Cosmic Microwave Background Spectral Distortions from the Early Universe

Monday, August 16, 2010
8:30 A.M. Coffee, 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Short Course, 12:30 P.M. - Lunch
Hameetman Auditorium, Cahill Building - California Institute of Technology

Speakers

  • Dr. Jens Chluba, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics – “Atomic lines from the recombination era,
    Compton parameter (y), and chemical potential (mu)”
  • Professor Chris Hirata,
    California Institute of Technology – “Molecular and metal lines from the Dark Ages and early galaxies”
  • Professor Steve Furlanetto, University of California, Los Angeles – “The redshifted 21 cm signal”
  • Dr. Mike Seiffert,
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory – ”
    CMB spectral distortion constraints from ground, sub-orbital, and space experiments”

Short Course Presentations

Speaker Affiliation Presentation
Jens Chluba CITA Atomic lines from the recombination era, Compton parameter (y), and chemical potential (mu)
(17 MB .pdf)
Chris Hirata Caltech Stuff other than H I in the Early Universe
(454 KB .pdf)
Steve Furlanetto UCLA The Redshifted 21 cm signal
(15 MB .pdf)
Mike Seiffert JPL CMB spectral distortion constraints from ground, sub-orbital, and space experiments
(2.5 KB .pdf)
Cosmic Microwave Background Spectral Distortions from the Early Universe - Part I
Cosmic Microwave Background Spectral Distortions from the Early Universe - Part II
Cosmic Microwave Background Spectral Distortions from the Early Universe - Part III
Cosmic Microwave Background Spectral Distortions from the Early Universe - Part IV