A SUPERNOVA AT Z=0.458 AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MEASURING THE COSMOLOGICAL DECELERATION

被引:83
作者
PERLMUTTER, S
PENNYPACKER, CR
GOLDHABER, G
GOOBAR, A
MULLER, RA
NEWBERG, HJM
DESAI, J
KIM, AG
KIM, MY
SMALL, IA
BOYLE, BJ
CRAWFORD, CS
MCMAHON, RG
BUNCLARK, PS
CARTER, D
IRWIN, MJ
TERLEVICH, RJ
ELLIS, RS
GLAZEBROOK, K
COUCH, WJ
MOULD, JR
SMALL, TA
ABRAHAM, RG
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,SPACE SCI LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[3] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[4] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,INST ASTRON,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HA,ENGLAND
[5] ROYAL GREENWICH OBSERV,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0EZ,ENGLAND
[6] UNIV DURHAM,DURHAM DH1 3LE,ENGLAND
[7] UNIV NEW S WALES,KENSINGTON,NSW 2083,AUSTRALIA
[8] CALTECH,PASADENA,CA 91125
[9] DOMINION ASTROPHYS OBSERV,VICTORIA,BC V8X 4M6,CANADA
关键词
COSMOLOGY; DISTANCE SCALE; DARK MATTER; SUPERNOVAE; GENERAL; INDIVIDUAL; SN; 1999BI;
D O I
10.1086/187756
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have begun a program to discover high-redshift supernovae (z approximate to 0.25-0.5) and study them with follow-up photometry and spectroscopy. We report here our first discovery, a supernova at z = 0.458. The photometry for this supernova closely matches the light curve calculated for this redshift from the template of well-observed nearby Type Ia supernovae. We discuss the measurement of the deceleration parameter q(0) using such high-redshift supernovae and give the best fit value assuming this one supernova is a normal, unextincted Type Ia. We describe the main sources of error in such a measurement of q(0) and ways to reduce these errors.
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页码:L41 / L44
页数:4
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