Preliminary scientific programme
 (January 15, 2008)
Session I   Session II   Session III  Session IV   Session V

Contributions to Session I:

Large Scale Structure of the Universe
(chair F. Sylos Labini)

  • History of LSS observational studies
  • Statistical physics methods for cosmic structure analysis
  • Structure and dynamics of the Local Volume
  • Results of analysis of galaxy redshift surveys
  • Gravitational lensing and observations of dark matter distribution
  • Cosmological N-body simulations in comparison with observed structures
P. Teerikorpi,
"Some history of LSS studies: from 2-d sky to 3-d maps"
(Tuorla Observatory of Turku University, Finland)

L. Pietronero,
"Multifractals in Statistical Physics"
(Physics Department, Rome University, Italy)

F. Sylos Labini,
"Statistical Physics for Cosmic Structures"
(Enrico Fermi Center, and Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Rome, Italy)

I.D. Karachentsev,
"Practical cosmology with the Local Volume galaxies"
(Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia)

R. Massey,
"Viewing dark matter with weak gravitational lensing and the Hubble Space Telescope"
(California Institute of Technology, USA)

N. Vasilyev,
"Results of correlation analysis of 2dFGRS and SDSS MG & LRG"
(St.Petersburg University, Russia)

A.V. Tikhonov, A.I. Kopylov,
"Clustering of visible matter on different mass and spatial scales"
(Saint-Petersburg State University, and SAO RAS, Russia)

M. Joyce,
"Towards a quantification of discreteness errors in cosmological N-body simulations"
(University Paris 6, France)

P. Nurmi, P. Heinamaki, S. Niemi1, E. Saar, E. Tago, M. Einasto, E. Tempel, J. Einasto2, V.J. Martinez3
"Galaxy groups in ΛCDM simulations and SDSS"
(1 University of Turku, Tuorla Observatory, Finland;
 2 Tartu Observatory, Estonia;
 3 Observatori Astronomic, Universitat de Valencia, Spain)

N. Nabokov,
"Super-large structures in deep galaxy surveys"
(St.Petersburg University, Russia)

G. Ivashchenko, V. Zdanov,
"Measuring the parameters of the matter distribution with quasars from SDSS"
(Astronomical Observatory of NSU, Ukraine)

O. Kashibadze,
"Total mass of the Virgo Cluster derived from the peculiar velocities of the galaxies with VH < 3000 km/s"
(Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia)

A.I. Kopylov, F.G. Kopylova,
"Studying the structure of the Ursa Major Supercluster"
(Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia)

S.-M. Niemi, P. Nurmi, P. Heinamaki, M. Valtonen,
"Properties of nearby groups of galaxies"
(University of Turku, Tuorla Observatory, Finland)

D. Makarov,
"Velocity field in the Local Volume"
(Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia)

A.Raikov, V.Orlov,
"Kinematics of galaxy groups: vacuum or fractal acceleration?"
(St.Petersburg University, Russia)

E.R. Carrasco1 and C. M. de Oliveira2
"The Compact Group - Fossil Group Connection: Observations of Massive Compact Groups at z~0.2"
(1 Gemini Observatory, Southern Operations Center, AURA, La Serena, Chile;
 2 Departamento de Astronomia, IAG, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil)

N.Lovyagin,
"Fractal model for 2MRS, SDSS and COSMOS radial galaxy distributions"
(St.Petersburg University, Russia)

P. Heinamaki,
"Large scale structure and active galactic nuclea"
(University of Turku, Tuorla Observatory, Finland)

B.Komberg, S.Pilipenko,
"Quasar-clusters correlation from SDSS data"
(Astro Space Center of P.N.Lebedev Physics Institute of RAS, Russia)

Contributions to Session II:

Evolution of Galaxies
(chair V. Reshetnikov)

  • Observed properties of galaxies
  • Dark matter halos - theory and observations
  • Spectral energy distribution simulations
  • Models of the galaxy evolution
V. Reshetnikov,
"Spiral galaxies at z~1"
(St.-Petersburg University, Russia)

V. Avila-Reese,
"The dark and luminous scaling relations of disk galaxies as cosmological fingerprints"
(Instituto de Astronomia-UNAM, Mexico)

J.E. Forero-Romero,
"Predictability in semi-analytic models of galaxy formation"
(Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, Germany)

L. Makarova, D. Makarov,
"Stellar population modeling of galaxies in nearby groups"
(Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

S. Nuritdinov,
"Towards the origin theory of SB galaxies containing ring structure"
(Federal Urdu University, Pakistan)

A.G. Doroshkevich, V.N. Lukash, E.V. Mikheeva*
"A solution of cusp problem in relaxed halos"
(Astro Space Center of P.N.Lebedev Physics Institute of RAS, Russia)

V. Berezinsky, V. Dokuchaev* and Yu. Eroshenko,
"Small-scale dark matter clumps in the Galactic halo"
(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)

C. H. Gibson,
"Hydro-Gravitational-Dynamics Interpretation of the Tadpole VV29 Merging Galaxy System: BDM-Halo Star-Cluster-Wakes"
(University of California, San Diego, USA)

Yu.Bukhmastova,
"Observational test for dark matter clumps in galactic halos"
(St.-Petersburg University, Russia)

P. Mutka,
"Cusp Slope Limit Analysis of Double Image Gravitational Lenses"
(University of Oulu, Finland)

A.A. Minakov1, R.E. Schild2, V.G. Vakulik, G.V. Smirnov3,
"Microlensing events in gravitationally lensed quasar Q2237+0305: stars or dark matter"
(1 Institute of Radio Astronomy of Nat.Ac.Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine;
 2 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard, USA;
 3 Institute of Astronomy of Kharkov National University, Kharkov, Ukraine)

L. Chen, J.L. Hou,
"Open clusters and the disc abundance gradient"
(Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

N. Baltaci,
"Galaxy Abell 1835 IR1916 and Dark Energy"
(Umraniye Anadolu I.H.ve I.H.Lisesi-Istanbul, Turkey)

L. P. Ossipkov,
"Dark matter and some models of dynamical evolution of galaxies"
(Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia)

Contributions to Session III:

Earth, Solar System and Stellar Systems in Cosmology
(chair Yu. Gnedin)

  • Solar System for testing gravity and cosmology
  • Dark matter and dark energy in stellar objects
  • Influence of the cosmological vacuum on the stellar systems
  • Evolution of the Earth
M. Nowakowski,
"Local Aspects of the Cosmological Constant"
(Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)

M. Sereno,
"Effects of cosmology on solar and stellar system"
(University of Zuerich, Switzerland)

Z. Stuchlik, P. Slany,
"Relativistic discs in black-hole spacetimes with cosmological constant"
(Institute of Physics, Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic)

V.L.Kauts,
"Dark Matter in the Solar System"
(Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia)

C. Gibson, R. Schild,
"Planets and dark energy"
(University of California, San Diego, USA;
 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA)

A. Zemtsov,
"Geothermal heat flux as a problem: the history and the present state"
(Vavilov Inst. for the History of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences Dept., Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

G. Guzzetta,
"Terrestrial Origin Versus Extraterrestrial Overflow of Thermodynamics"
(University of Naples 'Federico II', Italy)

E.M.Drobyshevski and M.E.Drobyshevski,
"Detection and Study of Dark Electric Matter Objects — presumably Planckian black holes"
(Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of RAS, St.Petersburg, Russia)

A.A.Grib, Yu.V.Pavlov,
"Do active galactic nuclei convert dark matter into visible particles?"
(A. Friedmann Laboratory for Theoretical Physics, St.Petersburg, Russia and Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, Russia)

Contributions to Session IV:

Gravity Physics for Cosmology
(chair T. Nieuwenhuizen)

  • The problem of the energy-momentum for the gravity field
  • General relativity and testing gravity physics
  • Alternative gravity theories which allow crucial tests
  • Compact relativistic objects for testing gravity theories
  • Gravitational waves as test of gravity theories
Yu. Baryshev,
"Energy-momentum of the gravity field: why it is a crucial point for the gravity physics and cosmology"
(St.-Petersburg University, Russia)

G. Pizzella,
"SN1987A revisited"
(Universit`a di Roma Tor Vergata INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy)

V. Sokolov,
"Gravitational collapse as the source of gamma ray bursters"
(Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia)

R. Vishvakarma,
"Einstein's Gravity Under Pressure"
(Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico)

A. Mitra,
"Gravitational collaps and ECOs"
(Theoretical Astrophysics Section, BARC, Mumbai, India)

R. Schild,
"Reverberation and microlensing observations of quasar structure"
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA)

Th.M. Nieuwenhuizen,
"Exact solution for the interior of a black hole"
(Institute for Theoretical Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

E. Sanchez-Sastre,
"Gauge theory of gravitation: electro-gravity mixing"
(Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Spain)

F. A. Assaleh,
"Gravitational Thermodynamics, The Cosmological Constant And Quantum Gravity"
(Al-Quds Institute for Studies of Knowledge Genesis, Jerusalem, Israel)

H. Culetu,
"Anisotropic stress tensor in the Doran-Lobo-Crawford spacetime"
(Ovidius University, Romania)

R. Saffari, S. Rahvar,
"Spherically Symmetric Solutions in f(R) Gravity Theories"
(Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, and Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)

Yu. Baryshev,
"Possibility of observational distinction between field and geometrical gravity theories"
(St.-Petersburg University, Russia)

A.Raikov, V.Orlov,
"On cosmological nature of unmodeled acceleration of spasecrafts"
(St.-Petersburg University, Russia)

Contributions to Session V:

Cosmological Models and Crucial Observational Tests
(chair Yu. Baryshev)

  • Basic principles and paradigms in cosmology
  • Standard cosmological model and alternatives
  • Crucial observational tests for cosmological models
  • The value of the Hubble constant
  • CMBR and its distortion by foregrounds
  • Variability of the fundamental constants
V. Lukash,
"The Standard Cosmological Model"
(Astro Space Center of P.N.Lebedev Physics Institute of RAS, Russia)

R. Lieu,
"LCDM cosmology: how much suppression of credible evidence, and does the model really lead its competitors, using all evidence?"
(University of Alabama, USA)

Yu.Baryshev,
"Physics of space expansion: the root of conceptual problems of the standard cosmological model"
(St.-Petersburg University, Russia)

A. Unzicker,
"What Happened if Dirac, Sciama and Dicke had Talked to Each Other about Cosmology?"
(Pestalozzi-Gymnasium, MYnchen, Germany)

S.Colafrancesco,
"Probing cosmology and astro-particle physics with the SZ effect"
(ASI Science Data Center, Frascati, Italy)

A. Tartaglia, M. Capone, N. Radicella,
"The Cosmic Defect theory tested by observation"
(Department of Physics, Politecnico di Torino, and INFN, sezione di Torino, Italy)

P. Teerikorpi,
"The value of the Hubble constant as the problem of practical cosmology"
(Tuorla Observatory of Turku University, Finland)

D. Reimers,
"Cosmology with objects from the Hamburg QSO survey"
(Hamburg University, Germany)

S. A. Levshakov,
"QSO spectra in cosmological tests"
(Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)

O.Verkhodanov,
"CMB data analysis: methods and problems"
(Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS, Russia)

A. Mitra,
"Cosmological consequenses of ECOs"
(Theoretical Astrophysics Section, BARC, Mumbai, India)

G. Paturel,
"Some difficulties for measuring and interpreting the expansion of the universe"
(Observatoire de Lyon, France)

I. Taganov,
"A conception of quantum cosmology"
(Russian Geographical Society, St.-Petersburg, Russia)

S. A. Levshakov, I. I. Agafonova,
"Probing the variability of fundamental constants from astrophysical observations"
(Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)

M. G. Kozlov1, V. V. Flambaum2, S. A. Levshakov3, D. Reimers4, S. G. Porsev1, and P. Molaro5,
"Sensitivity of microwave molecular transitions and atomic FIR transitions from quasar spectra to variation of fundamental constants"
(1 Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, 188300, Russia;
2 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;
3 Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Politekhnicheskaya Str.26, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia;
4 Hamburger Sternwarte, Universitat Hamburg, Gojenbergsweg 112, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany;
5 Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34131 Trieste, Italy)

Yu. Baryshev,
"Field fractal cosmological model as an example of practical cosmolgy approach"
(St.-Petersburg University, Russia)

G. M. Idlis,
"Anthropic Cosmological Principle and Universal Cosmological Principle as the basis of theoretical and practical cosmology"
(Vavilov Institute of History of Natural Sciences and Techniques, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)

I. D. Nevvazhay,
"The Problem of Observation and Regional Ontologies"
(Philosophy Department, Saratov State Academy of Law, Russia)

A. Unzicker,
"Questioning the observational evidence for the cosmological standard model"
(Pestalozzi-Gymnasium, MYnchen, Germany)

V.L.Gorokhov,
"Modern mathematical statistics in cosmology"
(UEE, St.Petersburg, Russia)

M.L.Khabibullina, O.Verkhodanov, Yu.Parijskij,
"Properties of WMAP cross-sections in the field of the RATAN-600 survey"
(SAO RAS, Russia)

K. S. Cover,
"How reliable are the sky map reconstruction algorithms used to detect the anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background?"
(VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

I. Chipiga,
"Non-linear generalization of Poincare group provides the possible way to resolve gravitational and cosmological problems"
(MSU, Moscow, Russia)

N.G. Fadeev,
"A New Transformation of Inertial Frames and Doppler Effect"
(Joint Institute for Nuclear Reseach, Dubna, Russia)

K.Urbanowski,
"On a possible quantum contribution to the red shift"
(University of Zielona Gora, Poland)

A.Raikov,
"Cosmological fractal negative acceleration"
(St.Petersburg University, Russia)

M.A. Ivanov,
"How to verify the redshift mechanism of low-energy quantum gravity"
(Physics Dept.,Belarus State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Minsk, Belarus)

S. Tiguntsov,
"Variable velocity of light in cosmological models"
(Russia)

V. Strokov,
"Equivalence of two approaches in theory of cosmological density perturbations"
(Astro Space Center of the P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute of RAS, Moscow, Russia)

V.V. Kossarev,
"Alternative cosmological model"
(A.F.Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, Russia)

S.Chattopadhyay, U.Debnath,
"Density evolution in the new modified Chaplygin gas model"
(Pailan College, India)

S. Krasnikov,
"Gravitational Cosmic strings"
(The Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo, Russia)

Yu.Gnedin, M.Piotrovich, P.Natsvilishvili,
"Magnetic fields of quasars in reionization epoch: cosmological consequenses"
(Central Astronomical Observatory of RAS, Russia)

Yu.Gnedin, M.Piotrovich,
"Magnetic fields of active galactic niclei and cosmological models"
(Central Astronomical Observatory of RAS, Russia)

A. Barrau,
"An original constraint on the Hubble constant"
(Laboratory for Subatomic Physics and Cosmology, CNRS/UJF/INPG, France)

S.L. Cherkas, V.L. Kalashnikov,
"Universe driven by the vacuum of scalar field: VFD model"
(Institute for Nuclear Problems, Minsk, Belarus and Institut fur Photonik, Technische Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria)

A.V.Novikov-Borodin,
"Off-site continuums as Cosmological Models of Galaxies and the Universe"
(Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS, Russia)
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