Speaker
Prof.
Asantha Cooray
(UC Irvine)
Description
In this talk I will update the ongoing sounding rocket experiment
CIBER related to an absolute EBL measurement since DIRBE and related
measurements with Spitzer etc to search for fluctuations in the
background light. The main science goals are: total EBL as a
constraint on galaxy formation, EBL component at z > 6 associated with
first-light sources,
and composition and distribution of zodiacal dust in the solar system.
I will also update the status of an EBL explorer making measurements
at 5 AU outside the zodiacal cloud.
Primary author
Prof.
Asantha Cooray
(UC Irvine)
