The Path to CMBPol - Upcoming Measurements of CMB Polarization

OVERVIEW There is currently great scientific excitement surrounding the push to detect gravitational wave induced B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Such a detection would be "the smoking gun of inflation" and shed light on physics at energy scales far beyond those accessible to terrestrial accelerators.

A large number of experiments are currently in the design and construction phase, and are projecting huge steps forward in sensitivity. These experiments utilize a variety of different detectors and techniques. The experimental challenges are enormous - both in terms of the raw sensitivity necessary and the exquisite control of systematic effects required.

While acknowledging that the experimental groups are in competition with one another this workshop will seek to promote an open exchange of ideas, and a realistic assessment of the challenges which the community collectively needs to meet. The difficulty of the measurement is such that it is likely that no claim of detection by a single group would be taken seriously alone and cooperation is thus highly desirable.

In the longer term a next generation space mission has enormous scientific potential. A NASA mission design study has developed a plan which includes sub-orbital experiments and technology development and culminates in a space mission. The third day of the meeting will review the current mission design.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Stephan Meyer
University of Chicago

Clement L. Pryke
University of Chicago

REGISTRATION & FEE To register for the workshop, please visit the Registration page. Space is limited - please register as soon as possible. Deadline is June 15, 2009.

There will be a nominal $50 registration fee for this workshop which will include breaks, lunch and the conference dinner.

On-line fee payment by credit card can be made at the kicp-ecommerce.
CURRENT PARTICIPANT LIST

Aubra Anthony University of Colorado	Amjad Ashoorioon University of Michigan
Jason E. Austermann CU-Boulder	Daniel Baumann Harvard University
Maria Beltran University of Chicago	Bradford A. Benson University of Chicago
Steven J. Benton University of Toronto	Colin Bischoff University of Chicago / KICP
Lindsey Bleem University of Chicago	Jamie Bock Jet Propulsion Lab / Caltech
Sean Bryan Case Western Reserve University	Immanuel Buder University of Chicago
Emory F. Bunn University of Richmond	John Carlstrom KICP
Anthony Challinor University of Cambridge	Clarence Chang KICP, University of Chicago
Hsin Cynth Chiang Princeton University	Yuji Chinone IPNS, KEK
HsiaoMei Cho National Institute of Standards and Technology	David T. Chuss NASA GSFC
Kieran A. Cleary California Institute of Technology	Asantha Cooray University of California, Irvine
Tom Crawford University of Chicago / KICP	Abigail Crites University of Chicago
Tom Downes KICP	Mark Dragovan Jet Propulsion Lab
Robert Dumoulin Columbia University	Joanna Dunkley Oxford University
Cora Dvorkin University of Chicago	Joseph Eimer Johns Hopkins University
Jeffrey Filippini California Institute of Technology	Dale J. Fixsen University of Maryland
Raphael Flauger University of Texas	Joseph W. Fowler Princeton University
Aurelien A. Fraisse Princeton University	Robert B. Friedman University of Chicago
Amanda C. Gault University of Wisconsin- Madison	Walter K. Gear Cardiff University
Ricardo T. Genova-Santos Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias	Krzysztof Gorski JPL Caltech
Jon E. Gudmundsson Princeton University	Joshua O. Gundersen University of Miami
Mark Halpern UBC	Nils W. Halverson University of Colorado
Shaul Hanany University of Minnesota	Masaya Hasegawa KEK
Masashi Hazumi KEK	Jason W. Henning University of Colorado, Boulder
James Hinderks NASA GSFC	Gary Hinshaw NASA Goddard
Warren Holmes JPL/Caltech	William Holzapfel UC Berkeley
Kent Irwin National Institute of Standards and Technology	William Jones Princeton University
Brian G. Keating University of California San Diego	Al Kogut GSFC
John Kovac Caltech / Harvard	Chao-Lin Kuo Stanford/SLAC
Akito Kusaka University of Chicago, KICP	Andrew E. Lange California Institute of Technology
Alicia Lanz Caltech (BICEP2)	David L. Larson Johns Hopkins University
Adrian T. Lee University of California, Berkeley	Nuala McCullagh Johns Hopkins University
Jeff McMahon KICP	Jared Mehl KICP
Stephan Meyer University of Chicago	Amber Miller Columbia University
Raul Monsalve University of Miami	Thomas Montroy Case Western Reserve University
Michael Mortonson University of Chicago	Laura Newburgh Columbia University
Michael D. Niemack National Institute of Standards and Technology	Angiola Orlando California Institute of Technology
Enrico Pajer Cornell University	Timothy J. Pearson California Institute of Technology
Clement L. Pryke University of Chicago	Alexandra Rahlin Princeton University
Graca Rocha JPL-Caltech	John Ruhl Case Western Reserve University
Marcus Runyan California Institute of Technology	Benjamin Rusholme IPAC Caltech
Dorothea Samtleben Max-Planck-Institut f�r Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany	James Sayre Case Western Reserve University
Sarah Shandera Columbia University	Christopher D. Sheehy University of Chicago
Meir Shimon UCSD	Matt Sieth Stanford University
Kendrick Smith University of Cambridge	Juan D. Soler University of Toronto
Tirupati K. Sridharan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	Sarah Stokes Stanford University
Kyle Story University of Chicago	Meng Su Harvard University
Eric R. Switzer KICP	Peter Timbie University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jamie Tolan Stanford University	Huan T Tran UC Berkeley
Patricia Voll Stanford University	Bruce Winstein University of Chicago
Amit Yadav Harvard University	Ki Won Yoon National Institute of Standards and Technology
Alan Zablocki University of Chicago, KICP	Jonathan TL Zwart Columbia University

CMB Polarization Workshops

Theory and Foreground
Fermilab IL | Jun 23-26, 2008
Mitigating Systematic Errors in Space-based CMB Polarization Measurements
Annapolis MD | Jul 28-30, 2008
Technology Development for a CMB Probe of Inflation
Boulder CO | Aug 25-28, 2008
The Path to CMBPol - Upcoming Measurements of CMB Polarization
Chicago IL | Jul 1-3, 2009