Observational Cosmology

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Observational Cosmology

• Type Ia Supernovae
• Distant Galaxy Clusters
• Primordial Galaxies

Chris Lidman
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Type Ia Supernovae
The Supernova Cosmology Project

• 40 SN Ia
• 0.21 lt z lt 1.26
• SNe Ia _at_ z1.5 (ACS)

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Distant Galaxy Clusters
RXJ 1252-292 z 1.24 The most distant massive
cluster
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Primordial Galaxies
WFILAS

• Narrow band imaging survey for Ly a galaxies at
  z 5.7
• 1 spectrally confirmed candidate
• 40 candidates in total