Schedule - "Gravitational Cosmology" Workshop

Updated as 9 January 2017

Date: 9 Jan 2017 (Mon)

Venue: IAS 2042, 2/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST

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Time Event
10:00-10:05 Welcoming Remarks
Thomas Broadhurst (University of the Basque Country)
  Session 1: Axion-like Dark Matter
Chair:  Henry Tye (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
10:05-10:30 "Axion-like Nonlinear Simulations"
Tzihong Chiueh (National Taiwan University)
10:30-10:45 "Axiverse Inspired Cosmic Acceleration"
Razieh Emami Meibody (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
10:45-11:00 "Light Axion Cosmologies from String Theory"
Sam Wong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
11:00-11:15 "Light Axion Halos from N-body Simulations"
Jiajun Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:15-11:35 Coffee Break
  Session 2: Gravitational Waves & Black Holes
Chair:  Jeremy Lim (The University of Hong Kong)
11:35-11:55 "Lensed Gravitational Wave Predictions"
Tjonnie Li (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:55-12:15 "Gravitational Wave Bursts from Cosmic Strings"
Henry Tye (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
12:15-12:30 "Super Massive Black Hole Lensing in the Hubble Frontier Fields"
Mandy Chen (The University of Hong Kong)
12:30-12:45 "Primordial Black Hole Merging Predictions for LIGO"
Yifan Wang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
12:45-13:00 "Gravitational Physics for the Dark Ages"
Chun Sing Leung (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
  Session 3: Galaxy Cluster Dark Matter and Formation
Chair:  Ming-chung Chu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
14:00-14:15 "Galaxy Formation Predictions vs The Hubble Frontier Fields"
Enoch Leung (The University of Hong Kong)
14:15-14:30 "Geometric Redshift Measurements for Cosmology"
Brian Chan (The University of Hong Kong)
14:30-14:50 "Lensed Double Source Plane Detection with HSC"
Ken Wong (University of Tokyo)
14:50-15:10 "New Gravitational Properties of Massive Clusters"
Thomas Broadhurst (University of the Basque Country)
15:10-15:30 "The Cosmic Growth of Brightest Cluster Galaxies"
Jeremy Lim (The University of Hong Kong)
15:30-15:45 "CLASH clusters and BCG formation"
Juno Lee (The University of Hong Kong)
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:45 Astrophysics Proposal Discussion Group

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