Probing Cosmic Dark Matter and Dark Energy with Weak Gravitational Lensing Statistics

• Main Author: Shirasaki, Masato (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; System theory.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Complex Systems.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.

In this book the applicability and the utility of two statistical approaches for understanding dark energy and dark matter with gravitational lensing measurement are introduced.For cosmological constraints on the nature of dark energy, morphological statistics called Minkowski functionals (MFs) to e...