Retreat 2004
1 - 5 March 2004
Programme
| Monday 1 March | |||
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| 16:00 | Bus leave from Lindau | ||
| 18:30 | Dinner | ||
| 20:00 | Welcome | ||
| Tuesday 2 March | |||
| 8:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:30-11:30 | Cosmology 1 | P. Hoyng | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-18:00 | How to write a scientific paper | S. Solanki | |
| 18:30 | Dinner | ||
| 20:00 | A "guide" to the Germans | S. Preusse | |
| Get-together | |||
| Wednesday 3 March | |||
| 8:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:30-12:00 | Presentation skills | M. Degenhardt | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-16:00 | Cosmology 2 | P. Hoyng | |
| 16:30-18:00 | Individual presentation advice | M. Degenhardt | |
| 18:30 | Dinner | ||
| 20:00 | Feedback on 2 years of Solar System School | ||
| Get-together | |||
| Thursday 4 March | |||
| 8:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:30-11:30 | How to write a grant proposal | K. H. Glassmeier | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-18:00 | Hike to "Bärenpark Worbis" | ||
| 18:30 | Dinner | ||
| 20:00 | "Feuerzangenbowle" | ||
| Friday 5 March | |||
| 8:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:30-11:30 | Cosmology 3 | P. Hoyng | |
| 12:00-12:30 | Feedback on retreat week | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 | Bus from Bodenstein to Lindau | ||
Outline of Cosmology Course by Peter Hoyng
| 1. Relativity and Geometry |
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| - recap of special relativity |
| - the basic idea of general relativity |
| - curved spaces (coordinates, tangent space, tensors, curvature) |
| 2. Evolution of our Universe |
| - why GR? |
| - composition |
| - metric and evolution equations |
| - recent and early history |
| 3. Big Bang Physics |
| - thermal equilibrium / freeze out |
| - overview of the first 1000 seconds |
| - element systhesis |
| 4. Topics in Observational Cosmology |
| - how do we see our universe? |
| - the horizon (problem) |
| - a widely held misconception |
| - structure of the CMB angular power spectrum |
| 5. Inflation |
| - the essence of inflation |
| - a universe with a strong scalar quantum field |
| - chaotic inflation |
| - discussion |
Travel
| By hired bus |
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| Lindau - Bodenstein - Lindau |
| Monday 16:00 Lindau |
| Friday 14:00 Bodenstein |
| By car |
| Northeim - Lindau - Gieboldehausen - Duderstadt (B241/B247), |
| Göttingen - Duderstadt (B247/B446), |
| Duderstadt - Worbis (B247), in Worbis left towards Zwinge |
| in Kirchohmfeld left to Bodenstein |