THE EFFECT OF WEAK LENSING ON DISTANCE ESTIMATES FROM SUPERNOVAE

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2014

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34979
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Authors
Smith, Mathew
Bacon, David J
Frieman, Joshua A
Galbany, Lluís
Garnavich, Peter M
Olmstead, Matthew D
Schneider, Donald P
Shapiro, Charles
Sollerman, Jesper
Nichol, Robert C
Campbell, Heather
Clarkson, Chris
Maartens, Roy
D\'Andrea, Chris B
Bassett, Bruce A
Cinabro, David
Finley, David A
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The Astrophysical Journal

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/780/1/24
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Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
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Faculty of Science
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Abstract
Using a sample of 608 Type Ia supernovae from the SDSS-II and BOSS surveys, combined with a sample of foreground galaxies from SDSS-II, we estimate the weak lensing convergence for each supernova l ...
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astrophysics
cosmology and astronomy
gravitational lenses
oscillations
red shift
relict radiation
space
supernovae
telescopes
baryons
convergence
corrections
correlations
cosmology
distance
forecasting
galaxies

Reference:

Smith, M., Bacon, D.J., Nichol, R.C., Campbell, H., Clarkson, C., Maartens, R., & Bassett, B.A. et al. 2014. THE EFFECT OF WEAK LENSING ON DISTANCE ESTIMATES FROM SUPERNOVAE. The Astrophysical Journal. 780(1):24 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34979

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