Austin College September 2012 Talk

  1. Title slide
  2. outline
  3. Observing
    1. Study universe -> Build telescopes. Show EBEX, SPT, Planck. Different wavelengths?
    2. Light, photons.
    3. Telescope build for given wavelenght.
    4. distance = back in time. Examples.
      1. Moon
      2. Sun
      3. End of galaxy
  4. What to observe
    1. History of the universe (WMAP picture)
      1. Inflation
    2. CMB
    3. Spectrum
    4. Polarisation
    5. What the CMB tells us.
  5. History
    1. Discovery
    2. COBE + ...
    3. WMAP + ...
    4. PLANCK + ...
  6. EBEX
    1. Overall description
    2. Pointing
    3. Cryostat
    4. Detectors
    5. Readout
    6. Communication
    7. Challenges/advantages of flight
    8. TES/readout
  7. NAF
    1. Lanch
    2. UFO
    3. Land
    4. Goals/Results
  8. LDB
    1. Integration in Palestine
    2. Going to Antarctica
    3. Analysis after flight
  9. Conclusion
-- FrancoisAubin - 2012-09-10