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| Content Provider | PBS LearningMedia |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Learn how a research team searched for evidence of cosmic inflation with this NOVA Next article. In the 1980s, researcher Andrei Linde described quantum fluctuations that could make cosmic inflation possible. Two decades later, scientists developed instruments to test Linde's theory. The BICEP1 detector collected data from 2006 to 2008. Researchers were looking for B-mode polarization, a signature pattern of primordial gravity waves. Researcher Chao-Lin Kuo developed the BICEP2 instrument, which captured the same data as BICEP1 in one-tenth of the time. The BICEP2 team did detect B-mode polarization; however, data from the Planck Observatory indicates that the B-mode signal may have been caused by dust. This resource is part of the NOVA Next Collection. |
| Sponsorship | Corporation for Public Broadcasting David H. Koch Fund for Science |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | PBS Learning Media |
| Publisher Date | 2015-03-23 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Subject Keyword | Science Earth and Space Science Instrumentation, Measurement, and Units Physical Science Practices and Nature of Science Science, Technology, and Society Scientific Worldview Space Science Instrumentation The Universe and Its Stars Waves and Light Origin and Evolution of the Universe Scientific Knowledge Technology is Essential to Science Telescopes Wave Behavior Age and Timeline of the Universe Expansion of the Universe |
| Content Type | Text |
| Educational Role | Teacher Student |
| Education Level | Class XI Class XII |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Solar System Space Science |
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