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Final Programme

ESO-CERN-ESA Symposium on
Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics

Garching bei München, Germany

March 4-7, 2002


MONDAY, 4 MARCH 2002

Morning: Arrival and Registration

 

14:00 - 14:30
Introduction C. Cesarsky
14:30 - 15:15
The Early Universe N. Turok
15:15 - 16:00
Cosmic Microwave Background Fluctuations P. de Bernardis
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break  
16:30 - 17:15
Evidence for an Accelerating Universe B. Leibundgut
17:15 - 17:45
Cosmic Shear from Weak Gravitational Lensing Y. Mellier
17:45 - 18:30
The Cosmological Parameters L. Krauss
18:30
Symposium Reception  

 

TUESDAY, 5 MARCH 2002

 

09:00 - 09:30
First Light and the Reionization of the Universe P. Madau
09:30 - 09:45
Constraining Cosmological Parameters with Observations of Galaxy Clusters H. Boehringer
09:45 - 10:30
Cosmological Constant Problems and Their Solutions A. Vilenkin
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break  
11:00 - 11:45
Searches for Dark Matter C. Tao
11:45 - 12:30
Neutrino Masses and Oscillations P. Hernandez
12:30 - 13:45
Lunch Break  
13:45 - 14:30
Status of the Standard Model and Low Energy Tests A. Pich
14:30 - 15:15
High Energy Tests of the Standard Model and Beyond F. Gianotti
15:15 - 15:30
Astro Particle Physics with the L3+Cosmics Detector P. Le Coultre
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break  
16:00 - 16:45
Beyond the Standard Model J. Ellis
16:45 - 17:00
Alpha: A Constant that is Not a Constant? G. Fiorentini
17:00 - 17:45
Gamma Ray Bursts E. van den Heuvel

 

WEDNESDAY, 6 MARCH 2002

 

09:00 - 09:45
Astrophysics with High Energy Gamma Rays H. Voelk
09:45 - 10:30
Cosmic Rays at the Highest Energies A. Watson
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break  
11:00 - 11:45
High Energy Neutrinos from Astrophysical Sources F. Halzen
11:45 - 12:30
Unravelling the X-Ray Background G. Hasinger
12:30 - 13:45
Lunch Break  
13:45 - 14:15
What Do We Really Know about Neutron Stars? L. Woltjer
14:15 - 14:45
Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxy Centers R. Bender
14:45 - 15:00
The Center of the Milky Way A. Eckart
15:00 - 15:30
Sources of Gravitational Waves B.F. Schutz
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break  
16:00 - 16:30
Detection of Gravitational Waves K. Danzmann
16:30 - 17:15
Fundamental Physics with Space Experiments S. Vitale
17:15 - 18:00
Astroparticle Physics from Space R. Battiston
18:00 - 18:30
Refreshments  
18:30 - 19:15
Special Talk: Time J. Carrière
19:15
Symposium Buffet Dinner  

 

THURSDAY, 7 MARCH 2002

 

09:00 - 09:45
Stars and Fundamental Physics G. Raffelt
09:45 - 10:00
First Science from the VLT Interferometer F. Paresce
10:00 - 10:30
Observations of Forming Planetary Systems E. van Dishoeck
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break  
11:00 - 11:45
Extrasolar Planetary Systems M. Mayor
11:45 - 12:15
Towards the Detection of Earth-like Extrasolar Planets M. Perryman
12:15 - 13:45
Lunch Break  
13:45 - 14:15
Future Perspectives at ESA D. Southwood
14:15 - 14:45
Future Perspectives at CERN J. Ellis
14:45 - 15:15
Future Perspectives at ESO C. Cesarsky
15:15 - 16:00
Concluding Lecture M. Rees

 

 

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