Lecture 21: Geometry of the Universe

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Lecture 21: Geometry of the Universe

Post by RJN » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:52 pm

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Re: Lecture 21: Geometry of the Universe

Post by Graeme1858 » Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:04 am

Hello

I have just watched Lecture 21, brilliant!

At about 16 minutes there is a slide on the Bullet Cluster and you use the phrase " the dark matter can be seen" and is shown in blue, separate from the red gas clouds.

Could you clarify please, I understand the requirement for an even spread of mass for the gravitational lens to work smoothly but is the blue a false colour image or does the dark matter cause the gas to appear blue?

Thanks

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Graeme

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Re: Lecture 21: Geometry of the Universe

Post by geckzilla » Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:50 am

Graeme1858 wrote:At about 16 minutes there is a slide on the Bullet Cluster and you use the phrase " the dark matter can be seen" and is shown in blue, separate from the red gas clouds.

Could you clarify please, I understand the requirement for an even spread of mass for the gravitational lens to work smoothly but is the blue a false colour image or does the dark matter cause the gas to appear blue?
The blue represents where dark matter is inferred to exist based on how much mass would actually need to be there for the gravitational lens to happen. So yes, it's false-color. In fact the blue part is entirely generated based upon known assumptions.
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Re: Lecture 21: Geometry of the Universe

Post by Graeme1858 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:34 pm

Cheers Geck

Thanks for the clarification.

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Graeme