----- Forwarded Message ----- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:38:45 +0900 From: 羽澄 昌史 <masashi.hazumi(a)kek.jp> To: collaboration QUIET <quiet_collaboration(a)cosmo.uchicago.edu> Subject: [Quiet_collaboration] CMB2013 conference (June 10-14, 2013, Okinawa, Japan) Dear QUIET collaborators, We plan to have an international conference on CMB from June 10 to 14, 2013 in Okinawa, Japan. Attached please find the second circular. Registration can be made from the conference web page http://www-conf.kek.jp/cmb/2013/ Your participation is very welcome. Please also feel free to forward this message to anybody who might be interested. Best, Masashi ######################################################### CMB2013 - International Conference on Cosmic Microwave Background June 10 - 14, 2013, Okinawa, Japan ######################################################### Overview: Detection of primordial gravitational waves would be one of the most significant scientific discoveries of all time. Such a detection would be a direct evidence for inflation and shed light on fundamental physics such as quantum gravity behind inflation. The accurate measurement of CMB polarization is the best way to discover the primordial gravitational waves. It is thus one of the greatest challenges in experimental cosmology in the next decade. Thanks to remarkable technological development in recent years, the detection is not a mere dream anymore but becoming factual. The primary objective of the conference is to exchange ideas on how to reach the precision at the level of r=0.001 or even better, where r is the tensor-to-scalar ratio. Another important goal of the conference is to evaluate scientific values of such a measurement, where relations to other observations such as CMB temperature anisotropies are also important. To these ends, the conference will have talks from all the CMB projects in operation, in preparation or in planning. Program: The conference consists of plenary sessions and poster sessions. Topics in the plenary sessions will include the following: - Planck results/instruments - WMAP9 - On-going ground/balloon CMB experiments - CMB experiments in preparation - Future CMB experiments including satellites - Theory overviews - Nature of foregrounds and their separation Talks in the plenary sessions are by invitation only. Poster sessions will be based on abstract submissions to cover a broad range of topics on CMB research, from inflationary model building to superconducting sensor development, which will stimulate vigorous and open discussions among participants. Posters on a wider range of topics related to CMB are also welcomed; examples of such topics are: - Synergy between CMB and other observations, such as CIRB, 21cm, dark energy and dark matter. - Astrophysics/astronomy with foregrounds. Invited speakers so far confirmed include Kam Arnold, Mark Devlin, Clive Dickinson, Douglas Finkbiner, Dale Fixsen, Yasuo Fukui, Ricardo Genova-Santos, Thijs de Graauw, Al Kogut, Eiichiro Komatsu, Akito Kusaka, Chao-Lin Kuo, David Larson, Adrian Lee, Tobias Marriage, Francesco Piacentini, Suzanne Staggs, Mathieu Tristram, Jun'ichi Yokoyama, Venue: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Onna-son, Okinawa, Japan (http://www.oist.jp/). Okinawa is a beautiful tropical island and is the primary resort vacation destination in Japan. Travel on Okinawa is extremely safe as is the case on mainland Japan. Tourists can enjoy an ancient culture with 9 world heritage sites, a strong crafts tradition in ceramics, textiles, and glass, a lively contemporary music scene, breathtaking empty beaches and crowded old world market places. Web: http://www-conf.kek.jp/cmb/2013/ SOC: George Efstathiou (University of Cambridge), Masashi Hazumi (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Chair), Eiichiro Komatsu (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics), Stephan Meyer (University of Chicago), Naoshi Sugiyama (Nagoya University) LOC: Makoto Hattori (Tohoku University), Masashi Hazumi(KEK, Chair), Hideo Kodama (KEK), Shuji Matsuura (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)), Chiko Otani (RIKEN), Yutaro Sekimoto (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)) Osamu Tajima (KEK) Supported by: MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas KEK RIKEN OIST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Masashi Hazumi Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan Office: Building 4, Room 403 TEL: +81-29-864-5339 (office direct) PHS: +81-29-864-5200 ex4525 FAX: +81-29-864-5341 email: masashi.hazumi(a)kek.jp Web: http://research.kek.jp/people/hazumi/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________ Quiet_collaboration mailing list Quiet_collaboration(a)cosmo.uchicago.edu https://cosmo.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/quiet_collaboration