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2011 PiTP

Program Schedule*

July 18 - 29, 2011

REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN: Sunday, July 17 from 3:00 - 7:45 p.m.  (in Bloomberg Hall Common Room)


 PARTICIPANT GENERAL INFORMATION found here

PARTICIPANT PROBLEM SOLUTIONS SUBMITTED found here


 WEEK 1: All events held in Wolfensohn Hall, unless otherwise noted.
July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Greeting &
Introduction
 

9:00 am - 10:30 am

 "Aspects of Eternal Inflation"
L. Susskind
(1 of 4)
video 		"Aspects of Eternal Inflation"
L. Susskind
(2 of 4)
video		 "Mechanisms for Inflation"
E. Silverstein
(2 of 4)
video		 "Mechanisms for Inflation"
E. Silverstein
(3 of 4)
video		 "Tuning of parameters, order of magnitude astrophysics"
D. Spergel
(1 of 2)
video

10:30 am - 11:00 am

 Coffee Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm
"dS/CFT"
J. Maldacena
(1 of 3)
video
 		 "dS/CFT"
J. Maldacena
(2 of 3)
video		 "Aspects of Eternal Inflation"
L. Susskind
(3 of 4)
video		 "Aspects of Eternal Inflation"
L. Susskind
(4 of 4)
video		 "The physics of the CMB and Large Scale Structure"
M. Zaldarriaga
(1 of 4)
video

handout
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
 Institute Dining Hall
(NOTES: Lunch tickets are valid only after 12:30 pm. Dining Hall serves only until 1:30 pm)
(GROUP PHOTO at start of lunch on Tues., July 19 - assemble behind Fuld Hall)
(INSTITUTE APPAREL SALE on Thurs., July 21 during lunch break - upper level Dining Hall)
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm "The statistical properties of the primordial fluctuations"
P. Creminelli
(1 of 3)
video		 "Mechanisms for Inflation"
E. Silverstein
(1 of 4)
video		 "The statistical properties of the primordial fluctuations"
P. Creminelli
(2 of 3)
video		 "The statistical properties of the primordial fluctuations"
P. Creminelli
(3 of 3)
video		 "Mechanisms for Inflation"
E. Silverstein
(4 of 4)
video
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Afternoon Tea Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Problem Sessions
Problem Sets as of 7-18

Problem Session Leaders Week 1

Group & Room Assignments




 		Problem Sessions
Problem Sets as of 7-19

Problem Assignments by Group as of 7-19

Problem Session Leaders Week 1

Group & Room Assignments		 Problem Sessions
Problem Sets as of 7-20

Problem Assignments by Group as of 7-20

Problem Session Leaders Week 1

 Group & Room Assignments		 Problem Sessions
Problem Sets as of 7-21

Problem Assignments by Group as of 7-21

Problem Session Leaders Week 1

 Group & Room Assignments		 Problem Sessions
Problem Sets as of 7-22

Problem Assignments by Group as of 7-22

Problem Session Leaders Week 1

Group & Room Assignments
Evening Grocery Shuttle (departs from in front of Fuld Hall)
Bus Assignments
1st group leaves @ 5:30 pm
 BLAST Movie
hosted by
Prof. Mark Devlin
@ 7:30 pm
(Wolfensohn Hall)		 Director's
Welcome Dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Goddard @ 6:30 pm
(Dining Hall)

SUGGESTED PRINCETON SITES TO VISIT - WEEKEND ACTIVITIES: This page also includes information on travel to New York city or Philadelphia via the train.

WEEK 2: All events held in Wolfensohn Hall, unless otherwise noted. 

July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29

9:00 am - 10:30 am

 "Robustness of GR. Attempts to modify gravity"
N. Arkani-Hamed
(1 of 4)
video 		"Probing the Early Universe through Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background"
W. Jones
video

slides 		"Topological defects"
T. Vachaspati
video

 "Robustness of GR. Attempts to modify gravity"
N. Arkani-Hamed
(4 of 4)
video		 "dS/CFT"
J. Maldacena
(3 of 3)
video
10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

 "The physics of the CMB and Large Scale Structure"
M. Zaldarriaga
(2 of 4)
video
 "Robustness of GR. Attempts to modify gravity"
N. Arkani-Hamed
(2 of 4)
video 		"Robustness of GR. Attempts to modify gravity"
N. Arkani-Hamed
(3 of 4)
video 		"Entropy bounds, light-sheets, and the holographic principle in cosmology"
R. Bousso
(1 of 2)
video

slides 7/28		 "Entropy bounds, light-sheets, and the holographic principle in cosmology"
R. Bousso
(2 of 2)
video

slides 7/29
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
 Institute Dining Hall
(NOTES: Lunch tickets are valid only after 12:30 pm. Dining Hall serves only until 1:30 pm)
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm "Tuning of parameters, order of magnitude astrophysics"
D. Spergel
(2 of 2)
No video available

slides
"The physics of the CMB and Large Scale Structure"
M. Zaldarriaga
(3 of 4)
video 		"The physics of the CMB and Large Scale Structure"
M. Zaldarriaga
(4 of 4)
video 		"Entropy bounds, light-sheets, and the holographic principle in cosmology"
R. Bousso
(1 of 2 continued)
video

slides 7/28
PROGRAM ENDS
WITH
LUNCH on July 29
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Afternoon Tea Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Problem Sessions

Problem Session Leaders Week 2

Group & Room Assignments unchanged
 		Problem Sessions

Problem Sets as of 7-26

Problem Assignments by Group as of 7-26

Sessions end at 4:30 today

Problem Session Leaders Week 2

Group & Room Assignments unchanged		 Problem Sessions

Problem Sets as of 7-27

Problem Session Leaders Week 2

Group & Room Assignments unchanged

Problem Sessions

Sessions end at 4:30 today

Problem Session Leaders Week 2

Group & Room Assignments unchanged
4:30 pm - 6:15 pmParticipant Talks Schedule Part 1

Talk Slides
Participant Talks Schedule Part 2

Talk Slides
Evening Grocery Shuttle (departs from in front of Fuld Hall)
Bus Assignments
1st group leaves @ 5:30 pm		 Pizza & Pool Party
@ 5:30 pm
(Olden Farm)

 
* Schedule is subject to change