School of Astrophysics "Francesco Lucchin"
X Cycle, III Course - Bertinoro, May 24-29, 2009
Programme (pdf version)
Yellow: Cosmological backgroundsBlue: 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 |
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Monday, May 25th
08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration |
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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 |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Jasper Wall |
Statistics in astronomy (II) |
12:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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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 |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Amedeo Balbi (on behalf of Nicola Vittorio) |
CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies (III) |
18:00 - 19:00 |
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Julian Merten |
Combining weak and strong lensing |
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Gabriele Bruni |
A multi-wavelength study of radio-loud broad absorption line Quasars |
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Stefano Camera |
Weak lensing signal in Unified Dark Matter models |
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Maria Angela Campisi |
Host Galaxies of LGRBs on cosmological simulation |
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Diego Capozzi |
The build up of the colour-magnitude relation in low-redshift clusters |
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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 |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Amedeo Balbi (on behalf of Nicola Vittorio) |
CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies (IV) |
12:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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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 |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Alan Heavens |
Statistical techniques in cosmology (II) |
18:00 - 19:00 |
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Andrea Conte |
Biased total mass of cool core galaxy clusters by Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect measurements |
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Carlos Contreras |
Test of Cosmology with 2points-Correlation Function on Wiggle-Z data |
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Graziano Coppa |
Bimodalities for zCOSMOS galaxies: the hunt for Green Valley |
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Filippo D'Ammando |
Multiwavelength observations of the gamma-ray blazar PKS 1510-089 |
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Thomas Franzen |
AMI and VSA observations of extragalactic sources from the WMAP 3-year data at 16 and 33 GHz |
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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 |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Jasper Wall |
Statistics in astronomy (V) |
12:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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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 |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Lauro Moscardini |
SZ effect (I) |
18:00 - 18:50 |
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Daniela Paoletti |
The Scalar, Vector and Tensor Contributions of a Stochastic Background of Primordial Magnetic Fields to CMB |
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Valentina Presotto |
SCG0018-4854: a young and dynamic group |
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Simona Righini |
The new 18-26 GHz multifeed receiver at the Medicina 32m dish |
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Barbara Sartoris |
Cosmology with galaxy clusters |
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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 |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Carlo Baccigalupi |
CMB, foregrounds, and component separation (II) |
12:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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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 |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Alan Heavens |
Statistical techniques in cosmology (IV) |
18:00 - 19:00 |
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Marilena Spavone |
Multiwavelenght study of the interacting and peculiar galaxies |
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Rockee Sung |
CMB maps from anisotropic Bianchi models |
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Nicolas Taburet |
SZ clusters as cosmological probes |
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Francesco Tombesi |
A search for relativistic outflows signatures in the X-ray spectra of Radio-Quiet AGNs |
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Rashmi Verma |
Continuum calibration of K- band multi-feed receiver |
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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 |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Stefano Cristiani |
UV background, IGM and reionization (III) |
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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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