Lectures on Cosmology and Gravitational Lensing

Prof. Toshifumi Futamase (二間瀬敏史教授)

Kyoto Sangyo University (京都産業大学)

November 1 - 3, 2017

Lecture room B, NCTS

hosted by Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU)

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(closed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017)

Einstein Ring LRG 3-757 from Hubble
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA


Special seminar

2PM, October 31 at R521, IoA

Constraints on neutrino masses from the lensing dispersion of Type Ia supernovae


Program
Wednesday, November 1
1. Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology
10:00 - 11:30 1.1 From special relativity to general relativity
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 1.1 From special relativity to general relativity
2. Summary of Observations
14:00 - 15:00 2.1 Expansion of universe
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00 2.2 Galaxy surveys
Thursday, November 2
3. Basic Concept in the FRW Universe
10:00 - 11:30 3.1 The FRW universe and distance-redshift relation
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 3.2 Inhomogeneous universe
4. Gravitational Lensing and Its Application to Cosmology
14:30 - 15:00 4.1 Introduction to gravitational lensing
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:30 4.2 Basic properties of lens equation
4.3 Strong Lensing and application to cosmology
Friday, November 3
10:00 - 11:50 4.4 Weak Lensing and application to cosmology


Participants