03/12 - Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Physics Department Seminar

Dr. Douglas Tucker of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will give a talk entitled "The Dark Energy Survey."

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a 5000-square-degree optical imaging survey to be conducted using a new 3 square degree (2.2-degree-diameter) wide-field mosaic camera on the Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. The primary scientific goal of the DES is to constrain dark energy cosmological parameters via four complementary methods: galaxy cluster counting, weak lensing, galaxy angular correlations, and Type Ia supernovae, supported by precision photometric redshifts.

Admission: Free

Event Website: http://www.southernct.edu/physics/departmentevents/

Location: Jennings Hall 113

Contact Information: Elliott Horch, (203) 392-6393 , horche2@southernct.edu