2015 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2015

Determining Power Spectra of High Energy Cosmics

15 Jun 2015, 16:15

15m

CCIS 1-140 (University of Alberta)

Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant) Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) M2-4 Cosmic Frontier: Cosmology I (DTP-PPD-DIMP) / Frontière cosmique: cosmologie I (DPT-PPD-DPIM)

Speaker

Sheldon Campbell (The Ohio State University)

Description

The angular power spectrum is a powerful observable for characterizing angular distributions, popularized by measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The power spectra of high energy cosmics ($\gamma$-rays, protons, neutrinos, etc.) contains information about their sources. Since these cosmics are observed on an event-by-event basis, the nature of the power spectrum measurement is fundamentally different from the CMB. We present new progress on the statistical properties of these power spectrum measurements and discuss the new information about the sources that can be gleaned from these observations.

Presentation materials

Slides

CAP2015_Campbell.pdf