Science@Cal Lecture Dec 17: Cosmic Background with Adrian Lee

Science at Cal Lecture The Cosmic Microwave Background and the Search for Inflation at the Beginning of the Universe with Adrian Lee Saturday, December 17, 11 am  100 GPB (Genetics Plant Biology building) UC Berkeley Note the location! Inflation is the leading theory to explain the first instant of the universe, a tiny fraction of a second after the Big Bang. The case for inflation is building, and now we may have the opportunity to observe the signature of gravitational waves from the inflation event embedded in the cosmic microwave background. If seen, these signals would confirm inflation, point to the correct model for inflation, and, given the high energies involved, teach us about fundamental physics such as quantum gravity and string theory.     Professor Lee will discuss how observations at high mountain top telescopes and satellites are paving the way to understanding the very beginning of the universe. 9 year WMAP image of background cosmic radiation (2012). NASA / WMAP Science Team Adrian Lee Adrian Lee Adrian Lee joined the faculty in July 2000. He received his B.A. in physics from Columbia University in 1986 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1993. At Stanford, he worked with Blas Cabrera on the early development of an experiment to detect non-baryonic dark matter. Following graduate school, Lee became a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford Medical School, where he worked on mapping functions in the human brain using magnetic resonance imaging. Subsequently, from 1994 to 2000, he did post-doctoral work at U.C. Berkeley with Paul Richards measuring spatial anisotropy in the 2.7 K cosmic microwave background. For more information about upcoming lectures and other events, please visit the Science@Cal Website.  Thanks for your continued interest in science! Please feel free to share this with friends. Our events are always free and open to the public. Programs are subject to change without notice.

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