DES (Dark Energy Survey)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:DES
gptkbp:area 5000 square degrees
gptkbp:collaboratesWith international
gptkbp:country gptkb:Chile
gptkbp:dataSource publicly available after proprietary period
gptkbp:endDate 2019
gptkbp:focus gptkb:cosmology
dark energy
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Dark_Energy_Survey
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:goal understand the nature of dark energy
gptkbp:hasTelescope gptkb:Blanco_4-meter_telescope
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label DES (Dark Energy Survey)
gptkbp:instrument Dark Energy Camera (DECam)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Cerro_Tololo_Inter-American_Observatory
gptkbp:memberState 7
gptkbp:method baryon acoustic oscillations
weak gravitational lensing
supernovae observation
galaxy cluster counting
gptkbp:notableFinds detection of thousands of supernovae
discovery of new dwarf galaxies
mapping of dark matter distribution
gptkbp:numberOfGalaxiesObserved over 300 million
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes hundreds of terabytes
gptkbp:partner gptkb:Fermilab
gptkb:NOIRLab
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
multiple international universities
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:Josh_Frieman
gptkbp:publicData yes
gptkbp:publishedIn hundreds of scientific papers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Euclid_mission
gptkb:LSST
gptkb:SDSS
gptkbp:releaseDate gptkb:DES_DR1
gptkb:DES_DR2
gptkbp:scientistCapacity over 400
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
gptkbp:startYear 2013
gptkbp:supernovaeObserved over 2500
gptkbp:surveyDepth up to magnitude 24
gptkbp:type photometric survey
gptkbp:wavelengthRange optical
gptkbp:website https://www.darkenergysurvey.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:PIC_(Spain)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7