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SUMMARY:Quantifying Dark Energy using Cosmic Lensing - Sarah Bridle\, Univ
 ersity of Manchester
DTSTART:20150305T163000Z
DTEND:20150305T173000Z
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CONTACT:Simon Hodgkin
DESCRIPTION:I will describe the great potential and possible limitations o
 f using the bending of light by gravity (gravitational lensing) to constra
 in the mysterious dark energy which seems to dominate the contents of our 
 Universe. In particular we have to remove the blurring effects of telescop
 es and the atmosphere to extreme precision\, and account for possibly cohe
 rent distortions of galaxy shapes due to processes in galaxy formation. I 
 will discuss these issues in more detail and review some recent progress i
 n tackling them\, including in the context of new results from the Dark En
 ergy Survey\, and the UK’s potential involvement in the Large Synoptic S
 urvey Telescope.
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 4:00 pm)
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