Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103208

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103208

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Unraveling the Mystery of Dark Energy with Galaxy Clusters. The abundance of galaxy clusters, the most massive collapsed objects in the Universe, is exponentially sensitive to how structure forms. This project aims to discover massive galaxy clusters out to their redshift of formation in 2500 square degrees of sky using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. Galaxy clusters will be weighed using multi-frequency observations and the observed abundance of galaxy clusters will be used as a function of mass to address two fundamental questions in cosmology: what are the neutrino masses? and what is the nature of the dark energy that is driving the accelerating expansion of the Universe? The project will train young researchers in big data methods at the cutting edge of modern cosmology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $590,100.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences

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