Cyndia works on novel instrumentation and analysis for cosmic microwave background (CMB) surveys. She is involved with the BICEP/Keck, Simons Observatory, and CMB-S4 experiments, making ever more sensitive measurements of the CMB to probe a wide range of cosmological questions.
Title: Cosmology with Large-Angular Scale CMB Polarimetry
Abstract:
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) has been key to building and validating our current Standard Model of Cosmology. As information from CMB temperature becomes limited by cosmic variance, polarization data is increasingly key to breaking degeneracies and probing new physics. The BICEP/Keck program builds and operates a series of small-aperture telescopes targeting the degree-scale peak of inflationary gravitational waves in B-mode(parity-odd) CMB polarization. I will discuss the collaboration's latest constraints on cosmic inflation and new directions for cosmology searches beyond inflation at large angular scales. Current and upcoming data show exciting promise for probing a wide array of physics beyond the Standard Model.
The Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize recognizes research excellence and exceptional promise in areas related to CCAPP initiatives. Two recipients are selected annually by the CCAPP Science Board. CCAPP hosts Prize recipients for a week during which they give a Price Prize seminar on their research, and establish long-term collaborative relationships.
