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Short Course: 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

Jens Chluba
CITA

Atomic lines from the recombination era, Compton parameter (y), and chemical potential (mu)
(17 MB .pdf)
(video)

Chris Hirata
Caltech

Stuff other than H I in the Early Universe
(454 KB .pdf)
(video)

Steve Furlanetto
UCLA

The Redshifted 21 cm signal
(15 MB .pdf)
(video)

Mike Seiffert
JPL

CMB spectral distortion constraints from ground, sub-orbital, and space experiments
(2.5 KB .pdf)
(video)





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