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OSU Joins the Search for Dark Energy

December 13, 2007

OSU Joins the Search for Dark Energy

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2007

OSU has been accepted as an Institutional Member in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Collaboration. DES (www.darkenergysurvey.org) is a multifaceted effort designed to determine the properties of the dark energy that makes up 70% of the Universe but has no compelling theoretical explanation. OSU joins other US Universities at Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, and Penn, International University Collaborations in Brazil, the UK, and Spain, and National Facilities at Argonne, Fermilab, LBL, NOAO, and NSCA.

Members of the OSU Collaboration are D. DePoy, K. Honscheid, C. Kochanek, P. Martini, D. Terndrup, D. Weinberg, and T. Walker. Additional OSU members are expected to be added in the future as the experiment evolves. Klaus Honscheid has kindly agreed to represent OSU on the Management Committee. The OSU Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP) played a central role in OSU's DES membership, providing a rich intellectual environment, along with critical postdoctoral support, and monetary contributions.