Innovative Approaches in mm-Wavelength Cosmology: From Inflation to the Epoch of Reionization and Beyond

Event Date:
2021-04-26T15:00:00
2021-04-26T16:00:00
Event Location:
Connect via zoom
Speaker:
Abigail Crites (Toronto)
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Intended Audience:
Undergraduate
Local Contact:

Douglas Scott

Event Information:

I will describe how we use mm-wavelength instruments (both spectrometers and photometers) to explore our universe across cosmic time and to probe fundamental physics. I will discuss how we seek to understand the epoch of reionization, star formation across cosmic time, and cosmology using the cosmic microwave background (probing inflation and neutrino physics), and discuss the development of instrumentation and data analysis tools to study these areas. I will focus on TIME, a pathfinder instrument I am leading for studying reionization with mm-wavelength line intensity mapping. I will discuss models for expected signals from this instrument and discuss what we may be able to learn from combining data from mm-wavelength spectrometers with other instruments, such 21 cm instruments in the future. I will also briefly mention CMB-S4, a next generation cosmic microwave background experiment that will probe cosmology, the early universe, and neutrino physics.

Add to Calendar 2021-04-26T15:00:00 2021-04-26T16:00:00 Innovative Approaches in mm-Wavelength Cosmology: From Inflation to the Epoch of Reionization and Beyond Event Information: I will describe how we use mm-wavelength instruments (both spectrometers and photometers) to explore our universe across cosmic time and to probe fundamental physics. I will discuss how we seek to understand the epoch of reionization, star formation across cosmic time, and cosmology using the cosmic microwave background (probing inflation and neutrino physics), and discuss the development of instrumentation and data analysis tools to study these areas. I will focus on TIME, a pathfinder instrument I am leading for studying reionization with mm-wavelength line intensity mapping. I will discuss models for expected signals from this instrument and discuss what we may be able to learn from combining data from mm-wavelength spectrometers with other instruments, such 21 cm instruments in the future. I will also briefly mention CMB-S4, a next generation cosmic microwave background experiment that will probe cosmology, the early universe, and neutrino physics. Event Location: Connect via zoom