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Prof. Brian Keating, Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences at the University of California, San Diego

July 04, 2020

Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization, Simons Observatory, Origins of the Universe, Hubble constant discrepancy, Multiverse 
Prof. Brian Keating is a Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Prof. Keating's research area is the study of the cosmic microwave background and its relationship to the origin and evolution of the universe. In 2001 he conceived the first BICEP experiment (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization), located at the South Pole. Later he became Director of the Simons Observatory, co-located with the ACT telescopes in northern Chile. The project includes over 250 collaborators from over 30 institutions around the world.

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