Events at Physics |
Events on Thursday, March 5th, 2020
- Cosmology Journal Club
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Place: 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Abstract: We discuss papers from arxiv.org related to cosmology each week. All are welcome and feel free to bring your lunch. If there is a paper you would like to present, or have questions or comments, please email Ross Cawthon (cawthon@wisc.edu) and Santanu Das (sdas33@wisc.edu).
- Astronomy Colloquium
- COLLOQUIUM CANCELLED: The Experiment for Cryogenic Large-aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)
- Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 am
- Place: 4421 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: Dr. Eric Switzer , NASA/Goddard
- Abstract: CANCELLED BECAUSE OF NEW NASA TRAVEL REGULATIONS REGARDING COVID-19 VIRUS. RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 6. The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a cryogenic balloon-borne instrument that will survey galaxy and star formation history over cosmological time scales. Rather than identifying individual objects, EXCLAIM will be a pathfinder to demonstrate an intensity mapping approach, which measures the cumulative redshifted line emission. EXCLAIM will operate at 420-540 GHz with a spectral resolution R=512 to measure the integrated CO and [CII] in redshift windows spanning 0 < z < 3.5. CO and [CII] line emissions are key tracers of the gas phases in the interstellar medium involved in star-formation processes. EXCLAIM will shed light on questions such as why the star formation rate declines at z < 2, despite continued clustering of the dark matter. The instrument will employ an array of six superconducting integrated grating-analog spectrometers (micro-spec) coupled to microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs). I will present an overview of the EXCLAIM instrument design and status.
- Host: Timbie