School of Astrophysics "Francesco Lucchin"

X Cycle, III Course - Bertinoro, May 24-29, 2009


Programme (pdf version)

Yellow: Cosmological backgrounds
Blue: Statistical methods for astrophysics
Orange: Students' talks
Green: Social events



Lectures

Amedeo Balbi: CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies (I) (II)
Amedeo Balbi: Cosmological information from large-scale structure (all)
Carlo Baccigalupi: CMB, foregrounds, and component separation (all)
Lauro Moscardini: SZ effect (all)
Stefano Cristiani: UV background, IGM and reionization (all)

Jasper Wall: Statistics in astromomy (I) (II) (III) (IV) (V)
Alan Heavens: Statistical techniques in cosmology (notes) (slides)
Cristiano Porciani: Advanced statistical techniques with astrophysical applications (I) (II) (III-IV) (notes)

Students' talks



Detailed programme

Sunday, May 24th

17:00
Bologna - Bertinoro
bus with departure from Bologna bus station: map with directions from Central train station (A) to Bus station (B)
18:30 - ...
Welcome Buffet
 


Monday, May 25th

08:00 - 09:00
Registration
 
09:00 - 10:00
Jasper Wall
Statistics in astronomy (I)
10:00 - 11:00
Amedeo Balbi (on behalf of Nicola Vittorio)
CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies (I)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
 
11:30 - 12:30
Jasper Wall
Statistics in astronomy (II)
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch
 
14:30 - 15:30
Amedeo Balbi (on behalf of Nicola Vittorio)
CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies (II)
15:30 - 16:30
Cristiano Porciani
Advanced statistical techniques with astrophysical applications (I)
16:30 - 17:00
Coffee Break
 
17:00 - 18:00
Amedeo Balbi (on behalf of Nicola Vittorio)
CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies (III)
18:00 - 19:00
 
 
Julian Merten
Combining weak and strong lensing
 
Gabriele Bruni
A multi-wavelength study of radio-loud broad absorption line Quasars
 
Stefano Camera
Weak lensing signal in Unified Dark Matter models
 
Maria Angela Campisi
Host Galaxies of LGRBs on cosmological simulation
 
Diego Capozzi
The build up of the colour-magnitude relation in low-redshift clusters
 
Massimo Cavadini
Theoretical Extragalactic Background Light


Tuesday, May 26th

09:00 - 10:00
Amedeo Balbi
Cosmological information from large-scale structure (I)
10:00 - 11:00
Jasper Wall
Statistics in astronomy (III)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
 
11:30 - 12:30
Amedeo Balbi (on behalf of Nicola Vittorio)
CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies (IV)
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch
 
14:30 - 15:30
Alan Heavens
Statistical techniques in cosmology (I)
15:30 - 16:30
Amedeo Balbi
Cosmological information from large-scale structure (II)
16:30 - 17:00
Coffee Break
 
17:00 - 18:00
Alan Heavens
Statistical techniques in cosmology (II)
18:00 - 19:00
 
 
Andrea Conte
Biased total mass of cool core galaxy clusters by Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect measurements
 
Carlos Contreras
Test of Cosmology with 2points-Correlation Function on Wiggle-Z data
 
Graziano Coppa
Bimodalities for zCOSMOS galaxies: the hunt for Green Valley
 
Filippo D'Ammando
Multiwavelength observations of the gamma-ray blazar PKS 1510-089
 
Thomas Franzen
AMI and VSA observations of extragalactic sources from the WMAP 3-year data at 16 and 33 GHz
 
Maciej Bilicki
Density of the Universe from 2MASS


Wednesday, May 27th

09:00 - 10:00
Jasper Wall
Statistics in astronomy (IV)
10:00 - 11:00
Amedeo Balbi
Cosmological information from large-scale structure (III)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
 
11:30 - 12:30
Jasper Wall
Statistics in astronomy (V)
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch
 
14:30 - 15:30
Carlo Baccigalupi
CMB, foregrounds, and component separation (I)
15:30 - 16:30
Cristiano Porciani
Advanced statistical techniques with astrophysical applications (II)
16:30 - 17:00
Coffee Break
 
17:00 - 18:00
Lauro Moscardini
SZ effect (I)
18:00 - 18:50
 
 
Daniela Paoletti
The Scalar, Vector and Tensor Contributions of a Stochastic Background of Primordial Magnetic Fields to CMB
 
Valentina Presotto
SCG0018-4854: a young and dynamic group
 
Simona Righini
The new 18-26 GHz multifeed receiver at the Medicina 32m dish
 
Barbara Sartoris
Cosmology with galaxy clusters
 
Ana Laura Serra
Alternative estimation of the dark matter content of dSphs
20:30
Social Dinner


Thursday, May 28th

09:00 - 10:00
Lauro Moscardini
SZ effect (II)
10:00 - 11:00
Alan Heavens
Statistical techniques in cosmology (III)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
 
11:30 - 12:30
Carlo Baccigalupi
CMB, foregrounds, and component separation (II)
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch
 
14:30 - 15:30
Cristiano Porciani
Advanced statistical techniques with astrophysical applications (III)
15:30 - 16:30
Stefano Cristiani
UV background, IGM and reionization (I)
16:30 - 17:00
Coffee Break
 
17:00 - 18:00
Alan Heavens
Statistical techniques in cosmology (IV)
18:00 - 19:00
 
 
Marilena Spavone
Multiwavelenght study of the interacting and peculiar galaxies
 
Rockee Sung
CMB maps from anisotropic Bianchi models
 
Nicolas Taburet
SZ clusters as cosmological probes
 
Francesco Tombesi
A search for relativistic outflows signatures in the X-ray spectra of Radio-Quiet AGNs
 
Rashmi Verma
Continuum calibration of K- band multi-feed receiver
 
Massimo Viola
Determination of the dark matter halo density slope


Friday, May 29th

09:00 - 10:00
Cristiano Porciani
Advanced statistical techniques with astrophysical applications (IV)
10:00 - 11:00
Stefano Cristiani
UV background, IGM and reionization (II)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
 
11:30 - 12:30
Stefano Cristiani
UV background, IGM and reionization (III)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
 
14:30
Bertinoro - Bologna
bus with arrival at the Bologna train station



1. Cosmological backgrounds

Director: Gianfranco De Zotti (INAF - Padova Astronomical Observatory)


Nicola Vittorio (University of Roma Tor Vergata)
CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies

Carlo Baccigalupi (SISSA Trieste)
CMB, foregrounds, and component separation

Lauro Moscardini (University of Bologna)
SZ effect

Amedeo Balbi (University of Roma Tor Vergata)
Cosmological information from large-scale structure

Stefano Cristiani (INAF - Trieste Astronomical Observatory)
UV background, IGM and reionization




2. Statistical methods for astrophysics

Director: Gianni Zamorani (INAF - Bologna Astronomical Observatory)


Jasper Wall (University British Columbia)
Statistics in astronomy

Alan Heavens (University of Edinburgh)
Statistical techniques in cosmology

Cristiano Porciani (University of Bonn)
Advanced statistical techniques with astrophysical applications