Dark Energy Survey Theory Workshop

Monday December 5, 2011
Organized by Tim Eifler and Michael Mortonson

The Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) at The Ohio State University (OSU) is holding a workshop on "Dark Energy Survey Theory" in Columbus, Ohio on Monday Dec 5, 2011. Participation is restricted to members of the DES Collaboration.

 

Agenda:

  • 9:00 - 9:15
    • Discussion of agenda..."what do we want to discuss/achive"
       
  • 9:15 - 10:30
    • Combining Probes:
      • General discussion, e.g. combining different posterior probabililties if they are not independent
      • Specific: Inclusion of WMAP/Planck priors into DES likelihood analysis
         
  • 10:30 - 11:00
    • astro-ph coffee
       
  • 11:00 - 12:00
    • Theoretical uncertainties in likelihood analyses (power spectrum, mass function, covariances)
       
  • 12:00 - 13:00
    • Lunch
       
  • 13:00 - 14:00
    • Seminar talk: "N-body simulations of galaxy clusters: Is overmerging still an issue?" (McPherson 4045)/
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  • 14:00 - 16:00
    • Combining WL and Clusters:
      • joint modeling of nuissance parameters
      • fit simultaneously for the mass-observable relation and cosmology
  • 16: 00
    • End coffee / discussions / individual conversations

 

Participants

 

  • Heidi Wu (U. of Michigan)
  • Dragan Huterer (U. of Michigan)
  • Elisabeth Krause (Caltech)
  • Michael Mortonson
  • Tim Eifler