Cosmology Seminar: Michael Zemcov (JPL/Caltech)

What	seminar cosmology
When	19 May 08 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Where	Varian Room 355
Contact Name	Laura Duato (host: Chao-Lin Kuo)
Contact Email	lduato@stanford.edu
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Measuring Light from the Epoch of Reionization with CIBER

Ultraviolet emission from the first generation of stars in the

Universe ionized the intergalactic medium in a process which was

completed by z~6; these photons have been redshifted into the near

infrared today and can be measured using instruments situated above

the Earth's atmosphere. Designed to precisely measure the spectral

and spatial signatures of reionization in the extragalactic IR

background, the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER)

comprises four instruments housed in a single rocket-borne payload.

With its first flight scheduled for July 2008, CIBER will both measure

spatial anisotropies in the extragalactic IR background caused by

large scale structure in the range 8 < z < 20 using two broadband

imaging instruments and make a detailed characterization of the

spectral shape of the IR background in each of our six science fields.

This talk will introduce CIBER's scientific goals and instrumental

design, and highlights from our ongoing integration effort will be

presented.

August 2008

KIPAC