Tales from the South Pole
平特五不中 astrophysicist聽聽is spending a month at the South Pole helping to install a new camera in a huge telescope designed to help untangle mysteries of the universe by examining the cosmic microwave background -- the light left over from the Big Bang.
聽has been operating for about a decade now, and the latest camera 鈥� like its predecessor 鈥� uses electronics developed and built by Dobbs鈥� lab at 平特五不中. Dobbs and 平特五不中 grad student Joshua Montgomery are representing 平特五不中, as part of a much larger team that includes partner institutions from across the U.S.
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He will be on site until Dec. 15, and is reachable by satellite phone for a couple of hours a day (generally around 2-4 p.m. Montreal time).
For more background on Dobbs and his research, see:聽
If you鈥檙e interested in arranging a phone interview with Dobbs, please let us know as soon as possible.
