Astronomical Instrumentation for Dark Energy Using Superconductor Detectors (MKIDs)

5 Sept 2014, 11:00
25m
Niagara Falls, Canada

Niagara Falls, Canada

Sheraton on the Falls

Speaker

Emily Macuk (Fermilab)

Description

Dark Energy, the driving force for the accelerated expansion of the Universe, has become one of the largest mysteries in our current understanding of Nature. There are several ongoing, and planned astronomical projects to map large scale structure and geometry of the Universe to investigate this. During this talk we will present the newly developed Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, and discuss how they could play an important role in this scientific quest.

Primary author

juan estrada (fermilab)

Presentation materials