Name: Varying Constants and Fundamental Cosmology – VARCOSMOFUN’16
Start: 2016-09-12T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2016-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
Location: Szczecin, Poland

Varying Constants and Fundamental Cosmology – VARCOSMOFUN’16

from Monday 12 September 2016 (08:00) to Saturday 17 September 2016 (14:00)

Monday 12 September 2016

08:00 Registration at the Maritime University campus building, Szczerbcowa 4
Registration at the Maritime University campus building, Szczerbcowa 4
08:00 - 09:00

09:00

09:00 - 09:10
Room: Room 7
09:10
09:10 - 11:00
Room: Room 7
Contributions

09:10 Fundamental constants, gravitation and cosmology – recent developments - Jean-Philippe Uzan (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), France)

10:05 Varying constants, cosmology and the puzzle of quantum gravity - João Magueijo (Imperial College, London, United Kingdom)
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Room 7
Contributions

11:30 Search for New Physics with Atomic Clocks - Ekkehard Peik (PTB)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 The Relation Between Fundamental Constants and Particle Physics Parameters - Rodger Thompson (University of Arizona, Steward Observatory)

14:40 Diatomic molecules as probes for variation of fundamental constants - Anastasia Borschevsky (University of Groningen)

15:10 Non-minimally coupled varying constants quantum cosmologies - Adam Balcerzak
Part I
Part I
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Synthetic approach to the singularity problem - Michael Heller (Vatican Astronomical Observatory; Copernicus Center, Kraków, Poland)

14:25 Cosmological perturbations in dark energy phantom models - Imanol Albarran (Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI))

14:50 Current status on dark energy singularities - Mariam Bouhmadi-Lopez

15:15 Classical and quantum cosmology of Born-Infeld type models - Nick Kwidzinski (Universität zu Köln)
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Nucleosynthesis predictions and high-precision deuterium measurements - Signe Riemer-Sorensen (University of Oslo)

14:30 Analysing a forecast cosmological redshift drift - Iker Leanizbarrutia Alonso (Universiy of the Basque Country EHU/UPV)

15:00 Searching for optical counterparts to gravitational wave events – and how it might be done by wide field surveys - Adam Zadrozny (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
15:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10
16:10 - 17:40
Contributions

16:10 Varying constant theories from thermodynamics perspective - Hussain Gohar (University of Szczecin, Poland)

16:40 Varying constants and cyclic universes - Konrad Marosek (University of Szczecin)

17:10 Varying constants quantum cosmology - Katarzyna Leszczyńska (University of Szczecin)
Part I
Part I
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 The Nonlinear Field Space Theory - Jakub Mielczarek (Jagiellonian University)

16:35 Effects from canonical quantum gravity for slow-roll inflationary models - David Brizuela (University of the Basque Country)

17:00 Perturbation vacua and primordial power spectra in Loop Quantum Cosmology - Daniel Martin de Blas

17:25 Universe's memory and spontaneous coherence in loop quantum cosmology - Tomasz Pawlowski (Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Science)
16:10 - 17:40
Contributions

16:10 Tests and problems of the standard model in Cosmology - Martín López Corredoira (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)

16:40 Energy and momentum transferred by gravitational waves. - Janusz Garecki (Institute of Mathematics, University of Szczecin)

17:10 On a nonlinear gravitational wave - Hristu Culetu (Ovidius University)
19:00 Welcome reception
Welcome reception
19:00 - 20:30
Tuesday 13 September 2016
09:00
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Room 7
Contributions

09:00 Frequency ratios of optical lattice clocks at the 17th decimal place - Hidetoshi Katori (University of Tokyo, Japan)

10:00 Search for varying constants and new physics from molecular hydrogen - Wim Ubachs (VU University Amsterdam)
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Room 7
Contributions

11:30 Measuring α-variation using highly-charged ions: clocks, calculations and astrophysics - Julian Berengut (University of New South Wales, Australia)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Searching for variations of fundamental constants and dark matter using an atomic clock ensemble - Jocelyne Guéna (Observatoire de Paris)

14:30 Tabletop experiments using atomic dysprosium and ytterbium for tests of fundamental physics. - Lykourgos Bougas (Johannes Gutenberg Universität)

15:00 Towards quantum logic spectroscopy of molecular ions - Piet Schmidt (PTB Braunschweig/LUH Hannover)
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Cosmological implications of quantum entanglement in the multiverse - Sugumi Kanno

14:35 Vacua and correlators on hyperbolic de Sitter sections - Jan Pieter van der Schaar (University of Amsterdam)

15:10 Quantum Discord in de Sitter spacetime - Jiro Soda (Kobe University)
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Phenomenology of MTMG - Antonio De Felice (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics)

14:35 Effective gravitational couplings for cosmological perturbations in generalized Proca theories - Ryotaro Kase (Tokyo University of Science)

15:10 Thawing model seems to be preferable for dark energy potential in the quintessence scenario - Hara Tetsuya (Kyoto Sangyo University)
15:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10
16:10 - 16:40
Contributions

16:10 Constraint on transient variations of fine-structure constants with optical atomic clocks - Piotr Wcislo (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun)
16:10 - 17:30
Contributions

16:10 Observational Consequences of Scalar-tensor Entanglement During Inflation - Nadia Bolis (UC Davis)

16:55 Bell violation in the Sky [talk via Skype] - Sayantan Choudhury (Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 3-form cosmology: phantom behavior, singularities and interactions - João Morais (Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)

16:35 NonLinear Gravitational Waves as Dark Energy in Warped Spacetimes - Reinoud Slagter (Asfyon and Univ of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

17:00 Vacuum dark energy and spacetime symmetry - Irina Dymnikova (University of Warmia and Mazury)

17:25 Lemaitre class dark energy model for relaxing cosmological constant - Anna Dobosz (University of Warmia and Mazury)
Wednesday 14 September 2016
09:00
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Room 7
Contributions

09:00 Observations of gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers - Andrzej Krolak (National Center for Nuclear Studies)

10:00 Varying constants and the cosmological constant problem - David Marsh (University of Cambridge)
11:00 Early lunch (BIG-BRUNCH = Big-bang, big-cRUNCH )
Early lunch (BIG-BRUNCH = Big-bang, big-cRUNCH )
11:00 - 12:00

12:00 Excursion to the MPI for Plasma Physics in Greifswald
Excursion to the MPI for Plasma Physics in Greifswald
12:00 - 20:00

Excursion to the Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum
Excursion to the Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum
12:00 - 20:00
Thursday 15 September 2016
09:00
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Room 7
Contributions

09:00 Spacetime variations of the varying alpha: The first 1000 high-precision measurements - John Webb (UNSW)

10:00 New, precise and reliable quasar absorption limits on alpha-variation - Michael Murphy (Swinburne University of Technology)
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Room 7
Contributions

11:30 Fundamental cosmology in the E-ELT era - Carlos Martins (University of Porto)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Impact of long-range wavelength-scale distortion on fine-structure constant measurements. - Vincent Dumont

14:25 High-precision limit on variation in the fine-structure constant from a single quasar absorption system - Srdan Kotus (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing Swinburne University)

14:50 Artifical intelligence applied to the automated analysis of absorption spectra. - Matthew Bainbridge (University of Leicester)

15:15 Dark energy constraints from ESPRESSO tests of the stability of fundamental couplings - Ana Catarina Leite (Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço)
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Higgs Starobinsky inflation - Iberê Kuntz

14:30 Running of the Higgs quartic coupling, gravity and the stability of the Higgs effective potential - Lukasz Nakonieczny (University of Warsaw)

15:00 Running of the Running and Entropy Perturbations During Inflation - Chris Longden (University of Sheffield)
15:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 Different laws of nature in strong gravitational fields? Study dependence of fine-structure constant on gravitational potential by using white-dwarf spectra - JITING HU (University of New South Wales)

16:35 New constraints on spatial variations of the fine structure constant from clusters of galaxies - Ivan De Martino (Universidad del Pais Vasco)

17:00 Recovering a redshift-extended VSL signal from galaxy surveys - Vincenzo Salzano (University of Szczecin)

17:25 Tests of local Lorentz invariance of post-Newtonian gravity - Lijing Shao (Albert Einstein Institute)
16:10 - 17:40
Contributions

16:10 Complete Hamiltonian analysis of cosmological perturbations at all orders - Debottam Nandi

16:40 Less-simplified models of dark matter for direct detection and the LHC - Arghya Choudhury (University of Sheffield)

17:10 Cosmological Isotropization from Symmetry Point of View - Sajid Ali
18:30 “Are We Alone in the Universe?”
“Are We Alone in the Universe?”
18:30 - 20:00
Room: Room 7
Contributions

18:30 Are We Alone in the Universe? - Paul C. W. Davies (Arizona State University, USA)
20:30 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
20:30 - 22:30
Friday 16 September 2016
09:00
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Room 7
Contributions

09:00 Disformal electrodynamics: from varying alpha to vacuum Cherenkov radiation - Carsten van de Bruck (University of Sheffield)

10:00 Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Gravitational Waves and Black Holes - John Moffat (Perimeter Institute)
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Room 7
Contributions

11:30 Predictions from the Quantum Multiverse - Laura Mersini-Houghton (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Cosmology of the de Sitter Horndeski models - Nelson Nunes (University of Lisbon)

14:35 Cosmology in genealized Proca theories and beyond - Shinji Tsujikawa (Tokyo University of Science)

15:10 Modified gravity with vector distortion and cosmological applications - Jose Beltran Jimenez (Universite d'Aix-Marseille)
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 The false vacuum bubble as the creation of our universe - Lee Wonwoo (CQUeST, Sogang University)

14:35 The cosmological constant problem in piecewise-linear models of quantum gravity - Marko Vojinovic (Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade)

15:10 Observational consequences of an interacting multiverse - Salvador Robles-Perez (IFF-EEBM)
15:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10
16:10 - 17:30
Contributions

16:10 Effective gravitational "constant" in scalar-(curvature)tensor and scalar-torsion gravities - Laur Järv (University of Tartu)

16:40 Post-Newtonian parameter in f(R) gravity - Masaaki Morita (Okinawa National College of Technology)

17:10 The Number of Tidal Dwarf Satellite Galaxies in Dependence of Bulge Index - Martín López Corredoira (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
Part II
Part II
16:10 - 17:50
Contributions

16:10 Entropy/information flux in Hawking radiation - Ana Alonso Serrano (Institute for Fundamental Physics-CSIC)

16:35 Causality for nonlocal phenomena - Tomasz Miller (Warsaw University of Technology)

17:00 Causality in "noncommutative spacetimes" - Michal Eckstein (Jagiellonian University)

17:25 From quantum regime to cosmology via forcing and 4-smoothness - Jerzy Krol (University of Silesia)
Saturday 17 September 2016
09:30
09:30 - 11:30
Room: Room 7
Contributions

09:30 Plato and Modern Physics - Krzysztof Meissner (Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw)

10:30 Where do the laws of physics come from? - Paul C. W. Davies (Arizona State University, USA)
11:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
12:00 - 13:30
Room: Room 7
Contributions

12:00 Do we live in the Best of all Worlds? - The fine tuning of the constants of Nature - Thomas Naumann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

12:30 How to justify the history of the universe? - Michael Heller (Vatican Astronomical Observatory; Copernicus Center, Kraków, Poland)
13:30 Closing of the conference
Closing of the conference
13:30 - 14:00

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