Sunyaev-Zeldovich Universe and the Future of Cluster Cosmology

Galaxy clusters have played a crucial role in the development of modern cosmology over the past century. Thanks to the next generation of high resolution microwave telescopes, a new generation of cluster surveys (detected through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect) are under way and promise to provide us with a catalog of hundreds to thousands of new high redshift clusters over the next few years. This conference aims to bring together experts in SZ observations and cluster cosmology to understand the status/implications of current clusters surveys, and find a consensus on the future promise/prospects of cosmology with galaxy clusters.

Speakers:

James Allison, Oxford University
Alex Amblard, University of California, Irvine
Arif Babul, University of Victoria
Neta Bahcall, Princeton
Nick Battagalia, CITA
Brad Benson, University of Chicago
Paul Bode, Princeton
Dick Bond, CITA
Tom Crawford, University of Chicago
Matt Dobbs, McGill University
Marian Douspis, IAS Orsay
Gus Evrard, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Joe Fowler, Princeton
Matt Hilton, XCS
William Holzapfel, Berkeley
Mike Jones, Oxford University
Eiichiro Komatsu, University of Texas at Austin
Angela Taylor, Oxford University
Yen-Ting Lin, IPMU, Japan
Subha Majumdar, TIFR, Mumbai
Dan Marrone, University of Chicago
Brian Mason, NRAO
Daisuke Nagai, Yale
Peng Oh, University of California, Santa Barbara
Christoph Pfrommer, CITA
Neelima Sehgal, KIPAC
Cien Shang, Columbia University
Laurie Shaw, McGill University
Jon Sievers, CITA
Rashid Sunyaev, MPA, Garching
Nicolas Taburet, IAS Orsay
Howard Yee, University of Toronto
Dennis Zaritsky, Steward Observatory