Physics 171 Report Topics
The following are suggested term paper topics. You need not choose one
of these, but term paper topics that are not listed here must be approved
by Prof. Bennett. The term papers should be about 5 pages, single spaced,
and they should focus on a topic of current research in cosmology. If the
subject is one that has been covered in class, they should focus on details
that were not covered in class. The term papers may include figures and
they should include a list of references (i.e. a bibliography).
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Neutrinos as hot dark matter and the solar neutrino problem: see
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Cosmology from High Redshift Supernova Type Ia Searches:
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The Next Generation Space Telescope
. The public home page is here.
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Future Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiments
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MAP
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PLANCK
A Future European CMBR Satellite Project
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Dark Matter: WIMP searches, such as
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CDMS
= Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Project
and/or their competition:
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UKDMC
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Dark Matter: MACHO searches, such as
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the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave
Observatory (LIGO)
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Galaxy redshift surveys such as
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Two Micron All-Sky
Survey (2MASS)
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Measurements of the Deuterium Abundance at High Redshift
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Gamma Ray Bursts
Astronomy and Astrophysics Publication Links
The following are links to searchable databases of the primary scientific
literature. Some of these might be pretty difficult to read, but Prof. Bennett
will be impressed if you can make use of them. Contact Prof. Bennett for hints
on how to search in these databases.
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David Bennett (bennett@nd.edu)
18 October 1998