A study of galaxy clusters and cosmology through gravitational lensing and other techniques

• Grant number: 09/07154-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: June 01, 2009 - November 30, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Extragalactic Astrophysics
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Serra Cypriano
• Grantee: Eduardo Serra Cypriano
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research project is focused on the fields of galaxy clusters and cosmology. Regarding clusters the sub-projects I intend to carry on during the following two years can be divided in two branches: i) detection of new clusters and ii) study of the cluster properties. For the first branch the main goal is to produce new samples of high redshift clusters where evolutionary effects can be detected. The second branch is focused on deepening the understanding of the physics and interplay of their components (darkmatter, hot gas and galaxies). On cosmology I intend to keep my participation on the large surveys DES, Euclid and WFMOS, whose main goal is to quantify the dark energy density and its evolution but will also leave a huge legacy for all areas of the astrophysics. On the other hand these projects, due to their scope and generality, will leave a legacy for several astrophysics areas. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FURLANETTO, CRISTINA; SANTIAGO, BASILIO X.; MAKLER, MARTIN; CYPRIANO, EDUARDO S.; CAMINHA, GABRIEL B.; PEREIRA, MARIA E. S.; FAUSTI NETO, ANGELO; ESTRADA, JUAN; LIN, HUAN; HAO, JIANGANG; et al. The SOAR Gravitational Arc Survey - I. Survey overview and photometric catalogues. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 432, n. 1, p. 73-88, JUN 2013. (09/07154-8)

CYPRIANO, E. S.; AMARA, A.; VOIGT, L. M.; BRIDLE, S. L.; ABDALLA, F. B.; REFREGIER, A.; SEIFFERT, M.; RHODES, J.. Cosmic shear requirements on the wavelength dependence of telescope point spread functions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 405, n. 1, p. 494-502, JUN 11 2010. (09/07154-8)

PROCTOR, ROBERT N.; DE OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIA MENDES; DUPKE, RENATO; DE OLIVEIRA, RAIMUNDO LOPES; CYPRIANO, EDUARDO S.; MILLER, ERIC D.; RYKOFF, ELI. On the mass-to-light ratios of fossil groups. Are they simply dark clusters?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 418, n. 3, p. 2054-2073, DEC 2011. (09/06295-7, 09/07154-8, 10/08341-3, 08/57331-0)