'Standard candles' presentation slideshows

Lorenzo Amati INAF - IASF Bologna

Cosmology with Gamma-Ray Bursts: status and perspectives. Lorenzo Amati INAF - IASF Bologna with main contributions by: M. Della Valle, F. Frontera, C. Guidorzi, M. De Laurentis, E. Palazzi. Why looking for more cosmological probes ?.

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ASTR 1102-002 2008 Fall Semester

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Exploring the global properties of SNe Ia

Exploring the global properties of SNe Ia. Paolo A. Mazzali Max-Planck Institut f ? r Astrophysik, Garching Astronomy Department and RESearch Centre for the Early Universe, University of Tokyo Istituto Naz. di Astrofisica, OATs. Spectra of Supernovae: the photospheric phase.

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spectroscopic diversity of SNe Ia in the near-infrared

Eric Y. Hsiao University of Victoria. spectroscopic diversity of SNe Ia in the near-infrared. SNe Ia in the near-infrared why?. less dust extinction low redshift standard candles in JHK bands independent measure of Hubble constant high redshift rest frame I band Hubble diagram

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Testing GR with Inspirals

Testing GR with Inspirals. B.S. Sathyaprakash, Cardiff University, UK based on work with Arun, Iyer, Qusailah, Jones, Turner, Broeck, Sengupta. Gravitational-wave spectrum What might be observed from ground and space Gravitational-wave observables

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Precision Measurements, Small Cross-sections , and Non-Standard Signatures: Reaching the 1 fb -1 Threshold at the Te

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How long since the Big Bang ?

How long since the Big Bang ?. Jeremy Mould. National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Introduction. Subject today is the Expanding Universe The Expanding Universe model describes the motions of galaxies Just like the model of Copernicus describes the motions of the planets. Outline.

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Measurement of Dark Energy with Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO)

Measurement of Dark Energy with Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO). Thomas Stucky. Outline. Dark Energy (DE) Theoretical Framework Measurement of DE Theory of BAO Modern BAO Measurements with BOSS Future BAO Measurements. Outline. Dark Energy (DE) Theoretical Framework Measurement of DE

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Universe in a box: simulating formation of cosmic structures

Universe in a box: simulating formation of cosmic structures. Andrey Kravtsov Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Center for Cosmological Physics (CfCP) University of Chicago http://astro.uchicago.edu/~andrey /talks/ http://cfcp.uchicago.edu/lss/. Galaxies. Galaxy Clusters.

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Observational Probes of Dark Energy

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SPU-22: The Unity of Science from the Big Bang to the Brontosaurus and Beyond

SPU-22: The Unity of Science from the Big Bang to the Brontosaurus and Beyond. Lecture 6 14 February 2014 ? Science Center Lecture Hall A. Outline of Lecture 6.

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Physics 133: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology

Physics 133: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology. Lecture 9; February 10 2014. Previously:. Measuring kinematics of the universe determines cosmological parameters. Proper distance depends on redshift via the Hubble constant, to first order

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Seeing Dark Energy (or the cosmological constant which is the simplest form of DE)

Seeing Dark Energy (or the cosmological constant which is the simplest form of DE). Professor Bob Nichol (ICG, Portsmouth). Overview. Cosmology Primer Standard Candles (Supernovae) Standard Rulers (CMB) My role in all this (SDSS) ISW effect BAO. COSMOLOGY PRIMER. FRW Equation.

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Announcements

Announcements. 4th test is finished! Please pick up graded work Homework 12 due Monday (requires internet use) Second project is due in two weeks Please reread lyrics to Monty Python galaxy song; document the inconsistency for a free Milky Way bar!. Galaxies. 17 November 2006. Today :.

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Type 1a Supernovae

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Cosmic Distances

Cosmic Distances. How to measure distances Primary distance indicators Secondary and tertiary distance indicators Recession of galaxies Expansion of the Universe. Stellar Parallax.

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A Carbon Star Survey in the Local Group galaxies

A Carbon Star Survey in the Local Group galaxies. battinel@oarph1.rm.astro.it. Roma, 4 Novembre 1868: the Beginning!. A Carbon Star Survey in the Local Group galaxies. CS as standard candles CS as tracers of low density halos & tidal tales CS as kinematical probes. Contents:.

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7.3 Relative Distance Estimators

7.3 Relative Distance Estimators. ???. Absolute distance estimator. Direct method to determine distance to particular objects. Simple and powerful. However most astronomical phenomena is not that simple, no such simple modeling is possible anymore when we want to estimate their distances.

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How Standard Are Cosmological Standard Candles?

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