Explicit Likelihood (BORG)
Inferring cosmological initial conditions
People
Leads: Jens Jasche, Guilhem Lavaux
Members: Adam Andrews, Metin Ata, Deaglan Bartlett, Chotipan Boonkongkird, Simon Ding, Ludvig Doeser, Matthew Ho, Jens Jasche, Axel Lapel, Guilhem Lavaux, Florent Leclercq,
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.