Acoustic Waves in the Universe as a Powerful Cosmological Probe

Friday, March 2, 2007 4:00 p.m. in ETC 4.120 Professor Eiichiro Komatsu Department of Astronomy The University of Texas at Austin http://www.as.utexas.edu The parameters that characterize properties of our Universe are called the “cosmological parameters.” These parameters include the age, matter and energy contents, expansion velocity, etc., of the Universe, and have been determined accurately…