High-z Supernova Search Team

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astronomical research collaboration international scientific collaboration

The High-z Supernova Search Team was an international collaboration of astronomers that used distant Type Ia supernovae to discover the accelerating expansion of the universe, leading to the concept of dark energy.

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High-z Supernova Search Team canonical 5
High-Redshift Supernova Search 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical research collaboration ⓘ
international scientific collaboration ⓘ
activePeriod 1990s ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
awardSharedByMembers Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ
surface form: 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Gruber Cosmology Prize ⓘ
surface form: 2007 Gruber Cosmology Prize

Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
surface form: 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
contributedTo establishment of the Lambda-CDM cosmological model ⓘ
precision measurement of the cosmological constant ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
field astrophysics ⓘ
observational cosmology ⓘ
supernova astronomy ⓘ
journal The Astronomical Journal ⓘ
keyPerson Adam G. Riess ⓘ
Alexei Filippenko ⓘ
surface form: Alexei V. Filippenko

Alison L. Coil ⓘ
Brian Schmidt ⓘ
surface form: Brian P. Schmidt

Bruno Leibundgut ⓘ
Bruno P. Schmidt ⓘ
Christopher Stubbs ⓘ
Scott Dodelson ⓘ
surface form: Craig J. Hogan

Jose Maza ⓘ
Mark M. Phillips ⓘ
Neta A. Bahcall ⓘ
Nicholas B. Suntzeff ⓘ
Patricia Ruiz-Lapuente ⓘ
Peter J. McCarthy ⓘ
Peter M. Garnavich ⓘ
R. Chris Smith ⓘ
Robert A. Schommer ⓘ
Robert P. Kirshner ⓘ
Saurabh Jha ⓘ
Warrick J. Couch ⓘ
notableFinding discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe ⓘ
evidence for dark energy ⓘ
notablePublication Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant ⓘ
notablePublicationYear 1998 ⓘ
researchFocus cosmic expansion history ⓘ
cosmological parameters ⓘ
high-redshift supernovae ⓘ
scientificImpact provided first strong evidence that the universe’s expansion is accelerating ⓘ
transformed understanding of cosmic expansion ⓘ
usedInstrument Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
ground-based optical telescopes ⓘ
usedMethod Hubble diagram of Type Ia supernovae ⓘ
measurement of luminosity distances vs redshift ⓘ
standard candle distance measurements ⓘ
uses Type Ia supernovae ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexei Filippenko → memberOf → High-z Supernova Search Team ⓘ
Supernova Cosmology Project → collaboratesWith → High-z Supernova Search Team ⓘ
Brian Schmidt → knownFor → High-z Supernova Search Team ⓘ
Brian Schmidt → memberOf → High-z Supernova Search Team ⓘ
Brian Schmidt → notableWork → High-z Supernova Search Team ⓘ
this entity surface form: High-Redshift Supernova Search
Adam G. Riess → memberOf → High-z Supernova Search Team ⓘ