International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics: CosPA 2023

Asia/Hong_Kong
Henry Cheng International Conference Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Henry Cheng International Conference Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Ming Chung Chu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))
Description

The International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics is a series of conferences organized in Asia Pacific region annually as an activity of Asia Pacific Organization of Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (APCosPA).

COSPA 2023 is hosted by Institute of Theoretical Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and sponsored by The Croucher Foundation and Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics.

    • Plenary 1: LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Sang Pyo Kim (Kunsan Nat. U.)
      • 1
        Welcome to CosPA 2023
        Speaker: Prof. Sang Pyo Kim (Kunsan Nat. U.)
      • 2
        Welcome to CUHK
        Speaker: Prof. Alan Chan (Chinese U. of HK)
      • 3
        Searching for the Milky Way's Extreme Particle Accelerators
        Speaker: Prof. Gavin Rowell (U. of Adelaide)
      • 4
        IceCUBE
        Speaker: Prof. Jenni Adams (U. of Canterbury)
      • 5
        The KAGRA Project - Status and Plans
        Speaker: Prof. Takaaki Kajita (ICRR, U. of Tokyo)
      • 6
        TinQin: the Chinese Mission to Detect Gravitational Waves in Space
        Speaker: Prof. Jun Luo (Sun Yat-Sen U.)
    • 11:10
      Coffee Break
    • Parallel 1A: Astrophysics I LT1B
      Convener: Prof. Otto Hannuksela (Chinese U. of HK)
    • Parallel 1B: Gravity I: Parallel 1B: Gravity I LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Tjonnie Li (Chinese U. of HK/)
    • 12:40
      Lunch
    • Plenary 2: LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Bin Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong U./Yangzhou U.)
      • 13
        GRB-SN Association within the Binary-Driven Hypernova Model
        Speaker: Prof. Remo Ruffini (U. of Rome)
      • 14
        Picard-Lefschetz Interpretation of Cosmic Lensing and Beyond
        Speaker: Prof. Ue-Li Pen (Academia Sinica)
      • 15
        Hyper-Kamiokande: Physics Goals and Status of Construction
        Speaker: Prof. Shigetaka Moriyama (ICRR, U. of Tokyo)
      • 16
        Neutrinos in Astrophysical Explosions
        Speaker: Prof. Meng-Ru Wu (Academia Sinica)
    • 15:30
      Coffee break
    • Parallel 2A: Dark Matter I LT1B
      Convener: Prof. Kaixuan Ni (UC San Diego)
    • Parallel 2B: Gravity II LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Kenny Ng (Chinese U. of HK)
    • Plenary 3: LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Kin-Wang Ng (Academia Sinica)
      • 24
        Evidence for the Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Background
        Speaker: Prof. Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia U.)
      • 25
        Progress of Chinese Pulsar Timing Array (by zoom)
        Speaker: Prof. Kejia Lee (Peking U.)
      • 26
        Promise of Persistent Multi-Messenger nano-Hz GW Astronomy
        Speaker: Prof. Achamveedu Gopakumar (Tata Inst. of Fund. Res.)
      • 27
        Testing Gravity Using Inter-pulsar Correlation Measurements
        Speaker: Dr Reggie Bernardo (Academia Sinica)
    • 11:00
      Coffee Break
    • Parallel Session 3A: Cosmology I LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Jane Dai (U. of Hong Kong)
    • Parallel Session 3B: Astrophysics II Rm. 202
      Convener: Prof. Jeremy Lim (U. of Hong Kong)
    • 12:40
      Lunch
    • Plenary 4: LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Raymond Volkas (U. of Melbourne)
      • 36
        Electroweakly (EW) charged WIMP
        Speaker: Prof. Shigeki Matsumoto (IPMU/U. of Tokyo)
      • 37
        Light and Ultra-light Axion Dark Matter
        Speaker: Prof. Lam Hui (Columbia U.)
      • 38
        Light Dark Matter Searches
        Speaker: Prof. Henry Wong (Academia Sinica)
      • 39
        Uncovering the Microscopic Features of Axion with Low Energy Observables
        Speaker: Prof. Kiwoon Choi (CTPU/IBS)
    • 15:30
      Coffee Break
    • Parallel Session 4A: Dark Matter II LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Shigeki Matsumoto (IPMU/U. of Tokyo)
    • Parallel Session 4B: Gravity III Rm. 202
      Convener: Prof. Yen-chin Ong (Yangzhou U)
    • Plenary 5: LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Kiwoon Choi (CTPU/IBS)
      • 48
        21cm Intensity Mapping: A New Window to Probe DE
        Speaker: Prof. Bin Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong U./Yangzhou U.)
      • 49
        Primordial Black Holes and Stochastic Gravitational Waves
        Speaker: Prof. Rong-Gen Cai (ITP, CAS / Ningbo Univ.)
      • 50
        Simulating Cosmic Structure Formation
        Speaker: Prof. Naoki Yoshida (IPMU/U. of Tokyo)
      • 51
        CMB Constraints on New Physics
        Speaker: Prof. Yvonne Wong (U. of New South Wales)
    • 11:00
      Coffee Break
    • Parallel Session 5A: Cosmology II LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Yvonne Wong (U. of New South Wales)
    • Parallel Session 5B: Dark Matter III LT1B
      Convener: Prof. Henry Wong (Academia Sinica)
    • 12:40
      Lunch
    • Plenary Session 6: LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Rong-Gen Cai (ITP, CAS / Ningbo Univ.)
      • 60
        The Road Towards the Ultimate WIMP Dark Matter Direct Detection
        Speaker: Prof. Kaixuan Ni (UCSD)
      • 61
        Flavours of Dark Matter
        Speaker: Prof. Raymond Volkas (U. of Melbourne)
      • 62
        Status of AMoRE Project
        Speaker: Prof. Yeongduk Kim (CUP/IBS)
    • 15:00
      Coffee Break
    • Parallel Session 6A: Cosmology III LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Naoki Yoshida (IPMU/U. of Tokyo)
      • 63
        Growth of Curvature Perturbations in Non-minimal Curvaton Scenario Revisited
        Speaker: Chao Chen (HKUST)
      • 64
        On the Uniqueness of ΛCDM-like Evolution for Homogeneous and Isotropic Cosmology in General Relativity
        Speaker: Daniele Gregoris (Jiangsu Univ. of Sci. & Tech)
      • 65
        Numerical Investigation of Two-Dimensional Fokker-Planck Equation in Inflationary Models: Importance of Slow-Roll Parameters
        Speaker: Jie Jiang (Pusan Nat. U.)
      • 66
        Odd-parity Perturbations in the Most General Scalar-vector-tensor Theory
        Speaker: Manuel González-Espinoza (Playa Ancha U.)
    • Parallel Session 6B: Dark Matter IV LT1B
      Convener: Prof. Yiming Zhong (City U. of HK)
      • 67
        Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Waves from QCD axion and axion-like particles
        Speaker: Shuailiang Ge (Peking U.)
      • 68
        Lyman-α Constraints on the Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter
        Speaker: Priyank Parashari (Indian Inst. of Sci.)
      • 69
        Constraining Abundance of Primordial Blackholes in Dark Matter via Transients Comprising Lensed Star Clusters
        Speaker: Sung Kei Li (U. of Hong Kong)
      • 70
        The Interplay of Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter, and Axions
        Speaker: Luca Visinelli (Shanghai Jiao Tong U.)
    • Poster Session: (Rm. 203)
    • Plenary Session 7: LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Sang Pyo Kim (Kunsan Nat. U.)
      • 71
        Direct Imaging of Supermassive Black Holes
        Speaker: Prof. Paul Ho (Academia Sinica)
      • 72
        Black Holes, Maximum Force, and Related Conjectures in General Relativity
        Speaker: Prof. Yen-Chin Ong (Yangzhou U)
      • 73
        Quantum Tunneling in Curved Spacetime
        Speaker: Prof. Masahide Yamaguchi (CTPU/IBS)
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Parallel 7A: Cosmology III LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Tsang Keung Chan (Chinese U. of HK)
    • Parallel Session 7B: Astrophysics III LT1B
      Convener: Prof. Paul Ho (Academia Sinica)
    • 12:20
      Lunch
    • Plenary Session 8: LT1A
      Convener: Prof. Bin Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong U./Yangzhou U.)
      • 82
        Thermodynamics of Apparent Gauss Bonnet Cosmology and Multivalued Hamiltonian Issues
        Speaker: Prof. Joel Francisco Saavedra Alvear (Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Valparaíso)
      • 83
        Cosmological Magnetic Fields (by zoom)
        Speaker: Prof. Tanmay Vachaspati (Arizona State U./CERN)
      • 84
        Cosmological Galaxy Simulations
        Speaker: Prof. Tsang Keung Chan (Chinese U. of HK)
      • 85
        Schwinger Effect in Magnetized Black Holes and KN Black Holes
        Speaker: Prof. Sang Pyo Kim (Kunsan Nat. U.)