Planck cosmology: Zooming in on big-bang inflation

Planck cosmology: Zooming in on big-bang inflation

Time:
Sunday, November 3rd, 3:45 pm to 4:30 pm
Location:
Century Ballroom B
Speaker(s):
Charles Lawrence
  Principal scientist, astrophysics; U.S. project scientist for the Planck Collaboration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

What would the universe look like to an electron some 370,000 years after the big bang? This spring the Planck cosmology probe released a fine-scale map of the subtle thermal variations imprinted on the cosmos around that time, revealing that the universe was slightly older than previously thought. But the Planck instruments also measured the polarized intensities of the ancient light. Mission scientists are now working to zoom in using the polarization data, getting that electron’s-eye insider view of the early universe. Cosmologists are eagerly waiting to see whether Planck has detected the gravitational waves that would provide direct confirmation that there was an inflationary period in the instant after the big bang. Meanwhile other experiments are searching for gravitational-wave signatures, in an effort Charles Lawrence calls “the most rapid expansion of our understanding of the universe that’s ever happened.”

For more information, see the CASW website.

Meeting schedule

Friday, Nov. 1

11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Board Room, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Meet in hotel lobby; tours leave on the hour at 1 pm, 2 pm & 3 pm
Friday, Nov. 1
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Meet in hotel lobby; tours leave on the hour at 1 pm, 2 pm & 3 pm
Friday, Nov. 1
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Meet in hotel lobby; tours leave at 1 pm and 2:30 pm

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Prefunction Area/Lobby, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Hilton University of Florida (front lawn)

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Florida Museum of Natural History

9:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
9:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Two Bits Lounge, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center
Saturday, Nov. 2

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Prefunction Area, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

7:00 am to 5:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
7:00 am to 5:00 pm
Prefunction Area, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

7:15 am to 8:00 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
7:15 am to 8:00 am
Live Oak

7:30 am to 8:00 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
7:30 am to 8:00 am
Century A Ballroom, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

8:00 am to 9:00 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
8:00 am to 9:00 am
Century Ballroom A

9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Prefunction Area/Lobby, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

9:15 am to 10:30 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
9:15 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom A
Saturday, Nov. 2
9:15 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom C
Saturday, Nov. 2
9:15 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom B
Saturday, Nov. 2
9:15 am to 10:30 am
Dogwood

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Prefunction Area

11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Century Ballroom C
Saturday, Nov. 2
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Dogwood
Saturday, Nov. 2
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Century Ballroom A
Saturday, Nov. 2
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Century Ballroom B

12:15 pm to 1:45 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm
Albert’s Restaurant and Prefunction Area, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

1:45 pm to 3:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Century Ballroom C
Saturday, Nov. 2
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Century Ballroom A
Saturday, Nov. 2
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Century Ballroom B

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
3:00 pm to 3:45 pm
Prefunction Area

3:45 pm to 5:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Century Ballroom C
Saturday, Nov. 2
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Dogwood
Saturday, Nov. 2
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Century Ballroom A

5:05 pm to 6:30 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
5:05 pm to 6:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

6:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida (a short walk from the hotel; shuttle available)
Sunday, Nov. 3

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Sunday, Nov. 3
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Prefunction area

7:00 am to 12:00 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
7:00 am to 12:00 pm
Prefunction area

8:30 am to 9:30 am

9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Prefunction Area, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

9:30 am to 10:30 am

Sunday, Nov. 3
9:30 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom B
Sunday, Nov. 3
9:30 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom A

10:30 am to 10:45 am

Sunday, Nov. 3
10:30 am to 10:45 am
Prefunction area

10:45 am to 11:45 am

Sunday, Nov. 3
10:45 am to 11:45 am
Century Ballroom A

11:45 am to 1:45 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
11:45 am to 1:45 pm
Conference Center meeting rooms

1:45 pm to 2:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
Century Ballroom A
Sunday, Nov. 3
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
Century Ballroom B

1:45 pm to 3:45 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
1:45 pm to 3:45 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

2:30 pm to 3:15 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
2:30 pm to 3:15 pm
Century Ballroom A

3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
Prefunction area

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

3:45 pm to 4:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
3:45 pm to 4:30 pm
Century Ballroom A
Sunday, Nov. 3
3:45 pm to 4:30 pm
Century Ballroom B

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

7:30 pm to 11:00 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
7:30 pm to 11:00 pm
Walk from Innovation Hub, shuttles back to hotel. Pay on your own.
Monday, Nov. 4

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Monday, Nov. 4
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Prefunction area

8:30 am to 9:30 am

Monday, Nov. 4
8:30 am to 9:30 am
Century Ballroom A

9:30 am to 10:15 am

Monday, Nov. 4
9:30 am to 10:15 am
Century Ballroom B
Monday, Nov. 4
9:30 am to 10:15 am
Century Ballroom A

10:15 am to 10:30 am

Monday, Nov. 4
10:15 am to 10:30 am
Prefunction area

10:30 am to 11:15 am

Monday, Nov. 4
10:30 am to 11:15 am
Century Ballroom A
Monday, Nov. 4
10:30 am to 11:15 am
Century Ballroom B

11:15 am to 12:00 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
11:15 am to 12:00 pm
Century Ballroom A

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Main ballroom

12:45 pm to 2:45 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
12:45 pm to 2:45 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Century Ballroom A

1:45 pm to 2:30 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Prefunction area

2:45 pm to 4:15 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
3:00 pm to 3:45 pm
Century Ballroom A

3:45 pm to 4:30 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
3:45 pm to 4:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location TBD, Pay on your own.

7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Tuesday, Nov. 5

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Tuesday, Nov. 5
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Conference Center lobby

7:30 am to 12:00 pm

Tuesday, Nov. 5
7:30 am to 12:00 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby; limit 35.

7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Tuesday, Nov. 5
7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby; additional cost, registration required, limit 40.
Tuesday, Nov. 5
7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby; additional cost, registration required, limit 50.

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