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Daniel Eisenstein (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).
Thursday 27 October 2016, 16:00-17:00
Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound
- 👤 Speaker: Daniel Eisenstein (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).
- 📅 Date & Time: Thursday 27 October 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
- 📍 Venue: Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3.30 pm)
Abstract
I will discuss how the acoustic oscillations that propagate in the photon-baryon fluid during the first million years of the Universe provide a robust method for measuring the cosmological distance scale. The distance that the sound can travel can be computed to high precision and creates a signature in the late-time clustering of matter that serves as a standard ruler. Galaxy clustering results from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey reveal this feature at a variety of redshifts. I will review our recent work on the theory and practice of the acoustic oscillation method, describe our latest cosmology results from SDSS -III on the expansion history of the Universe, and introduce the upcoming Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project.
Series This talk is part of the The Sackler Lectures series.
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