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Magnetism in the Universe
Magnetic fields at galactic and larger scales is a challenging issue for astrophysics and cosmology. In this talk, I'll review the methods to detect magnetic...
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TalkMatter-antimatter sourced dark matterCosmological and astrophysical e xperimental data demark a large share of the limits of our knowledge in fundamental physics. I'll review two pieces of evidence...
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TalkMatters of gravityContrary to popular belief, on very large distance scales visible matter stubbornly refuses to "fall" according to the laws of gravity of both Newton and...
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TalkMeasurement of a large scale flow with clusters of galaxiesPeculiar velocities of galaxies, derived using distance estimators, are plagued with systematic effects and are unreliable beyond 100 Mpc/h. In Kashlinsky &...
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TalkMeasuring Dark Energy with Massive Redshift SurveysThe Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) is a Stage III dark energy experiment on the Sloan Telescope. For the five years from 2009-2014, we are...
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TalkMeasuring the CMB Polarization with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope.We have learned a great deal about the universe from measurements ofthe cosmic microwave background (CMB). Most of what we have learned so far has been based on...
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TalkMicrolensing: No Machos, but Smooth Dark Matter (4)
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TalkMicrolensing: Quasar Size and Luminosity Profile (2)
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TalkMultiply-imaged Quasars: Doubles, Quads and Einstein Rings (1)