Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
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Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
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Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#2Anyone with expertise in dark matter care to comment? I love pop physics but I never got beyond E&M in college
Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#3Anyone with expertise in dark matter care to comment? I love pop physics but I never got beyond E&M in college
It's nothing to do with dark matter physics directly. "just" a hard deconvolution problem: improving the image-analysis of ellipticity in (telescope) images. Dark matter is inferred from this apparent ellipticity, as evidence of gravitational lensing.
Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#4Vera Rubin (discovered dark matter) is a close friend of mine. We don't usually talk about science, but I'm happy to pass along any questions.
Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#5Vera Rubin (discovered dark matter) is a close friend of mine. We don't usually talk about science, but I'm happy to pass along any questions.
Could multiverses be playing a role in the mass of our own universe? And if so, would the mass of dark matter within our universe far outweigh any of those effects?
Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#6Vera Rubin (discovered dark matter) is a close friend of mine. We don't usually talk about science, but I'm happy to pass along any questions.
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Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#7Vera Rubin (discovered dark matter) is a close friend of mine. We don't usually talk about science, but I'm happy to pass along any questions.
I am interested in this generally, and wasn't sure if it was appropriate to ask, but after reading the wikipedia page about her religious background, I think its ok, as Vera seems to be an observant Jew.
In her opinion, why are Jews so heavily involved with physics? And why does she think they are so successful in the field (something like 40% of physics nobels are given to someone with at lea one Jewish parent.
She has clearly given her own family a strong drive for academics (4 kids, 4 PhDs), I wanted to know if that was the same for other Jews in her space or some other reason.
Sorry I don't have a more technical question.
Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#8Vera Rubin (discovered dark matter) is a close friend of mine. We don't usually talk about science, but I'm happy to pass along any questions.
I am interested in this generally, and wasn't sure if it was appropriate to ask, but after reading the wikipedia page about her religious background, I think its ok, as Vera seems to be an observant Jew. In her opinion, why are Jews so heavily involved with physics? And why does she think they are so successful in the field (something like 40% of physics nobels are given to someone with at lea one Jewish parent. She…
I'll ask her about it. I don't think she'd mind the question at all.
Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#9Vera Rubin (discovered dark matter) is a close friend of mine. We don't usually talk about science, but I'm happy to pass along any questions.
Could multiverses be playing a role in the mass of our own universe? And if so, would the mass of dark matter within our universe far outweigh any of those effects?
Next time I see her I'll ask.
Re: Competition Shines Light on Dark Matter
#10Vera Rubin (discovered dark matter) is a close friend of mine. We don't usually talk about science, but I'm happy to pass along any questions.
I am interested in this generally, and wasn't sure if it was appropriate to ask, but after reading the wikipedia page about her religious background, I think its ok, as Vera seems to be an observant Jew. In her opinion, why are Jews so heavily involved with physics? And why does she think they are so successful in the field (something like 40% of physics nobels are given to someone with at lea one Jewish parent. She…
I would imagine Jewish communities push higher education and achievements relating to it at a rate well above the norm. They are also a sizable minority in countries likely to produce nobel laureates. I suspect given a few decades asians will have similar recognition as another generation or so of people coming from a somewhat similar community reach the height of their careers.