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| Paper: |
The Accelerating Universe |
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342, 1604-2004: Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses |
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443 |
| Authors: |
Schmidt, B.P. |
| Abstract: |
Over the past ten years astronomers have used type Ia supernovae to trace the expansion of the Universe to a look back time more than 70% of the age of the Universe. These observations show an accelerating Universe which is best explained by a cosmological constant, or other form of dark energy with an equation of state near w = p/ρ = −1. As future experiments attempt to better characterize the equation of state of the matter leading to the observed acceleration, systematic effects will ultimately limit progress. |
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