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NSF PA/M 02-27 - May 16,
2002
Astronomers to Present New Findings on Early Universe
at NSF Press Conference
Leading astronomers will present new findings on the
content and structure of the early universe at a National
Science Foundation press conference May 23. Alan Guth
of MIT, who originated the inflation theory, will
participate.
The press conference will focus on images from the
Cosmic Background Imager (CBI), an interferometer
that detects the cosmic microwave background--the
radiation that began its journey to Earth shortly
after the Big Bang. CBI is located at 16,000 feet
in the Atacama Desert of Chile, one of the driest
on Earth. The project is funded by the National Science
Foundation and California Institute of Technology.
The press conference will include a discussion of how
cosmic microwave background observations are helping
to test cosmological theories and determine parameters
such as the amount of dark matter and dark energy
in the universe.
Who:
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Anthony Readhead- Rawn Professor of Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology Alan
Guth - Weisskopf Professor of Physics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Mather, lead scientist on COBE
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What:
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Press Conference on Cosmic Background Imager
Findings
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When:
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11:00 a.m. EDT
May 23, 2002
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Where:
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National Science Foundation, Room 110
4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA (Ballston
Metro Stop)
Check in at security desk, 9th & Stuart
entrance
NOTE: Access to NSF must be pre-arranged.
Reporters unable to attend are invited
to participate by phone and can obtain
embargoed materials in advance. Call for
details.
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For more information contact:
Amber Jones, NSF (703) 292-8070/aljones@nsf.gov
Robert Tindol, Caltech (626) 395-3631/tindol@caltech.edu
* For directions, see: http://www.nsf.gov/home/visit/visitjump.htm
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