Observing the Dawn of Time from Above the Clouds

Event Type

Lecture

Sponsor

Center for Advanced Study

Location

Levis Faculty Center--Music Room (208)

Date

Nov 14, 2019   12:00 pm  

Speaker

Jeffrey Filippini

Contact

Center for Advanced Study

E-Mail

cas@illinois.edu

Phone

217-333-6729

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Originating Calendar

Center for Advanced Study

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2019

Jeffrey Filippini

12:00pm

Center for Advanced Study
Levis Faculty Center--Music Room (208)
919 W. Illinois, Urbana

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This talk will introduce the quest to understand the universe’s birth with SPIDER, an ambitious instrument to observe the oldest light in the cosmos from a balloon high above Antarctica. Professor Filippini will discuss SPIDER’s first adventure in Antarctic ballooning, the new cameras developed for its second flight, and prospects for the future.

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JEFFREY FILIPPINI

Department of Physics, Fellow 2018-19