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
Chang C
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: curved-sky weak lensing mass map
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wiseman P
(2020)
Supernova host galaxies in the dark energy survey: I. Deep coadds, photometry, and stellar masses
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sánchez C
(2014)
Photometric redshift analysis in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Macaulay E
(2020)
Weak lensing of Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Davies L
(2013)
Detecting massive galaxies at high redshift using the Dark Energy Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hoyle B
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: redshift distributions of the weak-lensing source galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Penny S
(2018)
SDSS-IV MaNGA: evidence of the importance of AGN feedback in low-mass galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smethurst R
(2018)
SDSS-IV MaNGA: the different quenching histories of fast and slow rotators
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Abbott T
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing
in Physical Review D
Troxel M
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from cosmic shear
in Physical Review D
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
Abbott T
(2020)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cosmological constraints from cluster abundances and weak lensing
in Physical Review D
Acero M
(2020)
Search for multimessenger signals in NOvA coincident with LIGO/Virgo detections
in Physical Review D
Acero M
(2020)
Measurement of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent p 0 production in the NOvA near detector
in Physical Review D
Prat J
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Galaxy-galaxy lensing
in Physical Review D
Abi B
(2020)
Neutrino interaction classification with a convolutional neural network in the DUNE far detector
in Physical Review D
Foreman W
(2020)
Calorimetry for low-energy electrons using charge and light in liquid argon
in Physical Review D
Stephenson LJ
(2020)
High-Rate, High-Fidelity Entanglement of Qubits Across an Elementary Quantum Network.
in Physical review letters
Adamson P
(2020)
Improved Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Mixing from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, MINOS+, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments.
in Physical review letters
Adamson P
(2020)
Precision Constraints for Three-Flavor Neutrino Oscillations from the Full MINOS+ and MINOS Dataset.
in Physical review letters
Sako M
(2018)
The Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Collett TE
(2018)
A precise extragalactic test of General Relativity.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Smith M
(2020)
First Cosmology Results using Supernovae Ia from the Dark Energy Survey: Survey Overview, Performance, and Supernova Spectroscopy
in The Astronomical Journal
Lingard T
(2020)
Galaxy Zoo Builder: Four-component Photometric Decomposition of Spiral Galaxies Guided by Citizen Science
in The Astrophysical Journal
Smith M
(2018)
Studying the Ultraviolet Spectrum of the First Spectroscopically Confirmed Supernova at Redshift Two
in The Astrophysical Journal
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) |
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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 |