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Program
Program [PDF]

May 18, 2015 - Monday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Location: LASR

Plenary introduction to topics. The goal is to get everyone up to speed on all the topics, theoretical; and experimental.
8:00 AM - 8:20 AMBREAKFAST
8:20 AM - 8:30 AMStephan S. Meyer, University of Chicago
Welcome and Introduction
8:30 AM - 9:15 AMRashid Sunyaev, MPA Garching
Theory of primordial spectral distortions [PDF, 12.04 MB]
9:15 AM - 10:00 AMDale J. Fixsen, University of Maryland
FIRAS review (why the current limits are what they are) [PDF, 11.61 MB]
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMCOFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM - 11:15 AMAlan J. Kogut, NASA/GSFC
PIXIE review [PDF, 45.72 MB]
11:15 AM - 12:00 PMDoug Finkbeiner, Harvard University
Galactic Science and CMB Foregrounds [PDF, 18.4 MB]
12:00 PM - 2:00 PMLUNCH
2:00 PM - 2:45 PMSuzanne T Staggs, Princeton
Instrumentation for theorists [PDF, 5.1 MB]
2:45 PM - 3:30 PMDavid Spergel, Princeton
Theory for experimentalists [PDF, 6.56 MB]
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMCOFFEE BREAK
4:00 PM - 4:45 PMJens Chluba, IoA, University of Cambridge
Parametrization of distortions, the cosmological recombination radiation and what we can learn [PDF, 30.01 MB]
4:45 PM - 5:30 PMRavi Subrahmanyan, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India
APSERA-The Array of Precision Spectrometers for the Epoch of RecombinAtion. [PDF, 8.67 MB]
5:30 PM - 6:00 PMStephan S. Meyer, University of Chicago
Organization of splinter sessions

May 19, 2015 - Tuesday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Location: LASR

Splinter groups to define specific problems. The topics below are notional and will evolve based on input from workshop participants. The goal is not to answer each problem, but to stimulate discussion leading to a burst of papers in a few months.
8:00 AM - 8:30 AMBREAKFAST
8:30 AM - 9:00 AMOrganize sessions
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMSplinter Session 1
  • 1A. Cosmology: Cross-correlation of spectrum with other data sets (Lead: Spergel)
  • 1B. Recombination spectral lines (Lead: Ali-Haimoud)
  • 1C. Dust physics, foreground astrophysics, galactic physics (Lead: Lazarian)
  • 1D. Limitations on accuracy (beams, calibration) (Lead: Fixsen)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMCOFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMPlenary Splinter 1 reports and new challenges
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMSplinter Session 2
  • 2A. CMB anomalies, low-ell TT, polarization, mu, y (Lead: Meyer)
  • 2B. Cosmic infrared background, spectrum and anisotropy (Lead: Cooray)
  • 2C. Foreground subtraction/marginalization (Lead: Switzer)
  • 2D. Limitations on sensitivity, instrument trades (Lead: Puget)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 PM - 2:00 PMPlenary Splinter 2 reports and discussion
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMCOFFEE BREAK
2:30 PM - 3:30 PMSplinter Session 3
  • 3A. Perturbations/structure in the early universe (Lead: Caldwell)
  • 3B. Reionization/Dark Ages: spectrum, anisotropy in y (Lead: Battaglia)
  • 3C. Foregrounds -- instrument specific drivers (Lead: Kogut)
  • 3D. Ground-based instrumentation (Lead: Subrahmanyan)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMCOFFEE AND SNACKS
4:00 PM - 5:30 PMPlenary Splinter 3 reports and discussion
6:30 PMBANQUET
Banquet Cedars Mediterraean Kitchen 1206 East 53rd Street
Followed by drinks at Stephan Meyer's house 5247 S University Ave

May 20, 2015 - Wednesday 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Hyatt
8:00 AM - 8:30 AMBREAKFAST
8:30 AM - 9:30 AMSplinter Session 4
  • 4A. Energy injection from homogeneous new physics (Lead: Tashiro)
  • 4B. Open for suggestions from the floor
  • 4C. Parameter mapping, degeneracies with foregrounds (Lead: Delabrouille)
  • 4D. Instrumentation -- Optimization to science goals (Lead: Chuss)
    • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMPlenary Splinter 4 reports and discussion
    10:00 AM - 10:30 AMCoffee
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PMPanel discussion of key splinter topics
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PMLunch and discussion of unresolved topics
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PMSummary Talks
  • Joe Silk -- Theory perspective
  • John Mather -- Experimental perspective
    • 2:30 PMAdjourn
     Joe Silk, Oxford
    A future CMB experiment with spectroscopic capabilities [PDF, 2.18 MB]