The Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 (CMB-S4) is the next-generation cosmic-microwave-background experiment being built to radically transform astrophysical and cosmological research. The main goals of the project are to: detect primordial gravitational waves from cosmic inflation, constrain light-relic particles, map matter in the universe, and detect/characterize millimeter-wave transients. The CMB-S4 effort is supported by the NSF and DOE.
CAPS Work on the CMB-S4 Project:
Members of CAPS work on optimizing the CMB-S4 survey to constrain the number of relativistic species in the universe, map dark matter, and discover distant galaxy clusters. CAPS is also responsible for developing and maintaining the pipeline to detect/characterize millimeter-wave transients, radically transforming the field of multimessenger astronomy in the era of stage 4 experiments.
CAPS Personnel Holding Leadership Roles on the CMB-S4 Project:
Gil Holder: Member of the Governing Board; former Science Council Co-Chair
Felipe Menanteau: Member of the Executive Team; Co-Chair of the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Srini Raghunathan: Co-Chair of the Galaxy Clusters Working Group; Member of the Science Council
Cynthia Trendafilova: Co-Chair of the maps2cell Analysis Working Group; Member of the Science Council
Joaquin Vieira: Member of the Governing Board; former Co-Chair of the Sources Analysis Working Group
Current CAPS Personnel on the CMB-S4 Project:
Greg Daues (CAPS Research Programmer)
Jeffrey Filippini (CAPS affiliated faculty)
Gil Holder (CAPS affiliated faculty)
Felipe Menanteau (CAPS Senior Research Scientist)
Don Petravick (CAPS Senior Project Manager)
Srini Raghunathan (CAPS Postdoctoral Fellow)
Cynthia Trendafilova (CAPS Postdoctoral Fellow)
Joaquin Vieira (CAPS Director)
Yujie Wan (CAPS Graduate Student Fellow)