Does the Universe accelerate equally in all directions?

被引:43
作者
Cooke, Ryan [1 ]
Lynden-Bell, Donald [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
关键词
supernovae: general; cosmology: observations; distance scale; IA SUPERNOVAE; DARK ENERGY; CONSTRAINTS; ANISOTROPY;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15755.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We employ the Union compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe) with a maximum likelihood analysis to search for a dark energy dipole. To approach this problem, we present a simple, computationally efficient and largely model-independent method. We opted to weight each SN by its observed error estimate, so that poorly measured SNe that deviate substantially from the Hubble law do not produce spurious results. We find, with very low significance, a dipole in the cosmic acceleration directed roughly towards the cosmic microwave background dipole, but this is almost certainly coincidental.
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页码:1409 / 1414
页数:6
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