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SUMMARY:Euclid space mission: a cosmological challenge for the next 15 yea
 rs - Roberto Scaramella\, INAF-Osservatorio di Roma
DTSTART:20150514T153000Z
DTEND:20150514T163000Z
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CONTACT:Simon Hodgkin
DESCRIPTION:Euclid is the next ESA mission devoted to Cosmology. The missi
 on is expected to be launched in year 2020 and to last six years. The payl
 oad comprises two instruments\, provided by the Euclid Consortium. Both ha
 ve wide field capabilities hosting a visible and a near infrared camera\, 
 respectively\, which cover a joint field of view of half square degree. Th
 e NIR instrument is also capable of slitless spectroscopy.\n\nThe main sci
 entific aim is the study of Dark Energy and Dark Matter. These will be  st
 udied via gravitational lensing and clustering over ~15000 square degrees.
  Since this area will cover most of the extragalactic sky\, the wealth of 
 data data will be extremely valuable to several areas in astrophysics. Ind
 eed\, the sheer amount of data of different kinds\, the variety of (un)kno
 wn systematic effects and the complexity of measures require novel efforts
  both in simulations and techniques of data analysis.
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 4:00 pm)
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