The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration

Monday, March 19, 2018
8:15 A.M. Coffee, 8:45 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Short Course (informal lunch provided for all attendees)
Avery Library, California Institute of Technology

All interested researchers and students are invited to attend. No registration is required for the short course. Seating is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.

Speakers

  • “Painting a Picture of the Cosmos” – Graca Rocha, JPL/Caltech
  • “Inflationary Predictions for Cosmology” – Joe Silk, JHU/IAP
  • “Comments on Cosmological Predictions” – Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University
  • “Design Challenges for Future CMB Experiments” – Alan Kogut, NASA, GSFC
  • “Peering at the CMB Through the Polarized Galaxy” – Jacques Delabrouille, CNRS
  • “A Distorted View of the CMB?” – Anthony Challinor, University of Cambridge

Short Course Presentations

Speaker Affiliation Presentation
Graca Rocha JPL/Caltech Painting a Picture of the Cosmos
(7.8 MB .pdf)
Joe Silk JHU/IAP Inflationary Predictions for Cosmology
(47.3 MB .pdf)
Paul Steinhardt Princeton University Comments on Cosmological Predictions
(1.6 MB .pdf)
Alan Kogut NASA, GSFC Design Challenges for Future CMB Experiments
(14.2 MB .pdf)
Jacques Delabrouille CNRS Peering at the CMB Through the Polarized Galaxy
(21 MB .pdf)
Anthony Challinor University of Cambridge A Distorted View of the CMB?
(10 MB .pdf)