Origins and Observations of Primordial Non-Gaussianity

Primordial non-Gaussianity can provide us with a rare glimpse into the nature of the initial conditions of the Universe. Recently, Yadav and Wandelt have claimed a detection of primordial non-Gaussianity in the WMAP cosmic microwave background maps, which would rule out a large class of inflationary models. This workshop aims to bring together experts in theory and observations of primordial non-Gaussianity, in order to seek a consensus on the significance of this detection, as well as its possible implications for the models of early universe.

Participants:

Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute
Daniel Babich, CalTech
Neil Barnaby, CITA
Bruce Bassett, University of Cape Town
Daniel Baumann
Rachel Bean, Cornell
Latham Boyle, CITA
Robert Brandenberger, McGill University
Xingang Chen, MIT
Daniel Chung, Wisconsin-Madison
Asantha Cooray, Caltech
Ben Craps, Vrije University Brussel & Intl. Solvay Institute
Sumit Das, University of Kentucky
Olivier Dore, CITA
Franz Elsner, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Hassan Firouzjahi, McGill University
Ghazal Geshnizjani, Perimeter Institute
Thomas Hertog, APC, Paris 
Mike Hudson, University of Waterloo
Dragan Huterer, Michigan
Liudmila Joukovskaya, Cambridge 
Mike Kesden, CITA
Justin Khoury, Perimeter Institute 
Lev Kofman, CITA
Eiichiro Komatsu, University of Texas at Austin 
Eugene Lim, Columbia 
Marilena LoVerde  
Pat McDonald, CITA
Paul McFadden, Institute for Theoretical Physics 
John Moffat, Perimeter Institute
Burt Ovrut, University of Pennsylvania 
Eliezer Rabinovici, Hebrew University 
Omid Saremi, McGill
David Seery, Cambridge
Sarah Shandera, Columbia
Ravi Sheth, Penn State University 
Kendrick Smith, University of Chicago 
Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University 
James Taylor, UW
Neil Turok, Cambridge
Licia Verde, Institute of Space Sciences 
Aaron Vincent, McGill
Ben Wandelt, University of Illinois
Daniel Wesley, Cambridge