2014 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2014

Session

(W-MEDAL1) CAP Medal Talk - Matt Dobbs, McGill U. (CAP Herzberg Medal Recipient/Récipiendaire de la médaille Herzberg de l'ACP)

W-MEDAL1

18 Jun 2014, 15:45

Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne

447. Exploring the cosmos with a new paradigm digital telescope

Matt Dobbs (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

18/06/2014, 15:45

Plenary Speaker / Conférencier plénier

The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) will produce the largest volume astronomical survey to date, potentially unlocking the mysteries the dark-energy driven expansion history of the Universe and providing a revolutionary view of the transient radio sky at unprecedented cadence. The CHIME telescope, currently being designed, commissioned and built in Penticton, BC, is...