Session: Flexing Our Cosmological Muscles: What Are the Bicep Results Telling Us (2014 SACNAS National Conference)

Thursday, October 16, 2014: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM

LACC 405 (Los Angeles Convention Center)

Chair:

Jesus Pando, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, DePaul University

Description: New observations from the south pole experiment, BICEP, have caused a great deal of excitement in the astrophysical community. The results seem to confirm one of the theoretical pillars of modern cosmology––inflation. This session will explain what the results are and why they are important.

10:15 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:20 AM

The future of the history of Cosmic Inflation
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Hsu, PhD , Martin Luther King Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow , Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:40 AM

The LCM as an alternative to dark matter
Sophia Cisneros, PhD , Martin Luther King Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow , Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:00 AM

B-Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background
Jesús Pando, PhD , Associate Professor and Chair , DePaul University

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