EPFL/CERN/UNIGE Discussion Sessions

Friday 18 Mar 2016, 14:15 → 18:45 Europe/Zurich

Auditoire Stueckelberg (Unige)

To prompt collaboration among the different groups in cosmology in the Léman area, we hold a common discussion session every month and a half. In those, recent news in the field are addressed by experts at a level that we can all understand. Please, suggest papers/subjects to the local organizers. The suggested papers for this session are:

 

 

 

1 TBA

Speaker: Prof. Jo Dunkley (University of Oxford)

15:15 coffee

2 Future prospects for LIGO/VIRGO (45' + 15' discussion)

Speaker: Stefano Foffa (Université de Genève)

3 Paper discussion: Did LIGO detect Dark Matter? (30' + 15' discussion)

Discussion of the paper "Did LIGO detect dark matter?" (arXiv:1603.00464) from Bird et al.

Speaker: Guido D'Amico

17:30 socializing over drinks in a pub

After the meeting all participants are welcome (and encouraged!) to join for a beer in a pub near the venue.