by
Robert Ben Metcalf(Diaprtimento di Astronomia, Universtia' di BO)
→
Europe/Rome
Sala Ovale (Villa Bazzoni)
Sala Ovale
Villa Bazzoni
Description
ABSTRACT: Gravitational lensing is becoming an important tool in astrophysics and cosmology. It has been used to study everything from the structure of quasars to the evolution of dark energy. I will review some of these successes and describe future prospect for gravitational lensing in the age of Euclid and SKA. The number of strong gravitational lenses in particular is expected to increase by two orders of magnitude in the not so distant future. I will talk about the issues of finding such rare events in large data sets and how to use them once they are found.
