Statistical issues in galaxy cluster cosmology

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  • Adam Mantz
  • Steven W. Allen
  • David Angelo Rapetti Serra

The number and growth of massive galaxy clusters is a sensitive probe of cosmological structure formation and dark energy. Surveys at various wavelengths can detect clusters to high redshift, but the fact that cluster mass is not directly observable complicates matters, requiring us to simultaneously constrain scaling relations of observable signals with mass. The problem can be cast in the form of a regression, in which the data set is truncated, the (cosmology-dependent) underlying population must be modeled, and strong, complex correlations between measurements often exist.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Systems Development : Reflections, Challenges and New Directions
EditorsR. Pooley, J. Coady, . Schneider, H. Linger, C. Barry, M. Lang
Number of pages3
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media
Publication date1 Dec 2013
Pages527-529
ISBN (Print)9781461449508
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2013
EventInternational Conference on Information Systems Development: Reflections, Challenges and New Directions - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 24 Aug 201126 Aug 2011
Conference number: 20

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Information Systems Development
Nummer20
LandUnited Kingdom
ByEdinburgh
Periode24/08/201126/08/2011

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