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PAU- Physics of the accelerating Universe:
The main objective of this Consolider Ingenio 2010 is the preparation of a world-wide competitive experiment on a problem of great scientific interest and at the frontier of knowledge: the existence and nature of the dark energy of the Universe. The team includes scientists who work in related, yet different disciplines, namely particle physics, astrophysics and gravitation, both on theoretical and in phenomenological-experimental aspects, as well as engineers. Collectively, the members of the team are presently involved in important projects in this field, with collaborations that inter-relate the different groups. However, by asking for a Consolider Ingenio 2010 project, they want to take a step forward and assume a leadership role, intellectually and materially, in an experiment that represents a "qualitative jump" in their scientific contribution to the understanding of dark energy, a central problem in Cosmology at present. To this end the Consolider team proposes the construction of an instrument capable of obtaining the necessary measurements for competitive results on dark energy. This instrument consists of a very wide-field CCD camera (~ 6 deg2) for galaxy photometric red-shift measurements based on a large number of narrow-band filters. With this innovative technique, which only recently has started to be used, it will be possible to measure the red-shift parameter, z, with a precision of about 0.003(1+z) for early-type galaxies, close to that obtained with full spectroscopic methods, but in a much more efficient way, and sufficient for the scientific objectives being proposed. The construction of the camera will be by itself a major deliverable of the project. Its use in a survey of a 10,000 square degree area of the sky in the region for z between 0.1 and 0.9, which the team proposes to do, will provide data that will be among the most valuable that are expected to be available world-wide in the next few years for the study of dark energy. In addition to their involvement in the construction of the instrument, and in the simulation work required for its design and exploitation, the Consolider team will also study the dark energy problem from the theoretical point of view, with the interdisciplinary approach made possible by its composition. The team will also carry out educational and outreach activities towards society. And, as a team, it will study the joint participation on large-scale international dark-energy projects envisioned for the mid and long term future. see http://www.ice.csic.es/research/PAU/PAU-welcome.html for more details
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PAU- Physics of the accelerating Universe:
The main objective of this Consolider Ingenio 2010 is the preparation of a world-wide competitive experiment on a problem of great scientific interest and at the frontier of knowledge: the existence and nature of the dark energy of the Universe. The team includes scientists who work in related, yet different disciplines, namely particle physics, astrophysics and gravitation, both on theoretical and in phenomenological-experimental aspects, as well as engineers. Collectively, the members of the team are presently involved in important projects in this field, with collaborations that inter-relate the different groups. However, by asking for a Consolider Ingenio 2010 project, they want to take a step forward and assume a leadership role, intellectually and materially, in an experiment that represents a "qualitative jump" in their scientific contribution to the understanding of dark energy, a central problem in Cosmology at present. To this end the Consolider team proposes the construction of an instrument capable of obtaining the necessary measurements for competitive results on dark energy. This instrument consists of a very wide-field CCD camera (~ 6 deg2) for galaxy photometric red-shift measurements based on a large number of narrow-band filters. With this innovative technique, which only recently has started to be used, it will be possible to measure the red-shift parameter, z, with a precision of about 0.003(1+z) for early-type galaxies, close to that obtained with full spectroscopic methods, but in a much more efficient way, and sufficient for the scientific objectives being proposed. The construction of the camera will be by itself a major deliverable of the project. Its use in a survey of a 10,000 square degree area of the sky in the region for z between 0.1 and 0.9, which the team proposes to do, will provide data that will be among the most valuable that are expected to be available world-wide in the next few years for the study of dark energy. In addition to their involvement in the construction of the instrument, and in the simulation work required for its design and exploitation, the Consolider team will also study the dark energy problem from the theoretical point of view, with the interdisciplinary approach made possible by its composition. The team will also carry out educational and outreach activities towards society. And, as a team, it will study the joint participation on large-scale international dark-energy projects envisioned for the mid and long term future. see http://www.ice.csic.es/research/PAU/PAU-welcome.html for more details
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