THEORETICAL ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY in Greece

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1 THEORETICAL ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY in Greece Aspera Meeting Athens , INP Demokritos

2 Theory without Observation is blind Observation without Theory is lame A.Einstein

3 THE INNER SPACE OUTER SPACE CONNECTION Big Bang as the Cosmic Accelerator t = 1/ (kt) 2 Atomic Frontier in 20 th Atoms E(bind) = 1 ev Century Atomosynthesis, t = yrs, k T=1 ev, CMB (COBE-WMAP) Nucleosynthesis, t = 1-3 sec, kt= 1 Mev H, He, Li, Stellar Interiors(C,N,O..) Nuclei E (bind) = 1 Mev (alpha, beta decays) Hadrons(pions, protons, neutrons, ) 1 Gev Quark-Hadron Transition kt = 1 Gev Confinement t = 10-3 sec, Electroweak Unification Transitiont=10-7 sec, kt = 100 Gev GUT Transition ---- kt = Gev Planck Scale - Quantum Gravity kt = Gev. Stand. Model (SU(3 x SU(2) x U(1)) E Fermi = 100 Gev Beyond SM E= 1Tev?? Technicolour, Susy, Sugra, L.X.Dim Guts Gev,..Proton decay Quantum Space-Time (E Pl = Gev), Strings, M-theory,

4 THE NEW STANDARD MODEL OF COSMOLOGY (LCDM)

5 THEORETICAL ASTROPARTICLE GROUPS IN GREECE

6 1) RCAAM, Academy of Athens (Prof. G.Contopoulos). I.Contopoulos, S.Basilakos, G.Lukes-Gerakopoulos, C.Efthymiopoulos, E.C.Vagenas Topics : Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Large Scale Structure, Cosmological models, Part. Accel. In Solar Flares. 2) U. of Athens. B.C.Georgalas, A. B. Lahanas, N. Tetradis, M. Sakelariadou, Christodoulakis, (5 staff, 1 post-doc, 3 stud., ) Topics : Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Black Holes, Cosmological models, Loop Quantum Cosmology, Cosmic (Super)strings, Modified Gravity, String cosmology, Quantum Gravity.

7 3) U. of Crete T.Tomaras, I.Kiritsis, N.Tsamis, G.Kofinas Topics : Quantum effects in Cosmology, de Sitter Quantum Dynamics, Brane World Cosmology, Dark Energy, String Cosmology. 4) U. of Patras I.Bakas, K.Sfetsos, S.Lola Topics : Susy Dark Matter, Cosmic Defects, Quark Gluon plasma(n=4 SYM), Axion-Dilaton Cosmology, Black Holes.

8 5) Nat. Tech. Univ. Athens (NTUA) E. Papantonopoulos, A. Kehagias, C.Anagnostopoulos, G.Zoupanos, N. Trakas Topics : Inflationary Slingshot, Black Holes, Brane-World Cosmology, Dark Energy,Curvatons, Noncommutative Cosmology, Quantum Gravity. 6) N.C.S.R. Demokritos M.Axenides Topics : Q-balls in Astrophysical Cosmology, Dark Matter and Dark Energy

9 7) U. of Ioannina K. Tamvakis, J. Vergados(r), G. Leontaris, C. Vayonakis, L.Perivolaropoulos, P. Kanti. Topics : Brane-World Cosmology, Dark Energy, Black Holes, Phantom Dark Energy, Modified gravity, Dark Matter Detection Methods, Solar Neutrinos. 8) National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Inst. Of Astronomy & Astrophysics. M.Plionis, I. Georgantopoulos Topics : Cosmology and Large Scale Structure

10 8) Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki G.Lazarides, G.Gounaris, C.Panagiotakopoulos, A.Nicolaidis, C.Tsagas Topics: Inflation, Cosmic Rays, Large Extra Dimensions- Tev Gravity, Cosmic Strings, Large Scale Structure, Cosmology

11 Output : #Preprints, # Publications, #Citations Univ. Of Athens : 9, 26, 180 NTUA 2, 6, 68 U. of Crete 4, 6, 75 U. of Ioannina 3, 31, 344 RCAAM 6, 9, 72 NOA 3, 1, 8 U. of Patras 5, 7, 120 A.U.Thessaloniki 0, 11, 76 TOTAL 32, 97, 943

12 SHOOLS and WORKSHOPS EESFYE annual Meetings CORFU Summer School and Workshops Aegean School in Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology Recent Developments in Gravity

13 EUROPEAN NETWORKS - COLLABORATIONS

16 NATIONAL FUNDING (0.5% GNP!) (> 35 years of PhD student funding)

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