Conveners
Invited Plenary Session: ENRIQUE GAZTAÑAGA: “The Black Hole Universe, or the illusion of the Big Bang"
- Mariusz Dabrowski (University of Szczecin)
Invited Plenary Session: JUTTA KUNZ: “Compact Objects in Alternative Gravities”
- Mariusz Dabrowski (University of Szczecin)
Invited Plenary Session: MARTIN KUNZ “Testing gravity and constraining dark energy with Euclid"
- Vincenzo Salzano (University of Szczecin)
Invited Plenary Session: JOHN K. WEBB “Varying fine structure constant - Latest developments"
- Vincenzo Salzano (University of Szczecin)
Invited Plenary Session: IVETTE FUENTES “Quantum Frequency Interferometry: with applications ranging from gravitational wave detection to dark matter searches”
- Vincenzo Salzano (University of Szczecin)
Invited Plenary Session: NIAYESH AFSHORDI “Mystery Noise in Gravitational Wave Detectors, as a probe of Fundamental Physics"
- Vincenzo Salzano (University of Szczecin)
Invited Plenary Session: ELEONORA DI VALENTINO: “Cosmological Tensions: hints for a new concordance model?”
- Agnieszka Pollo
Invited Plenary Session: NICOLAS YUNES “Probing Fundamental Physics in Extreme Gravity with Gravitational Waves”
- Andrzej Krolak (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Invited Plenary Session: ANNA POLLMANN: “Physics beyond the Standard Model with IceCube"
- Emmanuel N. Saridakis (National Observatory of Athens / University of Science and Technology of China)
Invited Plenary Session: ROBERTO EMPARAN: “Aspects of traversable wormholes”
- Emmanuel N. Saridakis (National Observatory of Athens / University of Science and Technology of China)
Invited Plenary Session: PAUL C. W. DAVIES: “The gravitational entropy of the Universe"
- Marek Rogatko (Maria Curie Sklodowska University)
Invited Plenary Session: ALEXEI A. STAROBINSKY: “Generating peaks in primordial perturbation power spectra"
- Agnieszka Pollo
Invited Plenary Session: LAVINIA HEISENBERG: “Roadmap of gravity”
- Mariusz Dabrowski (University of Szczecin)
Invited Plenary Session: FABIO SCARDIGLI: “Generalized uncertainty principle, deformation parameter, and Lorentz symmetry violation”
- Emmanuel N. Saridakis (National Observatory of Athens / University of Science and Technology of China)
Invited Plenary Session: ASTRID EICHHORN: “Asymptotic safety - a new symmetry principle for quantum spacetime and (dark) matter"
- Agnieszka Pollo
Most cosmologists today believed that our universe corresponds to a Big Bang homogeneous (FLRW) metric with an age which is only three times larger than the age of Earth. This seems in agreement with most observations and with the cosmological principle which states that spacetime is homogeneous only in space, but not in time. Recent measurements indicate that our cosmic expansion is...
Compact astrophysical objects like black holes and neutron stars are excellent tools to test the strong gravity regime of General Relativity and alternative gravity theories by comparing their theoretical predictions with current and future observations, since alternative gravity theories may feature distinctive signatures for these compact objects. While the analysis of the properties of...
Euclid is an ESA medium class astronomy and astrophysics space mission. Euclid was selected by ESA in October 2011 and its launch is planned for 2022. Euclid will explore how the Universe evolved over the past 10 billion years to address questions related to fundamental physics and cosmology..
I will give a general overview of the Euclid satellite and its mission, and describe the main...
Abstract:
Recent observations carried out using all 4 VLTs simultaneously have provided new quasar spectra of unprecedented quality. I will describe the very recent analysis of such data, carried out using new AI methods and other statistical tools that permit fully automated and unbiased estimates of the fine structure constant at high redshift.
We introduce a quantum interferometric scheme that uses states that are sharp in frequency and delocalized in position. The states are frequency modes of a quantum field that is trapped at all times in a finite volume potential, such as a small box potential. This allows for significant miniaturization of interferometric devices. We consider a concrete implementation using the ground state and...
Where, I venture into how the noise in gravitational wave detectors could tell us about the physics beyond the standard model of particle physics, and the fundamental nature of quantum black holes.
The Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization anisotropy measurements have provided strong confirmation of the LCDM model of structure formation. Even if this model can explain incredibly well the observations in a vast range of scales and epochs, with the increase of the experimental sensitivity, a few interesting tensions between the cosmological probes, and anomalies in the...
The recent gravitational wave observations of the collision of black holes and neutron stars have allowed us to pierce into the extreme gravity regime, where gravity is simultaneously unfathomably large and wildly dynamical. These waves encode a trove of information about physics that is prime for the taking, including potential revelations about the validity of Einstein's theory. In this...
The IceCube neutrino observatory is a neutrino telescope situated near the South Pole in Antarctica. A cubic kilometer of ice is instrumented with optical modules sensitive to photons. When high energetic particles produce light in interactions with the ice, the signature can be recorded and used for reconstruction of the primary particle.
The design of IceCube not only facilitates the...
In recent years there have appeared several constructions of traversable wormholes, in four and other dimensions, which only involve physically acceptable, controllable ingredients. They connect in deep ways many aspects of gravity, quantum field theory, and quantum information. I will discuss several features of these constructions, with a focus on traversability, connectivity between...
