Advanced Statistical Methods for Astrophysical Probes of Cosmology

By Marisa Cristina March

Book Overview

Introduction.- Cosmology background.- Dark energy and apparent late time acceleration.- Supernovae Ia.- Statistical techniques.- Bayesian Doubt: Should we doubt the Cosmological Constant?.- Bayesian parameter inference for SNeIa data.- Robustness to Systematic Error for Future Dark Energy Probes.- Summary and Conclusions.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642444547
• ISBN13: 9783642444548
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"