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Physics/Astronomy C290C Cosmology and Cosmology-BCCP Seminar
The Physics/Astronomy C290C series consists of the Cosmology-BCCP LBNL-Physics-Astronomy Cosmology seminars held Tuesdays 1:10-2:00 pm .
in room 131 Campbell Hall. . Please don't bring your lunch (it is hard to keep this room clean; this is a change).
Please mail Joanne Cohn to add to this list or to suggest speakers.

This seminar is intended for BCCP members and Berkeley graduate students pursuing their dissertation research in cosmology. Other LBL, Berkeley Astronomy and and Berkeley Physics Department members are welcome. If the talk is on ZOOM, members of the Berkeley Astronomy/Physics and Cosmology communities can email Joanne Cohn for information.

Speaker/Visitor Info is here.
Past months or Previous years

DESI and Nyx
(Images by C. Lamman and C. Stark)

Note that there are also other talks which might be of interest, including:

Monday
- BIDS Machine Learning and Science Forum noon, some weeks, also sometimes other days
- Theoretical Astrophysics Center Seminars (Mondays, 12:10 pm, 131 Campbell Hall)
- This week in particle theory 12:30 talk on campus
- Physics Dept. Colloquia (Mondays, 4:15 pm, Physics North Lecture Hall 1)
Tuesday
- arXiv discussion: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Neutrino arXiv Discussion (Tuesdays 11:15 am, Cosmology Commons, 3rd floor Campbell south side ). Sign up and vote for papers at http://www.benty-fields.com/ . Our group is called "Berkeley Cosmology".
- This week in particle theory 3:40 pm talk on campus
- Tuesday RPM's at LBNL (4 pm, 50A-5132)
Wednesday
- DESI group lunch, LBL, 12-1 pm, 50-5132-
- This week in particle theory talks at 2pm at LBL and 3:40pm on campus
Thursday
- BIDMaP seminars, 12-1 pm, 373 Cory Hall. They usually request an RSVP.
- Astro Thursday Short Talks ( short talks/paper discussions/talks by visitors), 12:40 -1:30 pm ZOOM or in person
- Astronomy Colloquium (3:30 pm, 1 Physics North or ZOOM if speaker is not able to come in person)
- Thursday RPM's at LBNL (4 pm, 50A-5132)
Friday
- INPA journal club (Friday at noon, occasionally other days, in LBNL, 50-5132).

July 2026

Jul 30, Thursday
4 pm (LBL RPM)
Jose Bernal, IFCA
LBL 50-5132 and ZOOM
Line-Intensity Mapping: progress and lessons learned
Line-Intensity mapping (LIM) uses the integrated flux along the line of sight as tracer of the LSS. Using relatively low-aperture telescopes, it recovers radial information targeting known spectral lines discarding the continuum emission, which makes the experiments cheaper compared with galaxy surveys. Mapping the intensity fluctuations of an array of lines from HI 21cm to optical-UV lines offers a unique opportunity to probe redshifts well beyond the reach of other cosmological observations, access regimes that cannot be explored otherwise, and exploit the enormous potential of cross-correlations with other measurements. This promises to deepen our understanding of various questions related to galaxy formation and evolution, cosmology, and fundamental physics. In this talk I will cover the current status of LIM, focusing on recent developments of the HETDEX and MeerKLASS collaborations and the lessons learned in this pathfinder stage that must be applied for future, larger surveys.

August 2026

September 2026

Sep 1, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
1 minute intro slides
Campbell 131

Sep 8, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
Sam Goldstein, Columbia
Campbell 131

Sep 15, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
Carmen Embil-Villagra, Cambridge
Campbell 131

Sep 22, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
Kritti Sharma, Caltech
Campbell 131

Sep 29, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
tbd,
Campbell 131

October 2026

Oct 6, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
Jared Siegel, Princeton
Campbell 131

Oct 13, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
tbd,
Campbell 131

Oct 20, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
Cliff Burgess, McMaster and Perimeter
Campbell 131

Oct 27, Tuesday
1:10 pm (BCCP/Cosmology seminar)
tbd,
Campbell 131

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