Research
- X-ray, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and lensing observations of galaxy clusters to gain insight into intracluster medium, dark matter and cosmological parameters.
- Simulations and data analysis techniques for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
- Theoretical modeling of the reionization of the universe, and analysis of related observations
A few more words about my research...
My research line is focusing on Astrophysics, in particular on combining different data from X-ray satellites, radio and optical telescopes to study astronomical objects. I use data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space telescope and other telescopes to map the distribution of dark matter, which is an invisible material that does not emit or absorb any type of light, but is detectable through its effects on other observables. Several lines of evidence indicate that there is about six times as much dark matter as "normal", or baryonic, matter in the Universe. Understanding the nature of this mysterious matter is one of the outstanding problems in astrophysics. With this respect, I am studying objects known as galaxy clusters to map the dark matter distribution in the universe. Galaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally-bound structures in the universe, and play an important role in research on dark matter and cosmology, provided that we can accurately determine their three-dimensional structures and mass. My research line aims at reconstructing the tree-dimensional structure of clusters by jointly using the previous observations in X-ray, optical and radio wavelength, in order to map the dark matter distribution in the universe and constrain the underlying cosmology. I am also involved in performing high-level simulations and developing data analysis techniques for LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope).
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