Magnification by Gravity
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2017-11-15 v1
Abstract
Gravitational lensing time-delays using standard candles can provide tremendous leverage to cosmology. A recently discovered gravitationally lensed type Ia supernova, iPTF16geu, may yield a precise and accurate measurement of the Hubble constant.
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@article{arxiv.1711.04911,
title = {Magnification by Gravity},
author = {Chien-Hsiu Lee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.04911},
year = {2017}
}
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3 pages, 1 figures. News and Views article for Nature Astronomy, Volume 1, id. 0155