Theo Schutt: Preparing the Vera Rubin Observatory to Record a Decade-long Cosmic Show. March 6 2026 скачать в хорошем качестве

Theo Schutt: Preparing the Vera Rubin Observatory to Record a Decade-long Cosmic Show. March 6 2026

Co-hosted by SMCAS and KIPAC Event at the College of San Mateo, California. March 6, 2026 00:00 - Introduction by Marion Weiler (SMCAS) 02:10 - Lecture by Theo Schutt 45:30 - Q&A hosted by Xinnan Du (KIPAC) Theo Schutt is a sixth-year PhD student at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Lab, and a member of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC). Theo is an observational cosmologist specializing in weak gravitational lensing, the study of how light from very distant galaxies gets deflected by foreground clumps of matter. Theo's work focuses on analyzing data from the Dark Energy Survey, mapping the lensing of nearly 150 million galaxies to better understand dark energy, the mysterious source driving the accelerated expansion of our Universe. In particular, Theo has worked to improve the methods for disentangling atmospheric and sensor effects from the true cosmological signal. Theo is also involved in the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, having contributed to the characterization and commissioning of the main instrument, LSST Camera, at SLAC and in Chile. Technical ssistance by Michael Gallien (CSM). Video Recording by Ravi J Kumar San Mateo County Astronomical Society