Location: MPA Lecture Hall
Day 2: November 27
Session 2: Foreground Reduction Method
10:00-10:30 Polarized CMB cleaning with non-parametric spectral matching, Jean-François Cardoso [25+5]
10:30-11:00 Estimating the spectral properties of the polarized foregrounds with the Correlated Component Analysis (CCA), Anna Bonaldi [25+5]
11:00-11:30 Break [30]
11:30-12:00 Parametrized foreground removal, Jo Dunkley [25+5]
12:00-12:30 Simple foreground cleaning algorithm using an internal template-fitting method, Eiichiro Komatsu [25+5]
12:30-14:00 Lunch [90]
14:00-14:30 Proposal of new Galactic magnetic field models and their observational test, Makoto Hattori [25+5]
14:30-15:00 Development of component separation scheme based on hierarchical Bayes method, Takahiro Morishima [25+5]
15:00-15:30 Break [30]
15:30-16:00 Polarized filaments with WMAP data, Matias Vidal [25+5]
16:00-17:00 Discussion Session 2 [60] Moderator: Radek Stompor
- Pros and cons of each method
- Modeling or model-independent analysis?
- How much do we really need to "understand" the foreground in order to clean it?
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION SESSION 2: available here
19:00 Social Dinner at "Weisses Bräuhaus", Tal 7 [east of U6 station "Marienplatz"]
- For directions to "Weisses Bräuhaus," see this link.
- You will order your own food and drinks and will pay for your portion.