Studying weak gravitational lensing of type Ia supernovae is a valuable tool to have in cosmology. Gravitational lensing may amplify the brightness of the source, affecting the brightness distribution of observed supernovae in a non-Gaussian way. Testing this magnified distribution for normality may thus reveal the observation of weak lensing. Simulation of lensing and studying the feasibility of current telescopes (ZTF) detecting it gives a first look into when this mechanism may be fully utilized.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-169516 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Risberg, Nicolas |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för astronomi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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