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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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.
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Rosetta mission’s Philae lander made contact with comet 67P, ten years after the mission began.
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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.
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 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.
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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.
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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…
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,…
University of Toronto Professor Harald Pfeiffer is a recipient of the Ontario government’s Early Researcher Award. Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development & Innovation made the announcement May 1st, 2014.
The Early Researcher Award recognizes recently appointed, promising scientists in Ontario. The award comes with prize money to help build a team of support, including undergraduat…