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Preliminary Exam
Topological Data Analysis for Cosmology
Date: Friday, December 6th
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Place: 5310 Chamberlin
Speaker: Jacky Yip, Physics PhD Graduate Student
Abstract: The shape of data contains a great deal of information. We apply persistent homology, a tool in topological data analysis, to build summary statistics from the topology of the large-scale structure of the universe at late times. Employing the Quijote simulations, we perform a Fisher forecast and obtain constraints on cosmological parameters and primordial non-Gaussianity amplitudes. The result is that our topological summary is generally more informative compared with conventional 2-point and 3-point statistics, and combining the approaches allows for more constraining power due to breaking parameter degeneracies. We also demonstrate a pipeline for inference.
Host: Gary Shiu
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