Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposium II MEASURING AND MODELING THE UNIVERSE 17-22 November 2002, Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, USA

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INTRODUCTION

In honor of the Centennial of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the Observatories will host an international conference on the topic of cosmology, focusing on the theory and measurement of various parameters related to the evolution of the universe. Review topics will include inflation, string theory, brane theory, and the history of cosmology in the context of current measurements being made of the Hubble constant, the matter density, and dark energy, including observational results from the Sloan survey, Keck and Magellan telescopes, CMB experiments, HST and Chandra. The purpose of this conference is to assemble a group of researchers with diverse, but interrelated, observational and theoretical expertise. The scientific program will be framed by a series of in-depth invited reviews, to be supplemented by contributed talks, posters, and discussion sessions.

TOPICS AND INVITED SPEAKERS

Historical and Theoretical Overview G. Christianson, A. Guth, M. Longair, L. Randall, J. Silk, M. Turner Cosmological Parameters W. Freedman, M. Kamionkowski The Hubble Constant J. Carlstrom, P. Schechter, J. Tonry Matter Density B. Sadoulet, V. Trimble Results from the Sloan and 2dF Surveys TBD Gravity Waves E. Flannagan and others TBD Cosmological Constant, Dark Energy A. Filippenko, E. Turner, S. Weinberg Cosmic Microwave Background A. Lange, L. Page, A. Readhead, D. Spergel, M. Zaldarriaga Conference Summary R. Blandford, S. Faber

MEETING LOCATION

The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Pasadena Hotel, the same hotel where most of the participants will stay. It is located near the heart of Old Town Pasadena and not far from Carnegie Observatories.

LIMITED PARTICIPATION

The meeting will be limited to a maximum of 120 participants. This restriction is necessary because of the capacity of the venue. A smaller number of participants also provides more opportunity for interaction. If you are interested in the meeting, we encourage you to register early. The organizers reserve the right to select participants based on the suitability of their proposed contributions to the overall scientific agenda of the meeting.

For more information contact:

Wendy Freedman

Carnegie Observatories

813 Santa Barbara Street

Pasadena, CA 91101, U.S.A.

Email: wfreedman@ociw.edu

URL: http://www.ociw.edu/ociw/symposia/symposium2

Last Updated: 6 August 2002