Upcoming Presentations
I will be giving several seminars this fall. The primary subject of these presentations will be my recent work on how a superhorizon perturbation during inflation produces a hemispherical power asymmetry in the cosmic microwave background, which is described here.
- Perimeter Institute Cosmology Seminar: October 14, 2008
- CITA Cosmology Seminar: October 16, 2008
- TASC Meeting at UC Irvine: October 24, 2008
- UC Berkeley Theoretical Astrophysics Center Seminar: October 27, 2008
- IAS Astrophysics Informal Seminar: November 6, 2008
- KIPAC Cosmology Seminar: November 10, 2008
Past Presentations
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"How to Generate a Cosmological Power Asymmetry"
Cosmo '08, Madison, WI; August 25, 2008
a short talk on asymmetric inflation
"Should we be perturbed?: The Consequences of altering fundamental cosmological theories"
Caltech Candidacy Exam; November 20, 2007
a long presentation on all of my research in graduate school prior to November 2007, including segments on SMBH mergers and halo merger theory, solar system tests of f(R) gravity, and solar system tests of Chern-Simons gravity
"Chern-Simons Gravity: its effects on bodies orbiting the Earth"
TASC Meeting at UCLA; November 1, 2007
a short talk on solar system tests of Chern-Simons gravity
"Solar System Tests DO Rule Out 1/R Gravity"
TASC Meeting at UCSB; October 20, 2006
a short talk on solar system tests of f(R) gravity
"Implications of the Mass Asymmetry in Extended Press-Schechter Halo Merger Theory"
TASC Meeting at Caltech; October 28, 2005
a short talk describing the early stages of my work on SMBH mergers and halo merger theory