Symposium on Cosmology and Astrophysics
Symposium on Cosmology and Astrophysics
The inflationary scenario has now become an integral part of the standard model of the Universe. Apart from resolving the problem associated with initial conditions, it also provides explanation for the initial inhomogeneity responsible for the structure formation in the Universe. There have been many developments in the theoretical modelling of inflation in recent years. This area of activity is under active investigation in view of current observations of CMB anisotropy. The problems of dark-matter and dark-energy (quintescence) are also under active investigation at present. The two forthcoming satellite experiments, "MAP" and "Planck" are expected to revolutionise our thinking about the Universe. On the oher hand, the discovery of duality between M-theory and superstring theory by Horava and Witten led to the renewed interest in the brane worlds. By compactifying six dimensions in the eleven dimensional theory, our 4-dimensional universe may be realized as a hypersurface (brane) in 5-dimensional spacetime. The brane world scenario poses interesting theoretical as well as experimental challenges. The astrophysical and cosmological consequences of the brane worlds are under active consideration at present. |
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Keynote address
Naresh Dadhich (IUCAA):
Relativistic World: A Common Sense Perspective.
Invited Speakers
Introduction to Jamia Millia Islamia
M. Sami
Department of Physics
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi - 110025, INDIA.
sami@jamia.net
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