Welcome to the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology

“The CTC exists to develop theories of the Universe which are both mathematically consistent and observationally testable.”
Professor Stephen Hawking

The Purpose of CTC

There are two circumstances in which the hiden basic fabric of the Universe is violently shaken and unveiled: in the enormous temperatures and densities of the Hot Big Bang and during the extreme collapse to form a black hole. CTC focuses on mathematical theories of these pivotal physical events, confronting them with observational data to gain new insight into the fundamental structure of the Universe and its origin. As well as supporting fellows and visiting professors, CTC's activites include hosting timely workshops and international conferences on frontier topics in cosmology.

Professor Paul Shellard, Director

Numerical Cosmology 2012 will take place at CTC, 17-20 July 2012!

The Numerical Cosmology 2012 conference, organised by the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology and sponsored by a generous grant from Intel Corporation, will take place at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences from 17th to 20th July 2012. Its aim is to explore and develop synergies between (...)

Large scale late Universe structure simulations are one of the topics for discussion at NC2012.

Stephen Hawking honoured at the London Science Museum

On 2 May, the Science Museum in London announced Stephen Hawking as their latest Fellow. The honour, the highest that can be bestowed by the institution, follows on the recent display of items that the Museum exhibited in order to celebrate Professor Hawking's 70th Birthday. (...)

Professor Hawking is presented with the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 2006.

COSMOS@DiRAC and SGI announce new collaboration

COSMOS have chosen SGI as its new technology partner for a new shared-memory node, as part of the STFC funded COSMOS@DiRAC collaboration. This extends the long-standing relationship between COSMOS and SGI, which stretches back to 1997. It will allow COSMOS@DiRAC to solve some of the most (...)

Welcome to the New CTC website!

Welcome to the new CTC website! We've updated CTC for 2012. At the moment, the site is still in development, so please bear with us if any content has yet to be added. (...)

The State of the Universe scientific conference and symposium

A 70th birthday symposium celebrating Professor Stephen Hawking's contributions to fundamental physics and cosmology entitled 'The State of the Universe' was held on Sunday 8 January 2012 at Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. The symposium featured an afternoon of popular (...)