Jennifer Thomas (UCLA; Univ. of Wisconsin) " Cheap as CHIPS – Large Water Cherenkov Detectors: Faster and Cheaper"

Title: Cheap as CHIPS - Large Water Cherenkov Detectors: Faster and Cheaper Abstract: CHIPS is an R&D program focused on designing and fabricating a cost-effective large water Cherenkov detector (WCD) to study neutrino oscillations. Traditional WCD's with a low energy …

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Lifan Wang (Texas A&M)

Title: The Latest Development of Optical/NIR Astronomy at Dome A, Antarctica Abstract: Dome A, the highest spot on Antarctic plateau is likely the best site for ground-based astronomy. I present in this talk an update on the recent progresses in …

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Taylor Hoyt (University of Chicago) “Using Astrophysical Distance Indicators to Test Standard Cosmology”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Abstract: Measurements of the universe's present-day expansion rate, or the Hubble constant (H0), that use a Cepheid variable star calibration of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are in >4σ disagreement with values predicted by the standard, Lambda cold dark matter …

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