TESTDE

Testing the Dark Energy Paradigm and Measuring Neutrino Mass with the Dark Energy Survey

 Coordinatore UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 

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 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 2˙416˙388 €
 EC contributo 2˙416˙388 €
 Programma FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call ERC-2011-ADG_20110209
 Funding Scheme ERC-AG
 Anno di inizio 2012
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2012-05-01   -   2017-04-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

 Organization address address: GOWER STREET
city: LONDON
postcode: WC1E 6BT

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Giles
Cognome: Machell
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 20 3108 3020
Fax: +44 20 7813 2849

UK (LONDON) hostInstitution 2˙416˙388.00
2    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

 Organization address address: GOWER STREET
city: LONDON
postcode: WC1E 6BT

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Ofer
Cognome: Lahav
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 20 7679 3473
Fax: +44 20 7679 7153

UK (LONDON) hostInstitution 2˙416˙388.00

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des    made    cosmology    science    survey    space    energy    follow    first    detected    universe    shift    dark   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'One of the greatest mysteries in the whole of science is that 75% of the Universe appears to be made of an enigmatic ‘Dark Energy’. A further 21% of the Universe is made from invisible ‘Cold Dark Matter’ that can only be detected through its gravitational effects, with the ordinary atomic matter making up only 4% of the total cosmic budget. These discoveries require a shift in our perception. I play leadership roles in several large surveys, in particular the $40M international Dark Energy Survey (DES), where I coordinate the entire science programme, with 200 scientists from 5 countries. DES will have its first light in October 2011, with observing from 2012 to 2017. I propose three Themes, which are interlinked: (1) Modelling the cross-talk of DES probes and a feasibility study for a spectroscopic follow-up (DESpec) which will allow testing modified General Relativity models as alternatives to Dark Energy; (2) Attempting for the first time to measure the as yet unknown neutrino mass from DES, including novel modelling of the non-linear power spectrum; and (3) Follow up of an intriguing excess in galaxy clustering on large scales we recently detected in our home-grown MegaZ-LRG sample, and developing new approaches to photometric redshifts. The research is interdisciplinary since it is connected to statistical methods as well as to High Energy Physics. The techniques developed will also be used for many other projects, including the ongoing Hubble Space Telescope CLASH survey of clusters and the planned ESA Euclid space mission. At this stage of my career, after founding the Cosmology area at University College London and playing a key role in setting up DES, I wish to focus on creative research to exploit DES with the help of four Post-docs. I believe this work will significantly influence the next paradigm shift in Cosmology, and it will make a major contribution to Cosmology in Europe.'

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