ICTP Cosmology and Strings Workshop

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Filippo Vernizzi
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ICTP Cosmology and Strings Workshop

Post by Filippo Vernizzi » January 16 2007

Dear colleagues,
we would like to draw your attention to the workshop 'Cosmology and Strings' to be held at ICTP in Trieste, Italy on 9-13 July 2007.

The organizers of the activity are: B. Acharya (ICTP), P. Creminelli (ICTP), F. Quevedo (Cambridge), J. Polchinski (S. Barbara), U. Seljak (ICTP/Zurich), M. Serone (SISSA), M. Zaldarriaga (Harvard).

Topics to be discussed include:

Inflation in string theory
Landscape of vacua
Cosmic strings
String inspired alternatives to inflation
Cosmological solutions in string theory
Cosmological data VS string theory
Future experimental observations

Updated information will be available at: http://agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?1851
Deadline for application is April 1st.

There is a limited amount of support available for participants to attend the meeting, though priority will be given to younger researchers and researchers from developing countries.

Best regards,
the local organizers, B.Acharya, L.Boubekeur, P.Creminelli, U.Seljak, M.Serone, F.Vernizzi.

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