Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 2009
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SOURCES AND DETECTION OF DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY IN THE UNIVERSE: Proceedings of the 8th UCLA Symposium. AIP Conference Pro
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Dark Energy, Cosmology, Normal Galaxies, Extragalactic Objects And Systems
Scientific paper
The discovery of dark energy by supernovae-culminating in Riess et al. Astron. J. 116, 1998, 1009, and Perlmutter et al. Astrophys. J. 511 1999 565-is likely to become a classic discovery story in the history of science. It exhibits at lease five features that attract the interest of historians: 1) the role of evolving techniques in making a discovery possible; 2) the existence of ambiguities in the discovery process; 3) the existence of ambiguities in discovery announcements; 4) different forms of competition and cooperation; and 5) the way discoveries can open new chapters in science. The dark-energy discovery provides dramatic examples of such features, even apart from the differing memories and judgments that may exist about the events. This article engages in a thought-experiment: what in this discovery story is likely to attract the interest of a science historian looking back on this discovery a hundred years from now?
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