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The Cosmological Constant Type Ia supernovae Source materials shown for section from these pages: High-z Supernova Search Supernova Cosmology Project Two pictures here of sn 1998bu from S. Jha SNAP supernovae satellite (proposed) Articles Dark Energy and SnIa from Snowmass Yellow book (E. Linder's page) A summary of the SN data issues (spring 2000) is in the review by S. Carroll, pp. 15-20. Royal Observatory in Greenwich pamphlet on supernovae An introduction to high Z supernovae by B. Schmidt Ned Wright's Discussion on supernovae A Hundred billion years of solitude, Scientific American, April 1999 Articles (some news) collected by SNAP project NOVA TV program/site on the runaway universe (from Nov. 11, 2000) Articles not online: Surveying spacetime with supernovae, C. Hogan et al, Scientific American, Jan. 1999 (see here for copy) Cosmic Yardsticks:Supernovae and the Fate of the Universe, by A. Finkbeiner, Sky and Telescope, Sept. 1998 On line stuff: lectures by R. Kirshner Einstein's Legacy: Probing Nature's Experiments, transparencies for American Physical Society Meeting, requires plug-in (available at site) to hear talk Taking measure of the universe: How Big? How Old? How do we know? What we can "see" in a supernova, by the Supernova Cosmology Project Supernova movie from MPA movies of animations related to SN from Space Telescope Web pages Set of links (tutorials, research groups, etc.) by M. Montes and Supernova links by P. Garnavich Both of these lead to lists of sites which also have lists etc. Future efforts: SNAP, SuperNova Acceleration Probe satellite News articles on the web Home Syllabus References Lecture References Useful Links Contact Info Back to Type Ia SN outline. Back to Harvard University Department of Astronomy Courses.