Event
Astronomy Seminar: "Supernova Cosmology: From DES to Roman"
Benjamin Rose (Duke University)
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is in the process of finalizing its ultimate scientific analyses. Later this year, we expect the DES Supernova survey to release a constraint on the dark energy equation of state to less than 3%. This will be the most precise measurement of dark energy using Type Ia Supernovae (SN Ia). These results are systematic uncertainty dominated, meaning a more precise measurement requires more than simply continuing to collect data. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, to be launched before mid 2027, has a mission goal of measuring dark energy approximately two times better than DES. Supernova cosmology with Roman will use the High Latitude Extragalactic Time Domain core community survey, and observe ~12,000 SNe Ia with most of them being above a redshift of one. In addition to this large data set, Roman will need to control both hardware and astrophysical systematics. In this talk, I will explain the current efforts to ensure Roman's calibration as well as improved analysis models and methods will allow Roman to make this extremely precise measurement of dark energy.