XV Iberian Cosmology Meeting, Online

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Date:  2021-03-29  -  2021-03-31

Location:  Portugal (online)

The XV Iberian Cosmology meeting will be held online via Zoom from the 29th to the 31st of March 2021. The meeting is jointly organised by the University of Coimbra and Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon.

Registration is now open in the conference webpage.

The invited speakers are:

– Alessandro Melchiorri (Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza), “Planck evidence for a closed universe and a possible crisis for Cosmology”

– Jerome Martin (CNRS/Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris), “The quantum origin of the galaxies”

– Jose Senovilla (Universidad del Pais Vasco), “Mathematics in Cosmology”

and there will also be a special talk in tribute to the life and work of John Barrow by

– Jose Mimoso (Universidade de Lisboa).

These meetings aim to encourage interactions and collaborations between researchers working in cosmology and related areas in Portugal and Spain. Researchers working in other countries are also most welcome. Please feel free to send this announcement to other scientists that may be interested in attending.

The meetings are informal and there is no registration fee. All participants wishing to give a talk may submit a title and abstract when they register. The deadline for abstract submission is March 6, 2021 and a preliminary program will appear on the webpage shortly after.

Moreover, these meetings are not restricted to a single topic but are open to cosmologists in the broadest sense, from mathematical cosmology and theoretical particle physics to observational astrophysics. They are also designed to encourage the presentation of work in progress.

We look forward to seeing you!

The local organizing committee

Alexandre Correia (Univ. Coimbra)
Artur Alho (IST, Univ. Lisboa)
Filipe Mena (IST, Univ. Lisboa)
Joao Rosa (Univ. Coimbra)
Miguel Zilhao (IST, Univ. Lisboa)
Nuno Peixinho (Univ. Coimbra)