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How are Type Ia Supernovae useful for cosmologists? | |||
Why do cosmologist use Type Ia Supernovae as "standard candles"? | |||
What are some criticisms for using Type Ia Supernovae as "standard candles?" | |||
Revision as of 10:58, 8 November 2009
Presenter : Rutger Dungan
Suggested Starting Points
Assigned Reading
http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0703459v1
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0909.5416
Discussion
How are Type Ia Supernovae useful for cosmologists?
Why do cosmologist use Type Ia Supernovae as "standard candles"?
What are some criticisms for using Type Ia Supernovae as "standard candles?"