Title

Observing the Evolution of the Universe

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Scott Watson, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Document Type

Article

Date

3-5-2009

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

How did the universe evolve? The fine angular scale (l>1000) temperature and polarization anisotropies in the CMB are a Rosetta stone for understanding the evolution of the universe. Through detailed measurements one may address everything from the physics of the birth of the universe to the history of star formation and the process by which galaxies formed. One may in addition track the evolution of the dark energy and discover the net neutrino mass. We are at the dawn of a new era in which hundreds of square degrees of sky can be mapped with arcminute resolution and sensitivities measured in microKelvin. Acquiring these data requires the use of special purpose telescopes such as the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), located in Chile, and the South Pole Telescope (SPT). These new telescopes are outfitted with a new generation of custom mm-wave kilo-pixel arrays. Additional instruments are in the planning stages.

Additional Information

Science White Paper submitted to the US Astro2010 Decadal Survey. Full list of 177 author available at this http URL More informaton at http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0902

Recommended Citation

Watson, Scott, "Observing the Evolution of the Universe" (2009). Physics - All Scholarship. 403.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/403

Source

Harvested from Arxiv.org