Distance Measures in a FLRW Universe
- distance pre- and post-Einstein
- luminosity distance
- angular diameter distance
implications: CMB flucutations measure angular diameter distance to (sound) horizon to yield cosmic geometry
Cosmic Acceleration and Dark Energy
Supernovae and Cosmology
- thumbnail sketch of supernovae
taxonomy:- Type II, Ib/c: obseravation--SN 1987A; theory--core collapse
- Type Ia: observation--SN 1994D,
SN 2014J in M82;
SNIa light curve movie
theory: thermonuclear disruption of white dwarf--simulation
- SN Ia digital discovery via subtraction, e.g., here, here
- Supernova cosmology campaigns
- Type Ia SNe as
Standardizable Candles
- Examples: low-z SN 1994D, typical medium-z event, z=1.7 discovery in the Hubble Deep Field
- light curves
- raw and cooked light curves
