Observing the Universe with the Cosmic Microwave Background


Planck as an ESA mission
Lecturer: Jan Tauber (European Space Agency)
Planck objective and development
Lecturer: Nazzareno Mandolesi (University of Ferrara and ASI)
Results from BICEP2
Lecturer: Angiola Orlando (University of California at San Diego)
LFI: instrument design
Lecturer: Aniello Mennella (University of Milano)
LFI: calibration
Lecturer: Aniello Mennella (University of Milano)
HFI: instrument design & calibration
Lecturer: Francesco Piacentini (University of Roma “La Sapienza”)


FROM RAW DATA TO CALIBRATED MAPS

From data to maps
Lecturer: Davide Maino (University of Milano)
Diffuse foregrounds high frequency
Lecturer: Jacques Delabrouille (AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Paris)
Diffuse foregrounds low frequency
Lecturer: Clive Dickinson (University of Manchester)
Sources in CMB maps
Lecturer: Gianfranco De Zotti (INAF Padova)
Component Separation
Lecturer: Jacques Delabrouille (AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Paris)


FROM LIKELIHOOD TO COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

Power Spectrum and Likelihood
Lecturer: Paolo Natoli (University of Ferrara)


CMB AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS

Parity Violation
Lecturer: Paolo Natoli (University of Ferrara)
CMB Anomalies
Lecturer: Enrique Martinez-Gonzalez (Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria)
The future of LHC
Lecturer: Lucio Rossi (CERN, Genève)


POLARIZATION, INFLATION + NON-GAUSSIANITY



INNOVATIVE CMB MEASUREMENT METHODS

Sunyaev Zel`dovich effect experiments
Lecturer: Silvia Masi (University of Roma “La Sapienza”)
The next Planck releases
Lecturer: Marco Bersanelli (University of Milano)
Future sub-orbital experiments
Lecturer: Aniello Mennella (University of Milano)
Space missions for the CMB
Lecturer: Paolo de Bernardis (University of Roma “La Sapienza”)


Student Presentations

Buzi Daniele