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Friday, 21 September 2018, 14:30 in AQ3150

Prof. Rob Caldwell (Dartmouth College)

Polarization of the cosmic gravitational wave background (physics colloquium)

The Cosmic Gravitational Wave Background (CGB) is a hypothesized relic radiation field that, if detected, would give us clues to the earliest moments of the history of the Universe. In this talk accessible to students and non-experts, I will describe the physical processes that can give rise to a CGB, novel features including its polarization, and methods of detection. I will also discuss the ability of the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, LISA, to detect the CGB.

Seminars in 2018:

2018-09-21 14:30 in AQ3150 - Rob Caldwell (Dartmouth College): Polarization of the cosmic gravitational wave background (physics colloquium)
2018-11-21 15:30 in P8445B - Jia Liu (Princeton): Cosmology with massive neutrinos
2019-01-17 10:30 in P8445B - Gabor Kunstatter (University of Winnipeg): Lost Horizons: The Dynamics of Singularity Resolution in General Relativity
2019-02-05 15:00 in P8445B - Andrew Long (University of Michigan): Dark photon dark matter from a network of cosmic strings

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