Thursday, 22nd (Seminar Room, Centre for Astrophysics)
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09h30 |
Tom Girard (CFNUL, Lisbon):
Opening and Introduction to COSLAB |
10h30 |
Coffee |
11h00 |
Arttu Rajantie (Cambridge):
Phase Transitions in the Early Universe |
12h00 |
Lunch |
14h30 |
Ray Rivers (Imperial):
Patterns of Symmetry Breaking in Cosmology and the Laboratory |
15h30 |
Jose Maria Tavares (CFTC, Lisbon):
Equilibrium structure and Phase transitions in Dipolar Fluids |
16h30 |
Tea |
17h00 |
Jorge Paramos (CFNUL, Lisbon):
Constraints on Topological Defect Formation in First-order Superconducting Phase Transitions
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Public Talk (Auditorium, Centre for Astrophysics)
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21h00 |
Arttu Rajantie (Cambridge):
Defect Formation - Experimental Cosmology
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Friday 23rd (Room 0.30, Applied Maths Department)
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09h30 |
Ray Rivers (Imperial):
Dynamical Models of Cosmological and Laboratory Phase Transitions and their Experimental
Confirmation |
10h30 |
Coffee |
11h00 |
Arttu Rajantie (Cambridge):
Defect Formation |
12h00 |
Lunch |
14h30 |
Paul Shellard (Cambridge):
Cosmic Defect Evolution |
15h30 |
Tom Girard (CFNUL, Lisbon):
Defect Detection in Superconductors |
16h30 |
Tea |
17h00 |
Orfeu Bertolami (CFNUL, Lisbon):
Three Tests of Gravity
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20h00 |
Workshop Dinner |
Saturday 24th (Room 0.30, Applied Maths Department)
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09h30 |
Paul Shellard (Cambridge):
Cosmological Consequences of Topological Defects |
10h30 |
Coffee |
11h00 |
Carlos Martins (CAUP, Porto):
The Velocity-dependent One-scale Model |
12h00 |
Lunch |
14h30 |
Carlos Martins (CAUP, Porto):
Non-standard Roles for Cosmic Defects |
15h10 |
Joana Oliveira (CFP, Porto):
The Scaling Properties of Domain Wall Networks |
15h50 |
Luís Beça (CFP, Porto):
2dF Constraints on Cosmic String Scenarios |
16h30 |
Tea |
17h00 |
Tom Girard (CFNUL, Lisbon):
Closing Remarks
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