[FPSPACE] DEMON: a Proposal for a Satellite-Borne Experiment to study Dark Matter and Dark

[LARRY KLAES]

Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0606010

From: Alicia Berciano Alba [view email]

Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:13:37 GMT   (268kb)

DEMON: a Proposal for a Satellite-Borne Experiment to study Dark Matter and 
Dark Energy

Authors: The Alpbach-Graz collaboration

Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in the SPIE 
conference proceedings

Report-no: 6266-115

We outline a novel satellite mission concept, DEMON, aimed at advancing our 
comprehension of both dark matter and dark energy, taking full advantage of 
two complementary methods: weak lensing and the statistics of galaxy 
clusters. We intend to carry out a 5000 sqdeg combined IR, optical and X-ray 
survey with galaxies up to a redshift of z~2 in order to determine the shear 
correlation function. We will also find ~100000 galaxy clusters, making it 
the largest survey of this type to date. The DEMON spacecraft will comprise 
one IR/optical and eight X-ray telescopes, coupled to multiple cameras 
operating at different frequency bands. To a great extent, the technology 
employed has already been partially tested on ongoing missions, therefore 
ensuring improved reliability.

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606010