[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Colloquium today at 14:00

Thu Mar 27 05:00:04 PDT 2014

Date/Time: Thu 2014-03-27 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Mark Halpern (UBC)

Title:     BICEP2 detection of B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background at degree angular scales

Abstract: New results were recently released by BICEP2, a cosmic microwave background polarimeter specifically designed to search for the signature of inflationary gravitational waves imprinted as a B-mode polarization power spectrum.  The amplitude of this spectrum is a test of physics at
the 10^16 GeV energy scale.

In this talk I will set the context of these measurements, present the results and talk about some of the systematic checks which helped convince us this signal is genuine.

Stimulants will be served 15 minutes before the talk.

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