Smoot Group Education/Outreach/Visitor Page

Education Topics

• Formation of the Elements
• Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) the relic radiation from the big bang begining of the Universe.
• Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry in the Universe.
• Active Galactic Nuclei There are some galaxies that have nuclei that outshine the whole rest of the galaxy by a large portion. They are thought to be powered by supermassive (millions or more solar mass) black holes.

Directions to LBNL

Employment & Research Positions

• Post-Doctoral Fellows (post-docs)
• Graduate Student Reseach Assistants (GSRAs)
• Undergraduate Student Reseach Assistants (RAs)
• Visiting Scholars

Software Projects for CS students.

Glenda Fish or Jeanne Miller usually handles the visa and formal procedures for visitors. Vanessa specializes in University of California at Berkeley contacts and Jeanne specializes in Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory contacts.
More Procedures will be put on line in the future.

You may reach the group by the following routes:
fax: 510-486-7149
e-mail: via address of the form: last_name@cosmos.lbl.gov, e.g. SMOOT@cosmos.lbl.gov
mail: Astrophysics Group, MS 50-205, LBNL, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720