Speaker
Dr
Yuanyuan Zhang
(Fermilab)
Description
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) embarked on a 5 year survey of 5000 deg$^{2}$ of sky in 2012. DES is dedicated to dark energy studies of type Ia supernovae, large scale structure, weak lensing, and galaxy clusters. Early results based on commissioning data were released in 2015. The vast data set from DES is also being used for a variety of other topics. Highlights include searching for solar system objects, Milky Way satellite galaxies and gravitational wave event optical counterparts. During this talk, I will review the methods and goals of DES, and report the recent scientific achievements.
Primary author
Dr
Yuanyuan Zhang
(Fermilab)