Observational Cosmology
Researchers
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TDR figure. Half of the MINOS far detector. (CNA) |
SNAP
Our research efforts have focused on the instrumentation and calibration of the SNAP experiment. We are actively involved in prototyping the SNAP onboard calibration hardware with known lamp sources and photodiodes. Our other efforts in calibrating the SNAP experiment include simulations of systematic errors in the calibration process, filter studies, and the construction of a set of stable spectrophotometric standards.
HEAp
The HEAp group has searched for evidence of cold dark matter (WIMPs) with the MACRO detector that would appear as a high energy neutrino signal pointing back to the center of the sun or the center of the earth. These neutrinos would result from WIMP annihilations in the center of the sun or the center of the earth. The HEAp group is also participating in the MINOS experiment that is searching for evidence of neutrino mass which could provide a component of the hot dark matter in the universe.
Projects
- SNAP -- Supernova Acceleration Probe
- Arrival directions of munos observed by MACRO
- HEAp-- High Energy Astrophysics
- MINOS-- Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (Official MINOS Homepage)
- MACRO--Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
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