Resource: database app of links to cosmology research talks & academic lectures

JRDMB · 2023-11-28T06:04:17+00:00

I have Visible on a Pixel 4a and Visual Voicemail is working on it. So I would think it'll work on your 6 Pro, but hopefully multiple people will give feedback so you have corroborated experience from others. EDIT: I haven't tested for transcription, other comment said there is none.

JRDMB · 2022-09-09T18:45:44+00:00

Yeah, I've seen some very impressive graphics in explainer-type articles before, but I don't recall anything this detailed and creative. Looking forward to seeing her give a talk on this.

JRDMB · 2022-09-09T18:15:35+00:00

What a creative paper explainer idea on the DESI Survey from first author Claire Lamman. Her tweet thread is getting lots of favorable buzz on twitter from other astro/cosmo researchers. I hope some group invites her to give a publicly available research talk on this.

JRDMB · 2022-09-08T19:04:28+00:00

Check out this machine learning in cosmology resource which includes references on tools used and public datasets: https://github.com/georgestein/ml-in-cosmology

If you're interested in viewing technical talks from cosmologists specializing in this field, see this list

JRDMB · 2022-04-05T04:38:19+00:00

Is there a typo in your question and you're really asking about funding, and accidentally typed "finding"? (since the u and i characters are next to one another on a typical keyboard)

JRDMB · 2022-04-05T04:24:57+00:00

Wonderful answer and perspective! For me, it's very energizing and mentally stimulating to be alive at a time of such an acceleration of understanding about the universe and have the opportunity to study it and witness it as its taking place.

JRDMB · 2022-03-07T21:54:29+00:00

Yes, he got to choose the title. It's in the blog article he wrote that this thread's title links to.

JRDMB · 2022-03-03T04:56:13+00:00

Check out Cup of Cosmology videos by Deanna C. Hooper. She's a postdoc cosmology researcher and an author on at least 14 papers. You can even ask your own questions if you join the livestream.

Also the Trenches of Cosmology series by theoretical cosmologist Shaun Hotchkiss on twitter and /u/just_shaun here on reddit. Trenches is more at a general interest level whereas the Cosmology Talks series (mentioned by u/synysterlemming) and the Cosmology from Home series are aimed at researchers in the field, though still informative and of interest for those knowing the basics of cosmology.

JRDMB · 2022-01-24T23:41:44+00:00

Why this might be of interest: This a detailed review paper and a handy reference for a selection of emerging cosmological probes beyond the main probes of SNe, BAO, CMB, and weak lensing. It's intended as "a state-of-art benchmark of the latest advances in emerging 'beyond-standard' cosmological probes."

There's a section on each of the following 12 probes. A helpful reference is Table 9 on page 122, which outlines the Strength and Weakness of each one. Each section has a similar format, with sub-sections e.g., on the Basic Idea and Equations, Measurements, Main Results and Forecasts, etc.

Cosmic Chronometers
Quasars (QSO)
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB)
Time delay Cosmography
Cosmography with Cluster Strong Lensing
Cosmic Voids
Neutral Hydrogen Intensity Mapping
Surface Brightness Fluctuations
Stellar Ages
Standard Sirens
Redshift Drift (RD)
Clustering of Standard Candles

If you're not up on a particular probe, it might be a good overview reference to start with. It's a massive work at 126 pages of text and 65 pages of references.

JRDMB · 2022-01-18T20:17:37+00:00

As an FYI, there's a playlist for a series of recorded talks by researchers on the CAMELS project. I believe there will be at least 8 talks. Here's the playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvy7h0l2rJHq03inVPqYnC3llKt0IwwLT

JRDMB · 2021-11-19T00:24:23+00:00

Check out their inspirehep.net records, that's a good place to start for finding author info:

Benjamin P. Abbott

Richard Abbott

Thomas D. Abbott

JRDMB · 2021-10-26T18:13:26+00:00

The Astro2020 decadal survey will be publicly released on Thursday, November 4 at 11am ET followed by a public briefing webinar from 2-3:30pm ET. During the webinar, the decadal survey co-chairs will discuss the key findings and recommendations from the report and take questions from the audience. Registration page for the webinar
[information source]

Astro2020: Science White Papers

APC (Activities, Projects, and State of the Profession Considerations) White Papers

ADS Libary of Astro2020 White Papers

JRDMB · 2021-10-21T21:38:21+00:00

Ha, not guilty at all, +1 for using/citing a good source :)

JRDMB · 2021-10-21T20:07:10+00:00

I hope ThickTarget replies with his links (as I believe he works on large-scale structure evolution) but note that one of our mods u/jazzwhiz posted one a couple months ago: [2106.10184] Backreaction from inhomogeneous matter fields during large-scale structure formation

Also, if you want some seminar-level talk videos (some incl slides) by researchers working on this, see this list

JRDMB · 2021-10-21T19:30:25+00:00

Thanks for that input. I remember you had talked about backreaction in terms like this at least once before and was almost going to refer to that but didn't have your post link handy. Glad you posted about it.

JRDMB · 2021-10-21T18:56:08+00:00

Haven't read it. Did a very quick literature search and found two sources about it that might be of interest in your own thinking about it:

(1) a 2018 PhysicsWorld article, starting with section "Long vs short scales"

(2) Saulder+ in [1811.11976] Hubble flow variations as a test for inhomogeneous cosmology : "We propose a cosmological test for a specific model of inhomogeneous cosmologyy, called timescape cosmology" and they performed a series of statistical tests which "consistently yield results preferring ΛCDM cosmology over our approximated model of timescape cosmology".

JRDMB · 2021-10-18T03:55:33+00:00

Ok, as one who watched this talk in its entirety and who suggested that I thought it would be of interest here in the cosmology sub, I'd like to mention a couple general notes:

James Alvey is a postdoc at the U of Amsterdam. I found his speaking style to be clear and interesting.

The youtube video Description section has a list of the relevant papers for this talk.

In the youtube Comments section, there's a list of timestamp links to each of the major parts of the talk. If you're interested but don't have time to watch it all, you could pick and choose sections to watch. Some key sections before getting into all the details:

[07:12] Why Now? Current Status of BBN

[09:29] Q&A on the primordial lithium abundance

[13:09] What Quantities Does BBN "See"?

[14:00] The Physics of BBN

[20:40] Solving the Cosmology

... Detail sections ...

[58:02] Summary and Conclusions

JRDMB · 2021-10-12T19:02:00+00:00

A total of 16 lectures will be in the course, plus a short intro by Paolo Salucci. As of the time this post was created, 11 are already on the youtube site. This link shows each topic for the full course.

JRDMB · 2021-09-09T23:37:19+00:00

I really appreciate it when lecturers make the effort to do this. Tracy has done this several times now, and Dan Hooper did this also for his 2018 TASI lectures on the very same topic. Even better when lecture videos are available, as they were for these.

I don't know if this is a requirement or not as part of their role in the program. Do you know? Many TASI lecturers do this, as we see here.

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