EPFL/CERN/UNIGE Discussion Sessions

Thursday 28 Apr 2016, 14:30 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

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:

 

 

 

14:30 → 15:15 Clustering on the baryon acoustic scale

Speaker: Vincent Desjacques

15:15 → 15:30 Discussion

15:30 → 15:45 Coffee

15:45 → 16:15 The Spatial Curvature Endgame

arXiv:1604.01410 by C. Danielle Leonard, Philip Bull, Rupert Allison

Speaker: Azadeh Moradinezhad-Dizgah

16:15 → 16:30 Discussion

16:30 → 16:45 Coffee

16:45 → 17:15 A 2.4% Determination of the Local Value of the Hubble Constant

arXiv:1604.01424 by Riess et al.

Speaker: Timothee Delubac

17:15 → 17:30 Discussion

17:30 → 18:00 Drinks in the cafeteria