Ana C. O. Leite
FCUP

Abstract
In this talk I will present the work and the results of the paper. It will be discussed methods based on Principal Component Analysis for reconstructing the dark energy equation of state and constraining its evolution, using a combination of Type Ia supernovae at low redshift and spectroscopic measurements of varying fundamental couplings at higher redshifts. It will be discussed too the performance of this method when future better-quality datasets are available, focusing on two forthcoming ESO spectrographs - ESPRESSO for the VLT and CODEX for the E-ELT - which include these measurements as a key part of their science cases. These can realize the prospect of a detailed characterization of dark energy properties all the way up to redshift 4.

02 November 2011, 13:30

Centro de Astrofísica
Rua das Estrelas
4150-762 Porto