Physics Talk: What does the radio sky tell us about the Universe?

Join the Department of Physics for a lecture by Akshatha K. Vydula, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Physics, titled "What does the radio sky tell us about the Universe?"

Vydula's research explores the early Universe and the formation of the first stars and galaxies. She develops calibration and analysis tools for low-frequency radio telescopes and is part of the EDGES collaboration — the only experiment to have reported a detection of the redshifted 21cm signal from cosmic dawn. Vydula's research also spans modeling galatic radio recombination lines and measuring the neutron lifetime using data from NASA's Lunar Prospector mission. At UR, she is currently working with Jack Singal, professor of physics, to produce an absolutely calibrated sky map at 310 MHz using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia.