The Faculty of Science and Engineering Physics Department present:

Cosmology with supernovae, past, present and future with Professor Isobel Hook, Lancaster University, UK

In this talk, Prof Hook will give an overview of the use of Type Ia supernovae in cosmology. She will briefly describe the work that led to the 1998 discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe, and some of the major supernova surveys that have been carried out since then to better understand the cause of the acceleration.

Isobel will then describe current efforts to find and study large samples of supernovae at the highest redshifts observable with current telescopes, at z>1. Finally, she will discuss the exciting prospects and challenges for supernova cosmology with upcoming facilities including the Rubin Observatory, 4MOST, Euclid and the European Extremely Large Telescope.

Everyone Welcome!!

Those wishing to attend should email e.verrelli@hull.ac.uk for further information.