CMB Polarization Cosmology in the Coming Decade

June 26-29, 2012
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA 91125

Workshop Overview:

The CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background) polarization community is coming to a decision point about the future direction of the field. On the one hand, the astro2010 decadal committee endorsed a technology program leading to a post-2020 satellite experiment. However the committee also supported a medium-scale initiative for a ground-based program. To capture the full scientific potential of CMB polarization, the CMB community must develop new observational and theoretical capabilities. Our study program aims at identifying the optimal combination of future ground-based and space-borne experiments in order to produce timely and definitive results.

Workshop Participants:

  • Randol Aikin - Caltech
  • Andrew Benson - Caltech
  • Jamie Bock - Caltech / JPL
  • John Carlstom - University of Chicago
  • Ranga Chary - Caltech
  • Asantha Cooray - UC Irvine
  • Neal Dalal - University of Illinois
  • Sudeep Das - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)
  • Olivier Doré - JPL
  • Jeff Filippini - Caltech
  • Vera Gluscevic - Caltech
  • Sunil Golwala - Caltech
  • Kryzs Gorski - JPL
  • Shaul Hanany - University of Minnesota
  • Duncan Hanson - JPL
  • Sergi Hildebrandt - Caltech
  • Gary Hinshaw - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Gil Holder - McGill University
  • Bill Holzapfel - UC Berkeley
  • Howard Hui- Caltech
  • Dragan Huterer - University of Michigan
  • Brian Keating - UC San Diego
  • John Kovac - Harvard University
  • Chao-Lin Kuo - Stanford University
  • Alicia Lanz - Caltech
  • Charles Lawrence - JPL
  • Martin Lueker-Boden - Caltech
  • Abhilash Mishra - Caltech
  • Lorenzo Moncelsi - Caltech
  • Tejaswi Nerella - Caltech
  • Hien Nguyen - JPL
  • Mike Niemack - National Intitute of Standards Technology (NIST)
  • Roger O'brient - Caltech
  • Antonija Oklopcic - Caltech
  • Stephen Osborne - Stanford University
  • Clem Pryke - University of Minnesota
  • Anthony Pullen - Caltech
  • Anthony Readhead - Caltech
  • Christian Reichardt - UC Berkeley
  • Graca Rocha - JPL
  • Mike Seiffert - JPL
  • Zak Staniszewski - Caltech
  • Grant Teply - Caltech
  • Becky Tucker - Caltech
  • Joaquin Vieira - Caltech
  • Marco Viero - Caltech
  • Kimmy Wu - Stanford University
  • Ruth Pearson - University of Sussex
  • Oliver Zahn - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)