Universe

High-Z Supernova Search

Table of Contents
The Expanding Universe
The Fate of the Universe
Supernovae
Type Ia Supernovae
Searching for Distant Type Ia Supernovae
Search Results
Search Conclusions

Possible Outcomes

So our observations may really mean one of three things:

  • The Exciting: the Universe is accelerating. The Universe is accelerated by some unknown type of matter that is spread throughout the Cosmos.


  • The Heretical: General Relativity is as sacred as anything in Physics, but it may be wrong. Since our work is comparing the predictions of General Relativity with observations, if General Relativity is wrong, so are our conclusions.


  • The Mundane (at least from our point of view): We are simply wrong and have been fooled by Supernovae into believing the Universe is accelerating. Maybe supernovae are fainter in the past, and therefore look further away.

    • We hope and believe it is the first alternative, but we have to work hard and test to see if it isn't the second or third alternative. Checking these two other alternatives is a major focus of our current work.

    The measurements obtained by the High-Z SN Search, the Cosmology Project and the Boomerang MAXIMA Cosmic Microwave Radiation Program plotted on one graph.