EPFL wants to research dark matter even better
Published: Wednesday, Jul 3rd 2024, 10:20
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The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne wants to conduct better research into dark matter. That is why it is taking part in a project at Tsinghua University in China.
The research cooperation agreement was signed in Beijing on Tuesday, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) wrote on the short message service X on Wednesday. The Multi Spectroscopic Telescope (Must) project will be led by the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University. It will "become a milestone in cosmological research and provide insights into the young universe in unprecedented detail".
For the first time, scientists would be able to track the filamentary structure of the universe with a detailed map of tens of millions of measurements.
With a ten to twenty-fold increase in measurement capacity compared to current spectroscopic investigations, Must will map the universe more comprehensively and at greater distances than ever before. This will deepen our knowledge of dark energy and dark matter, Professor Jean-Paul Kneib, Head of the Laboratory for Astrophysics (Lastro), was quoted as saying. Because what exactly dark energy and matter are is still a mystery.
The EPFL will contribute significantly to the 6.5-meter telescope with state-of-the-art high-precision technology, the statement continued. Must will also give the university access to a next-generation spectroscopic investigation. This would open up the possibility of discovering hundreds of millions of distant galaxies. The project's open source philosophy also ensures broad access to software and hardware innovations.
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