dark energy task force: methods and results
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Dark Energy Task Force: Methods and Results
Andreas Albrecht
Quantum to CosmosAirlie Conference Center
Warrenton VA23 May 2006
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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1) Data Models: General Discussion
The plan:
i) Model a possible data set
ii) Base models on Whitepapers and knowledge within the DETF.
iii) Introduce “nuisance parameters” to model systematics
iv) Construct “optimistic” pessimistic cases for each possible experiment to illustrate the various uncertainties (typically to do with systematics)
v) Provide sufficient information for others to check and improve upon our work.
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1) Data Models: General Discussion
The plan:
i) Model a possible data set
ii) Base models on Whitepapers and knowledge within the DETF.
iii) Introduce “nuisance parameters” to model systematics
iv) Construct “optimistic” pessimistic cases for each possible experiment to illustrate the various uncertainties (typically to do with systematics)
v) Provide sufficient information for others to check and improve upon our work.
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1) Data Models: General Discussion
The plan:
i) Model a possible data set
ii) Base models on Whitepapers and knowledge within the DETF.
iii) Introduce “nuisance parameters” to model systematics
iv) Construct “optimistic” pessimistic cases for each possible experiment to illustrate the various uncertainties (typically to do with systematics)
v) Provide sufficient information for others to check and improve upon our work.
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1) Data Models: General Discussion
The plan:
i) Model a possible data set
ii) Base models on Whitepapers and knowledge within the DETF.
iii) Introduce “nuisance parameters” to model systematics
iv) Construct “optimistic” pessimistic cases for each possible experiment to illustrate the various uncertainties (typically to do with systematics)
v) Provide sufficient information for others to check and improve upon our work.
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1) Data Models: General Discussion
The plan:
i) Model a possible data set
ii) Base models on Whitepapers and knowledge within the DETF.
iii) Introduce “nuisance parameters” to model systematics
iv) Construct “optimistic” pessimistic cases for each possible experiment to illustrate the various uncertainties (typically to do with systematics)
v) Provide sufficient information for others to check and improve upon our work.
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Systematics: none, optimistic, pessimistic
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1) Data Models: General Discussion
Our position in the dark energy timeline
Pioneering stage DETF Future work
50 Whitepapers
Existing literature and individual experience
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1) Data Models: General Discussion
Our position in the dark energy timeline
Pioneering stage DETF Future work
Standardized framework
More sophisticated approaches
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
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2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
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“Nuisance parameters” (can be used to parameterize aspects of the expt, including systematics).
Example (SNe): ( ) ( )z m zμ ≡ −MIncludes info about M and H poorly determined
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Additional parameters in Fisher Matrix
Priors on express different possible systematic uncertainties
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2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
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“Nuisance parameters” (can be used to parameterize aspects of the expt, including systematics).
Example (SNe): ( ) ( )z m zμ ≡ −MIncludes info about M and H poorly determined
Data
( ) 0 1 2z z z= + +M M M M
Additional parameters in Fisher Matrix
Priors on express different possible systematic uncertainties
iM
Other features:
• Near sample of 500 SNe also assumed (“Suntzeff step”)
• Other simulated data with photo-z’s has nuisance parameters for the z’s
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Combination
Technique #2
Technique #1
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
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Our 8D space: { }0 , , , , , , , lni a DE k m B sq w w n Pω ω∈ Ω Ω
space only: In higher D:
Q: Why 8D?
A: Correlations (in all 8D) are important. 2D illustration:
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Stage II
Stage III-p
Stage III-o
Combination of all techniques from a Stage-III photometric survey
* Pardon our mixed variables: Wp-Wa and Wo-Wa are equivalent (FoM-wise)
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DETF Projections
Stage 3
Impr
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Stage II
Stage III-p
Stage III-o
* Pardon our mixed variables: Wp-Wa and Wo-Wa are equivalent (FoM-wise)
Combination of all techniques from a Stage-III photometric survey
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Stage II
Stage IV-p
Stage IV-o
Combination of all techniques from Stage-IV ground-based survey
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DETF Projections
Ground
Impr
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ent o
ver S
tage
2
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Stage II
Stage III-p
Stage III-o
* Pardon our mixed variables: Wp-Wa and Wo-Wa are equivalent (FoM-wise)
Combination of all techniques from a Stage-III photometric survey
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Stage II
Stage IV-p
Stage IV-o
Combination of all techniques from Stage-IV space-based survey
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DETF Projections
Space
Impr
ovem
ent o
ver S
tage
2
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DETF Projections
Ground + Space
Impr
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ent o
ver S
tage
2
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Key points:
• Our findings follow from our calculations
• Our recommendations follow from our findings
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Key points:
• Our findings follow from our calculations
• Our recommendations follow from our findings
½ Order of magnitude improvement is possible at Stage 3
1 order of magnitude is possible at Stage 4
Systematics are critical (as experts already knew)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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I. Standardization1. Parameterize dark energy as w0 – wa2. Eight-parameter cosmological model3. Priors4. Figure of merit
II. Importance of combinations1. Soon will have a website with library of Fisher matrices & combiner
programs
III. DETF Technique Performance Projections1. Thirty-two data models2. Optimistic & pessimistic projections3. Four techniques, two stages, five platforms
IV. Use DETF Technique Performance Projections as a guideline!!!1. We may be off-base (proposers must justify systematic-error budget!)2. People get smarter
DETF LegacyDETF LegacyDETF Legacy
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I. Standardization1. Parameterize dark energy as w0 – wa2. Eight-parameter cosmological model3. Priors4. Figure of merit
II. Importance of combinations1. Soon will have a website with library of Fisher matrices & combiner
programs
III. DETF Technique Performance Projections1. Thirty-two data models2. Optimistic & pessimistic projections3. Four techniques, two stages, five platforms
IV. Use DETF Technique Performance Projections as a guideline!!!1. We may be off-base (proposers must justify systematic-error budget!)2. *People get smarter*
DETF LegacyDETF LegacyDETF Legacy
We’ve done a lot of work. There’s lots more to do!
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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FAQFAQ1) Shouldn’t you have used more sophisticated method X?
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FAQFAQ1) Shouldn’t you have used more sophisticated method X?
A: Write the paper! (I’m writing some)
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FAQFAQ1) Shouldn’t you have used more sophisticated method X?
A: Write the paper! (I’m writing some)
2) What logic tells you what figure of merit is “good enough”?
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FAQFAQ1) Shouldn’t you have used more sophisticated method X?
A: Write the paper! (I’m writing some)
2) What logic tells you what figure of merit is “good enough”?
A: We don’t know yet. Dark energy did not come with an instruction manual!
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FAQFAQ1) Shouldn’t you have used more sophisticated method X?
A: Write the paper! (I’m writing some)
2) What logic tells you what figure of merit is “good enough”?
A: We don’t know yet. Dark energy did not come with an instruction manual!
Today we far from having achieved a sufficient figure of merit:
Whitepapers DETF workProminent figures switching to this fieldDespite no guarantees of fundingDriven by intense intellectual excitement (our most
precious resource!)
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FAQFAQ1) Shouldn’t you have used more sophisticated method X?
A: Write the paper! (I’m writing some)
2) What logic tells you what figure of merit is “good enough”?
A: We don’t know yet. Dark energy did not come with an instruction manual!
Today we far from having achieved a sufficient figure of merit:
Whitepapers DETF workProminent figures switching to this fieldDespite no guarantees of fundingDriven by intense intellectual excitement (our most
precious resource!)
Write a paper!
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Comments on the fundamental significance of Dark Energy
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DE has already stimulated these radical new directions:
String theory landscape
“Universe as a finite entropy box” Fundamental physics as a finite dimensional Hilbert space
Particle theory mass scales of
etc
3510 em−
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DE has already stimulated these radical new directions:
String theory landscape
“Universe as a finite entropy box” Fundamental physics as a finite dimensional Hilbert space
Particle theory mass scales of
etc
3510 em−
DE has caused new pain from one of the deepest problems in fundamental physics: The cosmological constant
problem.
is not “just another parameter”.
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“Right now, not only for cosmology but for elementary particle theory, this is the bone in our throat.” - Steven Weinberg
“… Maybe the most fundamentally mysterious thing in basic science.”- Frank Wilczek
“… would be No. 1 on my list of things to figure out.”- Edward Witten
“Basically, people don’t have a clue as to how to solve this problem.” - Jeff Harvey
‘This is the biggest embarrassment in theoretical physics”- Michael Turner
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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Outline:
1) Data Models: General Discussion
2) Data Models: An illustration (SNLS)
3) A technical point: The role of correlations
4) DETF quantitative results.
5) DETF legacy
6) (FAQ)
7) (Looking to the future)
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7) Looking to the future
Our position in the dark energy timeline
Pioneering stage DETF Future work
Standardized framework
More sophisticated approaches
Combining with in >8D space including systematics (see e.g.Knox et al astro-ph/0605536)
More sophisticated treatment of Dark Energy models
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Dark energy appears to be the dominant component of the physicalUniverse, yet there is no persuasive theoretical explanation. The acceleration of the Universe is, along with dark matter, the observed phenomenon which most directly demonstrates that our fundamentaltheories of particles and gravity are either incorrect or incomplete. Most experts believe that nothing short of a revolution in our understanding of fundamental physics will be required to achieve a full understanding of the cosmic acceleration. For these reasons, the nature of dark energy ranks among the very most compelling of all outstanding problems in physical science. These circumstances demand an ambitious observational program to determine the dark energy properties as well as possible.
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