Luminosity Distances as Probes of Cosmic History

• results for different acceleration

Supernovae and Cosmology

• thumbnail sketch of supernovae
  taxonomy:
  • Type II, Ib/c: core collapse; e.g., SN 1987A
  • Type Ia: thermonuclear disruption of white dwarf,
    SN 1994D
    SNIa light curve movie
• Type Ia SNe as Standardizable Candles
  • raw and cooked light curves
• Supernova cosmology campaigns
  • Supernova Cosmology Project
  • High-z Supernova Search
  • HST: GOODS
• SN Ia digital discovery via subtraction

Cosmic History from Supernova Beacons

• expectations
• results: luminosity distance
  Reiss et al (2007) results plotted, replotted, and replotted again
  high-redshift SN Ia events
• interpretations