Letters of Intent received in 2016

LoI 2018-1959
CMB Spectral distortions from MHz to THz

Date: 20 August 2018 to 31 August 2018
Category: Focus meetings (GA)
Location: Vienna, Austria
Contact: Ravi Subrahmanyan (rsubrahm@rri.res.in)
Coordinating division: Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
Other divisions: Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
Co-Chairs of SOC: Jens Chluba (University of Manchester)
Adrian Liu (University of California, Berkeley)
Subodh Patil (University of Geneva)
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Topics

1. Theory of y, mu and recombination spectral distortions
2. Ground and space based experiments for cm to THz CMB spectral distortions
3. Theory on Dark Ages, Cosmic Dawn and Reionization spectral distortions
4. Ground and space based experiments for global redshifted 21-cm spectral distortions
5. Motivations from particle physics and primordial magnetic fields for CMB spectral distortion measurements
6. Foregrounds: synchrotron, thermal, dust and anomalous microwave
7. Ionosphere, Atmosphere and RFI
8. Methods: FTS, Spectral Radiometers and interferometer methods
9. Modeling: connecting observations to theory

 

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