Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual

Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual

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Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum

2016, Sep 04 -- Sep 10

Organizers:
M. Asorey (U. Zaragoza)
E. Elizalde (ICE/CSIC, Barcelona)
S. Odintsov (ICE/CSIC, Barcelona)

Monday, September 05
  • 09:00h
  • Unified evolution of accelerating universe in modified gravity: new models.
     S. Odintsov
  • 09:30h
  • Newton law in unimodular F(R) gravity
     S. Nojiri
  • 10:00h
  • Inflation induced by Composite Scalar Field
     T. Inagaki
  • 11:00h
  • Cosmological scenaria prescribed by an axionic extension of the Einstein-aether theory: Big Rip, Pseudo Rip, de Sitter regimes
     A. Balakin
  • 11:30h
  • General dynamical properties in cosmologies with nonminimal kinetic coupling
     S. Sushkov
  • 12:00h
  • Model for negative entropies in Casimir interactions
     J. Hoye
  • 16:00h
  • Electromagnetic Casimir densities for a conducting plate in dS and AdS spacetimes
     A. Kotanjyan
  • 16:15h
  • A Simple solution for cosmological constant problem by a topological field theory
     T. Mori
  • 16:25h
  • Relativistic stars in dRGT massive gravity
     M. Yamazaki
  • 16:35h
  • On a variant of exponential expansion of the early Universe
     G. H. Harutunyan

    Tuesday, September 06
    • 09:00h
    • Negative entropies and self-entropies for delta-function plates and spheres
       K. A. Milton
    • 09:30h
    • On the bulk viscosity in the cosmic uid
       I. Brevik
    • 10:00h
    • Casimir energies of fractal configurations
       I. Cavero
    • 11:00h
    • Action-reaction violation and vacuum momentum in asymmetrically excited systems
       M. Donaire
    • 11:30h
    • The quest for c functions in three dimensions
       E.M. Santangelo
    • 12:00h
    • The formalism of invariants in scalar-tensor and multiscalar-tensor theories of gravitation
       L. Jarv
    • 16:00h
    • Scalar field dark energy with a minimal coupling in a spherically symmetric background
       J. Matsumoto
    • 16:35h
    • New model of interacting charged spin two particles
       Y. Ohara

      Wednesday, September 07
      • Free day
         

        Thursday, September 08
        • 09:00h
        • Topological entropy and renormalization group flows
           M. Asorey
        • 09:30h
        • Functional determinants and Casimir energy in higher dimensional spherically symmetric background potentials
           K. Kirsten
        • 11:00h
        • The Universe had (probably) an origin: on singularity theorems and quantum fluctuations
           E. Elizalde
        • 11:30h
        • A simple inflationary quintessential model
           J. Haro
        • 12:00h
        • Vacuum currents in braneworlds on AdS bulk with compact dimensions
           V. Vardanyan
        • 16:00h
        • O(N) model in Euclidean de Sitter space: beyond the leading infrared approximation
           L. G. Trombetta
        • 16:15h
        • Can Scalaron be a Dark Matter candidate?
           T. Katsuragawa
        • 16:25h
        • Vacuum expectation value of the surface energy-momentum tensor in braneworlds for a complex scalar field
           H. G. Sargsyan
        • 16:35h
        • TBA
           Y. Zhong
        • 17:00h
        • Round Table
           

          Friday, September 09
          • 09:30h
          • Quantum Foam, Entropic Gravity, and Modified Dark Matter
              Y. Jack Ng
          • 10:00h
          • Late-time quantum backreaction in cosmology
             D. Glavan
          • 11:00h
          • TBA
             S. Sushkov
          • 11:30h
          • Diffusive DM/DE interaction
             Z. Haba

            This session has received financial support from the following institutions:

            • logo CSIC
            • Gobierno de Aragón
            • Ministerio de educación y ciencia
            • DPH
            • Universidad de Zaragoza
            • Ayuntamiento de Benasque

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