ESA-ESO-CERN Symposium on 'Relativity, Matter and Cosmology'

Monday 11 Jul 2005, 08:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

University of Bern

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 28 February 2005 ---------------------------- "The triennial ESA-ESO-CERN Symposium on 'Relativity, Matter and Cosmology', will take place from July 11 to 14, 2005 at the University of Bern. The Symposium will be part of the centenary celebrations of Albert Einstein's annus mirabilis and take place in the framework of the 13th General Conference of the European Physical Society, EPS13, under the general title 'Beyond Einstein — Physics for the 21st Century' (http://www.eps13.org). The ESA-ESO-CERN Symposium 2005 is expected to become one of the highlights of the 'World Year of Physics 2005', also declared the 'International Year of Physic' by the United Nations. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 28 February 2005. Plenary speakers will introduce the topics, and ample time and space will be provided for contributed papers and posters describing original work, preferably by young scientists. Plenary Speakers in the ESA-ESO-CERN Symposium on 'Relativity, Matter and Cosmology' will be K. Danzmann, Albert Einstein Institut, Hannover (D) G. Drexlin, Universität Karlsruhe (D) G. Efstathiou, Cambridge University (UK) J. Engelen, CERN, Geneva (CH) C.W.F. Everitt, Stanford University (USA) E. Fiorini, Università di Milano (I) W. Gelletley, University of Surrey (UK) F. Iachello, Yale University (USA) V.M. Kaspi, McGill University, Montreal (CND) G. Ross, University of Oxford (UK) B.F. Schutz, Albert Einstein Institut Potsdam (D) J. Silk, University of Oxford (UK) D. Spergel, Princeton University (USA) J. Stachel, Universität Heidelberg (D) F. Wagner, MPI für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald (D) and the following Sessions for contributed papers and posters are foreseen: • The Fundamental Laws of Physics and the Constancy of Fundamental Constants • Tests of Gravitational Theory and General Relativity • Quantum Gravity • Dark Energy • Gravitational Waves • String Theory and Extra Dimensions • The Standard Model and Beyond • LHC Physics and the Origin of Mass • Neutrino Oscillations and Masses • Matter in Extreme Conditions • Dark Matter • The Early Universe • Cosmological Parameters • Matter in the Universe • Supernovae in Cosmology EPS13 comprises two other co-located Conferences, one on 'Photons, Lasers and Quantum Statistics' and another one on 'Brownian Motion, Complex Systems and Physics in Biology'. It is anticipated that each one of these Conferences will attract about 300 physicists and astronomers not only from Europe, but also from other continents. Registration for EPS13 will give access to all three conferences, which will be run in parallel and in close local vicinity. --------------------------------------