Grant: Canada Research Chairs
The University of British Columbia
$200,000.00
Observational Cosmology
EF 2024-25
Résumé
Dr. Gary Hinshaw, Canada Research Chair in Observational Cosmology, seeks to answer
profound questions about the origin and fate of our universe. In the past decade, he
and colleagues measured the age of the universe (13.8 billion years) and established
that its contents are dominated by dark matter and dark energy. To the best of our
knowledge, the universe will expand forever at an ever-increasing rate. Hinshaw is building two new radio telescopes in Canada to address two outstanding enigmas in cosmology: Did cosmic inflation really occur? What is the nature of the dark energy that dominates the universe?
Programme
Canada Research Chairs
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
British Columbia, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
CRC-2018-00130
Name nom
Hinshaw, Gary
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
The University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10304
Field of research list names en
Classical physics
Field of research list names fr
Physique classique
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Observational Cosmology
Keywords
cosmology; cosmic microwave background; observations; data analysis; microwave radiometers; large scale structure
Application summary
Dr. Gary Hinshaw, Canada Research Chair in Observational Cosmology, seeks to answer
profound questions about the origin and fate of our universe. In the past decade, he
and colleagues measured the age of the universe (13.8 billion years) and established
that its contents are dominated by dark matter and dark energy. To the best of our
knowledge, the universe will expand forever at an ever-increasing rate. Hinshaw is building two new radio telescopes in Canada to address two outstanding enigmas in cosmology: Did cosmic inflation really occur? What is the nature of the dark energy that dominates the universe?
