Confronting mock skies with deep observations
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Physics & Astronomy
Abstract
Computer generated mock observations underpin the interpretation of modern astrophysics. Ongoing and future large survey programmes such as the Dark Energy Survey, Euclid and PanStarrs rely upon such models to train and validate their search algorithms and data extraction techniques. We lead a project to construct such mock skies, which aims to provide verified model skies to these large programmes. The aim of this project is to confront these catalogues with the current plethora of detailed observational evidence about the Universe we live in. This challenge will inform and update the numerical models, revealing the physical processes that drive galaxy formation and evolution.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Frazer Pearce (Primary Supervisor) | |
Rachel Asquith (Student) |
Publications
Asquith R
(2018)
Cosmic CARNage II: the evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function in observations and galaxy formation models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Knebe Alexander
(2017)
Cosmic CARNage I: on the calibration of galaxy formation models
in ArXiv e-prints
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/N504208/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2021 | |||
1642936 | Studentship | ST/N504208/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2019 | Rachel Asquith |