The LSST and Precision Observational Cosmology

par David L. Burke (KIPAC, Standford)

mardi 20 mars 2007, 16:00 → 17:30 US/Central

Salle 101 (LAL)

The proposed Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will observe the entire sky visible from Cerro Pachon in northern Chile once every four nights with broad-band optical imaging. The accumulated ten-year data set will reach depths of 27 AB magnitude in each of six bands, and will produce a catalog of over four billion galaxies. A quarter of a million Type 1a supernovae will be detected per year. The LSST design and construction plans will be presented, and the potential for precision studies of cosmology, dark matter, and dark energy will be discussed.

Slides Burke-Saclay-Orsay_Seminar_2007.ppt