gravity and Concluding Remarks
15:40 - 16:40
Room: 02.430