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Cristobal Petrovich is the Recipient of the 2015 Gruber Foundation Fellowship

The 2015 Gruber Foundation Fellowship recipient is Cristobal Petrovich from Chile, who will spend the fellowship period at CITA (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics) and the Center for Planetary Science at the University of Toronto, where the study of exoplanets is a very active research field. He plans to extend some of the theories of planet migration by taking into account t…

Debut on the BBC and Science Channel! the bicep-planck story

Headlines around the world accompanied the announcement in March 2014 by the BICEP2 team that a specific swirly pattern of cosmic microwave background polarization called the B-mode was discovered on large angular scales. After evaluating and rejecting various systematic effects and Milky Way foreground emissions as the cause, the team, including Professor Barth Netterfield and graduate student…

Planck: Gravitational Waves Remain Elusive

Despite earlier reports of a possible detection, a joint analysis of data from ESA’s Planck satellite and the ground-based BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments has found no conclusive evidence of primordial gravitational waves.  CITA scientists Dick Bond and Peter Martin are co-authors on this new study.

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Download the BICEP-2/Keck/Planck cross-correlation…

Professor Norm Murray broadcasting live on PRI

Today the Director of CITA,  Norm Murray,  will go live on the airwaves with Public Radio International to discuss the  Spinning  Theories on Planet Rotation. This will be broadcasted from Glen Gould studio downtown Toronto.

 

You can listen here at Scienc…

Workshop “Testing Inflation with Large Scale Structure: Connecting Hopes with Reality”

Assistant Professor Dan Green, along with alumni CITAzen Olivier Dore, will be hosting a workshop on October 23 and 24, 2014.

The workshop will have no research talks, but will instead consist of a number of organized discussions. These discussions will cover both interesting theoretical targets in the post-Planck era but also the practical and technical challenges of reaching these targets.

New York Times article: “Criticism of Study Detecting Ripples From Big Bang Continues to Expand”

Prof Dick Bond is quoted in the New York Times article “Criticism of Study Detecting Ripples From Big Bang Continues to Expand”.
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CITA Jamboree

CITA held it’s annual Jamboree on Monday September 15th, 2014
Please find below the abstract for everyone who was here to introduce their research and a few slides.
Abstract
Sample slides

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Norm Murray interviewed in weekly journal ‘Nature’

Norm Murray was quoted  in the July issue of Nature. The article looks at the current state of exoplanet research and how scientist must now take a different approach in explaining their formation.

 

Link to the article here or download the PDF…

Mike Nolta listed one of The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014

SRA Mike Nolta name made the list of The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014.

“Spotlighting some of the standout researchers of the last decade, Thomson Reuters has launched Highly Cited Researchers, a compilation of influential names in science. Deriving from InCites Essential Science Indicators, a subset of the Web of Science, Highly Cited Researchers presents more than 3,000…

Peter Martin awarded CASCA Executive Award for Outstanding Service

Dr.  Peter G. Martin has been awarded the CASCA Executive Award for Outstanding Service for 2014.

“The CASCA Executive Award for Outstanding Service is awarded to an individual who has made sustained contributions in service that have strengthened the Canadian astronomical community and enhanced its impact regionally, nationally and/or internationally. This may include, but is not limited to,…

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