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Thursday, 30 October 2014, 16:00 in P8445A

Yun Li (SFU)

Primordial magnetic fields

A stochastic primordial magnetic field (PMF), if present at last scattering, would source B-mode polarization of CMB. We use the recent measurements of the B-mode spectrum by POLARBEAR and BICEP2 to derive constraints on the magnitude, the spectral index and the energy scale at which PMF was generated. Additional tests, such as Faraday Rotation, can be used to distinguish the PMF sourced B-modes from those sourced by weak lensing and the inflationary gravity waves.

Seminars in 2014:

2014-09-03 16:15 in P8445A - Yin-Zhe Ma (UBC): Searching for missing baryons
2014-10-02 16:00 in P8445A - Gabor Kunstatter (University of Winnipeg): The stability of AdS spacetime in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
2014-10-03 14:30 in AQ3005 - Gabor Kunstatter (University of Winnipeg): The black hole information loss problem: Is there light at the end of the tunnel? (physics colloquium)
2014-10-23 16:00 in P8445A - Yuting Wang (NAOC Beijing): Cosmological forecasts for galaxy surveys using multi-tracer techniques
2014-10-30 16:00 in P8445A - Yun Li (SFU): Primordial magnetic fields
2014-11-06 16:00 in P8445A - Tomas Galvez (SFU): Bimetric models of gravity and cosmology in the early universe
2014-11-20 16:00 in P8445A - Micah Brush (SFU): 3D cosmological observables in spherical coordinates
2015-01-12 12:00 in P8445B - Misao Sasaki (YITP, Kyoto University): Reviving open inflation
2015-01-20 15:30 in P8445B - Alessandra Silvestri (Lorentz Institute, Leiden): Testing gravity within the EFT framework of cosmic acceleration
2015-01-26 12:00 in P8445B - Gong-Bo Zhao (NAOC, Beijing and ICG, Portsmouth): Cosmological tests of gravity
2015-03-05 14:00 in P8445A - Scott Chapman (Dalhousie University): Studying the epoch of inflation with the cosmic microwave background

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