Theory Group Seminar

Dr. Joel Meyers, CITA, University of Toronto

"Light Relics and Next Generation CMB Observations"

2:00pm, RLM 15.216B (Please note new room this semester.)

Abstract: Ongoing and future CMB observations will allow for fundamentally new insights into physics beyond the standard model and the very early universe.  I will discuss theoretical targets for CMB constraints on light relics and the path toward reaching those goals.  I will also highlight a particularly robust signature of light relics in the CMB power spectra and discuss the role of delensing the CMB in improving constraints.