MONDAY, August 31, 2009
Special Astronomy Colloquium, 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Hameetman Auditorium
"The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey - 66% done," Karl Glazebrook, Swinburne University of Technology.

Abstract: The AAT WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey is measuring 240,000 spectroscopic redshifts out to z=1 of UV-selected galaxies from the GALEX satellite. The goal is the first measurement of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, the standard ruler in the galaxy distribution, at these high redshifts, as well as growth of structure and other cosmological parameter measurements. I will give a short review of the WiggleZ survey at the two-thirds complete stage and present some early cosmological results.