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OSU researchers play hide and seek with the universe

2008

Thanks to the new Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, faculty and students are able to ask and answer questions about what the universe is made of and how it has evolved.…

Ohio State joins the IceCube Collaboration

2008

Led by Prof. James Beatty and CCAPP postdocs Carsten Rott and Mike Stamatikos, OSU as joined the IceCube experiment, a 1 cubic km detector that uses the Antarctic ice cap as a high…

Steigman Lectures in Brazil

2008

Gary Steigman recently gave an invited public lecture at the Einstein Exhibit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The talk was sponsored in part by the State of Sao Paulo Funding Agency, FAPESP.

The Last Scattering Surface

2008

Designed in collaboration with CCAPP scientist David Weinberg, The Last Scattering Surface illustrates cosmic structure at the epoch of recombination and the present day. The…

An End to Modernity by Josiah Elheny

Designed in collaboration with CCAPP scientist David Weinberg, McElheny's sculpture traces the 14 billion year history of the expanding universe. The central aluminum sphere, lamps, and glass…

The DES Cluster Finder Comparison Meeting

June 2008

The Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) at The Ohio State University (OSU) is holding The DES Cluster Finder Comparison Meeting in Columbus, Ohio on May 22-24…

GLAST Launch Blog

June 11, 2008

[NASA will provide] live coverage of the countdown to launch of the Delta II carrying the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) will begin right here about two hours…

Special Public Lecture

March 18th, 2008

On Monday, March 24, CCAPP will host a special public lecture by Joel R…

Hayes Graduate Research Forum Winners

2007

Graduate students Greg Mack and Luke Corwin were the first and second place winners, respectively, in the Math and Physical Sciences section of the 2007 Edward F. Hayes Graduate…