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H_0 and Odds on Cosmology

Astrophysics 2016-08-30 v1

Abstract

Recent observations by the Hubble Space Telescope of Cepheids in the Virgo cluster imply a Hubble Constant H0=80±17H_0=80\pm17\ km/sec/Mpc. We attempt to clarify some issues of interpretation of these results for determining the global cosmological parameters Ω\Omega and Λ\Lambda. Using the formalism of Bayesian model comparison, the data suggest a universe with a nonzero cosmological constant Λ>0\Lambda>0, but vanishing curvature: Ω+Λ=1\Omega+\Lambda=1.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9501070,
  title  = {H_0 and Odds on Cosmology},
  author = {A. H. Jaffe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9501070},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 Pages, uuencoded postscript. Submitted to ApJLett. Also available at file://ftp.cita.utoronto.ca/cita/andrew/papers/odds.ps

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