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SUMMARY:Fundamental and beyond-standard-model physics from CMB-electron sc
 attering - Fiona McCarthy\, DAMTP
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CONTACT:Fiona McCarthy
DESCRIPTION:As the CMB travels through the Universe\, it interacts with la
 rge-scale structure\, including with the inhomogeneous electron gas that s
 urrounds galaxies. The Compton-scattering of the CMB off these electrons l
 eads to the Sunyaev--Zel'dovich effect. This induces new CMB anisotropies\
 , which carry information about the distribution of electrons: their therm
 odynamics\, density\, and velocity. We can access this information with st
 ate-of-the-art high-resolution CMB surveys such as ACT and SO. I will talk
  about how the SZ effect in combination with a galaxy survey will constrai
 n fundamental and beyond-standard-model physics\, focusing on probes of in
 flation. If time\, I will also talk about more exotic CMB-electron interac
 tions and recent constraints on beyond-standard-model particle physics.\n
LOCATION:CMS\, Pav. B\, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room]
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