Gravitational
Lensing
A
Working Group in Astrostatistics
Program
Group Leaders: Arlie Petters (leader), and Nicholas Robbins (web)
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Announcements
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Meeting
Time: Wednesdays 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Note: Until we can get the needed bandwidth, equipment, etc. for broadcasting meetings via a webcam, SAMSI will be employing the following process for remote participation in working groups. A webcam picture will be available for viewing during the meetings. However, for audio, participants will have to call into the conference line. |
Papers & Sources
| Title | Link |
| Introduction to Gravitational Lensing in Astronomy | http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-1998-12/ |
| Flux-Ratio Anomalies and Small-Scale Structure in Gravitational Lensing | http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0210318 |
| A. Einstein: Lens-like action of a Star by the Deviation of Light in the Graviational Field | Einstein_gl_1936.pdf |
Lectures & Events
| Date | Title | Speaker | Location | Abstract |
| Feb 1st |
Mathematical Introduction to Gravitational Lensing |
Arlie Petters |
SAMSI |
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| Feb 15th |
Mathematical Issues in Stochastic Gravitational Lensing |
Arlie Petters |
SAMSI |
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| Feb 24th |
The Kac-Rice Formula and Image Counting |
Brian Rider (U. of Colorado) |
SAMSI |
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| Mar 1st |
Introduction to spatial data analysis: geostatistics |
Zhengyuan Zhu (UNC) |
SAMSI |
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| Mar 8th |
Introduction to Spatial Point Processes |
Ji Meng Loh (Columbia) |
SAMSI |
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| Mar 29th |
An Introduction to Markov Random Fields with an Illustration from Archeology |
Michael Lavine (Duke) |
SAMSI |
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| Apr 5th |
Research Updates on Mass Reconstruction and Stochastic Lensing |
Zhengyuan Zhu (UNC) and Arlie Petters (Duke) |
SAMSI |
Meeting Activities
| Date | Topics & Readings | Notes |
| Feb 22-26 | Brian Rider (U. Colorado) and Liliya Williams (U. Minn.) will be visiting to work on Statistical Issues in Image Counting and Cluster Mass Reconstruction | Room 201 |
Group Members
| Name | Email Address | Affiliation |
| Arlie Petters |
petters(at)math.duke.edu |
Duke University |
| Sherry Scott |
sescott(at)email.unc.edu |
University of North Carolia at Chapel Hill |
| Ji Meng Loh |
meng(at)stat.columbia.edu |
Columbia University |
| Hyunsook Lee |
hlee(at)stat.psu.edu |
Penn State |
| Jogesh Babu |
babu(at)stat.psu.edu |
Penn State |
| Francisco Vera |
veraf(at)niss.org |
NISS |
| Charles Keeton |
keeton(at)physics.rutgers.edu |
Rutgers |
| Yaming Yu |
yamingy(at)uci.edu |
University of California, Irvine |
| Chris Genovese |
genovese(at)stat.cmu.edu |
Carnegie Mellon University |
| Brian Rider |
brider(at)euclid.colorado.edu |
University of Colorado (at SAMSI 2/22-26) |
| Liliya Williams |
llrw(at)astro.umn.edu |
University of Minnesota (at SAMSI 2/22-26) |
| Nicholas Robbins |
robbins(at)math.duke.edu |
Duke University |
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