Cosmic microwave background

UChicago to partner with Berkeley Lab to build next-gen cosmic microwave background experiment Simons Observatory at the Atacama Desert in Chile

UChicago to partner with Berkeley Lab to build next-gen cosmic microwave background experiment

Argonne, Fermilab part of 93-institution coalition to use telescopes at the South Pole and Chile

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding South Pole Telescope at night

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding

Next-gen camera for South Pole Telescope takes data on early universe South Pole Telescope

Next-gen camera for South Pole Telescope takes data on early universe

Chicago blues and the science in sound

Chicago blues and the science in sound

Brian Nord BW

Brian Nord

Title: Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Expertise: Dark energy, Cosmic microwave background

Departmental website: https://astro.uchicago.edu/people/brian-nord.php

John Carlstrom

John E. Carlstrom

Title: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor; Chair, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Expertise: Cosmology, South Pole, Dark energy, Cosmic microwave background

Departmental website: https://astrophysics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/john-e.-carlstrom/