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University of Birmingham > Talks@bham > Astrophysics Talks Series > Shedding Light on the Dark Cosmos through Gravitational Lensing
Shedding Light on the Dark Cosmos through Gravitational LensingAdd to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal
If you have a question about this talk, please contact Sean McGee. 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 This talk is part of the Astrophysics Talks Series series. This talk is included in these lists:Note that ex-directory lists are not shown. |
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