21cm Intensity Mapping
By: Kevin Bandura (McGill University)
Dark Energy is arguably the greatest mystery in science today. A promising technique in the pursuit of unraveling the mystery of Dark Energy is 21cm intensity mapping observations. I will discuss observational and instrumentation advances to date. In particular I will introduce the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME currently under construction at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) in Penticton, BC. I will detail the novel telescope design concept, details about the correlator, and the current commissioning of the 1/10th scale CHIME pathfinder.
