Discussion Meeting on Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics 2015 (COSMOASTRO15)

  • ORGANIZERS

    Institute of Physics , Bhubaneswar

    DATE

    30 - 05 Nov 2015

    VENUE

    Main Lecture Hall, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar

Precision CMBR data for temperature fluctuations as well as polarization has driven tremendous amount of research in the frontier area of cosmology and astro-particle physics. The area being highly interdisciplinary, it provides a meeting ground for people working in diverse areas such as nuclear physics, particle physics, generalrelativity, and quantum gravity.

The community working in this area in India is relatively small, and sparsely distributed. The purpose of this discussion meeting is to bring some of the practitioners of the field together,in an atmosphere which provides opportunity for intensive discussions. Such an atmosphere will be of tremendous benefit to students/ postdocs working in this area, and may also promote interchange of ideas between people working on different aspects of this general area.

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Registration: 30th Oct. 2015/ 10:30A.M. – 11:00A.M.

(On 30th Oct., Session begins at 11:00A.M.)

Morning Session Afternoon Session
Talk+Discussion : 10.00 AM to 11.15 AM
Tea: 11.15 AM to 11.45 AM
Discussion : 11.45 AM to 1.00 PM 		Talk+Discussion : 03.00 PM to 04.15 PM
Tea : 04.15 PM to 04.45 PM
Discussion : 4.45 PM to 5.30 PM

Lunch : 1.00 PM to 3.00 PM

Date/Session Morning Afternoon
30-10-2015 Sudhakar Panda, IOP
Talk: “Aspects of String Cosmology” + Discussion 		Kaushik Dutta, SINP
Talk: “Inflation, Moduli and Some Issues”
+ Discussion
31-10-2015 L. Sriramkumar, IITM
Talk on “Whither inflation?”
+ Discussion 		Pankaj Jain, IITK
Talk “Evading the fine tuning of the
cosmological constant in a quatum
conformal model”
+Discussion
01-11-2015 Anjan Anand Sen, JMI
Talk: TBA
+ Discussion 		Pankaj Jain, IITK
Talk on “Large scale anisotropy in the universe”
+Discussion
02-11-2015 Pavan K. Aluri, IUCAA
Talk+Discussion on “CMB and violation of isotropy ‐ estimation and implications”
+ Discussion 		Venue: Physics Department, Utkal University
Time:- 3:00PM – 4:00PM : Colloquium by L. Sriramkumar, IITM
Title: “Exploding stars, distances to far away galaxies and the composition of the Universe.”
Time:- 4:15PM – 5:15PM : Talk by L. Sriramkumar, IITM
Title: “Bouncing Universes”
03-11-2015 Time:- 10:00AM – 11:00AM
M.K. Parida, SOA Univ.
Talk on “Dark Matter in SO(10)”
Time:- 11:45AM – 12:45PM
Atri Deshmukhya, ASSAM University,
Talk on “Chromo Natural Inflation”

FREE
04-11-2015 Time:- 10:00AM – 11:00AM
Subhendra Mohanty, PRL.
Talk on “Issues in nflation phenomenology from the perspective of particle physics”
Time:- 11:45AM – 12:45PM
Ranjan Laha, Stanford
Talk on “Ice Cube Neutrinos” 		Pravabati Chingangbam, IIA,
Talk on “From primordial physics to the CMB”
+Discussion on “Noncommutative geometry and CMBR”
Discussion Coordinators: Pravabati Chingangbam and Akhilesh Nautiyal
05-11-2015 Ranjan Laha, Stanford
Talk on “Status of particle dark matter searches”
+Discussion 		Sayantan Choudhury, TIFR
Talk on “Effective Models for Cosmological Collider Physics”
+Discussion
# Name Institute Date
1 Akhilesh Nautiyal IISER, BHOPAL 30th Oct – 5th Nov 2015
2 Anjan Ananda Sen JMI, New Delhi 31st Oct – 4th Nov. 2015
3 Atri Deshmukhya Assam University, Assam 30th Oct – 8th Nov. 2015
4 Bikash Dhinda JMI, New Delhi 29th Oct-6th Nov 2015
5 Biswanath Layek BITS,Pilani 30th Oct – 4th Nov 2015
6 Chandan Hati PRL, Ahemedabad 29th Oct-6th Nov 2015
7 Hijam Zeen Devi Northeastern Hill U., Shillong 30th Oct -5th Nov 2015
8 Kaushik Dutta SINP, Kolkata 30th Oct -3rd Nov 2015
9 L.Sriramkumar IITM, Chennai 30th Oct-3rd Nov 2015
10 Narendra Sahu IITH, Hyderabad 30st Oct – 2nd Nov 2015
11 Pankaj Jain IITK, Kanpur 30th Oct -5th Nov 2015
12 Pavan K. Aluri IUCAA, Pune 30th Oct – 6th Nov 2015
13 P.S.Saumia IMSC, Chennai 30th Oct – 5th Nov 2015
14 Pravabati Chingangbam IIA, Bangalore 29th Oct-6th Nov 2015
15 Ranjan Laha Stanford U., Phys. Dept. 31st Oct – 7th Nov 2015
16 Sayantan Choudhury TIFR, Mumbai 2nd– 5th Nov 2015
17 Soma Sanyal University of Hydrabad 30th Oct – 5th Nov 2015
18 Subhendra Mohanty PRL, Ahemadabad 3rd – 7th Nov. 2015
# Name Institute
1 Arnab Dasgupta Institute of Physics, BBSR
2 Arpan Das Institute of Physics, BBSR
3 Ajit M Srivastava Institute of Physics, BBSR
4 Bharat Kumar Institute of Physics, BBSR
5 Bidisha Chakrabarty Institute of Physics, BBSR
6 Bishnu Parija Institute of Physics, BBSR
7 Biswajit Das Institute of Physics, BBSR
8 Debasish Mallick Institute of Physics, BBSR
9 Lalatendu Pradhan Institute of Physics, BBSR
10 Maguni Mahakud Institute of Physics, BBSR
11 Partha Bagchi Institute of Physics, BBSR
12 Pradip Kumar Sahu Institute of Physics, BBSR
13 Pranati K. Rath Institute of Physics, BBSR
14 Ranjita K. Mohapatra Institute of Physics, BBSR
15 Sabya Sachi Chatterjee Institute of Physics, BBSR
16 Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla Institute of Physics, BBSR
17 Shreyansh Shankar Dave Institute of Physics, BBSR
18 Somnath De Institute of Physics, BBSR
19 Soumyabrata Chatterjee Institute of Physics, BBSR
20 Subrat Kumar Biswal Institute of Physics, BBSR
21 Sudhakar Panda Institute of Physics, BBSR
22 Sujoy Shil Institute of Physics, BBSR
23 Suresh Kumar Patra Institute of Physics, BBSR
 
1 M.K. Parida SOA University, BBSR
2 Sudhanwa Patra SOA University, BBSR
 
1 Karmadeva Maharana Utkal University, BBSR
2 Pramoda K. Samal Utkal University, BBSR
3 Srikanta Panda Utkal University, BBSR
4 Swapna Mahapatra Utkal University, BBSR
 
1 Bhamidipati Chandrasekhar IIT Bhubaneswar, BBSR
 
1 Nishikanta Khandai NISER, BBSR

Location

Venues for Parallel Discussion
Library Conference Room
Library Seminar Room (Only for discussion with Afternoon Session)
Academic Lounge

Organizers

Name Affiliation Email Role
Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar sanjib@iopb.res.in Organizer
Sudhakar Panda Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar panda@iopb.res.in Organizer
Pranati K. Rath Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar pranati@iopb.res.in Organizer
Pramoda K. Samal Department of Physics, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar pksamal@gmail.com Organizer
Ajit M. Srivastava Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar ajit@iopb.res.in Convener

About us

The Institute Of Physics, Bhubaneswar is an autonomous research institution funded jointly by the Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Government of Orissa. The Institute was officially established in 1972 by the Government of Orissa, and registered in 1972 as a registered society under societies Registration Act 1860. The Institute started functioning under the directorship of Prof. T. Pradhan on September 4, 1974 in two rented rooms of the Utkal University Guest House. After a few months, the Institute moved to a rented house in Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar where its academic activities got started in January 1975 with two faculty besides the then Director, Prof. T. Pradhan. From 1974 to 1981, the Institute functioned in rented buildings and moved to its present campus in 1981. On March 25,1985, the Institute was taken up by the Department of Atomic Energy.