Confronting theory with observations
A UniverseNet Cosmology Workshop
The Niels Bohr International Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
August 16 – 20, 2010

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Overview and purpose of the workshop

     This workshop exposed theoretical cosmologists to some of the important observations that are being made of our universe.  The goal was to encourage theorists to think concretely about the questions being raised by these new discoveries and also to acquire a sense of the realistic constaints on theoretical ideas and models that will be possible from the coming generation of cosmological observations.
     The atmosphere was kept lively and informal, with relatively few talks each day, which provided plenty of time for discussion and callaboration among the participants.

Location:

     The workshop was held at the historic Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.

Workshop speakers:

Lars Bergström

Stockholm University

Alexander Dolgov

ITEP, Moscow & Ferrara University

Steen Hannestad

Aarhus University

Steen Hansen

Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute

Alan Heavens

University of Edinburgh

Sabino Matarrese

University of Padua

Anupam Mazumdar

Lancaster University

Viatcheslav Mukhanov

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Hiranya Peiris

University College London

Will Percival

University of Portsmouth

Leandros Perivolaropoulos

University of Ioannina

Syksy Räsänen

University of Helsinki

Subir Sarkar

University of Oxford

Shinji Tsujikawa

Tokyo University of Science

Local organizers:

     P. H. Damgaard, P. Naselsky, H. Collins, and S. Nesseris

This workshop was sponsored by UniverseNet, a Marie Curie Research Training Network.
Additional support was provided by the Discovery Center and the Niels Bohr International Academy.