The large-scale structure of the universe is one of the most powerful probes to unveil the nature of the universe itself. In the coming 2020s, ambitiously large surveys such as PSF, LSST, Euclid, SPHEREx, SKA, WFIRST are going to take place, aiming at revealing wide and deep structures in the universe. The cosmological information obtained from those kind of surveys will reach an unprecedented level with high statistical significance.

Building a consistent picture of the universe requires a theoretical understanding of the physics on variety of cosmological structures. We organize this school for graduate students and young postdocs to cover the multiple areas of structure formation.

We ask each lecturer to cover both basic topics and cutting-edge researches. The number of audiences will be restricted due to the limited size of the lecture room. The lecturers can use white boards as well as projectors, although we may ask the lecturers to mainly give white-board lectures, as these are easier for audience members to digest, in particular with regard to equations.

Topics to be discussed:

1. Cosmology with galaxy surveys
2. Cosmolgy with gravitational lensing
3. 21cm cosmology
4. Analysis of cosmological simulations

Invited lecturers:

• Masahiro Takada (U.Tokyo)
  • Lecture: "Cosmology with galaxy surveys"
  • Seminar: "Super-survey/sample effects"
• Masamune Oguri (U.Tokyo)
  • Lecture: "Cosmology with gravitational lensing" | Lecture Note
  • Seminar: "Recent progress of cosmic shear cosmology"
• Tomo Takahashi (Saga U.)
• Lecture: "21cm cosmology"
• Seminar: "Probing the primordial Universe with 21cm line"
• Takahiro Nishimichi (Kyoto U.)
• Lecture: "Numerics and statistics for the understanding of cosmological structure formation"
• Seminar: "Recent progress of machine-learning applications to large scale structure cosmology"

Workshop attendees:

This workshop is aimed at graduate students, postdocs and junior faculties.

Group Photograph (Jan. 21st):

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Program

Detailed program is HERE.

Workshop fees

Drinks and snacks: 500 yen
Banquet: 4000 yen

Deadline for the registration

Registration is now closed. (10th December 2019)

Registration form and application form for wifi

Procedures for Registration （日本語版あり）

Covering lodging expenses

We cover lodging expenses ONLY for participants who stay at the KEK dormitory on campus. If you would like to receive the reimbursement, please check "KEK dormitory" in the workshop registration page, in which case you do not need to reserve the KEK dormitory by yourself.

Inquiries

Ms. Tomoko Numata, Secretary, Theory Center, IPNS, KEK
tomokon(at)post.kek.jp

Venue

Room 3 on the ground floor at Kenkyu-Honkan Building on the KEK Tsukuba campus.

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Banquet

Date and time: 22 Jan (Wed), 18:30-
Place: Andryu (approx. 10min on foot): Route guide etc.

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SOC

Takahiko Matsubara (KEK, Chair), Kunihito Ioka (YITP, Kyoto U), Satoshi Iso (KEK), Ryuichiro Kitano (KEK), Kazunori Kohri (KEK), Mihoko M. Nojiri (KEK), Yasushi Suto (U Tokyo), Atsushi Taruya (YITP, Kyoto U), Jun’ichi Yokoyama (RESCEU, U Tokyo)

LOC

Takahiko Matsubara (KEK, Chair), Takuya Hasegawa (KEK), Kazunori Kohri (KEK), Toyokazu Sekiguchi (KEK), Sai Wang (IHEP, CAS)

KEK Theory Center
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Our project and past workshops/schools

Sponsers

• The Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) program Category-4
• The KEK Project Research Grant 2019
• The JSPS grant (Kiban A) “21cm line observations and future astrophysics” (JP17H01131)
• The MEXT grant (open applications) on Innovative Area “Theoretical researches to observe Primordial Black Holes” (JP18H04594)
• The MEXT grant on Innovative Area “The origin for the accelerated expansion of the Universe” A02 (JP15H05889)

Endorsed by

• Division of Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Gravitation (DACG), Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS)
• Asia Pacific Organization for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (APCosPA)