Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae

Details Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae

1997-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9710123v1

Astrophys.J. 493 (1998) L53-57

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Submitted to ApJ Letters, 3 figures, 1 plate, additional table

Scientific paper

10.1086/311140

We have coordinated Hubble Space Telescope photometry with ground-based discovery for three supernovae: two SN Ia near z~0.5 (SN 1997ce, SN 1997cj) and a third event at z=0.97 (SN 1997ck). The superb spatial resolution of HST separates each supernova from its host galaxy and leads to good precision in the light curves. The HST data combined with ground-based photometry provide good temporal coverage. We use these light curves and relations between luminosity, light curve shape, and color calibrated from low-z samples to derive relative luminosity distances which are accurate to 10% at z~0.5 and 20% at z=1. The redshift-distance relation is used to place constraints on the global mean matter density, Omega_matter, and the normalized cosmological constant, Omega_Lambda. When the HST sample is combined with the distance to SN 1995K (z=0.48), analyzed by the same precepts, it suggests that matter alone is insufficient to produce a flat Universe. Specifically, for Omega_matter+Omega_Lambda=1, Omega_matter is less than 1 with >95% confidence, and our best estimate of Omega_matter is -0.1 +/- 0.5 if Omega_Lambda=0. Although the present result is based on a very small sample whose systematics remain to be explored, it demonstrates the power of HST measurements for high redshift supernovae.

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