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Towards a London Institute of Cosmology?

Towards a London Institute of Cosmology?. Based on brainstorming at a previous LCDM f ollowed up with Ofer Lahav. Motivation. ‘Golden Age’ of cosmology continuing: Planck, new observational projects, synergy with LHC V ibrant cosmology community in London

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Towards a London Institute of Cosmology?

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  1. Towards aLondon Institute of Cosmology? Based on brainstorming at a previous LCDM followed up with OferLahav

  2. Motivation • ‘Golden Age’ of cosmology continuing: • Planck, new observational projects, synergy with LHC • Vibrant cosmology community in London • Observations, advanced computations, dark matter, inflation, quantum gravity, string theory. • All the principal London universities and colleges • Already search for synergies: • e.g., LCDMs. • Strengthening by new academic appointments, • e.g., Alan Heavens @ IC, Eugene Lim @ KCL, … • Several ERC grants • UCL, JE + NM @ KCL, …

  3. Possible Joint Actions • Joint appointments: • Studentships, postdocs, faculty positions, …? • Joint lecture programmes for incoming PhD students? • Joint seminars? • Intensive short courses (teach-ins) focused on hot topics? • Joint visitor programme? • Share resources for high-performance computing? • Joint organization of conferences? • Joint teams in upcoming experiments and observational programmes.

  4. Level of Ambition? • SuperLCDMs? • e.g., with external speakers, … • A real or virtual institute with a name such as London Institute of Cosmology (LIC)? • A bricks-and-mortar location? • How many London institutions? • IC + KCL + QMU + UCL + ??

  5. Where to get how much Funding? • STFC? • Leverhulme? • University of London? • KavliFoundation? Other donations? • ERC? • Royal (A) Society

  6. Discussion, Comments, Suggestions Welcome! • Mandate a team of representatives with one full member (and an alternate, in case of absences) from each group • Report back at next LCDM?

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