Observing the Birth of the Universe by Lyman Page
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
DATE: 22 January 2019, 17:00 to
Introduction
Observing the Birth of the Universe
How Big is the Universe?
Sloan Digital Sky Survey main galaxy survey
From Hubble
The Universe is Expanding
The Universe is Infinite!!. We live in a "Hubble Patch"
Because the Speed of Light is Finite, Telescopes Are Like Time Macines
Now Add The Expansion
The Standard Model of Cosmology
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
How Do We Measure the CMB?
The Measurements at the Heart of the Standard Model
And at higher resolution...
"V Band", 61 GHz, 0.5 cm, from WMAP
Stacked hot spots
How do we get hot and cold patches?
Cosmic Paleontology
Angular Power Spectrum
Parameters of the Model
The model raises a lot of questions!
The Abbreviated Standard Cosmological Model
The frontier: are there other elements of the model?
What is a gravitational wave?
LIGO discovered two inspiraling blackoles that emitted gravitational waves as they coalesced
We're searching for gravitational waves produced from the extraordinary densities at the birth of the universe.
Simulation of CMB polarization
Recent Results
The Simons Observatory
The Site
Q&A
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International Centre for Theoretical Sciences