Dark Energy Survey: Year 3 Observing Shift

暗能量调查：第三年观察转变

• 批准号: ST/N00650X/1
• 负责人: Michelle Collins
• 金额: $ 0.25万
• 依托单位: University of Surrey
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FN00650X%2F1
• 关键词: Dark; Energy; Survey; Year; Observing

The following is taken from the abstract of the attached observing proposal: The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2011 was awarded for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe. The primary scientic objective of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) is to address the question: why is the expansion of the Universe speeding up? Is cosmic acceleration due to dark energy or does it require a modication of General Relativity? If dark energy, is it the energy density of the vacuum (Einstein's cosmological constant) or something else? DES will address these questions by measuring the properties of dark energy with unprecedented precision, using four complementary techniques: galaxy clusters, large-scale galaxy clustering (including baryon acoustic oscillations), weak gravitational lensing, and type Ia supernovae. To achieve the requisite precision, we will conduct two optimally interleaved surveys over 525 nights: a wide-area grizY survey covering 5000 sq. deg. to 24th mag and a deeper time-domain griz survey with 5-day cadence covering 30 sq. deg. In response to an NOAO AO in 2003, the DES collaboration was formed and has built the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), a 570-megapixel, red-sensitive imager with 2.2 degree field of view, five uniform, high-throughput filters, a five-element optical corrector, and a hexapod system for active focus and alignment. We have constructed and will operate a data management system to process and serve DES survey data and a Community Pipeline for NOAO to process community data. The DES data products will provide a rich legacy for the astronomy community, and DECam will be an extraordinary asset as a facility instrument on the Blanco Telescope.

以下内容摘自随附的观测建议书摘要：2011年诺贝尔物理学奖是因为发现了宇宙的加速膨胀而颁发的。暗能量调查(DES)的主要科学目标是解决这个问题：为什么宇宙的膨胀速度在加快？宇宙加速是由暗能量引起的，还是需要广义相对论的修正？如果是暗能量，是真空的能量密度(爱因斯坦的宇宙常数)还是其他什么？DES将通过使用四种互补技术，以前所未有的精度测量暗能量的性质来解决这些问题：星系团、大规模星系团(包括重子声振荡)、弱引力透镜和Ia型超新星。为了达到必要的精度，我们将在525个晚上进行两次最佳交错调查：一次覆盖5000平方米的广域灰色调查。度。到第24个MAG和更深的时间域GRIZ调查，5天节奏覆盖30平方英尺。度。为响应2003年的NOAO，DES合作建立了暗能量相机(DECAM)，这是一个具有2.2度视野的5.7亿像素红敏成像器、五个统一的高通量滤光片、一个五元件光学校正器和一个用于主动聚焦和对准的六脚系统。我们已经建造并将运行一个数据管理系统，以处理和提供DES调查数据，并为国家海洋和大洋洲海洋观测组织建立一条社区管道，以处理社区数据。DES数据产品将为天文学社区提供丰富的遗产，而DECAM作为布兰科望远镜上的设施仪器将是一项非凡的资产。