In-Person

YCIU Seminar with Simon Birrer, Stony Brook University

Simon Birrer, Stony Brook University

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Kline Tower, 509
219 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06511
  • Faculty
  • Postdoctoral Trainees
  • Students
  • Graduate & Professional

TItle: From few to thousands: Shedding light on dark matter and dark energy with strong gravitational lenses in the era of LSST, Euclid and Roman.

 

Abstract Summary: This current decade, with the onset of wide and deep surveys, such as LSST, Euclid and Roman, 10’000s of strong gravitational lenses will bediscovered. In this talk, I will go through the challenges and methods that hold promises in analyzing large samples of lenses to shed light on dark matterand dark energy.

 

The YCIU community is invited to a bi-monthly seminar on Fridays at 12:00 p.m. in KT 509 to hear from different speakers about their research involving the invisible Universe.