IV Joint ICTP-Trieste/ICTP-SAIFR School on Cosmology: Challenges for the Standard Cosmological Model

In this IVth Edition of the School, in addition to the standard topics we would like to focus on some recent challenges in Cosmology: the recent developments concerning tensions in the standard cosmological model, the modelling and testing of fundamental physics on nonlinear scales and the use of gravitational waves to test cosmology.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the School will be held online. We will continue with the format of a 2-week school, with 3 courses each week. Each course consists of 5 60-minutes lectures and we will arrange ample time for discussions.

There is no registration fee.

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Lecturers:

Organizers:

• Raul Abramo (IF-USP)
• Mehrdad Mirbabayi (ICTP-Trieste)
• Paolo Creminelli (ICTP-Trieste)
• Rogerio Rosenfeld (IFT-UNESP/ICTP-SAIFR)

Announcement

Online application is now closed

School program: PDF updated on January 28, 2021

Welcome – PDF

Pedro Ferreira – PDF 0 – PDF 1 – PDF 2 – PDF 3 – PDF 4 – PDF 5 – PDF 6 – PDF 7 – PDF 8

2021-01-18

• 10:00 – Fabian Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany): Structure formation in the Universe – 1 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 11:30 – Yacine Ali-Haïmoud (New York University, USA): Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background – 1 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 15:30 – Valerie Domcke (CERN, Switzerland): Inflation and the origin of perturbations – 1 of 5
• Hokework    Attachment

2021-01-19

• 10:00 – Fabian Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany): Structure formation in the Universe – 2 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 11:30 – Valerie Domcke (CERN, Switzerland): Inflation and the origin of perturbations – 2 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 15:30 – Yacine Ali-Haïmoud (New York University, USA): Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background – 2 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

2021-01-20

• 10:00 – Fabian Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany): Structure formation in the Universe – 3 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 11:30 – Valerie Domcke (CERN, Switzerland): Inflation and the origin of perturbations – 3 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 15:30 – Yacine Ali-Haïmoud (New York University, USA): Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background – 3 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

2021-01-21

• 10:00 – Valerie Domcke (CERN, Switzerland): Inflation and the origin of perturbations – 4 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 11:30 – Fabian Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany): Structure formation in the Universe – 4 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 15:30 – Yacine Ali-Haïmoud (New York University, USA): Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background – 4 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

2021-01-22

• 10:00 – Valerie Domcke (CERN, Switzerland): Inflation and the origin of perturbations – 5 of 5
• Attachment

• 11:30 – Fabian Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany): Structure formation in the Universe – 5 of 5
• Attachment

• 15:30 – Yacine Ali-Haïmoud (New York University, USA): Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background – 5 of 5
• Attachment

2021-01-25

• 10:00 – Pedro Ferreira (Oxford University, UK): Testing Beyond LambdaCDM Models – 1 of 5
• Homework

• 11:30 – Chiara Caprini (AstroParticle and Cosmology Laboratory, APC, Paris, France): Cosmology from Gravitational Waves – 1 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 15:30 – Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan, USA): Cosmology from Large Galaxy Surveys – 1 0f 5
  • Slides: LSS basics. Growth function and P(k)
  • Numerical: Review distance, then growth and P(k).
  • Lecture notes for the whole week

2021-01-26

• 10:00 – Pedro Ferreira (Oxford University, UK): Testing Beyond LambdaCDM Models – 2 of 5

• 11:30 – Chiara Caprini (AstroParticle and Cosmology Laboratory, APC, Paris, France): Cosmology from Gravitational Waves – 2 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 15:30 – Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan, USA): Cosmology from Large Galaxy Surveys – 2 of 5
  • Slides: Cosmo probes. Sigma8. Begin lensing.
  • Numerical: sigma(z), mass function dn/dlnM(z).

2021-01-27

• 10:00 – Pedro Ferreira (Oxford University, UK): Testing Beyond LambdaCDM Models – 3 of 5

• 11:30 – Chiara Caprini (AstroParticle and Cosmology Laboratory, APC, Paris, France): Cosmology from Gravitational Waves – 3 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 15:30 – Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan, USA): Cosmology from Large Galaxy Surveys – 3 of 5
  • Slides: End lensing. Statistical methods in cosmology.
  • Numerical: none

2021-01-28

• 10:00 – Pedro Ferreira (Oxford University, UK): Testing Beyond LambdaCDM Models – 4 of 5

• 11:30 – Chiara Caprini (AstroParticle and Cosmology Laboratory, APC, Paris, France): Cosmology from Gravitational Waves – 4 of 5
• Homework    Attachment

• 15:30 – Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan, USA): Cosmology from Large Galaxy Surveys – 4 of 5
  • Slides: Dark energy, SNIa.
  • Numerical: statistical analysis of SNIa data.

2021-01-29

• 10:00 – Pedro Ferreira (Oxford University, UK): Testing Beyond LambdaCDM Models – 5 of 5

• 11:30 – Chiara Caprini (AstroParticle and Cosmology Laboratory, APC, Paris, France): Cosmology from Gravitational Waves – 5 of 5
• Attachment

• 15:30 – Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan, USA): Cosmology from Large Galaxy Surveys – 5 of 5
  • Slides: none.
  • Numerical: CMB and Healpix. Other advanced topics if time allows.