Cosmology with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
| Main Author: | Rosenfeld, Rogerio |
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| Format: | Proceeding Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4313918 |
Daftar Isi:
- Abstract: The LSST will perform a 10-year photometric survey of the sky using a new telescope with an effective 8.4 meter mirror and the largest digital camera ever constructed with 3.2 gigapixels a 3.5 degree field of view and weighing 2.8 tons. Among other goals, the LSST will explore the nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy that comprises 95% of the energy budget of the Universe today. It will do so by analyzing the enormous amount of data that will be collected (~20 terabytes/night) about the distribution of galaxies, the number of cluster of galaxies, of supernovae and the distortions of the shape of galaxies produced by intervening matter.
- Thematic areas: Cosmology, Dark Energy, Astronomy & Astrophysics