Cosmos Seminar
Mar
13
2025
Mar
13
2025
Description
Synthesizer: Forward modelling with everything but the kitchen sink
Bridging the gap between theoretical models and observational data has never been more crucial than it is today. Theoretical models are now regularly challenged as the observational frontier is pushed ever deeper. However, to be truly certain of these challenging conclusions we must ensure that they are drawn from an even playing field, using the same methodologies. Likewise, for us to understand the physics underlying modern observations, we must augment traditional techniques such as SED fitting, with models transformed into the observer frame. With these synthetic observations we can better understand observational biases, explicitly test uncertain parameters spaces, and find out what "missing physics" in the models truly means. We have developed Synthesizer to streamline this critical process. Synthesizer is a C-accelerated Python forward-modeling package with usability, efficiency, and flexibility at its foundations. By making it both intuitive and efficient to translate simulated and parametric models into observables, Synthesizer empowers researchers to connect theory with data more easily and robustly. In this talk, I will give an overview of Synthesizer's functionality as we approach its v1.0.0 release.
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