Cosmology@Home

Cosmology @ Home is a BOINC -based computing project that was created by the Departments of Astronomy and Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.

Objectives

Cosmology @ Home compares theoretical models of the universe with the measured data and search for the model that best matches the data.

Results of Cosmology @ Home can help design future cosmological observations and experiments and to prepare the analysis of future data sets ( for example, from the Planck space telescope ).

Astrophysics

The models that are generated from Cosmology @ Home can with measurements of the expansion rate of the universe from the Hubble Space Telescope as well as the fluctuations in the cosmic background radiation measured by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, are compared.

Milestones

  • June 30, 2007: Project Launched for non-public alpha test
  • August 23, 2007: Project opens admission for public alpha test
  • November 5, 2007: Project is in the beta testing phase
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