TESTING COSMOLOGICAL MODELS WITH TYPE Ic SUPER LUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE

The use of type Ic Super Luminous Supernovae (SLSN Ic) to examine the cosmological expansion introduces a new standard ruler with which to test theoretical models. The sample suitable for this kind of work now includes 11 SLSN Ic's, which have thus far been used solely in tests involving $\L...

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Main Authors: Wei, Jun-Jie, Wu, Xue-Feng, Melia, Fulvio
Other Authors: The University of Arizona
Language:en
Published: IOP PUBLISHING LTD 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/615104
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/615104