Superstring Cosmology

Coordinators: Thomas Banks, Sean Carroll, Juan Maldacena, Joe G. Polchinski, Gabriele Veneziano
In conjunction with our ongoing KITP program on Superstring Cosmology, we are organizing a conference on this same subject during the week of Oct. 20 to Oct. 24, 2003. We expect a stimulating meeting which will explore all aspects of the intersection between string/M-theory and cosmology, including the nature of the Big Bang singularity, models of inflation based on string theory moduli, the study of cosmologies which evolve from a Big Crunch to a Big Bang, cosmology and the holographic principle, the quantum theory of asymptotically De Sitter and chaotic universes, and possible imprints of string physics on observational cosmology.

Below, please find a partial list of confirmed speakers:

Andreas Albrecht
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Pierre Binetruy
Robert Brandenberger
Thibault Damour
Savas Dimopoulos
Michael Dine
Michael Douglas
Gia Dvali
Willy Fischler
Marc Kamionkowski
Joanna Karczmarek
Lev Kofman
Juan Maldacena
Emil Martinec
Viatcheslav Mukhanov
Lisa Randall
Paul Steinhardt
Lenny Susskind
Sandip Trivedi
Alexander Vilenkin
Robert Wald