XIth School of Cosmology
 
17 - 22 September 2012 at IESC, Cargèse

Gravitational Lenses
their impact in the study of galaxies and
Cosmology



Program

(the presentations are here)

Monday 17 September 2012

  • 09h00  Registrations
  • Lunch
  • 13h50 - 14h00 : Opening
  • 14h00 - 15h00 : The expanding universe (cosmology basics) — Cristiano Porciani
  • 15h00 - 16h00 : Introduction to Gravitational Lensing (Basics and History) — Joachim Wambsganss
  • Coffee Break
  • 16h30 - 17h30 : The large-scale structure of the universe — Cristiano Porciani
  • 17h30 - 18h00 : A brief history of gravitational lensing — David Valls-Gabaud
  • 18h00 - 19h10 : Posters session (1)
Tuesday 18 September 2012
  • 08h30 - 09h30 : Microlensing of distant Quasars — Joachim Wambsganss
  • Coffee Break
  • 10h00 - 11h00 : Weak lensing: techniques and cosmological applications (1) — David Bacon
  • 11h00 - 12h00 : Weak Lensing and dark energy (1) — Tom Kitching
  • Lunch
  • 14h00 - 15h00 : Weak lensing by large-scale structures: theory — Cristiano Porciani
  • 15h00 - 16h00 : Mass sub-structures in galaxies constrained via lensing (1) — Leon Koopmans
  • Coffee Break
  • 16h30 - 18h00 : A kind of "Hands-on" Workshop: How to calculate Quasar Microlensing — Joachim Wambsganss
  • 18h00 - 19h10 : Posters session (2)
  • 19h30 - 21h30 : Welcome Party
Wednesday 19 September 2012
  • 08h30 - 09h30 : Weak lensing: techniques and cosmological applications (2) — David Bacon
  • Coffee Break
  • 10h00 - 11h00 : Weak Lensing and dark energy  (2) — Tom Kitching
  • 11h00 - 12h00 : Lensing Constraints on Galaxy Cluster Mass and Structure (1) — Graham Smith
  • Lunch
  • 14h00 - 15h00: Weak lensing studies of dark matter halos around galaxies (1) — Henk Hoekstra
  • 15h00 - 16h00 : Mass sub-structures in galaxies constrained via lensing (2) — Leon Koopmans
  • Coffee Break
  • 16h30 - 17h30 : Quasar Absorbers and Lensing (1) — Céline Péroux
  • 17h30 - 18h30 : Search for the First galaxies (1) — Roser Pello
  • 18h30 - 19h00 : Cosmological and astrophysical applications of vacuum quantum corrections — Ilya L. Shapiro
Thursday 20 September 2012
  • 08h30 - 09h30 : Lensing Constraints on Galaxy Cluster Mass and Structure (2) — Graham Smith
  • Coffee Break
  • 10h00 - 11h00 : Weak lensing studies of dark matter halos around galaxies (2) — Henk Hoekstra
  • 11h00 - 12h00 : Quasar Absorbers and Lensing (2) — Céline Péroux
  • Lunch
  • 14h00 - 15h00 : Galaxy at high z via gravitational telescope +strong lensing surveys (1) — Jean-Paul Kneib
  • 15h00 - 16h00 : Spatially resolved studies of lensed galaxies (1) — Johan Richard
  • Coffee Break
  • 16h30 - 17h30 :  Mass sub-structures in galaxies constrained via lensing (3) — Leon Koopmans
  • 17h30 - 18h30 : Search for the First galaxies (2) — Roser Pello
  • 18h30 - 19h00 : Geometric Scalar Gravity — Mario Novello
  • 19h30 : Banquet & Concert
Friday 21 September 2012
  • 08h30 - 09h30 : Galaxy at high z via gravitational telescope +strong lensing surveys (2) — Jean-Paul Kneib
  • pause
  • 10h00 - 11h00 : Spatially resolved studies of lensed galaxies (2) — Johan Richard
  • 11h00 - 12h00 : Discussion/Conclusion
  • Lunch
  • 15:30 Calanches de Piana (trip boat)
Saturday 22 September 2012
  • 09:00  Departure of participants
Posters Session - 1
  • 18h00 - 18h10 : Improved lensing reconstruction with a non-parametric code — Irene Sendra
  • 18h10 - 18h20 : A Weak-Lensing Mass Reconstruction Of The Large-Scale Filament Feeding The Massive Galaxy Cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745 — Mathilde Jauzac
  • 18h20 - 18h30 : Weak lensing mass mapping: Inverse and forward methods — Eric Jullo
  • 18h30 - 18h40 : Strong lensing as a probe of the mass distribution beyond the Einstein radius. Mass and light in SL2SJ08544-0121, a galaxy group at z=0.35 — Marceau Limousin
  • 18h40 - 18h50 : Cosmography with strong lensing systems - joint analysis — Beata Malec
  • 18h50 - 19h00 : Effect of Non-linear structure and Baryons in Shear Power Spectrum —  Sanghamitra Deb
  • 19h00 - 19h10 : Prospects for constraining Dark Energy and Early Universe with the B modes of CMB polarization —  Claudia Antolini
Posters Session - 2
  • 18h00 - 18h10 : Translations in Relative Locality —  Niccolò Loret
  • 18h10 - 18h20 : Constraints on variation of fundamental constants from Cosmology — Eloisa Menegoni
  • 18h20 - 18h30 : Cluster detection in the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) — Rossella Licitra
  • 18h30 - 18h40 : The Three-Dimensional Shapes of Galaxy Clusters — Marceau Limousin
  • 18h40 - 18h50 : Efficient Cosmic Shear Analysis with COSEBIs — Marika Asgari
  • 18h50 - 19h00 : Galaxy bias and BAO tracers, combining weak lensing and halo occupation distribution — Johan Comparat
  • 19h00 - 19h10 : Looking for high-z galaxies (z>6.5) behind the lensing cluster A2667 — Nicolas Laporte

Lecturers

David Bacon —
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth (UK)
Henk Hoekstra —
Leiden Observatory (NL)
Tom Kitching —
Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh (UK)
Jean-Paul Kneib —
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, AMU (FR)
Leon Koopmans —
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (NL)
Simona Mei —
GEPI Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (FR)
Roser Pello —
IRAP Observatoire Midi-Pyrenées (FR)
Céline Péroux —
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, AMU (
FR)
Cristiano Porciani —
Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (DE)
Johan Richard —
CRAL Université de Lyon (FR)
Graham P. Smith —
University of Birmingham (UK)
Joachim Wambsganss —
Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (DE)


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