On the validity of cosmological Fisher matrix forecasts

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Wolz, Laura ^a,b,c   Kilbinger, Martin ^b,c,d   Weller, Jochen ^b,c,e   Giannantonio, Tommaso ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c EXCELLENCE CLUSTER UNIVERSE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baryon acoustic oscillations; Dark energy experiments; Supernova type la standard candles; Weak gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866306170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/09/009     Document Type: Article

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