PASCOS 2001
Eighth International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
April 10-15, 2001.
Scientific Program: All Plenary Talks are in Hill Ballroom of Carolina Inn
- Monday, April 9, 2001.
- 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm Reception (cash bar).
- Tuesday, April 10, 2001.
- 8.45-9.00 am Welcoming remarks, R. Shelton (Provost of UNC-CH).
- Morning Chairman: P.H. Frampton (UNC-Chapel Hill)
- 9.00am-9.50am J. Gunion (UC-Davis)
- Hunting the Higgs Boson(s).
- 9.50am-10.40am D. Morrison (Duke University)
- String Theory, Geometry and Duality.
- 10.40am-11.10am BREAK
- 11.10am-12.00pm M. Kamionkowski (Caltech)
- Recent Progress and Future Prospects in the Cosmic Microwave Background.
- 12.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH
- Afternoon Chairman: S. Barr (Bartol Research Institute, Delaware)
- 2.00pm-2.50pm A I Sanda (Nagoya)
- Recent Developments in CP Violation.
- 2.50pm-3.40pm S. Kachru (Stanford)
- Warped Compactifications of String Theory.
- 3.40pm-4.10pm BREAK
- 4.10pm-5.00pm A. Linde (Stanford)
- Inflation and Creation of Matter in the Universe.
- 8.00pm-11.00pm PARALLEL SESSIONS
- Wednesday, April 11, 2001.
- Morning Chairman: P. Ramond (University of Florida)
- 9.00-9.50am R. Svoboda (LSU / LBNL )
- Experimental Results on Neutrino Oscillations.
- 9.50am-10.40am N. Arkani-Hamed (Berkeley)
- Mooses from the Fifth Dimension.
- 10.40am-11.10am BREAK
- 11.10am-12.00pm D. Spergel (Princeton / IAS )
- MAP and the Cosmic Background Radiation.
- 12.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH
- Afternoon Chairman: J. Donoghue (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
- 2.00pm-2.50pm T. Appelquist (Yale University)
- Precision Measurements and Extra Dimensions.
- 2.50pm-3.40pm E. Silverstein (SLAC)
- Supersymmetry Breaking, Instabilities and AdS/CFT.
- 3.40pm-4.10pm BREAK
- 4.10pm-5.00pm A. Vilenkin (Tufts University)
- Solutions to the Cosmological Constant Problem.
- 8.00pm (Doors open 7.15pm) Memorial Hall
- Paul Steinhardt (Princeton University) PASCOS PUBLIC LECTURE
- The Dark Side of the Universe.
- Thursday, April 12, 2001.
- Morning Chairman: G. Kane (University of Michigan)
- 9.00-9.50am W. Buchmuller (DESY, Hamburg)
- Recent Progress in Leptogenesis.
- 9.50am-10.40am A. Sen (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad)
- D-Branes as Solitons.
- 10.40am-11.10am BREAK
- 11.10am-12.00pm A. Lange (Caltech)
- The Cosmic Microwave Background, Observational Aspects
- 12.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH
- Afternoon Chairman: M. Duff(University of Michigan)
- 2.00pm-2.50pm P. Ramond (University of Florida)
- Testing Fundamental Ideas with Neutrinos.
- 2.50pm-3.40pm J. Lykken (Fermilab)
- Gravity in Extra Dimensions.
- 3.40pm-4.10pm BREAK
- 4.10pm-5.00pm A.J. Albrecht (UC-Davis)
- Cosmic Acceleration and Fundamental Physics.
- 8.00pm-11.00pm PARALLEL SESSIONS
- Friday, April 13, 2001.
- Morning Chairman: T. Appelquist (Yale University)
- 9.00-9.50am K.D. Lane (Boston University)
- Dynamical Solution to the Strong CP Problem.
- 9.50am-10.40am S. Gubser (Caltech)
- D-Brane Instabilities and Phase Transitions
- 10.40am-11.10am BREAK
- 11.10am-12.00pm L. Kofman (CITA, Toronto)
- Inflation and Preheating.
- 12.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH
- Afternoon Chairman: K.D. Lane(Boston University)
- 2.00pm-2.50pm H. Murayama (Berkeley)
- New Perspective on Cosmic Coincidence Problems.
- 2.50pm-3.40pm M. Duff (University of Michigan)
- Progress in M Theory
- 3.40pm-4.10pm BREAK
- 4.10pm-5.00pm F. Montanet (Fermilab)
- The Pierre Auger Project and the Puzzle of the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays.
- 6.30pm-7.30pm Cocktail hour (cash bar)
- 7.30pm BANQUET Chancellor's Ballroom
- After-dinner Sheldon L. Glashow (Boston University)
- Saturday, April 14, 2001.
- Morning Chairman: S.H.H. Tye(Cornell University)
- 9.00-9.50am G. Kane (University of Michigan)
- Interpreting New Experimental Clues for Particle Physics.
- 9.50am-10.40am M. Strassler (University of Pennsylvania)
- Matching String Theory and Field Theory.
- 10.40am-11.10am BREAK
- 11.10am-12.00pm Ariel Goobar (Stockholm University)
- Cosmological Parameters from Type IA Supernovae.
- 12.00pm-2.00pm LUNCH
- Afternoon Chairman: E.W. Kolb (Fermilab)
- 2.00pm-2.50pm W. Verkerke (UC-Santa Barbara)
- Measurement of CP Asymmetry in B Decay with the BaBar Detector.
- 2.50pm - 3.40pm S. Barr (Bartol, Delaware)
- Classifying Models of Neutrino Oscillations.
- 3.40pm-4.10pm BREAK
- 4.10pm-5.00pm W.M. Morse (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Recent Results from the Muon (g-2) Experiment.
- Sunday, April 15, 2001.
- Chairman: Y.Jack Ng(UNC-Chapel Hill)
- 9.00-9.50am P. Nath (Northeastern/CERN)
- Muon (g -2) and Implications for SusyGUTs.
- 9.50am-10.40am S.H.H. Tye (Cornell University)
- A Brane World Perspective on the Cosmological Constant Problem.
- 10.40am-11.10am BREAK
- 11.10am-12.00pm E.W. Kolb (Fermilab)
- Production and Detection of Wimpzillas.
- 12.00pm-1.00pm Gerard 't Hooft (Utrecht)
- Duality, Quantum Mechanics, Causality or What?
- 1.00pm PASCOS 2001 ENDS.