Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC

Topic: The Universe structure
Title: Cosmology in our backyard
Lecturer: Carlos Frenk (ICC Durham University)
Dates & times: Friday, 27 April, 2012 - 15:30
Venue: Blue Room, IFT


The LCDM cosmological model accounts surprisingly well for an impressive array of data on the large-scale structure of the universe, from scales of a few megaparsecs to a few gigaparsecs. On submegaparsec scales, however, the model cannot be tested with the same degree of rigour as on larger scales where microwave background radiation data and measures of galaxy clustering provide clean and well-understood diagnostics. Read more

Topic: Theoretical Physics
Title: Facts & Mysteries in Particle Physics
Lecturer: Prof. Tini Veltman (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Nobel Prize in Physics
Dates & times: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 @ 15:00
Venue: Sala de Conferencias, Modulo 00 (C-0), Facultad de Ciencias

Canfranc, April 12-15 2012
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Up to now science has failed to identify what makes up to 85% of the matter of the Universe. Elucidating the nature of dark matter constitutes a key challenge in modern physics.

The programme offers financial aid for outstanding students, ranging from fully funded MSc and PhD scholarships to partial covering of fees and expenses. Further information here

Topic: The Universe structure
Title: Quantum Origin of the Universe structure
Lecturer: Viatcheslav Mukhanov (LMU München)
Dates & times: Thursday, 22 March, 2012 - 15:00
Venue: Blue Room, IFT




I will discuss the predictions of the theory which explains the observed galaxies, clusters of galaxies et. cet. as originated from quantum gravitational fluctuations which were amplified in the very early universe during the stage of cosmic acceletation (inflation). I will compare these predictions with the results of the recent experiments on the measurements of the cosmic microwave background fluctuations and will discuss the future experiments.

March 29-30 2012

This is a very informal gathering of European members of the "Invisibles" team, although open to interested scientists.
The aim is to foster scientific collaboration and organization of this EU Marie Curie ITN (www.invisibles.eu).
The program of scientific talks can be found at http://www.ft.uam.es/workshops/InvisiblesITNpre-meeting/

Topic: Gravitational Waves
Title: Gravitational Waves
Lecturer: Dr. Albert Lazzarini (California Institute of Technology)
Dates & times: Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 @ 15:00
Venue: Sala de Conferencias, Modulo 00 (C-0), Facultad de Ciencias

Viernes 16, Marzo 2012
Instituto de Física Teórica IFT-UAM/CSIC
El IFT participa en estas jornadas, orientadas a estudiantes de Bachillerato. Treinta y seis estudiantes pasarán un día en el IFT para realizar una práctica de análisis de datos reales tomados en el experimento ATLAS del acelerador LHC del CERN. Esta actividad está enmarcada dentro de la iniciativa internacional Hands on Particle Physics Masterclass 2012 , en la que participan unas 85 instituciones alrededor del mundo y está coordinada por el Grupo Internacional de Divulgación de Física de Partículas (IPPOG).
Más información aquí.

From Tuesday, 28. February 2012 - To Friday, 2. March 2012
Instituto de Física Teórica IFT-UAM/CSIC

The workshop is thought to be an opportunity to bring together the people involved in the collaboration between MultiDark and Fermi. The aim of the workshop is the study of the Dark Matter implications of the Fermi-LAT measurement of the angular power spectrum of anisotropies in the gamma-ray diffuse emission.