The dipole of the luminosity distance: a direct measure of H(z)

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9 March 2006

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

We show that the dipole of the luminosity distance is a useful observational tool which allows to determine the Hubble parameter as function of the redshift, H(z). We determine the number of supernovae needed to achieve a given precision for H(z) and to distinguish between different models for dark energy. We test our method on a sample of nearby supernovae and find H(z=0)=74 km/s/Mpc

Keywords

LUMINOSITY DISTANCE
NEARBY SUPERNOVAE
SUPERNOVAE NEEDED
HUBBLE PARAMETER
DARK ENERGY
DIPOLE
TEST

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Published version: Physical Review Letters, 96 (19), 191302.

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