Conference Support: Fundamental Physics with Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation; March 23-25, 2006; Irvine, CA

2006年3月23日至25日，加州大学欧文分校，宇宙微波背景辐射基础物理学。测量宇宙微波背景各向异性和极化的宇宙学和天体物理学价值是众所周知的。许多正在进行、准备和计划中的实验将对宇宙微波背景中的小尺度各向异性进行成像，得出基本的宇宙学参数。未来的计划包括地面、亚轨道和天基仪器，致力于探测b模偏振，从而研究暴胀本身。本次研讨会将汇集约100名CMB科学家，包括实验人员、观测者和理论家，讨论该领域的整个计划。这次会议召开在一个特别重要的时刻，因为2005年秋天发布了由国家科学基金会、能源部和国家航空航天局联合成立的CMB研究工作组的报告。

AST-0551939CoorayFundamental Physics with Cosmic Microwave Background RadiationUniversity of California, Irvine, March 23rd to 25th, 2006.The cosmological and astrophysical value of measuring the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy and polarization is well known. Many experiments - in progress, in preparation, and being planned - will image small-scale anisotropies in the CMB, deriving fundamental cosmological parameters. Future plans include ground-based, sub-orbital, and space-based, instruments, working towards detecting the B-mode polarization and thus studying inflation itself. This workshop will bring together about 100 CMB scientists, mixing equally experimenters, observers, and theorists, to discuss the entire program for the field. This meeting occurs at an especially important time, because of the release in the fall of 2005 of the report of the Task Force on CMB research, set up jointly by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.