Jun.-Prof. Andrina Nicola
Affiliations
- Argelander Institut für Astronomie
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Research topics
- Cosmology
- Large-scale structure of the Universe
- Cosmological probe combination
Our research group combines data from several cosmological probes, such as the Cosmic Microwave Background, galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing, to test and constrain our cosmological model and the physics of galaxy formation. We are involved in several on-going and future cosmological surveys with a particular focus on ACT, LSST, and SO, and use these data to probe the key ingredients of our cosmological model such as Dark Energy, Dark Matter, and Inflation. To optimally benefit from these exciting, high-precision experiments, we are also developing novel analysis techniques for cosmological data, making use of methods such as machine learning.
Selected publications
Dalal, R., Li, X., Nicola, A., Zuntz, J., et al. "Hyper Suprime-Cam Year 3 Results: Cosmology from Cosmic Shear Power Spectra" 2023 arXiv arXiv:2304.00701
Nicola, A., Alonso, D., Sánchez, J., Slosar, A., et al. "Tomographic galaxy clustering with the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam first year public data release" 2020 JCAP 2020 044
Nicola, A., Refregier, A., Amara, A. "Integrated cosmological probes: Extended analysis" 2017 PhRvD 95 083523
Jun.-Prof. Andrina Nicola