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Restframe I-band Hubble diagram for type Ia supernovae up to redshift z~0.5
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.
2005 In: A&A, Vol. 437, p. 789-804Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2005. Vol. 437, p. 789-804
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-22644OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-22644DiVA, id: diva2:189208
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Part of urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1019Available from: 2006-05-02 Created: 2006-05-02Bibliographically approved
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1. Observations of distant supernovae and cosmological implications
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Observations of distant supernovae and cosmological implications
2006 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Type Ia supernovae can be used as distance indicators for probing the expansion history of the Universe. The method has proved to be an efficient tool in cosmology and played a decisive role in the discovery of a yet unknown energy form, dark energy, that drives the accelerated expansion of the Universe. The work in this thesis addresses the nature of dark energy, both by presenting existing data, and by predicting opportunities and difficulties related to possible future data.

Optical and infrared measurements of type Ia supernovae for different epochs in the cosmic expansion history are presented along with a discussion of the systematic errors. The data have been obtained with several instruments, and an optimal method for measuring the lightcurve of a background contaminated source has been used. The procedure was also tested by applying it on simulated images.

The future of supernova cosmology, and the target precision of cosmological parameters for the proposed SNAP satellite are discussed. In particular, the limits that can be set on various dark energy scenarios are investigated. The possibility of distinguishing between different inverse power-law quintessence models is also studied. The predictions are based on calculations made with the Supernova Observation Calculator, a software package, introduced in the thesis, for simulating the light propagation from distant objects. This tool has also been used for investigating how SNAP observations could be biased by gravitational lensing, and to what extent this would affect cosmology fitting. An alternative approach for estimating cosmological parameters, where lensing effects are taken into account, is also suggested. Finally, it is investigated to what extent strongly lensed core-collapse supernovae could be used as an alternative approach for determining cosmological parameters.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Fysikum, 2006. p. 102
Keywords
cosmological parameters, cosmology, astro physics, supernovae, type Ia supernova
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1019 (URN)91-7155-250-2 (ISBN)
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2006-05-24, sal FA32, AlbaNova universitetscentrum, Roslagstullsbacken 21, Stockholm, 10:15
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