Snapping Supernovae at z>1.7

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2006-07-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607030v1

Astropart.Phys. 27 (2007) 213-225

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

30 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.11.

We examine the utility of very high redshift Type Ia supernovae for cosmology and systematic uncertainty control. Next generation space surveys such as the Supernova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) will obtain thousands of supernovae at z>1.7, beyond the design redshift for which the supernovae will be exquisitely characterized. We find that any z\gtrsim2 standard candles' use for cosmological parameter estimation is quite modest and subject to pitfalls; we examine gravitational lensing, redshift calibration, and contamination effects in some detail. The very high redshift supernovae - both thermonuclear and core collapse - will provide copious interesting information on star formation, environment, and evolution. However, the new observational systematics that must be faced, as well as the limited expansion of SN-parameter space afforded, does not point to high value for 1.7

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