[Seminar]: Gravitationally lensed supernovae: Finding the needle in the haystack

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• Mark Magee, University of Portsmouth
• Wednesday 07 June 2023, 14:00-15:00
• Physics West 117.

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Measurements of the Hubble constant from the early and late Universe are in disagreement at approximately the five sigma level. This is one of the most puzzling open questions in modern astrophysics and independent verification of existing measurements is needed to unravel this mystery. A promising method for doing so is through the use of gravitationally lensed supernovae, which occur when a sufficiently massive foreground galaxy distorts spacetime to such an extent that multiple images of any background source are formed. To date however, only a handful of confirmed or candidate lensed supernovae are known. In this talk I will detail our current understanding of gravitationally lensed supernovae, including our search within the public survey of the Zwicky Transient Facility. I will show how various selection criteria proposed in the literature affect the identification of candidate objects and discuss sources of contamination. Correct identification of candidates and contaminants will become increasingly important for future surveys, such as LSST , which will likely discover hundreds of lensed supernovae in the coming years.

This talk is part of the Astrophysics Talks Series series.

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