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Article Dans Une Revue The Astrophysical Journal Année : 1997

Measurements of the Cosmological Parameters $\Omega$ and $\Lambda$ from the First 7 Supernovae at $z \geq$ 0.35

S. Perlmutter
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S. Gabi
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G. Goldhaber
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D. E. Groom
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I. M. Hook
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A. G. Kim
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M. Y. Kim
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J. C. Lee
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C. R. Pennypacker
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I. A. Small
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A. Goobar
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R. S. Ellis
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R. G. Mcmahon
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B. J. Boyle
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P. S. Bunclark
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D. Carter
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M. J. Irwin
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K. Glazebrook
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H. J. M. Newberg
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A. V. Filippenko
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T. Matheson
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M. Dopita
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W. J. Couch
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Résumé

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven of >28 supernovae discovered to date in the high-redshift supernova search of the Supernova Cosmology Project. We find a dispersion in peak magnitudes of sigma_{M_B} = 0.27 this dispersion narrows to sigma_{M_B,corr} = 0.19 after "correcting" the magnitudes using the light-curve "width-luminosity" relation found for nearby (z <= 0.1) type Ia supernovae from the Calan/Tololo survey (Hamuy et al. 1996). Comparing lightcurve-width-corrected magnitudes as a function of redshift of our distant (z = 0.35-0.46) supernovae to those of nearby type Ia supernovae yields a global measurement of the mass density, Omega_M = 0.88^{+0.69}_{-0.60} for a Lambda = 0 cosmology. For a spatially flat universe (i.e., Omega_M +Omega_Lambda = 1), we find Omega_M = 0.94 ^{+0.34}_{-0.28} or, equivalently, a measurement of the cosmological constant, Omega_Lambda = 0.06 ^{+0.28}_{-0.34} (<0.51 at the 95% confidence level). For the more general Friedmann-Lemaitre cosmologies with independent Omega_M and Omega_Lambda, the results are presented as a confidence region on the Omega_M-Omega_Lambda plane. This region does not correspond to a unique value of the deceleration parameter q_0. We present analyses and checks for statistical and systematic errors, and also show that our results do not depend on the specifics of the width-luminosity correction. The results for Omega_Lambda-versus-Omega_M are inconsistent with Lambda-dominated, low density, flat cosmologies that have been proposed to reconcile the ages of globular cluster stars with higher Hubble constant values.

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in2p3-00130961 , version 1 (14-02-2007)

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S. Perlmutter, S. Gabi, G. Goldhaber, D. E. Groom, I. M. Hook, et al.. Measurements of the Cosmological Parameters $\Omega$ and $\Lambda$ from the First 7 Supernovae at $z \geq$ 0.35. The Astrophysical Journal, 1997, 483, pp.565. ⟨10.1086/304265⟩. ⟨in2p3-00130961⟩
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