Supporting the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
22-06-2010
The Making Connections two-day Symposium provided an opportunity for scientists to present new research in the fields of Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics.
Location: University College London
Leading scientists from the Weizmann Institute were joined by colleagues from UK research institutions to present their latest research in Particle Physics & Astrophysics, Theoretical Cosmology, Dark Matter, Galaxy formation, and High Energy Phenomenology.
To view or download the Symposium Poster, please click here
To view or download a PDF of the full programme click here
To view or download a PDF of the participating scientists biographies, please click here
Scientific Steering Committee
Professor Ofer Lahav, Perren Chair of Astronomy, University College London
Professor Moti Milgrom, Isidor I. Rabi Professorial Chair of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Professor Joe Silk FRS, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford University
Professor Eli Waxman, Weizmann Institute of Science
The Event was sponsored by: Weizmann UK, The Exilarch's Foundation and Naim Dangoor; Royal Astronomical Society and UCL's Institute of Origins
A selection of photographs from the Symposium are available here
You can view a PDF version of the scientists' presentations at The Cosmic Enigma Symposium by simply clicking on the title of their talk
Prof. Tal Alexander
Dynamics of extra-galactic gravitational wave sources
Prof. Jonathan Butterworth
The LHC and the energy frontier
Prof. George Efstathiou FRS
Probing Cosmology with the cosmic microwave background radiation
Prof. Andrew Fabian FRS
Black hole feedback
Dr Avishay Gal-Yam
Cosmic explosions and the origin of the elements
Dr Anne Green
The search for Dark Matter
Prof. Ofer Lahav
Testing the dark energy paradigm and beyond
Prof. Moti Milgrom
New physics at low accelerations
Prof. Yosef Nir
The antimatter mystery
Dr Hiranya Peiris
Fingerprints of the early universe
Dr Mark Sullivan
Supernovae and dark energy
Prof. Vladimir Usov
Bare strange stars and their observational appearance
Prof. Eli Waxman
High energy neutrino astronomy