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Strong lensing as a test of the vacuum energy density in the LCDM model

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dc.date.accessioned 2014-05-05T08:53:50Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:04:51Z
dc.date.available 2014-05-05T08:53:50Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:04:51Z
dc.date.issued 2014-05-05T08:53:50Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/3665 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/3665
dc.title Strong lensing as a test of the vacuum energy density in the LCDM model en
ethesis.discipline Astronomy en
ethesis.discipline Tähtitiede fi
ethesis.discipline Astronomi sv
ethesis.discipline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/6f5d95bc-1d1b-46ec-8692-e74fe88e4565
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/3acb09b1-e6a2-4faa-b677-1a1b03285b66
ethesis.department Institutionen för fysik sv
ethesis.department Department of Physics en
ethesis.department Fysiikan laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Kupri, Artem
dct.issued 2014
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract In this Master's thesis, I present for the first time the consideration of the effect of uncertainty associated with the astrophysical modeling of lens systems on the derived value of Omega_Lambda. I show that strong gravitational lensing, in the Universe described by the LCDM model, can be used for determination of a value of the vacuum energy density. The models used in this work are based on differences between the observed stellar velocity dispersions and the actual stellar velocity dispersions of elliptical and lenticular galaxies, which play a role of lenses in lensing systems. It will be shown that the accuracy of observations is very important in such kind of calculations. I present an own derivation of the formulas used in this work for determination of Omega_Lambda, which was never done in a reference work [Schwab et al., 2010]. Moreover, in difference from [Schwab et al., 2010], I will represent these formulas in the correct form. In this work, I use 30 lensing systems, observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Hubble Space Telescope. I calculate the angular diameter distances of lensing and background galaxies and combine them with the stellar velocity dispersion measurements, taking into account the total mass density, the luminosity density and the anisotropy of the lensing galaxy. Finally, I have performed chi-squared test to identify the acceptable model. The value of the vacuum energy density determined in this thesis, by using a restricted sample (26 galaxy lensing systems), has realistic confidence intervals, much larger than previously published. I show that the strong constraints on the value of Omega_Lambda determined in some other similar works ([Schwab et al., 2010] and [Cao et al., 2012]) depend on inclusion of systems that are not described by the model. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251749
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