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The Berkeley-AAO Distant Supernova Search

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

W. J. Couch ,
S. Perlmutter ,
H. J. M. Newburg ,
C. Pennypacker ,
G. Goldhaber ,
R. Muller  and
B. J. Boyle
W. J. Couch
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of NSW, PO Box 1 Kensington, NSW 2033
S. Perlmutter
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
H. J. M. Newburg
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
C. Pennypacker
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
G. Goldhaber
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
R. Muller
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
B. J. Boyle
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
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Abstract

A search for Type Ia supernovae at cosmological distances is being undertaken in an attempt to exploit their standard candle property to constrain the mass density of the universe. We describe the rationale for such a program, the observational approach and strategy taken, and the progress made to date. The science that is being generated by the project in additional to supernova detection is also discussed briefly.

Type
Extragalactic
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 261 - 265
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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