Cosmic-ray anisotropy searches with the Fermi Large Area Telescope Cosmic rays arrive at Earth nearly isotropically due to magnetic deflection during propagation. However, small anisotropy has now been measured in cosmic-ray nuclei over eight orders of magnitude in energy, from 100 GeV to 10^10 GeV. This anisotropy is an essential observable in the study of … Continue reading "CRA Seminar: Prof. Justin Vandenbroucke (UW Madison)"

Making a Universe with (Rel)axions The discovery of the Higgs boson reinforces the possibility that other similar, scalar particles may exist in nature. In this talk, I will begin by discussing one such dark matter and sometime inflaton candidate, the axion. I will describe the claim that dark matter axions form an exotic state of … Continue reading "CRA Seminar: Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (University of Washington, Seattle) **Special Time**"

100,000 Asteroids Down the Back of the Couch: A Novel Approach to the Minor Planet Linking Problem A number of ongoing surveys, such as Pan-STARRS, the Catalina Sky Survey, OSSOS, and NEOWISE, as well as planned surveys such as ZTF, LSST, and NEOCam, are designed to pursue goals ranging from constraining models of planet formation, … Continue reading "Matt Holman (Harvard CfA, director of Minor Planet Center)"