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Kamionkowski is a theoretical physicist who specializes in cosmology and particle physics. Much of his work has been on the hypothesis that some new elementary particle may constitute the cosmological dark matter. In 1990, Kamionkowski (with Griest) showed that quantum mechanics provides an upper limit to the mass of a dark-matter particle. He has made predictions for signatures of supersymmetric dark matter in direct-detection experiments and accelerator experiments, as well as experiments that seek the signature of these particles in cosmic-ray experiments and astrophysical-neutrino telescopes. His 1996 review (with Jungman and Griest) on supersymmetric dark matter remains the standard reference.
Kamionkowski has also worked on the cosmic microwave background (CMB), a relic of the big bang. In 1993 (with Spergel and Sugiyama), he proposed a method to deduce the spatial geometry of the Universe from temperature maps of the CMB. In 1996 (with Jungman, Kosowsky, and Spergel), he showed that high-sensitivity high-resolution maps of the CMB could make this measurement precise and simultaneously determine a number of other cosmological parameters. This work was instrumental in providing the scientific motivation for the generation of ground, balloon, and satellite CMB experiments that, since 2000, have been making these measurements with a precision that has revolutionized cosmology. This work also introduced to cosmology the now widely-used Fisher-matrix technique to forecast the precision of parameter estimation. In 1996, Kamionkowski (with Kosowsky and Stebbins) predicted that gravitational waves from the earliest nano-second after the big bang left a unique signature in the polarization of the CMB. This prediction is now driving the development of a new generation of CMB polarization experiments. A paper of his (with Jaffe and Wang, 2000) showed that a deep integration on a small patch of sky could improve the sensitivity to the gravitational-wave signal by several orders of magnitude, an argument that motivated sub-orbital experiments like BICEP/Keck, SPIDER, ABS, EBEX, and others.
Kamionkowski has also worked on the cosmic microwave background (CMB), a relic of the big bang. In 1993 (with Spergel and Sugiyama), he proposed a method to deduce the spatial geometry of the Universe from temperature maps of the CMB. In 1996 (with Jungman, Kosowsky, and Spergel), he showed that high-sensitivity high-resolution maps of the CMB could make this measurement precise and simultaneously determine a number of other cosmological parameters. This work was instrumental in providing the scientific motivation for the generation of ground, balloon, and satellite CMB experiments that, since 2000, have been making these measurements with a precision that has revolutionized cosmology. This work also introduced to cosmology the now widely-used Fisher-matrix technique to forecast the precision of parameter estimation. In 1996, Kamionkowski (with Kosowsky and Stebbins) predicted that gravitational waves from the earliest nano-second after the big bang left a unique signature in the polarization of the CMB. This prediction is now driving the development of a new generation of CMB polarization experiments. A paper of his (with Jaffe and Wang, 2000) showed that a deep integration on a small patch of sky could improve the sensitivity to the gravitational-wave signal by several orders of magnitude, an argument that motivated sub-orbital experiments like BICEP/Keck, SPIDER, ABS, EBEX, and others.
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PHYSICAL REVIEW Dno. 4 (2024)
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Physical review lettersno. 6 (2024)
Gabriela Sato-Polito,Marc Kamionkowski
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Physical Review Dno. 6 (2024)
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