Cosmology
- Mini-workshop on Neutron Stars and Neutrinos
April 15 & 16, 2009
Organized by Cecilia Lunardini and additional Physics faculty. This event will be held in the Bateman Physical Sciences building on ASU Tempe campus.
- Video Archive of the Origins Symposium
Held on April 3-6, 2009
- Wired Science Reports Live From World’s Largest Popular Science Conference
Wired Science February 12, 2009
Dust Mountains in the Carina Nebula. Image courtesy of NASA
The Cosmology Initiative at ASU, centered in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Department, represents a major new national program. Co-directed by Paul Davies, Lawrence Krauss, and Rogier Windhorst, we will be hiring 8-10 new faculty in the next 5 years. Research activities include observational and experimental cosmology, theoretical cosmology and particle astrophysics, and experimental particle astrophysics.
Cosmology at ASU involves studies of the Universe from its earliest moments to its far future. The Cosmology Initiative currently underway will create one of the largest and most comprehensive cosmology programs in the country. Areas of activity include: the early universe, physics beyond the standard model, extra dimensions, quantum cosmology, inflation and multiverses, dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution,neutrino astrophysics, gravitational waves, stellar evolution, and the long term future of the universe.