In Adam Hincks's research group, we use sensitive, wide-area
maps of the millimetre and radio sky to study cosmology and astrophysics. Our
current research focuses include:
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Large Scale Structure — Less than 10% of all atomic matter
is in stars. We use millimetre maps to explore how gas is distributed
through the cosmic web and how it behaves.
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Time Domain Astronomy — The night sky that you see appears
immutable, but a lot of it isn't as static as it may seem. We are on the
forefront of uncovering variability in millimetre wavelengths, a crucial
regime for understanding variable objects.
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Building Cosmology Observatories — Working in
international collaborations, we help create and run telescopes for
studying cosmology.
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Group members are involved in the following
collaborations:
- The Atacama Cosmology Telesope (ACT):
a millimetre telescope in Chile that observed the cosmic microwave
background (CMB) from 2008 to 2022.
- The Simons Observatory (SO): a new
collection of telescopes in Chile,
currently under construction, that will make the next generation of CMB
measurements.
- The Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time
Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX): a large
array of radio telescopes being developed in South Africa to measure how
fast the Universe is growing and to observe radio transients and variable
objects.
Our research group consists of scientists at various stages, from the
undergraduate level on up, and we collaborate closely with
other faculty members at the University of Toronto and in our international
collaborations. If you are interested in our research,
read here about joining the group!
