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Session:
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Astronomy Poster
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Paper Type:
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Poster
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Title:
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Cosmological Parameter Estimation from CMB Data for Undergrads*
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Meeting:
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2016 Winter Meeting: New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Location:
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Date:
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Time:
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8:30PM
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Author:
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Daniel M. Smith Jr, South Carolina State University
803-536-7162, dsmith@scsu.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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Cosmology has become, over the last several years, a precise science due to Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data from the WMAP and Planck missions. Extracting early universe physics from that data has, however, been largely left to experts, but that need not be the case. Analyses of CMB data suitable for undergrad physics majors will be presented. For example, CMB data can be used in conjunction with theoretical curves generated by NASA's CAMB Web Interface tool to determine the curvature parameter. Also, the matter parameter can be approximated by fitting the peaks of the CMB power spectrum to theoretical approximations in previous literature. *Supported by NSF PAARE AST-0750814
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Footnotes:
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*Supported by NSF PAARE AST-0750814
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