| Speaker: | Chao-Lin Kuo (Stanford / SLAC) |
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| Title: | BICEP2 results, implications, and future |
| Date (JST): | Mon, Apr 14, 2014, 13:30 - 15:00 |
| Place: | Lecture Hall |
| Abstract: | The BICEP2 team has just announced the detection of degree-scale B-mode polarization of the CMB, consistent with the imprint of inflationary gravitational waves. r=0 model is ruled out at very high significance. BICEP2 is the second generation in the BICEP/Keck series of small refractor experiments. I will discuss the immediate prospect of confirming and expanding BICEP2's discovery by Keck Array and BICEP3. A dedicated program that covers more sky can significantly reduce the uncertainties on tensor amplitude, putting models of inflation to further test. |
