Improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves using BICEP/Keck observations

Event Start:
2022-02-28T15:00:00
Event End:
2022-02-28T16:00:00
Event Information:

Cosmic inflation was postulated to solve the horizon, flatness and monopole problems that arise from the standard LCDM model. Inflation generically predicts the existence of primordial gravitational waves which would leave a unique degree-scale B-mode polarization pattern in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). If detected, this could serve as a probe to the early Universe and high energy physics inaccessible with existing particle accelerators. The BICEP/Keck experiments are a series of telescopes at the South Pole designed to search for this degree-scale B-mode signature in the CMB.

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Howard Hui (Caltech)
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Add to Calendar Event Start: 2022-02-28T15:00:00 Event End: 2022-02-28T16:00:00 Improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves using BICEP/Keck observations Event Information: Cosmic inflation was postulated to solve the horizon, flatness and monopole problems that arise from the standard LCDM model. Inflation generically predicts the existence of primordial gravitational waves which would leave a unique degree-scale B-mode polarization pattern in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). If detected, this could serve as a probe to the early Universe and high energy physics inaccessible with existing particle accelerators. The BICEP/Keck experiments are a series of telescopes at the South Pole designed to search for this degree-scale B-mode signature in the CMB. Event Location: Connect via zoom

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