New Publication

New Cosmology group publication

October 17, 2024

Observational Cosmology Group

William d’Assignies D. from the Observational Cosmology group at IFAE is a co-author

William d’Assignies Doumerg is a co-author of the paper High-redshift LBG selection from broadband and wide photometric surveys using a Random Forest algorithm .

In this publication, the authors investigate the possibility of selecting high-redshift (z>2) Lyman-Break Galaxies using photometric surveys, for future LSS spectroscopic surveys like DESI-II (start 2029).

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Consolidation grant

Carles Sánchez obtains a Consolidación Investigadora grant

February 4, 2026

Carles Sánchez, member of the Observational Cosmology Group at the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies, has obtained a Consolidación Investigadora grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science through the UAB (Departament de Física, Unitat d’Altes Energies).