Explicit Likelihood (BORG)
Inferring cosmological initial conditions
People
Leads: Jens Jasche, Guilhem Lavaux
Members: Adam Andrews, Axel Lapel, Chotipan Boonkongkird, Deaglan Bartlett, Florent Leclercq, Guilhem Lavaux, Jens Jasche, Ludvig Doeser, Matthew Ho, Metin Ata, Simon Ding,
Description
The BORG (Bayesian Origin Reconstruction from Galaxies) group uses Bayesian techniques coupled with fast dark matter forward models and flexible galaxy models to infer the cosmological initial conditions based on present day galaxy redshift catalogs and other data.
The core idea of what we are trying to achieve is summarized by the following figure:
For more information, visit the Aquila Consortium website.