darshanbeniwal / Data_to_Discovery_ASTROCOSMOCON_SGT_2023

This repository hosts materials and code for the ASTROCOSMOCON workshop taking place at The Thanu Padmanabhan Center for Cosmology and Science Popularization, SGT University, Gurgaon (October 26-28, 2023). These resources are provided to support workshop attendees in their exploration of statistical techniques in Astrophysics & Cosmology.

Three Days ASTROCOSMOCON Workshop

Organized by Department of Physics, Thanu Padmanabhan Center for Cosmology and Science Popularization, SGT University CCSP-SGT, Gurgaon

I was among the plenary speakers, along with Prof. Mohammad Sami, Prof. T. R. Seshadri, Prof. Devendra K Ojha, Prof. Chetna Jain, Prof Suprit Singh, and Dr. Rahul Sharma and in this repository, I have included all the files, including the data file and Python notebook, that were covered in four lecture sessions and five hands-on sessions by me.

Day-3. October 28th 2023; 🔗

• Lecture

  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE)
  • Minimum Chi-square Test
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Monte Carlo
  • Markov Chain Monte Carlo
  • Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm

• Hands-on Session

  • Flat $\Lambda CDM$ Model fitting with Hubble Parameter Measurements using Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm

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Copyright

© Darshan Kumar Beniwal, University of Delhi, 2023, Presented at The Thanu Padmanabhan Center for Cosmology and Science Popularization, SGT University, Gurgaon, India.