Shedding Light on the Dark Cosmos through Gravitational Lensing

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• Sherry Suyu (MPA)
• Wednesday 26 April 2017, 14:30-15:30
• Physics West 117.

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Gravitational lensing provides powerful means to study dark energy and dark matter in the Universe. In particular, strong lens systems with measured time delays between the multiple images can be used to determine the “time-delay distance” to the lens, which is primarily sensitive to the Hubble constant. Measuring the Hubble constant is crucial for inferring properties of dark energy, spatial curvature of the Universe and neutrino physics. I will describe the ingredients and newly developed techniques for measuring accurately time-delay distances with a realistic account of systematic uncertainties. A program initiated to measure the Hubble constant to

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