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DESI\u2019s fully installed focal plane, which features 5,000 automated robotic positioners, each with a fiber-optic cable to gather galaxies\u2019 light. The Rochester group is responsible for ensuring that the 5,000 fibers are optimally pointed at their targets. (DESI collaboration photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Members of a Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a> cosmology group who are a key part of a multi-institutional effort to create the most detailed 3-D map ever made of the universe are looking forward to the launch of the instrument later this year in Arizona.<\/p>\n

The team\u2014Regina Demina, professor of physics; Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, postdoctoral research associate; Segev BenZvi, assistant professor of physics; and Kelly Douglass, visiting assistant professor of physics and astronomy\u2014are working on the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project, an initiative to provide a more comprehensive look at dark energy and how it\u2019s influencing the expansion of the universe. The instrument—including the 5,000 robotic positioners of the telescope\u2019s focal plane (above)—will capture data from 35 million galaxies, potentially providing insight about the life cycle of galaxies and about the cosmic web that connects matter in the universe.<\/p>\n

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the lead institution on the project, announced on June 1 that DESI was complete and was moving toward its startup.<\/p>\n

Read more about Rochester’s team.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Members of a URochester cosmology group who are a key part of a multi-institutional effort to create the most detailed 3-D map ever made of the universe are looking forward to the launch of the instrument later this year in Arizona.<\/p>\n

The team\u2014Regina Demina, professor of physics; Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, postdoctoral research associate; Segev BenZvi, assistant professor of physics; and Kelly Douglass, visiting assistant professor of physics and astronomy\u2014are working on the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project, an initiative to provide a more comprehensive look at dark energy and how it’s influencing the expansion of the universe. The instrument—including the 5,000 robotic positioners of the telescope’s focal plane (above)—will capture data from 35 million galaxies, potentially providing insight about the life cycle of galaxies and about the cosmic web that connects matter in the universe.<\/p>\n

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the lead institution on the project, announced on June 1 that DESI was complete and was moving toward its startup.<\/p>\n

Read more about Rochester’s team.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":408842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11556],"tags":[11446,18662,37332,24832],"class_list":["post-437992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-photos","tag-dark-matter","tag-department-of-physics-and-astronomy","tag-regina-demina","tag-segev-benzvi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInstrument to detect dark energy is poised for debut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Members of a URochester group who are a key part of a multi-institutional effort to create the most detailed 3-D map ever made of the universe are looking forward to the start of the instrument later this year in Arizona.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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