The cosmic neutrino background is like the cosmic microwave background, but less photon-y and more neutrino-ey. The CNB is also less talked about than the CMB, mostly because it's nearly impossible to detect directly. But it's different in several interesting ways that will be discussed.
Bio:
Following an undergraduate in astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh in 1986, Dr. Scott obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge in 1991. After postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1990s, he joined UBC’s faculty in 1995. He is currently a professor in UBC’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Dr. Scott's research interests include: Theoretical and Observational Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background, Structure Formation, Sub-mm Cosmology, and Astro-statistics. He is currently involved in a variety of projects from the Canadian team in Planck LFI, SCUBA-2 Data Reduction Software, the SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey, The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope, the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey, and the Particle Data Group.
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2023-10-12T16:00:002023-10-12T17:00:00The Cosmic Neutrino BackgroundEvent Information:
Abstract:
The cosmic neutrino background is like the cosmic microwave background, but less photon-y and more neutrino-ey. The CNB is also less talked about than the CMB, mostly because it's nearly impossible to detect directly. But it's different in several interesting ways that will be discussed.
Bio:
Following an undergraduate in astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh in 1986, Dr. Scott obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge in 1991. After postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1990s, he joined UBC’s faculty in 1995. He is currently a professor in UBC’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Dr. Scott's research interests include: Theoretical and Observational Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background, Structure Formation, Sub-mm Cosmology, and Astro-statistics. He is currently involved in a variety of projects from the Canadian team in Planck LFI, SCUBA-2 Data Reduction Software, the SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey, The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope, the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey, and the Particle Data Group.
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Related Projects:
Canadian involvement in Planck LFI
SCUBA-2 Data Reduction Software
The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope
The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey
The Particle Data GroupEvent Location:
HENN 318
