Supernovae, an accelerating universe and the cosmological constant

被引：29

作者：

Kirshner, RP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 1999年 / 96卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1073/pnas.96.8.4224

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Observations of supernova explosions halfway back to the Big Bang give plausible evidence that the expansion of the universe has been accelerating since that epoch, approximately 8 billion years ago and suggest that energy associated with the vacuum itself may be responsible for the acceleration.

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页码：4224 / 4227

页数：4

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