Travel to CTIO for Dark Energy Survey observing run
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Portsmouth
Department Name: Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
Abstract
Perform observations for the Dark Energy Survey which is a 525night project to study the properties of dark energy using a new camera (DECam) on the Blanco 4m telescope at CTIO (see www.darkenergysurvey.org)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Robert Nichol (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
DUNE Collaboration
(2021)
Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPC
Deaconu C.
(2020)
A search for ultrahigh-energy neutrinos associated with astrophysical sources using the third flight of ANITA
in arXiv e-prints
Allison P
(2020)
Constraints on the diffuse flux of ultrahigh energy neutrinos from four years of Askaryan Radio Array data in two stations
in Physical Review D
Abarr Q.
(2020)
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO): A White Paper
in arXiv e-prints
Acero M
(2020)
Search for multimessenger signals in NOvA coincident with LIGO/Virgo detections
in Physical Review D
Wilkinson R
(2020)
OzDES multi-object fibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: results and second data release
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Acciarri R
(2020)
The Liquid Argon In A Testbeam (LArIAT) experiment
in Journal of Instrumentation
DUNE Collaboration DUNE
(2020)
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment
in arXiv e-prints
| Description | Research at the ICG has helped understand the formation and evolution of the universe. This information is important to advance our understand of fundamental physics as well as being of great interest and fascination by the general public. |
| Exploitation Route | Research at ICG is published in peer-reviewed journals and have received significant citations over the last decade. Researchers at the ICG are some of the highest cited astrophysicists and cosmologists in the UK, showing their work is used and influential (mainly by other academics in our field of research) |
| Sectors | Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
| URL | http://darkenergydetectives.org |
| Description | Research at the ICG has helped understand the formation and evolution of the universe. This information is important to advance our understand of fundamental physics as well as being of great interest and fascination by the general public. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Description | DES |
| Organisation | Dark Energy Survey (DES) |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and guidance, preparation of scientific simulations and preparations, organisation of meetings and events |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to proprietary data and scientific collaboration |
| Impact | Scientific publications (see publication list) |
| Start Year | 2006 |