Advanced statistical methods for astrophysical probes of cosmology :
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[Book]
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doctoral thesis accepted by the Astrophysics Group of Imperial College London
First Statement of Responsibility
Marisa Cristina March.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York
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Springer
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(xx, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color)
SERIES
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Springer theses.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.