Kavli Affiliate: Scott P. Wakely | Summary:The prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) is a candidate for a medium-sized telescope in the Cherenkov Telescope Array. The pSCT is based on a novel dual mirror optics design which reduces the plate scale and allows for the use of silicon photomultipliers as photodetectors. The prototype pSCT camera currently has […]
Kavli Affiliate: W. L. Kimmy Wu | Summary:Cosmic inflation provides a window to the highest energy densities accessible in nature, far beyond those achievable in any realistic terrestrial experiment. Theoretical insights into the inflationary era and its observational probes may therefore shed unique light on the physical laws underlying our universe. This white paper describes […]
Kavli Affiliate: W. L. Kimmy Wu | First 5 Authors: Ana Achúcarro, Matteo Biagetti, Matteo Braglia, Giovanni Cabass, Emanuele Castorina | Summary: Cosmic inflation provides a window to the highest energy densities accessible in nature, far beyond those achievable in any realistic terrestrial experiment. Theoretical insights into the inflationary era and its observational probes may […]
Kavli Affiliate: Brian Nord | First 5 Authors: Marcelo Alvarez, Stephen Bailey, Deborah Bard, Lisa Gerhardt, Julien Guy | Summary: We describe the needs and opportunities for preserving cosmology datasets and simulations, and facilitating their joint analysis beyond the lifetime of individual projects. We recommend that DOE fund a new cosmology data archive center to […]
Kavli Affiliate: Brian Nord | First 5 Authors: Cora Dvorkin, Siddharth Mishra-Sharma, Brian Nord, V. Ashley Villar, Camille Avestruz | Summary: Methods based on machine learning have recently made substantial inroads in many corners of cosmology. Through this process, new computational tools, new perspectives on data collection, model development, analysis, and discovery, as well as […]
Kavli Affiliate: Richard Hills | Summary:This Snowmass 2021 White Paper describes the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project CMB-S4, which is designed to cross critical thresholds in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe, from the highest energies at the dawn of time through the growth of structure to the present day. […]
Kavli Affiliate: Richard Hills | First 5 Authors: Kevork Abazajian, Arwa Abdulghafour, Graeme E. Addison, Peter Adshead, Zeeshan Ahmed | Summary: This Snowmass 2021 White Paper describes the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project CMB-S4, which is designed to cross critical thresholds in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe, from the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Karen Byrum | First 5 Authors: Kevork Abazajian, Arwa Abdulghafour, Graeme E. Addison, Peter Adshead, Zeeshan Ahmed | Summary: This Snowmass 2021 White Paper describes the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project CMB-S4, which is designed to cross critical thresholds in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe, from the […]
Kavli Affiliate: David Spergel | First 5 Authors: Kevork Abazajian, Arwa Abdulghafour, Graeme E. Addison, Peter Adshead, Zeeshan Ahmed | Summary: This Snowmass 2021 White Paper describes the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project CMB-S4, which is designed to cross critical thresholds in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe, from the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Salman Habib, Katrin Heitmann, Lindsey Bleem, Karen Byrum, Erik Shirokoff, John E. Carlstrom, Bradford A. Benson, Chao-Lin Kuo, Richard Hills | First 5 Authors: Kevork Abazajian, Arwa Abdulghafour, Graeme E. Addison, Peter Adshead, Zeeshan Ahmed | Summary: This Snowmass 2021 White Paper describes the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project CMB-S4, which is […]