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The accelerating universe is the observation that the universe appears to be expanding at an increasing rate. In formal terms, this means that the cosmic scale factor has a positive second derivative,[1] so that the velocity at which a distant galaxy is receding from us should be continuously increasing with time.[2] In 1998, observations of type Ia supernovae also suggested that the expansion of the universe has been accelerating[3][4] since around redshift of z~0.5.[5] The 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics were both awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess for the 1998 discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae.[6][7]
Contents
1 Corroboration 2 Explanatory models 3 Theories for the consequences to the universe 4 See also 5 References
Corroboration
After the initial discovery in 1998, these observations were corroborated by several independent sources: the cosmic microwave background radiation and large scale structure, [8] apparent size of baryon acoustic oscillations,[9] age of the universe,[10] as well as improved measurements of supernovae[11][12] and X-ray properties of galaxy clusters.
Explanatory models
Models attempting to explain accelerating expansion include some form of dark energy, dark fluid or phantom energy. The most important property of dark energy is that it has negative pressure which is distributed relatively homogeneously in space. The simplest explanation for dark energy is that it is a cosmological constant or vacuum energy.
See also
High-z Supernova Search Team Supernova Cosmology Project Metric expansion of space List of multiple discoveries Cosmological constant Scale factor (cosmology) FriedmannLematreRobertsonWalker metric
References
1. ^ Jones, Mark H.; Robert J. Lambourne (2004). An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology. Cambridge University Press. p. 244 (http://books.google.com/books? id=36K1PfetZegC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA244#v=onepage&q&f=false). ISBN 978-0-521-83738-5. 2. ^ Is the universe expanding faster than the speed of light? (http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=575) (see final paragraph) 3. ^ Adam G. Riess et al. (Supernova Search Team) (1998). "Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant". Astronomical J. 116 (3): 100938. arXiv:astro-ph/9805201 (http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9805201). Bibcode:1998AJ....116.1009R (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998AJ....116.1009R). doi:10.1086/300499 (http:// dx.doi.org/10.1086%2F300499). 4. ^ S. Perlmutter et al. (The Supernova Cosmology Project) (1999). "Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 high redshift supernovae". Astrophysical J. 517 (2): 56586. arXiv:astroph/9812133 (http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9812133). Bibcode:1999ApJ...517..565P (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...517..565P). doi:10.1086/307221 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1086% 2F307221). 5. ^ Riess, A. G., et al. 2004, Astrophysical Journal, 607, 665 6. ^ "Nobel physics prize honours accelerating Universe find" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15165371). BBC News. October 4, 2011. 7. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011" (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2011/#). Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2011-10-06. 8. ^ Spergel, D. N., et al. 2003, Astrophysical Journal Supplement , 148, 175 9. ^ Dark energy is real (http://wigglez.swin.edu.au/site/prmay2011a.html), Swinburne University of Technology, 19 May 2011 10. ^ Chaboyer, B., & Krauss, L. M. 2002, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 567, L4 11. ^ Wood-Vasey, W. M., et al. 2007, Astrophysical Journal, 666, 694 12. ^ Astier, P., et al. 2006, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 447, 31
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