Monday, August 16, 2010
9:00 AM -
12:30 PM
Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Keck Institute for Space Studies Symposium
Open Short Course: "Cosmic Microwave Background Spectral Distortions from the Early Universe"
Short Course Topics and Speakers:
"Atomic Lines from the Recombination Era, Compton Parameter (y), and Chemical Potential (mu)," Jens Chluba, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.
"Molecular and Metal Lines from Early Galaxies," Chris Hirata, Caltech.
"The Redshifted 21 cm Signal," Steve Furlanetto, UCLA.
"CMB Spectral Distortion Constraints from Ground, Sub-orbital, and Space Experiments," Mike Seiffert, JPL.
Event Sponsors:
For more information, please contact Trity Pourbahrami by phone at X8093 or by email at [email protected] or visit http://kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/billion2010/schedule.html.