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Skeleton of the Horizon-AGN cosmological simulation (cosmic web).

Skeleton of the Horizon-AGN cosmological simulation (cosmic web).

Credit: https://www.horizon-simulation.org/

Nick Koukoufilippas

DPhil Astrophysicist • AI Researcher • Research Mentor

Research theme

  • Particle astrophysics & cosmology

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  • Astrophysics

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  • Beecroft Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
  • Cosmology
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Overview

The oldest light we can see comes from when the Universe was just 380,000 years old. On its way to us, this light is distorted by things in between, such as hot gas, gravitational fields, and magnetic fields. If we pin down the nature of these distortions we can do two things:

  1. Reverse their effect and actually take a look at the very early universe.
  2. Describe the "stuff in-between" and make predictions about how they have evolved in cosmic time.
CMB photons get distorted by gravity on the way to us.

Photons from the CMB get distorted by gravity on the way to us.

Credit: ESA

Research interests

Cosmology
Cosmic Microwave Background
Early Universe
Artificial Intelligence

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