Pedro Rivera-Cardona
@priverac.bsky.social
Graduate Students at UIUC | hep-ph
Particle Cosmology | Dark matter theory
UIUC Graduate Diversity Ambassador
NSF Fellow | GEM Fellow | SURGE Fellow | Sloan Scholar
Particle Cosmology | Dark matter theory
UIUC Graduate Diversity Ambassador
NSF Fellow | GEM Fellow | SURGE Fellow | Sloan Scholar
Reposted by Pedro Rivera-Cardona
A wee thread on a paper I think has big holes and some suggestions for grad students out there looking for a fun calculation... (Technical) 🔭 🧪 #cosmology It's this one; it claims at least 1% of the photons in the CMB are actually generated in early-forming galaxies. 1/N arxiv.org/abs/2505.04687
The Impact of Early Massive Galaxy Formation on the Cosmic Microwave Background
The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies, corrected for foreground effects, form the foundation of cosmology and support the Big Bang model. A previously overlooked foreground component is t...
arxiv.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A wee thread on a paper I think has big holes and some suggestions for grad students out there looking for a fun calculation... (Technical) 🔭 🧪 #cosmology It's this one; it claims at least 1% of the photons in the CMB are actually generated in early-forming galaxies. 1/N arxiv.org/abs/2505.04687
Un boricua estudiando el universo.
February 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Un boricua estudiando el universo.
First book of the year: Done ✅
@astrokatie.com didn't fail to reignite that curiosity I had as a kid. A book worth reading regardless of your background in physics!
@astrokatie.com didn't fail to reignite that curiosity I had as a kid. A book worth reading regardless of your background in physics!
January 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
First book of the year: Done ✅
@astrokatie.com didn't fail to reignite that curiosity I had as a kid. A book worth reading regardless of your background in physics!
@astrokatie.com didn't fail to reignite that curiosity I had as a kid. A book worth reading regardless of your background in physics!
At the airport reading 😁 @astrokatie.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:36 PM
At the airport reading 😁 @astrokatie.com
Reposted by Pedro Rivera-Cardona
1/N. Why antiparticles exist (a thread)
November 16, 2024 at 4:35 AM
1/N. Why antiparticles exist (a thread)
Heading to Michigan for this year’s PIKIMO meeting!
November 15, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Heading to Michigan for this year’s PIKIMO meeting!
I hope this is a first-order transition
November 7, 2024 at 2:25 PM
I hope this is a first-order transition