Advanced statistical methods for astrophysical probes of cosmology :
[Book]
doctoral thesis accepted by the Astrophysics Group of Imperial College London
Marisa Cristina March.
New York
Springer
2013
(xx, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Springer theses.
Introduction.- Cosmology background.- Dark energy and apparent late time acceleration.- Supernovae Ia.- Statistical techniques.- Bayesian Doubt: Should we doubt the Cosmological Constant?.- Bayesian parameter inference for SNeIa data.- Robustness to Systematic Error for Future Dark Energy Probes.- Summary and Conclusions.- Index.