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High-z Supernova Lambda Constraints

United States · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1998

Peter Garnavich1998

High-z Supernova Search Team · Science / Astronomy

Garnavich and colleagues use distant supernova observations to constrain cosmological models, finding evidence favouring a positive cosmological constant.

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Peter Garnavich

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