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3 November 2006 |
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Meyer to share Gruber Cosmology Prize for COBE work, The University of Chicago Chronicle |
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4 October 2006 |
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Prof. Michael Turner comments on the Nobel Prize in Physics, The New York Times |
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18 September 2006 |
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Surprising clues to mysteries of universe is subject of free lecture series, News Office, The University of Chicago |
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6 September 2006 |
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Cronin Fest activities to honor Nobel Laureate Sept. 8-9 on his 75th birthday, News Office, The University of Chicago |
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13 July 2006 |
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Simulations show dark matter's role in galaxy formation, The University Of Chicago Chronicle Vol. 25 No. 19 |
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6 June 2006 |
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Galaxy evolution in cyber universe matches astronomical observations in fine detail, The University of Chicago News Office |
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25 May 2006 |
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Simulating cosmic collisions prepares astronomers to detect gravitational waves, The University of Chicago Chronicle |
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18 May 2006 |
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects Fred Kavli as member, The University of Chicago Chronicle |
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8 May 2006 |
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Cafe Scientifique ''Get your Science On'', The Columbia Chronicle |
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15 February 2006 |
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Prof. Sean Carroll on gravity as an explanation for the expanding universe, ScienceNOW Daily News |
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8 February 2006 |
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John Carlstrom was awarded the Beatrice Tinsley Prize of the American Astronomical Society, The American Astronomical Society |
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20 January 2006 |
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The New Views of the Universe: Public Panel Discussion, Chicago Public Radio |
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3 November 2006
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by Steve Koppes, Meyer to share Gruber Cosmology Prize for COBE work
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Stephan Meyer will share the 2006 Gruber Cosmology Prize with his fellow members of the Cosmic Background Explorer team for their 1992 confirmation that the universe was born in a hot big bang. Meyer's colleagues, John Mather of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and George Smoot of the University of California, Berkeley, this month also received the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics for the work.
Mather accepted the $250,000 Gruber Prize on behalf of the COBE satellite team at the opening ceremony of the International Astronomical Union’s General Assembly in Prague this summer. Meyer, Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics and the College, is Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics.
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The University of Chicago Chronicle
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4 October 2006
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by Dennis Overbye, Prof. Michael Turner comments on the Nobel Prize in Physics
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Michael S. Turner, a cosmologist at the University of Chicago, said the COBE measurements had ushered in an era of “precision cosmology” that continues to this day. "This is likely to be the first of a number of prizes in cosmology in this golden age we find ourselves in," Dr. Turner said.
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The New York Times
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18 September 2006
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by Steve Koppes, Surprising clues to mysteries of universe is subject of free lecture series
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Eight free lectures at the University of Chicago will give individuals who are interested in new scientific discoveries a look into the surprising places experimental physicists often explore to attain a more complete understanding of the laws of nature.
"Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe: Looking for Clues in Surprising Places," is the title of this year's Arthur Holly Compton Lectures, sponsored each spring and fall by the University's Enrico Fermi Institute. The 64th series of these public lectures will begin Saturday, Sept. 23, and will be held each Saturday through Nov. 11. The lectures will be given from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 106 of the Kersten Physics Teaching Center, 5720 S. Ellis Ave. As with all Compton lectures, they are intended to make science accessible to a general audience and to convey the excitement of new discoveries in the physical sciences.
Delivering the lectures will be Brian Odom, Research Associate in the Enrico Fermi Institute and also a Fellow in the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University. Odom will discuss topics including how physicists go deep underground to look for yet undiscovered particles believed to compose the bulk of the universe's mass; how they study atoms caught in laboratory traps in hopes of understanding the origins of matter in the big bang; and how they probe gravity at tiny distances in order to shed light on nature's strange behavior on the huge length scales of the universe.
Odom received his B.S. in physics with honors from Stanford University. He then attended Harvard University, where he received his A.M. and Ph.D. in physics.
A former physicist at the University, Compton is best known for demonstrating that light has the characteristics of both a wave and a particle. He organized the effort to produce plutonium for the atomic bomb and directed the Metallurgical Laboratory Chicago, where Fermi and his colleagues produced the first controlled, nuclear chain reaction in 1942.
For more information about the lecture series, call (773) 702-7823.
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News Office, The University of Chicago
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6 September 2006
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by Steve Koppes, Cronin Fest activities to honor Nobel Laureate Sept. 8-9 on his 75th birthday
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Nearly 300 colleagues and admirers from around the world will convene at the University of Chicago to celebrate the 75th birthday of James Cronin, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics, during a series of events on Friday, Sept. 8, and Saturday, Sept. 9, at Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St.
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News Office, The University of Chicago
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13 July 2006
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by Steve Koppes, Simulations show dark matter's role in galaxy formation
The University Of Chicago Chronicle Vol. 25 No. 19
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6 June 2006
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by Steve Koppes, Galaxy evolution in cyber universe matches astronomical observations in fine detail
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Scientists at the University of Chicago have bolstered the case for a popular scenario of the big bang theory that neatly explains the arrangement of galaxies throughout the universe. Their supercomputer simulation shows how dark matter, an invisible material of unknown composition, herded luminous matter in the universe from its initial smooth state into the cosmic web of galaxies and galaxy clusters that populate the universe.
Previous studies by other researchers had already verified the main features of this scenario, called the cold dark matter model. The Chicago team further extended this work by comparing the results of their supercomputer simulations to the newest, most detailed astronomical observations available today. They found an excellent fit, and they did so without basing their simulations on a lot of complex assumptions.
''The model we use is really, really simple,'' said Andrey Kravtsov, Associate Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics. ''We want to see how well this framework can do with a minimum number of assumptions.''
A paper co-authored by Kravtsov, Charlie Conroy and Risa Wechsler describing these findings will be published in the June 20 issue of the Astrophysical Journal. The research was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, with additional support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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The University of Chicago News Office
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25 May 2006
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by Steve Koppes, Simulating cosmic collisions prepares astronomers to detect gravitational waves
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A wispy collection of atoms and molecules fuels the vast cosmic maelstroms produced by colliding galaxies and merging supermassive black holes, according to some of the most extensive supercomputer simulations ever conducted.
''We found that gas is essential in driving the co-evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes,'' said Stelios Kazantzidis, a Fellow in the University's Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. He and his collaborators published their results in the April 2005 issue of The Astrophysical Journal and in February on astro-ph, an online repository of astronomical research papers.
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The University of Chicago Chronicle
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18 May 2006
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects Fred Kavli as member
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Also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year is Fred Kavli, the founder of the Kavli Foundation of Santa Barbara, Calif., which donated $7.5 million to the University in 2004, to make permanent the Center for Cosmological Physics.
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Kavli, a Norwegian-born physicist, founded the Kavli Foundation in 2000 to advance science for the benefit of humanity and to promote increased public understanding and support for scientists and their work. Kavli and the foundation support 10 research institutes worldwide, including Chicago. More than 70 scientists and students at the renamed Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics carry out research that fuses cosmology with particle physics.
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The University of Chicago Chronicle
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8 May 2006
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by Tiffany Breyne, Cafe Scientifique ''Get your Science On''
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Randy Landsberg, director of public outreach for the astronomy and astrophysics department at the University of Chicago, is the founder of the Chicago chapter and organized the first event. Since his job is to find ways to involve the community with science, Landsberg thought that the cafe would be a good way to do just that.
''It's an opportunity to go out into the community and let people, whoever they are, who might not normally have this opportunity or might not want to go to the formal institutions, [talk about science] in a normal, comforting environment,'' Landsberg said.
Landsberg thinks the meetings are becoming so popular because of a New York Times article about the club that ran in February. Landsberg said the article caused a ''huge surge'' in cafe openings across the country, including one in Evanston that has yet to meet up.
Scientist Sean Carroll, assistant professor in the physics department at the Enrico Fermi Institute and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the U of C, was the speaker in attendance for the first meeting. Carroll addressed the issue of time and how it travels forward, and not backward. Carroll said that the audience turnout of 40 to 50 people with little to no formal science background was a success.
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The Columbia Chronicle
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15 February 2006
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by Adrian Cho, Prof. Sean Carroll on gravity as an explanation for the expanding universe
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Good old gravity--slightly modified--can account for the accelerating expansion of the universe, theoretical physicists report. That means a tuned-up theory of gravity might obviate the need for some sort of bizarre ''dark energy'' that stretches the cosmos.
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ScienceNOW Daily News
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8 February 2006
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John Carlstrom was awarded the Beatrice Tinsley Prize of the American Astronomical Society
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Dr. John E. Carlstrom, University of Chicago, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize for 2006
The Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize recognizes an outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics, of an exceptionally creative or innovative character. The Prize is normally awarded every two years. No restrictions are placed on a candidate's citizenship or country of residency. It has been awarded since 1986, when the first recipient was Dr. S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Dr. John E. Carlstrom is cited, “For his innovative work on the use of interferometry to study the early Universe through CMB fluctuations and polarimetry and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. He has produced results that strongly constrain cosmological models of the amount and nature of dark matter and energy and the influence of cosmic inflation.
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The American Astronomical Society
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20 January 2006
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The New Views of the Universe: Public Panel Discussion
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The New Views of the Universe: Extra Dimensions, Dark Energy and Cosmic Adventures Public Cosmology Panel was recorded and will be broadcast on Chicago Public Radio WBEZ, 91.5 Sunday January 22, 2006 7:00PM (CST)
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Chicago Public Radio
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