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Cosmic acceleration revealed by Type la supernovae?

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Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma
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In this talk Subir Sarkar will explain how deflagration supernovae have been used to infer that the Hubble expansion rate is accelerating, and critically assess whether the acceleration is real and due to `dark energy’.

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Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma
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Subir Sarkar
Keywords
Physics
supernovae
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 01/11/2019
Duration: 00:40:58

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