Towards a next space probe for CMB observations and cosmic origins exploration

Europe/Zurich
222/R-001 (CERN)

222/R-001

CERN

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Description
The outstanding success of three generations of space missions dedicated to the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background has delivered invaluable insight into the origins of the universe and the physics of its earliest moments. It has founded a global cosmological model described by the expansion rate, various forms of matter and energy, spatial curvature, and primordial perturbations generated during a period of inflationary expansion. The model's free parameters are now measured to percent-level precision. This remarkable success sharpens attention on a number of fundamental questions. What are the natures of dark matter and dark energy, accounting for 96% of the energy density of the Universe? Whether a phase of cosmic inflation actually seeded the initial perturbations awaits full demonstration, and the mechanisms that initiated inflation are not well understood or constrained. Future observations of the CMB will validate or challenge this standard cosmological model, answer these open questions and provide further constraints on the fundamental properties of matter and interactions at energy scales up to twelve orders of magnitude higher than those attainable at the LHC. To exploit this exceptional potential, instruments must be designed with unprecedented performance. We invite the scientific community to discuss the important issues of such a program during a four-day workshop at CERN. The first two days (May 17-18) of the workshop will be dedicated to the discussion of the science case, of the design of a future European or international CMB polarization space mission, and to the discussion of the synergy and complementarity with ground-based observations and with other cosmological probes. The second part of the meeting (May 19-20) will specifically target the preparation of the European proposal in response to the upcoming ESA call. Attendance is encouraged for anyone interested. Talks during the first two days are by invitation only, short talk contributions to splinter meetings in the last two days can be submitted to conveners of the sessions. The workshop is hosted and supported by CERN (Knowledge Transfer Group and Theory Department) and the University of Geneva (Theoretical Physics Department).
Registration
Gala Dinner
Participants
  • Agnieszka Pollo
  • Al Kogut
  • Alessandro Buzzelli
  • Alessandro Melchiorri
  • Alessandro Traini
  • Alessio Notari
  • Alex Kehagias
  • Alexey Boyarsky
  • Ana Achucarro
  • Anais Rassat
  • Angela Taylor
  • Aniello Mennella
  • Anna Bonaldi
  • Anna Mangilli
  • Anthony Challinor
  • ANTONIO RIOTTO
  • Azadeh Moradinezhad
  • Bettina Hamoudi
  • Bruno Maffei
  • Carla Sofia Carvalho
  • Carlo Baccigalupi
  • Carlo Burigana
  • Carlos Hervías
  • Carlos Martins
  • Christos Papasimos
  • Clem Pryke
  • Clive Dickinson
  • Damien PRELE
  • Daniel G. Figueroa
  • Daniela Paoletti
  • Darragh McCarthy
  • Diana Laura Lopez Nacir
  • Diego Blas Temino
  • Dominique Eckert
  • Eckhard Elsen
  • Eiichiro Komatsu
  • Eleonora Di Valentino
  • Elisabetta Majerotto
  • Enrico Chesta
  • Enrique Martinez-Gonzalez
  • Eric Hivon
  • Fabio Finelli
  • Federico Nati
  • Filippo Vernizzi
  • Flavio Gatti
  • Francesco Piacentini
  • Francisco Javier Casas
  • Francois Boulanger
  • François Bouchet
  • Gerard VERMEULEN
  • Giampaolo Pisano
  • Gian Giudice
  • Gianfranco De Zotti
  • Gianluca Polenta
  • Giovanni Anelli
  • Giovanni Signorelli
  • Guillaume Patanchon
  • Guillermo Ballesteros
  • Helene Dupuy
  • Hidéki Perrier
  • Jacques Delabrouille
  • James Bartlett
  • Jaz R Hill-Valler
  • Jean-Baptiste Melin
  • Jean-Loup Puget
  • Jens Chluba
  • Jerome Martin
  • Joel Ullom
  • John Carlstrom
  • Jonathan Aumont
  • Jonathan R. Ellis
  • Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin
  • Josquin Errard
  • Juan Macias Perez
  • Julian Borrill
  • Julien Lesgourgues
  • Ken Ganga
  • Laurence Perotto
  • Leonid Kuzmin
  • Linda Polastri
  • Marco Bersanelli
  • Marco Incagli
  • Marco Tucci
  • Marek Biesiada
  • Mario Ballardini
  • Mario Zannoni
  • Mark Ashdown
  • Mark Hindmarsh
  • Martin Bucher
  • Martin Kunz
  • Martina Gerbino
  • Martino Calvo
  • Masashi Hazumi
  • Massimiliano Lattanzi
  • Massimo GIOVANNINI
  • Mathias Garny
  • Mathieu Remazeilles
  • Matteo Biagetti
  • Michael Jones
  • Mikhail Ivanov
  • Nazzareno Mandolesi
  • Neil Trappe
  • Paolo de Bernardis
  • Paolo Natoli
  • Patricio Vielva
  • Radek Stompor
  • Ranajoy Banerji
  • Rashid Sunyaev
  • Richard Battye
  • Rien van de Weygaert
  • Roger Hoyland
  • Roger O'Brient
  • Ruth Durrer
  • Sebastien Clesse
  • Sergey Sibiryakov
  • Shaul Hanany
  • Silvia Masi
  • Simone Ferraro
  • Soumen Basak
  • Stephen Feeney
  • Subodh Patil
  • Sylvain Martin
  • Vincent Desjacques
  • Vincent Vennin
  • Vittorio Tansella
  • Wessel Valkenburg
  • William Handley
  • william jones
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